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| CHAP. LI. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS John Robinson, esquire, late treasurer of this colony, in his life, was seized in fee simple of and in divers tracts of land in several counties in the said colony, and was also possessed of sundry slaves, and a considerable personal estate; but at the time of his death greatly indebted for the balance of the public money in his hands, as well as to many private persons, more than the value of the said slaves and personal estate amounted to, and which, if sold in a regular course of administration, the lands aforesaid will be left a burthen to the said John Robinson's son and heir, who is an infant, and incapable of selling and conveying the said lands; and it would be very advantageous to the said heir, if the administrators of the estate of the said John Robinson, were impowered to sell part of the said lands, and thereby preserve some of the slaves to be worked on such of the said lands as shall remain after satisfying the debts due from the said John Robinson, deceased; Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor, Council and Burgesses of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Peter Randolph, esquire, Edmund Pendleton, and Peter Lyons, gentlemen, administrators of the estate of the said John Robinson, deceased, shall be, and they are hereby impowered to sell land dispose of so much of the said lands for the best price that may be got for the same, as they shall judge most convenient and necessary, for and towards discharging the debts aforesaid, reserving a sufficient quantity of the said lands to employ such of the slaves aforesaid as shall remain after satisfying the said debts: And the said Peter Randolph, Edmund Pendleton, and Peter Lyons, and the survivor or survivors, in case of the death of any or either of them, shall and may convey such land so sold to the purchaser or purchasers, who | Administrators of John Robinson, esq. authorised to sell part of his part of his lands and slaves to satisfy debts due to the public as well as to individuals. |
| shall from thenceforth hold the same respectively to them, their heirs and assigns for ever, against the heir of the said John Robinson, deceased, and all persons claiming under him; and the money arising by such sale shall be applied towards the payment of the debts aforesaid. | |
 CHAP. LII. An act for raising a public levy. | |
| I. BE it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor, Council and Burgesses of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That eight pounds of tobacco be paid by every tithable person within this dominion, for the defraying and payment of the public charge of the country, being the public levy from the thirtieth day of October, one thousand seven hunnred and sixty-four, to the sixth day of November, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-six; and that it paid by the collectors of the several counties, to the several persons and counties respectively to whom it is proportioned by this general assembly. And if it shall happen that there shall be more tithables in any county than the present levy is laid on, then the county shall have credit for so much, to the use of the county, and if fewer titheables in any county, then the county shall bear the loss. | Public levy, or taxes, for 1766. |
| II. Provided always, That where any allowance is made in the book of proportions to any county, to be paid in the same county, no more per poll shall be collected from the tithables of such county than will discharge the balance after such allowance shall be deducted; and that every county court shall regulate the levy accordingly. | |
| III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sheriff of every county shall, at the court of his county, to be held in the months of May or June next, give bond and security for the due collection and payment of the public levy now laid and assessed. And whereas there are several balances due to the public from the following counties, to wit, from the county of | Sheriffs to give bond. Balances due from certain counties in tobacco. |
| Brunswick eleven thousand nine hundred and eighty-three pounds of tobacco, from the county of Charles City fifteen thousand one hundred and eighty-four, from the county of Dinwiddie eight hundred and ninety-six, from the county of Gloucester seventeen thousand five hundred and fourteen, from the county of Henrico five thousand seven hundred and fifty-seven, from the county of James City five thousand two hundred and ninety-nine, from the county of Isle of Wight eight thousand five hundred and twenty-two, from the county of Louisa ten thousand one hundred and eighty-two, from the county of Middlesex five thousand one hundred and sixty-three, from the county of New-Kent seven thousand five hundred and sixty-nine, from the county of Southampton thirteen thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, from the county of Surry six thousand six hundred and sixty-three, and from the county of Sussex six thousand two hundred and fifty, as appears by the book of proportions. | |
| IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sheriff of each of the said counties above mentioned, shall, after giving one month's notice in the Virginia Gazette, sell the respective quantities of tobacco levied in this county, as a depositum for the use of the public, to the highest bidder, at the court of his county, to be held in the months of July or August next, provided a court be then held, if not at the next succeeding court, on three months credit, and shall take bond, with sufficient security, payable to the treasurer of this colony for the time being, and shall transmit the same to the said treasurer within one month after such sale. And if any such buyer shall neglect or refuse to pay the money on the bonds aforesaid, when the same shall become due, it shall and may be lawful for the general court, or the court of the county where such buyer resides, on a motion to them made by the treasurer of this colony for the time being, to give judgment on the said bonds, and thereon to award execution, provided such buyer and his securities, his or their heirs, executors or administrators, have ten days previous notice. | How sold. |
| V. And, whereas it is represented to this assembly, that the money appropriated for the payment of the bounty to persons making hemp within this colony is near exhausted; be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the money arising from the sale of the | To constitute fund for paying premiums on hemp. |
| several quantities of tobacco before mentioned, shall be appropriated to and for the use and purpose of paying the bounty on hemp, in the same manner and under the same regulations as in the act for encouraging the making of hemp in this colony is directed. | |
| VI. And, whereas some of the venire-men, witnesses and the sheriff of the county of Hampshire, are by the book of proportions, to be paid in Frederick county, by which they will receive one penny per pound for their tobacco; and whereas the said county of Hampshire is intitled to receive five thousand two hundred and ninety-six pounds of tobacco in the county of Orange, and it would be more reasonable that the said county of Hampshire should bear the loss of four thousand four hundred and forty-nine pounds of tobacco, being paid at a penny per pound, than the said venire-men, witnesses and sheriff, who ought to be paid in tobacco; be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sheriff of the said county of Orange may and he is hereby required to pay out of the tobacco which shall be in his hands for the said county of Hampshire, to the following persons, the respective quantities of tobacco herein after mentioned, to wit; to George Wilson and Jacob Brake four hundred and seventy-seven pounds of tobacco each, to John Blue, junior, Benjamin Reeves, and William Buffington, four hundred and seventeen pounds of tobacco each, to George Yoakum, Margaret Yoakum, and Anne Murphey, four hundred and forty-seven pounds of tobacco each, to George sea, four hundred and sixty-two pounds of tobacco, and to William Clarke, four hundred and forty-one pounds of tobacco, in full of their respective tobacco claims against the public. | Sheriff of Orange to pay the tobacco due from that county to Hampshire, to certain individuals. |
| CHAP. LIII. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS Richard Jones late, of the county of Amelia, gentleman, was in his life-time seized in fee simple of a tract of land in the parish of Raleigh, and county aforesaid, on Cellar creek containing by estimation one thousand and six acres; and being so seized did, by his last will and testament in writing bearing date the sixteenth day of December, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight, devise the same to his son Lewellin Jones in fee tail, and the said Richard Jones soon afterwards died so seized, whereupon the said Lewellin Jones entered into the lands so devised to him, and was and is thereof seized as tenant in fee tail. And whereas the said Lewellin Jones is sized in fee simple of and in a tract of land containing eight hundred acres, in the said county; four hundred acres of which were granted to Batte Jones by patent, bearing date the fifth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and forty-six, and by his death without issue descended to the said Lewellin Jones in fee simple, and the residue thereof joining to the said four hundred acres granted to the said Lewellin Jones by patent, bearing date the day and year last mentioned; and is possessed in his own right of the following negro women slaves, to wit, Tabb, Fanny and Phillis; and it is represented to this general assembly, that it will be greatly to the benefit of the said Lewellin Jones and his family, if he was allowed to dock the entail of the said one thousand and six acres of land, and to settle the said eight hundred acres of land with the slaves aforesaid, to be annexed thereto, to the same uses. And forasmuch as notice hath been published three Sundays successively in the several churches in the said parish of Raleigh, that application would be made to the present general assembly for an act to this purpose, pursuant to your majesty's instructions: And whereas the said eight hundred acres of land are under mortgage to Thomas Tabb, gentleman, of the county of Amelia, for the payment of a certain sum | Entail of certain lands whereof Lewellin Jones is seized, docked. |
| therein mentioned; and the said Lewellin Jones and Thomas Tabb are consenting that the said eight hundred acres of land should be settled to the uses aforesaid, acquitted and discharged from the incumbrance aforesaid; and the said one thousand and six acres intended hereby to be docked, should remain charged with the said mortgage, in lieu of the said eight hundred acres: May it therefore please your most excellent majesty, at the humble suit of the said Lewellin Jones, that it may be enacted; And be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor, Council and Burgesses of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the said one thousand and six acres of land be, and the same are hereby vested in the said Lewellin Jones, his heirs and assigns for ever, to his and their own proper use and behoof; and that the said eight hundred acres of land, whereof the said Lewellin Jones is seized, together with the negro slaves aforesaid, and their future increase, shall be, and the same are hereby vested in the said Lewellin Jones, and the heirs of his body; and in default of such heirs, shall descend, pass and go to such person or persons, and in like manner as the said one thousand and six acres of land would have descended and gone under the limitations in the will of the said Richard Jones, if this act had never been made. | |
| II. Saving to the king's most excellent majesty, his heirs and successors, and to all and every other person and persons, bodies politic and corporate, their respective heirs and successors, other than the persons claiming under the will of the said Richard Jones, all such right, title, estate, interest, claim, and demand, as they, every, or any of them could or might have had or claimed, if this act had never been made. | |
| III. Provided always, That the execution of this act shall be, and the same is hereby suspended until his majesty's approbation thereof shall be obtained. |
| CHAP. LIV. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS William Kendall, late of the county of Northampton, gentleman, being seized in fee simple of and in a neck of land and plantation, situate, lying and being at Matchepango, in the country aforesaid, containing two thousand and fifty acres by his certain deed poll, bearing date the twentieth day of April, one thousand six hundred and eighty-two, recorded in the court of the said county the fifth day of January then next following, for the consideration therein mentioned, did give and grant unto his son-in-law Hancock Lee of the same county, gentleman, and Mary his then wife, daughter of the said William Kendall, all the aforesaid neck of land or plantation, to hold to them the said Hancock Lee and Mary his wife, and the survivor of them during their natural lives, and after their decease unto William Lee his grand-son and son of the said Hancock Lee and Mary his wife, during his natural life, remainder to the heirs male of his body, to be begotten; and for want of such issue to his heirs female, and for defect of both, then to the next heir male of the said Hancock and Mary his wife, and his heir male, or for want of such female as aforesaid, and for want of such heir, then to his loving grand-daughter Anne Lee, eldest daughter of the said Hancock Lee and Mary his wife, and to the heirs of her body lawfully to be begotten, male or female, and for defect of them, all then wholly and solely to revert to his heirs at the common law: And whereas the said Hancock Lee and Mary his wife are both since dead, and the said William Lee is also dead without issue, after whose death his brother Richard Lee the next heir male of the said Hancock Lee and Mary his wife, entered in to the said land, and died seized thereof, leaving issue Kendall Lee his son and heir, who is now seized thereof as tenant in fee tail, under the deed poll aforesaid: And whereas the said Kendall Lee is seized in fee simple of and in fifty-eight acres of land, in the county of Northumberland, adjoining to a larger | Entail of certain lands whereof Kendall Lee is seized, docked. |
| tract of nine hundred and four acres, whereof he is seized as tenant in fee tail, and is likewise seized in fee simple of another tract of land, situate on the upper side of Lee's creek in Loudoun county, containing two hundred and thirty-five acres; and it will be greatly to the advantage of the younger children, as well as to the heir of the said Kendall Lee, to vest the said two thousand and fifty acres of land in the county of Northampton, in the said Kendall Lee in fee simple, and in lieu thereof to settle the fee simple lands in the counties of Northumberland and Loudon. [Loudoun.] with the slaves hereafter mentioned to the same uses. And forasmuch as notice hath been published three Sundays successively in the parish church of Hungar's, in the said county of Northampton, that application would be made to this present general assembly, to vest the said lands in the said county of Northampton, in the said Kendall Lee in fee simple, and to settle other lands, with certain slaves thereto annexed in lieu thereof, to the same uses, pursuant to your majesty's instructions: May it therefore please your majesty, at the humble suit of the said Kendall Lee, that it may be enacted; And be it enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governor, Council and Burgesses of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the said two thousand and fifty acres of land in the said county of Northampton be, and the same is hereby vested in the said Kendall Lee, his heirs and assigns, to his and their own proper use and behoof for ever; and that the said two parcels of fee simple lands in the counties of Northumberland and Loudoun, whereof the said Kendall Lee is seized, together with the negro slaves named Solomon, Frank, Moses, Sam, Jack, Nan, Letty, Hannah, Alice and Rachel, shall pass and descend, as the said lands in the county of Northampton would have done under the deed poll of the said William Kendall. | |
| II. Saving to the king's most excellent majesty, his heirs and successors, and to all and every other person and persons, bodies politic and corporate, other than the persons claiming under the deed poll aforesaid, all such right, title, interest, claim and demand, as they, or any of them could or might have, if this act had not been made. | |
| III. Provided always, That the execution of this act shall be, and the same is hereby suspended until his majesty's approbation thereof shall be obtained. |
| CHAP. LV. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS Robert Beverley, formerly of the county of Spotsylvania, esquire, was seized in fee simple of a valuable tract of land called Newland, whereon he lived, containing about three thousand six hundred acres; of another tract of valuable lands at Portobago in the county of Essex, containing about two thousand seven hundred acres; and of a large tract of remote lands called Octonia in the county of Orange, containing twenty four thousand acres; and being so seized in and by his last will and testament in writing, bearing date the twelfth day of May, one thousand seven hundred and thirty-three, did devise to sundry other persons nine thousand four hundred acres, part of the said Octonia tract of land, and all the residue thereof, containing on an exact survey fourteen thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine acres, together with all his other estate real and personal, he devised to his only son Harry Beverley, and the heirs of his body for ever; as by the said will remaining of record in the court of the said county of Spotsylvania may more fully appear. And after the death of the said testator, the said Harry Beverley the son, entered into the several tracts of land above mentioned, and was seized thereof as tenant in fee tail, and is also seized under other donations in tail of a tract of land, containing about fourteen hundred acres, lying on Rappahannock river, in the county of Caroline, on which he hath built a large brick house, and made other considerable and lasting improvements, which will descend therewith to his eldest son; by which means, and having few slaves to work his lands, which were a considerable annual expence in quitrents and taxes, the said Harry Beverley became and is indebted to sundry persons about the sum of one thousand five hundred pounds current money, which his few slaves, stocks and houshold goods, will barely be sufficient to discharge; and if taken in execution and sold for that | Entail of certain lands whereof Harry Beverley is seized, docked. |
| purpose would leave the said Harry destitute of the means of supporting his family. And whereas by an act of assembly passed in the fifty year of your majesty's reign, intituled, An act to dock the entail of certain lands whereof Harry Beverley, gentleman, is seized, and for settling slaves to be purchased in lieu thereof to the same uses, nine thousand nine hundred and eight acres of land, part of the said Octonia tract, were vested in Larkin Chew, Fielding Lewis, George Taylor, James Maddison and John Carter, gentlemen, the survivors or survivor of them, in trust, that they or the major part of them should cause the same to be sold at public sale, and lay out the money in the purchase of slaves, to be annexed to the residue of the said Octonia tract of land, and to descend therewith to the said Harry Beverley, and the heirs of his body, and to such other persons as the said land would descend and go by virtue of the will of the said Robert Beverley the father, as in and by the said act may more fully appear; which act having obtained your majesty's assent, the trustees are proceeding in the execution thereof: And whereas it is represented to this present general assembly, that it will be greatly to the advantage of the said Harry Beverley, and his family, if he was allowed to sell the residue of the said Octonia tract of land, and apply part of the purchase money to the payment of his debts, and lay out the residue in the purchase of slaves, to be annexed with the slaves to be purchased in pursuance of the former act to the other entailed lands of the said harry Beverley. And forasmuch as notice hath been published three Sundays successively in the several churches of the parish of St. Thomas, in the said county of Orange, that application would be made to this present general assembly to dock the entail of the said land, pursuant to your majesty's instructions: May it therefore please your most excellent majesty, at the humble suit of the said Harry Beverley, that it may be enacted; And be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor, Council and Burgesses of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all the rest and residue of the said tract of land called Octonia, in the county of Orange, containing four thousand nine hundred and twenty-one acres, be the same more or less, be, and the same is hereby vested in the said Larkin Chew, Fielding Lewis, |
| George Taylor, James Maddison and John Carter, gentlemen, the survivors or survivor of them, and the heirs, executors and administrators, of such survivor, In Trust, that they, or the major part of them or their survivors, shall cause the said land to be sold at public sale intire, or in such parcels as they shall think most convenient, and for the best price that can be got for the same; and on payment of the purchase money, shall, by good and sufficient deed or deeds, convey the inheritance of the said lands to the purchaser or purchasers in fee simple, who shall for ever thereafter hold and enjoy the same respectively, discharged of the limitations in the will of the said Robert Beverley deceased. | |
| II. And be it further enacted, That out of the money arising from the sale of the said lands, the said trustees shall pay to the said Harry Beverley, his executors or administrators, the sum of one thousand five hundred pounds; to be by him applied to the payment of his debts, and the residue of the said money, after defraying the expences in and about the execution of this and the former act, shall be by the said trustees or the major part of them, or their survivors as soon as conveniently may be, fairly laid out in the purchase of slaves, whereof one third at least to be females; and the said trustees shall cause the names of the said slaves when purchased, together with the names of the slaves by them purchased or to be purchased, in pursuance of the said former act, to be recorded among the records of the county of Spotsylvania; and thereafter such slaves to be purchased under the directions of this and the former act shall be, and the same are hereby vested in the said harry Beverley during his natural life, and after his decease shall descend, pass and go with the said tract of land called Newland, n the county of Spotsylvania, and annexed to the same, to the heirs of his body, and to such other person or persons to whom the said tract called Octonia would have remained, descended and gone by virtue of the limitations in the will of the said Robert Beverley, if this act had never been made. | |
| III. Saving to the king's most excellent majesty, his heirs and successors, and to all and every other person and persons, bodies politick and corporate, their respective heirs and successors, other than the persons claiming under the will of the said Robert Beverley, all such |
| estate, right, title and interest, claim, as they, every, or any of them could or might have claimed if this act had never been made. | ||
| IV. Provided always, That the execution of this act shall be, and the same is hereby suspended until his majesty's approbation thereof shall be obtained. | ||
| CHAP. LVI. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS Anne Aylett, of the county of King William, and parish of Saint David, being seized in fee simple of and in a tract or parcel of land in the county of Hanover, containing by estimation one thousand acres, more or less, which she purchased of William Meriwether, gentleman, and which was called and known by the name of Allen's creek land, by her certain deed indented, bearing date the second day of September, one thousand seven hundred and forty-nine, recorded in the said court of Hanover the first day of March then next following, for the consideration therein mentioned, did give and grant unto her grand-son John Aylett of the county of King William, gentleman, and the heirs of his body fore ever, all the aforesaid tract or parcel of land, to hold to him the said John Aylett, and the heirs of his body for ever: And whereas it will be greatly to the advantage of the said John Aylett, and his heirs in tail, if he should be permitted to sell six hundred and twenty-three acres, part of the said land, and lay out the money arising by the sale thereof in slaves, one half of which to be females, to be annexed to the residue of the said tract of land: And forasmuch | Entail of certain lands whereof John Aylett is seized docked. |
| much as notice hath been published three Sundays successively in the parish churches of St. Martin's, in the said county of Hanover, that application would be made to this present general assembly, for docking the entail of six hundred and twenty-three acres, part of the said tract of one thousand acres, and in lieu thereof to settle slaves to the same uses, pursuant to your majes- majesty's royal instructions: May it therefore please your majesty, at the humble suit of the said John Aylett, that it may be enacted, And be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor, Council and Burgesses of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the said six hundred and twenty-three acres, lying and being on the north side of the south branch of Pamunkey river, with the appurtenances, being part of the said larger tract, shall be, and the same are hereby vested in Nathaniel West Dandridge, William Aylett, Carter Braxton and Bartholomew Dandridge, gentlemen, or any two of them, and the survivor or survivors of them, In Trust, to be sold for the most money that can be got for the same, and on payment of the purchase money, the said trustees or the survivors or survivor of them, shall make a deed or deeds for the conveyance of the fee simple estate, and inheritance of the said land, to the purchaser or purchasers, who shall for ever after hold and enjoy the same, freed and discharge from all the limitations in the said deed of the said Anne Aylett; any law, usage or custom, to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding. | |
| II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the money arising from the sale of the said lands shall be by the said trustees or the survivors or survivor of them, as soon as conveniently may be, after receiving the same, fairly laid out and disposed of in the purchase of slaves, one half of which to be females; and the said trustees or the survivors or survivor of them are hereby further impowered and required to cause a deed or deeds to be executed for the said slaves to the said John Aylett, which deed shall recite this act and the names of the slaves by them so purchased, and shall be recorded in the court of the said county of Hanover; and the said slaves, from and after the perfecting such deed or deeds, shall descend, pass and go, to the said John Aylett, and all persons claiming under the deed of the said Anne Aylett, in the same manner as the said |
| tract of land called Allen's creek land is limited, to descend, pass and go, according to the deed of the said Anne Aylett. | ||
| III. Saving to the king's most excellent majesty, his heirs and successors, and to all and every other person and persons, bodies politic and corporate, their respective heirs and successors, other than the persons claiming under the deed of the said Anne Aylett, all such right, title, interest, claim and demand, as they, every, or any of them should or might claim if this act had never been made. | ||
| IV. Provided always, That the execution of this act shall be, and the same is hereby suspended until his majesty's approbation thereof shall be obtained. | ||
| CHAP. LVII. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS Augustine Moore, formerly of the county of King William, gentleman, deceased, was in his life-time seized in fee simple of and in a tract or parcel of land, lying in the parish of St. John, in the said county, containing six hundred and forty-two acres, and being so seized, he the said Augustine Moore, in and by his last will and testament in writing, bearing date the fifth day of January, one thousand seven hundred and forty-two, did, among other things, give and devise the said lands by the description of the land he bought of the reverend Mr. John Fox, and half the land he bought of Martin and Roger Palmer, with a water grist mill adjoining the land purchased of Fox, unto his son Thomas Moore, gentleman, and the heirs of his body, with several remainders, as in the said will duly recorded in the said county court may more fully appear, and soon after died seized of the said lands and mill, whereupon the said Thomas Moore entered into | Certain entailed lands whereof Thomas Moore is seized, vested in trustees, to be sold. |
| the said lands and mill, and was and is seized thereof as tenant in fee tail: And whereas the said lands from their long and frequent tillage, do not yield sufficient crops for the support of the said Thomas Moore and his family, and yet from their pleasant and convenient situation may be sold for a great price; and it is represented to this general assembly, that it will be for the advantage of the said Thomas Moore, his heir and family, if the said lands and mill were sold, and the money laid out in the purchase of other more profitable lands and slaves, to be settled to the same uses; and notice having been published in the several churches of the said parish of St. John, that application would be made to this present general assembly, for an act to dock the entail of the said lands and mill, and to settle other lands and slaves in lieu thereof, according to your majesty's instructions: May it therefore please your most excellent majesty at the humble suit to the said Thomas Moore, that it may be enacted, And be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor, Council and Burgesses of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the said tract of land and water grist mill be, and the same is hereby vested in Philip Whitehead Claiborne, John West, William Dandridge, Ferdinando Leigh and Roger Gregory, gentlemen, the survivors or survivor of them, and the heirs, executors or administrators, of such survivor, In Trust, that they or the major part of them or their survivors shall sell the said land and mill for the best price that can be got for the same, and on payment of the purchase money shall, by good and sufficient deed or deeds, convey the said land and mill to the purchaser and purchasers in fee simple, who shall for ever thereafter hold and enjoy the same, discharged of the limitations in the will of the said Augustine Moore, deceased. | |
| II. And be it further enacted, That the money arising by the sale of the said land and mill, after defraying the expences of sale, shall be by the said trustees or the major part of them or their survivors, as soon as conveniently may be, fairly laid out in the purchase of other lands and slaves, one half of which to be females; and the said trustees shall cause the lands so to be purchased, to be conveyed to the said Thomas Moore by good and sufficient deed or deeds, wherein this act shall be recited; to be recorded in the general court or the court of |
| the county wherein such lands shall lie, and shall cause the names of the slaves so to be purchased, to be recorded with such deed; and from thenceforth the said lands and slaves shall descend, pass and go, together to the said Thomas Moore and the heirs of his body, and to such other person or persons as the said lands in the county of King William would have remained, descended and gone to, by virtue of the limitations in the will of the said Augustine Moore, if this act had never been made. | ||
| III. Saving to the king's most excellent majesty, his heirs and successors, and to all and every other person and persons, bodies politic and corporate, their respective heirs and successors, other than the person and persons claiming under the will of the said Augustine Moore, all such estate, right, title, and interest, as they, every, or any of them could or might have claimed if this act had never been made. | ||
| IV. Provided always, That the execution of this act shall be, and the same is hereby suspended until his majesty's approbation thereof shall be obtained. | ||
| CHAP. LVIII. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS Richard Bennet, esquire, deceased, late of the province of Maryland, did, by his last will and testament, give and bequeath to George Parker of Accomack county, in the colony of Virginia, and his heirs upon the trusts, and to the uses herein after mentioned, all his lands and plantations, as well those on Bennet's creek in Nansemond county, as elsewhere in the said colony, and also all his negro and mulatto slaves in the said colony, together with the stocks and all other his personal estate whatsoever, that should at the time of his decease be at or upon the said lands and plantations, or in any other part of the said colony | George Parker authorised to pay a certain sum of money to parish of Suffolk, in lieu of an annuity charged by the will of Richard Bennet. |
| of Virginia; the said negro and mulatto slaves and their increase, together with the stocks, to descend and pass as part of the inheritance of the said lands, to such person or persons to whom the said lands should from time to time descend and come. In trust, in the first place, for raising the sum of thirty pounds Virginia silver money, annually for ever, to be paid to the church wardens of the said parish where the lands lay, called the lower parish of Nansemond, for the use of the poor at the appointment of the vestry of the said parish; and did declare a farther trust in the said lands, slaves and stocks, to and for the uses of the said George Parker, and the heirs of his body, and for want of such issue, in trust, for and to the use of his own right heirs for ever. And whereas after the death of the said Richard Bennet, the said George Parker entered into the said lands on Bennet's creek aforesaid, there being no other lands of the said Richard within this colony, and continued seized thereof to the time of his death, when George Parker his son and heir entered into the same, and also continued seized thereof until the first day of November, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-seven, when he was evicted by a judgment of the honorable the general court of this colony: And whereas before the making of the said will, and the death of the said Richard Bennet, the lower parish of Nansemond had been united to part of the parish of Chuckatuck, and called by the name of Suffolk, whereby doubts have arisen, whether the remainder of the said estate is subject to the said annuity: Nevertheless, the said George Parker being desirous of securing the payment of the same, by depositing in the hands of the church-wardens of the parish of Suffolk, in the said county of Nansemond, the sum of six hundred pounds current money of Virginia; Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor, Council and Burgesses of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the church-wardens of the said parish of Suffolk be, and they are hereby impowered and directed to receive of the said George Parker the said sum of six hundred pounds, and the same to place out at interest to any person or persons on such good and sufficient securities, as will most effectually secure the payment of the said annuity. | |
| II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons borrowing any part |
| of the said money, shall neglect or refuse to pay the interest thereof annually, it shall and may be lawful for the church-wardens of the said parish, at the next or any other succeeding court, to be held for their county, to demand judgment against any person or persons so neglecting or refusing, his or their securities, their heirs, executors or administrators, for the same with costs: And the said court is hereby authorized and required to give judgment accordingly, provided such person or persons have ten days previous notice. | ||
| III. And, to the end the will of the said Richard Bennet may be strictly complied with, be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the church-wardens of the said parish of Suffolk shall, and they are hereby directed to distribute the said annuity, to and for the relief of such poor persons, as shall actually reside in and belong to that part of the said parish of Suffolk called the lower parish of Nansemond, and not to such persons as have or may be sent there from any other part of the said parish of Suffolk, and to and for no other use or purpose whatsoever. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS William Starke, of the county of Prince George, deceased, was in his life-time seized in fee simple of and in a certain plantation and tract of land, with the appurtenances, containing three hundred and fifty acres; situate lying and being in the parish of Bristol, and county aforesaid, commonly called and known by the name of Broadways, and so being thereof seized by his last will and testament in writing bearing date the third day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty-five, did devise the said plantation and tract of land with the | Entail of certain lands whereof William Starke is seized docked. |
| apppurtenances, to his son William Starke, and his issue lawfully begotten for ever, with remainders over to his other sons successively in tail, as by the said will proved and recorded in the court of the said county of Prince George, is more fully contained: And whereas the said plantation and tract of land is of little value to him the said William Starke, and less capable of improvement than other lands which may be purchased with the money arising from the sale thereof, and the said William Starke is desirous, that the entail of the above mentioned land should be docked, and that one thousand pounds, arising, from the sale thereof, should be placed in the hands of trustees; and that the said money should be laid out in the purchase of other more convenient lands and slaves: And as notice hath been published three Sundays successively in the several churches of the said parish of Bristol, pursuant to your majesty's instructions, that application would be made to this general assembly, to dock the entail of the said land: May it therefore please your most excellent majesty, at the humble suit of the said William Starke, that it may be enacted, And be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor, Council and Burgesses of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That on the payment of one thousand pounds current money by the said William Starke, to Alexander Bolling, William Allen, and William Daingerfield, esquires, who are hereby appointed trustees to put this act in execution, the said plantation and three hundred and fifty acres of land, lying and being in the parish of Bristol, and county of Prince George, be, and the same are hereby vested in the said William Starke, his heirs and assigns, to the only use and behoof of him the said William Starke, his heirs and assigns for ever; which said sum of money the said trustees, the survivors or survivor of them, as soon as conveniently may be, after receiving the same, shall fairly lay out in the purchase of other lands and slaves: And the said trustees, the survivors or survivor of them, are hereby impowered and required to cause a deed or deeds to be executed for the said land so by them to be purchased, to the said William Starke; which said deeds shall recite the title and this act, and shall be acknowledged or proved, and recorded in the manner prescribed by law; and the said William Starke from and immediately after the executing of such deed or |
| deeds, shall stand seized of the lands so purchased, to such use and uses, and of such estate; and the same shall pass in descent, reversion and remainder, according to the limitations and estate mentioned in the aforesaid will of William Starke; any thing contrary thereto in anywise notwithstanding. | ||
| II. Saving to the king's most excellent majesty, his heirs and successors, and to all and every other person and persons, bodies politic and corporate, their respective heirs and successors, other than the person and persons claiming under the will of the said William Starke, all such right, title, interest, claim and demand, as they, every, or any of them should or might claim, if this act had never been made. | ||
| III. Provided always, That the execution of this act shall be, and the same is hereby suspended until his majesty's approbation thereof shall be obtained. | ||
| CHAP. LX. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS Robert Bolling, late of the county of Prince George, gentleman, deceased, was in his lifetime, and at the time of his decease, seized in fee simple of and in one certain tract or parcel of land, lying and being in the parish of Rawleigh, and county of Amelia, and being so seized, did, by his last will and testament in writing, bearing date the third day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty-eight, give and devise to his daughter Anne Hall, wife of John Hall, of the said county of Amelia, and the heirs of her body lawfully begotten for ever, the said tract of land, by the description of eight | Entail of certain lands whereof Anne Hall, wife of John Hall, is seized, docked. |
| hundred acres of land in Amelia county, upon the upper side of Deep creek, adjoining the lower line of the land formerly given by the said Robert to the said John Hall, as by the said will proved and recorded in the court of the said county of Prince George, is more fully contained: And whereas the said land, for want of slaves to work the same, is rather burthensome than beneficial to the said John Hall and Anne his wife, who are desirous that the entail of the above mentioned land should be docked, and the same vested in trustees, to be sold, and the money arising from the sale to be laid out in the purchase of other lands and slaves; and as notice hath been published three Sundays successively in the several churches of the said parish of Rawleigh, pursuant to your majesty's instructions, that application would be made to this present general assembly, to dock the entail of the said eighteen hundred acres of land, with the appurtenances; and Robert Hall, eldest son and heir in tail, having consented thereto: May it therefore please your most excellent majesty, at the humble suit of the said John Hall and Anne his wife, that it may be enacted; And be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor, Council and Burgesses of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the said eight hundred acres of land, with the appurtenances, lying and being in the parish of Raleigh, and county of Amelia, be, and the same is hereby vested in David Greenhill, Richard Jones, Daniel Jones, Robert Munford of Amelia, and Thomas Bolling Munford, gentlemen, who are appointed trustees for putting this act in execution: In trust, That they the said trustees, or the survivors or survivor of them, shall cause, the said lands to be sold at public sale, for the best price that can be got for the same; and upon payment of the purchase money, the said trustees or any three of them seal and deliver a deed or deeds indented for the conveyance of the fee simple state and inheritance of the said land to the purchaser or purchasers, who shall for ever hold and enjoy the same, freed and discharged from the limitation in the last will and testament of the said Robert Bolling; any law, usage or custom, to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding. And if any purchase shall be made by any person or persons whatsoever, contrary to this act, such sale shall be void to all intents and purposes whatsoever. |
| II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the money arising by the sale of the said land shall be by the said trustees, the survivors or survivor of them, as soon as convenient may be, after receiving the same, fairly laid out and disposed of in the purchase of other lands and slaves: And the said trustees, the survivors or survivor of them are hereby impowered and required to cause a deed or deeds to be executed for the lands and slaves so by them to be bought, to the said John Hall and Anne his wife, which said lands and slaves shall descend, pass and go, in such manner, and for such estates therein, as the said eight hundred acres of land would have remained gone and descended, by virtue of the said will, as if this act had never been made. | ||
| III. Saving to the king's most excellent majesty, his heirs and successors, and to all and every other person and persons, bodies politic and corporate, their respective heirs and successors, other than the person and persons claiming under the last will and testament of the said Robert Bolling, deceased, all such right, title, interest, claim and demand, as they, every, or any of them should or might claim, if this act had never been made. | ||
| iv. Provided always, That the execution of this act shall be, and the same is hereby suspended until his majesty's approbation thereof shall be obtained. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS by one act of assembly made in the third and fourth years of the reign of his late majesty king George the second, An act for the better regulating the payment of the Burgesses wages, it is amongst other things, enacted, that when any session of assembly should be thereafter held, and upon examination of the treasurer's accounts it should appear that there monies sufficient in his hands to discharge all | Burgesses wages payable in money. |
| the money debts, together with the Burgesses wages, and the salaries and allowances to the respective officers of the general assembly, saving and reserving in the hands of the treasurer, over and above the said payment, a balance of fifteen hundred pounds at the least, then every Burgess elected and serving for any county or corporation within this dominion, should be paid out of the public money the sum of ten shillings, for each day he should serve in the house of Burgesses, with such further allowances, and under such restrictions and regulations, as in the said act is at large directed: And whereas it appears that there is not money sufficient in the treasurer's hands to pay the Burgesses wages for this present session of assembly, leaving in the hands of the treasurer a balance of fifteen teen hundred pounds, according to the directions of the said act; nevertheless, as the payment of the said wages in money will be a great ease to the poorer sort of people, by lessening the levy by the poll; Be it therefore enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governor, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Burgesses wages for this present session of assembly shall be paid by the treasurer out of the public money in his hands, according to the directions and regulations in the said recited act mentioned, so soon as he shall have received sufficient to pay the same; any thing in the said recited act to the contrary notwithstanding. |
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