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31 May 1792

To all persons to whom this presents
shall come I John Morgan do send greeting
Know ye that I the said ohn Morgan
of Orange County & State of North Carolina
for & in consideration of the love good will
& affection in which I have & do bear towards
my three sons Mark Morgan, John
Morgan and Solomon P. Morgan of
the same County, have given & granted & do
by these presents freely give & grant unto
my two sons Mark Morgan and John
Morgan the following land & premises to
be divided between them in the following
form & manner & form that is to say begin-
ning at a line run by Chuston North
down the Hill called the Dry Hill into
Morgan's Creek thence down the Creek
to the mouth of a Branch called the Big
Branch on the north side of the Creek
thence the various courses of the said
Branch from the mouth up to Barbee's
line including the lands on both sides
of the said creek from the aforesaid
run by Chuston and from the
aforesaid branch down to the
County line containing by estimation
Eleven hundred acres be the same
more or leſs, the said land to be
divided between them in the following
manner viz My son Mark to have
the upper half of the said land with
the plantation whereon I now live
and my son John the lower half of
the said land Also I give to my son
Mark one hundred acres of land