Chowan County, NC - John Pipkin Sr Land Grant ----¤¤¤---- To all whom it may concern, Know ye that Do give and grant to Jno Pipkin, a tract of land containing 640 acres lying in Chowan Precinct beginning at a water oak nigh the head of Long Branch which said Branch comes out of Peters Swamp then North 55 west 176 poles to the centre of two pines and a black oak in Samuel Merriots line then along his line north 33 east 40 poles, then north 37 east 118 poles to a dead pine Samuel Merritts corner thence the same course north 37 east 179 poles to a water oak then north 20 east 80 poles to a poplar nigh a swamp then thro the said swamp south 75 east to a pine Henry Goodmans corner then along the said Goodman lines south 23 west 198 poles to a pine, then south 563 east 118 poles to a pine by Peters Swamp, then down the various courses of the said swamp to Long Branch thence the various courses of Long Branch to the first station. To hold March the 1st, 1719/20. Witness Cha: Eden, Thomas Pollock, Fre: Jones, Richard Sanderson, John Hecklefield. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Guy Potts ___________________________________________________________________