Wayne County, NC - Deed of Jesse Pipkin, dec'd - 1807 ¤¤¤¤¤¤ In obedience to an order of Court issued Aust term 1807, we the subscribers have laid off & divided the land of Jesse Pipkin, dec'd, between the heirs of sd dec'd as the above plan represents to wit: No 1 Begn for Asher Pipkin at stake in a small branch in the field & runs with old Fort Patent line N 25 E 47 poles to a red oak, down the old corner then with Fulghums line S 20 W 320 poles to his corner then S 80 W 41 pole to a stake then N 20 E 288 pole to a red oak in the Branch, then down the run of the same as it meanders to the begn, containing forty four acres. Also one other piece of piny woods, Begn at a pine in the Doctors field & runs E 10 pole to a stake in Arthur Pipkin's line then with his line S 5 W 104 poles to a stake, then W 50 poles to a stake in the Doctors line then his line to the Begn, containing eighteen acres. No 2 Begn for Rachel Warwick at a red oak in the branch in the field, Asher corner & runs his line S 20 W 288 poles to a stake his corner, then S 80 W 2 pole to a line on the road, then N 65 W 40 pole to a stake then N 25 E 272 pole to a pine at the head of the branch, then down the same as it meanders to the begn, containing fifty three acres. No 3 Begn for Daniel Pipkin at a maple on the run of Falling Creek Mrs Fulghums corner & runs with her line S 23 E 60 pole to a sweetgum, then up the run of the spring branch as it meanders as S 51 W 30 pole to a sweetgum at the head of sd branch, then S 25 W 330 pole to a stake, Rachels corner, then N 65 W 21 pole to a blackjack, then N 25 E 364 pole to a blackjack, then N 25 E 364 pole to a __, then N 60 W 70 pole to a stake, then N 225 E 41 pole to the run of the creek, then down the same as it meanders to the begn, containing sixty six acres. Also the sd Daniel Pipkin is to pay to Asher Pipkin, fifteen dollars to make his lot equal, the sd sum to be paid within twelve months from the date of this return. No 4 Begn of Sarah Pipkin, at a stake Daniel Pipkins corner & runs with his line, S 60 E 70 pole to a hickory his corner then with his other line S 25 W 364 pole to a blackjack, then N 65 W 21 pole to a pine, then N 20 E 60 pole, then N 17 E 65 pole then N 13 E 24 pole, then N 33 E 200 pole to a pine then N 65 W 56 pole to a stake, then N 25 E 25 pole to the begn, containing sixty six acres. In testimony whereof we have set our hands & seals this Day of Nov 1807 s/ E. Slocum {Seal} s/ Briton Hood {Seal} Recorded July 6yh 1808 by s/ J.D. Pender {Seal} John McKinne s/ Jesse Bizzell {Seal} Daniel (X) Pipkin and Asher (X) Pipkin was how they signed the form letter of directors to the Administrators of Jesse Pipkin estate. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Guy Potts ___________________________________________________________________