On 9 January 1747/8, Humphrey described himself as a Planter of Bertie County and sold George Lawrence for £5/10/0 current Virginia money 120 acres "which was Willed to me by father Robert Lawrence Lying & being in Bertie County" south of Bear Swamp, "being Part of the Land my father Robert Lawrence Lived on when he Died." Witnessed: William Lawrence, Alexander How, and John Sallis.