BUBCOMBE COUNTY, NC - DEEDS - Land Grant to Joseph Sorrells and Thomas Foster, 26 May 1806 
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North Carolina Secretary of State Land Grant Records:
File No. 928A, Buncombe County, to Joseph Sorrells and Thomas
Foster (Forrester), Grant No. 899, issued May 26 1806, Entry No.
7442, dated April 18 1798, recorded in Book No. 112, Page No.
402, 50 acres on the West side of the Pigeon River opposite the
Flower Gardens:

"N. Carolina, Buncombe County} By virtue of the within warrant
no. 7442 and entered April the 18th 1798, I have surveyed for
Joseph Sorrells and Thomas Foster fifty acres of land on the
West side of Pigeon River opposite the flowery garden, beginning
on a maple on the bank of the river attached and runs South
seventy degrees West seventy six poles to white oak, thence
South sixty five West thirty two poles to a black oak, thence
South thirty five East forty eight poles to a stake on the banks
of the river, thence North seventy two East one hundred poles to
stake, thence down the river including its meanders to the
beginning. Surveyed October the 28 day 1800. Chain Carriers,
Howel Loyd & Arthur(?) Hightower. {Signed} James Gudger by order
John Patton."

"North Carolina, Comptroller's Office, October 10th 1800} It
appears from a Receipt of the Treasurer lodged in this Office,
that Joseph Sorrells & Thomas Foster has paid the Purchase Money
for an Entry of Land of Fifty Acres in the County of Buncombe,
which Entry is No. 7442. {Signed} L. Craven"

[Joseph Sorrells land was taken into Haywood County when it was
formed. He was the husband of Millie Sorrells, both of Virginia,
and was the son of Sarah Sorrells. All died in Haywood County,
NC]


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