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all particularly named in a Bill of Sale thereof executd by the said William Mein to the said John Potter and dated the said tenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and seventeen; And Whereas the said John Potter paid to the said William Mein Five Hundred thousand dollars part of the purchase money of said Land and slaves and gave to the said William Mein his Bonds for Fifty five Thousand dollars the balance of the said purchase money, and then by a certain deed duly executed at the city of Charleston and bearing date the Eighth day of February one Thousand eight hundred and seventeen acknowledged and declared that he the said John Potter in consideration of the parental love and affection which he had for his son the said James Potter and also in consideration of the sum of one dollar to him paid and as part of any patrimony which the said James might be entitled to, thereby gave granted and conveyed to the said James Potter an interest in the said property, undivided, as well Lands as Negroes equal to one half of what had been paid namely One Hundred Thousand dollars to him and his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns forever— and by the said last mentioned deed the said John Potter declared that on payment of said Bonds and interest out of the annual proceeds of said Lands and Slaves (the said James being a party to said bonds) the said James should be entitled to a full and undivided moiety of said Lands and Slaves, which should thereafter be held by the said John and James in equal shares as tenants in common, as by the said last mentioned deed reference being thereto had will fully appear— And Whereas on the thirty first day of January one thousand eight hundred and seventeen the said John Potter placed on the said Lands thirteen other slaves (more or less) and afterwards when the said Bonds had been fully paid from the proceeds of said property the said John Potter by deed bearing date the seventh day of April one thousand eight hundred and twenty conveyed to the said James Potter an undivided moiety of the said Lands and of all the slaves then on the said Lands, three Hundred and thirty four (more or less) in number, and all named in the deed last referred to, And Whereas the said John Potter afterwards purchased from the Executors of Thomas Fuller thirty four slaves, and from other sources other slaves, and placed them on said Lands and for which slaves so added the said James Potter has paid on settlement of the said Plantation accounts the one half of the cost or purchase money— And Whereas the said John Potter and James Potter purchased from John Morel and Eliza his wife the following tract of land to wit “All that Tract or parcel of Land situate lying and being on the Island of Argyle in the County of