Misc. Deeds - Dobbs County, NC Submitted for use in the USGenWeb Project Archives by F. R. Hodges Misc.Deeds (bef. 1758-1791) ABSTRACTS OF DOBBS COUNTY DOCUMENTS IN THE MATTIE KENNEDY PARROTT COLLECTION - NORTH CAROLINA ARCHIVES, RALEIGH, NC Prepared by Francis R. Hodges Note: The general location of the land mentioned in the following documents is given in each abstract, but the precise metes and bounds of each tract has not been included. The few documents dated later than 1880, as well as those from counties other than Lenoir or Dobbs, have been omitted. Documents are arranged in chronological order. Date: Missing, but Johnston County location suggests a date before 1758 Nature of document: Indenture Grantor: William Arundell Grantee: John Kennedy Amount of land: 95 acres Location: County of Johnston, north side of Neuse River, west side of Sandy Run In consideration of: 20 pounds proclamation money Witnesses: None given Date: 10 Oct., 1766 Nature of document: Indenture Grantor: David Hartsfield of the county of Dobbs Grantee: John Kennedy Amount of land: 20 acres more or less Location: north side of Neuse River and Falling Creek In consideration of: 3 pounds proclamatioin money Witnesses: John Mackeoy (?), Abraham Bush Enrolled: 23 Nov., 1766 Registrar: Martin Caswell Date: 8 Feb., 1782 Nature of document: Indenture Grantor: David Webb and Rosannah Webb his wife; James Webb and Winnifred Webb his wife of the county of Dobbs Grantee: William Spaight, Esq. Amount of land: 200 acres Location: Craven County in Contentney Neck In consideration of: 50 pounds Description: ". . . a tract of land patented by Edw. Harbert 6 April, 1753 and from him fell to his eldest son John Harbert heir at law and from him to his two daughters Rosannah and Winnifred now wives of the said David and James Webb. . . " (Remainder of this document is missing) Date: 13 Oct., 1783 Nature of document: Land grant and survey Grantor: State of North Carolina Grantee: John Parrott Amount: 18 acres Location: Dobbs County In consideration of: 50 shillings for every 100 acres Mentioned in description of metes and bounds: Benjamin Bruton's corner Surveyed by: Joshua Hodges; John Parrott, Jr. Date: 7 December, 1784 Nature of document: Indenture Grantors: Joseph Poole and Josiah Poole of the county of Dobbs Grantee: Aaron Poole Amount of land: 200 acres more or less In consideration of: 50 pounds specie money Mentioned in description of metes and bounds: ". . . joining the land where John Kennedy now lives," John Fishpoole's line, John Smith's line, Samuel Ratliff Witnesses: John (Coor?), Thomas Hanson Enrolled: 2 May, 1785 Registrar: Winston Caldwell (Caswell?) Date: 28 Sept., 1791 Nature of document: Land grant Grantor: State of North Carolina Grantee: John Parrott Amount: 150 acres Location: south side of Loosing Swamp In consideration of: 10 pounds per 100 acres Mentioned in description of metes and bounds: ". . . formerly McClinden's corner but now Parrott's and Fleetwood's. . . corner of a patent granted to John Collier" Signed by: Alex. Martin, Governor For additional abstracts in this collection between 1791 and 1880, see the Lenoir County Archives Web Site. ========================= USGENWEB NOTICE In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogy information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. 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 purposes other than as stated above, must contact the submitter or the listed USGenWeb archivist.