Granville County NcArchives Deed.....Wilkerson, Hammond - North Carolina, State Of March 1, 1780 ************************************************ 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: Beverly Watson http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00029.html#0007196 September 17, 2011, 9:59 am Written: March 1, 1780 Granville County, North Carolina Deed Book N, Page 244, Grant No. 331 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ To all to whom these presents shall Come Greeting ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Know Ye that we for & in Consideration of the Sum of Fifty Shillings for every Hundred acres hereby Granted paid into Our Treasury by Hammond Wilkerson have given & Granted and by these presents do give & grant unto the sd. Hammond Wilkerson a Tract of Land Containing Six Hundred & forty acres lying & being in Our County of Granville on the Middle prong of Beaverdam Creek & Low Grounds (sic ?) Beginning at a red Oak at the Mouth of a branch & running up the Same forty four poles to a pine thence Bradfords line East One Hundred poles to a pine then his other line North One Hundred & Eighty poles to a Willow Oak in a pond then his line east Eighty poles to a Maple on a branch then up the Same North Sixteen poles to a W oak then his line east Eighty five poles to a B J (sic Black Jack?) thence his line North Seventy Nine poles to a Gum & W oak on Blalocks line to a br (sic branch?) by Hettles (?) then up the Meanders of the Same One Hundred & Eighty five poles to a Gum on the road thence South Sixty one Degrees West One Hundred & Ninety poles to a Corner on the Creek thence down the Meanders of the Same to the first Station; As by the plat hereunto annexed doth appear together with all Woods Waters Mines Minerals Hereditaments & appurtenances to the sd Land belonging or appertaining; To hold to the sd Hammond Wilkerson his heirs & assigns forever Yielding & paying, to wit, Such Sums of Money Yearly or otherwise as Our General assembly from time to time May direct Provided always that the sd Hammond Wilkerson shall [Cause this] Grant to be Registered in the Registers office of Our Said County of Granville within Twelve [Months from the] Date hereof otherwise the same shall be Void & 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 first day of March in the fourth Year of Our Independence & in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred & Eighty ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ By his Execelly‘s Comr Rd. Caswell (Seal) Wm. Sheppard D Sec Truly Regr P M Satterwhite PR Additional Comments: Note: There are several phrases enclosed in brackets [-] where the original was damaged and the wording included is from the standard phrases of other grants issued by this clerk and/or public register in Granville County. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/granville/deeds/northcar633dd.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb