Lenoir-Greene County NcArchives Deed.....Jones, John F. - Hodges, Mary E. 1835
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Written: 1835
Deed of Sale from Mary E. Hodges to John F. Jones
Deed in possession of William A. Jones, Snow Hill, NC
Transcribed from the original by Hazel Ruth Hill Yarbrough
This Indenture made the 6th day of March one thousand Eight hundred and Thirty
five between Mary Hodges of State of North Carolina in Lenoir County of the
one part and John F. Jones of the Said State and Green County
Witnesseth that I the Said Mary Hodges for and in consideration of the Sum of
three hundred and fifty dollars to me in hand paid by him the Said John F. Jones
the Receipts where of I the Said Mary Hodges doth hereby acknowledge hath given
granted Bargained Sold Conveyed and Consigned and by these presents doth Give
Grant Bargain Sell Convey and Confirm unto him the Said John F. Jones his Heirs
and assigns forever a parcel of land being in the County and State afore said
Containing by Estimations one hundred and thirty six acres be the Same more or
less lying on the North Side of Wheat Swamp and west Side of Ready branch
beginning at a Walnut tree Jas. M. Harpers line formerly Richard Hodges Snr.
line and runs with his line No 76 West to a Stake at a new Cut road thence with
that and a line of marked trees No 41 West 192 poles thence No 66 East 40 poles
to a pine thence So 50 East 210 poles to a lying down pine thence No 70 East 98
poles to the run of the ready branch thence down Said branch till it intersects
the line of Lot 1 No 2 drawn by Elizabeth Hodges then with that line S 21 East
to the beginning to have and to hold the Said tract of land and all and
Singular its Rights priviledges Comoditys Hereditiments or apertances thereunto
Belonging or in any wise appertaining unto the Said John F. Jones his Heirs and
assigns forever Clear from all Incumberances Whatsoever not only against my Self
my heirs or assigns but against the Lawful Claims of any person or persons what
Soever from laying any Claim right or demand to any part of the afore Said land
and premises and Further more I promise to warrand and forever defend the
above tract or parcel of land and premises unto him the S'd John F. Jones his
Heirs Executors Administrators and assigns forever in Witness I have Set my hand
and Seal the day & year above written
Signed Sealed and delivered in presents of
Witnesses Mary E. Hodges (Seal)
James A Hodges
Richard Hodges
State of No Carolina May Term A.D. 1850
Greene County
Then was the foregoing deed from Mary E. Hodges to John F. Jones Exhibited into
open Court and the execution thereof duly proven by the oath of Richard Hodges
one of the Subscribing Witnesses thereto and ordered to be Registered.
Attest: Ja:: Williams Clk
On the outside of the deed:
Deed of Sale from Mary Hodges
To
John F. Jones
136 acres
State of No Carolina Greene County
Enroled in the Regestry Office of Greene County
In Book O & Pages 481 & 482 on the 7 day of July AD 1850
Will Dixon
Registrar
Note about this deed:
John F. Jones was married to Nancy Hodges, the sister of Mary E. Hodges who is
selling the land. The Elizabeth Hodges who is listed as owning the adjoining
land was also sister to Nancy and Mary Hodges. The two witnesses, James A
Hodges and Richard Hodges, were brothers to the three sisters, Nancy, Mary and
Elizabeth.
This land apparently was inherited from Edward Hodges, the children's father.
Edward Hodges died around 1820 (NOTE: I now think that Edward died very shortly
after, or perhaps even before, the birth of his youngest child Elizabeth, in
1815. The Catherine Hodges mentioned on the Greene Co. tax roll of 1816 is
likely his widow. FRH) when the children were still minors. Edward probably
inherited the land from his father, Richard Hodges, Sr. who died around 1805 and
who is mentioned in the deed as formerly owning the adjoining land. Apparently
this land had been divided among the children as Elizabeth's draw is mentioned
in the deed, and Mary had inherited 136 acres. This land was near the land that
sister Nancy Hodges had inherited. Nancy Hodges had married John F. Jones
around 1830.
Mary Hodges later married Robert Daly, Elizabeth Hodges married Walter Kennedy,
and James Arendall Hodges married (1) Mary Parrott and (2) Nancy Kennedy.
The parents of these five children were Edward Hodges and Catherine Arundell.
The children were listed in the 1822 Lenoir County will of their paternal
grandfather, William Arundell. After Edward's death, Catherine Arundell Hodges
remarried to Travis Brown.
The Jas. M. Harper mentioned in the deed was listed as James M. Harper in the
1840 Census and was living next door to John Jones. (NOTE: This is my ancestor,
the James M. Harper who married Charlotte Parrott and moved to Lenoir Co
sometime after 1840. FRH)
Notice that the land was sold in 1835, but was not registered in Greene Co.
until 1850, shortly after John Jones was accidentally killed by a falling tree.
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