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TAMER GODFREY (1822 Will)

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

OF

TAMER GODFREY

November 13, 1821

In the name of God Amen! I TAMER GODFREY of Camden County & State of N. Carolina, being of sound & perfect mind & memory calling to mind the certainty of death & the uncertainty of the time thereof do make, publish & ordain this my Last Will & Testament in manner & form following that is to say.

Imprimis. I give & bequeath to my Brother SAMUEL GODFREY, five shillings to be paid him out of my estate.

Item. I give to my Brother WILLIAM GODFREY five shillings to be paid him out of my estate.

Item. I give to my Brother JAMES GODFREY one note of hand signed by him & payable to me for fifty nine dollars & sixty cents, dated the 8th of February 1821. Also one bed & furniture. Also one Red Cow to him & his heirs forever.

Item. I give & bequeath unto my Brother MALACHI GODFREY forty five dollars, which he now owes me.

Item. I give & bequeath unto POLLY SNOWDEN, one sorrel horse, one mahogany table ½ dozen tea spoons, one seit of bed curtains, also one negro girl by the name of Molly, all my wearing apparel to her & her heirs forever.

Item. I lend to BETSEY GODFREY Daughter of WILLIAM GODFREY one bed & furniture, one cow & calf & one linen wheel, her choice, & in case she has a lawful heir or heirs, then I give her the afsd. articles to her & her heirs forever, & in case she should die without a lawful heir, then in that case I give the said property which I have lent her to my Brothers JAMES & MALACHI GODFREY share & share alike.

Item. I give negro man Charles to my neighbour WILLIS WILSON that is to say to be under his care & direction. To be hird out & the one half of the net proceeds of his hire to be paid over to my Brother MALACHI GODFREY, annually for & during the term of his natural life. And at the death of my Brother MALACHI I give the one fourth of the net proceeds of the hire of negro man Charles to WELTHY GODFREY Daughter of MALACHI GODFREY & the other fourth of his hire I wish my friend WILLIS WILSON to retain for his trouble.

Item. It is my will that my Executors hereafter named pay to my negro man Charles, five barrels of Indian Corn, and one sow & shots which I owe him, to be delivered to my friend WILLIS WILSON for him.

Item. All the remainder of my estate which I have not already given away I leave to be sold by my executors, and after paying all my just debts I give the net proceeds if any, to my Brothers JAMES MALACHI GODFREY to them & their heirs share & share alike.

Lastly I nominate & appoint my Brother JAMES GODFREY & my friend WILLIS WILSON Executors to this my Last Will & Testament revoking & disannulling all wills heretofore by me made ratifying this & this only to be my Last Will & Testament.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 13th day of November in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred & Twenty one.

TAMER GODFREY seal

Her x mark

Signed, sealed & acknowledged

In the presence of us

SAMUEL WILLIAMS

ABNER H. GRANDY


Camden County Court

May Term 1822

The foregoing was exhibited in open Court & proved as the Last Will & Testament of THAMER GODFREY dec’d. by the oaths of SAMUEL WILLIAMS & ABNER H. GRANDY the subscribing witnesses thereto. And at same time JAMES GODFREY one of the executors therin named appeared & qualified as executor thereto. Ordered to be Recorded.

Test.

M.S. LEWIS Clk.


Will Book C

Pages 9, 10

Contributed and transcribed by Judy Merrell Brickhouse


 

LYDIA GRANDY (1822 Will)

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

OF

LYDIA GRANDY

November 13, 1821

In the name of God Amen! Know all men that I LYDIA GRANDY of the County of Camden & State of North Carolina being in a poor state of health but in sound memory do make this my Last Will & Testament.

Item. I give & bequeath to my Son CALEB GRANDY my part of two negro girls that was sold, named Channy & Cloe.

I give & bequeath to my Son CALEB GRANDY all my cattle, that has come since his Father’s death & likewise all my sheep and three stocks of Bees his first choice.

And I give & bequeath to my Son CALEB GRANDY all my crockery ware & one half of my sithye(?), and one half of my poultry, and one dutch oven & one frying pan.

I do acknowledge this to be my Last Will in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this the thirteeth day of November 1821.

LYDIA GRANDY seal

Her x mark

Signed in presence of us

ELAS WILLIAMS

PEGGY WILLIAMS

Her x mark

And I LYDIA GRANDY do leave my Son CALEB GRANDY to be Executor to my will.


Camden County Court

November Term 1822

The foregoing was exhibited in open Court & proved as the Last Will and Testament of LYDIA GRANDY by the oath of PEGGY WILLIAMS a subscribing witness thereto. And at same time CALEB GRANDY an Executor therein named appeared & qualified as executor thereto. Ordered that Testamentary letters issue & that the same be recorded.

Test.

M.S. LEWIS CLK.


Will Book C

Page 12

Contributed and transcribed by Judy Merrell Brickhouse


 

MARGARET GREGORY (1753 Will)

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

OF

MARGARET GREGORY

February the 3:d Day 1746

In the name of God Amen. I MAGARET GREGORY Widow of Pasquotank County in the Province of North Carolina being in perfect health & memory thanks be given unto God. Therefore calling unto Mind the Mortallity of my Body do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in the manner and form following.

Item. I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Son RICHARD GREGORY one negro man named Charles to him and the children he had by his first Wife and their heirs for ever.

Item. I give to my well beloved Son JAMES GREGORY one negro girl named Hannah and her increase to him and his heirs forever.

Item. I give unto my well beloved Son JOHN GREGORY one negro boy named Joshua to him and the children he has by his first Wife to him and their heirs for ever.

Item. I give unto my beloved Son CALEB GREGORY one negro woman named Priscilla she and her future increase to him and his heirs for ever.

Item. I give and bequeath to my well beloved Daughter MARY UMPHERIS one shilling sterling to her and her heirs for ever.

Item. I give unto my well beloved Daughter MARGARET BARL??Y one negro woman named Sue and her increase to her & her heirs for ever.

Item. I give unto my well beloved Daughter SARAH GRANDY one negro woman Wroth and her future increase to her & the heirs of her body for ever.

Item. I give unto my Grandaughter SARAH UMPHERIS one negro boy named Isaac to her and the heirs of her body for ever.

And I do hereby uttorly disallow revoke and disanul all and every other formor Testaments or Wills by me in any ways before named ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament and my Son JAMES GREGORY afore named I constitute and ordain my sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the Day and Year above written.

MARGAROT GREGORY

Her Mark

Signed, sealed and Delivered

In the Presence of

JAMES FORBES

ELIZABETH FORBES

REBECCA HARDING

Her X mark


MARGT GREGORY

WILL

Letters Issued

16th of July 1753

5 Coppy Sheets

Recorded in the _ _ _ 

Office in Book K

Pg. 15 —-


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


 

MALACHI SAWYER (1824 Will)

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

OF

MALACHI SAWYER

March 30, 1824

In the name of God Amen! I MALACHI SAWYER of the County of Camden and State of North Carolina, being sick, but of sound disposing mind and memory and having in mind that it is appointed unto all men to die, and being willing to dispose of my worlaly affairs do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say.

Item the first. I give & bequeath unto my beloved Wife SUSANNA SAWYER all of my negroes viz. boy March, Jerry, John, Miles, Rose and Jane to her and her heirs forever.

Item. I also give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife SUSANNA SAWYER one tract of land lying in said County bounded on the South and Westside by the lands of ISAAC LAMB and on the North & East by the lands of JOHN GRANDY being all of the land which I bought of NATHANIEL WILROY and that which I now live on to her & her heirs forever.

Item. I also give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife SUSANNA SAWYER one tract of land in said County near the Court House being all of the land which I bought of THOMAS BELL, bounded as follows on the East by the lands of ISAAC LAMB, on the West by THOMAS GORDON & on the N. by the main road & the walking lands, to her and her heirs forever.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife SUSANNA SAWYER one tract of land lying about one half mile below Camden Court House on the W. side of the main road bounded as follows, on the West by the lands which belong to the heirs of JOHN WILROY and on the North by the lands which formerly belonged to CALEB PHILLIP’S and on the East by JOSEPH DOZIERS’ lands & the lands of ISAAC LAMB it being all of the tract which belonged to JOHN WATKINS to have & hold the same she and her heirs forever.

Item. I also give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife SUSANNA SAWYER a certain tract of land lying in Forty Pound Neck bounded as follows, bounded on the West by the lands of MARK UPTON, on the North by the lands of HENRY AYDELETT’S heirs, on the East by the lands of THOMAS ETHERIDGE and on the South by the lands which belong to the heirs of JOHN GREAVES being by estimation Seventeen & three quarters of acres which formerly belonged to the estate of JOHN WADKINS to her and her heirs forever.

Item. I also give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife SUSANNA SAWYER after paying of all my just debts all the residue of my estate of every kind & nature whatsoever to her and her heirs forever.

Lastly. I hereby nominate and appoint my Wife SUSANNA SAWYER whole and sole Executrix to this my Last Will and Testament revoking all other wills and Publishing this and this only to be my true Last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this the 30th day of March One Thousand Eight Hundred & Twenty Four. 1824 

MALACHI SAWYER seal

Signed, sealed and acknowledged

By the Testator as his Last Will in

Our presents

JOSIAH EARLE

SILAS O. NORRIS

MARY NORRIS


Camden County

May Term 1824

This Last Will and Testament of MALACHI SAWYER dec’d was exhibited and proved in open Court by the oath of SILAS O. NORRIS one of the subscribing witness thereto SUSANNAH SAWYER the Executrix therein named appeared & qualified according to law. Ordered that the Will be recorded & that letters testamentary issue

Test.

M.S. LEWIS CLK

By A.C. OHRINGHAUS


Will Book C

Pages 31-33

Contributed and transcribed by Judy Merrell Brickhouse


SAWYER BOOK B and C

Deed Book  B

page   6. Jan. 20, 1779 John Sawyer to James Johnson…John Sawyer here unto moving….for 500 pds. 10 a. of land & swamp…north side of Sawyers Creek. witt. Samuel Ferill & Thomas Perkins
39. Jan. 9, 1779 … Dempsey Sawyer Admins. of the estate of Theophilious Gregory…..to Richard Gregory..part of a tract of land that Theo…bought of Davis Grandy & in will that the land be sold. …..for 150 pds the land near the head of Sawyers Creek Sw binding James Sawyer, Malachi Grandy, Philip Gregory…50 a. witt. Joseph Morrisette & Isaac Seborn
44. Barbara Powell to Stephen Sawyer..1,000 pds 50 a. bounded by John Peddnick, Dempsey Burgess, John Griffin, George Ferill decs., John Gilbert, Henry Miller, Joseph Jones and me, Barbara Powell. Jan. 5, 1779

 51. Tully Sawyer & wife Ruth to Willis Sawyer for 100 pds , land on the Mill Dam prong of Arranuse Creek ..containing 51 a. begining at a willow by the well in the head of a branch near the house and running near north 1/4 mile thence S.E. to Ivey Neck then to the branch…
115. Oct. 9, 1779 Lewis Sawyer to Jacob Sawyer for 1,000 pds. 40 a. binding Ferills pocosin, Ross line to Solly’s line…
172. Feb 7, 1781 Willis Gregory to James Sawyer 10,000 pds. State money, 50 a. land in North River Swamp bounded by Noah Gregory…
176. Dempsey Sawyer, Sheriff of Camden County to Dempsey Burgess March 12, 1781. Goods, chattel,tenements & lands of Thomas McKnight late of said County. (McKnight was a Tory during the Rev. War. He left the county and went back to England.) Mc Knight’s land …on the public road in the neighborhood of the Down River Chapel. bounded by the road, John Wright, Brockett, Torksey….60 a. tract of land formerly sold by Peter Brown to said Thomas McKnight. 1,000 pds…..
186. May 29, 1781 Macke Morgan & Ann, his wife , to Thomas Sawyer.. for 200 Spanish Milled dollars  40 a. given to Ann by her father Joseph Humphries…
187 Caleb Grandy Jr. to Thomas Sawyer, Feb. 20, 1781..Tract of land that said Caleb Grandy Jr. bought of Jesse Godfrey called the New Survey on North River. Bounded by James Dauge, Caleb Dauge…..to Ezekiel Sanderlin that he bought of John Humphries, Thomas Sawyer, Joseph Mercer & Peggy Nash.
192. June 17, 1781 – William Burgess to Richard Sawyer for 72 pds. 58 1/2 a. ..tract sold by Dempsey Burgess to Costain Barco & by Barco to William Burgess.
211. June 17, 1781 Richard Sawyer Jr. to Lemuel Crain alias Linton for 60 pds. 37 a.. The land conveyed by Jarvis Jones to Richard Sawyer…… .

DEEDS Book C  

Pg.   4. Joshua Sawyer for 50 pds. gold to Joseph Godfree (Godfrey)….N.E. side of Pasq. River. A tract pattent to Joseph Guilford..beginning at a branch before Joseph Godfree’s door thence up the branch to Nathan Bell’s line..to Thomas Smith thence down into Beech Neck to Robert Harrison’s line. Dec. 31, 1781
  8. Dec 28, 1780 Authur (Arthur) Sawyer to John Hammon for 500 pds 50 a… Beginning on the western side of Sawyer’s Creek thence to… it being all the southern part of the land agreeable to the last will & testament of John Sawyer Jur. decs.(Pasq. Will Book HIK p. 391 Aug. 1771) witt. Caleb Grandy & Phillip Morgan
12. Willis Gregory & Mary his wife, 200 dollars species to Coston Sawyer land bounded by Peter Dauge, north to swamp & North River then up river opposite a hickory to James Sawyer’s line thence to Peter Dauge’s line 150 a. ..being part of a larger tract formerly belonging to Mark Gregory. witt. Thomas Nickols & Peter Dauge (Dozier)
13. Coston Sawyer & wife Rhodah for 200 pds. to Willis Gregory…beginning in..branch of Mill Dam Swamp between James Sanderlin’s line & mine to William Humphries land & Thomas Nickols land to a line tree by a pole bridge it being part of a larger tract formerly belonging to Joseph Jones & by him conveyed to John Jones by deed March 7, 1782
18. Joshua Sawyer for 25 pds. to Nathan Bell, tract of land granted to Joseph Guliford. Beginning at a maple in Cabin Neck Branch down to Joseph Godfree’s line..to a line formerly belonging to William Anderson now Thomas Smith’s line and Robert Harrison’s corner 20 a. Dec. 12, 1781 witt. Asa Burgess, Joseph Godfrey & Isaac Godfrey
22. May 18, 1782, Thomas Sawyer to Luke Lamb for 100 pds. 90 a. head of Sawyer’s Creek. Beginning at..oak by edge of a branch to Amon Grandy’s ditch at the old Road, thence westerly as the ditch runs to a corner tree of Richard Sawyer’s pattent. Thence a southerly course to a pine that was formerly Willis L. ?..mans line. witt. Isaac Lamb & Benj. Brown
20. June 27,1780 Isaac Gregory to Dempsey Sawyer for 50 pds 178 a. land near the head of the east prong of Aranuse Creek. witt. Joseph Gray & John Gray
49. Coston Sawyer for 50 pds. to Peter Dauge 30 a. formerly belonging to Willis Gregory and conveyed by him to Coston Sawyer 1783..?
  57. Authur Sawyer to Caleb Grandy Jr. Aug. 1, 1783 for 60 pds. 50 a. high ground & swamp bounded by James Johnson’s on the southwest binding Johnsons land that he bought of John Sawyer Jr. deces. then east binding the land laid off for Millar Sawyer, orphan of John Sawyer Sen. deces. to the creek. Then up the creek & swamp binding Luke Lamb & the old causeway …& Caleb Grandy’s deeds they had from Thomas Perkins. Thence west to Authur & Millard Sawyer’s line….witt. Caleb Gregory & John Hammond.
  81. Feb. 17, 1783 Joseph Sawyer to Ammon Grandy for 50 pds. 65 a. beginning near the ditch on the Lake Road binding Williams line on a Easterly course to Humphries line then binding John Murden pattent…witt. Caleb Grandy Jr. & Levi Sawyer
  82. March 15, 1782 (COURT HOUSE DEED) Thomas Sawyer & Margaret Sawyer, his mother to Lemuel Sawyer, Isaac Gregory, Dempsey Burgess, Caleb Grandy & Joseph Jones …..a plot of ground to build a Court House, prison, and stocks for the county. witt. Thomas Humphries Cornealious Gray
  90 Sylvanus Sawyer to Edward Upton, Jan. 4,1783 for 50 pds ….being the land I bought of Robert Gray, 100 a. begining at a sweet gum on Luke Lamb’s Mill pond then binding on Benjamin Brown’s line to a line of marked trees to Joseph Sawyer’s line thence down to the creek swamp…Sylvanus Sawyer, wife Mary Sawyer
  98. March 18, 1769 Pasquotank Co. Sylvanus Sawyer exect. to the last will & testament of Col. Griffith Jones deces. to Isaac Gregory.Whereas the said Griffith Jones by his will…dated Oct 27, 1766 to sell the estate & divide among his seven children. Exectors appointed Sylvanus Sawyer & Samuel Swan…..Samuel Swan being deces. on the 18, Mar. 1769…did expose to public auction…land known by the name of Ivey Neck 50a. bounded by Jacob Jones line close to the side of a beech ridge up line to swamp to Isaac Gregory’s line…the land Griffith Jones deces. bought of William Hughes. witt. Charles Grandy & Mirriam Sawyer
99. Sept 24, 1782 Caleb Sawyer to William Perry, 60pds 25 a.  .. mouth of a branch that forks out of a bever dam & up branch to water oak. witt. Lodwick Williams & Coston Sawyer
121. Lemuel Sawyer Grant Aug 18, 1783 – 28 a. beginning at an old cypress a small distance below River Bridge at the riverside thence running south to Relfs pattent to Jonathan Hearrings house thence sw thence back to river.
127. Richard Sawyer Grant – 475 a. Beginning at River Swamp bounded by James McDonald’s grant…John Murden to Jennings Ridge west to Thornton Gray’s line thence binding Joshua Parrisho’s Grant ..thence back to McDonald’s old pattent….Oct. 27, 1784


Abstracted and Contributed by: D. G. Owens