NANSEMOND CO, VA  Will
Amos Moore, 1872

WHEREAS AMOS MOORE LATE OF NANSEMOND COUNTY VIRGINIA DIED TESTATE
SEIZED AND POSSESSED  OF CERTIAN LANDS SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN THAT
PART OF CHUCKATUCK TOWNSHIP KNOWN AS BARRETTS NECK IN THE COUNTY
AFORESAID WHERE HE DIMISED.  TO NANCY MOORE ,HIS WIDOW ,FOR LIFE, WITH
REMAINDED IN FEE SIMPLE TO HIS CHILDREN AND WHERE AS THE SAID NANCY
MOORE HATH RECENTLY DEPARTED THIS LIFE AND THUS LEAVING THE FOLLOWING
CHILDREN OF SAID TESTATOR TO WIT;   WILLIAM A MOORE,  JOHN MOORE,  MARY
E MOORE ,THE WIFE OF JOHN W ADDISON,  ANNA MOORE, THE WIFE OF IRADELL
CAHOON, WHO ARE THE REMAINDED FEE SIMPLE OWNERS OF THE SAID LAND AND
WHERE AS THE ABOVE NAMED REMAINDERS ARE ALL OVER TWENETY ONE YEARS OF
AGE AND HAVE AGREED ON A PARTITION OF SAID LANDS AS FOLLOWS;  THE SAID
PARTIES COVENANT WITH EACH OTHER AS FOLLOWS;  
FIRST THAT THE TWO PEICES OR PARCELS OF LAND ONE OF WHICH CONTAINS ELEVEN ACRES AND CONTAINED WITHIN THE FOLLOWING BONDS TO WIT BEGINNING IN THE CHURCH LOT AND RUNNING AS FOLLOWS AT THE MAIN ROAD AND CHURCH LOT N 25 1/2 POLES TO SWAMP THENCE N 57 W 46 POLES TO A SWAMP DIVIDING CUTCHIN'S LINE, THEN UP THE SWAMP S 80 W 21 POLES TO HARGH WOUGHT'S LINE, THEN ALONG SAID LINE AND PATH S22 1/2 E 55 POLES 8 LINKS TO THE MAIN ROAD THEN DOWN SAID ROAD
N 83 1/2 POLES TO THE BEGINNING OF CHURCH LOT AND THE OTHER CONTAINS
EIGHTY AND A HALF ACRES AND CONTAINED WITHIN THE FOLLOWING BOUNDS,
BEGINNING AT THE NECK THEN RUNNING 18 E E 4 POLES THEN S 85 E ALONG BY
THE KITCHEN AND BARN A6 1/2 POLES TO A COVE, ALBERT DAVIS LINE TO THE
COVE,  THEN UP THE COVE DIVIDING THE LAND OF E IRONMONGERS ESTATE N 74
W55 POLES N 61 W ACROSS A POINT OF LAND 38 POLES TO CHUCKATUCK CREEK,
THE BEGINNING SHALL BELONG IN FEE TO SAID ANNA CAHOON HER HEIRS AND
ASSIGINS FOREVER;   
 SECOND, THAT THE TWO PIECES OF PARCELS OF LAND ONE OF WHICH CONTAINS ELEVEN ACRES AND CONTAINED WITHIN THE FOLLOWING BOUNDS TO WIT; BEGINNING IN THE SWAMP IN CAHOON'S CHURCH CORNER AND RUNNING DOWN THE SWAMP N 61 E 10 POLES N  E 6 POLES THEN POLES TO A COVE THEN UP THE COVE DIVIDING        CURCHIN'S LINE S 49 W 34 POLES TO CAHOONS CORNER THEN ALONG CAHOON LINE     POLES TO THE BEGINNIG AND THE ORER CONTAINS THREE ACRES TWO RODS AND NINE POLES AND CONTAINED WITHIN THE FOLLOWING BOUNDARIES TO WIT;  BEGINNING AT THE CREEK IN ANNA COHOONS LINE THE POLES DOWN THE CREEK THEN ACROSS THE FIELD TO A COVE ON ALBERT DAVIS'S LAND, THEN UP THE COVE     POLES    POLES ALONG CAHOON'S LINE     POLES TO THE BEGINNING,  SHALL BELONG IN FEE SIMPLE TO MARY E ADDISON HER HEIRS AND ASSIGINS  FOREVER.    
THIRD, THAT THE TWO PIECES OF PARCELS OF LAND ONE OF WHICH CONTAINS THIRTEEN ACRES AND CONTAINED WITH THE FOLLOWING BOUNDS TO WIT;  BEGINNING IN MARY E ADDISON'S LINE ON THE CREEK AND RUNNING     POLES    POLES TO CHUCKATUCK CREEK  POLES     POLES     POLES     POLES TO THE BEGINNING SHALL BELONG IN FEE SIMPLE TO SAID JOHN H MOORE HIS HEIRS AND ASSIGINS FOREVER.                                             FOURTH, THAT THE TWO PIECES OR PARCELS OF LAND ONE OF WHICH CONTAINS THIRTEEN AND A HALF ACRES AND CONTAINED WITHIN THE FOLLOWING BOUNDS TO WIT;  BEGINNING IN MARY E ADDISON'S LINE AND RUNNING      POLES ALONG
CHUCKATUCK CREEK THEN ALONG JOHN H MOORES LINE     POLES  TO THE
BEGINNING AND THE OTHER CONTAINED FIVE AND A HALF ACRES AND CONTAINED
WITHIN THE FOLLOWING BOUNDS TO WIT BEGINNIN IN MARY E ADDISOON'S LINE
AND RUNNING    POLES TO A COVE, ALBERT DAVIS LINE     POLES TO THE
BEGINNING, SHALL BELONG IN FEE SIMPLE TO SAID WILLIAM A MOORE HIS HEIRS
AND ASSIGINS FOREVER.  
WITNESS THE FOLLOWING SIGNATURES AND SEALS THIS NINTH DAY OF OCTOBER AD 1872.                                                                                            
WILLIAM A MOORE                                         
SARAH K MOORE                                                                   
MARY E MOORE                                                    JOHN E MOORE                                                                    
JOHN W ADDISON                                                                  
MARY E ADDISON                                                                  
IRADELL CAHOON    MADE X MARK                                                   
ANNA C CAHOON

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