Accomack County Deeds 1757-1770 Part II:654:655
September 30, 1769
William Crowson, wife Bridget to William Mister Transcribed by Gail M. Walczyk
This Indenture
made the XXXth day of September Anno Domini One Thousand Seven
hundred and Sixty Nine Between William Crowson and Bridget his wife in the County of
Accomack in the Colony of Virginia of the one part and William Mister of the same place of the
other part Witnesseth that the said William Crowson and Bridget his wife for and in consideration
of the sum of two hundred and ninety pounds current money of Virginia to them in hand paid or
secured to be paid by the said William Mister before the execution hereof the receipt whereof is
hereby acknowledged hath given granted and sold by these presents doth give grant bargain and
sell unto the said William Mister his heirs and assigns forever a certain tract or parcel of land with
the appurtenances lying on and near Chesconessex Creek in the said County of Accomack as is
butted and bounded as followeth beginning at a stake in the marsh thence by a line of marked
trees South 64 degrees East 67 chain to a corner stake thence by a line of marked trees south 46
degrees East 32 chain to Major John Wises land thence Southerly along the line to a corner oak
then Westerly by a line dividing Major John Wises land to a pine on the head of Littlefield Creek
thence along Chesconessex to the first beginning the same containing two hundred acres being the
same more or less and is described by a deed bearing the date the XXIX day of November 1757
between Johannas and Joseph Wise and Smith Snead parties there to which deed is duely
recorded in the records of Accomack County.
Note: the remainder of the deed is the legal terminology regarding the rights and privileges of
The grantee and his heirs.
William Crowson
Bridget Crowson
Her mark
Signed Sealed and Delivered
in the presence of
John Wise
Peggy Wise
Edw. Shores
John Wise
AT a Court commencing and held for Accomack County November 2, 1769 William Crowson
and Bridget his wife acknowledged the within indenture to be their act and deed to William Mister
and commited to be recorded. the said Bridget first privately examined as the law directs and
voluntarily committed thereof.
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