Albemarle County NcArchives Deed.....OVERSTREET, HENRY - WILLIAMS, JOHN & WIFE ANN August 2, 1724
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Bertie Precinct, Albemarle County
Written: August 2, 1724
Recorded: May 1728

1724: P 388 Bertie Precinct, Albermarle County, Province of North Carolina 
To all Christian People to whom these presents shall come I John Williams and 
Ann my wife Send Greeting in our Lord God Everlasting, Know ye that I Jn 
Williams of Bertie Precinct in the County of Albermarle and province of No. 
Carolina with the free consent of Ann my wife for divers good cause and 
considerations is thereunto moving, but more especially for the Valuable 
consideration of twelve pounds to us in hand paid by Hen. Overstreet of the 
province and precinct aforesaid is secured to be paid the Receipt whereof we do 
by these presents Acknowledge ourselves fully contented satisfied and paid do 
therefore bargain and sell alienate and forever make over and confirm unto the 
aforesaid Hen. Overstreet to him his heirs Exe and Assigns forever a certain 
Tract or piece of Land containing two hundred and thirty five acres in Bertie 
precinct lying back of a Survey of Martin Gardners the So. side of Casiah Swamp 
Beginning at a Red Oak in a marsh on the No. Et. side of a swamp that makes out 
of Rockquist Running then No. 38 Et. 240 pole to a hickory then No. 60 Wt. 220 
pole to three hiccorys then So. 30 Wt. 118 pole to three pines on a branch side 
that makes into the swamp then the windings of the branch and the swamp that 
makes into Rockquist to the first station together with all Houses gardens 
orchards timber and timber trees thereon standing lying or growing with all 
Easements profits and appurtenances unto the same belonging or any ways 
appertaining  To Have and to Hold all and Singular the aforesaid devised and 
every part and parcel thereof to all intents and purposes unto him the said Hen 
Overstreet his heirs Exe Adm and assigns from hereinafter and forever in as 
full and ample manner as any land is holden in this Goverment warranting the 
same to be free and clear of and from all manner of Rent or Rents dew to our 
Sovereign Ld. the King or the absolute Lds proprietors of the Goverment, and 
the above said Saile do warrant and maintain in every article and clause as is 
above Expressed and to defend the same from all manner of person or persons 
claiming by from or under us or either of us our heirs Exe or Adm or any ways 
whatsoever as also to acknowledge the same in Bertie precinct __ when thereunto 
reasonably bequested we bind ourselves our heirs Exe and Adm in the penal sum 
of Twenty four pounds Fr money of Great Britain, In witness whereof we have set 
our hands and seals 2nd day of August 1724
                                                                                
                                                Jn Williams
                                                                                
                                                Ann  A Williams
Isaac Williams, Wm Jones
Ann A Herring

Bertie Precinct   May Court 1728, Isaac Williams by Virtue of a Power of 
Attorney from Jn. Williams and Exe acknowledged the above deed of Sale in due 
form of Law in Open Court, which on motion is ordered to be Registered
                 Test Edw Mashborne  Dept Clk

P 389
Know all men by these presents that we ye subscribers doth firmly by these 
presents Constitute and ordain and appoint in our names and stead our Trusty 
and well beloved Friend Isaac Williams to be our true and Lawful Attorney to 
acknowledge a certain Tract or parcel of land unto Hen Overstreet or his order 
in Bertie precinct Court, what our Attorney shall Lawfully do shall stand in as 
full force and Power as if we were personally in place, as witness our hands 
and seals this thirteenth day of November 1727

Isaac Williams  Jurist                                 Jn Williams  Seal
William Jones                                           
                                                       Ann A Williams  Seal

Bertie precinct May Court 1728  The within power of Attorney from Jn Williams 
Exe to Isaac Williams was proved in Open Court in due form of Law by the Oath 
of Isaac Williams one of the Evidences thereto which on motion is ordered to be 
Registered

                                           Test Edw. Mashborne Dept CLK
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Transcribed by Jean Mayo Hirsch from documents located at the 
North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh, NC.


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