BENJAMIN PACK Land Grant, 1787 Beverly Randolph Esquire, Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, To all to whom these presents come, Greetings: Know ye that in consideration of the ancient composition of ten shillings sterling paid by BENJAMIN PACK unto the Treasury of the Commonwealth there is granted by the said Commonwealth unto said BENJAMIN PACK, assignee of Colonel William Flemming, a certain tract or parcel of land, containing one hundred acres, by survey bearing date the twenty first day of May, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Five, lying and being in the County of Botetourt on the waters of Looneys Creek a branch of James River joining the land of Hugh McNeil and the land of Robert Montgomery and Patrick Sharkey and his own land and bounded as followeth, to wit. Beginning at two white oaks corner to said Sharkey and Montgomery land and runneth north eighty degrees past one hundred and forty four poles to two white oaks and black oak, north five degrees past one hundred and forty eight poles to two black oaks, north twenty degrees, east to a white oak and black oak saplings in a hollow corner to Hugh McNeil and with his line, south twenty degrees, east one hundred and four poles to two black oaks on a ridge, thence south twenty nine degrees, (can’t make out this word) forty poles to two large white oaks corner to his own land, south twenty degrees, west one hundred and fifty two poles to white oaks on a ridge, thence north eight degrees, east two hundred poles to the beginning with its appurtenances. To have and to hold the said tract of land with its appurtenances to the said BENJAMIN PACK and his HEIRS forever. In witness whereof, the said Beverly Randolph Esquire, Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, hath hereunto set his hand, and caused the lesser seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed at Richmond, on the tenth day of July in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Seven and of the Commonwealth the twelfth. Beverly Randolph (his signature) Grant Book No. 13 1787 Pgs 234 - 235 Submitted by Carol Pack Urban **************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ****************************************************************