Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Patents.....Britt, Matthew, 1783 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Land Records Matthew BRITT, grant, 266 acres, 6 Nov 1783 [margin note] Matthew Britt 266 acres Southampton Examined Benjamin Harrison Esquire Governour of the Commonwealth of Virginia To all to whom These ~ Presents shall come Greeting Know ye That in consi= =deration of the Ancient Composition of one pound Ten Shill =ings Sterling Paid by Matthew Britt into the late Receiver Generals Office There is granted by the said Comm =onwealth unto the said Matthew Britt a certain Tract or Parcel of land containing Two hundred and Sixty six acres by survey bearing date the Eighth day of December one Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy two lying and being in the County of Southampton in the Parish of Nottoway, and bounded as follo =weth ,to wit, Beginning at a black Jack [page break] [p.] 156 Thence along a line of Mark'd Trees North forty three degrees West one Hundred and Twenty five Poles to a pine corner of Harman Harris,s line thence along his line West Thirty eight Poles to a Pine thence along a line of Mark'd Trees North Seventy nine degrees West one Hundred and Fifty four Poles to a black Jack in absolom Williamsons line thence along his line of So= uth fifty four degrees West Eighty four Poles thence along a line of Mark'd Trees South Seven degrees West Thirty eight Poles to a red oak thence South Thirteen degrees West Sixty Poles to a pine South Eighty nine degrees East Forty six Poles to a Pine thence South Eighty six degrees East one Hundred and Twelve Poles to a Gum thence South Fifty degrees East fifteen Poles to a red oak and in Edward Britts line thence along his line South Eighty degrees East one Hundred Poles to a white oak thence along a line of Mark'd Trees North Sixty three degrees East forty Poles to a red oak thence North Eighty degrees East to a red oak in Edward Britts [page break] [p.] 157 line thence along his line North Fifty one degrees East Fifty two Poles to the Beginning with its appurtenances To have and to hold the said Tract or Parcel of Land with its appurtenances, to the said Matthew ~ Britt and his Heirs for ever In Witness whereof the said Benjamin Harrison Esquire Governour of the Commonw =ealth of Virginia hath hereunto set his hand and caused the lesser seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed at Richmond, on the Sixth day of November in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty three and of the Commonwealth the Eighth Benjamin Harrison Virginia State Land Office Grants Book I (1783-84), pp. 155-57 The Library of Virginia (LVA), Richmond, VA, Land Office Microfilm Reel 50 images online at the LVA's Virginia Memory website (Digital Collections): http://www.virginiamemory.com/ Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Matt Harris, zoobug64@aol.com [brackets & line breaks mine] [BRITT, HARRIS, WILLIAMSON] file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/deeds/i_gb155.txt