The proceeding testimony &c probably included the following deeds, as well as a legal opinion that Peyton had solicited from John Wickham and William Wirt, not found, and other unidentified court documents: (1) Deed of 30 July 1802 between Charles L. Lewis and his wife Lucy on one part and their son Charles Lewis on the other, all of Albemarle County, in which Charles L. Lewis deeded 650 acres along the Rivanna River, bounded by the Milton road and Buck Island Creek, to his son for five shillings, the land to be held by Charles Lewis for “the term of his natural life”; specifying that, should the younger Lewis marry, the land would become his in fee simple to pass on to his heirs; but adding that, should he never marry or die without heirs, the land would revert to his sisters; proved by two witnesses at the August 1802 court, and fully proved with a third witness on 2 July 1804 (Albemarle Co. Deed Book, 14:506–7). (2) Deed of 18 July 1804 between Charles Lewis and Craven Peyton, both of Albemarle County, conveying Lewis’s interest in the same 650 acres to Peyton for 1,500 pounds; proved at the October 1804 court (Albemarle Co. Deed Book, 15:33–4). (3) Deed of 29 Sept. 1804 between Charles L. Lewis and his wife Lucy on one part and Peyton on the other, all of Albemarle County, conveying the same 650 acres to Peyton for 1,500 pounds; describing the land as having been “conditionally conveyed to Charles L. Lewis Jr and which the sd Peyton has since bought of the said Lewis Jr.”; proved at the October 1804 court (Albemarle Co. Deed Book, 15:30–1).