James & Fred Butler To Elijah Butler & Israel Jones Deed 
16 March 1837
(Transcribed by Joan S Dunn)

James & Fred Butler To Elijah Butler & Israel Jones

Deed Book B 11 Page 23 & 24

Deed 84 acres Land

State of North Carolina New Hanover County

This Indenture made the Sixteenth day of March Annodomini one Thousand 
Eight hundred & thirty seven Between James & Frederick Butler of the County 
of New Hanover of the one part & Elijah Butler & Isaac Jones of the County & 
State aforesaid of the other part witnesseth that for and in consideration of the 
sum of Fifty dollars current money of the State aforesaid to us the said James 
& Frederick Butler in hand paid by the said Elijah Butler & Israel Jones before 
the signing & sealing these presents we the said John & Frederick Butler have 
granted bargained & sold conveyed confirmed unto the said Elijah Butler & Israel
Jones their heirs & assigns forever a certain tract or parcel of Land lying & being in 
the County of Duplin & State aforesaid on the Et side of the North East River & South 
side of Cypress creek in the fork of the Round about and the watering hole Branch 
beginning at a black gum in the round about running thence a direct line to gum in the 
head of the watering hole branch thence with various courses of the watering hole 
branch to a black gum at or near the run of the round about branch thence with the 
meanders of said round about to the first station containing by estimation fifty acres 
more or less also another piece or parcel of land adjoining the first Line of the 
aforesaid tract containing thirty four acres it being a part Hesikiah Butler Sen. Decd to 
have & to hold the said two tracts or parcels of land with all the previleges appertaining 
there unto him the said Elijah Butler Isaac Jones there heirs & assigns forever against 
the claim or claims of any person whatsoever in testimony of which we the aforesaid 
James & Frederick have hereunto set our hands and afixted our seals the day above written
Signed in presence of 					James Butler
Gabreal Boney
Wm. Powers

State of North Carolina Duplin County Court of Pleas & Quarter Session January 1839
The execution of the within deed is duly proved in open Court by the oath of Gabriel Boney 
a subscribeing witness thereunto and is ordered to be registered.
Test James Dickson Clk	
Copy E. M. Routledge for N. Routledge regr.





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