VA Patents 5, p. 341
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Land Office Patents and Grants
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Richard Poole
400 Acres
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Knight Governor &c. give and grant unto Richard Poole, Four hundred Acres of Land lying towards the head of the Master branch of Sam: Bennotts Breek in the County of lower Norfolk Beginning at a small reedy branch on the south East side of the Master branch of Bennetts Creek near about a mile above John Gookins Landing place and so runs into the Woods three hundred and twenty poles according to the marked trees South East and by East & from thence North East and by North Two hundred poles and from thence North West and by North three hundred and twenty poles into the Master branch of Bennotts Creek and Parallel to the bank of the Creek unto the reedy branch where it first Began. The said Land being formerly granted to the said Poole by Patent dated the twenty second of August one thousand six hundred and fifty two. And now renewed in his Majesties name &c. To Have and To Hold &c. To be Held &c. Yielding and Paying &c. provided &c. Dated the Eighteenth of March One thousand six hundred and Sixty two.
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Surnames: POOLE, GOOKIN, BENNETT, BENNOTT.
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NOTE: This document is a hand-written copy of an earlier one, which is the case with many early grants, and was done presumably to save the infomation before the older documents decayed completely. This explains spelling conventions which do not match those in use at the time of the actual land grant.