Lease - John Doyle Jr. to Isaac Arnold Sr.

July 28, 1732

Source: King George County, Virginia, Deed Book 1-A, p. 214-215

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This indenture, made the twenty eight day of July in the fifth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second of Great Britain and Ireland, King Defender of the Faith, and in the year of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred thirty & two, between John Doyle of North Carolina of the one part and Isaac Arnold Senr. of the parish of Hanover in King George County within the Dominion of Virginia of the other.

Witnesseth that the sd. John Doyle, for and in consideration of the sum of five shillings current money of Virginia, to him in hand paid by the said Isaac Arnold at and before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof the said John Doyle doth acknowledge, hath bargained and sold and by these presents doth bargain & sell unto the said Isaac Arnold a certain tract or dividend of land situate, lying and being in the parish of Hanover in King George, containing two hundred twenty and six acres, granted by the proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virginia unto John Doyle Senr., late of the county of Richmond, decsd., father to this said John Doyle, party of these presents, as may and will appear by the said grant or pattent for the same bearing date the twenty third day of January 1716/7, which land aforesaid being bounded as followeth.

Beginning at three red oakes standing in the fork of a small branch of Gengoteague Creek, being corner to a patent of land formerly granted to Prosser and Chettwood, thence south forty degrees east crossing a branch sixteen poles to a ____ white oak in the line of John Berry, thence with the same south twenty degrees east one hundred and sixty three poles to another white oak standing by Thomas Arnold's clear'd ground, being corner tree to the said Arnold & Berry, thence crossing the old field or clear ground south seventy one degrees east near the head of a valley, thence east thirty poles to a large white oak standing in a swamp being another corner tree to the said Thomas Arnold, thence down the said swamp south forth degrees west twenty poles south seven degrees east fifty two poles then leaving the swamp and running south sixty eight degrees west twenty poles south eighty four degrees west fifty four poles to Cornelius Reynolds, his line a corner white oak, thence with the same south four degrees west two hundred sixty & six poles to a white oak, thence leaving the said line and running fifty four poles west to the line of Prosser and Chettwood, thence with the same to the first station.

Together with all houses, fences, gardens, orchards, woods and underwoods, ways, water and watercourses, priviledges and comodities to the land & premises aforesaid belonging or in any wise appertaining, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues and profitts thereof, with all deeds, indents and writings whatsoever touching or concerning the same and all the estate, right, title, interest, benefit, property, possession, claim and demands whatsoever of him, the said John Doyle, of, in and to the same, to have and to hold all and singular the premises aforesaid and every part and parcell thereof unto the said Isaac Arnold, his heirs & assigns, from the day of the date hereof, for and during and unto the full end and term of one whole year thence next ensuing the date hereof, and fully to be compleate and ended yeilding therefore & paying the rent of one peppercorn feast day of St. Michael the Archangel if the same shall be lawfully demanded to the end, intent and purpose that by virtue of these presents and of the statute for transferring uses into possession, the said Isaac Arnold may be in the actual and sole possession of premises aforesaid and may be thereby the better enabled to accept, receive and take a grant release or any other conveyance of the freehold reversion and inheritance to him and his heirs forever.

In witness whereof, the partys aforesaid have either to other to these presents set their hands and seales the day, month and year above written.

John Doyle

Sealed and delivered in the presents of us -

Thomas Pittman
Thomas Goff
John Hawkins (by his mark)
John Willis

At a court held for King George County the 4 August Anno. Dom. 1732.

This lease from John Doyle to Isaac Arnold Senr. was presented into court by the said Isaac and proved by the oath of Thomas Pittman, Thomas Goff, John Hawkins and John Willis and on the motion of the said Isaac is admitted to record.

Test, T. Turner