BLADEN COUNTY, NC - HISTORY - Entry Takers ************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Betty & Allen Johannes abelj@htcomp.net *************************************************************** ENTRY TAKERS BLADEN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA The following material was gathered at the North Carolina State Archives. The boxes in which this material was located was provided to us for research by Mr. George Stevenson, Private Manuscripts Archivist, North Carolina State Archives. "LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA, 1777. At a General Assembly begun and held at New Bern on the fifteenth day of November, in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Seventy-Seven, and in the Second Year of the Indepe3ndence of the said State: Being the Second Session of this Assembly. Richard Caswell, Esq. Governor." "Chapter I. An Act for establishing Offices, for receiving Entries of Claims for Lands in the several Counties within this State, fpr ascertaining the Method of obtaining Titles to the same, and for other Purposes therein mentioned." The Justices of Peace for the counties were to elect "one good and sufficient Person to receive Entries of claims for Lands (Entry Taker)..... "also one Person .... to be Surveyor of Lands within the same." (italics mine) From: THE STATE RECORDS OF NORTH CAROLINA, Vol. XXIV Laws 1777-1788, Collected and Edited by Walter Clark. (pg. 43) ENTRY TAKERS: [From the above, the Entry Taker received a claim from an individual for a piece of property. After making a claim the Entry Taker would turn the claim over to a Surveyor.] 31 Dec 1781 - 31 Dec 1789 William Randolph Singletary 1790 William Singletary 1793 William Singletary 1794 W. R. Singletary 8 Feb 1795 - 31 Dec 1796 William Randolph Dunham 1797 T. Robeson 17 Feb 1798 - 4 Dec 1798 Wm. Robeson 5 Dec 1798 - 1 Feb 1799 Wm. Robeson 6 Feb 1799 - 31 Dec 1799 Geo Knowles Jan 1 1800 - 31 Dec 1800 Geo Knowles 1 Jan 1802 - 31 Dec 1802 Geo Knowles J. Ellis J.P. 1 Jan 1803 - 31 Dec 1803 Geo Knowles 7 June 1804 - May 10 1805 Travis W. Harvey 5 Jan 1804 - June 5 1804 Nathan Williamson 4 June 1804 - 11 Oct 1805 Nathan Williamson 17 Oct 1806 - 1 Oct 1807 Nathan Williamson 1 Jan 1807 - 31 Dec 1807 William Streety 1808 William Streety to 14 Aug 1812 (partial 1811 - 1812) Robert Lytle (partial 1812- 1813 Robert Lytle Partial 1813 - 1814 James Campbell Partial 1814 - 1815 James Campbell 12 Aug 183_ - 16 Nov 1832 James Campbell Nov 1834 - 3 Nov 1835 James Baldwin 1 Jan 1836 - 3 Apr 1837 John Weathersbee (Weatherslee) - 1 Nov 1837 Duncan Shaw 5 Nov 1837 - 6 Nov 1838 Duncan Shaw 1 Dec 1839 - 3 Nov 1840 I.M. McRee 1 Dec 1840 - 1 Dec 1847 Herman H Robinson Clk 1 Dec 1846 - 6 Nov 1848 F. C. Lewis 1 Dec 1848 - 1 Dec 1849 David Callahan 22 Nov 1845 - 22 Nov 1846 F.C. Lewis 1840 - 1841 F.C. Lewis 1 Nov 1841 - 22 Nov 1842 F.C. Lewis 28 Aug - 23 Nov 1843 F.C. Lewis 22 Nov 1842 - 8 Aug 1843 F.C.Lewis 22 Nov 1843 - 22 Nov 1844 F.C. Lewis 1844- 1845 F.C. Lewis 1850 David Callihan 1 Dec 1852 - Dec 1 1853 David Callihan Dec 1 1853 - Dec 1 1854 David Callihan 1855- 1857 J.J. Cummings 1858 - 1859 A.K. Cromartie 1860 - 1862 Dugold Blue 1874 John Benson 1 Dec 1876 - 1 Dec 1877 John Benson 1879 - 1880 John Benson 1883 John Benson 1816 James Campbell - 1818 James Campbell 1820 James Campbell 1822 - 1832 James Campbell Compiled by: Betty & Allen Johannes POB 956 Meridian, TX 76665