Rockingham County, NC - Samuel & William Hays Land Division, 1803

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Wentworth County Court House
Office of Register of Deeds
Book I, Pages 63, 64

No. 743 Hays Samuel & William Decd Division 2 parts 100 as
State of North Carolina
Rockingham County
    In persuance of an order issuing from the County court aforesaid 
bearing date August Term 1803 Impowering Abraham Philips, Mark Hardin, 
Thomas Henderson, Benjamin McFarlin , and Thomas Lowe as Commissioners 
to divide and appropriate, one hundred acres of land held by Samuel 
Hays, and the heirs and Legates of William Hays Deceased, as Tennents 
in common after being duly sworn we proceed to lay off, divide, and 
appropriate the same in the following manner, and agreeably to the 
above plat hereto affix That is to say in Numbers. No.1 and No. 2 That 
is to say, the Lot. No. 1 to the Heirs and Representatives of William 
Hays Decd and the Lot No 2 to Samuel Hays in Tennents in common. 
     Beginning at a red oak and post oak at the letter A. Thence runing  
West sixty eight poles to a post oak saplin, thence South along 
Pleasant Hendersons line one hundred and seventeen poles to a post oak, 
the corner of No 2, thence with that line East crossing of two branches 
of Jacobs Creek, sixty eight poles to a black oak the other corner of 
No 2, thence North crossing of two branches one hundred and seventeen 
poles to the first station
     For the Lot No 2
     Beginning at a black oak Pleasant Hendersons corner at the letter 
B. thence North five poles to a post oak the corner of No 1 thence with 
that line East crossing of two branches of Jacobs Creek sixty eight 
poles to a black oak, the other corner of No1 thence South crossing a 
branch forty three poles to a chesnut thence West with Arthur Hays line 
two hundred and three poles to a post oak, thence north thirty eight 
poles to a forked post oak, thence East along Pleasant Hendersons line 
one hundred and thirty five poles to the first station, and contains 
fifty acres of Land.
                               Surveyed by    A Philips (S Ble?)
Thomas Lowe                               11th day of November 1803
Robert McFarlin
     We further award and appropriate that is to say, the proprietors 
of the claim of William Hays Deceased called No 1 shall pay Samuel 
Hays, the proprietor of the Lot No 2 the sum of ten dollars
     To all which with the foregoing Division as it is severally laid 
off marked and numbered is by these presents submitted to and 
ratified, in Testimony whereof we the undersigned have caused our hand 
and seals to be hereto affixed on the 11th day of November 1803
                                            A Phillips
                                            B McFarlin

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