The Division of the lands of Arnold Hopkins dec'd.
In obedience to an order of Pitt County Court May Term 1823 to us directed as commissioners appointed to divide and allot & partition all the lands of Arnold Hopkins deceased among the lawful heirs of said dec'd we have met on the premises accordingly and find agreeable (?) to the Surveyors Plot 409½ acres which we have divided and set apart in Seven Lots as follows VIZ Lot No.1 drawn by Tabitha Hopkins containing 51½ acres Valued @ $110 Bounded as follows Beginning at a Black Gum in the run of Coneto Creek Elisha Porter's corner thence down the said creek 45 poles is a black Gum thence South 206 poles to three water oaks in said Porter's (?) thu line thence No. 54½ E to an old red oak and pine said Porter's corner thence with said Porter's line to the first Station and receives from Martha Hopkins $12.75 cts. No.2 drawn by Nancy Hopkins containing 53 acres Valued at $80 Beginning at three water oaks thence So. 64½ W 62½ poles to a pine said Porter's (?) thu corner thence No. 42 E227 poles to Coneto Creek to three small gums thence up the said creek to a black gum Tabitha Hopkins corner thence So. 206 pole with Tabitha Hopkins line to the first Station and receives from Litha Hopkins $42.75 cts. No.3 drawn by Whitmell Hopkins containing eighty-six acres valued to $115.50 cents Beginning at a pine Nancy Hopkins corner thence No. 4½ E 4 poles to a black gum thence No. 64½ W to a cypress in Coneto Creek thence down the said creek to Nehemiah Downs corner thence with said Downs line of marked trees to a pine thence No.67 E 49 poles to a post oak thence No. 55 W 56 poles to the first Station and receives from Martha Hopkins $7.25 cents---

No. 4 drawn by Martha Hopkins containing Sixty acres and valued at $147.50 cents Beginning at a cypress Whitmell Hopkins corner in Coneto Creek thence up said creek 5½ poles to a pawpaw gum thence South 62 E 193 pole to a small red oak sapling in Nancy Hopkins line thence So 4½ W to a black gum Whitmell Hopkins corner thence No.64½ W with Whitmell Hopkins line to the first Station and pays over to Tabitha Hopkins $12.75 cents and pay Whitmell Hopkins $7.25 cents and pay Mary Hopkins $6.75 cts. No. 5 drawn by Mary Hopkins containing 55 acres Valued at $115.00 Beginning at a red oak in Nancy Hopkins line thence No. 4½ East 60 poles to a black gum thence No. 63½ W 167 pole to a pawpaw gum in Coneto Creek thence down said creek to Martha Hopkins corner a pawpaw gum thence So. 62 E 193 pole to the first Station and receives $7.75 from Martha Hopkins $4.75 from Elizabeth Mayo $2.25 (from?) and from Litha Hopkins $?.75 No. 6 drawn by Litha Hopkins containing 52 acres Valued At $166.25 cents Beginning at a pawpaw gum in Coneto Creek Mary Hopkins corner thence up the said creek 50 poles to a sweet gum thence South 63½ E 158 poles to a black jack in Mary Hopkins line thence So 4½ W to a black gum Mary Hopkins corner thence north 63½ W 167 poles to the first Station and pays over to Mary Hopkins $(?)0.75 cents and pays over to Nancy Hopkins $42.75-No. 7 drawn by Elizabeth Mayo containing 56 acres Valued to $125.00 Beginning at a black Jack Litha Hopkins corner thence No. 4½ E 68 poles to Coneto Creek to three small gums Nancy Hopkins corner thence So. 63½ E 158 poles to the first Station and pays over to Mary Hopkins $2.25 cents.

Given from under our hands and seals June the 21st day 1823.
Roberson (hisXmark) Jenkins {seal}
Turner House {seal}
Elisha Porter {seal}
WM. W. Andrews {seal}