Bath County NcArchives Court.....Cary, Col. Thomas 1715-1716 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Ardrey n/a February 23, 2009, 5:41 pm Source: Colonial Records Written: 1715-1716 Acts of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1715 - 1716 November 17, 1715 - January 19, 1716 Volume 23, Pages 1 - 96 CHAPTER LXV. An Act Confirming the Titles of Sundry Persons who have, or hereafter may, purchase Lands of Col. Thomas Cary, in Bath County. I. Whereas Col. Thomas Cary taking up and purchasing divers Lands and Plantations in Bath County, the Deeds or Patents passed for the same have been taken in the name of John Cary, an Infant son of the said Thomas Cary, although the Purchase Money, or Consideration paid for the same, was actually and bona fide the Monies of the said Thomas, and by him, the said Thomas, paid: II. And Whereas the said Thomas Cary having bargained, sold, aliened, and transferred unto divers Persons, and their Heirs, several Tracts or Parcels of Land, in Bath County aforesaid, and is intended to bargain, sell, and transfer the remaining Part of the aforesaid Lands in Bath county: III. Wherefore, for avoiding Disputes that may hereafter arise concerning the aforesaid Title, taken in the aforesaid John Cary's Name, and for easing and quieting the Minds of such Persons as have Purchased the same, or may hereafter purchase from the said Thomas Cary, and Pursuant to the Petition of the said Thomas Cary: IV. Be It Enacted by his Excellency the Pallatine, and the rest of the true and absolute Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina, by and with the Advice and Consent of the rest of the Members of the General Assembly now met at Little River, for the North East Part of the said Province. V. And it is Hereby Enacted, by the Authority of the same, That all and singular the Bargains, Sales, Alienations, and Conveyances, already made and passed, or hereafter to be made and passed, by the said Thomas Cary, unto any Person or Persons whatsoever, their Heirs and Assigns, of, in, and to any of the Lands, Tenements, and Plantations, in Bath County, which lately were, or now are, in the Possession or Occupation of the said Thomas Cary, and for which Deeds or Conveyances have been made and passed, to and for the use of the said John Cary, an Infant, Son of the said Thomas Cary, or in the name of the said John, shall stand, be, and forever remain, firm and available in Law and Equity, to such Purchaser or Purchasers, their Heirs and Assigns, having, or hereafter to have, from the said Thomas Cary, any Bargains, Sales, Alienations, or Conveyances for the same; any such Deeds of Sale, Conveyance, or Alienation formerly made in the said John Cary's Name, or to or for his Use and Behoof, notwithstanding. EDW'D MOSELEY, Speaker. CHAS. EDEN, N. CHEVIN, C. GALE, FRAN. FOSTER, T. KNIGHT. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/bath/court/cary1481gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb