Granville-Rowan County NcArchives Deed.....Dickey, John - Granville Grant, Granville Grant April 4, 1761 ************************************************ 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: Joseph H. Howard jhhoward@comcast.net May 2, 2007, 4:29 pm Written: April 4, 1761 Recorded: October 1761 1761 4 Apr. A Granville Grant was made to John Dickey of 390 acres on Rocky River adjacent John Brevard & Robert Brevard. It was proved Oct. Court 1761. The following is a transcription of the original Granville Grant (copies of the original available from NC State Archives, 109 East Jones St., Raleigh, NC 17601-2807, mf reel S.108.255, S.S.L.G. 116-I, John Dickey, 4 Apr 1761, Frames 0078-0080): This Indenture Made the Tenth Day of April in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and sixty one Between the Right Honorable John Earl Granville, Viscount Carteret, and Baron Carteret, of Hawnes in the County of Bedford, in the Kingdom of Great-Britain, Lord President of his Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, and Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, of the one Part; and John Dickey of Rowan County in the Province of North Carolina on the other Part. WHEREAS His Most Excellent Majesty King George the Second, in and by a certain Indenture bearing Date the Seventeenth Day of September, in the Eighteenth Year of his Reign, and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty Four, and made between His said Most Excellent Majesty of the one Part, and the said John Earl Granville, by the Name, Stile, and Title of the Right Honorable John Lord Carteret, of the other Part; DID, for the Considerations therein mentioned, Give and Grant, Release, Ratify, and Confirm, unto the said Earl, (by the Name, Stile, and Title of John Lord Carteret, as aforesaid) and his Heirs and Assigns, for ever, a certain District, Territory, or Parcel of Land lying in the Province of North- Carolina in America, and all the Sounds, Creeks, Havens, Ports, Rivers Streams, and other Royalties, Franchises, Privileges and Immunities, within the fame, as they are therein set out, or described, allotted, granted and confirmed, to the said John Earl Granville, as aforesaid, for one Eighth Part of the Charters granted by King Charles the Second, in the Fifteenth and Seventeenth Years of his Reign to Eight Lords Proprietors of Carolina; as by the said Indenture duly Enrolled in the High Court of Chancery in Great- Britain, and in the Secretary's Office of the Province of North-Carolina, Reference being thereto had, will more fully appear. Now This Indenture Witnesseth, That as well for and in Consideration of the Sum of Ten Shillings Sterling Money to the said John Earl Granville in Hand paid, by the said John Dickey at or before the Sealing and Delivery of these Presents, the Receipt whereof he the said Earl cloth hereby acknowledge; as also for and in Consideration of the Rent, Covenants, Exceptions, Provisoes, and Agreements, herein after mentioned, reserved and contained, and by, and on the Part and Behalf of the said John Dickey his Heirs and Assigns, to be paid, kept, and performed; He, the said Earl Hath given, granted, bargained, fold, and confirmed, and by these Presents, Doth give, grant, bargain, sell, and confirm, unto the said John Dickey his Heirs and Assigns, for ever, All that Tract or Parcel of vacant Land situate, lying, and being in the Parish of Saint Luke in the County of Rowan in the said Province lying on both sides of the Middle fork of Rockey River Joining John Brevard and Robert Brevard Beginning at a White Oak in the East side of said Creek on Robert Brevards Land and Runs thence No. 52 Chains to a pine thence W. 75 Chains to a Black Oak Thence So. 52 Chains to a Post Oak on John Brevards Line Then along his line to the Beginning Containing in the Whole, Three Hundred and Ninety Acres in the Plan of Land; all which Premises are more particularly described and set forth or Map thereof hereunto annexed; TOGETHER with all Woods, Underwoods, Timber and Timber-Trees, Water-Courses; and the Privilege of Hunting, Hawking, Fishing and Fowling, in and upon the Premises, and all Mines and Minerals whatsoever therein to be found, (excepting, and always reserving out of this present Grant unto the King's Most Excellent Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, one Fourth Part of all the Gold and Silver Mines to be found in and upon the Premises; and also excepting and always reserving unto the said John Earl Granville, his Heirs and Assigns, one Moiety or half Part of the remaining Three Fourths of all such Gold and Silver Mines; To have and to hold the said Tract or Parcel of vacant Land and all the singular other the Premises with their Appurtenances, (except before excepted,) unto the said John Dickey his Heirs and Assigns, forever; Yielding and Paying therefore Yearly, and every Year, unto the said John Earl Granville, his Heirs or Assigns, the Yearly Rent or Sum of fifteen shillings & seven pence which is at the Rate of Three Shillings Sterling for every Hundred Acres, and so in Proportion for a less Quantity, at or upon the Twenty-fifth Day of March, and the Twenty-ninth Day of September in every Year, by even and equal Portions, and to be paid at the Court-house of the said County of Rowan unto the said Earl, his Heirs or Assigns, or to his or their lawful Attorney or Receiver for the Time being; the first Payment thereof to be made on such of the aforementioned Days of Payment, as shall first happen after the Date hereof. And the said for himself his John Dickey Heirs and Assigns, and for either and every of them Doth, hereby covenant, promise, and agree, to and with the said Earl, his Heirs and Assigns, and to and with either and every of them, by these Presents, in Manner and Form following: That is to say; That John Dickey his Heirs and Assigns, shall and will Yearly, and for every Year forever, well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said Earl his Heirs or Assigns, or unto his or their lawful Attorney or Receiver for the Time being, on the Days, and at the Place aforesaid, the aforesaid Yearly Rent or Sum of fifteen shillings and seven pence by half Yearly Payments, as aforesaid: Provided always, and this present Grant is hereby expressly declared and agreed, by and between the said Parties, to be nevertheless Upon this Condition, viz. That if it shall happen that the said Yearly Rent of Fifteen Shilling and Seven pence or any Part thereof, shall, at any Time Hereafter, be behind or unpaid for the Space of Six Months, next over or after either of the aforementioned Days of Payment (and no sufficient Distress can be found on the Premises whereon it shall be lawful to levy such Rent and Arrears, with the full Costs, Charges, and Expenses in making the same) That then this present Grant, and all Assignments thereof, shall be utterly void and of none Effect: And it shall be lawful for the said year, his Heirs or Assigns, to re-enter into the said Lands, and to re-grant the same to any other Person or Persons whomever, as if this Grant, and such Assignments, had never been made. In Witness whereof, the Parties above-named have to these Presents interchangeably set their Hands and Seals, the day and Year herein first above written. Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of: Examined by Will Cumming, John Frohock, John Howard Signed John Dickey, seal [The survey plan reads as follows:] North Carolina Rowan County This Plan represents a tract of land [illegible] and laid out(?) [illegible] John Dickie lying on both sides of the Middle fork of Rockey River adjoining to John Brevard & Robert Brevard. Beginning at a white oak on the East side of sd Creek on Robert Brevards Line and Runs No 52 chs: to a pine thence W: 75 chs to a Black Oak, thence So 52 Chains to a post oak on John Brevard's line then along his line to the Bee Containing three hundred and ninety acres. Surveyed February 12th, 1764. William Crawford, James Crawford, Ch C John Frohock, Surv. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/granville/deeds/granvill194gdd.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 8.4 Kb