Guilford County NcArchives Deed.....Hotton, Lewis - Doak, Robert February 12, 1774 ************************************************ 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: Yvonne Strong ylstrong95@gmail.com March 10, 2015, 2:09 pm Written: February 12, 1774 Recorded: August 1774 Source: Guilford County Register of Deeds Robert Doak & Wife to Lewis Hotton 201˝ Acres “This Indenture made the twelfth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy four between Robert Doak of the County of Guilford in the Province of North Carolina of the one part & Lewis Hotton of the County & Province aforesaid of the other part Witnesseth that for & in consideration of the Sum of one hundred & fifty two Pounds ten Shillings Proclamation Money of North Carolina to the said Robert Doak in hand paid by the said Lewis Hotton at or before the sealing or delivery of these presents the receipt whereof he the said Robert Doak doth hearby acknowledge & thereof doth clearly acquit & discharge the said Lewis Hotton his heirs Exrs & Admrs giving of them by these presents the said Robert Doak hath granted aligned & confirmed & by these presents doth grant him & confirm unto the said Lewis Hotton in his actual possession now being by virtue of a bargain of sale thereof made to him the said Lewis Hotton & to his heirs assigns forever all that tract or parcel of land situate lying & being in the County of Guilford & Province of North Carolina on the Bleating Branch the waters of the Allemance beginning at a Post Oak thence N. 35 Chains & 3 Roods[Rods] to a Post Oak thence Wt.56 Chains to a White Oak thence 35 Chains & 3 Roods[Rods] to a Red Oak thence East 56 Chains to the beginning it being part of said Robert Doak's land that he now lives on commonly called the Bleating-house land containing by estimation two hundred & one acres & a half be the same more or less & all the estate right tittle on tenets claim & demand whatsoever of him the said Robert Doak of & in & to the said premisses aforesaid & every part & parcel thereof & the remainder  & remainders yearly & other rents & profits of the premisses & of every part thereof TO HAVE & TO HOLD the said parcel or tract of land & all & singulr [illegible] the premisses herein before mentioned & intended to be hereby granted with the appurtenances to the said Lewis Hotton & his heirs to the only proper use of the said Lewis Hotton & of his heirs & assigns forever & the said Robert Doak his heirs Exrs & Admins doth hereby covenant & grant to & with the said Lewis Hotton his heirs & assigns by these presents that he the said Robert Doak now wtan[d]eth lawfully & rightfully signed of & in the said messuage & premisses with their appurtenances of a good sure perfect indefeasable[?] estate in fee & now hath good rightfull power of lawfull authority to grant & convey the same unto the said Lewis Hotton his heirs & assigns according to the true intent & meaning of these presents & that it shall & may be lawfull to & for the said Lewis Hotton his heirs & assigns from time to time & at all times forever hereafter peaceably & quietly to have hold possess & enjoy the Said tract or parcell of Land & premisses with their appurtenances without the lawfull [illegible] vissit trouble or interruption of him the said Robert Doak his heirs or assigns or any of them or any other person or persons whatsoever freed & discharged of & from all incumbrancces whatsoever the rents & services of him him the said Lewis Hotton to grow due payable for & in respect of the said premisses only excepting foreprised & the said Robert Doak his heirs Exre & admre do covenant & agree to & with the said Lewis Hotten his heirs & assigns by these presents that he the said Robert Doak & his heirs shall & will at any time hereafter at the request & proper cost of charges in the law of the said trouble or interruption of him the said Robert Doak his heirs or assigns or any of them or any other person or persons whatsoever freed & discharged of & from all incumbrancces whatsoever the rents & services of him him the said Lewis Hotton to grow due payable for & in respect of the said premisses only excepting foreprised & the said Robert Doak his heirs Exr & Admrs do covenant & agree to & with the said Lewis Hotten his heirs & assigns by these presents that he the said Robert Doak & his heirs shall & will at any time hereafter at the request & proper cost of charges in the law of the said Lewis Hotton his heirs or asigns for the further & better conveying & assuring the said tract or parcel of land & premisses unto the said Lewis Hotten his heirs & assigns forever do make & execuite any other such conveyances or assurances in writing as by the said Lewis Hotton his heirs or assigns as shall be reasonably devised advised or required so as such further conveyances contain no further covenant or warranty than in these presents is contained IN WITNESS whereof the said Robert Doak has hereunto sett his hand & seal the day & year first above written” Signed sealing delivered Robt Doak {Seal} in the Presence of us Hannah Doak {Seal} Wm Reynolds } North Carolina James Matthews } Guilford County August Court 1774 The within Deed from Robt Doak & wife to Lewis Hotton was proved in open Court by the Oath of Wm Reynolds a Subscribing Witness thereto & on Motion ordered to be registered Test Thos Henderson C.C. Additional Comments: Yvonne L Strong Transcribed 9 March 2015 Microfilmed Copy By North Carolina State Guilford County Register of Deeds Online Records System File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/deeds/doak852dd.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 6.0 Kb