Dobbs County, NC – Deeds – State to Reuben Eason, 1782 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wayne County Deed Book 1, pg 56 State of North Carolina To all to whome these presents Shall come greeting Know ye that we for and in Consideration of the sum of fifty Shillings for every hundred Acres hereby granted paid into our Treasury by Reuben Eason have given and granted and by these presents do give and grant unto the Said Reuben Eason a tract of Land Containing four hundred acres lying and being in our County of Dobbs... ...beginning at Fellows line & runing with the same and Frederick Herrings line north 250 pole to the pocoson then Et 270 pole to a stake then south 250 poles to a red oak then with the windings of a branch & Fellows line to the begining... ...as by plat hereunto annexed doth appear together with all woods waters Mines Minerals hereditaments and appurtenances to the said Land belonging or appertaining to hold to the sd. Reuben Eason his Heirs & assigns forever yielding and paying to us such Sum of Money yearly or otherwise as our general assembly from time to time may direct Provided always that the said Reuben Eason Shall cause this grant to be registered in the registers office of our said County of Dobbs within twelve months from the date hereof otherwise the same shall be Void and of no effect in Testimony whereof we have caused our great Seal to be hereunto affixed Witness Richard Caswell Esquire our Governor Captain General & Commander in Chief at Kingston the 10th day of November in the fourth year of our Indepencence & in the year of our Lord 1779 Jany Co, 1782 R Caswell {Seal} ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Guy Potts ___________________________________________________________________