| RICHMOND
COUNTY DEEDS 1720-1733
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- 520 On Margins; GOADs Deed to DOWNMAN
THIS
INDENTURE made the first day of December Anno Domini one thousand seven
hundred and twenty nine; in the Third year of the Reign of our Sovereign
Lord George the Second by the grace of God of Great Brittain &c., King
&c., Between WILLIAM GOAD of Richmond County in Pish of Farnham of
one part and WM: DOWNMAN of County and Pish aforesaid of other part; Witnesseth
that WM. GOAD in consideracon of Two thousand pounds of lawfull tobacco
by said DOWNMAN paid, the Rect, whereof said GOAD doe hereby acknowledge,
hath and by these presents doe bargain and sell unto said DOWNMAN his heirs
a p:cell of land with the appurtenances thereunto belonging scituate in
the aforesaid County and Pish, it being part of a Dividend of land which
said GOAD now lives on, Beginning at a corner red Oak saplin of said DOWNMANs
land standing in the line of FOWLERs being on the Westermost side of said
GOADs Plantation and running along said FOWLERs line being the line which
was run by Coll. CHARLES BARBER down to the Main Swamp comonly called the
BRYERY SWAMP, to a marked white Oak, thence up the middle of the said Swamp
to the mouth of a Branch comonly called the said GOADS Spring Branch. thence
up the Spring Branch to the Fork thereof near said GOADs Spring, thence
up the Westermost Fork or Branch it severall courses to three marked young
white Oaks standing in or near the said line of DOWNMANS, thence along
said line to the corner standing in the line of FOWLERs to the place where
it first began; to Enclude Forty five acres more or less: To have and to
hold the land with appurtenances to said DOWNMAN his heirs and said GOAD
by these p:sents for himselfe his heirs promise WILLIAM DOWNMAN his heirs
that WM. GOAD and his heirs will warrant save harmless and defend the p:cell
of land with the full quantity which is now within the above bounds against
the lawfull claym and demand of every p:son; In Witness whereof the parties
above menconed to these p:sents have interchangeably sett their hands and
seals the day and year above written Signed Sealed and Delivered in the
presents of
JER:
GREENHAM,..................................WILLIAM GOAD
GEO:
GLASCOCK
At
a Court hold for Richmond County the Fourth day of February 1729 WILLIAM
GOAD came into Court and acknowledged this his Deed unto WILLIAM DOWNMAN
which was admitted to Record
Test
M. BECKWITH, Cl Cur
Memorandum:
That on the first day of December in the year of our Lord God one thousand
seven hundred and twenty nine, Livery of Seizen was made and possession
of the within menconed land and p:mises given by WILLIAM GOAD to WILLIAM
DOWNMAN the said GOAD going on the land and delivered the same to said
DOWNMAN in the name of Turf and Twig in the presents of
JER;
GREENHAM
GEO-
GLASCOCK
At
a Court field ror Riciimond county the Fourth day of February 1729 WILLIAM
GOAD in open Court acknowledged the above Livery of Seizen which was admitted
to Record Test M. BECKWITH. Cl Cur |