CRAVEN COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA - DEED - JOHN COX to JAMES JONES - 1756 ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Contributed to The USGenWeb Archives by: Bushy Hartman (mihartman@InfoAve.Net) 22 March 2000 ---------------------------------------- South Carolina} Craven County } KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that I John COX of the County aforesaid Planter Have bargained sold & Delivered & in plain & open market do sell & deliver unto James JONES of the said County Taylor all & whole my Crop as it stands on my Plantation with the Rye that is housed one Cow & Calf markt with a Flowered Lewis in one Ear & a halfcrop in the other two Sows markt in each Ear with an under Slop & an over Slop with Sundry other Plantation Tools & Household Stuffs a Schedule annex'd doth more largely appear to have and to hold the said Bargained Premisses unto the said James JONES his Heirs & assigns for ever and I the said John COX do hereby Warrant & Defend the Said Sale against the claims of all Persons whatsoever Witness my Hand & Seal this fourteenth day of July 1756./. Six shillings & three pence his Delivered in the lieu of the above John COX Testes James NIVIE mark Esther NIVIE A schedule of Sundrys sold to James JONES by John COX & annexed to a Bill of Sale dated this 14th July 1756 vizt 6 Sheep 0 iron Pots 8 Geese 2 Guns 2 Chests & 1 Box 4 Ho Grubing Hoe one Hammer Augurs 1 Hand saw 1 Spike Gimblet 1 Crosscut saw 1 Trivet 2 P Ra ough Gear Plough Irons 2 Bedsteads 1 Case and four Bottles 1 s and Riggs & 4 Pigs unmarkt 1 Frying pan 2 Pails 1 Piggin Churn 1 Dough Trough & 1 Table 1 Half Bushel 1 Cradle three 6 Wooden trenches & one Dish with all & whole my Plantation & Household Furniture & all I own within & without Doors Witness Hand and Seal Testes James NIVIE his Esther NIVIE John COX Mark South Carolina} Carven County}James NIVIE personally appreared me the 16th day of July 1756 and being duly sworn Evangelists of Almighty God declared that he saw John COX delivered this within Bill of Sale & the Schedule annexed unto James JONES for the uses within mentioned & that he saw Esther NIVIE sign Evidence to the same James NIVIE Sworn to and Signed before Me the day of the date above written William LORD Recorded the 18th August 1756 (Blanks destroyed in original book) [Spelling how it appears in original transcript.] **************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ****************************************************************