Benjamin McDonald - Land Grant - 1789
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Benjn. McDonalds Beverly Randolph Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virgi-
318 3/4 Acres =nia to all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Know ye that by Virtue
Frederick County of a Warrant Issued from the late Lord Proprietors Office of the Northern Neck
and inconsideration of the ancient composition of one pound fifteen Shillings
Exd. Sterling Paid by Benjamin McDonald into the Treasury of the Commonwealth
there is Granted by the said Commonwealth unto the said Benjamin McDonald
Assignee of John Mason, a certain tract of Parcel of Land containing Three
hundred and eighteen & three quarter Acres by Survey bearing date the twelfth
day of April one Thousand Seven hundred and eighty eight, lying and being in the
County of Frederick, adjoining lands of Joseph Lupton and Rice near Isaac's Creek
and timber ridge and bounded as followeth, To wit, Beginning at a white oak a
corner to the Lands of John Rout and running thence with him North thirty nine
and a half degrees, West fifty one poles, to a white oak and pine, Corner to Robert
McKee's Land, thence running with McKee's line South thirty eight degrees, West
Three hundred, and Seventy seven poles, to two white oaks, on the west Side of a
hill, his and John Nutts Corner (formerly Luptons,) Thence with Nutts, South
fifty one degrees, west three hundred and ninety seven poles, to two Spanish
oaks and White Oak, at the foot of a hill on the East Side of Isaac's Creek, Thence
South fifty two degrees, West forty two poles, to two pines William Hauses Corner,
on the point of a hill, thence running with House South Sixty seven degrees, East
one hundred and Eighty four poles to a white Oak Corner to Thomas Reeces Junr.
Thence with his line North Sixteen degrees, East Seventy one poles, to a Chesnut
Oak on the west side of a hill Corner to said Reece and in or near the Line of John
Rout Thence North with Rout Eighty one and three quarter degrees, West twenty
five poles to a Young Marked Chesnut, Corner to said John Rout, thence
Continuing with Rout North forty four and a half degrees, East two hundred and
Eighty nine Poles to three chesnut oaks, Corner
228 to John Rout and Other Lands of Said McDonald, Thence with McDo-
nald, North forty two and three quarters degrees East one hundred and fifty
three poles, to two Chesnut Oaks, his and Routs, Corner, thence with Rout
North thirty nine and a half degrees, West Eight poles to two maples and a
white Oak, in a Valley Near a Drain, Thence north thirty four degrees,
East two hundred and fifty-two poles to the Beginning with its
Appurtenances To have and To hold the Said Tract or parcel of Land
with its Appurtenances to the Said Benjamin McDonald and his Heirs
forever. In witness whereof the Said Beverly Randolph Esquire
Governor Of the Commonwealth of Virginia hath hereunto Set his hand
and Caused the lesser Seal of the Said Commonwealth to be affixed at
Richmond on the first day of September in the Year of our Lord
One Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty nine and the Commonwealth
the fourteenth ~
Beverley Randolph
