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Zachariah Nixon to
Thomas Montique - 9
July 1717
Deed Book B, pg.25 - Perquimans County, North Carolina
North Carolina
To All to Whom these Presents shall come I Zachariah Nixon of the Precinct of
Perquimans Planter Send Greetings. Know ye that I the said Zachariah Nixon
for And in consideration of the Sum of Thirteen Pound Ten Shillings to me in
hand Paid by Thomas Mountique of the Precinct aforesaid the Receipt thereof I
hereby Acknowledge Have Given Granted Bargained Sold Aliened Enfeoffed
Conveyed & Confirmed unto the said Thomas Mountique his Heirs & Assigns forever,
one hundred & Thirty three Acres of Land being Part of A Tract of Land
Containing five Hundred & four Acres Lying on the South Side of Little River As
fully Appears by Patent Granted by His Excellency the Right Honorable John Lord
Carteret Pallentine & the Rest of the True & Absolute Lords Proprietors of
Carolina, aforesaid unto ye aforesaid Zachariah Nixon, which Said Moiety or
Tract of Land of one hundred Thirty three Acres, Beginning At A . Greenburg’s
[?] corner tree standing in ye Mouth of Ephrium Overman’s Branch, And Running
Down Little River to a White oak Standing by the River Pocosin, sixty six Poles
be it more of Less, from thence seventy D. West three Hundred & Twenty Poles.
To have and to hold the aforesd Tract of Land together With the Housing orchard
fencing, Timber & Timber Trees with all other Appurtenances to the same
belonging or in any wise Appertaining unto him ye said Thos. Mountique His Heirs
& Assigns forever freely clearly Acquitted and Discharged of All Rents &
________ of quit Rents or any other Incumbrances whatsoever had made Committed
Done or Suffered to be done, at any time or times before the ensealing &
Delivery hereof And I the said Zachariah Nixon Farther for myself my Heirs
Executors & Administrators Doth Covenant Promise Bind & oblige myself my Heirs
Executors & Administrators from Henceforth forever Hereafter to Warrant & Defend
all the afore Bargained Premises & the Appurtenances thereunto Belonging unto ye
said Thomas Mountique his Heirs & Assigns Against the Lawfull claims & Demands
of all & every Person or Persons Whatsoever And At any time or times on Demand
to give & possess such further Sample [?]Assurances & confirmation of the
Premises unto the said Thomas Mountique his Heirs Executors Administrators &
Assigns forever, As by him or them or by his or their Councell Learned in the
Law, shall be Devised or Required.
In Witness Whereof I the said Zachariah Nixon have hereunto
set my hand & Seal, this Ninth Day of July Anno Domi 1717.
Signed Sealed & Delivered n the Presence of
Saml S. Nichols
Zacharias Nixon
Christo N. Nichols
George Lumby
This conveyance was Acknowledged in
open court by Zacharias Nixon unto Thomas Mountique on the 9th day of July 13,
1717
Test. Rich. Leary C Co.
Registered the 10th of July 1717. John Stepney Register
Zachariah Nixon to Christopher Nichols
- 9
July 1717
Deed Book B,
pg. 31 - Perquimans County, North Carolina
North Carolina
To All to Whom These Presents Shall Come I Zachariah Nixon of the Precinct of Perquimans Planter Send Greeting; Know ye that I the said Zachariah Nixon for And Consideration of the Sum of Three Pounds & Ten Shillings to me in hand Paid by Christopher Nichols of the Precinct aforesaid ye Receipt whereof I do Hereby Acknowledge, Have Given Granted Bargained Sold Aliened, Enfeoffed Conveyed And Confirmed unto the said Christopher Nichols his Heirs & Assigns forever, Fifty Acres of Land more or Less Being Part of A Tract of Land Containing five Hundred & four Acres Lying on the South side of Little River, As fully Appears by Patent Granted by His Excellency the Right Honorable John Lord Cartaret Pallentine & the Rest of the True & Absolute Lord Proprietors of Carolina Aforesaid unto the Aforesaid Zachariah Nixon which said moiety or tract of Fifty Acres of Land Lying upon the Head line of the aforesaid Tract of five Hundred & four Acres, Beginning At the line that Divides the land of Thomas Mountique & the said Zachariah Nixon Running cross the Head of the Said Tract South Twenty D. East.
To Have & To Hold the Aforesaid Tract of Land together with the Housing, Orchards, fencing, Timber & Timber Trees with all other Appurtenances to the same Belonging or in any wise Appertaining unto him the said Christopher Nichols his heirs & Assigns forever free And clearly Acquited & Discharged of & from all Rent & ________ of Rent or any other Incumbrances Whatsoever had made Committed Done or Suffered to be Done At any time or times before the ensealing & Delivery Hereof, And I the said Zachariah Nixon further for myself my Heirs Executors & Administrators Doth Covenant Promise Bind & Oblige myself my Heirs Executors & Administrators from Henceforth forever Thereafter to Warrant & Defend All the Afore Bargained Premises & the Appurtenances thereunto Belonging unto the said Christopher Nichols his Heirs & Assigns Against the Lawfull Claim & Demand of All & every Person or Persons whatsoever And at any time or times on Demand to give & possess such further & ample assurances And confirmation of the Premises unto the said Christopher Nichols his Heirs Executors Administrators & Assigns forever, as by him or them or by his or their Counsell Learned in the law Shall be Devised or Required. In Witness Whereof I the said Zachariah Nixon have hereunto set my hand & seal this 9th Day of July Anno Dom. 1717.
/s/ Zachariah Nixon
Signed Sealed & Delivered in Presence of
Sam: S Nichols
John [sic] George Lumby
Perquimans
This Deed was Acknowledged In Open Court by Zachariah Nixon to
Christopher Nicholson [sic] on the 9th day of July 1717.
Test Richard Long [?] Cl. Co.
Registered the 10th of July 1717 John Stepney Register
James Thigpen to Zachariah Nixon -12
Jan 1739
Deed Book D, pg. 1 - Perquimans County,
North Carolina
North Carolina
To all Christian People to whom these preceedings shall come,
I James Thigpen of the County of Perquimons, Planter, Know ye, that I the said
James Thigpen for and in the consideration of the sum of one hundred & fifty
pounds to me in hand paid by Zachariah Nixon of the same place, planter, the
receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge myself fully satisfied &c. have given
granted, bargained, sold, aliened, enfeoffed, conveyed and confirmed &
by these presents do give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, enfeoff, convey &
confirm unto the said Zachariah Nixon his heirs Executors administrators and
assigns, a certain tract of parcel of land containing four hundred & fifty
acres of land be it more or less, situate lying and being in the County
aforesaid, butted and bounded as followeth. _________ that part of
the land lying next to Thomas ____otts line, and up the other side line to a
line that the said Thigpen made and gave to his daughter ____ other part to
Zachariah Nixon. To have to hold the said tract of land, with all the
rights privileges, hereditaments and appurtenances to the same belonging or in
any wise appertaining to him the said Zachariah Nixon his heirs and assigns
forever, to his only & his proper use & behoof forever and I the said James
Thigpen for myself my heirs executors administrators do covenant & promise
grant and agree to and with the said Zachariah Nixon his heirs and assigns
that at the time of the ensealing hereof, I am the true and lawful owner of
the above bargained premises & have in myself good right full power and lawful
authority to sell and dispose of the same in manner as aforesaid.
Furthermore, I the said James Thigpen for myself my heirs
executors administers do covenant, grant and agree to and with said Zachariah
Nixon his heirs and assigns the said ____ of land and forever hereafter to
warrant and defend and secure against the lawful claim or demand of person or
persons by or from or under me the whatsoever unto him the said Zachariah
Nixon his heirs & assigns forever.
In witness whereof I have hereunto get my hand and sel this
22nd day of Janaury Anno Dom. _______.
William Tourun
/s/ James Thigpen (Seal)
Joseph Willson
Perquimans County - January Court 1739. Present his majesties Justices.
These may certify that the within deed was acknowledged in
due form of Law and on motion was ordered to be Registered.
Test James Craven Clk C__
And accordingly was registered in the Registers Office of Perquimans County
the 30th day of April Anno Dom. 1740.
____ Mac. Scarbrough Reg.
Abram Saunders, Zachariah Nixon and
John Wilcocks to Richard Skinner -17 Jan 1743
Deed Book D, pg. 143 - Perquimans County,
North Carolina
North Carolina
To all unto whom these presents shall come we Abram Saunders
& Zachariah Nixon of the County of Perquimans Planters & John Wilcocks of the
said county mill wright send greeting. Know ye that we the said
Abram Saunders Zachariah Nixon & John Wilcocks for & in consideration of the
sum of seventy five pounds to us in hand paid at & before the sealing &
delivery of these presents by Richard Skinner of the County of Perquimans
planter, have given granted bargained sold aliened enfeoffed conveyed
confirmed assigned & set over unto the said Richard Skinner all our right
title share & interest in a certain plantation tract or parcel of land Situate
lying & being on the South east side of Castleboro [?] Creek which we the said
Abraham Saunders Zach. Nixon & John Wilcock in company with said Richard
Skinner lately bought of Thomas & Elizabeth Haughton, butted & bounded as
follows viz, beginning at a white oak on the northeast side of a branch of the
said Creek & running from thence over the said branch & up the said Creek
swamp, the courses form the said Creek to the fork of the said branch & then
by a line of marked trees to a pine the corner tree between the said Thomas
Haughton & William Haughton & from the said pine to a sweet gum a corner tree
dividing between Peter Jones Junr. & the orphan of John Williams decd & from
the said gum running a northerly course to the first station over a branch
called the beaver damm swamp containing by estimation one hundred & fifty
acres be the same more or less, being part of a large parcel of land formerly
belonging unto Jonathan Evans, together with all & singular the houses,
edifices, gardens, fields woods underwoods and all other the appurtenances to
the same belonging or
any wise appertaining unto him the said Richard Skinner his heirs & assigns
forever to his & their own proper use benefit & behoof forever.
And we the sd Abram Saunders Zachariah Nixon & John Wilcocks, for our heirs
Executors & Administrators Do covenant grant promise & agree to & with the
said Richard Skinner his heirs assigns in manner & form following. That
is to say that he the said Richard Skinner his heirs & assigns shall & may
from time to time & at all times hereafter peaceably & quietly hold use occupy
possess & enjoy the forebargained premises & appurtenances & every part &
parcel thereof free & clear of & from all & all manner of charges
& incumbrances whatsoever, & we the said Abram Saunders Zachariah Nixon & John
Wilcocks do hereby oblige our selves our heirs Executors & Administrators to
warrant & defend the said bargained premises & appurtenances against the
lawful claims & demands of all & every person or persons whatsoever ___ the
said Richard Skinner his heirs Executors Administrators & assigns forever.
In witness whereof we the said Abram Sanders Zach. Nixon &
John Wilcocks have hereunto set our hands & seals this seventeenth day of
January One thousand seven hundred & forty three.
Signed sealed & delivered
In presence of us Abram A. [x] Saunders
Nathan Pearson Zachariah Nixon
Malichi Salter [?] Junr. John Wilcocks
John Pierce
North Carolina - January Court anno Domini 1743
Perquimans County Present his majesties Justices
These may certify that the within deed of sale of land from
Abram Saunders Zach Nixon & John Wilcocks to Richard Skinner was duly
acknowledged in open court & on motion ordered to be Registered.
Test Edmund Hatch Clk Ct
Registered in the Registers Office of Perquimans County the 28th day of April
1744.
/s/ ____ McScarbrough Register
Thomas Haughton & wife Elizabeth to Richard Skinner,
Abram Sanders, Zachariah Nixon & John Wilcocks -18 April 1743
Deed Book D, pg. 101 - Perquimans County,
North Carolina
North Carolina
To all to whom these presents shall come I Thomas Haughton of
ye County of Chowan & Elizabeth my wife, daughter and heir at law of Jonathan
Evans decd send greeting. Know ye that I the sd Thomas Haughton &
Elizabeth my wife for an in consideration of the sum of one hundred pounds to
us in hand paid at & before the sealing of these presents by Richard Skinner,
Abram Sanders & Zachariah Nixon, all of the County of Perquimans, planters, &
John Wilcocks of the said County, millwright, Have given granted bargained
sold aliened enfeoffed conveyed confirmed assigned and set over and by
these presents do fully freely & absolutely give, grant, bargain, sell, alien
enfeoff convey confirm assign & set over unto the said Richard Skinner,
Abraham Sanders, Zach. Nixon & John Wilcocks all that plantation tract or
parcel of land, situate, lying & being on the South east side of Castlebour
[?] Creek, beginning at a white oak on the north east side of a branch of the
Creek and running form thence over the said branch and up the said Creek swamp
the courses of the Creek to a large branch running a South course from the
said Creek to the fork of the said branch and then by a line of marked trees
to a pine the corner tree between me the said Thomas Haughton & my brother
William Haughton and from ye said Pine to a sweet gum a corner tree dividing
between Peter Jones, Junr. and the orphans of John Williams decd and from the
said gum running a northerly course to the first station over a branch called
the Beaver Damn Swamp containing by estimation one hundred & fifty acres be
the same more or less, being part of a large parcel of land formerly
belonging to the said Jonathan Evans father of Elizabeth my wife.
Together with all & singular the houses edifices gardens fields woods
underwoods and all the appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise
appertaining unto them the said Richard Skinner, Abram Sanders, Zach. Nixon &
John Wilcocks their heirs & assigns forever, unto them & their own proper use
benefit & behoof forever And the said Thomas Haughton & Elizabeth my wife for
our selves our heirs executors & administrators do covenant grant promise &
agree to & with the said Richard Skinner, Abram Sanders, Zachariah Nixon &
John Wilcocks their heirs & assigns in manner & form following that is to say
that they the said Richard Skinner, Abram Sanders, Zach. Nixon & John Wilcocks
and their heirs and assigns shall & may from time to time & at all time
hereafter peaceably & quietly have hold use occupy possess & enjoy the fore
bargained provisions & appurtenances, and every part & parcel thereof free &
clear of & from all & all manner of charges & incumbrances whatsoever.
And that I the said Thomas Haughton & Elizabeth my wife & our heirs executors
& administrators the fore bargained premises & appurtnenace & every part &
parcel thereof unto the said Richard Skinner, Abram Sanders, Zachariah Nixon,
and John Wilcocks and their heirs executors administrators & assigns against
all & all manner of persons whatsoever shall & will warrant & forever defend
by these presents. In witness whereof I the said Thomas Haughton &
Elizabeth my wife have hereunto set our hands & selas this 18th day of April
1743.
Sealed & delivered in presence of us
Samuel Swann /s/ Thomas [th] Haughton
(Seal)
Samuel Standin
/s/ Elizabeth [x] Haughton (Seal)
Perquimans County - April Court Anno Dom. 1743
Present his majesties Justices.
These may certifie that the within deed of sale of land from
Thomas Haughton & Elizabeth Haughton to Zach Nixon was duly acknowledged in
open court she being first privately examined according to law & on motion was
ordered to be Registered.
By order Edmund Hatch Clk Ct.
Registered in the Registers Office of Perquimans County this 5th day of July
1743
___ McScarbrough Register
Sarah Winslow, Zachariah Nixon &
Francis Toms, Executors of the Last Will & Testament of Thomas Winslow, to
John Moore - 14 Oct 1747
Deed Book E. pg. 108 -
Perquimans County, North Carolina
North Carolina
Perquimans County
To all people to whom these presents shall come greeting Know ye that we Sarah Winslow, Zachariah Nixon & Francis Toms Executors of the last will & Testament of Thomas Winslow late of this Province did, for & in consideration of the sum of sixteen pounds current money of Virginia to us in hand paid by John Moore of ye County aforesd Planter the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge & ourselves therewith satisfied contented & paid, thereof & of every part & parcel thereof, do exonerate acquit & discharge the said John Moore his heirs & assigns forever & by these presents according to the express words of the said Will have given granted,
bargained sold delivered conveyed & confirmed & by these presents do fully finely & absolutely grant bargain sell alien & confirm unto him the said John Moore his heirs & assigns forever one moiety or the half of a tract of land known by ye name of ye persimmon tree land lying in Perquimons County, upon Joshua Boswells land & Thomas Hollowells land which said Thomas Hollowell’s land is the other moiety thereof the whole containing (as by Patent appears) one hundred & eighty three acres & divided by a line of marked trees just below the persimon tree old Field, and the said John Moore his heirs & assigns * To his & their only proper use benefit & behoof forever, and we the said Sarah Winslow Zach Nixon & Francis Toms for us our heirs Execs adms or assigns, do covenant promise grant & agree to & with the said John Moore his heirs & assigns that before the insealing hereof we have in our selves good right free power & lawful authority to give grant bargain & dispose of the above bargained premises to him the said John Moore as abovesaid & are lawfully seized & _______ of the same in our own proper rights as of
a good perfect & absolute estate of inheritance in fee simple & that ye said John Moore his heirs & assigns shall & may from time to time & at all time hereafter by force & virtue of these presents lawfully peaceably & quietly have hold use occupy possess & enjoy, the said demised & bargained premises with ye appurtenance free & clear & freely & clearly acquitted exonerated & discharged of & from all & all manner of form & other gifts grants bargains sales leases mortgages wills entails indentures _______ executions incumbrances & _____. Furthermore we the said Sarah Winslow Zach Nixon & Francis Toms for ourselves our heirs Execs adms or assigns Do covenant & ______ the above demised premises to him the said John Moore his heirs & assigns forever hereafter to warrant license & defend In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands & seals this 14th day of October in the year 1747.
Signed sealed & delivered /s/ Sarah Winslow
in presence of us /s/ Zach Nixon
Samuel Moore /s/ Francis Toms
Thomas Peirce Junr
Joseph Ratliff
Perquimans County __ October Court Anno Dom 1747 Present his majesties Justices
These may certify that the within deed of sale of land from Sarah Winslow Zach Nixon & Francis Toms to John Moore was duly proved by the affirmation of Joseph Ratliff & on motion was ordered to be Registered.
/s/ Test Edmund Hatch Clk Ct
Registered in the Registers Office of Perquimans County the 23rd of Feby 1747/8.
/s/ ____ macScarbrough Register
*To have the upper part of the said land next to Joshua Boswells land which contains by estimation 91 acres & one half be it more or less, to have & to hold this granted & bargained premises with all the appurtenances priviledges & commodities to the same belonging in any way appertaining to him the said John Moore his heirs and assigns forever.
John Nixon to Thomas Nicholson - 11
September 1745
Deed Book E, pg. 55 - Perquimans County, North Carolina
North Carolina
Perquimans County
To all People to whom these presents shall come greeting Know
ye yt I John Nixon of ye place aforesd farmer for & in consideration of ye sum
of Sixty pounds current money of said Province to me in hand before the making
hereof well & lively paid by Thomas Nicholson of ye Province aforesd farmer ye
receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge & myself therewith fully satisfied &
contented & thereof & of very part & parcel thereof ______ acquaint ______ye
said Thos. Nicholson his heirs Execs adms forever by their presents have given
grant & bargained sold aliened conveyed _____ & by these presents do freely
fully & absolutely give grant bargain sell alien convey & confirm unto him ye
said Thos. Nicholson his heirs & assigns forever a certain part of a tract of
land situate lying & being in the County of Perquimans ____ containing by
estimation fifty acres be it more or less butted & bounded as follows viz
beginning at a white oak in ye line that is between ye land Wm. Bundy now
dwells on & my own plantation land which oak stands by ye side of ye County
Road & so to run by ye said parting line from ye said oak to ye head of my
plantation land upon one side & also from ye said oak along up ye said County
Road about ye space of two hundred & thirty yards to a pine agreed upon &
marked for a corner by both parties & from ye said pine to a maple & from
thence to a bush & diverse other marked trees with a straight course to the
head of my said land upon ye side & from thence along the head of my said land
to a pine ye corner tree in said line between said Bundy & myself which doth
include said Plat of land, to have & to hold the said granted & bargained
premises with all the appurtenances privileges & commodities to ye same
belonging or in any ways appertaining to him ye said Thos. Nicholson his heirs
& assigns forever. To his & their only proper use benefit & behoof
forever, and I ye said John Nixon for me my heirs executors or agents do
covenant & promise & grant to & with the said Thomas Nickolson his heirs &
assigns that before the inscribing hereof I am the true sole & lawful owner of
ye above bargained premises & am lawfully seized & possessed of ye same in my
own proper right as of a good perfect & absolute Estate of inheritance in fee
simple and have in myself good right full power & lawful authority to grant
bargain sell convey & confer said bargained premises in manner as abovesaid &
that ye said Thos Nicholson his heirs & assigns shall & may from time to time
& at all time forever by force & virtue of these presents lawfully peaceably &
quietly have hold use occupy possess & enjoy ye said demised & bargained
premises with ye appurtenances ______ _______ & fully & clearly acquitted
________ & discharged of & from all & all manner of former & other gifts
grants bargains sales & any mortgages Wills, Estates Judgments Execd
incumbrances & estates, Furthermore I ye said John Nixon for myself my heirs
Execs adms do consent & engage ye above described premises to him ye said Thos
Nickolson his heirs & assigns against the lawful claims or demands of any
person or persons whatsoever forever hereafter to _____Secure & defend, In
Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 11th day of ye Seventh
month commonly called September 1745.
Signed Sealed & delivered in presence of
/s/John Nixon
Michael Murphy
John Henly
Jemima Pierce
Perquimans April Court Anno Dom 1746
County Present his majesties Justices
This may certify that ye within deed of sale of land from
John Nixon to Thos Nicholson was duly acknowledged in open Court & on motion
is Ordered to be Registered
s/Edmund Hatch Clk
Registered in the Registers Office of Perquimans County, the 5th day of July
Anno Dom 1746
/s/ _______ McScarbrough, Register
Zachariah Nixon to Joshua Davis - 30
Jan 1751
Deed Book F, pg. 59 - Perquimans County, North Carolina
To all people to whom these presents shall come. Know that Zachariah Nixon of the
county of Perquimans in No Carolina for & in consideration of thirty-five pounds 12 . . 6 Virginia
currency to me in hand paid before the ensealing hereof & truly to be paid by Joshua Davis of
the county aforesaid & do hereby acknowledge & myself therewith fully satisfied & contented &
thereof & every part thereof do exonerate acquit & discharge the sd Joshua Davis his heirs
executors administrators assigns forever by these presents have given granted bargained sold
aligned conveyed and confirmed & by these presents do fully freely & absolutely give grant
bargain sell align convey & confirm unto him the sd Joshua Davis his heirs, execs adms &
assigns forever one _________ or part of land situate & being & lying on the No East side of
Vosses Creek & county afsd in No Carolina containing by estimation 190 acres be the same
more or less boundaries followeth. Beginning at the mouth of a branch issuing out of the
aforesaid creek ensuing thence the sd branch to a _____ then to a water oak 20 n to a straight
line of marked trees to the home line at the _____ so along that line to the plane trees the
various courses of patent bearing date _____ [1751?] in Zachery Nixons name then down the
creek swamp to Joseph Newbys line then the various courses of the aforesd patent to the head
of Newbys line to the Bee pond swamp then through the middle of the sd swamp to the mouth
of it then down the main swamp to the first station. To have & to hold the sd granted &
bargained premises with all the appurtenances & privileges & commodities to the same
belonging or in anywise appertaining thereunto with all woods & underwoods & all the timber
& ____ trees & fencing with all orchards houses edifices & buildings to him the said Joshua
Davis his heirs & assigns forever to his & their only performance benefit & behoof forever & the
sd Zachariah Nixon for me my heirs executors, administrators, assigns do covenant promise &
grant to & with the sd Joshua Davis his heirs & assigns that before the ensealing hereof I am
the true sole & lawful owner of the above bargained premises & fully seized & possessed of the
same in proper right as a good proper & absolute estate of inheritance in fee simple & in myself
with right full power & lawful authority to grant bargain sell convey & confirm the sd bargained
premises in manner as abovesd that the sd Joshua Davis his heirs & assigns shall & may from
time to time & at all times forever hereafter by force & virtue of these presents lawfully severally
& jointly with all the appurtenances free & clear freely & clearly acquitted exeronated &
discharged of former gifts grants bargains sales _______ mortgages wills entails joinders ___________ judgements executions presentments & extents furthermore the sd Zach Nixon
for myself my heirs executors administrators do covenant and engage the demised premises to
him the sd Joshua Davis his heirs & assigns against the lawful claims or demands of any person
or persons forever hereafter to warrant & defend & secure in . . . hereunto set my hand & seal this
30th day of January in the year 1751.
Zachariah Morris affd
/s/Zachariah Nixon (seal)
Samuel Moore affd
Perquimans
County - July Court _____ 1752 Present his majestys justices
These may notify that the within deed of sale of land from Zachariah Nixon to Joshua Davis was
duly proved in open court by the affirmation of Zachariah Morris & Samuel Moore witnesses
thereunto & on motion is ordered to be registered.
Test: Edmund Hatch, C—C
Registered in the Registers office of Perquimans county this 26th day of March Anno Dom 1753.
Test John Harvey, Register
Zachariah Nixon to Zachariah Morris, 30
Nov 1751/2
Deed Book F,
pg. 75 - Perquimans County, North Carolina
Know ye that I Zachr Nixon of the county of Perquimans & province of North
Carolina for & in
consideration of the sum of thirty-four pounds seven shillings & six pence
Virginia money to me
in hand paid by Zachariah Morris of the county & province afsd before the
ensealing hereof the
receipt thereof I do fully acknowledge & am fully satisfied & contented in
every part & parcel
thereof do exonerate acquit & discharge the sd Zachr Morris his heirs exors,
admors or assigns
forever by these presents have given granted bargained & sold aliened conveyed
& confirmed
unto the sd Zachr Morris his heirs & assigns forever one _____________ or part
of a tract of land
situate lying & being on the No. East side of Vosse’s Creek swamp in the
county afsd beginning
at Job Hendricks line & up the sd line to the head & then along the headline
to a line of marked
trees made between the sd Morris & Joshua Davis & then down that line to the
sd swamp & then
down the sd swamp to the first station Job Hendrick’s corner containing one
hundred & ninety
acres by the same more or less it being a conveyance out of his patent the old
patent by Francis
Toms in the year 1716 for 100 acres the other patent by Zach Nixon in the year
1731 to him the
sd Zachr Morris to have & to hold the sd granted & bargained premises with all
the appurtenances
privileges & commodities to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining
thereunto with all
houses orchards fencing woods timber & timber trees to him the sd Zachr Morris
his heirs &
assigns forever to his or their own proper use benefit & behoof forever & I
the sd Zachr Nixon for
my heirs exors, admors, or assigns do covenant promise & grant to & with the
sd Zachr Morris
his heirs & assigns that before the ensealing hereof that I am the true sole &
lawful owner of the
sd bargained premises & have in myself good right full power & lawful
authority to grant bargain
sell confirm & convey the sd lands as is abovesd & that the sd Zachr Moris his
heirs & assigns
shall & may from time to time & at all times forever hereafter by force &
virtue of these presents
lawfully peaceably & quietly have hold use occupy possess & enjoy the sd
demised & bargained
premises with all the appurtenances free & clear clearly acquit exonerate &
discharge the sd
Zachr Morris his heirs & assigns forever & furthermore the sd Zachr Nixon for
myself my heirs
exors admns or assigns do promise & engage to secure & defend the sd premises
against the
lawful claims or demand of any person or persons whatsoever as full & ample
manner as can be
free & clear of all incumbrances in any kind whatever unto him the sd Zachr
Morris his heirs &
assigns forever. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal
this thirtieth day of
the 11th month in the year 1751/2.
In presence of
Samuel Moore
/s/ Zachariah Nixon (Seal)
Joshua Davis
Perqams ) April court anno dom 1752
County ) Present his majesty’s Justices
These may certify that the within deed of sale of land from Zachariah Nixon to
Zachariah Morris
was duly acknowledged in open court & on motion is ordered to be registered
/s/ Edmund Hatch, Cler Cur
Registered in the Register’s Office of Perquimans County this 3rd day of April
1753.
Test /s/ John Harvey Register
John Earl Granville to Phineas Nixon
- 9 Dec 1752
Deed Book F, pg. 406 - Perquimans County, North Carolina
This Indenture made the ninth day of December in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and fifty two and in the XXVI year of the reign of our
Sovereign Lord George the second, by the grace of God, of Great Brittain,
France and Ireland, King defender of the faith &c, between the Right Honorable
John Earl Granville Viscount Carteret and Baron Carteret of houses [?] in the
County of Bedford in the Kingdom of Great Brittain one of the Lords of his
majesty’s most Honorable Privy Council and Knight of the most noble order of
the garter, of the one part, and Phineas Nixon of Pasquotank County in the
Province of No Carolina Planter of the other part. Whereas his said most
Excellent majesty King George the second in and by a certain Indenture bearing
date the seventeenth day of September in the eighteenth year of his reign and
in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & forty-four and
made between his said most Excellent Majesty of the one part and the said John
Earl Granville by the name, style and title of the right Honorable John Lord
Carteret of the other part did for the considerations therein mentioned give
and grant, release, ratify, and confirm unto the Said Earl (by the name of
John Lord Cartaret) & his heirs & assigns forever a certain District Teritory
or parcel of land in the Province of No Carolina in America, and all the
Sounds, creeks, havens, ports, rivers, streams, and other royalties franchises
privileges & immunities within the same as they are therein set out allotted &
granted & confirmed to the said John Earl Granville by the name of one Eighth
part of the provinces of South and North Carolina as by the said indenture
duly enrolled in the high court of Chancery in great Brittain and in the
Secretaries office in the province of North Carolina.
Relation being thereto had will amongst other things will more fully and at
large appear. Now this indenture Witnesseth that as well for and in
consideration of the sum of three shillings ______ money to the said John Earl
Granville in hand paid by the said Phineas Nixon at or before the ensealing &
delivery of these presents the receipt whereof he the Said Earl doth hereby
acknowledge as also for & in consideration of the rents, covenants exceptions
provisions & agreements herein after mentioned reserved and contained and by
and on the part and behalf of the said Phineas Nixon his heirs and assigns to
be paid performed, observed, & kept he the said Earl hath given granted
bargained sold & confirmed and by these presents doth from himself and his
heirs give grant bargain sell and confirm unto the said Phineas Nixon his
heirs and assigns forever all that piece & parcel of land situate lying &
being in the parish of _____________ [sic] and county of Pasquotank in the
province of No Carolina in America. Beginning at a pine in the desert
[?] thence So 20 West 10 ½ chains to a sweet gum thence
No 70 S0 42 ½ chs to a maple thence No 20 E 10 Ch to a sweet gum at the desert
[?] thence So 60D 30 M E 43 ch to the first station containing in the whole 60
acres of land all which premises are more particularly described and set forth
in the plan or map thereof hereunto annexed together with all woods underwoods
timber and timber trees, lakes ponds fishings waters water courses profits
commodities appurtenances and hereditances whatsoever thereunto belonging or
in any wise appertaining together with the privilege of hunting, hawking, and
fowling and of taking catching and making use of all sorts of game in and upon
the premises hereby granted and all mines and minerals whatsoever therein to
be found. (Except and always reserved out of this present grant unto the
kings most Excelent majesty his heirs and successors one fourth part of all
the gold & silver mines to be found in or upon the premises and also except
and reserve thereat unto the said John Earl Granville his heirs and assigns,
one moiety or half part of all other mines or minerals whatsoever, and all
white pine trees now growing or hereafter
to be found growing thereon.\
To have and to hold the said piece or parcel of land and all
and singular other the premises hereby granted with the appurtenances (except
before excepted) unto the said Phineas Nixon his heirs and assigns forever.
Yielding and Paying therefore yearly and every year forever
unto the said Earl his heirs and assigns, the yearly Rent or sum of two
shillings and five pence which is at the Rate of three shillings sterling or
four shillings Proclamation money for every hundred acres at or upon the two
most usual feasts or days of payment in the year that is to say, the feast of
the annunciation of the Blessed Virgin May and the feast of St. Michael the
Archangel in every year by even and equal portions and to be paid at the Court
House of the county of Pasquotank aforesaid unto the said Earl or his Deputy
Attorney or receiver for the time being the first payment thereof to be made
on such of the said feast days as shall first happen after the date hereof and
the said Phineas Nixon for himself his heirs or assigns or some or one of
them shall and will within three years to be accounted from the day of the
date hereof clear and cultivate at the rate of three acres for every hundred
acres of the said premises hereby granted, provided always and it is hereby
expressly declared and agreed by and between the said parties hereunto that if
it
shall happen that the said yearly Rent of two shillings and five pence or any
part thereof shall at any time hereafter be behind or unpaid by the space of
twenty one days next over or after any of the said feast days before limited
or appointed for payment thereof (and no sufficient distress can be found on
the premises to any such rent and arrears with the charges of distress) or if
the said Phineas Nixon his heirs or assigns shall not within the space of
three years after the date hereof clear and cultivate the lands above granted
according to the proportion of three acres for every hundred that these and in
either of the said cases this present grant and all assignments thereof shall
be utterly void and of none effect and it shall be lawful for the said Earl
his heirs or assigns to regrant the same to any other person or persons
whomsoever as if this grant or any assignment thereof had never been made.
In witness whereof the parties above named have hereunto set
their hands and seals the day and year first above written.
/s/ Granville by
James Iver?
Be it remembered that the day and year first above written the Honorables
James Iver [?] and Fras Corbin Esqrs by notice of a letter of attorney andc
ommission under the hands and seals of the above named John Earl Granville
duty entered and registered in the secretary’s office of the Province of No
Carolina did in the name of the said Earl sign and subscribe this grant with
the said Earl’s title and then seal and deliver the same as his the Earl’s act
and deed in the presence of us who in their presence have hereunto subscribed
our names as witnesses.
/s/ Joseph
Harmon
/s/
Thos. Peirce
North Carolina } April Inferior Court Anno Dom 1761
Perquimans County } Present his majesty’s Justices
This certifies that the within deed of grant for land from Jas. Iver [?] and
Fras. Corbin to Phineas
Nixon was proved in court by parity of hands of John Clayton Esqr. and on
motion is ordered to
be registered.
Test:
Miles Harvey Clk C___
Registered in the Register’s Office of Perquimans County this 6th day of May
1761.
Test John Harvey Register
John Earl Granville to Phineas Nixon
- 7 February 1755
Deed Book F, pg. 407 - Perquimans County, North Carolina
This Indenture made the twenty seventh day of February in the year of our Lord
one thousand seven hundred and fifty five and in the XXVIII year of the reign
of our Sovereign Lord George the second, by the grace of God, of Great
Brittain, France and Ireland, King defender of the faith &c, between the Right
Honorable John Earl Grandville Viscount Carteret and Baron Carteret of
Haines[?] in the County of Bedford in the Kingdom of Great Brittain, Lord
President of his majesty’s most Honorable Privy Council and Knight of the most
noble order of the garter, of the one part, and Phineas Nixon of the
Perquimans county of Perquimans in the Province of No Carolina Planter of the
other part. Whereas his said most Excellent majesty King George the
second in and by a certain Indenture bearing date the seventeenth day of
September in the eighteenth year of his reign and in the year of our Lord
Christ one thousand seven hundred & forty-four and made between his said most
Excellent Majesty of the one part and the said John Earl Granville by the
name, style and title of the right Honorable John Lord Carteret of the other
part did for the considerations therein mentioned give and grant, release,
ratify, and confirm unto the Said Earl (by the name of John Lord Cartaret) &
his heirs & assigns forever a certain District Teritory or parcel of land in
the Province of No Carolina in America, and all the Sounds, creeks, havens,
ports, rivers, streams, and other royalties franchises privileges & immunities
within the same as they are therein set out allotted & granted & confirmed to
the said John Earl Granville by the name of one Eighth part of the provinces
of South and No Carolina as by the said indenture duly enrolled in the high
court of Chancery in great Brittain and in the Secretaries office in the
province of North Carolina. Relation being thereto had will amongst
other things more fully and at large appear. Now this indenture
Witnesseth that as well for and in consideration of the sum of three shillings
Proclamation money to the said John Earl Granville in hand paid by the said
Phineas Nixon at or before the ensealing & delivery of these presents the
receipt whereof he the Said Earl doth hereby acknowledge as also for & in
consideration of the ____ covenants exceptions provisions & agreements herein
after mentioned reserved and contained and by and on the part and behalf of
the said Phineas Nixon his heirs and assigns to be paid performed, observed, &
kept he the said Earl hath given granted bargained sold & confirmed and by
these presents doth from himself and his heirs give grant bargain sell and
confirm unto the said Phineas Nixon his heirs and assigns forever all that
piece & parcel of land situate lying & being in the parish of _____________
[sic] and county of Perquimans in the province of No Carolina in America.
Beginning at a ___ in a Branch that parts this and John Nixon’s land thence
along his line So 36 W 12 chns 75 links thence So 45 W 15 ch thence So 64 W 19
ch to a green thence S 32 W 2 ch 75 links to a hickory thence S 48 W 12 ½ chs
to a maple thence S 17 ½ ch to a holly thence S 51 W 25 chs thence S 8d East 3
[5?] chs thence S 85 W 25 ch along Henby’s line to Overman’s line thence along
his line N 12 East 5 chs thence So 51 W 7 ch thence No 33 West 13 ch thence N
24 East 7 ch thence So 1 d East 7 ch thence N 25 W 6 ch to a green thence N 63
East 8 ch to a green at the Road Phineas Nixon’s corner thence along his line
North 70 East 100 ch to the first station containing in the whole two hundred
and eighty acres of land all which premises are more particularly described
and set forth in the plan or map thereof hereunto annexed together with all
woods underwoods timber and timber trees, lakes ponds fishings waters water
courses profits commodities appurtenances and hereditances whatsoever
thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining together with the privileges
of hunting, hawking, and fowling and of taking catching and making use of all
sorts of game in and upon the premises hereby granted and all mines and
minerals whatsoever therein to be found. (Except and always reserved out
of this present grant unto the kings most Excelent majesty his heirs and
successors one fourth part of all the gold & silver mines to be found in or
upon the premises and also except and reserve thereat unto the said John Earl
Granville his heirs and assigns, one moiety or half part of all such gold and
silver mines as shall be found in or upon the said premises.
To have and to hold the said piece or parcel of land and all
and singular other the premises hereby granted with the appurtenances (except
before excepted) unto the said Phineas Nixon his heirs and assigns forever.
Yielding and Paying therefore and every year forever unto the
said Earl his heirs and assigns, the yearly Rent or sum of eleven shillings
and two pence half-penny which is at the Rate of three shillings sterling or
four shillings Proclamation money for every hundred acres at or upon the two
most usual feasts or days of payment in the year that is to say, the feast of
the annunciation of the Blessed Virgin May and the feast of St. Michael the
Archangel in every year by even and equal portions and to be paid at the Court
House of the county of Pasquotank aforesaid unto the said Earl or his Deputy
Attorney or receiver for the time being the first payment thereof to be made
on such of the said feast days as shall first happen after the date hereof and
the said Phineas Nixon for himself and his heirs and assigns and for every of
them doth hereby covenant, promise and agree to and with the said Earl his
heirs and assigns and to and with every of them by these presents in manner
and form following that is to say he the said Phineas Nixon his heirs and
assigns shall and will yearly and every year forever well and timely pay or
cause to be paid unto the said Earl his heirs and assigns or to his or their
Deputy Attorney or receiver for the time being on the days and at the place
aforesaid the yearly rent or sum of eleven shillings an d two pence half penny
by half yearly payments made as aforesaid and further that he the said Phineas
Nixon his heirs and assigns or some one of them shall and will within two [?]
years to be accounted from the day of the date hereof clear and
cultivate at the rate of three years for every hundred acres of the said
premises herby granted provided always and it is hereby expressly declared and
agreed by and between the said parties hereunto that if it shall happen that
the said yearly rent of eleven shills and two pence half penny or any part
thereof shall at any time hereafter be behind or unpaid by the space of twenty
one days next over or after any of the said feast days before ______ and
appointed for payment thereof and no sufficient distress can be found on the
premises to any such rent and arrears with the charges of distress or if the
said Phineas Nixon his heirs or assigns shall not within the space of three
years after the date hereof clear and cultivate the lands above granted
according to the proportion of three acres for every hundred that their and in
either of the said cases this present grant and all assignments thereof shall
be utterly void and of none effect and it shall be lawful for the said Earl
his heirs or assigns to regrant the same to any other person or persons
whomsoever as if this grant or any assignment thereof had never been made.
In witness whereof the parties above named have hereunto set
their hands and seals the day and year first above written.
/s/ Granville by Fras. Corbin
Be it remembered that the day year first above written the
Honorable Fras. Corbin Esqr by virtue of a letter of attorney and commission
under the hand and seal of the above named John Earl Granville duty entered
and registered in the secretary’s office of the Province of No Carolina did in
the name of the said Earl sign and subscribe this grant with the said Earl’s
title and then seal and deliver the same as his the Earl’s act and deed in the
presence of us who in their presence have hereunto subscribed our names as
witnesses
James Campbell
Richd. Vigers [?]
North Carolina } April Inferior Court Anno Dom 1761
Perquimans County } Present his majesty’s Justices
This certifies that the within deed of grant for land from
Fras. Corbin to Phineas Nixon was proved in court by parity of hands of John
Clayton and on motion is ordered to be registered
Test: Miles Harvey, Clk C___
Registered in the Register’s Office of Perquimans County this 6th day of May
1761.
Test: John Harvey, Register
Phineas Nixon to Thomas Overman - 16
April 1755
Deed Book F, pg. 153 - Perquimans County, North Carolina
North Carolina }
Perquimans County }
To all Christian people to whom these presents shall come greetings Know ye
that I Phineas
Nixon of the county & province aforesaid farmer for & in consideration of the
sum of twenty-five
shillings current money of Virginia to me in hand paid by Thos Overman of the
place aforesaid
farmer the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge & myself therewith fully
contented & paid
& thereof & of every part & parcel thereof do by these presents exonerate &
discharge the sd
Thomas Overman his heirs & assigns forever by these presents have given,
granted, bargained,
sold, aliened, conveyed and confirmed & by these presents do freely fully &
absolutely give,
grant, bargain, sell, alien, convey, & confirm unto him the said Thos Overman
his heirs &
assigns forever one messuage [?] or certain part of a tract of woodland
containing by estimation
fifty acres be it more or less lying & being in the county of Perq aforesd
being part of a new
patent which the sd Phineas Nixon lately surveyed & lying upon the head of his
plantation land
butted & bounded as follows. Beginning at a green [?] on the south side
of the road Nixon’s
corner then So 21 E 45 chains to Henby’s line then along his line So 84 W 11½
chains to the
sd Thos Overman’s line then No 62 E5 chains to an oak then So 51 W 7 chains
then No 33 W
13 chains then No 24 E 7 chains then No 1 E 7 chains then No 25 W 6 chains to
a green
Henbey’s corner then No 63 E 8 chains to the first station. To have & to Hold
the sd granted &
bargained premises with all the appurtenances privileges & commodities to the
ssame belonging
or in any wise appertaining to him the sd Thos Overman his heirs & assigns
forever to his & their
only proper use benefit & behoof forever & the sd Phineas Nixon for me my
heirs, executors, or
administrators do covenant promise & grant to & with the sd Thos Overman his
heirs & assigns
that before the ensealing hereof I am the true, sole & lawful owner of the
above bargained
premises & am lawfully seized & possessed of the same in my own proper right
as a good
perfect & absolute estate of inheritance in fee simple & have in myself good
right, full, power &
lawful authority to grant bargain, sell, convey & confirm the sd bargained
premises in manner as
abovesd & that the sd Thos Overman his heirs & assigns shall & may from time
to time & at all
times forever hereafter by force & virtue of these presents lawfully peaceably
& qauietly have,
hold, use, occupy, possess, & enjoy the sd devised & bargained premises with
the appurtenances
free & clear & freely & clearly acquitted, exonerated, & discharged of & from
all & all manner of
former or other gifts, grants, bargains, sales, leases, mortgages, wills,
entails, ________,
_______, judgements, executions, incumbrances, & entails. Furthermore I
the sd Phineas Nixon
for myself my heirs exors, admors, do covenant & engage the above demised
premises to him the
sd Thos Overman his heirs & assigns against the lawful claims & demands of any
persons
claiming under meforever hereafter to warrant, secure, & defend. In
witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & seal this sixteenth day of the fourth month commonly
called April 1755.
/s/ Phineas Nixon (Seal)
Signed, sealed, & delivered in presence of
Thos Nicholson
Saml Bunting
Josiah Bundy
Perquimans } April Court anno Dom 1755
County } Present his majesty’s justices
These may certify that the within deed of sale of land from Phineas Nixon to
Thos Overman was
proved in open court by the affirmation of Josiah Bundy & on motion is ordered
to be registered.
Test Miles Harvey, Clerk
Registered in the Register’s Office of Perquimans County this 24th day of
April 1755.
Test John Harvey, Register
John Earl Granville to Phineas Nixon
- 7 February 1761
Deed Book F, pg. 408 - Perquimans County, North Carolina
This Indenture made the Seventh day of February in the year of our Lord one
thousand Seven hundred and sixty one between the right Honorable John Earl
Granville Viscount Carteret and Baron Carteret of Haven [?] in the County of
Bedford in the Kingdom of Great Brittain, Lord President of his majesties most
Honorable Privy Council and knight of the most noble order of the garter of
the one part and Phineas Nixon of Perquimans County and Province of North
Carolina Planter of the other part. Whereas his most excellent majesty
King George the Second in & by a certain indenture bearing date the
Seventeenth day of September in the Eighteenth year of his reign & in the year
of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and forty four & made between his sd
most excellent majesty of the one part and the said John Earl Granville by the
name stile and title of the right Honorable John Lord Carteret of the other
part did for the consideration herein mentioned given and grant release ratify
& confirm unto the said Earl (by the name stile and title of John Lord
Carteret as aforesaid), and his heirs and assigns forever, a certain District
Teritory or parcel of land lying in the Province of North Carolina in America
& all the Sounds, creeks, havens, Ports, Rivers, streams and other Royalties
Franchises Priviledges and immunities, within the Same, as they are therein
set out or described, allowed granted & confirmed to the sd John Earl
Granville as aforesaid, for one Eighth part of the Charter granted by King
Charles the Second in the fifteenth and Seventeenth years of his Reign to
Eight Lords Proprietors of Carolina as by the Said Indenture duly enrolled in
the high court of Chancery in Great Brittain & in the Secretarys Office of the
Province of North Carolina Reference being thereto had will more fully appear.
Now this indenture witnesseth that as well for and in consideration of the Sum
of Ten Shillings Sterling money to the said John Earl Granville in hand paid
by the said Phineas Nixon at or before the sealing & delivery of these
presents the receipt whereof the said Earl doth hereby acknowledge as also for
and in consideration of the rents covenants – exceptions provisions and
agreements herein after mentioned reserved and contained by and on the part
and behalf of the said Phineas Nixon his heirs and assigns to be paid kept and
performed he the said Earl hath given granted bargained sold & confirmed & by
these presents doth give grant bargain sell and confirm unto the said Phineas
Nixon his heirs and assigns forever all that tract or parcel of vacant land
situate lying and being in the Parish of Berkly in the county of Perquimans in
the said Province in a place called the Body. Beginning at an elm Wm Arnolds
corner then No 50 W 16 ch to a gum Foster Tomes line. Then along his
line South 50 W 10 ch to a water oak then So 30 W 23 ch to a branch [?] then
South 40 ch to a gum then No 80 W 6 ch & 75 links to a beech [?] Richard
Whedbee corner then along his So East 12 ch thence So 37 East 12 ch then So 15
W 39 ½ chains thence So 10 East 461/2 chs to a water oak Richard & John
Whedbee’s corner then along said John’s line No 27 East 24 ½ chs thence No 70
East 26 ch then So 24 East 30 chs to Lawrence Sanders [?] corner thence along
his line No 80 East 9 ch to William Arnolds corner in the center of three
marked trees then along said Williams line No 35 West 771/2 ch to a black gum
then No 40 East 30 ch to a holly then East 42 ch to the first station
containing in the whole four Hundred, Twenty one acres of land all which
premises are more particularly
described & set forth in the plan or map thereof hereunto annexed, together
with all woods underwoods Timber & timber trees with courses & the priveledge
of hunting, hawking, fishing, fowling in and upon the premises & all mines &
minerals whatsoever therein to be found except and always reserving out of
this present grant unto the Kings most excellent majesty his heirs & therefore
one fourth part of all the gold & silver mines to be found in & upon the
premises & also excepting, always securing unto the said John Earl Granville
his heirs and assigns one moiety or half part of the remaining three fourths
of all such gold & silver mines.
To have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land & all &
singular other the premises with their appertainances (except before excepted)
unto the said Phineas Nixon his heirs and assigns forever. Yielding and
paying therefore yearly & every year unto the said John Earl Granville his
heirs or assigns the yearly rent or sum of Twenty Shillings, Sixpence half
penny which is at the rate of three shillings sterling for every hundred acres
and so in perfection [?] for a less quantity at or upon the twenty fifth day
of March and the twenty ninth day of September in every year by even and equal
portions and to be paid at the Court House of the said County of Perquimans
unto the Said Earl his heirs or assigns or to his or their lawful attorney as
receiver for the time being. The first payment thusly to be made on such
of the aforementioned days of payment as shall first happen after the date
being and the said Phineas Nixon himself his heirs & assigns & for either and
every of these doth hereby covenant promise and agree to & with the Said Earl
his heirs and assigns & to & with either & every of them by these presents
in manner and form following that is to say that Phineas Nixon his heirs and
assigns shall and will yearly and for every year forever will and truly pay or
cause to be paid, until the said Earl his heirs or assigns or to his or their
lawful attorney or receiver for the time being on the day & at the place
aforesaid. The aforesaid yearly rent of sum of twenty shillings, two
pence half penny by half yearly payment as aforesaid provided always and this
present grant is _______ declared and agreed by and between the said parties
to be ________ upon this condition; viz. that if it shall happen that the Said
yearly rents of twenty shillings, ten pence half penny, or any part hereof
shall at any time be _____, be behind or unpaid for the space of six months
neat over or after either of the aforementioned days of payment (and no
sufficient distress can be found on the premises whereon it shall be lawful to
buy such rent and assessments with the full cost charges and expenses in
making the same) that then this present grant and all payments thereof shall
be utterly void and of none effect and it shall be lawful for the said Earl
his heirs or
assigns to reenter into the said land, and to seize the same to any other
person or persons whomsoever as if this grant . . . had never been made.
In witness whereof the parties above named have to these
presents interchangeably set their hands and seals the day and year herein
first above written.
Be it remembered that on the day and year first above written Thomas Child
Esquire by virtue of a special letter of attorney, ___________ under the hand
and seal of the above named John Earl Granville, to him made for this purpose
and duly entered and registered in the secretarys office of the Province of
North Carolina, and in the name of the said Earl subscribe this grant with the
said Earls title and then seal and deliver the same as his the said Earls act
and deed in the presence of us
Examd: William Mathews
/s/ Granville by Thomas Childs
W Cheaston
North Carolina } April inferior Court Ano Dom 1761
Perquimans County } Present his majesties Justices
This certifies that the within deed of grant from Thomas
Child to Phineas Nixon was proved in court by parity [?] of hands by the oath
of John Clayton Exquire & on motion is ordered to be Registered.
Test Miles Harvey Clk Crt
Registered in the Registers Office of Perquimans County this 6th day of May
1761
John Harvey Register
Phineas Nixon to John Whedbee - 20
April
1761
Deed Book F, pg. 428 - Perquimans County, North Carolina
North Carolina
To all to whom these presents shall come I Phineas Nixon of Perquimans County Gent send greeting &c. Know ye that I the said Phineas Nixon for & in consideration of Eight pounds proclimation money to me in hand paid by John Whedbee of the Province & county aforesaid, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, and myself therewith fully satisfied contented and paid have given granted bargained and sold, . . . & confirmed unto the said John Whidbee and his heirs & assigns forever one message [?] or part of a Survey of land situate lying and being on the North East side of Perquimans River in the county aforesaid containing by estimation one hundred and sixty three acres be the same more or less, beginning at a green Richard Whedbes corner tree standing in lower gum swamp running So 15 d W 39 ½ ch to a water oak So 10d E 46 ½ ch to a water oak, then No 21d 24 1/3 chs to another corner then N 70d E 26 ch to a piece of land formerly Maudlins so along Lawrance Arnolds line, No 24 East from thence No 35 W 60 chs to the first station, as by patent bearing date Seventh day of February Ano Dom 1761 may fully appear.
To have and to hold the aforesaid tract or parcel of land or plantation together with all
and singular the Houses, orchards, Fences, timber & timer trees, and all other the
appertainances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining unto him the said John Whedbe
his heirs & assigns forever and I the said Phineas Nixon for myself my heirs Executors
administrators do covenant promise & agree to and with the said John Whedles ;his heirs and
assigns in manner & form following that is to say that I the said Phineas Nixon my heirs
Executors and administrators the ___bargained premises & appertainances unto the said
John Whedbe and his heirs and assigns, against the lawful claims of any my heirs Executors
administrators assigns claiming by power or under me I will forever defend by these presents.
In witness whereof I the said Phineas Nixon have hereunto put my hand and seal this
20th day of April 1761.
Sealed & delivered in the presence of
/s/ Phineas Nixon (seal)
Thos. Weeks
John Calloway
Perquimans } October Inferior Court Anno Dom 1761
County } Present his Majesty’s Justices
This certifies that the within deed of sale of land from Phineas Nixon to John Whidbee was
proved in court by the oath of John Calloway and on motion is ordered to be registered.
Test Miles Havey Clk. Cur.
Registered in the Register’s Office of Perquimans County this 13th day of November 1761.
Test John Harvey, Register
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