Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Patents.....Boykin, Edward, 1715 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Land Records Edward BOYKIN, patent, 145 acres, 23 Mar 1715 [margin notes cropped] [Edward] Boykin [1]45 [Ne]w land [For]m in 2d. page George &c To all &c Know ye that for divers good causes & considerac'ons but more especially for and in considerac'on of the Sum of fifteen shillings of good & lawfull money for our use paid to our Receiver General of our Revenues & Dominion in this our said Colony ^ of Virginia We have given granted and confirmed & by these presents for us our heirs & Successors do give grant and confirm unto Edward Boykin of Isle of Wight County one certain tract or parcell of Land containing one hundred and forty five acres lying & being on the South side of the main black water Swamp in the County aforesaid and bounded as followeth, to wit, begining at a white oak by a Small branch side Land a corner of his old ^ thence north eighteen degrees east forty Six pole to a red oak a corner ~~ of James Atkinsons land then by Atkinsons lines north Seventy three degrees west one hundred fifty Six poles to a white oak near the head of a small branch a Corner of Wm. Kinchins Land then by - [page break] [p.] 272 Kinchins line south sixty Six degrees west thirty two pole to a pine then South fifteen degrees west one hundred & thirty four pole to a red oak a line tree of ye Said Boykins old land then by his old lines east by north Sixty two pole to a pine and east by South one hundred & fifty pole to ye first Stac'on with all &c To have hold &c To be held &c Yeilding & paying &c Provided &c In Witness &c Witness our Trusty & welbeloved Alexander Spotswood our Lt. Governor &c At Wms.burgh under the Seal of our Said Colony the twenty third day of March one thousand _ Seven hundred and fifteen in ye Second Year of our Reign A Spotswood. ___ Virginia State Land Office Patents No. 10 (1710-1719), pp. 271-72 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/ 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. Edward BOYKIN patented 200 acres, on the north side of Seacock Swamp, 25 Apr 1701 (PB9:327-28); file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/deeds/09pb327.txt He patented 190 acres, adjoining his own land, 13 Nov 1713 (PB10:99-100); file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/deeds/10pb099d.txt He patented 160 acres, adjoining his own land, 16 Jun 1714 (PB10:149) - claiming the same four headrights as in the second patent; file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/deeds/10pb149c.txt Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Matt Harris, zoobug64@aol.com [brackets mine] file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/deeds/10pb271d.txt