This Indenture made this 3rd Day of May 1791 BETWEEN Benja. Bass & Sarah his wife James Bruce and Ann his wife James Vaughan and Susannah his wife Lewis Peebles and Jane his wife and Elliner Tatum of the County of Brunswick of the one part & William Atkison of the same County of the other part . . . for & in consideration of the sum of thirty four pounds five shillings to them in hand paid . . . by these presents do grant bargain sell alien enfeoff & confirm unto the said William Atkison . . . one certain tract piece or parcel of land containing one hundred & seven acres & a half . . . situate lying & being in the County of Brunswick and bounded as followeth (to wit) BEGINNING at a corner pine on Maclins line thence a straight new chopt line between Benja. Goodrich and wifes line & said land to the corner of William Atkinsons fence on said land on a small branch, thence down the said branch to the Meherrin Branch, thence up the said Meherrin Branch, to Benja. Bass's line, thence along Benjamin Bass's line to Maclins line thence along Maclins line to the BEGINNING . . . Signed by Benja. Bass (his mark), Sarah Bass, James Bruce, Ann Bruce, James Vaughan, Susanna Vaughan, and Elenor Tatum (her mark), and witnessed by Jno. B. Goldsberry, Buckner Harwell, and James Clack. Brunswick County Court May the 23rd 1791. This Indenture of Bargain & Sale between Benjamin Bass & Sarah his wife, James Bruce & Ann his wife, James Vaughan & Susanna his wife & Elinor Tatum of the one part & William Atkison of the other part was acknowledged by the said Benjamin Bass & Sarah his wife, James Bruce & Ann his wife, James Vaughan & Susanna his wife & Ellinor Tatum parties thereto to be their act & deed & ordered to be recorded, previous to which acknowledgment the said Sarah, Ann & Susanna being privily examined as the law directs did voluntarily assent thereto.

Deed Book 15, page 76, Brunswick County, Virginia