This quitclaim deed, dated March 1868 with the day left blank, was drawn up for Charles M. Roach, W. S. Roach and James Roach of Craven County to give up, for twelve dollars, their claim to 70 acres on the north side of the Neuse River in Craven County to the other heirs at law of James Roach, deceased: Levi P. [?] Wayne and his wife Louisa, Mary Vincent, Nancy Roach, and Berry Nelson and his wife Elizabeth, all of Craven County; Calvin Cox and his wife Lovy of Pitt County; and the minor heirs Charly B. Cox and Lovy L. Cox of Pitt County and Jesse [?] L. Lancaster and Avanetta [?] A. Lancaster of Brunswick County.
The deed traces the land from a patent to Jacob Johnson, to Alfred Sutton, John Sutton, Samuel Sutton and then James Roach. It began at a pine on the side of the Bay Bush Glade, at a corner of Johnson’s patent, and ran to Samuel James’s line. The paper was never signed or witnessed and has no court or registration note. The writer’s own words are kept as written below.
Quitclaim deed (unsigned) from Charles M. Roach, W. S. Roach and James Roach to the other heirs of James Roach deceased, 70 acres on the north side of Neuse River – Craven County, 1868
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.
This Indenture made and executed this
[struck through: this] the the day of March AD
one thousand eight hundred and
Sixty eight by and between Charles
M Roach W. S. Roach & James Roach
of the County of Craven & State of North
Carolina of the first part, and Levi P. [?]
Wayne and Wife Louisa Mary Vincent
Nancy Roach and Berry Nelson & wife
Elizabeth of the County of Craven
all heirs at Law of James Roach decd
Calvin Cox & wife Lovy the County of Pitt
heirs at Law of James Roach Decsd.
Charly B. Cox & Lovy L Cox County Pitt, Jesse [?] L. Lancaster
Avanetta [?] A. Lancaster minor heirs at
law of James Roach Decd. of the County
of Brunswick all of the State of North
Carolina of the Second part
Witnesseth that the said Charles M Roach
William S Roach and James Roach
for and in consideration of the Sum
Twelve Dollars in hand paid by the said
parties of the second part at the time of
executing these [struck through: these] presents, the receipt whereof
is hereby acknowledged, have granted, bargaind
Sold, and quit Claimed, and by these
presents do grant, bargain, sell, convey and
quit claim unto the said parties of
the Second part theirs, Administrators and
assigns a Certain piece or parcell of Land
in the County of Craven and State [struck through: illegible]
aforsaid On the North Side of Neuse
River it being a pattent granted Jacob
Johnson to Alfred Sutton and from
Said Alfred Sutton to John [Sutton written above the line] and from
[struck through: Alfred Sutton] the said John Sutton to
Samuel Sutton and from Samuel
Sutton to James Roach
Beginning at a pine on the Side of
the Bay bush Glade then South 51 W.
4 poles a pine Corner of said Johnsons patent
then with his line North 38 W. 46 poles,
to a Stake by the edge of the round percoson
No 50 Et 10 poles to a pine in the edge of
Said person [struck through: in] then No 32 Et 18 poles then
North 45 W. 136 to a Small pine; then
71. W 34 poles to a pine then No 32 W 30
poles to a pine No 87 E 52 poles to
a pine on the Side of a [struck through: small] Swamp
then S. 79 E 67 poles to a pine then
E 18 poles thence South 62 Et 37 poles
to Samuel Suttons James line then with his
line S 45 W 96 poles to his beginning
Corner then a direct line to the Beginning
Containing Seventy [struck through: five] Acres More or
less with all and every the appertenances
thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining
and I do hereby covenant to and with the said
parties of the Second part their heirs Administrators
and assigns for ever and the said parties
of the first part, have given granted
released and quit-Claimed, and by these
presents, do give grant, release, and quit
Claim unto the said parties of the Second
part their heirs Administrators and assigns,
all their right, Claim, interest and
property in and to the said tract of [struck through: land]
for ever.
In testimony whereof the said parties
of the first part have hereunto set their
hands and seals, the date and year
first above written
About the original
The deed is written on lined paper with an embossed stationer’s mark. The day was left blank, and there are no signatures, witnesses or registration, so this may be a draft. It names the same heirs of James Roach as the 1868 quitclaim for 50 acres on Big Swift Creek in this folder, and the two papers were probably drawn up together.
“Seventy five” was corrected to “Seventy.”
Levi Wayne’s middle initial looks like P here; it is L in the other 1868 quitclaim. The first names of the Lancaster children are hard to read. The Lancaster boy’s name looks like Jesse here and like Joseph in the other quitclaim.
“percoson” and “person” are the writer’s spellings of pocosin, a swampy upland bog. “Samuel Suttons James line” is written as it appears; the 1835 Johnson–Sutton deed for the same land names this neighbor as Saml James, so “Suttons” is probably a slip.
Source: Quitclaim deed, heirs of James Roach, 70 acres, March 1868. 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.
