File:Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants, Northern Neck Grants and Surveys, Patents E 1775-1776,1780-1781 (VOL.1 & VOL.2), page 651.tif

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Obtained from the Online Catalog of the Library of Virginia.

Upper Record

The upper record of the page continues from the previous page, and records the granting of land, then in Pittsylvania County (now Henry County), Virginia, to George Reives on the 1st of Sep 1780. In the description, the land is mentioned as being adjacent to a piece of land owned by William Cox.

Metadata regarding said record is recorded in the catalog as follows:

Format	BK
Leader	01276 tda 2200253za 4500
Date & Time Last Tr	20010701161439.0
Fixed-Length Field	010413e17800901vau           000   eng d
Cataloging Source	 VIC VIC
ME-Personal Name	 Reives, George. grantee.
Title	 Land grant 1 September 1780.
Summary, Etc.	   Location: Henry County.
Add.Phys.Form Note	   Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Grants A-Z, 1-124, reels 42-190; Virginia State Land Office. Grants 125- , reels 369-.
Summary, Etc.	   Description: 106 acres on Smiths River adjoining the land of William Cox.
Summary, Etc.	   Source: Land Office Patents E, 1775-1776, 1780-1781 (v.2 p.463-930), p. 650 (Reel 46).
Summary, Etc.	   Part of the index to the recorded copies of grants issued by the Virginia Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
Subject-Name	 Reives, George. grantee.
Subject	 Land titles. -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia -- Henry County
Subject-Geographic	 Henry County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century.
Index Term-Genre/Fo	 Land grants -- Virginia -- Henry County.
Subject-Name	 Cox, William.
Added Corporate	 Virginia. Land Office. Register. Land grants, 1779-
Added Corporate	 Library of Virginia. Archives.
Electronic Location	http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=650&last=&g_p=PE&collection=LO ;  Grant ; 
Local Note	 ARC LAN
SRC	 LVA01 clas30.aa
Sys.No.	000812944

Transcription of Upper Record

sixty eight poles to a chesnut tree North fifteen degrees East sixty one poles to a pine North forty seven degrees East thirty four poles to a white oak North thirty degrees West Eleven poles to [?] oak in [Adams?] line: thence along the same South seventy six degrees east thirty poles to a Beach on the River thence down the same as it meanders to a Black Walnut tree on the North side: thence off East fifty two poles [?] a Branch to a Hickory: South forty nine degrees East ninety four poles to a black oak: South forty two degrees West twelve poles to a white oak on the River thence up the same as it meanders to the beginning with its appurtenances to have and to hold the said Tract or parcel of land, with its appurtenances, to the said George Reives and his Heirs forever. In witness whereof, the said Thomas Jefferson Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, hath hereunto set his hand, and Caused the 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 and of the Commonwealth the fifth.

Thomas Jefferson