The following deed abstracts, all of which relate to members of the Speir family — either as grantor, grantee, witness, or neighbor — are just one small sampling of the wealth of information that can be found in Index and Abstracts of Deeds of Record, Pitt County,...
Below, you'll find WHITFORD court minutes, deeds, wills/estate references, and other similar information for your researching convenience. In the meantime, if you want to browse through a well-researched WHITFORD family tree, please check the website of one of my...
Thanks in large part to the Honorable Sherri B. Richard, the Craven County Register of Deeds now has all land records available online dating back to 1737. That means you will no longer need to go sit for hours at a time poring through old deed indices and heavy deed...
The following is re-posted with permission from Coastal Carolina Indian Center. From Deeds of Bertie County 1772-1785, Abstracted by Stephen Bradley, Jr. – typed from copy for this website by Sara Whitford (Entries below can be found on page 31 of aforementioned...
The following are some abstracts of BROOKS family deeds from Hyde County, North Carolina. From Record of Deeds A, 1736-1762, abstracted and Indexed by Allen Wilkinson Hart Norris. 180 (339-252) William Brooks to Thos Lowther 20 pounds cm VA 80 acres on Indian Ridge in...
The following items are from the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Craven County, North Carolina. In short, James Roach was the father of Charles and David Roach of Craven County. His wife, and the mother of Charles and David, was Katherine...
While organizing stacks of old documents that I've photocopied from various archives over the years, I found this little gem. It's a statement written by James Roach of Swift Creek, Craven County in 1834 agreeing that a school should be built for the neighborhood, and...
The following is a deed between Reading Blount and Isaac & Emanuel Edwards of Beaufort County, North Carolina. This Indenture made this 12th of March in the year of our Lord 1793 between Reading BLOUNT of the County of Beaufort State of No Carolina of the one part...
Talbot WILLIAMS shows up on a couple of Craven County census records in 1790 and 1800, then leaves a will before his death around 1820, but it seems as if he came from out of nowhere. [Update 5/9/2014 - I have learned that Talbott WILLIAMS and his wife, Nancy, were...
This is not nearly an exhaustive list, but here are some MORRIS deeds from Craven County, NC. GRANTEE GRANTOR BOOK- PAGE- YEAR- Peter MORRIS Charles MORRIS 27 286 1791 William MORRIS Jesse HOWREN (HOWLAND) 36 181 1802 John MORRIS William BROOKS 36 573 1805 James...
Below is a 1905 land grant for William B. MORRIS recorded in Craven County Patent Book 5, page 294. (The image is actually a composite of three separate photos that were taken of the same page. Unfortunately, each image missed a part of the page, so I had to digitally...
Below is the map that accompanied a 1905 land grant for William R. MORRIS recorded in Craven County Patent Book 5, page 295. (The image is actually a composite of two separate photos that were taken of the same page. Unfortunately, each image missed a part of the...