Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Patents.....Smelley &c., 1701 

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Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Land Records 
     Robert SMELLEY, Thomas GILES, Joseph BRIDGER, Lewis SMELLEY 
     & William SMELLEY, patent, 1420 acres, 24 Oct 1701 


[p.] (388) 

To all &ca:  Whereas &ca:  Now Know Yee that I the Sd. Francis 
Nicholson Esqr: Governr: &ca:  Doe with the advice and Consent of the Councill 
of State accordingly Give and Grant unto Robert Smelley  Thomas 
Giles  Joseph Bridger  Lewis Smelley and William Smelley  
fourteen hundred and twenty acres of Land on the South Side of 
the Main black water Swamp  begining at a Cyprus by the Run 
of the Said Swamp and Soe runing thence South Seventy Six 
degrees and a halfe west forty eight pole to a pine on the high 
Land  thence North Seventy eight Degrees west Eighty eight pole to 
a pine  thence North thirty six Degrees West four hundred and forty 
poles to two black oakes  thence North ten [degrees] west Eighty eight pole 
to a pine  thence East four hundred Seventy eight pole to a red 
oake by the Side of black Creeke  thence South East and by South 
one hundred and fourteen pole to a greate pine  thence South 
twelve Degrees West forty pole to a red oake by the Side of the 
aforesd. Swamp neare the Main Run  then down the Various Courses 
of the Said run to the begining  the Said Land being Due unto the Said 
Robert Smelley  Thomas Giles  Joseph Bridger  Lewis Smelley & 
William Smelley  by and for the transportac'on of twenty nine P/sons 
into this Colony whose names are to be in the Records Mentioned undr: 
this Patent  To have and To hold &ca:  To be held &ca:  Yeilding and Pay=
=ing &ca:  Provided &ca:  Given under My hand and the Seale of the Colony 
this 24th: Day of october Anno Dom. 1701 
                                    ŻŻŻŻ 
                                      Fr: Nicholson 

[margin note]  Exa. 

Robt. Smelley  Tho: Giles, Joseph Bridger 
 Lewis Smelley and Wm. Smelley  their patent 
  for 1420 acres of Land on the South Side of the 
  Main blackwater  ___ _ ___ _ ___ 
             E Jenings 

     Robert Horneing &  John Killpatrick   James Hall      James Lurchin 
     Margery his wife   Anthony Golden     John Tedman      Jno. Baudwin 
     Anna Fullerton     John Fullerton     Margaret Moore     Luce Buchett 
     Anna Bates         Eliza: Allomber    Grace Thorowbridge  John Smith 
     Richd. Golton      Thomas Harris      Richard Atkins       Tho: Miller 
     Anne Kite          Wm. Johnson        Wm. Cooper          Rachl. Thomas 
     Wm. Jones          John Kison         Henry Hardy        Jno. Selloway 
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Katherine Breed   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
                       ___   ___   __ 
                        ŻŻŻ   ŻŻ   ŻŻŻ 


Virginia State Land Office Patents No. 9 (1697-1706), p. 388 
The Library of Virginia (LVA), Richmond, VA, 
   Land Office Microfilm Reel 9 

images online at the LVA's Virginia Memory website (Digital Collections): 
   http://www.virginiamemory.com/ 

While the county is not stated, this patent was in that portion of 
   Isle of Wight Co. from which Southampton Co. was formed in 1749. 

Indexed: Smelly, William (designated B-001) in: 
   Ulysses P. Joyner.  "They Crossed the Blackwater: The First Settlers of 
   Southampton County Virginia."  (2001) 
   Ulysses P. Joyner.  "From the Pagan to the Nottoway: The Occupation of the 
   land by the Europeans 1607-1800."  (2008) 


Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by 
File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com) [brackets mine]. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/deeds/09pb388a.txt