AMELIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA

BENTLEY FAMILY

Selected Deed Abstracts


Note: I have been unable to locate the deed(s) to Samuel Bentley.

County

Book.Page

Date

Grantor

Grantee

Acres

Watercourse

VA Amelia

Unrecorded

1 Jan 1785

Samuel Bentley, Sr.

Elizabeth Vaughan

50

Gift of life estate. Adj. Samuel Bentley, Jr., Cha. Connally, Bentley’s Spring, Sarah Bentley. Being the plantation I now live on. Upon her death shall revert to my estate. Witnesses: George Connally, Jr., Thomas Connally, William P. Jackson. Proved 24 Mar 1785. Gibson Jefferson McConnaughey, Unrecorded deeds and Other Documents of Amelia County, Virginia 1750-1902, p. 6.

VA Amelia

D. B. 19.176

22 Mar 1785

Samuel Bentley, Sr.

Sarah Bentley

12

Race Paths

Gift. Adj. Corner of Samuel Bentley, Jr., George Connally. Witnesses: George Connally, Jr., William P. Jackson, Thomas Connally. Partially Proved 27 Sep 1788; Proved 26 Jul 1792.

VA Amelia

Unrecorded

1 Aug 1787

Sarah Bentley

George Connally, Jr.

12

Race Paths

Gift. Given to her by her father Samuel Bentley, Sr. Adj. Corner of Samuel Bentley, Jr., George Connally. Witnesses: Drury Harper, Thomas Connally, Randolph Elmore. Proved 27 Sep 1788. Gibson Jefferson McConnaughey, Unrecorded deeds and Other Documents of Amelia County, Virginia 1750-1902, p. 6.

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