Craven County, NC - 1779 Craven County Tax List – New Bern District Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Martha Mewborn Marble Source - NC Archives & History G.A.30.1 A List of Taxable Property for New Bern District containing Capt. Sitgreaves, Capt. Green & Capt. Tyres Company’s for the year 1779. Note: There are two columns of numbers not noted; however, it appears the first column is what each item is worth and the 2nd column the total value Isaac Bryan 600 Acres of Land 1200 10 Negroes 5300 4 Horses 700 18 Cattle 180 Cash 352 7732 Willm Bryan 2370 Acres of Land 6950 Negroes, Horses, Cattle & C 15080 22030 Longfield Cox 1560 Acres Land 3375 Negroes, Horses, Cattle & C 3680 7055 William Cox 381 Acres Land 3100 Negroes, Horses, Cattle & C 4355 7455 James Stevenson 570 Acres Land 1250 Negroes, Horses, Cattle & C 8140 9390 Enoch Aundsider ?? 300 Acres Land 575 Negroes, Horses, Cattle & C 2590 3165 Thomas Tyer ?? 1979 Acres Land 2375 Negroes, Horses, Cattle 4766 7141 John Holoway 830 Acres Do 2350 Negroes, Horses, Cattle 2040 4390 Shadrack Loftin 550 Acres Do 1465 Negroes, Horses, Cattle 4000 5465 Willm Heath ?? Junr 380 Acres Land 950 Negroes, Horses, Cattle 1672 2622 John & Charles Hollingsworth 1430 Acres Land 2170 Negroes, Horses & C 3874 6044 John Stevenson’s Horse, Negroe & C 1600 1600 Dan’l Daughety 200 Acres Land 500 Negroes, Horses & Cattle 1860 2360 Willm Gwaltney 1175 Acres Land 2125 Negroes, Horses Cattle & C 3540 5665 John Land 600 Acres 1000 Horses, Cattle & C 792 1792 Sam.l West 200 Do 150 Horses, Cattle & C 235 385 Rich. Daughety 110 Do 500 Cash 140 640 Dan.l Carmack 85 Acres 500 Horses, Cattle & C 400 900 William Lane Horse & C 222 Rich.d Charlton 350 Acres 800 Horses, Cattle & C 400 1200 John West 800 Acres 1000 Horses, Cattle & C 1780 2780 103,038 2nd Page List of Taxables Continued Amount brought over 103,038 John Carmack 200 Acres 500 Horses, Cattle & C 400 900 Sarah Carmack 325 Acres 500 Horses, Cattle & C 200 700 Nathan Watson Senr 235 Acres 700 Negroes, Horses, Cattle & 1926 2626 Fred.k Heath 90 Acres & C 1000 Horses, Cattle & C 400 1400 Niam Wise 300 Acres 800 Horses, Cattle & C 720 1520 Thomas Cox 100 Do 700 Horses, Cattle & C 250 950 Rich.d Charlton Horses, Cattle & C 600 600 John Jones 310 Acres 800 Horses, Cattle & C 864 1664 William Daughety 100 Acres 500 Horses, Cattle & C 378 878 William Allen 75 Acres & C 400 Horses, Cattle & C 180 580 Benjamin Watson 200 Acres & C 500 Horse & C 150 650 Owen Daughety 140 Acres 800 Horses, Cattle & C 520 1320 Thomas Heath 265 Acres 1000 Horses, Cattle & C 800 1800 John Clements 50 Acres 150 Horses, Cattle & C 230 380 Blake Carlton 208 Acres 1000 Horses, Cattle & C 500 1500 John Sambuth, a Singleman 100 William Jones Do leash ?? 44 Isaac Anderson Do 200 Solomon Carmack 60 Acres Land 500 Horses, Cattle & C 550 1050 Daniel West 320 William Russell 100 Acres 500 Horses, Cattle & C 654 1154 William West 250 Acres 500 Horses, Cattle & C 550 1050 Henry Heath 360 Acres 500 Horses, Cattle & C 410 910 Luke Russell 570 Acres 1200 Negroes, Horses, Cattle & C 4200 5400 Saml. Sambuth 75 Acres 500 Horses, Cattle & C 330 830 131,154 Page 3 List of Taxables Continued Amount Brought forward 131,154 Thomas Morris 160 Acres Land 500 Negroes, Horses, Cattle & C 2660 3160 John Heath 240 Acres & C 675 Horses, Cattle & C 608 1280 David West Horses, Cattle & C 406 Richard Watson 185 Acres & C 500 Horses, Cattle & C 590 1090 Benj.m Lambreth 175 Acres Land 500 Cash 1.15 501 Moses Lambreth Singleman 26 Thos. Pearce 254 Acres 500 Horses, Cattle & C 425 925 John Chance 150 Acres 500 Horses, Cattle & C 326 826 Rich.d Heath Junr 230 Alexander Skeen Cattle 150 Rich.d Heath Senr 117 Acres 500 Willm. Phillips 80 Acres 500 Horses & Stear 110 610 Rich. Leear ? Negro & Horse & C 2060 Absolom Daughety 150 Acres 500 Horses, Cattle & C 150 650 Alexander Skeen 276 Land 600 Horses, Cattle & C 500 1100 James Smith Horse & Cattle 150 John Smith Singleman 152 William Arnold 100 Acres 500 Horse, Cattle & C 150 650 Delinquent not given their Taxable Property Old Mr. Kent Land 1000 Cattle & Horses 500 1500 Isaac Kemp Land 500 Cattle & Horses 200 700 Ignatisus Wadsworth Land 500 Cattle & Horses 300 800 William Griffin Land 500 Cattle, Horses, & C 300 800 William Trewhit Land 500 Cattle, Horses & C 200 700 Saml. Trewhit Land 500 Cattle, Horses & C 200 700 Levi Trewhit Land & C 700 Benjamin Griffin Land & C 1000 Negroes, Horses & Cattle 3000 4000 Thomas Wilson for Self and Peter Starkey Estate at Fort Barnwell 800 Acres Land 5000 Negroes, Horses & Cttle 8500 13500 168,020 Page 4 List of Taxables Continued Viz Amount Brought Over 168,020 Hardy Bryan 510 Acres Land 3000 Negroes, Cattle, Horses & C 10450 13450 James Green Senr 855 Acres 4000 Negroes, Cattle, Horses & C 11200 15200 Eliza Pope & Jas. Green’s Lnd of 200 Acres 1000 Negroe & Money 845 1845 John Daly 2100 Acres Land 4900 Negroes, Horses, Cattle & C 13960 18960 Willm M. Herritage 1500 Acres 6180 Negroes, Horses & Cattle 11870 18050 James Green Jr. 1660 Acres 2000 Negroes, Horses, C & Cash 10401 12401 Rich.d Nixon 1170 Acres 5355 Negroes, Horses & Cattle 13780 19135 Rich.d Nixon for Francis McIlliowean 1170 Do for Ebenezer Frazer 60 Samuel Slade 838 Acres 3250 Negroes, Horses & Cattle 4380 7630 Samuel Slade for John Slade 2000 Do for Willis Prescoat 54 Do for Benjamin Williams 92 Farnifold Green 2795 Acres 6030 Negroes, Horses & Cattle 24070 30100 Farnifold Green for Ephraim Lanes Estate 14500 Do for Mrs. Sarah Sund ?? 580 Do for Sarah Graves 3580 William Brice Fonvielle 2534 Acres 6720 Negroes, Horses & Cattle 16224 22944 Francis Fonville 2210 Acres Land 4200 Negroes, Horses & Cattle 9340 13540 Francis Fonville for Asa Hatch 5370 Do for Mary Hatch 4870 Do for Ivey Hatch 5000 Frederick Fonvielle 1200 Acres 4300 Negroes, Horses & Cattle 5780 10080 John Stockburn 720 Acres 2000 Negroes, Horses & Cattle 1600 3600 Joseph McKinnie 685 Acres 2450 Negroes, Horses & Cattle 3400 5850 George Bryan 560 Acres Lnd 3300 Negroes, Horses & Cattle 2730 6030 Joseph Hall 1970 Ebenezer Slade 620 Acres 1000 Negroes, Horses & Cattle 2000 3000 408,707 Page 5 A List of Taxables Continued Viz Amount Brot. Over 408,707 William Bohannon 1327 Jonathan Allen 700 James Civil 115 David Wilson Single 108 Richard Grubbs 160 Fearnolight Beasley 330 John Baylor 760 Wm. Brice Fonvielle for Graves Bright and Richard Fonville 1625 Ann Graves 1400 Acres Land 2000 Negroes, Horses & Cattle 5650 7650 Mary Jance ?? 2320 Jos. Wingate Single 244 James Allen 650 Saml. White 1275 Elisha Beasley 600 Eliz. Macoy 1500 John Moore free Negroe 2000 Abm. Taylor 100 William Connor 1000 John Pilchare blank John Slade 1120 George Kennedy 470 Do for John Kennedy’s Estate 860 1330 Joseph Green 100 John Carlton 836 John Beesley 190 William Green 750 Ann Pearson 248 John Gooding 2300 Willis Macoy 1315 William Macoy 235 Acres Land 800 Negroes, Horses & C 1870 2670 John Pierson 1375 Aaron Dickson 441 Jonathan Merrit 500 Thomas Loftin 1269 Joshua Tilghman 500 William Sewales ?? 1000 John White 1000 Solomon Beasley 600 Acres 1000 Negroes, Horses & C 1450 2450 Samuel Proyer 346 Isaac Callaham 50 Sim Moore free Negroe 175 Thomas Cale 626 Whichcoat White 360 452,122 Page 6 List of Taxables Continued Viz Amount brought over 452,122 James McCafferty 1010 Wright Moreland Poll Tax blank William Carman 1000 Owen Daughety 1400 Nathaniel Street 800 Abraham Taylor 900 Thomas Wingate 1116 John Prescott 886 Denny Wilson 842 Ephraim Prior 360 Moses Taylor 678 Benjn. White 600 William Civil Senr 810 Robert Taylor 888 Thomas Hall 640 Evan Swann 3216 Sarah Bond 2000 Charles Aclin 1400 ***End of John Daly’s List*** Richd. & James Ellis 75000 Richard Ellis Houses & Lands 18220 Negroes, Cattle, Horses & C 6530 24750 John Wright Stanley & Brother Money & Stock in Trade 104260 Houses Lands & Improvements 12750 Negroes, Horses & Cattle 10350 136360 Christopher Neale 18750 Do for John Freebody 3516 Do for William Mitchell 2200 Richard Blackledge Lands & C 9850 Money, Negroes, Cattle & C 15550 26400 Spyers Singleton for Thos. Blackledge 10100 Do for Wm. Blackledge 7380 Benj. Blackledge 2200 Ann Blackledge 2200 Richard Blackledge’s Estate 200 Spyers Singleton 21500 Edmund Wrenford Land, Lotts 9200 Negroes, Horses, Cattle & C 9800 19000 Edm.d Wrenford for Wm. Greens Estate 9000 Do for William Conway Do 5700 Messr Knight & Green 8000 John Green Land & Houses & C 6100 Negroes, Cattle & Money 7370 21470 John Green for Peter Knight 1500 855,924 Page 7 List of Taxables Continued Viz Amount Brought Over 855,924 John Green for Dan’l. Fox 2120 Do for Howland Cort 300 James Sanders 7630 William Blount 12900 Do for Mrs. Mary Edwards 5000 Alex. Sanders 8980 Andrew Blanchard 200 Acres 500 Money, Negroes & C 16816 17316 Andrew Blanchard for the Estate of Danl. Burnet 600 James Davis 1800 Acres Land & Lotts & C 6500 Negroes, Cattle & C 12450 18950 Thomas James Emery’s Estate 17100 Mrs. Hannah Reid 3844 Thomas Sitgreaves & Son 700 Thomas Sitgreaves Senr 2320 John Sitgreaves 1500 10820 Thos. Sitgreaves for John Davis 3000 Thomas Hasten Lands, Houses, Lotts & C 1960 Negroes, Cattle Cash & C 28350 47950 Thomas Hasten for the Estate of Edward Batchelor 20000 Mrs. Mary McIlweoan 10354 John Jones 2880 Acres Land 6400 Money, Negroes, Stock & C 15750 23150 James Coart Lands, Lotts, Negroes & C 15830 Do for Saml Fraziers Estate 3484 Wm. Fielder Powell & Ozburn Powell 1040 Acres 2000 Negroes, Cattle & Horses 5650 7650 Oz. Oowell for Jim Dove a Poll Tax William Heath 6250 Do for Jacob Black poll Tax Nathan Smith 16400 Do for Philip Smith 1400 John Lindsay for Doctor Clitherall 11000 Do for Wm. Evans Estate 1000 John Lindsay for himself 2168 Alex. Gaston 13530 Heneage Heritage Estate 1113 Acres 3900 Negroes, Horses & Cattle 6400 10300 William Good 7147 Do for Dunkin Frazier 700 Do for Wm. Pyott 1500 Do for William Ramsey 8700 Do for William Wilson’s Estate 800 1,166,787 Page 8 List of Taxables Continued Viz Amount Brot. Over 1,166,787 Mrs. Euphemia Dewey 8630 Benjn. Whitaker 7526 Acres Land 4700 Negroes, Horses & Cattle 3640 8340 Alice Fordham 2180 Thomas Collier 3530 Do for Peter Rhem 2950 Edward Tinker 7910 Richard Cogdell 12000 Sylvester Pendleton 3110 Wilson Blount 18740 John Horner Hill 6880 Henry Purvis 5370 Do for Estate of Mrs. Herbert 880 Levi Gill 5360 William Hannis 7520 William Lawrence 190 William Pasteur 8360 Philip Cheyney 4730 Henry Nipon ???? 17790 John Cook 6480 Mrs. Ann Banks 3300 John Moore 4680 William Moore 5220 Fielder Moore 2000 Mrs. Bonetar McCartney 2800 John Council Bryan 4150 Do for Joseph Ridgway 1600 Alice Fordham Junr 1600 Peter Sparrow 3750 Thomas Webber 3246 John Edge Tomlinson 1620 Joseph Clarke 3040 Joseph Rich 970 David Marshall 2600 Benjamin Egglesson 2000 Denard James 700 James Little 1000 James Sears 1440 Mrs. Mary Fonvielle 1160 Richard Hunley 1366 Dorcas Batherest & George Lane 1760 George Fulford 3000 David Dunn 5000 John Smith 1250 Mrs. Casander Pinder 1410 Ambrose Bull 480 John King 310 1,359,319 Page 9 NOTE: This page is very faint and very difficult to read List of Taxables Continued viz Amount Brought Over 1,359,319 Jesse Lewis 1832 William Sanders 300 John Gasten 870 Clius ?? last name not readable 3370 John Fonville Senr ? 1250 John Harris 1000 Mrs. Easter Fonville 1500 Levin Dickenson 1650 Jarvis ?? Burton 1000 Richd. Last name not readable 1000 John Kennedy 2000 Thomas Oliver 2030 Benj. Brockett 800 Stephen Moore 500 Ann Savela Tingle 1000 William Burney 1650 Heirs of Stephen Fonvielle 70 Saml. Lewis free Negroe 500 David Carothors Poll Tax Edwd. Carroway Do Francis Gardner Do John Pitts Do Richd. Crutchfield Do Richd. Mitchell Do Joseph Leech 24470 Do for Bartholomew Rooke 2000 Mrs. Marg. Vail 19770 Ann Barron 10340 William Tindale 8510 Major Fenner 1000 Alexander Gray 20000 John Williams 2000 Mrs. ?? Gordon 14650 Mrs. ??? Smith 24700 John Ashe for Self and William Grave Berry 25130 Ramsey Outerbridge 1000 Estate of John Flynn, Michael Gorman Exr 2000 Capt. John Davis 2000 John Peter Ritter 7500 NOTE: All of the below to the end of the List have the mark + next to them. John Hardie Taylor 1500 John Barrie 2000 David Evans 500 Edward Boucher Hodges 1000 Thomas Curtis 1200 Alexander Bogee 1000 1,555,911 Page 9 A List of Taxables Continued Amount Brought Over 1,555,911 William Bryan 300 Edward Dowling 400 John Green 1200 M. ?? Carruthers 2000 William Sparrow 1500 Estate of Danl. Berry 1200 Joseph Ashbury 300 Robert Turner 4000 Below for Poll Tax Wm. Hatfield Wm. Flett ?? John Clayton John Ramsey W. Gaskins (Shoe Maker) Nathaniel Scarbrough William Shore 1,564,811 Memo. The assessors in order to distinguish the delinguents have sett a mark + opposite their respective names and the Court will observe that in assessing such Property they have rated it only as if the same had been given in According to Law. New Bern 15th Sept 1779 John Fonvielle Thomas Ogdon Sils Stevenson