Indenture 22 December 1772 Betw. James Hicks & Judith Hicks his wife of Brunswick and Hansford Row of the other part, for one hundred & twenty pounds, sell to Hansford Row, all that Tract or parcel of Land containing Two hundred & forty acres Lying & being in the County of Brunswick & bounded as Followeth (to wit) Beginning at Metcalf corner on the Little Creek thence by his Line south five Degrees East one hundred & forty two poles to his Corner pine thence East Thirty six poles to Penningtons Corner small white Oak thence South one hundred and one poles to his Corner white Oak on Iveses line, thence by his Line South Sixty eight Degrees West one hundred & sixty four poles to his corner red oak on Stiggins line thence by his Line north Twenty Degrees West Forty four poles to his Corner small white oak thence south Seventy Degrees West thirty poles to Howling Corner white oak on the Little Creek aforesaid thence down the meanders of the said Creek to the Beginning which said Land was Granted by patent to James Hicks bearing date the 25th day of September one thousand seven hundred & Sixty two. Signed James Hicks and Judith Hicks. Witnesses: Chs. Colleir (sic), Vines Colleir, Deadmund Row.
Court 22 November 1773, Indenture was acknowledged by James Hicks.
Deed Book 11, page 168, Brunswick County, Virginia