Bertie  COUNTY  NC  Deeds    Joseph B. Ruffin & Wife to John C. Britton 

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Joseph B. Ruffin & Wife to John C. Britton 

Bertie County North Carolina 
Deed Book OO  Pages 406-407 

State of North Carolina 
Bertie County 

This Indenture made and entered into betwen Joseph B
Ruffin & wife, Mary E Ruffin of the first part and John
C. Britton of the second part, all of the aforesaid State
& County Witnesseth that the said party of the first part
for and in consideration of the sum of fifteen Hundred
dollars to them paid in hand, the receipt of which is
hereby acknowledged hath bargained sold and conveyed unto
the said John C. Britton of the first part a certain
parcel of land on which I now reside located in fork of
the Windsor and Halifax roads at Powell's x roads,
beginning at a pine tree on the Halifax road, and bounded
North and East by J.C. Britton land West by James W Wynns
land South by the Jenkins land and said to contain one
acre more or less, to have and to hold unto him the said
John C. Britton his heirs and assigns forever and the
said Joseph B Ruffin and wife Mary E Ruffin of the first
part do hereby covenant and agree that a perfect title in
fee simple passes to him the! said John C Britton by this
deed and we furthermore bind our heirs administrators and
executors to warrant and forever defend the right and
title of the above described land to the said John C
Britton his heirs and assigns forever In Witness whereof
we hereby set our hands and seals this 

Witness 
John W Wynns                             J B Ruffin       (Seal) 
                                         Mary E Ruffin  (Seal) 

State of North Carolina 
Bertie County                     Probate Court 
To George N Green  Justice of the Peace 

Whereas, John C. Britton hath produced a Deed of
Conveyance, to him from J B Ruffin and Mary E Ruffin his
wife, of a certain tract or parcel of land lying and
being in the county of Bertie, in our State, and procured
the same to be proved before me, Judge of Probate of said
County, and it being represented to our said Court, that
it is required by law, that Mary E Ruffin wife of the
said J B Ruffin to be privately examined, as to her free
consent in executing the said conveyance; know ye that
reposing confidence in your prudence I have appointed
you, and by these presents do give unto you full power
and authority to take the privy examination of the said
Mary E Ruffin concerning her free consent in executing
the said conveyance, and therefore command you that at
such certain day and place, as you shall think fit you go
to the said Mary E Ruffin if she cannot conveniently come
to you, and privily and apart from her husband, examine
her whether she executed the said conveyance freely and
of her own accord, and without fear or compulsion of her
husband; and when you have taken this examination, you
are to send the same, closed up, under your seal,
together with this commission to our said Court of
Probate. 

Witness, William P. Gurley, Judge of Probate, of said County at office this 6 day of January A D 1872 
                                                Wm P Gurley Judge of Probate 

Personally appeared before me G N Green Justice of the
Peace of Bertie County, Mary E Ruffin, wife of
______________and acknowledged the due execution of the
annexed Deed of Conveyance, and the said Mary E Ruffin,
being by me privately examined, separate and apart from
her said husband, touching her voluntary execution of the
same, doth state that she signed the same freely and
voluntarially, without fear of compulsion from her said
husband, or any other other person, and that she doth
still voluntarily assent thereto. 

Witness, my hand and seal, this 8th day of January A D 1873 
                                                        G N Green 
Bertie County 
It is adjudged that the annexed deed has been duly proved
& it is hereby ordered to be registered 
                                                  Wm P Gurley 
                                                  Probate Judge                        
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