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Facts and Events
Acquisition of Land
Brunswick County, VA Deeds:
- 27 Feb 1792 - This Indenture made this 27th of February, 1792, in this Commonwealth between Joel Roper & Lucy Roper his wife of the one part & County of Dinwiddie and James Quarles, Sr. of the County of Brunswick of the other part . . . for and in consideration of the sum of Sixty Pounds . . . doth freely fully & absolutely give grant bargain & alien convey & confirm unto the said James Quarles . . . one certain tract or parcel of land situate lying and being in the Parish of Saint Andrews and County of Brunswick containing One Hundred Acres . . . and bounded as followeth to wit Beginning at a corner on Drury Stiths line thence along the said Stiths line to Wm. Martins line thence along the said Martains his line to William Ropers that the said William Roper sold unto the said James Quarles thence along the said line to the beginning the same being granted unto the said Joel Roper and wife . . .
- Signed by Joel Roper and
- witnessed by Moses Quarles, Jr., Benjamin Roper, Jos. Lyell, William Moore (by his mark), and David Roper.
- Brunswick County Court April 23rd, 1792.
- This Indenture of Bargain & Sale was proved by the oaths of Moses Quarles, Jr., William Moore & David Roper, three of the witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded. [Brunswick, VA, Deed Book 15, Page 231].
Disposition of Land:
- 02 Jan 1793 - This Indenture made this 2nd day of January 1793 between James Quarles of the County of Brunswick Virginia of the one part and William Roper of the County aforesaid of the other part . . . for and in consideration of the sum of seventy pounds . . . doth grant bargain sell and confirm unto the said William Roper . . . a certain tract or parcel of land situate lying and being in the County of Brunswick on the head of Red Oak Creek in St. Andrews Parish and bounded as followeth, vizt., BEGINNING on Drury Stiths line thence along Stiths line to William Martains line thence along his line to James Quarles thence along his line to the Beginning containing by estimation one hundred acres . . .
- Signed by James Quarles and
- Witnessed by David Roper, Charles Moore, Wm. Moore, and Benjamin Moore.
- Brunswick County Court September 23rd 1793. This Indenture of Bargain and Sale between James Quarles of the one part and William Roper of the other part was proved by the oaths of William Moore, David Roper and Benjamin Moore, three of the witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded. [Deed Book 15, page 439].
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 .
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