April the 9.^th 1744 then appeared before me the Subscriber One of his Lordships Justices        of the Provincial Court the within named his Excellency Thomas Bladen Esq.^r Governor of
6     Maryland and acknowledged the within Deed According to Law
        recorded April 10.^th 1744                                                                    Jn.^o Brice


Ex.^d This Indenture made this Tenth Day of February Anno Domini Seventeen
       Hundred and Forty & Three  Between Philemon Church of Kent County and Province of
       Maryland Planter of the One Part and Samuel Groom of the same County & Province Gentleman
       of the other Part Witnesseth that the same Philemon for and in Consideration of Five Shillings
       Current Money of Maryland to him the same Philemon by the same Samuel in Hand paid before
       the Sealing and Delivery of these presents the Receipt whereof the same Philemon doth hereby
       Acknowledge and for Divers other good Causes and Considerations him the same Philemon thereunto
       Moving Hath Granted Bargained & Sold And by these Presents Doth Grant Bargain and Sell
       unto the same Samuel his Heirs and Assigns All that Tract or Parcell of Land lying and being in
       Kent County aforesaid called The Exchange and commonly Deemed and Reputed to be part
       of a Tract of Land called Cornwellis's Choice, Beginning, at a leaning Chesnutt
       Oak standing by the side of a Little Cove and running from the said Tree East Cross the said Cove
       and into the Woods One Hundred and Twenty Perches bounding on the End of the said East Line
       and running along North until it intersect a West Line of a Parcell of Land formerly in the Possession
       of a Certain Robert Gibson One hundred & Thirteen Perches Bounded on the said Intersection
       and Running along West along the Land of the said Gibson and until it intersect a
       South South East Line of the Land of a Certain William Welch Bounding on the said intersection
       and Runing South South East along the Land of the said Welch and unto the first Bounded
       Tree containing One Hundred Acres of Land more or less Together with all & Singular the
       Appurtenances thereunto belonging To have and to hold the said Tract or Parcell of
       Land and Appurtenances Contained within the Lines and Bounds af.^d unto the same Samuel
       his Heirs and Assigns from the last Day of December last past before the Date of these Presents
       for and during and unto the full End and Term of One whole Year from thence next Ensuing
       and fully to be Compleat & Ended Yielding and Paying therefore the Rent of One
       Peny Current Money of Maryland at the End of the said Term if the same shall be then
       Lawfully Demanded To the intent that by virtue of these presents And by force of the Statute
       for Transferring of Uses into Possession made and Provided the said Samuel may be in the Actual
       possession of the s.^d Tract or Parcell of Land and Premisses And may be thereby Enabled to take a
       Grant and Release of the Inheritance thereof to him and his Heirs for Ever to and for the Uses,
       Intents and Purposes intended to be Limitted and Declared in Certain Indentures of Release and
       Confirmation intended to bear Date the Day next after the Date of these presents And to be made
                                                                                                                                        (Between)