Lenoir County NcArchives Deed.....Hill, Rachel, James & Mary - Hill, Drewry 1863
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Written: 1863
From James M. Hines Collection, NC Archives, Raleigh, NC
Transcribed by Hazel Ruth Hill Yarbrough from a Xerox copy of the original.
Deed of Gift - Drewry A. Hill to his Three Children, Dec. 3, 1863
Know all men by these presents that
I Drewry A Hill of the County of Lenoir & State of North Carolina, for & in
consideration of the natural love & affection which I have & do bear towards
my three children, Rachel Frances, James Franklin, & Mary Elizabeth Hill, &
for diverse other good causes & considerations me thereunto? removing?, hath
given, granted, aliened, cofeoffed?, conveyed & confirmed, & doth by these
presents give, grant, alien, ?cufroff?, convey & confirm, unto the said Rachel
Frances, James Franklin & Mary Elizabeth their heir or assigns, the following
property to wit; the land and plantation upon which I now reside, containing
about two hundred acres; the following named negroes, viz. Nandy, John, Arron,
George Olif, Ary, and Patsy & their increase; one thousand five hundred
dollars in Confederate States Bonds; and six hundred dollars in current money
To have & to hold to them the said, Rachel Frances, James Franklin, & Mary
Elizabeth, in common stock, share & share alike, to them & each of them, their
heirs or assigns, in fee simple absolutely forever & reserving however, to
myself, for & during the term of my natural life, the use & benefit of the
said property; & hereby declaring it to be my deliberate act & deed, that the
whole of the said property & effects & every part & parcel thereof hereby
intended to be conveyed over to them, & each of their sole & separate use &
benefit immediately after my death
In testimony whereof I the said Drewry A Hill, hath hereonto set my hand
& seal this 3id day of December AD 1863
Drewry A. Hill (Seal)
Signed sealed &
delivered in presence of
P. Hardee
WRHiII
North Carolina
Lenoir County December 3, 1863.
This was the due and legal execution of the foregoing deed acknowledged before
me in due form of Law by Drewry A. Hill the ?barganior. Let said deed together
with this certificate be registered.
N. Hunter
Clerk of Lenoir Co. Court
Enrolled in the Register's office of Lenoir County the day of December AD
1863
Rich W. King, Register
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