SULLIVAN COUNTY, TN - DEEDS - State of North Carolina to Solomon Cole ----¤¤¤---- Sullivan Co., TN, DB 2, p. 580: State of North Carolina to Solomon Cole Transcribed by: Robert W. Keyes Jan 16, 2005 Source: LDS FHL film #972705 State of North Carolina No. 541 To all to whom these presents shall come greeting Know ye that we for & in consideration of the sum of fifty shillings for every hundred a cres hereby granted paid into our Treasury by Solomon Cole have given & granted & by these presence do give & grant unto the sd Solomon Cole a tract of land containing three hundred & eighty six acres ly ing and being in our County of Sullivan lying on both sides of Beaver Creek & bounded as follows begining at a hickory & chesnut Joseph Cole Sen'r corner & thence S6E 52 poles to a poplar? on the top of a ridge thence along said ridge S36W 40 poles to a poplar and hickory S67W 100 poles to a small white oak & hickory N20W 13 poles to a hickory Nathaniel Hawkins line and with the N34W 119 poles to a walnut & two small gums S70W 20 poles to a pop lar on George Webbs line & with the same N4W 82 poles to two Hickorys N52W 119 poles crossing a creek to a hickory & white oak Saplings N20E 106 poles leaving said Webbs line to three small white oaks N89E 116 poles to two hickory & white oaks Joseph Coles corner & with his line S31E 24 poles crossing a creek to a stake by a house S6 East 92 poles to a chesnut stump S30E 145 poles to the begining as by the plat hereunto annexed doth appear together with all woods waters mines minerals hereditam ents & appurtenances to the sd land belonging or appertaining to hold to the said Solomon Cole his heirs & assigns forever yielding & paying to us such sums of money yearly or otherwise as our general Assembly from time to time may direct pro vided always that the sd Solomon Cole shall cause this grant to be registered in the registers office of our sd County of Sulli van within twelve months from the date hereof otherwise the same shall be void & of no effect in testimony whereof we have caused these our Letters to be made patent & our great seal to be here unto affixed Witness Samuel Johnston Esquire our governor Captain general & commander in chief at Fayette ville the 26th day of November & in the 14th year of our independ ence & in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & ninety nine By his Excellency Com'd Sam Johnston Feb'r 26 Day 1793 then Reg's Ex'd [Note: interesting that patent is dated 1799 but was registered in 1793?; see also Solomon Cole to Joseph Cole DB 2-775] ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Bob Keyes ___________________________________________________________________