Welcome home! >From # 6 EDWARD BOWEN: nothing PETER CARLTON: (had land adj. a tract mentioned in the Sep 1822 Will of Beesley, Austin) 19. ........son AUSTIN land on North Side of Millers creek & a survey of 50 acres bought of DENIS CANNON adj. PETER CARLTON; extrs: good friends BIBSON SLOAN, LEWIS CARLTON, wife MARY JOSHUA JOHNSTON: nothing MALCOLM MCCALLISTER/MCCOLLISTER: nothing ABRAHAM NEWTON: 233. HIGHSMITH, JOHN (CR.035.801.6/3-125) 25 Aug 1858 - 4 Sep 1867 wife SARAH 497 acres whereon I reside for & during the term of her natural life purchased of BRYAN LEE & ABRAM NEWTON; adopted grdau. ELIZABITH CAROLINE, wife of OLIVER M. MATHEWS land after wife's decease, negro Lucy ae 9 yrs extr: adopted grson OLIVER M. MATHEWS wit: W. R. WARD, BRYAN WILLIAMS signed: John (sign) Highsmith will was proved in open court by GEORGE F. DEMPSEY, JOHN J. WHALEY, JONAS BOYETTE, RUFUS BENTON, JACOB BOSTICK, JAMES L. PIGFORD, WILLIAM H. MILLER, WILLIAM THOMAS, BLANET WILLIAMS, D. T. MCMILLAN, WM. D. PEARSALL, JESSE B. SOUTHERLAND 393. NEWTON, SARAH (CR.035.802.9/A-364) 3 May 1821 - Oct Term 1821 son ABRAHAM one feather bed and firneture to be left with my son WILLIAM till ABRAHAM comes for it; grandau. ELIZABETH my yong Hors, one Cow and calf, one feather bed & firniture, one woolling whel, one chiesh, one bed stead, one small pott; son WILLIAM my marand colt and hunting saddle, all my stock of Hoggs; grandau. CLARY MARIA TATOM one Heifer three years old; grandau. SARAANN TATOM one feather bed and firniture and stead; daus. ELIZABETH TATOM and SARAH HIGHSMITH my bofat and table firniture; grandau. ELIZAHELA one ewe & lam; Hors I gave to my grandau. ELIZAHELA be sold and the money kept out on intrest extrs: Brother JAMES NEWTON. ALFRED WARD wit: MARY POWELL, DUNKIN BELL signed: Sarah Newton FREDERICK RIVENBARK: witnessed the Will of Thomas Jernigan on 16 Mar 1786 >From # 5 MARTHA BELL: nothing EDWARD BELL: nothing JOSHUA JOHNSTON: nothing AUGUSTA JONES: (O.K. if I throw in ABRAHAM NEWTON too?) p. 3A 507 WILLIAM WARD of Sampson Co., to JOHN GOFF SENR. of Duplin Co., 10 Feb 1808, for $150, 80 A on a branch of Rockfish, called the Thick Branch, beg. at a pine in the sd. Thick Branch at the mouth, being a corner tree for sd. WARD & AUGUSTIN JONES & ABRAHAM NEWTON, adj. the White Meadow of WARD'S old corner. Wit: JOHN MATTHIS, SHADRACK STALLINGS. Oct. Ct. 1808. p.4A 88 WM. (WILLIAM) BROWN to JOHN D. BLOODWORTH, 2 Mar 1807, a certain of negroes by the names of NAN, EMANUEL, ABRAHAM, EDY, SERENA & BOB, the prop, of WILLIAM DEVANE, for the sum of $148.50. Wit: AUGUSTIN JONES. Jan. Ct. 1810. MALCOLM MCCALLISTER/MCCOLLISTER (here's ABRAHAM again, with one of the BOWENS) p.4A 381 MM. (MALCOM) MCALLISTER to ABRAHAM NEWTON, both of Duplin Co., 1 Dec 1811, for $600 lawful money 180A on the WS of Rockfish Creek, beg. at a stake in the run of Bruvers (?) Myre Meadow Branch, being part of 2 surveys, one of which was patented by DAN BOWEN in the year 1780, the other granted by patent to JOHN GOFF 29 Oct 1782. Wit: JOHN HUFHAM, NANCY HUFHAM. Jan. Ct. 1812. FREDERICK RIVENBARK: p.1A 230 FREDERICK (F) RIVENBARK To MESHACK STALLINGS, both of Duplin Co., 24 Apr 1784, for 30 pds. specie 100A on the NS of Rockish Creek on Perrey's Branch, being the same surveyed for JOHN RIVENBARK, joining BENJAMIN FUSSEL'S & YHOMAS HILL'S lines. Wit: SHADRACK STALLINGS, WILLIAM JAMES. Jan. Ct.. 1786. p.1A 500 THOMAS (X) ADKINSON (co. not given) to FREDERICK RIVENBARK (co. not given), 18 Mar 1786, for 50 pds. currency 70A in 2 tracts: (1) 50A beg. at the run of Buck Hall Swamp, near the Cow Branch; (2) 20A beg. at the run of Buck Hall at the mouth of Cow Branch, to Possom Run. Wit: KEDAR BRYAN, JESSE COLLINS. Jan. Ct. 1788. p.3A 288 JAMES THOMPSON of Sampson Co., to WILLIAM UNDERHILL of Duplin Co., 6 Feb 1797, for 250 pds. current money of N. C. 448A on the WS of Buck Hall in 3 tractss to wit: (1) 300A being the contents of a patent granted to ROBERT HICKS, beg. at a water oak in a drain on McCULLAR'S line, to HANCOCK HATCHER'S line, up Spring Branch to a pine be the Mill Branch, to a pine ESTER WILLIAMS' old corner, deeded to sd. THOMPSON from ROBERT HICKS 2 Dec 1780; (2) 123A being the contents of a deed from JESSE DARDEN to JAMES THOMPSON 7 Feb 1791, beg. at a stake in the run of Buck Hall Swamp on sd. THOMPSON line, formerly THOMAS ATKINSON'S line, to a pine, being the corner & line of a survey of 300A of sd. THOMPSON'S patented by ROBERT HICKS on the SW side of sd. Buck Hall, to a poplar in Spring Branch WILLIAM WARD'S corner, down the run of Buck Hall with KEDAR BRYAN'S old line (now WILLIAM WARD POLLOCK'S line); (3) 25A also being part of a tract of 60A from sd. ATKINSON to sd. THOMPSON 15 Mar 1788, beg. at a maple on the run of Buck Hall by the mouth of the little or lower Spring Branch, FREDERICK RIVENBARK'S open corner to ROBERT HOOKS' old corner. Wit: ABNER HICKS, WILLIAM TUTON, KENAN LOVE. July Ct. 1797. p.3A 420 JAMES THOMPON of Sampson Co., to FREDERICK RIVENBARK of Duplin Co., 2 Feb 1790, for 40 pds. current money 45A on BS of Buck Hall Swamp, being part of a tract purchased by sd. THOMPSON of THOMAS ATKINSON, beg. at a water oak in a small drain about 30 yds. from the SW corner of an old field cleared by LEWIS SPIKERMAN on THOMAS ATKINSON'S land & about 30 yds. W of a white oak, a corner of the land sd. THOMPSON purchased of sd. ATKINSON, to a stake RIVENBARK'S corner, to the run of Buck Hall, to the mouth of Cow Marsh to an old dead persimmon KEDAR BRYAN'S corner, to a red oak BRYAN'S corner, to a stake in the swamp side, to the run of Buck Hall & down the run to a maple at the old ford at the mouth of the drain, up the drain to the beg. Wit: C. IVEY, MARY (M) WILLIAMS. Jan. Ct. 1797. p.3A 434 MESHACK STALLINGS, hatter, to WILLIAM JAMES, planter, both of Duplin Co., 9 Oct 1790, for 360 pds. N. C. currency 550A on a branch of Rockfish called Fussel's Creek in 5 tracts to wit: (1) 200A beg. at a stake in BENJAMIN FUSSEL'S cornfield, conveyed to the sd. STALLINGS from ELIJAH BOEN 15 Apr 1786; (2) 100A near BENJAMIN FUSSEL & THOMAS HILL'S lines, beg. st a white oak, conveyed to sd. STALLINGS by FREDERICK RIVENBARK 24 Apr 1784; (3) 100A between Fussel's Creek & Taylor's Creek, beg. at a white oak & red oak WILLIAM JAMES' corner, to JOSEPH WILLIAMS' line, RICE MATHEWS' line, granted by patent to sd. STALLINGS 10 Sep 1785; (4) a tract (acreage not given) on the ES of Fussel's Creek, beg. at a pine an old corner of another survey of sd. FUSSEL'S , conveyed to sd. STALLIMGS by ELIJAH BOEN 11 July 1785; (5) 100A being 1/2 of 200A conveyed to the sd. STALLINGS by deed from RICE MATTHEWS 25 Feb 1786 on the WS of Fussel's Creek & BS of Pig Pen Branch. Wit: STEPHEN SMYTH, WILLIAM JAMES. Jan. Ct. 1797. p.4A 227 FREDERICK (F) RIVENBARK to JOHN GORE, both of Duplin Co., 11 Sep 1810, for $120 current money of N. C. 22 A in the fork of Cow Marsh & Buck Hall, beg. at a sweet gum. Wit: AARON MORGAN, WILLIAM GORE. Jan. Ct. 1811. JACOB SELLERS: p.1A 14 witnessed a transaction between NATHANIAL (z(.) MERRIT to NOTHIEL MERRIT, 9 Aug 1782. p.1A 156 witnessed a transaction between ROBERT MERRIT to ANDREW NEELEY, 2 Mar 1785 >From # 14 (whether you asked for it or not) CARLTON, PETER to ELIZABETH CARLETON, 10/20/1793 NEWTON, ABRAHAM to SARAH SINGLETON, 08/05/1780 RIVENARK, CHARLES to SUSAN BLANTON, 08/23/1831 RIVENBARK, FREDERICK to BETSY KERNNEY, 01/15/1824 RIVENBARK, JONES to CATHERINE DREW, 03/11/1826 RIVENBARK, OWEN to ELIZABETH S. BASS, 09/28/1852 I'm going to check myself into a clinic somewhere, Dee -----Original Message----- From: Fred Powell, Sr. <fpowellsr@starpower.net> To: d7777@worldnet.att.net <d7777@worldnet.att.net> Date: Sunday, November 21, 1999 6:11 AM Subject: Fw: Duplin Co. lookups >Dee, hi! > >Tampa was wonderful! At 81 degrees there I did dread exiting from the plane >in my "woolies" and still being chilled. What a pleasant surprise to learn >our temps were in the 50's. So the transition back to northern weather will >not be so difficult. > >I am beyond delight to see you have resumed your Bladen/Duplin lookups. >Whenever you have time will be grateful for the below lookups. By all means >it/they may be posted to the Duplin list. > >Thanks for everything. > >Fran fpowellsr@starpower.net >----- Original Message ----- >From: Fred Powell, Sr. <fpowellsr@starpower.net> >To: <d7777@worldnet.att.net> >Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 8:30 AM >Subject: Duplin Co. lookups > > >> Dee, hi again! >> >> Home for two days before going South with my daughter. >> >> Here is my current Duplin Co. wish-list. If you have time at anytime, I am >> grateful for these lookups. >> >> WILLS: Edward BOWEN; Peter CARLTON; Joshua JOHNSTON; Malcolm >> MCCALLISTER/MCCOLLISTER; Abraham NEWTON; Frederick RIVENBARK; >> >> DEEDS/LAND RECS: Martha BELL; Edward BOWEN; Joshua JOHNSTON; Augusta >JONES; >> Malcolm MCCALLISTER/MCCOLLISTER; Frederick RIVENBARK; Jacob >SELLERS/SELLARS; >> >> Ever grateful, >> >> Fran fpowellsr@starpower.net >> >