BERTIE COUNTY DEEDS WARRANT - WHITE, Luke - 1740 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sharon Frail Transcribed from LDS microfilm roll# 1928983 (Bertie Co.NC land warrants). State of North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources microfilmed by Division of Archives and History Archives and Records Section Raleigh, North Carolina Secretary of State Land Grant Office Warrants, Surveys, and Related Documents ( ca. 1735 - 1957 ) No. 861 County: Bertie Name: Luke White Acres: 100 Grant No.: 48 Issued 23”Sept 1785 Warrant No:..............Entry No.: 85 Entered: 8”Aug. 1778 Book No.: 59 Page No.: 105 Location: Beg. in the long Branch ----------------------------------------------------- Cover page: Luke White 100 Bertie 5 Feb 1785 ------------------------------------ (Plot of the land) William Harrell and Josiah Nowell } Chain Curriers Plotted by a scale of 100 poles to the inch__ “The above plan represents one hundred acres of land surveyed the fifth day of Febry 1785. by virtue of a warrt. No. eighty five, bearing (word?) the 8th day of Aug 1778. for Luke White in Bertie County_ Beginning in the Long Branch in Campbells line at Tho. Wards corner. Thence along Campbells line and others No. thirty Ws. two hundred and thirty pole. to Wm. Harrells Corner, thence Harrells line No. sixty Ws. eighty pole to a pine. Thence No. fifteen Es. No. eighty pole. Thence No. sixty four Es. one hundred & fifty six poles to the Long Branch. Thence to forty three Es. No. fifteen pole up (?) Branch to the first station” --------------------------------------------------------------------- “State of North Carolina No. 85 David Turner Entry officer of claims for lands in the county of Bertie To the Surveyor of said County. Greeting Whereas Luke White on the 8th day of Aug AnnoDom 1778 did Enter one hundred Acres lying on the county afore said between the lines of Thomas Ward John Campbell William Harrell and vacant land. No person having appeared within three months after the date of said entry to make claim for the same lands as directed by law. You are therefore here by (required?) as soon as may be to lay off and survey the same and make due return according to the direction of the Law and this shall be your Sufficient Warrant for so doing Given under my hand the 9th day of November AnnoDom 1778 David Turner” ======================== 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 presentation.