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(1771) John Carruthers to John Morris

Craven County
Deed Book 19, p. 209
26 October 1771
£44, 5s, 150 acres

“… [Craven County] on the South Side of Bay River and on the head branches of Tillman’s Cabbin and Procter’s Creek Beginning at a Gum in the Swamp in the line that parts Benjamin Whitaker’s and said Carruthers’s Land and runs along said line No 26 Wt 60 pole to a Holly a corner of said Carruthers Patent then along the line of the Patent No 80 pole to a Gum then along the patent line No 32 Et 120 pole to a Bay Tree then So 75 Et 48 pole to a post in the middle of a branch… containing one hundred and fifty acres of land and is part of a patent granted to said Carruthers for six hundred and Forty Acres bearing date the [15 November 1762]…”

Signed:
John Carruthers { Seal }

Witnesses:
Joshua Fulsher
Ephraim [ his E mark ] Rice
(Note: Ephraim Rice’s mark is a sideways E, with the three points sticking up.)

1771 – John Carruthers to John Morris, Bk19_Pg209Download

Filed Under: Craven County (NC) Deeds, Craven County Morris Grantees, Deeds Tagged With: Bay River, Carruthers, Fulsher (Fulcher), Proctor's Creek, Rice, Tillman (Tilghman), Tillman's Cabin, Trent River, Whitaker

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    May 27, 2019 at 11:38 am

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