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0766 State of Virginia, City of Portsmouth to wit. I Dempsey Nash Clerk of the Court of Hustings for the city of Portsmouth in the state of Virginia do hereby certify that the House and lot with its appurtenances situate at the South East intersection of Crawford & Queen streets in the City of Portsmouth formerly the property of Charles C. Cocke dec'd is the property of John Emmerson in right of his wife Susan B. formerly Susan B. Cocke, and Annie Theodosia Cocke, as appears by the records of the said Court. In testimony thereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 30th day of January 1866 in the 90th year of the Commonwealth. Dempsey Nash CC [[seal]]
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-added missing NARA#
-to wit,not "to air"
-Dempsey Nash, Hustings confirmed by previous docs
-Cocke, not Goethe, confirmed by previous docs
-eliminated manual line breaks