JONES COUNTY, NC - DEEDS - Daniel Miller to Frederick Harget, Jr., 8 Dec 1797 -------- Miller Collection Indenture between Daniel MILLER & Frederick HARGET of Jones Co., N.C.- 8 Dec. 1797 Transcribed by Sloan Mason from the Sybil Hyatt Collection located at the Kinston Public Library, Kinston, N.C. 3/7/03 State of North Carolina Jones County This Indenture made the 8th day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven-Between Daniel MILLER of the one part and Frederick HARGET, Junr. Of the other part, both of the county and state aforesaid, Witnesseth: That for and in consideration of the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds currecnty to him in hadn paid by the said Frederick HARGET junr. The receipt whereof he doth hereby acknowledge and therefore doth release, acquit and discharge the paid Frederick, his Exors. And adminis.; by these presents he the said Daniel MILLER hath grated, bargained sold aliened and confirmed and by these presents doth bargain sell alien & confirm in fee unto the said Frederick HARGET, Junr & his heirs a certain piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the county a state aforesaid. On the south side of Trent River joining, the land of the said Frederick bounded as followeth, beginning at a pine stump close to the main road & at a Branch just below the said HARGET'S gate, on the east side, running from thence, south eighty east, one hundred & sixty five pole to a pine near a pond, thence north twenty west two hundred poles to a pine then north eighty west one hundred & sixty five poles to a pine, then to the beginning, containing two hundred acres of land on the same, more or less, conveyed by Abraham BASSETT, the patentee to MILLER and Robert PARRY & as by the several conveyance may more fully appear and all houses, buildings, commodities hereditaments, and appurtenances, whatsoever to the said premises hereby granted or any part thereof belonging or in anywise appertaining and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents-------- and profits, thereof and of every part and parcel thereof with the appurtenances and also all the estate, right, title interests, use, trusts, property, claim and demand whatsoever of him the said Daniel MILLER thereof in and to the said premises and all deeds evidences, and writing touching? Or in anywise concerning the same. To have and to hold the lands hereby conveyed and all and singular other the premises hereby bargained and sold and every part and parcel thereof with their and every of their appurtenances unto the said Frederick HARGET junr. His heirs and assigns forever and to his and their only proper use, benefit and behoof forever. And the said Daniel MILLER for himself his heirs, execs. And admin. Doth covenant promise, grant to and with the said Frederick HARGET his heirs and assigns by these presents that the said Daniel MILLER now at the time of sealing and delivering these presents is seized of a good, sure, perfect indefeasible estate of inheritance in fee simple of and in the premises hereby granted and sold, and that he hath good power and lawful and absolute authority to grant and convey the same to the said Frederick in manner and form aforesaid and that the said premises now are and so forever hereafter shall remain and be free and clear of and from all manner of former gifts, grants, bargains and sales, dower right and title of dower, judgements, executions and all manner of incumbrances of that kind or nature soever and that the said Daniel MILLER and his heirs all and singular the premises hereby, bargained and sold with the premises hereby bargained and sold with the appurtenances unto the said Frederick HARGET, Junr. His heirs and assigns, against him the said Daniel MILLER his heirs and all and every person and persons whatsoever In witness whereof the said Daniel MILLER hath hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year first within written. Signed: Daniel MILLER Signed, sealed, Delivered in presence of: Matt'w. STEVENSON Silas STEVENSON State of North Carolina Jones County Court May Term 1798 Then was the foregoing deed from Daniel MILLER to Frederick HARGET proved by the oath of Silas STEVENSON and ordered to be registered. Attest: V. V. BRYAN, C.C. Registered in the register's office of Jones County in Book H., no. & page 469 ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Sloan Mason SloMas7@aol.com ___________________________________________________________________