Robert Scot to James Clardy 1782

This Indenture made this 25th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two between Robert Scot & Elizabeth his wife of Bladen County in the state of North Carolina of the one part & James Clardy of the county & state aforesaid of the other part witnesseth that the aforesaid Robert Scot & Elizabeth his wife for & in consideration of the sum of sixty pounds specie to him in hand paid by the aforesaid James Clardy the receipt whereof the aforesaid Scot & Elizabeth his wife doth hereby acknowledge & hereby doth fully freely & absolutely exonerate acquit & forever discharge the aforesaid James Clardy his heirs Exrs Admrs or assigns by these presents hath given granted bargained sold aliened enfeoffed conveyed & confirmed & by these presents doth give grant bargain sell alien enfeoff convey & confirm unto the aforesaid James Clardy a certain tract or parcel of land lying & being in the aforesaid county of Bladen & state aforesaid & situated in the South side of the Horse Shoe containing two hundred & fifty acres patented by Ralph Miller bearing date in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & thirty seven beginning at a Hickory tree then So 60 Et 63 chains No 60 Et 41 chains No 60 wt 63 chains So 60 Wt 41 chains to the first station To have & to hold the said land unto the said James Clardy his heirs & assigns forever to the only proper use & behoof of the said James Clardy his heirs & assigns forever & the said Robert Scot & Elizabeth his wife to covenant & agree to & with the said James Clardy that they the said Robert Scot & Elizabeth his wife will forever warrant & defend unto the said James Clardy & his heirs all the lands before mentioned against the claims them the said Robert Scot & Elizabeth his wife & their heirs & against the claim of all & every other person or persons whatsoever In witness whereof the said Robert & Elizabeth his wife have hereunto set heir hands & seals the day & year above written

Bladen Feby Term 1788 this deed acknowledged in open court & ordered to be registered

John White C.C.

Source: LDS FHL #18,299, Bk 25, pg 401. **Same deed recorded in LDS FHL # 18,290, Bk 1, pg 454-455
Transcribed by Nita Clardy Freer, 30 November 2004

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William Dry heirs to James Clardy 1785

This Indenture made the twenteth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & eighty five by & between the heirs Executors & assigns of the Honored William Dry Decd of Brunswick county in the state of North Carolina of the one part & James Clardy of Bladen county & province aforesaid of the other part witnesseth that the said Coll William Dry his heirs Executors & assigns for & in consideration of the sum eighty pounds current money to him in hand paid by the said James Clardy at or before the ensealing & delivery of these presents the receipt where of they doth hereby acknowledge themselves there with content & fully satisfied & paid have five granted bargained & sold conveyed & confirmed unto the said James Clardy his heirs & assigns one piece or parcel of land containing one hundred & eighty six & two thirds of acres be the same more or less lying in the aforesaid county of Bladen it being one third & at the lower end of Five hundred & sixty acres of land on a branch of Waggam called Horse Shoe Branch & was surveyed for seven hundred & thirty five & patent granted by his Excellancy Gab. Johnson Esqr as will more fully appear on record beginning at a white oak in the mouth of Slade Swamp & run East course & for complement to have & to hold the said land together with all the privileges & appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining unto him the said James Clardy his heirs & assigns shall & may at all times here after have hold use occupy possess & enjoy the free bargained tract of land with out the interruption molestation or hindrance of him the said William Dry his heirs executors or assigns or any other person or persons whatsoever & I the said William Drys heirs administrators or assigns do further covenant & agree to & with the said James Clardy his heirs & assigns that I & my heirs & assigns shall & will at all or any time at the reasonable request of him the said James Clardy his heirs & assigns make do perform execute any reasonable act thing or conveyance or conveyances in the law needful for the more perfect assuring and confirming the aforesaid tract of land unto the aforesaid James Clardy his heirs & assigns or his or their counsel learned in the law shall reasonably devise or require & lastly the said Coll William Drys heirs executors administrators or assigns do promise to warrant & defend the aforesaid tract of land unto him the said James Clardy his heirs & assigns against all manner of person or persons whatsoever.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the day & year first above written
Signed sealed & delivered in the presence of

Source: LDS FHL # 18,229, Bk 25, pg 76-77. **An exact copy of this deed is recorded in Bk 1, pg 135-136 on LDS FHL #18,290
Transcribed by Nita Clardy Freer, 18 Nov 2004

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Michael Clardy to Mathew Byron 1807

This indenture made this 15th day of Decem in the year of our Lord 1807 between Michael Clardy of the County of Bladen and state of No Carolina of the one part and Mathew Byron Junr Of the county and state aforsd of the other part Witnesseth that the said Michael Clardy for & in consideration of the sum of 1000 dollars to him in hand paid before the sealing & delivery of these presents the seal whereof us hereby ackd & he the said Michael Clardy to be therewith fully satisfied contented & paid hath by these presents given granted bargained sold assigned conveyed confirmed & forever set over unto the said Mathew Byron Junr his heirs exrs admirs and assigns a certain tract or parcel of land situated lying & being in the county of Bladen on the So Wt side of the No Wt branch of the Cape Fear river a mile above a place called the copper mine it being the one half & of the lower side of a tract of land containing 3110[?] acres patented by James James in the year 1735 Beginning at a white beach from thence So 45 Wt 160 ch & So round[?] to the first station as by the plot of said patent will more fully appear the said one half of the above said tract thought to contain 350 acres be the same more or less which said tract or parcel of land together with all and singular its members priviledges appurtenances hereditaments & advantages the said Michael Clardy for himself his heirs exrs adminrs & assigns doth hereby covenant promise & agree to & with the said Mathew Byron & his heirs that he shall and will forever warrant & defend the before mentioned bargained & granted land & premises from and against him & his heirs or any other person or persons whatsoever~ In witness whereof the said Michael Clardy hath hereunto set his hand and seal the day and date first above written
Signed sealed and delivered
In the presence of

Feby Term 1808 This deed was ackd in open court and ordered to be registered

J. S. Purdie C C

Source: LDS FHL # 18,305, pg 182
Transcribed by Nita Clardy Freer, 30 November 2004

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Michael Clardy & wife to Dugald MacMillan 1808

This indenture made this 15th day of April 1808 by and between Michael Clardy & Mary his wife both of Bladen County in the state of No Carolina of the one part and Dugald MacMillan of the county & state aforsd of the other part Witnesseth that the aforsd Michael Clardy & Mary his wife for & in consideration of the sum of $380 dollars to them in hand paid or secured to be paid before the ensealing and delivery hereof by the said Dugald MacMillan the rect whereof they doth hereby ackd & themselves therewith to be fully satisfied contented & paid & of every part & parcel thereof hath given granted bargained sold aliened enfeoffed conveyed & confirmed assigned & made over & by these presents doth hereby fully freely and absolutely give grant bargain sell alien enfeoff convey and confirm assign and make over unto the aforsd Dugald MacMillan his heirs and assigns forever a certain piece or parcel of land situate lying and being in the county of Bladen & state of No Carolina on the So Wt side of the Brown Marsh Swamp & on the school house branch Beginning at a stake & hiccory John A Bryans corner & runs No 42 Et 46 ch to a stake thence No 48 Wt 28 ch to a stake Geo Whites corner then with his line So 45 ½ Wt 7 ch to a white oak his other corner on the side of the school house branch then with the meanders of said branch to the main road thence No 44 Wt 17 ch to a pine his other corner thence So 42 Wt 39 ch to a stake thence So 48 Et 67 ch to the first station containing in the whole 252 acres and a half be the same more or less it being the one half of the upper end of a tract of land containing 505 acres formerly belonging to Wm Bryan Senr decd & conveyed by him to his son Wm Bryan former surveyor decd & then descended to his daughter Mary now the wife of the aforsd Michael Clardy as will fully appear by a draft or copy of the division of his estate & also by the records of Bladen County Court in which they are filed together with all the buildings & fences orchards improvements woods ways waters & water courses pastures meadows profits & advantages whatsoever to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining to the aforsd to the said Dugald MacMillan his heirs and assigns forever in as full & ample a manner as they the aforsd Michael Clardy and Mary his wife by their right from the estate of the aforsd Wm Bryan decd col d? enjoy To have and to hold the aforsd bargained & granted 252 ½ acres of land and premises free and clear freely and clearly acquitted & discharged of and from all manner of imcumbrances whatsoever & the said Michael Clardy & Mary his wife doth hereby further covenant & agree to & with the said Dugald McMillan his heirs and assigns that he the said Dugald McMillan his heirs and assigns from & after the date of sealing & delivering of these presents forever hereafter lawfully peaceably & quietly have hold use occupy possess & enjoy the aforsd 252 ½ acres of land and premises as a good & perfect estate of inheritance in fee simple & the sd Michael Clardy & Mary his wife for themselves their heirs exrs admrs doth hereby further covenant and agree to and with the said Dugald McMillan his heirs and assigns that he the said Michael Clardy & Mary his wife the said bargained land & premises will warrant secure and defend from & against the just and lawfull claim & demands of any manner of person or persons claiming by or under us or any other person or persons In Witness whereof the aforsd Michael Clardy & Mary his wife hath hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written

August term 1808 this deed was proved by Mathew Kelly & ordered to be registered

J S Purdie C C

State of No Carolina Bladen County May Term 1808 Agreeable to an order of the court of said county to Arthur Simpson & William Baldwin Esqrs Gentleman. We in confidence of your prudence & fidelity have appointed you to take the private & separate examination of Mary Clardy wife of Michael Clardy both of said county touching her free execution of an voluntary apart to her signing & executing a deed of conveyance for 252 ½ acres of land to Dugald MacMillan of the county of Bladen the sd deed bearing date the 15th day of April in the year of our Lord 1808 and when you so have taken the said examination you must send it closed up under your seals together with this commission unto the said court held held [sic] for the county of Bladen at the court house in Eliza. town on the 1st Monday in Aug next Witness James S. Purdie Clerk of said court at office the 2d day of May 1808 in the 32d year of the state.

J S. Purdie C C

State of No Carolina Bladen County In obedience to a commission from the County Court aforsd directed to us Wm Baldwin and Arthur Simpson two of the Justices of the Peace for the County aforsd We the subscribers attended on the 23rd day of July in the year of our Lord 1808 to take the private & separated examination of Mary Clardy wife of Michael Clardy both of the County aforsd touching her free execution of an voluntary apart to her signing & executing a deed of conveyance to Dugald McMillan of said County for 252 ½ acres of land situate lying and being in the aforsd County of Bladen on the So Wt side of the Brown Marsh Swamp & on the school house branch Beginning at a stake and hiccory John A. Bryans corner & the deed bearing date the 15th of April in the year of our Lord 1808 it being her part or dower of land drawn by her at the divisions of the estate of her decd father Wm. Bryan as will more fully appear on the return of the division of said estate filed in the clerks office of Bladen The said Mary met & on her private and separate examination sayeth that she did free & voluntarily execute and sign together with her husband Michael Clardy, the aforsd deed to the said Dugald McMillan his heirs & assigns Witness Wm. Baldwin and Arthur Simpson the day and date above written

Source: LDS FHL # 18,305, Bk 34, pg 282-285
Transcribed by Nita Clardy Freer, 30 Nov 2004

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Thomas Clardy to Archibald McMillon 1814

This Indenture made this the 4th day of May A.D. 1814 between Thomas Clardy of the County of Bladen & state N.C. of the one part & Archibald McMillion of the county & state aforesaid Witnesseth I the said Thomas Clardy this day have bargained & sold unto the aforesaid Archibald McMillon two pieces of land near the Middle containing two hundred acres for and in consideration of twenty two pounds & ten shillings to me in hand paid {Viz:}
1st beginning at three pines at the head of a branch above the old road and runs South 75 Et 36 chains to a stake thence ___[then] Wt 27 chs 78lks to a stake then No 75 Wt 36 chs to a stake and thence to the beginning,
Second piece begins at White oake Maple and Black Gum and runs No 22 Wt 30 chs & 60 lks then No 68 Et 31 chs & 3 lks then So 22 Et 31 chs 63 lks to a stake then to the beginning containing in both pieces two hundred acres more or less as will more fully appear [in] the plats, I the said Thomas Claridy do warrant and defend said premises unto the Archable McMillion from all claim or claims, person or persons whatsoever with all its privileges woods, ways mines, minerals, with all its free privilleges to him the said Archibald McMillon his heirs and assigns forever I further binde myself my heirs Execrs & assigns with myself to said Archibald that they shall forever warrant _______ ______ [too faint] the parcel of land as in peacible possession forever ________ _______ [too faint] my hand & seal ___ [faint] and date above written Signed sealed & delivered in presence of

August term 1814_____ ____ [faint] proved in open court by the oath of Wm J McKay & ordered to registered

Attest P. Kelly Clk

Source: LDS FHL # 18,293, Bk 10, pg 196-197
Transcribed by Nita Clardy Freer, 30 Nov 2004

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Michael Clardy to John McKay 1814

This Indenture made this 13 day of Sept A D 1814 by & between Michael Clardy of Bladen Co State of NC of the one part & John McKay of the Co and state afsd Witnesseth that said Clardy for the sum of $500 has given granted bargd sold & conveyed to sd John McKay his heirs & assigns forever 4 pieces of land situate as follows viz:
1st piece containing 23 acres beginning at a pine & u___? N 10 E 8 chs S 75 E 16 chs N x x x chs 87 lks N 60 E 1 ch S 60 E 3 chs 87 lks N 60 W 47 chs S 72 W 2 chs 50 lks x x x E 31 chs to the beginning Pat'd by Daniel Shaw Nov 1804 ~

2nd piece containing 76 acres beginning at a stake & two Black Jacks the 3rd corner? he now lives on thence N 17 W x x ch 50 lks to Malcom Shaws corner N 31 W x x chs 50 lks to Clardys line then with it S 55 W x x chs 71 lks to Shaw's own line then with it to the beginning Pat by Daniel Shaw bearing date the 3rd Dec 1806

3rd piece containing 300 acres on the S side of the Horse Shoe W side of Middle Swamp beginning at a fence near Rummel McMillans line then N 75 W 30 chs to 3 pines? & a black Jack S 35 W 32 chs to a stake & black Jack then x x 70 W 20 chs to a pine & black Jack then S 48 chs to two maples N 67 E 65 chs 50 lks to Rummel McMillions line then a direct line to the beginning Pat'd by Angus Shaw the 18 Dec 1799 ~

4th piece near the mouth of Slade Swamp it being the lower half of a 300 acre survey Patd by Daniel Shaw & Robt an[or?] Thomas Clardy dated Dec 1812 beginning at an ash Bryans corners in the edge of Slade Swamp near Saml Swindells field then S 48 E 27 chs 50 lks then N 52 E 55 chs N 48 W 27 chs 50 lks S 52 W 55 chs to the beginning containing 150 acres more or less~
To have & to hold to him the sd John McKay his heirs & assigns the sd premises with the appurtenances & improvements thereunto belonging with all the estate and interest of land the sd Michael Clardy his heirs & assigns & the sd Michael Clardy doth hereby warrant & forever defend unto the sd John McKay his heirs & c [sic] the above four? pieces of land against all lawful claims of all persons whatsoever In witness whereof I the sd Michael Clardy have hereunto set my seal the date above written signed sealed & delivered in presence of

Source: LDS FHL # 18,308, pg 504-505
Transcribed by Nita Clardy Freer, 28 Jan 2005

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