Devin Deed From Leak

• Title	Devin Deed From Leak
  Short Title	Devin's From Leak Deed
  Author	Virginia. Pittsylvania County Clerk's Office
  Call Number	Deed Book 7 pages 534-535
  Repository	Pittsylvania County Court House
  Source ID	S67655
  Text	Devin's fm Leak Deed This Indenture made this Twenty first day of November in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand Seven hundred & Eighty five Between Francis Leak of Anson County and State of North Carolinia of the one part & William Devin Senr of the County of Pittsylvania and State of Virginia of the Other part Witnesseth that said Francis Leak doth Hereby Acknowledge hath given grant & aliened & Confirmed unto The said Willim Devin Sen.r his heirs & Assigns forever one certain Tract or parcel of Land Situate lying and being in Pittsylvania ^County^ and State of Virginia Containing by Estimation fore hundred Acres be the same more or less and Bounded as follows To Wit Beginning at William Gray and Ashford Hughes their corner White Oak thence new lines South Eighty Degrees West thirty four poles to a corner Red Oak on a hill thence North Twelve Degress West two hundred and twenty poles crossing two branches to a red oak thence North thirty Degrees East fifty seven poles to a Black Oak thence North forty Degrees West sixty poles to two Red Oaks thence North Eighty five Degrees East one hundred and sixty poles crossing Banister River to a red Oak thence south twenty five Degrees East one hundred and twenty poles crossing a branch to a White Oak, thence south thirty Degrees East two hundred and twenty poles crossing a branch to three White Oaks in the said Grays & Hughes line thence along ther line south Eighty Eighty five Degrees West two hundred and Thirty one poles crossing the River aforesaid to the first station To have and to hold the aforesaid Granted premises with all and singular the Right Benefit priveleges and appurtanances thereunto belonging to the said William Devin Senr to him and his Heirs and Assigns forever and the Said Francis Leak doth by thes presents warrant & will forever Defend the Aforsaid Granted Land & premises with the Appataines thereunto Belonging unto the said William Devin Senr his Heirs and Assigns forever to be at tthe time of Granting the same [fru] and Clear & from all manner of Incomberances and from the just Claim of an person or persons [page 535] Whatosever In Witness whereof the said Francis Leak hath hereunto set his hand and affixed his Seal the Day and Year above Written Francis Leak SS Signd Seald and Delid In presents of ~ At a Court held for Pittsylvania County the 21st Day of November 1785 This Indenture was Acknowledged by the above named Francis Leak to be his Act and Deed & the same was Ordered to be Recorded by the Court Teste Will. Tunstall Clk

  
  

• Notes

  Abstact: Deed dated 21.November.1785 from Francis Leak to William Devin, Sr. for an estimated 400 acres tract of land in Pittsylvania County. Recorded 21.November.1785. Adjacent to a tract owned by William Gray and Ashford Hughes. Beginning at William Gray and Ashford Hughes corner White Oak: S80W 34 poles to a corner Red Oak on a hill N12W 220 poles crossing two branches to a Red Oak N30E 57 poles to a Black Oak N40W 60 poles to two Red Oaks N85E 160 poles crossing the Banister River to a Red Oak S25E 120 poles crossing a branch to a White Oak S30E 220 poles crossing a branch to three White Oaks in the said Grays & Hughes line S85W 231 poles along their line crossing the Banister River to the first station This tract was patented by William Leak in 1769. Francis Leak must have received it as an inheritance. This tract was divided by William Devin, Sr. and portions sold to his sons, William Jr., Robert, and Joseph in the mid 1790s. The rest was partitioned as part of William Devin, Sr.'s estate. Transcribed by David Devin on 12.July.2005 from a copy of Pittsylvania County Virginia Deed Book 07 page 534-535 printed from microfilm at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah by Karen V. Recorded Nov. 21, 1785; Deed dated 21.November.1785 from Francis Leak to William Devin, Sr. for an estimated 400 acres adjacent to a tract owned by William Gray and Ashford Hughes.