NASH COUNTY, NC - DEEDS - Lazarus Cook to A. B. Baines, 1845
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1845 Lazarus Cook to A. B. Baines Deed
Nash County, N. C.

This Indenture made this the second day of January in the year
of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and forty-five by and between
Lazarus Cook of the County of Nash and State of North Carolina of
the one part and A. B. Baines of the other part, Witnesseth, that the
said Lazarus Cook for and in consideration of the some (sic) of one hundred
and seventy five dollars to me in hand paid by the said A. B.
Baines, have bargained, sold and conveyed and by these presents
doth bargain, sell and convey unto the said Baines a certain
tract or parcel of Land lying and being in the county aforesaid
and on the south side of Tar River on the waters of toisnott swamp
and bounded as follows, viz,  beginning at a pine in Marmaduke
Ricks line then down the Polley bridg branch to the said swamp
to a white oake then East to a pine near the Rowly front then nearly
north to a pine then west to a Red oake then north to a stake on the
Road then up said Road to a pine then north to a pine in Rick's
Line then west along said Rick's line to the first station containing
two hundred and twenty five acres, be the same more or less
to have and to hold the said Land and premises together with all
the appurtenances thereunto belonging to him the said A. B. Baines
his heirs and assigns forever and I the said Lazarus Cook do for
myself, my heirs, executors and assigns forever warrant and defend
the Right and title of said land to be free and clear from the
lawful claim or claims of Any other person or persons whatsoever
in testimony whereof, I the said Lazarus Cook have set my hand and
seal the day and date first above written.

(Signed) Lazarus Cook (Seal)

In the presents of us

(Signed) Jesse Battle
(Signed) Gideon Strickland

Nash County - In the Probate Court
Aug. 9, 1869

The execution of the above deed from Lazarus Cook to A. B. Baines
was this day duly proven before the undersigned Justice of Probate
for said County by N. Ferris, the subscribing witnesses being
dead, who testified that he was well acquainted with the hand
writing of Jesse Battle, one of the subscribing witnesses and was
satisfied that the name of said Battle was in his own handwriting.
Therefore let the said Deed with this certificate be registered.

(Signed) J. P. Jenkins
Probate Judge

Registered August 10th 1869 in obedience to the above order

(Signed) William T. Griffin 
Regr. of Deeds.


//Source: N. C. State Archives Microfilm Nash County Deeds Book 19

//Contributor's notes:  Twenty-four years elapsed from the date this 
deed was executed until it was registered at the courthouse.  By 1869,
when it was finally registered, the grantor and both witnesses were dead.