Lenoir County, NC - Deed Book 4 Abstracts ~~~~~~~~~~ DEED BOOK 4 P 1 – Indenture – 14 June 1854 – John C. Washington to Bryan McCullen of Kinston - $350 – lot in Kinston – NE corner of Lot # 21 down MacIlwean Street to Lot # 23, down Gordon Street WIT: Jos. C. Herring, E. F. Cox Enrolled ??? July 1854, Stephen White, ROD Re-enrolled 14 March 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD NOTE: No lot # given P 2 – Indenture – 6 Feb. 1857 – James H. Dibble, John Dibble, Calvin B. Dibble and Franklin Dibble to McCullen and Taylor - $1000 – part of Lot # 26 in Kinston bounded on the North by Gordon Street, on the East by Lot # 22, on the South by Lot # 27, on the West by Lot # 24 WIT: Alexander Nicol, J. Williams Enrolled 18 Oct. 1858, Reuben Barrow, ROD Re-enrolled 14 March 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 3 – Indenture – 31 March 1857 – Bryant McCullum and John Taylor to W. H. Whitfield and Bryan McCullum - $1000 – part of a lot in Kinston known as Lot # 23 and bounded on the North by Gordon Street, on the East by Lot # 22, on the South by Lot # 27, and on the West by Lot # 24 WIT: Franklin Dibble, Alexander Nicol Enrolled 18 Oct 1858, Reubin Barrow, ROD Re-enrolled 14, March 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 4 – Deed of Gift – 14 Sept 1867 – John H. Haddock and wife Dicy of Jones Co to Arena McCullum wife of Bryant McCullum of Lenoir Co – for love and affection for their daughter Arena plus $1.00 a lot in Kinston – on the NE corner of Lot # 21, up McIlwean Street, Dibble's corner, to Gordon Street – being portions of Lots # 21, 22, 23 and being the same purchased by sd Haddock of Bryant McCullum by deed on (no date) – to be free from the control of her husband Dicy signed by mark Dicy privately examined Enrolled 14 Sept 1867, Wm. W. N. Hunter Re-enrolled 14 March 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 5 – Indenture – 2 Dec 1867 – E. F. Cox, Sheriff to Arena McCullum – on order of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in the names of J. C. Washington plf against Bryant McCullum def – McCullum owned $700 to Washington and this has not been paid – the tract was sold at public auction and Arena McCullum was the high bidder of $125 – lot in Kinston on the eastern corner of Walter Davis on Gordon Street, to Mrs. Bryant McCullum's line, James Dibble – Ό an acre WIT: H. G. Griffin Enrolled 18 Jan 1868, Wm. W. H. Hunter, ROD Re-enrolled 14 March 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 7 – Indenture – 17 March 1852 – George W. West of Craven Co exec of the late Melcher Rhem, dec to John Rhem of Lenoir Co - $624 for several tracts – one tract in Lenoir Co adj Wm. A. Pugh, Lewis O. Bryan, Lewis M. Loftin and known as the Home Plantation – this was all the land the sd Melcher Rhem received from his father which was bought from James Davis – 600 acres – another tract of 73 acres – SS Neuse, ES Little Pocosin, adj Neal Watson, Redding Jones, John Tilghman, Nathan G. Blount – this land was granted to sd Melcher Rhem by patent on 1 Jan 1807 WIT: Jacob West Enrolled 4 Nov. 1852, Stephen White, ROD Re-enrolled 14 March 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 8 – Indenture – 18 April 1852 – Rich'd W. King and William A. Pugh to John Rhem - $140 – tract known as Dog Point Lands, and adj the property of Jno. A. Bedaton ??? and John C. Patrick – one tract known as the Torrans land on Moseley Creek adj Laurel Ridge, Weatherington – 420 acres as per patent dated ???? March 1775 – another tract purchased by Bryan Burnett ??? from Green Taylor and Abraham Simmons on 15 Jan 1836 – on Moseley Swamp – 200 acres – it being a part of a greater tract by patent on 26 Sept 1766 and was the property of the late Daniel Simmons of Jones Co and was devised by the Will of Sd Daniel Simmons to Abraham Simmons – another tract on SS of Tracey's Swamp on Moseley Creek, SS Neuse , adj to the late John Tilghman as per patent dated 22 Feb 1837 and entered 6 Dec 1835 and granted to Nathan G. Blount, ??? Cobb, and Bryan Barnett – adj Tenas ??? and Melcher Rhem, Wetherington's old patent line – 178 acres WIT: John S. W. Pearce, John Tull Enrolled 16 Jany 1853, S. White, ROD Re-enrolled 15 March 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 10 – Grant – 10 Dec 1856 – 12 ½ cents per acre – granted to John Rhem – tract of 44 ½ acres – SS Neuse, WS Moseley's Creek adj Jacob Blount, George W. West, swamp below Dog Point Signed by Thomas Bragg Enrolled 24 Aug 1857, Stephen White, ROD Re-enrolled 13 March 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 11 – Grant – 27 Oct 1860 – 12 ½ cents per acre – granted to John Rhem – tract of 42 acres – SS Neuse, WS of the SW prong of Moseley's Creek – adj Jacob Blount's patent of 640 acres granted on 21 July 1779 – adj Dog Point, George W. West, to the patent line of a grant of 200 acres granted to Silas Seons ??? Stevenson on 9 Aug 1786 Signed John W. Ellis Enrolled 25 Jan 1861, Reuben Barrow, ROD Re-enrolled 15 March 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 12 – Indenture – 27 June 1861 – William F. Loftin to John Rhem - $375 for several tracts – one tract SS Neuse – adj to Wetherington, Persimmon Tree Branch – of 40 acres which sd land was granted to Silas Seon ?? Stevenson by patent – the other tract adj Yate's corner commonly called Heath's corner, British Road, Wm. Loftin's Wingate land, John Rhem's Davis tract – of 12 acres Enrolled 9 Nov 1861, Reuben Barrow, ROD Re-registered 15 March 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 13 – Indenture – 16 Sept 1867 – Enoch F. Cox, Sheriff to John Rhem – on execution by the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in the name of Wm. B. Becton, Adm of Perry Cox, plf vs Evan Evans def for $107.53 – a debt was owned and not paid and several tracts ordered to be sold at public auction – SS Neuse, on river bank, old Loftin's Landing formerly James Cox's line, below Tilghman's Sein Beach – 200 acres – another tract adj to the above tract, Wetherington's patent on Juniper Swamp – 50 acres – auction was held on 16 Sept 1867 and sd Rhem was the high bidder at $180 WIT: John Taylor, James Truman ???, Freeman ??? Enrolled 2 May 1868, Wm. W. N. Hunter Re-enrolled 15 March 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 15 – Indenture – 24 Dec 1873 – John H. Avery and wife Susan C. to John Rhem - $175 for 20 acres – tract adj sd Rhem, Jacob West, big ditch, Evan EvansBoth signed by mark Susan was privately examined Enrolled 9 Feb 1876, Book 41, pp 307, 308, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 15 March 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 16 – Deed – 13 Jan 1874 – Speight B. West and wife Sarah A. to John Rhem - $1000 for a lot in Kinston – lot adj Simon Eusteis ???, M. Harvey, W. F. Phillips, M. C. C. Lawson – beginning at the SE corner of Lot # GG ??, Jackson and Howard's corner on Caswell Street, to the office now occupied by Wm. Nicol, Lot # 26, John F. Wooten, Thomas Woodley, Lot # 33 – it being a portion of Lot # 34 WIT: R. C. West Enrolled 7 Feb 1874, Book 41, pp 309, 310, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 15 March 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 17 – Indenture – 24 Jan. 1874 – James M. Hines, Sr and wife Nancy to Lovett Hines - $1500 for 200 acres – a tract ES Jumping Run Branch, WS Spring Hill road adj D. A. Murphy, William Arthur WIT: William Arthur, William E. Hines Nancy privately examined Enrolled 24 Feb 1875, Book 42, pp 344, 345, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 21 March 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 19 – Indenture – 27 August 1859 – Sally E. Whitfield to Nathan B. Whitfield - $4410 for 630 acres – tract SS Neuse above Rockford landing, corner of Lot # 5, Huckleberry Branch, William Kornegay, dividing line between sd Kornegay and Genl. James R. Whitfield's dec heirs, Mill Pond, lower side of the road, river bank – for further reference see the report of the Commissioners who divided the property of Genl. James R. Whitfield dec – sd tract was allotted to sd Sally E. Whitfield in the division WIT: Jam. G. Whitfield, H. W. Blount 27 March 1860, Jam. K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 21 March 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 21 – Indenture – 10 Aug 1869 – Wm. E. Hill and Egbert W. Hill to K. Franklin Hill – love and affection to their brother plus $5.00 – tract adj Tilghman's line, Green Taylor, road – 56 1/3 acres WIT: James B. Bryan Enrolled 6 Nov 1879, Book 38 pp 161, 162, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 4 April 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 22 – Indenture – 20 Feb 1873 – Lydia C. Hines to Nancy P. Hill – natural love and affection for her daughter plus $1.00 – tract adj Jackson, Waters – 80 Ό acres WIT: Jos. R. Hines, Lydia C. Hines, Jr. Enrolled – 20 July 1875, Book 43, pp 50, 51, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 1 April 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 23 – Indenture – 29 Oct 1853 – James S. Canady to Richard Taylor - $2600 for 241 Ό acres – tract NS Neuse, SS Wheat Swamp adj John P. Dunn, Jesse Vause, Pate's Branch, widow Taylor WIT: William Howard, John H. Jackson Enrolled 28 March 1854, Stephen White, ROD Re-enrolled 7 April 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 24 – Indenture – 20 Oct 1857 – Jesse Hartsfield and wife Eliza Ann to Robert B. Taylor - $3700 for 250 acres – tract NS Neuse adj Calvin Tucker, Wiley Moseley, Thos. A. Heath and wife H. S., public road, R. B. Vause, J. P. Dunn Eliza Ann privately examined WIT: R. B. Vause, S. H. Hartsfield Enrolled 24 July 1858, Reuben Barrow Re-enrolled 7 April 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P26 – Indenture – 22 Nov 1859 – Jesse B. Taylor to Richard B. Taylor - $510 for 19 ½ acres – tract adj Thomas Moseley, Augustus Moseley, John P. Dunn (now R. B. Taylor's corner), public road, Tully Moseley WIT: Needham Moore, J. F. I. Sutton Enrolled 16 Aug 1860, Reuben Barrow, ROD Re-enrolled 7 April 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 27 – Deed – 17 Nov 1877 – Ellen Hill, Benj. F. Thomas and wife Mary D. all of Craven Co to Elizabeth K. Britton of Lenoir Co - $1150 – lot in Kinston on Gordon Street, adj J. D. Wood's heirs, Dr. Thomas Woodley, Jane Elizabeth Jones – being the western half of Lot # 151 WIT: J. B. Webb, I. F. French Enrolled 26 Nov 1879, Book 49, pp 133 & 134, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 7 April 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 28 – Deed of Gift – 23 Sept 1848 - Amos Rhem of Jones Co to John Rhem – for natural love and affection to my son – tract where the sd John Rhem now lives embracing several tracts or patents in my possession – adj corner of Loftin's line that was sold to me by Melcher Rhem Sr, Wetherington, Heath, Juniper Swamp, Indian Springs at the edge of Snow Hills, Richard Watson – with the exception of 1 square acre containing the family burying ground which I reserve to myself – also I give him 100 acres on Traces Swamp being part of a 200 acre tract left to by the Will of Jacob Rhem to Melcher Rhem and myself and patented by the sd Jacob Rhem and yet undivided WIT: Jacob West Enrolled 3 March 1849, Stephen White, ROD Re-enrolled 10 April 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 29 – Deed of Gift – 14 Oct 1856 – Elizabeth Whitfield to Augustus W. Whitfield – for love and affection to my son – a tract after my death – Lot # 117 and the western half of Lot # 118 in the town of Kinston WIT: Jno. S. Davis, H. N. Brown Enrolled 16 Feb 1857, Stephen White, ROD Re-enrolled 10 April 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 31 – Deed – 31 Dec 1877 – Kenneth R. Jones and Lou E. his wife of Craven Co to Augustus W. Whitfield of Lenoir Co - $800 – an undivided tract in Lenoir Co adj Samuel Davis, Henry Croom, on the Neuse River – being 1/6 interest in the lands willed to Rachel Jones and her children by George Whitfield, dec – sd interest was sold to R. H. Jones in Jan 1868 and then purchased back by him in Aug 1875 WIT: F. M. Simmons Enrolled 22 March 1878, Book 40, pp 277, 278, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 10 April 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD NOTE: no acres given P 30 – Indenture – 2 April 1868 – William S. Parker and wife Julia A. to Augustus W. Whitfield - $400 for 110 acres – the tract that Mary Parker became entitled to by virtue of the division of the lands of her father Zachariah Davis, Sr. dec and the sd tract was conveyed by deed of gift by sd Mary Parker to William S. Parker on 1 May 1865 in Book 36, pp 332, 333 – adj where John Whitfield's line joins John Grady's patent, adj Alexander Grady WIT: John I. Brown Julia privately examined Enrolled 2 May 1868, W. W. N. Hunter, ROD Re-enrolled 10 April 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 33 – Deed – 28 Nov 1877 – John H. Jones of Jones Co to Augustus W. Whitfield of Lenoir Co - $1000 for 332 acres – tract adj R. H. Jones, A. W. Whitfield, W. N. and A. W. Patterson and M. W. Patterson – SS Neuse, corner of R. H. Jones and A. W. Whitfield, ES Burnt Coat road, on the Neuse River WIT: James M. Kornegay, George Jones Enrolled 22 Dec 1879, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 10 April 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 34 – Indenture – 16 Aug. 1872 – Wm. Sutton to Edward S. Sutton - $1000 for 152 acres – a tract on Gum Swamp adj Simon E. Hodges, Burnt House Branch WIT: A. D. K. Parrott, James O. Sutton Enrolled 12 March 1878, Book 40, pp 241, 242, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 14 April 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 35 – Deed – 2 Oct 1876 – Betty Baer of New York City to R. M. Abbott of Lenoir Co - $500 for a lot in Kinston – sd Betty Baer is guardian of Max, Morris, Meyer, Edward and Abraham Baer and for herself individually – sd Betty filed a petition in Superior Court to sell a tract which sd Betty has a life estate and her wards have the reversion and whereas W. W. N. Hunter, Clerk, on 22 Sept 1876 made such an order the lot was sold – lot on SW corner of R. M. Abbott's lot on Gordon Street and runs to Peter Brim's line WIT: Ada Hunter Betty privately examined in NYC Enrolled 11 Jan 1877, Book 44, pp 402, 403, 404, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 5 May 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 37 – Indenture – 20 March 1873 – John Tindal and Annie his wife to M. C. C. Lawson - $280 for several tracts – one tract NS Trent for 65 ½ acres – another tract NS Trent, on the swamp, great meadow of 50 acres Signed by mark John Tindal, Anna Tindal WIT: Stephen H. Davenport Anna privately examined Enrolled 28 July 1873, Book 41, pp 93, 94, 95, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 13 June 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 39 – Indenture – 6 May 1873 – Penny Baker to M. C. C. Lawson - $160 for 50 acres – tract on Buck Branch adj Joseph Jarmon Penny signed by mark WIT: Henry Cunningham Jr., J. R. Noble Enrolled 10 June 1873, Book 41, pp 19, 20, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 13 June 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 40 – John M. Aldridge did by Deed of Trust on 12 Oct 1867 convey to Lemuel H. Aldridge a lot in the town of Kinston – adj Richard F. Gran???, Edward H. Chadwick, SS King Street and known as Lot # 66 – the lot was sold at public auction on 31 Dec 1879 to W. W. N. Hunter the high bidder for $660 – mentions that John M. Aldridge's wife was Julia Signed L. H. Aldridge, J. M. Aldridge, Julia Aldridge WIT: R. F. Green Julia was privately examined Enrolled 27 Jan 1871, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 18 July 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 42 – Deed – 24 Nov 1879 – James D. Sutton and wife Lensayer to Stephen Cobb - $165 for 21 acres – adj Isaac Cobb, J. D. Sutton, R. F. Daughety, Durant Daughety, W. H. West, on British Road, Bogay Ridge Signed James D. Sutton, Lou Sutton WIT: W. H. West Lensayer privately examined Enrolled 22 Nov 1877, Book 49, pp 147, 148, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 18 July 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 45 – Indenture – 22 Oct 1859 – Thomas Woodley to Samuel Howard – $140.57 for one acre – tract adj town of Kinston on SS of town – bounded by South Street on the N, by Mrs. Alice Caswell on the E, by the land of John H. Jackson – Woodley received the land from N. Hunter, Trustee on 30 Sept 1856 – land to be held for the use of sd Howard's daughter, Mrs. Lucetta Gates, wife of John B. Gates for her natural life and then to her children – under no circumstances is this land to be in the possession of sd John B. Gates at any time Signed Thomas Woodley, Samuel Howard as Trustees for Lucretia Gates Enrolled 24 Oct 1859, Reuben Barrow, ROD Re-enrolled 28 July 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 47 – I, Samuel Howard as the Administrator of John B. Gates, dec at the March Term 1861 of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions filed a petition to sell the real estate of sd Gates for payment of debts – land was sold at public sale on 29 June 1861 on credit of 6 months – Lucretta Gates was the high bidder at $25 – tract beginning at the lot tenanted in 1854 by Craven S. Jones, adj W. Dunn – Ό acre WIT: N. Hunter, Aretas Jones, Jr. Enrolled 28 Jan 1862, Reubin Barrow, ROD Re-enrolled 28 July 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 48 – Indenture – 13 Jan 1875 – James S. Carr executor of the last will of Matthew H. Carr to Craven T. Barwick - $3025 for 313 acres – tract on Great Contentnea Creek, adj Stephen Phillips – excepting the graveyard – this being the land Matthew H. Carr purchased from William Phillips dec on 3 March 1855 and on 6 July 1855 WIT: J. F. Wooten Enrolled 22 Jan 1875, Book 42??, pp 242, 243, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 31 July 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 50 – Indenture – 6 Dec 1872 – Titus Carr of Lenoir Co to C. T. Barwick - $100 for 6 acres – SS Great Contentnea – being the land the late Matthew H. Carr conveyed by deed of gift to sd Titus Carr on 22 Oct 1866 WIT: Lacy Phillips Enrolled 6 Dec 1879, Book 49, pp 185, 186, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 31 July 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 51 – Indenture – 28 May 1857 – Oliver Herring to James Herring – for natural love and affection – 786 ½ acres – tract on the waters of SW Creek adj Phillips Miller, Hazy Branch, ES Big Swamp, little Reedy Branch, line of a patent granted to Joshua Nunn on 4 March 1775 – sd Oliver to retain the use of the land for the life of himself and his wife WIT: Stephen Waller, John W. Becton Enrolled 15 Dec 1857, Stephen White, ROD Re-enrolled 11 Aug 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 52 – Deed of Gift – 8 April 1862 – Sarah Gray to Lewis Davenport – natural love and affection – 111 acres – tract adj Wm. Davenport, head of Big Swamp – sd Sarah to retain the use of the land for her lifetime Signed by mark WIT: James Herring, Nancy Cunningham Enrolled 14 Sept 1862, W. Dunn, Jr., ROD Re-enrolled 11 Aug 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 53 – Deed – 9 Feb 1878 – Simon E. Hodges and wife Persis S. to Ezekiel Smith of Wayne Co - $1500 for 200 acres – tract adj Elias Sullivan, William Arthur, B. F. Parrott, Thos Hill, center of the road, White Marsh – excepting ½ acre of the graveyard which Reubin Barrow excepted as the family graveyard Persis privately examined Enrolled 21 April 1879, Book 48, pp 323, 324, 325, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 14 Aug 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 55 – Indenture – 12 Nov 1872 – Mary Miller to W. P. Miller - $200 for 170 acres – tract on Joshua Creek, Barewell Creek, adj A. R. Miller, B. C. Turner, Band ??? Bridge, public road WIT: Isaac Gooding Enrolled 10 Feb 1876, Book 43, pp 457, 458, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 18 Aug 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 56 – Power of Attorney – 31 Oct 1879 – S. S. Prather and Mary A. Prather of Perry Co. Arkansas appoint Nancy F. Miller as POA to sell Lot # 7 in the division of the lands of I. N. Miller, dec and drawn by Mary A. Miller – adj G. D. Hines, Julia Dulen – 187 ½ acres State of Arkansas, County of Yell Enrolled 5 Dec 1879, Book 47, pp 173, 174, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 18 Aug 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 57 – Deed – 2 Dec 1879 – S. S. Prather and wife M. A. of Perry Co, Arkansas appointed Nancy F. Miller as POA on 31 Oct 1879 – I then sold to E. S. Fordham 187 ½ acres for $100 – a tract on Brickyard Branch, Joshua Creek – except about 37 acres sold to Gideon Hines Signed S. S. Prather, M. A. Prather, N. F. Miller Enrolled 5 Dec 1879, Book 49, pp 174, 175, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 25 Aug 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 59 – Indenture – 1 July 1873 – Nathan B. Whitfield and wife Bettie G. to Daniel Kornegay (col) and his successors – sd Kornegay was a deacon in the Colored Jerusalem Freewill Baptist Church - $2 for one acre – tract SS Neuse, a portion of the land where the sd Whitfield now lives and being on the road from his residence to the residence of Robert Kornegay, and where the Jerusalem Colored Freewill Baptist Church now stands – to include the well WIT: N. W. Wooten Bettie privately examined Enrolled 19 Aug 1873, Book 41, pp 107, 108, 109, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 28 Aug 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 61 - Indenture – 11 June 1872 – William White and wife Martha A. to Bright Hill and wife Mary Ann - $500 for 155 acres – tract NS Neuse, SS Big Briery, adj Daniel Worth, sd White, near the run of the Briery, James Freeman, house where sd White now lives, Matthew Grimsley Signed William White, Martha Ann White WIT: William Arthur Mary Ann privately examined Enrolled 9 July 1872, Book 40, pp 213, 214, 215, 216, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 7 Sept 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 63 – Deed of Gift – 15 Jan 1872 – Theophilus Grimsley and wife Mary to Mary Jones – all from Greene Co – natural love and affection plus $5.00 for 90 acres – part of a tract purchased by sd Grimsley from John Tull WIT: Wm. W. N. Hunter Mary privately examined Enrolled 28 March 1873, Book 40, pp 551, 552, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 21 Sept 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 64 – this deed very faint in places – Deed of Gift - 4 Sept 1868 – John M. Davis to my son Anthony Davis for natural affection plus $10 – 162 acres – tract adj Aretas Williams, Randols Branch – reserving the use of it for my lifetime and that of my wife Elizabeth WIT: Anthony Davis, S. A. G. Deny Enrolled 10 Sept 1869, Book 37 p 546, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 24 Oct 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P65 – Indenture – 6 Oct 1875 – John S. Hardee and wife Josephine to Julia A. Wooten, wife of R. S. Wooten - $750 for 125 acres – tract on the mill road leading from LaGrange to Lassiters Mill, Muddy Branch, Spring Hill Road John signed and Josephine used a mark WIT: S. D. Pope Enrolled 4 Dec 1875, Book 43, pp 208, 209, James L. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 24 Oct 1887, B. L. Taylor, ROD p 68 – Deed of Gift – 25 Feb 1864 – Samuel Howard to Julia Brown wife of Wm. Brown – natural love and affection for his daughter and $5.00 for 130 acres – tract SS Neuse adj John A. Parrott, Spring Branch, Robert A. Hill's corner now Chauncy Gray's corner, SW Creek WIT: N. Hunter, L. H. Aldridge Enrolled 6 May 1864, Rich. W. King, ROD Re-enrolled 24 Oct 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 69 – Mortgage – 5 Nov 1872 – John H. Dawson to Mrs. Ann Eliza Rouse wife of Joshua Rouse - $1.00 for 250 acres – a tract I have purchased this day from sd Joshua Rouse and wife – on Eagle Swamp, SS of public road leading from Hookerton to Bells Bridge – for further information see the deed from sd Rouse to sd Dawson (sic) – sd Dawson indebted to said Ann Eliza Rouse in two notes given for the above purchased land in the amount of $1000 each payable 1 Jan 1876 – 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. Pridgen Mortgage paid – no date and signed by Bennett Rouse On a separate sheet it states the mortgage was transferred to Bennett Rouse on 7 Jan 1884 Enrolled 27 March 1874, Jas. K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 24 Oct 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 70 – Indenture – 2 Nov 1855 – Parrott D. Warters to William H. Warters - $1000 for 160 acres – tract NS Neuse, ES of Mirey Marsh adj Reuben Barrow, Benjamin Parrott, White Marsh, Benjamin Parrott's old mill, William Arthur WIT: Reuben Barrow, William Arthur Enrolled 8 Feb 1856, Stephen White, ROD Re-enrolled 14 Nov 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 71 – Indenture – 22 March 1859 – Simon P. Waters to William H. Warters - $170 for 25 acres – tract NS Neuse, adj Benjamin Parrott, Jas Forkner, White Marsh, Henry Creech, William Creech WIT: Asa T. Warters, Joshua F. Sugg Enrolled 22 April 1861, Reuben Barrow, ROD Re-enrolled 14 Nov 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 72 – Indenture – 20 Feb 1869 – John S. Williams and Nancy A. his wife to Stephen C. Spence - $200 for 200 acres – a tract SS Lightwood Knot Road adj Brown, Dillahunt, Jesse ??? Pocosin John signed and Nancy used a mark WIT: W. S. Byrd, Thomas Cauley Nancy privately examined Enrolled 27 Nov 1875, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 14 Nov 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 74 – Deed – 19 Feb 1870 – Wyatt J. Phillips to W. H. and G. W. Morton - $300 – tract in Kinston – north of North Street, beginning at the intersection of Heritage Street and bounded on the North by North Street, on the East by the road leading from Kinston to the Washington residence WIT: A. Munroe Enrolled 10 March 1870, Book 38, Pages 453, 454, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 28 Nov 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 75 – Indenture – 1 Jan 1855 – Joseph R. Croom to Samuel M. Croom - $2412 for 194 Ύ acres – tract on SS Neuse and known as a part of the lands of the late William H. Whitfield dec and was sold under the will of sd Whitfield to John H. Parker who was high bidder and said Parker sold to said Joseph Croom – below the mouth of Bear Creek, adj Abram Armeny, George Jones, the river – excepting Ύ acre in the bend of the river opposite Hardy Sutton's barn which is reserved for a sein place WIT: Henry N. Croom, George Jones Enrolled 25 March 1853, S. White, ROD Re-enrolled 28 Nov 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 76 – Indenture – 21 March 1864 – Wiley Rouse to Samuel M. Croom - $300 for 20 acres – tract on SS Neuse River and known as a part of the lands of W. H. Whitfield, dec – adj Croom, Batts Branch, W. A. Croom WIT: Louis Lee, W. W. Rouse Enrolled 6 May 1864, Rich. W. King, ROD Re-enrolled 28 Nov 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 77 – Indenture – 5 Feb 1858 – Wiley Rouse to S. M. Croom - $100 for 8 acres – tract SS Neuse River adj George Jones, H. N. Croom, Samuel Croom WIT: A. N. Armanis, H. N. Croom Enrolled 11 May 1858, S. White, ROD Re-enrolled 28 Nov 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 78 – Indenture – 13 Feb 1855 – Wiley Rouse to Samuel M. Croom - $50 for 5 acres – tract SS Neuse, adj George Jones, old Kinston road, Henry N. Croom and known as part of the lands of the late William H. Whitfield, dec WIT: J. R. Croom, H. N. Croom Enrolled 25 March 1855, S. White, ROD Re-enrolled 28 Nov 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 79 – Indenture – 2 Aug 1869 –Jesse Jackson and his wife Elizabeth to Samuel M. Croom - $2400 for 194 acres – tract SS Neuse River and part of the W. H. Whitfield, dec land – mouth of Bear Creek, Abram Armius, Troller survey, George Jones WIT: Thos. McDaniel, W. H. Whitfield Elizabeth privately examined Enrolled 8 Feb 1871, Book 39, pp 196, 197, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 27 Nov 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 80 – Deed – 28 Oct 1862 – W. A. Croom to S. M. Croom - $30 for 1 Ύ acres – tract SS Neuse River and known as part of the lands of W. H. Whitfield, dec – being the place known as the Sein Place opposite the Hardy Sutton barn that Joseph R. Croom reserved in a deed that he gave to S. H. Croom - on the Neuse River adj Samuel Croom WIT: Thomas Davis, C. S. Croom Enrolled 6 May 1864, Rich. W. King, ROD Re-enrolled 29 Nov 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 81 – Deed – 28 Oct 1862 – W. A. Croom to S. M. Croom - $30 for 1 acre – tract SS Neuse River and known as part of the lands of W. H. Whitfield, dec – adj old road near S. M. Croom's crib, George Jones WIT: Thomas Davis, C. S. Croom Enrolled 6 May 1864, Rich. W. King, ROD Re-enrolled 29 Nov 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 82 – Indenture – 21 Feb 1872 – Aretas Jones and wife Elizabeth of Duplin Co to Samuel M. Croom of Lenoir Co - $2000 – tract SS Neuse River adj S. M. Croom, Wiley Rouse, Trotters line and known as the Smith tract – Lot # 1, Lot # 4, Lot # 2 for a total of 454 ½ acres Aretas signed and Elizabeth used a mark Elizabeth Privately examined WIT W. W. N. Hunter Enrolled 3 Feb 1872, Book 39, PP 554, 555, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 29 Nov 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD NOTE: Not clear what the Lots were P 83 – Indenture – 20 Nov 1869 – Redding Croom to Ida P. Croom, Ava W. Croom, Saml. M. Croom Jr., Annie E. Croom – for natural love for all his grandchildren – several tracts – first tract SS Neuse adj Charles Holland – part of the land granted to Richard Caswell and known in Division as Lots #1, 2, 3 – beginning the in the 3rd line of Richard Caswell, to Lot # 3, corner of Lot # 4, Robert Wooten's line – 78 acres – another tract of 5 ½ acres on the NW side of the above tract – a life estate reserved for said Redding and his wife Eliz – I appoint Samuel M. Croom, Sr. their father as trustee until they become 21 WIT: A. W. Whitfield, W. S. Hardy Enrolled 8 June 1870, Book 38, pp 589, 590, 591, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 6 Dec 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 84 – Deed – 7 Jan 1879 – Jacob McCotter of Pitt Co to James Brooks for Pitt Co - $1500.50 for 125 acres – tract adj Richard M. Abbott, lands of the late Lewis Whitfield – being the same tract that P. N. Pittman and wife Louisa sold to Julia Hartsfield - Contentnea Neck – see Book 39 p 469 for further information (sic) WIT: Geo. B. McCotter Enrolled 15 July 1879, Book 48, p 582, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 17 Dec 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 85 – Indenture – 12 Nov 1873 – Henry Fisher and Jane Fisher to Martha Arnold wife of Allen Arnold - $123 for 55 ½ acres – tract NS Neuse, SS Briery Branch adj Eliza Dawson, On Briery, Olin Phillips Both signed by mark Jane privately examined Enrolled 27 Dec 1873, Book 41, pp 226, 227, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 21 Dec 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 87 – Indenture – 2 Nov 1859 – James M. Parrott to Joseph P. Hardee - $1075 – several tracts – one tract NS Neuse River adj Major Croom's survey, old Carter field, Desmond, near Louis Branch, to a pine formerly Caswell's corner – 230 acres – another tract at a corner between Jas. B. Hodges dec and J. P. Hardy, the division line between J. P. Hardee and Thomas Hood, big ditch formerly the Caswell Branch – 20 acres WIT: S. B. Hardee, John P. Gray Enrolled 5 Sept 1868, Book 37, p 85 WHO ENROLLED Re-enrolled 27 Dec 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD p 88 – Indenture – 22 August 1881 – H. F. Grainger of Wayne Co to W. T. Moseley and Sallie E. Mewborn of Lenoir Co – in 1867 or 69 J. P. Hardee was declared bankrupt in the US Court – said Grainger was appointed to satisfy the creditors – advertised and sold the property at public auction on 3 Dec 1869 – sd Moseley and Mewborn were the high bidders at $2300 – original deed was burned and this is to replace it – tract NS Neuse River adj the late L. C. Desmond dec, J. R. Hodges, the late J. M. Parrott dec – 400 acres – being the plantation where the said J. P. Hardee now lives and consists of the lots assigned to the said J. P. Hardee, Harriet Albritton and Mary A. Moseley in the division of the lands of Bright Hardee dec together with 150 acres purchased by said J. P. Hardee from the late J. M. Parrott dec WIT: J. Q. Jackson Enrolled 27, Dec 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 89 – 22 August 1881 – W. T. Moseley and Sallie E. Mewborn and her husband L. J. Mewborn to Mary A. Hardee – on 3 Dec 1869 said Mosley and sd Mewborn for $2300 sold the land to sd Mary A. Hardee – tract NS Neuse adj lands of late L. C. Desmond dec J. R. Hodges, J. M. Parrott dec – 400 acres – tract consisted of – see above division names and the 150 acre information – deed was burned etc WIT: J. Q. Jackson Enrolled 27 Dec 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 92 – 24 Jan 1874 – James A. Jenkins and wife Rachel to James R. Taylor of Duplin Co - 100 acres of land for $50 – tract adj Edwin Taylor, SS Neuse River, adj Taylor's old patent line, NS Horse Branch, Jumping Run then known as Gooding's line, Windal Davis, W. Taylor's patent line, - 433 acres deeded by indenture to Eliz Ann Davis, Sidney Jane Davis and Rachel Davis by Zachariah Davis Sr on 14 Dec 1854 and enrolled in Book 33 p 285 – said land was the undivided interest in the lands of Rachel Davis James signed and Rachel used a mark WIT: Wm. A. Coleman Rachel was privately examined Enrolled 16 March 1874, Book 41, pp 442, 443, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 12 Jan 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 93 – Deed – John Davis, High Sheriff - a writ was issued by the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions on the first Mon in Oct 1838 – the lands of Mathew Hill Sr., M. Hill Jr, Richard Hill and Shadk Hill are to make the sum of $301.73 with interest which W. W. Moore, Wilcox and White, W. Wilcox and Co, John Tilghman, Thomas Becton John Parker, William Dibble, S. Metts & Bond, Isaac Stroudm Isaac Woodard and John Brisington lately in the Court named for damages against the sd Hills – an additional $93.70 – not clear who the Plf was but may have been a Parker – land was to be sold at public auction which was done in Jan 1837 – tract adj John Evans, patent line, Philamn Nobles, meadow, Tynas Branch – another tract at the head of Possom Branch – land was sold 1st Mon in Jan 1839 to John C. Washington who was high bider at $300 Signed John Davis, Sheriff WIT: Richard W. King Enrolled 4 May 1842, Jas. E. Metts, ROD Re-enrolled 13 Jan 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 95 – Deed – 28 Sept 1875 – R. S. Wooten and wife J. A. to M. H. Wooten - $12,500 for several tracts – 1st tract adj R. S. Wooten, Thos. Uzzell, S. A. Coker, Rockford Road – 389 acres – another tract adj Jerry Waters, Josiah Wooten, Thos Uzzell, old Whitfield road – 58 acres WIT: John C. Wooten Julia A. Wooten was privately examined Enrolled 17 Nov 1875, Book 43, p 133, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 15 Jan 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 101 – Deed – 20 Aug 1878 – C. Gray and wife Julia E. to Z. C. Howard - $150 for 57 acres – tract adj W. Sutton heirs, Trent River – being part of Zach. Howard's dec land WIT: M. A. Gray Julia privately examined Enrolled 22 Jan 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 110 – Division of Land of J. M. Parrott – 5 Feb 1880 – Court appointed Commissioners to divided the land of J. M. Parrott between A. D., G. F., E. E., Marietta, John A., Susie, James M., and Thomas Parrott heirs at law and children of James M. Parrott Double check the initial of George Lot # 1 – George F. – on Falling Creek, adj William Herring, A. D. Parrott, Raleigh road – 215 acres valued at $2,500 Lot # 2 – John A. Parrott – bank of Falling Creek, adj Lot # 1, public road, A. D. Parrott, high water mark of the Mill pond – 250 acres valued at $2700 Lot #3 – James M. Parrott – adj W. Herring, Lot # 1, A. D. Parrott, RR, - 160 acres – also a parcel on Hull Road of 60 ½ acres valued at $2700 Lot # 4 – Margetta Parrott – adj RR, ditch, new road, bridge – 181 acres valued at $2700 Lot # 5 – A. D. R. Parrott – adj Parrott's Ave, RR, Daly, John Creech – 180 acres – this being the parcel allotted to E. E. Parrott during the term of her natural life – another parcel not part of the dower adj RR, Lot #4, New Road – 42 acres – total value $1700 Lot # 6 – Susan M. Parrott – adj Daly, RR, Hill – 177 ½ acres valued at $2600 Lot # 7 – Thomas Parrott – adj RR, Hill, Mett Branch,W. Herring, - 175 acres – another parcel adj Lot # 3, James Hodges, Daly, - 77 ½ acres – total value of $2600 Lot # 3 pays to Lot # 5 - $200 Lot # 4 pays to Lot # 6 - $200 Lot # 6 pays to Lot # 5 - $100 Submitted 5 Feb 1880 W. H. Worth, M. Brewster, W. F. Loftin Enrolled 4 Nov 1882 in Dowers and Divisions Enrolled 25 Jan 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 120 – Indenture – 18 Oct 1859 – Reuben Barrow to James W. Colie - $200 – tract NS Neuse River, adj James Warters, road, John Fields – 33 acres WIT: W. W. Fuller Enrolled 31 Oct 1859, Reuben Barrow, ROD Re-enrolled 27 Jan 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 123 – Indenture – 1 April 1878 – J. K. Davis, Sheriff to Jesse Jackson, Jr – Superior Court issued several executions – one in favor of Noah Rouse guardian to the Obed Palmer heirs for $133.96 with interest from March 1869 and the sum of $14 against John W. Rouse, Nick Hunter, and John A. Sutton issued Feb 1878 – the 2nd and last in favor of Jesse Jackson – Sutton had no assets and his personal property was seized and sold at public auction – Jesse Jackson Jr was the high bidder of $50 which was not enough to pay the debts – the real estate of sd Sutton was also sold at public auction ad Jesse Jackson Jr was the high bidder at $275 – tract NS Neuse River, adj Gum Branch and was sold by Richard W. King to sd John A. Sutton on 5 Dec 1859 – 387 Ό acres and adj Ed Sutton – another tract of 160 acres SS Neuse River and being part of where he lived after his personal exemption was taken and which Wm. B. Edmondson sold to John Sutton on 3 Sept 1839 – said tract adj Benj Sutton Signed James Davis, Sheriff WIT: M. A. Gray Enrolled 24 June 1878, Book 46, p 660, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 27 Jan 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 133 – Mortgage – 23 Jan 1883 – John W. Fields and M. E. his wife to C. E. Cobb - $139.40 - due on 1 Dec 1883 – tract in Moseley Hall and being Lot # 4 ??? in the lands of Henry Fields dec and drawn by Jerry M. Fields and conveyed by sd Jerry M. Fields to John W. Fields In 1877 and enrolled on 30 March 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 M. E. privately examined Enrolled 31 Jan 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 135 – Mortgage – 6 Jan 1883 – Blaney Harper and Rachel his wife to E. A. Harper - $75 on an interest bearing note due 1 Jan 1884 – tract in Pink Hill Township – Lot # 3 assigned to Blaney Harper the lawful owner of Queen V. Carter's interest in the lands of Bright Harper dec adj Samuel Stroud, Isaac Stroud – 303 acres plus personal property Rachel signed with a mark and she was privately examined WIT: John M. Nobles Enrolled 31 Jan 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD Mortgage pd on 29 Nov 1884 P 159 – Mortgage – 3 Feb 1883 – W. C. Hines to Lemuel Harvey - $283.40 on a note due 1 Dec 1882 (sic) – tract in Woodington Township and being the tract that belongs to the heirs of Levi Becton dec and conveyed by J. R. Hines and wife P. E. Hines, and A. Mitchell & B. N. Fields to S. Harvey on 22 Jan 1883 – it being an undivided ½ interest – adj Jarman Becton, S. R. Robinson – 200 acres and being the undivided interest of P. E. Hines wife of J. R. Hines and Eliza Cox wife of Thos. B. Cox – this deed is a special Trust Enrolled 8 Feb 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 161 – Deed – 22 Jan 1883 – J. R. Hines and wife P. E., A. Mitchell, and B. N. Fields to L. Harvey – one Joel Turner and wife M. A. S. Turner did on 22 Oct 1879 execute a mortgage to P. E. Hines wife of J. R. Hines which was ½ interest in a tract – sd P. E. Hines conveyed the mortgage to A. Mitchell & B. N. Fields – the land was sold at public auction on 22 Jan 1883 & L. Harvey was the high bidder for $210 – sd land was an undivided interest in a tract adj Jarman Becton, S. A. Robinson and it was the land belonging to the heirs of Levi Becton dec – sd Eliza Cox (sic) had been purchased by sd P. E. Hines Enrolled 9 Feb 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 163 – Mortgage – 1 Feb 1883 – Albert D. Parrott & Elizabeth M. his wife to Edward R. Stanly - $5000 on a note with interest payable 1 Feb 1886 – tract in Falling Creek Township – ES Falling Creek, Kennedy land where J. M. Parrott resided at the time of his death – 563 acres – sd tract was conveyed by deed 12 Feb 1869 from J. A. Parrott to J. M. Parrott of 100 acres – another tract of 1 ½ acres conveyed by E. E. Parrott to George F. Parrott on 10 May 1880 – another tract of 42 acres adj to the 1st tract and description found in the Commissioners report of 25 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 Enrolled 9 Feb 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD Mortgage satisfied – signed by Sarah H. Kornegay adm of J. M. Kornegay – sd mortgage was transferred to sd J. M. Kornegay by A. Edward Woodruff exec of E. R. Stanly, dec P 169 – Mortgage – 24 Jan 1883 – W. B. Nunn and India his wife to Emma Williams - $358 – on a note bearing interest due 1 Jan 1884 – a tract in Pink Hill Township on Beaverdam adj Richard Nobles, heirs of Joseph H. Nunn and being Lot # 2 in the division of the lands of James Nunn, dec Enrolled 9 Feb 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD Note pd 20 Dec 1886 P 172 – Deed – 6 Feb 1883 – F. C. Loops to Jas. M. Kornegay - $2000 for a lot in Kinston – adj Protestant Episcopal Church, on King Street and being Lot # 70 for ½ acre – bounded on the N by King Street, on the E by Lot # 69, on the W by Lot # 71, on the S by Lot # 95 – it being the lot conveyed by Ed. H. Dill and wife to Amanda F. Loops on 15 Jan 1875 and given to sd F. C. Loops by the will of Amanda, his wife WIT: W. A. Coleman Enrolled 10 Feb. 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 175 – On 16 Nov 1871 the late Council Wooten executed a deed conveying to B. W. Nash and his heirs a tract in LaGrange – the deed was destroyed by fire and this deed is to replace and made 28 Nov 1881 between the heirs of the late Council Wooten to wit C. S. Wooten and wife Cora E., S. I. Wooten and wife Henrietta, G. W. Sanderlin and wife Eliza, W. F. Faircloth and wife Evaline E. Wooten, and J. F. Oliver and wife Mary S. Oliver to B. W. Nash – lot on ES Wooten Street to James Street – one acre Signed C. W. Joyner, S. A. Joyner, Jno. P. Joyner, W. M. Nettle, E. M. Nettle, J. F. Davis, E. A. Davis, J. Y. Joyner, C. S. Wooten, Cora E. Wooten, S. I. Wooten, H. S. Wooten, G. W. Sanderlin, E. W. Sanderlin, W. F. Faircloth, E. E. Faircloth, J. F. Oliver, M. S. Oliver Privately examined in Wayne Co – M. S. Oliver wife of J. F., E. E. Faircloth, wife of W. F. Privately examined in Lenoir Co – Cora E. Wooten wife of C. S., H. S. Wooten wife of S. I., E. W. Sanderlin wife of G. W., C. A. Davis wife of J. F. 12 Feb. 18883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 195 – Deed – 9 Jan 1883 – B. W. Canady and wife Mary H. to James K. Davis - $900 – lot in Kinston being Lot #63 and bounded by on the W by the Courthouse Lot # 62, on the E by Mrs. M. E. Moseley's Lot # 64, on the N by Dr. H. O. Hyatt's Lot # 49, on the S by King Street – being the lot conveyed by George Allen and wife Sarah on 23 April 1877 to sd. B. W. Canady and James K. Davis Enrolled 13 Feb 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 196 – Indenture – 5 Aug 1875 – C. P. Davis to James C. Cauley - $100 for 22 acres – tract adj Col. Davis' corner Enrolled 12 Feb. 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 224 – Indenture – 9 Oct 1879 – John S. Williams and wife Nancy A. to Derry Miller - $125 for 100 acres – tract SS Vine Swamp, WS of Knotwood Light Road adj Alexander S. Rouse, Amos Stroud, sd Miller He signed and Nancy used a mark and she was privately examined WIT: William Arthur Enrolled 16 Feb. 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 245 – 18 June 1870 – Wm. W. N. Hunter, Sheriff – on execution of the Superior Court of Lenoir Co – Kaughman Boer plf vs Wiley Rouse def – for $200 with interest from 18 Jan 1861 – debt had not been paid and the land was being sold at public auction on 4 June 1870 – Frances A. Rouse was the high bidder at $10 – tract was the interest of sd Wiley Rouse in a tract on SS Neuse in Trent Township – 705 acres – it being the same conveyed to sd Wiley Rouse by separate deeds – viz – one deed from Thomas Rouse on 5 July 1844 – another deed from Jno S. Lee on 8 Jan 1860 – another deed from Thos Rouse on 1 Aug 1848 Wm. W. N. Hunter, Sheriff WIT: J. W. Harper Enrolled 20 June 1870, Book 38, pp 605, 606, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 17 Feb 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 250 – Indenture – 23 April 1877 – Geo. Allen and wife Seah M. of Craven Co to B. W. Canady and Jas. K. Davis - $400 for Lot # 63 in Kinston - bounded on the W by Lot # 62, on the E by Lot #64, on the N by Lot # 49, on the S by King Street Seah was privately examined in Craven Co Enrolled 4 May 1877, Book 45, pp 174, 175, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 20 Feb. 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 270 – Deed – 20 Dec 1882 – Rebecca Blount to J. B. Webb - $30.50 for a lot in Kinston – adj SE corner of Webb's Carriage House on North Street – it being a strip 4 feet wide at the western part of the lot conveyed by R. W. King to Rebecca Blount on 26 Dec 1874 She signed by mark WIT: S. H. Fisher Enrolled 22 Feb 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 288 – Mortgage – 8 Feb 1883 – J. M. Moody and wife Rebecca to Kate A. Harvey - $212.80 for 75 acres on a note with interest due 1 Oct 1883 – tract in Woodington Township – adj a corner of Lots # 2 & 3 in the division of the lands of Thos. Cauley, dec, - adj David Prust, plus the crops to be raised during the year - 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 and Rebecca was privately examined WIT: James Herring Enrolled 26 Feb 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 295 – 10 Feb 1882 – Jacob Lankston and wife Mary to son Bryant H. for natural love and affection – land where sd B. H. now lives adj Jas. Lanksten, Dr. G. S. Kirby, Wiggins, corner of Thos. Branten's patent for 640 acres, to the path that runs from the public road to the house where I, Jacob Lanksten formerly lived, near school house, SS road, Taylor – 220 ?????? acres – excepting the lands on the NS of the public road during my life – this land was deeded before and the deed was destroyed and this is to replace the original which was executed about 1858 or 59 Both signed by mark Mary privately examined Enrolled 27 Feb 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 302 – Indenture – 17 Dec 1873 – James W. Edwards of Williamsburg, SC to E. F. Albritton and J. W. Harper - $2500 for 1600 acres – for an undivided 2/3 interest in the following lands – a tract known as the Whitfield land adj E. F. Albritton and devised to Lewis Whitfield (now dead) by his grandfather in the 14th item of his will "I give devise and bequeath to my grandson Lewis Whitfield (son of Lewis S. Whitfield dec) all my lands in the fork of the Neuse River and Stonington Creek which lands I hold by deed from Wm. Lovick, Reuben Clark and James Daughety lying on the Neuse River and on both sides of Stoneyton Creek; also the lands I hold by deed from Jesse Jackson including the Clark Place and the Walter Jackson Plantation and Mill Seat" – sd land now held by sd J. W. Edwards by Sheriff's Deed for Cicero Whitfield's interest (1/3) dated 19 Feb 1867 and by deeds from Haywood Whitfield and wife for his interest (1/3) with a quit claim deed from B. F. Whitfield and wife and Haywood Whitfield and wife on 2 March 1867 WIT: J. F. Hartsfield Enrolled 22 Dec 1873, Book 41, pp 199, 200, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 27 Feb 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 303 – Indenture – 3 Jan 1874 – J. F. Hartsfield and wife Georgia to E. F. Albritton - $1250 for 1600 acres – tract which is one divided third interest of the tract – NS Neuse adj E. F. Albritton – both sides of Stoneyton Creek – known as the Whitfield land and being the part inherited by B. F. Whitfield on the death of his brother Lewis and conveyed to J. F. Hartsfield on 27 Jan 1873 WIT: W. D. LaRoque Enrolled 7 Feb 1874, Book 41, pp 316, 317, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 27 Feb 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 304 – 21 March 1874 – J. W. Harper and E. F. Albritton – they are owners in common of land known as the Whitfield land – Harper owns 1/3 and Albritton 2/3 – they have agreed on a partition – Harper has released to Albritton all his right in the part NS Neuse adj sd Albritton and beginning at the fork of the road near the bridge over Stoneyton Creek - 487 ½ acres – another tract at a storm beam on Stoneyton Creek to the Neuse River to sd Creek of 495 acres – another tract being the Clark Place including all the lands NS of Stoneyton Creek of 215 acres Enrolled 11 Feb. 1876, Book 43 pp 476, 477, Jas. K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 28 Feb 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 305 – Indenture – 4 April 1879 – J. W. Harper and wife E. W. to E. F. Albritton - $50 – our 1/3 interest in the Sein Beach in the Whitfield land on the Neuse River known as Daughety's upper bridge E. W. Privately examined Enrolled 8 April 1879, Book 48, pp 242, 243, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 28 Feb 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 311 – Indenture – 9 Jan 1854 – Burwell W. Canady to James L. Canady - $3790 for 402 acres – tract NS Neuse, SS Contentnea Creek adj J. P. Dunn, James Kilpatrick, Kinston road, Beaver Dam Creek, mouth of Blackledges canal WIT: William G. Taylor, Richard B. Taylor Enrolled 28 Feb 1855, S. White, ROD Re-enrolled 6 March 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 313 – Indenture – 17 Jan 1872 – W. G. Harper to James L. Canady - $616 for Lot #7 in Kinston – adj SE corner of R. M. Abbott on Gordon Street, Jno. Herring's lot, and the lot of the heirs of Alexander Jones dec Signed by mark – his name appears to have been William WIT: H. F. Grainger Enrolled 9 March 1872, Book 40, pp 38, 39, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 6 March 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 316 – Deed – 26 Dec 1879 – J. F. Jones and wife Virginia M. to Simeon Wooten - $850 for a lot in LaGrange – corner of Caswell and James Streets known as the J. S. Hardy lot adj Dr. Hadly, Mrs. Barrow – 1 acre Virginia was privately examined Enrolled 7 March 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 329 – At the March Term of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in Lenoir Co in 1867, I Bryan Whitfield Adm of Daniel Hines dec filed a petition for a sale of land of sd Hines – sd sale was at public auction on 12 Jan 1869 – Smithey A. Jones was the high bidder at $305 – tract adj J. M. Kornegay, W. R. Egerton, Alex. Barwick, J. M. Spence, Miry Branch, Nunn, Benton Branch – 475 ½ acres WIT: W. F. Nunn, B. F. Hines Enrolled 4 Nov 1869, Book 38, pp 139, 140, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 9 March 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 330 – Deed – 24 Jan 1877 – Benj. B. Jones to W. C. Hines - $150 for 365 acres – Trent Township and known as the Daniel Hines Place Signed by mark WIT: T. A. Hines, J. H. Edwards Enrolled 29 Oct 1877, Book 45, p 457, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 352 – Indenture – 7 April 1873 – John R. Smith and Amelia A. his wife to Pearcy Garris - $250 for 50 acres –tract adj Austen William, Mrs. Mourning Williams Amelia privately examined Enrolled 19 June 1873, Book 41, pp 42, 43, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 13 March 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 362 – Mortgage – 21 May 1882 – Ivy Whaley to Anthony Davis – on 9 Nov 1878, James Whaley and wife, Phineas Whaley and wife, Ivy Whaley and wife, James Whaley Jr and wife, Felix Whaley and wife, and George Whaley and wife executed a mortgage to John R. Phillips for $250 – sd Phillips transferred the mortgage to sd Ivy Whaley – debt has not been paid and the land was sold at public auction on 20 May 1882 – Phillips was high bidder at $325 – tract in Jones Co and Lenoir Co – SS Trent River, mill pond, mouth of Watery Branch, main road, Clark's branch – 800 acres – it being the lands of James Whaley Sr. dec Signed by mark WIT: E. G. Tyndal Enrolled 15 March 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 364 – Mortgage - 1 Jan 1883 - Simpson Harper and wife Lettie Ann to Lewis Grady – tract of 45 Ό acres - adj Asa Waller, Sallie Outlaw and being a portion of the Whitfield Grady lands and starting at the dividing line between Lewis Grady and Haywood Waller – the Harpers owe Grady $300 on a note due 1 Jan 1884 plus $152.50 due 1 Jan 1885 - 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 Lettie privately examined Signed Simpson Harper and L. A. (x) Harper Enrolled 15 March 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 368 – Indenture – 2 Dec 1871 – Albert Day and Caroline E. his wife of Wayne Co. to Olin G. Kornegay - $610 for a lot in Kinston – house and lot on Bright Street – adj on the N by Mrs. J. B. Cummings, on the S by Bright Street, on the E by Mrs. J. A. Pollock, on the W by Mrs. C. W. Fields Caroline privately examined in Wayne Co, NC Enrolled 29 Dec 1871, Book 30, pp 485, 486, 487, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 17 March 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 376 – Mortgage – 17 March 1883, Geo. A. Herring and wife Sue V. to F. C. Loops - $3,000 for a total of 435 acres – on a note payable 1 Jan 1884 – tract in Falling Creek Township, School House Spring, adj Ratcliff, Jacob Parrott, J. M. Parrott, Falling Creek – also 10 acres on SS Falling Creek – being a tract given by the Will of W. Herring dec to said G. A. Herring Enrolled 20 March 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD Debt paid 12 Dec 1888 P 379 – Mortgage – 17 March 1883 – Geo. A. Herring and wife Sue V. to M. A. Grady - $2000 for a total of 435 acres – on a note payable 1 Jan 1884 – tract in Falling Creek Township adj School House Spring, J. M. Parrott, Darden, Jacob Parrott – being a tract given by the Will of W. Herring dec to said G. A. Herring Enrolled 21 March 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 382 – Mortgage – 21 March 1883 – A. C. Stroud and Mary S. Becton to Mitchell & Fields - $125 on a note due 15 Nov 1883 – tract in Woodington Township and being the interest which descended to Levi E. Becton and John B. Becton in the lands belonging to the estate of their father, Levi. E. Becton, dec and conveyed by deed to A. C. Stroud being 2 shares of ½ interest in all the lands of sd Levi E. Becton, dec together with the dower of sd Mary S. Becton widow of sd Levi E. Becton – adj Jarman Becton, S. A. Robinson – plus all the crops raised for the year - 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 Mary S. Becton, Croom Stroud WIT: D. E. Perry Enrolled 22 March 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 400 – Indenture – 20 Nov 1882 – A. D. Smith to Mary E. Temple – for natural love and affection for my daughter for 180 acres – all the interest in the estate of sd Smith and a tract adj Needham Moore – known as the land of the late John L. Hill and being the land John L. Hill bought of John C. Washington and Levi Powell – sd lands after the death of sd John Hill was allotted to Elizabeth J. Hill his daughter and after the death of sd Elizabeth to her husband sd A. D. Smith – WS of road leading from Kinston to Snow Hill adj Major Hill also one of the heirs of John L. Hill, Henry Tull, Alfred Moore, Oliver Bedards Signed Adail D. Smith WIT: J. R. Uzzell Enrolled 27 March 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 401 – Indenture – 26 Feb 1883 – Joseph B. Temple and Wife Mary E. to A. D. Smith - $1000 – same land as p 400 WIT: J. R. Uzzell Enrolled 28, March 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 407 – Affidavit – 16 Aug 1882 – Jacob Langston of Neck Township knows that a stake in the Branton field (now Robt. Nelson's field) is the identical corner known as the Old Branton corner and is the old original patent corner of Tom Branton and pointed out to me by Robin Wiggins as his corner Signed by mark WIT: B. F. Jones Enrolled 29 March 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 408 – Affidavit – 9 Sept 1882 – Matthew Wiggins stated a stake in Eagle Swamp in the old ditch is the corner between Arden Wiggins and Mrs. Lucinda Abbott and is the original division line between Mrs. Branton and Peter Phillips Sr and is now the line between Arden Wiggins and Robert Nelson – he has known the sd line for 40 to 50 years and known the line between Arden Wiggins and Robert Nelson for 30 to 35 years Signed by mark Enrolled 29 March 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 410 – Deed – 29 March 1883 – Samuel V. Laughinghouse and wife Sarah S. to Levi J. Moore - $650 for 828 acres – tract in sand Hill Township adj W. H. West, Seth West, ?? Albritton, Moseley Creek – known as the 3 lots allotted to M. A. Pugh, Laura E. Pugh and Lewis B. Pugh Jr dec in the division of the lands of L. B. Pugh Sr. dec and conveyed to Sarah S. Laughinghouse by M. A. Pugh, Laura E. Pugh, E. S. Laughinghouse and Rachel F. Laughinghouse on 29 Jan 1881 Sarah privately examined Enrolled 30 March 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 419 – Mortgage – 10 Feb 1883 – Louis Foss and wife Nancy to Julius E. Sutton - $200 for 73 acres – on a note due 1 Jan 1884 – tract in Moseley Hall Township and bounded on the S by W. S. Uzzell, on the E by Thomas Dawson, on the N by Bear Creek, on the W by W. S. Uzzell and being the land drawn by Nancy from her father's estate - 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: S. I. Sutton Enrolled 5 April 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD Debt pd 5 July 1886 P 428 – Mortgage – 2 April 1883 – Dempsey Wood to J. J. Dunn and wife Annie C. (sic) - $560 for 192 ½ acres – on a note due 1 Jan 1884 – tract bounded on the N by Geo. B. Webb, Pittman, Ed Hart, on the E by Elias Hazelton, on the S by B. W. Hardy, on the W by James Daughety and being the lands willed to me by my father J. P. Dunn, the old Homestead – plus personal property - 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 J. J. Dunn, Annie C. Dunn Enrolled 6 April 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD NOTE: The Dunns were the grantors Debt paid P 442 – Indenture – 18 Jan 1844 – Jeremiah Warters to John A. Warters - $2000 for 700 acres – tract SS SW Creek, adj Nixon, Loftin, Great Branch, widow Cox's field, Needham Loftin, SW Creek at the bridge above John Cobb's mill – it being the whole of the Isler land that I purchased of William Croom on the ES of the road, all houses, orchards WIT: Thomas J. Warters, Theophelus Bryan Enrolled 1 July 1844, Jas E. Metts, ROD Re-enrolled 10 April 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 443 – Agreement – 16 April 1870 – there now exists a controversary between Elijah P. Loftin and Sarah C. his wife and Elisha Grady and Sarah his wife, regarding a boundary line – an agreement has been made - $22.50 has been pd by Elijah P. Loftin to Elisha Grady – tract adj sd Loftin and Grady, John C. Wooten, SS Great Branch, main road leading to Kinston known as the upper Trent road, a corner formerly Croom's corner – this land to sd Loftin which is SS of the line – Loftin issues a Quit Claim to Grady for a lot on the NS of the line WIT: J. R. Hodges, John T. Daly Wives were privately examined Enrolled 26 April 1870, book 38, pp 521, 522, 523, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 10 April 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 449 – Deed – 11 April 1883 – Sallie Grady, Joel R. Hines and wife to A. Mitchell - $1240 for several tracts – adj W. G. Taylor, S. J. Moore, Richard Raucett - first tract of 61 ½ acres adj R. C. Hines, SS Neuse and being the land conveyed by Lydia C. Hines Sr to Lydia C. Hines Jr on 20 Feb 1875 – another tract of 58 acres adj R. C. Hines, M. P. Hill, patent line, public road – both tracts were part of the Stephen Hines land and conveyed by L. C. Hines Sr to L. C. Hines Jr and Elias ?? C. Hines on 25 Feb 1875 Signed Salie Grady, Joel R. Hines Enrolled 13 April 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 491 – Deed – 6 March 1882 – E. S. Sutton assigns a mortgage from Jesse S. Skeen to Swift Gallway of Greene Co and recorded in Book 42 p 652 to B. F. Sutton – original debt of $50 which was not paid and the land was sold at public auction – B. F. Sutton purchased the mortgage – tract SS Wheat Swamp adj Josiah F. Suggs – 56 acres – see Book 41 pp 349, 350 (sic) Enrolled 20 April 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 495 – Deed – 7 March 1870 – Wm. W. N. Hunter, Sheriff – on orders of the Lenoir Co Superior Court – to wit case # 759 R. M. Abbott plf vs W. H. Rountree, def - $300 and cost - # 760 W. F. Rountree plf vs W. H. Rountree def for $363 and cost - # 761 F. M. Rountree to the use of R. H. Rountree plf vs W. H. Rountree for $275 and cost - # 801 R. H. Rountree plf vs W. H. Rountree def for $188.50 and cost – the lands of W. H. Rountree were sold at public auction on 7 March 1870 – R. H. Rountree was the high bidder at $900 – tract on Eagle Swamp, adj Coward, Furnifold Green's 250 acre survey, Gibbons – 499 acres WIT: C. H. Hicks Enrolled 23 April 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD NOTE: No earlier enrollment date P 496 – Indenture – 24 Sept 1875 – Amos Stroud and wife Lettie J. to Pinckney L. Erven and Jesse G. Erven - $300 for 554 acres – tract that descended to us as 1/3 of the part and to each of the grantees as 1/3 each from the estate of the late Evan Erven dec by Will – tract adj Jesse W. Kinsey, the lands of the heirs of Joseph Nunn, W. A. Jones and John Nunn – SS of Trent, both sides of Beaverdam Creek Amos signed and Lettie used a mark – she was privately examined WIT: B. L. Taylor Enrolled 7 Dec 1875, Book 43, pp 223, 224, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 23 April 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 512 – Indenture – 18 July 1870 – Robt. H. Rountree and wife Cynthia to Susannah C. Rountree, wife of W. H. Rountree - $1000 for 499 acres – tract SS Eagle Swamp adj Lewis Kilpatrick, Washington Sumeralll and being the same tract conveyed to sd Robt. H. Rountree by Sheriff Hunter on 7 March 1870 WIT: J. B. Webb, Edwin F. Cary ?? Cynthia privately examined Enrolled 1 May 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD NOTE: No earlier enrollment date P 513 – Deed – 1 March 1878 – Dr. V. E. Weyher and wife Rachell S. to Dr. H. O. Hyatt - $1050 for a lot in Kinston – bounded by Lots # 97 & 98, northern part of Lots # 127 & 128, bounded on the N by Bright Street, on the E by the Town Commons, on the S by Reuben Wallace (now Peter Williams), Fannie Turnage (now J. F Parrott), and Amanda Bogus (now J. F. Parrott), and on the W by Lot # 99 and Amanda Bogus and being the same lots conveyed by M. W. Campbell and wife to J. F Parrott on 12 Jan 1872 and enrolled in Book 40 p 36 and was mortgaged by sd J. F. Parrott to the County Commissioners of Lenoir Co on 28 April 1874, Book 41 p 527 Rachell privately examined Enrolled 19 April 1878, Book 47 pp 41, 42, 43, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 1 May 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 514 – Deed – 12 August 1878 – A. R. Miller and wife D. M. H. Miller to Dr. H. O. Hyatt - $650 for a tract in Kinston – adj Dr. V. B. Weyher, Jno. R. Phillips – bounded on the N by Caswell Street, on the E by Jno. R. Phillips, & B. W. Canady – being Lot # 49 and known as the Dr. Brown office lot Signed A. R. Miller, Delia M. H. Miller Delia privately examined Enrolled 2 Oct 1878, Book 47, p 187, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 1 May 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 516 – 18 Aug 1879 - Received of Dr. H. O. Hyatt $100 for one third undivided interest in the following lots in Kinston - bounded on the S by Shine Street, on the E by East Street, on the N by Lots # 175 & 176 and on the W by Lot # 179 – being lots # 177 & 178 Signed J. M. White, E. M. White E. M. privately examined Enrolled 3 Sept 1879, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 1 May 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 517 – Deed – 29 Dec 1879 – George P. Thomas trading under the name George P. Thomas & Co of the city of Baltimore, Md. to Dr. H. O. Hyatt - $100 for a lot in Kinston – beginning at the intersection of Caswell and Heritage Streets and runs down Heritage to R. W. King, then to Patterson (now Miller's line), to Nethercutt's line – all lands contained in 2 deeds one from W. A. J. Pollock to Jesse Alphin on 17 July 1860 and the other from said Pollock to sd Alphin on 26 Jan 1863 – sd Alphin mortgaged the land to B. F. Barthelow and by Judgment in said mortgage conveyed by W. R. Becton, Sheriff to sd George Thomas WIT: Murray Hanson Enrolled 24 Feb 1880, Book 49 pp 710, 711, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 1 May 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P519 – Indenture – 6 September 1881 – Henry D. Tiffany and wife Caroline C. of Westchester County, NY to Dr. H. O. Hyatt - $475 for a lot in Kinston – being the SE part of Lot # 31 and being the lot conveyed by W. C. Loftin to Walter Dunn Jr. and by Walter Dunn Jr. to Adoloph Cohen by deed 13 April 1866 – beginning at the NW corner of Caswell and Heritage Streets and running N with Heritage Street to the River and then down the river to Caswell street Caroline privately examined in New York Enrolled 2 May 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 531 – Mortgage – 19 Jan 1883 – R. W. Moore and wife F. J. to Sarah A. Walters - $100 – tract adj Martha Smith, Fannie Fields, Sam Parrish, Slevfar ?? Bryant and W. H. Hardie – known as the F. J. Moore and L. Fields drawn interest in the Alex Fields estate – 18 acres – on a note payable 1 May 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 Both signed by mark WIT: John W. Sutton Enrolled 9 May 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 534 – Deed – 6 Jan 1872 – John L. Kilpatrick and wife Fannie H. to Edward M. Hodges - $2250 for 160 acres - adj W. W. Carraway, W. Moseley - bridge across a ditch in the road, run of Wheat Swamp, W. T.??? Moseley Enrolled 12 Feb 1872, Book 43 pp 484, 485, 486, James K. Davis ROD Re-enrolled 10 May 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 535 – Indenture – 1 Feb 1877 – W. O. Moseley and wife Launa A. to Hollen E. Hodges wife of Edward Hodges - $835 for 66 ½ acres – tract on SS Wheat Swamp – adj public road, Edward Hodges WIT: Augustus Moseley, James Moseley Launa privately examined Enrolled 27 July 1877, Book 45, p 367, B. L. Re-enrolled 10 May 1883, P 575 – Mortgage – 2 June 1883 - John C. Wooten and wife Emaline M. are indebted to Elizabeth B. Davis of New Bern for $4000 for 93 acres on a note due 1 Dec 1886 convey this mortgage – a tract adj R. W. King's line formerly Sarah Grady's line, N to Strawberry Swamp canal to the road in front of the mansion house on the Nixon place, R. W. Wooten, R. L. Wooten, L ?? Russell, Cook's patent, Hunter ??, E. J. Kennedy, Susan Sutton - the tract was conveyed to the said John C. Wooten by John F. Wooten Clerk of Lenoir Co on 23 Aug 1853 ?? and enrolled 2 March 1856 – another tract adj Mrs. Susan Sutton, Strawberry Swamp, R. W. King's line formerly Sarah Grady's line, E. P. Loftin – including buildings, machinery – 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. L. Wooten, W. T. Johnson Emaline privately examined Enrolled 6 June 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 592 – a certain Indenture of mortgage was executed 26 December 1874 by Anthony Blount and his wife Rebecca to Jas. Davis of the 2nd part and Richard W. King of the 3rd part – Anthony did not pay the debt but Rebecca Blount fully paid the mortgage and King transferred his interest to sd Rebecca – Rebecca has requested sd James Davis to make private sale of the land – this deed made 25 April 1883 to Rebecca for her interest – lot in Kinston – a portion of the Carriage Shop of James B. Webb on the ES of Queen Street and NS of North Street occupied by Anthony and Rebecca as their residence – being that lot conveyed to Richard W. King by Benjamin T. Webb on 17 December 1874 and conveyed to sd Anthony Blount by King on 26 Dec 1874 WIT: W. A. Coleman Enrolled 20 June 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 593 – Mortgage – 1 May 1883 – E. W. Berden and Peter R. Berden to Rebecca Blount - $200 – on a note due 1884 – tract in Kinston – part of the J. B. Webb Carriage Shop on ES Queen Street and NS of North Street – being the western part of the lot conveyed by Ben. R. Webb to R. W. King on 17 Dec 1874 and King conveyed to Anthony Blount on 26 Dec 1874 and then conveyed by Jas. K. Davis to Rebecca Blount on 25 April 1883 WIT: W. A. Coleman Enrolled 20 June 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 599 – Indenture – 1 Jan 1866 – David E. Curtis to Sarah Hunter a freed woman - $500 – lot in Kinston known as Lot # 140 – adj N. Hunter, Heritage Street, Solomon Huggins – Ό acre WIT: W. J. Huggins, N R. Wood Enrolled Jan 1868, Wm. W. N. Hunter, ROD Re-enrolled 25 June 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 600 – Deed – 8 Feb 1883 – Annie E. William to Susan V. Herring wife of George A. Herring - $1.00 for two tracts – one tract adj land on which the late Thos J. Hill resided at the time of his death and the lands in which the late Jas. M. Parrott resided at the time of his death – School House Spring, Ratcliff, Jacob Parrott, Falling Creek – 435 acres - anther tract SS Falling Creek adj above tract, Nancy Darden, and being the tract given to the sd G. A. Herring by his father William Herring by his Will – 10 acres – plus personal property Enrolled 28 June 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 601 – Susan then deeded the property back to Annie on the same day P 605 – Indenture – 29 Oct 1870 – Richard W. King to Simon Simmons - $900 for 575 acres - waters of the Neuse and SW Creek adj John Jackson home place – to a dividing line between the two tracts to the mouth of SW Creek – it being all the land purchased by John Jackson of Jesse Jackson on 25 Sept 1851 and by John H. Jackson of John Jackson by deed on 4 July 1860 and the same conveyed by Jesse Jackson Adm of John H. Jackson to Richard W. King on 7 May 1870 – lands subject to the widow dower of J. H. Jackson during her life NOTE: It appears that King was selling this land for the Jackson family Enrolled 30 June 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 618 – 25 Oct. 1882 – Whereas Francis J. Rutledge and Susan E. Casey (now Susan E. Nash) of Sion Co, Texas to Elizabeth Jackson – sold a tract in Kinston and sd deed was recorded in Book 43, p 289 and executed in 1873 and is now burned, we wish to replace the deed - $200 for a lot in Kinston – corner of Heritage and Bright Streets, adj Cummings Nash signed and Rutledge used a mark Enrolled 10 July 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 624 – Deed – 2 July 1883 – John T. Aldridge and wife Ida to William F. Stanly - $3000 for 833 acres – tract adj Wilson Tilghman heirs, adj Lot # 6, # 5, Wolf Branch Canal, Lot # 3 & 2 – tract being Lot # 5 in the division of the lands of L. H. Aldridge Ida was privately examined Enrolled 11 July 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 631 – Mortgage – 14 July 1883 – W. W. Rouse and wife Sue F. and Alonzo Rouse to John R. Phillips - $130 on a note due 15 Oct 1883 – tract in Trent Township – adj Geo. W. Jones, W. K. Bizzall, George Jones' heirs – tract being a portion of which I bought from B. E. Smith for 56 acres and a portion of it descended to sd W. W. Rouse from his mother, F. A. Rouse of 29 acres making a total of 85 acres – SS Neuse, Trotters Creek – another tract of 52 acres on Trotters Creek adj James Davis, Aretas Jones – another tract adj Wiley Rouse, main road of 12 ½ 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 Sue privately examined Enrolled 17 July 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 646 – Deed – 2 July 1883 – William E. Hamilton and wife Emma E. to William F. Stanly - $1000 for 105 acres – tract adj the Tilghman heirs, Wolfe Pitt Branch, Lots # 7 & 2 – it being Lot # 6 in the division of the lands of L. H. Aldridge, dec Emma privately examined Enrolled 24 July 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 659 – Deed – 22 Jan 1878 – James Holland and wife Anna, Nancy Holland to Frank Lawson - $150 for 79 ½ acres – tract adj George Holland, Stephen Cauley, Wooten – it being the northern half of the tract granted and sold by Charles Holland to James Holland and George Holland James signed and Anna and Nancy used a mark Anna was privately examined Enrolled 188 March 1878, Book 46, pp 261, 262, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 2 Aug 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 662 – Division of land – 26 Nov. 1853 – Commissioners appointed to divide the land of the late Gen. James B. Whitfield dec – and known as his homestead tract, the Rockford tract, the Greenfield tract and several other tracts among his heirs Lot # 1 was drawn by Winnifred B. Blount and valued at $3776 – beginning at the mouth of Trotters Creek to the Mouth of Panthers Creek, mouth of Halfway Branch, public road, fork of Tar Kiln Path, Wolfe Pond, bank of the Neuse River – 472 acres Lot # 2 was drawn by Richard A. Whitfield valued at $5405 – beginning at the river bank, adj Lot # 1, public road, Halfway Branch – 470 acres Lot # 3 –drawn by James G. Whitfield valued at $5880 – on river bank, adj Lot # 2 – 490 acres Lot # 4 – drawn by Lucy W. Whitfield valued at $5880 – on river bank, adj Lot # 3, NS Panther Creek, mouth of Huckleberrry Branch, dividing line between Wm. Kornegay and the heirs of Gen. James B. Whitfield, dec – 538 acres Lot # 5 – drawn by Nathan B. Whitfield valued at $4410 – Rockford Ferry Landing, Huckleberry Branch, adj Lot # 4 – 632 acres Lot # 6 – drawn by Sally E. Whitfield valued at $4410 –Rockford Landing, Huckleberry Branch, Tar Kiln road, adj Lot # 5, Wm Kornegay, mill pond, river bank – 630 acres Lot # 7 – drawn by Bryan Whitfield valued at $2882 – known as the Rockford Tract – NS Neuse, Rockford Old Spring, adj Sally E. Whitfield, Nathan G. Blount's former corner now J. C. Washington's corner, Neuse River, William I. Sutton's former line now R. L. Wooten's line – 206 acres – another tract known as the Greenfield tract – NS of Neuse, adj Henry Parks, road, Argoes Branch – 274 ½ acres – total of 481 acres Lot # 1 valued at $3776 Lot # 2 valued at $5405 Lot # 3 valued at $5880 Lot # 4 valued at $5022 Lot # 5 valued at $5051 Lot # 6 valued at $4410 Lot # 7 valued at $2882 Lot # 3 will pay to Lot # 4 $1247; Lot # 5 will pay to Lot # 7 $423; Lot # 4 will pay to Lot # 7 $1247; Lot # 5 will pay to Lot # 7 $2882; Bryan Whitfield $4633 (sic), Lot # 4 will pay to Lot # 6 $223; Lot # 6 $4410, Sally E. Whitfield $4633; Lot # 4 will pay to Lot # 1 $85; Lot # 2 to pay to Lot # 1 $772 Winifred Blount was the wife of W. H. Blount Signed by J. R. Croom, James Davis, George Jones, Calvin Rouse, Willis Pipkin Enrolled 4 Aug 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD NOTE: No earlier enrollment date P 671 – Indenture – 23 Sept 1879 – James B. Smith to W. A. Boyette - $150 for 86 acres – tract on both sides of Buck Branch, adj Curtis Tyndall Signed by mark WIT: J. K. Noble, J. E. B. Noble Enrolled 15 Aug 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 694 – Mortgage – 5 Nov 1875 – C. G. Grady and wife Mary J. to John W. Isler of Wayne Co - $4,500 – tract in LaGrange, NS A & NC RR, WS of Charles Street, James Street, adj R. W. Moore WIT: Benjamin S. Grady Mary privately examined Enrolled 17 Nov 1875, Book 42, pp 129, 130, 131, 132, James K. Davis Re-enrolled 7 Sept 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 697 – Deed – 3 Nov 1881 – Benjamin B. Carr and wife Susan E. of Duplin Co to Mrs. Mary C. Davis wife of John S. Davis of Lenoir Co - $2,500 for several tracts – one tract SS Neuse, on the line of the heirs of the late George Whitfield, dec, Bell's Branch of 200 acres – another tract adj the late A. W. Wooten dec, G. W. Jones, on the mill and known as Trotters Creek Mill – also 4 acres at the W end of the dam to sd mill – also 1/8 interest in an undivided tract belonging to the estate of the late W. P. ?? Davis dec of 223 ½ acres on SW Creek below the house, adj Malachi Davis – another tract of an undivided 1/8 interest belonging to the estate of the late A. W. Davis dec of 225 ½ acres adj John Davis Mill, SW Creek – another tract of an undivided 1/8 interest belonging to the estate of the late R. W. Davis, dec of 268 acres adj the estate of the late James G. Davis dec drawn from the estate of his father Signed B. B. Carr, S. Elizabeth Carr WIT: J. O. Loften Elizabeth privately examined Enrolled 8 Sept 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 699 – Affidavit – 14 Sept 1875 - Jones Co. – Jas B. Westbrook and Emery Metts stated they were acquainted with John A. Overton, the grandfather of Ruffin Stanly and Nathan Stanly and their other brothers and sisters and they were also acquainted with their father Andy Stanly and they were both white and clean bloodied – their mother was of the 4th generation and was Ύ white and 1/4 colored and that the above Nathan Stanly and Thomas Ruffin Stanly are of the 5th generation Both signed by mark WIT: Jas. H. C. Bryan Enrolled Jones Co 14 Sept 1875 Enrolled Lenoir Co 10 Sept 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 710 – Indenture – 17 July 1867 – S. Brock West, Major E. F. Cox, M. Harvey, Amos Harvey, Thomas J. Pressen, Commissioners of Kinston to Herbert West - $170 for a lot in Kinston – NE corner of Lot # 166 (Alex Jones' lot), S along the line of Lot # 166, to M. W. Gamball's line, to East Street, to King Street S. Brock West was the Mayor of Kinston WIT: J. F. Hartsfield Enrolled 28 Dec 1867, Wm. W. N. Hunter, ROD Re-enrolled 17 Sept 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 715 – Received of Martha A. Jones wife of R. A. Jones $522.50 for 104 ½ acres – for a tract in Trent Township – adj John L. Lee, Francis A. Barwick, Buns ??? Branch, old Byrd corner, A. Jones, Trotters Creek Signed Edgar Rouse, Sarah C. Rouse Sarah privately examined Enrolled 5 Dec 1879, Book 49, p 167, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 17 Sept 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 716 – 26 April 1872 – Whereas the taxes assessed for the year 1870 on the following tract in Kinston, on King Street, NE corner of Lot # 167 – taxes not paid and the land was sold at public auction on 25 April 1871 – James K. Davis was the high bidder at $25.10 Signed Wm. W. N. Hunter, former Sheriff WIT: Jno D. Grimsley Enrolled 21 Sept 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 717 – Deed – 15 July 1878 – James K. Davis and wife Nannie E. to Wm. W. N. Hunter - $20 for a lot in Kinston – on King Street, NE corner of Lot # 167 Nannie privately examined WIT: Jno. D. Grimsley Enrolled 21 Sept 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 726 – Mortgage – 2 Oct 1883 – Robbin Dawson and wife Eliza and Saml. Dawson to Joseph Lassitter - $174 for 55 ½ acres – on a note due 15 Oct 1884 – tract in Kinston Township adj John H. Stevenson, Allen Arnold, run of Beaver Dam Branch, run of Bryery Branch, NS of sd Bryery – it being the land purchased by Eliza Dawson from Lewis Fisher and wife on 12 Nov 1873 – plus personal property - 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: A. J. Loftin Eliza privately examined Enrolled 9 Oct 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD Debt pd 2 Dec 1885 P 734 – Indenture – 12 Sept 1870 – Alexander Nicol and Susan C. Nicol of Lenoir Co to Israel G. Lash of Forseyth Co, NC - $675 for a lot in Kinston – Lot # 250 in the plan of North Kinston dated July 1857 – at the intersection of Queen Street and Blount Street, adj A & NC RR WIT: S. H. Loftin, L. Harvey Susan privately examined Enrolled 3 Oct 1870, pp 34. 35, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 18 Oct 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 748 – Indenture – 14 Jan 1857 – Rich. W. King, W. H. Whitfield, Henry R. Strong, Loften Nethercutt and Thomas Woodley, Commissioners of Kinston to David E. Curtis - $5 for a lot in the Town Cemetery, Lot # 16 Enrolled 22 Oct 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 756 – Deed - ---- 1883 – T. ?? J. Rabo and wife E. M. of Iredell Co to Robert Harper and F. P. Harper - $700 for 244 acres – tract beginning at the 5th corner of Lot # 2 in the division of the lands of Wm. Outlaw dec, adj J. R. Taylor, edge of Jumping Run, Nathan Hill – it being Lot # 3 in the division in the said Outlaw lands E. M. Privately examined Enrolled 29 Oct 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 765 – Deed – 30 Oct 1883 – Jno R. Phillips and wife to S. H. Loftin - $2500 for a lot in Kinston – Adj S. H. Abbott, N. R. Wood, C. M. Griffin – it being part of Lot # 24 – beginning at the SW corner of C. M. Griffin and runs S with Queen Street to N. R. Wood, to S. H. Abbott's line down to Henry Tull's line, to Jno W. Collins line, down to Rountree, to McCoy's line, Dunn Lot – being the lot plus 9 other lots conveyed to John R. Phillips by William White and wife Sarah on 27 May 1868 and by H. C. Parrott and wife Huldah P. on 21 June 1881 Signed John R. Phillips, Nancy Phillips WIT: W. A. Coleman Nancy private examined Enrolled 3 Nov 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 767 – Mortgage – 3 May 1883 – W. D. Whitfield of Orange Co, Fla to W. M. Nettles of the same county and State – Whitfield is indebted to sd Nettle for $63.85 on a note due 1 Oct 1883 – tract bounded on the N by NC RR, on the East by the Herring old mill road, on the S by Ava Tayler, on the W by Isaac Field and Joseph Kinsey – 43 acres – it being all that part of the land willed by Demarius Whitfield to W. K Whitfield and brothers lying W of the Herring Old Mill WIT: Benj. Parks, S. H. Jameson Enrolled 7 Nov 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 771 – Indenture – 7 Feb 1801 – John Oxley to Jonas Oxley - 219 pds, 10 shillings for 109 Ύ acres – tract NS Neuse beginning at the mouth of lower Horse Pen ?? Branch, adj John Phillips, up Bear Pocosin Branch Signed by mark WIT: Jas Phillips, Reuben Wetherington, Peter Phillips Enrolled 25 Jan 1802, Liber C pp 93, 94, 95, Jas Bright, ROD Re-enrolled 8 Nov 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 772 – Indenture – 8 March 1850 – Lacy Phillips of Craven Co to Arden Wiggins of Lenoir Co - $444 for 55 ½ acres – tract NS River, SS Grate Contentnea Creek, beginning at the 2nd corner of Lot # 3 in Branton's line to the corner of a deed from Peter Phillips to Robert Wiggins, line of Lot # 2 WIT: Jno. King Enrolled 18 April 1850, Stephen White, ROD Re-enrolled 8 Nov 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 773 – Indenture – 31 March 1851 – Arden Wiggins to Major Phillips of Craven Co - $650 (sic) for 110 acres – pd by Arden Wiggins – 2 tracts known in the division of land as Lots # 3 & 5 WIT: Thos. Abbott Enrolled 6 Aug 1851, Stephen White, ROD Re-enrolled 8 Nov 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD NOTE: Phillips was the grantor P 774 – Indenture – 25 Jan 1855 – David Phillips of Greene Co to Arden Wiggins - $200 for 40 acres – tract NS Neuse, SS Grate Contentnea Creek – adj John King, Lucinda Abbott, sd Arden Wiggins, William Abbott, dec WIT: Caleb Wiggins, John King Enrolled 25 March 1855, S. White, ROD Re-enrolled 8 Nov 1833, B. L. Taylor, ROD NOTE: The above three deeds do not state how they received the land but their father was Peter Phillips Sr. and it was probably by inheritance P 775 – Indenture – 24 Nov 1858 – Lemuel H. Aldridge to Arzilla E. Wiggins wife of Arden Wiggins - $375 for 74 acres – tract NS Neuse adj Lewis Whitfield's heirs, Arden Wiggins, Branten's patent, Bear Pocosin, Mrs. Branten's field WIT: Reuben Barrow, Benj F. (X) Wiggins Enrolled 16 Dec 1858, Reuben Barrow, ROD Re-enrolled 9 Nov 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 779 – Deed – 14 Aug 1875 – Stephen Miller to Geo. E. Morris - $50 for a lot in Kinston - tract adj Jordan Smith near Kinston and bounded on the N by Jordan Smith, on the E by a new road to be called Davis Street, on the S by Shine Street, on the W by Lot # 18 – sd Lot known in the plat of the David S. Davis lots as Lot # 117 Enrolled 9 Dec 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 781 – Indenture – 18 Aug 1877 – H. C. Parrott and wife H. P to Fred. Jones and George Ireland - $40 for a lot in Kinston – on Queen Street at Lucy Croom's corner, M. E. Church lot (belonging to the Colored Methodist), John Coker, John R. Phillips Signed H. C. Parrott, Huldah P. Parrott Huldah was privately examined Enrolled 9 Nov. 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 792 – Deed – 11 April 1878 – Lewis Kilpatrick and wife Ann to Fannie H. Kilpatrick - $800 for 99 acres – tract adj R. M. Abbott, Lewis Kilpatrick, A. G. Coward WIT: H. H. Moore Ann privately examined Enrolled 13 Nov 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 793 – Indenture – 13 Oct 1883 – John Norris and wife Penelope, Martha E. Thomas to William P. Thomas - $1.00 for 2 tracts – one tract adj Mill Branch, Harper, Conner of 46 acres – the other tract adj public road, Brooks, Dawson of 7 Ό acres – known as Lot # 1 in the division of the lands of James Thomas dec John signed and the women used a mark WIT: C. S. Rountree, David Rountree Penelope privately examined Enrolled 13 Nov 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 795 – Indenture – 13 Oct 1883 – Martha E. Thomas and William P. Thomas to Penelope C. Norris wife of John Norris - $1.00 for 45 acres – tract adj Craven Barwick, Dunn – another tract adj Stump Brooks, public road of 7 acres – known as Lot # 2 in the division of the lands of James Thomas dec Both signed by mark WIT: C. S. Rountree, David Rountree Enrolled 13 Nov 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 796 – Indenture – 13 Oct 1883 – John Norris and wife Penelope and William P. Thomas to Martha E. Thomas - $1.00 for two tracts – known as Lot # 3 in the division of the lands of James Thomas dec – first tract adj Phillips, Cannon of 46 acres – other tract adj public road, Dawson of 7 ½ acres John signed, Penelope and William used a mark Penelope privately examined Enrolled 13 Nov. 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 797 – Indenture – 15 Dec 1862 ?? – John A. Parrott to John E. Taylor - $10 for 15 Ύ acres – tract SS Neuse adj sd Taylor, little road WIT: P. Hardee, E. P. Loftin Enrolled 14 Oct 1879, Book 49, p 113, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 13 Nov 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 801 – Deed in Trust – 23 Jan 1869 – Ellie E. Desmond to Amos Harvey - $1 for a lot in Kinston – Lot # 10 on adj Gordon Street, Lot # 9, North Street, Lot # 11 – the sd lot is to be held for the exclusive use of Susan Harvey wife of sd Amos during her life and then to her children – sd Amos to have the power to sell the lot and invest it in other real estate WIT: C. F. Harvey Enrolled 21 Feb 1872, Book 43, pp 547, 548, Jam. K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 15 Nov 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD END OF BOOK 4 ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Martha Mewborn Marble - 58marble@suddenlink.net ______________________________________________________________________