Bertie COUNTY NC Deeds Rawls Misc Deeds 1750- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Bobby Ray Rawls" http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/bertie.htm 1752 March 6th BENJAMIN WYNNS for THOMAS LEE to BRYANT HARE, 20 pounds for 150 acres, BENJAMIN WYNNS executor of the last will and testament of THOMAS LEE late of BERTIE county deceased...land between BROOKS CREEK and THE MAIN ROAD that leads to WICCACON FERRY" Wit: JOHN BRICKELL, HENRY WINBOURNE, LUKE RAWLS, May court 1752 1757 April 2nd JOHN WEST & MARY WEST to MOSES MOORE of NORTHAMPTON co., 25 pds for 100 acres + 100 acres on WATTAM MEADOW and south side SMITFRILL(SUNTFRUILL?) branch (1) part of a tract formerly granted THOMAS JONES september 22, 1730 adjacent WILLIAM WHITFIELD'S old line, HENRY BAKER's old line (2) part of a tract granted JAMES RUTLAND for 225 acres wit: CHARLES HORNE, ABSALOM RAULS, DEMSEY HOLLAND, July court 1757 1758 Dec 5th EDWARD SKULL & his wife FARABA {PHEREBE} {X} of BERTIE CO., to ABSALOM RAWLS of same. 40 pounds VIRGINIA 150 acres which said EDWARD SKULL purchased from JONES dec'd, near DEEP CREEK, joining WICCACON FERRY ROAD, JOHN HARE, ISAAC SANDERS, WILLIS NICHOLAS Wit: THOS {X} COPELAND, ALEXANDER COTTEN April court 1759 clerk of court, BENJN. WYNNS 1759 May 1st HENRY HILL of BERTIE CO., to CHARLES JENKINS of same, 16 pounds proclamation, 100 acres joining said HILL, VINCENT, COLLO. BENJAMIN HILL, excepting by said BENJAMIN HILL in a deed from said BENJAMIN HILL to said CHARLES JENKINS 18 DEC 1745 Wit: WILLIAM JENKINS, JAMES RAWLS, HENRY JENKINS July court 1759 clerk of court, BENJA. WYNNS 1760 January 19th SAMUEL {X} DUNNING of BERTIE CO., to WILLIAM RAWLS of same 6 pounds VA. 90 acres which was 1/2 of 190 acres granted to SAMUEL DUNNING, joining COW BRANCH, FORT BRANCH Wit: CADER POWELL, VALENTINE [X] FLOYD Jan court 1760 clerk of court, BENJN. WYNNS {NOTE: it appears that WILLIAM RAWLS married the daughter of SAMUEL DUNNING her name being REBECCA. DUNNING researchers say there was a REBECCA but they could not find who she married. more research is need to prove the connection, BOBBY RAWLS, BIG SPRING, TEXAS} 1766 September 16th HENRY DAWSON of NORTHAMPTON county to WILLIAM RAWLES of BERTIE co., 50 pounds VA. 100 acres in CASIA, joining DOGWOOD NECK. Wit: ARTHUR BROWN, ETHELRED LANE, NICHOLAS SKINNER Sept court 1766 clerk of court, JOHN JOHNSTON 1766 September court on the 4th Tuesday in September a deed of sale from HENRY DAWSON to WILLIAM RAWLS was produced in open court and proven in due form of law by the oath of ARTHUR BROWN & ordered to be registered 1767 September court on the 4th Tuesday in September NORTH CAROLINA, BERTIE county: at an inferior court of pleas and quarter sessions begun opened and held for the said county at the courthouse in BERTIE on the fourth Tuesday in September in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred & sisty seven. present the worshipful CULLEN POLLOCK, HUMPHREY NICHOLS, JAMES CAMPBELL, esquires, the sheriff returned the following persons to serve during the setting of this court as grand jurors. PETER WEST, JOHN KETTERL, THOS. AVIS, MOSES SPIVEY, JACOB JERNAGAN, JAMES PERRY, THOS. SUTTEN, ANDREW BURN, JOHN CAPEHART, THOS. WEBB, GEORGE LOCKHART, THOS. ASHLEY, HUMPHREY NICHOLS, THOMAS BAKER, JOHN DUNING, SAMUEL DUNING, WILLIAM RAWLES, JESSE DUNING, KING FREEMAN, JAMES BONNER EX. JOHN BOND NI HENRY HUNTER 1770 30th September JAMES HARRELL, SR. planter of BERTIE CO., to ABSALOM RAWLS of same, 7 pounds 3 shillings proclamation, 67 acres on north side of WARTOM SWAMP, jpoining WHITE OAK BRANCH, CYPRERIS POCCOSON, O'QUIN Wit: SAMUEL {X} DUNNING, JOHN JONES Sep court 1770, JOHN JOHNSTON, clerk of court {note: This 67 acres would later go to SILAS RAWLS & his wife SUSANNAH, most likely a son of ABSALOM'S} 1770 4th Tuesday September a deed from JAMES HARRELL to ABSALOM RAWLES was produced into open court and proved in due form of law by the oath of JOHN JONES one of the subscribing witnesses and on motion ordered to be registered. 1771 21st September HENRY RHODES of BERTIE co., to JOHN JONES, 21 September 1771, 35 pounds proclamation, 100 acres joining CONERITTSRAT POCCOSON, JAMES WOOD Wits: JOHN DENNY, HENRY {X} RHODES, ABSALOM RAWLES Sept court 1771, clerk of court, JOHN JOHNSTON 1763-1771 Ordered oon motion of WILLIAM RHODES ordered that the following persons be appointed a jury to view and lay out a road from HERTFORD line to WATTOM ROAD at the INDIAN PATH{to wit} WILLIAM RAULS, saml. duning, willm cook, jesse duning, BARNABY BAGGETT, SAMUEL DEENS, LEWIS JENKINS, THOOS. PEARCE, PHILLIP RAULS, SAMUEL PAGE, JOHN DUNING, JOSEPH WINTON, SENR. order to WILLM RHODES 1772 WILLIAM RAWLS Inventory undated by PHILLIP RAWLS 1772 ordered that SAMUEL DUNING be appointed over sear of the road in the room of and district of WILLIAM RAWLS {Note: this is when WILLIAM RAWLS died and SAMUEL DUNNING took over his duties, see the will of WILLIAM RAWLS in next posting} 1772 14th April WILLIAM RAWLS {A/164} 14 April 1772 Sept ct 1772 son LEVY RAWLS plantation I bought of HENERY DOSSON {DAWSON} from the REEDY GROUND to the road to the DOGWOOD POCOSON, son JOSIAH RAWLS- remaining part of said tract. I have sold to PHILIP RAWLS part of a parcel of land on JENKIN'S POCOSIN purchased from JOHN BAKER to the REEDY GROUND, I give to my son JONAH RAWLS the remaining part of this land from JESSE DUNING'S line to my DOSSON {DAWSON'S} line. son JOAB RAWLS- my MANOR PLANTATION . Wife REBECCA RAWLS- my perishable estate , but if she marries she will receive 1/3 and the other 2/3 shall be paid to my daughter DRUSILER RAWLS and my son HOSEA RAWLS. Executors, brother PHILLIP RAWLS, Wife REBECCA RAWLS Wit: SAMUEL {X} DUNING, JOHN COOK 1772 September court proved the last will and testament of WILLIAM RAWLS ordered that letter issue. 1772 DECEMBER court exibited an inventory of the estate of WILLIAM RAWLS by PHILLIP RAWLS one of his executors on oath. 1772-1780 ordered that HENRY RAWLS aged about four years, JAMES RAWLS aged about six years, PHILIP RAWLS aged about five years orphans of HENRY RAWLS decd. be bound an apprentice to PHILLIP RAWLS to learn the trade of SHOEMAKER. Ordered that EDEY RAWLS orphan daughter of CHARITY RAWLS aged about six years be bound an apprentice to PHILLIP RAWLS to learn to spin knit and sew. ordered that MARY RAWLS aged about ten years and ALICE RAWLS aged about eight years be bound an apprentice to ABSALOM RAWLS. Ordered that ALICE RAWLS orphan of HENRY RAWLS aged about eight years be bound an apprentice to JEREMIAH DUNING. {Note: see the 1794 entry for the will of PHILIP RAWLS, brother to HENRY & WILLIAM RAWLS leaving his property to the children of HENRY RAWLS . } ================= 1772-1780 LEVY RAWLS appeared in open court & acknowledged himself bound in the sum of five hundred pounds for hia appearance at the next court to abide by the determination of this court on a complaint made to them for having "got a child on the body of SARAH MORGAN & MR JAMES EARLY his security in the sum of two hundred & fifty pounds the same purpose. 1772-1780, wednesday the 16th LEVY RAWLS appeared in court in consequence of a recognizance wherein he was bound to attend for "begitting a bastard child on the body of SARAH MORGAN" and gave bond and security by JAMES EARLY for the maintenance of said child. {Note: LEVY RAWLS was the son of WILLIAM & REBECCA RAWLS, Who was the child of this couple} 1774 25th of February JOHN HAYS Account of sale by HARDY HAYS, admr. buyers: ABSALOM RAWLS, BENJAMIN HARRELL, CHARLES EVERITT, SR., CADER POWELL, EZEKIAL WIMBERLY, HENRY LEE, HARDY HAYS, ELIZABETH MARTIN, HARDYMAN ABBINGTON, JAMES MOORE, JAMES ABINGTON, JAMES HEDGEBETH, JOHN ACREY, JOHN HAYES, JR., JOHN DODRILL, JOHN EVERIT, JOHN FOLK, JOHN JONES, JESSE JERNIGAN, MARY HAYES, NATHAN CULLEN, PHEBE HAYES, SR., RICHARD HAYS, SAMUEL HAYS, WILLIAM POWELL, WILLIAM WILLIAMS, WILLIAM WILLABY. Settlement and division of estate, Nov 1777 among the widow PHEBY HAYS, and the children of the dec'd, namely HARDY HAYS, JOHN HAYS, REBECKAH STEPHENS, PHEBE JERNIGAN, MARY HAYS and SAMUEL HAYS ========== 1780 SARAH MORGAN, LEVY RAWLS bondsman, JAMES YEARLY bondsman 1783 RENA {RENNA} RAWLS born circa 1783 (1850 census) (via SHIRLEY WERSINGER) 1785 23rd September grant to JAMES RAWLS....fifty shillings for every hundred acres...paid by JAMES RAWLS...grant unto the said JAMES RAWLS a tract of land containing five hundred acres lying and being in our county of BERTIE on the west side of HEARTS DELIGHT POCOSSON beginning at a pine JOHN BAKER'S corner line & running south ...and at a white oak BURRELS BULLS corner...thence north along his line ...then west...to DAWSON'S line then north...along his line to his corner...then north to a sweet gum in branch ..to RAWLES CORNER... line in JESSE DUNNINGS line on a branch side ...along his line...to his corner...to a black gum in the pocoson... then to the first station...at KINGSTON the twenty third day of September...RD. CASWELL J. GLASGOW secretary 1787 20th August JONAS RAWLS to WINNEY COOK {marriage} {Note: there were two JONAS RAWLS listed in the 1790 census of BERTIE county which I will list in my next postings. one was The son of WILLIAM RAWLS & REBECCA, The one that married WINNEY COOK, The other was no doubt JONAS RAWLS, JR. sone of HENRY RAWLS & CHARITY. He was listed as 1 male in the household so he most likely was single. the marrige of JONAS RAWLS & SALLY MOORE for 23rd December 1801 was most likely the younger JONAS. Does anyone know which JONAS RAWLS married SALLY MOORE for sure?} ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. 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