Washington County, NC - Deeds

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The source is the Washington County Register of Deeds, Book M, page 167.

State of North Carolina
Washington County

This indenture made this the tenth day of January one thousand & Eight hundred 
fifty nine between Joseph Woodley and wife Eunice Woodley of the county and state 
aforesaid of the first part and Joshua B. Davenport of the county and state 
aforesaid of the second part. Witnesseth that the said party of the first part for 
and in consideration of the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars the receipt of 
which is hereby acknowledged has given granted and bargained sold and conveyed and 
does hereby give grant bargain sell and convey to the said party of the second part 
his heirs and assigns forever all our interest in the tracts or parcel of lands 
lying in the county of Washington state of North Carolina bounded as fowlowes {Viz} 
beginning in Isaac B. Batemanıs line on the main road ner to where he now lives, 
thence runing south to S.M. Alexanderıs line, thence West along Alexanders line to 
a Black gum corner at Henrietta Swain big ditch thence along said line to the heirs 
of Abram Davenport line thence along there line Westardly to Alexander Davenport 
line, thence No along his line to Jesse furlow line, thence No ?abinding on the 
lines of the said furlows and Horace Spruill and Joseph Furlows and W.A. Spruill to 
Ebenezer Dunston line corner pine near piney islands, then East along dunston line 
to Henrietta Swain line thence south along her line 88 poles thence East along said 
line 66 poles thence along said line No 240 poles to William A. Spruill line thence 
East 55 poles along Spruill line to Joshua B. Davenport line thence along Davenport 
line south 240 poles then East 31 poles to Isaac B. Bateman line thence Binding the 
said Bateman and wife line to the first station, containing all of our interest in 
the lands whereon A. H. Davenport & wife last lived and whereon Jordan H. Phelps 
now lives the said interest includes of thirty acres more or less to have and to 
hold all of our interest in the above ?Boundres of land with the appurtinances and 
hereditaments thereunto belonging to the said Joshua B. Davenport the said party of 
the second part his heirs and assigns forever and the said parties of the first part 
for the consideration aforesaid does hereby covenant and agree to warrant and defend 
the above interest from us our heirs and assigns forever to the said party of the 
second part his heirs executors administrators and assigns a good title forever and 
we does further covenant that the said Joseph Woodley and his w Enice Woodley is 
seized of the above interest in fee simple and has power to make and convey such and 
estate by this indenture and ?law ?does the same by these presents in witness whereof 
the said parties of the first part has hereunto set their hands and seals on the day 
and year above writings

                                            Joseph Woodley {seal}
                                            Eunice Woodley {seal}

Sign seald and deliver
in the presence of
Witness
H.H. Phelps

State North Carolina
The execution of the foregoing deed was duly acknowledge before me by Joseph Woodley 
and wife Eunice Woodley in the presence of each other and the said Eunice Woodley was 
by me examined seperate and apart from her said husband touching her volentary 
execution of the same, and the said Eunice acknowledge that she executed it freely 
and volentaryly and without the coercion of her said husband or any other person and 
doth now assent thereto.

March 10 1859
R.M. Saunders
J.S.C.F.

Recd state tax 50˘ & Registered 24th Nov 1859
J.H. Hampton Register
By S.B. Nicholls Dy Regr

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