Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Patents.....Drake, Barnaby, 1765 

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Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Land Records 
     Barnaby DRAKE [Jr.], patent, 135 acres, 26 Jul 1765 

[margin note]  Barnaby Drake 
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                Form Page 1 

George the Third &c. To all &c. 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 & Successors 
Do Give Grant and Confirm unto Barnaby Drake one certain Tract or Parcel of 
Land containing one hundred and thirty five Acres lying and being in the County 
of Southampton on the North side of Nottoway Swamp and bounded as followeth 
to wit  Beginning at a Pine in a line of Lazarus Johnson's Land by the ~ 
side of the Miry branch thence by the said Johnson's lines South sixty Poles to 
a Red oak and South thirty eight Degrees West one hundred and ten Poles to a ~ 
Pine by the side of the reedy branch thence up the various courses of the said 
branch to a pine a corner tree of Thomas Oberry thence by the said Oberry's line 
East ninety Poles to a hickory a corner of David Burn's Land thence by the said 
Burn's line North thirty Degrees East seventy four Poles to a Gum by the side of 
the South Prong of the Cypress Swamp thence up the various courses of the run of 
the said swamp to the mouth of the Miry branch aforesaid and up the various 
courses of the run of the said branch to the beginning. With all &c. To have 
hold &c. To be held &c. Yielding and Paying &c. Provided &c. In Witness &c. 
Witness our Trusty and welbeloved Francis Fauquier. Esq.r our Lieutenant 
Governor and Commander in Chief of our said Colony & Dominion at Williamsburg 
under the seal of our said Colony the twenty sixth day of July one thousand 
seven hundred and sixty five in the fifth year of our Reign. 

Exd. 
                                                       Francis Fauquier. 


Virginia State Land Office Patents No. 36 (1764-1767), p. 836 
The Library of Virginia (LVA), Richmond, VA, 
   Land Office Microfilm Reel 36 

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

Additional information: 

Barnaby DRAKE Jr. & wife Mary conveyed this tract to Jonas JOYNER, 
   27 Oct 1774 (9 Mar 1775) [DB5:128-29]; file at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/deeds/05db128.txt 

Jonas JOYNER & wife Mourning conveyed this tract to Jacob TURNER, 
   9 Feb 1786 [DB6475-77]; at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/deeds/06db475.txt 

Jacob TURNER & wife Christian conveyed this tract to Thomas MOUNTFORTT, 
   5 Feb 1787 (12 Apr 1787) [DB6:636-38]; file at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/deeds/06db636.txt 


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

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/deeds/36pb836a.txt