Category: Old Documents

Indenture Between Ignatius L. Johnson, Kinsey Gettings and William Wright, Commissioners for John Montgomery, Deceased, and William P. Montgomery – Washington County

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This indenture involves my third great-grandfather, William Peter Montgomery, and his deceased brother, John Henry Montgomery.  John Montgomery married Eleanor Elder January 9, 1815, in Washington County, Kentucky.  John was the eldest child of Charles Montgomery and Mary Ann Elder, William was the youngest.  In their approximate ten […]

1763 Indenture Between John Ballendine and Wife Mary to John Tayloe and Presley Thornton – Prince William County, Virginia

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Early Virginia deeds were quite long and elaborate.  There is mention of who owned the land, how he purchased it.  Wills are quoted during these long passages, giving information that may be found nowhere else.  Especially in a county such as Prince William, where many of the early […]