Wayne County, NC - Deeds, Reuben Mitchell ----¤¤¤---- REUBEN MITCHELL LAND GRANT 1795 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 558 TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETINGS KNOW YE, That we for and in consideration of the sum of Thirty Shillings for every Hundred acres hereby granted paid into out Treasury by REUBEN MITCHELL have given and granted and by these present do give and grant unto the said REUBEN MITCHELL a tract of land containing Eighty acres, lyeing and being in our county of WAYNE On the Head of the Great Swamp Beginning at a pine in ELISHA HOLLANDS line and runs west Sixty Four Poles to a pine in or near THOMAS EDGERTONS line then with or near said line North Twenty Poles to a pine then west Fifty six poles to a gum then North Twenty Six Poles to a stake in or near JOHNSTON County Line thin East One Hundred and thirty Poles to a Stake then to the beginning as by the plat hereunto annexed doth appear together with all woods waters mines minerals hereditaments and appurtennances to the said land belonging or appearing to HOLD to the said REUBEN MITCHELL his heirs and offsprings forever Yielding and paying to Us such sums of money yearly or otherwise as our General Assembly from time to time may direct Provided Always that the said REUBEN MITCHELL shall cause this Grant to be registered in the Registers office of our said county of WAYNE within twelve months from the date hereof otherwise the same shall be void and of no effect. IN TESTIMONY whereof We have caused these our Letters to be made Patent and our Great Seal to be hereunto affixed. Witness: RICHARD DOBBS SPAIGHT Esquire, our Governor, Captain-General and Commander in Chief, at NEW BERNE the 28th day of AUGUST in the 20th Year Of Our Independence and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety five. By His Excellency's Commend: RICHARD DOBBS SPAIGHT GLASGOW Secretary Recorded July 1st 1796 ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by K. Mitchell ___________________________________________________________________