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Records in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:
- Vol. 1 - MARCH, 1770 (B). - Peter How vs. Grant.--Chancery. Bill filed 1767. Peter How, Esq., late of town of White Haven, in Great Britain, orator. In 1764, John Grant, of King George, mortgaged slaves to How for a debt. Deposition of Wingfield Wright, brother of John Wright, in King George, 1764-5, certified before John Stewart, in Spottsylvania County, 14th October, 1767. Each of the Wrights married a sister of Grant's. Letter of William Templeman, of Fredericksburg. Mortgage was executed by Colonel John Champe, agent of How, witnessed by Joseph Herndon, William Templeman, David Briggs and Charles Yates, and recorded in General Court, 29th October, 1764. William Templeman's deposition: After death of Col. John Champe, with whom he had lived as a clerk, he was employyed by Charles Yates of Fredericksburg, merchant, to collect the debts due to the store kept by the said Col. Champe for Peter How of Whitehaven.
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