Handwritten deed on fine paper from Cabarrus, NC

Description

This is an elegantly hand written deed on heavy paper. For 93 of 186 acres from Daniel D Lents to Peter J Lents of Cabarrus County, NC in 1839. These are apparently brothers. There is a record of Private Daniel Lentz (deed is Lents but names were often variable in spelling) who was "lost in war" (Civil War) and whose brother was Peter John Lentz.