Lot 793
Lee, Richard Henry. Partial document signed in the text, one page, 4½ x 9", Fauquier County (Virginia), May 24, 1764. "Jeffries shall not make waste of any timber but what shall be necessary to build or repair houses or for other necessary uses on the hereby demised premises. He the said George Jeffries or Sarah or Alexander Jeffries yielding and paying yearly andf every year during their natural lives and on the first day of October six pounds five shillings current mney of Virginia and pay the quit rents and land tax lawfully demanable for the premises, and plant and keep under a sufficient fence one hundred apple trees and also build a dwelling house sixteen feet square and a tobacco house twenty four feet long by twenty feet wide, and work no more than three Tighables and an Overseer and keep the said the said tenement in good and sufficient repair. And the said George Jeffries doth hereby promise covenant and agree to and with the said Richard Henry Lee that the said George Jeffries and Sarah his wife…." Paper is toned and fragile, with edge chips affecting a couple of letters of text, but the document is boldly penned, as is the signature in the text.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500.
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| Realized $1,080 |
