Southampton-Isle of Wight-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Patents.....Drew, John, 1723 

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Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Land Records 
     John DREW, patent, 530 acres, 5 Sep 1723 

[margin notes]      John DREW          } 
                       530  ~          } 
                     New Land          } 
               Form in the 2.d page of } 
               the book before this[?] } 

George &.c  To all &c.  Know Ye That for divers good Causes and Consideraç'ons 
but more especially for and in Consideraç'on of the Sum' of Fifty Five Shillings 
of good and lawful money for our use paid to our Receiver General of our Revenues 
in this our Colony and Dominion of Virginia  We have given granted and confirmed 
and by these presents for us our heirs and Successors Do give grant and confirm 
unto John Drew of Surry County One certain Tract or parcel of Land containing 
Five hundred and Thirty Acres lying and being on the North Side of the Lightwood 
Swamp in the County of Isle of Wight and bounded as followeth to wit  Begining 
at a Maple by the Side of the Said Swamp 
Thence South Sixty Degrees East a hundred and sixty Five pole to a pine by the 
Side of the Cabbin Branch 
Then down the various Courses of the run of the Said branch to the Lightwood 
Swamp aforesaid and up the various Courses of the run of the said Swamp to the 
begining  With all &c.  To have hold &c.  To be held &c.  Yielding and paying 
&c.  provided &c.  In Witness &c.  Witness our Trusty & Welbeloved Hugh Drysdale 
Esq.r our Lieut. Gov.r &c. at Williamsmsburgh under the Seal of Our said Colony 
the Fifth day of September  One Thousand Seven hundred and Twenty Three in the 
Tenth Year of our Reign _ 
                                                   Hugh Drysdale ~ 

[This tract lies in that portion of Isle of Wight Co. from which Southampton Co. 
 was formed in 1749.] 

Virginia State Land Office Patents No. 11 (1719-1724), p. 258 
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/

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