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Copyright © 1999 by Martha Mewborn Marble. __________________________________________________________________________ This contributed to USGenWeb Archives by Martha Mewborn Marble JOHN HERITAGE BRYAN COLLECTION - PC 6 - NC Archives, Raleigh, NC There are three Bryan Collections that I am aware of in North Carolina - Southern Historical Collection, NC Archives in Raleigh, and Special Collections at Duke. Most of the information comes from the papers of James Bryan who married Rachel Heritage and their descendants. Both of their sons, John Heritage and James, were well known in Craven County and across the state. John Heritage Bryan was an attorney and had clients in neighboring counties and up and down the eastern seaboard. The family was well connected to every prominent family in eastern North Carolina and through personal correspondence many families can be traced. Every descendant well into the twentieth century kept every scrap of paper they ever owned, both personal and business. There are numerous scrapbooks kept by the wives. I have started the Collection at both UNC and the NC Archives. The former is 40 feet of material and may never be finished. Because the papers are spread out in so many places, it makes working with them difficult from the standpoint, one sees mention of the same legal cases in both Collections. The papers at the Archives are frustrating because there are so many notes that refer to see attached will or deed and said will or deed is not attached which means it could be in any of the Collections in another folder. There are many notes on scraps of papers and that is just what they are - notes which may or may not make sense. The Collections are being culled primarily for two reasons - to abstract any Dobbs, Greene or Lenoir County papers with genealogical information and to abstract any documents that might pertain to the early Bryan family which will be used by the Bryan research group. Because of the latter, there are many Craven and Jones references in these notes. There are numerous Lenoir County Court Dockets in the Collection which will be typed later for a separate file. My thanks to Ed Morris and the staff at the NC Archives for their assistance. BOX 6.17 - MISC. ESTATE PAPERS FOLDER 1 1. regarding survey of JOHN GATLIN - Craven Co FOLDER 2 1. WM. DUNCAN died in 1805 - had heirs among others - CATHERINE (dec) wife of LOVIT PIPKIN - her children were ISAAC, STEPHEN, ANNE wife of RICH. FAULKNER, - this was Craven Co 2. 2 March 1827 - Johnston Co - estate of JONAH or JOSIAH BLACKMAN - children among others - Susan who md HARRY BRYAN 3. Partial will of WILLIAM TULL of Lenoir Co I lend to my daughter, SUSANNAH UZZELL one Negro girl named Dina and her increase - for her life - then to my 3 grandchildren - WILLIAM, SUSAN, and JAMES UZZELL - 13 Sept 1822 Other side says a part of a copy of TULL'S WILL - SUSANNAH was wife of JAS. UZZELL at time of death of WM. TULL the Testator - SUSANNAH and JOS. HERRING adm upon the death of JAS UZZELL 4. Negroes belonging to estate of ROBERT WITHERINGTON sold to lowest (sic) bidder by ABNER WITHERINGTON his admins - all sold to RICHARD WITHERINGTON - Negroes were Nicey and 2 children, Sook and 2 children, Fanny and 2 children, Sook and 3 children, Nicy and 2 children FOLDER - DIVISION OF SLAVES 1. MATHEW NEALE settled with JAMES BRYAN on 26 April 1794 - JAMES BRYAN, son of COL JOHN BRYAN, sold a negro left by will of FRANCIS DAWSON and another slave to be purchased for his wife, EUNICE DAWSON now EUNICE NEAL - Craven BOX 6.19 - MISC BILLS OF SALE, WILLS, DEEDS WILLS FOLDER 1. DORCAS CHAPMAN - had 2 sisters who md GATLINS - 1821 - Craven FOLDER - DEEDS, LAND PAPERS 1. To all people to whom present, I LEWIS JERNIGAN of county of Johnston - for love and affection for daughter WINIFRED JERNIGAN - bedboard, furniture, two Negroes - man by the name of TIMBRAC and HARRY - after my death WIT JAS STRICKLAND, Wm. BIZZELL 2. Land that Col. JOHN BRYAN received by patent on 13 Oct 1765 was sold in 1835 by JOHN H. and JAMES BRYAN - Bay River in Craven Co 3. 1829 - Wayne Co - ARTHUR JONES of lst part - SAMSON LANE, WILLIAM RAIFORD, MICAJAH COX, JOHN KENNEDY, Trustees of ARTHUR JONES JR.; LYDIA wife of RICHARD JERNIGAN, SALLY wife of BRYAN LANGLEY, NANCY wife of CULLEN HOWELL, CARLOTTA wife of SANDERS SMITH and POLLY SASSER daughter of POLLY wife of ASA JERNIGAN, dec - ARTHUR SR father of ARTHUR JR, LYDIA, SALLY, CHARLOTTE, NANCY & POLLY SASSER - father is old and wants his estate divided 4. MARRIAGE CONTRACT - Johnston County - 14 June 1831 - SALLY BULLS, widow of WILLIAM H. BULLS and DAVID H. BRYAN FOLDER - AGREEMENTS 1. I, JESSE McCOTTE of Craven bound to JOHN H. BRYAN of Newbern in sum of $5000, value of lands and Negroes on condition sd BRYAN recover the estate of BENJAMIN BURNS of Lenoir Co from NATHAN WHITFIELD in right of my wife, daughter of sd BENJAMIN BURNS WIT JNO. BLOUNT NOTES of JHB: JESSE MCCOTTER married CHARLOTTE BURNS on 18 October 1827 formerly illegitimate daughter of BENJAMIN BURNS of Lenoir County - legitimate by Act of Assembly papered in 1826 - Will of BENJAMIN BURNS leaves her ten a twenty (sic) dol - sent for her from BENJAMIN - given before her marriage to live with him - acknowledged her as his daughter and promised to provide handsomely for her at his death - his will written by NATHAN WHITFIELD --- Wit by DOCTOR GREEN and DOCTOR HILL in ??? understood that he was in an insane state of mind at the time of executing the will - rest missing and there is no date FOLDER - NOTES - 1795 - 1853 1. for value received - we promise to pay JOHN H. BRYAN $1000 provided the will of BENJAMIN BURNS offered for probate at Lenoir July Court 1828 be not admitted to probate and if the same b compromised then we promise to pay $500 at the time of such compromise - 7 July 1828 - signed by JESSE McCOTTER, JOEL HINES and JOS ?? EURRIS ?? FOLDER - BILLS OF SALE 1. 22 July 1794 - We, MARY McNUSE, HANNAH McNUSE, SARAH McNUSE and NANCY McNUSE - co-heirs of JOHN McNUSE - for 30 pds paid by JAMES GLASGOW of Glasgow County - sell all military warrants in the office at Nashville commonly called MARTIN ARMSTRONG'S office belonging to sd JOHN McNUSE and at this time not located or surveyed. All signed by mark WIT HUMPHREY (X) JONES R. SHEPHARD Greene County November Court 1812 on oath of HUMPHREY JONES NOTE: This was probably John McNeese part of the McNeese family that intermarried with the Parrott family of Lenoir and moved to Darlington Co. SC BOX 6.24 - COURT RECORDS These records are the most frustrating to work in because they are only notes that Bryan made on cases he was probably handling. Many simply do not make sense unless the researcher has additional information. FOLDER - ACTION FOR TRIAL There are a number of court Dockets - some for Wayne county, some not identified, and some for Lenoir which were copied and are being prepared for a separate post by Guy Potts. FOLDER - DEPOSTIONS, EXHIBITIONS a. Partial document - death of wife ZILPHIA - letters of Administration upon her estate granted to one of parties complainant, ALFRED HARGET. During the life of JOSEPH BRYAN, JOHN B. HARGET and wife, ISAAC HATHAWAY and wife were fully advanced and SARAH now widdow of sd JOSEPH BRYAN. JOHN BRYAN and FREDERICK BRYAN by their guardian LEMUEL HATCH more than 2 years after death of sd JOSEPH BRYAN had their shares of Negroes - residue of Negroes left in hand of ISAAC HATHAWAY - NOTE: No County given but probably Jones FOLDER - COURT ORDERS 1. LENOIR LASSITER vs RICHARD HEIDLEBERG and GRAY WESTBROOK - Court of Equity - Lenoir county To GRAY WESTBROOK You are prohibited from transferring 2 sealed notes of LENOIR LASSITER and CRAVEN LASSITER to RICHARD HEIDLEBURG dated 28 August 1824 - one note for $1200 and one for $600 payable on 1 January 1825. You must bring the notes to Court, March Term Signed by ABNER PEARCE, CME 2. 25 July 1827 - The following jurors have laid off to ELIZABETH ALDRIDGE, widow of WILIAM ALDRIDGE, dec the following land for her dower - beginning in stake in DREW ALDRIDGE'S land, adj JOHN ALDRIDGE, dec being old ARD patent line then with JAMES ARD patent line as owned by WILLIAM ALDRIDGE, dec - 212 acres signed by HENRY BEST, JNO EDMUNDSON, THOS. EDWARDS, WILLIAM HENSON, KINCHEN TAYLOR, WM. B. TAYLOR, MARK HEATH, H. P. BARROW, STEPHEN HOLMES, KINDRED SAULS, CULLEN EDWARDS, E. MITCHELL Greene County Court 1827 - WM. WILLIAMS, Clk FOLDER - ANSWERS TO BILLS 1. Answer of ELIZABETH WARD & WILLIE WARD to Bill of Complaint of GIDEON WARD. NEEDHAM WARD had a will probated in Greene County. NEEDHAM WARD was exec and Negro's were delivered to defendant ELIZABETH WARD - Negroes were ESTHER, SHERROD, TITUS, HARRIET & MARY - ELIZABETH did not try to deprive complainant of his estate - she did not intend to carry out of state Pitt County - no date but also went to Wayne County Court on 1 April 1840 BOX 6.25 - COURT RECORDS - CASE NOTES FOLDER - BRIEFS, CASE NOTES 1. BEN VINSON died in 1824 instate leaving THOMAS, JERUSHA CROOM, BENJAMIN, ALEXANDER living in Ky. SYLVIA HAM wife of EZ. HAM is dead leaving a child CELIA out of the US in Texas; JAMES VINSON, DAVID - 2 tracts on Stoney Creek - one tract of 200 acres bought of JNO. WEST adj JAMES THOMPSON, THOMAS THOMPSON & THEOPHILUS BEST - the other about 50 acres patented by the intestate - piney wood adj RICHARD CROOM'S land Filed 1824 NOTE: Stoney Creek indicates Lenoir Co. There were no last names for what one assumes were the sons of Ben Vinson 2. rather involved history of the DEPT and HAND land in the early 1700's and who they married - these were Craven Co families with a Bryan connection 3. 11 October 1828 - ZACHARIAH GRAY - Petn for Divorce ZACHARIAH md GATSEY HARPER on 3 Nov 1811 - worth no property - she had 3 children - SERINA, SALLY a year or two old last July (never names the 3rd child) - the lived together 4 or 5 years in harmony - lived at JOHN WILLIAMS - (1817 - 1818) neighborhood - talk of her infidelity at that time - intimate with JOHN WILLIAMS - 2 or 3 years afterward living at HARROW until ??? of LEWIS BRYAN - she was intimate with JAMES WADE and JOHN TILLMANIN in 1817 or 18 - would have separated but the children were small - left HARROW March 1824 or 5 - she refused to move with him - she got a place at MAJOR CROOMS and lived there about a year and then lived at EDWIN TAYLORS - has had a child since - husband had no intercourse with her during this time - she never returned - never exchanged a word in 4 years WM DAVIS proves conversation of GRAY and wife when she refused to move with him 4. HOLLAND HARRISON and DURANT H. WHITE Divorce Lenoir County - they married about the year 1822 - lived with his father RIDGON WHITE for 2 months then went into housekeeping on old man WHITE'S land in Jones County - lived there 1 to 2 years - he was frequently bad company - had a habit of drunkness - his property all sold - his wife went to live with her fahter SIMMONS HARRISON in JONES - lived three 4 or 5 months - his conduct bad - drinking and whoring - SIMMONS HARRISON let them live on his plantation 1 1/2 or 2 miles off - lived there 8 to 10 months - he then rented from JOHN GILBERT for one year - HARRISON furnished him with a Negro boy and girl - made no crop - after a year he carried his wife to her father on the death of her oldest child - he has used violence towards her, pulling her hair - he tried to drown her in the Trent 1818 - alimony allowed 5. March 1832 - JACOB PARROTT vs JESSE CANADY Patent to THOS LEWIS in 1742 THOM LEWIS sold to DAVID HEARTFIELDS - 100 acres in 26 January 1761 - DAVID HEARTSFIELD sold to JNO CANADY on 10 October 1766 (DAVID was father of JESSE) - JNO CANADY left land to JESSE CANADY by will --- PARROTT Claims land under same deed to HEARTSFIELD - D. HEARTSFIELD to WILLIAM ARNOLD - ARNOLD to MRS. PARROTT wife of Plff by will Run of the branch is disputed Listed on the back of the document were ? TAYLOR, CLAR. WESTBROOK, JNO KENNEDY SENR - deposition, LEML WESTBROOK, MOSES WESTBROOK - deposition, MAT CARR, BENJ PARROTT, THOS HOOD - deposition, J. ? CROOM, THO HOOD - deposition, JNO B. KENNEDY NOTE: Although the name WILLIAM ARNOLD was written ARNOLD, this would have been ARENDALL 6. Oct 30 or 38 - GARDNER JONES husband of PATSEY THO. DAIL had a will and died about 14 years ago - gave all his property to JOHN & ANN ??? -hard to read - during their lives and after death of JOHN to his other children. THOMAS DAIL and MRS. DAIL were exec - acres divided according to the will --- one Negro and land - after JOHN'S death the girls to have $500 out of that - guardians have had possession of property - JNO is now of age --- $1400 to be divided among heirs (Patsey's children got none) - Executor lived in Greene County - PATSEY'S children want their share - her children were AVA is 23 and JEMINA is 21 BOX 6.26 - COURT RECORDS ETC FOLDER #1 1. BARNEY MEMORANDOM - 16 October 1819 Back of Document - Executors ?? of ?? PETTIGREW ?? STEPHEN LASSITERS wife and the widow of BURWELL WESTBROOK sisters & Lem. ?? WESTBROOK brother of the ?? Isham This STEPHEN LASSITER married the sister of a certain ISHAM UZZLE formerly of that County but removed to Sumner County about the year 1804 or 5 & brought with him a Negro wench named RACHEL and several of her children - this RACHEL came by his wife ANNY BLACKMAN the daughter of a certain COL WILLIAM BLACKMAN also of that County --- BLACKMAN'S first wife was a daughter of a COL. WM. McKINNEY of Wayne County from whom he got PHILLIS, the mother of RACHEL as a marriage portion - PHILLIS lived & died with BLACKMAN & her daughter, RACHEL, was sent by BLACKMAN when nearly grown to COL McKINNEY who raised his grandaughter, ANNY, until she was married to UZZEL as before stated 5 or 6 years ago --- after UZZLES marriage - old McKINNEY makes a will by which he devises RACHEL & her increase to UZZELLS children. UZZELL sells the property to me & then combines with his children who sell ? for & recover their Negres by virture of McKINNEY'S will --- the fact I wish to establish is that PHYLLIS mother of RACHEL was notaroiusly considered in that County a gift to BLACKMAN and her daughter, RACHEL, was also considered a gift to UZZELL on his marriage so that by law McKINNEY had no right to the Negroes & consequently could not devise them. Should it become necessary for me to establish these facts of gift, I wish to employ some attorney who practices in this County & would procure depositions to support these facts. ----- Signed by R. D. ??? BARNEY P. S. MRS. LASSITER has a sister SUSANNAH WESTBROOK living in GREENE COUNTY 2. WHITCHARD vs WILLIAMS NOTE: This appears to be Greene County according to the names - first names are not given WHITCHARD married WILLIAM'S daughter - WILLIAMS caused a separation - several people gave depositions - MRS. CROOM was present at the wedding about 1822 - WILLIAMS living in Washington Co, Georgia but was in NC that day and did not attend the wedding - MRS. WHITCHARD went to Georgia 2 years later --- she left her father & lived with her first (sic) husband --- WHITCHARD tried to cut her throat Depositions given (none attached) by HY BEST, ROBIN BEST, SHAD DIXON, THO. HOUSE, WM. MURPHY, WM. MOORE, MARY WILLAIMS, OBED DIXON, JAS GRIMSLEY There was a child 3. WM. BRIGHT and COBB vs JAMES BRIGHT NOTE: I requested a copy of this and did not abstract. Upon returning home discovered the copy had not been made 4. Notes on Depositions in case WOOTEN and ALDRIDGE vs THOMAS ALDRIDGE WM. ALDRIDGE called JESSE WOOD to be WIT to a deed JAMES BROWN - found paper after his death (this is not clear whose death) Deposition by DEMSEY WOOD and JNO W. TAYLOR JNO ?? EXUM was guardian to sister of THOS ALDRIDGE - came to Co. Wm. ALDRIDGE heir to C. In reading these very sketchy notes it appears (and my interpretation could be wrong) - that WM. ALDRIDGE gave a deed with life estate to THOMAS ALDRIDGE on 29 Oct 1823 - THOS was to receive the land upon WILLIAM'S death - deed was proved on February 27 - no year - after WILLIAM died. The widow had the land and she appears to have sold it to WOOTEN which she could not do. WOOTENS first name was never given. 5. AMOS W. SIMMONS adm of estate of his mother, ELIZ. SIMMONS - March 1822 - JONES COUNTY FOLDER II 1. Petition of FREDERICK BLOUNT, MARY E., CAROLINE, ALEXANDER C. & HERITAGE, children of FREDERICK BLOUNT, dec by RACHEL is wife & their mother FREDERICK d 5 September 1823 and had a will - JOHN WHITFIELD is exec but he has so much debt, we want him removed 2. THO. ALDRIDGE, Senr lent to his daughter a (sic) certain Negroes - after their deaths he gave the Negroes to his heirs. JA. WIGGINS, the husband of one of sd ALDRIDGE's daughters was in debt. BLOUNT COLEMAN obtains judgement on the Negroes & sells them for WIGGINS debt. The constable promised WILLIAM Y. ALDRIDGE ex to THOS ALDRIDGE'S will a refundary bond but failed to give bond. One of the Negroes has been sold to a different person and taken her out of state and sold her. Can anything be done to secure these Negroes to the heirs of SUSANNA WIGGINS the wife of JAS. WIGGINS? WILLIAM Y. ALDRIDGE adm of EDWARD CREECH dec sold the perishable estate not exceeding $400. The committee gave the widow $120 for want of enough provisions - pd a note of $52 - another note of $545.62 with a credit of $295. Two of ALDREDGE'S own Negroes were sold to pay debt. ALDREDGE should not have to pay debt. Signed by THO. HOOD, adm NOTE: HOOD appears to be the Adm of WILLIAM Y. ALDREDGE who must be dead WIT W. I. H. BRYAN 3. The controlling questions is how is HARRISON'S patent correctly located - Patent of 30 January 1773 THO HARRISON conveyed to son, BENJ. On 17 Nov 1779 BENJAMIN HARRISON conveyed to BENJAMIN SHEPPARD in Jan 88 (assume this was 1788) - plus another tract of 400 acres adj WM. DAWSON ?? BENJAMIN SHEPPARD sold to RD. CROOM on 7 Dec 1793 including the HARRISON PATENT SUSAN CROOM, heir & child of RD. CROOM got all the lands on WS Bear Creek deeded to RICHARD CROOM by BENJ SHEPPARD A deed from TINKER and wife on 27 December 1830 to Plff - declares same land SUSAN received as part of RD. CROOM'S estate There is some question to the boundary RICHARD (no surname) in 1802 had 2 infant daughters NOTE: According to Doris Croom Outlaw's work, Richard Croom had 2 daughtesr including Susan who md Dr. Harris Tinker. Richard Croom's will was probated in Wayne Co, NC FOLDER IV 1. Part of this is found in another folder already abstracted but I have not put them together in the event a researcher wishes to look at the original. PARROTT vs KENNEDY May be WM. LEWIS not THOMAS - 7 May 1742 100 acres NS Neuse - patent to WM LEWIS of 7 May 1742 LEWIS conveyed to DAVID HEARTSFIELD on 26 Jan 1761 DAVID HEARTSFIELD conveyed to WM. ARUNDALL on 5 April 1774 - Sandy Run adj JOHN KENNEDY - 80 acres Will of ARENDALL July Term 1822 - daughter CLARISSA HOOD, daughter PEARCY PARROTT wife of Plant. JESSE KENNEDY in possession of land - boundary line needs to be settled 2. JACOB KORNEGAY md BETSY WIGGINS - they had 5 children - BETHANY, ROBERT, MARGARET, MARSHALL, BRYAN - after JACOB died she conveyed land to BRYAN - she then married NATHAN FAIL and had one child, CAROLINE - and died. JOHN SMITH married BETHANY - 625 acres in Wayne on Falling Creek ws given to BRYAN - adj FARNEY MANLY & PROBATE ?? COLLIER - BRYAN and ROBERT KORNEGAY are dead --- JACOB KORNEGAY also had 1400 or 1500 acres in Duplin and two tracts in Wayne on Falling Creek NOTE: Christine Grimes sent the following URL which has documentation to prove that Jacob Kornegay was the son of George Kornegay (1735-1808) who was married twice. First, and mother of his children Margaret (Downing) Lullum, born in England. He married second, in 1802, Mourning (Stevens) Wiggins, widow of Willis Wiggins, of Wayne County, N. C., and mother-in-law of Jacob Kornegay (D 1815) as well as step-mother. Elizabeth (Betsy) Wiggins was the daughter of Willis Wiggins. NC, Lenoir County, Document Collections: John Heritage Bryan part 2 Lenoir Co. Slaves From JOHN HERITAGE BRYAN COLLECTION - PC 6 - NC Archives, Raleigh, NC There are three Bryan Collections that I am aware of in North Carolina - Southern Historical Collection, NC Archives in Raleigh, and Special Collections at Duke. Most of the information comes from the papers of James Bryan who married Rachel Heritage and their descendants. Both of their sons, John Heritage and James, were well known in Craven County and across the state. John Heritage Bryan was an attorney and had clients in neighboring counties and up and down the eastern seaboard. The family was well connected to every prominent family in eastern North Carolina and through personal correspondence many families can be traced. Every descendant well into the twentieth century kept every scrap of paper they ever owned, both personal and business. There are numerous scrapbooks kept by the wives. I have started the Collection at both UNC and the NC Archives. The former is 40 feet of material and may never be finished. Because the papers are spread out in so many places, it makes working with them difficult from the standpoint, one sees mention of the same legal cases in both Collections. The papers at the Archives are frustrating because there are so many notes that refer to see attached will or deed and said will or deed is not attached which means it could be in any of the Collections in another folder. There are many notes on scraps of papers and that is just what they are - notes which may or may not make sense. The Collections are being culled primarily for two reasons - to abstract any Dobbs, Greene or Lenoir County papers with genealogical information and to abstract any documents that might pertain to the early Bryan family which will be used by the Bryan research group. Because of the latter, there are many Craven and Jones references in these notes. There are numerous Lenoir County Court Dockets in the Collection which will be typed later for a separate file. My thanks to Ed Morris and the staff at the NC Archives for their assistance. Folder 2 3. Partial will of WILLIAM TULL of Lenoir Co I lend to my daughter, SUSANNAH UZZELL one Negro girl named Dina and her increase - for her life - then to my 3 grandchildren - WILLIAM, SUSAN, and JAMES UZZELL - 13 Sept 1822 Other side says a part of a copy of TULL'S WILL - SUSANNAH was wife of JAS. UZZELL at time of death of WM. TULL the Testator - SUSANNAH and JOS. HERRING adm upon the death of JAS UZZELL 4. Negroes belonging to estate of ROBERT WITHERINGTON sold to lowest (sic) bidder by ABNER WITHERINGTON his admins - all sold to RICHARD WITHERINGTON - Negroes were Nicey and 2 children, Sook and 2 children, Fanny and 2 children, Sook and 3 children, Nicy and 2 children FOLDER - DIVISION OF SLAVES 1. MATHEW NEALE settled with JAMES BRYAN on 26 April 1794 - JAMES BRYAN, son of COL JOHN BRYAN, sold a negro left by will of FRANCIS DAWSON and another slave to be purchased for his wife, EUNICE DAWSON now EUNICE NEAL - Craven FOLDER - DEEDS, LAND PAPERS 1. To all people to whom present, I LEWIS JERNIGAN of county of Johnston - for love and affection for daughter WINIFRED JERNIGAN - bedboard, furniture, two Negroes - man by the name of TIMBRAC and HARRY - after my death WIT JAS STRICKLAND, Wm. BIZZELL FOLDER - ANSWERS TO BILLS 1. Answer of ELIZABETH WARD & WILLIE WARD to Bill of Complaint of GIDEON WARD. NEEDHAM WARD had a will probated in Greene County. NEEDHAM WARD was exec and Negro's were delivered to defendant ELIZABETH WARD - Negroes were ESTHER, SHERROD, TITUS, HARRIET & MARY - ELIZABETH did not try to deprive complainant of his estate - she did not intend to carry out of state Pitt County - no date but also went to Wayne County Court on 1 April 1840 BOX 6.26 - COURT RECORDS ETC FOLDER #1 1. BARNEY MEMORANDOM - 16 October 1819 Back of Document - Executors ?? of ?? PETTIGREW ?? STEPHEN LASSITERS wife and the widow of BURWELL WESTBROOK sisters & Lem. ?? WESTBROOK brother of the ?? Isham This STEPHEN LASSITER married the sister of a certain ISHAM UZZLE formerly of that County but removed to Sumner County about the year 1804 or 5 & brought with him a Negro wench named RACHEL and several of her children - this RACHEL came by his wife ANNY BLACKMAN the daughter of a certain COL WILLIAM BLACKMAN also of that County --- BLACKMAN'S first wife was a daughter of a COL. WM. McKINNEY of Wayne County from whom he got PHILLIS, the mother of RACHEL as a marriage portion - PHILLIS lived & died with BLACKMAN & her daughter, RACHEL, was sent by BLACKMAN when nearly grown to COL McKINNEY who raised his grandaughter, ANNY, until she was married to UZZEL as before stated 5 or 6 years ago --- after UZZLES marriage - old McKINNEY makes a will by which he devises RACHEL & her increase to UZZELLS children. UZZELL sells the property to me & then combines with his children who sell ? for & recover their Negres by virture of McKINNEY'S will --- the fact I wish to establish is that PHYLLIS mother of RACHEL was notaroiusly considered in that County a gift to BLACKMAN and her daughter, RACHEL, was also considered a gift to UZZELL on his marriage so that by law McKINNEY had no right to the Negroes & consequently could not devise them. Should it become necessary for me to establish these facts of gift, I wish to employ some attorney who practices in this County & would procure depositions to support these facts. ----- Signed by R. D. ??? BARNEY P. S. MRS. LASSITER has a sister SUSANNAH WESTBROOK living in GREENE COUNTY NC, Lenoir, Collections, John Heritage BRYAN Collection III PART 111 - JOHN HERITAGE BRYAN COLLECTION Part three completes the John Heritage Bryan Collection at the Archives for documents that pertain to Dobbs, Greene and Lenoir Counties. Abstracted by Martha Mewborn Marble - November 2000 PC 6.25 - Court Records - Folder 1 NOTE: This is an addition for this box and is for Wayne County May 1827 - Edward Bass died about 1802 with a will - left land in unequal portions to his children - gave largest share to John, Andrew, Wm , and Uriah, dec. He advanced Richard also by deed, 94 (56 written above) acres - Richard died in 1807 leaving three children viz Elizabeth wife of Tho Boyt of Tenn, Sarah wife of Wm Jacobs of Tenn and Edward of Tenn. Edward was under age and Elisha Boyt who married the widow of his father --- not readable, maybe the executor ? John sold his share to Sarah Bass his mother and died in Alabama 6 or 7 years ago having Uriah Bass - Polly - Betsy, Sally - Ann - Keziah and Richard (sic) all minors - in Alabama Andrew Bass lives in Johnston and sold his shares to W. Hall Wm. Bass lives in Wayne and has not disposed of his share Mary wife of Britton Hood of Wayne Keziah wife of John Cox of Wayne Sarah Bass widow of Edward died Jany 1826 having the same heirs In her lifetime, besides the tract bought of John, the title which has failed - she bought a tract of John McKinnie, one of Richard Bass her son - and two other tracts for which she paid the money and the deed was taken to her son William - which is taken ??? by other heirs to be an advancement The lands of Edw. Bass - a tract where he resided about 300 acres - ES Falling Creek - another tract about 30 acres adj lands of Jesse Overman and heirs of Sarah Bass dec - the 94 (marked through and 56 inserted) conveyed to Richard; tract of 257 acres adj Pearce Brogden and Mat Brogden LANDS OF SARAH BASS One tract of 70 acres ES of Falls Creek - adj lands of heirs of Edw. Bass - another tract bought of Richard Bass about 50 acres - another tract bought of John Bass of 200 acres undivided the land devised to John Bass from Ed. Bass his father and was conveyed to sd Sarah by Jno Bass (the two tracts ones bought of her of Ben. Wilkins)- about 100 acres conveyed to her son Wm - another tract about 70 acres bought by her of ?? Stanton and conveyed to her son William The entitle Britton Hood & Al petition for partition of lands of Edward Bass and Sarah Bass END OF DOCUMENT PC Box 6.25 Folder 2 Hannah Mozingo vs Nathan Lassiter and Wm. Waters NL and WW came to ptffs house in June or July 1830 or 29 - before day - pulled the door down - pulled two logs out of the house - Waters shook the stick and threatened her - next day a warrant for negro trading was served on her Witnesses were Harriet Mozingo - 17 years of age Anne Mozingo - 13 years of age Trial for Negro trading was 4th or 5th of July - plff fined $100 - In Oct. N. Lassiter and Wm. Waters came at night about 1 oclock - began to drive hogs - Lassiter beat her with a switch - Rouse rode up and took possession of hogs next day - pushed her violently Harriet Mozingo, Ann Mozingo and Betsy Williamssaw Lassiter beat her - heard Waters abuse her Alex. Mozingo, Wm. Mozingo saw Rouse shove her violently END OF DOCUMENT PC Box 6.25 Folder 2 Smith vs Smith - 21 January 1839 Appears to be a dispute over a land boundary and 2 white oaks and may be Wayne County Appears to a deposition of Micajah Herring Mentions - Harrison patent, E. Smith saw the survey, deed from Ben. Shepard to Croom includes Harrison pat. Appears to be deposition of Elijah Smith Zach. H. proved two white oaks, mentions corner of Harrison and Dawson land 20 year ago when Wm. Howell approved it; old Wm Smith was agent of Tucker and Tucker and said land went to the road, Rob. Smith cut down land and corner trees, old Billy Vincette said corner higher than Mill swamp Deposition of Taylor Smith Old William Smith made a will, William said he knew some of the land he was cutting belonged to Tucker, Mentions a Patent to Wm. Smith in 1810 - 50 acres adj Wm Dawson, Rd. Croom Will of William Smith gave land to son Rob Smith Rd. Croom died in 1802 before Wm. Smith took out patent Patent to William Dawson for 100 acres in 1793 END OF DOCUMENT PC Box 6.25 Folder 3 John H. Dawson, dec - had creditors - may have died ca 1842 - not sure - indebted to Whitmel Kearney, Ja Ruffin ??, Saul William, W. K. Williams - Dawson had a large estate of land and slaves - he conveyed a track to Mrs. Jones his interest in right of wife in the estate if K. Taylor - mentions William Dawson END OF DOCUMENT PC Box 6.25 Folder 3 Will of Jno. Mooring devised to Jesse Morring - objected to Wm J. Newbern to Willie Bond on 6 Feb 1828 - 50 acres Bond to Brown in Feb 1837 6 Feb 38 - Newbern to Brown all except piece to Brown - land in dispute - no indication where Newbern got land by Sheriffs sale on May 29, 1827 BOX 6.27 - typed copies of hand written letter found else where 1. Isaac Hathaway to John H. Bryan - 1 March 1826 - from Trenton Regarding suit between John B. Harget and myself as adm of Joseph Bryan, dec - Negro claimed by Harget under parole gift to his wife by her grandfather John Bryan In 1795 Mrs. Bryan, wife of the deceased in whose stead I now stand, and her daughter Zilpha then a small child was at old Mr. Bryan's the grandfather of Zilpha. Zilpha had lost her hurse and old Mr. Bryan said he would give her a nurse, a negro girl, Lavina. Lavina is still in the family of Joseph Bryan. Zilpha md John B. Harget. Lavina had 7 children and she and two of her children, Franky and Rachel, were give to Zilpha as her equal part of her father's estate. Harget has all of slaves now END OF DOCUMENT John Williams to John Heritage Bryan - 27 October 1828 - Was in Greene Co, his native state - now lives in Georgia. Appointed Joseph Rasberry his attorney. Mentioned executors of Joseph Rouse, James Rouse and James H. Hooker --does not give name of Executors) END OF DOCUMENT BOX 6.23 FOLDER - US DISTRICT COURT Bryan Croom of Fla vs Henrietta Smith - regarding a debt - no additional information FOLDER - BILLS OF COMPLAINT, PETITIONS 1. James Brooks of Pitt had will - sons John and William - daughter Mary Wilson and William Wilson her husband - they got Negro - mentioned grandchildren including Elizabeth Mills who was Elizabeth Wilson daughter of Mary - Elizabeth md Frederick Mills - who d 1820 or 24 - they had several children who are named and were suing for increase of Negro - James Brooks died in 1800 ? Information sent to Roger for Pitt Co END OF DOCUMENT Court of Equity, County of Wayne Bryan Minshew, Aquilla Minshew and John Minshew minors by their guardian, John Exum against William Minshew, Jess Minshew, John Pool and Deborah his wife and Henry Martin and Mary his wife of Wayne Henry Edwards of Greene Co died instate All above are grandchildren of Henry except William James Minshew dec was father and guardian of grandchildren - wish estate of Edward to be divided.. James Minshew died in 1841 William Minshew was Adm of James' estate and a partial settlement of Edwards estate been made - large balance still due. Plus James had estate END OF DOCUMENT Lenoir Court - July Term - 1828 - Administrators Bond Joel Hines, Joseph Everett, Thomas Rouse, James Davis son of Windal, John Davis, Wm. McKinny, Joseph Pearce and Windal Davis, Jr - bound to Gov. Iredell for $50,000. Condition - July Term 1828 the purported will of Benjamin Burns late of the county brought to probate by Nathan B. Whitfield and Edmond Whitfield, claiming to be executors. A caveat entered by Nancy Burns, widow and Jesse McCotter and Charlotte his wife and probate is contested. Joel Hines has been appointed Administrator for the time being END OF DOCUMENT County of Lenoir - Bill of Complaint of Richard Croom and Weniford his wife and of Nathan B. Whitfield, guardian of Weniford and of Mary Ann Whitfield, a minor - against Charles Westbrook and Hardy Croom executors of William Croom In 1817 Bryan Whitfield late of county died leaving a will and a codicil all admitted to probate in 1817. Bryan Whitfield appt Bryan Whitfield, Jr and William Croom as Adm. Then Bryan Jr. died (date not given) leaving William Croom as Adm. On 10 April 1820 William Croom said he was in danger of being injured by carring out his duties. Defendants want money and interest NOTE; Appears there was more in these notes but they are not attached END OF DOCUMENT LENOIR Co Ruffin Grainger, Fred. Baker and William B. Kilpatrick Administrators Bond Ruffin Grainger Adm of Mary Coleman - Nov Term 1835 END OF DOCUMENT FOLDER - BILLS OF COMPLAINTS, PETITIONS Court of Please and Quarter Sessions - Nov Term 1828 - Craven Co Petition of John Hall and Nancy his wife, formerly Nancy Witherington, widow of Gideon Witherington - her late husband possessed at his death in Feby 1826 a tract in Craven Co on Beaver Dam Creek adj lands of William Williams and Richard Richardson and John L. Durant of 100 acres - at Feby Term 1826 goods and chattels of Gideon granted to your petitioners. He left one child named Mary and Williams appointed guardian of Mary. Petitioner thinks she should be allowed dower Rest missing END OF DOCUMENT Court in Craven County Petition of Reading Tuton and Ferraby his wife, Guilford Gaskins and Serena Gaskins and Farnifold Gaskins - Serena and Furnifold being minors and Guilford is guardian - - Adam Gaskins late of Craven Co departed this life 22 August 1834 leaving Elizabeth his widow, and the said Feraby, Stephen Gaskins, Louisa wife of William Barrington, Guilford, Serena and Farnifold Gaskins, his children - Adam had two tracts of land on ES Swift Creek - 490 acres for one and 50 acres for the other which descended to the children subject to dower of Elizabeth They are tenants in common and desire to have land partitioned - Elizabeth had refused to partition END OF DOCUMENT Craven County - Thomas Austin died Oct 1842 leaving siblings and their heirs - including children of a sister - Nancy, Alexander, and Frances Chestnut - very lengthy and I do not see the name of the sister END OF DOCUMENT Court in Greene County - complaint of Henry Edwards On 11 February 1817 - John Glasgow and Sophia his wife for $2,66 sold Edwards 1/3 part of tract in Greene County on ES Cotentney Creek being part of larger tract patented to Henry Chadwick on 3 March 1731 - 320 acres - also 1/3 of another tract of 250 acres adj above tract and Abraham Sheppard, George Woolf, the creek, being lands of father of Sophia, William Sheppard. On 14 February 1817 Sophie was examined - appears Sophia was under 21 years of age - after death of John she tried to reclaim the land END OF DOCUMENT Lenoir County - Complaint of Lenoir Lassiter of Lenoir County - desires to purchase a tract of land in Greene Co - Gray Westbrook in possession of said land - Westbrook said land in title of Richard Heidleburg but Westbrook had right to sell the land but rumored part of the land was the dower of Susannah Westbrook, mother of Gray - Lemuel Byrd and Polly Dixon could prove this not the case - agreed on price of $1800 - with note due on Jan 1825 - tract of 160 acres - NS Wheat Swamp - SS Contentnea creek - beginning at mouth of Creek - part of a tract Burrell Westbrook willed to his son Gray - another tract adj Craven Lassister and Blaney Harper adj to above tract, part of a tract that Gray Westbrook bought of Lewis Stanley of 40 acres --- land to be possessed by Silvester Brown to meet a note that Brown held by Heidleburg - appears Brown held a mortgage so title not clear - also Susannah Westbrook claims land of dower - at least 20 acres including the house. No date for Greene Court but filed in Lenoir on 4 September 1824 END OF DOCUMENT Greene Court - 3 February 1827 Petition of Elizabeth Aldridge of Greene - on February 1827 William Aldridge late of Greene Co died intestate without issue leaving widow Elizabeth and brothers and sisters viz Betsy Aldridge, a sister, Nancy Britt wife of John Britt, also a sister of Greene County and Thomas and Nancy Aldridge infant children of John Aldridge who was a brother and John Exum is their guardian, Winifred Randal wife of Matthew Randal another child of said John dec brother to William, Capa ?? Faircloth wife of Kinchin Faircloth of Wayne County a sister of William Aldridge and Polly Aldridge and Gracey Barrow wife of Henry Barrow, and Thomas Aldridge - sisters and brothers of William Aldridge dec and gone to parts unknown NOTE: It not clear who had moved but it indicates Polly Aldridge, Gracey Barrow and Thomas Aldredge are the ones who left the area. Said William had a tract on NS Bear Creek, Hullet ?? Branch adj William Hinson, Drewry Aldridge, Henry Smith - 800 acres - Elizabeth entitled to Dower and wishes this alloted to her - Dempsey Wood is Adm of estate - ordered a jury to petition for dower END OF DOCUMENT FOLDER HENRY CO, ALABAMA Elijah Franck vs John Jones - 1843 - Elijah was living in Henry Co, Ala NOTE; He was probably from the Jones Co Franck family. JAMES CROOM TO JOHN H. BRYAN John Heritage Bryan Collection - PC 6 - Box 27 Salisbury April 4th 1826 My dear Bryan. Upon my return to Lenoir after an absence of several weeks, I was much gratified to find a letter with an accompanying pamphlet of great interest from you. I had then to post off immediately for this place and postponed writing you ' till I reached here. As to the Lenoir people or rather the people of 'old Lenoir' I don't know that I can tell any thing which will much interest you. They are moving down the current of life in the same uniform, industrious plodding way that they always have, nothing excited, but much depressed by the gloom of the Cotton Market. General Croom has settled Bryan in Florida and Hardy intends residing in NewBern again. Nat Smith has purchased Mrs. Devereux' house in town and Hardy is to occupy the homestead. Rumor says that old Johnny Washington is also to become a town gentleman and young John is to marry Miss Bond of Raleigh. The Lenoir people are not insensible by any means to your patriotic exertions in Congress and think very highly of your talks. I trust you will think me sincere when I congratulate you on your two efforts which are all I have seen and allow me to say that I think they do you great credit. They have gone the rounds in this State. On my way here I fell in with many of our old friends. I saw Hawks in Raleigh. He says he is reaping a rich harvest of fees and has fine prospects. I met with A. H. Shephard at Lexington in company with 16 other lawyers and the Court a moderate one. What a prospect! I find the bar much more crowded here than below but I believe the business is nearly in proportion. David Caldwell our old classmate is doing very well indeed. Mrs. Croom was quite well when I left home and begged me to send her best respects when I wrote you. Be so good as to remember me kindly to Mr. Pearson and tell him as soon as the Court adjourns at this place I will write him. Do let me hear from you again shortly. I shall be at home about the 20th Inst. Very Cordially your friend, Ja. Croom