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 this present Writing shall come sends Greetings

Know ye that for good Causes for & in Consideration of the Compostion to me paid & for the annual Rent hereinafter reserved I have given granted & confirmed & by these Presents for me my Heirs & Assigns do give grant & confirm unto John Beam of Shannandoah County a certain Tract of Waste & ungranted Land at a foot of the Naked Mountain on a branch of Pass Run & in the said County bounded as by a Survey thereof made by John Hough

Beginning at a White Pine & a Chesnut Oak Peter Keller's Corner, Thence in his line N. 77° E. One hundred & fourteen Poles to a large White Spanish & Black Oaks his Corner, Thence with another of his Lines S. 43° W. Ninety nine Poles to a Chesnut tree, Thence N. 42° E. One hundred and sixty two Poles to a Chesnut Oak & a Hiccory, Thence N. 30° W. One hundred Poles to a Chesnut Oak on the side of a hill & thence S. 60°30' W. One hundred & ninety six Poles to the Beginning containing Ninety Acres Together with all Rights Members & Appurtenances thereunto belonging Royal mines excepted and a full Third part of all Lead Copper Tin Coals Iron mine & Iron ore that shall be found thereon.

To have and to hold the said 90 Acres of Land together with all Rights Profits & Benefits to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining, Except before excepted To him the said John Beam his Heirs & Assigns for ever. He the said John Beam his Heirs & 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 of Assigns Proprietors of the said Northern Neck yearly & 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 & so proportionately for a greater of lesser Quantity. Provided that the said John Beam his Heirs and Assigns shall not pay the said reserved annual Rent as aforesaid so that the same or any part thereof shall be behind & unpaid by the space of two whole Years after the same shall become Due If legally demanded that then it shall & may be lawful for me my Heirs or Assigns Proprietors as aforesaid my or their Certain Attorney or Attornies Agent of Agents into the above granted Premises to reenter & hold the same so as if this Grant had never passed.

Given at my Office in Frederick County under my Hand & Seal Dated the 7th Day of June 1780.