Bath County NcArchives Court.....Lords Proprietors, Residents Indebted To 1713
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Source: Colonial Records
Written: 1713

North Carolina ss. Att a Councill holden att the house of the Honorable Thomas 
Pollock Esqr. in Chowan on the 14th day of Aprill Anno Domini 1713. Present 
the Honorable Thos. Pollock Esqr. President etc. The Honorable Thos. Boyd, 
Nath. Chevin, Christo. Gale, Tobs. Knight Esqrs. Lds. proprietors Deputys.

Forasmuch as it has been represented to this Board that Divers persons in this 
Government and especially in the County of Bath doe under pretense of purchase 
hold large tracts of land not haveing paid or secured the purchase money to 
the Lds. proprietors nor haveing any other title thereto than a bare entry and 
survey to the great loss and prejudice of the Lds. proprietors and also to the 
hindrance of the good setlement of the Government and this Board haveing the 
same into their consideration.

It is hereby ordered that noe person that doe pretend any title to any lands 
within this Government upon purchase as aforesaid that shall not pay or secure 
to be paid unto the Receiver General for the tyme being the purchase money due 
therefore on or before the 25th December next all such lands shall be free and 
cleare for any person to enter on and take up as if the same had never been 
entred or survey'd before and all persons that shall from henceforward survey 
any lands or pretence of purchase and shall not pay or secure to be paid the 
purchase money therefore to the Receiver General as aforesaid within six 
months after such survey the same shall be also free and cheare for any other 
person to enter upon as if the same had never been survey'd before.3

[NC Colonial Records - Records of the Executive Council, 1664-1734, p. 34]

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