Wayne County, NC - Deeds - Thos. L Hollowell to Matthew Jones - 1858 This Indenture made this 13th day of August, in the year of our lord, one thousand eight hundred & fifty eight, between Thos. L Hollowell of the county of Wayne and state of North Carolina of the first part and Matthew Jones of the county & state aforesaid, of the second part. Witnesseth that the said party of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of five hundred & ten dollars to him in hand paid the payment of which is to be well & truly secured, the security & payment of which is hereby acknowledged in full has given, granted, bargained, sold & conveyed and does hereby give grant, bargains, sell and convey to the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns, two certain tracts or parcels of land lying in the county of Wayne & state aforesaid, situated and bounded as follows viz. Beginning at a small maple on the southside of the Yellow Marsh Mill pond, runs thence S 21 W 50 poles to an oak stump on the Wilmington road, Cogdell B Masseys corner thence south 79½ East 103 poles to a stake in big branch C B Masseys corner thence down said big branch as it meanders to the mill pond thence down said mill pond at high water mark to the beginning containing twenty five acres, be the same more of less. Also one other tract lying in the same county and state situated and bounded as follows, viz. Beginning at a stake in Cogdell B Masseys line, now James Kings corner, and runs with Kings line South 52½ East 110 poles to a stake his corner, thence the same course to Simon Herrings line, thence with his line, west to a stake Herrings & C B Masseys corner, thence North 52½ W 71 poles to a stake in the road C B Masseys corner, thence North 35 E to the beginning supposed to contain twenty acres, be the same more or less. To have & to hold the same with the appurtenances thereunto belonging to Matthew Jones, the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns forever, and the said party of the first part, for the consideration aforesaid & does hereby covenant & agrees to warrant & defend the premises aforesaid to the said party of the second part, his executors, administrators & asigns against the lawful claim or claims of any & all persons whatsoever. In witness whereof, I the said party of the first part do hereunto set my hand & seal the day & date first above written. Thos. L Hollowell {Seal} Signed Sealed & delivered in presence of Thos H Stanton James H Kornegay Wayne County August 18th 1858 Then was the foregoing deed of sale from Thomas L Hollowell to Matthew Jones duly acknowledged before me and let it be registered. Benj. Aycock CLK _________________________________________________________________________ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Guy Potts __________________________________________________________________________