Lenoir County, NC - Deeds

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BROTHERS COLLECTION

Donated by Warren BROTHERS, & Mrs. Henry BROTHERS of Institute, Lenoir County, N.C.
Transcribed by Sloan Mason

PENELOPE BELL TO JAMES H. BELL-1866

State of North Carolina
Lenoir County
September the 20th 1866

This Indenture made the twentieth of September 1866 between Penelope BELL and James H. 
BELL of the State and County aforesaid witnesseth that I the said Penelope BELL for 
and in consideration of the sum of two hundred and sixty dollars and seventy five 
cents to me in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby duly acknowledged do hereby 
bargain sell & confirm unto the sd James H. BELL his heirs and assigns forever a 
certain tract or parcel of land lying on the south side of Wheat Swamp in the State 
and County afore named being bounded as follows beginning at a stake at the Duck pond 
and runs N 49° W 198 poles to a pine Nancy HODGES'S corner then south 46 poles to a 
pine then S 29° W 54 poles to a post oak then south 2° W 24 poles to a stake then 
S 35 W to Alx. WILSONS and CUNINGGIMS old corner then with WILSON'S line to a Black 
Jack. Miller CREECH corner then with CREECH line to the Beginning N 17 E 68 pole 
containing one hundred and forty one acres more or less to have and to hold with all 
the priviledges thereunto belonging and I the said Penelope BELL hereby bind myself 
my heirs and assigns to defend the right and title of the same unto the said James 
H. BELL his heirs and assigns forever. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and 
seal this 26th of September 1866.

Penelope BELL

Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of:
W. B. CREECH
J. C. HARTSFIELD

North Carolina
Lenoir County Court, Sept. Term. 1867

Then was the foregoing deed of Bargain and sale from Penelope BELL to James H. BELL 
exhibited in open court, and the execution thereof duly proved by the Oath of J. C. 
HARTSFIELD, one of the subscribing witnesses thereto, and ordered to be registered.
Nick HUNTER, C.C.C.

Enrolled in the Register's Office of Lenoir County this the 15th day September A.D. 
1867.

Wm. W. N. HUNTER, Reg'r.

Enrolled in Book of Records No. 36, on pages 355 & 356
Wm. W. N. HUNTER, Reg'r.

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