Deed - Reves & Ferrell to Peter Reves

Halifax County, Virginia
29 Jan 1835
DB 42 Page 227

This Indenture made this twenty ninth day of January in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty five between Peter M Reves and Bird L Ferrell commissioners appointed by the Court of Halifax County Va to oversee the lands of William T Reves decd of the one part and Peter Reves of the County and State aforesaid of the other part witnesseth that the said Peter M Reves and Bird L Ferrell for an in Consideration of the sum of six hundred and thirty one dollars current money of Virginia to them in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged have granted bargained sold enfeoffed and confirmed and by these presents do grant bargain sell enfeoff and confirm unto the said Peter Reaves (sic) his heirs & assigns forever a certain tract or parcel of land containing one hundred forty and one quarter acres it being a part of the before named Wm T Reves decd estate and bounded as followeth Beginning at a red oak and pine on east fork Runaway creek Peter Reves lines thince (sic) down the creek as it meanders 359 poles to Clays line thence Clays lines 149 poles to corner pine in Easleys line thence Easleys Logans Cains lines N 17° West 170 poles to a pine near a small road (sic ?) Clays corner thence his line due east 16 poles to a small gum, thence So 51 E 166 poles to a pine near a spring thence No 70 a E 106 poles to a stake in old field thence So 68° 622 poles to pointers on the creek aforesaid thence down the said creek as it meanders to the beginning together with all the appurtenances belonging, contiguous or appertaining to the said tract of land unto the said Peter Reves his heirs and assigns forever and the said Peter M Reves & Bird L Ferrell as commissioners will warrant a good and sufficient right title to the tract of land with its appurtenances against ourselves and all claiming under us and none others and the said Peter Reves his heirs and assigns forever as witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals the day and date above written ~
interlined before assigned
Peter M Reves SS
Bird L Ferrell SS

At a Court held for Halifax County the 23d day of March 1835
The within written Indenture was presented in Court and acknowledged by the within named Peter M Reves and Bird L Ferrell parties thereto to be their act and deed and ordered to be recorded ~ Teste Wm Holt
Examd and delivered