Lenoir County NcArchives History....Survey, 1748

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Joe P. Sutton, PhD, sutton@edtesting.com, June 25, 2017.

Clellan Sutton Collection, Bucklesberry Community, La Grange, NC.

JOHN GILES SURVEY, 1748

September 17th 174[8] Surveyed for John Giles a tract of land lying 
in Craven County on the north ?? Neus River on the South Bucklesberry 
pocosin beginning at a water oak Standing on an Island of said pocosin 
?? Archibald Mukelroys Island and Plums Island then Due So 30 po then 
?? 70 po then N 20 E 128 ?? ?? Then with a direct [torn area] First 
Station for one hundred and sixty acres [torn area] No. ?? 

[At top, right corner of document, there is a trapezoid-shaped drawing 
of the 160-acre tract of land, with the following words inscribed inside] 

Center 160 a At Least One Inch to 100 ??
 
END OF DOCUMENT

Comments:

This is the oldest dated document in the Clellan Sutton Collection.

This tract of land was apparently acquired by John Sutton sometime after 
1748. Although John is not named, this document is believed to have been 
in John’s possession during his lifetime, and he passed it down to his 
son, Benjamin, since the date of the document precedes Benjamin's birth
year.

The last digit for the year, 174-, is no longer visible due to 
deterioration of the document. However, the deed for this tract of land, 
recorded by John Giles in Craven County, indicates the year, 1748.

Per Saunders, W. L. (Ed.). (1888). The colonial records of North Carolina 
(vol. VI, 1759-1765). Raleigh, NC: Josephus Daniels, Printer to the State:

On Petition of John Giles Ordered that his Patent for 160 Acres of Land 
in Craven County Dated 14th October 1748 be Recorded in the Secretarys 
Office/ (p. 1019)

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