Edgecombe County, NC - Edgecombe County Deed Books 42-462 Part 3 ************************************************ 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: Tommy Colbert clycolbert@aol.com Edge. Co. Db 407, page 146, date of deed 20 Jan 1943, date recorded Mar 18, 1943, H.T. Hinton and wife, Hattie Hinton, Edge. Co. to L.A. Sutton, Edge. Co. for $3500, a tract of land beginning at a point on the County Bridge where Arlington St. crosses Tyan and Cokey Canal then in an easterly direction with said canal as it meanders 729 ft. to the northwest corner of lot #2, Brake and Edwards land as shown on map hereinafter referred to; then south 2d 5' east 1505 ft to the southwest corner of lot #5 on map hereinafter referred to, now owned by J.S. Stanley then in a westerly direction continuance of the southern line of lot #5 owned by J.S. Stanley to the western boundary line of the George B. Chapman property where it adjoins the property of L.F. Tillery on the south, Rocky Mount Land Improvement Company, being the extreme western property line shown on the map hereinafter referred to then with said line north 14d 5' west to the point of beginning, said map here into before referred to was made by Arrington and Wells from a survey made in April 1913 and the property is known as the George B. Chapman land near Rocky Mount, being a portion of the land received by will from J.H. Chapman by George B. Chapman, one of the grantors, except the above described portion of said land which is described by accurate survey as follows: beginning at an iron stake on the north side of First Street 175.4 east of Arlington St., Ian McDonald's corner then parallel to Arlington St. north 22d 23' east 358 ft to the center of canal just to the north of a marked fore and aft persimmon on the bank of canal then up canal 215 ft to a point in Arlington St. the Old Tillery and Chapman corner then along what is now McDonald's line south 13d 47' 330 ft to the beginning, transit survey but the bearing are magnetic and for the year 1919, signed H.T. Hinton, Hattie Hinton, wit. C.W. Parker, NP, Nash Co. Deed contains a list of lots apparently conveyed to L.A. Sutton, shown on Map in book 128, page 154. Abstracted from RD copy, 1-3-03, CTC. Edge. Co. Db 409, page 434, date of deed 1 Oct 1943, date recorded 20 Sept 1945, Beulah J. Harris and husband, Chas. C. Harris, Myrtle J. McFarland and husband, E.H. McFarland, Ruth J. Ritner and husband, H.B. Ritner, Mildred C. Joyner Weeks and husband George L. Weeks and Martha Hales Joyner Adkins and husband, E.E. Adkins of NC and Iowa to L.A. Sutton and wife, Annie Bell Sutton, Edge. Co. for $10,000, Item # 1 (three tracts) (A) all of those tracts of land formerly owned by W.M. Braswell and conveyed by Chas. C. Harris, trustee to J. William E. Joyner, et als, by deed dated Mar. 8, 1937 numbering one to eight; (B) that tract of land conveyed to J. William E. Joyner et als by William Joyner et als executors by deed dated Mar 8, 1937 known as lot #4 in the division of O.L. Jackson and formerly owned by W. Mac Braswell; (C) that tract conveyed to J. William E. Joyner et als by Chas. C. Harris, substituted trustee by deed dated Mar 8, 1937, being lot #3 in the division of E.O. Turner and one tract and one of the tracts formerly owned by W. Mac Braswell; tracts A, B and C being land formerly being owned by W. Mac Braswell, title of which passed to Chas. C. Harris, trustee, book 296, page 584, deed of trust to S.T. Thorne, trustee, Chas. C. Harris being substituted for S.T. Thorne, book 281, page 77, book 258, page 428, tracts containing 66 acres, being all the tracts conveyed under item #5 of a deed from J. William E. Joyner and wife, Eleanor, et als to Beulah J. Harris, et als dated Jan 21, 1938 and recorded in book 366, page 66. Item #2 beginning at an iron stake W.M. Braswell's corner in Mrs. Dora Braswell's line then along line of W.M. Braswell south 7 west 2,438 ft to an iron stake in P.C. Vestal's line then south 36 d 15' east 127.8 ft. to an iron stake then a new line north 7 east 2431 ft to a stake in Mrs. Dora Braswell's line then north 83 west 87.6 ft to the point of beginning, containing 5 acres, being the same property conveyed to W.M. Braswell and E.H. Belcher by deed recorded in book 354, page 353 and being the identical property conveyed by W.M. Braswell to Beulah J. Harris, et als Nov. 25, 1939, recorded in book 371, page 579, signed Beulah J. Harris, Chas. C. Harris, Myrtle J. McFarland, E.H. McFarland, Ruth J. Ritner, H.B. Ritner, Mildred C. Joyner Weeks, George L. Weeks, Martha Hales Joyner Adkins, E.E. Adkins, E.E. & Martha Adkins signed in Johnson Co, Iowa, E.H. & Myrtle McFarland of Granville Co, NC. Abstracted 12-26-02, Register of Deeds. Edge. Co. Db 415, page 202, date of deed 2 Feb 1944, date recorded 10 Oct 1944, Mary E. Taylor, widow, Edge. Co. to Scott Taylor, Edge. Co. for $10 and love and affection and other considerations, a tract of land in TWP 14 containing 27 4/10 acres according to survey made by Iredell Williams on Apr 2, 1915 and being the land referred to in Db 129, page 97 and is same book on page 144 & 145, beginning at an iron stake in B.F. Lancaster's corner in Batchelor's line and running north 12d 30' east 1501 ft to a pine G.B. Lancaster's corner then north 40d 55' west 837 ft to pine stump Wiley Batts corner then south 12d 30' west 2109 ft to an iron stake Wiley Batts corner then south 86d 25' east 662 ft to the beginning, was conveyed to Mary E. Taylor by Jesse Taylor by deed recorded in Db 302, page 322, also all mules and farm equipment of every kind owned by her ons said farm and she retains lifetime rights to said property, signed Mary E. Taylor (X), wit. M.W. Ivey. Abstracted 1-19-03 from copy RD, CTC. Edge. Co. Db 415, page 230, date of deed 22 Sept 1944, date recorded 25 Sept 1944, E.E. Waters and his wife, Mary H. Waters and Emma Dale Waters, Edge. Co. to Lloyd E. Davenport and his wife, Molly Roberson Davenport, Edge. Co. for one dollar and other considerations, in Rocky Mount, lot #11 in the following description, beginning at the intersection of Sixth St. and Myrtle Street southwest corner then in a westerly direction with Sixth St. 150 ft to a stake then in a southerly direction parallel with Myrtle St. 100 ft to a stake then in an easterly direction and parallel with Sixth St. 150 ft to the western line of Myrtle St. 100 ft to the first station, being lots #10 and 11 in block C of the survey of the property of L.F. Tillery, trustee, being part of the land conveyed to L.F. Tillery by the North Carolina Land and Improvement Company by deed dated Sept. 12, 1905 and recorded in Bk 128, page 69 and being the identical land conveyed to J.C. Wynne and wife, Maggie A. Wynne to Mrs. Alice V. Martin by deed recorded in Bk 182, page 277 and conveyed by Mrs. Alice V. Martin to R.S. Arrington by deed recorded in Bk 218, page 100, and later conveyed by R.W. Arrington to S.A. Deans and wife, Annie Deans by deed recorded in Bk 230, page 340 and being the identical land conveyed to E.E. Waters and W.E. Waters by C.V. Williams and Esther R. Williams by deed dated July 13, 1938, signed Mary H. Waters, Emma Dale Waters, wit. Sarah E. Daniel, NP. Abstracted 1-01-03 from copy RD, CTC. Edge. Co. Db 415, page 249, date of deed 2 Nov. 1944, date recorded 4 Nov. 1945, Walter C. Thomas, divorced, Edge. Co. to W.J. Thomas, Edge. Co. for $1500, a tract of land in TWP 12, beginning in the center of that public road known as the Vestal Road, southern corner between lots #2 and 3 of the division of the late J.A. Thomas, then along the eastern boundary of said lot #2 north 5d 2' east 878.5 ft. to an iron stake in the line of W.J. Thomas then along the line of said W.J. Thomas south 85d 50' east 362.7 ft. to an iron stake with pointers then along the line of lot #4 of the said J.A. Thomas division now owned by W.J. Thomas, south 5d 2' west 882 ft. to an iron stake, center of the aforesaid center of said Vestal Road then along the center of said road north 85d 15' west 362.5 ft to an iron stake point of beginning, containing 7.32 acres and being known as lot # 3 in the division of the lands of the late J.A. Thomas as shown on map and plat made by E.L. Hunley, C.E. Oct. 1936, signed Walter C. Thomas, wit. Howard H. Littrell, NP. Abstracted 2-17-03 from DB, RD, CTC. Edge. Co. Db 415, page 336, date of deed 15 Dec 1944, date recorded 19 Dec 1944, Mary E. Taylor, widow, Edge. Co. to Ulyss Daughtridge, Edge. Co. for $3636.36, a tract of land in TWP 12, (1) being lots #2 of the Mary Armstrong division made by Iredell Williams, surveyor beginning at an iron stake northwest corner of lot #1 of said division then north 80 ½ west 219 ft to a red oak then south 12 west 240 ft to an iron stake then south 82 deg 15' east 219 ft to an iron stake in line of lot #4 then north 12 east 234 ft to the beginning, containing one and one fifth acres, being the identical property conveyed to Mrs. M.E. Taylor by deed from Rocky Mount Savings and Trust Company, commissioner, recorded in Db 239, page 91, from which deed description is taken; (2) adjoining the lands of Paul Taylor, Mary Armstrong and others, beginning at an iron stake on Rocky Mount road, Paul Taylor corner then along his line north 80 deg 50' west 296 ft to a stake corner of lot #2 then along line of said lot south 12 200 ft to an iron stake corner of lot #4 then along line of said lot south 80 deg 50 east 230 ft to a stake on the Rocky Mount Road then along said road north 30 deg 45" east 207 ft to the beginning containing 1 2/10 acres, it being the lot on which the old residence now stands where Mary Armstrong lives and is the identical property conveyed by Mary Armstrong to M.E. Taylor by deed recorded in Db 182, page 70, from which deed above description is taken; (3) beginning at a stake in J.C. Jackson's line, a corner of lot #2 then along J.C. Jackson's line south 12 deg 10' west 239 ft to a lightwood stake and iron pipe in Mary Ann Proctor's line then along Mary Ann Proctor's line south 84 deg 10' east 208 ft to a stake, a corner of lot #4, north 18 deg 10' east 239 ft to a stake, a corner of lots Nos 2 and 4 then along the line of lot #2, north 82 deg 25' west 233 ft to the beginning, containing 1 1/4 acres, according to survey made Aug 26 1920, being part of the land conveyed unto Mary Armstrong by deed from B.C.C. Armstrong dated Mar 31 1886, recorded in Db 64, page 131 and was conveyed to Mary E. Taylor by W.D. Taylor et ux by deed recorded in Db 252, page 606, from which deed the above description was taken; (4) Beginning at an iron stake on the west side of the Rocky Mount and Wilson Road, Armstrong and Taylor's corner then north 81 deg 55' west 143 ft to an iron stake then north 4 deg 10' west 148 ft to a stake in Will Proctor's corner, John Jackson's line then south 11 deg west 447 ft to a red oak in Jackson's line then south 81 deg east 513 ft to an iron stake on the west edge of Wilson and Rocky Mount Road then north 37 deg 40' east 377.3 ft to the beginning, from survey taken 23 Aug 1911, containing 6.06 acres and being the identical parcel of land conveyed to Core B. Jackson by Paul Taylor and wife by deed recorded in Db 230, page 167, and in the identical property conveyed to Mary E. Taylor by Jos. B. Ramsey, trustee by deed recorded in Db 257, page 87, from which above description was taken, signed Mary E. Taylor, wit. R. Louise Pettitt, NP. Abstracted 8-10-02, Register of Deeds. Edge. Co. Db 420, page 60, date of deed 13 Mar 1946, date recorded 15 Mar 1946, U. Daughtridge and his wife, Grace W. Daughtridge, Edge. Co. to L.M. Dickens, and Margaret P. Dickens, his wife, Edge. Co. for $5000, a tract of land beginning on Old Wilson Road at W.A. Proctor's corner at an iron stake then south 294 ft to an iron stake then south 150 ft to an iron tube then east 146 ft. to an iron stake and then north 194 ft to the beginning, being the identical piece of land conveyed to the male party of the first part by Laura Taylor and her husband, by deed dated 20 Feb 1937, recorded in Db 354, page 410, possession to be taken 1 Jan 1947, signed U. Daughtridge, Grace W. Daughtridge, wit. Pattie B. Cole, NP. Abstracted 1-19-03 from copy RD, CTC. Edge. Co. Db 420, page 402, date of deed 28 June 1946, date recorded 2 July 1946, L.M. Dickens and wife, Margaret P. Dickens, Edge. Co. to J.H. Ellis and Nona Ellis, his wife, Edge. Co. for $5000, a tract of land on the Old Wilson Road at W.A. Proctor's corner at an iron stake then west 294 feet to an iron tube then south 150 ft to an iron stake then east 146 ft to an iron stake and then north 194 ft to the beginning, being the identical parcel of land conveyed to the male party of the first part by Laura Taylor and husband by deed dated Feb 20, 1937 and recorded in Bk 354, page 410, and is the same land conveyed by U. Daughtridge and his wife to L.M. Dickens and Margaret P. Dickens, his wife by deed recorded in Db 420, page 60, signed L.M. Dickens, Margaret P. Dickens, wit. Ethel M. Swain, NP, Nash Co. On 12 Dec 1990, right of way across the tract was granted to state for road. Abstracted 8-9-02, Register of Deeds. Db 420, page 482, 9 Aug. 1946, C.B. Taylor and wife Annie L. Taylor of Craven County, NC to Larry (Laurie) Newsome, deed for lot 11, originally sold on 9 Aug. 1932 and erroneously described (in Db 119, page 345) as lot #5, block J of South Rocky Mount Land Company Survey. Lot had been conveyed to Taylor by J.R. Cuthrell and wife, Db 239, page 316. Edge. Co. Db 430, page 7, date of deed 21 Oct 1946, date recorded Oct 21, 1946, W.S. Morton, single of Edge. Co. to R.L. Colbert and wife, Nellie Mae Colbert, for $10 and other considerations, a lot in or near the City of Rocky Mount, being lot #11, beginning at the intersection of Sixth St. 150 ft to a stake then in a southerly direction parallel with Myrtle St. 100 ft to a stake then in an easterly direction and parallel with Sixth St. 150 ft to the western line of Myrtle St then in a northerly direction and parallel with the western line of Myrtle St. 100 ft to the first station, and being lots 10 and 11 in block C of the survey of the property of L.F. Tillery, trustee and is the same land described in a deed made by E.E. Waters and his wife, Mary Waters, W.E. Waters and his wife, Emma Dale Waters to Lloyd Davenport , dated Sept. 22, 1944 and recorded in Bk 415, page 230, and being the same lot conveyed by Lloyd Davenport and wife, Molly Roberson Davenport to W.A. Dickens by deed dated June 25, 1945 and recorded in Bk 419, page 116, signed W.S. Morton, wit. Louis C. Pittman, NP. Abstracted 1-01-03 from copy RD, CTC. Edge. Co. Db 461, page 322, date of deed 6 May 1948, date recorded 11 May 1948, Wiley G. Bullock and wife, Hattie Lucille Bullock, Edge. Co. to B.H. Rivenbark and wife, Juanita S. Rivenbark, Edge. Co. for $10 and other valuable considerations, a tract of land near the City of Rocky Mount, known as lots 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of block "X" in the plat of the property of L.F. Tillery, recorded in DB 128, page 154, beginning at iron stake on the north side of First St. 175.4 ft. east of Arlington ST. Dan McDonald's corner as shown on map of the property of L.F. Tillery, Db 128, page 154, then parallel to Arlington St. north 22d 23' east 358 ft to the center of a canal just north of a fore and aft persimmon tree on the bank of the canal then up canal 215 ft. to a point in Arlington St. the Old Tillery & Chapman corner then along what is now McDonald's line south 13d 47' east 330 ft to beginning, being property conveyed to Wiley W. Bullock by D.L. McDonald, Bk 409, page 490, & by E.M. Daniel by deed dated 11 Jan 1945, signed W.G. Bullock, Hattie Lucille Bullock, wit. Lachelle S. Farmer, NP. Abstracted 2-17- 03 from DB, RD, CTC. Edge. Co. Db 461, page 335, date of deed 14 Jul 1948, date recorded 14 May 1948, B.H. Thomas and T.A. Burgess, commissioners in the special proceedings of administrators of Maggie Ezzell, vs. J.W. Dickens, et als, parties of the first part to L.M. Dickens, Edge. Co. party of the second part, by a judgement exposed to public sale a tract of land where said L.M. Dickens became the last and highest bidder for the sum of $2800, a tract of land in #12 TWP beginning at a stake in Mary Ann Proctor's line at a corner of lot #3 then along Mary Ann Proctor's line south 84 deg 10' east 208 ft to an iron axle on the county road, now Old Wilson Road then along the road north 24 deg 30' east 238 ft to the corner of lot # 1 then along the line of lot # 1 north 82 deg 25' west 233 ft to a stake at a corner of lot nos. 1, 2, and 3 and then along the line of lot #3 south 18 deg 10' west to the first station, containing 1 1/4 acres and being the identical land conveyed by Mary Armstrong, widow to Maggie Ezzell, by deed dated Jan 29, 1921 and recorded in Bk 230, page 169, signed B.H. Thomas, T.A. Burgess, commissioners. Abstracted 8-8-02, Register of Deeds. Edge. Co. Db 462, page 10, date of deed 16 June 1948, date recorded 29 July 1949, W.J. Thomas and wife, Ida Mae Thomas, Edge. Co. to Eugene C. Thomas, Edge. Co. for natural love and affection and one cent, a lot of land beginning at a point in the center of Vestal Road, Lonnie Sutton's corner then with center of said road north 85d 15' west 193 ft. to Henry Thorne's corner then with Henry Thorne's line south 8d 15' west 220 ft. to a stake U. Daughtridge's corner then with Daughtridge's line south 85d 15' east 198 ft. to a stake in Lonnie Sutton's line then with Lonnie Sutton's line north 8d 15' east 220.4 ft. to beginning, containing one acre cut from the northern end of tract #5 on the plat of J.W. Jackson's Division and is a portion of the property conveyed to W.J. Thomas from Cora Jackson, Db 354, page 264, signed W.A. Thomas, Ida Mae Thomas, wit. Louise P. Pettitt. Abstracted 2-17-03 from DB, RD, CTC.