News: Looking for females who are in the pure female lines (mother to daughter) from William and Sarah who are willing to do an mtDNA test. Such a person would be descended along an all female line from Mary DEVIN Biggers or Margaret DEVIN Reynolds. The hope is to identify the markers for Sarah SMITH Devin to help identify her parents. Contact the webmaster if interested.

Devin descendant, Stanley Wayne Devin, passed away at 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 4, 2014. He was the last living child of Ira & Oleta Devin.
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    Devin, William: Land Grant of 430 acres (12.Oct.1796)



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    • Title Devin, William: Land Grant of 430 acres (12.Oct.1796) 
      Short Title Land Grant of 430 acres to William Devan (12.Oct.1796) 
      Author Virginia Land Office 
      Call Number Grants Book 37 pages 18-19 
      Repository Virginia State Library 
      Source ID S67428 
      Text

      [page 18]

      Wm Devan
      430 Acres
      Pittsylvania
      Delivered
      Wm Clarke

      Robert Brooke Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of
      Virginia To all to whom these presents shall come. Greeting Know ye
      that by virtue of a Land Office Treasury Warrant number fifteen thousand
      one hundred and twenty one, ifsued the seventh day of March one thousand seven
      hundred and eighty three, There is Granted by the said Common=
      =wealth unto William Devan a certain tract or parcel of Land
      Containing four hundred and thirty Acres by survey bearing date

      [page 19]

      the seventeenth day of May one thousand seven hundred and eighty six, lying and being
      in the County of Pittsylvania on both sides of Banister River, and bounded as
      followeth to Wit Beginning at said Devins corner white oak on the said River, thence
      along his lines surveyed for William Cook North sixty four degrees East one hundred
      and thirty eight poles crofsing a branch twice to a white oak Sapling North thirteen
      degrees West four hundred poles to a red oak, thence a new line South seventy four
      degrees West Seventy four poles to a White oak in John Balls line, thence along his
      lines South forty nine degrees West seventy three poles crofsing a branch to a red oak
      corner thence a new line, south sixteen degrees West thirty five poles to a black jack
      in Cooks old line aforesaid and thence along the same, North sixty four
      degrees West five poles to pointers South fifty five degrees West one hundred and
      forty poles crofsing Banister to pointers South thirty one degrees East one Hun=
      =dred and eight poles to a white oak and red Oak corner to another survey
      of the said Devan's thence the same courses continued along that line fifty-two
      poles to a white oak on Banister River aforesaid, and down the same as it
      Meanders to the beginning with its [appurterances] to have and to hold the
      said Tract or parcel of Land with its [appurterances] to the said William
      Devan and his Heirs forever In Witnefs whereof the Said Robert Brooke
      Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia hath hereunto set
      his hand and caused the [lefser] seal of the said Commonwealth to be
      Affixed at Richmond on the Twelfth day of October In the year of
      our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Ninety six, and of the
      Commonwealth the Twenty first

      Robert Brooke

       

    •  Notes 
      • Land grant to William Devan recorded 12.October.1796 for 430 acres in Pittslvania County on both sides of Banister River adjoining land of Cook and Ball.
      • Transcribed by David Devin on 04.June.1999 from a scanned image of Virginia Land Office Grant Book 37 page 18 and page 19 found on the Library of Virginia web site.