[January 23, 1861] ORIGINAL SIGNED DEED FOR THE SALE OF MACKIE'S ISLAND [MACKAY ISLAND], CURRITUCK COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA BY THE DAUGHTER OF THE ISLAND'S NAMESAKE, JOHN MACKIE. Mackie's Island, N.C.

Bifolio. 10 x 7 ¾ inches. Creased at folds, foxed with minor separations at folds. In good condition. Concerns the sale of "all the lands on the said Island which the said Elizabeth C. Murray inherited from the estate of her father John Mackie dec'd". The 500-acre parcel was sold by Elizabeth C. Murray for $10,000 to Thomas C. Ferebee. Signed by Elizabeth C. Murray, witnessed and signed by George Thomas Wallace (1812-1899) and his son, Capt. John Gallaudet Wallace (1840-1910), Confederate veteran, commander of The Blanchard Grays, Co. C, 61st Va. Reg. Docketing to last page signed and attested by I. M. Baxter, dated March 2, 1861, Currituck, County. Registered and signed on the same page by John H. Halstead. Elizabeth was born c. 1796. Her father died c. 1822 leaving his properties and slaves for his children. The Island was named after him, Mackie's Island. [Currituck Co., North Carolina - History] [Mackay Island]