Bertie County NcArchives Deed.....WILLIAMS, EZEKIEL - WILLIAMS, JOHN February 26, 1757 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jean Mayo Hirsch jhirsch4890@sbcglobal.net February 29, 2008, 4:31 pm Bertie County Written: February 26, 1757 Recorded: July 1757 1757: NC Deeds Deed Book H p436 Bertie County, Province of North Carolina To all People to whom these presents shall come I John Williams of the Province of North Carolina and County of Bertie Planter do and greeting, Know ye that I the said John Williams of the said Province and County aforesaid for and in consideration of the love goodwill and affection which I have and do bear to my loving grandson Ezekiel Williams of the County aforesaid, have given and granted and by these presents do freely clearly and absolutely give and grant unto the said Ezekiel Williams his heirs Exe Adm or assigns all and singular that parcel of land containing by estimation 640 acres, Beginning at the center of two white oaks and a red oak Phillip Walston's comer in Charles Barber's Line then along Walston's bounds to a black oak Jonathan Standly's comer then along Standley's bounds to a gum Phillip Walston's comer then along his bounds to a white oak John Williams comer then along his line to a white oak then So. 18 Wt. to the first station which said land was formerly granted by Patent bearing date the eleventh day of November 1719 also after my decease the bed and furniture whereon I now lie my chest and my trunk and a case of bottles to him to be by him the said Ezekiel Williams to be possessed after my decease but it is to be observed that the land and stock of what kind so ever to be now found, I give and dispose to he the said Ezekiel Williams to be by him possessed immediately and to his discretion without any condition only he the said Ezekiel Williams paying its quitrents now due or to become due. In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 26th day of February 1757 John Williams Seal Signed sealed and delivered in the presence ofher Thomas Whitmell, Priscilla (X) Vanpelt Nathaniel Coopermark Bertie County July Court 1757. The within Deed of Gift was in open Court duly proved by the oath of Thomas Whitmell an evidence thereto, and in motion was ordered to be registered. Test Benjamin Wynn Clerk Hard copy on file Transcribed by Jean Mayo Hirsch from documents located at the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh, NC. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/bertie/deeds/williams202dd.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb