Bertie  COUNTY  NC Deeds	Thomas Meirs et ux to William Ruffin - 1779

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Deed Book M
pg 412

Meirs et ux to William Ruffin
This indenture made the twenty third day of February one
thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-nine [1779] between
Thomas MIERS and Elizabeth Miers, his wife of the bounty
of Bertie of the state of North Carolina of the one part
and William RUFFIN of the county of Northampton of the
state aforesaid of the other part.

Witnesseth that for an in consideration of the sum of
three thousand pounds of current money of this state to
the said Thomas Miers in hand paid at or before the
sealing and delivering of these presents by the said
William Ruffin the receipt whereof the said Thomas Miers
and Elizabeth his wife doth hereby acknowledge and
therefor doth release, acquit and discharge the said
William Ruffin his heirs, Executors and Administrators by
these presents they the said Thomas Mires and Elizabeth
his wife hath granted, bargained, sold aliened and
confirmed and by these presents doth grant, bargain,
sell, alien and confirm unto the said William Ruffin his
heirs and assigns a certain tract of parcel of land lying
and being in the county of Bertie and State of North
Carolina.

Beginning at a black gum in Rocquist running thence N80 E
128 poles to a forked Sweet Gum  [*deed from Wm Ruffin to
son, John has N80 E 183 pole]

Thence N10 W 60 poles to a black gum

Thence N 50 E68 to a Sweet gum on a branch near a willow
oak formerly Abram Shepherds

Beginning thence up the said Branch that divides betwixt
said Miers and Thomas Veals to the head thereof and so
along a line of marked trees to the head line to a pine
in s'd head line so up said line to hickory

Thence no 60 W222 pole to three hickorys 

Thence South 20 W 118 pole to three pines on a branch
that makes into Rookist [Rocquist] Swamp 

Thence the windings of said branch and swamp to the first
station containing by estimation Five hundred acres of
land more or less.

Reference being had to the several respecting grants and
conveyances thereof may more fully and largely appear,
and all house buildings orchards ways waters water course
commodities hereditaments and appurtenances whatsoever to
the said premises hereby granted or any part thereof
belonging or anyway appertaining and the Reversion and
Reversions Remainder and Remainders, Rents Issues and
profits thereof and also all the Estate, right, title
interest, use Trust property claim and demand whatsoever
of them the said Thomas Miers and Elizabeth his {wife]
of, in and to the said premises and all deeds evidences a
writings touching or in anywise concerning the same.

To have and to hold the lands hereby conveyed and all and
singular other the premises hereby bargained and sold and
every part and parcel thereof with there and every of
there appurtenances unto the said William Ruffin his
heirs and assigns forever and the said Thomas Miers and
Elizabeth his wife for themselves their heirs Executors
and Administrators doth covenant promise and grant to and
with the said William Ruffin, his heirs and assigns by
these presents the said Thomas Miers and Elizabeth his
wife now at the sealing and delivering of these presents
are sized of a good, sure, perfect and indictable estate
of inheritance in fee simple of and in the premises
hereby bargained sold and that they have good power and
lawful and absolute authority to grant and convey the
same unto the said William Ruffin in manner and form
aforesaid and that the said premises now are and so
forever hereafter shall remain and be free and clear of
and from all former gifts grants bargains, sales, dowery
right and title of dower judgements, Executions titles
troubles charges and incumbrances whatsoever (Except a
lease given unto Sarah Powell for fifty acres of land
whereon she now lives during the term thereof known and
bounded by a blazed mark made done committed or suffered
by the said Thomas Miers and Eliza his wife for any other
person or person whatsoever and that the said Thomas
Miers and Elizabeth his wife for themselves and their
heirs all and singular hereby bargained and sold with the
appurtenances unto the said William his heirs and assigns
against them the said Thomas Miers and Elizabeth his wife
and their heirs and all and every other person and
persons whatsoever shall warrant and forever defend by
these presents.

In witness whereof the said Thomas Miers and Elizabeth
his wife hath hereunto set their hands and seals the day
and year above written.

Thomas Miers (seal)
Elizabeth Miers ( x her mark) (seal)

Seals the day and year above written
John Lawrence
Ezekiel Wimberly
Samuel Miers

May Court 1779
Proved in due form of Law by the oath of Ezekiel Wimberly
one of the subscribing witnesses and ordered to be
registered.
Test Stevens Gray C.C.
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