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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