Deed Abstracts of Richmond County, Virginia, 1715-1718,⁴⁷  pp 155 - 157

 THIS INDENTURE made the Twentyth day of Aprill Anno Dom: one thousand seven hundred & Sixteen Between ROBERT REYNOLDS of ye County of Richmond of ye oen pt and PETER DARBY of ye sd: County of ye other part; Witnesseth that ROBERT REYNOLDS in consideration of Five Shillings of lawfull money of England him in hand paid; by these p:sents doth bargaine and sell unto PETER DARBY Fifty acres of land more or less with the Buildings thereupon and all other appurtenances wt:soever to ye Fifty acres of land scituate in ye County aforesd: & bounded; Beginning wth: ye line of WM: STONE running along ye MILL ROAD & thence joining on ye line of JAMES TUNE and thence along ye line of MILLION GLASCOCK & thence by ye line of ye sd: MILLION GLASCOCK to ye place where it first begun, and all houses orchards & comodities belonging; To have and to hold ye sd: Fifty acres of land during the term of one whole year paying therefore the Rent of one year of Indian Corn on the Feast day of the Birth of our Lord God next ensueing if lawfully demanded to the intent yt. by virtue of these p:sents & of ye Statute for transferring uses into possession ye sd: PETER DARBY may be in ye actual possession of ye p:misses & thereby enabled to accept a grant of ye Inheritance thereof; In Witness whereof ye Sd: parties have interchangeably sett their hands & seals ye day & year first above written
Signed Seal'd and delivered in ye p:sence of

 THIS INDENTURE made ye Twenty first day of Aprill Anno Dom: one thousand seven hundred & Sixteen Between ROBERT REYNOLDS of ye County of Richmond of ye one pt; and PETER DARBY of ye sd: County of ye other pt: WitnessEth that ROBERT REYNOLDS for ye sum of Four thousand five hundred pounds of tobo: to him in hand paid; by these p:seats doth bargain sell release & confirm unto PETER DARBY his heirs ye sd: PETER DARBY being in ye actual possession thereof by virtue of a Lease & of ye Statute for transferring uses into possession, all yt: Fifty acres of land more or less lying in County of Richmond and bounded; (The description of the bounds of the land are repeated in this Release as in the foregoing Lease); To have and to hold ye Fifty acres of land unto PETER DARBY his heirs free and clear from all Incumbrances whatsoever; In Witness whereof ye sd parties interchangeably have set their hands & seals ye day & year first above written
Signed Seal'd and delivered in ye p:sence of