Northampton County, NC - Society of Friends to Martha Josey, others, 1848 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. DEED BOOK 33 PAGE 355 20 September 1848 Church SOCIETY of FRIENDS & MARTHA JOSEY & OTHERS This indenture made this 20th day of the 9th month 1848. Between JAMES PEELLE, THOMAS PEELLE, & JOHN PEELLE, members of the Society of Friends or properly called Quakers, all of Northampton County and State of North Carolina on the one part. MARTHA JOSEY & MARCUS W SMALLWOOD of the same place of the other part. Witnesseth that they the Society of Friends have a deed of conveyance for a lot of land bearing date of 29th day of the 9th month 1759 and being in the County and State aforesaid, and called Rich Square, on which their Meeting House stands, and at which place they meet for divine worship, and adjoining the land of MARTHA JOSEY, MARCUS W. SMALLWOOD & JAMES RANDOLPH, a minor which they the said Society have had & hold in full and quiet possession from the date of said deed. But the line or boundary of said lot of land, not being kept up as they should have, and the Trees called for in the land is now not to be found, and we of both parties being desirous to know the current boundaries thereof have agreed to have the said lot of land surveyed, and a current plat thereof made and attached to this agreement which is as follows. Viz. Beginning at a Stone, when the old line called for a Hickory, in or near MARTHA JOSEY line at the Road leading from Rich Square to Winton, thence along her line N 50 West 21 poles at the Road leading to Murfreesborough, when the old deed called for a Red Oak, now a Stone, thence along said Road south 29 1/2 West 11 1/2 to a Stone, when the old called for a Post Oak & being formerly RANDOLPH'S line, now SMALLWOOD, thence South 30 East 11 1/4 poles to a Stone at the Winton Road, thence said Road N 76 East 7 poles N 68 1/2 East 5 poles N 60 East 6 poles to the first station. And we of both parties can hold and firmly bound to the strict adherence of this agreement. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals, the day and date first above written. JAMES PEELLE Signed in the presence of THOMAS PEELLE JOHN RANDOLPH JOHN PEELLE M. W. SMALLWOOD MARTHA JOSEY IA ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by J.E. Josey ___________________________________________________________________