Rowan-Davidson County NcArchives Deed.....Ellis, Radford - North Carolina, State Of March 30, 1785 ************************************************ 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: Robert Ellis http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00017.html#0004075 and Linda Ellis January 20, 2007, 4:28 pm Written: March 30, 1785 Deed to Radford Ellis Rowan Co., NC – 30 Mar 1785 [SUMMARY: Grant No. 93 to Radford Ellis, 30 Mar 1785. 340 A. on South side of Yadkin River. Joins Tracts 11 & 12. Confiscated property of Henry Eustace McCulloch. Rowan County, NC, Book 69, Page 328.] State of North Carolina. No. 93. To all to whom these presents shall come, Greetings. Know ye that we for and in consideration of the form of three hundred & forty Acres and One Shilling Specie Secured to be paid into Our Treasury by Radford Ellis have given, granted & by these presents do give and grant unto the said Radford Ellis a Tract of land Containing Three hundred and forty Acres lying and being in Our County of Rowan on the South Side the Yadkin River Beginning at a Willow Oak standing on the North Bank of the River at the upper corner of Henry Sloans field then South Crossing the River in all Sixty five Chains to a Small Hicory in the line of Tract No. 1(?) bounds to Tract No. 12 then east fifty chains to a small red Oak then North Seventy Chains the Hicory Corner to Tract No. 11. Standing in the Bank of the Yadkin River at the mouth of a small Branch Opposite to the Throufare Island then Including the Small Island in the river to the Begining which said Tract of land was sold at Publick Vendue pursuant to an Act of Our General Assembly intitled(?) “and act Corecting the sale of Confiscateed property”, as the estate of Henry Eustace McCulloch to the said Radford Ellis for the aforesaid sum of money together with all mines, minerals, heredimentals, appurtenances as to the said Land belonging or appertaining and also all rights, title, Interest, and property which he the said Henry Eustace McCulloch had in the premises and every part and parcel thereof, on the 4th day of July in the year of Our Lord 1776, or at any time since. To Hold unto the said Radford Ellis his heirs and assigns forever, Giving and Paying to us such forms of money yearly or otherwise as Our General Assembly may Direct: Provided always that the said Radford Ellis shall cause this grant to be Registered in the registers Office of Our said County of Rowan within one year form the date hereof, otherwise the same shall be void & of no effect. In Testimony whereof we have caused these our Letter to be made patent and our great seal to be hereunto affixed. Witness Alexander Martin Esqr. At Salisbury the 30th day of March in the Ninth Year of Our Independence and in the Year of Our Lord 1785. By his Excellys Com. Alex. Martin (Seal) T. G Clasgon, Sec. Radford Ellis – 340 Acres, Rowan County Recorded in the Secretary’s Office Wm Williams, D. Sec. Transcribed by Bob & Linda Ellis Duluth Ga. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/rowan/deeds/northcar154gdd.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 3.4 Kb