shall be glad to know what to do with him and any others that may come.Genl. Skinner will show your Excellency Mr. Little's letter." From Sir, Your most respectful hum'l Servant, JAMES BLOUNT. The foregoing letters are all taken from the Governor's letter book in the Executive office at Raleigh, N. C. AN ACT FOR ASCERTAINING THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN TYRRELL AND BEAUFORT COUNTIES AND BETWEEN EDGECOMBE AND TYRRELL AND BEAUFORT COUNTIES PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY IN 1741, I. Whereas Disputes daily arise between the Inhabitants of Tyrrell, Beaufort and Edgecombe Counties, by Reason the Boundary Line between Tyrrell and Beaufort Counties, and between Tyrrell and Edgecombe Counties are not sufficiently ascertained and known; by Means of which Uncertainty, the Inhabitants within the Disputed Bounds refuse to pay their Public and Parish Levies to any of the Collectors of the said Levies of Either of said Counties; For Remedy, whereof. II. We pray that it may be Enacted and be it Enacted, by his Excellency Gabriel Johnston, Esq., Governor, &c., and it is hereby Enacted by the authority of the same. That each of the County Courts of Tyrrell, Edgecombe and Beaufort, shall appoint one Person, who shall settle and run the Boundary Line between Tyrrell and Edgecombe Counties, and between part of Edgecombe and Beaufort Counties in Manner following: that is to say: The said Commissioners shall begin at the Upper Corner Tree of Jenkin Henry's line on the South side of Roanoke River, and from thence, run a direct line to the mouth of Cheek's Mill Creek, on Tar River; and the said Commissioners, as soon as the said line is finished, shall, under their Hands, return the Courses thereof into each of the Courts of the aforesaid Counties, which shall be recorded by the Clerks of the said Several Courts. And the said line so run, shall for ever after, be deemed the Boundary Line between Tyrrell and Edgecombe Counties and between Edgecombe and Beaufort Counties, from Tyrrell as far as the Tar River. III. And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid. That the Flat Swamp which heretofore, was the Boundary of Albemarle and Bath Counties, shall, to the Head of the said Swamp, and from the head thereof, by a direct Line to the aforesaid Line between Tyr rell and Edgecombe Counties, for ever, be the Boundary Line between Tyrrel and Beaufort Counties. IV. And for defraying the charge of running the said Line, Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid; That each of the County Courts of Beaufort, Tyrrell and Edgecombe, be, and are hereby empowered, to lay a Poll-Tax, not exceeding the Sum of Four Pence, proclamation money, per Tithable, upon the Inhabitants of their respective Counties, and shall cause the same to be levied in the same manner the Public Taxes are levied; and shall, out of the Money arising by the said Tax, pay and Satisfy their respective Commissioners, for their Trouble and Charges expended, in running the aforesaid Boundary Lines. And after paying and satisfying the Commissioners for their trouble and Charges, each County Court shall apply the Money remaining, if any be, to the use of the County when such tax is collected. (Compendium of Laws by James Davis, 1752. Pages 137 and 138.) DIVISION OF ESTATES (CHOWAN CO., N. C.). Arnell, Edward, 1777. William, John, Edward and Richard Arnell, Elizabeth Norfleet, Pleasant Knight, Bathsheba and Esther Arnell. Amiss, Thomas and Wm. Gilmore, Exrs. of Alex Black, 1791. Heirs Augustine Willis and Wm. Alex Black. Allen Hugh, 1756. Jno. Lynch md. the widow. Joshua, John, George, Alice, Mary and Sarah Allen. Adams, Peter, 1741. Briggs, Richard, 1764. and Christina Briggs. Blanchard, Benj., 1763. Sarah Adams widow. John Adams. Solomon, James, Richard, Moses, Zilpha Widow Sarah, Uriah, Robert, Reuben & Absalom Blanchard, Christian Hinton, Judeth Hinton, Elizabeth Barnes, Bethany Bond, Milleson and Absole Blanchard. Blanchard Micajah, 1769. Widow, William, Micajah, Abner, Mary, Elizabeth and Christian Blanchard. Bond, Hance (prior to 1750). Widow Sarah Bond, Henry and Demsey Bond. Beasley, James, 1754. Mary Woolard mother of said James, John Beasley, Mary Payne (wife of Peter), Thos. Beasley. Benton, John, 1757. John Benton, Thomas Winborne & wife Sarah, John Hare and wife Priscilla. John Beasley's wife sister to the children of Geo. Liles (1754). Blanchard, Zilpha, widow of Aaron, James Sumner md. Mary one of sd Aaron's daughters. (Not dated.) Blanchard, Absalom, 1758. Joseph Wimberly, Josiah, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Catharine, Chloe and Sarah Blanchard. Bonner, Richard, 1781. Thos. Bonner, Wm. Roberts, Sr., Liles Roberts, Henry Bonner, Sarah Roberts, Elizabeth Roberts, Wm. Roberts, Jr., Miriam and Penelope Roberts. Badham, William, 1781. Mrs. Mary Badham, Mrs. Martha White (wife of Luke), Elizabeth Badham, Mary Badham. Bains, John, Colson, 1781. George Bains, Thos. Brinkley, Miss Ann Bains. Boyd, William. Miriam Boyd, John Mare, Wm. Bennett & wife. Bush, David, 1765. Widow, John Bush, Peter O'Neal, Josebed, Rachel, Michal and Sarah Bush. Bonner, William, 1775. Thomas, Henry and Richard Bonner. Barnes, Richard and Mary (1759). Thomas Barnes, Richard Hamilton and wife Rachel Barnes, Joseph Brady and wife Lydia Barnes, Prudence Barnes, Est. of Mary Barnes as above and further Edward Vann and wife Mary daughter of Mary Barnes, Alex Carter and wife Ann (do), Abraham Odom and wife (do), John Thompson and wife Sarah (do). Bacchus, John, 1770. Elizabeth Bacchus, Jesse Copeland, Edith Bacchus, Tamar and Wm. Bacchus. Bond, Lewis, 1762. Richard Bond, father's and his part of his sister Sarah's Estate, Wm. Bond, Elizabeth Bond & John Bond. Butler, Christopher, 1763. Sam'l Dunscombe, Mary, Jacob and Sarah Butler. Blount, John (son of John), 1763. James, Fred'k, Elizabeth, Wilson, Martha and Mary Blount. Byrum, Gideon, 1776. and Absalom Byrum. Byrum, Jonas, 1795. ther Byrum. Baines, George, 1797. Christian Stallings, Isaac Byrum, James Peninah Hollowell, Rachel Ward and Es Catharine Baines (widow), Lemuel, John, Ann, Rebecca, Lovey and Samuel Baines. Blount, Edmund, widow Mary. Richard Benbury and wife, Elizabeth Blount, Ann Blount, Edmund, Richard and Martha Blount. (no date). Benbury, Wm. 1796. Sarah Leary, Rachel Hare (wife of Marmaduke), John Haughton and wife, Tamer and Chas Haughton. Blount, Edmund, 1797. Charles Blount, Sarah Benbury, Wm. Blount. Bond, William, 1787. Jameson, Charity, Mary and Margaret Bond. Brownrigg, Richard, 1783. Sarah Brownrigg, Thomas Brown rigg, Mary Blackstock, John and Jane Brownrigg, Mrs. Sarah Meredeth (widow of Richard B.). Black, Saml., 1788. Mrs. Elizabeth Clarkson, Wm. McDonald in right of his wife Dorothy Black. Black, Frances, 1785. Mrs. Elizabeth Clarkson, Wm. McDonald in right of his wife Dorothy Black. Bond, Richard, 1788. Mrs. Bond, Sarah, Rebecca, John and Richard Bond. Blanchard, Aaron, 1758. Widow, Aaron B., Jr., Moses B., Mary Sumner and Sarah Blanchard. Beasley, James, 1742. Beasley (his children). Widow, John, James, Mary and Thos. Butler, Sarah (daughter of Jacob), 1754. Christopher Butler and Jacob Simons. Boyd, Mariam, orphan of Rev. John Boyd, 1752. Bagley, Mary, 1833. Miles Elliott and wife Frances, Jeremiah and Wm. Newborn, Nathan Parker, Lawrence and John Newborn, 2--7 to Henry and Obadiah Badham. Beasley, Rebecca, 1833. Elizabeth Creecy, John Beasley, Lemuel Pettijohn, Valentine Beasley, Fred'k Creecy, Jacob Eason, Robt. Beasley. Blount, Edmund, (1804). Heirs Chas. W. and Wm. Blount, Jos. C. Benbury and wife Sarah, Richard Benbury and wife, Edmund Hoskins and wife, Richard Blount and Martha Blount. Edmund, brother of the above named heirs died in 1804. Bennett, John B., brother of William, petitioned for division in 1804. Burket, Lemuel, 1808. Children, Sarah, William and King, wife Sarah. Bains, Mary, widow of George, 1808. Beasley, Thomas, 1795. Martha, Elizabeth, Samuel and Joseph Beasley, James and Joseph Ming. Bunch, Julius, 1799. Solomon, Malachi and Julius Bunch, Sarah Hains, Marion, Meriam and Abigail Bunch. Bains, George, 1798. Widow Sarah, John, Lemuel, Ann, Catharine, Lovey and Samuel. Bains, Ann, 1803 & 1804. Heirs of George Bains, viz: John, Lemuel, Lavinia and Samuel Bains, James McCabe and wife. Bains, Sarah, 1804. Sarah, Lemuel, John, Lavinia and Saml. Bains, James H. McCabe and wife, Jno. Powell and wife. Bartie, Elizabeth (her 1st husband Thos. Charlton), 1804. Children Charles, William and Nancy Charlton, Edward Haughton, Eli Bartie, Gdn. Badham, John, 1817. Sarah Badham, Henry and John Hubbel sons William and Myles Badham. Beasley, Martha, Admx of Thomas Beasley. Burke, Arnold, 1817. Elizabeth, Moses, Arnold and Elisha Burke. Fleetwood, Susan Bennett md. Lydia, Bennett md. Hunter. Barnes, George, 1812. John and Lemuel Bains. Blount, Joseph (1810). Mrs. Ann Blount, Henderson Standin and wife Frances Lee Blount, Sarah E. Blount, afterwards Morgan, Elizabeth A. Blount (mother of Rev. Jos. Blount Cheshire, D. D., late of Tarboro, N. C.), Elenor Blount and Joseph Blount. Bush, Wm., 1807. Burket, Lem'l, 1809. King. Henry Hurdle and wife Sarah, 1-5 part. Bains, George, 1802. John, Lemuel and Anne Bains children of George Dec'd. Bateman, Nehemiah and John. Ann Moseley daughter of John Bateman, Thos. Bateman, Sarah Ward, James, Whitmell, John and Wm. Bateman, Hester Vere Cropper, Thomas Vere's children, William Vere's children. Bennett, William, 1805. Lydia Bennett the eldest (widow), William Roberts and wife, John Boyd Bennett, Edward Bennett, Lydia Bennett, Susannah Bennett, Henry P. Bennett, Margaret and Sarah Bennett. Brinn, (1805). James Brinn, Job Chappell and wife Ann, Jesse White and wife Elizabeth, Sarah and Charity Brinn. Blanchard, Micajah, 1804. William Blanchard, Matilda Blanchard and her child Micajah Blanchard. Bufkin, Ralph, 1772. Widow Sarah, Edith and Elizabeth Bufkin. Bartie, Robert, 1811. Robert and Elizabeth Bartie and heirs of Arthur Bartie. Borritz, William, 1810. Bateman, John, 1808. and wife Sarah. James and John Borritz. Thomas and James Bateman, James Ward Burke, Arnold S., 1810. Henry Riddick and wife, 4 other heirs not mentioned. Blount, Jacob, 1808. Nancy Blount and Elizabeth Blount. Beasley, John, 1807. George, Francis and Robert Beasley. Benbury, Richard Genl., 1808. Children, Elizabeth, Mary, Penelope, Thomas and Richard Whitaker Benbury. Beasley, James, 1742. Widow, sons John and James, daughter Mary and son Thomas. Benbury, Wm. and Mary Bryer were married Jan'y 16, 1755. Miles Gale and John Benbury sureties to the bond. |