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EXUM & NANCY (HAWKINS)JAMES to
RANDAL CARTER-1831
Halifax County Deeds
Deed Book 29, Page 6
Know all men by these presents that we EXUM JAMES & NANCY JAMES his wife
who was NANCY HAWKINS for & in consideration of fifty dollars to us in
hand paid by RANDAL CARTER the receipt whereof we hereby acknowledge. We
have given granted bargained sold & conveyed unto the said RANDAL CARTER
his heirs & assigns forever all the Land to which we are entitled in the
Division of the Land of SOLOMON HAWKINS dec'd lying in the County of
Halifax, N.C. reference the Division will show Bounds be containing
fifty acres more or less. To have & to hold said property to said R.
CARTER his heirs & assigns forever. And the said EXUM JAMES & NANCY
JAMES for themselves & their hereby covenant & agree to warrant & defend
the title of said property to said RANDAL CARTER, his heirs & assigns
forever. Given under our hands & seals this 20th January 1831.
for EXUM JAMES
JEREMIAH JAMES
NANCY JAMES ("X" her mark)
State of North Carolina
Halifax County
NANCY JAMES the wife of EXUM JAMES came before me one of the Judges &
was examined privately & separate apart from her husband she
acknowledged that she executed the within Deed of her own free will &
accord & not by the force or compulsion of her husband. JEREMIAH JAMES
acknowledged before me that he did execute this Deed. Let it be
registered.
Jan 22nd 1831
J. J. DANIEL JSLE
M. T. PONTON PR
23 Feby 1834
Know all men by these presents that I AXIOM JAMES of the County of
Williamson & State of Tennessee expressing confidence & trust in the
honesty & integrity of JEREMIAH JAMES of the County & State aforesaid &
for other good causes & considerations we thereunto moving have & do
hereby constitute nominate & appoint the said JEREMIAH JAMES my attorney
in fact and for me & in my name & under seal to sell all & any land
which I own in the County of Halifax State of North Carolina & in my
name & stead to make sign Seal & deliver a deed for the same with
covenant of general warrants to the purchaser hereby ratifying and
confirming all that my said attorney in fact shall do touching the
premises. In testimony whereof I the said AXIOM JAMES have this 3rd day
of December in the year 1832 in these presence hereto put my hand &
seal.
AXIOM JAMES ("X" his mark){seal}
Test
ROBERT C. FOSTER
RICHARD L. ANDREWS
State of Tennessee
Williamson County
This day appeared AXIOM JAMES the maker of the within power of attorney
before us W. MANEY & G. MARSHALL acting justices of the peace for the
County aforesaid & acknowledged the due execution of said Power of
Attorney to JEREMIAH JAMES. In witness whereof I have this 3rd day of
December in the year 1832 hereto subscribed my name.
W. MANEY, JP
GILBERT MARSHALL, JP
State of Tennessee
I THOMAS HARDEMAN Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the
County of Williamson in the State aforesaid do certify that WILLIAM
MANEY & GILBERT MARSHALL Esquires before whom the within Power of
Attorney was acknowledge are acting Justices of the Peace for the County
of Williamson aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn; and that full faith
& credit are due all their official acts. In testimony whereof I have
hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said Court at office
this 3rd day of December A.D. 1832.
THO. HARDEMAN
by W. HARDINGER DClk
State of Tennessee
Williamson County
I WM. E. OWEN Chairman of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for said
County do hereby certify that the foregoing certificate of THOS.
HARDEMAN is in due form of Law & that he is the Clerk of said Court &
that full faith & credit are due his official acts as such. Given under
my hand & seal this 3rd day of Dec'r 1832.
WM E. OWEN
M.T. PONTON PR, 23 February 1834
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NATHAN & LUCY JEFFREYS to JOHN LEE- 1849
Halifax County Deeds
Deed Book 32, Page 584
This Indenture made this twenty third day of January in the year of our
Lord Eighteen hundred & forty nine between NATHAN JEFFREYS & his wife
LUCY JEFFREYS of the County of Caswell & JOHN LEE of the County of
Halifax all of the State of North Carolina Witnesseth that whereas the
said NATHAN JEFFRIES [sic] & Wife LUCY JEFFRIES for & in consideration
of forty dollars thirty seven & half cents to them in hand paid by the
said JOHN LEE at & before the sealing & delivering of these presents the
receipt whereof the said NATHAN JEFFRIES & his wife LUCY JEFFRIES doth
hereby acknowledge he the said NATHAN JEFFRIES & Wife LUCY hath granted
bargained & sold & by these presents do grant bargain & sell alien
enfeoff release & confirm unto the said JOHN LEE his heirs & assigns
forever a certain tract or parcel of land and situate lying & being in
the County of Halifax & State aforesaid lying on both sides of Hawtree
Creek containing by estimation two hundred & two acres it being the
lands of the late SOLOMON HAWKINS adjoining the lands of JOHN LEE, JOHN
MABRY & Others We he said NATHAN JEFFRIES & LUCY his wife being one of
the heirs of the late SOLOMON HAWKINS do warrant & defend one fifth part
of the said tract of land unto JOHN LEE his heirs & assigns forever In
witness whereof the said NATHAN JEFFRIES & Wife LUCY hath hereunto set
our hands & seals the day & year above written
NATHAN JEFFRIES
LUCY JEFFRIES ("X" her mark)
Signed Sealed & delivered
In the presence of
JAMES H. LEE
JOHN W. LEE
State of North Carolina
Before me JOHN M. DICK Esquire one of the Judges of the Superior Courts
of Law & Courts of Equity in & for the State aforesaid personally came &
appeared NATHAN JEFFREYS & LUCY JEFFREYS his wife & acknowledged the due
execution of the within Deed. And the said LUCY JEFFREYS at the same
time being by me prively in answered separate & apart from her said
husband did confess that she executed the said deed of her own free will
& accord & without any threat compulsion or coersion of her said
husband. Therefore let the said Deed together with this certificate be
registered.
Orange County
March 12th 1849.
JNO M. DICK
JSCL&E
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NATHAN JEFFREYS, Agt for BENJ. HAWKINS to JOHN LEE- 1852
Halifax County Deeds
Deed Book 33, Page 209
State of North Carolina
Halifax County
This indenture made the 7th day of January 1852 between NATHAN JEFFREYS
agent for BENJAMIN HAWKINS on the one part JOHN LEE SR. of the other
part witnesseth that for & in consideration of the sum of forty & 40/100
dollars to the said NATHAN JEFFREYS in hand paid for the said BENJAMIN
HAWKINS hath granted & bargained sold aliened & confirmed & by these
presents doth grant bargain & sell alein & confirm unto the said JOHN
LEE & his heirs a certain tract or parcel of land lying & being in the
County & State above written bounded as follows by the land of JOHN
MABRY, WASHINGTON MABRY & JOHN LEE & containing by estimation two
hundred & two acres be the same more or less. To have and to hold the
land hereby conveyed unto the said JOHN LEE his heirs & assigns forever.
And I the said NATHAN JEFFREYS agent for the said BENJAMIN HAWKINS for
his heirs & assigns doth warrant & defend the title of forty & 40/100
acres & the above mentioned tract of land against the lawful claim or
claims of any person or persons In witness whereof the said NATHAN
JEFFREYS agent for the said BENJAMIN HAWKINS hath hereunto set his hand
seal this the day & year before mentioned.
BENJAMIN HAWKINS
by NATHAN JEFFREYS Agent
Signed sealed & delivered in the presence of us
Test BENJ'N HUNTER
Halifax County
February Court 1852
The the foregoing deed was exhibited in open court & the execution
thereof duly proved by the oath of BEN'N HUNTER the subscribing witness
thereto.
Ordered therefore that it be registered.
Witness WM W. DANIEL Clk
Pr M. T. PONTON P.R.
26 March 1852
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WILLIAM S. JENKINS to GRANVILLE MAYO- 1860
Halifax County Deed
Deed Book 35, Page 7
State of North Carolina
Halifax County
This Indenture made this the 20th day of January Eighteen hundred and
sixty between WM S. JENKINS Agent for FRANCIS COUSIN of the State &
County above said of the first part, and GRANVILLE MAYO of the above
State and County of the other part witnesseth, that the said WM S.
JENKINS Agent, hath in consideration and for the sum of Sixty nine
dollars hath bargin[sic], sold & conveyed unto the said GRANVILLE
MAYO a tract or parcel of land lying in said County and State above
named, bounded as follows, commencing at a corner pine on Deep Creek
thence South to JOHN MAYO's line, thence, West to the mill path, thence
along said path to a mouth of a deep gully thence with the meanders of
said branch to Deep Creek thence down said Creek to the beginning.
Supposed to contain twenty four and a half acres the same more or less,
whereof I the said WM S. JENKINS as Agent for FRANCIS COUSIN doth
warrant and defend the right herein made myself my heirs and assigns
forever. Whereunto I set my hand & Seal to the day and date above
mention in the presence of
WM S. JENKINS
Test JOHN A. WALKER
North Carolina
Halifax County
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
February Term A.D. 1860
Then the foregoing and within deed was exibited[sic] in open
court and the execution thereof is duly proved by the oath & examination
of JOHN A. WALKER a witness thereto. Therefore let the said deed
together with this certificate be registered.
Witness JAS. H. WHITAKER Clk
W. G. GARY P.R. per J. J. ANDERSON D.P.R. Mar. 20/60
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WILLIAM S. JENKINS to ALEXANDER MILLS- 1861
Halifax County Deeds
Deed Book 74A, Pages 39-40
This Indenture made this 25th day of September A.D. one thousand eight
hundred and sixty one between WILLIAM S. JENKINS of the first part and
ALEXANDER MILLS of the second part. Witnesseth that the said WILLIAM S.
JENKINS for and in consideration of one hundred and fifty dollars to the
said WILLIAM JENKINS in hand paid by the said ALEXANDER MILLS the
receipt hereof hath granted bargained and sold and by ALEXANDER MILLS a
certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in the County of Halifax
State of North Carolina adjoining the lands of RICHARD CARPENTER, JNO
MAYO and others and known by the MARTHA HARVEY tract of land and
beginning at JNO MAYO and MARTHA HARVEY corner thence near South to
WILLIAM TONY's corner thence near East along WILLIAM TONY's line to a
corner in RICHARD CARPENTER's line thence near North to a corner and
along said CARPENTER's line to JNO. MAYO line thence near West along
said MAYO line to the beginning, containing forty acres be the same more
or less. To have and to hold unto the said ALEXANDER MILLS and his heirs
and assign forever. In witness hereof I the said WILLIAM S. JENKINS have
hereunto set my hand and seal the day and date first written.
W.S. JENKINS
Signed and sealed in the presence of
W.R. PEPPER
WILLIAM HOCKADAY
State of North Carolina
Halifax County
Justice Court
I, T.J.E. HOCKADAY, a Justice of the Peace of the County and State
aforesaid, do hereby certify that the execution of the foregoing deed of
conveyance is this day duly acknowledged before me WILLIAM S. JENKINS
the grantor thereof as his act and deed for the purposes therein
expressed. Witness my hand and private seal this 30th day of November,
1885.
T.J.E. HOCKADAY J.P.
State of North Carolina
Halifax County
In the Superior Court
November 30, 1885
The foregoing certificate of T.J.E. HOCKADAY a Justice of the Peace of
Halifax County, is adjudged to be correct. Let the instrument with the
certificates be registered.
JOHN T. GREGORY
Clerk Superior Court
Rec'd & Recorded
November 30, 1885
J. H. HANNON Reg. of Deeds
Per A.P. ROBINSON D.R.D.
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WILLIAM S. JENKINS to KINCHEN HILLIARD BROWN- 1862
Halifax County Deeds
Deed Book 35, Page 244
State of North Carolina
Halifax County
This Indenture made this 23rd day of September A.D. 1862 between WILLIAM
S. JENKINS of the State of North Carolina Halifax County of the first
part and KINCHEN HILYARD BROWN of said State and Halifax County of the
other part. Witnesseth the said WILLIAM S. JENKINS hath in consideration
and for the sum of fifty dollars hath bargained sold and conveyed unto
the said KINCHEN HILYARD BROWN a tract or parcel of Land lying in the
above said State and County aforesaid and known by being one half of the
WILLIAM TONY tract of land being on the East end of said tract of land
and bounded on the East by RICHARD CARPENTER' on the South by the NANCY
CARTER tract of land on the West by JOHN MAHO and on the North by PATSY
HARVEY tract of land containing fifteen acres be the same more or less
the right and title him of the said WILLIAM S. JENKINS doth warrant and
defend against my heirs and assigns forever unto the said KINCHEN
HILYARD BROWN his heirs and assigns forever whereunto I st my hand and
seal to the day and date above written and in the presents of
W. S. JENKINS
Test
{no witnesses}
North Carolina
Halifax County
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
February Term 1863
The execution of the foregoing deed is duly acknowledged in open court
by W. S. JENKINS the grantor thereof. Therefore at the said deed
together with this certificate be registered.
JAS H. WHITAKER Clk
W. H. ARRINGTON P.R., March 21st 1863
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Dower for MRS. ELIZABETH JONES, wid. of RICHARD JONES- 1832
Slave Deed
Halifax County Deeds
Deed Book 28, Page 380
State of North Carolina
Halifax County
Pursuant to the annexed order to me directed I, JAMES SIMMONS Shff of
the County aforesaid have summoned & caused to appear before me twelve
good & lawfulmen for the purpose of laying off to MRS. ELIZABETH JONES
widow of RICHARD JONES her dower in the lands he died seized & possessed
of having proceeded to the same & by the consent of all the heirs they
being of lawful age have allotted to the sd MRS ELIZABETH JONES the
dwelling house & the tract of land whereon it stands containing one
hundred & sixty eight acres. And also the tract of land bought of MR.
LITTLE dec'd on the East side of Mill Swamp containing Eleven hundred &
thirty Eight acres.
Whe have also agreeable to the same order proceeded to lay off her sd
portion of the Negro Slaves said RICHARD JONES died possessed of and
have alloted to her Lot No. 4 containing Eleven Negroes named as
follows, viz, PETER, CHARLES, DINWIDDIE JUN'R, CORNELIUS, TEMPEY, ANGY,
HARTWELL, FERRY, DIANNA child JEFFERSON & LOUISA, Amounting in value to
Twenty five hundred & Sixty Dollars being forty three Dollars Sixty six
& 2/0 cents less than her proportion and that the administrator pay to
the said MRS. JONES that amount. We have not take into consideration
debts due to the Estate money on hand, bank stock or any of the
perishable property whatever. Given under our hands & seals this 9th day
June Eighteen hundred & thirty two.
JOS. JNO WILLIAMS
BENJ. CAMPBELL
WM. H HARRIS
WILLIS ALSTON
SHERROD H BOBBITT
JOHN HARPER
MARION SANDERS
JAMES R BENFORD
L B JOHNSTON
CHARLES ILES
THOS KIRBY SEN'R
JULIUS H ZOLLICOFFER
pr M T PONTON PR
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GUILFORD D. JONES to BENJAMIN HAWKINS-1804
Power of Attorney
Halifax County Deeds
Deed Book 20, Page 340
Know all men by these presents that I GUILFORD JONES of the Town of
Halifax and State of North Carolina have made, ordained, authorized,
nominated and appointed and by these presents do make, ordain, nominate
and appoint MR. BENJAMIN HAWKINS of the County of Halifax and State
aforesaid, my true and lawfull attorney, for me and in my name, and for
my use & benefit to ask, demand, sue for, recover and receive all sums
of money, debts and demands whatsoever, which are now due & owing to me,
and to use and take all lawfull ways and means for the recovery thereof,
and to grant acquittances or other sufficient discharges for the same
for me and in my name, to make, seal and deliver and to do all other
lawful acts and things whatsoever, as fully and in every respect as
myself might or could do were I personally present.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 26th
Decemer 1804.
GUILF. D. JONES
Test
HENRY PURNELL
Halifax County Sst.
May Sessions 1806
Then this Power of Attorney was exhibited in open court and duly proved
by the oath of HENRY PURNELL a witness thereto and on motion ordered to
be registered.
Witness
L. LONG CCt
Registered
E. TURNER P.R.
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HARWOOD JONES to GEORGE GOODWIN- 1814
Halifax County Deed
Deed Book 23, Page 101
Know all men by these presents that I HARWOOD JONES of Northampton
County for & in consideration of the sum of Twenty five hundred Dollars
to me in hand paid or secured to be paid by GEORGE GOODWIN of Halifax
County have bargained sold & conveyed & by these presents do bargain
sell & convey unto the said GEORGE GOODWIN his heirs & assigns forever
all the lands owned by me in Halifax County on the marsh swamp commonly
called & known by the name of Meads tract which said lands were devised
to me by my late uncle HARWOOD JONES dec'd. To have & to hold the
aforesaid lands with their appurtenances unto the said GEORGE GOODWIN
his heirs & assigns to the only proper use & behoof of the said GEORGE
GOODWIN his heirs & assigns forever. And I the said HARWOOD JONES for
myself my heirs Exors. & do by these presents covenant & grant to & with
the said GEORGE GOODWIN his heirs & assigns to warrant & forever defend
the above bargained premises with the appurtenances unto the said GEORGE
GOODWIN his heirs & assigns against the claim & demand of all & every
person & persons whatever. In witness whereof I the said HARWOOD JONES
have hereunto set my hand & seal the 28th day of February In the Year
1814.
HARWOOD JONES
Signed Sealed &c in presence of
T. BURGES
Halifax County
Febry Term 1815
Then this Deed was exhibited in open court & duly proved by the oath of
THOS BURGES a subscribing witness thereto & on motion ordeered to be
registered.
Witness
RICHARD EPPES CCt
pr M. T. PONTON P.R.
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THOMAS JONES to TEMPERANCE W. DAWSON- 1849
Slave Bill of Sale
Halifax County Deeds
Deed Book 32, Page 584
By virtue of a Deed in Trust from JOHN H. DAWSON to me dated 6th
April 1842 & which is now of Record in the Registers office of the
County of Martin State of North Carolina I advertised & sold the Negroes
named in the said Deed according to the provisions thereof. & TEMPERANCE
W. DAWSON became the last & highest bidder for said Negroes (to wit)
BILL, JACOB, WASHINGTON & ABRAM at the sum of Eighteen hundred
dollars. Now for & in consideration of the said sum of Eighteen hundred
Dollars to me in hand paid by the said TEMPERANCE W. DAWSON or secured
to be paid I have bargained & sold & by these presents do bargain sell &
convey to the said TEMPERANCE W. DAWSON by virtue of the Deed aforesaid
the said Negro Slaves BILL JACOB WASHINGTON & ABRAM. To have & to
hold the said Negroes to her the said TEMERANCE W. DAWSON her Executors
Administrators & assigns forever. In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & seal this 10 June 1842.
THOS JONES
Witness
JOS J. WILLIAMS
North Carolina
Personally appeared before me WILL H. BATTLE one of the Judges of the
Superior Court of Law & Equity in & for the State aforesaid THOMAS JONES
the Grantor in the within Bill of Sale & acknowledged the due execution
thereof according to law. Let the same with this certificate be
registered
Aug 30 1849
WILL H BATTLE JSCL&E
per M. T. PONTON PR 5 Sep'r 1849
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