Wayne County, NC - Deeds - William Rouse to John H. Powell, 1857

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NC Archives
John H. Powell Papers
Personal Collection (PC 1732)

State of North Carolina }
Wayne County            }  Know all men, that I William Rouse of the 
county of Wayne & state of North Carolina for and in consideration of
the sum of one dollar to me paid by John H. Powell of the same county 
and state do hereby bargain and sell and convey unto the said John H.
Powell his heirs and assigns, the following named slaves, to wit:

Henry, Ailsey and Mary, being the same which I have bequeathed to my
daughter Nancy C. Powell, wife of Daniel A. Powell in a will heretofore
by me executed (said slaves have been heretofore in the possession of
the said Daniel A. Powell) - also two feather beds bedsteads & furniture
and one sorrell mule

And I the said William Rouse for myself and my heirs do covenant with 
the said John A. Powell his heirs and assigns, to warrant and defend
the title to the property hereby conveyed, against the lawful claims of
all persons

In special trust and confidence nevertheless, that the said John H.
Powell hold the property hereby conveyed to the sole separate and 
exclusive use of the said Nancy C. Powell for and during her life and 
after her death, that he convey said property in fee simple to the 
children of said Nancy C. Powell and the issue of such as may be dead -
such issue to take together the part to which the ancestor if living
would be entitled

In testimony whereof the said William Rouse hath hereunto set his hand
& seal this 19th day of August 1857

Signed Sealed & delivered in }             William Rouse {Seal}
presence of                  }
James A. Washington          }

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