Records oi' Dekds for \\k>\ Au(;usta, Virginia. 2()3 



lawful money of (Ireat IJritain being the full Consideration 

 money in this written hnlenture mentioned 



AN'itness Geo Croghan 



John Camj^bell 



Joseph Simon 



John Campbell 



At a Court continued and held for Augusta County at Fort 

 Dunmore Alay the i8th 1775 



George Croghan Cent acknowledged this his Deed of Bar- 

 gain and Sale with T-ivery and Seisen and a receipt thereon 

 endorsed to Bernard Gratz which is ordered to be recorded 



Test John Madisox CI Cu 



Examined axd delivered This Indenture 



Joseph Simon, May 28th, 1775 made the 9th day 



of July in the year 

 of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and seventy two 

 Between George Croghan of Fort Pitt Esquire on the one part 

 and Joseph Simons of Lancaster in the province of Pennsyl- 

 vania Merchant on the other part Whereas lohonorissa Scaya- 

 radia and Caswantiecea chiefs or Sachems of the six united 

 Nations of Indians did by their deed duly executed bearing 

 date the Second day of August One thousand seven hundred 

 and forty nine for the Consideration therein specified grant 

 bargain and sell unto the said George Croghan in fee a certain 

 tract or Parcel of Land sytuate lying and being on the south 

 side of the Monongahela River beginning at a Run nearly 

 opposite to Turtle Creek and then down the said Monongahela 

 (12) River to its Junction with the River Ohio computed to be ten 

 Miles then running down the Eastern Bank or side of the said 

 River Ohio to where Racoon Creek empties itself into the said 

 River thence up the said Creek ten miles and from thence on 

 a direct line to the place of beginning containing by estimation 

 One hundred thousand Acres be the same more or less as by 

 the said Deed may more fully appear And Whereas certain 

 Chiefs or Sachems fully representing the six united nations 

 aforesaid in full Council at Fort Stanwix assembled did by their 

 Deed poll duly executed bearing date the fourth day of Novem- 



