Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 BRUNSWICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEED BOOKS Volume 4 1765 - 1770 Abstracted by Dr. Stephen E. Bradley, Jr. Page 1 of 44 Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 4 Deed Book 8 24-(39) WILLIAM PARHAM of Albemarle Parish in Sussex Co to George Booth of said parish. 26 Nov 1763. £400. 389 acres which was a patent to David Williams 31 May 1753, joining Cornelious Cargill, Beaver Pond Creek. Wit: Thomas Vines Jr, Thomas Booth, GEORGE PARHAM. Proved 25 Feb 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 25-(41) Thomas Flewelling of Brunswick Co to George Booth of Sussex Co. 15 Feb 1765. £100 VA 170 acres as by deed from Richard Berry to said Thomas Flewelling. Wit: William Averis, Rawleigh Hightower, Thomas Anderson, Mary McTyer. Proved 25 Feb 1765. N. Edwards DCC 26-(42) Kinchen Taylor merchant of Hartford Co NC to Miles Cary & Henry Taylor of Southampton Co. 30 Jul 1764. said Cary & said Henry Taylor did become bound with said Kinchen Taylor to John Woodrop merchant of Nansemond Co to pay £318; thus this transaction to save harmless the said Cary & said Henry Taylor. Thus for 55, the release to said Cary & said Henry Taylor of 1200 acres on Roses Creek which said Kinchen Taylor had purchased from Andrew Troughton & Which had been a patent to the said Troughton. Wit: John Simmons, William Peterson, John Taylor, James Taylor. Proved 25 Mar 1765, N. Edwards Jr DCC 27-(44) Benjamin Harrison of Westover Parish of Charles City Co to William Batte of Marton Brandon Parish in Prince George Co. 14 Dec 1764. £110 VA. 1010 acres, joining Nottoway River at the foot of Sweeds Bridge, Chatacre Swamp. Elizabeth was the wife of said Benjamin Harrison Wit: DRURY STITH, John Ford, EPHRAIM PARHAM. Proved 25 Mar 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 28-(46) Ishmael Harwell of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to Alexander Watson of said county. 23 Mar 1765. 505 VA. 3 acres, joining said Watson, John Collier, the main road. Wit: James Maclin Jr, Joseph Caner, Thomas Reighly. Proved 25 Mar 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 29-(48) John Loftin of Brunswick Co to William Smith of same. 25 Mar 1765. £13s2p3 VA. 30 acres which was all said Loftin‘s land on the north side of Moors Swamp, joining Alexander Watson, said William Smith, Lewis Tyus, Alexander Morrison. Wit: Alexander Watson, Jehu Peeples, John Ford. Proved 25 Mar 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 30-(49) William Harrup of Brunswick Co to Elisha Clark of same. 5 Mar 1765. £3sl4p3 VA. A mortgage for 2 beds & furniture, half a dozen plates, 2 basins, 1 dish, etc. Wit: George Clark. Proved 25 Mar 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 31—(51) William Gwynn of Brunswick Co to Walter Roberson merchant of Dinwiddie Co. 24 Sep 1764. £59s18p2 VA. Negro girl TAMOR age 8, boy JAMES age 10. Wit: Gray Briggs, David Mason, THOMAS TWITTY Jr. Proved 25 Mar 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 32-(52) Nicholas Jarriott planter & his wife lane of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to JOHN ROBINSON clerk of said county. 6 Dec 1764. £90. 250 acres in said parish, joining where said JOHN ROBINSON now lives & which Adam Sims sold to said Nicholas Jarriott 1 Apr 1761, joining the Court House Road at Stony Hill Branch. John Jackson’s old road, Ready Pond. Wit: N. Edwards Jr, Oliver Day, William Merritt. Thomas Meggs. Proved 25 Mar 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC Page 2 of 44 Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 Deed Book 8 5 33-(54) Peter Avent of Orange Co NC to Gilbert Hay of Albemarle Parish in Sussex Co. 26 Feb 1765. £60 VA. 488 acres in Meherrin Parish which said Peter Avent purchased from John Cumbo & Joseph Studard late of Brunswick Co, as by a 250 acre patent to said Studard 26 Sep 1760 & the residue as by patent to Joseph Right 1 Aug 1745. Wit: James Stewart. Thomas Avent, Henry Mason. David Mason. James Mason. Proved 25 Mar 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 34-(56) Charles Hays of Brunswick Co to MATTHEW PARHAM of same. 21 Mar 1765. £30 VA. 200 acres joining Samuel Wright, Hays’s Creek, the mouth of Great Branch, Smith, Morgan. Witnesses omitted. Proved 25 Mar 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 35-(57) Thomas Duglish Irby & his wife Elizabeth of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to William Doby of Albemarle Parish in Sussex Co. 4 Mar 1765. £55 VA. 169 acres on both sides of Cattail Creek where said Thomas Duglish Irby now lives & which he bought from William Hudson late of Brunswick Co (but excepting 1 acre which said William Hudson & said Thomas Duglish Irby had sold to WILLIAM ROBINSON Jr), it being the land that William Wise deceased late of Brunswick Co willed to his son Joshua Wise who sold it to said William Hudson, joining the head of Persimmon Branch, Cattail Creek, the mouth of the Spring Branch, said William Wise deceased, said Thomas Duglish Irby, Dr. Anthony Irby; the said land being the south part of a patent to the said William Wise deceased. Wit: WILLIAM ROBINSON Jr, Peter Vinson, William Avant. Proved 25 Mar 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 36-(60) George Johnson & his wife Anne of Elizabeth City Co to William Myrick of Brunswick Co. 27 Oct 1764. £40 VA. 404 acres as by patent to George Johnson 16 Aug 1756, joining the south side of Rattle Snake Creek, Richard Ledbetter, HIX [HICKS]. Wit: John Johnson, Mary Johnson. George Johnson. Proved 25 Mar 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 37-(62) Abraham Vaughan of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to Richard Elliott of Dinwiddie Co, 11 Mar 1765, £33s3p6 VA. 70 acres on the south side of Beaver Pond Branch, joining Robert Lucy, Charles King, Henry fields, Col. DRURY STITH. Wit: David Williams, Richard Burch Jr, William Wilkinson, Robert Lucey, John Judd. Proved 25 Mar 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 38—(64) John Avery Jr of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to Edward Avery Jr of Prince George Co. 4 Feb 1765, £40 VA. 100 acres, joining William Edwards, John Avery, Tatum, Isaac House, his father’s line [antecedent unclear], Wit: William Edwards, John Avery, James House. Proved 25 Mar 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 39-(66) STARKEY ROBINSON eldest son & heir of ANTHONY ROBINSON deceased of York Co to Thomas Everard gent of the city of Williamsburg. 31 Oct 1764. said ANTHONY ROBINSON owned 345 acres on Waqua Creek in Brunswick Co & in his will in York Co devised the land to be sold to pay a certain debt & said Thomas Everard had satisfied the debt. Thus for 5s, the continuing to said Everard of the said tract of land. Wit: MERRITT MOORE Jr, Thomas Meggs, JOHN ROBINSON, Adam Simms. Proved 25 Mar 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC Page 3 of 44 Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 6 Deed Book 8 40-(67) Robert Walker of Dinwiddie Co to Joel Mabry of Brunswick Co. 25 Mar 1765. £100 VA. 100 acres which was part of 141 acres conveyed to said Robert Walker by deed from Benjamin Harrison of Charles City Co 14 Dec 1764, joining said Mabry’s Spring Branch, Nottaway River but excepting the islands. Witnesses omitted. Proved 25 Mar 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 41-(69) James Ransom of Bute Co NC & James Wall & his wife Elizabeth of Brunswick Co to Seymour Powell. 23 Feb 1765. £50 VA. 150 acres which was devised to Richard Ransom by ROBERT HICKS & he devised it to James Ransom & Elizabeth Ransom wife of James Wall as will appear by the will of the said Richard Ransom. Wit: James Wall, Thomas Maclin, John Carter. Proved 25 Mar 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 42—(70) Samuel Jackson & his wife Mary of Brunswick Co to MATTHEW PARHAM Jr of same. 5 Sep 1764. £30. 280 acres, joining Bull, Harwell, Broadnax, Pole Cat Branch. Wit: Henry Cocke, Thomas Maclin, James Balfore. Proved 25 Mar 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 43-(72) William Dowsing & his wife Elizabeth of Mecklenburg Co to Bartholomew Damron of Brunswick Co. 25 Mar 1765. £582. 970 acres which had been a patent to Joshua Fry(?) of James City Co 3 Oct 1737, joining Richard Burch. Witnesses omitted. Proved 25 Mar 1765. N. Edwards DCC 44-(74) Andrew Lester of Brunswick Co to Thomas Lester of same. 25 Feb 1765. £150 VA. 168 acres on the south side of Ceder Creek, joining a branch 3 little below the fork. Wit: Francis Young. Proved 25 Mar 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 45—(75) Andrew Lester of Brunswick Co to Thomas Lester of same. 25 Feb 1765. £175 VA. 200 acres, joining the mouth of a branch, Mountain Branch, Lawyers Road, Cedar Creek. Wit: Francis Young. Proved 25 Mar 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 46-(77) Lemuel Lanier of Brunswick Co to Edward Goodrich of same. 22 Oct 1764. £300 Negro slaves JUDY, ROSE, DINAH & TAB, & 2 feather beds. Wit: JAMES JONES. Proved 25 Mar 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 47-(78) James Judkins of Brunswick Co to Daniel Weldon of Halifax Co NC. 18 Jul 1762. £70 VA. A mortgage for 394 acres which had been a patent to said James Judkins 20 Sep 1745 & 100 acres of which had been sold by said James Judkins to James Clack, on the north side of Fountains Creek joining Cook, Peoples, Scott. Wit: William Edwards, Nathaniel Edwards Jr, Benjamin Edwards, Isaac Edwards, Sarah Edwards. Proved 22 Aug 1763 & again 22 Apr 1765.