Bertie County NcArchives Deed.....CASTELLAW, JAMES & SON THOMAS - WILLIAMS, JOHN  January 21, 1730
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Bertie Precinct
Written: January 21, 1730
Recorded: 1730

1730:  Bertie County Deed Volume F, p 111, Williams to Whitmell 1730
North Carolina  To all people to whom these presents shall come Greeting be 
known ye that I John Williams of the County of Bertie in the Province aforesaid 
for and in Consideration of the Sum of forty Pounds Current money of Virginia 
to me in hand before the Ensealing hereof Well and truly paid by Thomas 
Whitmell of the Province and County aforesaid the Receipt whereof I do hereby 
acknowledge and myself therewith fully satisfied and Contented and thereof and 
of every Part and parcel thereof do Exonerate acquit and Discharge the said 
Thomas Whitmell his heirs Executors & Adm forever by these Presents to have 
given granted bargained sold aligned conveyed and confirmed and by these 
presents to freely fully and absolutely give grant bargain sell alien Convey 
and confirm unto him the said Thomas Whitmell His heirs and assigns forever one 
Messuage or tract of Land Situate lying and being in the Province and County 
aforesaid containing by estimation four Hundred and forty Acres be it more or 
less Butted and Bounded beginning at a Spanish Oak Thomas Turners Corner tree 
on a Branch of Recquiss then South eighty five East one hundred and sixty poles 
to the Center of a Sweet Gum a Black Gum and Red Oak then North sixty five 
Degrees East Sixty poles to a pine then North fifty five West one hundred and 
twenty four pole to a Red Oak formerly John Edward’s corner tree then along his 
Line North Twenty Degrees East five Hundred and twenty pole to a pine then West 
three hundred and five poles to a poplar in a Branch of Recquiss Thence the 
Meanders of the Branch to the first station To Have and to Hold the said 
granted and bargained premises with all the appurtenances privileges 
Commodities to the same belonging as in any wise appertaining to him the said 
Thomas Whitmell his heirs and assigns forever to his and their only proper use 
benefit and Ecru of forever and I the said John Williams for me my heirs 
Executors and Administrator do Covenant promise and grant to and with the said 
Thomas Whitmell his heirs and assigns forever that before the Ensealing hereof 
I am the true sole and Lawful owner of the above Bargained promises and am 
Lawfully Seized and Reposed of the same in mine own proper right as a good 
perfect and absolute Estate of Inheritance in Fee Simple and Have in my self a 
good Right full proven and Lawful Authority to grant bargain Sell Convey and 
Confirm said bargained premisses in manner as above said and that the said 
Thomas Whitmell his heirs and assigns shall and May from time to time forever 
hereafter by force and Virtue of these Presents Lawfully Peaceably & quietly 
have Hold use Occupy possess & enjoy the said Demised & Bargained Premises with 
the appurtenances free and Clear and freely and clearly acquitted Exonerated & 
discharged from all and all manner of former or other gift gifts grants 
bargains Sales Leases mortgages Wills Intacts Joynters Dowers Judgements 
Executions Encumbrances and Extents further more I the said John Williams for 
my self my heirs Executors and administrators do Covenant and Engage the above 
Demised premises to Him the said Thomas Whitmell his heirs and assigns against 
the Lawful Claims or Demands of any Person or Persons Whatsoever forever 
hereafter to Warrant Secure and Defend And Ann Williams the wife of me the said 
John Williams doth by these Presents freely willingly give yield up and 
Surrender all her Right of Dowry and power of Thirds of in and unto the above 
Demised Premisses unto Him the said Thomas Whitmell his heirs and assigns In 
Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & affixed my Seal this Twenty first 
day of January 1730 

Signed Sealed & Delivered                         John Williams seal
in the Presence of us 
Samuel (SH) Herring                                Ann (A)Williams seal
     his mark                                                          
Arthur Williams
Isaac Williams         

            Bertie County Court 1730 The within Deed of Sale was duly Proved in 
open Court by the Oath of Arthur Williams one of the Subscribing Witnesses 
thereto which motion is ordered to be Registered                   
                                         
                                         
                                         
 

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