Indenture made the 22nd day of June, 1761, between John Stevens, Junior, and Robert Hicks, for 5 shillings, conveying 200 acres on Hicks's Creek, beginning at John Stevens upper corner Hickory, along Benjamin Seewell's line. . . on James Hicks's line thence along the said Hicks's line to the beginning, and being part of the tract whereon John Stevens now lives. Witnesses were Allan Love, Rease Brewer, and Thomas Gunn. Indenture was acknowledged in Court on July 27, 1761, by John Stevens and Rebecca, his wife, appeared and relinquished her right of dower.

Deed Book 6, page 720, Brunswick County, Virginia