THOMAS ARD LAND GRANT NO 105

Bladen County, NC   1784

Deed Book 23, page71

State of North Carolina No 779 To all to whom these presents shall come greeting Know ye that we for and in consideration of the sum our treasury by Thomas Aid have given and granted and by these presents do give and grant unto the said Thomas Ard a tract of land containing two hundred acres lying and being in our County of Bladen on the North East side of Raft Swamp Beginning at a small White Oak near the head of Fork Branch and __ thence East twenty five chains to a Stake then South forty chains to a Stake then West thirty five chains to a Stake then North forty chains to the Beginning

                   Pr patent dated Novr* the 7^th 1784

[Note: * denotes raised letter. I believe error in transcription from original has Ard in right margin but Aid in text. I feel it should be Ard.]