Amanuensis Monday~1809 Land Deed Between Valentine Brock and Jane McKay

Amanuensis Monday is a genealogy blogging theme. It was started by John Newmark who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog.


His definition of Amanuensis is:
Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.

Today’s subject is a 1809 Land Deed Between Valentine Brock and Jane McKay.

VALENTINE BROCK TO JANE MCKAY

THIS INDENTURE made the 24^th day of October in the year of our Lord 1809. Between Valentine Brock of Anson County and the State of North Carolina of the one part and Jane McKay of the County and State aforesd. Of the other part WITNESSTH that for and in consideration of the sum of Four hundred dollars paid the Rec’t whereof is hereby acknowledged hath Given Granted Bargained sold conveyed and confirmed and by these presents doth Give Grant Bargain sell convey and confirm unto her the said Jane McKay and her present heirs and assigns forever all that piece or parcel of land Lying and being in the County and State aforesd. And bounded as follows(Viz.) Beginning in the line of John Akins Sen. on the south side of old Mill Creek and Runing with the said line So. 28 Wt. to a black oak sd. Adkins’s 2^nd corner in the flat Ground of said Creek then So. 62 Et. 212 poles down the Creek to a pine then No. 28 Et. With sd. Akins’s line to the Creek bank then up the said Creek with it meandering courses to the first station or beginning Including the plantation whereon Farqd. McRae formerly lived Containing one hundred acres [100] of Land more or less, Also another tract Beginning on a double white oak & 2 red oaks in the fork of a Branch in or near his own line and Runs So. 35 Wt. 30 chins to two hickories corner then with his other line So. 55 Wt. 10 chains to a stake by 3 pines pointers in the Edge of a Branch then So. 30 Wt. 10 chains to a stake then so. 54 Et. 20 chains to a stake then No. 30 Et. 40 chains to a stake thence a direct line to the Beginning containing fifty [50] acres of Land as doth appear by pattent <sic> granted to Farquhard McRae on the sd. South side of the creek Reference being had may appear TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said land and premises and the appurtenances together with the Reversion and Reversions remainder & remainders Rents Issues and profits thereof unto her the said Jane McKay and her present heirs and assigns forever and the said valentine Brock himself his heirs doth covenant and agree to warrant and defend the aforesd. Land and premises unto her the said Jane McKay and her present heirs and assigns forever against the claims and Demands of al persons whatsoever. In Witness whereof the sd. Valentine Brock hath hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year above written.
Signed, Sealed and delivered
In presence of
Jno. King                                                             Valentine (X his Mark) Brock {Seal}
Neill McLaurin
No. Carolina
Anson County April Sessions 1810.
Then the within deed was proved in open Court and ordered to be Registered.
Tod Robinson Clk.


Sometime finding these small snippets of known ancestors can be very frustrating. There is no doubt that this Valentine Brock is my ancestor. The problem becomes - Where does he belong or place in the Brock lineage.

This Land Deed and 3 other small snippets clearly places a Valentine Brock in both Anson County, NC and Chesterfield County, SC in the early 1800’s.

January 22, 1817, Benjamin Blakeney, Sheriff, $7000 lawful money given as bond by Benjamin Blakeney, John Craig, Haywood Tood, Valentine Brock, Peter May, Henry Jackson, William Land and Peter L. Robeson, Benjamin Blakeney, elected Sheriff in the presence of Hugh Craig, Alfred Blakeney; Commr. January 24, 1817 Erasmus Powe, William Ellerbe, and Allen Chapman approved sureties, recorded in Miscellaneous Records Book C, page 314-­315.

February 3, 1819, Edward Mulloy, Sheriff, $7000 lawful money given as bond by Edward Mulloy, Edward Burch, Haywood Tood, Valentine Brock, Lewis Boatwright, John Craig, and David Crawford, in the presence of John Chapman, Hugh Craig; Commr. William Ellerbe, Erasmus Powe, and Allen Chapman approved sureties February 3, 1819, bond certified by J.G. Brown, Secretary of State, recorded in Miscellaneous Records Book D, page 84­-85.

June 09, 1819, Edward Mulloy, Sheriff, $7000 lawful money given as bond by Edward Mulloy, Edward Burch, Haywood Todd, Valentine Brock, David Crawford, Lewis Boatwright and John Craig, in the presence of John Chapman, Hugh Craig; Commr. Erasmus Powe, W. Ellerbe and Allen Chapman approved sureties June 11,

This is either Valentine Jr., b. abt 1756 Son of Valentine Brock, Sr. also known as Valentine the Immigrant. This Valentine Brock can be found in the 1800-1810 and 1820 Census for Chesterfield County, SC.

Then there’s Valentine b. bef 1775 who is the son of the above Valentine Brock, Jr. This Valentine (III) married Elizabeth Lundy about 1807 and moved to Henry County, Georgia. 

If you have any information about any of the Valentine Brock’s mentioned within this web blog, please contact me through this blog by leaving comments or locate my e-mail in the right column and write me a message.




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[1] North Carolina, Deed Book: N, page 232, VALENTINE BROCK TO JANE McKAY; Register of Deeds, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina.