Orange-Caroline County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Deed.....Taylor, James - Smith, Thomas March 28, 1755
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Written: March 28, 1755
Recorded: March 28, 1755

Orange County, Virginia		
Deed Book 12, pages 277-278

This Indenture made the Twenty eighth day of March in the year of our Lord God 
one Thousand Seven hundred and fifty five Between Thomas Smith & Elizabeth his 
wife of the county of Orange of the one part and James Taylor of the County of 
Caroline of the other part Witnesseth that for & in Consideration of the Sum 
of Sixty four pounds six Shillings by the said James Taylor to the said Thomas 
Smith in hand paid before the sealing and Delivery of these presents the 
Receipt of which he doth hereby Acknowlege [sic] they the said Thomas Smith 
and Elizabeth his wife hath Granted Bargained sold enfeoffed and Confirmed and 
by these presents Doth grant bargain sell enfeoff & Confirm unto the said 
James Taylor his heirs and assigns forever all That Tract or parcel of Land 
Containing One hundred Acres be the same more or Less Situate Lying & being in 
the County of Orange aforesaid which was Purchased by the said Thomas Smith of 
Benjaman Smith and conveyed by Deeds of Lease & Release Recorded in the said 
County Court of Orange and bounded as followeth to wit:  Begining at a Gum 
Poplar & White Oake Corner to James Taylor Thence North Seventy Degrees East 
Seventy poles to two Red Oaks and Hickory another Corner of the said James 
Taylor thence North ten Degrees west one hundred ninty five Poles to a Hickory 
in Colo. Francis Taliaferro's Line thence South Seventy Degrees west one 
hundred and two Poles to a Hickory and Red Oake in Colo. George Taylor Line 
thence with the said Taylor's line South twenty Degrees East one hundred and 
Ninty five Poles to the Begining, together with all houses gardens orchards 
woods ways waters privileges proffits and advantages whatsoever to the same 
belonging or in any ways appertaining and the Reversion & Reversions Remainder 
& Remainders Rents Issues & Proffits Thereof and all the Estate Right title 
Interest claim & Demand in Law or Equity of the said Thomas Smith or Elizabeth 
his wife in or to the said Land and Premises or any part thereof.  To have and 
to hold the said Land & premises hereby Bargained and Sold & every part 
thereof with the appurtenances unto the said James Taylor his heirs & assigns 
forever to his and their own proper Use and The said Thomas Smith doth hereby 
Covenant & Grant for himself and his heirs to and with the said James Taylor 
his heirs & assigns that he the said Thomas Smith and his heirs the said Land 
& premises hereby Conveyed and Every part thereof unto the said James Taylor 
his heirs & assigns against him the said Thomas Smith & his heirs and all and 
every other person whatsoever Shall and will warrent and forever Defend by 
these presents.  In witness whereof the said Thomas Smith and Elizabeth his 
Wife hath hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above 
written.
			Thomas (mark*) Smith (L. S.)
			Elizabeth (mark**) Smith (L. S.)
Sealed & delivered in
Presence of us
[no names are written here]

Be it remembered That on the day of the date of the within written Deed full 
and Peaceable possession & seisen of the Lands and Premises within mentioned 
was Given and Delivered by Turf and Twig part thereof by the within named 
Thomas Smith to the within named James Taylor to hold to him and his heirs 
according to the within Deed in presence of us.
			Thomas (mark*) Smith 

At a court continued & held for Orange County on Fryday [sic] the 28th day of 
March 1755.  This Indenture was Acknowledged by Thomas Smith & Elizabeth his 
wife parties thereto she being first privately examined as the Law directs & 
also a Memo. of Livery & Seisen endorsed thereon was acknowledged by the said 
Thomas & ordered to be Recorded.
			Test
			Geo. Taylor Clerk

* Thomas Smith's mark is a letter T with a smaller letter S written over it.
** Elizabeth Smith's mark is a backward letter S with a vertical line through 
it.


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