Deed - Commissioners For Hardy Sammons to Wylie Sammons (Deed Book O, page 2, Sussex Co.VA.) THIS INDENTURE made and entered into this 3rd day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty three Between William Whitehorn Senr., David Grizzard and William Whitehorn Junr., Commissioners appointed by the County Court of Sussex to sell the lands of Hardy Sammons, dec'd. of the one part Wiley Sammons of the other part. Witnesseth that the said William Whitehorn Senr. David Grizzard and William whitehorn Junr. for and in consideration of the sum of eight hundred and sixty four dollars and seventy eight cents good and lawful money of Virginia to them in hand paid the receipt whereof we doth hereby acknowledge they the said commissioners have granted Bargained & sold and by these presents do grant bargain & sell unto the said Wiley Sammons and to his heirs & assigns forever all that certain tract or parcel of land situate lying and being in the County of Sussex containing two hundred & thirteen acres be the same more or less and is bounded as follows,(Viz) begining at David Grizzards line thence along said Grizzards line to John Grizzid Senr. line thence along said John Grizzards line to Collins Scarbrgs line thence along said Scarbrgs line to Sally Coopers line formerly the land belonging to Tuder land from thence to the begining. To have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land and premises with all & singular the appurtenances thereunto belonging unto the estate of the said Wiley Sammons to him and his heirs and assigns to the only proper use & behoof of him the said Wiley Sammons his heirs & assigns forever and they the said Commissioners the aforesaid Land and premises unto him the said Wiley Sammons his heirs & assigns against them the said Commissioners their heirs and against all and every other person or persons whatsoever shall and will warrant and forever defend by these presents. In Witness whereof they the said Commissioners have hereunto set their hands & affixed their seals this day & date above written. Wm.Whitehorn Sr. (Seal) David Grizzard (Seal) Wm.Whitehorn Jr. (Seal) On the 3rd day of April 1823 This Indenture was acknowledged by William Whitehorn Senr. David Grizzard and William Whitehorn Jr.(Commissioners) and parties thereto to be their act and deed and recorded in the clerks office of Sussex County Court. Teste J.C.Bailey Clk. ----------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Russell L. Lawrence ruslaw@bellatlantic.net USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non- commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material AND permission is obtained from the CONTRIBUTOR of the file. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation.