Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Patents.....Bunn, David, 1746 

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Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Land Records 
     David BURN [BUNN], patent, 120 acres, 25 Jul 1746 

[margin note]  David Burn 

                120 Acres 

George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King 
Defender of the Faith &c 
To all to whom these presents shall come  Greeting  Know ye for divers good 
causes and Considerations but more Especially for and in Consideration of the 
sum of Fifteen 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 David Burn one certain Tract or Parcel 
of Land containing one hundred and twenty Acres lying and being in the County of 
Isle of Wight on the North Side of Nottoway River and bounded as followeth, to 
wit, Beginning at a Gum by the side of Cypress Swamp 
Thence South thirty Degrees West seventy two Poles to a Hiccory in Thomas 
Oberrys line 
Thence by the said Oberrys lines East eighty Poles to a red Oak over the Run of a 
small Branch 
and South twenty Degrees East one hundred and fifty two Poles to a Pine by the 
side of Rooty Branch 
Thence down the Various Courses of the Run of the said Branch to a white Oak 
Then North fifty Degrees West fifty Poles to a Gum by the side of the Cypress 
Swamp aforesaid 
and up the Various Courses of the Run of the said Swamp to the beginning 

With all Woods Underwoods Swamps Marshes Low-Grounds Meadows Feedings and his 
due share of all Veins Mines and Quarries as well 
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[p.] 338) 

discovered as not discovered within the bounds aforesaid and being part of the 
said Quantity of one hundred and twenty Acres of Land and the Rivers Waters and 
Water Courses therein contained together with the Privileges of Hunting Hawking 
Fishing Fowling and all other  Profits Commodities and Hereditaments whatsoever 
to the same or any part thereof belonging or in any wise appertaining 

To Have hold Possess and Enjoy the said Tract or Parcel of Land and all other 
the before Granted Premises and every part thereof with their and every of their 
Appurtenances unto the said David Burn and to his Heirs and Assigns forever 
To the only Use and behoof of him the said David Burn his heirs and Assigns 
forever 

To be held of us our Heirs and Successors as of our Mannor of East Greenwich in 
the County of Kent in free and common Soccage and not in Capite or by Knight's 
Service 

Yielding and Paying unto us our Heirs and Successors for every fifty Acres of 
Land and so Proportionally for a lesser or greater Quantity than fifty Acres the 
Fee Rent of one Shilling Yearly to be paid upon the Feast of Saint Michael the 
arch angel and also Cultivating and Improving three Acres part of every fifty of 
the Tract abovementioned within three Years after the Date of these presents 

Provided always that if three Years of the said Fee Rent shall at any time be in 
Arrear and Unpaid or if the said David Burn his Heirs or Assigns do not within 
the Space of three Years next coming after the Date of these presents 
Cultivate and Improve three Acres Part of every fifty of the Tract 
abovementioned Then the Estate hereby Granted shall Cease and be Utterly 
Determined and thereafter it shall and may be lawful to and for us our Heirs and 
Successors to Grant the same Lands and Premises with the Appurtenances unto such 
other Person or Persons as we our Heirs and Successors shall think fit 

In Witness whereof we have caused these our Letters Patent to be made 

Witness our Trusty and Welbeloved William Gooch Esq: our Lieutenant Governor and 
Commander in Chief of our said Colony and Dominion at Williamsburgh Under the 
Seal of our said Colony the twenty fifth Day of July one thousand seven hundred 
and forty six In the Twentieth Year of our Reign 
                                                   William Gooch 
Ex:d 

Virginia State Land Office Patents No. 24 (1745-1746), pp. 337-38 
The Library of Virginia (LVA), Richmond, VA, 
   Land Office Microfilm Reel 22 

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

[This tract was conveyed from David Bunn to son Hardy Bunn, 
 indenture dated 26 Jan 1779, presented 14 Oct 1779, proved 9 Oct 1783, 
 delivered Sep 1795 {q.v.}, 
 (Southampton Co., VA, Deed Book 5 {1773-1781}, pp. 433-34; 
  The Library of Virginia, Southampton Co. Microfilm Reel 2).] 

[David Burn left will 2 Oct 1779 (proved 11 Nov 1779), giving wife "Patience."
 Patience Burn left will 5 Nov 1779, also proved 11 Nov 1779. (WB3:291, 295-96)] 

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

[BUNN, BURN, OBERRY]