NASH COUNTY, NC - DEEDS - Lazarus & Andrew Cook to Jacob Worrell, 1844
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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. 

Deed
North Carolina
Nash County

This indenture made this 16th day of July in A.D. 1844 between Lazarus 
Cook and Andrew Cook of the County of Nash and State of North Carolina 
of the first party and Jacob Worel of the county and state aforesaid of 
the second party, witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum 
of Two Hundred and Fifty Three Dollars 12 1/2 Cents to us in hand paid 
by the second party and we the first parties doth acknowledge ourselves 
fully satisfied and contented therewith and have bargained, sold and 
consigned a certain tract or parcel of land being and lying in the 
county and state aforesaid and bounded as follows: beginning at a Gum 
in the run of Shepherd's Branch thence west one hundred and sixty six 
poles to a Popular in the Popular Spring Branch thence south with 
Stephen Boykins' line one hundred & ninety three poles to a stake 
thence east with a marked line one hundred and seventy poles to the run 
of {ditto symbal indicating Shepherd's branch} to a small Oak thence up 
the run of {ditto symbol indicating Shepherd's Branch} to the beginning 
containing 242 acres be the same more or less and we the first parties 
do bind ourselves, our heirs and assigns and do by these presents do 
warrant and forever defend the right and title of the above bounded 
land unto the said Jacob Worel, his heirs and assigns forever free and 
clear from all claims of any {word lined through}denomination in 
writing whereunto we have set our hands and seals the day and date 
first above written. Signed, Sealed and Delivered in presence of us

(signed) Lazarus Cook (seal)
(signed) Andrew Cook (seal)

Attest
(signed) Barney Pearson
(signed) John (X, his mark) Morrell (seal)

State of North Carolina
Nash County
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
May Term 1845

The execution of the foregoing Deed of Sale was duly acknowledged in 
open court by Lazarus Cook & is ordered to be registered. Attest 
(signed) G. M. Taylor C.C.C.

And is registered Attest (signed) G. W. Ward P. R.

//Source: North Carolina State Archives Microfilm

//Nash County, N.C. Deeds Book 18, page 280

//Contributor's comments on this document: My interpretation of this 
document requires some explanation. The registrar of this document was 
in the habit of making the letter W look very much like the letter M 
and thus the grantee's name appears to be "Morel". The typewritten 
Grantor/Grantee index lists the surname of the grantee as "Worel". 
Neither Morel nor Worel represents a common surname. Worel however is a 
reasonable phonetic spelling of Worrell , a very common surname. As it 
happens, the name of one of the witnesses was written very clearly in a 
different hand as John Worrell. My conclusion is that the surname of 
the grantee was Jacob Worrell. I base this conclusion in no small part 
on the fact that I found no evidence of the surnames Morel or Worel in 
the area but the surname Worrell was well represented.//