AN ACT FOR ASCERTAINING THE BOUNDARY LINE
BETWEEN TYRRELL AND BEAUFORT COUNTIES
AND BETWEEN EDGECOMBE AND TYRRELL
AND BEAUFORT COUNTIES PASSED BY
THE ASSEMBLY IN 1741.
I. Whereas Disputes daily arise between the Inhabitants of Tyrrell, Beaufort and Edgecombe Counties, by Reason the Boundary Line between Tyrrell and Beaufort Counties, and between Tyrrell and Edgecombe Counties are not sufficiently ascertained and known; by Means of which Uncertainty, the Inhabitants within the Disputed Bounds refuse to pay their Public and Parish Levies to any of the Collectors of the said Levies of Either of said Counties; For Remedy, whereof.
II. We pray that it may be Enacted and be it Enacted, by his Excellency Gabriel Johnston, Esq., Governor, & c., and it is hereby Enacted by the authority of the same. That each of the County Courts of Tyrrell, Edgecombe and Beaufort, shall appoint one Person, who shall settle and run the Boundary Line between Tyrrell and Edgecombe Counties, and between part of Edgecombe and Beaufort Counties in Manner following: that is to say: The said Commissioners shall begin at the Upper Corner Tree of Jenkin Henry's line on the South side of Roanoke River, and from thence, run a direct line to the mouth of Cheek's Mill Creek, on Tar River; and the said Commissioners, as soon as the said line is finished, shall, under their Hands, return the Courses thereof into each of the Courts of the aforesaid Counties, which shall be recorded by the Clerks of the said Several Courts. And the said line so run, shall for ever after, be deemed the Boundary Line between Tyrrell and Edgecombe Counties and between Edgecombe and Beaufort Counties, from Tvrrell as far as the Tar River.
III. And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid. That the Flat Swamp which heretofore, was the Boundary of Albemarle and Bath Counties, shall, to the Head of the said Swamp, and from the head thereof, by a direct Line to the aforesaid Line between
Tyrrell and Edgecombe Counties, for ever, be the Boundary Line between Tyrrell and Beaufort Counties.
IV. And for defraying the charge of running the said Line, Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid; That each of the County Courts of Beaufort, Tyrrell and Edgecombe, be, and are hereby empowered, to lay a Poll-Tax, not exceeding the Sum of Four Pence, proclamation money, per Tithable, upon the Inhabitants of their respective Counties, and shall cause the same to be levied in the same manner the Public Taxes are levied; and shall, out of the Money arising by the said Tax, pay and Satisfy their respective Commissioners, for their Trouble and Charges expended, in running the aforesaid Boundary Lines. And after paying and satisfying the Commissioners for their trouble and Charges, each County Court shall apply the Money remaining, if any be, to the use of the County when such tax is collected.
(Compendium of Laws by James Davis, 1752. Pages 137 and 138.)
SOURCE: NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.
Vol. II. April, 1901. No. 2; Donated and Transcribed by Andrea Stawski Pack;
AN ACT OF ASSEMBLY RELATING TO THE LAND
WHEREON THE TOWN OF EDENTON,
N. C., IS BUILT.
I. Whereas Thomas Peterson, late of Albemarle County, Esq., died seized and possessed in his Demesne, of Fee of, in and to a certain Plantation or Tract of Land, lying and being in the Fork of Queen Anne's Creek, in Chowan Precinct, containing by Estimation, Four Hundred Acres, be the same more or less, butted and bounding to the Eastward on the Town Land and to the Westward on Slocumb's Creek; and also, of, in, and to One Half Acre or Lot of Land in Bath Town butting and bounding to the Southward on the lot of Col. Ilpher Gale, and to the Northward on one of the Cross Streets; which said Plantation and lot of Land, do descend unto Anna, an infant, the Daughter of the said Thomas; And whereas Johanna, the Mother of the said Anna, by her Petition preferred to this Assembly, is very willing, for the advancement of the said Anna's Portion, to relinquish her Right of Dower of, in and to the said Lands and Lot, provided that the same Lands and Lot may be sold, to and for the Use, Benefit, and Interest of the said Anna, the said Lands and Lot Bow having considerable Improvements thereon, which makes them Valuable; which otherwise will be very much impaired and ruined before the said Anna shall come of Age; Wherefore
II. Be it Enacted by His Excellency the Palatine and the rest of the true and Absolute Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina, by and with the Advice and Consent of the rest of the Members of the General Assembly, now met at Little River for the North East Part of the said Province, and it is hereby Enacted, by the Authority of the same, That the said Johanna be and she is hereby empowered, to bargain, sell, one-off, and transfer the said Plantation or Traer of Land lying in the Fork of Queen Anne's Creek, in Chowan Precinct, containing by estimation, Four Hundred Acres, be the same more or less, butting and bounding to the Eastward on the Town Land and to the Westward on Slocumb Creek; also one Half Acre or Lot of Land in Bath Town, butting and bounding to Southward on the Lot of Col. Ilpher Gale and to the Northward on one of the Cross Streets; or any Part or Parcel of the same, to any Person or Persons that shall be willing to give most money for the same; to have and to hold the same to such Purchase or Purchasers, his or her Heirs and Assigns for ever.
III. And for the better securing the Money, acting by such Sale to and for the Use, Benefit and Interest of the said Anna, her Heirs and Assigns, It is hereby further Enacted, That immediately at and upon the sale of the aforesaid Plantation or Tract of Land and 1 or any Part of the same, the said Anna shall stand and be seized in her Demesne, as of Fee, of, in and to one certain Plantation or Tract of Land, whereof the said Johanna is and now stands seized and possessed of, in Perquimans Precinct, Containing, by Estimation, One Hundred and Seventy Acres, be the same more or less, situated. 1 and being on Castleton's or Laker's Creek, butting and bounding on the Lands of Juliana Lakers and Richard Skinner; to have and to hold the same Plantation or Tract of Land to her the said Anna, her Heirs and Assigns, in Fee Simple, with Condition, that if the said Johanna do pay the Monies arising by such Sale to the said Anna, at and upon her Arrival to the Age of Eighteen Years, or Day " Marriage, or otherwise appropriate the Monies arising by the Sale of the aforesaid Plantation or Tract of Land at the Fork of Queen Anne's Creek and Lot aforesaid, by purchasing young Female Slaves for the use of said Anna; then the aforesaid Estate of the said Anna, of in, and to the afore mentioned Plantation and tract of land in Perquimans Precinct, to be invalid and of no Force or Effect. A. D. 1715. (Compendium of Laws by James Davis. Edition of 1752, page 40.)
SOURCE: NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER;
Vol. II. April, 1901. No. 2; page 274; Donated and Transcribed by Andrea Stawski Pack;
