Wayne County, NC - JACOB & BRYAN KORNEGAY, DIVISION OF LANDS, 1824 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wayne County, NC Deed Book 12, pages 429-431: North Carolina} Wayne County} In Obediance to an order of the Superior Court Issued Fall Term 1823, we the subscribing have divided the Land of Jacob Kornegay Decd. and the Land of Bryan Kornegay Decd. Between their Lawful Representatives as the above plan Represents (To Wit) No. 1} Begn. for Margaret Kornegay...No. 2} Beginning for Bathena Smith ...The sd. Berthena Smith received from Marhsal and Margaret Kornegay each the sum of seventy five Dollars to make her Lot equal...No. 3rd} Begn. for Marhsal Kornegay at a stake on the run of Falling Creek and runs So. 8 W 510 poles to a stake then E 8 poles to a pine then N 10 E 148 poles to a blackjack then N 33 E 97 1/2 poles to a pine, then N14 E 10 poles to a blackjack then E 60 poles to a stake, then N 272 poles to a stake on the run of Falling Creek Then up the meanders of the Creek to the Beginning Containing Two Hundred acres, It being his equal share of the Bryan Kornegay land, also one tract of the Jacob Kornegay land lying in the County of Duplin...containing one Thousand nine hundred acres and valued at $1425 also the sd. Marshal Kornegay is to pay to Berthena Smith the sum of seventy five dollars to make her share equal, the same to be paid from the date of this return. No. 4} Begn. for Carolina Fail...containing Two Hundred acres it being her equal share of the Bryan Kornegay land. In witness whereof we the subscribers hath set our hands and seals this 15th day of December 1823 (the Committee first being sworn) Witness Britton Hood {Seal} Wm. Raiford Shff. L. Cogdell {Seal} Jno. Cox {Seal} Sam. Flowers {Seal} North Carolina} Superior Court of Law Wayne County} Spring Term 1824 The within Division and report was returned to the present Term of this Court and there being no exceptions taken there to It is ordered and decreed by the Court that the same be registered agreeable to law and is confirmed by this Court. Attest N. Washington Clerk Note: Plat of all lots is entered on Wayne County, NC Deed Book 12, page 429. [All official records are transcribed by this compiler as written with no correction of grammar, punctuation or spelling.] __________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Stephanie A. Hill ___________________________________________________________________