Steve Could you look for Ennis surname in you Bladen Co.Tax Lists Books. Thanks for your time and help. Helen Ennis Williams
First volume mentions Levey Ennis in 1771 tax list as one white poll. He is listed again in 1772 but appears to be in a different neighborhood because the names of those heading households in these two yearly lists from 1771 and 1772 change completely. There is no mention of him in the second volume under any variant spelling. In addition, I found a single entry for Levey Ennis (no other variant spelling) in Holcomb's abstracts of surviving Bladen County deeds 1738-1804: "Robert Edwards, Surveyor of Bladen Co., for 29 pounds 19 shillings 6 pence proclamation money to Levey Ennis, land on NE side Drowning Creek [today's Lumber River] about 8 or 9 miles above the mouth of Bear Swamp, just above an Island in the Creek...6 Nov 1771, ack. by Robert Edwards. Maturin Colvill." This deed can be found at the archives in Raleigh, I'm certain. This piece of land could be anywhere northeast of today's Lumber River, but Bear Swamp still exists on maps. Unless this deed is talking about a different forgotten Bear Swamp that was somewhere else in the region, Bear Swamp is located today below Burnt Swamp in Robeson County. In 1771 that area had been settled by Englishmen, Welsh and a few Scots and others for some years before that date. I suggest you go to http://www.topozone.com and find Bear Swamp in Robeson Co. [email protected] wrote: >Steve >Could you look for Ennis surname in you Bladen Co.Tax Lists Books. >Thanks for your time and help. >Helen Ennis Williams > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >
Hello Helen, Are you related to Ruth Williams of Buie, NC? I recall she had a niece by the name of Helen Williams. First volume mentions Levey Ennis in 1771 tax list as one white poll. He is listed again in 1772 but appears to be in a different neighborhood because the names of those heading households in these two yearly lists from 1771 and 1772 change completely. There is no mention of him in the second volume under any variant spelling. In addition, I found a single entry for Levey Ennis (no other variant spelling) in Holcomb's abstracts of surviving Bladen County deeds 1738-1804: "Robert Edwards, Surveyor of Bladen Co., for 29 pounds 19 shillings 6 pence proclamation money to Levey Ennis, land on NE side Drowning Creek [today's Lumber River] about 8 or 9 miles above the mouth of Bear Swamp, just above an Island in the Creek...6 Nov 1771, ack. by Robert Edwards. Maturin Colvill." This deed can be found at the archives in Raleigh, I'm certain. This piece of land could be anywhere northeast of today's Lumber River, but Bear Swamp still exists on maps. Unless this deed is talking about a different forgotten Bear Swamp that was somewhere else in the region, Bear Swamp is located today below Burnt Swamp in Robeson County. In 1771 that area had been settled by Englishmen, Welsh and a few Scots and others for some years before that date. I suggest you go to http://www.topozone.com and find Bear Swamp in Robeson Co. [email protected] wrote: >Steve >Could you look for Ennis surname in you Bladen Co.Tax Lists Books. >Thanks for your time and help. >Helen Ennis Williams > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >