Pittsylvania County, VA, Deed: Ingram and Dodson to Walters, Williams and Shelton, 1813

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The Commonwealth of Virginia to Robert Walters, James M. Williams and
Thomas Shelton.

Gentlemen - the Justices of Pittsylvania County Greeting...
Whereas George Dodson, Lucy Dodson, Garland Ingram and Hannah Ingram
by their certain indenture of bargain and sale bearing the date the
13th day of November 1813 have sold and conveyed unto Obidiah P.
Terry, Fifty one acres of land with their appurtences lying and being
in the county of Pittsylvania. And whereas the said Lucy Dodson and
Hannah Ingram cannot conveniently travel to our county court of
Pittsylvania to make acknowledgement of the said conveyance; Therefore
we do give unto you or any two or more of you power to receive the
acknowledgement which the said Lucy Dodson and Hannah Ingram shall be
willing to make before you of the conveyance contained in the said
indenture which is hereto annexed. And we do therefore command you
that you do personnaly go to the said Lucy and Hannah and receive her
acknowledgement of the same and examine her privily and apart from the
said George Dodson and Garland Ingram her husband, whether she doth,
doth the same freely and voluntary without his persuasions or threats;
and whether she is willing that same should be recorded in our said
court. And when you have received her acknowledgement and examined her
as aforesaid that you distinctly and openly certify us thereofs in our
said court, under your hands and seals sending then there said
indenture and this writ:
William Turnstall Clerk of our said court at the court house the 19th
day of November 1813 and the 38th of the Commonwealth.

By virtue of the above commission to us directed we the subscribers
being of the bench (?) of the said county, do certify that we did
personally go to the above named Lucy Dodson and Hannah Ingram and
examined them privily and apart from the above named George Dodson and
Garland Ingram, their husbands and we do further certify that they
declared that they freely and voluntarily acknowledged the indenture
hereunto annexed and they did it without the persuasions or threats of
their said husbands and that they were willing the same should be
recorded in the county court of Pittsylvania. Given unto our hands and
seals the 20th day of November 1813 and the 38th of the Commonwealth.
Robert Walters Williams

At a court held for Pittsylvania County the 21st day of February 1814
this commixxion for privily examining and taking the re;liquishment of
Lucy Dodson and Hannah Ingram wives of George Dodson and Garland
Ingram in and to the land conveyed by the annexed indenture was
returned to courts and ordered that the land be recorded.
Teste: William Turnstall


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