BERTIE COUNTY Tool, Michael to Tool, Edward - 1753 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Cathy Farris cfassir@netdex.com G512 Michael Sanders TOOL to Edward TOOL 1753 To all people to whom these presents shall come greeting. Know yee that I Michael Sander TOOL in Bertie county in North Carolina in his Majestys Province for and in consideration of the sum of forty seven pounds current money of Virginia to him in hand before the ensealing hereof well and timely paid by Edward TOOL of the county abovedsaid the receopt whereor I do hereby acknowledge and myself therewith fully satisfyed and contented and thererof and every pary and parcel thereof do exonerate, acquit and discharge the said Edward TOOL his heirs and Exe and Adm forever by these presents have given, granted, bargained and sold, aliend, conveyed and confirmed and by the presents do freely, fully and absolutely, give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, convey and confirm unto him the said Edward TOOL his heirs and assigns forever one messuages or tract of land and plantation situate lying and being in Bertie County two hundred acres of land and plantation be the same more or less and bounded as followeth. Beginning a a hickory Needham BRYANs corner thence along his line to his other corner white oak and thence along Matthew TURNERS line to a branch Isaac HARRELLs line, thence down the said branch to Isaac HARRELLS corner live oak thence along his line to the other corner in Calleb SPIVEYS line to Theopolus WILLIAMS line, thence along Theophilus WILLIAMS line to the first station. To have and to hold the said granted and bargained premises with all the appurtenance priviledges comodities to the same belong or in any wise appertaianly to him the said Edward TOOL his heirs and assigns forver to his at heir only proper use and behoof forever: and I the said Michael Sanders TOOL for me my heirs Exe and Adm do covenant promise and grant to and with the said Edward TOOL his heirs and assigns that before the ensealing herof I am the true sole and lawfull owner of the above bargained premises and am lawfully seized and possessed of the same in my own propers right as a good perfect and absolute Estate of Inheritance in fee simple and have in my self good right full power and lawfull authoirty to grant, bargain, sell, convey, and confirm the said bargaiend premises in manner as above said and that thed said Edward TOOL his heris shall and may from time to time and at all times foever hereafter by forece and virture of the presents lawfull peacable and quietly have, hold, use, occupy, and possess and enjoy the said demised and bargained premises with the appurtenacne free and clear and freely clearly ane exonerated and dischared of and from all and all manner former or other gifts, grants, bargains, sales, leases, mortgages, wills intails, joyntures, dowries, judgments, executions, incumbrances and extents, furthermore, I the said Michael Sanders TOOL for my self my heir Exe and Adm do covenant and ingage the above demised premises to him the said Edward TOOL his heirs and asssigns again the lawfull claim or demand of any person or persosn whatsoever forever hereafter to warrant secure and defend. In witness whereof I sett my hand and fix my seal this 25th Jan 1753. Michael Sanders TOOL In the presence of Test. John HARRELL, Jesse HARRELL, Isreal Hardy HARRELL. Oath of John HARRELL ======================== 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