George Waller to Epaphroditus Rhodes-1774
Albemarle County, Virginia
Deed Book 6, Page 353
Transcribed by Sharon K Barrett
George the third by the grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland king Defender of the Faith. To Archibald Gordon Peter Copland and Robert Chandler Gen. Greeting Whereas George Waller and Anne his wife by their Indenture of feoffment bearing date the Seventeenth Day of November One thousand Seven hundred and Seventy two hath Convey the fee-simple Estate of three hundred acres of Land lying in the County of Albemarle unto Epaphroditus Rodes and whereas the said Anne cannot conveniently travel to our said County of Albemarle to make acknowledgment of the said Conveyance therefore we do Give unto you or any two of you power to receive the acknowledgment which the said Anne shall be willing to make before you of the Conveyance aforesaid contained in the said Indenture which is here unto annexed and we do therefore command you that you do privately go to the Said Anne and Examine her privately and apart from the Said George her Husband and whether she doth the Same freely and voluntarily without his persuasions or threats and whether she be willing that the Same shall be recorded in our County Court of Albemarle and when you have Received her acknowledgment and Examined her as aforesaid that you distinctly and openly Certify our Justices thereof in our said Court under your Seals lending then there the Said Indenture and this Writ
Witness John Nicholas Clk of our Said Court this Sixth day of August in the 10th year of Our Reign.
Test
Tucker Woodson DC
The Execution of this Commission appears in certain schedule hereunto annexed.
Pittsylvania:
By virtue of the within Commission to us directed we the Subscribers have examined the within mentioned Anne Waller privately and apart from her husband and have received her acknowledgment that she willingly and freely relinquishes her right of dower in the land conveyed by her s’d husband by a certain Deed annexed to the foresaid Commission and that she consents and is willing that this her acknowledgement should be Recorded as the Law directs Certify’d under our hands and seals this 19th April 1774
Peter Copland
Robert Chandler