[page 220] Divin’s Deed from Biswell This Indenture Made this the Twenty Seventh
Day of November in the year of our Lord Christ one Thousand
Seven hundred and eighty Seven Between John Biswell
Senr of the County of Pittsylvania of the one part and
Robert Divin of Said County of the other part Witnesseth
that the said Biswell for an in consideration of Two
Hundred pounds lawfull money taken in hand paid
and Satisfied by the Said Divin. The receipt whereof him the
Said Biswell doth hereby acknowledge hath Bargained
Sold inssossed and Confirmed and by thes presents doth
Absolutely give grant Bargain Sell inssoss and Confirm unto
the said Divin one Certain Tract or parcel of Land Lying [page 221] and being in the County aforesaid Containing two hundred and
thirty acres be the same more or less and Bounded as followeth to
wit Beginning at a Maple on a Branch in Jenkin’s line
thence the said line South three Degress East one hundred poles
to a White oak, thence South [forty] five Degrees East Sixty poles
to pointers thnce North Eighty seven Degrees East forty eight
poles to a post Oak thence South thirty two Degrees East
Twenty seven poles to a post Oak, thence south thirty two
Degrees East Twenty Seven poles to a post Oak, thence south
four Degrees East ten poles to a Spanish Oak on Little
Straberry Creek Thence Down the Creek as it Meanders to a
Chesnut on sd Creek, thence North seventy two Degrees
East Ninety three poles to a [Red] Oak, thence North thirty
Degrees West two hundred [and six] poles Crossing said
Creek and [one] Branch to a [Red] Oak, thnce North fifty
seven Degrees West one hundred and eight poles Crossing
two Branches to a [Red] oak thence South fifty five Degrees
West one hundred and Twenty poles to a Maple on Said
Creek, thence South twenty nine Degrees West thirty four
poles Crossing Said Creek to a poplar in a branch, thence
up said branch to the Beginning and the Rite of him the
said John Biswell Senr for himself and his heirs the above
granted tract of Land unto the said Robert Devin his heirs
and Assigns will forever Warrant Maintain & Defend from
the Claim of any person or persons Whatsoever In Witness
Whereof the said John Biswell Senr hath here unto set his
hand & seal the year & Date above Written. John Biswell SL [Fish.] William Devin
James Biggar Jules (his mark) Nuchsum At a Court held for Pittsylvania Count the 21st Day of April
1788. The within Indenture was proved by teh oaths of page 222 the Witnesses to be the act & deed of the within named
John Biswell, and the same was ordered to be recorded by the
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