Gideon Farley Grant, 1857

Henry A Wise, Esquire, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia; To all to
whom these presents shall come---Greetings: Know ye that in conformity with a
survey made on the eighth day of June One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty
Seven by virtue of Land Office Treasury Warrant No. 21724 there is granted by
the said Commonwealth unto GIDEON FARLEY a certain tract or parcel of land,
containing one hundred acres in Mercer County on Clay’s Neck branch, waters of
Tom’s Run, waters of New River, and bounded as followeth, viz. Beginning at a
stopping white oak corner to the STEWART survey, and also the beginning corner
of a tract of 20 acres granted to said FARLEY and with the lines of the latter
reversing their courses North 86 degrees East 30 poles to two white oaks South
4.30 degrees West 40 poles to a white oak near a spring and leaving it and
with the closing lines of a tract of 100 acres surveyed for ANDREW FARLEY JR
South 46 degrees East 28 poles to a chestnut oak and leaving and with three
lines of a tract of 50 acres surveyed for ASA M ELLISON reversing their
courses North 33 degrees East 51 poles to a chestnut and speckled oak sapling
on a ridge South 71 degrees East 38 poles to a chestnut oak near the top of
the ridge South 86 degrees East 64 poles to a chestnut and white oak on the
break of Clay’s Rock ridge and corner to a tract of 45 acres surveyed for
ROBERT HURT and with one line thereof North 70 degrees East 40 poles to a
white oak, black oak and hickory sapling and leaving said survey South 75
degrees East 14 poles toa white oak, hickory, maple and hickory and maple from
one root, North 65 degrees East crossing Clay’s Neck branch at 14 poles, 20
poles to a white oak South 75 degrees East 14 poles to a double speckled oak
on a hill side North 11 degrees East 26 poles to a black oak North 48 degrees
West 90 poles to a white oak, black oak sapling over near a line of DREWRY
FARLEY’s land South 82 degrees West 162 poles to a hickory and black oak in a
line of the STEWART survey and with one line thereof South 40 degrees West 60
poles to the beginning with its appurtenances.

To have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land, with its appurtenances,
to the said GIDEON FARLEY and his heirs forever.

In witness whereof, the said Henry A Wise, Esquire, Governor of the
Commonwealth of Virginia, has hereunto set his hand and caused the Lesser Seal
of the said Commonwealth to be affixed, at Richmond, on the first day of
October in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Seven,
and of the Commonwealth the eighty second.

Henry A Wise

Grant Book No. 114
Page 228

Submitted by Carol Pack Urban

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