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January 8, 1872

Washington County Deed Book 29, Page 286

John Phelps buys 176 acres from Wm. Y. C. White and Margaret J. White 

This Deed made the eight day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy two between Wm Y C white and Margaret J. White his wife of the first part and John Phelps of the other part.  Witnesseth, that in consideration of the sum eighty six dollars twenty seven cents, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged the said parties of the first part doth grant unto the said John Phelps a certain boundary of land lying on the South side of Cinch Mountain being part of a tract sold by said White to Mann and Smith and bounded as follows supposed to contain one hundred and seventy six acres and thirty four poles more or less.  Beginning at a stake in the poor Valley Road and corner to Alex Nunley’s land thence with his line N 4 ½ E80 poles to a Spanish oak and pond [or point?] on the spur of the mountain N5 W17 poles to pointers near a chestnut marker as a ??? on a line of Hardy Lilly’s thence with his line S84 W112 poles to a clift opposite Wm Combs thence along the clift with C. J. Cummings line S2 W23 poles to a corner to land belonging to Chas. Mann’s estate thence with the lines of the same S87 ¼ E75 poles to two black oak stumps S71 ½ E14 ½ poles to a small black walnut thence S82 ½ E36 ½ poles to the beginning, this deed was made by the execution [sanction?] of L. C. Cummings who sold it to Phelps and the said Wm Y C White and Margaret J White his wife covenant with the said John Phelps, that they will warrant generally the land hereby conveyed.  Witness the following signatures and seals.

                                                                        Wm Y. C. White

                                                                        Margaret J. White

State of Virginia

Washington County to wit

I Leander Bough a Notary Public for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Wm. Y. C. White and Margaret J. White his wife parties to the within deed bearing date 8^th January 1872 acknowledged the same before me.  Margaret J. White having been first examined privily and apart from her husband and having the same fully explained to her noted that she had willingly signed it and wished not to retract it.  Given under my hand this 15^th day of January 1872.

                                                                        Leander Bough, N.P.

[Note that it is not known whether this John Phelps is the one who was the father of Ida Frances Phelps Branch.  But the land is in the same section where he lived and he did parcel out a lot of land to his children when he died some 14 years after this purchase date.]

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