We own a parcel of land here in North Carolina which has, over time, become landlocked (this occured, however, before we bought it, three years ago). It has just now come to our attention, as we are trying to sell it, that there is evidently no recorded access to this property. It is a North-South rectangle of 9.4 acres approximately 150 ft. from the county road, but at one time, it had a triangular portion, which was evidently sold back in the 1990's, coming off of the southeast corner, and one side of this triangular portion laid on the road. The dirt path that leads from the road back to the rectangle we own runs along the west side of this triangular portion, but not through it, until it reaches the upper tip of the triangle, and there it crosses over it. The dirt path or drive, according to the woman we bought it from, has been the access to/for this property for as long as she has been alive. (Her mom (grandmom?) owned the original, intact property.) Because of the way the property now lays, the dirt path crosses the property of two different individuals (a East-West rectangle to the south of it, and then the tip of the triangular portion) on its way back to the parcel we own. Does the plainly visible and obviously used dirt path/drive create an implied easement? (The owner of the triangular piece did not sound enthused when I called requesting an official easement.) Thanks for any advice you can give.

