Amanuensis Monday~Land Sale between Henry Jackson & John Jackson

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 a Land Sale between Henry Jackson & John Jackson, 1825.¹

Henry Jackson To John Jackson

North Carolina}
Anson County} Know all men by these presents that I Henry Jackson, Sarah Weathers, James Graham, Lucretia Jackson and Keziah Thompson for and in consideration of the sum of four hundred dollars to us in hand paid by John Jackson our father of South Carolina York District have granted bargained & sold & by these presents do grant bargain & sell unto sd John Jackson aforesd. All that tract of land lying in the County of Anson aforesaid which fell to us the undersigned by death of Griffith Lacy we being the legal heirs of sd Lacy on the waters of Lanes Creek Beginning at a stake with two black oaks & pine pointers North 70 E. 22 chains & 50 links crossing the creek {illegible?} to a corner on Lacys old survey then east ten chains to a stake then So. 18 W. 34 chains to a stake then No. 80 W. 37 chs to a white oak on the north west bank of said Lanes Creek then down the sd Creek with its meandering to the beginning corner containing by estimation one hundred & ten [acres] more or less. Together with all and singular the woods waters mines minerals hereditaments and appurtenances to the sd land belonging or in any wise appertaining. To have and to hold unto the sd John Jackson his heirs Exec. Admns and assigns forever. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands & seal this 24 of February 1825.
in the presence of}                                            Henry Jackson {Seal}
David Thompson}                                             [James] + Graham {Seal}
John Thompson}                                               Jane Graham {Seal}
                                                                           Wilson Weathers {Seal}
                                                                           Benjamin W. Thompson {Seal}

Anson October Ss 1827 Then this deed was duly proven in open Court by David Thompson and ordered to be registered.
                                                                                 W. Dismukes Clk.

Land Deeds are a genealogical “gold mine” overlooked by many family historians. A case in point is the land deed above whereby all the children of John Jackson and Elizabeth Lacy are named. A bonus is the naming of the spouses of the daughters.

The children of John and Elizabeth (Lacy) Jackson are selling their interest in land they had inherited at the death of Griffith Lacy.  The Land Deed names John and all his children. Not mentioned is John’s wife Elizabeth Lacy who had passed away in 1824. Griffith Lacy was the brother of Elizabeth (Lacy) Jackson.

The Children of John Jackson and Elizabeth Lacy are:

1. Henry JACKSON
2. Sarah JACKSON who married Wilson WEATHERS
3. Keziah JACKSON who married Benjamin W. THOMPSON
4. Thomas JACKSON, b. 1 June 1804   d. 12 Sept. 1822
5. Jane JACKSON who married an unknown GRAHAM 
6. Lucretia “Creasy JACKSON

On your next trip to the Courthouse; stop by the Register of Deeds and spend some time in the Land Deeds of your ancestors. You will not be disappointed.




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[1] Land Deed - Henry Jackson To John Jackson; 24 February 1925; Deed Book #W; Page(s) 107; Register of Deeds; Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina; 13 January 2020.
[2] Special thanks to two young researcher (R. Miller & J. Jackson) for their help.