BURKE HISTORY: COFFER HOME - fairfax county stories

Second Coffer Home purchased 1803 –Indenture on tenth day ofNovember 1803 betweenJohn and Jemima Arundelland Francis Coffer (III) of$1,000 for parcel of landcontaining some 194 acres,two rood and 38 poles, andall houses, buildings, orchards,gardens, meadows, woods,underwoods, ways, waters,Watercourses, profit commodities,hereditaments & appurtenances.Note: A pole = 272.25 square ft.There are 40 poles in a rood and160 poles in an acre.A rood = ¼ acreFrancis Coffer (III)