CARTER COUNTY, TN - DEEDS - State of North Carolina to Benjamin Webb, 50 Acres, 9 Dec 1795 ----¤¤¤---- Carter Co., TN DB A, p. 234: State of North Carolina No. 1201 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 for and in consideration of the sum of fifty shillings for every hundred acres hereby granted paid into our Treasury by Benjamin Webb have given and granted and by these presents do give and grant unto the said Benjamin Webb a tract of land containing fifty acres lying and being in our County of Washington a branch of dry Creek. Beginning at a stake on the side of a hill thence South fifty four degrees East forty three poles to a black oak thence said course South fifty four degrees East twenty poles to a chestnut near a branch thence South fifteen degrees West thirty six poles to a white oak, thence South thirty seven West sixty eight poles to a Spanish oak and double maple thence north forty eight west ninety poles to two large pines, thence North forty five degrees East ninety three poles to the Beginning as by the plat hereunto ann- exed doth appear together with all woods, waters, mines, min- erals, hereditaments and appurtenances to the said land belonging or appertaining. To hold to the said Benjamin Webb 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 Benjamin Webb shall cause this grant to be registered in the Registers Office of our said County of Wash- ington 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 Samuel Ashe Esquire our Governor Captain General and Com- mander in Chief at Raleigh the 9th day of December in the Twentyeth year of our Independence and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety five By Command Saml Ashe 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 ___________________________________________________________________