Deed
Gray to St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church (Haymarket)
PWCo Deed Book 52, pg. 451
This deed made this 21 day of April 1904, between Sarah A. Gray and
Ellen Gray, of the Town of Haymarket, Va., parties of the first part and C. E.
Jordan, T.J. Chew and A.H. Johnson trustees of St. Pauls Episcopal Church at
Haymarket, Va., parties of the second part.
Witnesseth: That for and in
consideration of the fact that the Kings Daughters and the Ladies Aid Society,
the auxiliaries of the said Church, have supported, for a number of years, and
are now supporting the parties of the first part, and in the further
consideration of the sum of Five Dollars, the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the said Sarah A. Gray and Ellen Gray have granted, bargained and
sold and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell and convey, with general
warranty, unto the said parties of the second part, trustees as aforesaid, all
of their title and interest in the following described real estate, to
wit: All of that certain parcel or lot
of ground lying and being situate in the Town of Haymarket, Prince William
County, Va., and bounded and described as follows, All of that lot upon which a
frame house is now standing, which said lot adjoins the lot sold by John
Barnett and wife to John Maddux, which said two lots are bounded as follows:
Beginning at the corner of Lafette and Franklin streets and running S.W. with
Layfette street 250 feet, thence S.E. 175 feet, with William street, thence
N.E. 250 feet to Franklin street, thence N.W. 175 feet with Franklin street to
the beginning, which said two lots are described in the plan of the said Town
as Lots Nos. 107 and 116; and for a more particular description of the said lot
reference is made to Deed Book No. 8, page 130, of the land records of said
county. This is the same property upon
which the parties of the first part now reside.
Witness the following signatures and seals.
Sarah A. Gray {seal}
Ellen Gray {Seal}
State of Virginia
County of Prince William, to wit:
I , T. E. Garnett, a justice of the peace for the county aforesaid in the
State of Virginia do certify that Sarah A. Gray and Ellen Gray, whose names are
signed to the writing hereto annexed, bearing date, the 21st day of
April 1904, have acknowledged the same before me in my county aforesaid.
Given under my hand this 22nd day of April 1904
T. E. Garnett J. P. [signed]
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Manassas Democrat – December 16, 1909
Virginia: In the Clerk’s Office
of the Circuit Court – Court of Prince William County, in vacation, the 15th
day of December, 1909.
Bailey Taylor and Eugene Keyser,
vs.
C.E. Jordan, T.J. Chew and Geo. G. Tyler, trustees of Saint Paul’s
Episcopal Church, at Haymarket, Virginia, Martha M. Stille and --- Stille, her
husband; Emma Cologne and Don Cologne, her husband; Hamilton Clarke and James
D. Shirley
IN CHANCERY.
Memo: The general object of the
above styled suit is to make sale of a certain lot or parcel of land lying and being
situate in the town of Haymarket, Prince William County, Virginia, bounded by
Lafayette, Franklin and Williams streets, being a lot 175 x 250 feet, with
improvements thereon, and of which the late John R. Shirley died seized and
possessed, and belonging to the said Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, at
Haymarket, Virginia, Martha M. Stille, Emma Cologne, Hamilton Clark and James
D. Shirley, and divide the proceeds thereof amongst the parties entitled
thereto.
[The case came to Chancery because there was some question as to who actually owned the above-referenced parcel of land and who had (or didn't have) the right to sell it to the Church. (LVA Chancery Index No. 1910-035, Original Case No. 46) ~cgl]
