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State of North Carolina No 946

Know ye that we for and in consideration of the Sum of 16 Dollars and 50 cents paid in to our Treasury  by Archibald Morisson have Given and Granted unto Andrew Presley assignee of Archibald Morrisson a tract of Land containing fifty acres lying and being in the County of Macon Section No 59 in District No 7 it being part of the Land lately acquired by treaty from the Cherokee Indians and Sold in obedience to an act of the General Assembly of this State Bounded as follows viz Beginning at a Chestnut South East Corner of No 58 and runs South Seventy East eighty poles to a hickory, thence South fifteen West thirty poles to a Spanish oak thence North twenty five West twenty poles to a Stake thence South fifteen West thirty six poles to a Black oak thence North Seventy five West eleven poles to a post oak thence South eighty five West ninety poles to a hickory thence North twenty poles to a Chestnut bush thence thirty eight West forty one poles to black walnut Corner of No 58 thence North Seventy two East ninety Six poles with the line of No 58 to the Beginning as by the plat here unto annext doth appear together with all woods waters mines Minerals hereditaments and appurtenances to the Said land belonging or appertaining to hold to the Said Andrew Presley his heirs and assigns for ever yielding and paying to us such sums of money yearly or otherwise as our General Assembly from time to time may direct provided always that the Said grantee Shall cause his Grant to be Registered in the Registers office of our Said County of Macon within twelve months from the date hereof other wise the Same Shall be void in testimony whereof we have caused these our letters to be made pattent and our Great Seal to be here unto affixed

Charles Manly Esquire our Governor Captain General Commander in Chief at Raleigh this Sixth December in the 79th year of our Independence and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty

By command W. Hill Secretary of State

Charles Manly

The foregoing Grant was duely in the Registers office of Macon County N. Carolina the 9th day of June 1857     Witness            J.S. Keener  R M C

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