Wayne County, NC - Deeds

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WAYNE COUNTY, NC - DEEDS - Division of Lands of Henry V and William Cook - 1831

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In Obedience to an order of the County Court of Wayne Issued November Term
1831 we the subscribers have been summoned & qualified by William Thompson shff
to Divide the Lands of Henry & William Cook Decd. between the Lawful Heirs
of sd. Decd. we have agreeable (sic) thereto as the above plan Represents to witt:
No. 1. Drawn by the Heirs of Charity Speight Begn. at a pine at the head of
the Dividing Branch & runs S 59 1/2 E 115 poles to a dead pine then N 18 pole
to a pine cut down at the head of a Bottom then down the meanders of
the Mill pond branch to a Three prong Blackgum then N 65 W 244 poles
to a stake on the run of Aycock swamp then up the meanders of sd. swamp
to the mouth of the run of the Dividing branch then up the meanders of the
Same to the first station containing ninety two acres.
No. 2. Drawn by the Heirs of John F. Cook Begn. at a pine on the
side of the School house branch Ezekiel Davis's corner & runs with his
line S 37 E 21 pole to a stake his corner then with his other line N 19 E
123 pole to a pine his corner in John Davis's line then with his line
E 55 pole to the Run of Turners swamp then up the meanders of sd.
swamp to the mouth of the mill pond branch then up the meanders
of the mill pond branch to a Three prong Blackgum then N 65 W 244
pole to a stake on the run of Aycock swamp then down the meanders
of sd. swamp to the mouth of the School house Branch to the first station
Containing One Hundred & Thirty acres.
No. 3. Drawn by the Heirs of Nancy Bardin Begn. at a
Popular on the run of the miry branch & runs S 60 E 137 pole to
a pine then N 17 E 53 pole to a stake & pine then S 10 W 120 pole to a
stake then N 70 W 262 pole to a stake on the run of Ivey's swamp then
Down the meanders of sd. swamp to the mouth of the run or the miry
branch then up the meanders of sd. branch to the first station containing
One Hundred & Twenty & a half acres. Also the sd. Heirs of Nancy
Barden is (sic) to pay to the Heirs of Charity Speight the sum of Eleven
Dollars. Also the Heirs of Nancy Bardin is (sic) to pay the Heirs of
John F. Cook the sum of Ten Dollars.
No. 4. Drawn by Celia Cox Bgn. at a White oak on the run of Ivys swamp & runs
E 226 pole to a Blackjack down & stake then S 153 pole to a water oak Twig
then N 10 E 196 pole to a stake then N 70 W 262 pole to a stake on the
run of Ivys swamp then up the meanders of sd. swamp to the first
station containing One Hundred & Thirty Eight & a half acres. Also the
sd. Celia Cox is to pay to the Heirs of John F. Cook the sum of Twenty
Four Dollars; --- In testimony whereof we the subscribers have set
our hands & seals this 30th day of December 1831.

(Signed) Britton Hood, surv.
(Signed) John Davis (Seal)
(Signed) Ezekiel Davis (Seal)
(Signed) Thomas Woodard (Seal)
(Signed) Readin Coley (Seal)

Witness
(Signed) Wm. Thompson Shff.

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//Source: N. C. State Archives microfilm C103 40007, Deeds of Wayne County, 1830 - 1838, 
Book 16, pp. 212, 213.

**Contributor's notes:  The lands involved in this document were the subject of Jacob 
Cook's 1830 Will.  Jacob's son John F. Cook had died shortly before Jacob's Will was 
drawn up on Sept. 18, 1830.  Jacob left his lands to his two surviving sons William and 
Henry V. Cook. Jacob died shortly after the date of his Will and his son Henry died 
intestate shortly thereafter. William Cook then was appointed administrator of his 
brother Henry's estate but he too died intestate before he could carry out those duties. 
Willy Bardin was then appointed administrator for both Henry and William in Feb. 1831.  
By Nov. 1831 when the division of lands was completed, the shares of Jacob's daughters 
Nancy Bardin and Charity Speight went to their heirs.  Since both women were named in 
Jacob's it appears that they also died after Nov. 1830 and before Nov. 1831. Jacob's 
daughter Selah (Celia) Cox was apparently the sole survivor of Jacob Cook's six children 
in Nov. 1831. !

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