NEW KENT COUNTY, VIRGINIA - Deed of Sale - 1747

VIRGINIA COLONIAL RECORDS PROJECT

Survey Report No. GH 18    (07062)

Depository: Gays House, Holyport, Berks

Title: Plantation Lease, 1747. - Gray. - Anderson. - New Kent, U.S.A.

Dates: 1747

References:

Examined: 21 Feb. 1959

Exposures: 2

Reel No:

To Be Copied. Item Listed.

1 June 1747. Deed of sale between William Gray, Gent., of parish of St. Peter,
county of New Kent and Matthew Anderson, merchant, of the same place, whereby
Gray sells to Anderson for L#920 Virginia currency, messuage and plantation in
in St. Peter known as Fort Royal alias Rockahock, containing 670 acres. The
plantation was conveyed to Gray by deeds of 8 and 9 March 1740/1 by John Lightfoot.

Signed by Gray: and fragment of seal remains.

Witnesses to sealing: Hum. Brooke   John Herndon   Phil: Aylett
                      J. Power      W. Wright      Benj Hubbard    Fairfax


Endorsed with:   1) receipt signed by Gray for L#920 witnessed by same
                    witnesses as to sealing
                 2) note of recording of deed in Court of New Kent County,
                    11 June, 1747, signed by John Dandridge, clerk.
                 3) note that deed was produced in Court of New Kent County,
                    13 May 1790, and re-recorded, the original record having
                    been destroyed by fire, signed by William Clayton, clerk.

1 sheet of parchment - Condition: good.

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