Wilkes County, NC - William Laws Land Grant, 1779

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Wilkes Co., NC Land Records

State of NC Grant to William Laws – Entered 1779 – Registered 1803

Deed Bk C1, pg 348 (LDS film #20134)

William Laws    100 acres

State of North Carolina No. 2396

Know ye that we for and in consideration of the Sum of fifty Shillings for 
every hundred acres hereby Granted paid into our treasurey by William Law 
have Given and Granted and by these presents do give and Grant unto the s'd 
William Law a tract of Land containing one hundred acres lying and being in 
the County of Wilkes on the Little Warrior Creek near the fork of the path 
the one leading to William Triplet the other to Chesley Cockerhams Beginning 
on two white oaks thence North forty eight poles to a black oak thence East 
twenty four poles to a white oak thence North eighty eight poles to a white 
oak and Sourwood thence East eighty poles to a Sourwood white oak thence 
North twenty poles to a black oak thence East forty pole to a post oak thence 
South one hundred forty poles to a stake thence West one hundred and fifty 
poles to the beginning.

    Entered 2nd of March 1779

As by the plat hereunto annex'd doth appear together with all woods waters 
runs minerals hereditaments and appurtenances to the s'd Land belonging or 
appertaining to hold to the s'd William Law his heirs and assigns for ever 
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 s'd Grantee 
shall cause this Grant to be Registered in the registers office of our s'd 
County of Wilkes within twelve months from the date hereof (otherwise the same 
shall be void.) last bracketed words crossed out

In Testimony whereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent & our 
great Seal to be hereunto affix'd Witness James Turner Esquire our Governor 
Captain General and Commander in Chief at Raleigh the 26th day of Nov'r in the 
Twenty eighth year of our independence and in the year of our Lord one thousand 
eight hundred and three.

By command     (signed) J. Turner

Will White Sec.

Recorded in the Secretaries office.  D. Caswell, R.sec.

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Transcribed 12/3/05

Pamela G. Smith, Gresham, OR

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