HAYWOOD COUNTY, NC - DEEDS - Joseph B. Hawkins to Jeremiah M. Allen, 22 Oct 1864 ----¤¤¤¤---- Joseph B. Hawkins Deed to J. M. Allen Rec. by me for Registration the 8th day of February 1869 W. C. Brown Register This Indenture made and entered into on the twenty second day of October in the year eighteen hundred & sixty four between Joseph B. Hawkins of the County of Haywood & State of North Carolina of the one part & Jeremiah M. Allen of said county & state of the other part. Witnessith that the said Joseph B. Hawkins hath this day contracted & sold unto the said Jeremiah M. Allen, for & in consideration of the sum of five hundred & fifty dollars, to him in hand paid The receipt of which sum of money is hereby acknowledged, a certain piece or parcel of land lying in the County of Haywood, state of North Carolina on the waters of Richmond Creek, adjoining lands of William Mossey? & others where said Allens family now lives known as the Joseph Hawkins place containing one hundred & twelve and a half acre more or less. And the said Joseph B. Hawkins for his consideration aforesaid does hereby agree to warrant & forever defend the title to the above mentioned tract of land, from himself his heirs, executors administrators & assigns unto the said Jeremiah M. Allen his heirs executors, administrators & assigns. To have & to hold the same unto the said Jeremiah M. Allen his heirs & assigns in fee simple forever, together with all the apperturances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining to the same. And the said Jeremiah M. Allen does further covenant that the said Joseph B. Hawkins is seized of the premises in fee simple & has proven to make and convey such an estate & has done the same by these presents, Given under my hand & seal on the day & year first above written. Joseph B. Hawkins (Seal) Signed, sealed & delivered in presence of Wesley N. Freeman B. B. Edmondson Probate Court, Haywood County, Jan. 25, 1868 The above Deed was duly proven before me, G. S. Ferguson Judge of Probate for said County by the oath of B. B. Edmondson the subscribing witness therefore let it together with this certificate be Registered. G. S. Ferguson Probate Judge The within Deed was duly Registered in the Registers office of Haywood County in Book ? page 227 the 16th day of February 1869. W. C. Brown Register of Deeds ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Sandra Fender ----------------------------------------------------------------------