The Ruffner Papers

The Kanhawa Purchase

Deed to Cuthbert Bullett

Deed of Kanawha property to Cuthbert Bullett, devisee of Thomas Bullett, from the Commonwealth of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson, Governor of Virginia (1779-1781).

The bottom quarter (which probably would probably have included Thomas Jefferson's signature) is gone. Whether a Ruffner ancestor or a Clendinen removed the portion is unknown.

 

It reads: Thomas Jefferson, Esq; Governour of the commonwealth of Virginia, to all who . . .

 

 

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