On April 18, 1859, Berry Nelson paid ten dollars and twelve cents into the North Carolina Treasury, the full purchase money for 81 acres he had entered in Craven County under the Secretary of State’s certificate or warrant No. 657. The receipt does not describe the land or name any neighbors.
There are no witnesses. D. W. Courts, Public Treasurer, signed it, and the duplicate was filed with C. H. Brogden, Comptroller. A Berry Nelson and his wife Elizabeth were among the heirs of James Roach named in the 1868 quitclaim deeds in this folder. The writer’s own words are kept as written below.
North Carolina Treasury receipt to Berry Nelson for 81 acres entered in Craven County – 1859
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.
STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA,
Treasury Office, April 18th, 1859.
No. 249
On the day above written, Berry Nelson
paid into this Office the sum of Ten
Dollars and 12 Cents, it being in full of the purchase money for 81
Acres of Land, by him entered, in the County of Craven, as by
the Secretary of State’s Certificate, or Warrant No. 657, for which sum I have
given two receipts, of the same tenor and date.
$10 12/100
D. W. Courts Public Treasurer.
[On the back:]
Duplicate filed in
Comptroller’s office.
C. H. Brogden,
Comptr.
About the original
This is a printed form with the blanks filled in by hand. The last figure of the year is written over the printed “185” and is read as 9. The sheet has fold lines and a few small stains.
D. W. Courts was State Treasurer and C. H. Brogden was Comptroller at this time.
Source: Treasury receipt to Berry Nelson, 18 April 1859. 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.
