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acres, more or less, and bounded (then) Eastwardly by Savannah Back river, Southwardly by land of Thomas Gibbons Esquire, Westwardly by a creek and the middle Branch of the said River Savannah, and Northwardly by Land of the said John and James Potter as by a certain Indenture made and executed by and between the said John Morel and Eliza his wife of the one part and the said John Potter and James Potter of the other part bearing date the second day of April in the Year one thousand eight hundred and twenty two will more fully appear—; And Whereas the said John Potter thus being the owner of the one undivided half part of all the said Lands and of all the Negro Slaves thereon or attached thereto, (the said James Potter being the owner of the other half) in consideration of his natural love and affection for his son the said Thomas F. Potter, and as part of his patrimony, has heretofore given to the said Thomas F Potter all such his undivided half of the said Lands and Slaves, but has never executed any deed for the same (he the said John Potter valuing his half of the said Land and Slaves at one Hundred and twelve Thousand five Hundred dollars and intending to give one Hundred thousand dollars in value to the said Thomas F. Potter and to charge him with the sum of Twelve thousand five hundred dollars which last sum the said Thomas F Potter acknowledges to owe), And Whereas the said James Potter and the said Thomas F Potter with the assent and approbation of the said John Potter have agreed to divide between them all the aforesaid Lands and all the Slaves thereon, amounting at the ^Time of division in number to Three Hundred and Thirty two, and hereinafter particularly named-, and have actually divided the same in the manner following, that is to say—,
The said James Potter to receive as his separate share of said Lands— the whole of the Lands aforesaid lying on the Main and known by the names of Colerain, Springfield and Cherokee Hill and Morgan and Wyllys Pine Barren Land and particularly designated on a Map thereof made by John McKinnon Surveyor on the Fourth ___day of April___ one thousand eight hundred and___ Twenty five___Also all the said Land on Onslow Island aforesaid and which is delineated on a Map thereof made and certified by John Norton Surveyor on the twenty ninth day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight ^ [here written between lines:] also all that Island called ^Hog Island containing thirty acres more or less, Also all that part of the Lands aforesaid on Argyle Island containing Two Hundred and forty two and three fourth acres, more or less, delineated on a Map thereof made and certified by John Norton Surveyor in March one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight and being that part of the Argyle Lands which lies
The said James Potter to receive as his separate share of said Lands— the whole of the Lands aforesaid lying on the Main and known by the names of Colerain, Springfield and Cherokee Hill and Morgan and Wyllys Pine Barren Land and particularly designated on a Map thereof made by John McKinnon Surveyor on the Fourth ___day of April___ one thousand eight hundred and___ Twenty five___Also all the said Land on Onslow Island aforesaid and which is delineated on a Map thereof made and certified by John Norton Surveyor on the twenty ninth day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight ^ [here written between lines:] also all that Island called ^Hog Island containing thirty acres more or less, Also all that part of the Lands aforesaid on Argyle Island containing Two Hundred and forty two and three fourth acres, more or less, delineated on a Map thereof made and certified by John Norton Surveyor in March one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight and being that part of the Argyle Lands which lies