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DOWER FOR MARTHA SUTTON SIMMONS

Original found at the NC Archives, Raleigh, NC in Jones County Estate Records, 
Abraham Simmons Folder. This land is currently in Lenoir County.

State of North Carolina, Jones County

I, John L. Koonce Sheriff by R. H. Parsons Deputy Sheriff of Jones County attended by 
the following Jury of good and lawful men viz WILLIAM B. BECTON, THOMAS 
SMITH, ENOCH NOBLE, THOS. WILCOX, THOS. T? GOODING, THOS. 
McDANIEL, AMOS SHELFOR ??, JOACHUM L. RHEM, FRANKLIN B. 
HARRISON, AMOS HARRISON, THOS. HUGGINS, and LEWIS O. Bryan who after 
being duly sworn according to law, proceeded on the 21st day of April in obediance to the 
annexed writ to lay off and allot to MARTHA SIMMONS her downer and thirds in the 
lands of ABRAM SIMMONS deceased as described in Said writ according to the 
following metes and bounds. Beginning at the mouth of a big ditch on the East Side of 
South west Creek up said ditch to when it forks then with the same south 27 west 22 pole 
to the line of the ditch with said ditch a Southeast course to the head of the said ditch 
Two gums marked with a Knife thus South 35 west outside of the fence to a sweet gun on 
a ditch marked with a Knife  then south 59 west to the out lines of the Said Simmons land 
& with the lines of the same to the Creek then down the creek to the beginning And the 
same widow has the privilege of cutting fire wood, rail timber out lets & c on the lands of 
the said Abraham Simmons (dec) for the purpose of plantation use & C – and proceeded 
also to put his in possession of the same.

Given under our hands and seals of the said jurors before me this the 21st day of April A. 
D. 1848

Wm. B. Becton
T. Smith
Enoch Noble
Thomas Wilcox
Thos. Gooding
Thomas McDaniel
Amos Shelfer
J. L. Rhem
Franklin B. Harrison
Amos Harrison
Thos. Huggins
Lewis (x) O. Bryan

John L. Koonce Sheriff
By R. H. Parsons, Dpt. Shff

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