These retyped notes of Henry Rankin Sr. and A. M. Prichard were shared by Henry Rankin Jr. with LSS in the early 1990s. Highlighting and italics were added by LSS, who has not personally viewed the original Augusta County records. Occasionally a date, number of acres or name differs between the two men; the alternate is placed within brackets immediately following. As in all things, the researcher should view the original image to decide for himself which is correct. Transcriptions of original records from the South Carolina Department of Archives & History are true to the original except for highlighting as transcribed by LSS.
South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Recorded Book 36, page 301
State of South Carolina and District of Pendleton
for divers considerations and good Cause Have made ordained Constituted and appointed and by these presents do ordain constitute and appoint our trusty friend Matthew Blair of the County of Augusta and State of Virginia our true and lawful attorney for us in our name and to our use to Sell all our lands lying on the middle fork of Shennandoah River in the State of Virginia and County aforesaid giving and by these presents granting to our Said attorny our sole and full power and authority to Sell and make such Conveyences of the Said lands as the law requires also to receive payment for the Same in our names and to our use and to act in every Respect concerning the same as we ourselves could do were we personally present and in our names all and singular thing or things which Shall or may be necessary touching and concerning the premisses as fully thouroughly and entirely as we George and Polly Rankin our own persons ought or could do in and about the Same ratifying allowing and confirming whatever our Said Attorney Shall lawfully do or cause to be done in and about the execution of the Said premises by virtue of these presents in witness whereof we have hereunto set our Hands and Seals this 27th day of March in the year of our lord one thousand Eight Hundred and Ten.GRankin Seal
Mary Rakin Seal
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Pendleton District }
Personally appeared before us the Subscribers justices of the peace for the District aforesaid George Rankin and polly His Wife Subscribers to the above letter of attorney & acknowleged the Same to be their act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned Given under our Hands and Seals the 27th Day of march in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and ten.
Saml H. Dickson JP
Henry Norton JP
Augusta County, Virginia Deed Book 26, page 301-302
27 March 1810
George Rankin and wife Polly of Pendleton District, South Carolina appoint trusty friend Matthew Blair of Augusta County, Virginia our true and lawful attorney to sell all of our lands lying on the middle fork of Shenandoah River in Augusta County.
G. Rankin
Mary Rankin
Appeared before justices of the peace in Pendleton District, S.C. on 27 March 1810
Signed by
Saml H. Dickson
Henry Norton
and signed 28 March 1810 by
John T. Lewis, Clerk of Court
Rec’d Augusta County 29 January 1811
Augusta County, Virginia Deed Book 36 [38] page 1-2
22 March 1813
George Rankin and wife Mary, an heir at law of Thomas Rankin dec’d, of Pendleton District S. C., by their attorney Matthew Blair, and Matthew Blair and Elizabeth his wife, late Elizabeth Rankin, one of the heirs at law of Thomas Rankin, dec’d. and James Rankin Jr. of Augusta County, Virginia, of the one part and James Rankin Sr., and Robert Rankin of Augusta County of the other part.
For £300 paid and a receipt for £00 due 1 April 1812 and £200 paid yearly on 1 April until the whole is paid, the parties of the first part sell three-fifths of a parcel of land lately bequeathed by John Crawford dec’d. to the heirs of Thomas Rankin, decd. and also three-fifths of a parcel of land adjoining the above-mentioned tract and lately belonging to the estate of Thomas Rankin, decd., both tracts being on the Middle River in the county of Augusta adjoining the land of the late Robert Crawford, decd., the lands of John Walker, and said Rankin lands, the three-fifths of two tracts containing by estimation one hundred and eight-eight acres.
Recd. 22 March 1813
Augusta Co. Deed Book 39 page 266
At a court held for August County 23 [22] August 1814 this indenture of bargain and sale between Matthew Blair and Elizabeth his wife George Rankin and Mary his wife and James Rnakin Jr. of the one part and James Rankin and Robert Rankin of the other part, having been heretofore demanded to record as of the other part are this day exchanged in court by James Rankin Jr. now ordered to be recorded as to him.
Test: Erasmus Stribling C. C.
Augusta County, Virginia Deed Book 38, page 364-366
6 January 1814
George Rankin and Polly of North (sic) Carolina to James Bourland [Bowland] for $1000, undivided one fifth of a tract of land containing 405 [450] acres, formerly the property of Thomas Rankin, dec’d, being land Thomas Rankin bought from Hugh Donaghe dec’d, and duly recorded. Bounded by the lands of John Walker, George Cash, Joseph Bell Sr., et als.
Recorded 24 January 1814
Augusta Co. – Clerk of Courts
Will Book 40 p. 397-8
2 October 1815 George Rankin and wife Mary sell land.
This indenture made the second day of October in year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, between Geo. Rankin, Mary his wife of the district or County of Pendleton in South Carolina, of the one part and James Rankin and his [sic] heirs of Robert Rankin, deceased, of the county of Augusta, Va. of the other part witnesseth, that the said George Rankin and wife for and in consideration of the sum of one thousand two hundred and twelve pounds, lawfull money of Virginia etc. sell two tracts, the first of which, being a tract or parcel of land bequeathed by John Crawford, deceased, to the heirs of Thomas Rankin and the said George Rankin being entitled to the said one fifth as one of the heirs aforesaid and also one fifth of one other tract or parcel of land adjoining the above mentioned tract and lately belonging to the estate of the named Thomas Rankin both tracts lying and being on the Middle river in the county aforesaid and adjoining the lands of Robert Crawford, John Walker, and the said Rankins, where as the said Robert Rankin, being departed this life between the purchase of said lands and before the conveyance there of. It is now the intention to convey to the said James and the heirs of the said Robert, deceased together with all and singular appertenances etc.
Witness Henry Terrell, James Rankin, William Hill. George Rankin Seal
Mary Rankin Seal
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