Bertie  COUNTY  NC  Deeds - Homestead Exemption Mary Eason

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Mary Eason's Homestead Exemption 

Bertie County North Carolina 
Deed Book PP, Pages 168-169 

State of North Carolina Bertie County 
R. H. Smith against Mary Eason 
Homestead & Personal property exemption 

I, J. A. Green, Deputy Sheriff of Bertie County aforesaid
do hereby summon J. B. Ruffin, J. D. Todd, & Wm. B.
Cleaton as Appraisers to lay off and assign to the said
Mary Eason, her Homestead and Personal Property
Exemption, according to an Act of the General Assembly,
entitled "An" [Act] "to lay of the Homestead and Personal
Property Exemption".  This sixteenth day of March 1874.
J. A. Green   Deputy Sheriff 

The undersigned, having been duly summoned and sworn to
act as Appraisers of the Homestead and Personal Property
Exemptions of Mary Eason of Mitchell's Township, Bertie
County, by J. A. Green, Deputy Sheriff of said County, in
the case of R. H. Smith vs. Mary Eason, do hereby make
the following return: 

We have viewed and appraised the Homestead of the said
Mary Eason, one tract of land, and owned by said Mary
Eason, One Thousand acres as Homestead, to be worth One
Thousand Dollars, and that the tract bounded as follows: 
Jos. Bryant, Nat. Jernigan, the Solomon Cherry land &
others, which is therefore exempted from sale under
execution according to law. 

At the same time and place we viewed and appraised, the
value annexed, the following articles of personal
property selected by said Mary Eason, One Piano $100. One
Sofa $15.00 Two Tables $5.00 12 chairs $6.00 One carpet
$13.00 Two Looking Glasses $2.00 One Bed $25.00 One Book
Case $2.00  Total amount $69.00 which we declare to be a
fair valuation, and that the said articles are exempted
under said execution.  We hereby certify, that we are not
related by blood or marriage to the judgement debtor or
the judgement creditor in this execution, and have no
interest, near or remote, in the above exemptions.  Given
under our hands and seals this 16 day of March 1874 
 J. B. Ruffin (Seal) 
Wm. B. Cleaton (Seal) 
J. D. Todd (Seal) 

The above return was made and subscribed in my presence,
day & date above given. The within named J. B. Ruffin,
Wm. B. Cleaton and J. D. Todd were summoned and qualified
according to law as the appraisers of the Homestead and
Personal Property Exemption of said Mary Eason under an
execution in favor of R. H. Smith, this 16 day of March
1874. 
 J. N. Green  Deputy Sheriff of 
 Bertie County 

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