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BRICKHOUSE BELL (1822 Will)

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

OF

BRICKHOUSE BELL

February 20(28?), 1822

In the name of God Amen! I BRICKHOUSE BELL of the County of Camden and State of North Carolina being weak of body but of sound mind and memory knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner & form following Viz.

Item. I give & bequeath unto my Wife MARY BELL all the property of every nature & kind she was possessed of when I intermarried with her, except such as have been made use of, also one gig, two sows and eleven shuts, & four pigs & all the previsions in the house except four barrels of old pork to her & her heirs forever.

Item. I lend to my Daughter NANCY COX during her natural life the following negroes viz. Amy & her three children Stephen, Smart, and Sarah, & Lucy & her child Dinah, Lini & Smart son of Lucy and after her death, I give & bequeath unto the children of my Daughter NANCY COX as well those hereafter to be born as those already born, the above mentioned negroes that I loaned her during her natural life to them & their heirs forever. I give & bequeath unto my Daughter NANCY COX one sorrel mare called Cross to her & her heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter JANE BRAY, the following negroes viz. one negro woman named Courtney & her three children, Sally, Stephen, & Julia, also one negro man named Young Charles, one negro woman called Young Sarah & her Son Demsey to her & her heirs forever.

Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son CARTWRIGHT BELL part of the land that I purchased of CALEB CHURCH bounded as follows viz. beginning at the North River opposite a branch where ABNER ROBESON formerly lived running northwardly to the mouth of said branch, then up said branch to a ditch then up the ditch to the main road, then across the main road north twenty one(?) east by a line of marked trees to JOHN WILLIAMS line then west said WILLIAMS line to the run TULLY GREGORY’S line then down the main stream of the run to the North River then the various courses of the River to the first station also one negro man named Enoch, one negro girl Rachel and one negro girl Grace to her and her (sic) heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my Son TULLY BELL the remainder of the land I purchased of CALEB CHURCH whereon he now lives also the land I purchased of THOMAS C. FEREBEE also one negro man named Willis, one negro girl named Claricey, one negro man called Old Charles, one negro woman Old Sally, one bed & furniture one yoke of young oxen, two cows & calves, six head of sheep to him & his heirs forever.

Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son JAMES W. BELL all the land I purchased of SARAH STEWART also the swamp I purchased of JOHN LAMB, also one negro man named Lerry(?), one negro girl named Lomen, one old man Cuffee, one old man Jack, one bed & furniture, two cows & calves, six head of sheep, to him and his heirs forever. My will and desire is that the board & tutition of my Son JAMES W. BELL at Raleigh be paid out of the money in hand—the ??? to be made out of the property not given away in particular legacies also one hundred dollars in notes for the purpose of purchasing him a horse.

My will & desire is that all the property not before given away in particular legacies at my death to be equally divided amongst my five children, viz. NANCY, JANE, CARTWRIGHT, TULLY & JAMES W. BELL.

Lastly I nominate & appoint my Son in Law ANDREW BRAY & my two Sons CARTWRIGHT & TULLY my whole & sole Executors to this my Last Will & Testament. Revoking all former wills by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the twenti (runs off the page could be 20th or 28th not sure) day of February in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty two.

B. BELL seal

Signed, sealed & declared to be the

Last Will & Testament of the

Testator by him in the presence of us

G.C. MARCHANT

H.N. WILLIAMS

Camden County Court

May Term 1822

This instrument of writing was exhibited in open Court & proved as the Last Will & Testament of BRICKHOUSE BELL dec’d. by the oath of GIDEON C. MARCHANT a subscribing witness thereto and at the same time CARTWRIGHT BELL & TULLY BELL Executors therin named appeared & qualified as Executor thereto. Ordered to be Recorded.

Test. M.S. LEWIS clk

Will Book C

Pages 4, 5

Contributed and transcribed by Judy Merrell Brickhouse

 

HEZEKIAH BRITE, JR. (1823 Will)

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

OF

HEZEKIAH BRITE,Junr.

January 14, 1820

In the name of God Amen. I HEZEKIAH BRITE Junr. Of the County of Camden & State of North Carolina of perfect, sound, disposing mind and memory do make this my Last Will & Testament in the following manner to wit.

Item 1st. I leave to my beloved Wife ELIZABETH as long as she lives my widow, the use of fifteen thousand corn hills adjoining the houses—Also I give to my Wife ELIZABETH one bed & furniture, one linen wheel to her and her heirs forever.

Item 2nd. I give desire & bequeath to my Son ALMOND BRITE a certain tract or piece of lands containing twenty five acres more or less according to the following bounds beginning at a Red Oak a corner tree in the new survey then runing down a branch to WILLIAM JONES heirs line then along the line to SPENCE’S line, then along SPENCE’S line to the line of a piece sold to JESSE EASON then binding the same to ANNEY RHODES line then binding ANNY RHODES line to the first station to him and his heirs forever.

Item 3rd. I give devise & bequeathed to my Son MALACHI BRITE a certain piece of land containing fifteen acres more or less according to the following bounds—beginning on the road at the Gap then runing along the Causeway road leading to the house to the corner of the cyder roof then a streight course toward Sycamore stump, then runing down the old to the end slew(?) of & thence southerly to an Elm near the corn of the Island Tract then binding an old ditch to causeway or Big Ditch then binding the big ditch & ANNY RHODES line to the road then binding road to the first station to him & his heirs forever.

Item 4th. I give devise & bequeath to my Son SILAS BRITE a certain piece of land lying over the road called the Old Wheat Tract, according to the following bounds, beginning in ANNA RHODES line at the three corner Beaches then binding ANNA RHODES line to the road then along the road to JOHN JONES line then along his line to the first station or Beaches to him & his heirs forever.

Item 5th. I give devise & bequeath to my Son CHARLES BRITE all the personal estate of every description within doors or without that I may be possesed of at the time of my death, after paying all my just debts to him and his heirs forever.

Item 6th. I give devise & bequeath to my two Sons MALACHI & SILAS BRITE a small slip of land lying between the three corner Beaches & the Red Oak (being all the balance of my lands) to be equally divided between the two, to them & their heirs forever.

Item 7th. It is my will & desire that my Son ALMOND BRITE should have water course of aproper width & depth across the lands of his Brothers to the River Swamp & Big Ditch which ever he may find most convenient for the purpose of draining his lands.

I nominate & appoint GEORGE FEREBEE Executor to this my Last Will & Testament revoking all other Wills & Bequeaths heretofore made. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & seal this 14th day of January Anno Dom 1820.

HEZEKIAH BRITE seal

His x mark

Signed, sealed, published,

Pronounced & declared in

The presence of

J. EDNEY

JONATHAN RICHARDSON

Camden County Court

May Term 1823

This was exhibited in open Court, & proved to be the Last Will & Testament of HEZEKIAH BRITE by the oath of J. EDNEY a subscribing witness thereto and GEORGE FEREBEE an Executor therein named appeared & qualified by taking the oath prescribed by Law. Ordered to be Recorded.

Test.

M.S. LEWIS CLK

Will Book C

Pages 16,17

Contributed and transcribed by Judy Merrell Brickhouse

 

JOHN KELLY (1822 Will)

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

OF

JOHN KELLY

October 1, 1822

In the name of God Amen! I JOHN KELLY of Camden County and State of North Carolina, being of sound mind & memory & knowing that I have to die, think proper to make this my Last Will & Testament—commencing with resigning my soul to God that gave it with a full hope in my redeemer and as to my worlaly(sic) goods, I give and bequeath as follows.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my loveing Wife NANCY, the use of one half of the plantation, whereon I now live, beginning at the south end at the Swamp, and running northerly the width of the plantation, say all to the eastward of the Mill, until it comes half way or includes one half the said lands, with the use of rail timber and firewood off of any of my land to support the same, likewise I give her the use of one half of my mills, until January, Eighteen Hundred & Thirty two, should she live so long, and after that period one third part of the mills during her natural life which is understood to be the case with the plantation. Likewise I give her the choice of two beds & furniture, one green chest, one trunk her choice of two tables, six chaires all the crockery & glass ware, and all the kitchen furniture, one loom, one spinning wheel, one bay mare, two cows & calves her choice, one doz. Steer, four sheep, seven dry (?) hogs her choice two breeding sows, eight shoats her choice, all the poultry, all the crop of flax & two hundred weight rough cotton, one half the present crop of corn & peas, one plough her choice, with harness, two hoes, one ox, one meat stand, & two barrels in the smoke house.

Item. I give and bequeath to my Son JAMES the half of the plantation I live on at the north end to be divided by a direct line between him and his Mother, and twenty five acres of Juniper Swamp, one sorrel horse, to him & his heirs forever—-Likewise one half of the mills and my Lake land to him & his heirs forever.

Item. I give to my Son EDMEN BAXTER, the half of my plantation, given to his Mother, that is after her death, and likewise the half of the mills after January, eighteen hundred & thirty two, he allowing his Mother, the one half of his half during her life—likewise twenty five acres of juniper swamp, & one half of my Lake land to him & his heirs forever—–and should either of my Sons die without heir legally begotten, the survivor to take the property devised to them both.

Item. I give to my Daughters BETSY, PEGGY, BELINDA, & NANCY all the remainder of my property real & personal to be equally divided among them with the exception of one dollar to be paid by my executor out of my property to my Daughter SALLY EARLE, with this reserve, should either of the four first mentioned Daughters die without lawful issue, that share of the property to be equally divided among the other three, and so on in rotation with the girls.

It is to be understood that if my property to be collected by my Executors falls short of paying my just debts that the residue shall be paid out of the part devised to my four first mentioned Daughters.

And lastly I leave my trusty friend, GEORGE FEREBEE Esqr. my sole executor to this my Last Will and Testament revoking all other wills, heretofore made. In testimony whereof I set my hand & seal this 1 Oct. 1822

JOHN KELLY seal

Signed & sealed in

Presence of

CHARLES GRICE

MILLER SAWYER

Camden County Court

November Term 1822

The foregoing was exhibited in open Court & proved as the Last Will & Testament of JOHN KELLY dec’d. by the oath of CHARLES GRICE a subscribing witness thereto and at same time GEORGE FEREBEE an Executor therein named appeared & qualified as Executor thereto. Ordered that testamentary letters issue and that the same be recorded.

Test.

M.S. LEWIS CLK

Will Book C

Pages 13, 14

Contributed and transcribed by Judy Merrell Brickhouse

 

ISAAC LAMB (1825 Will)

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

OF

ISAAC LAMB

March 20, 1824

In the name of God Amen, I ISAAC LAMB of the State of No. Carolina and County of Camden being of sound disposing mind and memory blessed be God, and calling to mind the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time when it will come, and being willing to dispose of my worldly substance, that it has pleased God to give me, at my own will and desire do this 20th day of March 1824 make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament, in the following manner that is to say.

First, I lend unto my beloved Wife POLLEY LAMB the use of all the lands on which I live and the lands I bought of JOHN WILROY and Wife, for and during her natural life and no longer, I also leave her the use of negros David, America, Bill, Susan and girl Nancy and five beds and furniture her choice, and also as much of my household and kitchen furniture, flax, cotton, spin stuff, cloth of homespun, plantation tools utensils and harnis as she may chose to retain for herself and family, all my hogs, four cows and calves a yearling one yoke of oxen, three dry cattel, ten head of sheep her choice, one horse Practier one horse Skip my joubell(?) chair and harnis, and my waggon, and one year’s support for her self and family to be sett off by herself and my two Sons ISAAC and LUKE at there discretion out of the provisions on hand, for and during her natural life and no longer except the provisions, I also give her two hundred dollars in notes on hand for my negro hire.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my Son LUKE G. LAMB a tract of land I bought of JAMES M. GRANDY to him and his heirs forever, I also give him one negro man Davis that I bought of him, one negro man Latchem, and the balance of my swamp up the river called Prichard’s Juniper to him and his heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my Son ISAAC N. LAMB a tract of land laying on the Eastwardly side of the main road it being part of the lands I bought of JOHN WILROY and Wife joining the lands of MALICHI SAWYER and others reserving the use to my Wife as aforesaid as also negro Robin, horse Jack, and negro David after the death of my Wife to him and his heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my Son LUKE G. LAMB all the lands contained in the deed from my Father to me in my last purchase from him where ABNER SAWYER now lives, in trust to be rented out by him and the rents and profits to be aplied to the use and support of HENRY N. LAMB and his children at the discreation of said LUKE G. LAMB, and at the death of said HENRY N. LAMB the said lands to be equally divided between his lawful children that may be then living, if any but if said Son HENRY should leave no lawful children at the time of his death, my will is that the said land should go to my Grand Son ISAAC N. LAMB, son of LUKE G. LAMB if he should be then living, if not to the said LUKE G. LAMB and his heirs forever.

Item. I give unto LUKE G. LAMB in trust for the benefit and support of ALLEN J. LAMB one negro man Ned or Edmond and all the property that has fallen to me by the death of my Brother THOMAS LAMB, and a small piece of land I bought of FREDERICK GRANDY and his Mother, all which said property is to be mannaged by the said LUKE G. LAMB to the best advantage for the benefit of the ALLEN J. LAMB and his family, and the said LUKE G. LAMB is at liberty to sell any part or the whole of said property for the purpose aforsaid if he should think it most beneficial to do so.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter CYNTHIA L. HALL one negro man Lamb and his Wife Tamer and there children now in her possession, also one negro man Billa after the death of my Wife to her and her heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter LUCRETIA SAWYER all the furniture she has now in her possession of mine, I also lend her negros Robin, Hannah, Grace and her children for and during her natural life and no longer, and at her death the said negros to be equally divided between her children if she lives any at the time of her death if not my will is that the said negros should be equally divided between ISAAC N. LAMB and ALLEN J. LAMB the said ALLEN’S part to be under the discretion of ISAAC N. LAMB and by him to be delt out to said ALLEN at his discretion and any other wise mannaged as he the said ISAAC may think proper for the said ALLEN and his family.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter POLLY G. LAMB one half of the lands on which I now live including the swam and pine thickit to the main road the line at ISAAC N. LAMB’S part say one half, reserving her Mother’s life in the same as aforesaid and if my said Daughter POLLY should die without children my will is that the said land should go to her Sister ELIZA H. LAMB, I also give to my Daughter POLLY G. LAMB negros Isaac, Lewis, Jerry, Reading and Judah and negro Nancy after the death of her Mother to her and her heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter ELIZA HALLAN LAMB the other half of the lands on which I live in the same manner I have give the other to her Sister POLLY and if she should die without children my will is that the said land should go to her Sister POLLY G. LAMB reserving the use to her Mother as aforesaid, I also give unto my said Daughter ELIZA H. LAMB negros Mark, Moses, Leani, George son of Susan, girl Estar and man America, at the death of her Mother to her and her heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my Son HENRY N. LAMB all the lands on the east side of Williamses Branch that I have not already given away to him and his heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my Grandson ISAAC L. HALL Son of my daughter CYNTHIA one negro boy George (Son of Edie) to him and his heirs

Item. I give and leve my negro woman Susan and her future increase after the death of my Wife, to be equally divided between my Son ALLEN and my Daughter NANCY’S children if they leve any at the time of the death of my Wife, but if my Wife should chose to give up the said negro Susan at any time sooner, then and in that case the said negros are to be at the expence of said children.

Item. All the residue of my property not already given away or lent I leve to be sold by my Executors on a credit of six months and the sum arising from the sale to be applied to the payment of my debts and legacies given away in this my Will, say what is lacking in notes on hand and the balance if any to be applied to the use of ALLEN J. LAMB and his family at the discretion of my Executors.

Item. The balance of the movable property I have lent to my Wife during her life, that I have not already disposed of I give unto my two Daughters POLLY and ELIZA after the death of their Mother to them and there heirs forever.

Item. I hereby appoint my Wife POLLY LAMB gardian to my two Daughters POLLY G. LAMB and ELIZA HALLAN LAMB and if any of their negros should behave themselves improperly to be judged of by her, my will is that she should sell them at her discretion and purchase hers in there room and stead of equal value of them as sold and the bills of sale to be taken in the name of the one to whom the negro belonged that are sold, I also impower her to sell any of those loned to her if they misbehave provided she replaces others in there room of equal value to go as they were, nevertheless this power I have given to my said Wife by this claus of my will to clear(?) and end if she should marry, and in that case I hereby appoint after her marriage ALFRED M. GATLIN gardian to my Daughter POLLY G. LAMB with the same powers that was granted to her my (said Wife) I also appoint my Son ISAAC N. LAMB gardian to my Daughter ELIZA HALLAN LAMB after the marriage of my said Wife, with the same powers that was granted to my said Wife.

I hereby nominate and appoint my beloved Wife POLLY LAMB Executrix and my Son ISAAC N. LAMB and ALFRED M. GATLIN Executors to this my Last Will and Testament, acknowledging this and this only to be my true Last Will, in witness whereof I have here unto sett my hand and seale the day and date first above writen.

I. LAMB seal

Camden County Court

May Term 1825

This Will was exhibited in open Court and ISAAC N. LAMB being duly sworn deposeth that the Last Will and Testament of ISAAC LAMB dec’d bearing date 20th March 1824 was since the death of Testator found among his valuable papers in the presence of deponent and others. Sworn to in open Court

ISAAC N. LAMB

Test.

M.S. LEWIS CLK

We the undersigned being duly sworn do say that we are well acquainted with the hand writing of ISAAC LAMB of Camden County dec’d and having particularly examined ??? Last Will and Testament of the said ISAAC LAMB and the writing on the back of the envelope do believe the same and every part thereof ??? exhibited in open Court is the hand writing of the said ISAAC LAMB thereunto subscribed as well as the name of the said ISAAC LAMB thereunto subscribed.

Sworn to in open Court

Test.

M.S. LEWIS CLK

JOSEPH DOZIER

CALEB PERKINS

W. WILSON

W. McPHERSON

GEORGE FEREBEE

M. S. LEWIS

Will Book C

Pages 47-50

Contributed and transcribed by Judy Merrell Brickhouse

 

CHRISTOPHER WHITEHURST (1824 Will)

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

OF

CHRISTOPHER WHITEHURST

November 9, 1824

North Carolina

Camden County

Personally came JOHN A. JONES and DOZIER PERKINS before me GEORGE FEREBEE one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Camden on this 9th day of November 1824 & being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God saith that they heard CHRISTOPHER WHITEHURST (who departed this life on the day & date above) say that it was his will & desire that OLLA PROVERB should have his estate real & personal of every description during her natural life & after paying all his just debts. And then deponents further say that they heard CHRISTOPHER WHITEHURST frequently say that it was his wish that the said OLLA PROVERB should have his estate during her natural life in health at different times.

JOHN A. JONES

DOZIER PERKINS

His x mark

Camden County Court

November Term 1824

This non cupative will of CHRISTOPHER WHITEHURST dec’d was exhibited & ordered recorded.

Test.

M.S. LEWIS CLK

Will Book C

Page 43

Contributed and transcribed by Judy Merrell Brickhouse

 

McPherson-Ferebee Family Cemetery

McPherson-FerebeeFamilyCemetery
McPherson-Ferebee Family Cemetery
(All cemetery photos by Bob Stokely)

The cemetery is located on McPherson Rd in South Mills, Camden County, North Carolina  USA

Find A Grave Link

The following are buried in this cemetery. I don’t know the real name of the cemetery but in it are the families of Wilie and Kiziah McPherson and Col. Dennis Dozier Ferebee.

All headstone inscriptions are not included as on some the dates were difficult to figure out.

Genl James Nelson McPherson

son of

Wilie and Kiziah McPherson

b. Dec 10 1810

d. Nov 22 1838

________

Wilie McPherson, Esq.

b. Oct 7 1776

d. Dec 9 18??

________

Mrs. Courtney M. Wilson

daughter of Wilie and Kizia McPherson

b. Jan 25 1816

death date not legible

________

Hannah Courtney Baxter

nee McPherson

b. July 21, 1824

d. December 4, 1860

________

Dr. Oscar F. Baxter

b. July 5, 1819

d. October 3, 1892

“was surgeon in the United States Navy and Confederate States Army”

________

Courtney Hickson

wife of

Dr. E. D. Ferebee

b. August 17, 1798

d. August, 188?

________

Dr. F. N. Mullen

b. Aug 20 1815

d. Jan 31 1897

________

Elizabeth

the wife

b. Nov 20 1819

d. Dec 27 1896

________

Wilie McPherson Mullen

b. August 6 1850

d. March 29 1852

________

Elizabeth N. Mullen

b. February 8 1847

d. March 24 1852

________

Col. Dennis D. Ferebee

Nov 9 1815

Apr 27 1884

________

Sarah R. Ferebee

wife

b. Dec 18 1821

d. Nov 10 1867

________

Hannah E. Ferebee

daughter

D.D. Ferebee and Sarah

b. July 18 1846

d. July 1863

 

SAWYER BOOK A

Camden County, North Carolina
BOOK A

page 13. John Sanderlin of Pasquotank…110 pds. to Joshua Sawyer… tract of land situated on N.E. side of Pasq. River bounded as follows…Brockett’s corner tree at head of swamp,..Wright’s line, Faircliff (Faircloth?) line.. 50 a. of land that Thomas Faircliff gave to Edward Faircliff..afterward belonging to William Bray then conveyed to John Sanderlin. Nov.6, 1775. Witts. Adam Forbes and Thomas Rhoades.

  15. Joshua Sawyer Of Pasquotank for 40 pds. to Joseph O’Daniel…..50 a. tract N.E. side of Pasq.River….Mouth of a branch that forks out of a Beaver Dam and up branch to Abel Gallop’s line to Charles Britians corner to 1st station. Oct. 15, 1775..Camden Court 1777

  16. Joshua Sawyer of Pasq. for 100 pds to Thomas Upton of Pasq….tract of land on the N.E. side of Pasq. River…granted by Bailey Needham to Cornelious Jones….butted and bounded as was divided to Thomas Needham by his brother….all that part except 5 a. that was conveyed to Phillip Torksey. The remaining land contained by and in begining at the river binding said Torksey’s line to Abel Gallop’s line to a corner pine of Joseph   ? to 1st station. 70 a. Oct 18, 1775

  23. Sept. 15, 1777….Robin (Robert) Gray of Camden to Silvanus (Sylvanus) Sawyer for 100 pds. a tract of land begining at a gum in Luke Lamb”s Mill pond thence W. Nw. course to Joseph Sawyer’s line thence along line to the branch thence to Creek Swamp, then binding the Mill pond to the 1st station. witts. James Sanderlin & Cornelious Sawyer.

  24. Sept 11, 1777…Robert Gray to Corneilous Sawyer for 100 pds…..land begining at the branch along Creek Swamp to a branch joining Sill’s (Sylvanus) line & Lisha (Elisha) Sawyer’s branch. witts. James Sanderlin& Silvanus Sawyer

  33. Sept 10, 1777..Robert Gray & Mary Gray for 50 pds. to Joel Sawyer…tract of land, N.E. side of Pasq. River joining Tull Sawyer’s line, Joseph Jones line to River Swamp. It being the same tract that Nathaniel Gray Pattened. 50 a. . witts. Jeremiah Leake, Maxey Leake and Thomas Gray.

  65. Oct 18, 1777 James Sanderlin, wheelwright of the county of Camden& Joshua Sawyer, planter of said county for 100 pds..100 a. pattened by Thomas Taylor and bounded by David Spence’s corner at the river side thence along line to Joseph O’Daniel’s line to 1st station. witt. Henry Forbes, Joshua Burnham & Rebecca Curlin.

  67. Joshua Sawyer, planter to James Sanderlin, wheelwright , for 110 pds….tract of land bounded as follows…begining at a pine formerly Brockett’s corner near the head of the swamp…thence to Wright’s line..to Faircliff’s line down to the swamp..to the Run. Being the 50 a. Thomas Faircliff gave in a deed to Edward Faircliff, afterward belonging to William Bray, then John Sanderlin to said Joshua Sawyer togeather with all houses, cleared land and woodland. Oct. 18, 1777

68. Dempsey Sawyer of Pasq. to Joseph Jones of Pasq., May 6, 1773 , for 90 pds…..land that was once granted to James Mc Daniel & by his assigned to Thomas Sawyer & by Thomas Sawyer & Robert Spence conveyed to Caleb Sawyer who died and fell to his son John Sawyer & by John Sawyer conveyed by deed of gift to said Dempsey Sawyer and now sold..to Joseph Jones 100 a. Beginning at a tree formerly Koen and now Ammon Grandy’s corner binding east to a line formerly Richards, thence southerly to a line formerly Edward Williams. witts. William Burgess, James Ferebee

  79. Mar.7, 1778, Truman Sawyer planter to Levi Sawyer for 400pds. 50 a. binding Ross’s line to Solley’s thence to swamp. witt. James Sanderlin & Costen Sawyer

  80. James Sanderlin, mariner, to Truman Sawyer, planter, for 400 pds. 60 a. N.E. side of Pasq. River . Beginning at a corner known by the name of John Scott’s corner to a beech on the Lakeside binding on a oak at Richards corner to the 1st station…home,garden,orchard…ect…witt. Caleb Sawyer & Costen Sawyer

  82. March 7, 1778 Lewis Sawyer,planter to James Sanderlin, marriner for 400pds…tract of land 50 a. N.E. side ofPasq. River on the head of Arenuse Creek. ..It being part of a tract of land formerly belonging to John Winn & conveyed from Howard to Albertson & from Alberson to Williams & from Williams to Sawyer & from C. Sawyer to Lewis Sawyer..and bounded as follows. Begining at a gum in the Milldam Swamp thence to a line of trees that divide C. Sawyer & his son Lewis to a branch on William Humphries line thence to John Jones line to 1st station. signed Lewis Sawyer & Sophyer (Sophia) Sawyer, wife.

  88. October 31, 1776 Joseph Relfe of Pasq. to Lemuel Sawyer for 280 pds 150 a. tract on N.E. side of Pasq. River. Begining at John Relefe’s landing on Sawyer’s Creek thence running a small distance down the creek to Joseph Jones line thence binding Jones line a northerly course so as the lane runs to William McCoys corner at Horn Ridge thence easterly to James Ferebee’s line thence westerly along said Ferebee’s Plantation then westward along causeway or road to the foot of a lane then binding the swamp& creek to the landing.

  90. Joshua Sawyer & Mary Sawyer, his wife , for 400 pds. to Isaac Gregory…on the fork of Arnuse Creek 150 a. on the main road bounded by Job Sawyer, Dempsey Sawyer’s line near an old field called the “New Ground” thence along branch to the main road at a bridge thence down the main swamp to the mouth of a branch laying where Willie Wilson’s old bridge is, thence running up the eastside of the branch to the main road. Witt. Christopher Snail & Malachi Grandy

  91. Malachi Grandy & Dorothy, his wife, of Camden to Joshua Sawyer, a tract of land granted by pattent to Joseph Gilford. Begining at a branch before Jacob Gilford’s door, thence up said branch to pattent line to a lane that was made for William Andrews thence to the pocoson to the branch. 80 a. Feb. 9, 1778. witt. Isaac Grandy & Christopher Snail

107. Joshua Sawyer to Job Sawyer for 60 pds a part of the plantation that fell to said Joshua Sawyer by the death of his father…begining on the road side of Lenard Williams corner to Dempsey Sawyer line to 1st station 15 a. Joshua Sawyer & wife Mary. Oct. 1, 1777 witt. Theophilius Gregory & Joshua Godfrey. 121. Aug. 19, 1778 Charles Grandy to Tully Sawyer 150 pds. ..land that I bought of Samuel Ferill that was formerly the property of Isaac Albertson decs. & the land that was formerly Elias Albertson decs. bounded on the eastmost by Col. Isaac Gregory & on the north by the Mill pond branch and swamp…

123. Coston Sawyer & Rhoda, his wife, to Thomas Nickols for 25 pds…land bounded by swamp near Sawyer’s house to Col. Dauge’s road near William Humphries line. 14 a. formerly belonging to John Jones and conveyed to Coston Sawyer Sept.14, 1778.

Abstracted and Contributed by: D. G. Owens

FEREBEE, DENNIS D. (1815-1884)

Dennis Dozier Ferebee (9 Nov 1815 – 27 Apr 1884) Confederate officer and political officer was born in Currituck County but in 1834 moved to Camden County to make his permanent residence in South Mills. His grandfather, William Ferebee, represented Currituck in the colonial assemblies, and his father, Samuel Ferebee, was a man of considerable local prestige. His mother, Peggy Dauge Ferebee, was a descendant of the French Huguenot immigrant, Peter Dauge (the name was later changed to Dozier). Dennis Dozier Ferebee was the fourteenth child of Samuel and Peggy Ferebee. After he was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1839 , he studied law with Judge William Gaston of New Bern but practiced only briefly. In 1842 he married Sarah McPherson, the daughter of a wealthy planter, Willie McPherson; she inherited a substantial share of her father’s vast estate, which Ferebee returned to South Mills to manage. Three years later he was elected to the House of Commons; he was re-elected in 1848, 1856, 1858, and 1860.

Ferebee opposed secession as unconstitutional, maintaining that the Constitution of the United States “is not a league of confederacy but a government founded on the adoption of the people” and “no state authority has the power to dissolve these relations”. He lost his point, of course, and, like the majority of his fellow citizens, wholeheartedly cast his lot with the Confederacy and joined the Southern army. He was the first commander of the Fifty-ninth Regiment of North Carolina Troops (Fourth NC Cavalry Regiment), which was organized at Garysburg in the summer of 1862. On 8 May 1863 orders came for Colonel Ferebee to report to General Robert E. Lee for duty. His regiment fought with distinction from North Carolina to Gettysburg.

After the downfall of the Confederacy, Ferebee became an active state figure. He was elected to the North Carolina convention of 1865, where he took a prominent part in the debates. In the General Assembly that followed the convention, he was defeated by Thomas Settle for speaker of the senate. He was later appointed by Governor Jonathan Worth to work with W. A. Graham and Judge William H. Battle as a committee to investigate the circumstances of the university, which was closed from 1871-1875 because of political control and lack of support from the public. After submitting the committee’s report Ferebee returned to his home and family in Camden County.

In his diary his son Nelson wrote, “When we returned home to South Mills in November 1865, everything was in a bad way. My father was in debt and had no capital to start again. My mother cooked and I did the outdoor work. My father was trying to get his affairs in shape to farm during the coming year.” He suceeded and did farm not only the coming year, but also for many years afterward. He died at his home in Camden County and was buried in the nearby family graveyard. A portrait of Colonel D. D. Ferebee in his Confederate uniform is owned by his great-great granddaughter, Mrs. Basil M. Duncan of Columbus, Ohio.

His only son, Nelson McPherson Ferebee, attended the University of North Carolina in 1867-68. After the university was closed he went to Baltimore and later was graduated from the medical department of the University of Maryland. He practiced medicine one year in South Mills. On 12 September 1872, he received an appointment as assistant surgeon in the U.S. Navy. In 1902 he was made medical director, the highest rank he could obtain. Dr. Ferebee married Martha Thweat Gregory of Granville County. They had two sons and three daughters. Among his grandchildren is Nelson Ferebee Taylor, who in 1972 became chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

SEE ALSO: Samuel A. Ashe, ed., Biographical History of North Carolina, vol. 4 (1905); Ferebee-Gregory-McPherson Papers (Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill); J.G. deR. Hamilton, Reconstruction in North Carolina (1914); Jesse F. Pugh, Three Hundred Years Along the Pasquotank (1957).

Contributed by:  Bob Stokley

The above is from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, ed. William S. Powell, Vol 2 D-G, pp. 187-188. Dennis D. Ferebee was a very prominent Camden County citizen.

 

GREGORY, EHRINGHAUS, MACKIE – of Pasquotank and Camden Counties

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Source: Year Book – Volume 4 – Pasquotank Historical Society – Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Compiled and Edited by Edna M. Shannonhouse (1983).