Craven County
Deed Book 42, p. 401
23 October 1819
$225, 75 acres
“…a certain piece or parcel of land containing seventy five acres lying and being in the County of Craven and on the No side of Bay River & on the head of Shadock’s Creek, beginning at John Linton’s corner, thence from Linton’s corner with James Dowdy Senr’s line to William Dowdy Senrs line then with Smith Jones’s line to Irdal (Iredell) Burnet’s corner and thence from there to the beginning containing [75 acres]…”
Signed:
Robert [ his X mark ] Jones { Seal }
Witness:
David Green
Isaiah Taylor