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State of New Jersey
This indenture Made this Twenty-fifth day of May- in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine Between John Potter Esquire formerly of Charleston in the state of South Carolina but now of Princeton in the state of New Jersey of the first part, James Potter Esquire of the County of Chatham in the state of Georgia of the second part, and Dr. Thomas F. Potter of the said county of Chatham and State of Georgia of the third part,— Witnesseth that Whereas the said John Potter on the tenth day of January in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen purchased from William Mein and Mary his Wife the following lands to wit “All those several Tracts or parcels of Land herein after particularly described, that is to say All That Tract or parcel of Land situate lying and being on Argyle Island in the River Savannah in the County of Chatham (State of Georgia) containing three Hundred and seventy six acres (more or less) bounded on the North by Lands of Archibald McLaren, on the South by Lands belonging to the Estate of the late John Morel, deceased, and on the East and West by Branches of Savannah River, Also all that Island called Hog Island opposite to the said Tract of Land containing thirty acres more or less bounded by branches of Savannah River; Also all that other Tract or parcel of Land being the uppermost half of the Island of Onslow in the said County of Chatham containing Three Hundred and fifty acres of Land, more or less, bounded on the South and East by Lands of John P. Williamson Esquire and on all other sides by branches of Savannah River; And also all those other Tracts or parcels of Land situated on the Main in the said County of Chatham opposite to Onslow Island and known by the names of Colerain Springfield and Cherokee Hill and Morgan and Wylly’s Pine Barren Lands containing in the whole Two Thousand five Hundred acres more or less adjoining each other and bounded on the East by a Branch of Savannah River which divides it from Onslow Island on the North and North West by Augustins Creek and on the South and East by Lands of John P. Williamson Esquire and others as in and by a certain Indenture bearing date the said Tenth day of January made and executed by and between William Mein and Mary his Wife & the said John Potter will fully appear; And Whereas the said John Potter at the same time purchased from the said William Mein Three Hundred and Thirty Eight Negro Slaves— all particularly
This indenture Made this Twenty-fifth day of May- in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine Between John Potter Esquire formerly of Charleston in the state of South Carolina but now of Princeton in the state of New Jersey of the first part, James Potter Esquire of the County of Chatham in the state of Georgia of the second part, and Dr. Thomas F. Potter of the said county of Chatham and State of Georgia of the third part,— Witnesseth that Whereas the said John Potter on the tenth day of January in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen purchased from William Mein and Mary his Wife the following lands to wit “All those several Tracts or parcels of Land herein after particularly described, that is to say All That Tract or parcel of Land situate lying and being on Argyle Island in the River Savannah in the County of Chatham (State of Georgia) containing three Hundred and seventy six acres (more or less) bounded on the North by Lands of Archibald McLaren, on the South by Lands belonging to the Estate of the late John Morel, deceased, and on the East and West by Branches of Savannah River, Also all that Island called Hog Island opposite to the said Tract of Land containing thirty acres more or less bounded by branches of Savannah River; Also all that other Tract or parcel of Land being the uppermost half of the Island of Onslow in the said County of Chatham containing Three Hundred and fifty acres of Land, more or less, bounded on the South and East by Lands of John P. Williamson Esquire and on all other sides by branches of Savannah River; And also all those other Tracts or parcels of Land situated on the Main in the said County of Chatham opposite to Onslow Island and known by the names of Colerain Springfield and Cherokee Hill and Morgan and Wylly’s Pine Barren Lands containing in the whole Two Thousand five Hundred acres more or less adjoining each other and bounded on the East by a Branch of Savannah River which divides it from Onslow Island on the North and North West by Augustins Creek and on the South and East by Lands of John P. Williamson Esquire and others as in and by a certain Indenture bearing date the said Tenth day of January made and executed by and between William Mein and Mary his Wife & the said John Potter will fully appear; And Whereas the said John Potter at the same time purchased from the said William Mein Three Hundred and Thirty Eight Negro Slaves— all particularly