Lenoir County, NC - Jesse Pipkin to Elisha Pipkin, 1801 ~~~~~~~~~~ To all people to whom these presents shall come, greetings. Know ye that I Jesse Pipkin of the county of Lenoir and State of North Carolina, for and in consideration of natural love, goodwill and affection that I have and do bequeath to my son Elisha Pipkin for other good causes have given executed and made over unto him the said Elisha Pipkin the following situated lying and being in the county of Wayne and Lenoir and on the south side of Neuse River, a survey of one hundred and fifty acres granted to me the said Jesse Pipkin the 27th day of October 1799 on the north side of Panther Creek beginning at a pine in Jonathan Benton's line and runs with the same North 70 East 40 poles to a black jack his own corner, then South 70 East 70 poles to a red oak Hines corner, then North 115 poles to a lightwood stake then North 70 West 175 poles to a pine and from thence a direct line to the beginning. Also one hundred acres being part of a survey granted to Bibbey Burk (Bush?) the 24th day of October 1786 for two hundred and fifty acres beginning at a stake in the third line of said patent and runs South 52 poles to Needham Whitfield's corner and being the joint corner of the said patent, then West 35 East 236 poles to a pine his corner then with his other line North 72 poles to a stake in the seventh line and from thence across the patent to the beginning and one hundred acres more or less containing the land on the West side of Panther Creek being part of a survey granted to me the said Jesse Pipkin for 300 acres the 13th day of October 1765, beginning in the giving line of the patent at the intersection of a small branch to the north of Francis Benton's plantation and runs down the __ of the same to the west prong of Panther Creek, then down the meanders of the same to the mouth of Huckle Berry branch, then up the meanders of Huckle Berry branch to the patent line and then with patent line to the beginning. The whole containing by estimation 350 acres more or less...this 13th day of February 1801. In the presence of: /s/ Jesse Pipkin {Seal} Wm. Whitfield Jo. F. Bryan __________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Guy Potts ___________________________________________________________________