Carteret County NcArchives Deed.....Bell, George - Campbell, John December 27, 1758 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: 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 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/carteret/deeds/campbell361gdd.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb