Can anyone give me an idea where Crabtree Creek is (or was) located? Anotehr creek called Long Branch flows into it. I think it must be in the general area where Little River, Marks Creek, and St. Matthews townships came together in the mid-1800s. John Nutt left land in 1819 on both sides of the creek to his children, and in 1857 there was a lawsuit between Henry Bunch of Little River and Richard B. Seawell of St. Matthews over part of this same land. I can't find it on the Fendol Beavers map. I'm interested because part of the land was willed to Mary Polly Nutt Riley and her heirs. She was alive in Marks Creek in 1850 but not there in 1860, and I'm trying to find out if she had died by 1856 and her remaining heirs had sold the land to either Bunch or Seawell. The survey map I gpt frm the Archives just identifies her part as left to her in John Nutt's will for her life and then to her heirs - a bit ambiguous as to her state in 1856, but I don't see how she could have sold it while living. If any of this sounds familiar to anyone, I'd love to get more information, too! Thanks. Joanne Pearce Gaudio

>From what you stated in the email it spears she had a life estate which does not give her the right to sell it. Therefore you'd need to look for when John Nutt's heirs sold the land....that will tell you when she died - unless they agreed to other compensation for her. Sharon Gable -----Original Message----- From: ncwake-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ncwake-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joanne Gaudio Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 9:31 AM To: ncwake@rootsweb.com Subject: [NCWAKE] Crabtree Creek in Wake Co. Can anyone give me an idea where Crabtree Creek is (or was) located? Anotehr creek called Long Branch flows into it. I think it must be in the general area where Little River, Marks Creek, and St. Matthews townships came together in the mid-1800s. John Nutt left land in 1819 on both sides of the creek to his children, and in 1857 there was a lawsuit between Henry Bunch of Little River and Richard B. Seawell of St. Matthews over part of this same land. I can't find it on the Fendol Beavers map. I'm interested because part of the land was willed to Mary Polly Nutt Riley and her heirs. She was alive in Marks Creek in 1850 but not there in 1860, and I'm trying to find out if she had died by 1856 and her remaining heirs had sold the land to either Bunch or Seawell. The survey map I gpt frm the Archives just identifies her part as left to her in John Nutt's will for her life and then to her heirs - a bit ambiguous as to her state in 1856, but I don't see how she could have ! sold it while living. If any of this sounds familiar to anyone, I'd love to get more information, too! Thanks. Joanne Pearce Gaudio ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCWAKE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message