In December 1822, Samuel Johnston Roach and James Madison Roach paid twelve dollars and forty cents into the North Carolina Treasury, the full purchase money for 124 acres entered in Craven County under the entry taker’s certificate No. 1458. The receipt does not describe the land or name any neighbors.
There are no witnesses. John Haywood, Public Treasurer, signed it, and the duplicate was filed in the Comptroller’s office on December 2, 1822 (Jo. Hawkins, comptroller). The writer’s own words are kept as written below.
North Carolina Treasury receipt to Samuel Johnston Roach and James Madison Roach for 124 acres entered in Craven County – 1822
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. 2.
North-Carolina,
Treasury Office. Decr. 1822.—
On the day above written, Samuel Johnston Roach
and James Madison Roach . . . . . .
did pay into this Office the sum of Twelve Dollars
and forty Cents . . . . . . . .
it being in full of the purchase money for 124 ——
acres of land by him entered in the County of
Craven ———— as by the Entry Taker’s
Certificate, No: 1458.
$12—40.
John Haywood Pub. Treasr
[On the back:]
Duplicate filed in the
Comptrollers Off. in
this 2d Decr. 1822.
Jo. Hawkins Compt.
About the original
This is a printed form with the blanks filled in by hand. No day is written on the front; the note on the back shows the duplicate was filed on 2 December 1822. The left edge has the printed scroll border and a repaired tear.
The printed form says “by him” even though two buyers are named. The comptroller’s name on the back is read as Jo. Hawkins; the flourish makes it uncertain.
Source: Treasury receipt to Samuel Johnston Roach and James Madison Roach, December 1822. 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.
