HALIFAX COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA DEED BOOK 13 PAGE 436-437

16 March 1776 CULLEN EDWARDS to JAMES JOSEY

Know all men by these presents that I, CULLEN EDWARDS, of Halifax County, in the Province of North Carolina am held and firmly bound unto JAMES JOSEY of the County and Province aforesaid, in the just and full sum of Two Hundred Pounds Proclamation money to be paid unto the said JAMES JOSEY, his certain attorney, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns to which payment well and truly to be made. I bind myself, my heirs, executors and administrators firmly by these presents sealed, sealed with my seal and dated this 16th day of March A.D. 1776. The condition of the above obligation is such, that whereas the above mentioned JAMES JOSEY, hath bargained and sold unto the above bound CULLEN EDWARDS, a Mill together with Two Acres of Land for a valuable consideration, together with the performances of covenants and restrictions as follows, That is to say the said CULLEN EDWARDS, his heirs and assigns are to grind, toll-free, for the family of the said JOSEY, or his widow, so long as the Mill shall be continued in the place where she now stands, and that the said EDWARDS, or his heirs, shall reconvey the said Two Acres of Land to the said JOSEY, or his heirs on the removal of the Mill from the place where she now stands, and further the said EDWARDS, his heirs or assigns are not to feed Hogs at the said Mill where she now stands: On the due performance of the before mentioned covenants there the above obligation to be void or else to remain in full force and virtue.

Signed, Sealed and Delivered

in the presence of CULLEN EDWARDS

DAVID SUMNER

NATHAN BROWN

JAMES SUMNER