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This is a condensed copy of the lease from George Mason to Joseph Cash. I have an original copy of this lease.
(Prince Wm., Co., Va. DB B:192) November 24, 1733. George Mason of Durham Parish, Charles County, Maryland, to Joseph Cash of Brunswick Parish, King George County, Virginia, for consideration of yearly rent, paying to George Mason, his heirs or assigns, every year on the 25th of December, 600 pounds of tobacco, 150 acres on the lower side of Dogue Creek in Truro Parish, Prince William County, commonly known by the name of Chappel Land. During the natural lives of Joseph Cash, Susanna his wife, and Ann their daughter, or the longest liver of them. Three years rent free from date of these presents. If Joseph, Susanna or Ann should die, then they shall have the privilege of putting in a new lease with the same terms.
Wit: Jere Bronaugh, Edw. Barry /s/ Geo. Mason
Earlier researchers made many false deductions from this document. First of all this was just an ordinary lease given by George Mason to Joseph Cash and many other men in the Parish as he was by far the largest land owner in the district. These earlier researchers thought that the three years free rent was some kind of extra special consideration given to Joseph and his family and because of this assumed that Susannah was a daughter of George Mason. This was not so. George Mason nor any of his siblings or cousins had a daughter that married a Joseph Cash. The three years free rent was an inducement to improve the property by either clearing land or building structures upon it. George Mason was an important man in the history of our country and his lineage has been researched extensivley. WWW.gunstonhall.org/Masonweb/index.htm
Some time between 1745 and 1750 Joseph Cash conveyed this original lease to a James Dyer. Tax list for 1758 & 1760 show Joseph Cash with 250 acres of land. Also 1770 tax list him with the same amount of land and it shows Joseph Cash three years behind in his taxes. This may be an indication of why he left Fairfax County Va. For Granvile Co. NC.
It has been writen so much and spread through out the internet That Susannah Mason was the wife of Joseph Cash Sr. No one has tried to correct it or sought other answers.
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