Then Re Survey'd for Richard Stephenson and William Davis a certain
tract of waste and ungranted Land beg: at 1 Spanish Oak black Oak
& white Oak & run thence N^o....10°...E^t Forty three poles to a
Large hic: in a hallow thence S^o...80 E^t One hund^d poles to
a Large white Oak & small hickory in or near y^e Old Corner th:
S^o..37..E^t One hund^d & Eighty four poles to a Dead white O. &
living one by a path side thence N^o..36....E^t Thirty Six poles
to a Stoop^g white Oak by a path Side Corner to a tract Survey'd
for William Davis thence S^o -- --50°-45′...E^t four hund^d and
twelve poles to a red Oak Another Corner of William Davis's Land in
Col^o Geo. Fairfax's Line thence S^o 41 W^t Three hund^d & Ninety
Eight Poles to a hickory Saplin about 8 pole x the N^o Branch of
Bullskin[88] thence N^o..37°...W^t...Two hund^d & Eighty poles to
small hickory Saplins about 90 pole from the Corner of the Patent
Land a broken top^d red Oak Pits's--Patent thence with his Lines
N^o 50 E^t Seventy poles to a red Oak in Stephensons clear'd
Ground--thence N^o 5 W^t 242 p to a Corner--Two hund^d & fifty
poles to 2 hickorys thence N^o--35°--W^t 160 po. thence N^o 85° 30′
W^t 18 ps- to a Large white Oak by a parcel of Rocks then reduced
to a straight Line is N^o...40°-45′..W^t One hund^d & Seventy One
po thence N^o...80--W^t Seventy Eight poles to the beg: con^g 810
LEWIS THOMAS } 398
WILLIAM CRAWFORD } 240
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DANIEL M^{C}KLEDUFF _M^r_. 158
[Footnote 88: Bullskin is a small stream which rises within the
present boundaries of Jefferson county, West Virginia. George
Washington, and also his brothers Lawrence and John Augustine,
owned large tracts of land in the vicinity of this stream.]