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1788-1789 Culpeper County, Virginia Deed Book O; [Antient Press]; Page 391-392
THIS INDENTURE of AGREEMENT made & entered into this 29th day of June in year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & Eighty nine Between JOSEPH MORTON of County of Culpeper & CHARLES PORTER of County of ORANGE. Whereas JOSEPH MORTON having purchased the Plantation & Saw Mill late the property of WILLIAM BOURN of aforesaid County of Culpeper and the said CHARLES PORTER being now in possession of the Grist Mill on the opposite side river, and said JOSEPH MORTON & CHARLES PORTER having agreed to keep up the said Mill Dam (commonly called BOURNS MILL DAM) at their Joint Expence; NOW THIS INDENTURE Witnesseth that if at any time hereafter the execution of this Indenture the said Mill Dam should be out of Repair and that it should not be convenient for both of them to assist in repairing the same, that then either of them, said JOSEPH MORTON & CHARLES PORTER shall be hereby enabled to do such repairs and to charge his copartner with half the expence but that previous to doing any repairs of this kind, the party desirous of doing the same his heirs give unto the other party his heirs fourteen days notice of his Intention & if the said River should at any time rise to such a hight as to wash around the Dam on either side, that then either of the parties their heirs shall be at liberty immediately on giving notice to the other party his heirs to so such repairs by extending the said Mill Dam as far as may be necessary and if not assisted in doing the same by the other party his heirs to be allowed half the expences at a fair charge for doing the same; And the said Mill Dam shall be kept up to the same hight that it now is at the time of ensealing these presents and for the sure obscurance of which, said JOSEPH MORTON & CHARLES PORTER severly bind themselves their heirs unto the other in the just & full sum of Two hundred pounds currency of this State; and have hereunto severly set their hands & seals the day & year first above written
Signed Scald & Delivered in the presence of
WM. MORTON, CAMP PORTER, JOSH: MORTON
JOHN MORTON, JOHN BOURN CHARLES PORTER
At a Court held for Culpeper County the 21st day of June 1790
This Agreement between JOSEPH MORTON & CHARLES PORTER was proved by the Oaths of WILLIAM MORTON & CAMP PORTER, witnesses thereto, & ordered to be recorded
Teste JOHN JAMESON, Cl Cur
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1790-1791 Culpeper County, Virginia Deed Book Q (Part 1); [Antient Press]; Page 267-270
THIS INDENTURE made this 12th day of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety one Between ANDREW BOURN and ELIZABETH his Wife of one part and JOSEPH MORTON of other part; Witnesseth that ANDREW BOURN & ELIZABETH his Wife in consideration of Four hundred and Fifty five pounds current money to them in hand paid by JOSEPH MORTON, by these presents doth bargain and sell unto JOSEPH MORTON his heirs a certain tract of land lying in County of Culpeper containing by estimation Six hundred and Fifty acres be the same more or less and is bounded; Begining at two red Oaks and a Persimon saplin on a level! corner to JOSEPH MORTON, thence North forty nine degrees East twenty four poles to a white Oak & two Pine saplins. thence North fifty eight degrees East one hundred and four poles to two post Oaks in a Branch, thence South twenty two degrees East forty two poles to two box Oaks on a level, thence North sixty eight degrees East two hundred and two poles to a Birch on the North side CEDAR RUN, thence down the Run the courses thereof to a Poplar and white Oak, thence North twenty eight & half degrees East forty six poles to a red and white Oak by a large Rock, thence South eighty seven & half East forty six poles to a white Oak on a Hill side; thence South twenty four and half degrees West sixty pole crossing CEDAR RUN to a Bunch of bushes on South side of said Run, thence down said Run the several courses thereof to the RAPPADAN RIVER, thence up the said River to the mouth of a Ditch emptying into said River, thence with said Ditch South thirty degrees West fifty poles to (blank), thence North seventy two degrees West one hundred and thirteen poles to (blank), thence North thirty two degrees West one hundred and fifty eight pole to (blank), thence South sixty degrees West one hundred and eighty eight pole to (blank), thence North forty one degrees West two hundred & twenty eight pole to the begining; Together with all water courses with all rents profits and advantages to said tract of land belonging; To have and to hold the land and premises with appurtenances unto JOSEPH MORTON his heirs; And ANDREW BOURN doth hereby oblige himself and his heirs to warrant and defend the right & title of said land and premises to JOSEPH MORTON his heirs against the claim of any person; In Witness whereof the said ANDREW BOURN and ELIZABETH his Wife path hereunto set their hands & affixed their seals the day & year first above written
Sign'd Seed & Delivered in the presence of
GEO: MORTON, WM: MORTON, ANDREW BOURN
JOSEPH STEWARD, NATHL. TALIAFERRO, ELISABETH BOURN
REUBEN WAGGONER, JOHN GRINNAN
January 12th 1791. Then received of Mr. JOSEPH MORTON Four hundred & fifty five pounds current money of Virginia in full of the within consideration; As Witness my hand the day & date above mentioned
Tests NATIIL: TALIAFERRO; WM: MORTON, ANDREW BOURN
REUBEN WAGGONER, JOSEPH STEWARD, ELISABETH BOURN
JOHN GRINNAN, GEO: MORTON
At a Court held for Culpeper County the 18th day of July 1791
This Indenture of Bargain &Sale from ANDREW BOURN &ELIZABETH his Wife to JOSEPH MORTON, together with a Receipt thereon endorsed, was proved by the Oaths of JOSEPH STEWARD, REUBEN WAGGONER & JOHN GRINNAN, three of the witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded
Teste JOHN JAMESON, Cl Cur
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The Virginia Genealogist Volume 31, 1987 [John Frederick Dorman] Page 55
1775-1803 British Mercantile Claims
(Pp . 33-3 5] Elijah Morton, Orange. £30.2.81 by note. He died about ten years ago in Orange County. After the
peace he possessed a very good estate and was generally reputed solvent but about 1788 or 1789 he conveyed the whole of his estate to his children in order to avoid the payment of a large sum of money for which he was bound as security for a man who had become insolvent. In making this conveyance to his children it was never his intention to avoid the payment of his own just debts and out of the part assigned to his son Jos: Morton he expressly stipulated that his British debts should be paid if they were ever recoverable, it being then doubtful whether they would ever be paid. Jos: Morton removed to Georgia since thepeace and died there. But his eldest daughter is married to Capt. David Clarkson of Albemarle. There are about four slaves, two of whom are valuable, now in the possession of the widow of Elijah Morton in Orange and after her death they are by the terms of the conveyance already mentioned to descend to the representatives of Jos: Morton, subject to the payment of the British debts. If the creditors had pursued those measures which the laws of the state prescribe, they would hardly have failed in a recovery long before this time.
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