Wayne County, NC - Deeds - B.F. & Mary Murphy to Newman Potts - 1883 Register of Deeds Office Wayne County Goldsboro, NC This deed made the 3rd day of December A.D. 1883, by B F Murphy & wife Mary O Murphy parties of the first part to Newman Potts party of the second part all of Wayne County North Carolina, Witnesseth, that the said B F Murphy & wife Mary O Murphy for and in consideration of three thousand three hundred and seventy five dollars, paid, have bargained and sold and by these presents do bargain, sell and convey unto said Newman Potts and his heirs a certain tract or parcel of land in said county lying about one fourth of a mile east of Stoney creek, adjoining the lands of J J Casey on the south, the said Casey's, M O Murphy's on the west, William Daniels on the north and said Mary O Murphy's on the east bounded as follows, beginning at a stake in the White Hall road, said Casey's corner where said turns east going from Goldsboro and runs south 501/2 east 93 poles to a stake, thence No 381/2 east 2581/4 poles to a stake; thence north 501/2 west 93 poles to a stake thence south 381/2 west 2581/4 poles to the beginning containing one hundred and fifty acres. To have and to hold said tract or parcel of land unto him the said Newman Potts and his heirs. And the said B F Murphey & wife Mary O Murphey for themselves and their heirs covenant and agree to warrant and defend the title to said tract of land unto said Potts and his heirs against the claims of all persons whatsoever. In witness whereof the said B F Murphey & wife Mary O Murphey have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year above written. B F Murphy {Seal} M O Murphy {Seal} North Carolina Wayne County I, A T Grady, CSC do hereby certify that B F Murphey and M O Murphey his wife personally appeared before me this day and acknowledged the deed registered _________________________________________________________________________ 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 __________________________________________________________________________