SURRY COUNTY, VA - DEEDS - John Allen to Thomas Pitman, 9 Aug 1712 --------------¤¤¤¤¤¤-------------- Deeds: John Allen-Thomas Pitman, Southmark Parish, Surry Co, VA INDENTURE, ALLEN-THOMAS PITMAN (8-9-1712) THIS INDENTURE made the 9th day of August in the eleventh year of the reign of our sovereign Lady Ann, by the grace of God of Great Brittain, France & Ireland, Queen defender of the faith &c. in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & twelve between John Allen of the County of Surry, gentleman, of the one part and Thomas Pitman, Jr of the County of Isle of Wight, planter of the other part witnesseth that the said John Allen for & in consideration of the sume of five shillings to him in hand paid by the said to Thomas Pitman, gentleman, at & before ensealing & delivery of the presents the receipt whereof & himself therewith fully satisfied, contented, & paid, he doth hereby acknowledge & for divers good cause & consideration him, thereunto moving hath granted, bargained, sold, demised, leased & to farm-letter & by these presents doth grant, bargain, sell, demise, & to farm-let unto the said Thomas Pitman, Jr, his executors, administrators & assigns a certain tract or parcell of land scituate on the south side of the main Blackwater Swamp in the County of Surry & Isle of Wight aforesaid containing three hundred & fifty acres of land be the same more or less which said tract or parcell of land is part of a Pattent formerly granted to James Allen dated the 25th day of Aprill 1701 for fourteen hundred acres, & by the said James, given & bequeathed in his Last Will & Testament to the above named, John Allen & his heirs forever (as relation to the said Will being had may more at large appear) bounded viz: Beginning at ye mouth of the Little Swamp on the south side of the main Blackwater Swamp aforesaid thence up the various courses of the Run of the said Little Swamp to a markd ash then north twelve degrees west thirty five pole to a pine, then north fourteen degrees east on hundred seventy four pole to a corner of Samuell Lancaster's land & by the said Lancaster's line east a hundred & sixty pole to the main Blackwater Swamp side aforesaid & down the various courses of the run of the said swamp to the beginning, together with all & singular the orchards, houses, gardens, woods, ways & waters & all other royaltys, priviledges, profitts, commoditys, & advantages whatsoever to the said tract or parcell of land belonging, or in any wise appertaining or therewith or with any part thereof used, enjoyed or accepted, reputed or taken as part parcell or member thereof and the reversion & reversions, remainder & remainders thereof & every part & parcell thereof. TO HAVE & TO HOLD the said tract or parcell of land with all & singular the premises hereby demised, granted, bargained & sold unto the said Thomas, his executors, administrators & assigns from the day next before the day of the date of these presents for & during the term of one year fully to be compleated & ended yielding & paying therefore to the said John, his executors, administrators & assigned on the feast day of St. Michael, ye Archangel, next ensuing the date thereof one ear of Indian corn if the same shall be lawfully demanded, to the intent that by virtue of these presents & of the statute for transferring uses into possession the said Thomas may be in actual possession of the premises & be enabled to take & accept of a grant & release of the reversion & inheritance thereof to him, his heirs & assigns forever. In witness whereof the party first above named to these present Indenture have interchangeably set their hands & seals the day & year first above written. John Allen Sealed with a wafer Signed, sealed & delivered in the presence of: Henry Harrison Thomas Eldridge At a court held at Southmark for the County of Surry August ye 20th 1712 This day appeared in Court the above named John Allen & did acknowledge the above specified contents to be his reall, act & deed which is ordered to be recorded & is recorded by: John Allen, Cl. Cur. Spelling appears as it did in original documents. Words not fully decipherable are followed by a question mark. Paragraphing was added by the transcriber for ease in reading. There are no paragraphs in the original document. Source: Library of Virginia, Wills & Administrations, Deeds & Wills, Etc. 6, 1694-1709; 1709-1715, Reel 3 ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Von Mings Stachon, vonstac@comcast.net ___________________________________________________________________