Moses Norman To James Martin, Feoffment for 735 Acres of Land in Colleton County, SC, 12 Aug 1740
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[Margin:]
Norman, Moses
to
Martin, Jas. [James]
Feofment [sic]
[Main Text:]
To all People to whome [sic]
these Presents shall come I Moses Norman of Beech Hill in Colleton County in South Carolina Planter Send this Greeting
Know ye that I the said Moses Norman for and in Consideration of the Sum of One Hundred Pounds [£100]
to him in hand before the Ensealing & Delivery of these Presents well & truly Paid by James Martin of the County & Province aforesaid Planter the Receipt whereof he doth hereby acknowledge & of every Part & Parcel thereof Doth Acquit Exonerate & Discharge The Sd [said]
James Martin and His Heirs Executrs [Executors]
& administratrs [administrators]
Hath given, granted, Bargained, Sold, aliened, Enfeofed [sic]
& Confirmed and by these Presents Doth Fully Freely Clearly & absolutely Give Grant Bargain Aliene [sic]
Enfeof [sic]
& Confirm unto the said Jeams [sic]
Martin & his Heirs Executrs administratrs and assigns, A Tract of Land containing Seven Hundd [Hundred]
Thirty Five [735]
acres Lying & being in Colleton County in the Province aforesaid, & Buting [sic]
& Bounding on the East Side of Salcacha [probably “Salkehatchie”]
River; to the Westward on the Sd River; to the Southward on Mr. Thos [Thomas]
Miles Land and all other Sides on Land not Laid out:
[This portion of the text is not genealogically relevant...]
In Witness whereof the said Moses Norman hath Set hereunto his Hand & Seal this Twelfth Day of August in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred & forty [12 Aug 1740]
and in the fourteenth year of the Reign of our Soveraign [sic]
Lord George the Second by the Grace of God King of Great Britain France & Ireland Defender of the Faith . . . . . . . .
{signed} Moses Norman (LS)
Signed Sealed & Delivered in the presence of us
{signed} Joseph Norman
{signed} Wm. [William]
Chamberline
{signed} Saml [Samuel]
Stevens
N. B. of words (only) in Sevententh [sic]
Line & (Moses Norman) in nineteenth Line were interlined before Sealing & Delivery
April 16th 1742 [16 Apr 1742]
. Before me Personally apeared [sic]
William Chamberline one of the Subscribing Witnesses who on Oath Sayeth That he saw Moses Norman Sign Seale [sic]
& as his Act & Deed deliver this Instrument of Writing to & for the the [sic]
uses therein mentioned Intended & Expresst [sic]
and that the words, only, and Moses Norman were Interlined in the presence of Joseph Norman & Samuel Stevens who subscribed their names as Witnesses.
Sworne before me
{signed} Cutch Golightly [possibly “Culch Golightly”]
So. Carolina.
Register's Office 10th May 1743 [10 May 1743]
Recorded in Deeds Office in Book Y, from Page 283 to Page 285
{signed} Ja. [James]
Home Pub. Regr. [Public Register]
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Source
- South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Microfilm ST0112. Conveyance Books (Public Register). Series S372001, Book Y, Pages 283-285.