JOHN EASTER deed to MATTHEW MARABLE - Mecklenburg Co., Va.

Submitted by Susan Shields Sasek January 1998 

Mecklenburg County, Virginia

Deed Book 3, Page 470

Dated 15 February 1772
Recorded 12 October 1772

John Easter of Mecklenburg County to Matthew Marrable of same County . . .
settlement of acct . . . 52/55/10 pounds . . . all that Tract parcelly [sic]
peace [sic] of Land containing 100 acres whereon the said John now lives and
is the Tract which he the said John purchased of Robert Coleman for bounds &
courses  Reference being had to the deed Recorded in Lunenburg Court . . . to
have & to hold the said land & appertenances [sic] . . . The true intent &
meaning of these writings are such that the said Lands is to be held and Trust
for and During the space of one year During which time the said Easter is to
be at Liberty to sell & Dispose of the same to whome [sic] he pleaseth
provided he the said John pay the said Mathew the aforesaid sum of Two pound
for[black smudge on paper] shillings & Ten pence Farthing.  Together the
Interest of aforesaid of the costs of Recording . . . In case the said John
should not sell within the said one year then the said Matthew . . . is at
Liberty to and Dispose of the same to whome [sic] or they pleaseth for as much
as can be got in Ready money paying to the said John the overplush if any.

Witnesses  Edward Finch, John Marrable, Stephen Mabry

Signed  John Easter (seal)


This record was transcribed 1 August 1988 by Susan Shields Sasek from a copy
of the document made from microfilm at the Virginia State Library Archives,
Richmond, VA.


Mecklenburg County, Virginia

Deed Book 4, Page 121

Dated:  10 July 1773
Recorded:  9 August 1773

John Easter of Mecklenburg County to Alexander Boyd & Co. 105/6/5 pounds
Virginia Money . . .  Tract or parcel of land, 100 acres more or less whereon
the said now lives . . . is tract which the said John purchased of Robert
Coleman . . . Recorded in Lunenburg Co.; also one Negro Fellow Jack; one cow &
yearling; one black Horse . . . one Bay Mare . . . Pewter Potts & all my
Household Furniture . . . one Womans Sadle [sic]; one Mans Sadle[sic]; 16
Hogs; with all the appertenances [sic] Belonging or in any wise appertaining
[sic] to the premises . . . Upon trust that the said Alexander Boyd & Co. . .
. shall after the 1 August 1773 . . . sell for the best that can be gotten . .
. and out of the money . . . satisfy to Alexander Boyd & Co. the above
mentioned sum of 105/6/5 pounds with Lawful interest from 12 July 1773 . . .

Witnesses:  Robert McCullock & Richard Swesson

Signed:  John Easter (seal) 


This record was transcribed 1 August 1988 by Susan Shields Sasek from a copy
of the document made from microfilm at the Virginia State Library Archives,
Richmond, VA.