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Old Sam, fl. 1757 [Deed of land sale signed by Nottoway Chiefs]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04375 Author/Creator: Old Sam, fl. 1757 Place Written: Southampton County, Virginia Type: Document signed Date: January 11, 1757 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 40.6 cm, Width: 32.5 cm Order a Copy

Nottoway Chiefs Sam, Scholar, Skipper, Will, Turner, Step, Gray, Taylor, and Edmunds sign a deed selling Virginia land to Charles Simmons. Wood, Williams and Briggs sign as witnesses. Features paper and wax seals next to each of nine signers' names.

Briggs, Charles, fl. 1757
Edmunds, Howell, fl. 1757
Gray, Joseph, fl. 1757
Scholar, Robert, fl. 1757
Skipper, [George], fl. 1757
Step, Tom, fl. 1757
Taylor, William, fl. 1757
Turner, John, fl. 1757
Will, Jack, fl. 1757
William, Benjamin, fl. 1757
Wood, Benjamin, fl. 1757
Simmons, Charles, fl. 1757

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