Dobbs County, NC – Deeds – State to Abraham Lamb, 1783 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wayne County Deed Book 1, pg 222 – 300 acres State of North Carolina No. 197 To all to whom these presents shall come greeting know ye that we for and in consideration of fifty shillings for every hundred acres hereby grant and paid into our Treasury by Abraham Lamb have given and granted unto the said Abraham Lamb a tract of land containing three hundred acres lying and being in our County of Dobbs on both sides of the long branch including improvements he now lives on beginning at a pine on the north side of the branch on Ann Hawleys line & runs Wt 160 poles along her line to a pine on her line thence So 300 poles to a pine thence Et 144 poles to a pine at William Renfrows line thence along his line No 33 poles to the corner a pine thence along his other line Et 16 poles to Jacob Lambs corner a pine thence along said Lambs line No 254 pole to the corner a hickory course continued 13 poles to the first station as by the plat hereunto annexed doth appear together with all the woods waters mines minerals hereditaments and appurtenances to the said land belonging or appertaining to hold to the said Abraham Lamb his heirs and assigns forever yielding and paying to us such sums of money yearly or otherwise as our General Assembly from time to time may direct provided always that the said Abraham Lamb 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 have no effect in Testimony whereof we have caused our great seal to be hereunto affixed Witness Richard Caswell Esquire our Governor Captain General and Commander in Chief at Kingston the 28th day of October in the fourth year of our Independence and in the year of our Lord 1779 Richard Caswell Recorded 1st of October 1783 ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Tammy Tyner ___________________________________________________________________