Gilmer County, West Virginia    James B. Brady - Gilmer Co VA(WV) Land Grant 1856

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James B. Brady - Gilmer Co VA(WV) Land Grant 1856 was submitted by
Regena Cogar on Mon, 15 Nov 1999
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VA Grants Book 113 p305
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Brady
238 acres
Gilmer
Mailed to prop_.
May [10? 20?] 57[?]

Henry A. Wise Esquire, Governor of the Commonwealth
of Virginia:

To all to whom these presents shall come---GREETING:

KNOW YE, That in conformity with a Survey made on the
tenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and
fifty five by virtue of Land Office Treasury Warrants
No.s 2181923053 & 23076 there is granted by the said
Commonwealth, unto James B. Brady a certain Tract or
Parcel of Land, containing Two hundred and Thirty eight
acres lying in Gilmer County, on the Left hand branch
of the Crooked Fork of Steer Creek known by the name
of the Cub fork and bounded as follows, viz:
Beginning at a poplar Corner to a survey of 166 acres
claimed by said Brady & running Thence with one of his
lines S.23 1/2.W.222 poles to a chestnut oak, a corner
to same; Whence leaving said line N 65 W.66 poles
crossing a branch, to a Chestnut oak Thence N.15.W.190
poles crossing a branch, to a maple & white oak;
Thence N.55.E.82 poles, crossing Cub fork, to a black
gum; Thence N.73.W.47 poles to a hickory; Thence
N.27.E.40 poles to a beech and maple; Thence N.10.W.20
poles to a hickory; Thence N.20.E.40 poles to a beech
on a line of lands surveyed for John Swan; Thence with
said line S.40.W.222 poles crossing said Cub fork, to
the beginning with its appurtenances

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said Tract or Parcel of Land,
with its appurtenances, to the said James B. Brady
and his heirs forever.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said Henry A. Wise Esquire,
Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, hath
hereunto set his hand and caused the Lesser Seal of
the said Commonwealth to be affixed, at Richmond, on
the first day of December in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and fifty six and of the
Commonwealth the eighty first

Henry A. Wise
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