Bertie COUNTY NC 1770 Society Parish Procession Records File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Cathy Farris http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/bertie.htm 1770 Misc. Records Bertie County Procession Records NCArchives 010.408.3 2002 Cathy Farris (Cathrun ELLIS 1770...cathy) Society Parish By an order of Vestry we are apt'd to possession a certain District of Land wherein we shall make a return to the best of our power and return make to the Worshipfull Court December 20th 1770. October 27: 1770 Processioned one piece of Land for Thomas PUGH-containing 380acres as his deed mentioned more or less on Rockuest at the mouth of a small branch. In presents of Jesse HARRELL Thomas PUGH Sen. and Thomas PUGH Jun. Processioned one piece of Land for David HARRELL in presents of Jesse HARRELL. Processioned one piece of Land for Jesse HARRELL in presents of Jesse HARRELL. Processioned one piece of Land for Abraham HIGGS in presents of him the said HIGGS. Processioned one piece of Land for Matthew TURNER in presents of him the said TURNER. Processioned one piece of Land for William HARREL and Shadrick HARRELL in presents of Henry AVERIT and James MOOR and William HARRELL. Processioned for Henry AVERIT in presents of James MOOR Henry AVERIT and William TURNER. Processioned one piece of Land for William BRYAN all that is within our (District is crossed out...cathy) bounds in presents of William TURNER William BRYAN and Hardy BRYAN. Processioned for James CHURCHWELL as far as our bounds in presents of Jesse BRYAN and James CHURCHWELL. Processioned one piece Land for Samuel HARRILL in presents of Samuel HARRELL. Processioned one piece of Land for Thomas BOND. Processioned one piece of Land for CATRUN ELLIS in presents of Jesse BRYAN and James CHURCHWELL. Processioned one piece of Land for Jacob JERNIGAN in presents of John MORGAN and Jacob JERNIGAN and Benjamin JERNIGAN. Processioned one piece of Land for Jesse JERNIGAN in presents of Jacob JERNAGAN Jesse JERNAGAN and Benjamin JERNAGAN. Processioned one piece of Land for Noah HINTON in present when some part was done James MOORE Noah HINTON. Procession one piece of Land that did belong to Thomas HARRELL deceased in presents of James MOORE and Samuel HARRELL when some part was done. Processioned one piece of Land for William TURNER in presence of William BRYAN and Harday BRYAN and William TURNER. Some part of Thomas BARKER Land not sd Jesse ? nobody appeared to show lines - and William Williams not appeared to show his lines and it was lost? Some part of a piece of land belonging to Mr. MEADE nobody appeared to show the lines. Given from under our hand the 25th December 1770 Signed Thoms. BOND Cader HARRELL NOTES: PROCESSION was a method of verifing the boundries of a person's property. The church appointed men to walk the boundry lines of certain properties. Property lines being barely discernable through swamp and brush, the men walked one behind the other instead of side by side. Therefore, the term applied to the walk was "procession". The concerned property owners or their representatives were supposed to be there to point out the way and the landmarks that defined the boundry. Note that the last two listings below indicate that no one was present to show the processioners where the lines were. This was during the time when the church of each parish was basically responsible for much of the law. In the case(s) you list, the order for PROCESSION was given/made by the Vestry of Society Parish and since this was in 1770, it was defenitely before the Revolution and in the time when the Church of England was the controlling authority in the English colonies.