Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Patents.....Atkinson, James Jr., 1713 

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Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Land Records 
     James ATKINSON, Jr., patent, 250 acres, 13 Nov 1713 

[margin notes cropped]  [James At]kinson 
                             [250] 
                          [New la]nd 
                    [Form in 2d.] page ) 

Anne &ca.  To all &ca.  Know ye  that for divers good causes & Considerac'ons, but more especially for & in 
Considerac'on of his Importac'on of five persons to dwell within this our Colony of Virginia whose names are Mattw. Kelly, 
Nicholas Hutchinson, John Poor, Alexander Salmon & Mary Buttery  We have Given, Granted & Confirmed & by 
these presents for us our heirs & successors do Give, Grant & Confirm unto James Atkinson junr. of the county of Isle of Wight 
one certain tract or parcel of Land containing two hundred & fifty acres lieing & being on the south side of the main black water 
in the sd. County of Isle of Wight & bounded as followeth, to wit,  beginning at a double Gum on the south side of Tarrapin 
swamp  then south twelve degrees west sixty seven pole to a red oak  then south sixty degrees East twenty nine pole to a red 
oak  then north sixty six degrees east one hundred & fifty six pole to Tarrapin swamp aforesaid  then down the run of the said swamp 
to the mouth of Gum branch & up the run of that branch seventy pole to a marked hickory  then west one hundred - 
seventy eight pole to two white oaks  then north thirty degrees west eighty one pole to two Live oaks  then north seventy 
degrees west one hundred pole to a pine saplin  then north sixty degrees west one hundred eighty three pole to a red oak 
then south seventy five degrees west twenty two pole to a pine by a branch side wch: branch divides this Land from the 
Land of Wm. Kinchin)  then down the run of that branch to Tarrapin swamp & down the various courses of the run of 
the said Swamp to the first stac'on  with all &ca.  To have hold &ca.  To be held &ca.  Yielding 
& paying &ca.  Provided &ca.  In Witness &ca.  Witness our Trusty & welbeloved 
Alexander Spotswood our Lieut: Governr. &ca.  at Wms.burgh under the seal of our said Colony the thirteenth 
day of November one thousand seven hundred & thirteen  In the twelfth year of our Reign 
                                                                                 A. Spotswood 


Virginia State Land Office Patents No. 10 (1710-1719), p. 100 
The Library of Virginia (LVA), Richmond, VA, 
   Land Office Microfilm Reel 10 

images online at the LVA's Virginia Memory website (Digital Collections): 
   http://www.virginiamemory.com/ 
   [this patent is barely legible; the rest of the page is worse] 

While this patent is given as being in Isle of Wight Co., it lies in 
   that portion from which Southampton Co. was formed in 1749. 

The reference apparently is not to modern Terrapin Swamp - the northernmost in 
   the county - but rather, to Hickaneck Swamp - the next to the south. 


Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Matt Harris, zoobug64@aol.com [brackets mine] 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/deeds/10pb100c.txt