Historic Gardens of Virginia 



hath hereto subscribed his name and affixed his seal on the day 

 and year first above written. 



Benj. Harrison. (Red Seal) 



Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of: 

 Ro. C. Nicholas 

 Edm'd Pendleton 

 J. S. Mercer 



[Endorsement] 

 Harrison | 



to I Deed 



Coles j 



Proved by 2 Witnesses 

 Fully proved & to be Reco'd 

 Recorded & Exe'd 



Virginia Jet's 



At a General Court held at the Capital the 5th day of May 

 1770— 



This Indenture was proved by the Oaths of Edmund Pendleton 

 and James Mercer witnesses thereto and on the seventh day of the 

 same month the said Indenture was proved by the Oath of Robert 

 Carter Nicholas Esq. another witness thereto and ordered to be 

 Recorded. 



Teste Ben Waller, CI. Cor't. 



The several hands through which the estate passed from 

 Colonel William Byrd, of Westover, were Richard Bland, Benja- 

 min Harrison, Isaac Coles, the Bruce ancestor; General Edward 

 Carrington, and to his first cousin, James Coles Bruce. 



The original house of red brick was built by Isaac Coles and 

 had a garden enclosed by a brick wall. These were replaced by 

 James C. Bruce in 1839, ^^^ ^^e original box hedges, thirty feet 



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