CARTER COUNTY, TN - DEEDS - State of North Carolina to Nathan Lewis, 200 Acres, 10 Nov 1795 ----¤¤¤---- Carter Co., TN DB A, p. 230: State of North Carolina No. 1204 Transcribed by: Robert W. Keyes Apr 12, 2005 Source: LDS FHL film #847621 State of North Carolina To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Know ye that we for and in Consideration of the sum of Fifty Shillings for every hundred acres hereby granted paid into our treasury by Nathan Lewis have given and granted and by these Presents,Presents do give and grant unto the said Nathan Lewis a tract of land containing Two hundred acres lying and being in our County of Washington upon dry Creek Beginning at a birch and maple at the foot of a Steep mountain Corner trees to Mathias Little Survey, thence with Littles line South thir- ty two degrees East two hundred poles to a stake at the foot of the mountain, thence South forty four degrees west one hundr- ed and eighty poles to a Chestnut thence west forty poles to a dogwood, thence North three hundred poles to a Stake, thence East fifty nine poles to the Beginning as by the plat hereunto annex- ed doth appear together with all woods, waters, mines, miner- als, hereditaments, and appurtenances to the said land belong- ing or appertaining. To hold to the the said Nathan Lewis his heirs and assigns forever yeilding 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 Nathan Lewis shall cause this grant to be registered in the Registers Off- ice of our said County of Washington within twelve months from the date hereof otherwise the same shall be void and of no effect In Testimony whereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent and our great seal to be hereunto affixed Witness Richard Dobbs Spaight Esquire our Governor Captain General and Commander in Chief at Raleigh the tenth day of Novr in the twentieth year of our Independence and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety five. By Command Richd Dobbs Spaight J Glasgow Secretary Registered October the 22nd 1799 ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Bob Keyes ___________________________________________________________________