Page 59
Wm. HURT, Jr., 140 acres by like title.
Page 62-63 TITLES UPON INDIAN LEASES (June 1699)
This sommittee conceived that the following claims and titles to Lan in Pamunkey Neck haveing their ground and foundation upon Indian leases are, ipso facto, Null & Void as being contrary to the true Intent and meaning of the Articles of Peace and to the 136th Act of Assembly in the Printed Book. But because it conduces much to the advancement of his Maj'ties Interest and the prepleing of this his Maj'ties Colony that the said lands should be held of the King as others, and because the severall persons claimeing thereby have their immediate dependance thereupon and have made severall improvements and have a long continued & uninterrupted possession, this Committee therefore conceived that (his Maj'ties grant to his Royall Colledge of William & Mary and the former salvo's reserved) a favourable Grant thereof may be made to them in severally, Viz:-
...
Robert Napier 100 acres leased to Alexander Mackdonald and assigned to him and 800 acres leased to himselfe.
Matt: Mullins 150 acres leased to Thomas Ward & assigned to him
John Whitock 150 acres by the same title
Susannah Page 1, 000 acres leased to herselfe.
Anthony Fuller and James Johnson 300 acers leased to them by George Pargiter.
Mich: Wardrope 90 acres assigned to him by Fuller & Johnson.
James Hayfield 100 acres by same title.
John Thompson 450 acres assigned by William Clark & Marg't AClarke.
Joseph Hayles, Joseph Cockerham & John Dixon 1,500 acres.
Joshua Normand in behalfe of Joseph Southerland, Phillip Southerland and George Southerland orphans of George Southerland 300 acres.
Thomas Ware 600 acres leased to himselfe.
Thomas Mackgehee 100 acres leased to himselfe.
Phillip Williams 100 acres assigned by Mackdonald.
John baker 500 acres.
Edward Hackstep 550 acres leased to his mother and himselfe.
Richard Gissedge 2,000 acres.
John HURT 80 acres.
Francis Hill 250 acres.
William Byrd, son and heir of Robert Byrd Gentl. dec'd, 1,200 acres leased to the said Robert.
Ambrose Smith 600 acres.
Ambrose Smith, John Dixon, John HURT, & Benjamin Arnold 900 acres.
John Maddison & Thomas Perring 600 acres.
Samuel Williams & Wm. Lea 200 acres.
Sam'll Williams & Dan'll Coleman 600 acres.
Thomas Spencer Sr. 250 acres.
Edmund Smith & Robert Dowglas, orphan & devisee of Rob't Dowglass, dec'd, 300 acres leased to Edmund Smith & Robert Dowglass.
Wililam Haynes erpresenting that Mr. Wm. Bates about 12 years ago purchased of Capt. Roger Mallory betwixt two and three hundred acresof land in Pamunkey Neck which the ad. Mallory held by Indian title and the ad. Bates soon after departing this Country and now presumed to be dead and haveing no Attorney here , prayed Grant for the same. This Committee conveived the said William Haynes hath no colour of title for the same.
William Leigh of King and Queen County, Gentl. representing to his Excellency that by an order of Councill dated 25th November 168 it was directed that 4,000 acres of land should be laid out for the Rappa' Indians about the toen where they dwelt. 3,474 acres were laid out bu thte indians deserted the land after some time and Wililam Leigh wished to amke a survey of the land. The Committee said this land was not in Pamunkey Neckor Blackwater and was not within their Cognizance but presumed the usual methods could be followed for takeing up the land.