LENOIR COUNTY, NC - DOCUMENTS - Edwin Lawrence Miller Papers ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Martha Marble mmarble@erols.com ==================================================================== EDWIN LAWRENCE MILLER PAPERS - FOUND AT THE NORTH CAROLINA ARCHIVES, RALEIGH, NC - PC 1098.1 - (Lenoir County) abstracted by Martha Mewborn Marble NOTE: There are numerous additional Grants in this Collection I did not do until the Hoffman books to checked to see if they are in there. Also see DOBBS COUNTY ARCHIVES PAGE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA PATENTS, WARRENTS #22 - GRANT TO JOB IVEY 27 November 1793 - To JOB IVEY - 30 shillings for every 100 acres - 90 acres in Lenoir County - SS Neuse, Buck Branch - adj BENJAMIN DAVIS Survey for the above - 1 November 1792 - by Warrant No 7 dated 26 October 1792 - SAMUELL BYRD, Sur. Chain Bearers - PHILLIP MILLER and PHILIP BROWN #139 For Sum of 50 shillings paid by PHILLIP MILLER - 100 acres - Lenoir County, adj DAVIS' corner, MILLER's own corner, Jones County line Entered 14 July 1797 9 November 1797 - By virture of warrant No 260 Surveyed for PHILIP MILLER - beginning, his own line and BENJAMIN DAVIS - A. JOHNSON, Surv #95 Thirty shillings paid by PHILIP MILLER - 17 acres in Lenoir - beginning his own line - 1 December 1794 Above land surveyed 23 October 1793 by Warrant dated 25 October 1792 - land on Joshua Creek - SAMUEL BYRD, Surv CB - PHILIP BROWN, HENRY MANOR ==================================== INDENTURES LENOIR COUNTY JAMES BROWN TO WILLIAM BROWN Indenture - 29 July 1797 - JAMES BROWN of Lenoir to WILLIAM BROWN - love and affection for son WILLIAM of Lenoir - one tract of 250 acres - Bear Mill Branch - adj PHILLIP MILLER, BENJ DAVIS, JACOB TRUHITT Signed by mark WIT JAMES GRIFFITH, JAMES BROWN To Court Oct Term 1797 on oath of JAMES GRIFFITH M. CASWELL, Clk Enrolled Liber A #2 pages 51, 52, 53 - 28th October 1797 - JAS BRIGHT, Regr JOHN T. BRYANT AND NATHAN BRYAN TO PHILLIP MILLER Indenture - 12 October 1798 - JOHN T. BRYANT and NATHAN BRYAN exec of estate of NATHAN BRYAN, esq dec of Jones County to PHILLIP MILLER of Lenoir County - 1500 spanish milled --- tract in Lenoir and Jones on both sides of County line --- NS Ash Branch of Vine Swamp --- includes one survey made in name of NATHAN BRYAN for 250 acres on 4 March 1775 except 13 acres deeded to MOSES GOODING - adj WALTER LANE now THOMAS BRYAN, ROBERT WHITE - other tract all land NATHAN BRYAN had on NS Ashe Branch under patent of 21 June 1746 in the name of WALTER LANE including that well known plantation called Hobbs Plantation --- NOTE: The document is too faded to read part of it --- some part of land not be included in this sale of 200 acres WIT WILL BUSH, Wm DEAN, JOHN BROWN, LAZARUS PEARCE To Court Oct Term 1800 on oath of LAZARUS PEARCE - JAS BRIGHT, Clk Enrolled Lenoir Co Liber B page 219, 220 12 May 1800 WILLIAM BROWN AND PHILLIP BROWN TO PHILLIP MILLER Indenture - 28 January 1799 - WILLIAM BROWN AND PHILLIP BROWN of Lenoir County to PHILLIP MILLER - 20 pds ---- 40 acres WIT NANCY MILLER, POLLY MILLER To Court - Oct 1800 JAS. BRIGHT, Clk Enrolled Liber B page 220, 221 - 12 May 1800 WILLIAM BROWN TO PHILLIP MILLER Indenture - 22 January 1805 - WILLIAM BROWN of Lenoir County to PHILLIP MILLER of Lenoir - $150 --- Joshua's Creek, Benewell's ? Branch - adj BENJAMIN DAVIS, JACOB TRUHITT --- pattent granted to JAMES BROWN - 250 acres with the 40 acres of patent deeded to PHILLIP MILLER by PHILLIP and WILLIAM BROWN --- the balance of sd patent is 160 acres WIT CHR BROWN, WILLIAM MILLER To Court - April Term 1805 C. WESTBROOK, Clk Enrolled Book B #3 pages 113, 114 30 May 1805 Wm. LOVICK, Regt BENJAMIN DAVIS SR TO BENJAMIN DAVIS JR Indenture - 3 October 1808 - BENJAMIN DAVIS SEN of Lenoir to BENJAMIN DAVIS Jr. - for maintance during his natural life by BENJ. DAVIS Jr - 2 tracts and one horse, farming utensils - 1st tract - WS Joshua's Creek, adj JOSEPH KINSEY, PHILLIP MILLER - 75 acres----- 2nd tract - NS Trent, SS Buck pocoson, adj JOB IVES, HENRY MAMORS Signed by mark WIT PHILLIP MILLER, SOLOMON CANEY (?), BARNET HOWARD, BRITE TRUWITT JOHN S. KOONCE, SHERIFF TO J. N. MILLER Indenture - 14 June 1847 - JOHN S. KOONCE Sheriff of Jones County to J. N. MILLER of Lenoir County - refers to the suit of J. N. MILLER against WILLIAM RHODES for $81.67 --- to satisfy debts --- tract in Jones adj COUNCIL GOODING sold to high bidder who was J. N. MILLER for $5.00 WIT CHAL. GECOCH ?, CHAS W. FOX To Court July Term 1848, Jones County Enrolled Jones County Book V #22 p 22 Folio 44 DANIEL GOODING TO BENJAMIN FORDHAM Deed - no date - a copy - DANIEL GOODING to BENJAMIN FORDHAM - 150 acres - NS Trent, Heritage Branch, adj EVERETT, BENJAMIN BROWN --- granted to THOMAS DEAN by patent 27 October 1784