Wayne County, NC - Deeds - Jno P Cobb to Mathew Jones Senr - 1869 Articles of Agreement between Jno P Cobb & his wife Sallie E Cobb & Mathew M Jones Senr all of Wayne County North Carolina. The said John P Cobb & wife Sallie E agree to convey & make title with warranty to the said Mathew M Jones Senr to the following tract of land in Wayne County lying on the South side of Nuse River adjoining the lands of Wright Casey Fred Patrick & others. Beginning at a pine on the River bank being a corner between Waitman Thompson & said Cobb then around & including what is known as the Searly tract also about 510 acres as what is known as the Grady tract the latter beginning at a stake in Peters branch Cobbs corner, thence S 27 E 189 poles to a stake in the centre of three pines thence S 47 W 188 poles to a stake in the Marsh, thence in a strait line to the corner between the Searly & Grady tract thence along and around the Grady tract to the beginning containing alltogether 1100 acres more or less & in consideration of the premises the said Jones agrees to give and deliver to the said Cobb one hundred & twenty five bales of cotton to average low midling 400 lbs each Twenty five bales of which is to be delivered annually on the first day of January, the first 25 bales to be delivered on or before the first day of January 1870 & then said Jones shall have a warranty title to the aforesaid lands. It is also agreed that the said Cobb & wife shall have a lein annually upon the entire crop raised upon said lands for the payment of the installment due each year, it is also agreed that if the said Jones shall pay apart of the above consideration or the whole of it and should fail to get a good title as above then the lands shall be bound and stand as a security for the amount paid after allowing said Cobb reasonable rent & damage for the time he has been out of the possession of said land and for the full performances of above agreement the said parties bind themselves their heirs and assigns mutually. Signed & sealed the 7th day of January 1869. John P Cobb {Seal} Mathew (his X mark) Jones State of North Carolina Personally appeared this 7th day of January AD 1869 before me George Jno Robinson Probate Judge and Clerk of the Superior Court of Wayne County the above named John P Cobb & wife Sallie E Cobb and acknowledged the due execution by them of the foregoing deed and therefore the said Sallie E Cobb being by me privately examined seperate and apart from her said husband touching her free consent in the execution of said deed of conveyance she on such her examination delared that she had executed the same freely of her own will & accord and without any force fear or undue influence of her said husband or any other person and did still voluntairly assent thereto, therefore let said deed & this certificate be registered. Geo Jno Robinson Probate Judge _________________________________________________________________________ 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 __________________________________________________________________________