Property conveyance and plat
Collection Overview
On July 5, 1753 Hugh Bryan, planter and attorney for Reverend George Whitefield, late of Prince William Parish and now of the Parish of Saint Luke in the County of Middlesex, conveyed to Mary Bryan, Joseph Bryan's widow, a 640 acre plantation named Providence on Indian lands on the east side of the Pocotaligo River in Prince William Parish. This two page document was witnessed by Ann Bryan and William Williamson. This tract was conveyed to Reverend Whitefield by Joseph and Mary Bryan on December 22, 1747.; Included with the conveyance is a plat for 660 acres bought by Reverend George Whitefield from Joseph Bryan and surveyed by William McPherson on December 29, 1747.
Dates
- Creation: 1747, 1753
Creator
- Bryan, Ann, active 1740 (Person)
- McPherson, William, active 1740 (Person)
- Williamson, William, -1785 (Person)
Language of Material
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
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Extent
1 oversize paper folder (2 items) : 3 leaves ; 40-47 cm.
Subject
- Bryan, Hugh, 1699-1753 (Person)
- Whitefield, George, 1714-1770 (Person)
- Bryan, Joseph, Jr., active 1740 (Person)
- Bryan, Mary, active 1740 (Person)
- Title
- Inventory of the Property Conveyance and Plat, 1747, 1753
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by: Special Collections staff; finding aid created by: Special Collections staff
- Description rules
- Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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