LENOIR COUNTY, NC - COLLECTIONS - The Ruth Turner Parrot Collection ==================================================================== 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 ==================================================================== RUTH TURNER PARROTT COLLECTION - NORTH CAROLINA ARCHIVES, Raleigh, NC - PC 820 - abstracted by Martha Mewborn Marble LEWIS AND MATILDA JONES - POA TO WILLIAM F. NUNN ---- 1839 - We, LEWIS JONES and MATILDA JONES, wife of sd JONES formerly MATILDA NUNN all of Lenoir Co appoint WM. F. NUNN of Lenoir our lawful attorney to ask, demand, sue for recovery from DAVID NUNN adm of FRANCIS NUNN dec and late of Tennessee all sums of money coming to us heirs at law of FRANCIS NUNN deceased No signatures No wit COURT DOCUMENT Lenoir County Court - Jan Term 1847 - ordered that disclosures be appointed ---- surveyor to lay off land warrents for JOB LEARY and EDWIN TAYLOR W. LOFTIN, Clerk PETITION OF SAMUEL A. AND ELIZABETH BARTLESON To LEWIS JONES, Greetings - to come before Court on 3rd Monday of March 1868 on petition of SAMUEL A. BARTLESON and wife ELIZABETH - dated 1st Monday January 1868 - NICK HUNTER, Clk ELIZABETH was widow of JAMES JONES, dec and qualified as his Administrator in 1860. $326.60 was due the petitioners paid out of her funds for debts of sd JAMES JONES and she wishes to be reimbursed. Personal estate is all exhausted. JONES owned a tract of adj to lands of JOHN LOFTIN, PENNIE BECTON and others - 191 acres worth $3 an acre and sd land descended to his heirs at law - viz - LEWIS, ARETAS, and GEORGE JONES, IRENA WILLIAMS, FRANCES ROUSE, DAVID GREEN, FRANK GREEN (a minor), ELIZABETH WALSH wife of Dr. JOHN T. WALSH, MARENDA JONES and LANEY JONES (a minor) subject to dower. Petitioner showeth a sale of land with exception of her dower is necessary to reimburse her and pay costs of administration. JOHN F. WOOTEN for petitioner - to Court 8 January 1868 INDENTURE - JACOB MAINER TO WILLIAM TURNER 19 March 1800 - JACOB MAINER, farmer, of Lenoir (or) to WILLIAM TURNER of Jones, farmer (ee)- $125 pds - parcel - SS Cherrytree - 100 acres - ------- another tract - adj aforesaid tract in Duplin on Northeast River, drains of Canthers Swams adj JAMES JONES, Ratcliff Branch on drain of Tucahoe - 100 acres ---- another tract - adj above mentioned land in Lenoir - SS of Cherrytree - 40 acres ---- a total of 240 acres signed by mark WIT CHRISTOPHER LAWSON, ELISAH SMITH October Court 1804 on oath of CHRISTOPHER LAWSON Enrolled Book B No 3 pages 9, 10, 11 23 November 1804 - WM LOVICK, Regr PARTIAL SURVEY 15 April 1791 by JOSEPH DICKSON, surveyor - adj JAMES JONES line, Ratcliff Branch, Tuckahoe SURVEY No indication who owned the land or date - some of the lines represent the HEZEKIAH DOBSON patent for 78 acres - plantiff claims other lines represent the THOMAS HOWARD patent for 14 acres - other lines are Deep Run Branch, Bryer Branch --- by order fr om BRYANT SMITH Sen SURVEY FOR JOB LERY 15 March 1847 - To surveyor of Lenoir County --- lay off for JOB LERY a tract containing 200 acres - SS Trent ? River - NS Tuckahoe Branch adj JOHN COX, CORNELIUS HARPER and others W. LOFTIN, Clerk Certify that on 3 February 1847 - 200 acres entered according to survey GRANT - STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA - #337 31 December 1792 - Ten pds for every 100 acres - granted to JACOB MAINER - 100 acres in Duplin E of North East River Registered Duplin County - 26 Feb 1796 - JAMES DICKSON