Amanuensis Monday~Anson County Sheriff Tax Deed to W. B. Sellers

Amanuensis Monday is a genealogy blogging theme. It was started by John Newmark who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog.
His definition of Amanuensis is:
Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.

Today’s subject is an Anson County Sheriff Tax Deed to W. B. Sellers.¹


Sheriff Tax Deed}
To
W. B. Sellers}
State of North Carolina Anson County} Whereas, at a sale of real estate for the non-payment of Taxes made in the county aforesaid on the 4^th day of May A.D. 1891 the following described real estate was sold to wit: one tract of land situate in Morven Township North Carolina Listed for taxes in the name of M. J. Davis and bounded as follows. Beginning at a rock in the line of Lot No. 1 four pines pts and runs with the line of the Said Lot, then with said Parsons line N 52 E 7.10 chains to his corner stake 2 white oak pts Then with Lot No. 7 N12ln E 19.40 chs to a rock in said lines three pines pots. Then S. 73 W 22.60 chs to the beginning 22 acres of the above described land was sold for the Taxes for the year 1890. The Taxes amounting to One _ 22/100 dollars.
And Whereas, the same not having been redeemed from such sale, and it appearing that the holder of the certificate of purchase of said real estate has complied with the laws of North Carolina necessary to entitle him to a deed of real estate Now Therefore, know ye that I, John H. McGregor Sheriff of said county of Anson in consideration of the premises and by virtue of the Statutes of North Carolina in such cases provided do hereby grant and convey unto W. B. Sellers his heirs and assigns forever the said real estate herein before described subject however to any redemption provided by law. Given under my hand and seal this 12^th day of September Anno Domino 1892.      J. H. McGregor

State of North Carolina Anson County} The due execution of the foregoing Deed was acknowledged before me this day by John H. McGregor Sheriff of Anson County the Grantor therein named Let the Deed with this certificate be registered This Sept. 12^th 1892.                                                   John C. McLanchlin
                                                           Clerk of Superior Court

Sept. 12^th 1892 Then the foregoing Deed & certificate came unto my hands & were duly registered.
                                              W. D. Webb Register of Deeds


There are several W. B. Sellers but this land deed was most likely executed for William Brooks Sellers, son of Phillip A. Sellers and Martha Ann Brooks. William Brooks Sellers was married to Mary Elimira Carter.








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[1] North Carolina, Deed Book: Deed Book 29, Page 223, Sheriff Tax Deed to W. B. Sellers; Register of Deeds, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina.