Johnston County, NC – Deeds – State to William Wormack, 1782 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Johnston County Land Grants, Book M-1, pg 181 - 1776 STATE of NORTH CAROLINA. No. 722 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 William Wormack a Tract of Land, containing one hundred and Fifty Acres, lying and being in our County of Johnston on both sides of Black Creek including his improvement Beginning at apine at the head of Mcolleys Branch Jesse pases Corner in county line turns thence along said Passes ling down the Branch South then turn East thereby eight poles thence South twenty eight East sixty poles to apine his other corner thence along his other line South one hundred and twenty poles crossing the creek to apine thence West two hundred and forty poles to astake in the County line thence along said line to begining 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 William Wormack 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 William Wormack 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 ___________________________________________________________________