The grant reads as follows:
" John M Gregory Esquire Lieutenant
William Been Governor acting as Esquire, Governor of the Commonwealth of VirginiaTO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME-GREETING: Know ye,That in conforming
80 acres with a Survey made on the Thirtieth dat of June, 1841, by virtue of Land Office
Treasury warrants - Orig 30 acres by No 14469 issued 30th September 1840 and 50
Giles County acres by No 9083 31st October 1826
There is granted by the said Commonwealth, unto William Been
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Delivered a certain Tract or Parcel of Land, containing eighty acres, situate in Giles County
Col French on the North fork of Johns or Dicks Creek a branch of Craig's creekFeby 20th 1843 bounded as followeth Beginning at a white oak and chestnut oak
on a line of the 100 tract - on the Ramsey tract and running
thence N 65 & 62 poles to a white oak, black oak and chesnut oak by
a branch, N25 W42 poles to two pines,S72W84 poles crossing a branch to
a white oak S13 E20 poles to a hickory and chesnut oak on a Steep
hill side S 37 W 26 poles to two chesnut oaks on a Steep hill side
S 24 W 44 poles to a black oak, S36 W 146 poles to three chesnut oaks
on a Spur, S 15 W 46 poles to two white oaks in a hollow by the head of a
spring S 28 E 18 poles to three chesnut oak saplings on a Steep Spur
S 23 W 59 poles to a hickory, white oak and black oak sapling on a hill side
S 50 W29 poles to two pines and a chesnut oak on a hill side due West
38 poles to two white oak saplings S 30 W 34 poles to and oak, chesnut oak
and white oak on a hill side, corner to Preston's land, and [illegible] it. S26 E
70 poles to a white oak and hickory sapling on said line, and leaving it and
with the Ramsey lines reversed N 45 E 40 poles to a white oak and dogwood
N 4 E 53 poles to a dogwood on the point of a ridge N 54 E 40 poles to two
white oakds N 23 E 36 poles to a Spanish oak, N84 E 36 poles to a pine sapling
N 23 E 107 poles to a white oak, N 38 E 74 poles to two red oaks, N 15 E 30 poles
to chickory sapling, N 36 E 56 poles to a white oak, black oak and red oak
and thence S 20 E 27 poles to the beginning with its appurtenances.
William Been
and his heirs forever.
IN WITNESS WHERE OF, the said John M Gregory Esq Lieutenant Esquire,
Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, hath hereunto set his Hand, and caused the
Lesser Seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed, at Richmond, on the twentieth day of
July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two
and of the Commonwealth the sixty seventh.
Jn. M. Gregory"
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