Irish Records

Grantor: Beatty, William; Grantee: Beatty, Volume 273, page 166, #175,645; FHL microfilm 530,907
July 25, 1764; between Wm Beatty of Belfast, County Antrim, merchant and Hugh Beatty of Aughnalich, County of Down, farmer. Wm Beatty binds himself and heirs in the sum of nine hundred pounds to be paid to Hugh Beatty "that whereas James Beatty late of Aughnaleck* aforesaid some time ago died a bachelor Intestate without any will by him made….Hugh Beatty his eldest brother and heir at law seized and possessed of a certain tract of land containing eighteen hun'd & fifty acres of land be it more or less sit. on the East side of the river Pedee in the province of Sout (sic) Carolina and that the said Hugh Beatty by deeds of lease & release bearing date the twenty and twenty first day of July above mentioned did convey s'd tract of land to the s'd Wm Beatty his brother but on condition that the s'd Wm shall sell & dispose of said lands ????pay unto the s'd Hugh Beatty one full equal half or moiety of all the said proceed of the lands when sold & condition of obligation is such that if the above named Wm. Beatty his heirs, Exr's or Adm'rs do and shall in all things well and faithfully ? from the s'd agreement on his part that then the s'd obligation to be void otherwise to remain in full force & virtue ?? in s'd Condit'n isment'd before signing & seal that thes'd Wm. Beatty is to return a Cert. of the full value of what the lands relative to the above Bond shall be sold for & well attested which s'd bond and conditions is witnessed by Rich'd Beatty & Joshua Shepherd both of the County of Down, gent. This Memorial is witnesses by s'd Rich'd Beatty & Joshua Shepherd of Lisburn Hugh Beatty (Seal) Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of Ric'd Beatty, Josh Shepherd. The above named Rich'd Beatty maketh oath that he saw the above named Wm. Beatty and Hugh Beatty sign & seal this Mem'l and that the thus Dep't is a subscribing witness to s'd Bond and Cond, & Memor'l is this Dept's name & in his own handwriting Ric'd Beatty Sworn before me at Lisburn in the County of Antrim on the 24th day of March 1769. [Aughnaleck is in Annahilt Parish, Co. Down. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rosdavies/PLACENAMES/A.htm Could this be the William Beatty who is an agent for so many emigrants to South Carolina? It is known that he made the trip to South Carolina several times. Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0003 Page: 00326 Item: 01 Date: 1739/05/24 Description: GOBLE, THOMAS, MEMORIAL OF THE CONVEYANCE OF 600 ACRES ON PEE DEE RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY TO JAMES BEATTY. Names Indexed: GOBLE, THOMAS/WILLSON, MOSES/BEATTY, JAMES/ Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/PEE DEE RIVER Type: MEMORIAL/] [See Crossle, page 92 & 93 in folder 1 for earlier deed mentioning Moses Wilson: 230 495 182419: 27 Sept 64 Hugh Beatty of Achnaleck Co Down farmer and eldest brother & heir at law of Jas Beatty late of Aughnaleck dec'd who was of Charlestown province of South Carolina merchant & who lately died intest., a bachelor of the one part Wm Beatty of Belfast Co Antrim merchant 2d brother to said James Beatty dec'd--H. B. consents to sell to W. B. that tract or parcel of land Col. County?? 1850 ?? side of river Pedee property last belonging to Col Moses Wilson in ?? South Carolina, America.]