Rouse: Wayne County  

Wayne County Tax List 1786

Tombstone Inscriptions of Wayne County 

State of NC entries of Claims for Lands Within County of Wayne 1780-1795

ROUSE in Wayne Co., NC Census

ROUSE in Wayne Co., NC Deeds

Wills

Estates

1786 Wayne Co Tax List - from Guy Potts

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WAYNE COUNTY DEEDS

 

ABSTRACTS OF THE EARLY DEEDS OF WAYNE CO - 1780 - 1793 - by Joseph W.

Watson - shown with # numbers

 

Abstracted from Microfilm by Martha Mewborn Marble - no # number

 

 

#493 - 1786 - Silas Holowell to Joseph Martin WIT Joseph Rous,

Stephen Chance

 

Book 1 p 167

State of NC to Solomon Rouse - ---- -----1782 - 15 shillings for

ever 100 acres - 350 acres in Dobbs - NS Marsh Branch, adj Daniels

line

 

#347 - Solomon Rouse of Wayne "platt" deed to Ephraim Daniel - 8 Jan

1785 - 22 Black Creek, NS Marsh Branch - adj John Daniel being part

of grant to Solomon by patent 1782

 

Book 4 p 193 - Benjamin Alford to Solomon - 24 Nov 1798 - 100 pds -

200 acres - part of track granted to John Acock by patent on 13 Dec

1770 - Briery Branch - being where Benjamin Alford now lives adj

Persons, Acocks Swamp WIT John Fulghum, Eli Powell

 

#1014 - Solomon Rouse to Isaac Daniel - 9 Oct 1789 - 100 pds - where

sd Solomon did live

 

Book 6 p 70 - State of NC to Solomon Rouse of Wayne - 30 shillings

for every 100 acres - 50 acres - NS Nauhunta Swamp, adj Icabod Pearson,

James Barden

 

 

KINFOLKS OF WAYNE COUNTY, NC 1793 - 1832 by Joseph W. Watson

(page number given at beginning - abstracted from microfilm by Martha

Mewborn Marble starts with Deed Book number)

 

Deed Book 8 p 218 - Indenture - 31 December 1804 - Caleb, James and

Nathaniel Beck, planters to Henry Rouse - $1306 for several tracts

1. a tract of 100 acres - NS Buck Swamp

2. tract of 80 acres - Bucks field

3. Tract for 150 acres - Bucks line

4.Tract 150 acres - Bucks field, adj Beaman, John Rhodes, Buck's

patent line

5. tract for 400 acres - adj Westbrook

6. tract of 200 acres - adj Caleb Buck, Jethro Adams

WIT B. Robin Hood, Thos. Craw

 

Deed Book 8 p 319 - Indenture - 23 July 1805 - Robert Griffin to

Jesse Rouse - 200 lbs - 165 acres - SS Aycock Swamp adj Briery Branch,

Benjamin Alford

WIT John Griffin, Needham Bryan

 

Deed Book 8 p 438 - 23 Feb 1804 - Richard Croom of Wayne Co to Henry

Rouse and Burwell Rouse of Lenoir - $2000 - on a branch adj Atkinson,

John Beck, Abon. Blackshear, old patent corner on Buck Swamp - 332

acres except 1/4 acres where Isaac Crow ?? is buried - all of land I

bought of Isaac Crow - being part of 2 patents granted to Isaac Crow on

10 September 1785 and part of a patent granted to William Whitfield

Sr on 29 April 1768

WIT John Wooten, Saml. Byrd

 

Deed Book 9 p 24 - Indenture - 30 May 1806 - Caleb Beck of Sampson Co

to Henry Rouse of Wayne Co - 8 lbs 17 shillings and six pence - NS

Buck Swamp adj Rhodes - 300 acres

WIT Nathaniel Beck, William Hollingsworth

 

Deed Book 9 p 47 - Indenture - 16 May 1805 - Henry Rouse of Wayne Co

to Thomas Crow - $810 - 180 acres - SS Neuse - NS Buck Swamp, Little

Branch

WIT Theo. (x) Barfield - May Court 1808

 

Deed Book 9 p 109- 19 May 1806 - Jesse Rouse to Joab Newson - $500 -

2 pieces of land taken up by John Aycock and another piece taken up

by Solomon Rouse - 400 acres - WS Aycock's Swamp, Bryry Branch, line

between William Dickerson and Jesse Rouse, plantation where Soloman

Rouse formerly lived, adj William Bardin - 50 acres part of survey by

Solomon Rouse

WIT John Griffin

 

Deed Book 9 p 133 - 16 Aug 1806 - Henry Rouse of Wayne Co to Burwell

Rouse - 20 pds - SS Buck Swamp, the dividing line between them - 190

acres

WIT Daniel Cogdell, Willis Mastin

To Court Feb Term 1809

 

Deed Book 9 p 163 - 7 Nov 1807 - Henry Rouse to Richard Byrd - 100

pds - SS of head of Buck Swamp, NS Buck Swamp, adj Andrews Branch,

graveyard - 50 acres

WIT Jethro (x) Adams, Ralph (x) Byrd

To Court May Term 1809

 

Deed Book 9 p 174 - 5 Dec 1808 - Burwell Rouse of Lenoir Co to

Lazarus Smith of Wayne Co for $1300 - SS Buck Swamp, dividing line of Rouse

and Crow, Elliott - 230 acres

WIT Joshua Kenedy, Henry Hollomand

 

***** Deed Book 9 p 187 - 24 Aug 1809 - Burwell Rouse of Lenoir to

Henry Rouse of Wayne - 50 pds - one part of 4 certain tracts

containing my part willed by my father (not named) -

1st tract - Bucklesbury Pocosin in Lenoir Co adj John Sutton, Jesse

Rouse's patent - 208 acres

2nd tract -adj John Sutton, John Herring - 100 acres,

3rd tract - beginning at patent line, pines in Solomon Rouse's land,

Crawford Branch, Bryan Whitfield - 30 acres

4th tract - 50 acres being 1/2 of a tract of 100 acres GRANTED TO

JESSE ROUSE on 10 Nov. 1784 - adj Thomas Rouse, John Herring

WIT ?? Jernigan, Asher McCullen

To Court Nov Term 1809

 

NOTE: I don't see a patent for Jesse Rouse

 

Deed Book 9 p 217 - 9 October 1805 - Henry Rouse of Wayne to Jethro

Odom - 16 pds - SS Buck Swamp - adj Rillets (?) Branch - in the 100

acres patent - 100 acres part of 100 acre patent

Signed by Mark

WIT B. Robin Hood, Henry Davitt

 

Deed Book 9 p 229 - Henry Rouse of Wayne to Dennis Perdue- Indenture

- 22 Dec 1809 - 250 pds - SS Falling Creek adj James Manley, John

Westbrook, Cogdell

Signed with Mark - mark looks like JJ ie Henry JJ Rouse

WIT Richard Byrd, William Odam

To Court Feb Term 1820

 

Deed Book 9 p 334 - 19 October 1809 - William Lewis to Burwell Rouse

of Lenoir - $867 - adj Brooks Swamp, Hobby, Mebane Lewis - 385 1/2

acres

WIT Britton Hood, Urbane Lewis

 

 

Deed Book 10 p 139 - John Rouse of Lenoir Co to Jacon ? Yelverton -

17 November 1814 - $353 - 117 acres - Baly's Branch to corner of

patent, county line

WIT Peter Wooten, John (x) Edmundson

 

P 121 - DB 10 - p 163 - 10 Sept 1814 - Wright Sanders deed of gift to

William Rouse and Isaac Rouse

 

NOTE: I DID NOT SEE THIS ONE IN THE CROSS INDEX

 

Deed Book 10 p 294 - 22 Aug 1815 - Asher McCullen of Wayne Co to

Joshua Rouse of Lenoir Co - $116 - SS Falling Creek adj Furnifold

Mandly, James Sutton, Jacob Kornegay, Ralph Byrd - 360 acres

WIT Valentine Richardson, B. Robin Hood

NOTE: Price seems awfully low

 

Deed Book 10 p 240 - May 1815 - Solomon Rouse of Duplin and John

Lewis of Robertson (sic) and Benjamin Lewis of Marion District, SC -

joint deed to Daniel Kornegay of Wayne - WS Thunder Swamp, Spring

Branch, Kornegay's corner - 306 acres - part of land devised by last will

of Rich Martin Sen dec to his son the said Richard Jr and by him

conveyed to Starling Powell and been in dispute with 3 grantors but has

been given up by Exec of Powell's Will to Solomon Rouse, John Lewis

and Benjamin who purchased the land from heirs of Powell

Solomon Rouse signed by mark

 

Deed Book 10 p 338 - Burwell Rouse of Wayne to William Kelly of

Sampson - 11 October 1813 - $867.38 - Brooks Swamp, Hogpen Branch, Buck's

Swamp, Urban Lewis - 374 acres

WIT John Eliot, Senr, John Eliot, Junr

 

Deed Book 10 p 348 - Henry Rouse to Jesse Martin - $2,100 - NS Buck

Swamp, dividing line between Henry Rouse and Ralph Byrd, Dennis

Perdue, corner of patent granted to Caleb Beck - 300 acres - Rhodes lines

described in deed from Caleb, James, and Nathaniel Beck to Henry Rouse

for 1081 acres - to James Sutton's corner, Richard Byrd, Ralph Byrd,

graveyard - 740 acres

WIT B. McKinnie, Saml Lee Jr

To Court May Term 1816

 

Deed Book 10 p 388 - Henry Rouse to Ralph Byrd - 11 August 1814 -

$400 - NS Buck Swamp adj Jesse Martin, Ralph Byrd, Dennis Perdue,

Richard Byrd - dividing Branch

Signed by Mark

WIT Britton Hood, Asher M. Cullen

 

Deed Book 11 - p 235 - 2 Dec 1819 - Joshua Rouse of Lenoir sold to

Edy Pipkin of Wayne - $722 - SW Falling Creek adj Furnifold Manley,

James Sutton, Jacob Kornegay, Ralph Byrd, Asher McCullen - 361 acres

WIT Asher McCullen, Robert Beard

To Court Feby Term 1820 on oath of Asher McCullen

 

 

Deed Book 15 p 106 - Jno Cox of Wayne to William Rouse of Lenoir -

Indenture - 27 Jan 1831 - $4,800 - tract on Stoney Creek on NS Neuse,

adj Everitt, Daughety - 431 acres - being parts of sundry tracts of

land

Tract adj John Thomson - 100 acres being where John Thomson lived and

purchased of Benj. Sauls

Another tract on Stoney Creek adj Simon Langston, John Thompson, John

McKinnie - 180 acres

Another tract - - NS Serrs ?? Branch where Howell Garnis?? Lived and

where John Thompson formerly lived, Simon Langston - 1 1/2 acres

WIT Benj. Rouse, Noah Rouse

To Court Feb Term 1831

 

Deed Book 15 - p 195 - John Hill of Wayne to William Rouse of Lenoir

- Indenture - 23 Nov. 1831 - $450 acres - WS Stoney Creek adj Webb

Hill, John Cox - 91 acres

WIT Jno Hamilton

Court Nov Term 1831

 

Deed Book 16 p 52 - Graddy Herring of Wayne Co to Noah Rouse of

Lenoir Co --Indenture - 17 May 1833 - $3000 - parcel NS Neuse - WS Walnut

Creek - adj Kinchen E. Best, River, Brickyard Branch, McKinnie, H.

Sasser, Taylor, Frances Whitfield - 500 acres

WIT Benj. Rouse, K. E. Best

Court Nov Term 1833 on oath of Benjamin Rouse

 

Deed Book 16 - P 133 -Francis E. Whitfield to Noah Rouse of Lenoir -

Indenture - 29 April 1834 - $275 - NS Neuse, on river, adj Daniels &

Ephraims grants, fish hole Branch - 160 acres

WIT James Grinoold ??, John B. Hurst

To Court May Term 1834 on oath of John B. Hurst

 

Deed Book 16 - p 140 - Graddy Herring to Noah Rouse - 1 Feb 1834 -

$1.00 - quitclaim - tract on NS Neuse, adj Rouse, Sasser - 5 acres

WIT Benjah Herring, Elisha Sasser

 

Deed Book 16 p 159 - Henry Sasser to Noah Rouse of Lenoir - Indenture

- 1 Feb 1834 - $50.00, adj Sasser, Rouse - 18 1/4 acres

WIT Abia Herring, Stephen Sasser

 

Deed Book 16 p 242 - John Atkinson of Johnston to William Rouse of

Wayne - Indenture - 5 December 1834 - $50 - NS Neuse, Stoney Creek,

Rouse Mill - 70 acres

WIT Dr. H. Whitley, S. ??

 

Beyond this point did not do a lot of details since this project is

to determine the lines prior to 1800

 

Deed Book 17 - 15 April 1837 - William Rouse to John Everett - $300 -

100 acres

 

Book 17 - p 295 - Henry Herring to William Rouse - $401.82 1/2 cents

- 50 3/4 acres - horses, bed and furniture

 

Book 17 p 304 - John Everett to Wiliam Rouse - $1509 1/2 cents -

several parcels

 

Book 20 - p 343 - Stringer Croom to William Rouse - 12 Feb 1847 -

$1259.87 for 125 acres

 

Book 21

Several entries for William and one for Thomas of Wayne buying a

tract

 

Book 21 - p 258 - Clerk of Wayne to Solomon Rouse - Courthouse sale -

20 Feb 1849

 

Book 21 p 338 - 28 July 1849 - John W. Rouse of Wayne to Jesse Pipkin

- John indebted to Jesse - land in Goldsboro - mortgage

 

Book 22

 

Several entries

 

P 444 - 31 March 1851 - John W. Rouse to Richard Rouse Sr. of Lenoir

- $250 note

 

Book 23

 

Wm I. Rouse to William Rouse 17 Feb 1854

 

Book 24

Page 38 -Bennett Rouse to George Daily of Lenoir - 6 Aug 1854 -

$7,830 - NS Neuse - between little Boyen Swamp and Boyen Swamp - adj

Kinchen E. Best, Brickyard Branch, Abia Herring, Micajah Casey, Benton,

Daniel Grant - 783 acres

WIT James Wood, William Warters

 

NOTE: This gives circumstantial evidence that Bennett was the son of

Noah Sr.

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Wayne County - Wills 1776-1927 (C.R.103.801.14)

 ROUSE family Wills

Abstracted by Mary Waller on July 15, 2000 (additional information

added Nov. 2000

1) Benjamin ROUSE:

will written 26 Nov 1885

appoints wife Winnie ROUSE as sole executrix

mentions a $1000 life insurance policy with Provident Life Insurance

Company

mentions a note against James HANDLY as principal and D. A. GRANTHAM,

George L.

KIRBY, and Eligher VINCENT as securities

signed: Benjamin S. ROUSE

witnesses: J. H. EDGERTON, Jr., Louis H. REID, and Daniel REID

will exhibited on 28 Mar 1892

 

 

2) Solomon ROUSE:

will written 6 May 1799 - signed with a MARK

sons: Jesse ROUSE (also spelled Jesa and Jese within this same

document), Joseph ROUSE, and

Barthey ROUSE

daughters: Mary DANIEL, Susanna ROGERS, Rebeccah KENT, and Jimmima

LOVE

wife: Hannah ROUSE

sole executor: William DICKINSON

witnesses: Jacob (x) PEACOCK and Daniel DICKINSON

signed: Solomon (X) ROUSE

also signed by Wm DICKINSON as Executor

will recorded 1800

 

Additions

Jesse - all my lands and if he dies without lawful heirs I desire

that son Joseph should have lands

Daughter Mary Daniel - 5 shillings

Daughter Susanna Rogers - 5 shillings

Rebecca HUNT ? - 5 shillings

Son Barthey - 5 shillings

Son Joseph - 5 shillings

Son Jesse - 2/3 of movable estate

Wife Hannah get 1/3 of movable estate as long as she lives then to

son Jesse

 

 

3) William ROUSE:

attorney: Wm. T. DORTCH

 

to wife Nancy ROUSE: land where I now live I bought of John HILL and

part of land bought from John COX including the mill, also part of

the tract bought of John ATKINSON; description of this land mentions

the BESTS line, the FIELDS line, and John HILLS line; negroes Ned,

Gain, Esther, and Jane

 

to heirs of deceased daughter Winnifred COOR: negroes, now in

possession of their father Ollin COOR, Vy (not sure of this name), Will,

Clarry, and Squire; two town lots in Goldsboro adjoining the lots of A

KEATON and others on John Street known as number 103 and half of lots

101 & 102

 

to son William J. ROUSE: negroes Kedar, Henry, and Julia

 

to grandson John S. POWELL: land bought of John COX on the south

side of Stoney Creek; description includes BESTS Corner, BESTS &

ATKINSONS lines and Nancy C. POWELL; negroes Levi and Phillis; if he dies,

then this goes to the children of Nancy S. POWELL

 

daughter Nancy C. POWELL: two town lots in Goldsboro between Colonel

NELSON and the railroad known as number 5 and 6; one lot bought of

Col. NELSON in the old town of Waynesboro near R. WORTHINGTONS

 

daughter Smithey LEGGETT: negroes Ellie, Lila, Marjory, and Jinny

 

son John L ROUSE: lot in Goldsboro known as number 139 on William

Street; negroes Jim,

Solomon, Nina, Ellender, Hannah, Jonas, Needham, Oliver, Sarah, Elija

 

daughter Jarah H. ROUSE: land running with John HILL and R. D.

GREGORYS lines and Smithey LEGGETTS line to branch near Nathan BOYLES,

BESTS lines, and John L. ROUSES lines; town lot in Goldsboro #140

 

executors: son William J. ROUSE and son-in-law Olliver COOR

written: February 19, 1862

signed: William ROUSE

witnesses: Wm CARRAWAY and Jno H. POWELL

 

Application for Letters Testamentary, recorded August 22nd 1879 by W.

T. YELVERTON, Probate Judge; parties entitled under said will: Nancy

ROURS (the widow) (illegible), Nannie HAMILTON, Winnie ROUSE, Annie

HUMPHREY, H. H. COOR & Rachel COOR, Wm J. ROUSE, Jno S. POWELL, Nancy

C. POWELL, Smithey LEGGETT, Jno L. ROUSE, Jarah H. ROUSE

June 16, 1870 (illegible) Jno ROBINSON, Judge of Probate

 

 

4) W. J. ROUSE:

J. F. MILLER, admr.

Martha ROUSE, widow

will dated 25 August 1872

 

Albert COMBS to remain with the family until he is 21 years of age

 

4 first wife's children and last wifes child or children as the case

may be (no names given)

 

signed: W. J. ROUSE

witnesses: T. T. HOLLOWELL and T. H. ROBERTS

 

Application for Letters of Administration: Martha ROUSE, Benjamin

ROUSE, Thomas ROUSE, Wm ROUSE, James ROUSE, Charles ROUSE, Stephen

ROUSE, & Albert COMBS

dated: April 11, 1877

 

ADDITION

 

WILL OF SARAH SMITH - 13 December 1814

 

Widow of Arthur Smith Sr. who had an earlier Will and did not give

Avey a last name

 

To Lazarus, Sampson, Drewry, Joseph Smith, Phebee Howell, Avay ROUSE,

Polly Bizzell, Sarah Parnel - 20 shillings to be divided. Mentions

John Smith. Does not call them children in the will.

 

Son John Smith to be executor

 

WIT Stephen Smith

 

 

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WAYNE COUNTY ESTATES

 

At archives -

 

There are both loose folders and bound books for estates. The loose

folders have no information other than the executor or administrator.

The bound books are not indexed although at least the first book has

been indexed. Time did not permit looking at the books but this

needs to be done in the future.

 

LOOSE FOLDERS

 

ISAAC ROUSE - 18 August 1813

 

Administrator Bond - John (x) Rouse, Stephen Hines, James (x) Jarres

?? - John Rouse was the administrator

 

 

JOSEPH ROUSE - 19 November 1849

 

Administrators Bond - Noah Rouse, C. Wooten, Shade Wooten - Noah was

the Administrator

Inventory taken 16 November 1849 - several horses, farm equipment,

notes due, two slaves - Penny and Evilene

 

 

MARY ROUSE - March 1869

 

Alexander S. Rouse, Administrator of Mary Rouse against John W. Rouse

- Lenoir County

 

 

RICHARD ROUSE - March 1869

 

Alexander S. Rouse, Administrator against John W. Rouse - Lenoir

county

 

RICHARD I. ROUSE - 1855

 

Noah Rouse was Administrator

 

SOLOMON ROUSE - 1800

 

Guardian for Jesse Rouse, a minor was William Dickerson - Inventory

taken on 17 August 1802

 

 

WILLIAM J. ROUSE - 1885

 

Heirs - Benjamin, Thomas, William, James, Charles, Stephen - widow

was Martha

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