I'm excited about this one! This finally tells me the likely surname of my 5th great-grandmother, Elizabeth, wife of Emanuel EDWARDS of Beaufort County. It appears from this deed that she is probably a FORNES... but I'm still not 100% certain about the identity of her...
This article relates to Stephen AVERY (Stephen AVERITT) of Craven and Beaufort Counties, husband of Nancy GARDNER and later Nancy Ada FOY, and father of Nancy, Enoch, Allen, Lewis, Noah, William, Patsy, Julia Ann, Susan, Pollie Ann, and Nancy Augusta AVERY, all of...
Below I have transcribed the entire Beaufort County tax listing for 1789, including various rural districts, the town of Washington, and the town of Bath. If you would like to see all of the original images of this and many other early North Carolina tax lists, please...
Below I have transcribed a deed from my 4th great-grandfather John HOLMES to Church CHAPMAN of Craven County. In the deed, John HOLMES is selling his wife's (and by extension, his) interest in four slaves who were originally the property of David AVERITT, but who were...
Below I have transcribed the will of David Averitt, my 5th great-grandfather. His children by his first wife were: Elizabeth "Betsy" AVERITT m. Thomas ANDERSON Enoch AVERITT m. Leta McINTOSH Selah AVERITT m. John HOLMES He later married Sarah "Sally" BUTLER, daughter...
Below I have transcribed the will of John Hill of Beaufort County, North Carolina. It was written and probated in 1801. John Hill's wife was Keziah GRIFFIN, daughter of Benjamin GRIFFIN and Mary BRYAN. His children (as named in the will) are: Wilea (aka "Willie" or...
I found the following while browsing through the Craven County Estates, wills, 1786, 1794, 1858, 1869-1921 (p. 352-353) at FamilySearch. It interested me because my 5th great-grandfather is James McIntosh of Craven County (abt. 1765-1837) and I've wondered if William...
This is an interesting case. Elisha Morris's will is abstracted and even transcribed in more than one book, but neither mentions a key item in the will. Elisha Morris first names an illegitimate son, JOSIAH MANKER, before he names his "trew and beloved" son and...
The following is the will of Adam Muckleroy. (Mackleroy, Mackelroy, Muckelroy, McElroy) His children mentioned in the will are: Zachariah (b. Abt. 1815) Sally (b. Abt. 1819) m. James BUCK William (b. Abt. 1827) Annis (b. Abt. 1823) m. Cason ERNUL (ARNOLD) I'm unsure...
A growing list of Eastern North Carolina counties now have their deeds and other records online. From now on links to all of the following Register of Deeds databases can be found via the Research Databases link in the top menu of this site. Interestingly,...
This post will be updated as more deeds are transcribed. In most cases, the question marks (???) indicate the page has run into the gutter of the book rendering the microfilm image too dark to read. The information I have on Elisha MORRIS is as follows: Elisha MORRIS...
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