MS30.01: Governor's Palace Land Papers
1843
That portion of the land commonly called and known
as the Palace Land, which was derived by the granter from
his Father Rob.t Saunders Sen.r— The said Palace Land being the
same which was conveyed by the Pres.t &masters or Professors
of W.m&Mary College to the Rev.d Sam.l Smith M.cCroskey of
the County of Northampton Virg.a by deed bearing date the
2nd day of June 1790, and recorded in the County Court of
York; and afterwards conveyed by Rob.t F. N. Smith, adminis-
trator with the will annexed of the said Saml S. McCroskey
to the said Rob.t Saunders, Senr the father of the granter , by deed bearing
date the 4.th day of April 1816 & recorded in the
County Court of York. The portion of the said Palace land
hereby conveyed being all of the same which was not conveyed by the
said Robert Saunders Senr to &the portion containing by continuation 200 acres &c and the said
portion being bounded as follows - on the North by the land of
Henley Taylor &by the tract of land called Carr's Hill, the
property of the said R. S. and by a small piece of marsh
at the Capitol landing - On the East by the road leading
from W.msburg to the Capitol landing - On the South by two
lots one the property of Rob.t P Waller; and the other the
property of Robert M. Garrett; and on the West by that
portion of the said Palace Land which was conveyed by
the said Robert Saunders Senr to as before mentioned and by the
land of Henley Taylor and by a small portion of the before mentioned tract
called Carr's Hill - That portpart of the line running
between the hereby conveyedpalace meadow and Carr's Hill
being a line parallel to the most Northerly stream running
down the said meadow, and every where twenty four feet North of the
said stream