Newhanover County NcArchives Court.....Wright, John Et Al 1795
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Source: Wilmington Chronicle   Sept. 24, 1795
Written: 1795
Recorded: September 24, 1795

                    COURT DECREED LANDS FOR SALE
   On the sixth day of the term of the next Superior Court to be held in 
Wilmington at the Court-House in said town will be offered for sale the 
following tracts or parcels of land to wit:
   148 Acres, or thereabouts, situate in New Hanover County, on the west side 
of the north east branch of the Cape Fear River, joining the upper side of 
BENJAMIN EVANS' Land; on the Welch tract where JOHN WRIGHT and FRANCES 
DRUMGOLD formerly lived; being the same land conveyed by ARTHUR BENNING to 
ANDREW THOMSON.
   600 Acres, or thereabouts situate in New Hanover County, on Black River, 
formerly possessed by ACHILLES ROAN, and the possession thereof lately 
recovered from J. DEVANE, by the trustees of the University of North Carolina;
   Also, one water lot, situate in the upper part of the town of Wilmington, 
lying between the lots whereon MR. J. LOUDON and MR. W. CUTLAR now live; 
measuring 66 feet in Front street and from thence running down to low water 
mark, being the lot which ROBERT ELLIS formerly convery to HENRY McCULLOCH, 
and is now in the possession of MR. W. CUTLAR, as tenant under the trustees.
   The persons last seized of the foregoing lands dying without lawful heirs, 
the same lands became encheated, and were granted by the general assembly of 
the State to the trustees of the University of North Carolina and will be sold 
agreeable to the ordinances of the board of trustees. -- A credit of one, two, 
and threee years will be given, and to secure the purchase money bonds with 
approved security, together with a mortgage of the premises must be made and 
delivered. 
                              W. H. HILL
Attorney for the trustees of the University
   


Additional Comments:
Benjamin Evans, Frances Drumgold, Arthur Benning, Andrew Thomson;Achilles 
Roan, J. Devane; J. Loudon, W. Cutlar, Robert Ellis, Henry McCulloch; W. H. 
Hill.

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