Hi James, I really thought I was going to sneak that SHEPARD lookup right on by you - >From # 6 459. SHEPARD, THOMAS JR. (CR.035.801.10/2-59) wife MARY JANE land on the Newbern road at DAVID SPOUTHERLANDs line to the black smith shop, round the negro graveyard to the Kenansville Road to LEBEUS MIDDLETONs line to Forlaws line to STEPHEN HERRINGs line up the branch to DAVID I. SOUTHERLAND's including my dwelling and all out buildings at the cros x roads, thirty barrels of corn, twelve hundred lbs of bacon or eighteen hundred ilc of pork, two hundred pounds of lard, two barrels of flour, sixty pounds of coffee, one hundred pounds of Sugar as her Years provisions, all my household & kitchen furniture, two ploughs, two Grub hoes, two weed hoes, two axes, 2 iron wedges, four cows & calves, 2 Sows and pigs, 6 ews & lambs, 1 cart or waggon, one horse, 1 Buggy & harness, negroes Boston & Julia; dau. MARY ARMSTRONG negroes Louis, Joe & little Ben; grandau. GEORGEETTE SHEPARD One Hundred dollars when she shall arrive at the age of 21 years; dau. CATHERINE KELLY negroes Liberty. Jenny Ann & big Ben; dau. CAROLINE SOUTHERLAND negroes Louisa, Augustus & Isham; son THOMAS E. negro PETER & my blacksmith tools; infant dau. SARAH ELLIS negroes Randolp & Mary, six hundred Dollars, negroes Julia & Boston, household and Kitchen furniture; executors ISAAC B. KELLY and DAVID I. SOUTHERLAND Land I purchased of JAMES LAWHORN in trust for my dau. ANN WHITFIELD and her children [not named] not to be subject to the payment of any debts of her husband THOMAS W. WHITFIELD; children of ANN WHITFIELD a note of hand on DAVID I. SOUTHERLAND of six Hundred Dollars; residue of my property with negro Old Mary to be sold and land not included in my wife's dower be rented out & the money applyed to the raising schooling & clothing of my infant dau. SARAH ELLIS extrs: ISAAC B. KELLY, DAVID I. SOUTHERLAND wit: STEPHEN GRAHAM, D. GILLESPIE signed: Thos. Shepard Codicil; 26 Oct 1850 In as much as my Wife is pregnant the negroes I gave my dau. SARAH ELLIS with a note of ahand of Six Hundred dollars on JOHN CARR & JOHN GREEN and fifteen hundred Dollars bee divided between my dau. SARAH ELLIS and my child unborn wit: STEPHEN GRAHAM signed: Thos Shepard Codicil: 27 Jan 1851 In as much as I have another child born I revoke the codicil of 26 Oct. `850 and will that the negroes I gave my dau. SARAH ELLIS with a note of hand of six hundred Dollars on JOHN GREEN & JOHN CARR and one thousand Dollars be equally divided between my daus. SARAH ELLIS & CHARLOTTE on their arriving at the age of twenty One Years wit: D. GILLESPIE, STEPHEN GRAHAM signed: Thos. Shepard 101. CHAMBERS, CHARLES (CR.035.801.3/3-44) 25 Aug 1858 - Jan Term 1862 son DAVID FRANCIS all my Lands on Goshen including the plantation whereon I now live & a Small piece bought from JAMES PEARSALL, 1 Bed and furniture, 1 Horse, negro Joe; dau. ELIZA SHEPARD & her dau. MARY negroes Jinny & Eveline, 1 Bed and furniture which they have heretofore received; dau. MARGARET MURRAY & her Children [not named] negroes Mareah & Rachel, one Bed & firniture which they have heretofore received; Dau. MARY JANE WILLIAMS & her children [not named] negro Sally & her children Edgar, Kate, John & an infant name not Known, One Bed and furniture, $630 now in her possession; daus. DOLLY & SUSAN a Share of my Negroes each Equal in value to the portion given my daus. MARGARET & ELIZA; remainder of negroes to be divided into 4 lots and drawn by MARGARET MURRAY, DOLLY EDWARDS, SUSAN CHAMBERS and son DAVID F. in trust for my dau. ELIZA & her dau. MARY extrs: friend JAMES DICKSON & son DAVID F. wit: JOSEPH PEARSALL, JERE PEARSALL signed: Charles (sign) Chambers 104. CHESNUTT, GAVIN L. (CR.035.801.3/2-97) Note: James, could Mary J. below be the Mary Jane, wife of Thomas Shepard (not the one that witnessed this Will)? 12 Nov 1855 - Jan Term 1856 wife ANN 2 cows, 1 Horse Cart, my beds, bed-clothing, House-hold & kitchen furniture, cooking utinsils, 17 1/2 acres with the House I now live in Known as the Fussell Place and at her death to my children JOHN K., GRANTUM F., EDWARD G. MARY J., NANCY E. & SARAH W.; 2 lots in the town of Stricklandsville containing 1/2 acres each & 2 Horse Carts sold to pay debts & surplus divided among my several children; Barden lot to be divided and sold seperately extr: friend THOMAS S. FAISON wit: B. WHITEHEAD, THOS. E. SHEPARD signed: Gavin L. (signed) Chesnutt 449. ROUSE, Phillip (CR.035.801.10/A-415) 10 Oct 1784 - Oct Court 1784 son MARTAIN one horse, bridle and Sadle and gun, twenty five head of Cattle Consisting of Cows, Calves and other young Cattle, ten head of sheep, two kittles, two falling axes, one bed and furnerture, two basens and seven plates with all my Stock of hogs more or less, one hand mill, one pair of Iren Wegges, one plow; ELIZABETH my youngest Daughter two Cows and Calves, six new plats, one set of tea Cups and sosers, one feather bed and furnerture, one fring pan, one mug extr: not named wit: EPHRAIM GARRASON, ADONIJAH GARRISON signed Phillip (sign) Rouse PRESSELLAH MURPHY one pot, one bason, two plats; BARBARY SHEPARD one shilling starling 486. THOS SHEPARD witnessed the Will of SAML. STANFORD, SENR., 10 May 1833 553. WILLIAMS, GEORGE (CR.035.801.12/A-520) 11 Sep 1816 - Apr Term 1817 wife TABITHA negroes Kit, Jum, Amos & Lettice, one Fetherbed, all the household & kitchen furniture, plantation tools, all the Horses, Cattle & Hogs, every other kind of Stock; son JACOB & daus. MOURNING SHEPPARD, PATSEY BEST, MARY HARRIS, & grandau. MARY dau. of HENRY STOAKES negroes left to wife; grandau. MARY dau. of TEMPERANCE one Featherbed; grandson ROBERT son of ABSALOM BEST one Featherbed extrs: GEORGE E. HOUSTON, EDWARD WILLIAMS wit: JOHN PEARSALL, WILLIAM HARRIS signed: George Williams 261. JAMES, JAMES (CR.035.801.6/A-227) 14 Mar 1790 - Oct Term 1796 son THOMAS E. all the Lands I purchased for JAMES PEARSALL amounting in the whole to 355 acres; son GABRIEL H. land I purchased from ALEXANDER DICKSON & plantation & Land Known by the name of Pearce's place; wife MARY I will that she live at the Cross rodes, The Mantion House ot run ovr to the place called the Cool spring (at her Option); wife MARY and children MARY TEACHEY, THOMAS E., ELIZABETH, DORETHY, ANN, GABRIEL HOLMES, REBECCA & CATHERINE R. my whole estate of negroes; negro Sall to live with my children in her old age and they to give her comfortable food & Clothing suitable for her age; wife MARY all my Household furniture, stock of every Kind & plantation Tools, negro Judy; friend THOMAS SHEPARD 20 Silver Dollars 2 years after my death; one dollar be given to the Daughter of JAMES BAILEY of Bladen County, sd. BAILEY was formerly a merchant at Had park extrs: wife MARY, friends JEREMIAH PEARSALL, JAMES CARR, GABRIEL HOLMES wit: THOS. ROUTLEDGE SENR, WILLIAM JOHNSTON, JOSEPH JOHNSTON signed: James James Happy Thanksgiving -----Original Message----- From: James B. Shepard <jbshepard@worldnet.att.net> To: Dee Thompson <d7777@worldnet.att.net> Date: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 10:54 PM Subject: Re: Duplin Co. lookups >Dee, >I too would love to see the Wills for the Shepards and Sheppards. >Thanks a million, >James Shepard > >Dee Thompson wrote: > >> Hi Corine, >> This is a huge mess, but stick with me and we'll get through it. >> >> >From # 14 >> NETHERCUT, LOFTIS to NANCY BARFIELD, 01/10/1804 >> >> >From # 6 >> >> WILLIAM NETHERCUTT: nothing (see WILLIAM BRIAN/BRYANT NETHERCUT) >> >> WILLIAM BRIAN NETHERCUTT: >> JOHN NETHERCUT: >> 443. ROGERS/ROGGERS, MARY (CR.035.801.10/A-408) >> 26 Mar 1829 - Apr Term 1846 >> grandson WILLIAM BRIANT NETHERCUT all of my Estate >> extr: JOHN NETHERCUT >> wit: JOHN FAROR, LEWIS (sign) WALLER >> signed: Mary (sign) Roggers >> >> REUBEN NETHERCUTT: nothing (unless "RENN NETHERCUT is REUBEN) >> >> JACOB SHEPARD: nothing >> >> GEORGE SHEPARD: nothing >> >> RICHARD SHEPARD: nothing >> >> There are Wills for the following: (if you like any of these let me know): >> SHEPARD: >> BARBARY >> CHARLOTTE >> ELIZA >> GEORGEETTA >> MARY >> MARY JANE >> SARAH >> ELLIS >> THOMAS E. >> THOMAS, JR. >> >> SHEPPARD: >> MOURNING >> THOMAS >> >> I'm sending you this Will 'cause it had so many NEATHERCUTs I just couldn't >> resist. >> 387. NEATHERCUT, LOFTIN (CR.035.801.9) >> 11 Jan 1842 - Jul Term 1844 >> wife NANCY during her natural lifetime the lands & premises whereon I now >> reside Beginning in Anthonys branch at the mouth of a short drain, to the >> main road, to Cow hole, the head of the long pond, G. F. NEATHERCUTs corner, >> all the peroshable property which I may die possessed of; daus. BETSEY & >> ELIZA two calves & cows each; son GEORGE F. five dollars in addition to >> what I have given him; son >> JOHN H. five dollars in addition to what I have given him; son MARSHALL >> MONEY two cows and calves; dau. CHARITY BARFIELD five dollars in addition to >> what I have given her; daus. BETSEY, ELIZA, TEMMY & KITTY all may lands >> lying on the great branch adjoining MERRIT BARFIELD, all my money, all the >> debts due me, my perishable property of every kind at the death of my wife >> extr: son GEORGE F. >> wit: J.H. JARMAN, A.O. GRADY >> signed: Loftin (sign) Neathercut >> >> >From # 5 >> LOFTIS NETHERCUT: >> p.4A 157 EDWARD (X) ERWIN to LOFTIS NETHERCUT, both of Duplin Co., 11 Jan >> 1808, for $150, 146A being part of a survey of 5ooA, by patent granted to >> GEORGE SMITH on the ES of the Northeast on the head of Burncoat Swamp, beg. >> at a pine by a pond that drains into Tuckahoe, across the head of Burncoat >> to a black gum in a branch of sd. swamp........to the beg. Wit: CHRISTOPHER >> LAWSON, MARTIN ERWIN. July Ct. 1810. >> >> LOFTIN NETHERCUT: >> p.3A 489 JAMES WILLIAMS to LOFTON NETHERCUT, both of Duplin Co., 16 Aug >> 1806, for 115 silver dollars 200A in 2 tracts to wit: (1) 150A being part >> of 200A granted to LEWIS BARNES, beg. at a stake in Burncoat; (2) 50A being >> part of a patent granted to ANTHONY JONES for 150A, beg. at a stake in the >> run of Burncoat & crossing ANTHONY'S Branch. Wit: HENRY GRADY, JOHN >> MAXWELL, ISAIAH SMITH. Oct. Ct. 1808. >> >> WILLIAM NETHERCUT: >> RENN NETHERCUT: >> p.3A 113 WILLIAM (sign) NETHERCUT of Onslow Co., to JOHN MURROW of Duplin >> Co., 20 Nov 1794, for 50 pds. specie 100A on the ES of the Northeast River & >> on a branch of the NS of Limestone known as Cabbin Branch, beg. at the run >> of Cabbin Branch on MESSER'S line, & adj. CALEB QUIN, MESSER, sd. NETHERCUT, >> ABNER QUIN, ANTHONY MILLER & MUMFORD. Wit: JOAB (X) PADGET, RENN NETHERCUT. >> Jan. Ct. 1795 >> >> p1A 139 ABNER QUIN of Cartright [sic] Co. to WILLIAM NETHERCUT of Duplin >> Cp., 4 Sep 1783, for 30 pds. specie 100A on the NS of Limestone Swamp & on >> BS of Cabbin Branch incl. his impr., beg. at a post on the ES of sd. branch, >> CHARLES MUMFORD'S corner & ANTHONY MILLER'S line, formerly granted to sd. >> QUIN by patent dated 1 July 1779. Wit: CALEB (X) QUIN, WILLIAM NETHERCUT. >> Apr Ct. 1785. >> >> p.1A 321 witnessed a transaction of JOHN (sign) JONES to JOHN WEEDINGS 11 >> June 1783. >> >> p.1A 526 CHARLES MUMFORD to ROBERT COLE, both of Duplin Co., 1788 ( no >> month or day listed). for 30 pds. currency 320A on the NS of Limestone Swamp >> on BS of Horse Branch, beg. at a cypress by the run of Limestone Swamp, by >> the mouth of Cabbin Branch, near Horse Branch, to a pine by a tar kiln, to a >> pine near Gum Branch by WILLIAM FOLSOM'S line, the sd. land granted to >> ANTHONY MILLER by a patent dated 22 July 1774 & conveyed from sd. MILLER to >> sd. MUMFORD, and the sd. land also being WILLIAM NETHERCUT'S older patent >> land & a small point of sd. MUMFORD'S old patent. Wit: ROBIN SOUTHERLAND, >> PATIENCE SOUTHERLAND. Apr. Ct. 1788 >> >> WILLIAM NATHERCUT: >> p.4A 260 witnessed a transaction of 5 THIGPEN heirs of the estate of ALLEN >> THIGPEN to DAVID WILKINS, 31 Dec 1810. >> >> Are you thoroughly confused? >> Dee >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Corine Ransom <corine@peak.org> >> To: Dee Thompson <d7777@worldnet.att.net> >> Date: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 1:36 PM >> Subject: Re: Duplin Co. lookups >> >> >Dee, >> > Is there possibly anything on the Nethercutt name? I am looking for >> >William or Reuben. Or the Shepard name, specifically Jacob, George, or >> >Richard? >> > Thank you so much for you gracious and willing searches for so many. >> >Corine in Oregon >> > >> > >> > >> > > >