Frederick County Virginia

Benjamin McDonald - Land Survey - 1788
Submitted by Clara Lawver

318 3/4 Acres           

Frederick County

Recd. 29 Sptemr. 88

Grant issued 1st

September 1789

                                              Frederick County Set by Virtue of a Warrant granted from the

Exam.d                              Office of the late proprietor of the Northern Neck No. 175., to John

                                              Mason of Frederick County aforesaid for 400 acres of Waste and
       
                                            ungranted land adjoining lands of Joseph Lupton and _____  Reece near

                                     Isaacs creek and on Timber ridge in the said county, which warrant is 

                               dated the 18th day of October 1774.and Assigned by said Mason to Benjamin
       
                        , McDonald of this said county as appears by the Assignment hereto

                         Annexed. I have made a Survey of Land located in said Warrant

                         For Benjamin McDonald Assee" of said Mason as Aforesaid which 

                         is bounded as follows. that is to say. Beginning at a white oak a

                          corner to the Lands of John Rout and running thence with him 

                          N39 1/2*.W 51 poles to a white oak and a pine corner to Robert

                         McKees Land thence running with McKees line S 38d W 377 poles

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                         Poles to two white oaks on the West side of a hill his and John Nutts

                      corner formerly Luptons thence with Nutt S 51d W 397 poles to two spanish

                     oaks and a white oak at the foot of a hill on the East side of Isaacs creek

                     thence S 52* W 42 poles to two Pines William Houses corner on the point

                    of a hill thence running with House S 67 E 184 poles to a white oak corner

                     to Thomas Reece Junr. Thence with his line N 16* E 71 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 with Rout N 81d 3/4 W 25 poles to a young marked

                     Chesnut corner to said John Rout thence continuing with Rout N 44 1/2 d

                      E 289 poles to three chesnut oaks corner to the said John Rout and other 
       
                      Lands of the said McDonald  thence with McDonald N 42 3/4 d E 153

                      poles to two chesnut oaks his and Routs corner thence with Rout N 39 1/2 d.

                     W 8 poles to two maples and a white oak in a Valley near a drain thence

                      N 34d. E 252 poles to the beginning which Survey Contains 318 3/4 Acres

                       Surveyed the 12th day of April 1788 By

                                                                                                                 John Cordell D S F C

                                                                                                                 Benjamin Ashby S F C

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Benjn. McDonalds Beverly Randolph Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia

318 3/4 Acres 

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