Whitt/Brown Deed, 1849 - Tazewell Co. VA


1849 Tazewell County Virginia 
Deed Book 9, pages 585-586 
John B. Whitt, Jonas Whitt to Thomas Brown 

This Indenture made this 17th day of August 1849 between John B. 
Whitt, Jonas Whitt and Mildred his wife of Floyd and Greenup 
Counteys in the state of Kentucky of the one part and Thomas 
Brown of the County of Tazewell State of Virginia of the other 
part witnesseth that the said John B. Whitt, Jonas Whitt and 
Mildred his wife in consideration of twenty five dollars to them 
in hand paid by the said Thomas Brown at or before the ensealing 
and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby 
acknowledged bargained and sold by these presents do and each of 
them doth bargain and sell unto the said Thomas Brown his heirs 
and assigns two sevenths of two several tracts of land or parcels 
of land containing three hundred and forth three acres of land be 
same more or less lying and being in the County of Tazewell and 
State of Virginia on Dismal a branch of the Louisa fork of Sandy 
and bounded as followeth. To Wit: Beginning at two spruce pine on 
the South side of the creek at the mouth of a branch opposet the 
Round Bottom thence S 76 E 270 poles to a spruce pine S 46 E 48 
to a beech N 50 E 16 poles to a sugar tree N 20 poles to a spruce 
pine N 63 W 40 poles to a double beech N 40 West 32 poles to a 
spruce pine N 21 W 40 poles to a poplar N 50 W 34 poles to a 
maple and spruce pine West 56 poles to a spruce pine on the bank 
of the creek N 37 W 18 poles to two white oaks and a poplar in a 
hollow N 67 W 44 poles to a white oak and dogwood on a hillside S 
72 W 71 poles to a sugar tree N 81 W 54 poles down the creek to a 
maple and spruce pine S 72 W 26 poles to a beech and pine S 86 W 
44 poles to a chestnut S 73 W 20 poles to a birch N 55 W 40 poles 
to a sugar tree N 81 W 26 poles to a double birch on the bank of 
the creek at the lower end of the long bottom N 65 W 20 poles to 
a chestnut N 32 W 84 poles to a spruce pine at the foot of the 
hill N 78 W 32 poles to a poplar and spanish oak N 60 W 40 poles 
to a beech N 35 W 40 poles to a sugar tree S 80 W 40 poles to a 
gum N 46 W 20 poles to a maple on a branch S 23 W 40 poles 
crossing the creek to a maple S 36 W 18 poles to a spruce pine S 
4 E 70 poles to a chestnut S 28 E 20 poles to a spruce pine S 15 
W 140 poles to a sugar tree at the lower end of the sugar bottom 
E 32poles to a birch N 5 E 140 poles to pointers and thence S 84 
E 380 poles to the Beginning (Second) bounded as followeth (To 
Wit) Beginning at a white oak and sugar tree on a hill side just 
below his old survey S 79 W 98 to a white oak on the same hill 
side N 58 W 40 poles to cucumber N 34 W 42 poles to a birch N 86 
W 11 poles to a read oak S 41 W 8 poles to a birch and spruce 
pine S 18 E 22 poles to a birch S 30 E 79 poles to an ash on a 
hill side S 50 E 20 poles to a white oak S 33 W 60 to a spruce 
pine in the edge of a dry fork of Dismal S 51 W 30 poles up said 
fork to a birch S 5 W 30 poles to a spruce pine on the bank of 
said creek S 84 E 34 poles crossing said creek to a spruce N 34 E 
60 poles to a buckeye on a hill side N 55 poles to a Lynn in a 
rocky hollow N 34 E 38 poles to a cucumber and birch N 65 E 30 
poles to a sugar N 33 E 69 poles crossing the creek to the 
Beginning with all its appurtances thereunto belonging to the 
sole use and behoof of him the said Thomas Brown and his heirs 
forever and the said John B. Whitt, Jonas Whitt, and Mildred his 
wife for themselves and their heirs will forever warrant and 
defend the aforesaid two sevenths of the aforesaid tracts or 
parcels of land unto the Thomas Brown and his heirs forever in 
witness whereof the said John B. Whitt and Jonas Whitt and 
Mildred his wife have hereunto set there hands and affixed their 
seals the day and year first above written. 
John B. Whitt {seal} 
Jonas Whitt {seal} 
Mildred Whitt {seal} 
Kentucky Greenup County 
We Mark Bradburn and Wm. H. Wasmock Justices of the peace for the 
county aforesaid in the state aforesaid do hereby certify Jonas 
Whitt party to a certain deed bearning date 17th August 1849 and 
hereunto answered personally appeared before us in the county 
aforesaid and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed and 
desired usto certify his said acknowledgment to the clerk of the 
County of Tazewell in Virginia in order that said deed may be 
recorded. 
Given under our hands and seals this 17th day of August. 
March Bradburn J.P {seal} 
Wm. H. Wasmock? J.P. {seal} 
This Indenture of bargain and sale from Jonas Whitt and Wife and 
John B. Whitt to Thomas Brown having been acknowledged before two 
Justices was presented in Court and ordered to be recored. 
Teste R. B. Gillespie D.C.


Submitted by Bev Tracy <tracybev@plains.net>

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