Lenoir County, NC - Langston Collection ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LANGSTON COLLECTION These documents were found in the papers of the late Cameron and Lena Fields Langston and donated by their children, Evelyn Langston Phillips and B. C. Langston. The original instruments will be placed at the Manuscript Division, ECU. GRANT 13 Oct 1783 No 480 – we have granted to Mark Phillips one hundred acres in Dobbs County – NS of Neuse – beginning at John Phillips’ corner in the Piney Pocoson, adj Simon Griffin’ line, Samuel Lambert, “his line” Signed Alex Martin By his Excellys Com J. Glasgow Sec William Hill, Secretary of State, certified this was a true copy on 8 October 1856 END OF DOCUMENT DIVISION OF LANDS OF ROBERT BOND NOTE: The way this is written is confusing and I have moved it around a little Lenoir County – 1 October 1853 – to the Court of Pleas and Quarter Session, we the undersigned Commissioners appointed by the Court at the September Term 1853 have divided and partitioned between Marthia Harvey, Mary Jones, wife of Francis Jones, Julia Bond and William Bond tenants in common of the lands descended to them as children and heirs of Robert Bond, dec – Lot #1 is assigned to Marthia Harvey bounded as follows – stake in the Harvey line, head of the ditch, road side – 64 acres NOTE: Missing part of the description of Lot #1 – document may not complete and the below may or may not be part of Lot #1 adj Aldridge’s corner on the ditch – 75 acres – another parcel on the NS of the road adj the lands of Marthia Harvey – can’t read the acres as it is torn Lot #3 – assigned to Mary Jones wife of Francis Jones – beginning at Aldridge’s corner on the ditch – 65 acres Lot #4 – assigned to Julia Bond – along ditch fifth corner of Lot #3, Harvey’s corner – 19 acres it being deeded from John C. Washington to Sarah Horton leaving a balance of 71 acres according to survey and plot – also another parcel on the NS of the road adj Thomas Harvey – 28 ¾ acres Lot #2 is assigned to William Bond – beginning on the ditch, Lot #1, Harvey’s line, Lemuel Aldridge We further charge the more valuable dividends with such sums of money respectfully to be paid to those of inferior value to make an equal division – that is to say – Lot #1 appropriated to Marthia Harvey is to pay to Lot #2 appropriated to William Bond $111. 87 ½ (cents) – Lot # 1 appropriated to Marthia Harvey is to pay to Lot #3 appropriated to Mary Jones wife of Francis Jones $76. 87 – Lot #1 is to pay to Lot #4 appropriated to Julia Bond $86. 87 ½ (cents) Respectfully submitted Jesse Vause Thomas Harvey Jesse J. Moore Lemuel H. Aldridge Needham Moore END OF DOCUMENT GRANT #461 State of North Carolina – to Haywood Jones – 7 March 1856 – for 12 ½ cents for every acres – a tract of 48 acres – beginning at a pine formerly a corner of Richard Jones, corner of Haywood Jones, corner of William Fields Signed Thomas Bragg, Gov END OF DOCUMENT INDENTURE 12 September 1866 – M. Harvey of Lenoir to Jacob Langston of sd County - $900 – Est (sic) part of Lot #6 in the Town of Kinston – commencing at the corner of John C. Washington’s Lot #7 and runs near the corner of Amos Shelfer’s Lot, then south with the fence made by A. B. Watson, then Est to John C. Washington’s lot signed M. Harvey WIT J. L. Hartsfield L. H. (x) Aldridge Executed on oath of L. H. Aldredge Nick Hunter, Clerk Rec’v of Jacob Langston fifty cents State Tax April 20, 1867 Enrolled April 20, 1867 Book #36 pp 266 & 267 Wm. W. N. Hunter, Reg’r END OF DOCUMENT INDENTURE 22 December 1869 – M. M. Webb of county of Lenoir to John W. Collins of sd county - $450 to HER in hand – parcel in county of Lenoir at Town of Kinston – beginning at the SE corner of John Ennis’ lot on Gordon Street to lot owned by Margaret Long, to North Street – known as Lot 178 signed M. M. Webb WIT David S. ? Scott W. S. Menchum Enrolled 12 February 1870 and re-enrolled 29 March 1886 Book 9 page 212 END OF DOCUMENT PARTITION OF LAND OF GRANVILLE JOHNSON To the Superior Court – we the Commissioners appointed by the Superior Court sworn on the 27 of Feb 1871 to lay off and make partition between I. F. Johnson, C. J. Johnson and P. E. Johnson heirs at law and tenants in common of the land descended to them as children and heirs of Granville (M) Johnson dec – the following appropriations – Lot #1 is assigned to I. F. Johnson and bounded as follows – adj Henry Moore, B. F. Jones, Abbott’s corner, run of Griffin’s Branch to Wiggins corner, to Langston’s corner – 41 ¼ acres valued at $300 --- Lot #2 is assigned to C. J. Johnson and bounded as follows – run of Griffins Branch, corner of Lot #1, Wiggins corner – 32 ¼ acres valued at $300 --- Lot #3 is assigned to P. E. Johnson and bounded as follows – beginning at a small branch where it empties into Griffins Branch, Geo. L. Hodges corner – 59 ¾ acres valued at $300 Signed E. L. Hazelton, B. W. Hardy, E. J. Brooks Registered 30 Dec 1876 S. H. Bright, Clerk I.F. Johnson Penny E. Johnson C. J. Johnson exparte Judgement Confirmation No exception made to the division – motion of the petitioners NOTE: Plot of the three lots accompanies this instrument END OF DOCUMENT DEED 10 March 1899 – I. F. Johnson and wife Mary J. Johnson of Pitt County sell to C. J. Johnson of Lenoir County - $175 their ½ undivided interest in a tract in Lenoir Co. – adj Mrs. Alice E. Rountree, mouth of a small branch where it empties into Griffins Branch, corner of Lot #2 – 59 ¾ acres it being Lot #3 in the lands of G. M. Johnson dec and was allotted to P. E. Johnson now dec END OF DOCUMENT SURVEY Plat of Granville Johnson’s lands as surveyed from a pattent which was taken out by Haywood Jones when Bragg was the Governor of this State a bout the year 1856. Commencing at a pine and runs N 39 W 165 poles to a state in a pond thence N 65 E 140 poles thence S 10 E 145 poles then N 32 W 125 poles then S 49 W 58 poles thence to the begging containing forty four and one half Acres more or less Surveyed January the 24th 1872 William A. Jones Surveyor NOTE: Land is presently on Johnson Place Road, Contentnea Neck Township END OF DOCUMENT INDENTURE 4 June 1872 – Elizabeth Johnson of Lenoir to Joseph B. Taylor of Lenoir - $200 – tract in Lenoir County – NS Lousing Swamp adj the lands of said J. B. Taylor, Needham Moore and others – beginning at the corner of Lot No 1 of John Jones to the first line of the original patent – 19 acres Elizabeth (x) Johnson WIT James L. Canday Enrolled 7 June 1872 on Book 40 p 203 & 203 Re-Enrolled 10 June of Jan 1882 Book 3 pages 84 & 85 B. S. Taylor Reg of Deeds END OF DOCUMENT INDENTURE 9 January 1873 –John W. Collins and wife Sallie E. Collins to Nancy A. Brown - $450 – parcel of land in the Town of Kinston – beginning at the SE corner of John Ennis’ lot on Gordon Street to the lot owned by Margaret Long to North Street west to John Ennis’ back line – part of Lot 178 Signed John W. Collins Sallie E. Collins WIT Wm. W. N. Hunter Sallie was privately examined on 8 Jan 1873 END OF DOCUMENT ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Martha Mewborn Marble ___________________________________________________________________