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• <br />Oranps County NC 04/11/2007 <br />State of North Carolina <br />Rsal Estats Excise Tax <br />Excis• Tax: 5556.00 <br />~ ~5~2-6.~~~5~ <br />~, . 3..i~9-~ <br />2IIIU~I~BInI~~III~IIIIIIIiIIIiNI~INII~ ~~~ ~~, <br />Bk:R64256 Pg 445 <br />04/11/2007 04:34:35PM 1/19 <br />FILED Joycs H. Pearson <br />Repistsr of Dseds Oran7~/,s C/OUN~TY,NC <br />BY: ~ ~~~/9~GE,~~/~ <br />Deputy/A~~"'`Kw" <br />This instrument prepared by and return to: Geoffrey E. Gledhill, Coleman, Gledhill, Hargrave & Peek, P.C., <br />P.O. Drawer 1529, Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA cv <br />COUNTY OF ORANGE ~jS ~~i~ ~~ <br />WARRANTY <br />DEED OF AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT <br />This Deed of Agricultural Conservation Easement ("Conservation Easement") is granted <br />on this Jl `~y of r- , 2007, by NOAH N. RANELLS and BEN A. BERGMANN, <br />• tenants in common, having an address of 4122 Buckhorn Road, Efland, NC 27243 (referred to as <br />"Grantors"), to ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, having an address of Post Office <br />Box 8181, Hillsborough, NC 27278 (referred to as "Grantee"). <br />WHEREAS: <br />Grantors are the sole owners in fee simple, of certain farm Property, more pazticulazly <br />described in Exhibit attached hereto and incorporated herein (the "Property"), which consists <br />of approximately 60.953 acres of land, located in Bingham Township, Orange County, North <br />Carolina and identified as on the plat of property. titled "Boundary Survey for <br />Fickle Creek Farm. Agricultural Conservation Easement," prepazed by Freehold Land Surveys, <br />Inc., which plat is recorded at Plat Booki1, Pagel(a~ Orange County Registry (PIN 9842-05- <br />4746). The Property includes buildings and other improvements, which are shown on Exhibit B, <br />attached hereto and incorporated herein. <br />The Property consists primarily of productive agricultural land. The majority of the soils <br />on the Property have been classified as "prime" or "statewide important" soils by the Natural <br />Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture (also referred to as <br />"MRCS" or "the United States"). It is the primary purpose of this Conservation Easement to <br />protect the agricultural soils and agricultural viability and productivity of the Property. <br />The Property also includes streams that flow through the Property on their way to where <br />• they eventually flow into Cane Creek, a source of drinking water for residents of Orange County. <br />Page 1 of 18 <br />