PETITION
(Continued from Page Six)
L. Pinner and wife, Julie Pinner,
Julia Pinner and husband, H. L.
Pinner, S. D. Cahoon, Gilbert: M.
Stover, Evvie Pinner, Dorothy
Tillett and husband, A. B. Tillett,
Mildred Harrell and husband, Har
old Harrell, Beatrice Armstrong
and husband, Earnest Armstrong,
Gaston Pinner and wife, Ruby (Pin
ner, Wilbur Pinner and wife, Lee
Pinner, William Pinner and wife,
Leta Pmner, Tom M. Crees and
wife, Alena C. Crees, Clois H.
Crees and wife, Maggie R. Crees,
Lora Cudworth Crees, Fred Crees,
Jr., Donis Crees, East Lake School
Building trustees: George Am
brose, J. H. Twiddy, R. F. Smith,
East Lake Methodist Church Trus
tees: Sam Pinner, Chester Holmes,
Adelia Twiford, Sherman Twiford
and wife, Mabie Twiford, Royce
Twiford and wife, Cathleen Twi
ford, R. E. Twiford and wife, Bu
ela Twiford, Tom Tillett and wife,
Margie Tillett, M. T. Tillett and
wife, Leta Tillett, Jennette Simp
son, Jean Sharp, Jr., and husband,
Hunter Sharp, Martin Simpson,
Jr. and wife, Dorothy Simpson,
Wallas Taylor and wife, Dorothy
Taylor, Clarence L. Midgett, Roy
L. Midgett and wife, Annie Mae
Midgett, Mary L. Midgett, Stella
Goodwin and husband, Lyman
Dwight Goodwin, Edward G. Mid
gett, Willie Burrus and husband,
J. F. Burrus, Harvey Sutton, Tom
O. Sutton and wife, Rose Sutton,
Evelyn Sutton, Thomas H. Mid
gett and wife, Leone Midgett,
Richard Mann and wife, Lessie
Mann, Mt. Carmel Methodist
Church Trustees: T. O. Sutton, J.
F. Burrus, Thelbert Tillett, C. W.
Mann, Will H. Mann, Lewis Hoop
er and wife, Calla Lee, Carl D.
Mann and wife, Blanche Mann, Lu
la Burrus, Bobbie Burrus, Carolyn
Burrus, Allen Burrus, Johnny Bur
rus, Guy Mann and wife, Grace
Mann, Cora Gard, Alvah Gard and
wife, Elsie Gard. Alton Gard, and
wife, Margaret Gard, Nancy Mid
gett, Cecil Midgett and wife, Mil
dred Midgett, Morris Midgett,
Margaret Midgett, Mary Midgett,
Marvin Beasley and wife, Anne
Beasley, Hugh G. Craddock and
wife, Mary J. Craddock, Ralph G.
Craddock and wife, Bertha Crad
dock, H. R. Craddock and wife,
Flora Craddock, Claude B. Mid
gett, Charlie Midgett and wife,
Olive Midgett, Leela Burnham and
husband, Harry Burnham, Bertha:
Gibbs and husband, H. T. Gibbs,
Bula D. Twiford and husband, Rob
ert Twiford, Pecola Johnson and
husband, Fred Johnson, John T.
Taylor, Mamie E. Williams, F.
Webb Williams and wife, Pauline
Williams, Dan E. Williams and
.wife, Lillian Williams, Helen W.
Medlin and husband, Durwood P.
Medlin, Siguald T. Jensen and hus
band, John T. Jensen, Julia W.
Gentry, Dare County, Dare County
Board of Education, Guy Mann, R.
B. Lennon, G. P. Harris, John Am
brose, Reverne Sawyer, Teco Am
brose, Robert Patrick Sylvester
Twiford, H. D. Cain, North Caro
lina State Department of Conser
vation and Development, State of
North Carolina, North Carolina
State Highway and Public Works
Commission, North Carolina State
Board of Education, Norma Kent
Brown, Ralph Lewis Smith and
wife, Madeline Smith, R. F. Smith
and wife, Emily Smith, Joe N.
Spruill and wife, Minnie Spruill,
Mary V. Ambrose and husband,
Lonnie Ambrose, Sarah Cahoon,
Wilbur Cahoon and wife, Christine
Cahoon, Sinnie Mann, Bernice
Mann and wife, Estelle Mann, Hor
ace Mann and wife, Margaret
Mann, Allen Mann and wife, Grace
Mann, Percy Mann and wife, Mil
dred Mann, Bonniebell Whitehead
and husband, Earnest Whitehead,
Thelma Burrus and husband, Jac
cie Burrus, Vernie Smith and hus
band, C. C. Smith, Ambrose Hop
kins, Tom M. Crees and wife, Jew
ell Crees, P. P. Gregory, O. F. Gil
bert, Jr., and wife, Mary M. Gil
bert, Lawrence S. Miller, John M.
Roberts, :Lula V. Deved and hus
band, Garrett Deved, Joe S. Mid
gett, T. R. Midgett and wife, Grace
Midgett, John S. Midgett and wife,
Mary Midgett, Flora Craddock and
husband, H. R. Craddock, Bertha
Spencer and husband, Ira Spencer,
Bethel Twiford and husband, Clyde
Twiford, Florence Scaff and hus
band, Herman Scaff, Sabra Tromb
iey and husband, Harold Trombley,
C. B. Basnight and wife, Ruby
Basnight, Lillian Johnson and hus
band, C. W. Johnson, Charlie Bas
night and wife, Mary Lee Basnight,
Fred O. Basnight and wife, Irene
Basnight, Lennie Tillett, Leona
Midgett, and husband, Tom Mid
gett, Benjamin Cain and wife.
Elizabeth Cain, Tom Cain and
wife, Lenner Cain, Vernette Cain,
I). V. Meekins, and wife, Catherine
Meekins, Martha Crain, Willie
Crain, and wife, Julia Crain, Eddie
Crain and wife, Bessie Crain, Amos
Crain, Dennis Crain and wife,
Ella Crain, Nina McGown and hus
band, Thermon McGown, Martha
Craddock and husband, Norman C.
Craddock, Millicent Sawyer, and
husband, Forrest Sawyer. Larry
Midgett and wife, Rita Midgett,
Billie Midgett, C. H. Midgett, Bea
trice Midgett and husband, George
I* Midgett, Levica Burgess and
husband, Eddie Burgess, Mabie
Twiford and husband, Sherman
Twiford. Grace Mann and husband,
Allen Mann, Lucetta Blivens and
husband, Herbert Blivens, Eloise
Cartwright and husband, H. B.
Cartwright, Evelyn Evans and hus
band, Charlie Evans, Edward Mann
and wife, Eda Mann, Clyde Mann
and wife, Betty Mann. Marvin
Mann and wife, Elnor Mann, Lucy
Gibbs and husband, Allen Gibbs,
Lona Ives and husband, Ray Ives,
Lionel Langley, husband, Russell
Langley, Wood row Fulcher and
wife, Sophia Fulcher, Alton E.
Gard. Jr„ A. B. Tillett and wife.
Dorothv Tillett. Will Tillett and
wife, Lucile Tillett, Louise Hay
den, Mrs. Oto Ratcliff and hus
band, 11. A. Ratcliff, Z. Vance
Brinkley. Est„ May L. Brinkley,
Hulda B. Turner and Frank M.
Turner, her husband, Camille B.
Schiffman and busband, Arnold
Schiffman, Marie Forbes and hus
band, Roger Forbes Lundy Twi
ford and Mamie Twiford, Milton
i S. Harrell and wife, Garnet Har
rell, C. C. Duvall and wife, Mattie
Duvall, Lee Ambrose and wife,
Nancy Ambrose, George Ambrose,
Eller Basnight and husband, Ben
jamin Basnight, Lillian Sawyer
and husband, Delaware Sawyer,
Joseph J. Carleno, Melissa Twi
ford, Connie Twiford, Marvin Twi
ford, Willard Twiford and wife,
Marie Twiford, Heckstall Twiford
and wife, Selma Twiford, Lina
Powell, Juanita White and hus
band, Roy White, Lay lon Wales
and husband, George Wales, Zilda
Dozier and husband, Floyd Doz
ier, Theodore S. Meekins and wife,
Rosa P. Meekins, Seligman, Wil
liams and Ball, Inc. (A corpora
tion), Sinclair Oil and Gas Com
pany (A Corporation), Pamlico
Ice and Light Company (A Cor
poration), C. L. Holmes, Southeast
ern Mineral Rights Corporation (A
Corporation).
NOTICE
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
The parties above named and all
other persons interested wili take
notice that on the 19th day of Jan
uary 1953, the above named peti
tioner filed a petition in the office
of the Clerk of the Superior Court
of Dare County to have the title
to certain lands therein described
registered and confirmed pursuant
to the provisions of Chapter 90
of the Public Laws of 1913, and
the acts amendatory thereof and
supplemental thereto (Chapter 43
of the General Statutes of North
Carolina) and that summons has
been issued, returnable at the of
fice of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Dare County on the 20th
day pf April 1953. Said land is
situate in East Lake and Croatan
Townships, Dare County, North
Carolina, and constitutes all of the
mainland of Dare County, except
for parts as specifically described
and set out in the petition. Peti
tioners land joins the lands of de
fendants, or some of the defend
ants, and is particularly bounded
and described as follows:
Property Description
Beginning on Pamlico Sound at
the mouth of Long Shoal River;
Thence Northwestwardly with the
low water mark of Pains Bay and
Long Shoal River to the center of
the bridge in U. S. Highway 264,
which crosses Long Shoal River;
Thence from the center of the said
bridge with the line dividing the
Counties of Hyde and Dare, North
westwardly a distance of 38.24
chains to a concrete monument (on
the Westerly bank of Long Shbal
River) marking a corner in the
line between the Counties of Hyde
and Dare; Thence with said line
dividing the Counties of Hyde and
Dare N 79° 45’ W a distance of
571.21 chains to Alligator River;
Thence with Alligator River
Northwardly to the East Lake Fer
ry Landing established by the
North Carolina State Highway and
Public Works Commission; Thence
continuing with Alligator River
Northeastwardly to Briery Hall
Point; Thence Eastwardly with the
waters of East Lake to the Little
Haulover Creek (It being the small
body of water separating, in part,
the J. Stewart Midgette lands from
the lands of the Petitioner);
Thence up the Little Haulover
Creek Northwardly to an iron
stake set on the Eastern bank of
said Creek; Thence due North a
distance of 3.71 chains to an iron
stake set on the shore of Albe
marle Sound; Thence with Albe
marle Sound Southeastwardly to
Croatan Sound; Thence with Croa
tan Sound Southwardly to Pam
lico Sound, and with Pamlico
Sound Southwardly to the mouth
of Long Shoal River, the Point of
Beginning.
SAVING and EXCEPTING and
EXCLUDING from said tract or
body of land several pieces, tracts,
or parcels of land more particular
ly bounded and described as fol
lows: to wit:
EXCEPTION 1: A body of land
consisting of several parcels gen
erally known as the “River Neigh
borhood’’. situate on both sides of
the highway between Manns Har
bor and Alligator River (U. S.
Highway 64). Said body of land is
particularly bounded and describ
ed as follows:
Beginning at a Point, marked by
an iron stake, located at the said
East Lake Ferry Landing; Thence
Northwardly along the East bank
of Alligator River to an iron stake
on the boundary line between lands
of the Petitioner on the Northeast
erly side and lands now or former
ly of Joseph J. Carleno on the
Southwesterly side, (which iron
stake is distant N 42° 50’ E 23.40
chains from the Point of Begin
ning); Thence S 23° Ea distance
of 22.35 chains to an iron stake
(which iron stake is distant S 37°
45’ W 14.50 chains, S 60° 15’ W
10.20 chains, S 33° W 11.70 chains
S 47° E. 0.7 chain, S 27° 45’ W.
32.54 chains from the U. S. Coast
and Geodetic Triangulation Sta
tion known as “Moon”), Thence
S 49° Ea distance of 14.00 chains
to an iron stake; Thence N 37°
45’ Ea distance of 9.50 chains to
an iron stake; Thence S 81° 45’ E
a distance of 16.39 chains to an
iron stake; Thence S 37° 45’ W a
distance of 15.51 chains to an iron
stake; Thence S 49“ 15’ Ea dis
tance of 7.33 chains to an iron
stake; Thence S 46° 45’ Ea dis
tance of 8.66 chains to an iron
stake; Thence S 50° 15’ Ea dis
tance of 16.25 chains to an iron
stake; Thence S 46° Ea distance
of 37.87 chains to an iron stake;
Thence S 26“ 15’ £ a distance of
16.95 chains to an iron stake;
Thence S 55° Ea distance of 4.30
chains to an iron stake; Thence S
25“ Ea distance of 20.17 chains
to an iron stake; Thence S 56“
W a distance of 12.21 chains to
the center line of the said U. S.
Highway 64, (There being an iron
stake on each side of the right-of
way of the said highway on this
course), and continuing on the
same course a distance of 11.57
chains to an iron stake; Thence S
27° 30’ Ea distance of 1.87 chains
to an iron stake; Thence S 07°
30’ W a distance of 30.65 chains
to an iron stake; Thence N 40°
30’ W a distance of 83.40 chains to
an iron stake: Thence N 53“ 30’ Ea
distance of 12.67 chains to an iron
Hake; Thence N 59° 45’ W a dis-
tance of 28.67 chains to an iron
stake; Thence N 14° 45’ W a dis
tance of 10.00 chains to an iron
stake; Thence N 44° 45’ W a dis
tance of 19.20 chains to an iron
take; Thence N 36° 45’ Ea distance
of 14.70 chains to an iron stake;
Thence N 61° W a distance of 4.56
chains to an iron stake; Thence N
55° 30’ W a distance of 30.59
chains to an iron stake; Thence N
33° 15’ W a distance of 17.78
chains to an iron stake set in the
bank of Alligator River, (which
iron stake is distant N 84° 10’ W
21.50 chains from the Point of Be
ginning); Thence Northwardly
along the Easterly bank of Alli
gator River to the Point of Begin
ning.
EXCEPTION 2: A parcel or
tract of land generally known as
the “Nancy Cain Tract’’. Said Nan
cy Cain Tract lies principally on
the North side of the said U. S.
Highway 64 and on both sides of
the Lake Neighborhood Road. Said
Nancy Cain Tract is particularly
bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at an iron stake set
on the Northerly boundary of the
right-of-way of said U. S. Hign
way 64 (which iron stake is dis
tant N 52° 30’ W 0.73 chains from
the point pf intersection of the
respective center lines of the Lake
Neighborhood Road and U. S.
Highway 64); Thence N 15° 45’ E
a distance of 52.97 chains to an
iron stake; Thence S 74° 30’ Ea
distance of 22.90 chains to an iron
stake; Thence S 15° W a distance
of 53.60 chains to an iron stake;
Thence N 74° 30’ W a distance of
23.40 chains to an iron stake;
Thence N 15° 45’ Ea distance of
0.83 chain to the Point of Begin
ning.
EXCEPTION 3: A parcel or tract
of land generally known as "Mile
Square Patent”. Said Mile Square
Patent is particularly bounded and
described as follews:
Beginning at an iron stake on
the Eastern boundary of the Lake
Neighboiliood Road right-of-way
at the intersection of the Souther
ly boundary of the Mile Square
Patent with the said Lake Neigh
borhood Road, (which point of in
tersection is distant N 32° 15’ E
26.00 chains, N 43° E 10.00 chains,
N 46° 30’ E 10.00 chains, N 52°
30’ E 16.00 chains, N 45° E 32.00
chains, N 32° 15’ E 2.69 chains, S
89° 30’ E, 0.32 chain from the in
tersection of the respective center
lines of U. S. Highway 64 and the
Lake Neighborhood Road); Thence
N 84° 30’ W a distance of 42.40
chains to an iron stake; Thence
N 5° 30’ Ea distance of 36.80
chains to an iron stake; Thence N
84° 30’ W a distance of 19.10
chains to an iron stake; Thence N
5° 30’ Ea distance of 25.20 chains
to an iron stake; Thence S 84° 30’
Ea distance of 19.10 chains to an
iron stake; Thence N 5° 30’ Ea
distance of 18.0 chains; Thence
S 84° 30’ Ea distance of 76.1
chains, Thence S 5° 30’ W a dis
tance of 80.00 chains to an iron
stake; Thence N 84° 30’ W a dis
tance of 33.70 chains to the Point
of Beginning.
EXCEPTION 4: A small tract
of land, lying on the Northerly side
of U. S. Highway 64, generally
known as “East Lake Methodist
Church”. Said tract of land is par
ticularly bounded and described as
follows:
Beginning at an iron stake
marking the Westerly corner of
said tract of land, (which corner
is distant N 38° E 0.52 chain, N
51° 45’ W 13.87 chains, N 52° W
16.53 chains from the Northeast
corner of the bridge over the canal
at the intersection of Buffalo City
Road and U. S. Highway 64);
Thence N 42° 30’ Ea distance of
4.21 chains to an iron stake;
Thence S 53° Ea distance of 3.40
chains to an iron stake; Thence S
39° W a distance of 4.26 chains
to an iron stake set on the North
erly boundary of the right-of-way
of U. S. Highway 64; Thence N
52° 30’ W a distance of 3.66 chains
along U. S. Highway 64 to the
Point of Beginning.
EXCEPTION 5: A small tract
of land generally known as the
“State of North Carolina Fire
Tower Tract”* lying on the North
erly side of U. S. Highway 64.
Said tract is particularly bounded
and described as follows:
Beginning at an iron stake
marking the Westerly corner of
the said tract of land (which cor
ner is distant N 38° E 0.52 chain,
N 51° 45’ W 13.87 chains, N 39°
30’ E 0.23 chain from the North
east corner of the bridge over the
canal at the intersection of Buf
falo City road and U. S. Highway
64); Thence N 37° 30’ Ea dis
tance of 4.50 chains to an iron
stake; Thence S 52° 30’ Ea dis
tance of 4.50 chains to an iron
stake; Thence S 37° 30’ W a dis
tance of 4.50 chains to an iron
stake get on the Northerly boun
dary of the right-of-way of U. S.
Highway 64; Thence N 52° 30’ W
a distance of 4.50 chains along U.
S. Highway 64 to the Point of Be
ginning.
EXCEPTION 6: A small tract of
land generally known as “East
Lake School”, lying on the North
erly side of U. S. Highway 64. Said
tract of land is particularly bound
ed and described as follows:
Beginning at an iron stake
marking the Westerly corner of
said tract of land (which corner is
distant N 38° E 0.52 chain, N 51°
45’ W 8.27 chains, N 38° 30’ E 0.28
chain, from the Northeast corner
of the bridge over the canal at the
intersection of Buffalo City Road
and U. S. Highway 64); Thence N
37° 30’ Ea distance of 3.00 chains
to an iron stake; Thence S 52°
30’ Ea distance of 3.33 chains to
an iron stake: Thence S 37° 30’ W
a distance of 3.00 chains to an iron
stake set on the Northerly boun
dary of the right-of-way of U. S.
Highway 64; Thence N 52° 30’ W
a distance of 3.33 chains along
U. S. Highway 64 to the Point of
Beginning. v
EXCEPTION 7: A body of land
known as "Buffalo City Lands”,
situate on both sides of the Buf
falo City Road. Said body of land
is bounded and de
scribed as follows:
Beginning at an iron stake at
* the Southeasterly corner of said
body of land, (which corner is dis
tant S 38° 30’ W 1.26 chains, S
12“ E 32.17 chains, S 32° 10’ W
20.20 chains, S 6° 30’ W 52.26
chains, S 9° 40’ E 25.78 chains, S
11° 30’ W 3.48 chains, N 85° 20’ W
0.18 chain from the point of in
tersection of the center line of
the- Buffalo City Road with the
Northerly boundary of the right
of-way of U.S. Highway 64),
Thence N 85° 20’ W a distance of
15.00 chains to an iron stake;
Thence N 10° 10’ Ea distance of
22.94 chains to an iron stake;
Thence N 29° 50’ W a distance of
20.00 chains to an iron stake;
Thence S 84° 50’ Ea distance of
15.00 chains to an iron stake;
Thence S 29° 50’ Ea distance of
20.00 chains, crossing the Buffalo
City Road, to an iron stake; Thence
S 10° 10’ W a distance of 22.44
chains, crossing the Buffalo City
Road, to the Southeasterly corner
of this described body of land, the
Point of Beginning.
EXCEPTION 8: A body of land
known as Registered Estate No.
3, or the “Mill Site”, and situated
on both sides of the Buffalo City
Road and bounded on the South
and Southwest by Mill Tail Creek.
Said body of land is particularly
bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a stone on the
North bank of Mill Tail Creek
(said stone being marked “E.L.L.
Co. TO D. L. CO., 1908”), Thence
S 70° 25’ Ea distance of 4.78
chains to a stone; Thence N 9°
50’ Ea distance of 18.17 chains
to a stone and iron pipe; Thence
S 86° 15’ Ea distance of 15.24
chains to an iron pipe situate on
the West boundary of the Buffalo
City Road right-of-way (which
iron pipe is distant S 38° 30’ W
1.26 chains, S 12° E 32.17 chains,
S 32° 10’ W 20.20 chains, S 6° 30’
W 52.26 chains, S 9° 40’ E 25.78
chains, S 11° 30’ W 14.04 chains, N
85° W 0.18 chain from the point
of intersection of the center line
of the Buffalo City Road with
the Northerly boundary of the
right-of-way of U. S. Highway
64); Thence S 85’ Ea distance of
17.08 chains to another iron pipe
and concrete marker; Thence S 17°
W a distance of 62.10 chains to a
concrete monument on the bank of
Mill Tail Creek; Thence North
wardly along the bank of Mill Tail
Creek about 55.00 chains to the
stone monument first mentioned, •
the Point of Beginning. Magnetic
courses are taken from the survey
made February 1924.
EXCEPTION 9: A tract of land
generally known as the "Henry
Twiford Tract”, lying on the
Southerly side of Mill Tail Creek.
Said tract of land is particularly
bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the Northeastern
corner of said Henry Twiford
Tract (which corner is marked by
an iron stake set on the Southerly
bank of Mill Tail Creek, and which
corner is distant N 82° W 9.77
chains; N 48° W 2.61 chains; N
67“ 45’ W 6.51 chains, N 65° W
5.12 chains, N 80° W 2.35 chains,
N 66“ 30’ W 8.74 chains, S 56“
30’ W 12.12 chains, S 15° 45’ W
5.92 chains; S 69° 45’ W 12.14
chains; S 87° 45’ W 9.86 chains, S
53° 45’ W 4.56 chains from the
point of intersection of the center
line of the Saw Dust Road leading
from the Old Buffalo Cedar Mill
with the center line of the Buffalo
City Road); Thence S 11° 45’ W a
distance of 24.33 chains to an iron
stake marking the Southeastern
corner of this tract; Thence N 88°
15’ W a distance of 30.60 chains
(passing an iron stake 17.95 chains
from the said Southeastern cor
ner) to an iron stake marking the
Southwestern corner of this tract;
Thence N 21° 45’ Ea distance of
29.61 chains to an iron stake mark
ing the Northwestern corner of
this tract, (which iron stake is set
in the Southerly bank of Mill Tail
Creek); Thence S 79° 30’ Ea dis
tance of 24.73 chains along the
Southerly bank of Mill Tail Creek
to the Point of Beginning.
EXCEPTION 10: A tract of land
generally known as “Dry Ridge
Tract”. Said tract is particularly
bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the Northwestern
corner of this Dry Ridge Tract
(which corner is marked by an
iron stake and which corner is dis
tant N 88° 15’ W 17.95 chains, S
1° 45’ W 20.88 chains from an iron
stake marking the Southeastern
corner of the Henry Twiford
Tract, Exception 9); Thence S 68°
15’ Ea distance of 20.00 chains
to an iron stake marking the
Northeastern corner of this Dry
Ridge Tract; Thence S 31° 45’ W
a distance of 32.00 chains to an
iron stake marking the Southeast
ern corner of this Dry Ridge Tract;
Thence N 68° 15’ W a distance
of 20.00 chains to an iron stake
marking the Southwestern corner
of this Dry Ridge Tract; Thence
N 31° 45’ E 32.00 chains to the
Point of Beginning.
EXCEPTION 11: A body of land,
composed of several parcels or
tracts of land, generally known as
“Twiford Neighborhood”, situated
on both sides of the highway be
tween Mann’s Harbor and Alli
gator River, (U.S. Highway 64).
Said body of land is particularly
bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a Point in the cen
ter line of U.S. Highway 64
(which point is distant S 52° E
9.26 chains, S 83° 15’ E 6.12 chains,
N 79° E 41.38 chains along the
said center line of U.S. Highway
64 from the point of intersection
of said center line with the center
line of the Buafflo City Road);
Thence N 27“ 45’ E 0.48 chain to
an iron stake on the Northerly
boundary of the right-of-way of
U.S. Highway 64; Thence N 27°
45’ Ea distance of 38.82 chains to
an iron stake; Thence S 59° 15’
Ea distance of 28.70 chains to
an iron stake; Thence S 6° Ea dis
tance of 1.56 chains to an iron
stake; Thence S 85° 15’ Ea dis
tance of 11.00 chains to an iron
stake; Thence N 4° 45’ Ea dis
tance of 9.25 chains to an iron
stake; Thence N 34° 45’ Ea dis
tance of 12.10 chains to an iron
stake: Thence S 77° 15’ E crossing
the Harry Crees Ditch (there be
ing an Iron stake set on this course
on each bank of the said Harry
Crees Ditch), a distance of 82.10
chains, crossing Deer Creek Ditch,
to an iron stake set on the Easter
ly bank of said Deer Creek Ditch;
Thence S 5° W a distance of 17.00
chains along the Easterly bank of
said Deer Creek Ditch to an iron
stake; Thence due East a distance
of 21.95 chains to an iron stake;
Thence due South a distance of
39.98 chains crossing U.S. High
way 64 (there being an iron stake
set on this course on each side of
U.S. Highway 64) to an iron stake;
Thence S 88° W a distance of 52.50
chains to an iron stake; Thence N
4° Ea distance of 8.00 chains to
an iron stake; Thence S 80° W a
distance of 8.00 chains to an iron
stake; Thence N 2° 30’ Ea dis
tance of 9.90 chains to an iron
stake; Thence N 85° 15’ W a dis
tance of 68.30 chains to an iron
stake; Thence S 35° 45’ W a dis
tance of 2.35 chains to an iron
stake; Thence N 59° 45’ W a dis
tance of 38.75 chains to an iron
stake set in the Southerly boun
dary of the right-of-way of U.S.
Highway 64; Thence N 59° 45’ W
a distance of 0.42 chain to a point
in the canal which point marks the
Westerly corner of the Twiford
Neighborhood; Thence N 27° 45’
Ea distance of 0.70 chain to the
center line of U.S. Highway 64,
the Point of Beginning.
EXCEPTION 12: A body of land,
composed of several parcels or
tracts of land, generally known as
“Manns Harbor”. Said body of land
is particularly bounded and de
scribed as follows:
Beginning at an iron stake set
on the Northerly boundary of the
right-of-way of U.S. Highways 64
and 264 at a Point where the cen
ter line of Spencer’s Creek Canal,
extended, intersects the said
Northerly boundary of the right
of-way of U.S. Highways 64 and
264, (said Point of Beginning be
ing distant N 42° 45’ E 48.18
chains, N 67° 30’ E 17.48 chains
from the point of intersection of
the respective center lines of U.S.
Highways 64 and 264); Thence N
28° 15’ W a distance of 42.50
chains to an iron stake; Thence N
13° 15’ Ea distance of 25.90 chains
to an iron stake: Thence N 10°
15’ W a distance of 20.10 chains
to an iron stake; Thence N 34°
45’ W a distance of 32.80 chains
to an iron stake; Thence N 9° 30’
Ea distance of 1.70 chains to an
iron stake; Thence N 76° Ea dis
tance of 34.60 chains to an iron
stake; Thence N 47° Ea distance
of 11.90 chains to an iron stake;
Thence N 18° W a distance of
11.60 chains to an iron stake;
Thence N 36° 45’ Ea distance of
5.56 chains to an iron stake, (which
iron stake is distant S 77° 30’ W
0.14 chain, S 65° 15’ W 13.98
chains, N 55“ 30’ W 11.64 chains,
N 49° 15’ W 10.82 chains, S 36°
45’ W 12.44 chains from the end
of U.S. Highways 264 and 64 pave
ment at the Manns Harbor Ferry
Landing); Thence N 5° W a dis
tance of 22.74 chains to an iron
stake; Thence N 29° 30’ W a dis
tance of 26.00 chains to an iron
stake; Thence S 37° W a distance
of 50.00 chains to an iron stake;
Thence N 53“ W a distance of 8.00
chains to an iron stake; Thence N
37° Ea distance of 38.17 chains
to an iron stake; Thence N 56°
W a distance of 50.00 chains to an
iron stake; Thence N 45° W a dis
tance of 7.50 chains to an iron
stake; Thence N 37° Ea distance
of 20.00 chains to an iron stake:
Thence S 44“ 30’ Ea distance of
7.50 chains to an iron stake;
Thence N 59° Ea distance of 62.00
chains to an iron stake on the
shore of Croatan Sound; Thence
Northwardly along the shore of
the Sound a distance of 28.56
chains to an iron stake; Thence S
59° W a distance of 49.00 chains
to an iron stake; Thence N 37° W
a distance of 115.00 chains to an
iron stake on the Southern edge
of a body of water known as Ma
shoes Creek; Thence in an Easter
ly and Southerly direction aleng
the edge of Mashoes Creek and the
shore of Croatan Sound to the
mouth of Spencer’s Creek, at the
Southern tip bf the Manns Harbor
settlement; Thence Northwest
wardly along the Northerly bank
of Spencer’s Creek to the Wester
ly bank of Spencer’s Creek Canal
(leading from Spencer’s Creek to
U.S. Highways 264 and 64);
Thence Northwardly along the
Westerly bank of Spencer’s Creek
Canal, crossing U.S. Highways 264
and 64 to the Point of Beginning.
EXCEPTION 13: A body of
land, composed of several parcels
or tracts of land, generally known
as “Mashoes Neighborhood”. Said
body of land is particularly bound
ed and described as follows:
Beginning at an iron stake mark
ing the point of intersection of
the Westerly boundary of the
right-of-way of the road between
Manns Harbor and Mashoes with
the property line between lands of
Petitioner on the Southerly side
and lands Included in Mashoes
Neighborhood on the Northerly
side, (which Point of Beginning is
distant S 52° 30’ E 3.80 chains, S
10° 40’ E 3.24 chains, S 40° 30’ E
4.81 chains, S 18° 55’ E 2.36 chains,
S 63° W 4.60 chains, S 43° 15’ W
1.88 chains, N 87° 15’ W 1.78
chains, S 87° 30’ W 2.34 chains,
S 75° W 4.08 chains, N 59° 30’ W
22.59 chains, N 58° 45’ W 3.24
chains, N 27° 45’ W 12.11 chains,
N 29“ W 2.36 chains. N 45° 45’
W 1.91 chains, N 73° W 1.81
chains, S 85° 45’ W 2.86 chains.
S 74° 15’ W 2.40 chains. S 64° W
2.11 chains, S 56° 45’ W 1.82
chains, S 49° W 2.29 chains, S
40° 30’ W 2. 1 71 chains, S 30° 30’
W 37.44 chains from the U. S.
Coast and Geodetic Triangulation
Station known as “Mashoes”);
Thence from the Point of Begin
ning N 78° 30’ W a distance of
22.80 chains to an iron stake;
Thence N 12° 30’ Ea distance of
70.20 chains to Albemarle Sound;
Beginning again at the Point of
Beginning, Thence S 78° 30’ Ea
distance of 33.00 chains to an arm
of Mashoes Creek; The Northerly
and Easterly and a portion of the
Southerly boundaries of this said
body of land, known as Mashoes
Neighborhood, are Albemarle and
Croatan Sounds and Mashoes
Creek.
i EXCEPTION 14: A body of
land composed of the George Pol
lock Tract (the title to which is
registered as Registered Estate 2)
and a portion of the Samuel Jack
son Patent, (shown on the map
hereinafter referred to as “Portion
of Samuel Jackson Patent”). Said
body of land is particularly bound
ed and described as follows:
Beginning at the Northwestern
corner of the said Portion of Sam
uel Jackson Patent (which corner
is marked by an iron stake and
which corner is distant S 18° 15’
E 73.68 chains from a concrete
marker set on the Southerly bank
of Mill Tail Creek and the Easter
ly bank of the Beechlands Ditch
leading from that tract of land
known as Beechlands (Exception
15) ); Thence S 83° 15’ Ea dis
tance of 28.28 chains to an iron
stake; Thence. S 83° 15’ Ea dis
tance of 58.23 chains to an iron
stake on the Westerly boundary of
the George Pollock Tract; Thence
N 7° 06’ Ea distance of 29.07
chains to an iron stake marking
the Northwestern corner of the
George Pollock Tract; Thence S
84° 30’ Ea distance of 404.00
chains, crossing Mill Tail Creek
(there being an iron stake on this
course on each bank of Mill Tail
Creek), to an iron stake marking
the Northeastern corner of the
George Pollock Tract (which cor
ner is distant N 5° 10’ E 25.61
chains, N 5° 05’ E 54.54 chains, N
4° 47’ E 0.23 chains, (this point
being the U. S. Coast and Geodet
ic Bench Mark No K 247), N 4°
47’ E 14.80 chains, N 2° 23’ W
2.46 chains, N 84° 30’ W 87.00
chains from the Northeastern cor
ner of the bridge on U. S. High
way 264 across Point Peter Ca
nal); Thence S 7° 15’ W a distance
of 2’37.50 chains to an iron stake
marking the Southeastern corner
of the George Pollock Tract;
Thence N 84“ 30’ W a distance of
404.00 chains to an iron stake
marking the Southwestern corner
of the George Pollock Tract;
Thence N 83° 15’ W a distance of
125.00 chains to an iron stake
marking the Southwestern corner
of the Samuel Jackson Patent;
Thence N 41“ 45’ Ea distance of
85.00 chains to an iron stake;
Thence N 6° 45’ Ea distance of
70.00 chains to an iron stake;
Thence N 73° 30’ W a distance of
12.50 chains to an iron stake;
Thence N 16° 45’ Ea distance of
27.50 chains' to an iron stake;
Thence N 6° 45’ Ea distance of
39.91 cHains to the Point of Be
ginning.
EXCEPTION 15: A parcel or
tract of land generally known as
“Beechlands”. Said tract of land
is particularly bounded and de
scribed as follows:
Beginning at the Northeastern
corner of Beechlands, (which cor
ner is marked by an iron stake
and which corner is distant N 18“
15 W 14.80 chains, S 9° W 26.27
chains, from the Northwestern cor
ner of the Portion of Samuel Jack
son Patent, the Point of Beginning
of Exception 14); Thence S 9° W
a distance of 87.0 chains to an iron
stake marking the Southeastern
corner of Beechlands; Thence N
84° 30’ W a distance of 40.20 chains
to an iron stake marking the
Southwestern corner of Beech
lands; Thence N 14° 30’ Ea dis
tance of 87.00 chains to an iron
stake marking the Northwestern
corner of Beechlands; Thence S
87° Ea distance of 30.33 chains,
crossing the Beechlands Ditch, to
the Point of Beginning.
Petitioner is the owner of an un
divided interest in Beechlands, but
said tract of land is excluded from
this petition for registration of ti
tle.
EXCEPTION 16: A small parcel
of land at the intersection of U.S.
Highway 264 and the Stumpy Point
Road, (said parcel of land lies to
the East of U.S. Highway 264 and
to the North of Stumpy Point
Road). Said parcel of land is par
ticularly bounded and described as
follows:
Beginning at the Northwestern '
corner of said parcel of land, >
(which corner is on the Easterly .
boundary of the right-of-way of (
U. S. Highway 264 and which '
corner is distant N 45° 15’ E 9.35 ]
chains, N 28“ 15’ E 57.17 chains, .
N 12“ 30’ E 2.33 chains from the |
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Marker ‘
No. 1, referring to Metropolitan
Triangulation Station.); Thence S
87“ 30’ Ea distance of 3.03 chains ,
to an iron stake; Thence S 12“
30’ W a distance of 3.11 chains to
the Northerly boundary of the
right-of-way of the Stumpy Point
Road; Thence Westwardly along
the said Northerly boundary of the
right-of-way of the Stumpy Point
Road to an iron stake on the East
erly boundary of the right-of-way
of U. S. Highway 264; Thence
Northwardly along the said East
erly boundary of the right-of-way
of U. S. Highway 264 to the Point
of Beginning.
EXCEPTION 17: A body of land,
composed of several parcels or
tracts of land, generally known
as “Stumpy Point”, lying on the
North and East sides of Stumpy
Point Bay. Said body of land is
particularly bounded and describ
ed as follows:
Beginning at an iron stake set
on the Northern shore of Stumpy
Point Bay, (which stake is distant
N 45° 15’ E 9.35 chains, N 28° 15’
E 57.13 chains, S 75° 30’ E 18.53
chains S 9° 15’ W 2.33 chains, from
the said U.S. Coast and Geodetic
Reference Marke? No. 1); Thence N
9“ 15’ Ea distance of 40.00'chains,
crossing Stumpy Point Road, to an
iron stake; Thence N 86° 45’ Ea
distance of 3.98 chains to an iron
stake; Thence S 71° Ea distance
of 8.48 chains to an iron stake;
Thence S 79° Ea distance of 8.33
chains to an iron stake; Thence
S 79° 30’ Ea distance of 17.66
chains to an iron stake; Thence S
69° Ea distance of 7.20 chains to '
an iron stake; Thence S 68° 30’ E
a distance of 17.36 chains to an
iron stake; Thence S 60° 30’ Ea
distance of 9.32 chains to an iron
stake; Thence S 54° 15’ Ea dis
tance of 10.82 chains to an iron
stake; Thence S 55° 30’ Ea dis
tnce of 21.76 chains to an iron
stake; Thence S 47° 15’ Ea dis
tance of 23.08 chains to an iron
stake; Thence S 43° Ea distance
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of 12.95 chains to an iron stake;
Thence S 24° 45’ Ea distance of
19.11 chains; Thence N 72° 30’ E
a distance of 87.32 chains to an
iron stake set on the shore of Pam
lico Sound; Thence Southwardly
along Pamlico Sound to Stumpy
Point; Thence Northwardly and
Westwardly along Stumpy Point
Bay to the Point of Beginning.
EXCEPTION 18: A parcel or
tract of land known as the George
M. Wise land, lying on the Wester
ly side of the highway between
Manns Harbor and Engelhard,
North Carolina, (U. S. Highway
264). Said tract of land is partic
ularly bounded and described as
follows:
Beginning at the Northeastern
corner of said tract of land (which
corner is marked by an iron stake
and which corner is distant N 49°
E 2.51 chains, N 40° E 9.48 chains,
N 28° 30’ E 1.63 chains, N 31° E
1.27 chains, N 26° 30’ E 2.14 chains,
N 63° 30’ W 0.73 chain from the
said U. S. Coast and Geodetic Ref
erence Marker No. 1); Thence N
61° 40’ W a distance of 6.06 chains
to an iron stake; Thence S 28° 15’
W a distance of 4.54 chains to an
iron stake; Thence S 61° 45’ Ea
distance of 6.06 chains to an iron
stake set on the Westerly boun
dary of the right-of-way of U. S.
Highway 264; Thence N 28° 15’ E
a distance of 4.54 chains along the
Westerly boundary of the right-of
way of U. S. Highway 264 to the
Point of Beginning.
EXCEPTION 19: A small tract
of land known as the Benny L.
Payne land, particularly bounded
and described as follows:
Bounded on the East, South and
West, generally, by Stumpy Point
Bay; and on the North by the prop
erty line between lands of Peti
tioner on the Northerly side and
the said Benny L. Payne land on
the Southerly side. Said property
line may be located as follows:
Beginning at a Point marked by
an iron stake at the Northwest
corner of the Benny L. Payne land
(which corner is distant N 49° E
2.51 chains, N 40° E 9.48 chains,
N 28° 30’ E 1.63 chains, S 59°
E 1.84 chains from the said U. S.
Coast and Geodetic Reference
Marker No. 1); Thence S 59° 30’
Ea distance of 2.78 chains to
Stumpy Point Bay.
EXCEPTION 20: A small tract
of land known as the “G. M. Wise
Fisherman’s Exchange”, particu
larly bounded and described as fol
lows:
Bounded on the North and East,
generally, by Stumpy Point Bay;
on the West, generally, by the ca
nal between this tract of land and
U. S. Highway 264; and on the
South by the property line be
tween lands of the Petitioner on
the Southerly side and the said G.
M. Wise Fisherman’s Exchange
tract on the Northerly side. Said
property line may be located as
follows: Beginning at a point
marked by an iron stake at the
Southwestern corner of the G. M.
Wise Fisherman’s Exchange Tract
(which corner is distant N 49° E
2.51 chains, S 36° 30’ E 1.11 chains
from the said U. S. Coast and
Geodetic Reference Marker No. 1):
Thence S 35° Ea distance of 1.00
chain, to Stumpy Point Bay.
EXCEPTION 21: A body of land
known as the Richmond Cedar
Works lands, in part registered as
to title as Registered Estate No.
1. Said body of land is particularly
bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at an iron stake
(which iron stake is distant N 8°
50’ E, 237.50 chains from the con
crete monument, at the bead of
Long Shoal River, in the line be
tween the Counties of Hyde and
Dare); Thence S 61° 50’ W a dis
tance of 200.00 chains to au iron
stake; Thence N 39° 10’ W a dis
tance of 176.40 chains to an iron
stake: Thence N 76° 10’ W a dis
tance of 114.21 chains, crossing
Whipping Creek, to a concrete
monument on the edge of Whip
ping Creek Lake; Thence S 64°
W a distance of 114.40 chains,
Thence S 83“ 15’ W a distance of
13.12 chains to the Northerly bank
of Whipping Creek; Thence West
terly, down Whipping Creek to Al
ligator River; Thence Northerly,
along the Easterly bank of Alli
gator River, a distance of 4.50
chains, more or less, to a railroad
iron; Thence S 54° 15’ Ea dis
tance of 6.70 chains; Thence N
83° 15’ Ea distance of 13.12
chains; Thence N 64° Ea distance
of 115.30 chains. Thence N 16° 10’
W a distance of 20.60 chains to
an iron stake; Thence S 73° 50’
W a distance of 20.00 chains to
an iron stake; Thence N 16° 10’
W a distance of 68.75 chains to an .
iron stake: Thence N 73° 50’ Ea
distance of 58.64 chains to an iron
stake; Thence N 3° 50’ Ea dis
tance of 39.00 chains to an iron
stake; Thence N 86° 10’ W a dis
tance of 20.00 chains to an iron
stake; Thence, S 3° 50’ W a dis
tance of 32.60 chains to an iron
stake; Thence N 86° 10’ W a dis
tance of 27.50 chains to an iron
stake; Thence N 3° 50’ Ea dis
tance of 80.00 chains to an iron
stake; Thence N 86° 10’ W a dis
tance of 24.00 chains, more or
less, to a concrete monument on
the edge of Alligator River:
Thence Northwardly along the
edge of Alligator River approxi
mately 55.00 chains to an iron
stake at the Southwest corner of
the land of the heirs of Daniel
Basnight; Thence Northwarldly
along the Easterly bank of Alli
gator River approximately 22.00
chains to an iron stake set on the
bank of Alligator River; Thence
Northwardly along the bank »f.
Alligator River approximately
62.00 chains to a concrete monu
ment set on the bank of Alligator
River; Thence S 86° 10’ Ea dis
tance of 14.35 chains to an iron
I stake; Thence S 86° 10’ Ea dis
tance of 204.16 chains to an iron
stake; Thence S 3° 50’ W a dis
tance of 207.26 chains to an iron
stake; Thence N 61° 50’ Ea dis
tance of 50.30 chains to an iron
stake; Thence g 39° 10’ p, a ,]j,_
tance of 250.00 chains to the Point
of Beginning.
This 19th dav of January 1953.
C. S MEEKINS. Clerk Superior
n Court, Dare County, N. C.
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