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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…
1790 – Craven County Census
The following can be found in the State Records of North Carolina, Volume 26, pp 407-436.List of Dobbs County citizens whose guns were taken and used by the King’s forces against the Regulators
The following is a list of men whose guns "were taken into the King’s Service for the Use of the…
Will of Mary Morris (Craven County) – 1816
The following is a transcription of the will of Mary Morris of Craven County, written 22 October 1816. Although the…
Craven County Wills – Devisor/Devisee Index – B’s
[PLEASE NOTE: My original images for the B and C sections of the index are somewhat blurred, so I will…
Craven County Wills – Devisor/Devisee Index – A’s
The following is a transcription of the Craven County Record of Wills Devisor/Devisee Index for the letter A. The devisor…