1744 Patent to William Perdue in Henrico County

1744 Patent to William Perdue in Henrico County, Virginia. Issued 1744.
Virginia Patent Books in Library of Virginia.


 240 Acres on Sappony Creek abstracted as follows:

Beginning: Richard Woods corner white oak East side of Sappony Creek.

Thence: on Walthall's line South 82 1/2 degrees East 124 poles to Daniel

Brown's corner white oak

Thence: on Brown's line North 5 degrees East 176 poles to his corner pine

Thence: on same course 84 poles to a large pine

Thence: North 82 degrees West 90 poles to a small shrub white oak

Thence: South 37 1/2 degrees West 268 poles to Tanner's corner marked trees

Thence: South 54 degrees East 66 poles to a turkey oak cornered in Wood's line

Thence: on his line North 56 degrees East 34 poles to Sappony Creek

Thence: along said creek 20 poles to place began

Timeline:

1750 - On 20 May a William Perdue buys 100 acres of land from Moses Farguson both of Chesterfield County, bounded by the said Farguson. Witnesses: John Farguson, Thomas Jefferson, Allyson Clark, Benjamin Adkins. *

1750 - 18 July William (W) Perdue witnessed a deed between Moses Ferguson of Chesterfield and Benjamin Adkins of King and Queen County, 200 acres on both sides West Branch granted to said Ferguson 20 September 1730. Other witnesses: William Watkins, Jr. and Soloman Newby.

1750 - 7 September William (W) Perdue witnessed a deed between John Farguson, Sr. and Joshua Farguson of 100 acres on northside of Third Branch of Swift Creek part of 1365 acres granted to John Farguson, deceased, bounded by Peter Baugh and Moses Ferguson. Other witnesses: Allyson Clark and Jacob Cooke.

1750 - 7 September William (W) Perdue witnessed a deed between John Farguson, Sr. and Jacob Cooke for 50 acres on Reedy Branch of Swift Creek, part of John Farguson patent. Other witnesses: were Edward Eanes, Willam Pleasants.

1752 - William (W) Perdue and John Perdue witnessed the deed when George Brown sold 200 acres to William Perdue, Jr. in Dale Parish, part of land patented to Daniel Brown 25 March 1739. The land was bounded by William Perdue, William Reason, John Clyborn, and Charles Cheatham. William Perdue, Jr. would have been at 21 years old and born no later than 1731.

1756 - Appears in the Chesterfield Tithables List as 1 tithable and as neighbor to Jack Morrisett, and Lewis Soblett, both surnames listed in the original King William Parish Registers, the parish to French Refugees. (Huguenots)

1761 - William Perdue, Jr. sold the 200 acres to ?? and disappears from the Chesterfield records. Where did he go?

1762 - Appears in the Chesterfield Tithables List

"Mrs. Nunn, Philip Ryan, Thomas Nunn 6

Christopher Robinson 1
Thomas Cheatham, Thomas Cheatham Jr., Josiah Cheatham 7
John Wooldridge, Richard Wooldridge 4
John _____ Sr., Charles Nuckels 1
John Nuckels 1
James Bly Jr. 1
Robert __unt
Thomas M___ton 1
John Bly 1
Jacob ___urst 5
John O_____ 1
James Cohhon 1
Thomas Cohhon 1
___ Cohhon 1
Robert Cole 1
Edward Hatchett, Hamlen Cole, William Condre 1
Henry ___s
___ Belcher 1
Samuel __illum 1
John __um 1
John ___kalu 1
John Gartor 1
James Moody 1
John Ti___ 1
William ___ates 1
John _____ 1
Henry Blankenship 1
_____ and son 2
_____ Purdue, Thomas Purdue 2_____ 1
_____ 1
_____ 1
_____ Farmer, Joel Farmer 3
Francis Cheatham 7
Richard Northcott 1
William Moore Jr. 1
Joseph Blankenship 1
John Blankenship 1
Stephen Blankenship 1
Ephraim Blankenship 1
Drury Blankenship 1
Joel Blankenship 1
Francis Moseley 10
Thomas Cary 4
John Skelton 1
Jack Morrisett 1
William Moore 1
John Morris 1
Elam Farmer 2
Hickerson Cox 1
William Perdue 1
Randolph Nuckel 1 "

* All the deeds references for this post, except the 1744 patent, came from "Chesterfield County, Virginia Deeds 1749 - 1756"; Abstracted and Compiled by Benjamin B. Weisiger, III; Iberian Publishing Company, Athens, Georgia. 1995. Reprint.



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