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Index Card #5
Barnes, E. L.
21 Octo. 1900
Henrico County
1a. An Island in James River, a short distance above the dam, at the old Pump House and near the Henrico Shore.
(written in margin) Charles E Jones &c. 1 acre Henrico Co Sent to C.E. Jones by J.P. Rettis Octo 22, 1900
In (looks like Chaneny) Court of the City of Richmond July 29th. 1913 - It was decreed in the Cause of the City of Richmond vs. Charles E. Jones et als that their Grant is Null & void, the Same being of record in O.B. No 88 Page 30 of (Chaneny) Courts Clerks Office Copy of Said decreed is filed in this office with the Survey upon which this grant is founded. This July 18th - 1914 Jno. W Richardson Register Land Office.
J. Hoge Tyler, Esquire, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia: To all to whom these Presents shall come--Greeting: KNOW YE, that in conformity with a survey made on the 28th day of March one thousand nine hundred by virtue of Land Office Treasury Warrant No. 30.796 there is granted by the said Commonwealth, unto Charles E Jones & E L Barnes a certain tract or parcel of land containing one (1) acre of land lying and being in the County of Henrico (an Island in James River, a short distance above the Dam at the Old Pump House, near the Henrico Shores) and bounded as follows: Beginning at a Triangular Rock at the upper end of said Island, thence N 77½° E. 120 C. N. 58° E. 1.C. N 81° E.120C. to point of a Rock, N.52° E.150C. N.49° E.1.00C. N.45° E.110C. N.23½° E.1.C.N.46° E.1.30C.N.12° E.50C. N.85° W.90C.S.56° W.60C. S.54° W.1.00C.S.27° W.75C.S.42½° W..90C.S.43½° W.1.C.S.50° W.55C. S.70° W..90C.S.55° W.1.C.S.54° W.1.C.S.31° W.1.20 to the point of beginning, with its appurtenances.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract or parcel of land, with its appurtenances, to the said Charles E Jones & E L Barnes and their heirs forever.
In Witness Whereof, the said J. Hoge Tyler, Esquire, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, hath hereunto set his hand and caused the Lesser Seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed at Richmond, on the 22nd day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand and nine hundred and of the Commonwealth the 125th
LESSER SEAL
J. Hoge Tyler
(Please Note: at this time I know of no connection between this Barnes and the ones of my line)