1717 Land List for Beaufort Precincts

A 1717 Land List for

Beaufort Precinct

The 1717 Land List for Beaufort County is valuable to researchers because it provides the nearest
record to a census for the precinct at this early date. Forty two persons are reported on this land list
with a total of 28,256 acres for the precinct. Of the 42 persons listed, 15 (35%) owned from 70 - 300
acres, 23 (54%) owned 301 - 930 acres and 7 (16%) owned from 1,140 - 5,370 acres. The 7 largest
land owners were Christopher Gale with 5,370 acres, John Lillington with 2,390 acres, Joshua Porter
with 1,640 acres, John Porter with 1,630 acres, Robert Turner with 1,485 acres, Thomas Harding with
1170 acres and John Drinkwater with 1140 acres. These seven men owned 14,825 acres, 52% of the
listed acres of Beaufort Precinct. The remaining 48% of the land listed was owned by 36 people, an
average of 420 acres per person.

Persons Name	Where Land Lyes	No. Acres	Origin	Total
Christopr Gale	Bath Town Creek Bare River Mouth Newport Sound Banks Sound White Oak River Bogue Sound Island there	720 640 820 1000 640 800 750	Patent	5310
Gyles Shute	Town Creek	182	Patent	182
Jno Drinkwater	Goose Creek So Deviding Creek	820 329	Patent	1140
Wm Sidley for Jno Barras, Extr. for Husbands	So Side Pamtico No Side Pamtico	390 340	Patent Survey	730
Thos Seally for Isabella Lawson	No Side Pamtico head Town Creek	220 320	Survey Patent	540
Anto McKeele	No Side Pamtico	300	Patent	300
Richd Harvey for Hulls Estate	Bodeets Creek	300	(Blank)	300
Jos Shackleton	No Side Pamtico	320	Survey	320
Jno Adams for Estate of Adams	Town Creek Wades Point	500 640	Patent Survey	1140
Edwd Carter	Town Creek	301	Patent	301
Wm Windley for Thos Harvey	So Deviding Creek No Deviding Creek	390 100	Patent	490
John Odeon	Town Creek	535	Patent	535
Thos Worseley	Town Creek	690	Patent	690
Jno Brock	Bodeets Creek No Side Pamtico	250 680	Patent	930
Geo. Hill for Saml Tyce	So Side Pamtico Slade Creek	430 470	Patent	900
Thos Burston	Town Creek	320	Patent	320
James Nevill	So Side Pamtico So Side Pamtico	640 122	Patent	582
Walter Jones	So Side Pamtico	218	Patent	218
Simn Alderson for Eleanr Axdale	Town Creek Town Creek	190 70	Patent	260
Jno Jackson	head Town Creek	120	Survey	120
Robt Taylor	head Town Creek	200	Survey	200
Thos Harding for Wm Gray	Derehams Creek Bare Creek	1170 423	Patent	1593
Robt Kingman	Fork Pamtico	640	Patent	640
Lyonll Reading	So Side Pamtico	640	Patent	640
Thos Blount for Orph Tyler for Orph Tyler	So Side Pamtico So Side Pamtico So Side Neuse	610 640 640	Survey	1890
Jno Porter	So Side Pamtico Town Creek Prices Creek	1280 100 250	Patent Patent Survey	1630
Josha Porter	So Side Pamtico No Side Pamtico	640 1000	Patent	1640
J. Lillington	No Side Pamtico So Side Pamtico Core Sound	1000 640 750	Patent	2390
Thos Davis	No Side Pamtico	480	Survey	480
Robt Turner	So Side Pamtico Core Sound	615 870	Patent	1485
Thos Henderson	No Side Pamtico	300	Patent	300
Total	.	.	.	28256

March ye 25th 1717
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vera Copa Test.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jno Drinkwater Clk. Cur.

Source: Colonial Court Records, General Court Papers, CCR 140, Vol. II, 1717-1754, pages 9-10, Item 12, NCDAH, Raleigh, NC.

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