Guilford County NcArchives Deed.....Clap, George Tobias - Clap, George Valentine May 19, 1773 ************************************************ 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 beverly_wat@msn.com August 1, 2010, 12:56 pm Written: May 19, 1773 Recorded: May 1774 Guilford County, North Carolina Deed Book 1, Pg 251 This Indenture made the nineteen day of May in the thirteenth year of our Sovereign Lord King George the third & in the year of our Lord Christ 1773 between George Valentine Clap & Barbery his wife of the one Part & George Tobias Clap both of Guilford County WITNESSETH that for & in consideration of the Sum of two hundred & fifty Pounds Proclamation Money by the the (sic) said Tobias Clap to the said Valentine Clap in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby fully acknowledged he the said Valentine Clap for himself & his heirs hath granted bargained sold aliened enfeoffed & sett over & by these Presents doth grant bargain sell alien enfeoff & sett over unto the said Tobias Clap his heirs & assigns all that piece parcel or tract of Land lying & being in Guilford County wherein said Tobias Clap now lives bounded as follows that is to say beginning at a White Oak running thence No. 55 W 221 Poles to a White Oak thence So. 45 W 232 Poles crossing 2 Branches to a Red Oak thence So 40 E 221 Poles to a Stake by a small Hickory stump (?) thence No 45 E 232 Poles crossing three branches to the beginning & containing in the whole three & twenty acres of Land To have & to hold the aforesaid three hundred & twenty acres of land in as full & ample a manner as the said Valentine had of Henry E. McCulloh of Johnson (sic Johnston?) --- (together ?) with the appurtenances & all rights priviledges & improvements to the same in any wise belonging to him the said George Tobias Clap his heirs & assigns forever subject only to the payment of Quit rents hereafter to grow due & payable for the same & the reservation of one half of all mines & minerals which may hereafter be found thereon & the said George Valentine Clap for himself & his heirs doth hereby covenant & agree to & with the said George Tobias Clap his heirs & assigns that he the said George Valentine Clap hath full Power & authority to sell & convey & make over the above granted lands & premises forever & further that the said George Tobias Clap his heirs & assigns shall and may forever hereafter peaceably & quietly have hold occupy possesses & enjoy the aforesaid lands & premises without the l--tt or molestation of all or any person whatsoever & free & clear from all & all manner of former or other incumbrances whatsoever & the said Valentine Clap doth oblidge himself his heirs executors & administrators to warrant & defend the afore granted lands & premises of every part & parcel thereof to him the said George Tobias Clap his heirs & assigns forever from & against him the said George Valentine Clap his heirs & assigns & all Persons lawfully claiming or to claim by from or under him or them or any of them & from & against all & all manner of Persons who now lawfully claim or hereafter Lawfully may claim the said lands & premises or any Part or Parcel thereof. In WITNESS whereof the said George Valentine Clap & Barbery his wife hath hereunto set their hands & seals the day & year first above written. Signed Sealed & delivered } George Valentine Clap (Seal) in the Presence of us } her his } Barbery (\) Clap (Seal) Philip (F K) Clap } mark mark } Comfort Clap (?) } North Carolina } Guilford County } May Court 1774 The within Deed from George Valentine Clap & wife to George Tobias Clap was proved in open Court by the oath of Barbary Clap & on Motion ordered to be registered. Test - Thos Henderson CC Additional Comments: Deed from George Valentine Clap and Barbery, his wife, for 320 acres to their son, George Tobias Clap. George Valentine Clap immigrated from Germany in 1727, sailing from Rotterdam on the ship James Goodwill. He and his brother John Ludwig Clap founded the German Reform church, Der Klapp Kirche, now known as The Brick Church in Guilford County, North Carolina. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/deeds/clap549dd.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 4.6 Kb