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Facts and Events
Early Land Acquisition in Orange County, VA
Acquisition of Land from Orange County, Virginia Records:
- Pages 251-54. [250 blank]. 20-21 March 1737. Wm Pierce of St. Mark's Parish, Orange County, to Wm. Rucker of same. Lease and release; for ₤7.10. - current money. 100 acres, by patent, in the fork of Rappidan River... in a line of pattent granted to John Rucker... corner to John Rucker and William Eddins... corner to George Essome... Thomas Rucker's lines... (signed) William (W) Pierce. Wit: William Henderson, William Offill. 23 Marcy 1737. Acknowledged by Wm. Pierce.
Disposition of Land from Orange County, Virginia Records:
- Pages 175-78. 23-24 March 1742 [1743]. Wm. Rucker of Orange County to Michael Holt of same. Lease and release; for £20 current money. 100 acres in the fork of Elk Run... Wm Offill's line... Michl. Holt's line... head of a muddy branch... line of John Rucker... (signed) Wm. Rucker. 24 March 1742 [1743]. Acknowledged by William Rucker. Honour wife of William relinquished her right of dower. [Orange County Virginia Deed Book 7, Dorman, pg. 49].
- Pages 231-34. 25-26 May 1743. William Rucker of St. Thomas' Parish, Orange County to William Henderson of same. Lease and release; for 1,250 pounds of tobacco. 100 acres in St. Thomas' Parish in the Little fork between the Rappadan and the Robinson rivers... on Muddy Branch... up Elk Run... corner on Elk Run belonging to Wm. Henderson formerly called John Rucker's corner... line of land Wm. Henderson bought of Robt. Broadway... head of Muddy Branch... (signed) Wm. Rucker. Wit: John Wharton, John (I M) Marks, Ephraim (X) Rucker. 26 May 1743. Acknowledged by Wm. Rucker. [Orange County Virginia Deed Book 7, Dorman, pg. 53].
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