Reclaiming Control On September 24, 1660, King Kiscutanewh of the Yeopim tribe sold European settler Nathaniel Batts all the land southwest of the Pasquotank River in present-day North Carolina. Another European settler stood as witness to the land transfer. This transaction was recorded in a deed book in Chesapeake, Virginia. This is the first known deed in the United States.Kiscutanewh and Batts hashing it out, 1660360+ years later, the process that named Batts a landowner has remained near...

Reclaiming Control On September 24, 1660, King Kiscutanewh of the Yeopim tribe sold European settler Nathaniel Batts all the land southwest of the Pasquotank River in present-day North Carolina. Another European settler stood as witness to the land transfer. This transaction was recorded in a deed book in Chesapeake, Virginia. This is the first known deed in the United States.Kiscutanewh and Batts hashing it out, 1660360+ years later, the process that named Batts a landowner has remained near...