Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Deeds.....Horne to Urquhart, 1853 

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Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Land Records 
     Goodman HORNE & wife Martha Ann (MERCER) HORNE to Anselm B. URQUHART, 
        deed of bargain & sale, 64 acres, 10 Mar 1853 (16 Jan 1854) 


                          State of Virginia, Southampton County 
This Indenture, made the tenth day of March in the year one thousand eight 
hundred and fifty three, between Goodman Horne of the County of Southampton 
and the State of Virginia and Martha Ann his wife, parties of the 
first part  and  A.B. Urquhart of the same County and State  of the 
second part  Witnesseth:  That the said parties of the first part  viz Goodman 
Horne & Martha A. Horne  for and in consideration of the sum of one 
hundred and two dollars lawful money of the State to him duly paid 
before the delivery hereof, have bargained and sold and by these presents 
and by these presents do grant and convey to the said A.B. Urquhart of the 
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[p.] 454 

second part  his heirs & assigns forever, all that certain piece or parcel of 
land lying and being in the county of Southampton & State of Virginia, and which 
is known and described as follows, To wit:  the one fourth part or portion 
of the Robert Horne tract of land  allotted to the parties of the first part 
in the division of said tract of land between  Cherry Horne, Holleman* 
Horne, Goodman Horne and A.B. Urquhart and bounded on the north 
and Northwest by Josiah Britt's Land, now A.B. Urquharts, on the 
west by Silkey Diggs' land, on the South and Southwest by the Carr land 
now A.B. Urquharts, and on the east by the portion of the said Horne tract 
of land allotted to A.B. Urquhart, containing Sixty four acres more or 
less, together with all and Singular the privileges and appurtenances 
and all the estate  title and interest, of the said parties of the first 
part, therein.  And the said parties of the first part do hereby covenant 
and agree with the said party of the second part  that at the time of the 
delivery hereof the parties of the first part are lawful owners of the 
premises above granted and seized  in fee simple  absolute  and that they 
will warrant  and defend  the above granted premises in the quiet 
and peaceable possession of the said party of the second part, his heirs, 
and assigns forever. 
  In Witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals, this 
tenth day of March, one thousand  eight hundred and fifty three. 
Sealed and delivered }                 Goodman Horn  ¤Seal¤ 
in the presence of   }                           his 
          William T. Herrin            Martha A.  X  Britt      ¤Seal¤ 
                her                              mark 
          Cherry X Horn 
                mark 
              her 
          Emma X Britt 
              mark 
          
Southampton County, Towit: 
We, William H. Summerell and Patrick Doles  Justices of the peace 
for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Martha A. Horn 
the wife of Goodman Horn parties to the abovementioned deed 
bearing date on the     day of March 1853, and hereunto annexed person-
ally appeared before us in our County aforesaid and being Examined 
by us  privily and a Part from her  husband  and having the deed 
aforesaid fully explained to her  She the said Martha A. Horn 
acknowledged the same to be her act and deed and declared 
that She  haid  willingly  Signed  the same  and that she wishes 
not  to retract it.  Witness our hands and Seals this 10th 
day of March 1853. 
                               Wm.H. Summerell, JP:  ¤seal¤ 
                               Patrick Doles, J:P.  ¤seal¤ 

Southampton County, Towit: 
   Personally appeared before us this day Goodman Horn and 
Martha A.  his wife  whose names are Signed to the above deed 
and acknowledged the same  to be their act  and desired us  to 
certify the same  to the  Clerk  of Southampton  so that it may 
be admitted  to record.  Witness our hand this 10th day of 
April 1853. 
                               Wm.H. Summerell, J.P  
                               Patrick Doles, JP. 

Southampton County.  In the Clerk's office the 16th day of January 1854 
This Deed of bargain & Sale was presented  & together with the certificates of 
the privy examination & acknowledgment of Martha A. Horn, a party 
thereto, & of the acknowledgment of Goodman Horn, also a party 
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[in modern pen, p.] 455 

thereto  admitted to record 
                               teste, 
                                             L.R. Edwards, C.C. 
                                             ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ 
// 


Southampton Co., VA, Deed Book 28 (1850-56), pp. 453-55 
The Library of Virginia (LVA), Richmond, VA, 
   Southampton Microfilm Reel 12 


*should read Harman 

The children and heirs of Robert HORNE- Nancy (HORNE; Mrs. Joseph) BRITT, 
   Cherry HORNE, Goodman HORNE, Harman HORNE & Polly HORNE- sued George 
   WILSON & wife Polly, Charles NEWELL & wife Nancy, and Samuel WHITFIELD, 
   acting on behalf of his daughter Mary Frances WHITFIELD, and the 
   plaintiffs were awarded Robert HORNE's 500-acres estate.  
   The deed transferring the tract (DB20:167-68) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/deeds/20db167.txt 


[BRITT, CARR, DIGGS, DOLES, HERRIN, HERRING, HORN, HORNE, MERCER, 
 SUMMERELL, URQUHART] 

Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com) [brackets & line breaks mine] 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/deeds/28db453.txt