Rouse: Duplin County

ROUSE - DUPLIN COUNTY

Additional work needs to be done in the deeds as the abstracts only go to 1818.

Also the estate records need to be checked.

Infor from

1. Philip Rouse witnesed a deed in 1750 in Duplin Co N.C. for Thomas Hicks.

James Batchelor also witnessed the same deed - Philip had to be 2l to witness so

he would be born by 1731

2. Sons of Philip - George and Andrew ?

3. Capt John Herring, Capt John Powell, both seaman living with Philip Rouse in

Duplin

DUPLIN CO GenWEB ARCHIVES

449. ROUSE, Phillip (CR.035.801.10/A-415)

10 Oct 1784 - Oct Court 1784

son MARTAIN one horse, bridle and Sadle and gun, twenty five head of Cattle

Consisting of Cows, Calves and other young Cattle, ten head of sheep, two

kittles, two falling axes, one bed and furnerture, two basens and seven

plates with all my Stock of hogs more or less, one hand mill, one pair of

Iren Wegges, one plow; ELIZABETH my youngest Daughter two Cows and Calves,

six new plats, one set of tea Cups and sosers, one feather bed and

furnerture, one fring pan, one mug

extr: not named

wit: EPHRAIM GARRASON, ADONIJAH GARRISON

signed Phillip (sign) Rouse

PRESSELLAH MURPHY one pot, one bason, two plats;

BARBARY SHEPARD one shilling starling

CENSUS

1784 DUPLIN CENSUS - Duplin Archives

Andrew and George

1790 DUPLIN CENSUS

Andrew Rouse - two males over 16, three under; one female

George Rouse - two males over, four males under; one female

1800 DUPLIN CENSUS

Ebenezer Rouse - one male 16-26 - no females

William Rouse - two males under 10, one 26-45; one female 16-26

1830 CENSUS - DUPLIN

p 143 Lewis Rouse - 1 male under 5, two between 5 & 10, one 10-15, one

15-20, one 40-50; one female under 5, two 10-15, one 15-20, one 20-30 4

slaves

p 161 - Henry Rouse - one male 15-20, one male 50-60; one female 15-20 4

slaves

p 162 - Reubin Rouse - one male 5-10, one 30-40, one female under 5, one

30-40, 1 slave

p 162 - next door to Reubin - David Rouse - two males under 5, two 5-10,

one 10-15, one 30-40; two females under 5, one 40-50

p 182 - Nathan Rouse - one male 50-60; one female under 5, one 20-30 1

slave

p 182 - Thomas Rouse - two males 5-10, one 30-40; one female under 5, one

5-10, one 40-50

1840 DUPLIN CENSUS

go back and get right page number

p 37 - Alexander Rouse - one male 20-30; one female 30-40

p 37 - David Rouse - one male 10-15, one 15-10, two 20-30, one 50 -60;

three females 10-15, one 50-60 1 slave

p 37 - Nathan Rouse - one male 5-10, one male 70-80; one female under 5, one

40-50, 3 free colored

Mourning Rouse - one male under 5, one 20-30; one female under 5, one 15-20,

one 40-50

Reubin Rouse - one male 15-10, one 60-70; one female 10-15, one 15-20, one

30-40

Henry Rouse - one male 15-20, one 70-80; one female 15-20, one 60-70

1850 DUPLIN CENSUS

Household of James Tucker 34, wife Rebecca 31 were Eliza Rouse 27 and Saml

Rouse both mulatto

Household of James Maxwell 48 were Sarah Rouse 7 and Matilda Rouse both mulatto

Reuben Rouse - 65, Rebecca 55, Barbara A.

In Household of James Carr 52, Ann 37 etc was Rebecca Rouse

#67 Eliza J. Rouse, 26, David W. 10, Robt. O. 9, Mary S. 8, Bryan J. 7, Sarah

J. 6, Barbara C. 1

#388 - Robt Rouse 26, Clarissa 17, Nancy J. 12, Sarah E. 6 months

#346 - Poor house - Rebecca Rouse 50 - poor house cook, Susan Rouse 11,

Mourning Rouse 60, Mary 23, Lewis 1, Asa 16 - all of these are listed together

also in Poor House and listed together Baronet Rouse 19, Martha Rouse 20

#472 - David Rouse 60, Sarah 65, Timothy 30, Owen 21, David W. 9, Susan

Hodgerson 25, Sarah Patrick 19

#673 - Alex Rouse 38, Mary 40, Alcy 17

GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS OF DUPLIN CO - 1730 - 1860 - by William Murphy

These are wills

Will of Phillip is above

#447 - George Rouse - 11 Feb 1810 - April Term 1810 - wife Rhoda - Nathan

Rouse's son David - 3 younger sons, George, Ruban, David signed by Mark

#448 - Henry - 19 Jan 1839 - April Term 1850 - wife Rebecca - appeared to have

no children

left to boy James Mitchell - marked through - 126 acres, girl Dolly Mitchell

100 acres and both an equal amount of my estate - Exec John Green

- signed by Mark

WIT William Chasten, John Chasten

NOTE: This must have been the old Henry. He appears to have cut his wife out.

He appears to be dead before the census was taken as does Rebecca. She could be

the cook in the Poor House in 1850 but the age is 10 years off at least. He

would have been the Henry in Lenoir and whose daughter married James Albritton as

his first wife. Did Henry not have other children?

#407 - Edward Outlaw Sr - 8 May 1854 - April Term 1857 - son in law Alexander

S. Rouse

NOTE: Is this the same Alexander S. Rouse we have cemetery records on in Lenoir

Co?

There was an older Edward Outlaw with a Will written 22 March 1759 - no probate

- wife Patience - sonsAlexander, James Edward, William daughters Anna

Elizabeth, Mary

David Rouse Jr was a wit to a deed of Henry Cook in 1843

WILL OF JOHN CARR - 1823 - indicated he had land patented with Henry Rouse and

Henry now owned this land - 250 acres - wife was Elizabeth

WILL of Hopkins Williams - 1866 - wife appeared to have a daughter not names

and a granddaughter Kitty E. Rouse. Bryant Kennedy was exec of the estate

WILL of William Beck, Sr - 1813

WIT was Solomon (x) Rouse

#229 - WILL of Samuel Herring 1809 - wife Rachel, sons Frederick, William,

Drury daughters Ally & Polly

WIT Solomon (X) Rouse, Lewis Rowse

There are Canady Wills of various spellings - including one for Demsey Canady

in 1783 - had a daughter Rachel - was a Quaker - was this the Rachel who married

Jesse Rouse in Duplin? Are there Quaker Records for Duplin?

ABSTRACTS OF SAMPSON-DUPLIN - by Max R. Peterson Jr

BOOK 1

#33 - Alexander Rouse to Joshua Mercer - 14 March 1764 - 15 pds for 100 acres -

NE of Cape Fear on Camp Branch

WIT Noar Mercer, Rachel Mercer, John Mercer

#112 - Alexander Rouse to Benjamin Outlaw - 27 October 1764 - 25 pds for 37

acres - NS Goshen, above Absolem Western's line

WIT George Outlaw, George Freeman

#311 - Thomas Mobley (or) sold to William Goodwin in 1767 - Mentions land

Alexander bought of Lewis Powell

#317 - Benjamin Outlaw to Andrew Bass Jr - 1766 - land granted to Alexander

Rouse by patent 30 Sept 1749

#276 - Thomas Rows (Rouse) to Thomas Ivy of Dinwiddie Co, Va - 15 Feb 1766 - 70

pds for 350 acres - ES Six Runs Swamp, Turkey Branch

WIT John Smith, Edward Kelley, William Ivy

BOOK 2

#56 - Robert Allen to Thomas Roberts - 9 Feb 1762 - fork of Black River - part

of track of 200 acres granted to John Raivse on 7 July 1754 and conveyed by

deed to sd John Rows (sic) to Michael Tayer

# 63 - p 184 - Deed of Gift from Alexander Rouse gunsmith to his son Benjamin

- 9 March 1753 - 3 tracts in fork between NE Branch of Cape Fear and Goshan

Swamp - two granted to Edward Outlaw in 1747 and conveyed to Alexander by Outlaw

NOTE; This would be found in New Hanover Co. WHAT HAPPENED TO BENJAMIN - never

see him mentioned again.

#94 - Lewis Powell of Onslow to Alexander Rouse - 30 March 1751 - 140 pds for

280 acres - fork of NE Swamp - Goshen Swamp - land where Rouse now lives

patented by Edward Outlaw on 6 April 1745

NOTE: Go back and found out if there is a conveyance between Edward Outlaw and

Lewis Powell

#245 - John Rows of Johnston to Michael Taylor - 26 Sept 1753 - 25 pds - 200

acres - mentions patent but gives no information - fork of Black River NS of

River

#310 - Michael Taylor to Robert Allen - 1755 - 30 pds for 200 acres fork of

Black River - NS of River - land granted to John Rouse on 7 July 1750 in New

Hanover now Duplin and Rouse conveyed to Taylor

#348 - Robert Allen to Robert Butler - 13 July 1756 - 15 pds 100 acres - NS of

Black River - mouth of Reedy Branch - patent of John Rows of 7 July 1750 and

sold to Michael Taylor

BOOK 3

#265 - Henry McCullock to Thomas Rouse - 25 March 1764 - 40 pds 350 acres -

Turkey Branch, fork of Six Runs

NOTE: This appears to be present day Sampson

#481 - Alexander Rouse of New Hanover to Noah Mercer - 22 April 1767 - 16 pds

for 100 acres - NE Branch of Cape Fear at mouth of Camp Branch

WIT John Mercer, Francis Brice, John Woodard

NOTE: According to some Mercer information I have, some of these Mercers came

out of Jones Co - Noah and a John. They were part of the Mercer family of Greene

Co but a different branch

#588 - Andrew Bass of Dobbs to John Winders - 27 April 1775 - Alexander Rouse

patented part of land

BOOK 4

#70 - Alexander Rouse to George McCullon - 13 July 1762 - 20 shillings for 20

acres in the fork between NE and Goshen swamp adj said Alexander - Jones Branch

and his own land that be bought from Edward Outlaw. Land conveyed " in as full

and ample manner as he the said Alexander by his father could or may enjoy"

WIT William Dickson and John Fryores

#211 - Lodwick Outlaw and Alexander Rouse (of New Hanover) to William Kornegay

- 27 March 1769 - 10 pds 130 acres - fork of North East and Goshen Swamp - land

granted to Alexander 1 July 1758 - appears Rouse had conveyed to Outlaw and

deed lost and Outlaw wanted to sell hence why both named on Deed

#436 - Alexander of New Hanover to William Kornegay - 2 Jan 1771 - 100 pds for

160 acres - NE & Goshen Swamp - part of tract granted to Edward Outlaw

#233 - Phillip and George Rouse had adj land

#386 - Alexander Rouse of New Hanover to Benjamin Herring - 10 October 1777 -

50 pds for 120 acres - NE and Goshen Swamp

#392 - Henry Eustace McCulloh to James Love Jr - 1776 - adj Thomas Rouse's

survey

BOOK 7

#474 - Benjamin Outlaw moved to St. John's Parish SC by 1783

#403 - Daniel McQuin of Cumberland Co to Demsey Canady - 1782 - Great Cohay

WIT - Jesse Rouse

NOTE: Dempsey Canady was probably the father of Rachel Canady who married Jesse

Rouse.

BOOK 9

#27 - Sarsnell Roach had a patent in 1775

NOTE; There was a Sarsnet Roach on the Wayne Co Census next to a Solomon Roach

and in the same area as the Rouse family. Sarsnet may have moved to Duplin

where is listed along with a John as Roach. Was this another spelling of Rouse?

BOOK 10

Book 10 starts with Sampson Co

Only Thomas is listed in the index which indicates that Thomas lived in that

area of Duplin that became Sampson

DUPLIN COUNT ABSTRACTS OF DEEDS 1784 - 1813 - by Eleanor Smith Draughton

VOL -1

Deed Book 1

#74 - Philip Rouse and Elizabeth Mary Rouse agreeto live apart - 4 Oct 1784 -

she got all her property back

WIT Elizabeth (x) Rouse

#306 - Phillips and Andrew's property were adj in 1785

DEED BOOK 3

George and Andrew were adj in 1796

Lots of references to Alexander's old property

DEED BOOK 4

#129 - 1810 - Henry (H) Rouse was a Wit to Reuben Norris and Jacob Teachy to

James Harrell

#191 - Abraham Johnston to Jesse Norris of Wayne - 1810

WIT John (x) Rouce

#249 - James Kinnard to Solomon Rouse of Lenoir - 18 Nov 1804 - 1130 pds - 635

acres on NS Goshen in 6 tracts - Grantham's Branch

WIT Charles King, Henry (H) Rouse, B. Robin Hood

#373 - Benjamin Sutton Patent of 1 Dec 1808 Beaverdam Branch adj his own line

and John Rouse

MARRIAGE BOND S

Jonathan Roswel to Molsey McGee - 16 April 1810

Alexander Rouse to Mary Hewel - 27 Jan 1834 - Bondsman - Jacob Rouse, John

Blanshard, William M. Kennedy

Asa Rouse to Jan Powell - 1856

Benjamin Rouse to Ann C. Smith - 1852

Jesse Rouse to Rachel Canady - 26 Nov 1780 - Benjamin Atwell, Bondsman

Lewis Rouse to Lany Herring - 1 Oct 1827

Nathan Rouse - Elizabeth Copps - 22 July 1800

Rheuben Rouse - Polly Kornegay - 22 Sept 1832

Thomas Rouse - Mourning Rucker - 29 Jan 1819 - Nathan was Bondsman

William Rouse to Patty Frazar - 21 April 1795 - George Rouse was Bondsman

Elijah Burn(ham) to Cloe Rouse - 19 Sept 1807

William Hollingsworth to Dorothy Rouse - 16 April 1849

William Holly to Elizabeth Rouse - 17 March 1831

Jeptha Lindsey to Tabitha Rouse - 25 March 1831

Wiley Powell to Nancy Rouse - 12 July 1855

DUPLIN COUNTY COURT MINUTES OF QUARTERLY PLEAS - by Leora H. McEachen

1784 - 1787

Only Philip and Martin mentioned

1795 - 1798

John, Henry &Eben Rouse lived in same area - NE River, Maxwell Swamp CA 1796

P 32 - ordered that Hugh McCaune be overseerer of New Road from Maxwell swamp

to NE River and to have hands of John, Henry and Eben Rouse, etc

P 75 - Richard Chasten to be overseerer of road and have following hands - Asa

Sutton, Ablel Croom, Henry & Ebenezer Rouse etc

P 83 - same road information

1798 - 1803

work on road from mouth of Limestone to Island Creek - Henry and Nathan Rouse -

etc

p 75 - Thomas Hunter to John Rouse for 2 pieces of land

NOTE: This was not in the deed abstracts. - DOUBLE CHECK in index for HUNTER

1803 - 1805

Insolvent list for 1802 - Nathan and Henry Rouse - 1 poll each

Insolvent list for 1803 - Nathan Rouse - 1 poll

William Rouse mentioned

1805 - 1809

p 25 - Solomon Rouse appt overseer of road

p 34 - Insolvent List for 1805 - John, Nathan and Plineas Rouse

P 57 - Solomon on jury

Insolvent list for 1807 - Henry and Nathan

Solomon on jury

Insolvent list for 1808 - Henry

1809 - 1811

p 23 - Will of George Rouse to Court

p 39 - Solomon on jury in 1810

p 40 - James Kinnard to Solomon for tracts containing 635 acres

p 76 - Insolvent List for 1810 - Reubin Rouse

DUPLIN COUNTY COURT MINUTES OF QUARTERLY PLEAS - by Joyce Jones Franks

P 47 - Lewis Rouse - to have road - Bass's Ferry

P 50 - Solomon to Lewis 200 acres proved by John Beck

NOTE: Did not see this in the deed abstracts

P 83 - Insolvent List for 1811 - Nathan Rouse

Solomon on jury

1814 - 1816

p 88 - Solomon divided estate of Starling Powell in 1815 - William and

Benjamin Lewis and Solomon Rouse purchased the estate in equal parts - Lewis and Henry

Rouse attested to

p 89 - Benjamin and John Lewis to Solomon Rowse fo 379 acres - proven by Lewis

Rowse

p 42 - Insolvent List for 1812 - William, Nathan and George - 1 pole each

p 57 - John Rouse to Richard Rouse - 150 acres

p 102 - Henry Allen to George Rouse

ABSTRACTS OF LAND ENTRIES OF DUPLIN COUNTY - 1778 - 1785 - by William Murphy

No Rouse

A Sarsonet and John Roach - John Roach had 300 acres on NS Goshen Swamp as did

Sassnet.

CEMETERIES

There are no old tombstones in the books at the DAR

Clay Hill Cemetery

Jacob Rouse - d 29 March 1872

Margaret his wife - d 4 July 1887

William O. b 16 May 1850 - d 6 July 1852

David J. b 5 July 1855 - d Aug 1856

Owen W. - d 16 Nov 1869 aged 45 - wife Catherine

David W. b 1 Sept 1841 d 25 Sept 1916 wife Mary Jane Cavanaugh

Sallie Rouse b 2 Jan 1843 d 7 Feb 1920

Others later

All the other were much later

NOTES:

There is a Sanders family in Duplin. Alexander probably married Elizabeth

Sanders.

There is no Thomas Hunter in the index. The Court Minutes indicate a conveyance

between Thomas Hunter and John Rouse Ca 1800 - I can't find it.

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