John Gibbs to Zacheriah and Treacy Turnage Deed 17 July 1795
(Transcribed by David Dunn)
Transcribers notes: Who was John Gibbs and what was his relation to Christopher Burch.
What was Treacy Warren Turner relation to Christopher Burch?
This Deed brought up a lot of unanswered questions
John Gibbs Deed 10 Acres
To
Zacheriah and Treacy Turnage
This indenture made the seventeenth day of July in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and ninety five between John Gibbs Administrator
of Christopher Burch dead of the County of Duplin and State of North Carolina
of the one part and Zacheriah Turnage and Treacy his wife of the County of
State aforesaid of the other part witnesseth that whereas Christopher Burch
died on the twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and eighty eight, make and assign above unto Treacy Warren
(Now the wife of the said Zacheriah Turnage) for the sum of fifty pounds of
lawful money of North Carolina handing him the said Christopoher his heirs,
executors, administrators and assigns to make unto the said Treacy Warren
her heirs and assigns a sufficient title in fee simple to a certain tract or
parcel of land lying and being in the County of Duplin on White Oak Branch,
described in the said land as follows. Joining his own Millards and Gibbs line
containing ten acres and since laid off for the said Zachariah Turnage and
described as follows. Beginning at a Red Oak a corner of the said Burches,
patent on the west side of White Oak Branch in Millards field and runs with
his line S.3 w. 80 poles to a small Red Oak by the side of Burches field,
thence W 22 Poles to a stake in the field then N.3 E.66 Pole to a stake by
Millards House on his line, thense with his line N. 58 E. 36 pole to the
beginning. Now the said John Gibbs as a Administrator of the said Christopher
Burch Doth by these presents convey and confirm unto the said Zacheriah
Turnage and Treacy his wife all and singular the above mentioned premises,
together with all houses, orchards, fence ways, waters and water courses
and every part and parcel thereof unto the said Zacheriah Turnage and Treacy
his wife their heirs and assigns forever in as frill and ample a manner as the
said Christopher could hand down as also one other tract or parcel of land
lying in the county aforesaid and joining the other above described described
and between that and White Oak Branch. Beginning at a small Red Oak
mentioned in the above described tract running thirty pole to a gum a corner
of the said Gibbs patent on the run of White Oak thence then on the run to a
Gum another corner of said patent and from thence a straight line 11 pole to
the Red Oak in Mallards field and thence with the first line of the above ten
acres to the beginning containing by estimate ten acres be the same more or
less being part of a tract granted to the said John Gibbs and by him assigns
unto the said Zechariah Turnage his heirs and assigns forever for and in
consideration of ten pounds the receipt whereof the said John Gibbs doth
acknowledge and the said John Gibbs doth further covenant to and with the
said Zechariah Turnage that he is the lawful owner of the said premises and
has full power and lawful authority to convey the same according to the true
intent of these presents, with every part and parcel thereof unto the said
Zechariah Turnage his heirs assign forever, and doth warrant and defend the
premises unto the said Turnage Free and clear of and from all measure of
lawful claims whatsoever in witness whereof the said John Gibbs hath
hereunto set his hand and seal the day and date above written.
John Gibbs Seal
Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of
Fransis Oliver
Test Lavin Watkins
State of North Carolina Duplin County July Term 1795
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