BEAUFORT COUNTY, NC - Deed - Charles Kelley to son Tully 1791.

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Transcribed from a microfilm copy of the deed obtained from the NC 
Department of Archives, Raleigh, NC.  Original is filed in Deed Book 6, 
page 398, Beaufort County, NC


State of No. Carolina   }
Beaufort County         }

        To all to whom these presents shall come
        I Charles Kelly send Greeting:  Kno ye that I the said Charles 
Kelley for and in consideration of the natural love & affection which I 
have and bear unto my beloved son Tully Kelley, as also for the sum of 
Six Shillings lawful money to me in hand paid by said Tully Kelley the 
receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged  have granted bargained and sold 
assigned over a certain piece or parcel of land lying in Martin County 
on the south side of Thomas Hunters Milll Pond beginning at a posimmon 
Tree on John Gadus and in the mouth of a little branch, thence up Gadd's 
line to his corner a pine tree along his line to Whitehouse to line, 
then down Whitehouses line to a corner a Spanish oak on the mill branch 
thence down the branch various courses to the  beginning.

        To have and to hold the aforesaid tract or parcel of land with 
the appurtenances to the said belonging unto Tulley Kelley his heirs & 
and also all and singular the residue of my estate both real and 
personal of whatever Nature and whereever the same may be found; and I 
the said Charles Kelly the afs. land & tenement Goods & Chattels and 
personal Estate, and every part and parcel thereof unto my afs. son 
Tulley Kelly his heirs will warrant & forever defend by these presents.

        In Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand & Seal this 7 day 
of June 1791. Provided nevertheless that the foregoing Deed of Gift for 
the land and Tenements, Goods & Chattels therein mentioned shall remain 
unto the use of the afs. Charles Kelley and Sarah his wife during their 
joint lives, and the life of the longest lived of them and the said 
Tully Kelley is by no means to dispose thereof without providing other 
and sufficient means for the maintenance of the said Charles & Sarah 
Kelley, upon which condition the said Tulley Kelly accepts and proves 
the above donation.

        In Witness whereof the parties have unto these presents set 
their hands and Seals the day and year above written.

Signed, Sealed and Delivered  }         CHARLES KELLEY (SEAL)
in the presence of            }         SARAH KELLEY (SEAL)
Lewis Blount & W. Slade       }         TULLEY KELLEY(SEAL)
June term 1791

Present the Justices, certified that this deed was proved in Count by 
William Slade and Evidence thereto ordered to be registered.

                                        Aldi Ellison, C.J.