500 acres for $1000 - 1794 Botetourt Co. Virginia land sale Wm Watts & Adam Briz

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500 acres for $1000 - 1794 Botetourt Co. Virginia land sale Wm Watts & Adam Briz:
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1794 Botetourt County Virginia Agreement between William Watts & Adam Briz of Pennsylvania. About 12 1/2\" x 7 1/2\".

Content as follows:

\"An agreement made the 7th Day of January 1794 between

William Watts of the County of Botetourt of the one part

& Adam Briz of the State of Pennsylvania of the other part

Witnesseth that the sd Wm. Watts for & in Consideration of

the sum of one Thousand pounds Virginia money have

bargain\'d & sold to the sd. Adam Briz five hundred acres

of land to begin at the White Oaks a corner between the

said Watts & Jno. Morrison then to the line between the

Watts & Harsbarger thence to Timber Creek as the line

runs thence down the creek to the line that divides the said

Watts & William Fleming land thence along the sd. line from

the creek to the beginning which sd. land the sd. Watts agrees

to make the sd. Adam Briz a good title in fee simple

when required and the sd. Adam Briz agrees to pay the sd. Watts

five hundred pounds on or before the 20th Day of May next

when the said Watts agrees to give him possession of the said land

& premises and five hundred pounds in five annual

payments to begin the said 20th of May next the said last

payments to carry interest from May 1796. The said

Adam Briz agrees to give the said Watts bonds with

sufficient security for the payment thereof. Witness

our hands & seals the Day and yar above written.

Witness

Joseph Noftsinger [signed] Wm. Watts (Seal) [Signed]

Peter Hinnach [signed] Adam Britz (Seal) [Signed]

High quality paper. Six horizontal folds. Minor separation at the right of two of the folds.

-->>AN AMAZING Watermark of a crown in the paper with a coat of arms beneath the crown. The coat of arms has four sections. Top Left--Three Fleurons; Top Right--What looks like chess knights and books; Bottom Left--Horses; Bottom Right--Harp.

This item was found among the 1780s-1790s papers of William Watts of Prince Edward County, Virginia.

An exceptionally-desirable Virginia document.

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