Statewide County NcArchives Court.....William Jones - Relief, George Moore & 1786 ************************************************ 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: Connie Ardrey n/a February 25, 2009, 6:14 pm Source: Colonial Records Written: 1786 Acts of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1786 - 1787 1786 Volume 24, Pages 783 - 884 CHAPTER XXIV. An Act for the relief of George Laine Moore and William Jones. Whereas it is made known to the General Assembly, that George Miller purchased of John Campbell and Alexander M'Culloch, as agents for Henry M'Culloch, three hundred and twenty acres of land on the twenty-ninth of December, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-seven, for the consideration of twenty-five pounds; and that the deed of conveyance for the same is torn and great part thereof lost without being registered; and also that the aforenamed George Miller, after being possessed thereof near twenty years, hath sold the said lands, viz: Two hundred and seventy acres to Michael Redwill, and fifty acres to Nathan Oakey: And that the said lands hath been sold, viz: Fifty acres by the said Oakey to William Jones, and the remainder two hundred and seventy acres by the said Redwill to George Laine Moore. And whereas the estates of fair and honest purchasers may be drawn in question the original deed not having been proved and registered: For remedy whereof, I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That upon registration of the fragment of the said original deed, and of the deeds to Michael Redwill and Nathan Oakey, the same shall be good and valid to all intents and purposes as the original would have been, had the same been registered entire according to law; any law to the contrary notwithstanding. (Passed Jan. 1, 1787.) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/statewide/court/williamj896wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb