Deed, NC, Mecklenburg, WILLIAM Haggans to JOHN DRENNAN, 1765

State of South Carolina
York County

No. 14

July term Anno Domini 1786

A DEED OF BARGAIN AND SALE from WILLIAM HAGGANS to JOHN DRENNAN for 200 acres of
land formerly recorded in the register's office of Mecklenburg County, North
Carolina, ordered to be recorded. And it is recorded in form following, that is to
say:

THIS INDENTURE this 24th day of December in the year of Our Lord 1765.

BETWEEN WILLIAM HAGGANS, and MARY [HAGGANS] his wife, of the Waxhaws and
Mecklenburg County in the province of North Carolina, husbandman, of the one part
and JOHN DRENNAN, late of Pennsylvania, Yeoman, of the other part.

WITNESSETH that the said WILLIAM HAGGANS, and MARY his wife, for and in
consideration of the sum of 27 pounds and ten shillings, current and lawful money
is of North Carolina, in hand to the aforesaid WILLIAM HAGGANS, and MARY his wife,
by the aforesaid JOHN DRENNAN, who paid the sum of money by the hand of BENJAMIN
LOWREY before the signing and sealing of these presents, the receipt whereof the
said WILLIAM HAGGANS doth hereby acknowledge, and himself therewith fully
satisfied, and doth thereof release, acquit, and discharge the said JOHN DRENNAN
his heirs, executors, and administrators, by these presents, he the aforesaid
WILLIAM HAGGANS, and MARY his wife, hath granted and covenanted and sold, aliened,
released and confirmed and do, by these presents, grant, bargain, and sell, alien,
release and confirm, unto the said JOHN DRENNAN and his executives, administrators
and assigns, 200 acres of land lying and being in the county of Mecklenburg on the
west side of the Catawba River on both sides of the Twelve Miles Creek near the
opposite of the Catawba Indian Town.

    Beginning at a Hickory standing in the old line of the original survey on
    the south side of said Creek, corner to and part of said originally
    granted and laid off for ROBERT MUCKLHANEY [MCELHANEY]; and running
    thence N40E 108 poles to said old line to a stake, an old corner to said
    tract; thence N11W 160 poles along another old Line, ditto to a stake
    standing on the north side of the creek; thence S80W 160 poles along
    another old line, ditto, to a Hickory, old corner; thence S40W 68 poles
    along another of the old lines of the first survey to a post standing in
    said line; thence S54E 94 poles to an Ash standing on the south bank of
    said Creek, a corner to said MUCKLHANEY's land; also thence S42E 136
    poles along said MUCKLHANEY's line to the beginning.

TOGETHER WITH ALL AND SINGULAR the houses, buildings, orchards, fields, meadows,
well, water courses, prophets, commodities, hereditary, and appurtenances
whatsoever to the said premises hereby granted or any part thereof belonging or in
any wise appertaining. And the reversions or remainders, rents, issues, and profits
there of has also all the property, claim, and demands whatsoever of him, the said
WILLIAM HAGGANS, and MARY his wife, of, in, and to the said bargained premises, and
all deeds, evidences, and writings touching or in any wise concerning the same.




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TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said bargained 200 acres of land, and all and singular the
other premises hereby granted and released, and every part and parcel thereof with
their and every of their appurtenances unto the said JOHN DRENNAN, his heirs and
assigns, forever, to the only proper use and behoof of him, the said JOHN DRENNAN,
his heirs and assigns forever.

And the said WILLIAM HAGGANS, and MARY his wife, for themselves, their heirs,
executors, administrators doth covenant, promise, and grant, to and with the said
JOHN DRENNAN, his heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, by these presents,
that he, the said WILLIAM HAGGANS, now at the time of sealing and delivery of
these presents, is seized of a good, sure, perfect, indefeasible estate of
inheritance, virtue of the king's letters patent, granted and made out onto WILLIAM
EDEY, to and for said premises and bearing date the 18th day of November 1752. And
said EDEY hath, by his deed, granted and conveyed the same to ROBERT BARKLEY
[BARCLAY], who also has granted and conveyed the same unto the said HAGGANS by his
deed of conveyance dated the 10th day of October 1765, and that he hath good power
and lawful authority to grant and convey the same in manner and form aforesaid, and
that the said premises are, and so forever shall remain, clear and free of, and
from, all former gifts, grants, bargains, and sales, dowers, rights and titles of
dower, judgments, executions, troubles, charges, encumbrances, whatsoever, made,
done, committed, or suffered by the said WILLIAM HAGGANS, or any person or persons
by, from, or under him, whatsoever. The quit rents hereafter to grow due and
payable to our Sovereign Lord, the king & c., his heirs and successors for, and in
respect, to the said premises only accepted.

And the said WILLIAM HAGGANS, and MARY his wife, for themselves, their heirs,
executors, administrators doth promise, covenant, and grant, to and with the said
JOHN DRENNAN his heirs, executors, administrators and a signs, at any time after
the date of these presents at the cost and charges of the said JOHN DRENNAN of
these presents at the cost and charges of the said JOHN DRENNAN, and timely notice
being given, to make any deed or deeds, conveyances, as the said JOHN DRENNAN or
his counsel in the law may devise or advice, provided that the said WILLIAM
HAGGANS, his heirs, executors, administrators shall not be obliged to travel more
than 25 miles from his or their dwelling place to make such further convince or
assurance.

In witness whereof the said WILLIAM HAGGANS, and MARY his wife, have hereunto set
their hands and affixed their seals this 24th day of December in the sixth year of
the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, King of Great Britain, and in the
year of Our Lord 1765.

N. B. The Indians claim is accepted as the only the notation done before signing

WILLIAM HAGGANS {seal}
MARY HAGGANS    {seal, her mark}

Signed, Sealed, Delivered, in the presence of

ANDREW NUTT
ROBERT CROCKETT
SAMUEL THOMPSON




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