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Marble May 2000. ================================================================= ADDIE HERRING DARDEN COLLECTION Private Collection #1380 - Found at the North Carolina Archives, Raleigh, NC. I would like to thank Ed Morris and the staff of the Search Room for their support and assistance. JOHN HERRING JR TO JOHN HERRING SR NOTE: Instrument torn and partially destroyed 1 January 1753 - I, JOHN HERRING JR of New Hanover County to JOHN HERRING SR of Johnston - 1000 pds sterling ---- payment to JOHN HERRING to him or his three son or their heirs that is to say SIMON HERRING, JOSHUA HERRING or BENJAMIN HERRING. Condition is JOHN HERRING JR --- have any right to Negro woman called JANE and her increase (The Negro woman the JOHN HERRING JUN bought of THEOPHILIS PUGH merchant of Virginia by a Bill of Sale JOHN HERRING had from sd PUGH) but his father is true owner of Negro - right side of document missing at this point - --- to support his wife during their life --- other three brothers WIT JOHN WIGGINS, THOMAS COOC ?, HENRY ROBERTS ? END OF DOCUMENT NC SURVEY for JOSHUA HERRING 27 April 177? Maybe 1770 - Survey for Joshua Herring - tract of 125 acres in Dobbs - ES Bear Creek adj himself, JOHN ROWSE, BOOTHE MOZINGOES SIGNED ? Markland, surveyor CB JOHN ROUSE, WM TAYLER END OF DOCUMENT DEED OF GIFT - JOSHUA HERRING TO EDWARD MATCHETT HERRING NOTE: Instrument very faded 30 December 1780 - Greetings - I, JOSHUA HERRING of Dobbs for love and affection to my son EDWARD MATCHETT HERRING --- give a tract in Dobbs Co - NS Neuse, ES Bear Creek being part of 200 acres patented by JOHN HERRING dated 7 June 1739 and part of 150 acres patented by RICHARD BYRD by patent 17 March 1741 and part of 75 acres patented by me the said JOSHUA HERRING by patent on 3 October 1755 and part of 125 acres patented by sd JOSHUA HERRING by date 15 Dec 1778 and bounded as follows - adj little apple orchard on NS of my mill pond in first mentioned patent line --- through plantation where I now live to HENRY TAYLOR'S line in sd land patented by RICHARD BYRD, Huckesberry pond, BAKERS old field, near Meeting House - 300 acres - the Meeting House and 1/4 acre excluded --- WIT JNO DAWSON, FRANCIS MAXWELL, 3rd name not readable To Dobbs Court Jan Term 1781 - M Caswell, Clk Enrolled Liber C page 199 6 Jan 1781 - Sam. Caswell, Regr END OF DOCUMENT DEED OF GIFT - ELIZABETH HERRING TO SONS No date - I, ELIZABETH HERRING of Lenoir Co for natural love and affection to my beloved sons WILLIAM HERRING, JOSHUA HERRING and HENRY HERRING --- give all my estate right and title in Dower in two tracts that EDWARD MATCHETT HERRING, my dec husband was possessed of --- ES Bear Creek --- one tract by deed from JOSHUA HERRING to his son EDWARD MATCHET HERRING on 30 December 1780 - includes a part of a grant to JOHN HERRING for 200 acres on 7 June 1739; part of a grant to RICHARD BYRD for 150 acres on 17 March 1741; part of a grant to JOSHUA HERRING for 75 acres on 30 October 1755 and part of a grant to JOSHUA HERRING for 125 acres on 15 Dec 1778 --- little apple orchard on NS mill pond in JOHN HERRING's patent, through the plantation to MATTHEW MOSELEY (rest of this line gone) that pattent line --- 300 acres; other tract conveyed by deed from said JOSHUA HERRING to his son EDWARD MATCHET HERRING on 18 August 1791 - 5 acres part of aforesaid tract of 150 acres granted to RICHARD BYRD 17 March 1741 including dwelling and outhouses where I now live --- this is all of the document but there appears to have been another page which is gone. END OF DOCUMENT INDENTURE - JOSHUA HERRING TO WILLIAM HERRING NOTE: Instrument torn in several places 13 February 1809 - JOSHUA HERRING of Lenoir to WILLIAM HERRING of Lenoir - for - torn - two tracts - torn - JOSHUA HERRING - torn - HERRING, JOSHUA HERRING and HENRY HERRING sons of ELIZABETH HERRING and 1/3 of all lands MATCHET HERRING was seized of at his death, now undivided ---- 1/3 part estimated at 200 acres SIGNED - torn WIT - torn - WHITFIELD, L. WHITFIELD TO Court Lenoir Co April Term 1809 - C. WESTBROOK, Clk END OF DOCUMENT INDENTURE - JOSHUA HERRING TO SHADE WOOTEN ? November 1836 - HENRY HERRING, guardian to JOSHUA HERRING of Lenoir to SHADE WOOTEN and COUNCIL WOOTEN - rents and covants hereafter mentioned --- tract with mills - 800 acres known as the plantation on which the late WILLIAM HERRING lived and died - ES Bear Creek --- for term of 6 years beginning 1 January 1837 --- for purpose of preparing next crop; not to be pastured by horses and cattle, to keep lands under good fence, not to commit waste; may use the mill --- $178 a year SIGNED SHADE WOOTEN, C. WOOTEN, HENRY HERRING END OF DOCUMENT INDENTURE - HENRY HERRING TO WILLIAM HERRING 8 February 1812 - HENRY HERRING of Greene to WILLIAM HERRING of Lenoir -- $1200 --- 1/3 part of 2 tracts in Lenoir - ES Bear Creek being 1/3 part of land given by JOSHUA HERRING by will to WILLIAM, JOSHUA and HENRY HERRING sons of EDWARD MATCHETT HERRING and 1/3 part of all the land of MATCHETT HERRING - 200 acres WIT ALESE MOSELEY, JOSHUA MOSELEY October Court 1813 on oath of ALEXANDER MOSELEY C. WESTBROOK, Clk