Dobbs County, NC – Deeds – State to Micajah Parker, 1782 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wayne County Deed Book 1, pg 247 – 400 acres State of North Carolina No. 293 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 Micajah Parker have given and granted and by these presents do give and grant unto the Said Micajah Parker a tract of Land Containing Four hundred acres lying and being in our County of Dobbs and on both sides the Black branch Begining at a pine on the edge of sd. Branch and runs with Robert Humphreys line No. 60 degrees Et. 160 pole to a pine So. 175 pole to a pine then with Spans Line So. 80 Wt. 275 pole to a pine then with Flowers’s Line No. 78 Wt. 190 pole to a Stake No. 30 poles to a pine then with a Contract line No. 40 Et. 156 pole to a white Oak then with Isum Jones line So. 50 Et. 16 poles to a pine his corner thence to the beginning as by the 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. Micajah Parker 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 Micajah Parker 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 Alexander Martin esquire our Governor Captain General & Commander in Chief at Fairfield the 29th day of October in the Seventh year of our Indepencence & in the year of our Lord 1782 Alex Martin ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Guy Potts ___________________________________________________________________