Miscellaneous Records
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.…
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.…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…Henby/Hemby Federal Census Records through 1850 – Eastern NC Counties
The following are some entries for Henby/Hemby households in eastern North Carolina counties, including Perquimans, Pasquotank, Pitt, Lenoir and Onslow…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…Cemetery Survey Records
North Carolina Digital Collections has PDFs available of Cemetery Survey Records for counties across North Carolina. These surveys were compiled…
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…
Some HENBY and HENLEY entries from Encylopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 1
KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS in the Encylopedia of American Quaker Genealogy:b - born bur - buried cert - certificate ch -…
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…
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…
Family Record of William Bryan MORRIS
Editor's note: Not all of William B. Morris' children from his three wives are listed in this record. It appears…
