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George the Second
by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of
the Faith & c. To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Know
ye that for divers good Causes and Considerations but more Especially for
and in consideration of the Sum of Forty Shillings of good and lawful Money
for our Use paid to our Receiver General of our Revenues in this our Colony
and Dominion of Virginia We have Given Granted and Confirmed and by these
Presents for us our Heirs and Successors do Give Grant and Confirm unto
Benjamin Clemmons one certain
Tract or Parcel of Land containing three hundred and eighty acres lying
and being in the County of Amelia in the Fork between great Saylor and little
Saylor Creeks and bounded as followeth, to wit, beginning at Crawfords corner
Hiccory Thence along his lines North ten Degrees East one hundred and forty
six Poles to a corner Thence West nine Degrees South three hundred and thirty
three Poles to a corner white Oak thence South nine Degrees East seventy
eight Poles to a corner white oak thence South forty Degrees East one hundred
and eighty two Poles to a corner black Shrub Oak Thence East nine Degrees
North one hundred and sixty Poles to a faced corner Thence North North East
eighty four Poles to Crawfords line Thence North West twenty six Poles along
his Line to the beginning With all Woods Underwoods Swamps Marshes Lowgrounds
Meadows Feedings and his due Share of all Veins Mines and Quarries as well
discovered as not discovered within the bounds aforesaid and being part
of the said Quantity of three hundred and eighty acres of Land and the Rivers
Waters and Water Courses therein continued together with the Privileges
of Hunting Hawking Fishing Fowling and all other Profits Comodities and
Hereditaments whatsoever to the same or any part thereof belonging or in
any wise appertaining To have hold Possess and Enjoy the said Tract or Parcel
of Land and all other the before Granted Premises and every part thereof
with their and every of their Appurts unto the said Benjamin
Clemmons and to his Heirs and Assigns forever To the only Use and behoof
of him the said Benjamin Clemmons
his Heirs and Assigns forever To be held of us our Heirs and Successors
as of our Manner of East Greenwich in the County of Kent in Free and common
Soccage and not in Capite or by Knights Service Yielding and Paying unto
us our Heirs and Successors for every fifty acres of Land and so proportionably
for a lesser or greater Quantity than fifty Acres the Fee Rent of one Shilling
Yearly to be paid upon the Feast of Saint Michael the Arch Angel and also
Cultivating and Improving three Acres part of every fifty of the Tract abovementioned
within three Years after the date of these Presents Provided always that
if three years of the said Fee Rent shall at any time be in arrear and Unpaid
or if the said Benjamin Clemmons
his Heirs or Assigns do not within the space of three Years next coming
after the date of these Presents Cultivate and Improve three Acres part
of every fifty of the Tract abovementioned Then the Estate hereby Granted
shall Cease and be Utterly Determined and thereafter is shall and may be
lawful to and for us our Heirs and Successors to Grant the same Lands and
Premises with the Appurts unto such other Person or Persons as we our Heirs
and Successors shall think fit In Witness whereof we have Caused these our
Letters Patent to be made Witness our Trusty and Welbeloved William Gooch
Esq. our Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of our said Colony and
Dominion at Williamsburgh Under the Seal of our said Colony the twenty second
Day of September one thousand seven hundred and thirty nine In the Thirteenth
Year of our Reign
[Note: Amelia County, VA, Deed Book
1, 1734-1743, pp. 324-325 records that Benjamin
CLEMENT subsequently sold the land he acquired by the above patent
to Francis ALLEN on 18 Jun 1741.]
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