Pitt County, NC - Deeds

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State of North Carolina, Book P, Page 295. Know all men by these presents
that I John Haddock of the state and county aforesaid have for and in
consideration of the sum of three hundred and Seventy five Dollars to me in
hand paid by Joseph Page before the ensealing and delivering of these
presents have given granted bargained and sold and do by there presents give
certain tract of land lying and being in the County of Pitt on the south
side of Tar River and east side of Indian Well Swamp beginning at a post oak
in the Gum Branch north 63 east eighty poles to a pine thence north 13 west
and due north with the line to John Brooks pattent to the Platt Branch with
the winding thereof to the Indian Well Swamp thence with Indian Well swamp
beginning containing by estimation fifty acres more or less ...  Also
another tract of parcel of land lying in Pitt County and on the south side
of Tar River and east side of Indian Well Swamp and north side of Ready
pocoson ... Beginning at a pine in the side of the Indian Well John Brooks
corner winding with his line north 62 east 80 poles to a pine then thirteen
west with another of John Brooks lines eighty poles to a pine then with a
contract line between David Mills and Nesby Mills South 73 East 220 poles to
a pine ... then south 200 poles to a pine thence west 160 poles to a pine in
Isaac Mills line thence along his line north 18 west 100 poles to said Mills
corner a pine on the Indian Well Swamp then up the said swamp to the
beginning containing by estimation three hundred acres more or less,
reference being had to former records will more fully appear to have and to
hold the aforesaid tracts to fifty acres excepted for Isaac Mills out of the
three hundred acres to be laid off at convene ... of said land against the
land where he now lives to him and his heirs forever and I said John Haddock
myself my heirs executors and administrators do hereby warrant and forever
defend all the afore granted land premisses except as aforesaid the fifty
acres for Isaac Mills, to him the said Joseph Page his heirs exers admrs and
assigns forever and free from all lawfull claims of any persons or person
whatever as witness by hand and seal Jan 18th 1803. Test: Benjamin Patton,
Thomas Watkins. John Haddock [seal] Pitt County February Term 1803. This
deed was exhibited into open court and acknowledged by John Haddock to be
his act and deed ordered to be requested Richard Evans for George Evans,
Clerk

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