William Taylor To Elizabeth Taylor Deed 14 January 1779
(Transcribed by Diane Siniard)
Deed Book 459, 460, 461, & 462
William Taylor To Elizabeth Taylor
Deed for sundry tracts of land
To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting. Know ye that I William Taylor
of Duplin County & province of No. Carolina, planter, for & in consideration of the sum of
one hundred pounds proclamation to me in hand before the ensealing & delivery of these
presents, well and truly paid by Elizabeth Taylor of said Province & County of Duplin,
Daughter to me said William Taylor, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, & myself
therewith to be fully satisfied & contented & thereof & of every part and parcel thereof
do exonerate acquit and discharge the said Elizabeth Taylor her heirs exrs. admns. forever
by these presents do freely fully & absolutely give grant bargain sell slien enfeoffe
convey & confirm & by these presents do freely fully & absolutely give grant bargain sell
alien enfeoffe convey & confirm unto he the said Elizabeth Taylor her heirs and assigns
forever, one messuage or tract of land lying & being in Duplin County & province aforesaid
on the north swide of Goshen Swamp. Begining at a pine, runing thence No. 65 Et. 310 poles,
thence South 25 Et. 310 pole to a pine, thence So. 65 Wt. 310 poles, thence South 25 Et.
310 pole to a pine, thence So. 65 Wt. 310 poles to Goshen Swamp, thence with a direct line
to the first station, containing six hundred also another tract of land lying & being in
the same County & province aforesaid lying on the No. side of Goshen Swamp. Begining at a
black oak John Rogers' former corner, runing with his line No. 40 Et. 120 poles to a pine,
thence So. 45 Et. 120 pole to a pine, thence So. 45 Wt. 120 poles to a black oak, thence
with a right line to the begining, containing one hundred acres, also another tract of land
lying and being in the above said County & province of North Carolina, on the No. side of
Goshen Swamp, joining my other lines. Begining at a white oak in Gosher Swamp near Rogers'
corner, runing with his line No. 37 Et. 120 poles to a small red oak standing by her former
corner, thence with her line So. 57 Et. to Bare Skin Branch, thence up said Branch to the
head, thence a direct line to the head of Poley Bridge Branch, thence down said Branch to
the back line thence the various courses of the back line to a black jack in his other line,
thence with that line So. 45 Et. 80 poles to a pine the corner of the above mentioned land,
thence So. 45 Wt. 120 poles to a black jack thence No. 45 Wt. 120 poles to a black jack the
corner of the above mentioned land, thence with his said William Taylor's other line So. 25
Et. 200 poles to a pine, thence So. 65 Wt. 200 pole to a pine in the side of Goshen Swamp,
thence down the swamp to the begining, containing by estimation three hundred and sixty
acres, be it more or less, added to the two other above mentioned tracts of land, the whole
containing one thousand and sixty acres. To have and to hold the said granted and bargained
premises or tracts of land with all the appurtenances previledges & commodities thereunto
belonging or in any wise appertaining, to her the said Elizabeth Taylor she her heirs & assigns
forever to her and their only proper use benefit & behoofe forever, & I the said William
Taylor for me my heirs executors adms. do covenant promise & grant to & with the said
Elizabeth Taylor she her heirs & assigns, that before the ensealing & delivery hereof, I am
the true sole & lawfull owner of the above bargained premises, and am lawfully siezed &
possessed of the same in manner as above said and that she said Elizabeth Taylor, she her
heirs & assigns shall and may from time to time and at all times forever hereafter by virtue
of these presents lawfully have hold use posses & enjoy the demised premises with all the
appurtenances free and clear freely & clearly exonerated acquited discharged of and from
all manner of former or other grants bargains sails mortgages wills jointures judgments &
incumbrances whatsoever, furthmore I the said William Taylor for me myself my heirs
executors adms. do exonerate promise & grant & engage the above premises to her the said
Elizabeth Taylor her heirs & assigns against the lawfull claim or demand of any person or
persons whatsoever forever hereafter to warrant secure & defend the same & that I the said
William Taylor my heirs & assigns or administrators or eighther of them shall and will at
every time hereafter at the reasonable request of the said Elizabeth Taylor she her heirs
or assigns make or cause to be made any other deed or conveyance or conveyances as she the
said Elizabeth Taylor she her heirs or assigns or their Council learned in the law shall
advise or devise for the better and affectual making unto the said Elizabeth Taylor she
her heirs and assigns a perfect & indurable right & title to and in the said granted &
bargained premises in fee simple. (In witness) whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
fixed my seal this fourteenth day of January 1779.
William Taylor
William Goodman
John Gibbs
State of No. Carolina Duplin County October Term 1787.
Then was the within deed proved in open Court by the oath of John Gibbs & ordered
to be registered.
Test W. Dickson, C. C.
Duplin County. Be it remembered that the said Willian Taylor is to be ever
intrested with the two deeds of gifts from him to his daughter for land and negroes,
goods & chattels & that the intent of the said deeds is to invest a proper and lawfull
right to her of the lands negros goods & chattels, at or after his death, no wise
debaring the said Willian Taylor of useing or altering ye the deed or deeds at his will
and pleasure or sellin or giving any part or all of ye premises mentioned in the deeds
aforesaid, in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this.
Elizabeth Taylor
Willm. Goodman
John Gibbs
Henry Goodman
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