Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Deeds.....Trustees to Crichlow, 1796 ************************************************ 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 18, Jerusalem, 14 Oct 1796 (13 Oct 1796) [p.] 343 [margin notes] from Jerusalem trustees to Crichlow This Indenture made this fourteenth Day of October anno Dom: one thousand seven hundred and ninety six Between Edwin Gray James Wilkinson Samuel Kello Benjamin Blunt Thomas Ridley Benjamin Ruffin Robert Goodwyn and John Taylor gentlemen trustees as herein after mentioned of the one part and William Crichlow of the county of Southamp =ton of the other part Witnesseth that whereas an act of the general assembly of Virginia passed December the Seventh one thousand seven hundred and ninety one inti =titled an act to establish certain towns and for other purposes hath enacted that ten acres of land ajoining the courthouse of the county of Southampton the property of Joseph and William Scott should be and Was thereby vested in Edwin Gray James Wilkinson Samuel Kello Benjamin Blunt Thomas Ridley Benja. Ruffin Robert Goodwyn and John Taylor gentlemen trustees to be by them or a majority of them laid of into lots of an half acre each with convenient Streets and establish a town by the name of Jerusalem and whereas the said [act] hath further directed that the said trustees or a Majority of them should proceed to sell the said lots at publick auction for the best price that could be had for the same and hath empowered 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 Indenture Witnesseth that the sd. Edwin Gray James Wilkinson Sam Kello Benjamin Blunt Thomas Ridley Benjamin Ruffin Robert Goodwin and John Taylor gentlemen trustees as aforesaid for and in consideration of the sum of twenty pounds five Shillings current money of Virginia to be paid by the said William Crichlow pursuant to the aforesaid act to the said Joseph and Wm. Scott former proprietors of the said lots or their legal representatives have bargained sold aliened and confirm unto the said William Crichlow and his Heirs forever one lot or parcel of Land lying and being in the sd. town of Jerusalem and bounded as follows Vizt. Begining at a corner near the court house square on the main Street N 67 E to the corner of No. 19 and by the line of the same 237 feet 7 Inches to the corner thereof thence N 29° W 77 3 Inches then S 67° W 237 feet 7 inches to the corner on the main Street and then along the main street 79 feet 3 inches to the begining together with all the profits privi= =ledges and appurtenances whatsoever to the Said premises belonging or in any wise appurtaining. To have and to hold the Said lot or parcel of land with the appurtenances as aforesaid to the said William Crichlow and his heirs forever and the sd. William Crichlow for himself and his heirs do hereby covenant & [page break] [p.] 344 agree to and with the said trustees in the manner and form following Vizt. that the Said William Crichlow or his heirs shall and will build on the said lot a dwelling house sixteen feet square at least with a brick or stone chimney to be finished fit for habitation within five years from the date of these presents as also do punctu =ally pay the money ariseing from the Sale of the sd. lot to the 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 peaceable 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 other person or persons claiming under them or any of them provided always that if the said William Crichlow & his heirs do and Shall fail to build thereon within the time by the above Recited act limited 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 testimony whereof we the parties to these presents, have hereunto interchangeably Set our hands and affixed our seals the day and year above Said ~ Signed Sealed and delivered } { Benjamin Ruffin ĪSealĪ in presence of } { James Wilkinson ĪSealĪ John T. Blow Junr.} { Robert Goodwyn ĪSealĪ Henry Briggs } { Thomas Ridley ĪSealĪ Richd. Blow } { Benjamin Blunt ĪSealĪ At a court held for the county of Southampton the 13th. day of October 1796 This Indenture was acknowledged by Benjn. Ruffin one of the parties hereto proved by the oaths of Richard Blow Henry Briggs Jno.T. Blow as to the other parties and ordered to be recorded Saml. Kello Cl. ~-Ī-~ Southampton Co., VA, Deed Book 8 (1793-98), pp. 343-44 The Library of Virginia (LVA), Richmond, VA, Southampton Microfilm Reel 4 William McCANDLISH, Marshall of the Superior Court of Chancery for the Williamsburg district, sold Lot 20, & a moiety of another lot, to Robert GOODWYN, 22 Nov 1825 (19 Dec 1825), "in pursuance of a decree... in the Case of Summerell against Crichlow." (Southampton Co. DB19:478) See also these 2 two Southampton Co. chancery cases: Robert Goodwin v. heirs of John Crichlow (1825-004) & Silas Summerell &c. v. adm'or of John Crichlow &c. (1828-010). Robert GOODWIN/GOODWYN leased Lot 20, then occupied by him "as a Tavern," to William L. EVERETT/EVERITT, for 5 years 1827-32, 20 Jul 1826 (21 Aug 1826). They made an inventory of the tavern, 5 Sep 1826. The lease was made void, 3 Oct 1827. (Southampton Co. DB20:57-58, 62-63, 254) Robert GOODWYN sold Lot 20 & the tavern furniture, another lot, his interest in Lots 18 & 19, and another tract, to Henry B. VAUGHAN, subject to liens, 4 Oct 1830 (18 Oct 1830). (Southampton Co. DB21:412-13) Henry's sister-in-law Mrs. Rebecca VAUGHAN was among the last victims of the Southampton Insurrection. Henry was severely criticized for the fare he served the militiamen who responded to uprising, and for the $800 bill - never paid - that he submitted to the Commonwealth. (Thomas C. Parramore, "Southampton County, Virginia." pp. 91-92, 116-17) 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/08db343.txt