Craven County
Deed Book 12 & 13, p. 272
? April 1764
£38, 75 acres
£38
“…a certain tract or parcel of land … on the North Side of Little Creek beginning at the mouth of the said Little Creek on the North Side and Running up the said Creek to the line of the Patent …. containing [75 acres] it being part of a patent granted to William Carruthers for one hundred and fifty acres the said patent bearing date the 30th Day of June 1768 [Note: It looks like 1768 in the deed, but that would be impossible since this deed was dated 1764. Probably an error in transcription.]…”
Signed
William Morris { Seal }
Witnesses:
Thomas Willis
George Pugh
Sarah [ her X mark ] Willis