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Some Brooks Deeds from Hyde County, North Carolina
The following are some abstracts of BROOKS family deeds from Hyde County, North Carolina. From Record of Deeds A, 1736-1762, abstracted…Some Elks surname items from eastern North Carolina
Below, you will find a compilation of various data regarding the Elks surname (and variant spellings), including census records, deeds,…Notes relating to the estate of James Roach (d. 1745)
The following items are from the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Craven County, North Carolina.…Will of Arthur Butler of Craven County, 1823
I have been researching Arthur Butler, my 5th great-grandfather for close to a decade. Tonight, I went to reference something…
1790 – Dobbs County Census
The following can be found in the State Records of North Carolina, Volume 26, Pages 481-500.
1790 – Pitt County Census
The following can be found in the State Records of North Carolina, Volume 26, Pages 904-926.John Butler Estate Record – Mentions wife, daughters and grandchildren
The following is a document relating to the estate of John BUTLER of Craven County, North Carolina. It mentions his…
James Roach allows for a school house to built on his land in Swift Creek, Craven County
While organizing stacks of old documents that I've photocopied from various archives over the years, I found this little gem.…
Mystery: Eli J. Cox & Nancy C. Watson – Calling all Cox and Watson researchers from Craven, Lenoir and Jones County branches
I would like to correspond with anyone who might have information about the Watsons of Craven, Lenoir and Jones Counties…Some relationships found in WILLIAMS Estate Records
The following are a few relationships gleaned from some WILLIAMS estate records of Craven and Duplin Counties. Prichard Williams -…Isaac Kemp to Talbot Williams deed – 1 Feb 1799 (Craven County)
Talbot WILLIAMS shows up on a couple of Craven County census records in 1790 and 1800, then leaves a will before…Morris Notes from Craven County Estate Records (and two from Duplin)
While researching our Laban Morris in an attempt to place him with one of the other MORRIS families in Craven…
