Pittsylvania County, VA - Patent Book 40 (partial)


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Pittsylvania Co. VA, Patents 40, p. 864

Deed: James Shockley, 1772, Pittsylvania Co. VA

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George the third &c. To all &c. Know ye that for divers good, Causes & Considerations 
but more Especially for & in Consideration of the sum of Thirty five Shillings of good 
& Lawful Money for our use paid to our Receiver General of our Revenues in this our 
Colony & Dominion of Virginia. We have given granted and Confirmed By these Presents 
for us our Heirs & Successors Do Give, Grant & Confirm unto James Shockley one Certain 
Tract or Parcel of Land containing three hundred & fifty four Acres lying & being in 
the County of Pittsylvania on both sides little Turkey Cock Creek & bounded as followeth, 
to wit Beginning at a white Oak on the West side thence new? Lines South fifty two Degrees 
West twenty four Poles to a white Oak & Pointers south four & a half Degrees East eighty 
seven poles to a black Oak South forth four & an half Degrees West thirty two Poles to a 
black Oak South fourteen & an half Degrees West one hundred and
         seventeen
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seventeen Poles to a white Oak South sixty nine Degrees East two hundred & fifty poles 
crossing a Branch of the Creek to a white Oak North seventy one & an half degrees East 
one hundred & seventy six poles crossing a Branch to two short white Oak saplins North 
fifty one degrees West two hundred & ninety poles crossing two Branches to Pointers South 
fifty one degrees West eight Poles to a white Oak on the Creek & thence up the Creek as 
it meanders & across to the Beginning. With all &c. To have hold &c. To be held &c. Yielding 
& paying &c. Provided &c. In Witness &c. Witness our trusty & welbeloved John East of Dunmore 
our --- servant & Governor General of our said Colony & Dominion at Williamsburg under the 
seal of our said Colony the first day of August one thousand seven hundred & seventy two 
in the twelfth year of our Reign.
Ex'd: Dunmore