Richmond County, VA - Lease: Moore Fauntleroy to Peter Northen

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Lease Moore Fauntleroy to Peter Northen
September 13, 1792

This indenture made the thirteenth day of September on the year of our Lord one thousand seven 
hundred and ninety two between Moore Fauntleroy Esquire of the one part and Peter Northen 
Planter of the County of Richmond of the other part.  Witnesseth that the said Moore Fauntleroy 
for the rents hereafter mentioned do by these presents give, grant, bargain and lease into the said 
Peter Northen, his heirs and assigns for and during the tem of twenty years to be fully completed 
and ended from and after the first day of January next ensuing the date hereof from which time 
the said twenty years is to commence.  All that tract, parcel and lott of land containing three 
hundred thirty three acres or thereabouts it being the same lott or tenement of land which was 
lately leased and in the possession of Benjamin Branham it being a part of the tract called and 
known by the name of the Island which said lott or [parcel of land with all privileges, houses, 
orchards, fencing, woods and the privileges of getting timber off any other part of the said tract 
of land that shall be for the necessary repairing and building houses, making tobacco hogsheads 
for the crops of tobacco, fencing and to  have a proper cart road through the other land to and 
from the said lott or tenement of land to the main road the said Northen stocks to have the use of 
the barge in the marshes and the said Northen to cut what hay he may think proper for his own 
use.  Unto the said Pete Northen, his heirs and assigns for and during the aforesaid twenty years, 
he and they paying yearly and every year on the premises into granary's to be prepared by the 
said Moore Fauntleroy {illegible} reasonable notice of such payment unto the said Moore 
Fauntleroy, his heirs and assigns one full third part of all the crops which he the said Northen, his 
heir and assigns may raise on the said tenement yearly of Indian corn, wheat, oats, rye, barley, 
corn, blades, tops and shucks and one full third part of the crop of tobacco to be paid yearly in 
lawful inspected tobacco notes.  He the said Peter Northen, his heirs and assigns paying the 
annual publick tax for the said three hundred thirty three acres of land and a proportion of the 
marsh.  Now it is that the said Moore Fauntleroy and Peter Northen for a full and faithfull 
performance of this lease do hereby bind themselves and their heirs, executors, administrators 
and assigns each to the other in the final sum of two hundred pounds current money of Virginia 
at its present circulating value.  In witness whereof the parties have hereunto set their hands and 
seals the day and year first above mentioned.

Witness                                         Moore Fauntleroy {seal}
Griffin Garland                                 Peter Northen {seal}
John Simon
John Downey

At a court held for Richmond County the third day of December.
This lease from Moore Fauntleroy of the one part to Peter Northen of the other part was proved 
in open court by the witness thereto and admitted to record.

                                                Teste   Leroy Peachey, Clerk



Transcribed from a copy of the original record by Nancy Slater Thompson 29 Mar 2002.