1745 Colbert Artrup Proving His Right to Take Up 50 Acres 
According to Royal Instructions

submitted by John Snyder,QApharm@aol.com

Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Order Book 1738-1749, Page 323, 
June 4, 1745


At court held for Spotsylvania County on Tuesday, June the fourth 
anno 1745
Present his Majesty's Justices John Waller, Richard Tutts, 
Francis Thornton, Larkin Chen

Colbert Artrup in order to prove his right to take up fifty 
actress of land according to the royal instructions came into 
court and made oath that he came into this colony immediately 
from Great Britain about ten years ago and that this is the 
first time of proving his said right which is ordered to be 
certified.


Complete transcription of the record from a copy the original 
document by John Edwin Snyder.