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The County of Halifax,  North Carolina was created in 1758 from Edgecombe County, which was formed from Bertie County and Bertie was formed from Chowan, before that Chowan was formed from Albermarle, and Albermarle from Orange Co. which was formed from Bladen, Granville, & Johnston County.   Halifax County is South of Chesterfield Co. Virginia where these TOTTY and associated families migrated from.

This Indenture made this thirteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninty four between Phillip GILL & Amey his wife and Fraancis GILL and Patsy his wife of Halifax County in Province of North Carolina of the one part, & Francis TOOTLEY<sic> of Chesterfield County & State of Virginia of the other part, Witnesseth that we the said Phillip GILL & Amey his wife, & Francis GILL & Patsy his wife, for in consideration of the sum of three hundred pounds Virginia money to us in hand paid by the said Francis FOOTY<sic> the reciept whereof we the said Phillip GILL & Amey his wife & Francis GILL & Patsy his doth hereby acknowledge, hath granted, bargained & sold, alien, enfeoff, release & confirmed, & by these presents doth grant, bargain and sell alien, enfeoff, release, & confirm unto the said Francis FOOTY<sic> his heirs executors & assignes forever, one certain tract or parcel of land, situated, lying and being, in the county of Halifax & province of North Carolina on the So. side of Roanoke River, beginning at the river on Spanns line, & so on to his corner & thence along Winter's line to his corner & Smiths corner a willow oak, thence down Chockeote Creek to the mouth of a branch, Hockaday line, up the said branch to the head there a corner pine, thence down Hockadays line to Shorts line thence down Short's line to Hockaday's line, on the branch, thence down the -said Shorts-[crossed out] said branch to the river, thence up the river to the beginning, containing four hundred acres more or less.  To have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land & premises above mentioned, with the appurtenances, unto the said Francis FOOTTY<sic>, his heirs & assigns & to the only proper use and behoof of the said Francis TOOTTY<sic> his heirs & assigns forever, and the said Phillip GILL his wife, and Francis GILL and his wife for them selves there heirs, executor & administrators & assings do convenant grant to and with the said Francis TOOTTY<sic> his heirs executors and administrators & assigns, that the said Phillip GILL & Amey his wife, Francis GILL and Patsey his wife, at and before the encealing & delivering of these presents & perfect estate in fee simple, & hath good right, full power & is clear & free from any incumberances whatsoever that hath or may claim any right or title theunto & the said Phillip GILL & Amey his wife and Francis GILL and his wife doth further oblige themselves their heirs, executors & administrators to the said Francis TOOTTY<sic> his heirs & assigns, that they will make any other inchetment of writing that may be required should the above be not judged good in law.  In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals the year & day above written.
Signed:
Phillip GILL  SEAL
Amey GILL,  SEAL
Francis GILL, SEAL
Patsey GILL  SEAL
Witness: John Simmons, Briggs Sims, Robert TOOTTY<sic>[TOTTY]
Recorded Feb. Session, 1795
Transcribed by TOTTY researcher Birdie (Totty) McNutt©2000
Note:  Francis TOTTY moved from Chesterfield County, Virginia to Halifax County, NC  to live on this land that he bought from the GILL family on Chockeott Creek on SS of Roanoke River.  Some of the neighbors were Winter, Smith, Hockaday, and Short.   Wit:  to deed was John Simmons, Briggs Sims and Robert Footly<sic>TOTTY.   Tradition is that Francis TOTTY was married to Priscilla "GILL"?, research still in progress for documentation of that fact.  The above DEED is actually for Francis TOTTY, but the deed has the name spelled in error many times by the person/court clerk to wrote out the Deed.

Note:  This shows in 1800 Francis TOTTY and his daughter Pricilla TOTTY in the household  along with ownership of 3 slaves.   Stephen Pepper above is found in Sussex County, VA on the First Census of the US in 1782 with 7 whites and 1 black.  By 1800 he was in Halifax Co., and a John Pepper, most likely a descendent was a witness to the will of Francis TOTTY in 1808.   In the HH of Robert TOTTY is found his Wife Sandal and daughter Nancy.  The boys listed are most likely Robert Jr. b: 1796 and William or Matthew who died after war of 1812 and are buried in the Morgan Creek Cemetery in Hickman County, TN.   Hampton Powell was also listed as a witness on the will of Francis TOTTY along with Joseph Trayler.

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