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This file was contributed by: Martha Mewborn Marble July 1999 ========================================================================== COMBINED DEEDS WAIT AND LEONA HARDY HINES COLLECTION - NC Archives - PC 240.1 Abstracted by Martha Mewborn Marble Most of the documents in this Collection actually belonged to Wait's father, James Madison Hines BOX 240.1 FOLDER - JAMES HINES Sr. AND WAIT HINES - 1839 - 1889 1. SELL OF NEGRO 21 January 1839 - Secured of JAMES M. HINES - $100.00 for Negha man by name of WHILPEL (?) about 36 years of age signed by E. COBB WIT ELISHA PIPKIN 2. SELL OF NEGRO 15 December 1848 - Wayne County - Received of JAMES M. HINES - $450.00 for Negro girl about twelve years old by name of MANDA signed - JOHN HOLMES WIT J. J. BAKER, BENJ. HERRING 3. HIRE OF NEGRO 1 December 1850 - Twelve months after date we or either of us promise to pay JOHN EVERITT, Guardian to JANE BEST, minor of BRIGHT BEST, dec - $51.00 for the hire of WILLIAM - one year from date on 1 December 1851 --- to feed and cloth said Negro well viz three shirts, 3 pairs of pants one of them woolon, two roundabouts, one of them woolon, two pair of shoes, one pair stockings, one hat, one blanket; also we will not carry sd Negro out of State of NC, not send him by water, not work on railroad or ride horse races signed JOHN C. BROADHURST, JESSE J. BAKER, JAMES M. HINES 4. INDENTURE - MISC FOLDER - COTTON TO BARWICK - 1766 25 Nov 1766 - Indenture - JOHN COTTON of Dobbs to WILL. BARWICK of Craven (torn) - -- Six ---- pounds - tract in Dobbs County-NS Nuce River --- lower side of Falling Creek - upperside of White Marsh adj BOYLES (?), WILLIAMSON's patent, near mouth of Falling Creek --- 90 acres being a survey taken up by THOMAS WILLIAMSON signed by Mark WIT PHILIP STONE, WILLIAM (X) BARWICK, AUSTIN STONE July Court 1767 W. CASWELL, Clk Enrolled Liber MC No 2 page 10 & 11 - 16 March 1768 Received 25 November 1766 5. BILL OF SALE - W. R. HILL to D. A. HILL 14 March 1857 - I, W. R. HILL of Lenoir County for $1245 paid by D. A. HILL of Lenoir ---Negro woman and her two children - ALLEY, PATSY and JOHN signed with a Mark WIT J. C. HARTSFIELD, M. C. HILL To Court March Term 1857 N. HUNTER, Clk Enrolled 27 April 1857 - S. WHITE, Regt 6. PATENT TO RICHARD BYRD 20 October 1767 - Patent #457 - To RICHARD BYRD, County of Dobbs - 436 acres - ES Lower Falling Creek - beginning his own line - adj THOMAS WILLIAMS - (there is a note on the back that this was the HINES homestead in Institute Township signed by WILLIAM TRYON Enrolled 28 October 1767 BOX 240.2 1. SHERIFF'S SALE 3 May 1841 - Lenoir County - Sheriff to expose all of SHERWOOD BRYD's interest in the lands lived on. Whereas JOHN DAVIS Sheriff, having advertised the sum agreed to by law did on the first Monday in April 1841 bill the same to B. W. MITCHELL he being the last and highest bidder - sum of $75 being J. C. WASHINGTON's bid - MITCHELL to have and hold all SHERWOOD BYRD'S right title and interest in sd land lying in Falling Creek adj lands of JOHN S. ALDRIDGE JOHN DAVIS, Sheriff WIT RICHARD W. KING 2. INDENTURE - CHARLES H. HARPER TO BENJAMIN MITCHELL 20 December 1845 - CHARLES H. HARPER of Greene County to BENJAMIN MITCHELL of Lenoir - for $647.06 - a tract in Lenoir County, Falling Creek, drain of Jumping Run, SAMUEL THOMAS' corner, down creek, WILLIAMSON's patent line - 113 acres WIT HENRY H. HARPER, PARROTT MILL (?) 3. INDENTURE - B. W. MITCHELL TO BARNEY STANDLY 9 March 1848 - B. W. MITCHELL of Wayne county to BARNEY STANDLY of Wayne County - $730 - sell a tract in Lenoir County on Falling Creek - drain of Jumping Run, SAMUEL THOMAS' corner, Falling Creek, WILLIAMSON'S patent - 113 acres WIT Wm. W. LOFTIN, C. H. HARPER To Court - April Term 1849 on oath of Wm. LOFTIN W. C. LOFTIN, Clk Enrolled 26 May 1849 4. INDENTURE - QUIT CLAIM - WILLIAM ALDRIAGE TO JAMES M. HINES 30 December 1853 - WILLIAM ALDRIAGE to JAMES M. HINES for $1.00 - a tract NS Neuse, lower side of Falling Creek, patent line of WILLIAM CHAMBERLIN for 600 acres on 22 Nov 1746, Crosses Creek, BENJAMIN MITCHELL - $100 (sic) WIT THOMAS W. (X) DAWSON, W. H. Cunniggin To court March Term 1854 on oath of THOMAS W. DAWSON - N. HUNTER - Clerk Enrolled 1 April 1854 - STEPHEN WHITE, Regr 5. INDENTURE - QUIT CLAIM - W. H. CUNNINGGIM TO JAMES M. HINES 13 April 1857 - W. H. CUNNINGGIM, JR. of Lenoir County to JAMES M. HINES - for $56 - that part of land on the said HINES side of a agreed on line between HINES and CUNNINGGIM JR - run of Falling Creek to original line of said parties - 11 acres signed by Mark WIT C. WOOTEN, Wm. FIELDS To Court Jan Term 1858 N. HUNTER Enrolled 17 February AD 1858 6. INDENTURE - JOSHUA HERRING TO JAMES M. HINES 9 March 1853 - JOSHUA HERRING of Lenoir County to JAMES M. HINES - for $5,500 - a tract in Lenoir Co - NS Neuse, ES Falling Creek, NS Jumping Run, adj THOMAS W. DAWSON, BENJAMIN MITCHELL - 763 1/4 acres WIT BENAJAH HERRING To Court March Term 1853 - W. C. LOFTEN, Clk Enrolled 26 May 1853 - STEPHEN WHITE, Regt Re enrolled 21 day November 1885 - Book 7 page 383 - 384 7. INDENTURE -LEWIS W. HERRING TO JOSHUA HERRING 30 September 1852 - LEWIS W. HERRING of Carroll County in Miss. To JOSHUA HERRING of Lenoir County - $5000 - sell 789 acres in Lenoir, NS Neuse, Falling Creek, Jumping Run - conveyed to LOUIS W. HERRING by deed of Gift from his mother RACHEL HERRING in 1844 - adj MILLER BYRD, JESSE BYRD, THOMAS BYRD - for more details see deed from LEWIS' mother (sic) - part of 789 acres came to LEWIS by the WILL of his father, WILLIAM HERRING - WILLIAM HERRING purchased from MILLER BYRD in 1816 - land being part of two surveys - one granted to SAMUEL THOMAS in 1745 and the other to RICHARD BYRD 1764 - adj LEMUEL MEWBORN - another piece of land being a part of the 789 acres above mentioned which also came to me by the Will of my father, WILLIAM HERRING, which he purchased from WILLIAM GARNER (?) in 1819 - ES Falling Creek, NS Jumping Run --- another parcel - no description - altogether 789 acres in four parcels - 4th parcel purchased by WILLIAM HERRING from RASBERRY BYRD and THOMAS BYRD and left to me by WILL of father --- purchased by WILLIAM from BYRD 5 Jan 1815 - adj HERRING's line, WILLIAM GARNER'S corner, JESSE BYRD, dec. --- patent line granted to SAMUEL THOMAS Signed LOUIS W. HERRING WIT J. F. WOOTEN, J. E. HERRING 7. INDENTURE - BARNEY STANLY TO NANCY HINES 7 October 1854 - BARNEY STANLY of Duplin Co to NANCY HINES of Lenoir County -- $2000 --- a tract in Lenoir, waters of NS Falling Creek, adj JOHN S. ALDRIDGE, mouth of Jumping Run, SAMUEL, THOMAS, WILLIAMS patent line - 113 acres being land conveyed by B. W. MITCHELL to BARNEY STANLY WIT THOS. F. (X) PRIDGEN, B. W. (X) MITCHELL To Court Jan Term 1855 on oath of THOMAS F. PRIDGEN and BEN. W. MITCHELL N. HUNTER, CLk Enrolled 28 Feb 1855 S. WHITE, Regr Reenrolled 23 Nov 1885 - Book 7 pages 386 and 387 GEO. L. HODGES, Regis 8. DIVISION OF LANDS OF HENRY KENADY, DEC 10 December 1829 - Lay off and divide lands of HENRY KENADY, dec - Lot #1 - lands beginning at line of HENRY KENADY, JR., Miry Marsh then beginning at run of Falling Creek, intersects with Lot #1; then down Falling Creek --- then down Creek to first line and runs across the plantation which we call Lot #4, then down creek cross plantation we call Lot #5, then down creek across plantation for Lot #6, then down creek to back line (NOTE - lots are not clear and the description goes back and forth across the plantation a number of time) - next lot is #12 --- lots valued as follows #1 - $175 and pay Lot #11 $31.50 which was allowed to HENRY KENADY: Lot #2 valued at $112.50 and pays to Lot #12 $29 which was alloted to KENDAR CANADY; Lot #3 valued at $87 and pays lot #8, $75 and also pays Lot # (not readable) $1.75 where was drawn by SALLY SKINNER; lot #4 valued at $64.75 which was drawn by CANNON KENADY; Lot #5 valued at $95 drawn by BENJAMIN KENADY and pays to Lot #4 $11.50 (?_; Lot #6 valued at $66 and drawn by JOSHUA KENADY; Lot #7 valued at $100 and pay Lot #6 $16.50 drawn by P. KENADY: Lot #8 valued at $81.75 drawn by PATSY CREECH; LOT #9 valued at $92 allotted to SOLOMAN KENADY and pays to LOT #7 $ .75 and Lot #12 $2.00; Lot #10 valued at $86 drawn by NANCY SUGG and pays to Lot #11 $2.75; Lot #11 valued at $46 drawn by E. or C. CREECH; LOT #12 valued at $75 and drawn by S. KENADY signed JOHN S. ALDRIDGE and ?? HARTSFIELD Owner of Lot #8 referred at bottom of page as SUSANNAH AND SUSAN 9. DEED OF GIFT - RACHEL HERRING TO LOUIS W. HERRING 9 September 1844 - RACHEL HERRING of Lenoir Co. for natural love and affection to son, LOUIS W. HERRING, of Lenoir - give my title to a tract on waters of Falling Creek and Jumping Run where he now lives, sold to me by RICHARD and JNO BYRD in 1804 for $2000 --- part of four surveys - one granted to SAMUEL THOMAS, one to RICHARD BYRD, SENR, one to RICHARD BYRD - beginning MILLER BYRD'S corner, jumping run, JESSE BYRD, THOMAS BYRD - 380 acres WIT JOHN S. ALDRIDGE, C. M. VAIDEN To Court Oct Term 1844 on oath of JOHN ALDRIDGE - W. C. LOFTIN, Clk Enrolled - 11 November 1844 - JAS. E. METTS, Regr FOLDER - JOHN H. PEEBLES - ACCOUNTS, RECEIPTS, VOUCHERS 1. 9 Jany 1861 - I, Wm. D. COBB of WAYNE COUNTY -- $1000 pd by JNO. H. PEEBLES of Lenoir Co - negro boy named SLADE about 18 years old WIT W. A. CARNY 2. 8 November 1862 - JAMES WOOD, adm of BENJ. F. DAVIS, dec of Lenoir - $56 pd by JOHN H. PEEBLES - Negro slave, RALPH - about 65 years old WIT ALEX FIELDS 3. Several receipts of MRS. ANN C. PEEBLES on accts with St. Mary's - a school in Raleigh; also various receipts for medical, livestock, clothing etc - ca 1862 - 1863 4. Received Goldsboro Jan 22 1863 of JNO. H. PEEBLES-- $50 for rent of my house and lot that the said PEEBLES now occupies for 2 months ending 30 Feb 1863 Signed WM. B. FIELDS 5. WILL OF JOHN H. PEEBLES - see under WILLS MISC 1. TAXES OF JAMES M. HINES 22 September 1863 - Lenoir County - I, W. FIELDS, Sheriff, certify that JAS. M. HINES has listed and paid taxes on all his negro slaves including twenty slaves in Guilford County being forty eight in number WM. FIELDS, Sheriff by A. FIELDS, D. Sheriff I, N. HUNTER, Clk of Court, certify that Wm. FIELDS, Sheriff of said County and ALEX. FIELDS is his lawful Deputy 2. RECEIPT AND RELEASE 25 July 1839 - Received from JAMES M. HINES, my guardian, all my negroes and lands which were in his possession and also the sum of $4,125, the monies due me. I release JAMES M. HINES from all claims WILLIS PIPKIN WIT JAMES GRISWOLD 3. RECEIPT AND RELEASE 25 July 1839 - Received from JAMES M. HINES, my guardian, all my negroes and lands which were in his possession and also the sum of $4,125, the monies due me. I release JAMES M. HINES from all claims JESSE PIPKIN WIT JAMES GRISWOLD 4. RECEIPT AND RELEASE 25 July 1839 - Received from JAMES M. HINES, I WM. B EDMANSON husband of JULIA A. PIPKIN, her guardian, all her negroes and lands which were in his possession and also the sum of $4,125, the monies due her. I release JAMES M. HINES from all claims WM. B. EDMANSON WIT JAMES GRISWOLD 5. A series of tax receipts for taxes paid by JAMES M. HINES 6. SERIES OF PROMISSORY NOTES OWED TO JAMES M. HINES All payable to JAMES M. HINES unless otherwise noted 17 March 1860 - pay $25.50 six months after date - E. A. BROCK, HENRY BROCK, JOHN BROCK 22 December 1860 - pay $1.95 - JOHN BROCK 10 February 1860 - $25. 76 - ED BROCK 12 July 1861 - $2.20 - JAMES HEMBY 15 May 1861 - $17.50 - WILLIAM (X) ELMORE - WIT J. M. PATRICK 13 March 1866 - $18.00 - THOMAS (X) CROOM WIT JOHN SUGG 14 January 1882 - $91.69 - pay to L. ? A. WOOTEN guardian to J. Y. JOYNER - signed JAS. M. HINES, SR. 7. A SERIES OF BILLS PAID BY JAMES M. HINES - ALSO RECEIPTS PAID BY HINES LUMBER COMPANY 8. FOLDER - PEEBLES GUARDIAN FOR JOHN W. COBB - 1851 - 1863 JOHN H. PEEBLES was guardian for JOHN W. COBB - among other bills - a trip to Virginia, medical bills, clothes for COBB and his negroes, school, school supplies including a McGuffy Reader One bill of particular interest - Rec. 21 March 1862 of JNO H. PEEBLES guardian - $10 for the apprehension of boy, ELLICK, who started to the Yankees when Newbern fell, was caught and delivered to PEEBLES in Kinston WM. FIELDS, Sheriff 9. FOLDER - MISC A Confederate Bond Couple of items from Kinston Collegiate Institute - 1882 BOX 2 - 240.2 FOLDER - COURT RECORDS - LENOIR COUNTY - 1849 - 1864 1. Jan. Term 1862 - ordered that R. W. MOORE be allowed $44.50 for delivering nine free negroes to the Vegebut (sic) committee at Moseley Hall - N. HUNTER 2. Jan Term 1862 - ordered that W. A. WHITTED be allowed $118 for drilling the militia of Lenoir County - N. HUNTER 3. July Term 1861 - JAMES P. BRYAN be allowed $22 for professional services - N. HUNTER 4. July Term 1861 - several people be paid for serving on Finance Committee - LEWIS C. DESMOND, P. HARDEE 5. July Term 1861 - RUBIN BARROW be allowed $17 for running Clerk and Sheriff's Bond - N. Hunter 6. N. HUNTER be allowed extra money for various reasons 7. Jan Term 1861 - C. B. WEST be allowed $15.60 for jail fees of GEORGE JONES, CUSIT (?), & BARROW, County Trustees - N. HUNTER L. H. M. DANIEL for Council B. West 8. Jan Term 1861 - JAMES HERRING be allowed $6.00 for 3 days in assessing land in Woodington District - N. Hunter 9. Jan Term 1861 - R. S. WOOTEN be allowed $6.00 for 3 days assessing land in Bear Creek District - N. HUNTER 10. Sept Term 1860 - JOHN W. PEARCE - be allowed $8.00 for 4 days service in assessing land in Sand Hill District - N. HUNTER 11. Sept Term 1860 - S. G. ROUNTREE - be allowed $10 for 5 days service in assessing land in Kinston District 12. Sept Term 1860 - JOHN C. WOOTEN - be allowed $27.50 for one blank Executor Docket 13. Sept Term 1862 - J. (?) G. HERRING - be allowed $50 for services weighing and measuring provisions for soldiers from 1 May 1861 to 1 Jan 1867 14. Jan Term 1862 - JAMES W. COX - be allowed $7.00 for taking tax list in Town of Kinston for 1861 15. Jan Term 1862 - W. W. DUNN - be allowed $15.00 for taking tax list in Kinston District in 1861 16. July Term 1862 - W. A. BYOTT - be allowed $6.00 for serving as a patrol in Trent District 17 - Entered on Stray Book 21 June 1858 - Stray Book of JACOB WEST - a cow and calf valued by SOLOMON W. CARMACK and JOHN RHEM at $800 - GREEN TAYLER, ranger 30 October 1851 - entered on Stray Book of ALLEN W. WOOTEN - 1 hog worth $1-50 and 3 heads of sheaf (sic) worth $3-00 - valued by WILEY ROUSE and J. R. CROOM 16 Jan 1850 - entered on Stray Book - by LEWIS M. LOFTIN - one cow and yearlling valued at $7.50 by JOHN RHEN, JACOB WEST - GREEN TAYOR, Ranger 13 April 1852 - entered ---- by JOSEPH NOBLE - a cow and yearling valued by WILIE DAVIS and DURANT ALPHERIN ---- 8 September 1855 - by PINCKINY HARDEE - 2 hogs - valued by JOHN A. PARROTT and JESSE JACKSON - entered by FRANCIS JONES FOLDER - TAX UPON PRISONERS 30 December 1857 - J. C. WASHNGTON for negro - $2.00 DO $2.00 24 January 1857 - LEML MEWBORN for 2 negroes $4.00 27 January 1857 - JAMES A. TAFF for 1 negro $2.00 14 Feb. 1857 - LEMB H. ALDRIDGE for 1 negro $2.00 5 March 1857 - FRED HADDOCK for 1 negro $2.00 18 April 1857 - JAS E. MORRIS - for 1 negro $2.00 19 April 1857 - JAS MURPHREY for 1 negro $2.00 FOLDER - TWO ACCOUNT BOOKS 1871 - 1877 - no indication of whose acct books these were. One appears to be a general store and the other for the sell of cotton FOLDER - COUNTY TAX REPORTS 1853 white polls - 403 - back polls - 2176 - free blacks - 4 2277273 acres of land 1854 33 cents on polls and 16 cents on $100 valuation 423 white polls - 11 free blacks - 2114 black polls 224281 1/2 acres val at $592358.55 152 town lots 1856 twenty cents on the poll and ten cents on 100 acres 2839 polls total - 496 white 2330 black 13 free blacks 234755 acres of land valuated $932316.68 159 town lots - $9425.00 1857 20 cents on polls ten cents on hundred valuation 2858 polls total - 460 whites 2383 blacks and 15 free blacks 231496 acres 132 1/2 town lots 1859 20 cents on the poll and ten cents on the $100 valuation 2987 polls - total 486 whites 2480 blacks and 21 free blacks 227812 acres of land valuated $892942.10 155 town lots 1862 and 1863 6 1/2 cents on the $100 valuation and 25cents on the poll No 237875 acres of land evaluated at $14696.96 @ $955.30 155 town lots $1433.00 @ $93.14 09 Free Blacks @ $2.25 220 white polls @ $55 4734 slaves valued at $22657.58 @ $1472.74 Solveat debts due $578712 @ $381.68 Amt of cotton for sale $778.51 @ $50.10 Amt of tobacco for sale $29525 @ $19.19 House of Public Entertainment $8000 @ $5.20 Household & kitchen furniture $28152 @ $18.29 Money on hand in deposits $294263 @ $191.27 247 dogs Amount of sale of cattle $1.30