Jones County NcArchives Deed.....Westbrook, Benjamin - Westbrook, Harmon 1845 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sloan S. Mason http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00022.html#0005225 September 5, 2022, 2:06 pm Written: 1845 Transcribed by Sloan Mason slomas7@comcast.net Register of Deeds Jones County, NC Bk. 21, p. 376-377 Harmon WESTBROOK to Benjamin WESTBROOK, both of Jones Co., NC 11 Aug 1845 This Indenture made his the 11th day of August in the year of Our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and forty five, Between, Harmon WESTBROOK of the County of Jones and State of North Carolina of the one part and Benjamin WESTBROOK of the County and State aforesaid of the other part. Witnesseth that he, Harmon WESTBROOK for and in consideration of the love good, will and affections that I have for the said Benjamin WESTBROOK, my son his heirs Executors administrators and assigns all and Singular three tracts or parcels of land lying on both sides of Little Chinquapin and on both sides of Black Swamp pocosten branch, beginning at a Redoak on the north side of the Creek and runs with James Handley's LINE S 17 E 148 poles to a Pine thence S 55 W 80 poles supposed to be Lewis SMALLS corner Pine, standing near or on the borders of Black Swamp pecosten then with said SMALLS line S 54 E 42 poles to HANDLEYS corner then S 76 W 36 poles to a Gum sapling then S 16 poles to a stake then N 59 W 28 poles to a stake then S 34 W 12 poles to a Pine near the corner of GILBERT land then N 30 W 52 poles to a Stake then S 41 W 22 poles to a Stake then S 61 W 20 poles to a stake then S 12 E 76 poles to a Stake then S 40 W 80 poles to a Stake then W 70 poles to a Stake then N 39 E 140 poles to a stake then N 8 W 31 poles to a Stake then N 66 W 32 poles to Nathan B. WESTBROOKS corner then with the reverse of his line N 15 E 76 poles to his corner Pine Stump then the reverse of his other line N 67 W 40 poles to a Stake in his line then N 2 W 42 poles to a Stake Owen CONNERS Corner in John FORHAM'S line then the reverse of CONNERS line S 53 E 58 poles to his corner Black Gum near a path in the edge of a Branch, then with the run of the Branch to CONNERS corner Gum in a line of the GILBERT land, then with the line of the GILBERT land N 17 W 60 poles to a Pine and Bay in a pond then N 55 E 120 poles to the beginning containing by estimation One Hundred and Ninety five acres be the same more or less together with all the Woods Waters mines and Minerals and appurtenances to the said land belonging or in anywise appertaining. To have and to hold to the aforesaid Benjamin WESTBROOK his heirs and assigns forever all and singular the aforesaid tracts or parcels of lands thats lying and being and lying on both sides of Little Chinquapin Creek and on both sides of Black Swamp Pocosin branch, doth for himself his heirs the said Benjamin WESTBROOK his heirs Executors administrators and assigns forever, but I the said Harmon WESTBROOK do reserve unto myself the liberty of getting any kind of timber that I may chose during my lifetime. And the said Benjamin WESTBROOK my son is not at liberty to sell or convey said lands during my lifetime and the said lands shall not be sold, or made sale of to satisfy any debt or debts in no case whatever that my son Benjamin has created or may create during my lifetime and his wife lifetime neither shall his life estate nor his wife's life estate be subject to sale in no case whatever without my consent and the consent of his wife Barbary Allen WESTBROOK. Whereas I do hereunto set my hand and seal the day and date above written. Harman (his X mark) WESTBROOK (Seal) Signed sealed and delivered in presents of us Test: Wm. RHODES Joseph RHODES North Carolina Jones County Court of Please & Quarter Sessions June Term 1846 Then the Execution of the forgoing Deed was proved in Open Court in due form of Court by the Oath of Wm. RHODES the subscribing Witness thereto and ordered to be registered. HAMMOND, CCP This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 4.4 Kb