Printed
at the Patriot
office-Greensboro'.
This
Indenture, made the fourth day of July
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty
nine - between I. J. M. Lindsay, Moses Brock, & And.
Lindsay of the county of Guilford and State
of North Carolina of the one part, and The
Trustees of the Greensboro Female College in the county of Guilford
and State of North Carolina - of the other part,
WITNESSETH, that for and in consideration of the sum of three
thousand three hundred & seventy-two dollars and fifty
cents, to the said I. J. M. Lindsay, M. Brock & And. Lindsay
in hand paid, the receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge, and therefore do
release, acquit and discharge the said "Trustees of the
Greensboro Female College" by these presents, they the said I.
J. M. Lindsay, M. Brock & And. Lindsay hath granted, bargained, sold, aliened,
confirmed and conveyed, and by these presents doth grant, bargain, sell, alien,
confirm and convey unto the said "Trustees of the Greensboro
Female College," a certain piece or parcel of land lying and being in the
county of Guilford and State aforesaid; bounded as
followeth -
Beginning
at a stone on John M. Morehead's corner, thence E 1 ½ degrees S. 48 p. - thence
N. 1 ½ degrees E. 13 p. - thence l ½ degrees S. 9 p. - thence S. 1 ½ degrees W.
9 p. - thence E 1 ½ degrees S. 9 p. - thence N. 1 ½ degrees E 18 p. - thence W.
1 ½ degrees N. 2 p. 14 l. - thence N. 1 ½ degrees E. 24 p. 18 l. - thence W. 18
degrees N. 13 p. - thence N. 1 ½ degrees E. 13 p. - thence W. 18 degrees N. 9
¼ p. - thence N. 1 ½ degrees E. 54 p. - thence W. 162 p. with Paisley's line to
a hickory - thence S. 78 p. - thence W. 31 p. to a white-oak - thence S. 32 p.
to a white oak - thence E. 36 p. to a black-jack - thence S. 100 p. to a post
oak - thence E. 113 p. - cross sleepy branch to a post oak - thence N. 1 ½ degrees
E. 97 p. to the beginning: containing One Hundred and ninety-seven acres and ninety
poles, more or less.
To
have and to hold the lands hereby conveyed, and all and singular other the premises
hereby bargained and sold, and every part and parcel thereof, with their and every
of their appurtenances unto the said "Trustees of the Greensboro
Female College" forever, to the only profit, use and behoof of them the
said "Trustees of the Greensboro Female College"
forever. And the said I. J.M. Lindsay, M. Brock & And. Lindsay
for their heirs, executors, and administrators, doth covenant to and with the
said "Trustees of the Greensboro Female College",
by these presents, that the said I. J. M. Lindsay, M. Brock
& Andrew Lindsay now, and at the time of sealing and delivering these presents,
are seized of a good, sure, perfect and indefeisible estate of inheritance, in
fee simple, of and in the premises hereby bargained and sold, and that they have
good power, and lawful and absolute authority to grant and convey the same to
the said "Trustees of the Greensboro Female College"
- in manner and form aforesaid, and that the said premises now are, and so forever
shall remain, and be free from all gifts, grants, bargains, sales, dower, right
and title of dower, judgments, executions, titles, troubles, charges and incumbrances
whatsoever, made, done, committed or suffered by the said I.
J. M. Lindsay, M. Brock & A. Lindsay, or any other person, and that the
said I. J. M. Lindsay, M. Brock & A. Lindsay and
their heirs, all and singular, the premises hereby bargained and sold, with the
appurtenances, unto the said "Trustees of the Greensboro
Female College", against them the said I. J. M. Lindsay,
M. Brock & A. Lindsay and their heirs and all and every person and persons
whatsoever, shall warrant and ever defend BY THESE PRESENTS.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the said I. J. M. Lindsay, M. Brock & And.
Lindsay hath hereunto set his hand and seal, the day and year first above
written. SIGNED,
SEALED AND DELIVERED IN THE PRESENCE OF |
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J.
A. Mebane
[signature] T. J. D. Patrick [signature] |
I.
J. M. Lindsay
[signature] Moses Brock [signature] Andrew
Lindsay [signature] |