Johnston County, NC – Deeds – State to Micajah Casey, 1782 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Johnston County Land Grants, Book M-1, pg 182 - 1776 STATE of NORTH CAROLINA. No. 597 To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting. KNOW YE, That We, for and in Consideration of the Sum of Fifty Shillings for every Hundred Acres hereby granted, paid into our Treasury by Micajah Casey a Tract of Land, containing Fifty Acres, lying and being in our County of Johnston on the South Side the great branch and Beginning at a Maple in a small Branch a prong of said Great branch near Trails line and runs South Sixty five degrees East Fifty Poles to a diad pine Caseys corner then his Line North forty nine degrees East one hundred Poles to the great branch then down its meanders to the mouth of the little Branch thence its meanders to the beginning as by the Plat hereunto annexed doth appear; together with all Woods, Waters, Mines, Minerals, Hereditaments, and Appurtenances, to the said Land belonging or appertaining: To hold to the said Micajah Casey his Heirs and Assigns, for ever. Yielding and paying to us such Sums of Money yearly, or otherwise, as our General Assembly from Time to Time may direct. Provided Always, That the said Micajah Casey shall cause this Grant to be registered in the Register’s office of our said County of Johnston within Twelve Months from the Date hereof, otherewise the same shall be void and of no Effect. IN TESTIMONY whereof, we have caused our Great Seal to be hereunto affixed. WITNESS Alex Martin Esquire, our Governor, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief, at Fairfield, the twenty first Day of October in the Twenth Year of our Independence, and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty two By his Excelly’s Com’d J Glasgow Sec Alex Martin {seal} Recorded in the Secretarys office J Franks Treas ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Guy Potts ___________________________________________________________________