Thomas Pruit Land Patent, 1755 - Lunenburg Co. VA

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Tho:s Pruit’s
Pat: 437 Ac.s

George the Second &c. To all &c. Know ye that for divers good Causes &
Considerations
but more especially for and in Consideration of the Sum of Forty five
Shillings of good and
Lawful Money for our Use paid to our Receiver General of our Revenues in
this our Colony &
Dominion of Virginia We have Given Granted & Confirmed & by these
Presents for us our 
Heirs and Successors Do Give Grant and Confirm unto Thomas Pruit one
certain Tract or
Parcel of Land containing Four hundred & thirty seven Acres lying and
being in the County of
Lunenburgh on the South Side of Catawbo Creek & bounded as followeth to
wit, Beginning
at a great Poplar on the Creek Thence South thirty three Degrees West
ninety eight Poles to a small 
red Oak, Thence North Seventy five Degrees West ninety eight Poles to a
small red Oak, Thence
South thirty eight Degrees West one hundred & ten Poles to a white Oak. 
Thence North seventy five Degrees West one hundred and sixty eight Poles
to a white Oak Thence North three Degrees 
East one hundred & ninety two Poles to a white Oak Thence North forty two
Degrees East one
hundred & ninety Poles to a small red Oak, Thence South eighty five
Degrees East eighteen
Poles to Catawbo, Creek aforesaid Thence up the said Creek ... meanders
to the Beginning
With all &c: To have hold &c: To be held &c: Yielding and Paying &c
Provided 
In Witness &c: Witness our Trusty and welbeloved Robert Dinwiddie Esq our
Lieut:
Governor & Commander in chief of our said Colony and Dominion at
Williamsburgh Under
the Seal of our said Colony the tenth Day of September One thousand seven
hundred & fifty five
In the twenty ninth Year of our Reign
								Robt Dinwiddie


Submitted by Ron Reid <rreid@benham.com>

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