Wayne County, NC - Patience Mitchell Dower - 1859 ----¤¤¤---- Dower of Patience Mitchell 1859 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Wayne County We the undersigned jurors, who after being duly summoned and sworn by WILLIAM A THOMPSON Sheriff to lay off to PATIENCE MITCHELL widow of REUBEN MITCHELL(Jr) dec. her dower, provided on the 3rd day of May AD 1859, to go upon the premises and lay off her dower which is described and included in the following boundaries Viz; Beginning at a pine stump WILLIAM MITCHELL'S corner and runs west 83 1/2 Poles to a pine, then North 63 Poles to a small persimmon tree.then west 14 Poles to a hickory then North 45 Poles to a stake then East 45 Poles to a stake then South 14 Poles to a stake then East 53 Poles to a stake then South 14 Poles to a short leaf pine, then East 23 Poles to the begining, containing and proceded to put her in possesion of the same--- All of which is respectfully submitted under our hands and seals, this 3rd day of May 1859 P B SCOTT BURDEN PERKINS E H HOLLAND JAS HOLLAND W HOLLAND BENJ BEST MICAJAH PIKE JOSHUA DAVES SAML PERKINS W A PEACOCK NATHAN T EDGERTON MATHEW PIKE Witness W A THOMPSON Shff Wayne County May Term 1859 This was the forgoing report of the Dower of PATIENCE MITCHELL returned to court, confirmed and ordered to be registered. May Court 1859 BENJ AYCOCK CLK __________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by K. Mitchell ___________________________________________________________________