Records of Dkkds for West Au(;us'ja, Virginia. 305 



This Agreement between Cornelius Doherty and (jeorge 

 Aston was i)roved by Valentine Thomas D' Alton one of the 

 Witnesses thereto and Ordered to be Recorded 



Test John Madison [L S] 



(53) Examined & delivered This Indenture 

 (reo Morgan September the 29th 1775 made the Nine- 

 teenth day of Sep- 

 tember in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred 

 and Seventy five between George Croghan Escjuire of Pitts- 

 burgh of the one part and Thomas Lawrence of the City of 

 Philadelphia Esquire of the other part Whereas lohonorissa 

 Scarayadiaand Cosswantinecea Cheifs or Sachems of the Six 

 L'nited Nations of Indians did by their deed duly Executed 

 bearing date the Second day of August in the Year of our Lord 

 One Thousand Seven Hundred and forty nine for the Consid- 

 eration therein Specified Grant Bargain and Sell unto the said 

 George Croghan in Fee a Certain Tract or Parcel of Land situ- 

 ate lying and being on the South side of the Monongahela 

 River Beginning at the mouth of a Run nearly Opposite Turtle 

 Creek and then down the said Monongahela River to its Junc- 

 tion with the River OHio computed to be ten Miles then run- 

 ning down the Eastern Bank and sides of and unto 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 duly Executed bearing date the fourth day of November 

 One Thousand Seven hundred and Sixty Eight for the Consid- 

 eration therein Mentioned Grant Ratifie and Confirm unto his 

 Most sacred Majesty George the Third by the Grace of God 

 King of Great Britain France and Ireland &c his Heirs and 

 Successors for the Use Benefit and Behoof of the said George 

 Croghan all the above bounded and described Tract or Parcel 



(54) of Land and Premises as by the said Deed Poll recorded in the 



