Submitted by: Gerry Seymour

THIS INDENTURE made this 12th day of January 1792, Between Matthias Eastwood
of the County of Beaufort & State of North Carolina of the one part and Samuel
Hodges of the same place of the other part:  Witnesseth, that for his
consideration of the sum of two hundred pounds to me in hand paid before the
sealing of these presents doth give grant and convey unto the said Samuel
Hodges, him, his heirs and assigns one certain lot or half acre of land lying
and being in the Town of Washington and distinguished in the place of said
Town by No. 45 together with the privileges & appurtenances thereto belonging,
of the said Samuel Hodges his heirs & assigns forever: and the said Matthias
Eastwood for himself his Exors and against all and every other persons shall &
will warrant, defend by these presents.  In Witness whereof I have herefo
Fixed my hand & seal the day and year above written.



Sealed and delivered in Matthias Eastwood (SEAL)
The presence of Benj. Blackledge
Jno. Henderson
Jos. Carraway

June Term 1792.  Present the Justices, certify that this deed was proved in
open Court by Joseph Caraway on evidence thereto, ordered to be Registered.  

Ald:  Ellison C. J. 

Deed Book 6, page 420, Beaufort County, NC

Submitted by: Gerry Seymour

SECRETARY OF STATE 
GRANVILLE LAND GRANTS to MICHAEL KING, WILLIAM ARCHDEACON, & AMOS ATKINSON
NORTH CAROLINA

MICHAEL KING

"SURVEYED 29TH MARCH 1757 FOR MICHAEL KING 466 ACRES OF LAND ACCORDING TO 
THE ABOVE PLAN LYING IN BOUFORT COUNTY. BEGN AT A GUM IN SAMUEL WIGGINS LINE 
& ON CONETO CREEK THEN SOUTH 160 POLES TO A RED OAK THEN EAST 170 POLES TO A 
RED OAK THEN BY AN IMPASSABLE POCOSSON: FIRST NORTH 20 DEGREES EAST 60 POLES: 
THEN NORTH 30 DEGREES WEST 24 POLES: THEN NORTH 10 DEGREES EAST 66 POLES: 
THEN NORTH 60 DEGREES 100 POLES: THEN NORTH 10 DEGREES WEST 40 POLES: THEN 
NORTH 30 DEGREES EAST 60 POLES: THEN NORTH 50 DEGREES EAST 54 POLES TO A PINE 
ON THE SAID POCOSSIN & IN THE SAID KINGS LINE: THEN BY SAID LINE NORTH 25 
DEGREES WEST 116 POLES TO THE CORNER A PINE ON CONETO CREEK THEN DOWN THE 
VARIOUS COURSSES OF SAID CREEK: FIRST NORTH 75 DEGREES WEST 120 POLES: THEN 
SOUTH 17 DEGREES WEST 200 POLESTO A GUM IN SAMUEL WIGGIN’S LINE ON THE SAID 
CREEK. THEN BY THE SAID LINE EAST 66 POLES TO THE CORNER STAKE THEN BY THE 
OTHER LINE SOUTH 57 DEGREES WEST 226 POLES  TO THE FIRST STATION". 

SWORN CHAIN CARRIERS: WILLIAM MAYO, JAMES MAYO: 
SIGNED BY WILLIAM HAYWOOD, SR. AND ENTERED 28TH NOVEMBER 1755. (SSLG 3-D)


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WILLIAM ARCHDEACON

"SURVEYED FEBRUARY 7TH 1761 FOR WILLIAM ARCHDEACON A TRACT OF LAND CONTAINING 
640 ACRES LYING IN BEAUFORT COUNTY WITHIN HIS LORDSHIPS DISTRICT, BEGINNING 
ON GODFREY STANCILL’S  LINE RED OAK RUNNING WITH HIS LINE BY IMPASSABLE GROUND 
NORTH 20 DEGREES EAST 60 POLES THEN NORTH 30 DEGREES WEST 24 POLES THEN NORTH 
10 DEGREES EAST 66 POLES THEN NORTH 60 DEGREES EAST 100 POLES THEN NORTH 10 
DEGREES WEST 40 POLES THEN NORTH 30 DEGREES EAST 60 POLES THEN NORTH 50 DEGREES 
EAST 54 POLES TO A PINE ON A POCOSSON AND ON THE SAID DEACONS LINE THEN SOUTH 
25 DEGREES EAST 44 POLES TO A PINE THEN NORTH 65 DEGREES EAST 160 POLES TO THE 
CENTER OF THREE PINES MARKED THEN SOUTH 23 DEGREES EAST 120 POLES TO A PINE 
THEN SOUTH 7 DEGREES WEST 248 POLES TO A PINE ON SANFORDS BRANCH WILLIAM 
PARKER’S LINE THENCE DOWN THE MEANDERS OF SAID BRANCH TO GRINDAL CREEK DOWN THE 
MEANDERS OF SAID CREEK TO THE FIRST STATION AS THE ABOVE PLAN REPRESENTS. 
PLOTTED PER A SCALE OF 100 POLE IN AN INCH." SIGNED JAMES ELLISON, SR. CHAIN 
CARRIERS: JOHN NORRIS & HENRY JENKINS, SWORN. (SSLG 2-B)


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AMOS ATKINSON

"SURVEYED FEBRUAY 7TH 1761 FOR AMOS ATKINSON A TRACT OF LAND CONTAINING 700 
ACRES LYING IN BEAUFORT COUNTY WITHIN HIS LORDSHIPS DISTRICT ON CONETO CREEK 
BEGINNING AT A PINE ON FRANCIS HOBSON’S CORNER TREE RUNNING WITH HOBSON’S LINE 
SOUTH 45 DEGREES EAST 100 POLES TO A GUM BY A POCOSON THEN NORTH 57 DEGREES 
EAST 480 TO A GUM THEN SOUTH 160 POLES TO A RED OAK THEN EAST 90 POLES TO A 
RED OAK THEN SOUTH 166 POLES ALONG GRINDAL CREEK POCOSON TO A PINE THEN WEST 
94 POLES TO A PINE THEN NORTH 70 DEGREES WEST 275 POLES ALONG POLE CAT POCOSON 
TO A PINE THEN SOUTH 37 DEGREES WEST 210 POLES WITH SAID POCOSSON  TO A PINE 
THEN SOUTH 22 DEGREES EAST WITH SAID POCOSON 100 POLES TO A RED OAK THEN NORTH 
73 DEGREES WEST 240 POLES TO WILLIAM NICHOL’S UPPER CORNER TREE IN CONETO CREEK 
A WATER OAK THENCE THE MEANDERS OF SAID CREEK TO THE FIRST STATION & AS THE 
ABOVE TRAPEZIA REPRESENTS, PLOTTED PER A SCALE OF 100 POLE IN A HALF INCH." 

CHAIN CARRIERS: JAMES BROWN & THOMAS LEWIS: 
SWORN, SIGNED: JAMES ELLISON, SR.(SSLG 2-A)

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MICHAEL KING GRANVILLE GRANT LAND CHAIN
MICHAEL KING to WILLIAM ARCHDEACON
BEAUFORT COUNTY, NC  24 JULY 1757 Deed (Book 3--p 345)


To all people to whom these presents shall come greetings. 
Know  ye that I MICHAEL KING in the county of Beaufort & province of North 
Carolina for & in consideration of the sum of eleven (?) pounds Virginia 
Currency to me in hand paid by WILLIAM ARCHDEACON of the county & province 
afs’d the rec’t whereof I do hereby acknowledge have given parceled bargained 
& sold & by these presents do fully & absolutely give grant bargain sell 
convey & confirm unto William Archdeacon his heirs & assignee’s forever a 
certain tract of land on the east side of Coneto Creek, butted and bounded 
to wit beginning at a Gum in Samuel Wiggins’ line thence S. 160 pole to a Red 
Oak , then E. 176 pole to a Red Oak, then No. 20 E. 60 pole, then No. 20 W. 
24 pole, then No. 10 E. 66 pole to a branch & with the branch to Wiggins’ line 
& with Sd. Line S. 57 W. 220 pole to the first Station being part of a tract 
of land as by deed bearing date the 11th of May containing 240 acres.   
To have and to hold the said land premises & appurtenances to the said William 
Archdeacon his heirs & assignees forever to his & their use and I said Michael 
King for myself my Exors. & Administrators do Covenant & agree to & with the 
said William Archdeacon his heirs & assignees that before the ensealing I am 
the lawful owner of the premises & have a good right & lawful authority to 
convey the premises in manner aforesaid to William Archdeacon his heirs & 
assignees at all times hereafter Shall have hold possess & enjoy the 
bargained premises free & clear Of all encumbrances whatsoever & I the said 
Michael King do bind myself, my heirs Exors. & Admst. Firmly by these presents 
to warrant & defend the said land & premises against the lawful claim of all 
persons whatsoever.

Witnesses my hand & Seal this 24th day of July 1757.

Sealed & Delivered in the presence of us:

Francis Hobson } 
John    Holland} 
-------   Holland}  
  
BEAUFORT County LS:  
  
December Court 1757} Present his Majesties Justices This certifies
That the within deed from Michael King to William Archdeacon
Was exhibited into court & proved by the oath of Fran. Hobson one of 
the Subscribing Wittnesses thereto ordered to be registered.

Test. Walley Chauncey, Clerk Court

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MICHAEL KING to WILLIAM ARCHDEACON
BERTIE COUNTY, NC (DB (?) 3 or 4 -- p p 428-429)

To all people to whom these presents shall come I MICHAEL KING of the 
province of North Carolina in Bertie County, for the consideration of 
the sum of Seventy pounds proc. money to me in hand paid by WILLIAM 
ARCHDEACON of Beaufort County and province afs’d, the receipt whereof 
I do hereby acknowledge have bargained sold aligned enfeoffed conveyed 
& confirmed & by these presents do freely & absolutely bargain sell & 
enfeoff convey & confirm unto him the said William Archdeacon his heirs 
& assignees, two parcels of land in the county afs’d, by estimation 160 
acres more or less, beginning at a pine at the mouth of Wiggins’ branch 
on the east side of Coneto Creek up the said branch S. 15. E. 160 pole to 
a pine, thence N. 65 E. to the center of three pines, then N 25 W. 160 
poles to Coneto Creek to a Gum, thence down the meanders of the creek to 
the first Station, as by patent to JOHN SPIERS, dated 11 day of June 1738. 
Also another parcel of land in the county & province afs’d & containing 
120 acres more or less beginning at a pine a corner of the above mentioned 
Patent running the various courses of the above s’d Creek to the mouth of 
the Pine log (?), thence up the said branch to the back line, then No. 50 
E. 54 pole to a pine on the pocoson in the said line & with the said line 
No. 25 W. 116 pole to the first Station. To have and to hold the afs’d 
bargained premises with the appurtenances to the same belonging to him the 
said William Archdeacon his heirs & assignees for ever to his & their 
proper use benefit & behoof for ever; and I the said Michael King for me 
& my heirs Exor’s. & Admn’s. Do covenant & grant to & with the said William 
Archdeacon his heirs & assignees that before the ensealing & delivery of these 
presents I am the true & lawful owner of the afs’d bargained premises and am 
possessed of the same as an inheritance in fee 


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simple, & have full power & lawful authority to sell convey & confirm the 
same as afs’d & that the said William Archdeacon his heirs & assignees at 
all times hereafter have hold & possess & enjoy the bargained premises free 
& clear of all mortgages & encumbrances whatsoever the said William Archdeacon 
his heirs & assignees paying the quit rents, & the same will warrant & defend 
unto the said Wm. Archdeacon his heirs & assignees forever, against the claims 
of all persons whatsoever.

WITNESS my hand & Seal this 4th day of June 1759.

Michael King  & a (seal)

Sealed & delivered
In the presence of us
Francis HOBSON }
Francis HOBSON }
Tho’s LEWIS 
  
            BEAUFORT County LS June Court 1759. This deed         
            was exhibited into court & proved by the oath of 
            FRANCIS HOBSON one of the subscribing Witnesses 
            thereto ordered to be registered.
      
Test ALEX’  STEWART Cl:Cs