This Indenture made this sixteenth of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven Between his Excellency George Washington [inserted: Esqr.] of Mount Vernon in the State of Virginia of the one part and James Welch of the County of of the other part Witnesseth that the said George Washington for and in Consideration of the Rents and Covenants therein after contained and expressed on the part and behalf of him the said James Welch his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns* [inserted in left margin of page one: * to be paid kept & performed. Hath granted demised & to farm better & by these presents doth grant demise & to farm let unto him the sd James Welch his heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns] a Tract of Land lying and being upon the River Kanhawa in the County of Kanhawa and bounded as followeth to wit Begining at an Ash and Hoopwood Tree standing at a point below the mouth of a Run on the South side of the great Kanhawa River about two miles above the confluence of the said River with the Ohio, thence South forty five degrees West seventy four poles to a Sugar Tree on the sid of an Hill thence South thirty degrees East one hundred and thirty eight poles crossing a Branch [inserted: at] forty poles to a Sugar Tree and black Oak on the side of a , thence South seventy degrees East ninety eight poles to a black Oak on the side of an hill, thence South sixty degrees East crossing water at fifty four poles and [inserted: at] sixty eight poles, two hundred and forty poles to a Chestnut Tree on an Hill, thence South seventy degrees East, crossing water at forty and at one hundred and forty poles, two hundred and ten poles to a small white Oak, thence South thirty degrees East crossing water at fifty, and one hundred and sixty poles two hundred and eighteen poles to a Chestnut and Pine tree on the side of an Hill, thence South sixty degrees East crossing a Creek at one hundred and ten poles, four hundred and forty poles to two white Oaks growing together and a black Oak, thence South fifty degrees East, crossing Water at twenty two poles, two hundred and twenty poles to a small Sugar and Sycamore Tree on the Bank of a Run, thence South seventy degrees East one hundred poles to a small white Oak standing in a flat, thence South thirty degrees East fifty eight poles to a small white Oake standing in an hollow, thence South seventy degrees East crossing Water at one hundred and fourteen and one hundred and sixty poles six hundred and twelve poles to a White Oak and Chesnut [2] standing on a Ridge, thence South thirty degrees East cross water at one hundred and eighty, and three hundred and fifty six poles, five hundred and fifty six poles to a Spanish Oak and small Ash standing on the Edge of the bottom, thence South crossing water at sixty four and one hundred and seventy six poles, two hundred and eight poles to a sm white Oak standing on the West side of an Hill, thence Sout twenty degrees East one hundred and forty two poles to a black Oake and Chesnut Oak on an Hill side near a Lake thence South crossing water at twenty four poles at three hundred and sixty poles a Creek at six hundred and forty po a Branch, one thousand one hundred and fifty four pol to two white Oaks, growing together and standing on the edge of the Bottom, thence South twenty degrees West, crosing waters at two hundred and sixty and three hundred and sixty poles, four hundred and [struck: twenty] [inserted: ninty] poles to a Run and Beech Tree on the Bank, thence South fifty six degrees East two hundred and seventy poles (by protraction) to a Spanish Oak on the Bank of the River at the lower side of the mou