On January 22, 1831, David K. Roach, writing in Putnam County, Georgia, sold James Roach for five hundred dollars all his interest in the lands willed to him by his father, Charles Roach Senior, deceased. The land lay in Craven County, North Carolina, on the north side of Swift Creek, adjoining the Johnsons, the Butlers and others. No acreage or courses are given.
The witnesses were Michael Dennis and Sam J. Roach. Samuel J. Roach proved the deed at the August Term 1831 of the Craven County court (J. G. Stanly, clerk), and it was registered in Book 48, page 324 (B. C. Gillespie, register). The deed shows Charles Roach Senior had died, leaving a will, by January 1831. The writer’s own words are kept as written below.
Deed from David K. Roach of Putnam County, Georgia, to James Roach, his interest in the lands willed to him by his father Charles Roach Senior on the north side of Swift Creek – Craven County, 1831
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.
Georgia } This Indenture made
Putnam County } & entered into this twenty
second day of January
Eighteen hundred & thirty one between
David K Roach of the one part and
James Roach of the other part.
Witnesseth that the said David K for
and in consideration of the sum of five
hundred dollars to him in hand paid, hath
granted bargined & sold & doth by these presents
grant bargain & sell unto the said James
his heirs & assigns all his interest in the
lands willed to him by his Father
Charles Roach senr. Deseased, lying & being
in the County of Craven North Carolina
adjoining Johnsons Butlers & others on
the North side of Swift Creek, together
with all the rights members & apertainances
there unto belonging or in any wise apertain-
ing. To have and to hold the interest in
the lands and apertainances unto the said
James his heirs &c. from him the said
David K his & assigns forever in fee
simple. And the said David K for
himself his heirs executors and administra-
tors shall & doth by the presents agree to
warrant and defend the title to said land
and premises unto the the said James
his heirs and assigns from the claim or
claims of himself the said David K his
heirs &c. and of all & every other person
or persons whatever
In witness whereof I here unto
set my hand and affix my seal the
day and year above written D K Roach (Seal)
Signed sealed and delivered in presence
of Test
Michael Dennis
Sam J Roach Jt [?]
p 71 [?]
[Second page:]
Craven County Court
August Term A. D. 1831
Then was the execution of the foregoing deed
proved in open court and in due form of law
by the oath of Samuel J. Roach one of the
subscribing Witnesses thereto.
Ordered that said Deed be Registered
Attest
J. G. Stanly
Clk
Registered in the Records of Craven
County Book No. 48 page 324 &c
Attest B. C. Gillespie Regr
[On the back:]
14
Roach David K
To
James Roach
About the original
The deed is written on one long page; the bottom of the sheet was folded up and the fold edges are worn. The court note and registration are at the top of the second page; the ink of the deed shows through below them. The docket is on the outside, with a small number 14.
David K. Roach signed as “D K Roach.” The letters after Samuel J. Roach’s name as witness are unclear; they may be a clerk’s mark showing he later swore to the deed. “p 71” next to the witnesses is probably a fee note.
The deed was made in Putnam County, Georgia, where David K. Roach was then living, and proved in Craven County in August 1831 by Samuel J. Roach, who had witnessed it. It does not name the acreage. It tells us that Charles Roach Senior was dead by January 1831, that he left land by will to his son David K. Roach, and that the land lay on the north side of Swift Creek next to the Johnsons and Butlers.
Source: Deed, David K. Roach to James Roach, 22 January 1831. 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.
