Wayne County, NC - Bennett C. Fields to James A. Fields, 1856

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State of North Carolina Wayne County
November 7, 1856 – Deed - $100 – 20 1/2 acres
Register of Deeds, Bk 89, pg 46

Deed made 7 Nov 1856 between Bennett C. Fields and James A. Fields both of 
Wayne, for $100 land in Wayne on the east side of the W. & W. Railroad adjacent 
to a small black jack, R. Fields corner, and runs 

then S 17 W 35 poles to a large pine on the old path or road 
then N 79 W 52 1/2 poles to a stake
then N 26 W 4 1/2 poles to some black jack pointers
then N 72 W 26 poles to a large black jack
then N 43 W 12 poles to a stake
then N 2 E 12 poles to a stake
then N 28 E 18 1/2 poles to a stake
then S 74 E 56 poles to a small poplar in Marshy Branch
then S 4 poles to a small pine in Marshy Branch to the beginning 
containing twenty and a half (20 1/2)  acres

Recorded March 7, 1905

(Bennett and James were brothers. The R. Fields mentioned in this deed may have
been their brother Robert)