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GRANT BK. 7, P. 120-121 Patrick Henry Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, to all to whom these presents shall come Greeting. Know y[o]u that by virtue of a Certificate in right of Settlement given by the Commissioners for adjusting the Titles to unpatented lands in the District of Kentucky and in Consideration of the ancient Composition of two pounds sterling paid by Alexander Pollock into the Treasury of this Commonwealth, there is granted by the said Commonwealth unto the said Alexander Pollock a certain tract or parcel of land containing four hundred Acres by survey, bearing Date the 20th day of June 1784 lying and being in the County of Fayette on the waters of Hingtons fork of licking and bounded as followeth, to Wit, Beginning at an Elm and hoopwood Corner to Henry Thompson and William Steele thence with Steeles line South fifteen degrees east one hundred and fifty poles to a hoop ash and hickory Corner to said Steal and John Miller. thence with Millers line North seventy five degrees East seventy six poles to said Millers Corner, thence with Millers line South fifteen degrees east one hundred and twenty eight poles crossing a large branch to a red oak and beech in Millers line. thence North seventy five degrees east three hundred poles to a Buckeye and border, thence north fifteen degrees West one hundred and forty poles to a Buckeye near a large branch a Corner to Henry Thompson, thence with said line North eighty five degrees West four hundred poles to the Beginning. Including Pollocks Cabbin, with its appurtenances to have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land with its appurtenances to the said Alexander Pollock and his heirs forever; In Witness whereof the said Patrick Henry Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, hath hereunto set his hand and caused the lesser Seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed at Richmond on the 21st day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty five and of the Commonwealth the tenth Patrick Henry