On November 20, 1809, Charles Roach Senr. paid three pounds into the North Carolina Treasury, the full purchase money for 120 acres he had entered in Craven County under the entry taker’s warrant No. 100. The receipt does not describe the land or name any neighbors.
There are no witnesses. E. Holding signed for John Haywood, the State Treasurer, and the note on the back says the duplicate was filed in the Comptroller’s office on November 22, 1809 (S. Goodwin [?], comptroller). The writer’s own words are kept as written below.
North Carolina Treasury receipt to Charles Roach Sr. for 120 acres entered in Craven County – 1809
Transcription notes: spelling, capitalization and punctuation follow the original. Words in [square brackets] are editorial notes; [?] marks an uncertain reading and [illegible] marks words that could not be read.
No. 18
North-Carolina,
TREASURY-OFFICE, 20th Novr 1809.
ON the day above written, Charles Roach Senr.
did pay into this Office the Sum of Three
pounds ————
it being in full of the Purchase Money
for 120. Acres of Land by him entered in the County of Craven as
the Entry-Taker’s [struck through: Certificate] warrant No. 100.
£ 3. ——
E. Holding for
John Haywood Treasr
[On the back:]
Duplicate filed in Comptrollers
office 22d Novr 1809
S. Goodwin [?] Compr
About the original
This is a printed form with the blanks filled in by hand. The word “Certificate” is struck through and “warrant” written above it. The left edge has the printed scroll border, and the lower left corner is torn and repaired.
“Senr.” is written as an abbreviation after Charles Roach’s name. The clerk’s signature is read as E. Holding; John Haywood was State Treasurer. The comptroller’s signature on the back is hard to read and is given as S. Goodwin with a question mark.
Source: Treasury receipt to Charles Roach Senr., 20 November 1809. Roach Family Papers (#346), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, Box 1, Folder c (Land Records, 1728–1886). Collection guide. Digitized folder: ECU Digital Collections, 0346-b1-fc.
Images courtesy of East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University. View this item in ECU Digital Collections.
Part of the Roach Family Papers collection on East Carolina Roots.
