Edgecombe County NcArchives Wills.....Bissett, Joseph - Estate 1875 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Tommy Colbert clycolbert@aol.com June 22, 2011, 5:12 pm Source: N C Archives Written: 1875 Bissett, Joseph, estate 1875, NASH CO; DOWER, 17 Mar 1875, commissioners allot to Ada Bissett, widow of Joseph Bissett, her dower in the lands he died seized and possessed of, 70 acres, it being less than one third of her said husband’s land but it was her request and what she was willing to accept, said 70 acres included the dwelling house, beginning at a corner stake in J.J. Bissitt’s line then his line north 88 west 120 poles to a stake in Bry Ferrell’s line then his line south 1 west 32 3/4 poles to a large dead pine then north 87 west 20 poles to a stake then Strickland’s line south 3 west to the Wilson Road, commonly called the Opossum Road, then down said road to a corner stake then north 86 poles to the beginning, signed M. Brantley, E.R. Finch, W.R.L.W. Finch, P.M. Finch, G.P. Eure, charges Payton M. Finch & W.R.J. Finch for one day Juror & chain bearer $2, E.B. Finch & G.P. Eure, for one day Juror & chain bearer, $1, M.C. Brantley, for one day juror & surveying, $3, total $9. Recorded 10 Jul 1785 in Nash Co Db 22, page 255c. Abstracted 4-3-05, Nash Co estate file, NCA CR.069.508.13, CTC. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/edgecombe/wills/bissett2653wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb