ORANGE COUNTY, NC - DEEDS - Geo Laws to William H Laws
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George Laws to William Hampton Laws
June 2, 1785
Orange County Deed Book 2, Page 429

This Indenture made the second day of June in the year of Our Lord
One thousand seven hundred & Eighty three Between George Laws Snr of
the one part & William Hampton Laws son of the aforesaid George Laws
both of the County of Orange & state of North Carolina Witnesseth that
the said George Laws Sen for divous good causes & considerations him
thereunto moving, but more especialy for and in consideration of the
natural love & affection that he hath & doth bear towards his son
William Hampton Laws hath given & by these presents doth freely give
grant bargain make over convey & confirm unto the Said William Hampton
one certain tract or parcel of land & plantation Situate lying & being
in the County of Orange and state aforesaid it being the land &
plantation whereon the said William Hampton Laws now liveth containing
by estimation one hundred and Seventy acres be the same more or less
being part of a tract of Land which the said George Laws purchased from
Henry McCullock Esquire & is bounded as follows to wit beginning at a
Hickory on the East bank of Flat River running thence No 45 East 49
chains to three Red Oaks Saplins thence ? 34 West 10 chains to a Red
Oak thence West 10 chains 75 links to a Black Jack thence No. 33 West
35 chains to the Mainwood at a Black Jack thence a Westwardly course
along the said Woods and goes to Flat River thence down the Said River
and meanders to the first Station, To have & to hold the said One 
hundred acres of land with all of & singular the improvements &
appurtenances therewith belonging with the reversion & remainders to
the only proper use & behoof of him the said William Hamton Laws heirs
forever free & clear of & from the right title property claim & demand
of him the said George Laws Sen & his heirs part in Witness whereof the
said George Laws hath hereunto set his hand & seal the day & year first
above Written
Signed sealed & delivered
in the presence of us                         George Laws, Sn (seal)
Peyton Madison
George Laws
  No Carolina    )  August Court 1783
  Orange County  )  The execution of the foregoing deed was duly proved
in open court by the oath of George Laws a subscribing Witness thereto
and ordered to be registered      Test       Jesse Benton C.C.