[page 273] Callaway
from Devin [&up] This Indenture made this twenty eightth day of February
one thousand eight Hundred & five Between Will Devin of the
County of Pittsylvania of the one part and Henry G Callaway of the
County aforesaid of the other part. Witnesseth that the said William
Devin for and inconsideration of the sum of Two hundred pounds lawfull
money of Virginia to him in hand paid & satisfied by the said
Henry G Callaway the recet whereof him the said Will Devin
doth herby acknowledge hath bargain'd sold enfecofed and and
confirm'd and by these presence doth absolutely give grant
bargain sell enfocof & Confirm unto the said Henry G Callaway
a certain Tract ^or^ parcel of Land lying and being in said County
on both sides of Wet Sleve Creek containing Two Hundred acres
be the same more or less it being the Land where the said
Will Devin now lives deeded unto him by his Father Will Devin
Senr by Indenture bearing date the seventeenth Day of Feby
1794 as appears of Record & Bounded as followeth to Wit --
Beginning at said Devins & Bleakleys Corner in
Chamberlyn's old line thence the said Line Crossing Wet Sleve
Creek to New marked pointers thence New Lines nearly West
to a Corner red oak thence New lines ^Nerely^ North to a red oak in
the said Devin Senr line Nere the Turkey Branch thence the
said line to a red oak & new Corner in the head of a Bottom
near Isaac's Wood Cutting thence down the Bottom or Drane
as it meanders to the Deviding line Betwee the said Devin Senr
& Bleakley thence said Line to the Beginning and the rights of
him the said Will Devin for himself & his heirs the above granted
land unto the said Henry G Callaway his heirs and assigns will
forever Warrant and Defend from the Just Claim of any person
or person Whatsoever In Witness whereof the said Will Devin
hath hereunto set his hand and ^affixed his^ seal the Day and year above Written William Devin {seal} Sign'd seal'd & Deliv'd
in presence of
Hartiwell Allin James DevinWm Calland Sam Calland Senr
James ^his mark^ X Baredan Richard Pearson The Commonwealth of Virginia to Samuel Calland & Robert Devin
Gentleman Justices of Pittsylvania County [grant] [whig] William
Devin and Martha his wife by their [unreadable copy at end of page] [page 274] of Bargain and sale bearing date the Day of 28 Day of February
1805 have sold and conveyed unto Henry G Callaway Two
Hundred acres of Land lying and being in the County of Pittsylvania
and whereas the said Martha cannot Conveniantly Travel to our
Court of our said County of Pittsylvania to make acknowledgement
of the said Conveyance therefore we do give unto [you] or any two [who]
know of you power to Receive the acknowledgment which the said
Martha shall be willing to make before you of the Conveyance
aforesaid, Contained in the said Indenture which is hereto annexed
and we do therefore Command you that you do personnally go
to the said Martha and Receive her acknowledgment of the same
and Examine her privately and apart from the said William
Devin her Husband whether She doth the same freely and
Voluntarily without his persuasion or threats and whether she is
Willing that the same be Recorded in our County Court of
Pittsylvania aforesaid and when you Received her acknow
ledgement and Examined her as aforesaid that you destinctly and
openly Certify in thereof in our said Court under your seals [and]
then show the said Indenture and this [Which] Witness Will Tunstall
Clerk of our said Court the 23d Day of March 1805 in the
27th year of the Commonwealth Will Tunstall [Margin note] Delivered to Abram
[cut off]annish the 22d–Decr
[1853 the present owner
of this land. Pittsylvania County [solr]
Pursuant to the Within Commission to us Directed we have
Personally Examined the within named Martha seperately &
apart from her Husband & the said Martha freely and Voluntarily
relinquished her rights of Dower to the Within mentioned Land
declaring it was done ^by her^ freely and not by the persuasion or threats
of her Husband, Given under our Hands and seals the 23d
Day of March 1805 Rob. Devin {seal}
Saml Calland {seal} At a Court held for Pittsylvania County the 17th Day of June
1805 This Indenture from William Divin to Henry G Callaway
was presented in Court and proved by the oath of Three [faded and unreadable] of
the subscribing Witnesses thereto to be the act and Deed of the [said]
Willaim Devin Ordered that the same together with a [commission]
hereto [answered] for [taking] the acknowledgment and [privacy] Examination
of Martha Wife of the said Will Divan with a [lanbfurth]
of the [Executors] thereof be Recorded — Will Tunstall Clk | 