Craven County
Deed Book 4, p. 350
9 September 1748
£300, 640 acres
” William Williams of Onslow County… Phileman Morris of Craven County… a certain track of Land Containing Six Hundred & forty acres… in Craven County… Above Sd Begining Abraham Bussets line my North Side of Crooked Run Runing South 70 Degrees West 320 pol to a pine then South 20 Degrees East 320 pole to a pine then North 70 East 320 pole to a pine then North 20 Degrees West 320 pole to the first station…”
Signed:
Wm Williams { Seal }
Witnesses:
Joshua Platte
Thomas [ his T Ɨ mark ] Jarman
Georg [ his X mark ] Brad
According to the North Carolina Gazetteer, Crooked Run is described as follows:
Crooked Run – rises in central Jones County and flows N into Trent River.
https://www.ncpedia.org/gazetteer/browse/c?page=182