Orange County, VA  Land Grant - Henry Snyder - 1734
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Library of Virginia Digital Collections
Land Office Patents and Grants
Patents No.15 1732-1735 
(Vol.1 & Vol. 2); pg. 467-468

Henry Snyder
Orange County
24 March 1734
400 acres
[note - spelling as per original document]

GEORGE the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and
Ireland King, Defender of the Faith etc., TO ALL TO WHOM these Presents
Shall come Greeting - KNOW YE that for divers good causes and
Considerations but more Especially in Consideration of the Sum of FORTY
SHILLINGS of good and Lawful mony for our [illegible] paid to our
Receiver General of our Receivers in this our Colony and Dominion of
Virg'na WE HAVE Given Granted and Confirmed and by these Presents for us
our Heirs and Successors Do Give Grant and Confirm unto Henry Snyder One
certain Tract or parcel of Land containing Four Hundred Acres Lying and
Being in the County of Orange and bounded as followeth to wit BEGINNING
at two White Oaks on a Branch Corner to Jacob Stover and [runneth?]
thence North fifteen Degrees East One Hundred and Eight poles to three
White Oaks thence North Sixty Seven Degrees Degrees East One Hundred and
Seventy four Poles to a White Oak thence North thirty five Degrees East
fifty two Poles to a White Oak thence North fourteen Degrees West One
Hundred and thirty poles to two White Oaks and a Poplar on a run thence
South Sixty three Degrees West three Hundred and Seventy five poles to
three White Oaks another Corner to the said Jacob Stover and thence with
the said Stover's Line South thirty nine Degrees East One Hundred and
Sixty Poles to the beginning WITH ALL woods underwoods Swamps Marshes
Lowgrounds Meadows feedings and his due share of all [illegible] mines
and Quarries as well discovered as not discovered within the bounds
aforesaid and being part of the said Quantity of four Hundred Acres of
Land and the Rivers Waters and Water Courses therein Contained together
with the Privileges of Hunting Hawking Fishing Fowling and all of the
Profits [Comedelies?] and Hereditaments whatsoever to the same or any
part thereof belonging or in anywise appertaining TO HAVE HOLD possesse
and enjoy the said Tract or parcel of Land and all other the before
granted premises and every part thereof with their and every of their
appurtenances [illegible] unto the said Henry Snyder and to his Heirs
and assigns forever to the only use and relief of him the said Henry
Snyder his Heirs and assigns forever TO BE HELD of us our Heirs and
Successors as of our manor of East Greenwich in the County of Kent in
free and [Common Sessage?] and not in Capita or by Knights Service
YIELDING AND PAYING unto us our Heirs and Successors for every fifty
acres of Land and so Proportionably for Lesser or Greater Quantity than
Fifty Acres the Fee Rent of one Shilling yearly to be paid upon 
(pg. 468)
the Feast of Saint Michael the Arch Angel and also Cultivating and
Improving three acres part of every fifty of the tract above mentioned
within three years after the date of these presents PROVIDED always that
if three years of the said Fee Rent Shall at any time be in arrears and
unpaid or if the said Henry Snyder his Heirs or assigns do not within
the space of three years rent coming after the date of these Presents to
Cultivate and Improve three acres part of every fifty of the Tract
abovementioned then the Estate hereby Granted Shall cease and be
[illegible] and thereafter it Shall and may be Lawful to and for us our
Heirs and Successors to grant this same Land and Premises with the
appurtenances unto Such other Person or Persons as we our Heirs and
Successors Shall think fit. IN WITNESS whereof we have caused these our
Letters Patent to be made WITNESS Our Trusty and welbeloved William
Gooch Esq. our Lieutenant Governor and Comander in Chief of our said
Colony and Dominion at Wms.burgh under the Seal of our said Colony the
Twenty fourth day of March One thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty four In
the Eighth year of our Reign. 

William Gooch 
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