Clair, Would agree with you. Too bad it did not give the name or any information on the other tract or a better description of The Red House. Guess I just assumed that Croom had bought it when Caswell's land was sold. Martha >Resent-Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 14:27:02 -0600 >X-Original-Sender: clairhadley@erols.com Thu Apr 18 14:27:02 2002 >From: "Clair Hadley" <clairhadley@erols.com> >Old-To: "LENOIR" <NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com> >Subject: Re: [NCLENOIR] The Red House >Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 15:35:42 -0400 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 >To: NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1490 >X-Loop: NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: NCLENOIR-L-request@rootsweb.com >Resent-Bcc: > >By 1828 William Croom did own the Red House and most of Caswell's >peoperties, but this sale to Joseph Green must have been in response to the >following court order: > >1.SOURCE: Hillsborough District Court Records DSCR 204.508.2 Original at >North Carolina Archives > Transcribed (as best I could read it) and Submitted by Clair Hadley > >STATE of NORTH CAROLINA To the Sheriff of Lenoir County >Greetings:Whereas we by our writ of Fieri Facias did command you that of the >goods and chattels, lands and tenements of Richard Caswell Dec'd in the >hands of Winston Caswell Ecr (?) & Dolham Caswell Ex you should cause to be >made the sum of one thousand ninety four pounds 15 which lately in our >Superior Court of law, held for the district of Hillsborough at the >courthouse in Hillsborough The Governor for our use recovered against them >the said Winston & Dolham Ex & Ex as aforesaid as(and?) also the endorsed >fees or costs and charges filed in said suit expended, whereof the said >Winston and Dolham are liable and convicted, as to us appears of record, and >that you should have the said monies before the Judges of our Superior Court >of law, held for the district of Hillsboro on the sixth day of October 1796 >and you on that day, having returned to us on our said writ of Fieri Facias, >that you had levied on all the Lands of Richard Caswell Decd lying in Lenoir >County, to wit, the Red House & plantation and the adjoining lands, >Newington do d do. Tan yard plantation & the adjoining Lands, the Yadkin >Survey together with four houses & several Lenoir Lotts in the Town of >Kinston with three houses on them, the same being subject to sundry >Execution in favor of Nathan Smith vs. the said Estate but not sold for want >of time. We therefore command you to expose to sale the said property >levied on as aforesaid, and have you monies aforesaid, before the Judges of >our Superior Court aforesaid, to be held at the courthouse in Hillsborough >on the 6th day of October next, then and there to render, &c (?). > >Herein fail not and have you then and there this writ. Witness, Leonard >Henderson, Clerk of Said Court, the 6th day of April A.D. 1797 and in the XX >1 year of American Independence. >*the 31st day of M ay 1797 > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Martha Marble <mmarble@erols.com> >To: <NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 2:52 PM >Subject: [NCLENOIR] The Red House > > >> Caswell researchers - I thought that the Red House was sold to William >> Croom? Not much information in this docment. >> >> Martha >> >> >> INDENTURE >> 17 Nov. 1796 - ROBERT WHITE, Sheriff of Lenoir County sold to JOSEPH GREEN >> of same - 168 pounds - 1000 acres in two tracts - one tract is commonly >> called The Red House adj to FRANCIS HILL, TURNER >> >> WIT W. CASWELL, WILLIAM PATE >> >> Lenoir Court July 1797 >> Enrolled Liber A p 37, 38, 39 7 August 1797 JAS. BRIGHT, Reg >> >> NOTE: It appears there may be a page missing from this instrument. >> >> >> >> > >