Deeds: UPCHURCH to GRISARD, 1749: Southampton Co., VA 

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Matt Harris (Zoobug64@aol.com) Jan 2008 [brackets, line breaks mine] 

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Southampton Co., VAGenWeb Archives, Deeds and Land Records 
     John UPCHURCH & wife Elizabeth 
     to Ambrose GRISARD [GRIZARD, GRIZZARD], 
     deed of bargain & sale, 10 acres, 12 Jul 1749 

[p.] 308 

[margin notes]  Upchurch & 
                ux  to 
                Grisard. 

This Indenture Made this twelfth day of July in the year of our 
Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty nine between John 
Upchurch and Elizabeth his wife of the County of Southampton of 
the one part and Ambrose Grisard of the County aforesaid of the other 
part Witnesseth that the said John Upchurch and Elizabeth his 
wife for and in Consideration of the Sum of thirty two Pounds five 
Shillings Current Money of Virginia to them in hand paid by the 
said Ambrose Grisard before the Sealing and Delivery hereof  the 
Receipt whereof the said John Upchurch and Elizabeth his wife 
Doth acknowledge Hath Granted Bargained &Sold and Doth by 
these Presents Grant Bargain & Sell unto the said Ambrose 
Grisard his Heirs and Assigns for ever a Certain Tract or Parcel 
of land lying and being in Southampton County aforesaid and on 
the North Side the three Creeks  Containing by Estimation one 
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[p.] 12/ 

hundred Acres be the Same more or less and lying on the South 
West Side the Great Swamp and bounded as followeth , _ 
Beginning at a Maple by the side of the said Swamp a Corner 
of William Heaths Land and thence by Heaths Line South West by South 
one hundred and twelve Poles to a black Oak Then North Seventy 
Degrees West one hundred thirty Six Poles to a lightwood Post then 
North twenty five Degrees East ninety Poles to a Pine by the side 
of the great Swamp aforesaid and down the Various Courses of 
the Run of the said Swamp to the beginning and the Reversion 
and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Rents Issues 
and profits thereof and also all the Estate Right Title Interest 
Claim and demand whatsoever of them the said John Upchurch 
and Elizabeth his wife and their Heirs of in or to the Same or any 
part thereof To Have and  to hold the said Land and Premises 
with all and Singular the Appurtenances thereunto belonging 
unto the said Ambrose Grisard his Heirs and Assigns forever 
and the said John Upchurch and Elizabeth his wife for ~
themselves their Heirs Executors Adm'ors doth Covenant 
Promise and grant to and with the said Ambrose Grisard his 
Heirs and Assigns by these Presents that they the said John ~
Upchurch and Elizabeth his wife the said Land and premises ~ 
and every part and parcell thereof unto the said Ambrose Grisard 
his Heirs and Assigns against the Lawful Claim Title and ~ 
Demand of the said John Upchurch and Elizabeth his wife and 
their Heirs and all and every other Person and Persons whatsoever 
will warrant and forever defend by these Presents ~ 
In Witness whereof the said John Upchurch and Elizabeth his 
wife hath hereunto Set his Hands and affixed their Seals this 
Day and Year first above written 
                                                       his 
Signed Sealed &Delivered                          John /+/ Upchurch    Ls. 
   in Presence of      [mark is horizontal, crossed I] Mark 
                                                         her 
   James Ridley                                   Eliz.a .+. Upchurch  Ls. 
   Timothy Tharp                                         Mark 
           his 
   Burwell  X  Atkinson 
           Mark 
[page break] 

Memorandum  that on the 15.th Day of July MDCCCXLiX Quiet 
and Peaceable Possession and Seisen of the within mentioned Land and 
Premises was delivered by the within named John Upchurch 
and Elizabeth his wife to the within named Ambrose Grisard according 
to the form and effect of the within written Deed 
                                                       his 
in Presence of                                    John /+/ Upchurch    Ls. 
   James Ridley        [mark is horizontal, crossed I] Mark 
   Timothy Tharp                                      a  her 
   James Ridley                                   Eliz.   X  Upchurch  Ls. 
           his                                           Mark 
   Burwell  X  Atkinson 
           Mark 

At A Court held for Southampton County on Thursday the 10.th Day 
of August 1749. 
   This Indenture & Memorandum were proved by the Oaths of 
the Witnesses thereto and are by the Court Ordered to be Recorded 
                                             Test. 
                                                  R Kello Clk_ 
                                                     ~ 

[This deed is preceded by one from Arthur WHITEHEAD to son Lewis WHITEHEAD, 
 10 Aug 1749 (ack. 10 Aug 1749); 
 wits: Henry VAUGHAN, Benj.a DENSON & Joseph EVERITT] 

[p. continues with deed from Joshua POPE, Planter, & Sarah his wife 
 to Howell EDMONDS, Planter, 7 Aug 1749; Sside Nottoway R., "Beginning 
 at a Pine on the West Side of the Whitewood Swamp a Corner tree 
 formerly William Rookings now Howell Edmonds's"] 

Southampton Co., VA, Deed Book 1 (1749-1753), pp. 11-13 
The Library of Virginia (LVA), Richmond, VA 
LVA Southampton Co. Microfilm Reel 1 

[ATKINSON, GRISARD, GRIZARD, GRIZZARD, HEATH, RIDLEY, ROOKING, THARP, 
 UPCHURCH]