LEWIS STAPLETON
12 Acres 
Lee Co.,VA 1858

HENRY A. WISE,Esquire, Governor of the Commomwealth of Virginia,
TO all to whom these presents shall come-Greeting: Know ye that
in conformity with a survey made on the fourth day of May, one
thousand eight hundred and fifty two by virtue of land office Treasury
warrant, no. 20.043  There is granted by the said Commonwealth unto 
LEWIS STAPLETON a certain tract or parcel of land containing, Twelve
Acres lying and in the county on the East fork of Blackwater and 
bounded as follows, viz; Beginning at a white oak in a line of survey
WILLIAM ROBERTS N 15 W(degrees) 60 poles with his line to a white oak
in a __? point;N 65 E(degrees)68 poles to two dogwoods and a bunch 
hickory sprouts in a hollow; S 32 1/2 E(degrees) 18 poles to a
stake in a line of the said STAPLETONS land; S 50 W(degrees) 50 poles
to a large white oak; S 15 W(degrees)50 poles to the beginning with its 
appurtenances.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said Tract or Parcel of Land, with its
appurtenances to the said LEWIS STAPLETON and his heirs forever.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said HENRY A. WISE, Esquire, Governor of
the Commonwealth of Virginia, hath hereunto set his hand and caused
the Lesser Seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed, at Richmond,
on the First day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and fifty two and of the Commonwealth the Eighty Second.

                                                      Jos. JOHNSON