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TEE UNITED ST~E OF ..ilgRlOA

YERIFI3D FEBRUARY 24.1917

ORIGIl AI. TO CAPT S'EGER LURCH £, 1917

THIS DEED, made this 30th d~ of Deoember, in the year of our Lord

1916, by and between Hunter 11. Booker and lJattie ~ Booker, his ife, lIelson

S. Grooma and .Anne E. Groom, his wife, Harry H. Holt, and l.1ary • Holt, his

wife, all of the county of Elizabeth City and state of Virginia, parties ot

the first part, and the United States of .AlIerioa, its suocessors and ass igns,

parties of the second part.

WITNESSETH: That for and in consideration of the sum of 1'Ro Hundred

and inety Tho"USand l$290-!OOO.OO) Dollars, ossn. to them in hand paid, the

reoeipt Whereof is hereby acknowledged at and before the ensealing and delivery

ot these presents, they, the said Hunter R. Booker aal Mattie A.Booker, his

wife, elson S. Groom and Anne E. Groom, his wife, and Harry H. Holt and

llary :. Holt, his wife, have granted, bargained, sold and oonveyed and by these

presents do grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the United states of Anerioa

,/and its suocessors and assigns with oovenants of general warranty, J.ll of that

oertain tract, pieoe or parcel of land, embrao1ng the fs.r'Iml or plantations

heretofore knOllm as "Sherwood", a part of "Lamington", "Pool's", "Bloomfield",

apart of" oorefield", and apart of~anebrake", situate, ~1ng aDd being in

Wythe lsterial District, Elizabeth Ci~ County, oontaining as a whole 1,650

aorel IOON"Or le..., BD4 bounded and desoribed together as a whole as follows,

to wit: a pOint n the Ba River Road at the interseot ion of the

line of the property here oonveyed, known as a part o"f " Moorefi eldlt, wi th the

property of lanuie B. Collier and her children, at the oenter of the lane leading

to the Old 1100re house and runniDg thence North 800_ 4.5' East 78Q feet; thence

Ort!l 890 - 10' East 150 teet; thana. South 860

40' Sast 12~ t to ar-

po1nt in t d1tah on the 11. at C8DM;1's land lo1OWD as "15100- 814"

'-81"D4 thence· south 100 - 4.5' W..t 4.53.0 teet; then08 south 110

est 822

teet to a point at the corner at "BlooDltleld" OIl the School House lane;

thence Borth 500 liast 605 teet alODg said SQhool House lane; thence Harth

680 -GO' East 151 feet to a pOlnt OIl said SChool House lane, comer at

"Poolls"; thence south 440

- 4.5' Bast 2,766 teet to a point .at oomar at

Jesse S. Jones' land; thence 'orth 590 - 4.5' East 873 teet; thence Borth

,,~. - 05' East 848.5 teet to a cl1tah at oomer ot Lamington Farm.; thence

south 480 - 35' East 166.5 teet; thence South 4,50_ 25' East 334.5 teet;

thence south 4.50 - 25' East 1,113 teet to a point on line ot "Shel'Vood

Faruf' • thence alODg line ot Shel'Wood Farm South 30 Bast 1,508 teet to a

po!nt at tbe head ot a cove between Sherwood Fa1'1il and the Farm ot the

Hampton Bormal 8IId jgricultural Institute known now as She11bank formerly

"Cainbralte"; tlltnce dOll'n the center ot said cove tollowing the maDderings

thereot to the south West prong of Back River; thence aroUDd the shores ot

aald aaa.th-west prong of Back River ~oUowiDg the meaDderings of the low­

water mal5t 1n a south-easterly and easterly cl1rection to 11l10ughby's point;

thence oontinuing to tollow tbe meanderings ot low water ma.r.k: along the shore

line ot Baak River aDi the north-West prong of Back River and the coves -.It-

1118 into the property hereby ooJIV'eyed therefrom, to the mouth of Tabbs Creeki

thence in a weste~ direction along the center of said Tabbs creek follow-

lag the ganderings thereof to a ditoh at the head ot the saJDlt between the

property hereby conveyed known as "1100retle1d" and the property ot Collier,south

oknown as " Olovel'dal'" J thence up the center ot the sald cl1 tch~ - 45' West

426 feet; thence alOlJ~t center of said ditch south 440 - 00' "est 318 teet;

thence along center of said dl tab. south 450-00 t west 1,621 feet to the Kaln

oBaCllt River Road; thence South 30 - 00' East 480 teet along the easterly

a1cla ·of the sald Badt River Road to the polnt of: beginning at the oel1ter off-;;;;;;;;;;;;;~

yC.lane to the Old Moore house; all of which said tract , pieces or parcels a

land are embraced in one tract, containing 1,650 acres m:>re or less and ~ll¥

ShCllnl, desI:r1becl aDi des1gnated on the ma;p of the same made by G1rard Chambers

oounty surveyor or Elizabeth City County elated the ~th day of December li16.

.hereto attaah8d and hereby made a part ot this deed; comprising the samer-

properties ..i.ah were oonveye to the parties ot the first par .. nereto by

deeds of Charles C. OurUs and .l!annie C. Ou.rtis, his wife, u~'.COllier and

Rowena S. Collier, his wite, C. Collier and Uar.Y E. Collier, his wife,

dated the 11th d~ of november 1916, by deed ot Francis F. Causey, unmarried,

dated the 11th ~ ot ~ovember 1916, by deed of Robert S. Hudgins, Jr., and

Graoe C. Hudgins, his wite, dated the 11th d~ ot ovemb&r 1916; by deed ot

R.B. Hudgins, a widower, dated:r, oveniler 11, 1916; by deed ot Elmer • Shields

and .Addie E. Shields, his wife, dated the 11th d~ of liovember, 1916; by deed

of John B. Kimberly, a widower, dated the 11th d~ of l'oveIWer, 1916; by deed

ot F.1. Darling and Ua17 G. Darling, his wife, dated the 11th daY of ovember

1916, and by deed of the Trustees of the Haxn,pton ·ormal and ~ricultural In_o

stltute, dated the 21st d~ of December 1916.

All of which said deeds convey parts and parcels of the tract herein

conveved to the United tates OV'ernment and are to be recorded in the 1ene's

Offic& of Elizabeth City County simultaneously wi th thi s deed. It is &xprese-

ly stipulated however that the foregoing .J?roperty is sold by metes and bounds

as shown on said plat of Girard Chambers 'and not by the above.

The said parties of the first part covenant that they are seized in

fee duple of the said land, with all its a,;ppurtenances, hereditalOOllts, ten-

eJOOIlts, ri hts and privileges; that the;,y have the rlffht to convey .the said

land. to the grantee; that the United States of ~rica shall have qUiet poss-

ession of the said land, tree trom all encumbrances, and that they, the said

parties of the first part, will execute all such other fUrther and general

assurances tor the said land as ~ be requisite, and that they have done

no act to encumber the said land.

n- ~ ITlGSS mr;;lEOF: the said Hunter R. Booker, and L1attle • Booker,

his Wife, elson S. Groome aDd ~e • GroOIl8, his wite, and Harr;y H. Holt

and Mary ';1. Rolt, his wite, have hereunto set their hands an4 seals the d~

and year tirst hereli1above w . tsa-.

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STATE OF VIRGINIA.

CGmlTY OF ELIZABETH CITY, to wi t :

I, .H. Face, A Notary Pub11c, 1n and for tha County aforesaid, in

the state of Virginia, whose term of off1oe e~ires on the 10th ds;y of Karch,

1918, do here~' oertif'y that Hunter R. Book~r am lIattle .i.e »ooker, his Wife,

JlelsCl1 S: GrooJ18 and Anne E. Groome, his wife, and Har17 B. Holt, and 1417

• Holt, his wife, whose nanBa are s1gD8d to the foregoing writing, bearing

elate on the 30th dq o~ Deoember 1916, have this dq aOkDOWledged the same

before me 111 D¥ oounty aforesaid.,

Given -aDder D¥ hand this 30th d.q of December, 1916•

. W.H. FACE,Notary Public.

In the clene'. offioe o~ the Clr<::\11t Court of Slizabeth City County,Virginia,

l'ebruary 23rd, .D. 1917 at 1.:25 P.ll.

~s deed was presented and wi th certifioate annexed an4 plat attached,

ad.m1tted t.Q reoord as the 1_ direots.

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(Sifs'"Ilature) H.H.Holt,.Clem.

----------------------------------J.larah 5, 1925.

i that the abOTe 1& a tnw COW ot tlUt 4.. aa reoorde4 1Jl 1>HCl BoOkVol'W118 60, Pages 0 449 '1:n--CIlDlive at th&- le 'a qtfioe, 1z th 01Court ]louse, H8IIlPton, Va. ~£..i:..A;'Vl~.d:~-...-~'-.6~<-"';';:;;:~Wnrr-am-S.Rhodes,

C1v11 Eng1neer, .Quarte~ater DepartllBnt,Langle,y field,Virginia.

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A DESCRIPr ION OF TEE KET"SS AHD 3(....li1WS OF .LANGLEY FIELli# VIRGINlA,~S F1J1ThTISHED BY TH:.. QU.ART:::rtl,:'~5T::::R GE}J""EItAI"

MAY 11, 1929 •','

Description of th~ ~!lnitary Rese'r.vation knov.m. as Langley Field, situated inWythe Magisterial District, Elizabeth City, County, state of Virginia, approx­in~tely thre~,(3) mil~sfrom tQe ~own of Hampton. Virginia, and more particu~

larly described as follo0~i . , .. ' ' ". 'I . (. ~ ,

f·'1. t. - •Beginning at a point in the center of concrete abu~ment'of eulvert onnorth side of Back Road to Hampton, s$1d poini bea+ing 'South 'twertty,degrees six mili:utes thirty,: seconds East (S. 200 06; 60" E.), (true) ~and distant.aeven hundred/t~enty~fiveand' seventy-eIght' hundredths feet:(725.781) from i concrete; moil1Jm,ent"in' a'l'hiEi fOrme~lY' the ReservationBoundary, and said polnt of beginhlng also 'o~arl~g South two degreesforth~three minutes East (S, 20 43' E.), true) and distant seven-hun­'dre,d twenty';fi ve' and fifty-five 'hundI"~dths 'feet' '( 72&.·55~)' from the cen-,~er of' cir~ular concrete cUrb lng' 'at' the' tnteTseclfoh 'cIf Hammond Boule­vard a.nd Nealy Avenue, Main Post -Of La::rgleY"'Fiel'tr;, and ·running thence.by true bear 111gs: • .., ".

, "J , Along. the lands of Hampion,NO,rrilal a.iia 'Ag:Heultural' lnat,rtute, the fql~,, , lowilig twelve (12) cours'as and 'd'is'tanCes ~ : ',i . .• ,,;. '" '

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,( 1).. !f0rth twenty-nine degrees thirty-seven 'minutes 'thlrti{,Seconds west (N.~ "~9° 37' 30" W.), along"the center';line o'f' a ditGha di:stance of one

. ,," 'thousand one hundred 'iiine'ty":'-hve' and. 'seven11y':'nine:,'hundred ths 'feet(1,195.79 t ) to a concrete monument •

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(2) North fourteen degrees fifty minutes zero 'seconds West (N. 'l~o ,50' 00"" W.,},. along said ditch, a distance of one hundr ed seventy-nine and two

," hundredthS feet,{1'l<.).02,',tb·a'ooncrete monument;:' ,~;i' :., ~.-. ".. . " ""'. j, '. • ..: • >

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North four degrees ·th-irtY':'five' minutes zero seconds West (N.;:49 35' 00 11

W.), along said ditch, a dista.nce 0 f three hundred fifty-two and four,hundredths: feet, t352.'04',) ,to a ooncrete monument;"

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. North elight degrees· four minutes zero seconds West, {N. 80 04' 00" W.).along said ditch, a'distance of one thousand two hundred, twenty-six andninety~tive<hundredths feet (1,226.95') t~ a concrete monument;

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'(5) North fifty degrees twenty-nine minutes zero seconds west tN. 50° 29'00 11 W,). a distance of one thousand three hundred fourteen and. thirty­

,one 'hundredths feet (1,314.31') t'o a concrete ,monument, .said ~onument

·'being at the intersect'ion'~ftwo l2}, ditches' ... , - :,', " . ",~ • • ~ .. , .' • .: I" '. J •. .... :j l. ~ ': ".

(Sa) ContinUing North fifty degrees twenty-nine minutes zero seconds West(N. 500 '29' 00" vi.)'; :Ialong the oeriter line ,of. one (1) of said ditches,a ~istance of three 'hUndred thirty-four and'fifty hundredths ,feet(334.50') to a conCrete monUment;' ' '" ,

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( 6) North fifty-five degrees fifteen. minutes zero seconds West (N. 55°15' do" W.), along. said ditch. a distance of one hundred sixteen andsiity.tour hUndredths· feet (116.64') to a concrete monument •

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North forty..-seven· degrees ni~e ~in':ltes zero sec;:oh'!is' ',"Jest (N. 47° 09' GO;'W.), along said ditch, a distance of !orty~tpree and seventy-eight hun~

. dredths feet (43,78 1 ) to a monument, said monument being 8 large flatboulder .in sai~ ditc~; . ' .

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(e) Soutn.. fo rty-three degrees one .minute . zero sec onds west ts. 43° 011 con \i.)a diq tance of eight :hundred', forty-eight ,an.d .,sixty-eight hundredths feet(848,,68' l to a concrete monument; . .

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south fifty...fi~e !l~grje.~s"·forty-on'e .r.unl,ltes· :z~.ro seconds west (S. 55° 41'.' .'. f.. 00" \7.). a distance o'f ~:eight htind,red for.ty-~e ..and ten hundredtbs feet

, " i (841.10.) to a conarete oonunent, said IPO,nument being in the center lineof a ditch; , ' .' , .. .:.. .:' . : . ...... .

(10) North forty-eight deg.rees fifty-nine minutes" tlil rty'" seoonds Vlest, (N. 48°59' 30 11 W.). a distance' 'of' twothousan:d ~even,hundred sixty-seven andeighty-five hundrk'dtHs' feet (2,767,,8-5.') to: a c.anp~e·'e monument, saidmonument being on the outside edge of ditoh on north side of a road(intern:ediate concrete m"ori'Umen·t"s .beillg·.plaCfi9...o~ t.housand feet (1,000')and two th,01:1s~~, feet (2,00'0'''), ·respect.iv~:l:~. from"beginning of courset;

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South fi f'tf-three .d~g~ee'sl'forty,.;.one· minute'S; ,~tJjiit.y: s'ec onds west (S. 53°41' 30" W.), a distance ot one hundre"&<thi:'t.tY'--five.~d,~ixtY-fivehun­dredths fe,~~. (135,. 6!?') ,to a c on~rete monument •

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South fifty. ciegree.s fo.rty-tv~6 ·llo(J.nu~es· ··tihi~ty :seconds .w~st (s. 500 42 1 30"W.), a di.stance of 3lX htindred'and flveifeet'(605.00') ~.o a concrete monu­ment. S~l~ monument being' on edge of said ditch, and in the center lineOf anojsh.er, di tch, .~iid ,be ing a' co mer COIm!1on to the said lands 0 f HamptonNormal :and Agr.i,!i'ultural Institute and·lands of Collier;. thence:

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Alon'g~aid lands Qrq,911ier, the following six (6) courses and distances:. .'...... .

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Nol"t.h six degree~~"thirteenminut-es :Zero s'econ'ds ~s.t ,(N, 6° 13' 00" E.).along the ce.nte'r.)in·~.',ot: ~ast m~ntioJied di.tDh, .8. ;!c}~stauce of eight hundredand twenty-two feet (622,00') to a c~ncrete,monumen~t .

I!'·.·, . .North eight deg~e~s fi ve;'mibutes thirty:s'l3co~ds .East (N. eO 05' :30" :E.),a.).Q:t1g the center. line of sa.id ditch" a dlstanoe ();f o~ hundred five andeighty-five hundredths feet {105.85'),:to ~ c_op'~rete monument;

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(15) lforth four degrees fifty-three minutes thirty seconds East (N. 4° 53' 30"E. h along the center line of said ditch, a distance of three hundredforty-three and-thirty-three hundredths feet (343.33'). to a concreu&mon~eDt;

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South eighty-five degrees forty-eight minutes thirty seconds West.(S. 85 0 48' 30". W.), a dis~an,ce of one thousand hvohundred sixty-twoand twenty hundredths feet'(l,262~20') to a. point, said point being theremains of an old locust tree;

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. South eighty...n ve degrees two minutes zero seconds .west (S. 85° 02' 00"w.). a dist~nce of seven hundred thirty-three and'ninet~seven hundredthsfeet (133.97') to a large stone;

'"7 ~o.OQSouth seventy-six degrees fifty-five mdnutes thirty seconds West (S. 76°55' 30" W.), a distance of seven hundred eighty-six and twelve hundredthsfeet (786.12' t to a concrete monument. said monument being- on the ou~side

edge of ditch in the easterly line of Back River Road; thence:

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(19) North thirty-four degrees eleven minutes· thirty seconds west (N. 34° 11'30" w.). along said outside edge of ditch in -the 'easterly line of 'road, adis tance of four hundred eighty-one and s. iXty-five hundredths feet(481.65') to a concrete monument, said zrouument being in t1:le intersectionOf s9id edge of ditch with the center line of a connecting ditoh; thence:

.Along the saiq center line of connecting ditch, being also the easterlyline of lands of Collier, the following three (3) course~ and distancest

(20) North thirty-eight degrees forty-two minutes thirty seconds East (N, 38°42' .30" E.), a distance of one thousand six hundred. twenty-one and no'hundredths feet '(1,621.00') to a concrete'monument:

(21t North thirty-eight degrees ten minutes thirty seconds East (N. 380 10'30" E.) t a distance of three hundred eighteen and no hundredths feet~318.00·), to a concrete re~nument;

(22) North thirty-eight degrees forty-one minutes thirty seconds East (Nt30 0 41' 30" E.). a distance of four hundred fifteen' and sixty-fivehundredths feet (415.65 1 ) to a concrete monument; said monument beingin the center line of Tabbs 4reek; thence I

(23) In a northeasterly direction along the. said center line of Tabbs Creek;as it meanders a distance of eight thousand four hundred and ninety feet(8,490.001 ), mDre or less, to the low water line.of the Northwest Branchof Back River: thence:

(24) In an easterly and southeasterly direction along the said low water lineOf the Northwest Branch ot Back River, a distance .of thirteen thousandsix hundred and five feet (13,605'). more or less, to Willoughby Point;thence:

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(25) In a southerly direction along the low water line of the Southwest Branchof Back River, a distance of ten.thousan.d:".J,and twenty 'feet (10,020'),more or less, to the point of beginning; I, ••,",·,

; .Con'taining in all an area of"one. ,tpous.8Jl~ s.ix hundred fi:t:ty-five and fivetenths acres {1,655.5.A.), more or less; all as shown on Map No. 6506­259, enti tied: "Langley Field, Vi rgini51•.Bounda.;ry UaP;," Idated Maf 'i.929.on file in the- Office' of,~he Q.uartermaster.. Gftneral •. Washington. D.C.

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