Orange County NcArchives Deed.....Clark, William - Ray, John August 30, 1798 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Poquette npoq@hotmail.com May 23, 2006, 3:33 am Written: August 30, 1798 Recorded: November 1798 NC Archives microfilm C.073.40004, Orange County Record of Deeds, Vol. 7, page 348: “William Clark to John Ray. This indenture made this 30th day of August in the year of our Lord 1798 between William Clark of the County of Orange and state of North Carolina of the one part, and John Ray, esq. of the county and state aforesaid of the other part. Witnesseth that the said William Clark, for and consideration of the sum of six hundred and fifty dollars to him in hand paid by the said John Ray, the receipt whereof the said William Clark doth hereby acknowledge, hath given, granted, bargained and sold, a liened, ____, released and confirmed and by these presents doth give, grant, bargain and sell a lien ____ release and confirm unto the said John Ray, his heirs and assigns forever, one undivided half of all that part of land situated and lying and being in the county aforesaid on the waters of Little River, and bounded as follows, to wit: “Beginning at the northwest corner of James Wilkinson’s, formerly Ralph William’s land, running to a black oak, then east to a black oak, then north to a post oak on the said John Ray’s, formerly James Ray’s line, then west along said line and along James Clark’s line to a black oak, thence south to the first station, containing three hundred and seventy-eight acres, be the same more or less, it being a tract of land conveyed by John Rutherford to William Clark, deceased, by deed bearing date the second day of August in the thirty- first year of the reign of King George the second, King of England., reference being thereto had will more fully appear, together with all and singular the profits, the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, and the inversions and reversions, remainder and remainders, ? renti ipus? And profits thereof and also all the estate rights title, interest, property claim and demand whatsoever of him the said William Clark, of, in and to the premises aforesaid, to have and to hold the said one undivided half of said tract of land and premises described as above unto him the said John Ray, his heirs and assigns forever, and the said William Clark for himself, his heirs, executors and administrators, the said one undivided half of the aforesaid tract of land and all and singular the premises hereby bargained and sold with the appurtenances against the claim of all and all manner of persons whatsoever unto the said John Ray, his heirs and assigns will well and truly warrant and forever defend.” “In witness whereof, the said William Clark hath hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal, the day and year first above written. William Clark. Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of William Clark, Jesse Clark. Deed was duly proved in open court by the oath of William Clark and Jesse Clark, two subscribing witnesses and ordered to be registered. November term 1798. Additional Comments: These are the lands willed to THOMAS, Jr and William CLARK, by their father THOMAS CLARK, Sr. See the will of Thomas Clark. Following the sale of their lands, they moved their families to Logan County, Kentucky, to the famed Red River meetinghouse between Russellville and Adairville. In the year 1800, they were participants in the gtreat revival movement. See Logan County, KY's KYGenweb pages for more. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/orange/deeds/ray97gdd.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 3.9 Kb