Lenoir County, NC - Deed Book 2 Abstracts ~~~~~~~~~~ DEED BOOK 2 P 9 – Mortgage – 8 Feb 1881 – E. S. Broadway to W. H. West - $10 – a tract in Contentnea Neck Township adj Wilson Tilghman, dec, Council Hooten – land where Jesse W. Broadway resided at the time of his death and J. W. Broadway, dec purchased from Thomas Heath, Adm of Jesse Vause, dec by deed on 1 Oct 1872 and recorded 19 Dec 187---- - being the same land conveyed by F. B. Loftin, Commissioner, to E. S. Broadway on 22 Dec 1880 – sd Broadway owes sd West $725.68 on a note dated 12 Dec 1880 – condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction Wit: A. J. Loftin Registered 8 Feb 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 13 – Indenture – 17 Nov 1868 – Malachi J. Davis to John B. Davis - $1,500 for 489 acres – tract adj Deep Run, SW Creek to a line of a patent granted to W. Taylor, to a line of a patent granted to Zachariah Davis, main road WIT: Elisha Grady, Geo. E. Kornegay Enrolled 18 Nov. 1868, Book 37 p 114, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 10 Feb 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 15 - Mortgage – 1 Dec 1879 – James Warters and wife Winifred and John Waters to Ava Warters wife of William Waters - $10 for 642 acres – tract adj John Fields, Thos. P. Hill, John S. Hardy – known as the lands that William Waters bought of J. C. Washington on 22 April 1878 – Grantors owed the Grantee $1,000 due on 4 notes – 1st note for $250 payable 1 Jan 1881, 2nd one due 1 Jan 1882, 3rd one due 1 Jan 1883, 4th one due 1 Jan 1884 - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction WIT: R. W. Moore, JP James signed, Winnie and John used a mark Winifred privately examined Registered 10 Feb 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD NOTE: surname spelled both ways in the instrument P 23 – Indenture - 7 March 1874 – James S. Hardee to Laura Kinsey - $275 – tract adj Sarah Cauley, Laura Kinsey, Mary A. Hunter, the heirs of Aelsey Davis dec, John R. Phillips, Susan C. Nicol – lot in Kinston – Shine Street Registered 1 July 1875, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 11 Feb 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 25 - Indenture - 3 Feb 1881 - Willis Pipkin and wife Winifred of Wilson Co to Jesse Pipkin (no county given) - $1200 for 198 1/2 acres - tract in Lenoir Co - adj on the north by R. H. Davis, on the east by C. P. Davis and Nathan Hill, on the south by S. J. Huggins, on the west by Aretus Jones dec and also adj George Jones - seized of the premises in fee simple after the death of Mrs. Smithy Davis, widow of the late Windal Davis, dec Enrolled 11 Feb 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 26 – Jesse Pipkin then mortgaged the above land to Petterson and Hicks of New Hanover Co on 7 Feb 1881 – additional information in this deed as follows – adj to the beginning corner of Lot #2 in the division of the lands of Windal Davis, dec – lot was #4 in sd division P 31 – Mortgage – 27 Nov 1880 – Lizzie E. Hadley to Jno. Woolard of Wayne Co – Hadley is indebted to Woolard for $500 due 1 Jan 1882 with 5% interest –mortgage on several tracts – first tract of 100 acres on Cowford Branch adj Jos. Elliott - another tract of 30 acres adj the above and adj to the corner of Lot #3 in the division of the lands of Simon Rouse, dec, back line of old survey, line dividing Lots #3 & 4 being the lands conveyed by Jacob Elliott to R. B. Warters and W. Dawson by deed 6 Nov 1835 except such portions as may have been changed to others – another tract of 15 acres – adj R. B. Warters, C. Fuller, old stage coach road and C. Fuller's blacksmith shop – condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction WIT: R. W. Moore, JP Registered 11 Feb 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD Mortgage was paid but no notation when P 35 – Mortgage – 2 Feb 1881 – Mathew G. Fields to Simeon Wooten - $75 for 23 acres – tract 4 miles from LaGrange being my part of the land left to me by Henry Fields as one of the heirs – adj S. Wooten, Rachel Fields – also my farming utensils and my crop for 1881 - Fields owes Wooten money - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction WIT: E. W. Bizzell Registered 11 Feb 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 47 - Deed - 9 Feb 1881 – R. C. Hines and wife Fannie to Richard Faucett - $1600 for 61½ acres – adj R. F. Hill, Jesse Jackson and being all the tract conveyed by Lydia C. Hines to Joel R. Hines by deed 18 Nov 1874 Enrolled 14 Feb 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 50 – Mortgage – 11 Feb 1881 – George W. Warters of Duplin Co, O. G. Warters and his wife Matilda of Lenoir Co to Mitchell and Fields – several tracts in Duplin Co belonging to O. G. Warters – the Warters owe $125 for a black mare about 3 years old – mortgage on one tract of 100 acres conveyed to O. G. Warters by J. W. Outlaw on 1 June 1863 – another tract of 60 acres conveyed to sd O. G. Warters by Whitfield Herring on 4 Aug 1860 – another tract of 106 acres conveyed to sd O. G. Warters by Thomas Sutton on 28 Feb 1863 - - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction George and O. G. signed and Matilda used a mark WIT: W. A. Coleman Registered 14 Feb 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 68 – 28 Jan 1881 – Everett R. Rouse and wife Betty F. Rouse to Edward R. Stanly Tull - $1200 for 68 acres – tract adj Mrs. Cynthia Dunn, John C. Washington, Jericho Branch, Leander and James Faulkner's corner – tract is all the land conveyed by John Tull on 1 Nov 1875 to sd. E. R. Rouse WIT: W. H. Worth Enrolled 16 Feb 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 76 – Deed – 10 Nov 1880 – J. C. Jones and wife Amanda to W. S. Hardy - $200 for 231 acres – all our interest in the lands of the estate of Smithy Jones, dec – adj Wiley Rouse – being the land given by Thomas Rouse to his daughter Smithy Jones on 7 April 1845 on a deed enrolled 18 June 1845 WIT: D. A. Whitfield Enrolled 17 Feb 1821, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 81 – Deed – 24 July 1880 – W. H. Rountree and wife Susannah C., A. J. Loftin and wife Sarah F. of Lenoir Co, R. H. Rountree and wife Cynthia and Jane E. Loftin of Brooklin, State of New York to Dr. H. O. Hyatt - $75 for a lot in Kinston – bounded on the SE by a lot conveyed by W. C. Loftin dec to B. F. Davis and by sd Davis conveyed to Joseph Tilghman in trust and being the same lot in which the distilling of the late G. A. Herring now stands on Heritage Street and runs with Heritage to the Neuse River then to the line of a lot conveyed by W. C. Loftin dec to B. F. Davis – lot conveyed in this deed belonged to W. C. Loftin's estate and is known as the Blacksmith lot Enrolled 18 Feb 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 90 – Indenture – 1 April 1878 – J. F. Parrott to Eliza A. Parrott, Jr. - $1.00 for 300 acres – SS Neuse, Florence Parrott – condition is sd Eliza within 6 months after arriving at the age of 21 shall execute and deliver to E. A. Parrott, her guardian, a receipt for all monies which came into her hands as guardian WIT: J. W. Harper Enrolled 19 Feb 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 96 – Deed – 22 Jan 1881 – John Rhem and wife M. E. to Oettinger Brothers - $250 for a lot in Kinston – being all the part of the lot deeded to John Rhem by Speight B. West and wife Sarah A. by deed on 13 Jan 1874 – adj Oettinger Bros, S. H. Loftin, Woodly John signed, M. E. used a mark WIT: W. F. Loftin Enrolled 21 Feb 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 97 – Indenture – 1 Jan 1858 – William G. Taylor to Daniel G. Taylor - $2500 for 210 acres – tract on Wheat Swamp adj old Lane, John Grainger, R. B. Taylor WIT: Edward Williams, N. Hunter Enrolled 28 June 1858, S. White, ROD Re-enrolled 21 Feb 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 98 – Indenture – 28 Feb 1860 – John Grainger of Greene Co to Daniel G. Taylor - $330 for 22 acres – on Grate Branch, Aaron's Branch, run of Wheat Swamp WIT: John M. Patrick, R. B. Taylor Enrolled 29 March 1876 Book 44 p 31, James K Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 21 Feb 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 99 – Indenture – 23 Jan 1860 – Richard B. Taylor to Daniel G. Taylor - $1,023 for 68 1/4 acres – adj Daniel G. Taylor, John Grainger, Great Branch WIT: Augustus Moseley, Jesse B. Taylor Enrolled 29 March 1876 Book 44, p 38, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 21 Feb 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 102 – Indenture – 17 Feb 1881 – S. Barfield and wife Cornelia to W. B. Moye - $5.00 – land in Duplin Co being all the interest of S. Barfield that descended to him from his father John Barfield's estate - adj George Quinn, Owen Stroud, in Albertson township – land free from all encumbrances – Barfield owes Moye $93 due 1 Oct 1881 – condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction WIT: W. C. Fields Registered 21 Feb 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 110 – Indenture – 16 March 1875 – James Warters and wife Sallie to Jacob Davis - $40 for ½ acre – a tract in the village of LaGrange – SS Washington Street, Elbert Thompson Signed Jerry Warters, Sarah H. Warters WIT: W. S. Fields Enrolled 22 Feb 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 126 – Indenture – 5 Dec 1876 – Albert Miller to Nancy Smith - $560 for 140 acres – SS Hays Branch, old Griffin Field WIT: James Herring Enrolled 26 Feb 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 140 –1 Jan 1881 – Whereas Bettie G. Whitfield inherited from her mother, Ann S. Cobb of Wayne Co, real and personal property of the value of $7880 and Nathan B. Whitfield husband of sd Bettie G. Whitfield sold sd property for the above stated figure for his own use and he has now refused to pay any part of the sum – sd Nathan agrees to sell the sd property to settle with sd Bettie – Nathan Whitfield party of the first part to Bettie Whitfield party of the 2nd part sold for $7880 plus 1 horse, 3 mules, 16 cattle, 27 hogs, 1 buggy and all my farming tools, household and kitchen furniture and a tract of 630 acres in Lenoir Co – on the SS Neuse known as Lot #5 in the division of the lands of James B. Whitfield, dec – adj J. M. Kornegay, Huckleberry Branch, Rockford Ferry Enrolled 1 March 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 155 – Indenture – 1 Dec 1875 – John C. Wooten and wife Emiline W. to R. W. Wooten, our son - $1000 and love and affection for 600 acres - adj J. M. Wooten, Levi G. Russell, millpond, peach orchard formerly Mrs. A. Cobb's corner now Jesse C. Kennedy's corner, Rooty Branch, Calvin Branch, J. Hood's line formerly Christopher Neal's line, river road, Levi G. Russell's line formerly G. A. Heath's line, British Road, Dover Road, fork of pocossin road, bridge across Strawberry Swamp – mentions the original deed was burned in the courthouse fire and this deed is to replace the lost one – this deed dated 20 Feb 1881 WIT: C. E. Kennedy Enrolled 8 March 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 160 – Mortgage – 23 Sept 1881 – A. E. Rouse and wife Ann of Lenoir Co to Joseph Lassiter - $10 – a tract in Jones Co adj Dr. Joe Jones, W. B. Smith – being the land conveyed to Ann Rouse by her father Richard Koonce in his will – Rouse owed Lassiter $115 due 15 Oct 1881 - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction WIT: R. W. Moore, JP Registered 7 March 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 166 – Mortgage – 1 March 1881 – John W. Fields and wife M. E. to S. J. Edwards and Murchison - $58 for 27 acres – tract ES Bear Creek which is 1/11th of an undivided tract formerly owned by Henry Fields, dec – adj Abner Fields on the north, Barbara Stallings on the east, Elizabeth Fields on the south and C. S. Wooten on the west – Fields owes Edwards and Murchison $58 on a bond payable 1 Nov 1881 - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction Registered 9 March 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD Debt paid P 171 – 2 Dec 1878 – Deed – C. W. Joyner and wife Laura A. to Jane Joyner - $30 for 1 acre – to Jane and her children after her death and their immediate heirs – tract is in LaGrange adj the corner of Wooten and Washington Streets WIT: Ashly Joyner Registered 9 March 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 182 – Deed - 17 April 1880 – Amos Cox and wife Clarisa to William G. Johnson - $100 for 10 acres – tract adj James W. Cox, Elijah P. Loftin, James W. Cox's line formerly known as the Wingate corner – being 1/3 of the land James W. Cox bought of Gatsey Stevenson Both signed by mark WIT: F. B. Loftin Enrolled 14 March 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 184 – Mortgage – 23 Feb 1881 – Jeptha M. Dunn and wife Sallie to J. W. Grainger - $175 for 33 1/3 acres – tract adj S. W. Dawson, James S. Canady, Stephen Phillips, W. A. King – our interest of 1/3 part of the land upon which Jane Dunn now lives and owns a life estate in – belonging to Louisa Cox wife of Bryant Cox, Elizabeth Dunn and Jeptha M. Dunn – Dunn owes Grainger $175 on a bond due 1 Nov 1881 - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction Jeptha signed, Sallie used a mark WIT: E. L. Hazelton Registered 16 March 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 186 – Deed – by virtue of powers of sale given me in 2 mortgages by D. J. Long and wife Margaret – one executed on 11 Nov 1873 and one on 26 Jan 1876 – debt was not paid and the land was advertised at the Courthouse for public sale by James S. Canady who held the mortgage – J. K. Davis was the high bidder for $787 on 27 Nov 1877 – lot in Kinston – ES Queen Street adj Jno W. Collins, Susan C. Nicol's warehouse, Dibble Brothers old fence Signed James L. Canady Enrolled 16 Feb 1878, Book 46 pps 40 & 41, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 17 March 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 187 – Deed – 27 Aug 1878 – D. J. Long and wife Margaret to James K. Davis - $1500 –tract in Lenoir Co adj Susan Nicol, J. W. Collins, Queen Street – sd lot purchased by Long from J. C. Kennedy D. J. signed, Margaret used a mark Registered 9 Sept 1878, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 17 March 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 198 – Mortgage – 16 Dec 1879 – C. W. Joyner and wife Laura A. to John W. Isler - $740 for 60 or 70 acres – tract adj town of LaGrange, Cary Street, Jim Holland, Jim Moseley, Edwards and Murchison, R. K. Fields, Jerry Fields – excepting 2 lots sold to Jane Joyner and Peter Williams – Joyner owes Isler $760 on notes payable 1 Dec 1880 - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction Registered 23 Dec 1879, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 21 March 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 200 – Mortgage – 1 Feb 1879 – O. J. Pate and Elizabeth C. Pate to John W. Isler of Wayne Co - $1000 for 333 acres – SS Wheat Swamp adj W. Gray, M. M. Creech, John Suggs mill pond, Drewey Hill, Parrott – Pate owes Isler $1000 - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction WIT: C. P. Barrow Registered 31 Jan 1879, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-registered 21 March 1887, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 208 – Deed – 4 Oct 1880 – Levi E. Becton to A. C. Stroud - $300 ??? – adj Jarman Becton, L. A. Robinson, Samuel Loftin – tract is sd Becton's interest in the undivided lands of his father, Levi Becton, dec which descended to my father from my grandfather, John B. Becton WIT: F. B. Loftin Enrolled 25 March 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 232 – Deed – 1 Feb 1881 – Robert Hay and wife M. M. to A. W. Kennedy - $25 for 3 acres – adj H. H. Gibbons, B. W. Pridgen, heirs of G. W. Venters, NS of new road – being the land where Mrs. Clarissa Best now resides being the piece of land sold to Robert S. Hay and wife by Robin Best and wife Clarissa WIT: W. E. Hay Enrolled 8 April 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 267 – Mortgage – 13 April 1881 – Peter P. Summerall and wife Nancy E. to Elizabeth F. Ives - $10 for 63 2/3 acres – tract adj J. E. F. Harper, heirs of D. H. Phillips dec – being the lot devised to P. P. Summerall and wife Nancy E. by William Ormond in his will and where the said P. P. and Nancy now reside – Summerall owes Ives $381.56 on a note payable 15 Nov 1881 - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction Nancy privately examined Registered 16 April 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD Debt paid 15 March 1884 P 280 – 24 Sept 1877 – Wiley Dupree and Low his wife, Furney ??? Dupree, James E. Dupree and Laura his wife, Walter Jackson and Avey Ann his wife, W. C. Dupree and Virginia his wife, Bryant Faulkner and Letha his wife, Nathan Watson and Bettie his wife to Evaline Jones of Greene Co - $1.00 for 185 acres – tract SS Neuse River adj Henry West, Jesse Broadway and being the land contracted to be conveyed by W. A. Blount to F. G. Dupree Sr and where sd F. G. Dupree resided at the time of his death and the same land which Jesse F. Dupree Jr pretended to convey to Henry West – for details see previous deeds (sic) WIT: E. S. Hazelton Signed Wiley Dupree, Bryant F. Faulkner, Letha (x) Faulkner, Walter (x) Jackson, Avey A. (x) Jackson, Nathan (x) Watson, Elizabeth (x) Watson, W. C. (x) Dupree, Virginia (x) Dupree, James E. Dupree, Laura Dupree, Louisa Dupree The wives were privately examined Enrolled 26 April 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 283 – Mortgage – 22 April 1881 – John G. Holland to A. Mitchell - $5.00 for 35 acres – adj John S. Lee, John Barwick, M. A. Croom – being the land deeded to J. G. Holland by W. G. Davis – Holland owed Mitchell $150 on a note - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction WIT: F. B. Loftin Registered 26 April 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD Debt paid 19 Dec 1881 P 303 – Deed – 4 April 1878 – Joseph O. Becton and wife Mary of Woodington Township to George L. Sutton of Woodington - $160 – a lot being the entire undivided interest of sd Joseph O. Becton on which his mother, Elizabeth Becton, now has a life estate and being the tract sold to Joseph O. Becton, G. W. Becton, Sarah V. Sutton, Elva Elizabeth Sutton by their grandfather Whitfield Grady, Sr – subject to the life estate of sd Elizabeth Becton – adj to the heirs of Phillip Miller, dec WIT: James Herring Mary privately examined Enrolled 5 May 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 305 – Indenture – 1 Jan 1877 – A. W. Sutton and wife Sarah Virginia to George L. Sutton - $150 – tract in Woodington Township – entire undivided interest of sd A. W. and wife Sarah Virginia in which Mrs. Elizabeth Becton has a life estate – being that land sold to G. W. Becton, Joseph O. Becton, Sarah V. Sutton and Elvy Elizabeth Sutton by their grandfather Whitfield Grady, Sr – subject to the life estate of sd Elizabeth Becton – adj to the heirs of Phillip Miller, dec Virginia privately examined Enrolled 8 May 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 306 – Warranty Deed – 23 Oct 1876 – G. W. Becton and wife Cora A. of the Woodington Township to George L. Sutton - $150 - entire undivided interest of sd G. W. and wife Cora A. in which Mrs. Elizabeth Becton has a life estate – being that land sold to G. W. Becton, Joseph O. Becton, Sarah V. Sutton and Elvy Elizabeth Sutton by their grandfather Whitfield Grady, Sr – subject to the life estate of sd Elizabeth Becton – adj to the heirs of Phillip Miller, dec WIT: W. A. Coleman Cora privately examined Enrolled 5 May 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 307 – Deed – 6 Dec 1880 – Allen W. Sutton and wife Sarah V. to George L. Sutton - $1000 for 125 acres – adj Mary Hill ???, W. R. Becton estate, Whirlwind Branch, SW Creek WIT: James Hering Sarah privately examined Enrolled 5 May 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 313 – Deed – 12 Jan 1881 – Jno. W. Sutton and wife M. C. Sutton, J. L. Albertson and wife Lou, B. L. Taylor and wife (not named) to Joseph Kinsey - $525 for several tracts – one tract adj Jesse Brown, W. H. Whitfield, Susan Aldridge, Buck Branch of 21 acres – another tract on the same side of Buck Branch, adj Jesse Brown, N. G. Sutton, Lassiter of 21 acres Signed John W. Sutton, M. C. Sutton, John L. Albertson, Louisa Albertson, B. L. Taylor, Fannie W. Taylor WIT: R. W. Moore, JP Wives privately examined Enrolled 9 May 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 315 – Indenture – 14 Dec 1878 – Eliza Wells, George Dawson, Amos Dawson to John W. Sutton - $10 for 50 acres – adj Nathan G. Sutton, Jesse Lassiter, dec, Jesse Brown – Elizabeth was the wife of Joshua Wells Eliza signed and Amos, Dabby and George Dawson used a mark WIT: R. W. Moore, JP Wives privately examined – Dabby Dawson was the wife of Amos Dawson Enrolled 10 May 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 317 – Indenture – 14 Feb 1879 – Isaac Fields and wife Jane E. to Jon. W. Sutton - $100 for 36 acres – tract SS of A & N RR in Busharm – adj Nathan Sutton, Lassiter heirs WIT: R. W. Moore, JP Jane privately examined Enrolled 10 May 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 321 – Deed - 13 May 1881 – George Jones, exec of the last Will and Testament of Aretus Jones, dec to A. W. Barwick - $856 for several tracts – one tract adj Wiley Rouse, James Davis of 77 acres being the tract conveyed by Sam E. Lee to Aretas Jones, dec on 10 Jan 1873 – another tract adj James Smith, heirs of James Whitfield, Davis of 100 acres being the land deeded to Aretas Jones by Margaret H. Croom on 5 April 1873 WIT: A. J. Loftin Enrolled 10 May 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 347 – Indenture – 19 Jan 1872 – W. H. West to Wealthy C. Sutton wife of Wm. Sutton - $1500 on a note – several tracts – one tract adj Jesse Jackson, John A. Sutton, river, John Williams, edge of William Heritage's patent of 327 acres – another tract adj John A. Sutton, Joseph Waller, Jesse Jackson, Goodman of 81 acres – another tract on Horse Branch known as the George Reynolds tract, adj Shade Hill, Zachariah Howard of 100 acres – another tract on Horse Branch known as the Zachariah Howard tract adj Shade Hill, George Reynolds of 50 acres WIT: J. S. West Enrolled 13 March 1873 Deed Book 40 pp 501 & 502 Re-enrolled 8 June 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 355 – At the Fall Term 1860 of the Court of Equity in Lenoir Co regarding the petition of the heirs at law of Green Taylor dec, certain lands of 236 acres were sold at public sale on 15 Dec 1860 – Amos W. Taylor was the high bidder for one portion at Twenty hundred and fifty dollar for a tract SS Neuse, NS SW Creek, adj W. G. Taylor, Dibble and Brothers, John G. Hill, starting at the Wilmington road Signed Henry R. Strong, ME WIT: Isaac G. Taylor Enrolled 3 Nov 1869, Book 38 pp 134, 135, 136, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 16 June 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 370 – Mortgage – 14 Feb 1880 – Stephen Davis and wife Sarah to Anthony Davis - $72.10 for 51 acres – tract formerly belonged to F. D. Moody and it was given to him by his father, William Moody – WS Tuckahoe Swamp adj Anthony Davis, Cornelius Carter – for further reference see the deed for land by William Moody to his children (sic) – sd Stephen owes sd Anthony $72.10 on a note part of which is due 1 Jan 1881 and part due 1 Jan 1881 - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction Both signed by mark WIT: W. B. Nunn, Stephen H. Davis Sarah privately examined Registered 27 June 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 371 – Mortgage – 3 May 1881 – Jas. S. Taylor to Anthony Davis, Senr - $53.50 for 101 acres – adj Jesse Howard, Isiah Pearce – for further reference "to the old deed" - sd Taylor owes sd Davis $53.50 on a note due 1 Dec 1881 - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction WIT: C. ??? A. Davis Registered 27 June 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 374 – Deed – 13 May 1874 – Jesse Jackson and wife Elizabeth to Laura A. Cox wife of S. B. Cox - $130 – adj Elizabeth Jackson, Joseph Cummings Jr, town of Kinston – part of the old Castle lot – adj Cummings on the NW Corner of Bright Street, Elizabeth Jackson in a southerly direction, then to Augustus Whitfield WIT: W. C. Fields Elizabeth privately examined Enrolled 25 May 1874, Jas. K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 29 June 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 376 – Deed – 17 Dec 1874 – Benjamin T. Webb, Commissioner appt by the Court to sell a lot of land mentioned in the petition of B. D. Webb, Lewis Meyers and wife Martha Jane, George B. Webb, Nanney Webb, John Webb, Caroline J. Webb, Emma Webb and James B. Webb and wife Margaret – tract sold at public auction on 14 Dec 1874 and Richard W. King was high bidder at $118.50 – lot was a portion of the old lot known as the Carriage Shop occupied by James B. Webb – ES Queen Street, WS of North Street – lot where Anthony Blount now resides WIT: E. R. Page, W. H. Morton Enrolled 28 Dec 1874, Book 42 pp 186, 187, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 30 June 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 377 – 26 Dec 1874 – Richard W. King to Anthony Blount - $126.70 – lot in Kinston adj James B. Webb's children – ES Queen Street, WS of North Street Enrolled 28 Dec 1874, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 30 June 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 378 – Deed – 21 April 1881 – Dempsey Wood Jr and Jas. R. Davis to Joseph Lassiter – by virtue of power of sale in 3 mortgages executed by Jon. H. King and wife viz one to Reubin Phillips dated 9 Dec 1879 and by sd Phillips transferred to D. Wood on 13 Dec 1880 – another mortgage executed by sd King and wife to J. K. Davis on 19 Dec 1879 – another mortgage executed by sd King and wife to Joseph Lassiter on 17 April 1880 and by sd Lassiter transferred to D. Wood on 25 Nov 1880 – land sold at public auction to the highest bidder and Joseph Lassiter bid $830 – tract in Contentnea Neck Township which was a portion of the land devised to Jno. H. King by his grandfather Jno King dec – adj T. J. Abbott, Grarrille Johnson, Jno. Williams, Arden Wiggins – 240 acres WIT: L. B. Cox Enrolled 6 July 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 381 – Mortgage – 19 June 1881 – Samuel V. Laughinghouse and wife Sarah of Pitt Co is indebted to Geo. E. Kornegay of Lenoir Co - $200 on a note payable 1 Jan 1881 – tract in Sand Hills Township adj W. H. West – land belonged to the heirs of L. B. Pugh consisting of 3 lots set aside and allotted to M. A. Pugh, S. E or L Pugh and L. B. Pugh, Jr – 828 acres - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction Signed Sarah S. or L Sarah privately examined in Pitt Co Registered 4 July 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD Debt paid 19 Jan no year P 383 – Indenture – 18 Jan 1869 – James B. Webb and wife Margaret A. to Jane Elizabeth Jones - $280 – lot in Kinston bounded on the North by Gordon Street and Lot #154, on the east by Lot #150, on the west by Lot #151 – known as the eastern half of Lot #151 – also the western half of Lot #150 WIT: David E. Curtis Margaret privately examined Enrolled 8 Nov 1869, Book 38, pp 167, 168, 169, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 6 July 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 384 – Deed – 12 Feb 1875 – J. H. Dibble and wife Ann to Ellen Lassiter - $100 – tract adj Fred Loops, Wood, Dibble, Caswell Street Ann privately examined Registered 23 June 1875, Book 43, p 23, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 6 July 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 391 – Mortgage – 18 July 1881 – Louisa Metts, col to Richard W. King - $1.00 – lot in Kinston near RR – adj John Abbott – SW corner of Gordon Street, Isiah Wood in a line with Independent Street, to North Street – known as the Coker lot – except the portion of the lot conveyed to Catherine Smith by sd Louisa Metts on 10 Oct 1874 and except the portion of the lot conveyed to Owen W. Parrott – Metts owes King $300 - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction Louisa signed by mark and R. W. King signed WIT: R. H. W. Seak ???? Registered 18 July 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 393 – Lenoir Co Superior Court – Dec Term 1880 – J. F. Barwick and wife plf vs Jerry Sutton et all def – verdict rendered at Court in favor of the plf – Martha J. Barwick is the owner and entitled to the immediate possession of 2 undivided thirds of the lands described in the complaint – the def, Alonzo Sutton and Tabitha Sutton own one undivided third – sd tract in the hands of Alonzo and Tabitha as trustee – tract on NS Neuse adj Jerry Sutton, Thos. Sutton – 143 acres known as the Hardy Sutton land conveyed in the deed from S. B. West Adm of Hardy Sutton dec to Alonzo Sutton in 1874 Signed A. S. Seymour, JSC Enrolled 19 July 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 394 – 11 Feb 1881 - J. F. Barwick and wife Martha J. then mortgaged the above land to the State of NC on behalf of her minor children, Alonzo and Tabitha – reference is made to the land belonging to Alonzo Sutton dec (sic) – instruments states that additional information can be found in Divisions, Dowers and Provisions P 400 – no date – I, William Sutton for $100 and natural love and affection for my son, Benjamin F. Sutton – sell a tract of 413 acres NS Neuse, ES Gum Swamp adj Simon E. Hodges, Henderson Loftin, Hull Road, corner of Lots #2, 4, and 5, Paul's Path, Kennedy's line where Matilda Young formerly lived – known as Lot #5 in the division of the lands of sd William Sutton in the last Will and Testament of sd William on 21 Aug 1878 – William retains a interest for his life WIT: William Arthur, Everitt Sutton Enrolled 21 July 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 402 – Indenture – 1 Oct 1877 – James Herring to Emma S. Waller – Herring does rescind the use of the named land during his life and his wife Emma Herring - $400 for 300 acres - tract adj Simon Smith, Berkly Smith, ES Big Swamp, Hays Branch WIT: Jas K. Davis Enrolled 24 July 1879, Book 48, p 614, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 22 July 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD NOTE: This reads as if there was an additional deed prior to the above one P 405 – Indenture – 12 Nov 1873 – Henry Fisher and wife Jane to Eliza Dawson wife of Robert Dawson - $193 for 55 ½ acres – tract NS Neuse, SS Briery Branch, ES Beaver Dam, John H. Stevenson, Wilson Tilghman, run of Beaver Dam and Briery Both signed by mark WIT: W. N. Hunter Enrolled 14 March 1874, Book 41 pp 436, 437, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 28 July 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 414 – Indenture – 11 Dec 1869 – Needham Moore and wife Elizabeth to Elizabeth Jackson - $825 for 800 acres – tract SS Neuse adj Wm. Sutton, J. A. Parrott, on Neuse River WIT: L. Harvey, E. Harvey Enrolled 25 Jan 1870, Book 38 pp 340, 341 Re-enrolled 11 Aug 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 416 – Indenture – 17 Dec 1877 – Levi Sutton and wife Sarah A. to Hancy Ann Allen - $1300 for 97 acres – tract adj Eli Sutton, Blount, Daniel Sutton – known as Lot #4 in the division of the lands of the late Benjamin Sutton, dec – Sarah privately examined Enrolled 14 Jan 1878, Book 45 pp 503, 504, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 11 August 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 417 – Deed – Iredell County – 12 Aug 1878 – W. M. Dulin and wife Julia of Iredell Co to Joseph J. Young of Wake Co - $1175 for 332 acres –tract in Lenoir Co adj Nancy F. Miller, Samuel Taylor, being Lot #8 in the lands of Imla N. Miller, dec being the patrimony of sd Miller's daughter, Julia Miller (now Mrs. Julia Dulin), adj Lot #7 WIT: M. F. Freeland, W. D. Summers Julia privately examined Registered 27 Aug 1878 Book 46 p 725, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 11 Aug 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 425 – Deed – 24 March 1881 – S. H. Loftin and wife W. R. to E. P. Loftin - $500 for several tracts – deeds had been executed but they were burned at the courthouse and this is to replace the original deeds – one tract adj N. P. Robinson, J. B. Loftin, NS Heaton's pocosin, Cox, line that was formerly Coats' line, Metts pocosin of 200 acres being the land granted to Charles Markland by patent dated 28 Sept 1791 – another tract adj J. B. Loftin of 80 acres – another tract of 316 acres known as the Needham Loftin land – another tract near the main road of 100 acres known as the Barber tract W. R. was privately examined Enrolled 19 Aug 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 426 – Indenture – 16 Sept 1875 – Job S. Stroud to Amos Stroud, Jr - $1000 for several tracts – one tract N bank of Beaver Dam and runs with the dividing line of Lots #4 & 5 in the division of the lands of James Nunn, dec – adj Burncoat road, Wilmington road of 63 acres – another tract adj Wilmington road, Ady Noble, a pine called for in a deed from Zenas Parker to James Nunn on 27 Nov 1838 of 30 acres WIT: W. S. Byrd, James Herring Enrolled 10 Dec 1879, Book 49, pp 204, 205, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 20 Aug 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 429 – Indenture – 18 July 1857 – W. Mosely to R. M. Abbott - $2000 for 303 acres – between the Nuce River and Contneatnea Creek adj the lands of R. M. Pittman and the heirs of the late Lewis Whitfield and Peter Phillips, Isaac Chesnutt, road leading to Daughety's Bridge and Bell's Ferry to a line made by Abner Wetherington from Richard Jones Senr to a line down Peter Phillip's corner, lands of the heirs of Ebenezer Fife to the NS corner of the lands of the late Lewis Whitfield which corner is the division line of Mary Taylor and John C. Washington, Alligator Branch, road from Daughety's Bridge to Snow Hill Signed William Mosely WIT: Stephen Lassiter, Ira D. Hines Registered 6 Feb 1867, Book 35, p 66, W. Dunn, Jr, ROD Re-enrolled 1 Sept 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 430 – Deed – 5 April 1871 – James S. Hughes to R. M. Abbott - $1500 – lots in Kinston – part of lots #6 & 7 formerly belonging to the heirs of James Nunn dec and sold by the decree of the Court of Equity at Fall Term 1863 and purchased by G. W. Cox and sold by Cox to Aaron Baers ??? on 27 Dec 1869 WIT: James S. Canady, W. A. Coleman Addendum to deed - James S. Hughes also sold to Abbott a lot adj Aaron Baers ??? on Gordon Street being a portion of the lot known as Jas. Herring's lot and purchased by sd Hughes of W. G. Harper on 30 Jan 1871 Enrolled 13 April 1871 Book 39, pp 287, 288, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 2 Sept 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 431 – Deed – 15 Jan 1876 – William Arthur and wife Nancy A. to Richard M. Abbott - $1500 for 305 acres – the land that sd Arthur purchased from J. W. Harper on 1 April 1871 and sd James Harper purchased from James W. Edwards of Williamsburg Co, SC – land was formerly the land of Lewis Whitfield, dec and sd Whitfield by his will devised to his grandson, Lewis Whitfield – adj bridge at Stoneyton Creek, public road, Neuse River, corner between J. W. Harper and E. F. Albritton, on Stoneyton Creek WIT: J. F. Wooten Nancy A. was privately examined Enrolled 31 Jan 1876, Book 43 pp 445, 447, 447 Re-enrolled 2 Sept 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 435 – Indenture – 9 Jan 1878 – Jno. L. Kilpatrick and Fannie H. his wife to John F. Harper - $1500 for 150 acres – tract on the waters of Bettie Hughes Branch, adj bridge on the public road over Bettie Hughes Branch, Askew, road from Snow Hill to Kinston, Bright, Whitfield WIT: R. F. Bright Enrolled 28 Jan 1878, Book 45, pp 587, 583, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 8 Sept 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 437 – Deed – 29 Aug 1878 – W. T. Moseley and Martha E., his wife, to John F. Harper - $2,800 for 287 acres – being the tract sd Moseley purchased from N. H. Blount, Mary W. Blount, Eliza A. Blount and Olivia B. Sanders known as part of the Carraway land – adj John F. Harper, W. W. Carraway, Betty Hughes Branch, public road, E. M. Hodges house and being part of a tract I purchased from W. A. Blount and wife known as the Wetherington tract adj Thomas Phillips, L. Mewborn, James G. Askew, John F. Harper WIT: Augustus Moseley, W. O. Moseley Enrolled 9 Dec 1878, Book 47 pp 310, 311, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 8 Sept 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 438 –Mortgage – 3 Sept 1881 – James Taylor, Windal Taylor and wife Nancy, and Mary Taylor to A. Mitchell - $500 for several tracts – first tract bounded on the North by Joshua Dawson, on the South by John Hill, on the East by Berkly Smith, on the West by James Taylor and contains 88 acres – tract being old man Edwin Taylor's place in Trent Township, partly on SW Creek and being willed to James Taylor for life and then to Windal Taylor and Susan Taylor – this conveyance conveys the life estate of James Taylor and the undivided interest of Windal Taylor – also sd James Taylor conveys personal property of 1 sorrel horse about 3 years old, 4 heads of cows, stock of hogs and all my crops, kitchen furniture – the sd Mary Taylor conveys her lands which adj bounded on the North by Stephen Cauley, on the South by Curtis Smith, on the East by sd Curtis Smith and on the West by Henry Goodman and contains 91 acres and known as the Anna Taylor tract and deeded to sd Mary by sd Ann being in Woodington Township and where Mary Taylor now lives and being the same lands mortgaged by sd Mary to Mitchell and Fields – the Taylors owe Mitchell $400 on a Bond due 1 Nov 1881 - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction Signed by James Taylor, Windal Taylor and Mary Taylor – all signed by mark Registered 10 Sept 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 440 – Indenture – 28 Nov 1853 – Levi Mewborne to Neeham Moore, Lemuel H. Mewborn, Committee for the 22nd District – for love and affection for community schools – NS Loosing Swamp, adj my ditch, NS of new road – condition is this deed is good as long as the school remains open WIT: Jesse Vause, L. H. Tull Enrolled 31 Dec 1877, Book 45, p 515, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 10 Sept 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 442 – Deed – 15 Feb 1881 – by C. F. Harvey, adm of Smithy Jones dec to W. C. Hines – on order of the Superior Court on 5 July 1880 – authorized sd Harvey to sell the lands described at public sale which occurred 6 Aug 1880 and W. C. Hines was the high bidder at $400 – tract in Lenoir Co and Wayne Co adj Alex Barwick, Nunn, John Benton, branch, beginning corner in the will of Joel Hines dec – being the land purchased by Smithy Jones at the sale of the lands of Daniel Hines, her former husband, dec – 350 acres – excepting the life estate of B. B. Jones which is not conveyed by this deed WIT: L. Harvey Enrolled 12 Sept 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 443 – Indenture – 3 Dec 1879 – Egbert W. Hill and wife Laney Hill to William E. Hill - $650 for 56 1/3 acres – adj Wilmington road near Franklin's corner, fork of Ferry Branch, and runs with the River road WIT: John F. Byrd, Geo. R. Asbell, N. P. Cox, JP Enrolled 15 Dec 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P445 – Deed – 31 Dec 1879 – Amos Cox and wife Clarisa to W. W. N. Hunter - $400 for 40 acres – tract adj Elisha Grady, bridge across SW Creek, Shepard Jones' place, public road Both signed by mark WIT: B. L. Taylor Enrolled 15 Sept 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 447 – Deed – 7 Dec 1880 – William C. Fields and wife Agnes to N. B. Johnson and M. E. Johnson - $650 – tract adj Ed Rouse and the place formerly conveyed by Eli Sutton to sd N. B. Johnson and M. E. Johnson – being 1/2 of a tract conveyed by H. A. Edwards and wife to I. E. Sutton on 5 Dec 1876 and recorded in Book 44, p 395 WIT: W. A. Coleman Enrolled 19 Sept 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 448 – Mortgage – 11 Sept 1879 – Benjamin W. Hardy of Greene Co to Robt B. McCotter of Lenoir Co - $1200 for 192 acres – adj Richard Taylor, Joseph Dunn, sd McCotter, J. H. Coward – sd Hardy owes sd McCotter $1200 on 3 notes – 1st note due 1 Jan 1880 for $600, 2nd note due 1 Jan 1881 for $300 and 3rd note due 1 Jan 1882 for $300 - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction WIT: E. S. Hazelton Registered 13 Oct 1879 Book 49, pp 43, 44, 45, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 24 Sept 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 450 – Indenture – 16 Dec 1870 – Benjamin Rouse Sr. and wife Mary to James Rouse - $450 for 241 acres – SS Groundnut Swamp adj Noah Rouse, John G. Daly, Lenoir Institute road Benjamin signed and Mary signed by mark WIT: William Arthur, W. D. Pellatier Enrolled 17 Jan 1871, Book 39, pp 162, 163, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 27 Sept 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 452 – Indenture – 15 Feb 1881 – Huldah I. Kennedy to Victorie L. Kennedy - $1.00 for 159 acres – tract SS Gum Swamp adj Benjamin F. Parrott, James O. ??? Sutton – known as Lot #3 in the division of the lands of William Sutton WIT: O. H. Kennedy Enrolled 27 Sept 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 453 – Deed – 26 Nov 1877 – Received of Job. S. Stroud - $40 for 4 acres - tract adj to the public road, William and Lot Stroud, Dr. J. S. Davis WIT: D. S. Davis signed Ira S. Davis, Elizabeth Davis, Seth W. Davis, Emily Davis, S. D. Hankins, Ida E. Hankins, J. S. Davis, Jr, Calvin P. Davis, Lizzie A. Davis below it states Seth W. Davis and wife Emily, S. D. Hankins and wife Ida E. were examined in New Hanover Co, NC and Dr. Ira S. Davis and wife Elizabeth were examined in Wayne Co and Calvin P. Davis and wife Lizzie A. were examined in Lenoir Co Enrolled 1 Oct 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 455 – Deed – 11 Aug 1880 – John H. Keel and wife Mary H. to Cordelia E. Rouse - $350 for 73 acres – adj A. W. Wooten, dec, James Outlaw – known as part of the John W. Rouse tract WIT: J. S. Stroud Enrolled 1 Oct 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 456 – Deed – 26 Jan 1881 – Allen Croom and Rebecca Croom to Joseph B. Temple and Mary E. Temple - $1600 for several tracts – first tract adj J. M. Hardy, C. Gray, river low ground, Neuse River, A. D. Smith – also 15 acres of piney woods adj J. M. Hardy, Lafayette Smith and Stephen Cauley – it being the northern end of 25 acres given by J. R. Croom to Rebecca Croom – a total of 145 acres – all land was given by J. R. Croom to Rebecca Croom – the condition – reserving 15 feet for a cartway along the line of Chauncey Gray on the ES of the property Enrolled 1 Oct 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 457 – 6 Aug 1875 – Benjamin Rouse Senr and wife Mary to W. O. Pelletier and wife Susan B. - $800 for 100 acres – adj R. M. Pelletier and wife, John W. Rouse, Alexander Rouse, Noah Rouse and being where the sd Benjamin now lives Mary signed by mark WIT: G. F. Dawson Enrolled 19 Nov 1875, Book 43, pp 145, 146, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 5 Oct 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 459 – Indenture – 25 Oct 1878 – Thomas Cauley and wife Olive Olivia to Major F. Sanderson - $113 for 113 1/4 acres – tract SS Neuse adj Curtis Smith, Round Meadow Branch, sd Olive Olivia Cauley, high water mark of SW Creek Both signed by mark WIT: J. W. Harper Enrolled 6 Oct 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 460 – Deed – 18 Dec 1878 – Thomas Cauley and wife Olive Olivia to Major Sanderson - $100 for 92 acres – adj Curtis Smith Thomas signed, Olive O. used a mark Enrolled 6 Oct 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 466 – Deed – 6 Dec 1877 – Jesse F. Dupree, exec of F. I. ?? Dupree to Stephen Moore - $31.25 for 1 sein beach and 2 acres known as Moore Beach Enrolled 10 Oct 1881., B. L. Taylor, ROD P 467 – Indenture – 13 Oct 1879 – David S. Davis to Anna S. Davis – natural love and affection – a tract SS Neuse beginning on Whitehall and Kinston road, adj corner between R. E. David and sd David S. Davis, corner of James Davis and Zachariah Davis, Squirrel Creek, A. W. Whitfield, Dr. M. E. Robinson – 250 acres including all woods, waterways, and water WIT: Geo. C. Kornegay Enrolled 10 Oct 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 468 – Indenture – 23 Nov 1878 – John M. Davis and wife Elizabeth to John Taylor - $150 for 217 1/2 acres – on great Branch adj mouth of Pine Log Branch, up Lightwood Snag Branch, adj Nathan Byrd WIT: C. A. Davis, W. I. Smith Enrolled 9 Dec 1878, Book 47, pp 308, 398, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 11 Oct 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P471 – Indenture – 24 March 1868 – Benjamin Rouse and wife Mary to John W. Rouse - $600 for 208 3/4 acres – tract NS Neuse, NS A & NC RR, on the waters of the west prong of Falling Creek adj Haywood Waters, William H. Whitfield, public road bridge, Noah Rouse, Lenoir Institute road Benja. Signed and Mary used a mark WIT: William Arthur, Susan B. Pelletier Enrolled 30 March 1869, Book 37, p 369, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 11 Oct 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 473 – Mortgage - 11 August 1881 – W. Bryant Carter and his wife Barbara B. of Duplin Co to W. Henry Edgerton of Wayne Co - $700 for several tracts – first tract of 193 acres in Lenoir and Jones Co adj W. B. Pike, Anthony Davis, Stephen Davis, Stephen Isler – for further reference see the old deed (sic) – another tract in the counties of Lenoir, Jones and Duplin adj Jas F. ?? Stewart, Henry Blizzard, Senas Carter and being the land deeded to me by Jesse Howard of 183 acres – another tract adj land above mentioned in Jones Co adj Rhoda A. Davis and Stephen Isler of 46 acres – Carter owes Edgerton a debt of $700 payable on notes – 1st due 1 Jan 1883, 2nd due 1 Jan 1884, 3rd note due 1 Jan 1885 all in the amt of $233.23 1/2 each - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction WIT: C. A. Davis Registered 11 Oct 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD Debt paid 6 Dec 1920 P 477 – Mortgage – 12 Oct 1881 – Henry C. Baily and wife Deborah E. to Alexander Fields - $1.00 for two lots – one in Kinston adj John A. Pollock, W. R. Wood, Anna Dunn, Caswell Street and being the lot conveyed to Deborah E. Bailey by John A. Pollock and wife Agnes P on 2 April 1881 – another tract in LaGrange adj Caswell Street, Snow Hill road, Bryan Warters of 8 3/4 acres and being the land conveyed by John Fields and wife Mariah to Deborah Bailey on 8 Sept 1877 – sd Deborah Baily indebted to Alexander Fields for the purchase of his interest in the partnership of Baily and Fields a business in Kinston – she owes on 2 bonds – one of $150 and the other for $400 all due on 1 Jan 1883 - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction Registered 12 Oct 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 480 – Deed – no date – Elizabeth Wingate and A. L. Wingate her husband to Sarah A. Johnson – for natural love and affection and $1.00 for 57 acres – tract adj Henry Edwards, J. W. Cox, Gatsey E. Johnson's corner and being part of the land given to Elizabeth Wingate by the will of Gatsey Stevenson – subject to the life estate of sd Elizabeth Wingate Both signed by mark Enrolled 17 Oct 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 481 – Deed – M. A. Gray, appt Commission of the Superior Court of Greene Co at Spring Term 1881 – sell the following land in Lenoir Co under a judgment of the Court – B. F. Parrott, Abner Dawson, W. A. Coleman and W. D. Morton were plf and J. S. Davis, Mary E. Davis and others were def – sale at the Courthouse on 6 June 1881 to B. B. Carr of Duplin Co who was high bidder in the amount of $2500 – several tracts – first tract SS Neuse River adj line of the heirs of George Whitfield dec near the branch of Bell's Branch of 200 acres – another tract adj land of the heirs of A. W. Wooten dec, G. W. Jones and being the lands where the "Trotter Creek mill" (sic) is located and includes all the land covered by the water of the mill pond plus 4 acres of land at the west end of the dam which is a 1/8 interest in an undivided tract belonging to the estate of the late W. T. ??? Davis, dec of 222 1/2 acres and adj SW Creek below the house, big meadow, Malachi Davis – another tract which is 1/8 interest of an undivided tract belonging to the estate of H. W. Davis of 222 1/2 acres adj SW Creek below Jno Davis mill – another tract which is 1/8 interest in an undivided tract of the estate of R. W. Davis dec of 268 acres and adj to the 2nd corner of land belonging to the estate of the late James G. Davis dec and drawn from the estate of his father Enrolled 20 Oct 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 482 – Deed – 2 July 1878 – Wilson Tilghman and Jane his wife to my son Charlie Tilghman - $50 – all my interest in the sein beach on Neuse River run by myself and Fred Jones Signed only by Wilson Tilghman WIT: J. G. Price, J. W. Broadway P 485 – Indenture – 1 March 1869 – E. F. Cox, Sheriff of Lenoir Co to Mary M. Webb – on 2 executions by the Superior Court – Mitchell Allen & Co plf and J. B. Webb, def for $171.16 with interest on interest of $150 from Jan 19, 1869 – another execution with R. W. King plf and J. B. Webb def for $162.62 with interest on $113.44 from 16 Jan 1869 which sum was recovered by plf in sd court – Shff to take goods and chattels into his possession but none were to be found and a piece of land was taken to be sold at public auction – tract in the NE plan of the town to the eastern boundary of land sold to Amos Harvey by J. C. Washington, to the county road – 4 7/8 acres – another tract in Kinston known as the J. B. Webb Shop lot and purchased by sd James B. Webb from Reubin Barrow and L. C. Desmond – adj J. C. Washington, North Street – 1/3 acre – also the def's equity of redemption in a lot in Kinston of portions of Lots #150 & 151 adj Geo ??? Hill, David E. Curtis – also the def's interest as equity of redemption in a lot in Kinston adj Jno. Ennis and John D. Long – public sale held 1 March 1869 and high bidder was Mary M. Webb for $535 WIT: Lewis M. McCullen Enrolled 8 Nov 1869, Book 38, pp 169, 170, 171, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 22 Oct 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 487 – Deed – ______ 1875 – Daniel Worth and wife Eunice N., P. D. Swain of Alamance Co, W. H. Worth and wife Sallie M. of Lenoir Co to Mary Hodges of Greene Co - $3000 for 300 acres – tract in Lenoir Co adj Worth, Swain, Worth W. Jones, Thos ??? Grimsley, Briery, Alexander – sd Worth, Swain & Worth reserve the right of way from their marl bed on the SS of the Briery Enrolled 22 Oct 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 488 – Deed – 20 Aug 1881 – W. H. West and wife Susie D. to Isaac Cobb - $500 for 89 acres – tract adj Susan Harris, J. W. Broadway, Jas D. Sutton, Stephen Cobb, Durant Daughety, Isaac Cobb's corner formerly Box's corner, above the Howard place, Abram Mosely, to a corner of the division line between Durant Daughety and Frank L. Daughety in the division of their father, John Daughety's, land WIT: W. Cod Enrolled 22 Oct 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 491 – Mortgage – 6 Dec 1876 – John W. Rice and wife Hattie E. to Dempsey Wood, Jr - $1.00 for 274 1/4 acres – tract WS LaGrange and Snow Hill road – adj road, S. I. Wooten and being the same land conveyed by J. H. Hardy and wife M. A. by deed on 6 Dec 1876 to Hattie E. Rice – Rice was indebted to Wood for $675 with interest on a bond payable on 1 Jan 1878 - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction WIT: Macon Pully Registered 23 Dec 1876, Book 44 pp 375, 376, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 25 Oct 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD Debt paid P 493 – Mortgage – 24 Dec 1878 – J. W. Rice and wife H. E. to J. & D. Wood - $5.00 – tract of 3 acres NS of A & NC RR – adj to RR, C. G. Grady, J. M. Hadley, Joyner, NS of James Street – also the entire stock of good, dry goods, groceries and merchandise in the store – condition – Rice is indebted to the Woods for $3267 due on 2 bonds – one for $2000 due Nov 1879 and one due Nov 1880 for $1267 - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction Registered 2 Dec 1878, Book 47 pp 353, 354, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 26 Oct 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD Debt paid P 494 – Mortgage - 24 Oct 1881 – William R. Cauley and wife Caline to J. W. Grainger - $47 for 163 acres – adj James Holland, Henry Goodman, Kit Cauley, Lucy Cauley – bounded on the North by George and James Holland, on the East by ex Sheriff Wm. Becton, dec and Lucy Cauley, on the South by Henry Goodman and on the West by Kit Cauley – located near Whitley's Creek which was part of the David Lawson tract deeded to me by Frank Cauley – also personal property of 1 open buggy, 1 bay horse about 6 years old – Cauley owes Grainger money (no amount given) on a note due 1 Oct 1881 - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction WIT: B. F. Sugg Registered 25 Oct 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 498 – Deed – 1 June 1881 – James Smith and wife Alice to Alex Sutton - $150 – their interest in a tract adj Joshua S. Rouse, Isaac Barwick, Mumford Brewer and known as the Rosey Hardy dec. tract – this is Ό interest devised to sd Alice Smith by her mother sd Rosie Hardy by Will James signed and Alice used a mark WIT: J. M. Hines, Jr Enrolled 24 Oct 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 499 – Indenture – 1 April 1841 – Nathaniel Warters to Haywood Warters – natural love for my son for 145 acres – tract adj William D. Moseley, Daniel Warters, John C. Washington and the land I purchased of George Whitfield which I have deeded to my son John Warters WIT: Moses Walters, Rigdon Walters Enrolled 18 Sept 1841, Jas. E. Metts, ROD Re-enrolled 31 Oct 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 500 – 29 Nov 1848 – Jesse Warters to Haywood Warters - $94 for 23 1/2 acres – no description WIT: James Sutton, Moses Walters Enrolled 3 March 1849, Stephen White, ROD Re-enrolled 31 Oct 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 501 – Deed – 21 Oct 1858 – Benjamin Rouse Sr to Haywood Waters - $848 for 106 acres – beginning at the mouth of a small ditch being the dividing line between Benja Rouse and Noah Rouse and runs with the canal being the dividing line between Benja Rouse Sr and John Joyner, adj John Rouse and sd Waters – near an old graveyard WIT: Thos. McDaniel, John W. Rouse Enrolled 8 Feb 1859, Reubin Barrow, ROD Re-enrolled 31 Oct 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 502 – Indenture – 6 Dec 1870 – John W. Rouse and wife Elizabeth J. to Haywood Walters - $178 for 22 Ό acres – tract NS Moseley Marsh, WS Lenoir and Institute Road on the road, Noah Rouse, sd Haywood Walters WIT: T. A. Wadsworth Enrolled 19 Dec 1870, Book 39, pp 115, 116, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 31 Oct 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 503 – Deed – 24 Oct 1876 – Eliza M. Nettles and W. M. Nettles to Haywood Walters - $1500 for several tracts – one tract N of the A. & NC RR in LaGrange at the corner of Caswell and King Streets to the town limit, adj sd Haywood Walters, Joyner – 126 ½ acres – another tract of wood lands known as Lot #5 adj J. M. Hadley, Joshua Herring, corner of Lot #1 and Jerry Warters, J. M. Hadley and Lot #5, corner of Lot #4 of 60 acres Enrolled 7 Dec 1876, Book 46, pp 343, 344, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 1 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD NOTE: No indication of the background of these lots P 505 – Mortgage – 14 Dec 1878 – R. L. Rollins and wife Heba to Robert Peel of Wayne Co – $200 for 299 acres – tract at the mouth of Calf Branch adj W. R. Hollowell, A. W. Wooten heirs, Rouse, Panther Creek – Rollins is indebted to Peel for $200 - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction Registered 24 Jan 1879, Book 47, pp 463, 464, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 1 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 506 – Mortgage – 21 March 1879 – R. W. Davis and S. R. his wife to Robert Peel of Wayne Co - $35 for 105 1/2 acres – tract WS Panther Creek, run of Benton Branch then down sd creek "as to the division papers" – Davis owes Peel $35 on a note of debt - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction WIT: N. B. Whitfield Registered 27 April 1879, Book 48, pp 367, 370, 372, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 1 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 508 – Indenture – 21 Jan 1871 – John W. Rouse to Elizabeth J. Rouse his wife - $200 for 39 1/2 acres – full payment for a tract which descended to her as an heir of her father, Lemon Dail, dec – ES Moseley Marsh adj Alexander Rouse, sd John W. Rouse, Lenoir Institute Road WIT: Franklin Dail Enrolled 9 Feb 1871, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 1 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 509 – Mortgage – 31 Oct 1881 – Owen Smith to J. W. Grainger - $75 for 70 acres – adj Simpson Smith, Joshua Dawson, John Smith – bounded on the North by Joshua Dawson, on the South by Simpson Smith, on the East by John Smith and on the West by Simpson Smith – sd land willed to me by my father Hogan Smith and now encumbered by the dower of my mother Nancy Smith – also personal property of a sickler buggy – Smith owes Grainger $75 on a bond payable 1 Oct 1882 - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction WIT: Durham Grady Registered 2 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 510 – Indenture – 26 July 1869 – James Wood, adm of Benja. F. Davis to James W. Davis of Duplin Co - $1115 for 300 acres – tract SS Neuse River – adj John E. ??? Davis heirs, Goodman lands – sd tract known as the Campbell land which was sold by sd James Woods, adm according to Court order of Fall Term of Superior Court 1869 – sd tract was sold at public auction and sd James W. Davis was the high bidder WIT: A. J. Loftin Enrolled 9 Jan 1871, Book 39, pp 139, 140, 141, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 5 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 511 – Deed – M. C. C. Lawson conveyed to W. T. Wooten land – for valuable consideration but the deed was destroyed by fire at the courthouse – sd W. T. Wooten is now dec leaving 3 children his heirs and 2 of those children have died intestate without heirs except for grantee (sic) – for $1.00 sd Lawson now conveys to Myrtie Wooten as the only living child of W. T. Wooten dec a tract which was the land conveyed by Mary A. Davis to Ira S. Davis by deed on 21 March 1853 and enrolled 6 April 1853 – adj at the present to the lands of Nannie Kornegay and Kate Davis and adj public road, Ira S. Davis, SW Creek, mouth of Munson ?? Branch, Jno Davis – 105 acres being the land Mary A. Davis received from the late Windel Davis – the deed is subject to the right of Dower of Elizabeth J. Wooten, widow of W. T. Wooten WIT: Jas W. Davis Enrolled 5 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 516 – Indenture – 16 Aug 1881 – C. W. Joyner and wife S. A. to Charles Bryant and Nancy McDonald 425 for ½ acre – tract in LaGrange – NS Washington Street, Wooten Street – a life estate to the sd Charles Bryant's mother, Nancy McDonald Enrolled 10 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 519 – Mortgage – 12 Nov 1881 – Jesse Brown to W. C. Fields – $800 for several tracts – one tract adj N. G. Sutton, Susan A. Aldridge, run of Buck Swamp, Jesse Brown of 23 acres – another tract on the same side of Buck swamp, the dividing line between N. G. Sutton and the Lassiter heirs of 27 acres and being the same land conveyed by Joseph Kincey and wife to Jesse Brown – another tract where sd Brown now lives being the land conveyed by C. W. Holland and wife to Jason Brown of 176 acres adj Susan A. Aldridge, Isaac Fields, Benja Dawson – Brown owes W. C. Fields $800 on notes one payable 1 Nov 1883 for $300, one due 1 Nov 1884 for $300 and one due 1 Nov 1885 for $200 - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction WIT: R. B. West Brown signed by mark Registered 12 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD Debt paid 1888 P 520 – Indenture – 27 Feb 1858 – Branch Williams of Duplin Co to William Gray of Lenoir Co - $2.00 for 1/4 acre of land "to be laid off in a square north, south, east and west to include the burying ground of John Gray, dec for the purpose of a family burying ground for the sd William Gray" WIT: Richard Hill, John P. Gray Enrolled 10 Feb 1859, Reuben Barrow, ROD Re-enrolled 12 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 521 – Indenture – 25 Oct 1881 – Richard W. King and Susan his wife to George M. Gray - $1,050 for 296 acres – being the land conveyed to sd King by W. W. N. Hunter, Shf on 6 Nov 1871 and the same conveyed by F. P. Fonville, M. E. Fonville and Jno. ??? Fonville by deed 27 Nov 1876 – adj B. F. Parrott, J. P. Sutton, J. Pate, lands of Miller Creech – sd land known as the W. Gray land – for futher description see the deed of 6 Nov 1871 WIT: Kate Brown Enrolled 12 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 522 – Deed of Gift – 15 Feb 1875 - I, William Herring, Sr – for natural love and affection to my daughter Nancy Susan Darden wife of Joseph Darden and for her increase in fortune and $1.00 - give a tract of 537 acres on Randal Branch to a bridge, on the river at Old Tar Landing, the dividing line between Thomas J. Kennedy and the grants of sd William Herring, on Falling Creek – except my wife, Rebecca's, life's estate WIT: J. F. Wooten Enrolled 27 March 1975, Book 42, pp 495, 460, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 14 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 524 – Deed of Gift – 11 March 1876 - I, William Herring for natural love and affection to my daughter, Nancy Susan Darden, wife of Joseph Darden and for $5.00 – give a tract of 85 acres on Falling Creek, mouth of Round Branch, adj to the land already deeded to sd Nancy Susan Darden, Tar Landing in the Neuse River WIT: J. F. Wooten Enrolled 29 March 1876, Book 44,p 35, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 14 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 525 – Indenture – 14 Jan 1870 – James M. Hines, guardian of the minor heirs of Drewry Hill and J. F. Freeman, guardian to the minor heirs of John F. Jones of Lenoir and Greene counties to Mrs. S. J. Allen - $197.47 for 140 acres – tract adj William Ellman, run of Wheat Swamp, Henry Edwards WIT: G. F. M. Dail, E. J. Allen Enrolled 14 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor ROD P 532 – Deed – 9 Dec 1822 – Saml Cox to John B. Griffin - $1,560 for 253 acres – adj Jesse West, pound pond, main road WIT: Christopher Bond, Warry Kilpatrick Enrolled 18 Jan 1824, Lewis C. Desmond ROD Re-enrolled 15 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 533 – Deed of Trust – 19 Feb 1841 – John A. B. Watson to Pinckney Hardee –tract where sd Watson lived at the time of his death and being the land conveyed by James Daughety, heir of Daniel Daughety to sd Watson – 300 acres – sd Hardee advertised to sell at public auction on 7 July 1845 in compliance with sd Trust and Thomas Harvey was the high bidder at $1207.25 – this deed was dated 8 July 1845 – a tract SS Neuse, adj Bectons Old Field, riverbank, line of the heirs of John B. Griffin dec, line of Fred. I. Cox dec – 350 acres WIT: John Daughety, James Kilpatrick Enrolled 11 Aug 1845 Re-enrolled 15 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD NOTE: This appears to be a mortgage from John A. B. Watson to Pinckney Hardee that was not paid P 535 – Indenture – 21 Jan 1846 – James Daughety to Thomas Harvey - $100 – formerly the property of John A. B. Watson dec and where sd Watson lived at his death – SS Neuse adj Becton's Old Field Landing in the river bank, main road, line of the heirs of John B. Griffin dec, line of the heirs of Fred. T. Cox, dec (excepting a sein beach now in the possession of sd James Daughety of 1 acre) – tract of 350 acres being all of the land of sd Watson when he executed a trust WIT: P. Hardee, Stephen White Enrolled 12 Oct 1846, James E. Metts, ROD Re-enrolled 16 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 536 – Indenture – 29 Nov 1847 – Thomas Harvey to John S. W. Pearce - $1500 for 250 acres – tract SS Neuse known as the Guilford W. Houston lands but now known as the lands of the late John A. B. Watson – Harvey bought the land at public sale – adj river bank, G. W. Houston, David Daughety, line of John B. Griffin, dec, old ferry land Enrolled 27 Feb 1848, Stephen White, ROD Re-enrolled 16 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 545 – Indenture – 5 Oct 1830 – G. W. Houston to John B. Griffin - $1000 – SS Neuse adj Main road, Daniel Daughety Senr, Great Branch, David D. Daughety, S. Cox – also a piece of land 10 feet wide from the old spring to the main road WIT: R. B. Carlton, George P. Lovick Enrolled 18 Nov 1830, M. Bright, ROD Re-enrolled 18 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD NOTE: no acres given P 548 – Indenture – 9 Feb 1874 – Durham Grady and wife Alice A. to Wiley Davis - $100 for 20 acres – adj to the John P. Dunn and Parker corner, run of mill branch WIT: Jesse Harper, T. W. Becton Enrolled 19 Feb 1874, Book 41, pp 355, 356, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 21 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 551 – Deed – 1 Nov 1881 – Thomas J. Whitfield and wife Bettie and George R. Whitfield to William K. Whitfield - $450 for 244 acres – tract adj Joseph Kinsey, Isaac Fields, W. Fuller and Pinkney Hill – A. & NC RR, Hills's field, road – sd land devised to sd Whitfields by the will of Demarius Whitfield George signed by mark Enrolled 22 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor P 553 – Indenture – 30 January 1845 – Aaron Wiggins and Henry F. Bond to Richard W. King - $3000 for 400 acres – NS Neuse below Kinston – main road, SE corner of Kinston, river, mouth of Adkin Bank where it enters the river, main road leading from Kinston to Daughety's bridge (formerly Box's bridge) – being a part of the tract conveyed from William Croom to Frederick Jones by deed 25 March 1827 and being that part which was set aside for Jesse Jones in the division of the land of his father, Frederick Jones and was conveyed by Jesse Jones to Aaron Wiggins on 17 April 1839 and then conveyed by Wiggins to Henry F. Bond by deed in trust on 26 Jan 1843 to be disposed of at public or private sale and now disposed of at private sale to sd Wiggins and Bond to sd King Enrolled 5 March 1846, James E. Metts, ROD Re-enrolled 23 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 554 – Indenture – 7 Dec 1850 – Levi Hill and wife Mary to Richard W. King - $1150 for 161 acres – tract NS Neuse – adj main road leading from Kinston to Bell's Ferry, SE corner of Kinston, Walter Dunn Jr's line formerly Warren Kilpatrick's line – being a part of the land set aside to James Aldridge in the division of the lands of Frederick Jones dec and being the lands conveyed by James Grace to Levi Hill and wife Mary by deed 7 Nov 1842 Levi signed and Mary used a mark WIT: Nick Hunter, F. G. Griffin Mary privately examined Enrolled 26 Feb 1851, W. L. Loftin, ROD Re-enrolled 22 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 556 – Indenture – 3 March 1851 – Walter Dunn Jr to Richard W. King - $100 – tract adj SE corner of Kinston on said town line, adj King, formerly Hill's line, said Dunn WIT Chas J. Blakely, Danl Miller Enrolled 1 Aug 1854, Stephen White, ROD Re-enrolled 23 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 557 – Indenture – 31 Oct 1857 – John F. Wooten to Richard W. King - $400 tract of 10 acres - adj John C., Washington, town commons, sd King's line of the lands he purchased from Levi Hill, public road WIT: D. W. Lawson, Henry F. Strong Registered 1 Aug 1854, Stephen White, ROD Re-enrolled 22 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 558 – Indenture – 18 Feb 1863 – Anderson R. Miller to Richard W. King - $800 for 500 acres – a tract adj to the eastern boundary of the town of Kinston, Caswell Street, sd King's line which he purchased of Hill and wife, A & NC RR – being the land purchased by sd Miller of Walter Dunn on 7 April 1857 WIT: Henry R. Strong, N. Hunter Enrolled 1 May 1863, Reubin Barrow, ROD Re-enrolled 23 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 559 – Indenture – 21 Jan 1874 – William Grimes and wife Elizabeth of Wake Co to Richard W. King - $1750 for several tracts – one tract known as the Stubbs land, NS Neuse River, SS of the town of Kinston adj the town and sd King and Alfred Ulman – 410 acres – all the lands purchased by sd Grimes from R. F. Green, Clerk of the Superior Court of Lenoir Co, on 13 June 1871 and includes the dower of Elizabeth Stubbs widow of John Stubbs which was conveyed to William Grimes one of the parties of the first part by W. A. Blount and wife W. W. Blount, J. H. Dibble and wife A.M. Dibble and T. J Presson and wife E. R. by deed on 17 Jan 1871 – another tract conveyed by S. B. West and wife to T. J. Presson and from Presson and wife to sd William Grimes - 3.8 acres Elizabeth privately examined Enrolled 31 Jan 1874, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 23 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 560 – 11 Nov 1875 – John W. Collins and wife Sarah. E. Collins to Richard W. King - $400 for several lots – one tract adj town of Kinston, South Street, Henry Hines, sd King formerly Stubbs line, - Ό acre being the plot conveyed by Franklin Brown and wife Nancy A. to sd Collins by deed 9 Jan 1877 (sic) – another lot adj to the town of Kinston adj Sarah Bunn and her children, Caroline Williams formerly J. H. Stevenson's line – sd land was deeded to sd Caroline Williams by J. H. Stevenson and wife in a deed registered in Book 37 page 507 and part of the land was deeded by sd Stevenson to sd Williams in Book 38 p 551, adj Walter Dunn, Collins, Caswell street, East Street and being the land conveyed by Alexander Nicol and Susan E. his wife on 23 June 187????? WIT: Horace West Registered 11 Nov 1875, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 23 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 562 – Deed – 8 March 1878 – Wright Quinn of Duplin Co to Richard W. King - $100 for 1 acre – tract NS Neuse, SS of the town of Kinston adj sd King, Sidney Quinn alias Hudson, and John R. Phillips being the land conveyed by Walter Dunn to Wright Quinn on 27 Sept 1859 – extension of Queen Street adj Sidney Quinn alias Hudson, sd King, John R. Phillips line formerly J. H. Jackson's land WIT: J. A. Pridgen Enrolled 20 March 1878, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 23 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 567 – by an execution of the clerk of Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Lenoir Co in favor of Stephen Phillips against Reuben Knox – property of sd Knox to be sold at public auction – 3 town lots which sd Knox bought from William Holland adj John C. Washington and Lewis Whitfield – public sale on first Mon in Sept in 1841 – Richard W. King was high bidder for $1151 – I, John Davis, Sheff have sold this land – lots #57, 58, 59 in Kinston being the land William Holland conveyed to sd Reubin Knox – 20 Sept 1841 Signed John Davis, Shff Enrolled 17 Nov 1842, Jas, E. Metts, ROD Re-enrolled 24 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 568 – Indenture – 6 Feb 1857 – Abraham Enstein to Richard W. King - $1100 – tract in Kinston known as lot #29 – adj Gordon Street, Heritage Street, WIT: Reuben Barrow, Lemuel J. Mewborn Enrolled 31 July 1854, Jas. E. Metts, ROD Re-enrolled 24 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 569 – Indenture – 14 July 1852 –Richard G. Cobb to Richard W. King - $610 – Lot #78 in Kinston – adj King Street, Lot #87, Lot #77, Lot #79 WIT: A. B. Watson, W. Dunn Jr Enrolled 9 Aug 1854, Stephen White, ROD Reenrolled 24 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 570 – Indenture – 7 Dec 1854 – William C. Loftin to Richard W. King - $3300 for ½ acre – Lot #60 in Kinston – adj Queen Street, Lot # 59, Lot #52, King Street WIT: N. Hunter, W. A. J. Pollock Enrolled 17 Oct 1853, S. White, ROD Re-enrolled 24 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 571 – Indenture – 15 Dec 1855 – Board of commissioners of Kinston to wit: Pinckney Hardee, William H. Whitfield, James B. Webb, Nicholas Hunter, and Frederick G. Griffin to Richard W. King - $136 for 1 acre – Lot #162 in Kinston WIT: Shade E. Loftin, A. C. Wadsworth Enrolled 4 March 1857, S. White, ROD Re-enrolled 14 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 572 – Deed – 19 March 1863 – Lewis B. Cox to Richard W. King - $590 – lot in Kinston – SS of King Street, adj W. H. Dells, S. E. Loftin, Mrs. E. J. Dunn – lot #71 including portions of other lots (not named) WIT: N. Hunter, Henry R. Strong Enrolled 5 May 1863, Reubin Barrow, ROD Re-enrolled 24 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 573 – Indenture – 17 June 1863 – Evan Williams to Richard W. King – $1500 – lot in Kinston being Lot #105 and being purchased by sd Williams of John H. Peebles – adj Queen Street, Bright Street, Lot #103 ?? and Lot #120 WIT: N. Hunter, Alex. S. Rouse Enrolled 25 June 1863, Reuben Barrow, ROD Re-enrolled 24 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 574 – Indenture – 1 Sept 1870 – Jesse F. Dupree to Richard W. King - $356.83 for 1/2 acre – lot in Kinston – corner of King and Shine Street, Queen Street WIT: W. W. N. Hunter Enrolled 27 Nov 1870, Book 39, p 84, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 25 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 575 – Indenture – 17 Feb 1879 – W. A. Coleman, Mayor, James W. Cox, Wiley Lowery ??, Lewis B. Cox all Commissioners of Kinston to Richard W. King for $1.00 – whereas the wash from the Neuse River at the junction of King and Heritage Street has taken a portion of sd Street and sd portion is now included in sd wash and whereas going North from sd wash the passway now in use is upon the lands of Richard W. King – sd King has at his own expense prevented the wash from extending further on a considerable portion of King Street – we execute a Quit Claim for the area of the wash – King to have the right to enclose the sd wash Enrolled 24 Feb 1879, Book 44, pp 594, 595, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 25 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 576 – Deed – 25 Feb 1879 – Winifred Redditt, Jennette Wade, John W. Bowden and his wife Mary S. of Craven Co to Richard W. King - $150 for 1/2 acre – lot adj Richard Dunn and the lots formerly belonging to John T. Walsh now used for a school by R. H. Lewis – adj Shine Street, South Street, Lot #135 - being the land conveyed by John A. Parrott to Caleb M. Miller on 1 Jan 1858 – the grantors being the widow and the heirs of sd Caleb M MillerJohn W. Bowden and wife Mary S. signed, Winifred and Jennett signed by mark Registered 11 March 1879, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 28 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD p 578 – Deed – 23 Dec 1874 – H. F. Grainger and wife N. R. of Wayne Co to Richard W. King - $3500 for 325 acres – track adj W. H. Worth, R. H. Rountree, B. F. Nunn – beginning at the Briery Branch near the residence of W. H. Worth, to the Kinston – Snow Hill Road, B. F. Nunn, WIT: Jno R. Brooks Registered 28 Dec 1874, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 5 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P579 – Deed – 20 March 1875 – Henry S. Nunn and Nancy F. his wife of Jones Co to Richard W. King - $1068 for 86 acres – tract – adj John Phillips, sd King (land which King bought of H. F. Grainger) – beginning at the public road from Kinston to Snow Hill, head of a small branch, run of the Briery WIT: W. R. Becton Registered 20 March 1875, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 25 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 581 – Deed – W. R. Becton, Sheff of Lenoir Co by virtue of an execution of the Court in the case James A. Becton plf aginst Basil Fieles ??? , Henderson Loftin & others defs - $25 – lands of Henderson Loftin to be sold – 240 acres being the excess of Homestead -adj James Freeman, W. H. Worth, F. G. Taylor – land sold at public auction on 3 April 1876 to highest bidder who was Richard W. King for $161 – Kinston Township – NS Neuse both sides of the Briery and conveyed by Needham Loftin to Henderson Loftin by deed 7 Oct 1861 - adj William Sutton, Whitfield heirs, Ben Kennedy, P. G. Robinson – 200 acres being the Homestead of $1000 allowed WIT: John I. Coleman Enrolled 24 Sept 1877, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 25 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 583 – W. W. N. Hunter, Sheriff of Lenoir Co on an execution against the property issued by the Superior Court – Richard W. King Plf vs Richard Hill def for $145 – land to be sold at public auction on 6 Feb 1871 and said King was the high bidder for $5.00 – tract adj Jno. Fields, J. W. Colie's line formerly Sarah Edgerley's corner, line formerly Hardy Crooms – 122 1/2 acres WIT: A. S. Padrick Enrolled 15 Aug 1873, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 26 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor P 584 –Deed – 10 Sept 1874 – Rosco W. Moore and wife F. J. Moore to Richard W. King - $125 for 122 ½ acres – tract adj John Fields, J. M. Colie, corner formerly Sarah Edgerley's, corner formerly Hardy Crooms – being the lands formerly conveyed by Jerry Warters and wife to R. W. Moore on 4 March 1869 and the same conveyed by the Sheriff to said R. W. Moore on March 1868 and being the lands where Richard Hill now resides WIT: C. P. Barrow Registered 10 Sept 1874, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 26 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 586 – Deed – 20 Oct 1875 – Richard Hill Senr to Richard W. King – for a lease for life and $1.00 – tract Moseley Hall Township adj Jno Fields, J. W. Colie, - 122 acres being the lands conveyed from W. W. N. Hunter, Sher to sd King on 24 Oct 1870 and the same land conveyed by R. W. Moore and wife to sd King on 10 Aug 1874 (sic) WIT: William Arthur, C. C. Phillips Enrolled 14 Dec 1874, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 26 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 587 – Indenture – 7 Dec 1863 – Jesse Alphin to Richard W. King - $3000 for 240 acres – tract SS Neuse, SS of SW Creek, road leading from Kinston to Vine Swamp, to Cox's new road, Mott Swamp, SW Creek WIT: N. Hunter, N. H. Sutton Enrolled 22 Jan 1864, Richard W. King, ROD Re-enrolled 26 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 588 – Deed – 23 Oct 1874 – Asa Waller and wife Adline of Wayne Co to Richard W.King - $514 for 400 acres – adj lands of Stephen Hines heirs, William Waller, James Williams – SS Neuse River, NS SW Creek, Richard Caswell's corner, mill swamp, Chauncey Gray, SW Creek to the bridge, road leading to Kinston – being the land conveyed by Joseph Waller and his wife Rebecca to the sd Asa Waller on 23 Sept 1870 in Book 39 pp 77, 78 – excepting the life estate of sd Joseph Waller in the cleared land and turpentine boxes WIT: Wm. R. Becton Enrolled 24 Oct 1874, James K, Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 26 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 591 – Deed – 26 Nov 1881 – Martha Kennedy to Thomas A. Harper - $1345 for several tracts – one tract of 110 acres adj Lemuel Byrd, Penny Bell – land where Martha Kennedy formerly lived given in part by Nancy Hodges and a part by purchase and known as the Hodges place – another tract on the opposite side of the road being a part of the same plantation – 57 1/2 acres – Lenoir Institute Township Signed by mark WIT: R. W. King, J. M. Hemby Enrolled 28 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 592 – Mortgage – 21 Nov 1881 – Thomas O. Harper of Greene Co to Martha Kennedy of Lenoir Co - $840 – tract adj Lemuel Byrd, Penny Bell being the land conveyed by Martha Kennedy to Thomas O. Harper this day and being where sd Martha formerly lived of 110 acres - given in part by Mary Hodges (sic) and in part by purchase and known as the Hodges place – another piece of land on the opposite side of the road being a part of the same plantation of 57 1/2 acres – Harper owes Kennedy $840 due in 6 years – condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction WIT: R. W. King, J. M. Hemby Registered 29 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 593 – Mortgage - 19 Nov 1881 – James R. Hardee to Stephen P. Moore - $5.00 for 160 acres – tract on ES Falling Creek adj S. M. Hardee, Alex Dawson - it being lot #1 in the division of Perry M. Hardee dec – condition is Hardee indebted to Moore for $185 by bond due 1 Jan 1883 – condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction Signed by mark Wit: J Q. Jackson Enrolled 28 November 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 594 – Deed – 6 Jan 1877 - Joel R. Hines and wife Penelope E. executed to W. C. Hines a mortgage on a bond of $600 – Hines conveyed the bond to Jesse F. Stroud – Hines now gives the mortgage in Stroud's name – tract in Woodington Township adj Jesse Jackson – 81 acres WIT: W. H. Morton, W. A. Coleman Enrolled 29 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 598 – Deed – 10 June 1878 – Arville Sugg and wife Mary A. of Greene Co. to Susan J. Huggins of Lenoir Co - $75 for 62 acres – tract adj Winny Pipkin being lot #7 in the division of the lands of A. W. Davis, R. W. Davis and W. T. Davis as found in Book A of Divisions and Dowers – adj NW corner of Lot # 2, old line in sd Jno. Davis Mill Pond, lot 6 Mary A privately examined Enrolled 29 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 599 – Deed – 28 Nov 1881 – Johnston Carter and wife Elizabeth S. to H. C. Huggins and wife Susan J. - $475 for 126 acres – tract adj E. J. Wooten, Winifred Pipkin , NW corner of Lot #6, old line in John Davis Mill pond, lot #6 – this being lots # 4 & 5 drawn by Mary A. Sugg and Susan J. Huggins in the division of the lands of A. W. Davis, R. W. Davis and W. T. Davis in Book A of Divisions and Dowers – payable on a bond due 1 Dec 1882 of $235 and one bond due 1 Dec 1883 for $240 – condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction Elizabeth signed by mark WIT: A. W. Whitfield Enrolled 30 Nov 1881, B.L. Taylor, ROD P 602 – Indenture – 16 Feb 1870 – Noah Rouse and wife M. E. to John A. Sutton - $1.00 – tract all of the tract lying east of the White Hall road except that conveyed to Joel Elmore by Ben. F. Sutton Jr. by deed of 9 Jan 1868 (no acres given) WIT: J. W. Stanfer M. E. Privately examined Enrolled 22 Feb 1870, Book 38, pp 414, 415 A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 30 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 603 – Indenture – 12 Feb 1832 – John Rouse to Samuel Pool and Nancy Pool - $150 for 50 acres – tract being part of the Ben Creech tract adj Needham Holoman, line of Henry and Edward Creech, Warters, line of the heirs of W. Galoway WIT: W. D. Moseley Enrolled1 1 Mar 1832, Mortimer Bright, ROD Re-enrolled 30 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 604 – Indenture – 2 Jan 1872 – John Tull and wife Winnie R. to James Faulkner - $1273.50 for 205 acres– tract adj heirs of Pinkney Hill dec Enrolled 10 Jan 1872, Book 39 pp 578, 579, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 30 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 606 – Indenture – 26 Jan 1872 – Council Wooten to Nathan Hill - $800 – tract SS Neuse River adj to the estate of Windal Davis, dec, Zack Davis, being the lands where Thomas Davis now resides and being the land formerly of sd Thomas Davis and sold to satisfy certain executions by E. F. Cox Sheriff of Lenoir Co against sd Thomas Davis WIT: B. Frank Sutton, Thos McDaniel (no acres given) Enrolled 30 April 1872, Book 40 pp 124, 125, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 1 Dec 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 608 – Indenture – 1 Jan 1873 – Martin M. Noble and wife Sarah to Samuel Taylor of Greene Co - $1100 for 417 acres – on several notes of $300 annually due 1 Jan – if Taylor fails to pay all the notes he is to have a portion of the land he paid for and that land should be on the SS of the tract which is the south and west side of Joshua Creek, adj corner of lot #4 (does not give further information on what lots) WIT: Jesse B. Noble Enrolled 7 Feb 1874, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 1 Dec 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 608 – this is to certify that I do authorize James A. Rouse to cancel an instrument of writing that is recorded a mortgage made in the year – no year – by Samuel Taylor and wife for a tract in Lenoir Co known as the Nunn Miller tract and that portion owned by Betsy Fordham daughter of Nunn Miller – the debt has been paid on 28 March 1894 Signed M. M. Noble P 610 – Mortgage – 9 Nov 1881 – Drewry Miller and Menna Miller to Elijah Loftin and L. Harvey - $55.83 for 30 acres - tract adj Stephen Spence, Alex Rouse, John Williams, Amos Stroud in Woodington – being the same conveyed by John Williams to sd Drewry Miller - on a bond due 1 Oct 1882 – condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction Both signed by mark WIT: B. F. Harvey Enrolled 14 Dec 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 612 – Mortgage – 1 Dec 1881 – John T. Hill and wife Martha J. to D. & J. Wood - $175 for 63 ½ acres - tract adj Simon E. Hodges, Richard Sutton Senr, Hattie E. Evans – another tract NS Neuse, both sides of White Marsh and adj W. Arthur – this land is more fully described in a deed from Alice C. Hill to sd Martha J. Hill in Book 47 pp 338 & 339 – also personal property of 1 bay horse 6 years old, 1 black and white mare mule, 1 buggy and harness, 2 oxen one black and white and one red and white, 2 carts, 1 cow and calf, 2 sows and 7 pigs, all cotton, corn and other produce during the year 1882 - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction Enrolled 14 Dec 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 613 – Mortgage – 2 June 1881 – Windsor Vause to B. S. Broadway - $10 – personal property of 1 bay mule 8 years old called the Bell mule, 1 blind sorrel mare about 6 years old formerly belonging to the estate of J. W. Broadway dec, 1 large black mare mule about 8 years old named Kitt, one sorrel horse mule about 4 years old named Tom and purchased from Joseph Lassiter, one bay mare mule about 5 years old and named Mollie and purchased from W. H. West – also a tract of land formerly owned by J. W. Broadway and known as the Jas. Tilghman land – Vause is indebted to Broadway for $657.50 and he desire to pay off the debt Signed by mark WIT: A. J. Loftin Enrolled 14 Dec 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 615 – Deed – 16 Nov 1881 – Wiley Dupree and Louisa his wife to Scott McArthur - $700 for 50 acres – tract adj Wilson Tilghman, Alexander Rasberry, Needham Moore – it being Lot #1 in the division of the lands of Frank Moore WIT: W. C. Fields Louisa privately examined Enrolled 14 Dec 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 618 – Mortgage – 7 Dec 1881 – W. A. Aldridge and wife Susan A. to William C. Fields - $500 for 2 tracts – first tract in Kinston adj Olivia C. Phillips, SS Peyton Street, ditch, being the same lot conveyed by J. C. Washington to sd Aldridge – also the tract where said Aldridge now lives of 70 acres being said Aldridge's interest which descended to him from his father, L. H. Aldridge dec, adj J. B. Taylor, R. N. Pope – on a bond due 1 Jan 1882 – condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction Susan privately examined Enrolled 15 Dec 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 628 – Deed – 5 June 1880 – R. G. Cobb and wife Susan V. Cobb of Craven Co to Elizabeth W. Coleman of Lenoir Co - $1.00 – tract in Kinston adj late Pinckney Hardee dec – northern half of a lot known as Lot #76 on SE corner of Queen and King Streets being the lot conveyed by said Cobb to said Coleman by deed of Nov 1870 and was destroyed by fire on 21 April 1880 and this is a duplicate deed WIT: J. W. Biddle Enrolled 17 Dec 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 629 – Indenture – 28 Nov 1859 – Charles Clark to Alexander B. Watson - $1045 for 107 acres – tract NS Neuse adj Council H. Clark, Stoneyton Creek at a bend in the creek called the Mill dam hole, main road, Indigo hole – it being the 5th lot in the division of the lands of the late Reuben Clark WIT: Charles M. Griffin Enrolled 17 Dec 1859, Reuben Barrow, ROD Re-enrolled 19 Dec 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 630 – Indenture – 1 Dec 1859 – A. B. Watson to Frederick Jones - $1000 – tract NS Neuse adj Council H. Clark – see description above on p 629 WIT: Charles M. Griffin Enrolled 17 Dec 1859, Reuben Barrow, ROD Re-enrolled 20 Dec 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 632 – Mortgage – National Bank of New Bern advanced to John C. Williams and Cicero Williams and Furney ??? his wife - $150 for farming during 1882 – this to secure debt – one bay mare age 9 called Mollie, another bay mare about 5 called Pegan, all the cattle, buggy and harness, all our agricultural implements and all the crops to be raised in 1882 – also a tract known as the Carman tract on Moses Creek on a new road leading from the Neuse River to British Chapel on the SS of the new road adj J. D. Sutton, Abraham Hargett – 140 acres being the same land purchased by us from Henry West - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction All signed by mark WIT: Jas. K. Davis, W. A. Coleman Enrolled 20 Dec 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 638 – Deed – 20 Dec 1881 – Richard W. King and wife Susan to John Fields - $1250 for 122 1/2 acres – tract adj John Fields, J. M. Colie – a line formerly Sarah Edgely's, Hardy Crooms former line – being the same conveyed by W. W. N. Hunter Sheriff to R. W. King on 10 Sept 1874 and the same conveyed by Richard Hill, Sen to R. W. King on 30 Oct 1874 and the lands formerly owed by Richard Hill Senr dec Enrolled 21 Dec 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 639 – Mortgage – 20 Dec 1881 – John Fields and Mariah his wife to Richard W. King – this was a mortgage on the land above on page 638 – note due 1 Jan 1882 – condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction Both signed by mark WIT: A. J. Loftin Enrolled 21 Dec 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 643 – Indenture – 1 Nov 1878 – J. W. Harper and C. W. Harper his wife to John W. Collins - $320 – tract in Kinston adj E. F. Cox on Caswell Street, parallel with Queen Street, R. H. Rountree Enrolled 15 Nov 1878, Book 47 p 245, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 21 Dec 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 644 – Indenture – 1 Nov 1878 – S. H. Loftin to John W. Collins - $1.00 quite claim – lot in Kinston – adj Cox on Caswell Street WIT: W. J. Rasberry Enrolled 15 Nov 1878, Book 47 p 246, B. L. Taylor, ROD Reenrolled 21 Dec 1887, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 645 – Deed - 8 Nov 1878 – B. F. Cox and wife Carrie C. to John W. Collins - $900 – lot in Kinston adj Thomas A. Harvey on Caswell Street, John W. Collins (formerly Mrs. Ann M. Pollock's), J. T. Ball, S. H. Abbott, John R. Phillips Enrolled 15 Nov 187, Book 47, pp 246, 247, B. L. Taylor, ROD Reenrolled 22 Dec 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 653 – Indenture – 24 Dec 1881 – John W. Rouse to Bettie J. Rouse his wife - $250 for 50 acres – the said amount of money was inherited by said Bettie from the estate of Charlotte Waters, dec – tract NS Moseley marsh, ES public road running from Lenoir Institute to LaGrange adj Haywood Waters, Needham Waters, Bettie Rouse's own line WIT: William Arthur, Franklin Dail Enrolled 24 Dec 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 658 – Deed – 19 Dec 1881 – Lydia Hines Junr, Lydia Hines Senr, Elsie C. Hines to Sallie Grady wife of Elisha Grady - $1500 for two tracts – adj J. F. Parrott – one tract adj old ditch, Redding C. Hines of 61 ½ acres being a part of the Stephen Hines land on the SS of Neuse River and being the same conveyed by sd Lydia C. Hines Senr to Lydia C. Hines Jr on 20 Feb 1875 – another tract adj Redding C. Hines, M. P. Hill to a patent line near the road – 58 acres being the part of the Stephen Hines land and conveyed by Lydia C. Hines Sr to Elsie on 20 Feb 1875 WIT: J. A. Pridgen, W. C. Hines Enrolled 28 Dec 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 659 – Deed – 26 Dec 1881 – Sallie Grady and husband Elisha Grady to James A. Pridgen - $500 for two tracts – these were the two tracts above on page 658– Grady owed Pridgen $500 on a note – condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction Enrolled 28 Dec 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD Debt was paid P 664 – Deed – 2 Dec 1881 – Wm. B. Whitfield, administrator, on the estate of John Davis, dec, did on 2 Aug 1871 sell the lands of sd Davis for assets – all of the lands were purchased by Elizabeth J. Wooten for $1906.35 – the deeds were issued but were burned at the Courthouse and this deed is to replace the burned deeds – several tracts – one tract known as the Mashan tract of 189 acres drawn in the division of the lands of sd John Davis by W. T. ??? Wooten and wife – adj Smitha Davis, Ira S. Davis, Clay Huggins, Samuel Davis – another tract known as the old homestead of 1200 ??? acres – adj Daniel Potter, Ira S. Davis, Job S. Stroud – another tract known as the Bushee tract of 750 acres and drawn by Mary Whitfield – adj Amos Stroud, Jesse Phillips – another tract known as the Calvin Dean ??? purchase of 200 acres – adj Amos Stroud and the Bushee land – another tract of 315 acres and known as the Mill tract – adj J. P. Davis, Nathan Hill, Ira Smith, SS of SW Creek, mouth of Reedy Branch – another tract in Duplin Co of 150 acres and known as the Quinn tract – adj John Barfield, Jas W. Davis, Juniper Branch WIT: Jas W. Davis. W. ?? Faircloth Enrolled 29 Dec 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 667 – Deed – 10 May 1880 – E. E. Parrott to A. D. Parrott - $5000 – tract on the ES Falling Creek, both sides of the A & NC RR – adj John Daly, ES Creek, Walter Kennedy, tract where J. M. Parrott resided at the time of his death – 563 acres except the following 2 parcels – the part that J. A. Parrott conveyed to J. M. Parrott on 12 Feb 1869 of 100 acres on NS of RR, ES of sd tract adj Kennedy and the tract where J. M. Parrott resided at his death – the other tract NS of RR which sd E. E. Parrott has deeded this day to George F. Parrott which includes the store at Falling Creek Station of 1 1/2 acres WIT: Geo. F. Parrott Enrolled 31 Dec 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 677 – Mortgage – 3 Jan 1882 – Jesse S. Kennedy and wife G. A. to Jesse Wood and Dempsey Wood – no money given – for 2 tracts – adj D. H. Kennedy, W. Warters, line between Jas Warters & Kennedy, A & NC RR – 3 Jan 1882 – Mortgage – Jesse S. Kennedy & wife G. A. to Jesse Wood & Dempsey Wood (no money mentioned) – 2 tracts – first tract adj D. H. Kennedy, W. Warters, line between Jas Warters & sd Kennedy, A & NC RR, head of Bridle Branch, Wiggins, Stirrup Creek – another tract adj to the above of 230 acres deeded by B. Frank Sutton to J. S. Kennedy on 4 Dec 1872 – total of 460 acres – Kennedy owes the Woods $2300 on a bond due in 1883 - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction Enrolled 10 Jan 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 679 – Deed – 5 Jan 1882 – W. R. Whitfield to W. C. Fields - $800 for 200 acres – adj Pinckney Hill, Geo. L. Taylor, W. Fuller – SS of A & NC RR, Haunted Pond, Spring Hill or known as Herrings Old Mill road – being the land willed to sd Whitfield by Demarius Whitfield WIT: R. B. West, Jos. Kinsey Enrolled 11 Jan 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 680 – Mortgage – 5 Jan 1882 – W. K. Whitfield to W. C. Fields - $435 for 43 acres – tract adj Joseph Kinsey, Isaac Fields, Geo. S. Taylor – bounded on the North by A & NC RR , on the East by Herrings Old Mill road, on the South by Ava Taylor on the West by Isaac Fields and Joseph Kinsey – being the land willed by Demarius Whitfield to W. K. Whitfield and brothers on the west side of Herrings Old Mill road – Whitfield owes Fields on a bond due in 1883 - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction WIT: L. B. West Enrolled 11 Jan 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 690 – Deed – 3 Jan 1882 – Joseph A. Miller and wife Charity to Albert T. Speight and Star Hicks - $450 – lot in Kinston, part of Lot #77 – adj NE corner of the house of Robert C. Hays, R. W. King, Queen Street – it being the lot conveyed by J. P. Cummings and Matilda Cummings on 20 Dec 1867 to Joseph A. Miller Both signed by mark WIT: W. A. Coleman Enrolled 14 Jan 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 693 – Deed – 27 Dec 1879 – Jno. C. Wooten Sr to Eliza Jane Kennedy – love and affection for my daughter Eliza the wife of Charles E. Kennedy and $10 for 550 acres – tract adj Jack A. Heath, William J. Hunter, Strawberry Branch, Jno. C. Wooten, S. T. Russell, Tar Kiln Bed, Harry's branch, old road, Ready Branch Bridge WIT: R. E. Kelly Enrolled 16 Jan 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 721 – Deed – 3 Jan 1882 – George Curtis to W. Hunter - $50 – lot in Kinston bounded on the West by East Street, on the North by Bright Street, on the East by George Curtis and on the South by H. D. Hyatt – it being the western half of the lot conveyed by Stephen Miller to sd Curtis on 30 Oct 1875 and being part of Lot #1 in the D. S. Davis lots – Hunter still owes 2 notes of $50 – if sd Curtis should die before the notes are paid, the land will become property of sd Hunter – notes are non assignable WIT: W. A. Coleman, W. H. Washington Enrolled 21 Jan 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 723 – Indenture – 26 March 1879 – Walter Dunn and wife Octavia J. and Henry Dunn, mortgagee, to Julia Allen - $35 – lot in Kinston adj eastern line of Kinston and in the lots designated as the D. S. Davis lots and north of the Methodist Church (colored), south half of Lot #6 Enrolled 23 Jan 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 741 – Mortgage – 23 Jan 1882 – R. B. Cauly and wife R. A. to J. Q. Jackson - $5.00 for 40 acres – tract SS Neuse bounded on the North by the Neuse, on the South by James Wilkins, on the West by James Wilkins and R. A. Cauly and on the East by Benjamin Sutton – it being part of the Jerry Warters land – Cauly owes Jackson $140 - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction Signed R. B. Cauly, Rebecca A. Cauly Enrolled 26 Jan 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 743 – Mortgage – 24 Jan 1882 – Jesse Vause, W. H. Jackson and wife Sarah H. to J. & D. Wood - $525.06 for 374 acres – tract adj John I. Vause, , SS Neuse River, NS A & NC RR and bounded as on the North by the Neuse River and Sim Simmons, on the West by land conveyed to John I. Vause by Jesse Vause and W. A. Jackson and wife on 7 Jan 1882, on the East by SW Creek and on the South by SW Creek – it being the same land conveyed by R. W. King trustee of John Jackson to Jesse Vause and W. H. Jackson on 16 Nov 1877 – except that part deeded to John I. Vause on 7 Jan 1882 by Jesse Vause and W. H. Jackson and wife Sarah H – also personal property – on a bond due 1 Jan 1883 - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction Jesse Vause and W. H. Jackson signed and Sarah used a mark WIT: W. W. Carraway Registered 24 Jan 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD Debt paid on 16 March 1889 P 765 – Deed – 21 Nov 1881 – C. S. Koonce and wife Nancy A. to William Arthur and wife Nancy A. - $300 for 45 acres – adj Jas M. Patrick, W. E. Hines, J. M. Hines, Jr., Charles Wilson, SS of the public road from Lenoir Institute to Jas. M. Hines Sr's house, near Hines' Steam Saw Mill – being the land allotted to George B. Wilson by the Committee in the division of the lands of his father Alexander Wilson, dec Enrolled 1 Feb 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 774 – Mortgage – 31 Jan 1882 – Levi A. Ivey to R. W. King and wife Susan - $1700 for 2 tracts – adj Daniel Sutton, Thomas Uzzell, in the line between Lenoir and Wayne Counties in Moseley Hall and New Hope Township – known as Lot #1 in the division of the lands of the late Benjamin Sutton dec and being 111 acres – another tract in Lenoir Co at the mouth of Mill Branch to the public road, gin house, Lot #1 in the division of the lands of Benjamin Sutton, dec, to Neuse River of 79 ½ acres and being the land conveyed to sd Levi Ivey on 13 Jan 1881 – on a bond due 1 Jan 1883 - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction WIT: T. A. Herring Registered 31 Jan 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD END OF BOOK 2 ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. 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