Berkeley County, West Virginia Deed of Christopher Wever, 1779 ************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: Material 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 pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor. ************************************************************************** This file was submitted by Laurence Weaver, Jr. Berkeley County Deed, Christopher Wever, 1779 Berkeley County, Martinsburg, West Virginia, Deed Book 5, pp 159-160. THIS INDENTURE made this 16th day of February in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy Nine BETWEEN William Chapman of the County of Berkeley and State of Virginia of the one part and Christopher Wever of the afore- said county and state of the other part. WITNESSETH that the said William Chapman for and in consideration of the sum of Five Pounds Sterling to him in hand paid by said Christo- pher Wever at or before the Sealing and Delivering of these presents DOTH bargaion and sell unto said Christopher Weber all that tract of land situate lying and being on the East side of Sleppy Creek in the aforesaid county and state granted to the said William Chapman from under the hand of the Right Honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax bearing date the 12th day of March A. D. 1777 and bounded as follows BEGIN- NING at a chestnut stake about two poles beyond the East bank of Sleepy Creek at the Butt of a tree said to be a cornered oak to William Paul's 218 acre Patent extending thence along a course of a line to the said Creek and the course continuing in the water down the Creek to a pole to the opposite bank of a great bank of the same and the course continuing 119 poles to the place where Paul's supposed fence should have been and the course further continuing 50 poles to the two large Chestnut and chestnut oaks on a ridge on the No side of Sleepy Mountain thence S 46 E 42 poles to a double bodied while oak and a single white oak at the head of a small hollow in a line supposed to be of Matthias Swims 159 acre patent thence along it S 69 W 80 poles to a white oak a black oak and pine on the high of a ridge in the line leaving said Patent and along the Light Hills of Creek N W 78 poles to two black oaks and a white oak thence N 29 E 29 poles to a pine thence N 43 Wt 50 poles to a white oak and black oak on the East bank of the said Creek and joining to the bank thereof N 30 E 82 poles N 47 W 80 poles N 85 E 96 poles and crossing the Creek and the course continuing 4 poles to the beginning containing 147 acres and all Houses, Orchards, Water Ways Water Courses Profits, Commodities, Hereditaments and appurtances whatsoever to the land hereby granted or any part thereof belonging or in anywise apper- taining and the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders rents issues and profits thereof TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the land and premises above mentioned and every part and parcel with the appurtances unto the said Christopher Weber his Heirs Executors Administrators and assigns from the Day next before the day of the Date of these presents for and during the full end and term of one whole year next ensuring and fully to be completed and ended yielding and paying therefore the rent of one Pepper Corn on Lady Day next if the same shall lawfully be demanded to the interest and purpose that by virtue of these presents and the statute for transferring uses into possession the said Christopher Weber may be in the actual possession of the premises and he therefore enabled to accept a grant and release of the Reversion of Inheritance thereof to him and his heirs. IN WITNESS whereof the said William Chapman hath hereunto set his hand and Seal the day and year first above written. His Signed Sealed and Delivered William H Chapman (seal) Mark in the presence of John Skeling Robert Cockburn At a court held for Berkeley County the 16th day of February 1779 This Indenture was acknowledged by William Chapman party thereto and ordered to be recorded. Teste. (the middle initial "H" is in doubt - probably "X" his mark) Examined William Drew Co Clk I, Christine Bergen, 800 Winchester Ave., Martinsburg, W. Va do hereby certify that the above is a true, accurate and complete copy of the deed as shown in Deed Book 5, pages 159 and 160, Berkeley County Court, Martinsburg W. VA. Given under my hand and Seal this 23rd day of January 1964. /s/Christine Bergen My commission expires January 8, 1974. Copyright 1997 Laurence Weaver, Jr. Laurence has submitted this file for use in the WVGenWeb Archives. It may be freely copied, but may not be sold or used in a commercial project without permission of the submitter.