NASH COUNTY, NC - DEEDS - Lazarus Cook to Andrew Cook - 1842
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Contributors Note:  The Grices, Deans and Cooks owned large tracts of land 
along Contentnea Creek, Hwy. 42 W. and the Old Raleigh road west of Wilson and 
east of I 95.   References to Popular Spring branch and Shepard's branch are 
frequently seen in Cook and Grice deeds of the period. This area, known as the 
Old Fields (various spellings) district was taken from Nash County in 1856 to 
form a part of the new County of Wilson. 

DEEDS
North Carolina
Nash County

This indenture made and agreed on this the Tenth of March one thousand 
eight hundred and forty two between Lazarus Cook of the State of North 
Carolina and County of Nash of the one part and Andrew Cook of the 
state and county aforesaid of the other part, Witnesseth that for and 
in consideration of the sum of seventy five dollars to me in hand paid 
by the sd. Andrew Cook at or before the signing and sealing of these 
presents the rest hereof I do acknowledge have bargained, sold and 
conveyed unto the sd. Andrew Cook a certain tract or parcel of land 
lying and being in the state and county aforesd. and bounded as 
follows: beginning at a Popular in the branch and runs south 281 poles 
to (a) Pine then east 57 poles to a White Oak near the run of Shepherd 
Spring Branch then north 281 poles to a Pine thence west 57 poles to 
the beginning containing one hundred acres be the same more or less and 
I the sd. Lazarus Cook do bind myself, my heirs and assigns and do by 
these presents warranty and defend the title of the above {word lined 
through} tract of land unto the sd. Andrew Cook, his heirs and assigns, 
forever free and clear from all claims of any denomination in witness 
where unto I have set my hand and seal the day and date above written. 
Signed sealed and delivered in presents of (signed) 
James Fulgham (signed) 
Jesse Simson (signed) 
Lazarus Cook (seal)

State of North Carolina
Nash County
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
May Term 1842

The foregoing deed of sale was duly proved in open court by the oath of 
James Fulgham one of the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to 
be registered

(signed) Samuel Brown, C.C.C.

And is registered

Attest (signed) {illegible initials} Taylor, P. R.

//Source: North Carolina State Archives Microfilm
//Nash County Deeds Book 17, Page 304

//Contributor's comments: Lazarus Cook was Andrew Jackson Cook's 
father. The unit of measurement used to describe the //land involved in 
this deed was the "pole" which equates to approximately 16.5 feet. The 
land described in this deed, which //was in Nash County in 1842, is now 
in Wilson County, N.C.