Dobbs Co, NC - Miscellaneous Deeds (1757-1787) ~~~~~~~~~~ ABSTRACTS OF DOBBS COUNTY DEEDS, SURVEYS, AND LAND GRANTS IN THE FRANCIS ROLAND HODGES, SR. AND JULIA DALY HODGES COLLECTION --- NORTH CAROLINA ARCHIVES Arranged chronologically. Nature of document: Deed of sale Date: 2 August, 1757 Grantor: Caleb Hughes, joiner Grantee: Major Croom Location: east side of "fauling Creek" Extent: 80 acres In consideration of: 20 pounds proclamation money Witnesses: John Howell, Richard Caswell Nature of document: Deed of sale Date: 18 August, 1763 Grantor: John Rouse Grantee: Bryant Medling Location: "between Groundnut swamp and the South prong of Falling Creek" Extent: 150 acres In consideration of: 80 pounds proclamation money Mentioned in description of bounds: John Waterer, Richard Dean Additional information: This land was part of a tract granted to Theophilus Baxter 25 May, 1757 Witnesses: Philip Stone, Lovick Young, Theophilus Baxter (his mark) Nature of document: Deed of sale Date: 3 December, 1764 Grantor: Bryant Medling Grantee: Theophilus Baxter Location: "between Groundnut swamp and the South prong of Falling Creek" Extent: 150 acres In consideration of: 80 pounds proclamation money Mentioned in description of bounds: John Waterer, Richard Dean Additional information: Part of a tract granted to Theophilus Baxter 25 May, 1757; purchased from Baxter by John Rouse and from Rouse by Bryant Medling. Witnesses: Philip Stone, Wm. Hines (his mark), John Howell Nature of document: Deed of sale Date: 16 March, 1767 Grantor: Edward Woodham Grantee: Philip Stone Location: fork of Falling Creek Extent: 104 acres In consideration of: 20 pounds proclamation money Mentioned in description of bounds: Lovick Young, Richard Dean Additional information: This land was granted to Edward Woodham 10 April, 1761. Witnesses: John Creel, Martin ____?___, John Parks (?) Nature of document: Deed of sale Date: 5 September, 1768 Grantor: William Baxter of South Carolina Grantee: Lovick Young, Jr., of Dobbs County Location: between Groundnut swamp and the south prong of Falling Creek Extent: 160 acres In consideration of: 80 pounds proclamation money of North Carolina Mentioned in description of bounds: John Waterer Additional information: This land was a part of a tract of 300 acres granted to Theophilus Baxter 5 May, 1757 Witnesses: John Vining (his mark), Theophilus Baxter (his mark) Nature of document: Land grant Date: 5 May, 1769 Grantor: King George III Grantee: Philip Stone Location: "in the fork of Falling Creek and Groundnut swamp" Extent: 40 acres In consideration of: 4 shillings proclamation money each year; within 3 years grantee to clear 3 acres for each 100 acres granted Mentioned in description of bounds: Wm. Chamberling Witnesses: Governor William Tryon Nature of document: Deed of sale Date: 1 May, 1772 Grantor: Philip Stone Grantee: Daniel Taylor Location: in the fork of Falling Creek Extent: 104 acres in first tract; 40 acres in second tract In consideration of: 30 pounds proclamation money Mentioined in description of bounds: William Chamberling (second tract) Additional information: The first tract was granted to Edward Woodham 10 April, 1761; the second tract was granted to Philip Stone 5 May, 1769 Witnesses: Robert Taylor, William Taylor, Robert Taylor Nature of document: Deed of sale Date: 11 August, 1777 Grantor: Jonathan Hughes of South Carrolina (sic) Grantee: Major Croom of Dobbs County Location: west side of Falling Creek Extent: 130 acres In consideration of: 30 pounds proclamation money Mentioned in description of bounds: Caleb Hughes, Lovick Young Witnesses: Francis Hill, two additional names illegible Nature of document: Deed of sale Date: 16 March, 1778 Grantor: Richard Dean (his mark) Grantee: Lovick Young, Jr. Location: "in the Forke of Fauling Creek" Extent: 100 acres In consideration of: 102 pounds, 15 shillings Mentioned in description of bounds: Lovick Young, Jr. Witnesses: Major Croom, Lovick Young, one additional signature illegible Nature of document: Deed of sale Date: 20 August, 1778 Grantor: Daniel Taylor Grantee: Lovick Young Location: the fork of Falling Creek Extent: 104 acres In consideration of: 30 pounds current money Additional information: This land was granted to Edward Woodham 20 April, 1761 Witnesses: Simon Totwine, John Herring, John Rows (Rouse?) Nature of document: Land survey Date: 1 March, 1779 Commissioned by: Major Croom Location: "on the west side of Falling Creek on the head of Horsepen branch" Extent of survey: 560 acres Surveyor: G. W. Markland (?) Chain bearers: Moses Westbrook, William Hill Mentioned in description of bounds: Simon Rouse, "the place called Scrivans," Richard Byrd Additional information: Description of the land surveyed is accompanied by a small map of these lands, sketched in the upper corner of the document. Nature of document: Land grant Date: 1 July, 1779 Grantor: State of North Carolina Grantee: Major Croom Location: "on the west side of Falliing Creek on the Head of Horse Pen Branch" Extent: 560 acres In consideration of: Grantee pays grantor 50 shillings for each 100 acres granted Mentioned in description of bounds: Simon Rouse, Richard Byrd, George Wiggins Witness: Governor Richard Caswell Nature of document: Deed of sale Date: 8 November, 1782 Grantor: Daniel Young of Dobbs County Grantee: Dorothy Young Location: east side of Groundnut Extent: 100 acres In consideration of: 50 pounds specie Mentioned in description of bounds: Daniel Young, John Heninton Additional information: This land was granted to "a certain Richard Dean" 10 October, 1755 Witnesses: Isaac Croom, Hardee Croom, Abe Croom Young Nature of document: Land survey Date: 15 March, 1783 Commissioned by: Major Croom Location: east side of Falling Creek Extent of survey: 50 acres Surveyor: A. Markland (?) Chain bearers: John Creel, David Desnell Mentioned in description of bounds: Lovick Young, John Aldridge Additional information: Attached to a land grant of 9 November, 1784. Includes a sketch of lands surveyed. Nature of document: Land grant Date: 9 November, 1784 Grantor: State of North Carolina Grantee: Major Croom Location: east side of Falling Creek Extent: 50 acres In consideration of: Grantee pays grantor 50 shillings for each 100 acres granted Mentioned in description of bounds: Lovick Young, John Aldridge Additional information: Survey of land dated 15 March, 1783 is attached. Witness: Governor Alexander Martin Nature of document: Deed of sale Date: 29 March, 1787 Grantor: John Creel (his mark) Grantee: Moses Parker Location: east side of Falling Creek Extent: 150 acres In consideration of: 120 pounds specie Mentioned in description of bounds: Richard Byrd Additional information: Surveyed 1 December, 1778 Witnesses: Richard Hodges, John Hodges ~~~~~~~~~~ Notice from a newspaper, the North Carolina Gazette (New Bern, NC). It appeared in the editions of September 12, 19, and 26,1777. ~~~~~~~~~~ "To be sold, at the plantation where Simon Bright, Esq., late of Dobbs County, deceased, lately dwelt, at public vendue, on the 3rd day of next October, part of the personal estate of the deceased, consisting of a small library of books, several neat guns, a very good compass and chain for surveying land, several horses (among which is a fine blooded stone horse, of a bay color, three years old last spring), a parcel of hogs, cattle, and sheep. At the same time and place will be hired out for one year, two likely negro boys and a girl by James Bright, John Cooke, executors." ~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE: This notice is unclear whether this proposed sale is from the estate of Capt. Simon Bright, Jr. (ca. 1734-1776), or from the estate of his father, Col. Simon Bright, Sr. (ca 1702-1777). Since father and son died in Dobbs County less than a year apart, they frequently have been confused in the records. Simon Jr, the more famous of the two, married Mary Graves; he was a good friend of Gov. Rivhard Caswell and a signer of the Halfax Resolves. Simon Sr. married married Mary Reel, daught of the Huguenot Peter Reel (d. 1739), and was also active in public affairs in Craven and Dobbs Cos. (See the articles on the three Simon Brights by Dr. Charles Holloman, in William Powell, Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, (Chapel Hill, UNC Press, 1979), I, 225-227. __________________________________________________________________ Copyright. 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