Mecklenburg Co, NC Deeds, Book 2,
page 108-109
...JOHN KNOX of
the County of Mecklenburg in the State of North Carolina of the one part and ROBERT J. W. K[NOX] of
the County of Mecklenburg State of North
Carolina of the other part …John Knox [for] Five Hundred Dollars to him in hand paid by the said
ROBERT J. W. KNOX...land situate lying
& being in the county of Mecklenburg State of North Carolina, lying on the HEAD WATERS of McDOWELL
CREEK adjoining lands of Wm POTTS, JOHN
ALEXANDER and others...beginning at a maple and runs...to a maple in the SWAMP...thense...to
a hickory...to a P.O. in a pile of rocks...to a
small B. O. by a branch thense...to a P. O.
stump thense...to a B. Jack thense to the
beginning corner containing one hundred and twenty-six acres...more or less...
Signed: John Knox (Seal)
Wit: Patrick J. Knox & J. R.
Gillespie
Proved April Term 1846 by Oath of
Patrick J. Knox
Source: [transcribed by PRB from
clerk's copy in Deed Book 2, page 108-109 ]
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PRB Notes:
1) Definition of
"headwaters" ...the source of a river or stream is the place from which the
water in the river or stream originates.
More specifically, a
source is defined as the most distant point (from the river
mouth) in the drainage basin from which
water runs year-around, or, alternatively, the
furthest point from which water could possibly flow.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_(river_or_stream)]
2) Deed does not refer to this
property as the "Blakely place" but matches the acreage described in John Knox's
1853 LWT. Uncertain how/when John acquired
this parcel. Could have been part of
several other
transactions between John Knox and Samuel Wilson. Samuel Wilson may have acquired the land from the
Blakelys? No transaction found between John Knox and
any Blakely/Blackley or Hunter is found in Grantee/Grantor
Index.
3) Witness J. R. Gillespie is Joseph
Robison Gillespie, son of Alexander Gillespie and Elizabeth Robison, sister of Mary B.
(Robison) Knox, making him R. J. W. Knox's
1st cousin and John's nephew by marriage.
4) William Potts is William G. Potts
[See
5) John Alexander is J. M. Alexander
[See