Southampton-Isle of Wight-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Patents.....Drew, John, 1713 

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Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Land Records 
     John DREW, patent, 420 acres, 13 Nov 1713 


Anne &c.a  To all &c.a  Know Ye for divers good causes & Consideraç'ons but more 
especially for & in Consideraç'on of the Importaç'on of nine persons to dwell 
within this our Colony & Dominion of Virginia whose names are Francis Johnson, 
Richard Gugger, John Leffee, John North, Sam.l Baker, W.m Hart, Mary Chapman, 
Jn.o Morris & James Ardis  We have Given Granted & Confirmed & by these presents 
for us our heirs & successors do Give, Grant & Confirm unto John Drew of the 
County of Surry one certain tract or parcel of Land containing four hundred & 
twenty Acres lieing & being on the south side of the main blackwater swamp in 
the County of Isle of Wight & bounded as followeth, to wit, beginning at a pine 
on the north side of Nottoway River a little below the Coind[*] falls 
then north fifty seven degrees East thirty one pole to an hickory 
then south forty degrees East thirty nine pole to a live oak in a branch 
then south five degrees east twenty five pole a pine 
then south seven degrees East one hundred & thirty four pole to a pine 
then South fifteen degrees East One hundred & Ninety Nine pole to a pine 
then South Seventy Seven degrees East twenty one pole to a pine 
then south south East seventy four pole to a white oak 
then South forty degrees east twenty eight pole to a white oak 
then south nineteen degrees East thirty eight pole a hickory 
then south forty seven degrees west sixty six pole to a black oak 
then south nineteen degrees west one hundred & four pole to a white oak in the 
County line twixt Isle of Wight & Nansemond 
then by that line south sixty degrees west forty two pole to a pine by the edge 
of Nottoway River & up Nottoway River to the first station 
with all &c.a  To have hold &c.a  To be held &c.a  Yielding & paying &c.a  
Provided &c.a  In Witness &c.a  Witness our Trusty & welbeloved Alexander 
Spotswood our Lieu:t Govern.r &c.a at W.msburgh under the seal of our s.d Colony 
the thirteenth day of Novemb.r one thousand seven hundred thirteen, In the 
twelfth year of our Reign__ 
                                                   A. Spotswood 
[margin notes cropped in online image] 

[*site, rendered "Coind Falls" by the LVA, difficult to read, and curious. 
 This site lies well east of the Fall Line, near Weyanoke, where the Nottoway 
 joins the Blackwater to form the Chowan River. 
 The Nansemond Co. line formerly extended west of the Blackwater (& Nottoway) 
 R., to the NC boundary; that portion was later annexed to Southampton Co., 
 which was formed from Isle of Wight Co. in 1749.] 

Virginia State Land Office Patents No. 10 (1710-1719), p. 106 
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/

Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Matt Harris, Zoobug64@aol.com [brackets & line breaks mine] 

[ARDIS, ARTIS, BAKER, CHAPMAN, DREW, GUGGER, HART, JOHNSON, LEFFEE, MORRIS, 
 NORTH]