Craven County, NC - Deeds - Abstracts of Deed Books 17-20 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MISC DEEDS IN CRAVEN COUNTY WITH GENEALOGICAL INFORMATION no attempt made provide ALL details of Deed SOME GENEALOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM CRAVEN COUNTY DEEDS - abstracted by Martha Mewborn Marble BOOK l7 p 32 - 9 Jan l769 - William Carraway (or) William Carraway Jr. (ee) 5l0 Ac NS Neuse - one half of tract containing 640 Ac where Furnifold Green now lives and where his father Farnifold Green was killed by Indians - part of the land was from John West by Deed dated 26 Sept l756 WIT Susannah Carraway, James Carraway p ll6 - 7 April l769 - George and Margaret Miller of Cumberland Co (or) to Frederick Hargaret (ee) - l5 lbs - NS Trent adj John Harper - l60 A - FO by patent to Martin Franek and by him to Waxel and by him given to his daughter Margaret Miller - WIT Jno Bryan, Prudence Bryan NOTE: Waxel/Waxdale/Windal was also the father of Catherine who married James Davis of Dobbs (MMM) p l50 - l5 June l768 - John Tracey and Elizabeth Tracey, George and Hannah Moye, Rachel Asher daughter (or) William Lipsey (ee) - l00 Ac ll5 lbs SS Trent adj Mr. Hatches and widow Gettels (?) - all the Grantors were heirs of Joseph Asher dec - WIT David Rofs, Joseph Burt ? - All Grantors signed with a Mark NOTE: This George Moye was part of the John Moye family. John Moye was the brother of George Moye, Sr. of Princess Ann County and Beaufort/Pitt Counties. John Moye and his family appear to have settled in Craven/Jones Counties. (MMM) NOTE: A good portion of this book was too faded to read on microfilm (MMM) BOOK l8 p 260 - no day or month l770 - Abel Dail Sr. of Dobbs (or) Francis Rountree (ee) - l50 Ac SS Little Contenney near fork - l00 Ac part of patent to Dail on l5 March l756 the other 50 Ac part of another patent - WIT Jesse Rountree, Moah (?) Rountree, - Mary Dail wife of Abel acknowledges rights of Dower p 3l6 - 26 March l765 ? - Joseph Wharton of Onslow (or) Michael Becton of Craven (ee) - l2l6 Acs for 85 lbs Vine Swamp Adj to his brother William Wharton - part of a larger tract of 580 Ac which was part of larger tract of 2,540 Ac granted to Thomas Jones in l727 and from him to Walter Lane in April l73l and by Lane to William Hancock Oct l73l and by Hancock to William Tuncliff in l734 who died Intestate and came by descent to his only child Jane the wife of John Carruthers Jr. John Carruthers and his wife Jane sold on 9 July l750 to Joseph Wharton - WIT Peter Starkey, Jesse Bryan p 362 - l0 June l77l - John Cummings (or) for love and good will to my son Benjamin Cummings (ee) - All my estate and if he dies without heirs then to my grandson John West - WIT Thos Cook, John Masters Jr., Thomas Parsons p 28 - 27 Nov l769 - Christopher Neale (ee) John McGraw and Elizabeth Jackson formerly Elizabeth McGraw (ee) - all of New Bern - place to live for their natural life - WIT John G. Blount, John Rice, Jr. p lll - 6 Sept l770 - Joseph Holmes (or) love and good will for cousin John Fish son of Thomas Fish and Mary his wife (ee) - John was now a child - after the death of Joseph and that of his wife Rebecca - l40 Ac NS Eagle Swamp - this land was purchased in l758 - Adj Henry Gibens, Richard Lovik, Edward Harbert - WIT Thomas Coleman, Benjamin Allen p ll6 - 26 April l770 - John Bryan (or) John Bryan Jr infant son of John Council Bryan (ee) one half Ac of land in New Bern - FO Henry Bryan dec by Deed in l737 then to John Bryan p l89 - l Feb l768 - Henry Smith (or) Jacob Blount (ee) 50 lbs for 200 Ac SS Neuce on Half Moon Swamp part of larger tract granted to James Durham in l736 which he conveyed to William Hancock then by heirship to Durham Hancock and from Durham Hancock to John Tuten then to Henry Smith Sr. on l5 Sept l746 then to Henry Smith Jr. by Will BOOK l9 p 87 - 25 Jan l77l - Richard Hill (or) James Brinson (ee) - 34 lbs l50 acs NS Neuse head of Goose Creek one part granted to John Linkfield on 30 Oct l765 and one part granted to Amos Cuthrill on 26 Sept l75l - part divided to Richard Hill by Exec of Linkfield's estate - WIT ? Brinson Jr. and Sr., Thomas Clark NOTE: This book not readable on Microfilm therefore it was not read page by page only from the Indexes on those families I was interested in (MMM) BOOK 20 p 56 - 4 Nov l77l - Thomas Clark, talor (or) Richard Harvey (ee) - 30 lbs NS Neuse WS Goose Creek - part of survey granted to John Linkfield on 30 Oct in 6th year of Reign of our soverign Lord King George the III - 50 Ac divided to Richard Hill by the Executor Benjamin Williams and James Gatlin Exec to John Linkfield - Richard Hill sold to Thomas Clark - Adj to Amos Cuthril, John Linkfield's 250 Ac, Goose Creek - WIT James Brinson, William Dixon NOTE: Richard Hill, son of Francis Hill, appears to have married a daughter of John Linkfield/Linfield and then moved from Adams Creek across the river to Goose Creek. His two sons Richard and Levi Hill moved to Lenoir County where their uncle Francis Hill already lived (MMM) p 292 - 28 Oct l772 - Moses Allmand (or) Sarah Hall daughter (ee) - Negro girls Chloe and Bett - Sarah's husband was Elishu Hall and her children were Elizabeth, Ann and Allmand Hall - WIT Charles Johnston, John Kennedy p 378 - ll April l884 - Mary Conway and Catherine Hoy (or) John Fowler (ee) l00 Ac for 20 lbs on Slocumb Creek, Black Swamp - FO Eleanor McDole by patent of date l July l758 - fell by heirship to Grantors - WIT Ro Femner, Jas Parrott ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Martha Mewborn Marble - mmarble@erols.com ___________________________________________________________________