Indenture made 25 March 1771 betw. Benjamin Seawell Senr. and Lucy his wife of the Parish of Saint Andrew in the County of Brunswick of the one part and Benjamin Hicks of Meherin Parish in the County aforesaid of the other part, for two hundred and fifty pounds, sell to Benjamin Hicks, all that tract or parcel of land situate in Meherin parish in the said county of Brunswick on both sides of the great Creek and the little Creek and within the bounds following, to wit, Beginning at a corner several Trees chop'd inwards thence South ninteen (sic) degrees east forty poles to a small red Oak, thence new line North sixty five degrees east three hundred and ninty poles to a red oak on the old line thence on the old line North four degrees west sixty poles to Robert Hicks's corner shrub white Oak, thence along his line North seven one degrees west two hundred poles to a Shrub white Oak on little Creek, thence thirty seven and an half degrees west twenty one poles to a small Hickory on the Fort Road, thence South sixty two degrees west fifty eight poles to several small possimmons Trees in the head of a small North fork of a branch, thence down the said fork and branch as it meanders to a white Oak on the edge of the low grounds of great Creek, thence along the edge of the low grounds North forty five degres west twenty two poles to a red oak Saplin, thence North eighteen degrees west ten poles to a white oak thence North forty degrees west sixteen poles to the said Robert Hicks's corner Hickory onthe old line, thence on the old line and crossing the great Creek South eighty six degrees west twenty nine poles to an Ash, thence South five degrees East fifty poles to a white Oak, thence South forty degrees east sixty eight poles to a corner chop'd inwards on the old Indian line, thence South five degrees east one hundred and fifty two poles to the beginning And being part of nine hundred and thirty two Acres of land granted unto the said Benjain Seawell by letters patent bearing date under the Seal of the Colony the twelfth day of May one thousand seven hundred and fifty nine be the same three hundred acres (more or less). Signed Benjamin Seawell and Lucy Seawell. Wit: Thomas Stith, Thomas Cranfurd, and Samuel Harwell.

Court 25 March 1771, Indenture acknowledged by Benjamin Seawell and Lucy his wife.

Deed Book 10, page 118, Brunswick County, Virginia