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Facts and Events
Records in Virginia
- 10 August 1696 - Mr. Meriwether, Please to put on the mark of my cattle and hogs which a fluer-de-lis in the left ear and a swallow forke in the right ear; yor friend Nicholas Copeland recorder; Test: Francis Meriwether, Clerk Cur. [Source: Essex Co., VA Part I of Deed and Will Book, 1695-1699, pg 59].
- 16 May 1725 - This indenture between Nicholas Copeland of the Parish of St. Ann in County of Essex and Dorothy, his wife of one part and Anthony Scott of the parish of Drysdale in King and Queen County, planter of ye other part witnesseth that said Nicholas Copeland and Dorothy, his wife in consideration of sum of 40 pounds currency, money of Virginia: sold unto Anthony Scott in his actuall possession two plantation tracts of land with ye appurtenances wheron Nicholas Copeland and Ann Copeland now lives in ye Parish of St. Ann aforesaid containing 200 acres relation being had to ye records of Essex County may more fully appear.
- (signed) Nicholas Copeland, Dorothy Copeland
- In presence of:
- Thomas Bridgeforth
- John MacAlister
- Jacob Laton
- At a Court held for Essex County on ye 18th day of May 1725.
- This deed of lease and release admitted to record. Also the same day the said Dorothy Copeland freely relinquished her right to dower to ye said land which is also admitted to record.
- [Source: Essex County, Deed Book 18, pg. 67-69].
Citations
- http://www.luginbuel.com/CemeteryDocuments/Family%20Trees/Copeland%20Family%202006!.pdf
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