Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Patents.....Britt, Matthew, 1785 ************************************************ 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, 531 acres, 20 Dec 1785 [margin note] Matthew Britt 531 acres Southampton ¯ Exd. Patrick Henry Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia To all To whom these Presents shall come Greeting Know ye, that by Virtue and in Consideration of Part of a Land Office Treasury Warrant Number Thirteen Thousand Nine [page break] [p.] 652 Hundred and ninety eight and Issued the Twenty Seventh day of August one Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty two, There is Granted by the said Commonwealth unto Matthew Britt Assignee of Nathaniel Fleming a Certain Tract or Parcel of Land, Containing Five hundred and Thirty one Acres by Survey bearing date the Tenth day of May one Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty four. lying and being in the County of Southampton and Parish of Nottoway ~ and Bounded as followeth To wit, Beginning at a red oak Corner of Micajah Hollemans land thence along ~ his line South Seventy one Degrees West forty one Poles to a red oak stump South fifteen Degrees West two hundred and Twenty one Poles to a white oak Stump South Seventy three degrees West one hundred and two ~ Poles to a white oak a Corner of Holland Browns Land thence along her line South sixteen degrees West one hundred & twenty five Poles to a Willow oak in William ~ Stevensons line thence along his line South Sixty eight Degrees East Thirty six Poles to a white oak South Twenty four [page break] [p.] 653 Degrees East Six Poles to a red oak South thirteen Degrees ~ East Twenty eight Poles to a lightwood Post South thirty two Degrees East twenty Six Poles to a Small Persimmon South Sixty five Degrees East Twenty four Poles to a live oak in Thomas Stevensons line Thence along his line South Seven= ty two Degrees East Thirty two Poles to a red oak, South Sixteen Degrees West one hundred and twelve Poles to an oak Stump North forty Six Degrees East Ninety two Poles to a Pine South Eighty three Degrees East one hundred & twelve Poles to a red oak Corner to Benjamin Turner's Land Thence along his line North twenty Degrees East two hundred & Six Poles to a white oak Corner to Edward Britt's Land thence along his line North Sixty one Degrees West Seventy eight Poles to a white oak North twelve Degrees West Twenty eight Poles to an Oak North twenty four Degrees West fifty ~ Poles to a white North Twenty Seven Degrees East forty Poles to _____ North Twenty one Degrees East one hundred & Eight Poles to an oak in Matthew Britts old line thence along his line North Eighty two Degrees West one hundred & twenty Six Poles to a Pine thence North Ten Degrees East fifty two[?] Po. to the Beginning [page break] [p.] 654 Beginning With its Appurtenances To have & To ~ Hold the said Tract or Parcel of Land, With its ~ Appurtenances To the said Matthew Britt & his Heirs for ever. In Witness whereof the said Patrick Henry Esqr. Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia hath hereunto set his Hand & Caused the Lesser Seal of the said Common wealth to be affixed, at Richmond on the Twentieth day of December in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred & Eighty five, & of the Commonwealth the Tenth ~ P. Henry Virginia State Land Office Grants Book S (1785-86), pp. 651-54 The Library of Virginia (LVA), Richmond, VA, Land Office Microfilm Reel 59 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, BROWN, HOLLEMAN, HOLLIMAN, STEPHENSON, STEVENSON, TURNER] file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/deeds/s_gb651.txt