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W'hi!^ looking through the flies In urarrh of a record In the county’#eichivc* in the ----- ___ —.yesterday Lowery O. Bowling, county clerk uncovered a deed made onJuly ft, iTy|SL.( . er Bottom, oncreek, a branch of New river to Mitchell Clay from John. Mr; ofDnnmore. lieutenant and governor of the province and colony of Virginia. This ie the tract, where MbsShow nee la located.The deed was in legible handwriting and signed by J. W. S. More. Notea on the deed cover were:“Montgomery Court Book D, pace 9. June 1. 1790; Hugh Tune* to George Fearis, 400 acres; Mitchell Clay to fiforge Pearl*. 403 acres ” The conveyance S* headed as follows:1 King Heorge the III by John. Karl of Dunmor*. lieutenant and governor of the province and colony of Virginia; H03 acre* of land at Clover Bit tom. on Bluestone creek, a brvnrh of New river, to Mitchell Clay, assignee of Lieut. John Draper. Fm-county. Surveyed April 23, 4, hv Daniel Smith, assistant to William Preston, surveyor of Fin-county.” A detailed hand-druwn map appears on the bark pace of the deed.The opening paragraph read* asfollows:“George the Third, by the Grace of God. of Great Britain. France and | I-eland King, defender of the faith, vcc to all to whom these presents glial! come: Greeting. Whereas hyone royal proclamation, dated atSaint James, the seventh day of October. one thousand seven hundred and slxty-thrae, in H»* third year of our reign, for regulating the Sessions made to ua in America by the treaty of peace; We command and empower our governors of our several provinces In North America to grant without fee or reward to such reduced officers as had served In North America during the late war. and to such private soldiers as had been or should he disbanded in America, and are actually residing there, aud should personally apply for the same. certain quantities of land, subject at the expiration of ten years to the same quit rents as other lands are subjected to, and It being sufficiently proved to our Lieutenant end Governor of our Colony and Dominion of Virginia, that John Draper, late a iieuenant In the service of this colony is entitled to two thousand acre* of land under our royal proclamation aforesaid 803 acres part thereof the said JohnDiaper hath assigned unto Mitchell Clay, etc.”The deed provided that Clay would have his due share of all veins, mines and quarries, discovered and undiscovered, within the bound-arie* the river and aeveral watercourses therin contained, together with the privileges of hunting, hawking. fishing, fowling and all the otherhereditaments to the sameThe consideration was that Clay, and his assigns forever, pay to the conveyor, “heirs and successors, for every fifty acres of land, and lt;*o proportionally for a lesser or greater quantity than 50 acres, the fee rent of one shilling yearly, upon the feast of Salni Michael the Archangel, next after ten years from the date of thee* presents, and also cultivating and improving three acres part of every fifty of tract above mentioned withinthree years after the date of these presents; provided always that if three years of the said fee from and after the expiration of the ten years, aforesaid, shall at any time he in arrears and unpaid, or If th* said Mitchell (’lay, his heirs or assigns do not within the space of three years next coming after the date of these presents, cultivate and improve three acres of every fifty of the tract, then the estate hereby granted shall cease and he utterly determined.” The deed was w itnessed and signed at Williamsburg. It is the oldest deed discovered among county records.METHODIST CHURCHPLANS RALLY DAYThe First Methodist church hAS made special preparation for a great rally day, Sunday. September 1ft, and the program will rover all serv-member of the church is expected t« he In his place at one or both ol the regular services on this doy.All the leadership of the church’* organizations are active this week Ir promoting this day. The music sermon theme*, and program* o various meetings will he in hormonj with the spirit of this day. The an nouncement of program* will appeal in the Saturday issue of the Teie graph.This will also he “Dollar day” ant “( atchup-day” on personal obliga tions for the support of the progran of the chureh. With conference aiu thf end of the year only three weekj off. this is most timely and neces sary, and will be generally welcoined.Af the ahnprh tt\r thn HavIn announcing the rally day Di J. M, Carter said: “The fall rail; day marks the end of summer witl 11s relaxations, vacations, traveli and general irregularities, and mark, the beginning of the season wneipeople are ready to seriously am earnestly resume regular life. Th school* are off to an auspidoustart, business in tuning up to . brisk and encouraging fall trade. I Is in keeping with the spirit of th hour for the chureh to get togethei catch their regular stride again, an vigorously met the most inviliug ot portunitle* for great service the have known In some years. 1 rraliiation of this, the First Methf dist church of Princeton has mad special preparation for a great railjday Sunday, September 16.”
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield, West Virginia, US
Fri, Sep 14, 1934
Page 22
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