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 ** PAGE BREAK ** 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 ** PAGE BREAK ** 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 ** PAGE BREAK ** 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. N. Edwards Jr DCC 48-(80) John Elmore of Brunswick Co to William Martain of St Andrew Parish in same. 7 Sep 1764. £20 VA. 92 acres on the north side of Middle Ceder Creek, joining William Martain, the county line. Also signed by Mary Elmore. Wit: ROBERT MOORE, Philemon Lacy, VALINTINE MOORE. Proved 22 Apr 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC Page 4 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 10 Deed Book 8 72-(122) Thomas Meggs of Brunswick Co to George Purdie merchant of Isle of Wight Co. 4 May 1705. £50 VA. A mortgage for 1 sorrel mare, 1 bay mare, 1 gray mare, Wit: William Edwards, N. Edwards Jr. Francis Young, William Merritt. Proved 27 May 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 73—( 123) Thomas Meggs planter Brunswick Co to Nathaniel Edwards & Son merchants of same, 4 May 1765. £150 VA. A mortgage for 100 acres where I now live, joining Barrow, Smith, Fountains Creek; also negro man BEN; 3 feather beds & furniture, livestock, crops, etc. Wit: Francis Young N. Edwards Jr, William Merritt. Proved 27 May 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 74-(125) John Dugger of Brunswick Co to Francis Young of same. 27 May 1765, £50 VA. 104 acres which had been a patent to said John Dugger dated 176 (blank), joining the fork of the Line Branch, Troughton, said John Dugger, Tatums Road, Rocky Run, John Clack, James Bennitt. Witnesses omitted. Proved 27 May 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 75—(127) John Tuder of Granville Co NC to Turner Hamlet planter of Brunswick Co 24 Oct 1764. £45 VA. 150 acres on the south side of Barlows Branch, joining Bracy, THOMAS PARHAM. Wit: ALLEN LOVE. Thomas Bracy, Thomas Merriott. Proved 27 May 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 76—(128) Joseph Tatum & his wife Rebecca & Nathaniel Tatum & his wife Phebe of Brunswick Co to Isaac Adams of same. 27 Apr 1765. £60 VA. 150 acres where said Nathaniel Tatum now lives, on the north side of Ready Creek. Wit: Alexander Watson, William Goodrich, John Hamilton. Proved 27 May 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 77-(130) THOMAS TWITTY of Brunswick Co to Robert Ruffin of Dinwiddie Co. 18 Oct 1765. £1000 VA. Slaves Ceasar, George, Lucy, Jane, Tony, Cate, Harry, Doll; all my crop of tobacco & corn; 1 horse, 5 beds & furniture, etc. Wit: William Clack, Francis Lightfoot. Proved 28 May 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 78-(131) JAMES PARHAM of Brunswick Co to Robert Ruffin of Dinwiddie Co. 24 May 1763. £89 VA. Negro fellows HUMPHRY & PETER. Wit: Daniel Jackson, William Clack. Proved 28 May 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 79-(132) Richard Lanier of Brunswick Co to Robert Ruffin. 24 May 1763. £76s4p10. Negro wench PATT & girl FRANK. Wit: Robert Stark, William Clack. Proved 28 May 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 80-(132) George Clayton of Brunswick Co to Robert Ruffin. 28 Jun 1763. £100. Negro man ARIBLE, man DICK, wench JEMIMAH, wench DINAH, girl CELEA, boy HARRY, girl LIDIA; 4 feather beds & furniture, etc. Wit: William Clack, Joseph Williamson, Wood Tucker. Proved 29 May 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 81-(133) Richard Rains of Brunswick Co to Gray Briggs of Dinwiddie Co. 26 Jan 1765. £105. A mortgage for 307 acres which said Rains purchased from Joseph Peebles; also slaves Lew, Hannah & Lett; Wit: George Clayton, John Bailey, William Woodward, Lewelling Williamson, Joseph Williamson, Page 5 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 Deed Book 8 11 Robert Gee Jr. said Briggs was to pay various sums to the following: Edward Adams Charles Edwards Richard Littlepage JOHN C. ROBINSON James Adams H. Garrott William Lucas Peter Simmons Jr Richard Atkins Robert Garrott Bernard Major Thomas Steagall Reuben Bennitt Henry Gee Frizell McTier John Tankersly Joseph Blayton Challes Golestone James Proctor Roger Tillman Bunell Claiborne Thomas Gowen Joseph Proctor Littleberry White Francis Coleman Benjamin Harrison Jr Robert Proctor David Wiggons Samuel Coleman John Hilton Moses Quarles Joseph Williamson Joshua Cook JUDITH JONES Richard Rains JOHN WOOD Samuel Craft THOMAS JONES Henry Rawlings Thomas Craft Solomon King William Rawlings William Duglas Richard Lanier Josiah Reams Proved 30 May 1765. N. Edwards DCC 82-(136) John Gunter Jr & his wife Priscilla of Brunswick Co to John Morton Jr of Amelia Co. 25 Jan 1765. £110 VA. 155 acres, joining the mouth of Rocky Run, Matthis, the river, Wit: John Gunter Sr, William Morton, Jessee Morton, Charles Connally. Proved 24 Jun 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 83-(139) Joseph Prince of Sussex Co to his son John Prince of Brunswick Co. 24 Jun 1765. £30 VA. Negro man CAUS; also 258 acres on the north side of Three Creeks, joining John Whittington, John Butts, Joseph Williamson, John Oliver, John Denton, Witnesses omitted. Proved 24 Jun 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 84-(140) Andrew Lester of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to Thomas Lester of said parish. £500 VA. Negroes WARWICK, POMPY, SIPIO & LUCY; 22 cattle, hogs, 1 horse, household & kitchen furniture, all my standing debts, etc. Wit: Francis Young, Elizabeth Young, William Young. Proved 24 Jun 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 85-(141) 8 Mar in the 5th year of our reign. Order to David Mason, Thomas Vaughan & WILLIAM PARHAM. Richard Hill & his wife Margary of Sussex Co had on 16 Dec 1764 sold to Bolling Starke of Dinwiddie Co 327 acres on both sides of Three Creeks; & also 200 acres on the south side of Three Creeks contiguous to the above tract; also 100 acres joining the first mentioned tract. Thus this order to examine the said Margary. She was examined 22 Jun 1765. Proved 24 Jun 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 86—(143) William Rainey Sr of Sussex Co to his granddaughter Mary Richardson of Brunswick Co. 4 Dec 1764. Deed of gift. Negro girl BETTY. Wit: Lewis Brown, Patty Brown. Proved 24 Jun 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 87-(144) Samuel White of Brunswick Co to his son William White of same. 22 Jun 1765. Deed of gift. 146 acres where he now lives, joining William Shell, Pidgeon Roost Creek; also Negroes ADAM & JUNOR. Wit: ALLEN LOVE, William Price, John Williams. Proved 24 Jun 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC Page 6 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 Deed Book 8 13 96-(158) John Williamson of Brunswick Co to Joseph Williamson of Dinwiddie Co. 12 Jun 1765. £125 VA. 1 copper kettle, 4 iron potts, 3 chests, my part of the bonds Wood Tucker & I borrowed from Gray Briggs, etc. Wit: Robert Wynne Rains, Jeane Rains, Richard Lanier Jr. Proved 24 Jun 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 97-(160) Joel Threewitts of Brunswick Co to Joseph Williamson of Dinwiddie Co. 13 Jun 1765. £80 VA. 3 feather beds & their furniture, 3 bed steads, 2 large trunks, 3 cattle, 11 shoats, etc. Wit: Lewelling Williamson, Richard Lanier Jr. Proved 24 Jun 1765, N. Edwards Jr DCC 98-(161) Charles Williamson of Brunswick Co to Lewelling Williamson of Dinwiddie Co. 12 Jun 1765. £25 VA 1 bed & furniture & bedstead, 1 black walnut oval table, etc. Wit: Robert Wynne Rains, Jean Rains, Richard Lanier Jr. Proved 24 Jun 1765 N. Edwards Jr DCC 99-(162) Richard Rains of Brunswick Co to Robert Wynne Rains of same. May 1765. £50 VA The hire of a negro fellow CHARLES, the rent of my plantation where I now live for 2 years, my oat patch at Briggs Goodrich‘s, 1½ dozen chairs, 2 iron pots, 3 sows & 20 pigs, etc. Wit: Fredrick Rains, Joseph Williamson. Proved 24 Jun 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 100-(163) William Maclin of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to John Tippett of said parish 24 Jun 1765. £15 VA. 50 acres on the north side of Shining Creek, joining a little below the mouth of Moses Creek. Witnesses omitted, Proved 24 Jun 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 101-(165) Robert Bates of Brunswick Co to Nicholas Edmunds merchant of same 6 Apr 1765. £51s7p2 A mortgage for 253 acres on both sides of Little Creek. Wit: Henry Edmunds, Samuel Steagall, John Flood Edmunds, Sterling Edmunds. Proved 24 Jun 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 102-(167) Robert Ravenscroft to Robert Bailey in behalf of Buchanan & Simson merchants in Glasgow 11 Dec 1764. £200 VA. Negro fellow CYRUS, horses, beds & furniture & kitchen furniture, all my personal estate. Wit: Duncan Rose, ALLEN LOVE, Alexander Rose. Proved 24 Jun 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 103-(167) Joseph Williamson & his wife Amy & Lewelling Williamson & his wife Sarah (Sally) of Brunswick Co to WILLIAM PARHAM of Sussex Co. 24 Jun 1765. £300 VA. 800 acres, pan of which had been a patent to John Harwell & John Shering, on the south side of Three Creeks, joining Joell Threewitts, Levan Pritchett, Isaac Adams, Jehue Peoples, John Williamson. Wit: Joseph Carter, Edward Capel, James Dunne Proved 24 Jun 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 104-(170) Rebecca Wall widow of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to William Chapman planter of said parish. 22 Jul 1765. A lease of 182 acres on the west side Newsum’s Branch for the lifetime of said Rebecca Wall at £10 per year. Witnesses omitted. Proved 22 Jul 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 105-(172) Robert Lanier of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to Burrell Lucy. 12 May 1765. £150 VA. Negro wench LUCY, boy TONEY, girl GRACE. Wit: Peter Williams, Adam Sims. Proved 22 Jul Singleton, Horse Branch, Briery Creek, Meherrin River, a branch. Witnesses omitted. Proved 26 Aug 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC Page 7 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 Page 8 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 Deed Book 8 17 132-(221) John Tann & his wife Susanna of Southampton Co to EDWARD ROBINSON of Brunswick Co. 27 Mar 1765. £40. 400 acres which was a patent to William Maclin 16 Aug 1756 Who conveyed it to said John Tann 11 Oct 1757, on both sides of Little Creek, joining Randall Bracy (now Benjamin Harrison’s corner), Nippers Creek. Wit: Robert Ruffin, Briggs Goodrich, Michael Roberts, David Williams. Proved 26 Aug 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 133-(222) 1 Apr in the 5th year of our reign. Order to Thomas Tabb & John Mayo. Walter Kibble & his wife Sarah of Cumberland Co did on 25 Mar 1765 sell to William Gwynne of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co 400 acres, joining JOHN INGRAM, Maclin, Johnson, Hagood. Thus this order to examine said Sarah. She was examined 16 May 1765. Returned to Court 26 Aug 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 134-(224) John Parrish of Brunswick Co to Nicholas Edmunds merchant of same. 12 Jul 1765. £150 VA. A mortgage for 489 acres where said John Parrish now lives (329 acres of which said John Parrish had inherited at the death of his brother Charles Parrish & the other 160 acres said John Parrish had purchased from David Mason), on both sides of Great Creek, joining Joel Parrish, Mason Bishop, Joseph Parrish, John Ogburn; also Negroes NED, SAMUEL, PHILLIS, LUCY & PETER. Wit: WILLIAM STITH, William Harrison, John Flood Edmunds, Duncan Rose. Proved 26 Aug 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 135-(227) John Johnson of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to Stafford Gibbs of (blank) Parish in Warwick Co. 26 Aug 1765. £72s8p6. A mortgage for 303 acres on the south side of Meherrin River, joining William Ledbetter, Rocky Run. Witnesses omitted. Proved 26 Aug 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 136-(230) Miles Cary attorney of Southampton Co to EDWARD ROBINSON planter of Brunswick Co. 15 Aug 1765. Thomas Jackson Jr late of said Brunswick Co did 25 Jun 1763 mortgage for £126s7p9 to said Miles Cary 200 acres where said Thomas Jackson Jr then lived; an assignment on the back of the deed dated 27 Feb 1764 directed said Miles Cary to pay Thomas Applewhite £36s11p8½ & the deed was security for the same; the sums were not paid & said Miles Cary commenced a suit against said Thomas Jackson in 116 of Wight Co, & foreclosure followed said Thomas Jackson had agreed to sell the said property to said EDWARD ROBINSON. Thus for £182s5p11, the sale of the said property. Wit: JOHN JONES, THOMAS TWITTY Jr, Joseph Parrish, Richard Kello. Proved 27 Aug 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 137-(233) William Clack of Dinwiddie Co to Robert Ruffin. 26 Feb 1765. £1000 VA. Negroes: ABRAHAM, FRANK, GRACE, ISAAC, SAM, YORK, DICK and also NAN & her 2 children ROBIN & ABRAM; EASTER & her 2 children GRACE & SARAH; PHILLIS & her child TITUS; as also 20 cattle, 30 hogs, horses, 4 feather beds & furniture, etc. Wit: John Clack, ZEBULON LEWIS. Proved 23 Sep 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC Page 9 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 18 Deed Book 8 138-(234) William Eaton of Northampton Co NC to his son William Eaton Jr. 23 Sep 1765. Dee: of gift. 1325 acres on Moors Swamp; also Negroes: AMY, DICK, FRANK, MOLL, PATT, SAM, ANEKEY, FANNY, HANNAH, NANNY, PHILLIS, SUCKEY, CHARLES as also 54 cattle, 100 hogs, horses, etc. Witnesses omitted. Proved 23 Sep 1765. N. Edwards DCC 139-(235) John Dungion of Brunswick Co to Henry Cock of same. 8 Jul 1765. £6s4p3 VA. 1 mare & young foal, 1 feather bed & rug. Wit: John Hamilton, Samuel Cock. Proved 23 Sep 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 140-(236) Robert Lanier Brunswick Co to Henry Cock of same. 22 May 1765. £15 VA 6 cattle, 2 beds & furniture, 1 mare, 2 iron pots, etc. Wit: Lemuel Cocke, John Hamilton. Proved 23 Sep 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 141-(236) 8 Aug in the 5th year of our reign. Order to William Withers & Robert Walker. Joseph Williamson & his wife Amy of Dinwiddie Co & Lewelling Williamson & his wife Sally of Brunswick Co did on 24 Jun 1765 sell to WILLIAM PARHAM of Sussex Co 800 acres on the south side of Three Creeks. Thus this order to examine said Amy. She was examined 16 Sep 1765. Returned to Court 24 Sep 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 142-(238) John Smith Sr & his wife Catherine of Meherrin parish in Brunswick Co to Thomas Rose Smith of said parish. 18 Sep 1765. £10 VA. 183 acres on the south side of Meherrin River Wit: had been a patent to said John Smith, joining Roger Smith, old Fort Road. William Chapman, Isham Mitchell, Robert Smith. Wit: William Hall, Michael Roberts, Burrell Simms. Proved 2-1 Sep 1755. N. Edwards Jr DCC 143-(240) Benjamin Wyche & his wife Elizabeth of Albemarle Parish in Sussex Co to Dr Samuel Peete of said parish. 17 Sep 1765. £150 VA. 200 acres which was part of a larger tract Col. John Wis purchased from Col. Benjamin Harrison of Wakefield, on the south side of Meherrin River & including 2 small islands in the said river, joining Col. John Wall, James Stewart (formerly Dr. John Irbey’s land). Wit: John Hunt, William Hines, JOHN KERR Jr. Proved 24 Sep 1765.31 Edwards Jr DCC 144-(243) Benjamin Williams of Brunswick Co to Nathaniel Mabry. 27 Aug 1765. £25. 100 acres on the south side of Otterdam Swamp, joining the mouth of Savenner Branch. Rocky Branch. WE: James Stewart, James Oliver, William Dunn, Richard Blanks, James Bilberry. Probate indicates that Mary the wife of said Benjamin Williams relinquished her right of dower. Proved 24 Sep 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 145-(246) Thomas Stone of Brunswick Co to William Daniel of same. 21 Sep 1765. £10 VA. 125 acres which was part of a patent to said Thomas Stone 10 Jun 1760, joining Caleb Lindsey. Wit: JAMES MOORE Sr, JAMES MOORE Jr, James Elmoore. Proved 24 Sep 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC Page 10 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 Deed Book 8 19 146-(249) JAMES THORNTON of Brunswick Co to JOHN JONES of same 1 Jun 1765. £400 VA. Negroes JO, WILL & SARAH; 2 mares, 1 colt, 2 feather beds & furniture. Wit: John Hamilton. Proved 24 Sep 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 147-(250) Moses Johnson of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to Henry Chambless of said parish. 28 Oct 1765. 5s. 200 acres which was part of a 414 acre patent to said Moses Johnson 15 Aug 1764. joining a branch, John Vick, Jordan’s Road, Harris. Witnesses omitted. Proved 28 Nov 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 148-(252) William Ray Sr of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to his son Baker Ray of said parish. Deed of gift. 19 Oct 1765. 140 acres, joining Cold Water, Smith, William Ray Jr. WILLIAM RANDLE. Wit: John Yarbrough, William Ray Jr, John Calford. Proved 28 Nov 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 149—(253) JOHN INGRAM Sr & his wife Anne of Brunswick Co to their son John Shearin Sisson of same. Deed of gift. 180 acres where said John Shearin Sisson now lives. joining William Williams Sr, Joseph Taylor, said JOHN INGRAM; & was taken from a survey which joined Lanier, the head of Owen Stranges Spring Branch Wit: Clement Lanier, THOMAS INGRAM, JOHN INGRAM Jr. Aaron Hudgin. Proved 28 Oct 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 150-(255) WILLIAM HAMPTON & his wife Demender of St (blank) Parish in Brunswick Co to HENRY HAMPTON of said parish. 23 Sep 1765. £10 VA. 125 acres, joining Col. Nicholas Edmunds. George Simmons, Richard Bagwell. Wit: George Simmons, Edward Major. MOSES HAMPTON. Proved 28 Oct 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 151-(257) John Newell & his wife Lucy of Brunswick Co to Thomas Wilson of Northampton C o. 27 Oct 1765. £100 VA. 280 acres. Wit: Richard Kello, WILLIAM ROBINSON Jr, William Gwaltney. Proved 28 Oct 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 152-(259) Henry Mayes of Brunswick Co to John Brown of same. 26 Oct 1765. £45 VA. 122 acres on the south side of Avens Creek, joining John Overbie, Indian Branch, Joshua Winfield, said Brown said Mayes. Wit: Thomas Fowler, Twitty Russell, Joshua Winfield. Proved 28 Oct 1765. Probate indicates that Phebe the wife of said Henry Mayes relinquished her right of dower. N. Edwards Jr DCC 153-(260) William Williams Sr of Brunswick Co to John Shearin Sisson of same. 28 Oct 1765. £5 VA. 100 acres, joining Joseph Tailor, Matthew Williams, Aaron Hudgin, said John Shearin Sisson on the tract where he now lives. Witnesses omitted Proved 28 Oct 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 154-(261) Joel Threewitts of Brunswick Co to Joseph Williamson of Dinwiddie Co. 12 Jun 1765. £25 VA. 350 acres on the south side of Three Creeks, joining John Williamson, Richards, Frederick Maclin, Sarah Smith. Wit: Robert Wynne Raines, Jean Rains, Richard Lanier Jr. Proved 24 Jun 1765 & again 28 Oct 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC Page 11 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 Deed Book 8 23 Dun, Thomas Sanderford, Thomas Lawrence Jr. Witnesses omitted. Proved 30 Oct 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 180—(304) Solomon (SB) Boykin & his wife Esther(B) of Northampton Co NC to William Taylor of St Luke Parish in Southampton Co. 23 Mar 1765. £150 VA. 265 acres in Meherrin Parish which is all the land late in the tenure & occupation of said Solomon Boykin, joining Meherrin River, James Haley (now Charles Taylor’s), John Fennel, a line said Fennell purchased from said Solomon Boykin. Fountains Creek, John Wall, the country line, Philips. Wit: Thomas (W) Francis Jr, Richard Kello. John Person, Will. Person, Will. Urquhart. Proved 22 Jul 1765 & again 28 Oct following. N. Edwards Jr DCC 26 Mar 1765. Order to Isaac Roe Walton, John Pettway, Henry Edmunds, John Fennell Sr & Simon Turner of Brunswick Co to examine said Esther Boykin in the above transaction. She was examined 27 Apr 1765. 181—(308) John Lifsey planter of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to John Prichard carpenter of said parish. 23 Jun 1766. £40 VA. 150 acres which had been a patent to John Steed 26 Mar 1739, joining the north side of Fountains Creek, Henry Peebles. Wit: William Turner, Isham Lundey, JOHN PARHAM. Proved 23 Jun 1766. Probate indicates that Martha the wife of said John Lifsey relinquished her right of dower. N. Edwards Jr DCC 182—(311) Rebeccah Stewart of Brunswick Co to KIRBY MOODY of same. 6 Jun 1766. £8 VA. 70 acres which had been a patent to John Peterson 28 Sep 1758, on Fox Branch. Wit: WILLIAM RIVES, SIMON RIVES, HARMON RIVES, NATHANIEL HICKS. Proved 23 Jun 1766. N. Edwards Jr DCC 183—(312) John Bailey of Brunswick Co to David Sills of same. 23 Jun 1766. £70510 VA. 202 acres on the south side of Totero Creek which was part of a larger tract Henry Simmons conveyed to said John Bailey 28 Jul 1760, joining Totero Creek in the Mill Pond. Witnesses omitted. Proved 23 Jun 1766. N. Edwards Jr DCC 184—(314) John Shurling of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to William Johnson of said parish. 23 Jun 1766. For 177½ acres which said John Shurling & his wife Susannah make over to said William Johnson, on the south side of Miry Swamp, joining Sucks Branch, Clark, Judgkin. Witnesses omitted 23 Jun 1766. N. Edwards Jr DCC 185-(315) William Johnson of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to John Shurling of said parish 23 Jun 1766. For 17½ acres which said William Johnson & his wife Elizabeth make over to said John Shurling, on the north side of Stuke Branch, joining Cato, Miry Swamp, William Powell, Robert _____. Witnesses omitted. Proved 23 Jun 1766. N. Edwards Jr DCC 186-(317) JAMES THORNTON of Brunswick Co to MATTHEW PARHAM of same. 31 Oct 1765. £20 VA. 1 mare, 1 chestnut horse which said THORNTON had form Zachariah Sims. Wit: William Maclin, John Mitchell Richard Johnson. Hall Hudson. Proved 23 Jun 1766. N. Edwards Jr DCC Page 12 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 24 Deed Book 8 187-(317) Daniel Coleman of Halifax Co NC to his son Daniel Coleman Jr of Brunswick Co 28 Jul 1766. Deed of gift. 150 acres, joining on the west side of Lizard Creek where the country line crosses, William Huff, William Moseley. Wit: Henry Nicolson, Moses Johnson, BENJAMIN HICKS. Proved 28 Jul 1766. N. Edwards Jr DCC 188-(319) George Woodroof of Brunswick Co to JOHN ROBINSON of same. 28 Jul 1766.£20 VA. 150 acres on the south side of Meherrin River, joining Ham's, Wilkins, Eavis. Witnesses omitted. Proved 28 Jul 1766. N. Edwards Jr DCC 189-(322) Major Tiller & his wife Bethia of Albemarle Parish in Sussex Co to James Allen of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co. 21 Jun 1766. £125. 280 acres in Meherrin Parish which said Major Tiller had purchased from Thomas Tomlinson late of Brunswick Co, on the north side of Fountains Creek, joining the Beach Gut, William Fox, Wests Branch, Ezell. Wit: Thomas Young, Mary Mason, David Mason, James Day Ridley, J. PARHAM. Proved 28 Jul 1766. N. Edwards Jr DCC 190—024) George Clarke & his wife Prudence of Brunswick Co to Thomas Bass of same 1766. £(blank) VA 463 acres which was part of a larger tract said George Clarke had purchased from Robert Harrison, joining Lightfoot, the Indian line. Witnesses omitted. Proved 28 Jul 1766. N. Edwards Jr DCC 191—(327) Daniel Coleman of Halifax Co NC to James Wortham of Brunswick Co. 28 Jul 1766. £170 VA. 250 acres which said Coleman had purchased a part from John Carrel now deceased & part from Andrew Beck deceased, joining the east side of Lizard Creek where the country line crosses, John Linch, Rocky Branch, John Beck, William Mosely, Little Branch. Wit: Douglass Wilkins, William Huff, John Heath. Proved 28 Jul 1766. Probate indicates that Unity the wife of said Daniel Coleman relinquished her right of dower. N. Edwards Jr DCC 192—(329) 22 Jul 1766. Edmund Wilkins gives receipt to his guardian Col. John Maclin for the full part of said Wilkins part of his father’s estate which consisted of Negroes, cattle, household furniture & rent of land & Negroes. Wit: James Maclin Jr, Fredrick Maclin. Proved 28 Jul 1766. N. Edwards Jr DCC 193-(329) 22 Jul 1766. Douglass Wilkins gives receipt to his guardian Col. John Maclin for the full pan of said Wilkins’ part of his father’s estate which consisted of Negroes, cattle, household furniture & rent of land & Negroes. Wit: Nathaniel Collier, Fredrick Maclin. Proved 28 Jul 1766. N. Edward Jr DCC 194—(330) Richard Lanier of Sussex Co to John Loftin of Brunswick Co. 17 Jul 1766. £65 VA. 200 acres on the north side of Meherrin River, joining the outward branch of Reedy Creek, James Vaughan. Wit: Nicholas Massenburg, Ishmael Harwell, Richard Johnson, John Fort. Proved 28 Jul 1766. N. Edwards Jr DCC 195-(332) Henry Cook planter of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to John Tumer planter of said parish. 14 Aug 1766. £160 VA. 325 acres in Meherrin Parish on the south east side of Great Swamp, Page 13 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 Deed Book 8 27 Edward Taylor, John Johnson, said Morgan. Wit: John Lashley, Reuben Clanton, Edward Taylor. Proved 22 Sep 1766. N. Edwards Jr DCC 212-(364) Thomas Gilliam of Southampton Co to Edward Tabor of Brunswick Co. 16 Aug 1766. £10 VA. 150 acres which was part of a patent to Thomas Gilliam dated “I know not when”, joining Tilman, Johnson, said Tabor. Wit: John Lashley, Reuben Clanton, Elias Morgan. Proved 22 Sep 1766. N. Edwards Jr DCC 213-(365) James Bennet of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to William Saunders of Sussex Co. 2 Aug 1766. £10 VA. 100 acres on the east side of Cooks Road, joining James Judkin’s former line. Wit: Thomas Vinson, John Rosser, John Shurland. Proved 22 Sep 1766. N. Edwards Jr DCC 214-(367) Flood Nicolson of Sussex Co to ALLEN LOVE of Brunswick Co. 20 Aug 1766. £50 VA. His half of 565 acres which had been left to him & his brother Robert Nicolson by his father’s will, on the west side of Poplar Creek in Meherrin Parish, as by deed for 200 acres from Marmaduke Daniel of Brunswick Co to the said Flood & Robert Nicolson & by patent & deed to the sons of Daniel Carrell of said county for 365 acres. Wit: John Edmunds, Henry Cooke, Richard Cocks, William Blunt. Proved 25 Aug 1766 & again 22 Sep following. N. Edwards Jr DCC 215—(370) MATTHEW PARHAM Jr of Brunswick Co to James Mize of Lunenburg Co. 9 Sep 1766, £30 VA. 200 acres, joining Samuel Wright, Hayes, the mouth of Gran Branch, Morgan Wit: Aaron Hudgins, John Wright, JOHN MOORE. Proved 22 Sep 1766. N. Edwards Jr DCC 216-(372) WILLIAM THORNTON & his Wife Jane to Robert Ruffin. 28 Oct 1765. £538s8p2. 1134 acres, joining the mouth of Cuthbert Smith’s Branch, PARHAM, Reedy Creek. Witness omitted. Proved 28 Oct 1765. N. Edwards Jr DCC 28 Oct 1765. Order to John Clack & JOHN JONES of Brunswick Co. WILLIAM THORNTON & his wife Jean of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co did on 28 Oct 1765 sell to Robert Ruffin of Dinwiddie Co 1134 acres where said WILLIAM THORNTON now lives. Thus this order to examine said said Jean. She was examined 25 Oct 1765 [sic]. Returned to Court 23 Sep 1766. N. Edwards Jr DCC 217—(376) Thomas Bull of Halifax Co NC to Swan Prichard of Brunswick Co. 22 Sep 1766. £10 VA. 46 acres, joining Thomas Jackson Wit: Alexander Watson, Frederick Raines, Mark Jackson, Jana Ferguson. Proved 23 Sep 1766. N. Edwards Jr DCC 218-(377) James Massey of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to his father-in-law GEORGE RIVES of said parish. 23 Jul 1763. Deed of gift. All my land where I now dwell; all my slaves; all my stock of horses, cattle & hogs; all my goods & chattels; all my debts; all my other estate both real & personal. Wit: John Tomlinson, John Housman, Benjamin Sykes, William Cook. Dated 25 Jul 1763 & again 27 Feb following. N. Edwards Jr DCC 219—(378) “A List of Surveys made from June 1764 to June 1765." Surveyed for John Jackson 150 acres, joining his own line; Page 14 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 30 Deed Book 8 TIMOTHY RIEVES, MOSES RIVES, BENJAMIN BYNUM, WILLIAM RIEVES. Wit: BENJAMIN BYNUM, SIMON RIEVES, Jesse Rowland, Henry Cook. Proved 26 Jan 1767. N, Edwards Jr DCC 235-(409) Jesse Rowland of Northampton Co NC to Thomas Jeffreys of Brunswick Co, 9 Jan 1766. £90 VA. 371 acres on the north side of Fountains Creek, joining James Judkins. Wit: George Wyche, Robert Peebles, SIMON RIEVES, Henry Cook. Proved 26 Jan 1767. N, Edwards Jr DCC 236—(411) Jesse Potts of Brunswick Co to John Parker of same. 29 Nov 1766. £100 VA. 100 acres between the heads of the branches of Waqua & Sturgion creeks & both sides of the crossroads where Flat Rock Road crosses Edmunds’s Road, joining Robert Briggs, Henry Briggs. Wit: John Powell, John Ruffin Jr, Thomas Morress, Christopher Mason. Proved 26 Jan 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 237—(414) Robert Howard planter & his wife Sarah of Brunswick Co to John Mackendree planter of York Co 22 Nov 1766. £40 VA. 100 acres which he lately purchased from Amos Horton & which William Ezell had sold to said Amos Horton 4 Feb 1765, on the south side of Fountain; Creek, joining the county line Wit: George Wyche, Amos Horton. Proved 26 Jan 1767. N, Edwards Jr DCC 238—(417) Lewis Malone of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to his son Drury Malone. Deed of gift, Negro girl FRANK. 25 [torn] 1767. Wit: Henry Metcalf, William Eaves. Proved 26 Jan 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 239-(418) Jeremiah Brown of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to Robert Howard of said parish. 26 Jan 1767. £70 VA. 150 acres on the south side of Fountains Creek which was part of a moiety of 500 acres, this said tract being conveyed by John Vincent to Jeremiah Brown 25 Apr 1763 & also by deed dated 26 & 27 Mar 1767 from Moses & Thomas Vincent to said John Vincent; the said 500 acres had been willed by John Vincent late of said county in his will dated 4 Nov 1727 to said Moses Vincent who was his posthumous son, the said will recorded in Prince George Co, but the land having been devised only for the life of the said Moses Vincent & the said 500 acres reverts to the above Thomas Vincent son & heir of the said John Vincent. Witnesses omitted. Proved 26 Jan 1767. Probated indicates that (blank) the wife of said Jeremiah Brown relinquished her right of dower. N. Edwards Jr DCC 240—(421) William Richardson & his wife Elizabeth of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to his son—in-law Augustine Brown & to his [said Richardson’s] daughter Mary the wife of said Augustine of said parish. 27 Nov 1766. Deed of gift. 50 acres, joining Lewis Brown, DRURY STITH, Henry Morris; a small branch. Wit: THOMAS STITH, Nathaniel Rainey, Shepherd Rainey, Proved 26 Jan 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 241-(423) Bute Co NC, JAMES PARHAM & LEWIS PARHAM late of Brunswick Co to Mary of Bute Co. 11 Nov 1766. £50, Negro children NAN & CUTTY, being the children of MARGERY. Wit William Johnson, William Duke. Proved 26 Jan 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC Page 15 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 Deed Book 8 33 258-(452) Nathaniel Wray of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to Jeremiah Mise of said parish. 23 Feb 1767. Deed of gift & 20s. 150 acres in Meherrin Parish which was part of a patent to said Nathaniel Wray 27 Jun 1764. joining Deep Branch, Dunn, Wray, Edwards. Wit: John Warren, William Wesson, David Kelley Jr. Proved 23 Feb 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 259—(454) John Brewer of Orange Co NC to Richard Woodruff of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co. 20 Jan 1767. £25 VA. 200 acres on the south side of Bever Pond Creek, joining Great Branch, Charles Collier. Wit: James Hobbs. John Justice, John Brewer Jr. Proved 23 Feb 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 260—(455) John Wray Sr of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to John Wray Jr of said parish. 24 Nov 1766. Deed of gift & 20s sterling. 127 acres in Meherrin Parish which was part of a patent to said John Wray 12 Jul 1750. joining Col. Allen. Wit: John Warren, William Stainback, Eldridge Clack. Proved 23 Feb 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 261—(457) Nathaniel Ray of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to John Ray Sr of said parish. 23 Feb 1767. Deed of gift & 30s. 50 acres in Meherrin Parish which was part of a patent to said Nathaniel Ray 27 Jun 1764, joining Deep Branch, Dunn, Allen, Edwards. Wit: John Warren, William Wesson, David Killey Jr. Proved 28 Feb 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 262—(458) Henry Brewer of Orange Co NC to John Vick of Brunswick Co. 2 Feb 1767. £15 VA. 384 acres on the north side of Bever Pond Creek. Wit: Moses Johnson, William Brewer, Howell Vick. Proved 23 Feb 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 263—(460) Robert Lanier of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to Walter Peter & Co of said parish. 30 Aug 1766. A mortgage for 175 acres in said parish which said Robert Lanier had purchased from Samuel Lanier, joining William Raney, William Parker, Benjamin Seawell, Joel Smith, Henry Cook. Wit: Daniel Fisher. Proved 26 Jan 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 264—(461) George Clark & his wife Prudence to William Boswell of King & Queen Co. 10 Nov 1766. £200. 600 acres in St Andrew Parish on the south side of Great Creek, joining Charles Lucas. Wit: John Clack, THOMAS TWITTY Jr, William Harrison, Joseph Price. Proved 23 Feb 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 265—(463) ABRAHAM JONES planter of Halifax Co NC to Lewis Dupree planter of Brunswick Co. 23 Feb 1767. 55 VA. 2 tracts containing 916 acres, one joining Lewis Barker, Daniel Hoof, Pidgeon Roost Creek, THOMAS PARHAM, Benjamin Mosely, Thomas Mosely; the other joining Lewis Barker, Thomas Mossle. Wit: John Dupree, MOSES RIEVES, Henry Dupree. Proved 23 Feb 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 266—(464) Richard Willis of Mecklenburg Co to William Willis of Brunswick Co. 23 Feb 1767. £30 VA. Half of 450 acres on the south side of Waqua Creek as by patent to said Richard & William Willis 16 Aug 1756 (the second half being Richard Willis’ part); the whole joining Parish, Gilliam. Waqua Creek, Joseph Daniel. Witnesses omitted. Proved 23 Feb 1767. Probate indicates that Ann the wife of said Richard Willis relinquished her right of dower. N. Edwards Jr DCC Page 16 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 34 Deed Book 8 267-(466) Christopher Mason gentleman, sheriff of Brunswick Co to Robert Kennon gentleman of Chesterfield Co. 23 Feb 1767. John Bland merchant of the City of London did recover a judgment against Richard Stalk for £398s2p4 sterling of Great Britain to be discharged in Virginia currency at the rate of 60% difference of exchange; the sheriff was order to execute the writ on 900 acres. Thus for £66 the land was sold to said John Bland who had since sold the land to said Robert Kennon for £200. This deed to confirm the said contract. Witnesses omitted. Proved 23 Feb 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 268-(468) Grono Owen of Brunswick Co to ZEBULON LEWIS of same. 26 Jan 1767. £50. 310 acres, joining Powell, Morris, a road. Witnesses omitted. Proved 23 Feb 1767. Probate indicates that Jonah the wife of said Grono Owen relinquished her right of dower. N. Edwards Jr DCC 269-(469) Robert Williamson & his wife Mary of Brunswick Co to Lewis Williamson of Northamton Co NC. 23 Feb 1767. £20 VA. 430 acres, joining Rooty Branch, GEORGE REAVIS, Cane Branch, Henry Cook. Witnesses omitted. Proved 23 Feb 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 270-(471) Paul Tatum of Brunswick Co to William Chapman of same. 27 Oct 1766. 55. Negro slaves TITUS & BETTE, which slaves I have a bill of sale from Thomas Lyal & who has paid me the consideration therein & since sold the same to said William Chapman Wit: WILLIAM PARHAM, R. Kello. Proved 28 Feb 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 271—(471) 1 Apr in the 5th year of our reign. Order to Litty Hardyman & Philip Edmondson. Benjamin Harrison gent of Charles Citty Co did on 8 Mar 1765 sell to Isaac Collier of Brunswick Co 141 acres which was part of my tract on the south side of Nottoway River. Thus this order to examine Elizabeth the wife of said Benjamin Harrison. She was examined 9 Mar 1767. Returned to Court 23 Mar 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 272—(472) 1 Apr in the 5th year of our reign. Order to Litty Hardyman & Philip Edmondson. Benjamin Harrison of Charles City Co & his wife Elizabeth did on 14 Dec 1764 sell to Robert Walker of Dinwiddie Co 1041 acres on Nottoway River in Brunswick Co. Thus this order to examine said Elizabeth. She was examined 9 Mar 1767. Returned to Court 28 Mar 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 273-(474) John Ledbetter of Orange Co NC to Owen Myrick of Brunswick Co. 25 Dec 1766. £5 VA. 100 acres which was part of a patent to John Ledbetter 15 Aug 1764, joining my “one” line, John Ledbetter, Pennington. Wit: Isaac Ledbetter, William Myrick, Elias Morgan, JOHN RANDLE, Thomas Clanton. Proved 23 Mar 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 274-(475) Hubbard Quarles & his wife Mary of Brunswick Co to his son Moses Quarles of same. 18 Dec 1766. Deed of gift & 5s VA. 150 acres, joining Hugh Williams, Candle, the river, Hubard Quarles, the branch. Wit: Joseph Dameron, Cebell Quarles, Catey Quarles. Proved 23 Mar 1767. N. Page 17 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 Deed Book 8 35 Edwards Jr DC C 275-(477) THOMAS TWITTY Sr of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to THOMAS TWITTY Jr of said parish. 13 Feb 1765. Deed of gift & 10s VA. 400 acres on the north side of Meherrin River joining the mouth of Whitestone Brunch on Briery Creek, Williams, the head of Bull Branch, Russells Path, Rattlesnake Branch Wit: William Lindsey. John Powell. Thomas Marriott. Proved 23 Apr 1765 & again 24 Apr 1765 & again Mar 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 276—(478) Richard Littlepage planter & his wife Elizabeth of Brunswick Co to JOHN HICKS 4 Jan 1767. £50 VA. 183 acres as by patent to Henry Parish (but excepting 5 acres), on the branches Hickory Run & Red Oak Creek, joining John Lambeth, Slowman Wynne, SARAH JONES, Joel Briggs. Wit: Hugh Williams, John Batten Dobyns, JOHN MATTHEWS, John Quarles, Moses Quarles, JESSE JONES. Proved 23 Mar 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 277—(480) Henry Davis of Surry Co to William Davis Brunswick Co. 23 Jan 1767. Deed of gift Negro boy slave JO. Wit: Thomas Marion. Sarah Marriott. Proved 23 Mar 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 278—(481) Joshua Clark Sr of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to his son Joshua Clark Jr of 5d parish. 21 Mar 1767, Negro boy JACOB. Wit: George Wyche. Proved 23 Mar 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 279-(482) William Edwards of St Andrew Parish. Thomas Megge taylor & his wife Katherin of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to Edmund Wilkins of Meherrin Parish joiner in said county. 16 Feb 1767. £45 VA. 100 acres which was conveyed to him by Anthony Madcalf 27 Sep 1751. in Meherrin Parish, joining the mouth of Lizwell Sexton’s Spring Branch on the north side of Fountains Creek, John Smith. Wit: Benjamin Lanier. John Rogers. Proved 23 Mar 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 280-(484) William Maclin & his wife Sarey (Sarah) of Brunswick Co to Gray Briggs of Dinwiddie Co. 23 Mar 1767. £180. 350 acres in St Andrew Parish which was all said Maclin’s land on the lower east side of Shining Creek, joining STERLING THORNTON, Shining Creek, MATTHEW PARHAM, Richard Johnson, John Russell, & also joining the piece of land Daniel Fisher purchased from John Tippit. "NB the above granted land is not any part of the Land Sold by the said Maclin to WILLIAM THORNTON" & signed by Daniel Fisher. Witnesses omitted. Dated 23 Mar 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 281-(484) JAMES LOVE Jr of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to Richard Elliott of said parish. 10 Apr 1766. £120 VA. 62½ acres in St Andrew Parish. joining Hill, said Elliott, John Westmoreland, Beverpond Branch. Wit: William Wilkinson. Charles Clayton. William Merritt. Proved 27 Apr 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 282-(485) Richard Gunter of Orange Co NC to JOHN MATHEWS [MATTHEWS] of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co. 22 Nov 1766. £35 VA. 88 acres, joining Edmunds, Hubard Quarles, Joshua Fry, Red Oak Run Wit: Robert Briggs, Richard Littlepage, John Morton Proved 23 Mar 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC Page 18 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 Deed Book 9 41 321-(1) William Denton of Brunswick Co to Joseph Carter of same. 1767. £11. 196 acres, joining James Maclin, HICKS, Gowen, Adams. Wit: James Maclin Jr, Joshua Winfield. Henry Collier. Proved 22 Jun 17g. N. Edwards Jr. 322-(2) James Yarbrough & his wife Mary of Brunswick Co to William Denton of same. 22 Jun 1767. £261. 200 acres which was part of a 600 acre patent to James Yarbrough & Daniel Williams of Brunswick Co. 20 Aug 1760, where James Yarbrough formerly lived, joining Seward. Ravenscroft, Daniel Williams. Witnesses omitted. Proved 22 Jun 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 323-(3) William Smith of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to John Morgin [Morgan] of said parish. 9 Mar 1767. £40 VA. 150 acres on the north side of Rattle Snake Creek which was part of 254 acres, joining John Steed, Ivy Branch. Wit: John Stevens Jr, Robert Mosley, Peter Linchlen, William Person. Proved 22 Jun 1761. N. Edwards Jr DCC 324—(5) Alexander Donald & his wife Dearest of Mecklenburg Co to John Morgan of Brunswick Co. 1 Nov 1766. £36 VA. 104 acres on the north side of Rattlesnake Creek which was part of William Smith’s tract, joining Ivy Bank Branch. Wit: BURRIL ROBINSON, Benjamin Brett, Drury Lanier. Proved 22 Jun 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 325—(6) Nicholas Brewer & his wife Sarah of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to Moses Collier of said parish. 22 Jun 1767. £3 VA. 200 acres which was part of a 1485 acre patent to Nicholas Brewer, joining the Carolina line, a prong of Perris Creek. Wit: LITTLEBERRY ROBINSON, Thomas Collier, John Vinson. Proved 22 Jun 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 326—(7) Isham Wall of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to Edward Ragsdale of Bath Parish in Dinwiddie Co. 12 Oct 1766. £10 VA. 200 acres on the north side Hickory Run which was part of a patent dated 6 Aug 1756, joining LEWELLING JONES, & being all Isham Wall‘s lands on the north side of Hickory Run. Wit: Edward Holloway, John Holloway, Willmuth Westmoreland. Proved 22 Jun 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 327-(9) Thomas Burnitt & his wife Elizabeth of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to Thomas Loyall of said parish. 22 Jun 1767. £20. 100 acres in said parish which was part of a patent to said Thomas Burnitt 12 Jul 1762, joining Buck Water Branch, Timber Tree Branch, Thomlinson, Sims, Gwaltney. Witnesses omitted. Proved 22 Jun 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 328-(11) John Howard of Brunswick Co to Dolphin Drew & Richard Hardy of Newport Parish in Isle of Wight Co. 1 Dec 1766. £235 VA. 347 acres which he purchased from Henry Chappell. on Fountains Creek, bounded as by patent to said Henry Chappel 14 Feb 1761. Wit: William Blunt, John Blunt, John Person, Robert Howard. Proved 22 Jun 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 329—(12) William Guynne & his wife Elizabeth of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to Thomas Brooks of said parish. 21 Sep 1765. £70 VA. 200 acres which was part of a 400 acre tract. joining INGRAM, Hagood, Johnson & Maclin, & which had formerly been a patent to Thomas Singleton who Page 19 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 42 Deed Book 9 conveyed it to Walter Kibble who conveyed it to the said William Guynne. Wit: John Clack, JOHN JONES, Silvanus Stokes, John Russell, JAMES THORNTON. Proved 22 Jun 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 330-(15) John Butts of Brunswick Co to William Beattie [Beaty]. 23 Mar l766. £14s19p4 1 Negro man slave CHARLES. Wit: Thomas Bracy, ALLAN LOVE, Thomas Denton. Proved 22 Jun 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 331-(16) JAMES HICKS & his wife of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to William Blunt of Sussex Co. 12 Dec 1766. £335s10 VA. A mortgage for 750 acres on both sides of Avents Creeks as by patent to William Tompson 5 Feb 1753. Wit: Silvanus Stokes, Chislen Curtis, WILLIAM ROBINSON. Proved 22 Jun 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 332-(17) 26 May in the 7th year of our reign. Order to Robert Bolling, Bolling Stark & Robert Walker. Gray Briggs & his wife Dorothy of Dinwiddie Co did on 25 May 1767 sell to James Balfour of Brunswick Co 350 acres in St Andrew Parish which said Gray Briggs had purchased from Daniel Fisher who had purchased it from William Maclin. Thus this order to examine said Dorothy. She was examined 19 Jun 1767. Returned to Court 22 Jun 1767. N. Edwards DCC 333—(19) Jane Williams of Brunswick Co to William Brewer. 11 Nov 1766. £45 VA. Negro girls LID & CATE. Wit: Lewis Williamson, James Allen. Proved 22 Jun 1767. N. Edwards DCC 334-(19) THOMAS TWITTY Jr of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to William Clack of said parish. 20 May 1767. £265 VA 400 acres which my father THOMAS TWITTY Sr gave me by deed 19 Feb 1765, on the north side of Meherrin River, joining the mouth of Whitestone Branch on Briery Creek, Williams, the head of Bull Branch, Russells Path on Rattlesnake Branch. Wit: Henry Edmunds, WILLIAM THORNTON, John Mitchell, William Rawlings, Thomas Tarpley. Proved 25 May 1767 & again Jun following. N. Edwards Jr DCC 335-(21) William Ledbetter of Brunswick Co to Marmeduke Daniell of same. 23 Jun 1767, £15. 1 feather bed & furniture, 2 brown cows & yearlings, l4 hogs, 1 rifle gun, 1 black walnut chest & table. Wit: Howett Vick, LITTLEBERRY ROBERTSON. Proved 23 Jun 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 336-(22) Stephen Heathcock of Brunswick Co to LITTLEBERRY ROBINSON of same. 24 Jul 1766. £5. 1 bay horse, 1 gun, 1 bed, 1 man’s saddle & bridle. Wit: Daniel Fisher. Proved 23 Jun 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 337-(22) 28 Feb 1767. Articles of agreement between John Peterson of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to Boyce Brewer of said parish. said Peterson & said Brewer intend to be married. said Peterson agrees that at his death he will by will or otherwise cause to be paid to said Brewer £50 VA in lieu of her dower or thirds of said Peterson’s lands & slaves & personal estate; said Brewer agrees to receive the same in lieu of her dower or thirds. Wit: James Brown, Eads Smith, W. Edwards. Proved Apr 1767 & again 27 Jul 1767. N. Edwards DCC Page 20 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 Deed Book 9 45 bequeath the said slave “to whom I shall think proper.” Wit: John Lloyd, William Richardson, Richard Morris. Proved 24 Aug 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 354-(45) 15 Jun in the 4th year of our reign. Order to Charles Briggs, Edwin Gray & Benjamin Ruffin Jr of Southampton Co. William Simmons of said county did 8 Mar 1764 sell to Thomas Williamson of said county 608 acres in St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co as by patent to John Simmons Jr of Surry Co 13 Oct 1727, on the south side of Great Creek. Thus this order to examine Sarah the wife of said William Simmons. She was examined 9 Apr 1767. Proved 24 Aug 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 355-(47) William Smith & his wife Elizabeth of Brunswick Co to Gordon & Ramsay merchants of Prince George Co. 27 Jul 1767. £30 VA. 50 acres on the east side of Wild Catt Creek, joining Hugh Lambert. Wit: James Lindsey, John Holcomb, Humphrey Durham, Thomas Holcomb, Grimes Holcomb. Proved 24 Aug 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 356-(48) John Underwood & his wife Betty of Mecklenburg Co to Reuben Adams 24 Aug 1767. £16 VA. 100 acres in Meherrin Parish which was part of a 300 acre patent to John Pearson 30 Aug 1763, joining Simon Lain, William Mason. Witnesses omitted. Proved 24 Aug 17671 N. Edwards Jr DCC 357-(50) John Underwood & his wife Betty of St James Parish in Mecklenburg Co to David Guy of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co. 23 Mar 1767. £13 VA. 200 acres where said Guy now lives, which was part of a 300 acre patent to John Pearson 30 Aug 1763, joining Rockey Branch. Wit: LITTLEBERRY ROBERTSON, Thomas Underwood. Proved 24 Aug 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 358-(51) Elizabeth Lucas of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to her son Ephraim Lucas of same. 16 Feb 1767. Deed of gift. 550 acres which his father David Lucas possessed, joining the mouth of a branch on Little Creek a little below Col. John Willis’s old mill, Samuel Lucas, William Edwards, Col. John Willis. Wit: Nathaniel Collier, Samuel Lucas, Henry Lucas. Proved 24 Aug 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 359-(52) Turner Hamblet & his wife Jane of Brunswick Co to Valentine White of same. 20 Aug 1767. £27. 150 acres which was part of a 756 acre patent to Valentine White of Brunswick Co 10 Aug 1759, joining Barlow’s Branch, the head of Pidgeon Roost, THOMAS PARHAM. Wit: ALLAN LOVE, Thomas Bracy, THOMAS PARHAM. Proved 24 Aug 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 360-(54) David Blalack & his wife Ann of Orange Co NC to William Evans of Dinwiddie Co. 6 Aug 1767. £60. 600 acres which was a patent to said David & Ann Blalack [Blalock] 26 Sep 1764, on Bennits [Bennett’s] fields Creek, joining Brown. Wit: Reuben Clanton, John Lashley, Henry Blalack. Proved 24 Aug 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 361-(55) William Ledbetter & Charles Ledbetter of Brunswick Co to ALLAN LOVE & William Edwards of same. 28 Sep 1767. £80 VA. 230 acres on both sides of Rattle Snake Creek, joining Richard Ledbetter’s former line, Quarrel Swamp. Witnesses omitted. Proved 28 Sep 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC Page 21 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 46 Deed Book 9 362-(57) Benjamin Sykes Brunswick Co to JOHN PARHAM of same. 28 Sep 1767. (Amount Blank). 62 acres which was a patent to said Sykes 27 Jun 1764, on the south side of Meherrin River, joining Brown, said Sykes’ old land. Witnesses omitted. Proved 28 Sep 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 363—(59) Thomas Wise planter of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to GEORGE REIVES of said parish. 16 Sep 1767. £10 VA. 80 acres in Meherrin Parish, on the north side of Cattail Creek, joining his own corner, Gum Branch, Thomas Tomlinson. Wit: William Fox. Benjamin Sykes, William Ivy. Proved 28 Sep 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 364-(61) Sarah Dameron of Brunswick Co to her son Joseph Dameron 28 Sep 1767. Deed of gifts Negroes NANNY & GEORGE. Wit: Samuel Dameron, Bartholomew Dameron, Christopher Dameron. Proved 28 Sep 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 365-(61) Roger Smith & his wife Susanna of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to Edmund Wilkins of said parish. 22 Dec 1767. £60 VA 200 acres in Meherrin Parish which which had been a patent to John Smith Sr 17 Jul 1726 who conveyed it to said Roger Smith 20 Mar 1755, on the north side of Fountains Creek, joining the road to Christiana. Wit: William Cook, Peter Freeman, Richard Branscomb. Proved 28 Sep 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC [Note the discrepancy in dates.] 366—(63) Benjamin Edwards planter Brunswick Co to Nathaniel Edwards & Son merchants of same. 22 Jun 1767. £25s8p7 VA. 130 acres where I now live which was part of a patent to Joseph Proctor Proctor & Nicholas Proctor Jr, on the south side of Gravelly Rum, joining the mouth of Miry Branch, Tatums Road, Mrs Mary Brown; also 15 cattle. Wit: Thomas Simmons. JOHN PARHAM, Daniel Mabry. Proved 22 Jun 1767 & again 28 Sep 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 367—(65) Adam Sims Jr & his wife Elizabeth & JOHN JONES to Henry Williamson. 24 Aug 1767. £7510 VA. 100 acres, joining Wallton [Walton], Sims, Pig Pen Branch, Phillips. Wit: N. Edwards Jr, William Edwards, Jere Brown. Proved 28 Scp 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 368-(67) Hugh Williams & his wife Elizabeth of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to Charles Roper of Bath Parish in Dinwiddie Co. 28 Sep 1767. £150 VA. 200 acres in St Andrew Parish, on the south side of Nottoway River, joining John Davis, Cabbin Branch. Wit: Joseph Dameron, Moses Quarles, Richard Dobyns. 369-(69) Joseph Dameron & his wife Patience of Brunswick Co to Benjamin Goodrich of same. 28 Sep 1767. £85 VA. 300 acres on the north side of Three Creek, joining Reedy Branch, Rivers, Owens, Cain, Starks, Butts. Wit: Swan Prichard. Proved 28 Sep 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 370—(70) Joseph Wilks [Wilkes] of Brunswick Co to James Vaughan of same. 27 Sep 1767. £9 VA. 100 acres which was part of a 450 acre patent to Charles Ross dated 1746 & who conveyed it to Bartholomew Peterson who conveyed it to John Threewitts Apr 1749 who who willed it to his son Joel Threewitts who Page 22 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 Deed Book 9 47 conveyed it to David Meredith who conveyed it to said Joseph Wilks, joining Three Creeks, Mabry, John Collier, Dionysius Wright; also 100 acres which was part of a patent to Charles Kimball who transferred it to WILLIAM MOORE & by him to William Ward & by him to Charles Royall & by him to Abraham Peoples who sold it to David Meredith who conveyed it to Joseph Wilks, joining John Ray’s former land, Three Creeks. Witnesses omitted. Proved 28 Sep 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 371-(72) Thomas Williamson of Nottoway Parish in Southampton Co to Benjamin Clements Jr of said parish. 9 Jun 1767. £550 VA. 680 acres in St Andrew Parish as by patent to John Simmons Jr of Surry Co 13 Oct 1727 & which said Thomas Williamson purchased from William Simmons of Southampton Co 8 Mar 1764, on the south side of Great Creek, joining Nathaniel Harrison, RICHARD LEWIS. Wit: Daniel Fisher, James Day Ridley, John Peterson, Richard Kelly, Edward Fisher. Proved 24 Aug 1767. 372-(75) James Carter & his wife E1izabeth(E) of Brunswick Co to James Day Ridley of Southampton Col. 3 Feb 1767. £20 VA. 50 acres, joining Harrison, his own line, the county line. Wit: James Wall, Drury Collier, Benjamin Chapman. Proved 24 Aug 1767 & again 28 Sep 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 373-(77) Ralph Jackson & his wife Amey of South Carolina of the first part, Daniel Jackson & his wife Mary of North Carolina of the second pan, & JOHN ROBINSON of Brunswick Co of the third part. 23 Jan 1767. £150 VA 250 acres in St Andrew Parish which was part of a 325 acre patent to Thomas Jackson 22 Feb 1754, & since conveyed by said Ralph Jackson to said Daniel Jackson 5 Oct 1764, joining Chinkapen Bottom, the road from Allen’s Mill to Meherrin River, Theophilus field, Little Creek, Benjamin Simmons, Plantation Branch. Wit: Douglas Wilkins, Edmund Wilkins, Thomas Sisson, Michael Wall, John Jackson, Stephen Sisson. Proved May 1767 & again Sep 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 374-(79) William Clack of Brunswick Co to STERLING THORNTON of Dinwiddie Col. 30 Aug 1767. £200 VA. 100 acres which said William Clack had purchased from Capt William Maclin (date blank), on the nonh side of Meherrin River, joining GEORGE INGRAM, Shining Creek, the land that William Maclin sold STERLING THORNTON, where William Maclin formerly had a mill, Spring Branch. Wit: George Clayton, WILLIAM THORNTON, Richard Boatman. Proved 30 Sep 1767. N. Edward Jr DCC 375-(81) William Clack of Brunswick Co to Robert Ruffin of Dinwiddie Co. 30 Sep 1767. £2000 VA. A mortgage for 400 acres; Negroes ISAAC, YORK, DICK, SAM, FRANK, EASTER, GRACE, LITTLE GRACE, PHILLIS, NAN, CUPIT, SARY, BERT; 30 cattle, 5 feather beds & furniture, etc. Witnesses omitted. Proved 30 Sep 1767. N. Edwards Jr DCC 376—(83) Roger (R) Smith of Brunswick Co to John Brewer of same. 22 Oct 1767. £955p3 VA. A mortgage for 5 cows, 1 yearling, 2 beds & furniture, 2 pots & hooks, 4 sheep, all my pewter, my gun, 1 black mare. Wit: William Brewer, Henry Brewer. Proved 22 Feb 1768. N. Edwards Jr DCC Page 23 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 56 Deed Book 9 Edey, Isbell, James, Judy, Sam, Suck, Fan, Isham, Jener, Lucy, Sib, Tim, Filus, Jack, Judy, Peg, Smith, Winney, Hagar Wit: Daniel Fisher, RichaId Kello, Lewis Dupree. Proved 26 Sep 1768. N. Edwards Jr DCC 446-(205) Gilbert Hay of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to Catherine Griffis of said parish. 24 Sep 1768. £30 VA. 238 acres on the south side of Rede Branch, joining John Jefferson. Wit: M. D. Daniell, Devine Ledbetter, William Ledbetter. Proved 26 Sep 1768. N. Edwards Jr DCC 447-(207) William Richardson & his wife Elizabeth of Brunswick Co to Frederick Burge of same. 26 Sep 1768. £20s5 VA. 50 acres which said William Richardson had granted to Augustine Brown who mortgaged it to the said Richardson, joining Lewis Brown, Col. DRURY STITH, Henry Morris, said William Richardson. Witnesses omitted. Proved 26 Sep 1768. N. Edwards Jr DCC 448-(209) Gilbert Hays of Brunswick Co to Nathaniel Edwards & Son. 26 Sep 1768. £14s15 VA, A mortgage for 200 acres in Meherrin Parish, joining the south side of Rocky Run, Isaac Row Walton, a comer made by JOSIAS RANDLE in the presence of Adam Sims Jr. Witnesses omitted. Proved 26 Sep 1768. N. Edwards Jr DCBC 449-(211) Robert Ruffin & his wife Molly to James Bruce an infant son of James Bruce deceased. 23 Sep 1768. said James Bruce deceased had willed to said Robert the land in Monks Neck Creek in Dinwiddie Co on condition that said Robert Ruffin convey to said James & John sons of said Bruce in a manner to be directed by ROBERT HICKS & JAMES PARHAM 800 acres which was part of a tract purchased from Capt WILLIAM THORNTON, joining the mouth of Guns Branch. Thus for the consideration of the said land on Monksneck & for 5s. 400 acres, a moiety of the said 800 acres, estimated by said ROBERT HICKS & JAMES PARHAM, joining the mouth of Great Branch, PARHAM’s Branch, PARHAM, Reedy Creek. Wit: John Clack, JAMES PARHAM, John Johnson, Robert Gee. Proved 26 Sep 1768. N. Edwards Jr DCBC 450-(212) Robert Ruffin & his wife Molly to John Bruce an infant son of James Bruce deceased. 23 Sep 1768. said James Bruce deceased had willed to said Robert the land on Monksneck in Dinwiddie Co on condition that said Robert Ruffin convey to said James & John sons of said Bruce in a manner to be directed by ROBERT HICKS & JAMES PARHAM 800 acres which was part of a tract purchased from Captain WILLIAM THORNTON, joining the mouth of Guns Branch. Thus for the consideration of the said land on Monksneck & 55. 400 acres, a moiety of the said 800 acres, estimated by said ROBERT HICKS & JAMES PARHAM, joining the mouth of Great Branch, PARHAM’s Branch, Guns Branch, Reedy Creek. Wit: John Clack, JAMES PARHAM, John Johnson, Robert Gee, Margaret Bruce. Proved 26 Sep 1768. N. Edwards Jr DCBC 451—(214) 26 Sep 1768. JOHN ROBINSON gives receipt to John Wall for the balance in full. Proved 26 Sep 1768. N. Edwards Jr DCBC Page 24 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 Deed Book 9 57 452—(215) 26 Sep 1768. James Wall acquits JOHN ROBINSON clerk of Brunswick Co Court of all claims that said Wall might have against him in a decree obtained against Thomas Egleton. Proved 16 Sep 1708. Nathaniel Edwards Jr DCBC 453—(215) Christopher Mason & his wife Sarah of Brunswick Co to William Edwards merchant of same. 18 Mar 1768. £150 VA.250 acres in Meherrin Parish where said Christopher lately lived & on the south Side of Meherrin River, joining Keoway Swamp, Matthew Smart. Wit: Jonathan Flood Edmunds, Mildred Dudley, Thomas House. Proved 26 Sep 1768. N. Edwards Jr DCC 454—(217) DRURY STITH of Brunswick Co to John Abernathy of same. 22 Oct 1768. £30. 80 acres, joining Griffice, Beaver Pond Branch. Witnesses omitted. Proved 24 Oct 1768. N. Edwards Jr DCBC 455-(218) Catherine Griffis (Griffice) of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to Gilbert Hays of said parish. 21 Aug 1768. £100 VA. 200 acres, joining the south side of Rockey Run, Isaac Row Wallton, a corner made by JOSIAS RANDLE in the presence of Adam Sims Jr. Wit: M. D. Daniell, John Pealson, Joshua Dewberry. Proved 24 Oct 1768. N. Edwards Jr DCC 456-(220) EPHRAIM PARHAM Jr son of LEWIS PARHAM deceased of Sussex Co to David Sims of Brunswick Co. 24 Oct 1768. £225. 340 acres on the north side of Meherrin River which was all the land David Crawley sold to John Wall Jr deceased who conveyed it to Sampson Lanier deceased who conveyed it to LEWIS PARHAM deceased, being where said David now lives. Witnesses omitted. Proved 24 Oct 1768. N. Edwards Jr DCBC 457-(223) John Allen of Dinwiddie Co to Henry Lightfoot of Brunswick Co. 24 Oct 1768. £60 VA. 150 acres on both sides of Wild Can Creek, joining the mouth of Bee Branch, William Lindsay, Gordon, Lindsey’s old Tanfall Branch. Witnesses omitted. Proved 24 Oct 1768. N. Edwards Jr DCC 458-(224) Isaac Marshall of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to Cuthbert Smith of said parish. 24 Oct 1768. 405 VA. 2 acres on Reedy Creek, joining said Isaac Marshall & Cuthbert Smith. Witnesses omitted. 459-(226) NICHOLAS ROBERTSON (ROBINSON) of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to William Abernathy of said parish. 18 Apr 1765. £38 VA. 116 acres on Beaver Pond Branch of Sturgeon Run, joining Thomas Thomas, William Short, fields. Wit: Thomas Thomas, John Short, Thomas Short. Proved 24 Jun 1765, again 24 Sep 1765, & again 24 Oct 1768. N. Edwards Jr DCBC 460-(228) Henry Williamson planter of Brunswick Co to Nathaniel Edwards & Son merchants of same. 24 Aug 1767. £3514 VA. A mortgage for 100 acres, joining Wallton, Sims, Pigg Pen Branch, Phillips. Wit: THOMAS STITH, William Brown, Jeremiah Brown. Proved 20 Sep 1767 & again 24 Oct 1768. N. Edwards Jr DCC Page 25 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 58 Deed Book 9 461-(230) John Massey of Johnston Co NC to John Doby of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co. 29 Apr 1768. £50 VA, 100 acres where he lately lived & which had been willed to said John Massey by Joseph Massey, joining the north branch of Cattail Creek, a line agreed on by said John Massey & William Massey (sons of Joseph Massey deceased) & run by Nathaniel Wyche, the middle branch of Cattail Creek; also a moiety joining the above on the south side of the same containing 150 acres, joining the south run or branch of Cattail Creek, Buck Branch, Mitchell. Wit: WILLIAM ROBINSON Jr, William Short, Peter Lee, John Brewer. The receipt was witnessed by WILLIAM ROBERTSON Jr, William Short, Peter Lee, Nath Doby, John Brewer. Proved 24 Oct 1768. N. Edwards Jr DCC 462-(233) Mildred Willis of Brunswick Co to WILLIAM PARHAM of Sussex Co. 24 Oct 1768. £100 VA. 425 acres on the north side of Little Creek, joining Charles Lucas, Rocky Run. Wit: James Day Ridley, Thomas Lewellin, Fredrick Lucas. Proved 24 Oct 1768. N. Edwards Jr DCC 463—(235) William Clack of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to ALLEN LOVE merchant of Meherrin Parish in same. 23 Jul 1768, A mortgage for £500 VA. Negroes ISAAC, DICK, YORK, SAM, FRANK, NAN, SARY, BETT, GRACE & Little GRACE; also 20 cattle, 5 feather beds & furniture, 1 mare, etc. Wit: Thomas Bracey, HUGH LOVE. Proved 24 Oct 1768. N. Edwards Jr DCC 464-(236) William White of Bute Co NC to William Gunn of Brunswick Co. 10 Oct 1768. £100 VA. 145 acres, joining William Shell, Pidion Roost Creek. Wit: ALLAN LOVE, Thomas Clanton, HUGH LOVE. Proved 24 Oct 1768, N. Edwards Jr DCC 465-(238) Michael Sullivant of Brunswick to William Blunt of Southampton Co. 1 Sep 1768. £36sl6p9 VA. Deed of trust for negro woman AGGA, 10 cattle, 1 dark bay horse, 1 mate, 4 feather beds & furniture, negro boy NED. Wit: John Peebles, John Peebles Jr, Thomas Jordan. Proved 24 Oct 1768. N. Edwards Jr DCC 466—(240) Rebecca Wall of Brunswick Co to Benjamin Chapman of same. 14 Oct 1768. £40 VA. 190 acres as by patent dated 27 Jun 1764, on the north side of Meherrin River. Wit: John Nevison, Douglas Wilkins. Proved 24 Oct 1768, N. Edwards Jr DCC 467-(241) Tytus Singleton & his wife Meelle (Mulle) of Lunenburgh Co to William Hylton [Hilton] of Brunswick Co. 16 Sep 1768. £18. 20 acres as by patent dated 19 Sep 1762, joining John Andross, Brown, Charles Edwards, Proctor. Wit: Benjamin Blick, Thomas Bracey, Richard Caudle. Proved 24 Oct 1768. N. Edwards Jr DCC 468-(243) George Summers of Brunswick Co to Jeremiah Sadler of Amelia Co. 24 Oct 1768, £40 VA. 200 acres, joining HAMPTON, Flat Rock Road, Edmunds, Carmel Parish, & being all the land said Summers holds on the south side of Flat Rock Road. Wit: Jesse Potts, William Pritchett, Peter Pritchett. Proved 24 Oct 1768. Probate indicates that Sarah the wife of said George Summers relinquished her right of dower. N. Edwards Jr DCC Page 26 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 60 Deed Book 9 Ailen, said Cocke, William Melon (Malone), Captain Peter Butts. Wit: Thomas Peete, John Simms, Benjamin Simmons Jr, William Simmsi Proved 28 Nov 1768 N1 Edwards Jr DCBC 478-(262) David Simms (Symms) & his wife E1izabeth of Brunswick Co to William Allen of Surry Co. 28 Nov 1768. £450 VA. 340 acres in St Andrew Parish on the north side of Meherrin River, joining said Allen. Witnesses omitted. Proved 28 Nov 1768, N. Edwards Jr DCBC 479—(264) TIMOTHY RIEVES of Brunswick Co to John Wilkerson (Wilkinson) of Southampton Co. 17 Nov 1767. £170 VA. 309 acres, joining Great Swamp, BENJAMIN BYNUM, said RIEVES, Tarkiln Branch. Wit: James Haley, Simon Turner, BENJAMIN BYNUM, ROBERT RIEVES. Proved 28 Nov 1768, N. Edwards Jr DCC 480-(266) Lewis Lanier & his wife Martha of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to Drury Lanier of said parish. 28 Nov 1768. £30 VA. 92 acres near the Middle Church in this parish, joining Gordan, Gee, William Lanier. Witnesses omitted. Proved 28 Nov 1768. N. Edwards Jr DCBC 481-(269) Francis Stainback of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to Littleberry Stainback of said parish. 28 Nov 1768. 5s. 175 acres on the north side of Stephens’s Branch which was part of a larger patent to said Francis Stainback. Witnesses omitted. Proved 28 Nov 1768 N. Edwards Jr DCC 482-(271) AMBROUS [AMBROSE] JONES of Brunswick Co to Nathaniel Edwards & Son of same, 11 Oct 1768. £20s11p8 VA. A mortgage for Negroes SAM & PHILLIS, 2 feather beds & furniture, 1 black horse, 1 cow & calf. Wit: Henry Edmunds, Drury Collier. Proved 28 Nov 1768. N. Edwards Jr DCC 483—(272) Paul Tatum of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to EDWARD ROBINSON of said parish. 27 Sep 1767. £100. 306 acres which was part of a 611 acre patent to Peter Tatum 10 Aug 1748, being the part where Paul Tatum formerly lived. Wit: JOHN JONES, Michael Roberts, William Ledbetter, Thomas Merriott. Proved 28 Nov 1768. N. Edwards Jr DCC 484-(273) Edward ROBERTSON (ROBINSON) & his wife Delphia of Brunswick Co to Paul Tatum of same. 27 Sep 1768. £100. 2 tracts on both sides of Deep Branch: 1 of 150 acres which said EDWARD ROBERTSON had purchased from William Liles & his wife Anne 28 Jul 1764; 1 of 200 acres which said EDWARD ROBERTSON had purchased from Thomas Jackson Jr 23 Apr 1764. Wit: Thomas Simmons, Charnal Hightower. Proved 28 Nov 1768. N. Edwards Jr DCBC 485—(275) Bartholomew Damron of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to JOHN ROBERT JONES of said parish. 1768. £50 VA. Negro girl WINNEY. Wit: Daniell [Daniel] Mabry, Matthew Stokes. Proved 28 Nov 1768. N. Edwards Jr DCBC 486-(276) Peter Simmons of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to Buckner Lanier of said parish. 28 Nov 1768. £25 VA. 120 acres which was part of a 448 acre patent to Thomas Jackson 2 Jun 1760, joining Peter Simmons, his own old line, Reedy Creek at the mouth of Cabbin Branch, ROBERTSON; also 6 acres more Which is part of the tract I now live on, joining Peebles. Witnesses omitted. Proved 28 Nov 1768. N. Edwards Jr DCC Page 27 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 Deed Book 9 61 487-(279) “A Poll Taken for Nathaniel Edwards Junr. at an Election of Burgeses for the County of Brunswick the 2nd Day of December 1768." [Ed Note: I have alphabetized the list.] _____ ___nter Richard Burch Jr William Daniel Burrell Griggs Isaac Adams Samuel Burch Thomas Danton Hensley Grubbs James Adams William Burgess William Davis William Gunn James Adams Thomas Burnett James Denton William Gwaltney Peter Adams Joseph Caner Bowler Dobbins Patrick Hall James Allen John Carlos William Doby John Hamilton George Anderson Burrell Cato James Duggar Thomas Haney William Avent Daniel Cato John Dunkley Thomas Hardiway John Avery George Cgook William Dunn George Harmon William Bailey Henry Chambless Benjamin Dupree John Harper ...? Bales Henry Chambliss Haley Dupree James Harris William Bans John Chambliss James Dupree Nathan Harris Charles Barlow William Chapman Sterling Dupree Benjamin Harrison William Barrow Lewis Charles Graves Eaves Benjamin Harrison Thomas Bass William Clack John Eaves William Harrison Absalom Bennett Thomas Clanton Thomas Eaves Paul Hartwell James Bennett George Clark William Eaves Ishamel Harwell Joseph Bennett John Clark Sterling Edmunds Charles Hayes Reuben Bennit Joshua Clark Charles Edwards BENJAMIN HICKS George Berry Joshua Clark Jr Jessee Edwards JAMES HICKS Thomas Bethshears Peter Clark John Edwards JAMES HICKS JR Thomas Bilberry Simon Clark Nathaniel Edwards NATHANIEL HICKS Thomas Blick John Cocksey William Edwards ROBERT HICKS Joseph Browder William Cocksey William Edwards John Hilton Henry Brewer Daniel Coleman William Edwards David Hinds John Brewer John Coleman Matt Evans James Hinton Nicholas Brewer Charles Collier Benjamin Ezell William Hinton William Brewer Drury Collier Joseph Ezell James Hobbs William Brewer Sr Isaac Collier Sr William Fanning John Hobbs William Brewer John Collier John Finnell Jr William Holloway Henry Briggs Moses Collier John Fletcher Daniel Hoof Robert Briggs Henry Cook Charles Floyd William Hoof Jeremiah Brown William Cook Henry Ford Isham House Lewis Brown William Cooper Daniel Fowler Jordan House Urvin Brown Samuel Craft William Fox Thomas House William Brown Thomas Craft Peter Freeman Penny Hurst William Brown James Crook Charles Golstone JOHN INGRAM William Brown Marmaduke Daniel Benjamin Goodrich John Jackson Thomas Bunu'tt Thomas Daniel James Gowing Mark Jackson Page 28 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 62 Deed Book 9 Thomas Jackson John Loyd Jr Henry Morris JOHN RANDLE William Jean John Loyd Sr John Morris JOSIAS RANDLE Thomas Jeffrys Ephraim Lucas Richard Morris PETER RANDLE John Johnson Samuel Lucas Joel Morton WILLIAM RANDLE John Johnson Isham Lunday Benjamin Mosely WILLIAM RANDLE Moses Johnson William M....? Robert Mosely William Rawlings William Johnson Robert M....? Thomas Mosely John Ray William Johnson Daniel Mabry William Mosely William Ray William Johnson Evans Mabry John Nash William Ray Jr JOHN JONES Joel Mabry John Nevison James Read John Judd Nathaniel Mabry Daniel Nolly William Read Joseph Justice Frederick Maclin John Ogletree HAM...? REIVES James Keeter James Maclin JAMES PARHAM William Renn David Kelley John Maclin Jr JOHN PARHAM William Richardson Giles Kelley Thomas Maclin THOMAS PARHAM John Rideom Nathaniel King John Maclin, Col John Parker BENJAMIN RIEVES Justin Knon George Malone William Parker GEORGE RIEVES John Lambert Lewis Malone Edward Parrish M? RIEVES Benjamin Lanier Rm? Malone John Pearson SIMON RIEVES Buckner Lanier William Malone Hubbard Peebles TIMOTHY RIEVES David Lanier George Marshall Jehue Peebles WILLIAM RIEVES Drury Lanier Charles Mason John Peebles JOHN ROBERT JONES Jacob Lanier Christopher Mason John Peebles Jr WILLIAM ROBERTSON Lemuel Lanier Richard Mason William Peebles EDWARD ROBINSON Robert Lanoir William Mason John Pemvay JOHN ROBINSON Thomas Lawrence Thomas Massey William Pennington LITTLEBERRY ROBINSON Charles Ledbetter William Massey John Peterson Jr LITTLEBERY ROBINSON Drury Ledbetter William Massey John Peterson Sr John Rogers Henry Ledbetter John McKendree William Peterson James Rook Isaac Ledbetter Frizzell McLin John Phillips John Rosser Richard Ledbetter Thomas Mem'ott Joseph Phips Edward Rowell Henry Lee Drury Mitchell William Pn'tchen Edward Scarbmugh Isaac Lee Francis Mitchell Jessee Potts Samuel Seaward Peter Lee Isham Mitchell Charles Powell Benjamin Seawell Sr Peter Lee Nathaniel Mitchell John Powell Lizwell Sexton Thomas Lester Peter Mitchell Robert Powell John Shearling John Lofsey Jeremiah Mize Seymour Powell Wilson Shehom Joseph Long Henry Monger Robert Price Henry Simmons ALLEN LOVE DRURY MOORE John Prince Peter Simmons JAMES LOVE GARRETT MOORE John Pritchard Thomas Simmons JOHN LOVE JOHN MOORE Thomas Proctor Adam Simms Thomas Loyal] Elias Morgan Nathaniel Raines Adam Simms Jr Bat Loyd John Morgan William Rainey Bartlet Simms Page 29 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 Deed Book 9 63 Isaac Row Wallton Owen Strange James Upchurch Sr John Williams John Simms Charles Sullivant Michael Upchurch Jonathan Williams Zachariah Simms Michael Sullivant William Vaughan Jonathan Williams Aaron Smith John Swanson John Vick Peter Williams Aaron Smith Benjamin Sykes John Vinson Roland Williams Eads Smith Edward Tatum Peter Vinson Lew Williamson Edward Smith John Tatum Thomas Vinson John Willis James Smith Paul Tatum Robert Walker Thomas Willson Joel Smith John Taylor James Wall Jr Henry Wilson Josiah Smith WILLIAM THORNTON James Wall Sr George Woodrough Moses Smith John Threadgill John Wallace Richard Woodrough Robert Smith Hezekiah Thrower John Wallton John Woolsey Thomas Smith David Tillman Thomas Wallton Nathaniel Wray William Smith Frederick Tillman Peter Ware James Wright John Spraberry George Tillman Thomas Ware Samuel Wright Francis Stainback John Tillman Benjamin Warren Drury Wyche George Stanback Richard Tillman John Warren George Wyche Bolling Stark Moses Tomlinson Thomas Washington Henry Wyche Bottom Steagall Joseph Tooke Edward Wesson Sloman Wyrme Samuel Steagall Arthur Turner William Wesson James Yarbrough Thomas Steagall Simon Turner Benjamin Whealer Thomas Yarbrough John Steed Simon Turner John Whidby Francis Young John Stewart William Turner Valentine White Michael Cadet Young BUCKNER STITH GEORGE TWITTY Douglass Wilkins Thomas Young DRURY STITH Jr PETER TWITTY Benjamin Williams Silvanus Stokes Lewis Tyus Daniel Williams “In all 431. Returned to my office the 10th Day of January 1769 and Recorded agreeable to Law.” N. Edwards Jr DCC 488-(283) “A Poll taken for Frederick Maclin Gent at an Election of Burgeses for the County of Brunswick the 2nd Day of December 1768.” [Ed Note: I have alphabetized the list] John Abernathy Thomas Bass William Brown William Abernathy John Allen Thomas Burnett Isaac Adams William Batts Thomas Burnitt James Adams William Bettey John Butts Peter Adams Thomas Bilberry George Cain James Allen Thomas Blick Joseph Caner George Anderson John Pearson Bounshear John Carloss William Atkins Richard Branscombe William Carpenter William Avent Henry Brewer Bunell Cato Charles Avery James Brewer Daniel Cato John Avery John Brewer Henry Chambers William Bailey Nicholas Brewer John Chambers James Balfour William Brewer Henry Chambless John Barner Henry Briggs William Chapman Charles Barlow Robert Briggs Jessey Christie William Barrow Irvin Brown George Clark Page 30 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 64 Deed Book 9 Peter Clark Mason Harwell Peter Lee Jehue Peebles Jr Simon Clark John Hathcock ZEBULON LEWIS Robert Peebles William Cocks JAMES HICKS Jr John Loffien William Peebles Daniel Coleman ROBERT HICKS Joseph Long David Peeples Benjamin Collier William Hilton Thomas Loyall Nathan Pepper Daniel Collier James Hinton Ephraim Lucas John Peterson Jr Drury Collier John Hobbs Samuel Lucas William Peterson John Collier Isaac House Burrell Lucy John Pettway Lewis Collier Jackson House Robert Lucy John Phillips Moses Collier John House Daniel Mabry Joseph Phips Thomas Collier Penny Hurst Evans Mabry Robert Powell Thomas Collier BENJAMIN INGRAM Joell Mabry John Prince Bartholomew Dameron BENJAMIN INGRAM Nathaniel Mabry Swan Pritchard Marmaduke Daniel Henry Jackson Jr James Maclin Nathaniel Raines James Denton John Jackson John Maclin Jr Robert Wynne Raines John Denton Mark Jackson John Maclin Sr JOHN RANDLE Thomas Denton Thomas Jackson Thomas Maclin JOSIAH RANDLE William Denton John Johnson William Maclin PETER RANDLE William Dewberry Moses Johnson Robert Malone WILLIAM RANDLE Bowler Dobbins William Johnson William Malone Henry Rawlings William Doby JOHN JONES Richard Mason William Rawlings William Dunn James Keeler William Mason William Ray Benjamin Dupree Christopher Kelley Thomas Massey William Reen James Dupree Juslian Knon William Massey BENJAMIN REIVES Sterling Dupree Simon Lane Charles Mathews GEORGE REIVES John Eaves Buckner Lanier John McKendree HARRISON REIVES Thomas Eaves David Lanier Isaac Milton ROBERT REIVES William Eaves Drury Lanier John Milton SIMON REIVES Nathaniel Edwards Drury Lanier Drury Mitchell John Rideout Nathaniel Edwards Sr Jacob Lanier Francis Mitchell Robert Rivers William Edwards Lam Lanier Nathaniel Mitchell EDWARD ROBERTSON William Edwards Lewis Lanier Peter Mitchell LITTLEBERY ROBERTSON James Going Nicholas Lanier DRURY MOORE WILLIAM ROBERTSON Benjamin Goodrich Nicholas Lanier JOHN MOORE JOHN ROBINSON Charles Gordon Shepherd Lanier Jr Elias Morgan WILLIAM ROBINSON Burrell Grigg Thomas Lanier Henry Morriss John Rogers Patrick Hall William Lanier John Morriss James Rook John Hamilton Thomas Lawrence William Moseley John Russell Thomas Hardiway Henry Ledbetter John Nevison Revd Edward Saunders James Harris Isaac Ledbetter Valentine Owen Samuel Seaward Benjamin Harrison Richard Ledbetter MATTHUS PARHAM Paul Hartwell Henry Lee NATHANIEL PARHAM Frederick Harwell Isaac Lee William Parker Ishmael Harwell Peter Lee Jehue Peebles Page 31 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 Deed Book 9 65 Isaac Row Wallton Moses Smith Arthur Tumer John Whittington Benjamin Seawall Sr Robert Smith Simon Turner Douglass Wilkins Lizwell Sexton William Snipes William Turner Edmund Wilkins John Shearling John Stewart Lewis Tyus Joseph Wilks Wilson Shehom Michael Sullivant James Upchurch Sr Benjamin Williams William Short John Swanson Michael Upchurch Daniel Williams Peter Simmons Benjamin Sykes Caleb Vaughan George Williams Adam Simms James Tarpley Jr Pierce Vaughan Lew. Williamson Adam Simms Jr Edward Tatum William Vaughan John Willis John Simms John Tatum William Vaughan George Woodrough Bartlet Sims Nathaniel Tatum Moses Vinson John Wray Jr Robert Singleton Paul Tatum Peter Vinson G James Wright Aaron Smith Thomas Thomas James Wall Samuel Wright Aaron Smith WILLIAM THORNTON John Wallton Drury Wyche David Smith Hezekiah Thrower Thomas Wallton Henry Wyche Eades Smith David Tillman Peter Ware Thomas Young Edward Smith Moses Tomlinson Benjamin Warren Isham Smith Joseph Tooke John Warren Joell Smith John Troublefield Alexander Watson Sterling Edmunds Shff. “In all 294. Returned into my office the 10th Day of January 1769 and Recorded agreeable to Law.” N. Edwards Jr DCC 489—(286) “A Poll taken for Thomas Slith Gent. at an Election of Burgeses for the County of Brunswick the 2nd Day of December 1768." [Ed. Note: I have alphabetized the list.] John Abernathy William Brewer Samuel Craft Henry Edmunds John Abernathy Willoughby Broughton Thomas Craft Charles Edwards William Abernathy Joseph Browder George Crook Jesse Edwards David Andrews Lewis Brown James Crook John Edwards George Bailey John Brown Joseph Crook Nathaniel Edwards Jr John Barrow William Brown Chislen Curtis William Edwards Absalom Bennett William Brown William Dailey Matthew Evans Benjamin Bennett William Burgess Bartholomew Dameron Benjamin Ezell James Bennett Richard Burch Jr Thomas Daniel Joseph Ezell Joseph Bennett Samuel Burch William Daniel William Fanning Reuben Bennett Richard Candle William David John Fennell Jr George Berry Lewis Charles John Dobbins Charles Floyd Thomas Bethshears Jesse Christie James Duggar Josiah Floyd Mason Bishop John Coleman John Duggar Henry Forge Mathew Bishop Charles Collier Joel Duke Daniel Fowler Benjamin Blick Isaac Collier John Duke Peter Freeman William Bozwell Thomas Collier John Dunkley Robert Gee Thomas Bracey Vines Collier Graves Eaves Robert Gee Jr William Brewer Henry Cook Col. Nichs Edmunds John Gibbs Page 32 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 66 Deed Book 9 Charles Golston Charles King Robert Moseley Cuthbert Smith George Gordon Nathaniel King Benjamin Mosely Josiah Smith John Gordon Hugh Lambert Thomas Mosely Thomas Smith Philemon Gorget John Lambert Robert Mosely William Smith Hensley Grubb Simon Lane Daniel Nance John Spraberry William Gwaltney Benjamin Lanier Thomas Nance George Steagall Grissom Hagood Drury Lanier Daniel Nolley Samuel Steagall Mordicai Hagood Lemuel Lanier John Ogborn Thomas Steagall Nathan Hall Lemuel Lanier Charles Oldham John Steed John Harper Lewis Lanier John Overby BUCKNER STITH Nathan Harris Nicholas Lanier Gronow Owen DRURY STITH JR Benjamin Harrison Nicholas Lanier JOHN PARHAM WILLIAM STITH Benjamin Harrison Jr Nicholas Lanier Edward Pavies Silvanus Stokes James Harrison Stephen Lanier John Pearson Thomas Stone Nathaniel Harrison Robert Lanoir John Peebles Owen Strange Thomas Harvy Charles Ledbetter William Pennington Charles Sullivant Fredrick Harwell Thomas Lester John Phenix James Tarpley Jr Samuel Harwell ZEBULON LEWIS Jessee Potts China Tatum Charles Hayes James Lindsey Charles Powell John Taylor JAMES HICKS John Lofsey John Powell Thomas Thomas NATHANIEL HICKS ALLAN LOVE Thomas Preston John Tillman ROBERT HICKS JAMES LOVE John Pritchett John Troublefield BENJAMIN HIX [HICKS] John LOVE Thomas Proctor John Troublefield John Holcombe John Loyd William Rainey Simon Turner William Holloway John Loyd Jr William Rainey David Vaughan Isaac House Robert Lucy Richard Ramsay John Vick John House George Malone Henry Rawlings Robert Walker Jordan House Lewis Malone William Read William Walker Thomas House George Marshall William Richardson Burgess Wall Edward Hughlin Isaac Marshall WILLIAM RIEVES James Wall Jr David Hynes Henry Martin DRURY ROBINSON John Wallace BARTHOLOMEW INGRAM Henry Martin JAMES ROBINSON John Walters BENJAMIN INGRAM Charles Mason John Rose Timothy Ward GEORGE INGRAM Christopher Mason John Rose Sr Thomas Washington JOHN INGRAM JOHN MATTHEWS Edward Rosser John Whidby JOHN INGRAM SR JOHN MATTHEWS Edward Rowell Valentine White William Jean JOHN MCKINNEY Thomas Sadler Joseph Wilks William Johnson David Meredith Edward Scarbrough Henry Williams HENRY JONES Thomas Merriott John Scarbrough Jonathan Williams ISAAC JONES William Merriott John Short Jonathan Williams JOHN ROBERT JONES Henry Monger William Short Rowland Williams John Judd JAMES MOORE Henry Simmons John Justice John Morgan Thomas Simmons Giles Kelly Richard Morris John Sisson Page 33 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 Deed Book 9 67 William Willis Richard Woodrough Thomas Yarbrough Francis Young Henry Willson George Wyche James Yarbrough Michael Cadet Young Joshua Winfield Soloman Wynne Thomas Yeargin Sterling Edmunds Shff. “In all 261. Returned to my office the 10th Day of January 1769 and Recorded agreeable to Law.” N. Edwards Jr DCC 490—(288) “A poll taken for WILLIAM THORNTON Gent at an Election of Burgeses for the County of Brunswick the 2nd Day of December 1768." [Ed. Note: I have alphabetized the list.] Thomas ...? Daniel Collier Mason Harwell Isaac Marshall John Abernathy Lewis Collier Samuel Harwell Henry Martain James Adams Thomas Collier John Hathcock William Massey John Allen Vines Collier ROBERT HICKS CHARLES MATTHEWS David Andrews William Cooper Charles Hightower JOHN MATTHEWS John Andrews Joseph Crook John Hilton JOHN MATTHEWS William Atkinson Chisley Curtis James Hobbs JOHN MCKINNEY Charles Avery William Dailey Daniel Huff Isaac Melton George Bailey Marmaduke Daniel William Huff David Meredith William Barnes John Denton Edward Huling William Merriott Henry Bates William Denton GEORGE INGRAM Frizzell Miller William Beattie John Dobbins JOHN INGRAM SR John Mitchell Benjamin Bennitt William Duberry Henry Jackson Jeremiah Mize Mason Bishop John Duggar Thomas Jeffrys JARRIOTT MOORE Matthew Bishop Joel Duke James Johnson JOHN MOORE Benjamin Blick John Duke John Johnson Robert Morris John P. Bounshear Hailey Dupree William Johnson Joel Morton William Bozwell Henry Edmunds HENRY JONES William Myrick Thomas Bracey Nicholas Edmunds Christopher Kelley Daniel Nance Richard Branscombe John Fletcher David Kelley Thomas Nance James Brewer William Fox Charles King John Nash William Brewer Robert Gee Hugh Lambert Charles Odum Willoughby Broughton Robert Gee Jr Clement Lanier John Ogborne Jeremiah Brown John Gordon Lemuel Lanier John Ogletree John Butts Philemon Gorgitt Nicholas Lanier John Overby George Cain William Gunn Thomas Lanier Gronow Owen Richard Caudle Gresham Hagood William Lanier JAMES PARHAM John Clack Mordicai Hagood Drury Ledbetter MATTHEW PARHAM William Clack John Halcombe James Lindsey NATHANIEL PARHAM Thomas Clanton Nathan Hall John Loftin THOMAS PARHAM Joshua Clark George Harmon Burrell Lucy John Parker Joshua Clark Benjamin Harrison Jr Isham Lunday David Peebles John Cocksey James Harrison Fredrick Maclin John Peebles William Cocksey Nathaniel Harrison Henry Maclin Nathan Pepper Benjamin Collier William Harrison William Maclin John Peterson Page 34 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 Deed Book 9 69 495-(300) John Taylor Duke & his wife Jean of Lunenburg Co to John Nash of Brunswick Co. Mar 1764. £40 VA. 170 acres, joining Richard Hudson, Hagood, Gresham, Johnson, INGRAM. Wit: William Gwynne. JOHN MCKINNEY, Owen Strange, M. Cadet Young. Proved 22 Oct 1764. JOHN ROBINSON CC 496-(302) William Massey of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to Richard Yarbrough of said Parish. 22 Oct 1764. £30. 250 acres, joining Gibbs, Allen, Wesson. Wit: John Yarbrough. JOSIAS RANDLE. John Tatum. Proved 22 Oct 1764. JOHN ROBINSON CC 497-(304) Robert Gee Jr of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to John Thrift of said parish. 22 Oct 1764. £25 V A. 150 acres, joining Brewer, King, Thomas Hurst. Wit: Briggs Goodrich, Littleberry Stainback. William Vaughan. Proved 22 Oct 1764. Probate indicates that Judith the wife of said Robert Gee Jr relinquished her right of dower. JOHN ROBINSON CC 498—(307) Ralph Jackson of Brunswick Co to Daniel Jackson of same, 5 Oct 1764. £100 VA. 250 acres which was part of a 325 acre patent to Thomas Jackson 22 Feb 1745, joining Chinkapen Bottom. the road from Allen’s Mill to Meherrin River, Theophilus fields, Little Creek. Benjamin Simmons. Plantation Branch. Wit: Thomas Jackson, James Wilson, John Haily. Proved 22 Oct 1764. JOHN ROBINSON CC 499—(309) Elliner Cook of Brunswick Co to her son Thomas Cook who was the son of her deceased husband Henry Cook. 6 Oct 1764. Deed of gift. Give to him the land that my husband Henry Cook willed to me, when he is age 21, but I to retain possession & use until that time. Wit: Moses Vinsent, William Burk, Thomas Vinsent, Proved 22 Oct 1764. JOHN ROBINSON CC 500—(310) William Gilliam Sr of Sussex Co to Lewis Tyus & his wife Amey (who was daughter to said William Gilliam) of Brunswick Co. 11 Oct 1764. Deed of gift & 55. 400 acres where they now live on the south side of Nottoway River, joining George Tillman on the north side of Simon’s Branch, Popular Branch, the old county line, James Loftin. Wit: Halcott Pride, EPHRAIM PARHAM, Zacheriah Simms, WILLIAM HILL, Proved 22 Oct 1764. JOHN ROBINSON CC 501-(312) 27 Sep in the 4th year of our reign. Order to Henry Gee, Nathaniel Wyche & WILLIAM PARHAM. David Mason & his wife Mary of Albemarle Parish in Sussex Co did on 27 Aug 1764 sell to John Parrish of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co 160 acres which said David Mason had purchased from Edmunds & JAMES JONES of Sussex Co, on the south side of Great Creek & the east side of a great branch which runs through the said tract. Thus this order to examine the said Mary. She was examined 11 Oct 1764. Returned to Court 22 Oct 1764. JOHN ROBINSON CC 502-(313) William Clapton of Hanover Co to ROBERT MOORE of Lunenburg Co. 27 Dec 1758. £92s7p6 VA. 4242 acres in Brunswick & Lunenburg counties, joining Cedar Creek, said William Clopton’s patent (excepting the plantation where John Cooper lives & 400 acres adjoining it & the plantation where HENRY MOORE lives & 150 acres adjoining it & the 400 acres George Walton surveyed for John Usery & that parcel of 80 acres supposed to be held by Mr Plysant & that parcel Page 35 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 74 Deed Book 9 acres where said John Walters now lives, “& whereas Judith Walters wife of the above John Walters can’t conveniently wait in this Colony to relinquish her right of dower,” & said Gresham may occupy the said land without molestation. Wit: William Clack, Anthony Gresham, PETER TWITTY, GEORGE INGRAM. Proved 26 Jun 1769 Edward Fisher DCC 536-(461) JOSIAS RANDLE & his wife Jane of Meherrin Parish & Daniel Fisher attorney of St Andrew Parish, all of Brunswick Co to Mark Underwood of aforesaid parish. 26 Jun l769. £20. 100 acres in Meherrin Parish where said Mark Underwood now lives, joining Fountains Creek, William Bullock, said Underwood, Dividing Branch, an old line, Quarrel Swamp; the said land being the upper end of 200 acres sold by said JOSIAS RANDLE to said Mark Underwood & said William Bullock. Witnesses omitted. Proved 26 Jun 1769. Edward Fisher DCC 537-(462) JOSIAS RANDLE & his wife Jane of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co & Daniel Fisher attorney of St Andrew Parish to William Bullock of said Meherrin Parish 26 Jun 1769. £20. 100 acres which is the moiety of 200 acres said JOSIAS RANDLE sold to Mark Underwood & said William Bullock, where said William Bullock now lives, joining Fountains Creek, a road, Dividing Branch, Rockey Run; the said land being the lower part of the said 200 acres sold by said JOSIAS RANDLE to said William Bullock & Mark Underwood. Witnesses omitted. Proved 26 Jun 1769. Edward Fisher DCC 538—(464) John Parrish of Brunswick Co to Samuel Pincham of Amelia Co. 15 Feb 1769. £310 VA. 489 acres, joining Great Creek at the mouth of Little Branch near Samford’s Mill, John Ogborne, David Mason, Great Branch, Mason Bishops Spring Branch, Mason Bishop. Wit: Nicholas Lanier, Nicholas Edmunds, Sterling Edmunds. Proved 26 Jun 1769. Probate indicates that Elizabeth the wife of said John Parrish relinquished her right of dower. Edward Fisher DCC 539—(466) 15 Feb 1769. Nicholas Edmunds of Brunswick Co gives receipt to John Parrish for a mortgage due to said Edmunds from said Parish dated 12 Jul 1765 & thus releases the said mortgagee Wit: Nicholas Lanier, Sterling Edmunds, Henry Edmunds, John Flood Edmunds. Proved 26 Jun 1769. Edward Fisher DCC 540-(466) Jehue Peebles & his wife Mary of Brunswick Co to James Goodrum of same. 26 Jun 1769. £140 VA. 372 acres on the south side of Three Creeks & is all the land where said Jehue Peebles now lives (but excepting 20 feet square “in the orchard a burying place of the said Jehue Peebles”), joining Bolling Stark, Peter Simmons, Robert Wynn Raines, Isaac Adams, William Atkinson, George Cain. Witnesses omitted. Proved 26 Jun 1769. Edward Fisher DCC 541-(468) Amos Horton Jr of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to John Peebles of said parish. 12 Jan 1769. said Amos Horton Jr is in right of his wife Jean Horton the widow of William Ezell Jr deceased possessed of a third of a tract of land called Poll Oak & said Horton has rented the said land to Edward Rowell of said county for the yearly sum of £2s13p4 & the lease will expire in 1774; as also a third of a tract where John Jeter now lives to whom I have rented the land until 1774; also a third of a tract where John Jeter now lives to whom I have rented the land until 1774; also negro girl LUCY in right of my wife Jane Horton for life & now in the possession of said John Peebles. Page 36 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 80 Deed Book 9 582-(521) William Fox of Brunswick Co to WILLIAM REIVES of Prince George Co. 25 Jan 1769. £1059 VA. 174 acres, joining Ridle [Riddle], a branch, Briggs. Wit: Benjamin Sykes, John Jeeter, GEORGE REIVES. Proved 28 Aug 1769. Edward Fisher DCC 583-(522) John Massey of Johnson Co NC to John Donnello of Brunswick Co. 19 Nov 1768. £12 VA. 70 acres in Meherrin Parish, joining Long Branch, Richard Massey, Enon Mitchell, John Doby, Middle Creek, the mouth of Long Branch. Wit: GEORGE REIVES, John Collier, William Renn. Proved 26 Jun 1769. Edward Fisher DCC 584-(523) Dempsey Tooke & Joseph Tooke & his wife Mary planters of Brunswick Co to Haley Dupree planter of same. 28 Aug 1769. £100 VA. 165 acres on the north side of Fountains Creek which was the residue of a 440 acre patent to JAMES PARHAM 22 Feb 1724, joining a branch, Wit: Batt Peterson, William Turner. Proved 28 Aug 1769. Edward Fisher DCC 585-(524) Thomas Bilberry planter of Brunswick Co to Hannah Hill of same. 16 Feb 1769. £40 VA. 150 acres on the west side of HICKS’s Swamp which William Woodley sold to said Thomas Bilberry, joining John Lawrence, Harrison. Wit: Henry Edmunds, Nathaniel Mabry, Daniel Mabry. Proved 28 Aug 1769. Edward Fisher DCC 586-(526) Arthur Turner & his wife Elizabeth of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to ROBERT HICKS of said parish. 16 Feb 1769. £86s10. 110 acres in Meherrin Parish on the south side of Meherrin River, joining Thomas Turner, William Turner. Wit: Jessee Britt, Edward Windham, Henry Britt. Proved 28 Aug 1769. Edward Fisher DCC 587-(527) 27 Feb 1769. Receipt from Hannah Hill to Joel Mabry surviving executor of my father Hinchey Mabry Jr deceased for the following: Negroes EPHRAIM, DINAH, SARAH & SAM; 7 cattle, 2 ewes, 2 lambs, Col. John Willis’ bond for £40s18p11 & £18s3p5½; etc.; as my part of the slaves, crop, stock & prof fits from the estate of said Hinchey Mabry deceased, but excepting an amount to be settled between myself& said Joel Mabry. Wit: William Wrenn, Benjamin Williams, William Wrenn. Proved 28 Aug 1769. Edward Fisher DCC 588-(528) John Walters & his wife Judith of Brunswick Co to John Gresham of same. 7 Mar 1769. £80 VA. 230 acres on the south side of Meherrin River, joining John Marshal, William Pennington, Cain Branch, Mizes Creek, Wills Thompson. Wit: William Clack, PETER TWITTY, GEORGE INGRAM, Anthony Gresham. Proved 26 Jun 1769 & again 28 Aug 1769. Edward Fisher DCC 589-(529) William Brewer Sr of Brunswick Co to John Lashly of Northampton Co NC. 28 Aug 1769. £4s10 VA, 35 acres which was part of the tract where James Brewer now lives, on both sides of Ceader Run, joining my own comer, William Brown. Witnesses omitted, Proved 28 Aug 1769. Edward Fisher DCC 590-(531) 4 Apr 1769. Receipt from Simmons Harwell to William Vaughan in “full satisfaction of my Legatee left to me by my Grand Father." Wit: Robert Gee Jr, John Avery. Proved 28 Aug 1769. Edward Fisher DCC Page 37 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 Deed Book 9 81 591-(531) “A List of the Negro’s and personal estate belonging to Evans Mabry which was left to him by the Will of Hinchey Mabry Junr. deceased as by a division made the 23rd day of March 1768 that is to say” negro fellow HARRY, wench PRISS, boy DAVID, boy ARTHUR; 2 horses, 7 cattle 2 sheep, com, £89s11p½. 8 Apr 1768, Receipt from Evans Mabry to Joel Mabry executor of Hinchey Mabry Jr deceased for the above “it being my proportionable part in full of my Fathers Estate.” Wit: Alexander Watson, Briggs Goodrich. Proved 28 Aug 1769. Edward Fisher DCC 592-(531) William Maclin of Brunswick Co to Daniel Fisher of same. 29 Jul 1769, For £205 which said Maclin owes to said Fisher. A deed of trust for slave man John & his wife Mille, young fellow Ceasar, young fellow Dick, girl Silvia. Wit: William Edwards, Francis Young. Proved 29 Aug 1769, Edward Fisher DCC 593-(533) ALLAN LOVE of Brunswick Co to John Russell of same. 16 Sep 1769 £60 VA. 60 acres on the (blank) side of Shining Creek, joining the mouth of GEORGE INGRAM’s Spring Branch, William Maclin. Witnesses omitted. Proved 25 Sep 1769. Edward Fisher DCC 594-(534) 25 Sep 1769 Elizabeth Simmons the wife of Peter Simmons was examined & relinquished her right of dower. Edward Fisher DCC 595-(534) Edmund Wilkins & his wife Rebecca of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to William Barrow of Meherrin Parish 2 Sep 1769. £80 VA. 200 acres in Meherrin Parish which had been a patent to John Smith Sr, 7 Jul 1726, on the north side of Fountains Creek, joining the road to Christiana Wit: Bartlet Sims, Peter Lee Jr, William Maclin, Briggs Goodrich. Proved 25 Sep 1769. Edward Fisher DCC 596-(536) Edmund Wilkins & his wife Rebecca of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to Henry Lee of Meherrin Parish in same Sep 1769. £60 VA. 100 acres in Meherrin Parish, joining the mouth of Liswell Sexton’s Spring Branch, John Smith, Fountains Creek. Wit: Briggs Goodrich, William Barrow, Peter Lee Jr, Bartlet Sims. Proved 25 Sep 1769. Edward Fisher DCC 597-(537) Theophilus Field Jr & his wife Anne (Nanny) & William Call & his wife Elizabeth to Joseph Peebles of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co. 7 Feb 1769. £ (blank). 130 acres in said parish, joining Reedy Creek on the south west side, the old road, the mill. Wit: George Booth, William Barrow, William Daniel, John Fowler, Daniel Call Jr, William Beanies Proved Jun 1769 & age 25 Sep 1769. Edward Fisher DCC 598-(538) 6 Feb in the 9th year of our reign. Order to WILLIAM STITH & James Murray of Prince George Co. Theophilus Field & his wife Anne & William Call & his wife Elizabeth of Dinwiddie Co did Feb 1769 sell to Joseph Peebles of Brunswick Co 130 acres on the south west side of Ready Creek. Thus this order to examine said Anne & Elizabeth. They were examined 17 May 1769 Proved 25 Sep 1769. Edward Fisher DCC Page 38 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 82 Deed Book 9 599-(539) Joseph Peoples & his wife Mary of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to Benjamin Harrison of said parish. 1769. £50. 100 acres in said parish, joining Reedy Creek on the south west side, the mill. Wit: William Walker, ROBERT HICKS, Joel Mabry. Proved 25 Sep 1769. Edward Fisher DCC 600-(541) 23 Oct 1769. Silvanus Stokes, ALLEN LOVE, Sterling Edmunds, Henry Edmunds, John Flood Edmunds, & John Ballard Jr give their bond to King George In. The condition of the bond was that said Silvanus Stokes was appointed sheriff 19 (blank) past & that he would collect the quit rents, fines, etc. Proved 23 Oct 1769. Edward Fisher DCC 601-(542) 23 Oct 1769. Silvanus Stokes, ALLEN LOVE, Sterling Edmunds, Henry Edmunds, John Flood Edmunds & John Ballard Jr give their bond to King George III. The condition of the bond was that said Silvanus Stokes was appointed sheriff 19 Oct past & that he would collect all officers fees. Proved 23 Oct 1769. Edward Fisher DCC 602—(543) Buckner Lanier of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to Peter Simmons of said parish. 25 Sep 1769. £50 VA. 53 acres on the north side of the Court House Road a little below Ready Creek (being part of a tract Henry Broadnax obtained by a caveat and conveyed to Jehue Peeples Jr), joining Edward Saunders, MATTHEW PARHAM. Wit: William Goodrich, Benjamin Harrison, Jehue Peoples. Proved 23 Oct 1769. Probate indicates that (blank) the wife of said Buckner Lanier relinquished her right of dower. Edward Fisher DCC 603-(544) Bartholomew Dameron of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to JOHN MATTHEWS of said parish. 15 Mar 1769. £120 VA 230 acres on the south side of Rocky Run, joining James Quarles, the mouth of a small branch, Christopher Dameron, the road, Gunter. Wit: Joseph Dameron, Richard Locke, Christopher Dameron, Proved 23 Oct 1769. Edward Fisher DCC 604-(545) William Martain & Jane Martain of Brunswick Co to Thomas Briggs of same 23 Oct 1769. £30 VA. 100 acres on Waqua Creek, joining Walker, Gilliam, Daniel, Abraham Martin. Witnesses omitted. Proved 23 Oct 1769. Probate indicates that Jane Martain was the wife of said William Martain & relinquished her right of dower. Edward Fisher DCC 605—(547) William Martain of Brunswick Co to Abraham Martain of same. 23 May 1769. £7 VA. 100 acres on Licking Branch, joining Walker, said William Martain. Wit: Jonathan Williams, Robert Williams, Henry Martin, Thomas Briggs. Proved 23 Oct 1769. Probate indicates that Jane the wife of said William Martain relinquished her right of dower. Edward Fisher DCC 606-(549) Thomas Collier & his wife Elizabeth of Northwest Parish in Northampton Co to Thomas Pare of St Luke Parish in Southampton Co. 23 Oct 1769. £26s10 VA. 182 acres in Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co on the south side of Fountains Creek, which was part of a patent to said Thomas Collier 27 Jul 1763, joining Lee, Hathcock, Harris, Jeffryes. Wit: LITTLEBERRY ROBINSON, Dread Collier, Thomas Moss. Proved 23 Oct 1769. Edward Fisher DCC Page 39 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 84 Deed Book 9 615-(561) GEORGE INGRAM of Brunswick Co to Reuben Booth of same. 1769. £220 VA. 260 acres on the north side of Meherrin River, joining the Ferry, the road, “the Top of a hill where the Waggons commonly stops,” Collier (leaving JAMES INGRAM 50 acres within William Collier’s line), Jeremiah Russell, STERLING THORNTON, John Russell, Shining Creek, William Maclin; including the whole 300 acres (40 acres of which said Reuben Booth is to convey to William Gee “Where the said Booth shall think proper.” Wit: THOMAS TWITTY, Robert Bailey, William Clack. Proved 27 Nov 1769. Probate indicates that (blank) the wife of said GEORGE INGRAM relinquished her right of dower. Edward Fisher DCC 616—(563) Reuben Booth & his wife Rebecca of Brunswick Co to Benjamin Harrison Sr. 26 Nov 1769. £815 VA. 639 acres which was part of 2 tracts as by patent 7 Jul 1726 to William Tucker & a patent to George Booth 1 Oct 1727, but excepting 129 acres bequeathed by said George Booth to his son John Booth & to be laid off from the upper end of the said tract as per will, in Brunswick & Mecklenburg counties where said Reuben Booth now lives, joining the north side of Cocks Creek, Ezell, Lightfoot, Hudson, Booth, Dixon, said Harrison’s old cart path. Witnesses omitted. Proved 27 Nov 1769. Edward Fisher DCC 617-(564) Reuben Booth of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to John Barner of said parish. 26 Nov 1769. £35 VA. (no acres), joining the south side of Cox’s Creek, an old cart path, Dixon, Barner. Witnesses omitted. Proved 27 Nov 1769. Probate indicates that Rebecca the wife of said Reuben Booth relinquished her right of dower. Edward Fisher DCC 618—(566) Caleb Vaughan & his wife Mary of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to Sheperd Lanier Jr of said parish. 27 Nov 1769. £27510 VA. 86 acres on Crablouse Run, joining Tatum, House. Wit: Isham House, William Rideout. Proved 27 & 28 Nov 1769. Edward Fisher DCC 619—(567) Buckner Lanier of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to Isaac Melton of said parish. 27 Nov 1769. £60 VA. 120 acres which was part of a 448 acre patent to Thomas Jackson 2 Jun 1760, joining Peter Simmons, Ready Creek at the mouth of Cabin Branch, ROBERTSON; also 6 acres which was part of a tract where Peter Simmons formerly lived, joining Peeples. Witnesses omitted. Proved 27 Nov 1769. Probate indicates that (blank) the wife of said Buckner Lanier relinquished her right of dower. Edward Fisher DCC 620-(569) William Snipes & his wife Sarah of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to Buckner Lanier of said county. 27 Nov 1769. £60 VA. 86 acres on the south side of Crablouse Run, joining Isaac House, Grassey Branch, George Tatum; also 100 acres which had belonged to Isham Daniel who conveyed it to JOHN JONES gentleman who conveyed it to the said Snipes, joining George Tatum, John Bounsher, Eppes, & also joining the land where said Snipes now lives. Wit: William Lanier, Nathaniel Harrison, Benjamin Simmons, John B. Goldsberry. Proved 27 Nov 1769. Edward Fisher DCC 621-(570) William Gwyn of Brunswick Co to Duncan Rose of Dinwiddie Co. 27 Nov 1769. £65 VA. 200 acres, joining a branch of Moseses Creek, Gresham, Simmons. Wit: JOHN TWITTY, Benjamin Proctor, John Roberts. Proved 27 Nov 1769. Edward Fisher DCC Page 40 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 Deed Book 9 87 639-(597) Charles Goldston of Brunswick Co to George Crook of same. 12 Oct 1769. £4510 VA. 10 acres. joining Waqua Creek. said George Crook, said Charles Goldston. Wit: George Berry, John Williams, Abner Greenwood. Proved 26 Mar 1770. Edward Fisher CC 5-10—(599) Thomas Sadler Sr of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to his son Henry Sadler of said parish. 26 Feb 1770. Deed of gift. 150 acres on both sides of Gum Branch which was part of a 398 acre patent to said Thomas Sadler 26 Sep 1760, joining BUCKNER STITH, Creasey Branch, Sawyers Road. Wit: John Dugger Jr, Henry Rawlings, John Edmundson. Proved 26 Mar 1770. Edward Fisher CC 641-(600) James Denton & his wife Mary to ZEBULON LEWIS. 23 Dec 1769. £134 VA. 134 acres in St Andrew Parish which became vested to said James Danton by Edward Denton & Ezabell Denton his mother, joining Shining Creek. Wit: Frederick Maclin, Henry Jackson Jr, Benjamin Lanier. Proved 26 Mar 1770. Edward Fisher CC 642-(602) William Brown & his wife Sarah of Prince George Co to LEWIS PARHAM of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co. 1 Feb 1770. £420, 420 acres which had been a patent to Richard Brown 20 Sep 1758 & by conveyance has since become the property of the said William Brown. Wit: Richard Yarbrough, Lewis Lanier, Nathaniel Rains, Edward Powell. Proved 26 Mar 1770. Edward Fisher CC 643-(603) Thomas Marriott planter & his wife Elizabeth of Brunswick Co to NATHANIEL ROBERTSON joyner of same. 17 Feb 1770. £70 VA. 130 acres which was part of a patent to said Thomas Merriott dated 1750, joining the mouth of a branch on Avents Creek, Josiah Smith, David Greenhill, Meherrin River. Wit: Silvanus Stokes, Henry Edmunds, Thomas Edmunds. Proved 26 Mar 1770. Edward Fisher CC 644-(605) 26 Mar 1770. Sarah Brown the wife of William Brown of Prince George Co relinquished her right of dower in a deed from said William & Sarah to John Pettway of Brunswick Co. Edward Fisher CC 645-(606) Charles Collier & his wife Lucy of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to LITTLEBERRY ROBINSON of said parish. 7 Nov 1769. £60 VA. 120 acres which was part of 150 acres deeded from James Wyche & his wife Elizabeth to Charles Collier; also 74 acres "in 3 concluded patent" with James Wyche & Elizabeth deeded to Collier, on the south side of Beavour Pond Creek, joining the mouth of a branch, his own old field, Brewer; the former dated 7 Jul 1726 & the 74 acres dated 10 Mar 1756. Wit: WILLIAM ROBINSON Jr, William Wrenn, George Collier, Jessee Whitmore. Proved 26 Mar 1770. Edward Fisher CC 646-(607) Thomas Moss & his wife Mary of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co & Thomas Collier & his wife Elizabeth of Northampton Co to LITTLEBERRY ROBINSON of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co. 19 Feb 1770. £48 VA. 200 acres (75 acres of which was part of a 304 acre patent to Thomas Moss 20 Jul 1768; also 100 acres of which was part of a 282 acre patent to Thomas Collier; 25 acres of which was part of a patent to William Shands), on Cattail Creek, joining Moss, ROBINSON, Anthony Irby, Jeffryes, Persons Branch; the pan of the patent to Thomas Collier, joining Page 41 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 Deed Book 9 91 668-(637) Thomas Clanton of Brunswick Co to John Fletcher of same. 11 Dec 1769. £320 VA. 344 acres which was part of a patent to Thomas Clanton dated Mar 1747, on the east side of Peehill Creek, joining the westward road, Brown, Clantons Branch. Wit: Owen Myrick, Henry Haley, John Lashly, William Corbin. Proved 28 May 1770. Edward Fisher CC 669-(639) Joshua Clack Sr of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to his son Peter Clack of said parish 10 Feb 1770. Deed of gift. Negro women NAN & AGGY. Wit: Frederick Davis, Robert Clack, Jacob Dupree. Proved 28 May 1770. Edward Fisher CC 670-(639) JOHN INGRAM (Standard) & his wife Anna of Brunswick Co to John Mitchell of same. 26 May 1770. £80 VA. 80 acres, joining a stoney ridge on the main road from Mize’s Ford on Meherrin River to Harrison’s quarter, said INGRAM, James Johnson, John Martain, Brooks. Wit: WILLIAM STITH, Clement Lanier, William Denton. Proved 28 May 1770. Edward Fisher CC 671-(640) ROBERT HICKS of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to Benjamin Bass of said parish. 19 Jun 1770. 5s. 262 acres on the north side of Ready Creek, joining said HICKS’s Spring Branch, Meherrin Branch, Tatum. Wit: John Clack, Scarbrough Penticost, Drury Lanier. Proved 28 May 1770‘ Edward Fisher CC 672-(641) John Peebles & his wife Frances of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to Daniel Fisher of St Andrew Parish in said county. 28 May 1770. £20 VA. 165 acres in said Meherrin Parish which said John Peebles had purchased from Samuel Peebles 1 Apr 1763, joining the Roanoke Road. Old Woman's Branch. Witnesses omitted. Proved 25 Jun 1770. Edward Fisher CC 673-(643) Jesse Freeman & his wife Elizabeth of Brunswick Co to Joseph Prince of Sussex Co. 25 Jun 1770. £31. 136 acres on the south side of Meherrin River & bounded as by patent to said Jesse Freeman 20 Jul 1768. Witnesses omitted. Proved 25 Jun 1770. Edward Fisher CC 674-(644) Benjamin Harrison & his wife Sarah of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co to Daniel Harrison of said parish. 25 Jun 1770. £50. 100 acres in said parish, on the south west side of Reedy Creek, joining the main road & some distance above the mill. Wit: Peter Simmons, Stephen Sisson, William Barrow. Proved 25 Jun 1770. Edward Fisher CC 675-(645) Henry Yarbrough & George Ray of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co to William Carpenter of said parish. 26 Nov 1769. £20 VA. 129 acres in Meherrin Parish, joining the swamp at the mouth of Ready Branch, WILLIAM RANDLE. Wit: William Wesson, John Wesson, Henry Wesson. Moses Kelly. Proved 25 Jun 1770. Edward Fisher CC 676-(646) Henry Yarbrough of Buckingham Co to George Ray of Meherrin Parish in Brunswick Co. 26 Nov 1769. £25 VA. 100 acres on the south side of Quarrel Swamp which was part of a patent to Edward Wesson, joining the mouth of Rockey Branch, Woolsey. Wit: Henry Wesson, John Wesson, William Wesson, Moses Kelly. Proved 25 Jun 1770 Edward Fisher CC Page 42 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 92 Deed Book 9 677-(647) Joel Mabry of Brunswick Co to Robert Walker of Dinwiddie Co. 17 May 1770. 1250 VA. 50 acres on the west side of MOORE’s Swamp & is part of the tract where said Mabry now lives & part of a tract given to the said Mabry by deed from his father Hinchey Mabry, joining Richard Hill, said Mabry near Walkers Mill road, said Walker (formerly Harrison’s old line). Wit: Alexander Watson, William Walker, Proved 25 Jun 1770. Edward Fisher CC 678-(649) JAMES PARHAM of Brunswick Co to Nathaniel Raines & Patrick Ramsey of Prince George Co. 17 Feb 1770. £50 VA. A deed of trust for 800 acres where said PARHAM now lives, joining ROBERT HICKS, Margaret Bruce on the north side of Reedy Creek; also negro boys JACK & NED. Wit: Richard Yarbrough, John McNabb, Thomas Crawford, William McWhann, Daniel Fisher, Henry Edmunds, James Balfour Proved 25 Jun 1770. Edward Fisher CC 679-(650) Sterling Edmund: of Brunswick Co to Henry Fort. 26 May 1770. £17s11p3 VA. A deed of trust for negro man DICK, 1 bay mare, 2 feather beds & furniture, 7 cattle, Wit: John Ballard Jr, Henry Edmunds, BUCKNER STITH, Howell Eldridge. Proved 25 Jun 1770. Edward Fisher CC 680-(652) Thomas Brooks & his wife Mary of Brunswick Co to John Mitchell of same. 1 Dec 1769. £40 VA. 200 acres which was half of a patent to Thomas Singleton 15 Dec 1758, joining Short, JOHN INGRAM, John Nash, Wit: Thomas Stainback, Mordica Hagood, Gresham Hagood, William Phips. Proved 28 May 1770. Edward Fisher CC 681-(653) Armistead Lightfoot of York Town to Mark Jackson of Brunswick Co. 1 Jan 1770. A 7 year lease for 100 acres called Flat Landing in Brunswick Co for £5 annually. Wit: John Gholson, Alexander Williams, Thomas Ruffin (for Jackson) Proved 25 Jun 1770. Edward Fisher CC 682-(654) Armistead Lightfoot esq of York Town to EDWARD ROBINSON planter of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick Co. 1 Jan 1770. A 7 year lease for 100 acres, joining Rockey Creek, Robert Ruffin, George Stainback, his spring branch, for £5 annually. Wit: Thomas Gholson, Littleberry Stainback, Thomas Ruffin (for ROBINSON). Proved 25 Jun 1770. Edward Fisher CC Page 43 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed Abstracts, VA, Brunswick, Vol 4 1765 - 1770 ###### # # ##### ####### # # ##### ####### # # # # ## ## # # # ## # # # # # ## ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # # # #### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ### # # # # # # ###### # # ##### ####### # # ### ##### ####### # # Transcribed from original documents by Brent R. Brian & Martha M. Brian. This document and others can be found on our website: BMGEN We claim COPYLEFT on the documents that we publish that are our original work. COPYLEFT “rules” can be reviewed on the web site: GNU Free Documentation License In short, use what you like. But if you use our stuff, mention us as the source. Brent R. Brian Martha M. Brian BrianMitchellGenealogy@gmail.com Page 44 of 44 ** PAGE BREAK **