Wayne County, NC - Deeds William & Emmet Robinson Collection Johnston County Heritage Center Reference Box, P.C.1.1. George Ragsdale Collection THIS INDENTURE, Made this 18th day of July in the year eighteen hundred and Sixty five, between Euphemia L. Rogers, of the County of Wayne, and State of North Carolina, of the first part,--and P.J. Lawhon of the City of Washington and District of Columbia, of the second part,--witnesseth : That the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of Two hundred dollars, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, has given, granted, bargained, sold and conveyed, and does hereby give, grant, bargain, sell and convey, to the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns, all that tract or parcel of land lying in the County of Wayne, town of Goldsboro, & State of North Carolina, bounded as follows :-- Beginning at J.H. Griffin's Western Corner on the northern Boundary line of the Northern Boundary Street of the town of Goldsboro, and runs northwardly at right angles to said line three hundred feet to Chelly Langston's line; thence westwardly up the ditch Eighty feet to J.S. Moore's corner, thence Southwardly three hundred feet, a line parallell to the first line to the northern Boundary line at the said Street thence with said line Eastwardly to the beginning and known as lot No. 376 on the plan of the town of Goldsboro, and containing one-half acre, more or less. To have and to hold the same with the appurtenances thereunto belonging to the said P.J. Lawhon the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns forever. And the said party of the first part, for the consideration aforesaid, does hereby covenant and agree to warrant and defend the premises aforesaid to the said party of the second part, his executors, administrators and assigns, against the claim and entry of all persons whatsoever, and she does further covenant that the said Euphemia L. Rogers is seized of the premises in fee simple, and has power to make and convey such an estate by this indenture, and has done the same by these presents. In witness whereof, the said party of the first part has hereunto set her hand and seal , on the day and year above written. E L Rodgeres {Seal} SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED } } Wm Robinson IN THE PRESENCE OF } _________________________________________________________________________ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Guy Potts __________________________________________________________________________