Deed: George Edwards to William Greenlaw (17??-1811), Richmond Co. VA ------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Fran Bennett franbennett@compuserve.com USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material AND permission is obtained from the CONTRIBUTOR of the file. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. ------------------------------------------------------------------ August 19, 1782, George Edwards to William Greenlaw (17??-1811) (#302), Purchase of "Pantico," Deeds of Richmond Co., Virginia Know all men by these presents that I George Edwards of the County of Richmond and Parish of Lunenburg am held & firmly bound unto William Greenlaw his heirs & assigns in The ?? Sum of Two hundred pounds current money of Virginia for The which Payment will and truly to be made & done I bind my self my heirs Executors administrators etc. In Witness which of I have hereunto set my hand & seale this Nineteenth day of August One Thousand Seven Hundred & Eighty Two. The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bound George Edwards some months ago Purchased of Mr. Robert Wormsley Carter a Tract of Land called Pantico for three hundred & fifty acres be the same more or less. The said Carter not yet having Made Deeds of Conveyance for the said tract of land to the said Edwards. Now it is that the said George Edwards, having sold the said tract to the above named William Greenlaw his heirs etc. the said Edwards do hereby bind himself his heirs Exetrs administrators & assigns that he will cause or Procure good & lawfull deeds for the Sure Conveying & safe making the said tract of land to the said William Greenlaw & his heirs by the said Carter or himself or his heirs etc. The day & year above written. George Edwards. Witness Griffin Garland. (NOTE FROM RESEARCHER: Robert Wormsley Carter protested the conveyance of this land after the death of George Edwards, to whom he had never transferred title, and William Greenlaw brought suit in court. After pending in court for five years, Greenlaw won title to the property, and the subsequent final transfer of title from Carter to Greenlaw took place in 1787. This deed of 1782 is the earliest one of record for William Greenlaw of Virginia.) Fran Bennett franbennett@compuserve.com