CHOWAN COUNTY, NC - Deed - Lord's Proprietors to James Singleton, 1716.

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Lord Proprietor Grant 
Lordıs Proprietor Grant Book 111-B File 81 1716, North Carolina Archives

James Singleton 19 October 1716

No Carolina Ps  Byth

To ye Surveyor Genırl    You are to lay out unto James Singleton Or to 
his Deputy     93 acres of Land being due and Observing Sd  land and 
platten. Given ye this 19th day of December 1715.

     C. Eden
     Wm Reed N Chovin 
     T Knight C Gale

Surveyıd by virtue of ye within (?) 93 acres of land For James Singleton

        I Wm Maule Surveyor Genırl His Excetly the Rt Honble John L. 
Carteret Pallatine &To all to whom & Know ye & According to sd Great 
Deed & Do hereby give and Grant Unto James Singleton of Šsaid County a 
Tract of Land Conteyning 93 acres byeing on ye west side of Scuperning 
River between the Lines of John Davenport and John Hopkins Begining at a 
pine John Davenports Corner Tree on ye Putatana run ye No 60 Nıt 40 pole 
to a pine y~ So feıd(?) onıt 160 pole to a red oake y~ Et 78 pole to a 
red Oake Hopkins  Corner Tree then along his line No 45 ea pole to a 
mayple Y~ No E 65 pole to a Gum on putatana run Thence ye meanders of ye 
runn to ye First station, being due &To have and to hold ve accpt ve 
unto him he said James Singleton his Heirs and Afignes forever in as 
large and ample manner & yielding & paying (?)yearly. The (?) one 
shilling for every fifty five acres to be held & provided & Given on 
This 19th day of Octıbr1716. Witnefse

Rights purchasd Cha Eden
Pursuant to orıd Tho Pollock C Gale
Of Council Franıs Foster T Knight

[Editor's note: The land referenced was at that time in Chowan Precinct, 
but by current county lines, is now probably in Tyrrell Co., NC (south 
of the Albemarle Sound).--er]