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THIS INDENTURE mad the Fifteenth Day of August in the year of Our Lord one
thousand Seven hundred fifty three BETWEEN Andrew Lewis & Robert McClenehan Gents
of the County of Augusta in the Colony of Virginia Justices in the Commission of
the Peace & Trustees chosen by the Rest of the Court of Augusta of the one Part &
Robert Finley merchant of the County & Colony aforesd of the other Part Whereas
William Beverley of the County of Essix in the Colony aforesd Esqr on the xxii
day of April in the year of our Lord DccxSix(?) by his Deed of Conveyance in
writing under his hand and Seal & Duly Proved & Recorded in the Records of this
County Court of Augusta for the Consideration therein mentioned Did Bargain Sell
Enscoff Release and Confirm unto James Patton John Lewis John Buchanan George
Robinson Peter Scholl James Bode(?) Robert Campbell Robert Cunningham John
Wedion(?) Thomas Lewis James Montgomerie Silas Hart Henry Downs William Jameson
Richard Burlon John Bloo???? Samuel Gay & William Thompson gents Justices in the
Commission of the Peace for this County of Augusta ?????? Successors & Assigns
for the use of this County of Augusta forever all that tract or Parcel of Land
containing Twenty five acres ???? lying and being in Beverley Manner in this
County of Augusta & Surveyed & laid off by an order of ???? & Direction of the sd
William Beverly the use of the Courthouse & County of Augusta forever as by this
Proceeding & Records Relation being thereunto had may more fully and at Large
Appeal and Whereas at a Court Confirmed & held for sd County of Augusta on the
xxviii Day of November MDCCLI(?) it was ordered that this Andrew Lewis & Robert
McClenahan on behalf of themselves & of the Rest of the sd Court & their
Successors Convey the Lotts to the several purchasers out of the twenty five
acres given by William Beverley Esqr to this County as by this order Duly Proved
in the Records of our sd County may more fully appear NOW THIS INDENTURE
witnesseth at the Andrew Lewis & Robert McClenahan on behalf of themselves of the
??? of this Court & to their successors for and in Consideration of the sum of
twelve pounds current money of Virginia for the use of the sd County of Augusta
to them in hand paid by the sd Robert Finley at or before the sealing and
Delivery of the sd presents the receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge &
thereof & therefrom doth exonerate request & discharge the sd Robert Finley his
heirs Executors & Administrators by these presents have given granted bargained
sold Enschoffed aliened released & Confirmed and by these presents do give grant
bargain sell enscoff alien release & confirm unto this Robert Finley his heirs
Executors Administrators and assigns forever All those three Lotts of Land Each
containing one half acre of ground lying and being in the Town of Stanton in
Beverley Manner in the sd County of Augusta & being part of the sd Twenty five
acres given by thie sd William Beverley to this County what sd three Lotts are
numbered and bounded as followeth viz. the Lott number four fronting Augusta
Street on the west number seven on the East number five on the North & Beverley
Street on the South & the Lott number three fronting sd Augusta Street on the
west number eight on the East number two(?) where the Court House stands on the
South Beverley Street on the North and the Lott number thirteen Joyning number
twelve on the south Reed(?) Street on the west Beverlys Street on the North & as
apears by a place of the sd town of Stanton..............
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