>Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 20:22:07 -0600 > > >From: "Ken Berry" <krb2@earthlink.net> > > >I am trying to find the location of the original land owned by my ancestor >John Acree. He purchased 130 acres in 1759 between the north and south >prongs of Cashie Swamp, near Roxobel, Bertie County, NC. He purchased >additional acres in later years so that by his death in 1814 >he owned over 650 acres, said to be all the land there was between the >north and south prongs of Cashie Swamp (described in 1970 by a resident >Alvah Smith, as a triangle between a railroad and a highway) outside of >Roxobel. Would anyone know exactly where this land is located today? >Patty Acree Berry > > >--- Ken Berry >--- krb2@earthlink.net >--- EarthLink: It's your Internet. Virginia Crilley

Cashie Swamp is the same area where I am trying to find the buyer of 237 acres of land patented to William Willson in 1725. At that time, the land was joining Richard Braswell, Edward Carne and the South Side of Kassiah Swamp. Pat Book 3, p.196 On the same day, Richard Braswell patented patented 451 acres on South side of Kesiah Swamp, joining Richard Braswell, Jr. and the sd swamp. Pat Book 3, p. 195 William Willson was married to Rebecca Braswell and these three men, William Wilson and Richard Braswell, Jr. and Sr. were often found together on the records. There was no record found of William Willson's land being sold, nor was it mentioned in his Will in 1745 (Northampton) However I found the following records which lead me to believe there may have been an unknown son of the William Willson above, William Wilson, Jr. In 1727, William Griffin sold to Samuel Bass, 200 ac on South Side of Kesia Swamp adj. William Wilson Wit: William Griffin, John Gray, Richd Fryer. In 1746, Thomas Bass, planter to William Willson for 240 acres at a branch adj. Amos Grant Wit: Thomas Whitmell, James Keneday [no location given] In 1748, Thomas Ryan [Bryan?], to William Willson 160 ac on North side of Cashie at Poplar Branch. Wit John Nichols, Thomas Holder, James Jolley. In 1753, a William Wilson sold to Lazarus Summeral 50 acs which was part of a patent granted to William Wilson and includes the plantation where Thos. Bass now lives on the south side of Cashie Swamp adj. Thos Bass, Marmaduke Roberson Wit: Thomas Whitmill, Elizbeth Whitmill, Martha Whitmill. [I am thinking that the patent referred to here might have been the one to William Wilson/Willson, Sr in 1725 adjoining Richard Braswell. Next, in 1754 William Wilson (Jr?) sold to William Bryan adj. Amos Grant...no acreage, no location, no price given. And in 1758, William (x) Willson planter of Bertie sold to Thomas Holder 160 ac on east side of Cashy Swamp joining Poplar Branch, sd Wilson. Wit: Jno Hill, Pat Quinsey, Constantine Pierce. Can anyone disprove my theory of the two William Willsons of Cashie Swamp being father and son or give me advise on how to prove it? Thanks; Marilyn on 4/15/02 7:38 AM, Crilley at varcsix@hot.rr.com wrote: > >> Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 20:22:07 -0600 >> >> >> From: "Ken Berry" <krb2@earthlink.net> >> >> >> I am trying to find the location of the original land owned by my ancestor >> John Acree. He purchased 130 acres in 1759 between the north and south >> prongs of Cashie Swamp, near Roxobel, Bertie County, NC. He purchased >> additional acres in later years so that by his death in 1814 >> he owned over 650 acres, said to be all the land there was between the >> north and south prongs of Cashie Swamp (described in 1970 by a resident >> Alvah Smith, as a triangle between a railroad and a highway) outside of >> Roxobel. Would anyone know exactly where this land is located today? >> Patty Acree Berry >> >> >> --- Ken Berry >> --- krb2@earthlink.net >> --- EarthLink: It's your Internet. > > Virginia Crilley > > > ==== NCBERTIE Mailing List ==== > Bertie County Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbertie/index.htm > Many pages of information on-line. I welcome yours as well! > Be sure to "search" on this page! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >