SULLIVAN COUNTY, TN - DEEDS - State of North Carolina to Robert Sellers ----¤¤¤---- Sullivan Co., TN, DB 1, p. 278: State of North Carolina to Robert Sellers Transcribed by: Robert W. Keyes Jan 14, 2005 Source: LDS FHL film #972705 State of North Carolina No. 268 To all to whom these presents shall come greeting Know ye that we for and in consi deration of the sum of fifty shillings for every hundred acres hereby granted paid into our treasuary by Robert Sellers have given and granted and by these presents Do give and grant unot the said Robert Sellers a tract of land containing three hundred Acres lying and being in our County of Sullivan on the south side of holston River Begining at a white oak and sower wood on the River thence Due south one hundred and eighty pole to two white oaks John halls line Due west two hundred and Seventy pole to a stake thence Due north two hundred and fifty poles to a stake on the River thence up the River as it meanders to the Begining as by the plat hereunto annexed Doth appear together with all woods waters mines minerals hereditaments and appertenances to the said land belonging or appertaining to hold to the said Robert Sellers his heirs and assigns for ever 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 Robert Sellers shall cause this grant to be registered in the Registers of our said County of Sullivan within twelve months from the Date hereof otherwise the same shall be void and of none effect in testimony whereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent and our great to be hereunto affixed Witness Alexander Martin Esquire our govenor Captain general and Commander in Chief at New Bern the tenth Day of November in the Ninth year of our Independence and In the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty four By his Excellency Com'd Alex Martin J Glasgow Secretary August 18th 1789 Reg'st [Note: The west 200 ac sold 1785 to Edw Pointer (DB 1-280) and by Edw Pointer to Isaac Anglin (DB 1-279) and by Isaac Anglin to John Anglin in 1792 (DB 2-586) and sold by John Anglin to Michael Waggoner in 1795 (DB 2-819). The east 100 acres was sold to Walter Greer in 1788 by Isaac Anglin as attorney for Robert Sellers (DB 1-292) and sold by Walter Greer to Joseph Smith (DB 2-495); sold by heirs of John Spurgin to Joshua Miller in 1810 (DB 7-215)] ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Bob Keyes ___________________________________________________________________