Jones County NcArchives Deed.....North Carolina, State Of - Rhodes, Jacob 1798 ************************************************ 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: Sloan S. Mason http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00016.html#0003873 November 21, 2017, 3:59 pm Written: 1798 Jones County, NC Land Grant to Jacob RHODES 25 April 1798 Register of Deeds, Bk. 1, p. 283 No. 7777 State of North Carolina 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 of land hereby granted paid into our Treasury by Jacob RHODES have given & granted by these presents do give & grant unto the sd. Jacob RHODES a tract of land containing twelve acres lying and being in the county of Jones in the West side of Great Branch, Beginning at a water oak in the run of sd. branch William WINSETT’S corner & runs with his line W 128 poles thence S 47 W 69 poles to Amos JOHNSTONS line thence with the same N 37 W3 poles to Jacob JOHNSTONS corner thence with his lines N 47 E 69 poles thence E 80 poles thence N 15 W 95 poles thence E 23 poles to a black gum in the run of sd. branch thence down the meander of the same to the Beginning entrance the 25 April 1798 was by the plat hereunto annexed doth appear together with all woods waters mines minerals hereditaments & appurtenances to the sd. land belonging & appertaining to have and to hold to the said Jacob RHODES his heirs and assigns forever yelding & paying to no such sums of money yearly or otherwise as our General Assembly from time to time may direct provides always that the sd. Grantee shall cause this grant to be registered in the Registrars Office of our said county of Jones within twelve months from the date hereof otherwise the same shall be void & of no affect. In testimony where of we have come then in letters to be made Patent & our great seal to be hereunto affixed, Witness: Benjamin WILLIAMS, Esquire, Governor, Captain General and Commander in Chief of Raleigh the 26th day of Nov. in the XXth year of our Independence & in the year of our Lord one thousand seven & ninety nine. B. WILLIAMS By Command Will WHITE, Secretary Recorded in the Secretary’s Office T. MALONE, P. Sec. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/jones/deeds/rhodes834gdd.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb