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Land Grant for Levi MORRIS (1855) – Craven County
Miscellaneous Henby Items
Revolutionary War Service (From The American Revolution in North Carolina at Carolana.com) Henby, DennisDobbs County Regiment2/27/1776, a known Private under…
Is it Henly, Henley, or Henby?
UPDATE 3/15/2020 - Now that the General Assembly Session Records are available online and I can see this document…
Laban Morris changed name from Henly
NOTE: We have looked at the actual handwritten name change record and it appears to be HENBY, not HENLY. See…
Laban MORRIS to Hiram POLLARD – Deed, 1815
(Transcribed by Sara Whitford) This Indenture made this sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand…
Charles BUTLER Apprentice Bond
From Craven County, North Carolina Court Minutes Book VI (1764-1771) by Weynette Parks Haun p. 78 (July 1767) [397]-38 Ordered…
Will of Nancy COX – 1858 (Craven County)
I, Nancy Cox of the County of Craven and State of North Carolina, and wife of Eli J. Cox, of…
Some Eli J. COX Deed Abstracts – Craven County
1859 - February 11 - Samuel HOWARD of LENOIR COUNTY acting by power of attorney for Isaac B. CARLTON of…
The Craven County Morris Family… Really Ledbetters?
A few years ago, thanks to DNA testing, our family discovered that our earliest known Morris ancestor, Laban MORRIS, was…
Various Wills and Abstracts mentioning BUTLER surname
The Last Will & Testament of CHARLES BUTLER 1861, Craven Co., NC In the Name of God Amen, I Charles…
1742 Land Grant to John CARRUTHERS
From Craven County Book of Deeds (Vol 1), p. 156-157 North Carolina. Whereas by virtue of an act of assembly…
Various CARRUTHERS Deeds
28 Jan. 1729-30 Bk. 1, p 244 John Worsley of Tyrell Precinct conveys to William Carruthers, of Bath County, for…