Indenture made twenty third day of March 1772, betw. Lewis Hicks of Meherrin Parish in the County of Brunswick and Benjamin Hicks of the Parrish and County, for one Hundred pounds, sell to Benjamin Hicks, one hundred and forty two acres of land, situate in the Parrish and County aforesaid on the West side of Great Creek being part of Nine hundred acres Formerly Surveyed for James Hicks Father of the above menioned Benjamin and Lewis which said Tract or parcel of Land Containing one hundred and forty two acres is Bounded as followeth (to wit) Beginning at an ash where the old line crosses Great Creek thence along the said line West eight six Poles to a Corner red oak and Hicory thence North along the said line two hundred and thirty Poles to a Small Ash on Steep Branch thence Down the said Branch as it Meanders to the Great Creek aforesaid thence up the sd. Creek as it meanders to the Beginning. Signed Lewis Hicks. Witnesses: James Crutchfield, Burwell Robinson, Ishamel Dunn.

Court 23 March 1772, Indenture acknowledged by Lewis Hicks.

Deed Book 10, page 361, Brunswick County, Virginia