Courses of the land in the deed from Hardy Gatten [Gatlin?] to Jesse Ginn, 100 acres near George Nelson’s corner – Craven County, undated

This short, undated paper copies only the boundary description (“the Courses”) of a deed from Hardy Gatten, probably Gatlin, to Jesse Ginn for about 100 acres in Craven County. The land began at a water oak and ran to a pine at George Nelson’s corner, then to a stake at Nelson’s corner, along a meadow [?] to Patchet [?] Branch, and down the branch to the start. The only neighbor named is George Nelson.

The date of the original deed and its witnesses are not given. John Green, the Craven County register, attested the copy, and the note on the outside says it was made for Charles Roach Esq. The writer’s own words are kept as written below.

Courses of the land in the deed from Hardy Gatten [Gatlin?] to Jesse Ginn, 100 acres near George Nelson’s corner – Craven County, undated

Transcription notes: spelling, capitalization and punctuation follow the original. Words in [square brackets] are editorial notes; [?] marks an uncertain reading and [illegible] marks words that could not be read.

Hardy Gatten to Jesse Ginn Deed the Courses viz.t Beginning at a
Water oak from thence running South Forty Eight degrees East one hundred
and forty five poles to a Pine George Nelsons Corner from thence to
a Stake Nelsons Corner then with a Medow [?] to Patchet [?] Branch
and with the Branch to the Beginning. .. A true Copy of the
Courses in the Registers office of Craven County In Book No. 1494 [?]
Folio 383.) 100 acres [?]
Attest John Green

[On the outside:]
Hardy Gatlen [?]
to
Jesse Ginn the
Courses for
Charles Roach Esq.r

About the original

This is not a full deed. It is a copy of just the boundary description (“the Courses”) from the deed from Hardy Gatten to Jesse Ginn, taken from the Craven County register’s books. It was attested by John Green, the Register, and was made for Charles Roach, as the note on the outside says.

The paper is not dated, and the date of the Gatten–Ginn deed is not given.

The surname is spelled “Gatten” in the text, and on the outside it looks like “Gatlen.” It is probably Gatlin, but it is copied here as written.

The book number may read “1494” or “14, 94.” The acreage figure at the end, read here as 100 acres, is faint.

Source: Courses of the deed from Hardy Gatten [Gatlin?] to Jesse Ginn, undated. Roach Family Papers (#346), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, Box 1, Folder c (Land Records, 1728–1886). Collection guide. Digitized folder: ECU Digital Collections, 0346-b1-fc.

Images courtesy of East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University. View this item in ECU Digital Collections.

Part of the Roach Family Papers collection on East Carolina Roots.