ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, NC - DEEDS - J. C. Soyers to T. J. Motley 1871
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Rockingham Co NC Deed Book Third B pages 42-45

Thos. J. Motley from J. C. Soyers & wife Deed

This indenture made and entered into between John C. Soyers of the one part
and Thos. J. Motley of the other part both of the county of Rockingham and
State of North Carolina 

Witnesseth that whereas the said John C. Soyers and one Jackson Jones now
deceased entered into a partnership in said county the year 1853 for the
purpose of carrying on the business of Tanning and whereas it was necessary
for their purpose to possess such estate and did with the effect of the
partnership & for the purpose and business of the partnership purchase a
tract or parcel of land hereinafter described upon which is erected a
Tannery, and whereas the said real estate and Tannery was [sic] used solely
for the partnership, and found and considered by both parties as a part of
the partnership assets & liable therefrom to its debts and whereas in year
or thereabout of 1859 the said partnership was dissolved and found to be
wholly insolvent, and wheras the aforesaid real estate and all the effects
of the said partnership were turned over to the said John C. Soyers by the
said Jones to clear up and settle the said partnership matters and pay off
the debts of the same so far as the proceeds of the said real estate and
other assets would go - and the said Soyers was authorized to sell said
land for this purpose and whereas the said Jackson Jones therefore did and
before the sale of said real estate [word illegible] the said John C.
Soyers sole surviving partner of the said partnership and as such
authorized by law to [two words illegible] said partnership as well as by
the act & [word illegible] of the said Jones in his lifetime & for this
purpose to sell said real estate. Now therefore in consideration for the
premises together with the further consideration of the sum of five hundred
and fifty dollars to him the said John C. Soyers in hand paid by the said
Thos. J. Motley the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged the said John C.
Soyers has given granted bargained sold & conveyed and by these presents
does give, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said Thos. J. Motley
and his heirs a certain tract or parcel of land upon which is situated the
said Tannery, lying in the County of Rockingham State of North Carolina on
the waters of Hogan's Creek, adjoining the now lands of Thos. J. Motley
(formerly the lands of said Jackson Jones) and the lands of Miller Nunn and
others & bounded as follows ~ Beginning at a Hickory in said Motley's line
running the[n]ce East twelve chains (12) and sixt[y] links to a Poplar in
Saml Cornwell's line - thence with said line North six chains and
ninety-six links to a Sourwood corner with said Cornwell's - thence with
his line South 86 degrees East sixty chains & 49 links to a Rock corner
Miller Nunn's line thence with said Nunn's line North 28 chains 40 links to
a Rock & Pointers corner with said Nunn in Pinkney Chambers' line thence
with said line and Chambers North 88 1/2 degrees West 11 chains and 5 links
to a Gum & Pointers corner with said Chambers in what is now Thos. J.
Motley's line (then Jones) thence with said line South one degree West 28
chains and fifty links to a Black Oak corner with said Motley; thence South
80 degrees West 11 chains to a Rock corner with said Motley's thence 15
degrees East 7 chains 66 links to the first station, containing (44)
forty-four acres and four links. It being the land bought & owned by the
said Soyers & Jones in partnership set forth by the surviving partner. To
have and to hold the above described premises with all the privileges and
appurtenances thereunto belonging to him the said Thos. J. Motley his heirs
and assigns forever. And Mary J. Soyers wife of the said John C. Soyers for
and in consideration of the sum of five dollars to her in hand paid by the
said Thos. J. Motley joins her husband in the execution of the Deed of
Conveyance and she hereby releases to the said Thos. J. Motley his heirs
all her right and interest in the said land either in way of Dowers,
Homestead or otherwise, and the said John C. Soyers & wife Mary do for
themselves their heirs Executors and administrators covenant with the said
Thos. J. Motley & his heirs and assigns forever that they are lawfully
seized in fee of the said land that they have right to convey the same &
that it is free from any & all incumbrances and that they will and their
heirs Executors & administrators shall warrant and defend the right title
and possession of & to the said land forever - against the claims & demands
of all persons whatsoever. In testimony whereof we the said John C. Soyers
& Mary his wife have hereunto set our hands & seals this the 9th day of
October A. D. 1871 -

		J. C. Soyers {Seal]
		M. J. Soyers {Seal}

Signed sealed and delivered
in the presence of
A. M. Scales
Rockingham County in the Probate Court

[Proved 9 October 1871 Rockingham Co NC Probate Court,
after "privvy examination" of Mary J. Soyers]