Robert Bond Long

Abt 1754 - Aft 1804  (~ 51 years)

• Name	Robert Bond Long
  Birth	Abt 1754	St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 1804	St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia
  Person ID	I22082	Tree1
  Last Modified	18 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Long,   b. 1728, Hanover Parish, King George County, Virginia d. 20 Feb 1804, St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia - appraisal (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Bond,   b. Abt 1732, St. George's Parish, Spotsylvania County, Virginia d. Aft 1804, St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia (Age ~ 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1748	St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia
  Family ID	F14441	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  === sons John and Robert mentioned in lease 1773-1775 Culpeper County, Virginia Deed Book G; [Antient Press]; Page 63-69 THIS INDENTURE made this 16th day of August 1773 Between BERNARD MOORE Guardian of ALEXANDER SPOTSWOOD Son and Heir of JOHN SPOTSWOOD late of County of SPOTSYLVANIA Esqr. deceased and BENJAMIN LONG of County of Culpeper Whereas Major General ALEXANDER SPOTSWOOD was at the time of his death seised in fee simple of Forty thousand acres of land in Counties of ORANGE and Culpeper granted to him by Patent and called the SPOTSYLVANIA TRACT on which he had in his life time placed many Tenants for life and being so seised made his last Will and Testament bearing date the 19th of April 1740 & therein among other things did give said Tract to his Eldest Son JOHN SPOTSWOOD intail but impowered his Exors to lease out any of his said lands and appointed his Wife BUTLER SPOTSWOOD, ELLIOT BENGER Gentleman and ROBERT ROSE Clerk Exors of his said Will all of whom are since dead as is also said John Spotswood the Son and the aforesaid Alexander Spotswood John's Son & heir now become Intituled to said intailed lands who is an Infant and said Bernard Moore party hereto is his Guardian and Whereas by an Act of Assembly made the first year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King George the third Intituled An Act to enable the Executors of the Will of John Spotswood Esqr. deceased to pay the debts & legasies due from Estate of Major General Alexander Spotswood and for other purposes the Guardian for time being of the Eldest Son of said John Spotswood is impowered at. any time during such Son Minority to lease out any part of the said land for years or for life or lives for the benefit of such Son as said Major General Spotswood in his life had leased any of said Lands NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that in consideration of Rents and Covenants herein after mentioned on the part of the said Benjamin Long and his assigns he the said Bernard Moore doth grant to farm lett unto the said Benjamin Long One hundred and sixty acres of land with appurtenances (Except all mines, minerals and Queries whatsoever) being in the County of Culpeper on the North side of the River Rapidanne being part of the tract above mentioned the Bounds are discribed by a plot and survey thereof endorsed on the back of this Indenture to said Benjamin Long & his assigns during the natural lives of said Benjamin Long his Sons JOHN and ROBERT LONG & the life of the longest liver of them paying therefore yearly & every year of the first Eight hundred and eighty pounds weight of Merchantable Tobacco of the growth of the said Plantation if so much be made - if not then of other merchantable Tobacco clear of grown leaves and Trash according to Law Together with Cask and delivering the same at some convenient landing in the County of Spotsylvania the first payment become due on the 25th of December 1769 that he the said Benjamin Long shall within four years plant Three hundred good fruit trees whereon one third at least to be good Apple Trees & same inclose with a good and lawfull fence & they shall' maintain and keep all the messuage buildings and fences in good & sufficient repair and that he the said Benja. Long shall when ever required assist with Ten days work of one able Labouring hand for making the water dam or race of any Grist Mill which the said Alexander Spotswood shall think fitting to erect and build on the aforesaid Spotsylvania Tract & if at any time the Water Dam of any Grist Mill on the aforesaid Spotsylvania Tract shall be broke down by any fresh or Inundation that said Benjamin Long and assigns shall assist with one Labouring hand not exceeding five days work in one year towards repairing the same and further that said Benjamin Long shall not without leave of the Land Lord set another Tenant on any part of the premises nor work the same with Slaves in whom he has no manner of property now nor shall he have power to assign over this lease to any other person and further that it shall be lawfull for the said Alexander Spotswood his heirs and assigns and his & their Servants & Workmen at all time into all or any part of the Demised premises (the Dwelling House and other Houses & Orchards thereon being only excepted) to enter & thereto digg search or drain for any mines of Stone Iron Led Copper or other mine and to have free Ingress Egress and Regress for making best benefit of the same and for carrying away same with Carts Waggons Carriages Horses & Oxen from time to time . . In presence of BENJA. PENDLETON, Berd. Moore JAMES GREEN, BRUMFILL LONG A. Spotswood One hundred and sixty acres of Land within mentioned Surveyed by SAMUEL CLAYTON Surveyor of Culpeper County by Order of the within mentioned Bernd. Moore for Benjamin Long within mentioned Beginning at (A) a Hickory and Burch Corner to BROMFILL LONG on the Rapidanne River thence with his line North to (B) a Stone in an old field thence North to (C) two Dogwoods and a Hickory Corner to WILLM. UNDERWOOD thence South to (D) the Rapidanne River thence down the said River the several courses theretof to the beginning . . Memorandum that on the 7th day of June 1769 Possession and Seisen was delivered to Benjamin Long & his assigns by BERD. MOORE At a Court held for Culpeper County August the Sixteenth 1773 This Indenture of Lease acknowledged by Alexander Spotswood party hereto and ordered to be recorded.