Lenoir County, NC - Deed Book 9 Abstracts - Part 4 DEED BOOK 9 – Part 4 P 413 - Indenture - 13 Dec 1844 – John C. Washington to William Davenport – 115 acres for $1.00 – tract SS Southwest Creek beginning in Davenport’s own line and adj to Dixon’s Branch WIT: Job Leary, A. J. Rouse Enrolled 3 March 1846, James E. Metts, ROD Re-enrolled 28 April 1886, Geo L. Hodges, ROD P 414 - Indenture - 26 Dec 1855 – Bright Harper to Wm. Davenport – 94 acres for $300 – tract NS Trent River on the river, adj M. or W. C. C. Lawson, Job Smith and Simeon Harper WIT: James Herring, Elisha Grady Enrolled 23 Feb 1857, S. White, ROD Re-enrolled 28 April 1886, Geo L. Hodges, ROD P 415 - Indenture - 18 Feb 1843 – Spencer Davenport to William Davenport – 2 tracts of 217 acres for $175 – first tract SS Southwest Creek beginning at Davenport’s own line - part of a patent granted to Samuel Herring on 10 Nov 1784 – 2nd tract adj the 1st tract and Davenport’s own line, Dick’s Branch Signed with a mark WIT: Oliver Herring, Joseph M. Nobles Enrolled 20 March 1844, James E. Metts, ROD Re-enrolled 29 April 1886, Geo. L. Harper, ROD P 416 - Indenture - 1 July 1859 – John Davenport to William Davenport – 61 1/2 acres for $300 – tract beginning at a stake in Wm. Davenport’s own line, Oliver Herring, the meadow Signed with a mark WIT: James Herring, Bryant (x) Davenport Enrolled 17 Nov 1860, Reuben Barrow, ROD Re-enrolled 29 April 1886, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 417 – Indenture – 27 Feb. 1877 – James S. Taylor to James T. Howard - $90 for 15 acres – tract in Pink Hill Township, NS Beaverdam Swamp adj Jesse Howard Sr., run of Beaverdam Swamp WIT: George Turner Enrolled 29 April 1886, B. L. Taylor, ROD NOTE: No earlier enrollment date P 418 – Indenture – 5 Aug. 1880 – James S. Taylor to James T. Howard - $30 for 3 2/4 acres – in Pink Hill Township, NS Beaverdam Swamp adj B. F. Cavenaugh, run of Beaverdam WIT: Hardy Howard Enrolled 29 April 1886, B. L. Taylor, ROD P 419 – Indenture – 7 June 1875 – Jesse Howard Sr. and Mary W. his wife to James T. Howard – for natural love for our son – 135 acres – tract SS Beaverdam Swamp, adj Levi H. Carter He signed and she used a mark Enrolled 13 Sept. 1877, Book 45, pp 399, 400, 401, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 29 April 1886, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 421 - Deed – 17 Dec. 1877 – George W. Hill and Hellen his wife to L. J. Hill - $25 – tract adj R. W. King, John Simpson, to the lot sold by J. B. Webb to Henry Spain – it being the lot conveyed by James B. Webb to L. Jones and S. E. Hill on 14 May 1861 and it being the undivided interest of sd George W. Hill as heir of Susan E. Wade formerly Susan E. Hill Signed George W. (X) Hill, Mrs. Ellen (sic) (X) Hill Enrolled 18 March 1878, Book 46, p 252, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 29 April 1886, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 422 – Deed – 25 April 1878 – Thomas F. Hill of Pitt Co. to L. J. Hill - $25 – tract adj R. W. King, ES of Kinston, Sarah Bunn, John Simpkins - it being the lot conveyed by James B. Webb to L. Jones and S. E. Hill on 14 May 1861 and it being the undivided interest of sd Thomas F. Hill as heir of Susan E. Wade formerly Susan E. Hill WIT: Benj. May Enrolled 24 Feb. 1879, Book 47, pp 672, 673, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 29 April 1886, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 423 – Indenture – 25 Oct. 1869 – William A. Blount of Beaufort Co. to Henderson Ganzy (col) - $100 for 1 acre – tract NS Neuse, NS public road leading from Daughety’s old ferry and a short distance from ES of Kinston, adj Nathan Lynch, Yudkins (sic) road WIT: J. J. Brown Enrolled 19 Jan. 1870, Book 38, p 323, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 29 April 1886, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 424 – Indenture – 27 April 1859 – Reubin Barrow to John Fields - $325 for 55 3/4 acres – tract NS Neuse adj Richard Hill, to 2nd corner of Lot # 10 in the division of the lands of Jonathan Rouse, dec WIT: William Fields, James W. Colie Enrolled 4 May 1859, Reubin Barrow, ROD Re-enrolled 29 April 1886, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 425 – Indenture - ____ 1872 – William Warters and Ava his wife to John Fields - $61.25 for 12 1/4 acres – tract SS A & NC RR adj sd Waters and sd Fields, Thos. Hill He signed and she used a mark Ava privately examined Enrolled 14 Jan. 1873, Book 41, pp 387, 388, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 29 April 1886, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 426 – Indenture – 28 Jan. 1860 – Reubin Barrow to John Fields - $500 for 132 acres – tract NS Neuse, adj William Warters, James W. Colie – it being the 10th lot in the division of the lands of Jonathan Rouse, dec adj to the 3rd corner of Lot # 9, Richard Hill, James H. Croom, Jesse Wiggins WIT: Wm. W. N. Hunter Enrolled 3 March 1860, Reuben Barrow, ROD Re-enrolled 30 April 1886, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 427 – 30 Nov. 1858 – John M. Aldridge to John Fields - $440 for 137 acres in 2 tracts – first tract NS Neuse, adj Thomas Hill, Richard Hill, Jonathan Rouse’s Lot # 2, line that divides Lots # 1 & 2, line of the original survey, dividing line between Jonathan Rouse, Simon Rouse, Simon Rouse’s heirs – 2nd tract adj 1st tract, adj Rachel Herring, Lot # 10 and being 40 acres, the widow’s Dower excluded WIT: W. B. Hartsfield, Alexr. Fields Enrolled 16 Dec. 1858, Reuben Barrow Re-enrolled 30 April 1886, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 429 – Deed – 30 Oct. 1871 – Alexander Nicol and Susan C. his wife to Luke Allen - $100 for 1/2 acre in Kinston – lot in the western portion of town and being the lot Wm. C. Loftin formerly had a stream mill and which was purchased by Walter Dunn from Joseph S. Cummings and purchased by us at a bankruptcy sale of Walter Dunn, lot adj W. A. Blount or J. C. Washington WIT: W. H. Whitfield Susan privately examined Enrolled 6 Jan. 1876, Book 43, pp 313, 314, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 30 April 1886, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 434 – Indenture – 28 Jan. 1868 – Henry Fisher and Jane his wife to Lewis H. Fisher - $40 – tract adj P. Jones, Henry Fisher, Pinkney Jones, Tower Hill Both signed by mark WIT: Phillip T. Willis, Jr., Pinkney (X) Jones Jane privately examined Enrolled 13 Feb. 1870, Book 38, pp 390, 391, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 30 April 1886, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 435 – Deed – 12 March 1877 – John C. Washington and Julia his wife, Eliza H. Knox, James B. Hughes guardian to Anita B., I. Wayne, James, Laura and N. Coli Hughes, Washington Bryan, and Henry R. Bryan attor for Wm. Bryce & Co. of NYC – to Lewis H. Fisher of Kinston – NS of North Street, adj John R. Phillips, Locust Ally Eliza H. Knox privately examined in Craven Co, Julia Washington privately examined in Lenoir Co. Enrolled 4 April 1877, Book 45, p 72, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 30 April 1886, Geo. L. Taylor, ROD P 437 – Deed – 31 Dec. 1879 – John C. Washington and Julia his wife, Eliza H. Knox, James B. Hughes guardian to Anita B., I. Wayne, James, Laura and N. Coli, Washington Bryan, and Henry R. Bryan attor for Wm. Bryce & Co. of NYC – to Lewis H. Fisher - $200 for a lot in Kinston at the intersection of North and McIlwain Street, NS of North Street Julia privately examined in Lenoir Co, Eliza privately examined in Craven Co. Enrolled 10 Jan. 1880, Book 49, p 362, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 1 May 1886, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 441 – Deed – 1 April 1874 – Bryan H. Langston and Martha Jane his wife to Jesse Broadway, L. H. Aldridge, Albert G. Coward, William Wine and P. N. Pittman, Trustees in trust – for consideration of the love we bear for the cause of church and an earnest desire to promote his heritage – a tract beginning at the Snow Hill Road at the fork of the road that runs to the old Sharon Church near the well down the old road to the branch, to the Whitfield line, to Snow Hill road – 1 acre – for the benefit of the Methodist Church, under the direction of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South WIT: E. S. Broadway, Rob. B. Gillian Martha J. privately examined Enrolled 1 May 1886, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD NOTE: No previous enrollment P 442 – Deed – no exact date but around the 15th of March 1858 – Samuel H. Rountree and Martha J. his wife executed a deed to William W. Dunn for $300 – the late Walter Dunn Sr. dec by his Will probated Jan Term 1851 devised to Cynthia Dunn his widow for her life 2 tracts viz – 1st the home tract together with the Lewis C. Desmond and Elizabeth Desmond land – adj Henry Tull’s corner of the William Lovick land, Henry Blackland, Wooten’s Branch, Jericho Swamp, Daniel Desmond’s land, Poplar Branch, William Croom, the Croom home tract, Henry Tull’s corner of the land bought of William B. Rhem and wife, Reedy Branch, Shadrack Loftin, John C. Washington – of 700 acres – Dunn’s Will specified after the death of his widow the land was the be divided between Ann J. Dunn, William W. Dunn, Cynthia Ann Dunn, Theresa F. Dunn, Almira R. Dunn, and Melissa H. Dunn, provided they all lived to be 21 or marry – should any not live or marry then the rest to be divided equally between my youngest 6 children - the sd Martha Ann J. Dunn intermarried with the sd Samuel H. Rountree – the Rountrees were pd $300 by William W. Dunn for their undivided interest ______Nov. 1885 WIT: Wright Sanders Martha privately examined Enrolled 30 June 1886, Geo. L. Hodges NOTE: It is not clear if this was a re-enrolled deed or one to replace the original P 445 – Indenture – 29 June 1870 – Benjamin F. Gardner to Thomas Atkinson, George W. Mordecai, William H. Butler, Trustees of the Protestant Episcopal Church - $25 for 1 acre – SS Neuse, top of the hill on the public road from White Hall to Kinston close to Trotters Brick Mill, Mrs. S. Davis – it being the land conveyed by George W. Jones and Martha E. his wife to Benjamin F. Gardner on 13 Dec. 1869 Enrolled 18 March 1871, Book 39, pp 264, 265, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 30 June 1886, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 447 – Indenture – 26 May 1870 – Martha E. Jones and George W. her husband to Thomas Atkinson, George W. Mordecai and William H. Battle, Trustees for the Protestant Episcopal Church - $50 for 4 acres – tract SS Neuse, ES Trotters Creek, it being the land on which the Universalist Church known as Shiloh now stands, adj Mrs. S. Davis’ Mill, public road from Whitehall to Kinston – it being a portion of the land inherited by the sd Martha E. Jones from her father Thomas Rouse dec Martha privately examined Enrolled 18 March 1871, Book 39, pp 266, 267, 268, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 1 July 1886, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 449 – Deed – 26 May 1870 – Christopher L. Davis, George W. Jones, George Jones to Thomas Atkinson, George W. Mordecai and William H. Battle, Trustees for the Protestant Episcopal Church - $470 for a certain building situated on the lands of Martha E. Jones wife of George W. Jones near Mrs. S. Davis’ Mill on Trotters Creek and known as the “Shiloh Church” Enrolled 2 July 1886, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD NOTE: No earlier enrollment P 450 – Indenture – 13 Dec. 1869 – Geo. W. Jones and Martha E. his wife to Benjamin F. Gardner of Edgecombe Co - $25 for 1 acre – tract SS of Neuse and surrounded on all sides by the sd Jones, public road from Whitehall to Kinston, close to Trotters Creek Mill Signed G. Washington Jones, M. E. Jones WIT: Thomas A. Rouse M. E. privately examined Enrolled 18 March 1871, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 3 July 1886, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 451 – Marriage Contract – 18 Jan. 1873 – S. W. Scarborough and Julia Bagby – a marriage to be entered into shortly between sd Scarborough and Bagby – should Julia outlive Scarborough she would be entitled to a dower – she is to have as a life estate an improved tract in Greensboro, Guilford Co – at the SW corner of the College before the addition was put on the W side, bounded on the S by the street which runs E & W to the corner of the stable in Morehead’s line – of 1 acre – it being the east lot of the two lots purchased by sd Scarborough from C. P. Mendenhall by Deed 22 Aug 1862 – Julia is to accept this in lieu of a tract in Lenoir Co where sd Scarborough now lives adj T. J. Kennedy, Jas Warters, Wm. S. Kennedy of 500 acres and being the land purchased by Council Wooten within the corporate boundaries of LaGrange - the west lot purchased by Scarborough from C. P. Mendenhall (NOTE: assumed to be in Greensboro) Signed S. W. Scarborough, Judeth (sic) T. Bagby WIT: G. K. Bagby Enrolled 3 April 1873, Book 40, pp 63, 64, 65, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 17 Sept. 1886, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 452 – Indenture – 23 Feb. 1857 – James K. Harper to S. W. Scarborough - $197.25 for 32 7/8 acres – tract NS Neuse, river low ground, corner of sd Harper and Scarborough WIT: F. M. Harper Enrolled 6 May 1857, Stephen White, ROD Re-enrolled 27 Sept. 1886, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 453 – Indenture – 21 Nov. 1855 – Samuel I. Sutton to Samuel W. Scarborough - $342 for 50 acres – tract NS Neuse, on the line of S. I. Sutton and S. W. Scarborough, riverbank WIT: James M. Harper Enrolled 15 April 1856, Stephen White, ROD Re-enrolled 27 Sept. 1886, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 455 – Deed – 24 July 1848 - John L. Croom to Samuel W. Scarborough - $1,250 for 395 acres – tract bought of William H. Croom , NS River, at the dividing corner of John L. Croom and Jno M. Aldridge, to the line of the land deeded off to Jno. Brow by Will. H. Croom, mouth of Stirup Creek WIT: Thos. J. Kennedy, J. F. I. Sutton Enrolled 2 Dec. 1848, Stephen White, ROD Re-enrolled 27 Sept. 1886, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 456 – Indenture – 3 May 1851 – John C. Washington to Samuel W. Scarborough - $22.50 for 1 1/8 acres – tract NS Neuse, Bucklesbury Pocosin, adj James Warters, line of land purchased of Frederick G. Taylor WIT: William Fields, Simon B. Taylor Enrolled 6 Nov. 1851, Stephen White, ROD Re-enrolled 27 Sept 1886, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 457 – Indenture – 25 March 1869 – Council Wooten and Eliza his wife to Samuel Scarborough - $275 for 7 acres – tract at Moseley Hall Depot, SS of A & NC RR, adj Warters, G. F. Whitfield WIT: G. F. Whitfield, L. H. Whitfield Eliza privately examined Enrolled 6 Aug. 1869, Book 37, pp 516, 517, 518, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 27 Sept. 1886, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 458 – Deed – 4 Dec. 1851 – James Warters to Samuel W. Scarborough - $75 for 3 3/4 acres – NS Neuse, adj William Aldridge, Lewis Warters, sd Scarborough and separated from my other lands by the big swamp canal WIT: Alex. Hill, Bright Kennedy Enrolled 3 Feb. 1852, Stephen White, ROD Re-enrolled 27 Sept. 1886, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 463 – Deed – 27 Oct. 1867 – Benjamin F. Whitfield and Charity M. his wife to George L. Kirby - $1,000 – tract which descended to Benjamin F. Whitfield as a heir of his brother Lewis Whitfield – being that tract devised by Lewis Whitfield to Lewis Whitfield and Cicero Whitfield, being 1/3 of the undivided 1/2 of sd tract from the Will of Lewis Whitfield and being the tract conveyed to sd Lewis Sr by James Kilpatrick and Calvin Tyson Charity privately examined Enrolled 12 Jan. 1870, Book 38, pp 291, 292, 293, A. C. Wadsworth, ROD Re-enrolled 5 Jan. 1884, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 465 – Deed – Geo. D. Green and Ella M. his wife of Wilson Co. to Geo. L. Kirby of Wayne Co. – original deed was lost and never registered and this deed is to register the transfer - $1.00 – tract being that portion of lands devised to Cicero Whitfield by Lewis Whitfield dec grandfather of sd Cicero in the 13th item of his Will – part of the Carmon place land lying W & N of my LaFayette plantation given in the legacy to my daughter Harriett Carraway which lands I hold by deed from S. B. Carraway – also 1/2 in value of the remaining lands which I hold by deed from James Kilpatrick and Calvin Tyson and wife adj Harriet Carraway’s legacy in Big Hole Pocosin and the Carmon place – also all my right to an undivided 1/3 of the lands devised in the 14th item of sd Will – it being the remainer of the lands by deeds from James Kilpatrick and Clavin Tyson and wife not already given – last lands were devised by sd Lewis Whitfield to his grandson Lewis Whitfield now dec and without heirs and Item # 14 said if sd Lewis (the grandson) died without issue the land to be divided by his brothers, O. H. and B. F. Whitfield and the sd Cicero Whitfield – the 1/3 conveyed being that of Cicero Whitfield – above land conveyed by deed to Geo. D. Green by Jas. W. Edward Exec on 10 July 1869, Book 39, pp 332, 333, 334 E. M. privately examined in Wilson Co. Enrolled 5 Jan. 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 466 – Mortgage – 9 Dec. 1886 – James M. Kornegay and Sarah A. his wife to William C. Fields - $4,000 for 2 tracts – adj to each other on SS Neuse, adj Mrs. Winnie P. Blount, estate of Thos. Hollawell, estate of William Kornegay, Nathan B. Whitfield – 1st tract adj to the river, Mrs. Winnie P. Blount, Panther Creek, near the public road from White Hall to Duplin Co where it crosses sd creek, adj 2nd tract – of 417 acres and it being a tract inherited by Jas. G. Whitfield from his father James B. Whitfield dec and known in the division as Lot #3 and conveyed by sd Whitfield to Bryan Whitfield on 1 June 1886 – 2nd tract adj to 1st tract, Panther Creek, public road, Mrs. Blount, Hucklesberry Branch, to the dividing line of William Kornegay and the heirs of James B. Whitfield, adj Nathan B. Whitfield – of 558 acres and being the lands inherited by Lucy W. Whitfield from her father James B. Whitfield and known in the division as Lot # 4 – it being the land deeded by Rufus Edmondson, Ellen P. Whitfield and Bryan Whitfield in Book 7, p 152, 153, 154 and being where James M. Kornegay now lives - 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 Sarah privately examined Enrolled 5 Jan. 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 474 – Mortgage – 8 Dec. 1886 – Alice Moore and W. F. Moore her husband to John R. Phillips - $400 on a lot in Kinston – WS Queen Street, adj SW corner of land sold to Mrs. Carrie Cox in May 1879, Locust Alley - 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 7 Jan. 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 481 – Deed – 19 Nov. 1886 – Nathan B. Dawson and Roland S. his wife of Edgecombe Co. to John H. Dawson of Lenoir Co. - $600 for 64 3/4 acres – tract bounded on the W by J. H. Dawson, on the E by J. B. Dawson, the lands of J. H. Dawson and John H. Aldridge, on the S by S. H. Dawson, on the W by Noah Rouse – it being the tract allotted to sd Nathan by the Commissioners of the lands of his father Thos. H. Dawson dec and known as Lot # 8 Roland privately examined in Edgecombe Co Enrolled 10 Jan. 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 488 – Mortgage – 13 Dec. 1886 – Guilford Johnson and Mary his wife to M. A. Gray - $500 for 200 acres – tract in Woodington Township adj A. S. Rouse, SS Spring Branch, public road where J. G. Cox’s deed to Isah Johnson strikes the same (29 Nov. 1877), WS Whitehall Branch - 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 He signed and she used a mark Mary privately examined Enrolled 13 Jan. 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 515 – Indenture – 17 Aug. 1866 – John S. Norman to Sarah Bunn, Ann J. Collier, Joseph H. Bunn, Mary S. Bunn, Sarah E. Bunn, James E. Bunn - $500 for 1 ½ acres – tract adj Kinston and adj a tract sold by John F. Wooten to Richard W. King of 10 acres, line of town, Susan E. Hill WIT: W. H. Lassiter Enrolled 15 June 1867, Book 36, p 312, 313, Wm. W. N. Hunter, ROD Re-enrolled 20 Jan. 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 518 – Mortgage – 10 Dec. 1886 – Wm. R. Cox and Sallie E. his wife to Julia E. Gray - $400 for 40 acres – tract SS Neuse, on Fortuer Branch and being land deeded to William Waller on SS Neuse, adj Wm. Sutton and being the land conveyed by Wm. Waller and wife to M. G. Waller on 14 Nov. 1871 and conveyed to Isah Johnson by Julia E. Gray and from Johnston to sd Cox - 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 Sallie privately examined Enrolled 20 Jan. 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 539 – Deed – 30 Dec. 1886 – A. A. Albritton and Emma E. his wife to Alice E. Rountree wife of Dr. F. M. Rountree - $1,020 for 240 acres – tract bounded on the W by T. J. Abbott, on the S by Granville Johnson, on the NE by John Williams, on the N by the late Ardin Wiggins dec – it being the tract devised to John H. king by his grandfather John King and conveyed by sd John H. King to Dempsey Wood and J. K. Davis and by them to Joseph Lassiter and finally by Dr. F. M. Rountree to Emma E. Albritton Emma privately examined Enrolled 27 Jan. 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 543 – Mortgage - ______ Dec. 1886 – T. D. Wilson to A. W. Kennedy - $308.34 for 68 1/2 acres – tract in Institute Township – it being the piece allotted to sd Wilson by his father Alexander Wilson’s dec estate – tract bounded on the N by J. W. Brothers, on the E by the piece allotted to A. N. Wilson, on the S by J. M. Hines Sr., on the W by J. J. Wilson - 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. W. Kennedy Enrolled 27 Jan. 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 546 – Deed – 1 Jan. 1887 – Chauncey Gray and wife Julia E. to James H. Taylor - $4,200 for several tracts – adj Ann M. Croom, SS Neuse – first tract adj W. S. Whitley’s Creek and known as Lots # 4, 5, 6 in the draw of the lands of Blake Bryan, dec – Lots # 5 & 6 are adj Admiral Croom, Reedy Branch, Lot # 4 adj to the river – of 115 acres – Lot # 4 is adj Admiral Croom – of 50 acres – another tract ES Whitley’s Creek adj Jesse Holland, mouth of Whitley’s Creek, below the old mill, adj David Lawson, Jesse Holland – of 156 ½ acres – another tract adj Holland of 104 acres Enrolled 28 Jan. 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 572 – Mortgage – 1 Jan. 1887 – Henry Gray and Stella his wife to S. S. Quinnerly - $3,200 for 2 tracts – tract adj W. W. Carraway and being a portion of the lands belonging to W. W. Carraway, adj bridge and public road from Bright’s Crossroads to Shif. Fields over the Betty Hughes Branch, Askew, road from Snow Hill to Kinston, Bright, Whitfield – it being the same tract conveyed to J. F. Harper by John L. Kilpatrick and wife on 9 Jan. 1878 – of 150 acres– another tract adj Betty Hughes Branch, public road, W. F. Moseley, E. M. Hodges, house of the Weatherington tract, Thomas Phillips, land formerly owned by S. E. Mewborn, J. F. Askew - J. F. Harper sold the land to Henry Gray on 29 Nov. 1882 – of 287 acres – it being the same conveyed to J. F. Hodges, W. F. Moseley and wife (sic) on 29 Aug 1879 - 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 (no day) Feb 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 574 – Deed – 23 Dec. 1886 – J. P. Hardee and Mary A. his wife to Lula P. Phillips - $20 for 8 acres in Kinston Township adj Ashley Kennedy, M. Fonville, lands of sd Lula Phillips, Hull road, former dividing line between Henry Tull and J. P. Hardee – above the lands sold by sd J. P. Hardee to Richard Hodges about 1853 and this to replace the original deed which was destroyed Signed Joseph P. Hardee, Mary A. Hardee Mary privately examined Enrolled 4 Feb. 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 585 – Deed - 27 Dec. 1886 – Susan C. Phillips to Allen L. Patrick and A. G. Coward - $850 for 100 acres – tract adj Alex Carr, minor heirs of Drew Phillips dec, bank of Contentnea Creek, at the line of Lot # 1 in the division of the lands of Drew Phillips dec, it being the lot assigned to the sd Susan C. in the division of the lands of Drew Phillips, dec WIT: T. S. Phillips Enrolled 9 Feb. 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 586 – 27 Dec. 1886 – Needham M. Phillips to Allen L. Patrick and A. G. Coward – $850 for 100 acres – tract adj to the late Wm. Ormond, Alex Carr, on the creek bank, road leading to Edwards Bridge, back of Alex Carr’s dwelling house – it being the lot assigned to sd Needham from the lands of Drew Phillips WIT: T. S. Phillips, L. Harvey Enrolled 9 Feb. 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 597 – Mortgage – 15 May 1874 – Hargett Kornegay and Jane E. his wife to James E. Kennedy of Duplin Co - $1.00 for 110 acres – tract adj Walter Kennedy, Simon E. Hodges, John B. Kennedy, Cabin Branch – it being Lot # 1 in the division of the lands of Richard Kennedy dec - 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 Jane privately examined Enrolled 11 Feb. 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 599 – Bond – (no date) – Hargett Kornegay and Jane E. his wife owe James E. Kennedy $750 for the land on p 597 – also they are to pay the sum of $50 per year for the natural life of Sarah Kennedy Enrolled 12 Feb. 1887, Geo. L. Hodges P 602 – Indenture – 9 July 1870 – Henry C. Oldham and Mary A. his wife of Wayne Co. to James W. Cox and Sallie A. his wife - $1,000 for 450 acres – tract SS of SW Creek, on Spring Branch, adj A. S. Rouse, James G. Cox, Shade E. Loftin, Alfred Wingate, Eliza A. Hunter, James Cox’s new road, Jerry Loftin and Joshua Nunn’s corner, S edge of road now Eliza A. Hutchsons (sic) and Mary A. Oldham’s corner, to where White Hall Branch enters into Spring Branch, corner of Shade E. Loftin and James G. Cox known as Needham Loftin and John West’s corner, to a former dividing line between Needham Loftin and Ola Loftin – sd James W. and Sallie A. Cox are our mother and father – they are to have this land for their natural life Signed Henry C. Oldham, Mary A. Cox Oldham Mary A. privately examined Enrolled 30 March – no year, Book 44, pp 46, 47, James K. Davis, ROD Re-enrolled 12 Feb. 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 604 – Deed – 20 March 1860 – James W. Cox to Mary Ann Cox – natural love and affection for my daughter for 450 acres – tract SS of SW Creek, Spring Branch, adj her brother, mouth of my new road, Joshua Nunn, James Cox, Jeremiah Loftin, Evan Griffin, Alexander S. Rouse, - later mentions the brother was James Gabriel Cox – adj corner of James W. Cox, Needham Loftin, John West, Joseph Mason’s old patent WIT: James G. Cox, Eliza A. Hutchens Enrolled 20 Feb. 1869, Wm. W. N. Hunter, ROD Re-enrolled 12 Feb. 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 605 – Mortgage – 7 Jan. 1887 – Granville M. Johnson and M. A. C. his wife, and Sallie A. Cox to William C. Fields - $400 for 450 acres – tract in Woodington Township, SS SW Creek, Spring Branch adj A. S. Rouse, J. E. Rouse, W. T. Johnson, at J. W. Cox’s new road – known as the Jerry Loftin and Joshua Nunn’s corner, corner of the lands formerly owned by Eliza H. Hutchens and M. A. C. Johnson – to where Whitehall Branch empties into Spring Branch, to Needham Loftin and John West’s corner, adj Wingate - 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 G. M. Johnson, Mary A. C. Johnson, Sallie Cox Mary A. C. privately examined Enrolled 12 Feb. 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 608 – Mortgage – 10 Jan. 1887 – Benj. H. Dawson and Georgia his wife to H. E. Dillon - $110 for 70 acres – tract in Lenoir Institute Township – it being Lot # 4 in the real estate of the heirs of Alex. M. Dawson dec – adj Lot # 5 (A. J. Dawson), Lot # 3 (John W. Daly), P. M. Hardy and Jno H. Fields - 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 Georgia privately examined Enrolled 15 Feb. 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 610 – Mortgage – 8 Jan. 1888 – Henry S. Tyndall, Julia Tyndall to Amos Stroud, Jr - $125 for 18 acres – it being part of the Lewis Tyndall Land, NS Beaverdam - 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 Julia privately examined WIT: R. K. Noble Enrolled 15 Feb. 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 616 – Mortgage – 10 Dec. 1886 – Richard Brown and Catherine his wife to Mrs. Emeline McCabber - $225 for 2 tracts – first tract adj Stephen Phillips, W. J. Pope, John Edwards – of 28 1/4 acres – another tract adj to the above – at the corner of Lot # 1 in the division of the lands of Reubin Phillips dec between J. A. Powell and wife Margaret and others (not named) – of 29 1/4 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 Both signed by mark Enrolled 14 Jan. 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 621 – Mortgage – 1 Jan. 1887 – John J. Wilson to Hattie C. Wilson - $365 for 68 acres – tract in Institute Township – bounded on the N by J. W. Brothers, on the E by T. ?? D. Wilson, on the S by M. B. Creech and J. M. Hines Sr, on the W by J. W. Brothers – it being the tract allotted to the sd Wilson from his 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: A. W. Kennedy, T. D. Wilson Enrolled 17 Feb. 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 676 – Mortgage – 21 Jan. 1887 – Robert S. Taylor and Fannie W. his wife to William C. Fields, guardian of R. B. West - $350 for 90 acres total – tract near Lousin Swamp Church – it being the land that descended to Fannie W. Fields (now Taylor) in the division of her mother Christian W. Fields – adj Gin House, Thos A. Heath, Greenville road, corner of Lots # 1, 2, 4 (of said Christian W. Fields property), to Calvin Rouse’s land – also the piece of property allotted to sd Fannie W. Taylor in Julia A. Mewborn’s lands adj to the above piece - 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 Fannie privately examined Enrolled 28 Feb. 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 677 – Mortgage – 19 Jan. 1887 – Pinkney S. Ervin to Anthony Davis - $50 for 500 acres – tract being the sd Ervins undivided interest – Pink Hill Township adj Jesse W. Kincey, Amos Stroud, John M. Noble – formerly owned by Evan Ervin dec, my father - 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 Feb. 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 682 – Deed – 7 Jan. 1886 – Wm. B. Nunn and India his wife to Edward Williams and Emma Williams - $800 for 60 acres – tract adj to R. W. McGown, A. W. Byrd, W. B. Nunn (being a portion of Lots # 2 & 3 in the division of James Nunn’s estate), Beaverdam, canal road, Tyndall – sd tract covers 1/2 acre deeded to the School Committee in District # 28 and is exempt from this conveyance WIT: George Turner Enrolled 1 March 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 684 – Mortgage – 22 Jan. 1887 – John G. Smith and Arrah A. his wife to William C. Fields - $1.00 for several tracts – 1st tract on the run of Mill Swamp, back line of the Creek survey, SW Creek, Round Meadow branch – of 484 acres – it being the land conveyed to the sd Smith by Phillips Miller on 31 Aug. 1878, Book 9 p 206 – 2nd tract adj Grady, Mill Swamp, to a pine marked “RC” – of 584 acres and being the land conveyed to sd Smith by Alice Miller on 16 Sept 1878, Book 9 p 207 – sd Smith owes sd Fields $224 - 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. A. Coleman Arrah privately examined Enrolled 21 March 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 686 – Mortgage – 27 Dec. 1886 – Allen S. Patrick and A. G. Coward to Susan C. Phillips - $5 for 100 acres – tract on Contentnea Creek at the line of Lot # 1 in the division of the lands of Drew Phillips dec – adj Alex Carr’s dwelling house, to a bridge – it being the lot assigned to sd Susan in the division – sd Patrick and Coward owed Susan $850 - 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: Lemuel Taylor Enrolled 2 March 1887, Geo L. Hodges, ROD P 688 – Mortgage – 27 Dec. 1886 – Allen L. (sic) Patrick and A. G. Coward to N. M. Phillips – mortgage of $850 on the land conveyed on p 586 - 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: Lemuel Bird Enrolled 2 March 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 698 – Mortgage – 24 Jan. 1887 – C. C. Dawson and Lula V. his wife to H. E. Dillon - $308.30 – tract in Lenoir Institute Township – it being Lot # 4 in the division of the lands of Thos. H. Dawson dec – bounded on the N by Jet Dawson and Jno.Willis, on the SW by F. B. Fields, on the E by B. F. Dawson, on the W by F. B. Fields - 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 4 March 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 700 – Mortgage – 19 Jan. 1887 – James R. Hardy to R. H. Hardy and W. D. Mewborn under the name of Hardy and Mewborn of Greene Co. - $273.76 for 160 acres – tract in Lenoir Institute Township, adj Alex Dawson, L. M. Hardy – bounded on the N by L. M. Hardy, on the E. by Thos. M. Aldridge, on the S by Alex Dawson dec, on the W by Thos. M. Aldridge – known as Lot # 1 in the land allotted to sd James Hardy in the division of his father, P. M. Hardy’s, land - 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: L. J. H. Mewborne Enrolled 4 March 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 711 – Mortgage – 25 Jan. 1887 – Elijah P. Loftin and Sarah C. his wife to William C. Fields - $10 for several tracts – all SS of the Neuse – 1st tract adj Daniell McPherson, Lemuel Berry – of 164 acres – 2nd tract adj to Wetherington – of 60 acres – 3rd tract adj Seth Pearce’s land granted to him by Wm. Cox – of 4 acres, adj Wm. Cox, patent line, Jackson – 4th tract adj Thos Peace’s corner of a 30 acre tract - of 14 acres and it being part of a patent granted to John Gates – next tract on Juniper Swamp, Jacob Jackson’s survey of 91 acres and being part of a patent granted to John Yates on 11 April 1749 – another tract devised by James Jackson to Durant Jackson and conveyed by sd Durant to Lewis M. Loftin on 1 Jan. 1833 – all of the above tracts conveyed by Durant Jackson to Lewis M. Loftin on 1 Jan. 1833 except a 12 acre tract conveyed by W. F. Loftin to John Rhem on 27 June 1861 – also one tract conveyed by Amos Rhem to Lewis M. Loftin on 3 Feb. 1848 on ES SW Creek adj to land of Seph Watson, Jacob Jackson and it being the land formerly owned by John Heath and sold by Joseph Jackson to John Cobb on 10 March 1828 – another tract conveyed by Jesse Jackson to Lewis M. Loftin on 6 Jan. 1850 ???, on Juniper Swamp, near a cartway from the late Lewis M. Loftin to the Neuse River road, Williams branch, then to the late Lewis M. Loftin’s line of the John Heath lands – of 40 acres – another tract conveyed by Michael Tilghman Adm of John Tilghman to Lewis M. Loftin on 5 Jan. 1852 as known as the Wingate land on SS of Neuse River, adj Rhem, Lewis O. Byan, Persimmons and Berry Branches of 250 acres – 2 other tracts conveyed by Shadrack Randall to R. W. King Trustee on 3 March 1853 to Lewis M. Loftin - 1 tract adj Robt. Wetherington near Berry Branch of 100 acres and being the land Ned Watson bought of William Rhodes – the 2nd tract Ned Watson patented and is adj to the 1st tract – all of the above is an undivided interest of ½ of the tract known as the “Jackson” lands which was conveyed by myself and wife by deed to Daniel E. Perry, Geo. Rountee and others – all of the tract were in a deed from A. J. Loftin, Commissioner to Josaphine E. Loftin on 4 Feb. 1874 - 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 Sarah privately examined Enrolled 8 March 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 716 – Mortgage – 1 Aug. 1879 – Charles C. Phillips and Roseau his wife to Richard W. King - $500 for 113 acres – tract in Kinston Township on the Kinston and Snow Hill road formerly Wm. White’s corner, now R. H. Rountree’s corner, J. C. Washington, John R. Phillips (formerly F. M. LaRoque) – sd land conveyed to sd Phillips by John Tull and wife Winifred on 18 Dec. 1869 - 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. J. Rasberry Roseau privately examined Enrolled 2 Aug. 1879, Book 48, pp 654, 655, 656, B. L. Taylor, ROD Re-enrolled 9 March 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 721 – Deed – 1 Dec. 1886 – J. C. Wiggins and L. J. his wife to B. T. Jones and Elizabeth his wife - $1,000 for 105 acres – tract in Contentnea Township – it being Lot # 2 in the division of the lands of Gersham Wiggins dec, adj Hardy Branch, Wiggins Branch WIT: A. W. Pope L. J. privately examined Enrolled 9 March 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 722 – B. T. Jones and wife Elizabeth mortgaged the lands on p 721 to S. H. Abbott P 725 – Mortgage – 25 Jan. 1887 – John Rhem, W. H. Pennal to W. H. Pennal (sic) of Pennsylvania - $5,000 for 600 acres – reference to a deed from George W. West Exec of Melcher Rhem dec on 17 March 1852 – another tract of 8 acres referenced in a deed from Amos Rhem to John Rhem on 23 Sept. 1848 - 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: John F. Wooten, Joel Kinsey NOTES: only John Rhem signed; the margin says John Rhem to H. H. Pennal; Penelope Pennal gave her POA to Joel Kinsey to collect the money Enrolled 10 March 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 730 – Deed – 12 March 1887 – Stephen Cauly to Mahala Cauly his wife for natural love and affection plus $5.00 for 132 acres – tract adj Amos Stroud, T. M. Haskins, James Brown’s corner now Amos Stroud’s corner – known as the Thomas Ayrec tract and a part of the John Cauley land which was conveyed by R. B. Cauley, Adm of John Cauley to the sd Stephen but the deed was destroyed Enrolled 12 March 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 731 – Deed – 15 Jan. 1887 – Pattie Whitfield of Jones Co. to B. W. Canady - $20 for 10 acres – tract in Contentnea Neck Township adj J. C. Wiggins, B. W. Canady – bounded on the SW by B. W. Canady, on the S by J. C. Wiggins – it being the land left to sd Pattie during her natural life by the Will of Lewis Whitfield Signed by mark WIT: Richard King Enrolled 14 March 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD P 733 – Mortgage – 2 March 1887 – John W. Creech and Eliza Ann his wife to Junius Slocumb of Wayne Co – Slocumb is appointed trustee for the state - H. Weil and Bros is the party of the 3rd part – sd Creech is indebted to Weil and Bros for $2,718.54 for merchandise – several tracts in mortgage – 1st in Greene County adj Sorrel Branch, Harrison, Suggs – of 50 acres and being the land conveyed to sd Creech by Redding Jones in Book 2, p 554 of sd County – 2nd tract in Greene Co, adj Stanley’s Marsh, Jesse Jones, Richard Brown, public road, Chapel Churchill – of 96 acres and being the land conveyed to sd Creech by Hardy P. Sugg – 3rd tract in Greene Co. adj James P. Robinson, Thos H. Farmer, Wiley Harrison, Grant, Thos. Wooten, WS Hull Road and being the tract conveyed to sd Creech by D. A. Sugg – of 402 ½ acres – 4th tract in Greene Co. adj Harrison, Smithia Brouton, Bryan Mozingo, Smitha Jones – of 25 acres and being the tract conveyed to sd Creech by John Sugg – 5th tract in Lenoir Co adj J. T. Gray, Hardy – of 320 acres and bring the tract conveyed to sd Creech by J. A. Cunningham, Book 46, pp 35, 36 – 6th tract in Lenoir Co adj Reddy Branch, Daly – of 100 acres and conveyed to sd Creech by B. S. Creech He signed and she used a mark Eliza Ann privately examined Enrolled 14 March 1887, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD END OF BOOK 9 ______________________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________________