On August 14, 1812, Charles Butler of Craven County, farmer, sold Enoch Butler of Craven County, farmer, 100 acres for twenty-five pounds current money. The land was on the east side of Swift Creek and the upper side of a small drain in Craven County, and was part of a patent granted to John Paine in 1754. It began in the second line of that patent and ran to an oak, a pine, and a pine in the white marsh. No neighbors are named other than the old Paine patent.
The witnesses were Charles Roach Senr. and David Chapman. Charles Roach Senior proved the deed at the September Term 1812 (J. G. Stanly, clerk), and it was registered in Book 3rd B, page 340. Charles Roach bought the same 100 acres from Enoch Butler in 1816 (see the next deed in this folder). The sheet was later split in two, and ECU digitized the halves as two items; they are put back together here. The writer’s own words are kept as written below.
Deed from Charles Butler to Enoch Butler, 100 acres on the east side of Swift Creek – Craven County, 1812
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.
State of North Carolina this Indenture mad the fourteenth Day of August anno Domini one thousand Eight
Hundred and twelve Between Charls Butler of Cra[ven] County in the State of north carolina farmer on the
One part and Enock Butler of Craven County an[d] Same State farmer on the other part Witnesseth that
the Said Charls Butler for and inconsideration of the Sume of twenty five pound Carrent money to him in hand
paid where with he is fully Satisfied Contented an[d] [p]aid hath given granted bargined and Sold and
Doth by these presents giv grant bargin and Se[ll] [unto a]ll unto the Said Enock Butler his heirs and assigns
for Ever a track of Land Containing one hundre[d] acres lyeng and being In Craven County afore Said
On the East Side of Swift Creek and upper Side of a Small Dreen being parte of a pattern granted
To John Paine bearing date 1754 Begining [i]n the Second line of said pattern and Runs with
Said line No. 50 W.t 134 poles to an oak from thence So. 35 W.t 120 poles to a pine then Down the
Creek So. 50 E.t 134 poles to a pine in the white march and from thence to the Begening Containing
And now laid out for one Hundred acres of Land to gether with all Houses orchards fences woods
trees as also all other property previledges and apertainances what soever unto the said
parcel of land with all the previledges ther[e] unto belonging unto the said Enock Butler
his heirs and assigns for Ever and the Said Charls Butler for him Self his heirs Executors
and administerators doth Covenent that the Said Land and Every part there of is now free
from all manner and former gifts grants [illegible] Leases fines and [illegible] what soever [illegible]
that the Said Charls Butler him Self his heirs and Executors Shall and will from time to
time and at all times for Ever defend the Said Enock Butler his heirs and assigns in the
peaceble persession of the premises and Every part there of against the Lawfull Claimes
Of any person or persons from by or under him the Said Charls Butler or any of his
Apurtements in witness where of the party above Named hath to this present Indenture Set
his hand and Seal the Day and Year first above writen Signed Sealed
An Delivered In the presents of
Charles Roach Senr
David Chapman
Charles Butler [Seal]
State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Craven County } Septem[ber] Term A.D. 1812
Then was the Execution of the foregoing deed proved in
open Court and in due form of law by the oath of
Charles Roach Senior a subscribing Witness thereto Ordered
that said deed be Registered
Attest J. G. Stanly
[On the back:]
Recorded in the Registers Office of Craven County
In Book 3rd B. Page (340).
Attest John Green Register
Butler Enock
from Charels Butler
Deed.
[Also on the back are columns of figures and sums, not transcribed here.]
About the original
This deed was written across a large sheet that was later split down the middle. ECU digitized the two halves as separate items: the left half, with the witnesses, the registration note, and the docket, and the right half, with Charles Butler’s signature and the clerk’s attestation. They are joined here into one text. A few letters lost at the split are supplied in brackets, and [illegible] marks words that could not be made out at the join or in worn spots.
The land is described as part of a patent to John Paine dated 1754. The same land and boundaries appear in the 1816 deed from Enoch Butler to Charles Roach, also in this folder. “White march” is probably white marsh.
The deed was proved in court by Charles Roach Senior, one of the witnesses.
Source: Deed, Charles Butler to Enoch Butler, 14 August 1812. 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 the two halves of this deed in ECU Digital Collections: left half and right half.
Part of the Roach Family Papers collection on East Carolina Roots.
