CHOWAN COUNTY, NC - Deed - Edward Philips to James Singleton, 1715.

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Edward Philips to James Singleton 
July 27, 1715
Ober 25th 1715 (date registered)
From original, Chowan Co. N.C. Deed Book B #1 Page 186

Phelps to Singleton, Deed of Sale

Know all men by these presents y't I Edw'd Phelps of ye Province afs'd 
In Chowan Precinct for Valuable Consideration in hand paid ye receipt 
whereof I do acknowledge & my self therewith fully Satisfy'd & paid do 
by these presents Sell make over alien enfeoff one tract of Land 
Conteyning three hundred Seventy Six Acresas appears by a Survey of 
George Gladstains return'd unto the Secret'rys Office Lying on ye W't 
Side Scopernung River in ye Precinct afs'd binding on Jn's Ansley's head 
Line & ye Potato Run & so into the woods by a Line of Mark'd trees of 
Various Courses unto Jam's Singleton his Heirs & Assigns forever 
together with all woods ways Easem'ts & hereditam'ts all houses Earable 
grounds Water or water Courses & all other Profitts & Immunitys therein 
to belonging or any ways appertaining unto hime ye afs'd Jam's Singleton 
his Heirs or Assigns for ever. To have & to hold ye s'd Tract of Land 
with all the pr'mises Liberties & Rights qt to ye Same may any ways 
apppertain warranting the s'd Sale of Land from ye Claims of all persons 
w'tsoever unto him ye afsd. James Singleton his Heirs or Assifnes 
forever, And do hereby oblige my Self my Heirs & to give unto the Sd. 
Jam's Singleton his Heirs & Assifnes w't further assurance he or his 
Councill Learned in ye Law shall Reasonably devise or Require. In 
witness whereof I have here unto Sett my hand & Seall q's 27th of July 
1715.
Sign'd Seal'd & Deld             Edw'd Phelps
In presence of us
Jno Wingate Robt Fewox