Genrl. James Kenan & John Hill To Simon Davis Deed 5 January 1789
(Transcribed by Joan S Dunn)
Deed Book E Page 212, 213, 214, & 215
Genrl. James Kenan & John Hill To Simon Davis
Deed 400 acres
This Indenture made this Fifty Day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
Hundred and eighty nine between James Kenan Esqr. and John Hill both of Duplin County & State of
No. Carolina of the one part and Simon Davis of the Same County and State of the other part
witnesseth that whereas the said Simon Davis being intitled to Two Tracts of land in Duplin County
aforesaid where on the said Simon Davis formerly livid agreed with Felix Kenan late of the said
County Deceased to let him have the said Lands of which he was so possessed for Two Tract of Land
also in the said County formerly the Property of Francis Brice Deceased who Transfered and sold
the same to the said Felix Kenan who died without making a Title of the same to the said Simon
Davis as by his said agreement he ought to have Done the said Felix Kenan being possessed of the
said Simon Davis's Land & the said Simon David being possess of the said Kenans Lands formerly
the property of the said Brice inperformance of the said agreement as aforesaid and whereas also
William Kenan Son and Heir at Law of the said Felix Kenan is likewise dead, without making a Title
of the said Land to the said Davis pursuant to the agreement of his said Father Felix withe the
said Simon David and Whereas likewise the said James Kenan and John Hill who married Two Sisters
of the said William Kenan and in Right of such marriages are Heirs at Law of the said William
Kenan who Did without Issue and who have also administered upon the Estate of the William Kenan
and as Heirs of the said Kenan the proper persons to carry the said agreement between the said
Felix Kenan and the said Simon Davis into Execution. Now this Indenture Witnesseth that the said
James Kenan and John Hill as Heirs of the said William Kenan and To carry the said agreement into
Execution and for the consideration of the said Davis making a Title of the said Two Tracts of
Land so agreed by him with the Felix Kenan the Receipt is hereby acknowledged have and each of
them hath by these presents granted bargained and sold aliened released and confirmed unto the
said Simon Davis his heirs and assigns forever all them Two tracts or parcels of Land adjoining
each other in Duplin County aforesaid formerly the property of Francis Brice and by him sold as
aforesaid to the said Felix Kenan Deceased whose Heir the said William Kenan was and whose Heirs
as aforesaid the said James Kenan and John Hill are and bounded as follows (that is to say) The
one Tract containing Two hundred acres Begining at a water Oak and runing thence So. 20 Et. 220
poles to a white oak thence So. 70 Wt. 146 poles to a pine thence No. 20 Wt. 220 poles to the
Creek then up the Creed the various courses of the same to the first station the other Two Hundred
acres is meared and bouned as follow to wit Begining at a white oak and runing So. 40 Et. 180
poles to a Lightwood Tree thence No. 50 Et. 180 poles to a pine thenc No. 40 Wt. 180 poles to
two pines in the said Brices Line and thence to the Begining both surveys containing Four Hundred
acres of Land be them more or less as by the patents and Deeds of the said Land Recorded in the
proper offices Reference being thereunto had may more fully and at Large appear Together with
the reversion & Reversions rents issue and profits of the said Four Hundred acres of Land and
every part and parcel thereof to ensure to him the said Simon Davis his Heirs and assigns forever
pursuant to the said agreement and the Will and intent of the parties hereto and for no other
end intent or purpose whatsoever any thing herein contained to the contrary or seeming to the
contrary in any wise not withstanding and we the said James Kenan an John Hill do hereby agree
and promise to and with the said Simon Davis his Heirs and assigns to make any other or further
conveyances of the said Four Hundred acres of Land with the appurtainances unto the said Simon
Davis to Ensure to him his Heirs and assigns forever as by his council Learned in the Law shall
be Lawfull & reasonally Devised advised or required for the further and better assuring the said
Land and Premises to the said Simon Davis to Ensure to him his heirs and assigns forever pursuant
to the agreement aforesaid and the parties thereto and hereto In Witness whereof the said James
Kenan and John Hill have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals the Day and year first
before written
sealed and Delivered
In Presence of James Kenan Admin
William Wilkinson John Hill
David Bunting
State of No. Carolina Duplin County April Term 1791
Then was the within Deed proved in open Court by the oath of William Wilkinson and ordered to
be Registered. Test W. Dickson C. C.
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