Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Deeds.....Trustees to Crichlow, 1791 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Land Records Jerusalem trustees to William CRICHLOW, deed of bargain & sale, Lot 16, Jerusalem, 14 Oct 1791 (13 Oct 1796) [margin notes] Jerusalem trustees to Crichlow This Indenture made this fourteenth Day of October Anno Dom: 1791 Between Edwin Gray James Wilkinson Samuel Kello, Benjamin Blunt Thomas = Ridley Benjamin Ruffin Robert Goodwin and John Taylor Gentlemen Trustees as here= in after mentioned of the one part and William Crichlow of the County of Southampton of the other part _ Witnesseth that whereas an act of the general Assembly of Virginia passed December 7th. 1791 intitled an act to establish certain Towns and for other purposes hath enacted that ten Acres of Land ajoining the court House of the County of Southampton the proprety of Joseph and William Ccott should be and was there by vested in Edwin Gray James Wilkinson Samuel Kello Benjamin Blunt Thomas Ridley Benjamin Ruffin Robert Goodwin and John Taylor gentlemen trustees to be by them or a majority of them laid of into lots of one half acre each with convenient Streets and establish a town by the name of Jerusalem and whereas the said act has further directed that the said trustees or a majority of them should proceed to Sell the said lots, at public auction for the best price that could be had for the same and hath impowered the said trustees To convey the same to the purchasers thereof in fee upon certain conditions which may be more particularly known by a reference to the said act now This Inden= ture witnesseth that the said Edwin Gray James Wilkinson Sam Kello Benjamin Blunt Thomas Ridley Benjamin Ruffin Robert Goodwin & [page break] [p.] 341 John Taylor gentlemen trustees as aforesaid for and in consideration of the sum of twenty pounds current money of Virginia to be paid by the said William Crichlow pursuant to the aforesaid act, to the said Joseph and William Scoot former proprietors of the said lots or their legal repre= =sentatives have bargained sold alien'd and confirm'd and by these presents do bargain sell alien'd and confirm...unto the said William Crichlow and his Heirs forever one lot or parcel of Land lying and being in the said town of Jerusalem and bounded as follows Vizt. __ Begining at the corner of No, 17. then along the line of the court house square No. 26. W 115 feet 6 Inches to the line of No. 19 No. 67 E 184 feet to the corner then S 29 E 115. feet 6 Inches to the corner of No. 17 thence along the line of No. 17, 194 feet 5 Inches to the Begining together with all the profits priviledges and appurtinances whatsoever to the sd. primises belonging or in any ways appurtaining To have and to hold the sd. lot or parcel of Land with the appurtenan= =ces as aforesaid to the said William Crichlow and his Heirs forever and the said Wm: Crichlow for himself and his Heirs do hereby covenant and agree to and with the said trustees, in the man= =ner and form following Vizt., that the said Wm: Crichlow or his Heirs shall and will build on the sd. lot a dwelling House sixteen feet square at least with a brick or stone chimny, to be finish'd fit for habitation within five years from the date of these presents and also do punctually pay the money ariseing from the Sale of the said lots to the ["said" struck] proprietors of the said lot or their legal representatives and the said trustees do covenant and agree with the said William Crichlow and his heirs well and truly performing all and every covenants and agreements which on their parts by the true intent and meaning of these presents they ought to perform, may peaceably and quietly enter upon, have, hold, possess and enjoy all the premises with the appurtenances above mentioned without the let, trouble or hindrance of them the said trustees or any person or persons claiming under them or any of them provided always that if the said William Crichlow and his heirs do and shall fail to build thereon within the time by the above recited act for that purpose that the trustees above mentioned may thereupon immediately enter into the aforesaid lot and sell it again pursuant to the recited act. In Witness whereof we the parties to these presents, have hereunto interchangeably set our hands and affix'd our seals the day and year above said Benjamin Ruffin ¤L.S.¤ Sign'd, Seal'd and delivered } James Wilkinson ¤L.S.¤ in presence of } Thos. Ridley ¤L.S.¤ Richd. Blow Robt. Goodwyn ¤L.S.¤ Henry Briggs Benja. Blunt ¤L.S.¤ John T. Blow jr. At a court held for the county of Southampton the 13th. day of October 1796. This Indenture was acknowledged by Benjamin Ruffin one of the parties hereto, proved by the oaths of Richd. Blow, Henry Briggs and Jno.T. Blow jr. as to the other parties and ordered to be recorded Saml. Kello Cl. ~-¤-~ Southampton Co., VA, Deed Book 8 (1793-98), pp. 340-41 The Library of Virginia (LVA), Richmond, VA, Southampton Microfilm Reel 4 Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Matt Harris, zoobug64@aol.com [brackets mine] [BLOW, BLUNT, BRIGGS, CRICHLOW, GOODWIN, GOODWYN, GRAY, KELLO, RUFFIN, SCOTT, WILKINSON] file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/deeds/08db340.txt