MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NC DEED BOOK 5:305
P. 305
This Indenture made the Seventeenth Day of April In the
Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred and Seventy one Be[tween]
James Wilson of the County of Mecklenburg and Province of
North Carolina and Jane Wilson his Wife of The one Part and Jas.
[Orr] late of the Province of Pensylvania Weaver of the other
[part] Witnesseth that for and In the Consideration of the sum
[of si]xty five pounds procklamation Money In hand paid To
[the sa]id Jas. Wilson and Jane his Wife at and By [--- ---]
[---] Delivery of These Presents (The Receipt Whereof Is hereby
[ackno]wledged) hath Granted Bargained sold Aliened Enfeoffed Con[veyed]
Confirmed and by these presents Doth Grant Bargain Sell
Enfeoff Convey and Confirm Unto the [sai]d James Orr
[his he]irs and assigns forever a C[ertain] Tract [or parc]el of
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Land Lying on goose Creek In Said County and Bounded as
Followeth Viz Begining at a White oak on the North Side of
The Middle Fork of the said Creek and Runs North 19o [Wt] 62 Poles
To a Hicory Then So 80 Et 96 Poles To a Stake Then So [8?] Wt
159 poles To a Black oak Then North 19o Wt 126 poles To the
first Station Containing by Estimation 55 Acres Be the same
More or Less.
Being part of a Tract of Land Granted and Conveyed To the
said James Wilson by Adam Alexander By Deed Bea[ring Date]
The Day of And With all The Appu[rtenan]
ces Situate Lying and Being as aforesaid & With Their an[------]
Their Appurtenances Rights Members and appurten[ances] [what]
soever and the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Rem[ainders]
of all and Singular The Land Tenements Hereditaments [-----]
[premises] Hereby granted or Intended To be granted and of [-----]
Thereof and all Rents Issues Services and profits To the[-----]
Part of Them or any part or parcel of Them Incident Bet[----]
Or apertaining And also all and Every The Estate & Est[ates]
Claims Interests and Demands Whatsoever of him The sa[id James]
Wilson & Jane his Wife [------] To the said Lands Tenemen[ts]
Hereditaments a[nd] premises hereby Granted With Their appu[rtenanc]es
To The Sai[d] James Orr his heirs and assigns To The only Ju[st]
Use and Behoof of him The said James Orr his heirs and ass[igns fore]
ver (Save and Except The Quitrents accruing and Becom[ing]
Payable To his present Majesty his heirs and Success[ors]
Except as [------]ized To have and to hold the [------]
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And Tenements Hereditaments and premises hereby granted
Their Appurtenances unto The said James Orr his heirs and assigns
Forever And the said James Wilson for himself his heirs Executors
& administrators Doth Covenant Promise and agree That he the [----]
[James] Wilson his heirs Executor & administrators Shall and will at
[all t]imes Warrant and forever Defend The Said premises To the
[said] James Orr his Heirs and assigns against all Lawfull Claim
[---] Demand Whatsoever Whereby The Above Mentioned Prem
[ises m]ight or may be affected or Incumbered Contrary to the True
[intent] and Meaning of these Presents In Witness Whereof the
[said] James Wilson and his Wife have hereunto Set Their hands &
[seals] The Day and Year first above Written
[Si]gned Sealed and Delivered} James Wilson (seal)
[in] the presence of } Jane her JC mark Wilson (seal)
[J]ames Harris
[W M] Harris
[No]rth Carolina } To wit April Term 1771 This is to
M[eckle]nburg County } Certify that the Execution of The Within
[deed] Was proved In Open Court & Recorded In the Clerks off[ice]
[acco]rding To Law
[O]rdered To be Registered
Robert Harris CC
Many words written on the edge of this document have broken away or been covered by yellowed tape, and cannot be made out. Some words that I have guessed or surmised have been written in enclosures.
Transcribed by Donna J. Johnson
