Massie Papers 1766-1825

Creator
Bearing Witness to Enslaved Women and Their Future Issue and Increase in the Massie Family’s 18th- and 19th-Century Reproductive Labor Systems
Archive
Duke
Collection
Massie family papers, 1766-1920s
Box
Box 1
Folder
Massie Papers 1766-1825
Rights
Free Re-Use No Copyright - United States
Date added
17 September 2026 9.07 pm
Date modified
1 October 2026 2.31 pm

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Document excerpt

Thomas Massie Esqr 3.111 Acres from the old patent Amherst County, to Wit Surveyed for Thomas Massie the 18th day of October 1795 in the said County 3.111 Acres being part of a tract of 23.700 Acres of Land Surveyed for the Revnd Robert Rose March 23d 1741 and sold by John Rose to Thomas Massey, and annext thare to is three Surveys, one whareof Contains 150 Acres of Land by patent Granted to John Rose the 3d day of March 1760 one nother tract Containing 400 Acres Granted to the said John Rose by patent Dated July 10th 1767 also one nother tract Containing 191 Acres Granted to Leonard Tarrant the by patent Dated September the 10th day 1767 and Conveyed to the said John Rose by Deed bearing Date Novr 17th 1774 Recorded in the County Court of Amherst and is bounded as followith, to Wit, Beginning at, pointers of 3 Dogwood & 2 Chesnuts in Nicholas Cabells line & with his lines N 61 W. 264 po. to a Gum & fallendown Chesnut Oak, & 3 yours Chesnuts and N. 46 W. 52 po. to pointers Corner to Namer Hill the same Court Continued on his lines to a fallendown Red Oak & a pile of Stone among pointers Corner to the said Roses 150 Acres thence with its lines & the lines of the other two Surveys N 37 W. 256 po. to pointers North 58 po to pointers. N 15 W 23 po. to pointers N 85 E. 64 po. to pointers N 27 E. 10 po. to pointers N 81 W. 141 po. to Chesnut. N 6 E. 73 po. to pointers N 35 W. 140 po. to a Chesnut Oak N 32 E 52 po. to forked poplar S 55 E. 62 po. to pointers North 46 po. to a Hicory N 62 E. 92 po. to a Hicory S 68 E. 50 po. to a Chesnut Oak. N 85 E. 232 po. to pointers and S 49 E. 92 po. to a fallendown Spanish Oak and a pile of Stones among pointers Corner to the old patent and to Zacks Taliferro thence with Taliferros lines S 86 E. 157 po. to pointers Round a Spanish Oak N 70 E 36 po. to a Red Oak Saplin among pointers and S 86 E. at 140 po. Tye River, 340 po. to a Dogwood Corner to the old patent and with its line S 4 W. 610 po. to a White Oak on a hill thence a new line N 70 W. 36 po. to a Hicory on the North bank of tye River thence Down and a Cross the Same as its Meanders 304 po. to pointers on the South bank of said River thence a new line S 15 W. 98 po. to the first Station By Jas. Higginbotham Surv[er]