BERTIE COUNTY Deeds Commissioner Grant to Silas Smith 1785 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Cathy Farris cfassir@netdex.com N60 Commissioners Grant to Silas SMITH 1785 Bertie Co State of North Carolina to all to whome these presents shall come greeting. Know ye that we for and in consideration of the sum of fifty shillings for every hundred acres hereby granted paid into our Treasury by Silas SMITH have given, granted, and by thse presents do given and grant unto the said Silas SMITH a tract of land contained twenty nine ac lying and being in our county of Bertie. Beginning his own corner on William FREEMANS and running down a branch being FREEMANS line South 27 East 26 poles then South 28 degress East 22 poles to a gum and two fences Michael BRYANS corner then along his line SMITH 41 East 12 poles to two fences and a gum then North 62 East 40 poles a pine then North 47 East 26 poles to a red oak then North 44 East 46 poles to a forked white oak then North 8 poles in or near SMITH old line then along his old line to the first station as by the Plate hereunto annexed doth appear together with all woods, waters, mines, mineral hereditaments and appurtenances to the said land belong or appertaining To hold to the said Silas SMITH his heirs and assigns forever yielding and paying to us such sums of money yearly or otherwise as our general assembly from time to time may direct provided allways that the said Silas SMITH shall cause this grant to be registered in the register office or our said county of Bertie within twelve months from the date hereof otherwise the same shall be void and us us effct in Testimony wherof we have caused these our letters to be made patent and our great seal to be hereunto affixed. Witness Richard CASSWELL Esq our Governor Cap'tn General and Commander In Chief at Kingstown the twenty third day of September in the tenth year of our Lord Independancey and inthe year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eight five by his exellence Comd. James GLASGOW Secretary Richard CASWELL ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentatio