Bladen County, NC - Joseph Cain Land Grant, 1769

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LAND GRANT --- JOSEPH CAIN

____teenth December 1769

                             No. 57

George the Third by the Grace of God of Great-Britain, France, and 
Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. To all to whom these Presents 
shall come, Greeting. KNOW YE, That We, for and in Consideration of the 
Rents and Duties herein reserved, HAVE Given and granted, and by these 
Presents, for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, DO give and grant unto Joseph 
Cain a Tract of Land containing Four hundred Acres, lying and being in 
the County of Bladen in our Province of NORTH CAROLINA.

S.W. of the N.W. River lying back of Joseph and William Cains Lands 
Begining at a Pine said to be Joseph Cains upperback corner and Runs as 
his line S15 E 22 chains & 25 links to a stake among 3 Pines Pointers in 
or near William Cains line Then as is S45 W 35 Chains, then as his other 
line S15 E 27 Chains & 50 links, Then S45 W 64 chains 77 links, Thence 
S45 E 99 chains and 77 links to the beginning.

As by the Plat hereunto annexed doth appear; together with all Woods, 
Waters, Mines, Minerals, Herediments and Appurtenances to the said Land 
belonging or appertaining, (one Halh of all Gold and Silver mines excepted;) 
To hold to him the said Joseph Cain his Heirs and assigns, for ever, as our 
Manor of East-Greenwich, in our County of Kent, in free and common Soccage, 
by Fealty only: YIELDING AND PAYING, unto Us, our Heirs and Successors, for 
ever, the Yearly Rent of Four Schillings Proclamation-Money, for every 
Hundred Acres hereby granted; to be paid, unto Us, our Heirs and Successors, 
on the Second Day of February in each Year, at such Places in our said 
Province, as our Governor, for the Time being, with the advice and consent 
of our Council, shall think fit to direct and appoint. Provided always, That 
in Case the said Joseph Cain his Heirs and Assigns, shall not, within Three 
Years from date hereof, clear and cultivate, according to the Proportion of 
Three acres for every Hundred; and also that it a Minute or Docket of these 
our Letters Patent, shall not be entered in the Office of our Auditor General, 
for the Time being, in our said Province, within Six Months from the date 
hereof; that then, and in either of the said Cases these our Letters Patent 
shall be void, and of none Effect. IN TESTIMONY whereof, we have caused the 
Seal of our said Provinvce to be hereunto affixed. WITNESS our trusty and 
well-beloved William Tryon, Esq; Captain-General, and Governor in Chief in 
and over our said Province this ___teenth Day of December in the Tenth Year 
of our Reign, Anno Domini 1769.

Note 1: Surveyed 5 August 1763 by R. Edwards

Note 2: Chain Cariers - Joseph Cain & John Scrivens (?)

Note 3: Enrolled in the office of the Auditor General at Willmington, NC 
18 December 1769

FROM: C.B. Heller Collection, Box C119.2, Deeds 1735-1800; North Carolina 
State Archives, Raleigh, NC.

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