At this early date, I would presume this document is referring to the area where the city of New Bern was founded about a decade later. New Bern is in Craven County, just south of Beaufort, and was the colonial capitol of NC and remained so until the founding of Raleigh as the new state capitol around 1790. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rachael Beale" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 7:50 AM Subject: [NC-PCFR] GEOGRAPHY of 1702-1703 BATH/PAMILCO CO.,NC > Abstracts from "ELIZABETH MOORE'S PAPERS" > File #322.60 > East Carolina University, NC > > 1703-April 6 > Thomas Lepper sells and assigns over unto "WILLIAM > POWELL"; all my rights and title to an entry of land > IN NEUSE RIVER made by me 26-Sept-1702. (Levi > Truewhitt) B1 > > This abstract was from Beaufort Precinct of BATH > COUNTY,NC. > > INQUIRY: > IN NEUSE RIVER; What was the location of this town in > 1703? > "The North Carolina Gazetteer" by William S. Powell. > Page #347 > #1-Neuse River Township--central Wake County,NC > #2-Neuse Township--central Lenoir County,NC > #3--Kinston Township--Central Lenoir County, > NC--Reference Book for a map of LENOIR CO.,NC -- by G. > P. Stout, Greensboro,NC 27408 > > Any help and input will be appreciated. > Rachael > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ==== > Post to this mail list at: [email protected] > Visit the PCFR website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr > Browse our rich collection of old family photographs, private documents, > and public records. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >