CRAVEN COUNTY DEEDS - PHILLIPS AND ALLIED
FAMILIES
These deeds were abstracted from microfilm purchased from the
NC Archives by
Martha Mewborn Marble. The deeds from Deed Books 1-5 are from
the Grantor and
Grantee Index. The deeds in Books 6 - 32 were abstracted from
reading each page of
the microfilm unless otherwise stated. Notes by Mary Jane
Phillips Matz (MJPM)
taken from the originals located in the Craven Co. Court
House, New Bern, NC,
included with her permission.
DEED - l729/30 - Cornelius Loftin (or) Paul Phillips -
prob on SS Neuse River
on Mill Branch or Half Moon near other Loftin properties.
(Decades later, Thomas
Phillips owned land near here near land of Loftin, Levi
Trewitt, Durham and
Longfield Cox, SS Neuse, Mill Branch and Half Moon swamp.
Benjamin Griffin also
here in l763 and refs to Peregrine Cox's Ferry in Court Docs.
(MJPM)
BOOK l
NOTE: Grants are not found in these Books although they are in
the Index
a. p 114 - Thomas - Grant - 1784
b. p 20l - 7 March l720 - Bath County - Cornelius Loften (or)
Paul Phillips
(ee) - Hancock Creek, SS Neuse
c. p 397 - l8 June l750 - John of Craven (or) to John James
(ee) 26 lbs l3
shillings for 79 acs - Swift Creek where Phillips lives - part
of land granted to
Soloman Griffin on 20 April l745 - adj Mary Kenney ?, Tyres,
down a dividing
line marked by Solomon Griffin, Lewis Bryan, Benjamin Griffin
and John Williams
to Maul Run near mouth of Booty's Grant - by mark - WIT Joseph
Bryan, Hardy
Bryan
d. p 473 - l3 Oct l750 - John Philips (or) William Mixon (ee)
- NS Neuse head
of Branch of Beaver Creek part of John's patent of 29 Sept
l750 - 300 acs for
l0 lbs l3 shillings - by mark - WIT Nicholas Booty, Lewis
Bryan
e. p 485 - 7 July l750 - Joseph Jackson (or) Thomas Phillips
(ee) NS of Little
Contentena Creek adj Thomas Blount, Peter Low, Thomas Phillips
- part of
Jackson's patent of 7 July l750 - l00 acs for 20 lbs - WIT
John Rice, Edw Cumings ?
NOTE: This Thomas is the odd Thomas and this land was later
sold by Reubin
Phillips probably of Anson County
f. p 53l - l750 - John Phillips (or) Thomas (ee) - l00 acs for
l0 lbs - Deep
Branch - to pay quit rents yearly (MJPM) - signed - WIT Mick.
Blackledge, Samuel
Lambert, Mason (X) Phillips
NOTE: Swift Creek rises in central Pitt and flows SE into N
Craven and enters
the Neuse
BOOK 2
a. p 7 - 4 June l76l - Samuel Lambreth (or) John (ee) - NS
Neuse next to Simon
Griffin, Thomas Branton, Witherington - 400 acs for 20 lbs -
FO by Patent to
Peter Gilstrap - WIT John Peterson ?, Walter Jones
b. p l8 - Grant - l784 to John
c. p 58 - 7 July l750 - Joseph Jackson (or) Thomas - NS
Contentena Creek - adj
Thomas Blount, Peter Low - l00 acs for 20 lbs - as description
in Book l
d. p 83 - Grant to Thomas l785
e. p l68 - l3 Aug l757 - John Winders of Johnston (or) John
(ee) - NS Neuse
225 acs for l0 lbs - part of survey of 450 acs - adj Thomas
Bass - WIT Edward
Fitzpatrick, Walter Jones
NOTE: Is this the John who md Rachel and this land was sold in
l797 in Pitt
County - If this was the case then were there 2 odd John's or
just l
NOTE: John Windoes is named in pat 9 July l750 Johnston Co l00
acs adj Wm
Bright and Walter Jones. Here is a Phillips next to a Bright -
pat says NS Neuse,
Stoneyton Creek, Bryery Branch - (MJPM)
f. p 205 - 6 May l758 - John (or) Augustine Moor - 400 acs 4
lbs for every
l00 acs - SS of Contenna Creek - adj John Grifin - used mark -
WIT Edward
Fitzpatrick, Wm Arthur Jr.
g. p 238 - l4 Nov l789 - State of N.C. - for l0 lbs for every
l00 acs to James
Phillips - 38 acs in Craven on SS of Great Contentnea adj his
own land and
Thomas Phillips land running to a stake in Dry's land
NOTE: On double checking - this is wrong page couldn't
find
h. p 279 - Grant to William Phipps
i. p 548 - l3 Aug l745 - Leoniel Leigh (or) John (ee) - NS
Neuse adj John
Durham - 3l5 acs for 80 lbs - WIT John Yeomans, Benj
Sanders
j. p 556 - l8 July l745 - Thomas Cane (or) Mark Phillips (ee)
- SS Neuse and
Mill Creek - this probably in Johnston and is the older Mark -
l00 acs for 30 lbs
- WIT William Smith, George Smith - Mary Jane says this was in
what is now
Jones Co
BOOK 3
a. p l4 - Grant to Richard - l793
b. p l52 - ll July l745 - Thomas Cane (or) Mark (ee) - see
above
c. p l58 - Aug l745 - Leonel Leigh (or) John Phillips (ee) -
see above
d. p l67 - Grant to John - l787
e. p 222 - Grant to John l796
f. p 225 - Grant to John l799
g. p 25l - Grant to Thomas l796
BOOK 4
a. p 56 - June l747 - John and Isabella Griffin (or) John
Phillips Jr. (ee)
NS Neuse at Eagle Swamp (on each side of the swamp for yearly
rent of 4
shillings - MJPM) - 400 acs "of the patent" for 30 lbs - both
used a mark WIT Francis
Stringer, Daniel Sheen ?
b. p l76 - Henry Summerlin (or) Thomas Bass (ee) adj John
Philips - WIT John
c. p 277 - 20 Sept l758 - Thomas (or) Thomas Drigger (ee) a
farm known as
Banches Ridge Thomas purchased from Edward Warmsley in l748 -
mark - WIT John
Williams, Cornelius Loftin Jr.
d. p 290 - couldn't find
e. p 3l4 - l9 June l749 - John (or) Lewis Bryan (ee) l00 acs
NS Neuse adj John
Durham at Mill Branch
f. p 3l9 - l9 March l748 - John (or) John Youmans (ee) - NS
Neuse - 5 lbs l5
acs - adj Youman and Phillips - by mark - WIT John
Killingsworth (Hollingsworth
- MJPM), Harris Youmans - microfilm very light
g. p 320 - l8 March l748 - John (or) Harris Youmans (ee) - l00
acs fork of
Mill Branch called James Branch - NS Neuse - by mark - WIT
Lewis Bryan, Joseph
J. Bryan (MJPM)
h. p 322 - l8 March l748 - John (or) Nicholas Boty (ee) - NS
Neuse his
homeplace on John Durham's line and Lewis Bryan's line
BOOK 6 - none
BOOK 7 - none
BOOK 8
a. p 20l - Estate of William Nicholson - l763 - purchased -
Shadrack Allen, Col
John Hardee, John Moy, Robert Hardee, lots of Tisons, James
Moy
b. p 245 - estate of William Witherington - buying were
Solomon, Thomas,
Robert, and Elizabeth Witherington - Solomon bought Prayer
Book, Joseph Wright
(This was SS of Neuse)
BOOK 9/l0
a. p 29 - James Keith (or) Joseph Carruthers (ee) - slaves - 4
April l754 -
James Davis and Wm Nicholson wit
b. p 58 - l755 - Joseph Gall (?) (or) Shadrack Allen (ee) - NS
Swift Creek
- 237 A
c. p l58 - l5 Dec l755 - John Peters (or) Shadrack Allen (ee)
- 300 A NS
Neuse
d. p 25l - Robert Roe (or) John Physcio (ee) - SS Neuse -
Slocumb Creek
adj Edward Batchelor and James Keith - part of James Keith's
patent of l7l4 of
2,050 A - l2 Oct l755
BOOK ll
a. p 7 - William Keith of SC to James Keith
b. p l68 - sale of Thomas Phillips estate sold by William
Duberly (Sheriff)
- Reuben Phillips bought - no date - probably late l750's
c. p 207 - l763 - James Sheith (should be Keith) of SC (or)
Benjamin Sheith
(ee) (should be Keith) - part of patent granted in l737 (does
not say to whom
granted) - NS Neuse - John Allen wit
d. p 330 - Richard Blackledge (or) John Wetherington Sr WIT -
l764 -
Moseley Creek
e. p 332 - Samuel Branton (or) - John Phillips (ee) - 50 A for
6 lbs adj
Caleb Wiggins, John Phillips - 3 April l764 - WIT Walter Jones
and John
Wetherington
f. p 333 - Solomon Peters (or) John Phillips (ee) 29 April
l762 - 20 lbs NS
Neuse near mouth of Great Contentney - l00 A - Samuel and
Elizabeth Branton and
Adam Hyde WIT
g. p l57 - 6 July l750 - estate sale of Lionel Leigh - John
Phillips bought
l small steer - William Mixon also bought
BOOK l2/l3
a. p 48 - l6 Oct l766 - Reuben Phillips (or) John Williams
(ee) 2l lbs l00
A part of patent given by Joseph Jackson to Thomas Phillips -
NS little
Contenteny Creek - adj Lewis Williams, Thomas Blount, Peter
Low, Thomas Phillips -
Reubin signed (no mark)- wit - Edward Cannon, Shadrack Allen,
Samuel Smith
NOTE: This was property purchased by Thomas Phillips who dc
l759 - This Reuben
was too old to have been the later Reubin in Dobbs County. DID
THE DEED SAY HE
WAS OF CRAVEN? - yes said Mary Jane - Reubin Phillips IN
Craven County
BOOK l5
a. p l54 - l768 - William Jordan, Sr. (or) John (ee) - 300 acs
NS of Neuse SS
of Great Contenea for 70 lbs - 200 acs FO Henry Summerton
called High Hill -
other l00 acs Jorden purchased from John Phillips part of a
survey patent of l9
March l760 - WIT Benj Allen, Edward Patrick, William
Jordan
BOOK l6
a. p l09 - George Browning (or) Sutton Quinniery (ee) - NS
Great Conten l0
Oct l768 - WIT William Quinney, Major Griffin
BOOK l7
can't read pages l-l40 or pages l78-252
a. p 91 - July l769 - William Jordan (or) Jacob Blount (ee) -
adj - an old
corner tree of Roger Mason on Great Contentney Creek near
where Edward Patrick
now lives - adj Henry Summerlin which was made by Thomas Fish,
John Becton and
Mason Phillips
b. p 293- 2l April l769 - Jarret Hendly (or) William Moore
(ee) - NS Neuse,
Adj Thomas Fish, Edwin Patrick, Francis McLlewan - FO by
Patent of John
Phillips from (MJPM) William Jordon Sr., then Hendly - WIT
Thomas Fish, Thomas Coleman
BOOK l8
a. p 11 - l9 Feb l770 - William Treuhit (or) William Phillips
(ee) SS
Neuse - ES Moseley Creek adj Richard Carlton on Creek - l00 Ac
- wit Thomas
Prevatt, Wm Russell, Richard Carlton
NOTE: This was where James Phillips was in the early l800's
and where a Thomas
Phillips was
b. p l3 - 5 March l770 - William Phillips (or) Samuel Hewhit,
cooper (ee) -
(Mary Jane said Hewhit was last name and he was a cooper) l00
Acs adj Thomas
Brandon, Solomon Smith - SS Neuse, Owen Daughety part of
patent l764 - wit -
Thomas Trachit, Richard Carlton, Wm Russell - used a mark
c. p 111 - Joseph Holmes (or) love and good will - cousin John
Fish son of
Thomas Fish and Mary his wife (John now a child) - l40 Ac -
after his death and
his wife Rebecca's death - NS Eagle Swamp
BOOK l9
Abstracted only from Indexes - Microfilm to light to read
a. p l78 - l4 March l765 - Augustine Moore (or) Thomas Coleman
(ee) Great
Contenny - SS - adj John Phillips - part of Augustine's
patent
b. p l85 - 9 March l772 - John Phillips (or) John Allen (ee) -
25 acs for 5
lbs - SS Great Cont wit: Thomas Phillips, John Hardee - used a
mark
BOOK 20
a. p 27 - 2 May l772 - Jonathan Chadwick (or) Jacob Phillips
(ee) 50 lbs
350 Ac NS Neuse - Lewis Bryans Mill Swamp - WIT: Harris
Yowman, Jona Dwords
NOTE: I think this was in the Swift Creek area
b. p 385 - l8 June l774 - Joseph Allen of Craven (or) John
Pate of Dobbs
(ee) - NS Neuse adj John Phillips, Bear Pocoson and Green
Branch (MJPM) - FO
Thomas Fish, John Allen - WIT: Richard Blackledge Jr. and Sr.,
George Browing
c. p 4l7 - 22 Dec l773 - William Dry (or) John Phillips (ee) -
30 lbs - SS
Great Contenn - part of Lewis Conners Grant - 207 Ac - Christ
Neal Wit
BOOK 2l
a. p 54 - 4 Feb l769 - John Peters (or) Jacob Blount (ee) FO
Joseph Hardy
(?) Pat l759 - road to Peter's Ferry - on Contenney - both
sides of Grindal Creek
- adj William Nunn - l45 ac - wit William Murphy, William
Dubarly
BOOK 22
a. p l04 - 9 June l775 - Michael Phillips (or) Levi Dawson
(ee) - both side
of Bay River - by Pat to John Ingle and James Hall - Jones
Folly - Legg's Ridge
Pat of l774 (MJPM)
b. p 23l - 24 Aug l775 - William and Rose Phillips (or)
Richard Blackledge
(ee) 5 lbs SS Neuse ES Moseley's Creek - 20 A - William bought
l770 - William's
Mark - WIT: Shadrack Loften and Sarah Smith - both used a mark
- William's
(Note in margin says 22 Apr l768 - Deed may mention Peter
Gilstrap - MJPM)
BOOK 23
a. p 53 or 55 - 30 Dec l777 - Samuel Pope (or) John Maglohorn
(ee) - l00 Ac
Little Contenny - adj Thomas Phillips - FO Joseph Jackson
b. p 99 - James Phillips a Wit - used a mark
c. p l80 - 7 Aug l777 - John Phillips (or) Daniel Witherington
(ee) - 45
lbs NS Neuse - adj Thomas Brandon, head of Hardy Branch, John
Hardy, Caleb
Wiggins - l00 Ac - WIT; Samuel Brandon, Nathan Witherington -
by mark
d. p l56 - l3 Oct l773 - William and Samuel Trewhett (or) -
Longfield Cox
(ee) - SS Neuse - FO by Pat to William Phillips who sold to
Trewhett in l770 and
Thomas Brandon l764
e. p 280 - 23 April l778 - William Dry of Brunswick Co (or)
Thomas Coleman
- SS Conten - 420 Ac on Mirey Branch - WIT David Thompson,
Brittain King,
Thomas Phillips
f. p 99 - 23 April l778 - Will Dry (or) of Brunswick Co -
Britton King (or)
WIT James Phillips used a mark
BOOK 24
a. p 73 - 22 March l780 - William Moore (or) Benjamin Coleman
(ee) - l07 ac
half of which was formerly granted by Patent to Henry Gibbons
and by said
Gibbon conveyed to Augustine Moore and from said Augustine set
over to William Moore
an estate of inheritance - adj Isaac Carter, John Phillips on
Eagle Swamp -
WIT: Thomas Phillips
b. p 86 - 22 Jan l780 - Thomas Coleman (or) William Moore (ee)
- SS Great
Contentney - adj to Dry - WIT: Thomas Phillips
c. p l08 - 20 Mar l779 - John Stringer Macilwean (or) Thomas
Phillips (ee) -
l40 lbs - SS Great Cont - FO Henry Summerland - near William
Dry's land - 305 A
- WIT: John (mark) Phillips, Thomas Bond
d. p ll0 - 26 Jan l780 - William Dry (or) of Brunswick Co
Thomas Phillips
(ee) l37 lbs - SS Great Conteny - FO Lewis Conner - adj Thomas
Phillips 275 AC -
wit Britain King, Tho Coleman
e. p l87 - l780 - Robert and wife Sarah Witherington (or)
Hardy Coaker (ee)
-
WIT Cleverly Witherington - Robert signed and Sarah used a
mark
NOTE: Daniel and Cleverly Witherington were both wit several
times together
land on Stoney Creek
BOOK 25
a. p 84 - Sarah Gibbons (or) William Moore - NS Neuse River
Eagle Swamp -
ll5 Ac adj John Phillips, Isaac Carter WIT: Peter Fitzpatrick,
John Phillips,
Thomas Phillips
BOOK 26
a. p 225 - 20 Sept l785 - Jacob Fulcher (or) John Fillips (ee)
- 20 lbs -
NS Great Contentney - l50 A - WIT: Isaac Hollis (?), George
Lane adj to Fillips
corner
b. p 3l - David Adams (or) Charles Butler (ee) - 29 May l784 -
- FO by Pat
Joseph Bryan l756 - WIT: Jacob Phillips, Soloman Yeomans
c. p l5 - David Adams and Winifred Adams (or) Charles Butler
(ee) - 2 June
l784 - ES Swift Creek - NS Palmeto Swamp part of 400 ac Pat to
William Bryan -
WIT: Jacob Phillips, Soloman Yeomans
d. p 39 - Consider Bushee (or) Daniel Witherington (ee) - l0
March l792 -
80 lbs NS Neuse - part of patent granted to Thomas Branton -
640 ac - Reddy
Branch - WIT: Nathan and Cleverly Witherington - adj Walter
Jones
e. p 229 - 25 June l785 - Thomas Roe (or) John Gaskins (ee) -
25 lbs -
several branches and creeks - can't read - WIT Nelera Parsons
?, Bryan White -
ADJ to Ann Gaskins, William Bright
NOTE: Does not say NS Neuse, pine in savannah on the SS Reedy
Pond, SS White
Oak Branch on Ann Gaskins line, Deep Branch - WIT Hillary
Parsons (daughter of
Jeremiah - MMM), Byah (sic) White - This is a fascinating
deed. First the name
"Hilary" is written in a variant of ancient Latin scrip -
"Neleva" = Hilary (in
Italian docs. of l705 "Novara" is written "Houere"). Beyond
that, Paul
Phillips in England married Priscilla Parsons and he MAY be
the anc of the Paul
Phillips of Craven Co. (MJPM) - Is this SS or NS Neuse
(MMM)
BOOK 27
a. p l5 - l2 April l788 - Jesse Vinson (or) Richard Phillips
(ee) l00 lbs
l50 Ac - WS Little Contenny Creek on the Creek - FO Abel Dail
l00 A - FO
Francis Rountree - 50 Ac - WIT: Hymerick Hooker, James
Phillips, Thomas Phillips
(used a mark)
b. p 75 - 7 Feb l789 - John Allen, Walter Allen, and William
Wilson Snead
(or) James Phillips (ee) - NS Neuse - adj John Phillips, Allan
and Jonathan
Kittrell WIT: Thomas (mark) Phillips, Jonathan Kittrell
c. p l27 (?) - 3l Oct l786 - Richard Blackledge of Washington
Town (MJPM)
(or) Samuel Smith (ee) - two slaves Hannah and Levi (MJPM)
WIT: Thomas Phillips,
Benjamin Blackledge, Thomas Fish
NOTE: Richard Blackledge and Samuel Branton had land on
Stoneyton Creek
d. p 347 - l3 Mar l791 - Richard Nelson Allcock of Jones Co
(or) John Allen
(ee) - NS Neuse - WS of Swift Creek - adj to Jacob Phillips
and Bryans land
e. p 347 - 26 Oct l790 - Benjamin and Elizabeth
Tillingham/Phillingham (or)
John Allen - NS Neuse on James Branch mentions "all Deeds from
John Phillips
to Nichols Bootey"
NOTE: THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED UP IN ARCHIVES ON ORIGINAL
f. p l5 - Jacob a Wit in l784
g. p 75 William a Wit in l784
BOOK 28 - VERY difficult to read
a. p 2l4 - l5 Dec l784 (?) - George Truluck (or) William Moore
(ee) - NS
Neuse adj Thomas Fischer, Francis McLlewain l00 Ac by Pat to
John Phillips - by
Deed from William Jordan to Jacob Handly - house, barnes -
WIT: Brittain King,
James Moore
BOOK 29
a. p 223 - 7 July l791 - John Council Bryan - Sheriff (or)
Thomas Phillips
Esq (ee) - l30 lbs - 460 Ac - Sheriff's sale of l4 Mar l79l -
FO Etheldred
Peters (suit of Abner Neale, Esq ag the lands of Etheldred
Peters late of this
County - does not say dec - may have moved - MJPM) - Great
Contentnea - FO William
Jordon by Pat l757 Wit - Wm Dudley, William Blackledge - adj
to Roger Mason,
Henry Summerlin
b. p 256 - 20 Sept l791 - John Jones of Dobbs (or) Daniel
Witherington of
Dobbs - 90 lbs - NS Neuse - l00 Ac - wit Nathan and Stephen
Wetherington - adj
to John Witherington, John Phillips, Thomas Branton
c. (MJPM) - p l55 - l79l - Francis Lowthrop (or) Wright
Stanley (ee) l00
lbs for a mulatto man - NOTE: I believe this is the same
family as "Franci
Lanthrop" of Prince George Co. who is the brother of Isabel
Lanthrop and Ann
Lanthrop. named as their (younger) brother in the PG Co Va
Will of John Lanthrop. I
believe Isabel married Thomas Phillips and Ann married John
Phillips and this is
their nephew who came to Craven Co, became a well-loved
Freemason and had a
disastrous career in business there. The name Lanthrop is
spelled in Eng records
of this same family as "Lothrop" and that in early Va records
the two spellings
are used in refs. to the same person.
BOOK 30
Willis land appears to be in fork of Swift Creek
a. p l46 - l8 Feb l793 - William Moore (or) James Ingram of
Lenoir (ee) -
3290 lbs - between Neuse and Great Contenteny on Eagle Swamp -
250 Ac - WIT:
John Fish, James Ingram, Jr. adj to John Phillips - mentions
Elizabeth Moore who
signed Deed
b. p 205 - 22 March l793 - Moses Spivey (or) David Clark (ee)
- 50 lbs -
40 Ac between the 2 Contenneas - corner of Dail Patent - FO
Francis Rountree -
l775 - wit George Lane, Richard Phillips
c. p 252 - 26 Oct l790 - Jacob Phillips (or) - John Allen (ee)
l00 lbs -
FO Jonathan Chadwick in l771 - SS Neuse - Bryan Mills' Swamp -
350 Ac - wit A.
B. Bryan, William Smith, adj Robert Cooper
NOTE: (MJPM) - Jacob Phillips signs with usual "I" with cross
bar. This is the
same man who signed those earlier documents ref. to Palmetto
Swamp and Swift
Creek. I think that Palmetto Swamp land was later bought or
inherited by OUR
William Hardy, brother of Jemima and grandson of John
Phillips
BOOK 3l
a. p l46 - l8 Feb l793 - William Moore (or) James Ingram of
Lenoir (ee)
320 Ac between Neuse and Great Contenteny on Eagle Swamp - adj
John Phillips
Elizabeth Moore signed
b. p l79 - l5 Nov l793 - John Gatlin (or) Levi West (ee) SS
Neuse ES
Moseley Creek - WIT: Dan West, Solomon Witherington, adj to
Richard Carlton, William
Phillips, Richard Blackledge
c. p l94 - l Nov l793 - Thomas Applegate Green (or) Thomas
Phillips (ee) -
l25 lbs - prong of Jumping Run - eastern most part of Dobbs
line - Stoney
Branch - reference to patent of l Jan l793 - (MJPM) WIT: John
Goodlin, Richard
Fetstrop (?) - adj to Samuel White, James Green, Farnifold
Green
Microfilm and original almost illeg.
BOOK 32
a. p 330? - June l795 - Thomas Phillips (or) Jesse Broadway
(ee) 50 lbs -
l00 Ac - SS Neuse - ES Moseley's Creek - wit Daniel West,
Willis Daughterty -
adj Richard Carlton's side of Moseley's Creek - used a
mark
NOTE: WHO WAS THIS THOMAS - I SEE NO INDICATION OF HOW OR WHEN
HE GOT THIS LAND
unless it was the Thomas in Book 3l.
NOTE: -(MJPM) - This may be a very import doc for Jesse
Broadway was from PG CO
and Bristol Parish. I found a marr in England (l600's) between
a Phillips and
a Broadway somewhere in Gloucestershire, as I recall, near
Bristol, Eng. Jesse
Broadway was a near neighbor of "our" Contentnea Neck
Phillipses in Craven -
(they still are - MMM)
NOTE: - DEED Book 32 p 452 - (MJPM) - l6 July l795 - Jesse
Broadway (or) Daniel
West (or) - l00 ac 40 lbs - SS Neuse, ES Moseley Creek,
Richard Carlton corner
WIT Wm Cox (seems to relate to the Cox's ferry family in Deed
to Baptist
Church) and Lewis C. Bryan
b. p 366 - 2 Jan l794 - Isaac Clark (or) Jonas Oxley (ee) SS
Contentney
Creek - adj Thomas Phillips, Thomas Coleman
c. p 365 - 8 Dec l794 - Stephen Heath (or) James Phillips (ee)
25 lbs - NS
Neuse - 200 Ac - WIT: George Oxley, Lawson Davis, Adj to John
Becton
d. p 444 - l7 July l794 - Richard Dobbs Speight (or) Thomas
Phillips (ee)
- 300 Ac - 300 lbs - NS Neuse betwen River and Stoneyton Creek
- granted to
John Carruthers in l738 FO Solomon Witherington, to FO Francis
Stringer, to FO
John Witherington, To FO Joseph Carruthers of FO Richard
Speight father of OR -
William White and Winston Caswell, Exec to Will of John
Stringer MacLellwean,
dec.
e. p 3 - l6 Oct l794 - James Gatlin (or) Sidney West (ee) -
daughter and
her husband John S. West - Negros - WIT: Hollon West and
Winfred Kemps
f. p 51 - 8 June l788 - George Turnage (or) Jesse Brinson (ee)
of Dobbs
(ee) - SS Watery Branch - WIT: Richard Phillips, David Clark -
refers to Anthony
Van Pelt grant (MJPM)
g. p 727 - l0 Mar l797 - Rachel Phillips (or) Cortney Phillips
(ee)
daughter - all her possessions - WIT: Easler Kilpatrick - used
a mark
NOTE: Easler Kilpatrick lived next to James Phillips and his
widow Sarah md
James Phillips and apparently James Phillips and Sarah
Kilpatrick had a child
(James, Jr.) together while she was married to Kilpatrick
NOTE: John and Rachel with Deed in Pitt County in l797 selling
land - they said
they moved to S.C. - any connection? There are no number of
acres on the Pitt
Deed
d. p 443 - according to Elizabeth Moore Collection - look up -
gives
background of land Thomas owned on Stoneyton Creek - 300 acs
bought in l794
I can't read on microfilm - Mary Jane didn't have time -
e. p 780 - 3 Nov l796 - James Coleman (or) Willis Witherington
(ee) SS
Great Contennay Creek - WIT Brittain King, James Phillips, Jr.
adj to James
Phillips Sr., Brittain King, James Moore, Miery Branch
BOOK 33
a. p l66 - l July l798 - Elizabeth Phillips (or) son, John
Phillips (ee)
love and affection - slaves Will, Dinah, Daniel and Daniel's
mother, Nan and
their increase - WIT: Wm Blackledge, Wm Hardee
b. p 378 (pl63-MJPM) - 6 Nov l793 - Jacob Lassiter, husband of
Argent of
Glascow Co (or) John Phillips (ee) - land formerly belonging
to John Phillips Sr.
- Argent was dec at this time and land then belonged to
daughter Elizabeth who
was also dec l00 ac l00 lbs adj John Phillips Sr., Smith's
garden, Thomas'
line - WIT Jno Patrick, Silas Lassister - signed
c. p 530 - l8 Jan l799 - George Oxley (or) John Phillips (ee)
- NS Neuse SS
Great Contenty Creek - 27 acs for 30 lbs - WIT Reubin
Witherington and Jac
Witherington - adj Thomas Fish's old patent
d. I missed this one and Mary Jane picked up on it - p 378 23
April l799 -
Thomas Phillips (or) James Roch, Minister of the Gospel and
pastor of the Anne
Baptist Church and to surviving ministers and members of that
religion forever
(ee) - one ac for $l - NS Piney Branch near main road that
leads from New Bern
to Cox's Ferry adj patent by Thomas A. Green - WIT John
Fonveille Sr. William
H. Conner
NOTE: (MJPM) - Can this be land in DB 32/l94? The Church
referred to is the
Lousan Swamp Baptist Church in Lenoir County where Mason
Phillips and family
lived. I have lots of infor on James Roch who was also pastor
of the Lt. Swift
Creek Baptist Church on the NS of Neuse in Craven. Can we find
records of this
church in that Big N.C. Baptist Archives? Mine were Baptist in
Ky
NOTE: - MMM - there is nothing in "A History of N.C. Baptists
l727 - l932" by
Huggins on this Church or minister, but this book skips this
period. In Dr. C.
C. Ware's book "N.C. Disciples of Christ" there are several
references to both
Roach and Loosing Swamp. Roach was a Free Will Baptist
minister of Craven
County and took charge of Wheat Swamp and Lousan Swamp which
was founded in the
l750's. Lousan Swamp never became a Disciples Church, but
joined the Union
Baptist.
BOOK 34
a. p 78 - Index says Phillips but the original Deed says
Purify
b. p l67 - 11 Dec l800 - Joseph Shute of Lenoir (or) John
Phillips of
Craven (ee) l00 lbs - NS Neuce - SS Contenney Creek - 200 Ac -
part of land sold at
tax sell - Wit: Benj Ward, Thomas Hale - adj John and Thomas
Phillips
c. p l84 - 2l April l800 - Farnifold Green (or) Thomas
Phillips (ee) 50 lbs
- l00 Ac in Craven - SS Neuse - Wit John Greene, Hollon
Caswell adj Samuel
White patent - White sold to William Underhill and he sold to
James Green Sr. and
by his exec to Farnifold
?
d. p 224 -l7 March l80l - Willis Witherington (or) Ezborn Bond
(ee) -
WIT: Reubin Phillips, James Phillips
e. p 228 - 22 Dec l798 - Jonas Oxley (or) Ezbon Bond (ee) - SS
Contenney
Creek - adj Thomas Phillips, Thomas Colemon, FO Lewis Connor -
WIT: Jas
Phillips, Willis Witherington
BOOK 35
a. p ll9 - l802 - William Hardy (or) John Phillips (ee) - land
left to
William by John Philips Sr. dec
b. p 233 - ll Feb l802 - James Engram (or) Thomas Phillips
(ee) - land adj
to John Phillips, bridge, Bare (Bear) Pocoson, Blackedge,
Isaac Charter, Eagle
Swamp - 2l5 acs FO by patent of Henry Gibons - WIT William
Croom, James
Phillips Jr.
c. p 249 - ll Feb l802 - John Ingram (or) Thomas Phillips (ee)
- l00 acs
for $324 - NS Neuse, SS Great Contentnea, NS Eagle Swamp, adj
Joshua Ingram, pat
of Henry Gibbons, bridge, Bear Pocoson, John Phillips,
Blackledge, - same more
or less to patent granted to said James (sic) Ingram on 9 June
l799. WIT Wm.
Croom and James Phillips
BOOK 36
a. p 8ll - l806 - Nathan Fish of Green Co, State of Georgia -
POA to James
Phillips
b. (MJPM) - p 682 - l805 - Francis Lowthrop (or) Charles
Churchill (ee)
BOOK 37
a. p 65 - 4 Feb l806 - Thomas (or) Bryan Emundson (ee) - Reedy
Run - (MJPM)
50 acs for l0 lbs, SS Neuse, Deep Pocoson, Reedy Pond, Thomas
Phillip patent
WIT James Arendall, Richard Wilkerenton (almost illeg but
don't think this is
Witherington) - Mary Jane says there are earlier references to
this land
b. p 78 - 22 Feb l806 - Thomas (or) Bryan Emundson (ee) - SS
Neuse adj to
Dobbs Co line, Jumping Run - (MJPM) l00 acs for 25 lbs, adj
James White patent by
Samuel White sold to Wm Undershill to James Green and by his
Exec to Farnifold
and then to Thomas Phillips - WIT William Dudley, James
Arendall
NOTE: (MJPM) - DB 32/l94, l95, l96 - cited Thomas A. Green to
Thomas Phillips
refers to Sam'l White, Jumping Run, Eastern most side in Dobbs
lines, James
Green, Jr., Farnifold Green - does not mention Stony Branch -
WIT John Gooding and
Richard Gelstrap
BOOK 38 - MJPM
a. p l23 - l8ll - Francis Lowthrop's property sold by Sheriff
to William
Good
BOOK 39 - MJPM
a. p 537 - l8l3 - Francis Lowthrop's property - by Sheriff to
Charles
Saunders - Francis had died in dire straits leaving behind a
wife and one or more
children. The Freemasons of Craven Co gave him a fine funeral
in the Episcopal
Church. His wife survived and I think she may have left a
later Will. The
Freemasons provided for her and her child or children. Again,
this almost has to be
the nephew of our Isabelle. Note that lacy Phillips was also a
freemason in
this same lodge.
BOOK 48 - MJPM
a. p 323 - 7 Dec l829 - William Hardy et al to James Roch (son
of Baptist
Minister of Lousan Swamp Meeting House or maybe the same James
?) l25 acs for
$l30 that was paid by Sam'l Roch and James M. Roch. Craven Co,
NS Neuse, Jno
Hart's line, Palmetto Swamp (this a branch of Swift Creek, nr
Vanceboro) William
Hardy signed by mark and John Hardy signed - How did they get
this land?
b. p 324 - 22 Jan l830 - David K. Roach (or) James Roach of
Putnam Co, Ga
(ee) - ? acs for $500 - land of father Charles Roach dec -(a
lot on him in
Craven Co library) adj Johnson, Butler, NS Swift Creek
c. p 342 - 25 Feb l830 - William Hardy (or) James M. Roach
(ee) - ? acs
for ? dollars - Craven, NS Palmetto Swamp, Richard Hart,
Wolfpit Branch, Johnson
- William signed by Mark
BOOK 52
a. p 336 - 9 Nov l836 or 37 - division of land belonging to
William Fife, dec
among three sons - Jesse, William, and Lewis - Bachelor Creek
and Deep Branch.
(MJPM got details)
BOOK 53
a. p 407 - 22 Feb l839 - Francis L. Castix indebted to Lacy
Phillips Lacy
took land instead of Cash - lot in New Bern - father of Castix
mentioned
b. p l37 - l0 Feb l838 - Jesse Fife (or) Lewis Fife (ee) -
Lewis Fife,
William S. Morris, John B. Dawson, and Peter Phillips all of
New Bern - appeared
to have co-signed a note and forfitted
BOOK 54
a. p 5 - same mortgate as above
b. p 56 - ll May l839 - Benjamin F. and wife Mary Tucker (or)
Peter Phillips
Sr. (ee) of New Bern sold a lot in town
c. p 22l - l838 - James Phillips, Mary Watson, William Watson
and Creasy his
wife, Silas Phillips, Irwin Watson and Pircy his wife (or)
William Biddle
probably land they received from their father
BOOK 55
a. p 273 - William Phillips and Winifred his wife - Jan
l842
b. p 324 - l828 - William Blackledge of Lenoir (or) James
Phillips, Mary
Watson wife of Needham Watson, Creary Phillips, Pency Watson,
Silas Phillips all
children of late James Phillips
NOTE: - Index says James Watson as does the first part of the
Deed, but the
rest of the Deed says James Phillips - land at Harvey's Branch
of Moseley's Creek
c. p 380 - 30 Oct l838 - James Phillips (or) Silas Phillips
(ee) - land on
Moseley Creek
BOOK 63
a. p 202 - children of Catherine Phillips - Spencer, Eliza,
Calvin A. Watson
and Catherine his wife, Argent, William B.
BOOK 65
a. p 345 - 9 Sept l859 - William A. Pugh of Pitt and Joseph A.
Hartley of
Craven - Joseph selling slaves he inherited from William (no
last name in Deed
but would be his father-in-law William Phillips) to Pugh -
slaves were Servic,
Sarah, Patience, Sturon, Abby, Chancy, Jerry, Pruims,
Zilleka
BOOK 86
a. p 4 - 25 April l882 - division of land of Joseph Harley -
Julia Ann
Pipkin, Noah Hartley, Joseph A., Lucinda Hartley
BOOK 97
a. p l5 - l9 Oct l887 - Ephraim A. Askin and Ann M. Askin (or)
Reubin
Phillips and Jane E. Phillips of Craven (ee) - $900 - NS Neuse
- SS of Greenville
Road - Cowpen landing
NOTE: We need to see if there are death records for Reubin in
Craven County he
did not die until l9l6 and is buried in Lenoir but may have
actually lived in
Craven - who were his parents
BOOK Called Deeds, Wills of Craven County - 028.401.2l
- at Archives
a. p 37 - Joseph Mason (or) William Brite (ee) l8 March l749 -
ES Swift
Creek - l50A - adj Edward Bryan WIT: John Phillips (used a
mrk), Nicholas Lawler
b. p 65 - l8 Oct l750 - John Phillips (or) William Mixon (ee)
- l0 lbs 300
A, NS Neuce - head of Branch of Beaver Dam - Phillips got by
Pat in l750
c. p 75 - l750 - John Phillip's (or) Thomas Phillips (ee) l00
A for l0 lbs
- adj John - Wit ___Blackledge, Samuel Lambert, Mason
Phillips
CRAVEN COUNTY LEGAL RECORDS
Craven County was formed in l705 from Bath
A. Marriage Bond Records of Craven County
l. Rebekah Phillips - Lewis Jarrell l Jan l787
Jacob Phillips Bondsman
2. Thomas Phillips - Ann Gaskins 3 Jan l788
Joseph Gaskins Bondsman
3. Elizabeth Phillips - John Allen 20 March l793
Thomas Phillips Bondsman
4. John Phillips - Lewce Allen l5 February l793
5. Sidney Phillips - Reubin Lassiter l9 August l796
John Phillips Bondsman
6. Ann Phillips, widow - William Prince 7 Mar l799
7. Sidney Phillips - Cullen Coward l8 Dec l799
8. Elizabeth Phillips - Thomas Pickett l2 Feb l799
James Gaskins Bondsman
9. Dorcas Phillips - Daniel Patrick 25 Mar l800
David Vance Bondsman
l0. Shadrack Allen - Frances Loftin 27 July l80l
John Phillips Bondsman
ll. Naomi Phillips - Nathan Fish l5 Feb l802
Matthew Jaurdan Bondsman
12. John Phillips - Susannah Moore 25 Sept l80l
Reubin Witherington Bondsman
l3. Peter Phillips - Patty Summerland l9 Jan l804
Nathan Fish Bondsman
l4. James Phillips - Catherine Moye l8 Sept l8l3
William Carmach Bondsman
l5. Nancy Phillips - William Witherington
John Taylor Bondsman 27 April l820
l6. Lacy R. S. Phillips - Celia J.
Castrix 25 Feb l832
Jesse Fife Bondsman
l7. John S. Phillips - Mary Hickman 3 May l832
l8. John Phillips - Elizabeth Wells 23 April l833
l9. David Phillips - Mary Adeline l7 June l843
Phillips
20. Charles Phillips - Mehetabel 24 Oct l849
J. Scarbourgh
2l Mehetabel Phillips - Richard Meadow 4 June l852
22. Julius A. Phillips - Narcissa E. l8 Feb l854
McCotter
23. Eliza Phillips - George O. Hawkins 6 July l854
24. Caroline E. Phillips - Lewis Webb l2 Dec l855
25. Eliza Jane Phillips - Jesse 2l Nov l858
Bennett Jr.
26. Argent Phillips - Blount C. West 4 Feb l858
27. Albert Phillips - Mary Bright l0 Mar l859
28. William Phillips - Louisa Watson 20 Mar l859
B. Craven County Tax Lists
l. l753-56
Jno Phillips - no amount of land given
Isabelle Keith - next to John
2. Jno Phillips - no description - no date probably l774
3. Jacob Phillips - signed a petition for William Phillips not
to pay taxes
in l774 as he had had convulsions since infancy
4. l769 Tax List
white tax black males black females total
John l white tax, 2 black males, 4 black females, 7 total
Thomas 2 white tax, total
Jacob l white tax, 3 black males, 4 total
William l white tax, 1 total
5. Tax List l779
All in Capt Charles Roaches and Capt Allen's Company
Jacob estate worth 726 pounds
John estate worth l0,550 pounds
Thomas estate worth l049 pounds
Thomas Sr. 4 fold 9500 pounds
James - not given in pole tax - doesn't say what he was
worth
C. Estate Records
l. Estate Records of Thomas with the Will in l793 - see
Thomas
2. Estate of John and Elizabeth - see John and Elizabeth
3. Estate Inventory of Thomas Phillips - c l759 - William
Dubberly was
Administrator - Sarah Tier, Reubin Phillips and Frank Pope
bought from estate -
everything else bought by Dubberly - widow got ´ and
heirs got ´ - no date -
Joseph Carruters was Sheriff which would date this
l750-l759
NOTE: No idea who this was but probably part of Maryland
family - a Reubin
later sold the land this Thomas had
4. Estate of John Hardee - l788 - Hymrick Hooker, James
Phillips,
Shoemakers son, owed estate. John Phillips was Administrator.
Buying from estate were
Thomas, John Sr., James Sr., John Phillips the Masons son,
James Phillips, the
shoemakers son.
NOTE: This was the husband of Mary Phillips Hardy and
son-in-law of John and
Elizabeth Phillips
5. Estate of Thomas Phillips - l789 - Account of sales of
Thomas returned
March Term l790 - buying from estate were Ann Phillips, James
Gaskins, Ralph
Richards, Joseph Gaskins, John Everington, Amy Phillips -
returned by Ann
Phillips, Administrator - 3l Dec l789
NOTE: We do not know who this Thomas was, but probably a
grandson of Thomas
and Isabella - he md Ann Gaskins
6. Account of sale of Property of James Phillips - 4 Jan l822
-
Polly Phillips, James, Rency, Crissy, Thomas Phillips and
widow Polly Phillips.
Clerks Loose Papers - filed Feb l822
7. Estate of John Phillips Sr. in account with Thomas and John
Executors
filed Dec l807 - estate paid among others - Heimick Hooker for
note, cash to
John Phillips, Mark Phillips, Isaac Tarylo - Auditors of
account were from Lenoir
County - Clerks Loose Papers
8. Estate of Charles Phillips - Aug l868 - widow was Mahetable
J.
9. Estate of Lucinda Phillips - l844 - Major and Lacy were
Administrators
D. Wills of Craven
l. Will of John Allen - had a plantation next to
Phillips land of 500 A -
l794
2. Will of Joseph Allen - l798 - Land on Eagle Swamp
and Contenna Creek
sons John, Joseph, Ben, Shadrack, Thomas; grandchildren Alice
and Elizabeth
Dubberly; daughter Louisa Phillips, slaves; daughters Gatsey
Allen, Mulkey; Exec
Zack Dubberly, Brittain King Wm Blackledge was a wit. Wife was
Martha
FROM ROGER KAMMERER
l. Estate of Joseph Allen - 1800 - 1818 - Sacher Dubberly ?
Exec - Martha
Allen d by 1818, Louisa md Wm Brandon, John Allen d by 1818,
Joseph, Shadrack,
Milky, Gatsey (md Archibald Adams), Thomas, Benjamin Allen and
Betsy Dubberly,
Elizabeth Loftin in right of mother lancy Dubberly
mentions James Phillips removed from State
WHY would it mention James Phillips. Louisa md 1st John
Phillips.
3. Grimes Wills - Will of Paul Phillips of Craven l746
- son Paul, grandson
Paul Phillips and Paul Flood, wife Rebecca, daughter Rachel
Yenshaw, Ruth
Sanders - son-in-law William Flood - no real trace in Craven
after this Will
NOTE: This Paul probably out of Chowan County
4. Will of Richard Fort l745 - sister Hannah Phillips -
wit was John
Phillips
NOTE: Fort was from Surry County, Va and so were these
Phillips.
E. Misc Court Records - abstracted by Martha Mewborn
Marble
l. John Phillips vs Willie Jones - rule to show cause why this
case should
not be dismissed. Rule discharged. July l9, l805 - Superior
Court l80l-l820
- from Howard Phillips
2. Thomas Phillips appointed to a commission to divide the
real estate of
William King dec - Minutes of Superior Court - July Court,
l804 - from Howard
Phillips
3. John R. Good vs John Phillips - John Phillips found guilty
by a jury of
tresspass, assault and battery. Fined 6 pences damage and 6
pences cost. Case
23 Monday July l0, l803 - Superior Court.
F. Craven County Court Records Abstracts by Haun
l. Book l - l7l2-l7l5 - nothing
2. Book 2 - l730-l74l
a. action for tresspass and falce - Nathanial Phillips
imprisioned l734
b. John a constable in l737
c. Mark got a mark in l738 - a crap and slit and half moon in
left ear
d. Mark a Commissioner of road on the SS of river from
S.W.Creek l739 -
this appears to be modern day S.E. Lenoir County, but could be
Johnston
e. Mark offered a Bond in l74l
f. Nathanial in l734
g. Paul gave oath regarding sale of land in l734
h. Paul sold land - ll0 A to Henry Grace in l734
i. Paul a constable in l739
j. William mentioned in l739
k. John proved 8 white rights in l745
l. Deed from Thomas Cane to Mark - l00 A l745
m. John l742 had nothing of estate of James Blaice in his
hand
n. Deed from Leionel Leigh to John in l745 - 3l5 A
o. John lived NS Neuse 4 miles from Charlton Ferry in
l745
p. Deed from Jno and Isabella Griffin to John Phillips - 400
A
q. Deed from Mark to Emanuel Dees for 370 A l743
r. Mark a Constable l745
s. Mark's Brand was a single P on the Buttock - NOTE this is
different
from the other brand already mentioned - could this be two
different Mark's
t. Paul was a constable in l746
u. Deed from Edward Wamsley to Thomas Phillips l00 A l743
v. Last Will of Thomas given to Court in l743
w. Deed of sale from Thomas to Thomas Daiggen l00 A l748
NOTE: Although I have included Nathanial in these Court
Records because Mrs.
Haun has them listed as Phillips - I don't think he was a
Phillips but a Phips
G. Misc Infor from Books on Craven
l. Lacy lived in New Bern l840-l860
2. Alexander lived in New Bern l830-l860
3. J. A. lived New Bern l830-l860
4. Jacob - l774
5. History of Christ Church in New Bern - lst minister to
preach in N.C.
was a Quaker - he preached at the home of Henry Phillips in
Hertford County. Rev.
John Phillips from Rev War on and off - he came from England
with John Wesley -
ordained in l8l4 - WHO WAS THIS ONE
H. Civil Action Cases - There are l7 Boxes of Civil
Action Cases in the
Archives for Craven County and I have only gone through Box 4
page by page
abstracted by Martha Mewborn Marble
l. Superior Court of New Bern District - l779 - Abram
Baker vs Jacob
Lassiter - Charles Tull, John Phillips, Jr., Nathan Lassiter,
John Collier, Arzariah
Moore, Mark Phillips, Mason Phillips, Sarah Ingram - she the
wife of James
Ingram, Elizabeth Fitzpatrick all testified - Jacob Lassiter
owed Abram Baker l000
lbs
2. l783 - James Simms vs Joseph Phillips and Simon Robbins of
Nash County -
I am not sure if this Joseph Phillips was of Nash county or
was the husband of
Ferebee and father of Curtis
3. Reading Blount vs Thomas Fish - l790 - dragged on into l797
- charging
for travel were Joseph Allen, Thomas Phillips - does not say
what the suit was
about
4. William Branton and Thomas Phillips - 3l Aug l804 - to
answer to Samuel
Simpson that they render to him 30 lbs which they owe -
Simpson adm of estate of
Francis McLlewain, dec
5. July l805 - p l62 - John Phillips vs Willie Jones - case
dismised
6. July l806 - p l89 - James Phillips Jr. vs estate of William
Dry James
got land
7. 29 Jan l803 - p 73 - State vs James Hopkins - Frederick
Phillips a
witness for State
8. ll July l805 - p 77 - John R. Good vs John Phillips -
trespass, assualt
and battery - found guilty
9. 27 July l803 - p 5 - John and Isler Kilpatrick vs James
Phillips Jr. and
Sr. - and James and Thomas Sumerall - Phillips are guilty,
Summerals not guilty
I. Guardian Books - Craven
l. Louise Fife guardian of Jesse, Lewis, and William Fife -
Peter Phillips
Security - l835
J. Isabelle and James Keith
a. Beaufort county - Book I -
l. p 74 - James Keith late of Maryland - l707
b. Craven County - William Keith (or) James Keith (ee) of
Prince Frederick
Parish, S.C. - l70 A - NS Neuse - 27 Jan l763
c. Haun Court Records Book II - Isabella Keith widow of James
Keith came
with his last Will and Testament - l8 March - l740
NOTE: This would indicate Isabelle, widow of Thomas Phillips
did not remarry a
Keith
K. Land Platts in Craven County
l. p 350 - Heirs of William Fife - l826 - ES Batchelor Creek -
300 A -
Jesse, Lewis, William - plus lots in New Bern
L. Craven County Road Records - no date l767-l839 -
Broken Series
C.R. 028.925.3 at Archives
l. Subscribers petition for a new road from the roads that
leads to Mr.
Coxes and Mr. Peters ferry to Brittain King's Ferry for a
shorter route to Court
at New Bern
Signed by the following among others
Britain King, Robert Witherinton, William Brantley, Thomas
Phillips, John
Allen, Ebenzer Fife, John Fish, John Phillips, Richard
Phillips, James Moore, James
Phillips, John Phillips, Sr. Thomas Phillips, Sr., William
Moore
2. Ordered that a new road be built above Eagle Swamp between
Thomas
Phillips, Jr. and Great Contenney Creek
NOTE: This was probably after l785 when Richard Phillips was
old enough to
marry and l792 when John Phillips died
CRAVEN COURT RECORDS ABSRACTED
BY MARTHA MARBLE
l. Court Records - l758 - l766
a. p 84 - - l760 - Deed from John Phillips to Wm Jordan - 200
Ac
b. p 85 - John Phillips, Constable
2. l801-l807
a. l801 - Thomas Phillip on jury
b. June l4, l803 - William Brandon, Ebenzer Fife, William
Blackledge
appeared to audit acct of John and Thomas Phillips exec of
John Phillips dec and
accounts of Elizabeth Phillips dec
c. Sept l803 - John Phillips vs Willie Jones - doesn't say
what about
d. l804 - Wiley Fish, Thomas Allen, William Phillips appt
Patrollers in
Capt Rountrees District
e. March l805 - Thomas Phillips to keep tavern at his
house
3. Court Records - l807 - no page numbers
a. June 9 - motion of Thomas Phillips that John Washington,
Slade Gatlin and
Jesse Cobb audit accounts of executor of John Phillips dec and
Elizabeth
Phillips dec
b. Sep l7 - Solomon Worthington, age l7 - apprectice to be
shipbuilder
WILLS
WILL OF THOMAS PHILLIPS I
In the name of God, Amen, I Thomas Phillips of Craven County
in his Majesty's
Province, of North Carolina, being sick and weak of Body, in
possession of
perfect memory. Thanks be given to God and considering the
mortality of Body and
knowing that is appointed for all once to die do make and
ordain this my last
Will and Testament.....to the earth...a decent Christian
burial at the discretion
of my Executors that as touching such worldly state wherewith
it hath pleased
God to bless me in this life, I give, demise and dispose of
the Same in the
following manner and form.
I give and bequeath to Isabelle, my Dearly beloved whom I
constitute as
Executrix of this my last Will and Testament...singular
worldly goods...effects
together with other chattles pertaining to or belonging to me
or in my possession to
be possessed by her during her lifetime or she marries
afterwards to pertain
and belong to my beloved son William.
Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved son John whom I also
constitute as
Executor of my last Will - one shilling Sterling to be raised
and payed out of my
Estate
Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved son Mason one Shilling
Sterling to be
raised and payed out of my Estate
Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Mary one
Shilling Sterling to
be raised and payed out of my Estate
Item; I give and bequeath to my son Thomas one Shilling
Sterling
Item: I give and bequeath to my son James one Shilling
Sterling
Item: I give and bequeath to my son Mark one Shilling
Sterling
Item: I give and bequeath to my youngest son William all
singular and worldly
goods belonging to me, to be possessed and enjoyed by him at
his Mother's
decease or marriage.
(I can't read part of the next line)...to be my last Will and
Testament. In
witness whereof sealed with my Seal the twenty second day of
June in the year of
our Lord l743.
Thomas (signed with a Mark) Phillips
Witness
Robt. (can't read last name could be Patrick)
Henry Summerland
The Will was proven in Court by Henry Summerland on 22 Day of
December l743.
There is no mention of land in this Will, so it is not clear
if he owned any
.
WILL OF JOHN PHILLIPS
In the name of God, amen, this sixth day of February in the
year of our Lord
God one Thousand Seven hundred and Ninety two, I John Phillips
of the County
aforesaid being in health of body and of a perfect mind and
memory thanks be given
to God for the same. Therefore calling to mind the mortality
of my body and
knowning that it is appointed for all men once to die do make
and ordain this my
Last Will and Testament that is today princapally and first of
all I give my
soul into the hands of God that gave it and for my body I
recommend to the earth
to be bureyed in a Christian like and decent manner at the
discretion of my
executors. Nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I
shall receive the
same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such
worldly estates
wherwith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life, I
give and dispose of
the same, in the following manner and form Imprimise this is
my Will and I do
order that in the first place that all my just debts and
funeral charges be paid
and satisfied
Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Elizabeth
Phillips the house and
plantation whereon I now live and three hundred acres of land
joining the said
plantation during her life and after her decease to my son
John Phillips
Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved son Thomas Phillips
two hundred and
seventeen acres of land it being the plantation whereon he now
lives also fifty
acres in a survey joining the plantation whereon he now lives
also give to my son
Thomas Phillips fifty acres it being part of a survey of one
hundred acres
joining the plantation where he now lives
Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Argent
Lassiter one hundred
acres of land it being the plantation where Joseph Harrison
formerly lived
Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved son John Phillips
eight hundred acres
it being all the land I now possess only what I have already
given except three
hundred acres being part of three surveys which will be
hereafter given to my
two grandsons William and Abraham Hardy it being the
plantation joining the
plantation where John Hardy, formerly lived
Item: I give to my beloved wife Elizabeth Phillips three
Negros, one named Will
one named Nan and the other named Dinah also one Negro man
named Dick during
her life and then to my son John Phillips also I leave my wife
one negro girl
named Lucy during her life then to my daughter Argent also one
Negro woman named
Sarah during her life then to my granddaughter Siddie
Phillips
Item: I give to my son Thomas Phillip one negro man named
Frank
Item: I give to my son John, five Negroes named Joe, Amy,
Rachel, Lettece and
Sue. Also I leave to my daughter Argent one Negro man named
Charles, also I
give to my daughter Argent one Negro boy named Will
Item: I give to my two granddaughters Mimey and Clarey Hardee
one Negro woman
named Luce
Item: I give to my grandson John Hardee one negro boy named
?
Item: Also I give to my grandson William Phillips one Negro
girl named Easter.
I also give to my grandson John Hooker one Negro boy named
Dosey also I give to
my grandson Thomas Hooker one Negro boy named Abram
Item: I give to my beloved wife two beads of furniture also I
give to my son
John Phillips two beads of furniture I also give to my
grandaughter Jemaima
Hardee one Bead of furniture I also give to my granddaughter
Clarey Hardy one bead
of furniture
Item: I give to my wife Elizabeth all my household furniture
during her life
and then to my four daughters children also I give to my wife
two work horses,
one sorrel mare. Also I give to my son John Phillips one young
Bay horse. I also
give to my grandson William Hardey one Bay mare. I also give
to my
granddaughter Jemine Hardy one Sorrell Colt. I also leave my
riding horse to be sold and
the money equally divided between my children.
Item: I give to my son John Phillips, four cows and calves of
four hiffers and
one yoke of young oxen. I also give to my wife Elizabeth one
yoke of oxen,
also I leave my stock of cattle at Goose Creek in Pamlico to
be sold and the money
to be equally divided between my children also I give to my
grandson William
Hardee one cow and calf also one cow and calf to Jemimah
Hardey and one cow and
calf to Clarey Hardey also I give to my two grandsons John and
Abraham Hardee
one cow and calf each. I also give to my beloved wife all my
stock of cattle
that is at home of Isaac Clark also all my plantation tools of
every kind to my
wife Elizabeth...also my sheep one half to my wife and the
other half to my son
John Phillips. Also I give to my wife fifty head of hoggs and
all the rest of
my hoggs to be sold and the money divided among my
children
Item: I constitute make and order and appoint my two sons
Thomas and John
Phillips and Britton King Executors of this my last Will and
Testament and I do
utterly disalow, revoke and disanull all other former
testaments, Wills, Legaces
and Executors by me in any before this time named Willed and
bequeathed and
ratifyed and confirming this and no other to be my Last Will
and Testament. In
witness whereof here unto let my hand seal the Day and year
above written,
Signed, sealed, pronounced, Published and declared by the said
John Phillips
to be his last Will and Testament
John (used a mark) Phillips
Wit - James Coward, William Branton, Samuel Branton, Sam.
Branton Sr
John Phillips came with Will March Term l793.
WILL OF THOMAS PHILLIPS II
In the name of God, amen This Eighth day of November in the
Year of our
Lord-God one thousand seven hundred ninety one, I Thomas
Phillips, of the County
aforesaid Planter being in Perfect mind and memory Thanks be
to God for the same,
therefore calling to mind the mortality of my Body and knowing
that it is
appointed for all men once to dye, do make and ordain this my
last Will and Testament.
That is to say princapally and first of all, I give and
recomment my soul in
the Hands of God that gave and for my body, I recommend to the
Earth, to be
buried in a Christian like and decent manner, at the
discretion of my Executors
nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall
receive the same again, by
the mighty Power of God and as touching such worldly Estate
wherewith it hath
pleased God to bless me with in this Life. I give and dispose
of the same in
the following manner and form...
Imprimis. It is my Will and I do order that in the first place
all my just
debts and funeral charges to be paid and satisfyed------
Item..I give to my beloved son James Phillips, Ten
Shillings
Item..I give to my beloved son Thomas Phillips Five
Pounds
Item..I give to my beloved Daughter Nicey Phillips Ten
Shillings
Item..I give to my beloved Son Richard Phillips Ten
Shillings
Item..I give to my beloved Daughter Charity Phillips Ten
Shillings
Item..I give to my beloved Son David Phillips one Feather Bead
and Forty
five pounds in his Brother Richards hands
Item..I give to my beloved Daughter Keziah Phillips one
feather bead and ten
pounds
Item..I give to my beloved Son John Phillips one feather Bead
and Fifty
Pounds paid by his Brother Peter
Item..I lend to my beloved Wife during her natural Life all my
lands and
Living such as horses, cattle, sheep and Hogs and all the
Household Furniture of
every kind for her and famileys use Except what is hereto
foregiven
Item..I give to my Beloved son Peter Phillips afer the Deceas
of his mother
one Feather Bed and Furnituyre and the plantation I now live
on which contains
one Hundred and Eighty acres likewise three Hundred acres
Lying in Dobbs
County------
Item..I constitute make, and ordain John Phillips, Sr. and my
son James
Phillips and sons Thomas and Richard Phillips---Executors of
this my Last Will and
Testament and I do utterly disanull, Revoke and Disanull all
other Former
Testaments, Wills, Legaces and Executors by me in aney Ways
Before this time, Named
Willed and bequeathed, Ratifyed and confirming this and no
other to my my Last
Will and Testament. In witness Whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal
the year and date mentioned---Signed, Sealed, Pronounced
Published and Declared
by the said Thomas Phillips to be his Last Will and
Testament
Thomas (signed by Mark) Phillips
Witness
George Oxley, Walter Jones, Sam Branton
James Phillips came to Open Court as the Executor on l7 March
l792
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