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Deed To Henry Lee Jr.

Know all Men by these presents that whereas Henry Lee of Stratford in the County of Westmoreland by deed bearing date the twenty eighth of January seventeen hundred & ninety eight did grant bargain & sell unto me Bushrod Washington now of Mount Vernon in the County of Fairfax all that tract or parcel of land lying & being in the County of Westmoreland on Potomack river commonly called & known by the name of Cabin point then in the possession & occupation of Mrs Mary Smith during her life containing about eleven hundred acres or thereabout together with all & singular the rights members commodities hereditaments & appurtenances to the same belonging or appertaining to have and to hold the said tract of land with the appurtenances unto me my heirs and assigns for ever to my & their only use & behoof but nevertheless with a proviso or Condition thereto annexed that if he the said Henry Lee his heirs executors & administrators should well & truly pay or cause to be paid unto me my executors administrators or assigns on or before the twenty eighth day January eighteen hundred & three the Sum of eight thousand six hundred & sixty six dollars sixty six Cents & should punctually pay to me my executors admtrs or assigns the legal interest of the sd Sum at the rate of six per Cent. per annum as the same should become due & payable then the said deed of indenture to become void, otherwise to remain in full force & virtue, as in and by the said deed recorded in the General Court of Virginia on the 13th of June 1798 reference being thereunto had will more fully & at large appear, And whereas I the said Bushrod Washington for the consideration of ten thousand & thirty four dollars twenty eights Cents to me secured to be paid by Richard B. Lee on the first day of March in the year eighteen hundred & fourteen with legal interest in the mean time, by deed tripartite bearing date the ninth of January eighteen hundred and nine executed by the said Richd B. Lee & Elizabeth his wife of the first part, I the sd Bush. Washington of the second part and Henry S. Turner, Thomas Blackburn, & Bushrod Washington Junr of the third part as by the said deed recorded in the County Court of Fairfax on the 21st of August eighteen hundred & nine reference being thereunto had will more fully & at large appear did agree and bind myself to assign unto the said Richd B. Lee the af[oresai]d mortgage on Cabin point together with all my right title interest & estate in & to the same, And whereas the said Richd B. Lee hath ordered & directed the said deed of assignment to be executed to Henry Lee Junr of Stratford the other party to these presents, Now Know ye that I the said Bushrod Washington for and in consideration of the promises as well as for & in consideration of one Cent by the sd Henry Lee Junr of Stratford in Westmoreland County to me in hand paid at & before the ensealing & delivery of these presents the reciept whereof I hereby acknowledge have granted bargained sold assigned & set over & by these presents Do grant bargain sell assign & set over unto the said Henry Lee Junr his heirs Exectrs admtrs & assigns the said recited deed of mortgage of Cabin point as also all the said tract or parcel of land called Cabin point with the promises within mentioned to be granted to me and likewise all my estate right title interest claim property & demand of in or to the same which I have or may claim of in or to the same by virtue of the said recited deed of mortgage To have and to hold the said tract of land called Cabin point, subject nevertheless to the proviso or Condition in the said deed of mortgage contained, and also the said recited deed of mortgage and all my estate right title interest claim & demand of in and to the same hereby bargained sold & assigned unto the said Henry Lee Junr his heir executors administrators & assigns to his & their proper use & behoof in as large & ample & benefecial manner to all intents & purposes as I now have or might should or ought to have and enjoy the same by force and virtue of the said recited deed of Mortgage or otherwise under & subject to all equities of redemption existing in the said Henry Lee or others In Witness whereof I the said Bushrod Washington have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Seal this [<2m#>] day of May in the year eighteen hundred and ten.

Bush. Washington2

Source Note

ADS, MiU-C: Washingtoniana Collection.

     1. Based on Richard Bland Lee's section, can possibly date the document as "31 May 1810"

2. To the right of his signature, BW wrote the word "Seal" and drew a cloud shape around it.

     3. There is a check mark after each of the three signatures.

     4. To the right of Lee's signature, BW wrote the word "Seal" and drew a cloud shape around it.

     5. There is a check mark after each of the three signatures.

     6. After signature appears a mark that appears to be "C." He was Clerk of the County Fairfax County Court.

7. After signature, mark that looks like "C.W.C.", possibly as in Clerk of Westmoreland County