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 […]
An indenture is another word for deed – used mainly in colonial days and the early days of our country. I wanted to share this, first for the wording of indenture, and for the handwriting. Like today, everything is precisely written, facts mentioned several times, to make sure […]
This is an addition to an Indenture, made in Mercer County, Kentucky, January 11, 1797, to an original indenture from April 27, 1790, between James and Ann Davis and Alexander Lewis. Dick’s River as they mention in the indenture is known as Dix River today. This Indenture made […]
Fairfax County, Virginia This Indenture made the tenth day of September in the year of our Lord God, one thousand seven hundred and fifty five and in the twenty-ninth year of the reign of our sovereign Lord George the Second, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, […]
Prince William County, Virginia, Deed Book pp. 76-82 This Indenture made the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth day of August in the year of our Lord 1740 between Thomas Owsley of Prince William County, Gentleman, of the one part and Valentine Payton of ye same county, Gentleman, of the other part. […]
Loudoun County, Virginia, Deeds pp. 15-18 This indenture made this sixth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety, between George Hancock and Allethea his wife, of county of Loudoun of one part, and Samuel Love of said county of other […]
Loudoun County, Virginia, Deeds 1789-1790 pp. 416-418 This Indenture made this twentieth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine between John Mason of Bucks County in the State of Pennsylvania of the one part, and Anthony Wright of the […]
Culpeper County, Virginia, Deed Book K pp. 248-250 This indenture made the thirteenth day of October one thousand seven hundred and eighty, between James Duncanson and Mary his wife, of one part, and Thomas Porter, of the other part. Witnesseth that James Duncanson and Mary his wife, for […]
Prince William County, Virginia, Deed Book E pp. 142-146 This Indenture made the twenty second day of October in the fourteenth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second, and in the year one thousand seven hundred and forty between George Turberville of the county […]
Prince William County Deed Book E 1740-1741 pp. 252-256 This Indenture made the fourteenth and fifteenth day of May in the fourteenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second, 1741, between Tobias Purcell of the County of Richmond, Planter, and Margaret, his wife, of […]
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