Bertie-Duplin-Chowan County NcArchives Deed.....Bell, George - Campbell, John December 27, 1758
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Al Barrs albarrs@wfeca.net July 31, 2007, 4:22 pm

Deed Written: December 27, 1758
Deed Recorded: January 15, 1759

DEED proved 15 Jan 1759 in Chowan Co - George Bell [eldest
son & admr of his father's (Robert Bell) estate] of Duplin
Co to John Campbell, merchant of Bertie Co. 27 Dec 1758. 50
pds proc money 200 acres which Roger Snell sold to my father
Robert Bell 7 Aug 1721, recorded in Chowan Prec 16 Oct 1722
& again in Bertie Co 1 Nov 1739 located on north side of
Cashie River joining Col. Pollock, Sams branch, Major West,
reserving the burying ground where my father Robert Bell and
others are laid
 Wit: Robt. Rainey, 
Samuel Barron.


Grantor to Grantee
Roger Smith to Robert Bell 7 Aug 1721
John Campbell to George Bell 27 Dec 1758



Additional Comments:
Note: George Bell used the word "reserving" the old burial
ground on the north bank of the Cashie where his father and
others were buried, meaning he was retaining, or holding the
small dedicated cemetery property out of the land sale so
that it would be preserved for eternity and not destroyed
for a house or field. 


Robert Bell, my 6th Great Grandfather, was born in 1765 to
George Bell and Hester Webster-Bell in Isle of Wight,
Virginia. Robert moved his family and friends from Essex,
Virginia in 1715 or 16, after buying land between the Chowan
and Salmon River, while still in Essex Virginia. Shortly
after arriving in Chowan he purchased 200 acres of land on
the north side of the Cashie River where he built his final
home and operate his plantation, which lay between the
Chowan and Sam’s Branch on the north side of the Cashie
River. Robert Bell would die at his home on the Cashie River
on January 2, 1738 and was buried in the old burial ground
on the knell on the north bank of the Cashie on January 6,
1738. His oldest living son, George Bell, inherited his
father s, Robert Bell's, entire estate after all other
siblings signed over their right to their oldest brother
George Bell.


George Bell, his family and friends would move from Bertie
County to Duplin County, North Carolina about 1752. George
would eventually sell the Bell Plantation to John Campbell
in 1758, but as stated in the deed, reserved the old burial
ground where his father,Robert Bell and others were laid to
rest.

Al Barrs
albarrs@wfeca.net

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