Wilkes County NcArchives Deed.....Morgan, Benjamine - North Carolina, State Of October 23, 1785
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Written: October 23, 1785

Wilkes County, North Carolina
Deed Book A-1, p. 268, Grant #144

To all to whome these presents Shall come Greeting,
Know ye that we for and inconsideration of the Sum of fifty Shillings for 
Every hundred acres hereby granted paid into our Treasury by Benjamine Morgan 
have given & granted & by these presents do give & grant unto the Said Benj. 
Morgan a Tract of Land Containing three hundred acres Lying and being in our 
County of Wilkes On the waters of Roaring River  Beginning at a pine & a Small 
Spanish oak Sapling in Larkin Clevelands line it being Morgans other corner 
Runing Then South one hundred & Sixty Poles to a Chestnut oak near a Small 
branch Then east Three hundred & (?) Poles to a Chestnut & white oak Tree Then 
North One hundred & Sixty Poles to two red oaks in a bottom thence west Ten 
poles to a post oak & Two white oaks Saplings it being Sd. Morgans other 
corner Trees Then West two hundred & ninety poles along sd. Morgans line to 
the first Station.
	As by the plat hereunto annexed doth appear Together with all woods 
waters mines minerals hereditaments and appurtenances to the Said Land 
belonging or appertaining To hold to the Said Benjamin Morgan his heirs and 
assigns 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 Benjamine Morgan Shall cause this grant to be Registered in the 
Registers office of our Said County of Wilkes within Twelve months from the 
date hereof otherwise the Same Shall be Void and of no effect.  IN TESTIMONY 
whereof we have caused our great Seal to be hereunto affixed  Witness 
Alexander Martin Esquire our governor captain general and commander in Chief 
at Fairfield the Twenty third day of October in the Seventh year of our 
Independence and in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty 
Five.
	By his Excellys Comd		Alex. Martin
	J. Glasgow Sec

			Recorded in the Secretarys Office
					Wm. Williams



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