August 2015 – Page 4 – Roots & Branches

Page 1 of 1803 Deed: Children of Joseph Yarborough to Jeremiah Yarborough
From the papers of Merry T. Pittman

Page 2 of 1803 Deed: Children of Joseph Yarborough to Jeremiah Yarborough
From the papers of Merry T. Pittman

Page 3 of 1803 Deed: Children of Joseph Yarborough to Jeremiah Yarborough
From the papers of Merry T. Pittman

Transcription:

Page 1:

This Indenture made this seventh day of August in the year of our Lord Christ’s One Thousand Eight Hundred and three between, Anne Yarbrough, Nathan Yarbrough, Joseph Yarbrough, Benjamin Yarbrough, Milley Yarbrough, Elisha Yarbrough, and Oncy Melton, formerly Oncy Yarbrough as being children of Joseph Yarbrough and Joint Heirs, of the one part, and Jeremiah Yarbrough one of the children, of the aforesaid Joseph Yarbrough and also a Joint Heir of the Other part witnesseth; that for and in consideration of the sum of One dollar to us in hand paid by Jeremiah Yarbrough the aforesaid We Anne, Nathan, Joseph, Benjamin, Milley, Elisha, and Oncy ^now Oncy Melton^ Yarbroughs aforesaid, hath bargained, sold, conveyed and delivered and by these presents doth we convey sett over and deliver unto the aforesaid Jeremiah Yarbrough his Heirs Executors, administrators or assigns for ever One certain Tract or Moiety of land being in the County of Chatham and State of North Carolina on the South side of Cape Fear River and on the No.-Westside

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-North West side of Bush Creek it being part of a Tract of Land granted to Joseph Yarbrough Sen’r bearing date twentyeth day of August 1779, as will more fully appear by the Grant of that date and bounded by the lands of Partridges, Rossers and Roberts, Land supposed to be One Hundred acres be the same more or less — To have and to hold the aforesaid Land together with all and singular the appurtenances thereunto belonging free and clear from us and also Heirs Executors or administrators forever, unto Jeremiah Yarbrough His Heirs or assigns forever. In Witness We have deverally sett our hands and affixed our seals the day and date first above written. Signed, sealed and ackn’d in presence of us:

Hardy Wheless
Isaac Yarbrough [his mark]
Allen Thomas [his mark]

Anney Yarbrough [her mark]
Nathan Yarbrough [his mark]
Joseph Yarbrough [his mark]
Benjamin Yarbrough [his mark]

Page 3:

Milley Yarbrough [her mark]
Elisha Yarbrough [his mark]
Oncy Melton [her mark]

Chatham County February Sessions 1804. The execution of this deed was duy proved in open Court by the oath of Hardy Wheless a subscribing witness thereto and ordered to be registered. […] Thomas Ragland […]

Chatham County
Registered in the registers office
Book N Page 255
Jonathan Thompson Registrar

1821: Kinchen Robirds Land Plat, Chatham County
From the papers of Merry T. Pittman

Transcription:

The above plat represents one hundred and sixty four acres of land on Both sides of the road leading from Avents Ferry in Chatham County to the longstreet in Moore County and bounded as follows (To wit)-
Beginning at a dead pine in a small pond at the intersection of Rossers and Ishmael Robirds lines and runs thence west along Ishmael’s line twenty chains to a Black Jack thence south thirteen chains and sixty links to a Black Jack stump near Ishmael Robird’s stable thence with another of Ishmael’s lines west forty chains to a pine thence with another of said Ishmael’s lines north thirty two chains and ten links to a dead pine in William Rush’s line thence East sixty chains with said Rush’s line to a red oak stump his corner thence South two degrees East eighteen chains and fifty links to the beginning it being bounded all round by other and older lines except the line of forty chains and of thirty two chains and ten links agreeable to the date of the grant […] surveyed this 19th July 1821-
By William Campbell

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1803 Deed: Children of Joseph Yarborough to Jeremiah Yarborough

1821: Kinchen Robirds Land Plat, Chatham County-Moore County

Ann Charnock, wife of William Ratcliffe