GEORGE W. CHESHIRE GRANTS PROPERTY TO HENRY E. CARTER 1869
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VA


This deed made this 15th day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine between George W. Cheshire of the County of Prince William of the one part and Henry E. Carter trustee of the said County of the other part. Witnesseth that the said George W. Cheshire doth grant unto the said Henry E. Carter the following property to wit: two feather beds, bedsteads, one bureau, one tin clock, one small wagon, two sets of harness, thirty barrels of corn and the tract of land where the said George W. Cheshire now lives containing forty acres and bounded on the east by the Landen Dowell ____ by the land of William Carter and south of Quantico Run. The trust to secure to James W. Cheshire of the town of Alexandria the payment of the sum of one bond or note bearing date on the first day of July 1859 and for the sum of six hundred dollars and payable on the ___ of December 1859. And is rented by the said George W. Cheshire and payable to the said James W. Cheshire, in the event of a default in the payment of the said bond or note in whole in part at the time it falls due sale may be made. And covenant and agreed between the parties aforesaid in the case of sale the same shall be made after first advertising the time piece and terms thereof for 30 days or for four weeks in a cocil newspaper if there be one in said county aforesaid and in or on the following terms to wit for cash as much as to so much of the proceeds as may be necessary to defray the expenses of executing this trust the fee and for drawing and recording deed if then unpaid and to discharge the amount of principal and interest then payable on said bond or and if there be any residue of said purchase money they shall be made payable to such time and be secured in such manner is the said George W. Cheshire his executors administrators or assigns shall direct or in case of his heirs failing to give such directions at such time and such manner to give such directions at such time and such manner as the said Henry E. Carter may hold the same until the lawfully ordered to dispose of the same the said George W. Cheshire covenants to pay all taxes and payments dues and charges upon the said property herein conveyed so long as he or his heirs assigns shall hold the same. As witness our hands and seals this 15 day of November 1859.
GEORGE W. CHESHIRE
HENRY E. CARTER

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY to wit.
I John C. Weedon justice of the peace for the county aforesaid in the State of Virginia do certify that George W. Cheshire whose name is signed to the writing hereto annexed the same before me in my county aforesaid. Given under my hand this 18th day of November 1859.
John C. Weedon J.P.
In the clerks office of PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY Court November 30th 1859. This deed of George W. Cheshire to Carter with a certificate annexed was received and admitted to record.
Teste Lipscomb Clerk

SOURCE: Land Deed Book 25, Pages 126 and 127, PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va.