The Right Honourable Thomas Lord Fairfax Baron of Cameron in that part of Great Britain called Scotland Proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia, To all to whom these presents shall come greeting:

Know Ye, That for good causes and for and in consideration of the Composition to me paid and for the Annual Rent hereinafter reserved I have given granted and Confirmed and by these presents for me my Heirs an Assigns Do give grant and Confirm untio Col. Isaac Zane of Frederick County a Certain Tract of waste and ungranted Land between Turkey Run and Cedar Creek and in Shennandoah (sic) County bounded as by a Survey thereof made by John Hough:

Beginning at severall (sic) Pines corner to Jacob Pugh and Corner to another Tract of the said Zane and extending thence with that line N 40 Wt. Three hundred and forty Poles to a Stake in the said line and Corner to the said Zanes 411 Acre Survey Then with that linne S 54 Wt. One hundred and fourteen Poles to a Pine in that line Then S 41 Et. Three hundred ans Thirty Poles to a White Oak in this and Pughs line and then with his line N 60 Et. One hundred and fourteen Poles to the Beginning Containing Two hundred and forty two Acres Together with all its Rights Members and Appurtenances thereunto belonging Royal mines excepted and a full third part of all Lead Copper Tin Coals Iron Mine and Iron Ore that shall be found thereon

to have and to hold the said 242 Acres of Land Together with all Rights Profits and Benefits to the same belonging or in any wise Appertaining except before excepted to him the said Isaac Zane his Heirs and Assigns forever

he the said Isaac Zane his Heirs and Assigns therefore Yielding and paying to me my Heirs or Assigns or to my Certain Attorney or Attornies Agent or Agents or to the Certain Attorney or Attornies of my Heirs or Assigns Proprietors of the said Northern Neck yearly and every year on the Feast Day of St. Michael the Archangel the Fee Rent of One Shilling Sterling Money for every Fifty Acres of Land hereby granted and so Proportionably for a greater or lesser quantity -- Provided that if the said Isaac Zane his Heirs and Assigns shall not pay the said reserved annual Rent as aforesaid so that the same or any part thereof shall become Due if Legally Demanded that then it shall and may be lawfull (sic) for me my Heirs or Assigns Proprietors as aforesaid my or their Cetain Attorney or Attornies Agent or Agents into the above granted Premise to Reenter and hold the same so as if this grant had never Passed

Given at my Office in Frederick County under my Hand and Seal Dated the Tenth Day of November 1778

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