BUTE COUNTY RECORD BOOK A 1764-1774
Will Book A, Warren County Registry
 

40 BEAUMONT (BEAMO(U)NT) SUTTON to PHILEMON HAWKINS. Dated 18 April 1765. Sale of negroes, livestock, household goods, etc. Wit: LEN HENLEY BULLOCK, GEO. MARTIN, JOSA. FARGUSON, ELIZA. SARTIN. Recorded August Court 1768.

41 Acct. of Sale of Estate of JOHN MODGLIN(E) (MODGLEY), deed, held 3 June 1768. WK. MOORE, D.Sher. Mentions: THOMAS HASWELL (HAZWELL, HAZWILL), THOMAS BRIDGES MILLER, THOMAS ARNAL(L), SELAH MALDESLY, NEWMAN MALDESLY, WILLIAM REESE, JOSEPH WRIGHT, DANIEL POTTER, WILLIAM FREEMAN, WILLIAM MASSEY. "As the will specified the whole estate to be sold and equal division made, 380 acres of land sold to JOHN YOUNG." Also mentions: THOMAS BRIDGES, MARY JEAN. Rcd. Aug. Ct. 1768. JULIUS NICHOLS, late Sheriff.

43 Sale of Estate of BENJA. BATCHELOR, dec'd. Recorded August Court 1768. JULIUS NICHOLS, late Sheriff. Mentions: JOHN MOSELEY, ROBERT ALEXANDER, HANSIL IZARD, ISAAC ACRE, BENJAMIN PERSON, JOHN WHITBEY.

44 (A) Will of JOSEPH HORTON, of Granville Co. Dated 12 Dec. 1763. Rcd. Nov. Ct. 1768. Daughter SARAH, widow of WILLIAM SMITH, dec'd. Daughter MARGARET, late the wife of JAMES HARRARD. Daughter CHARITY, wife of HENRY BIRUM. Sons: JOSEPH, WILLIAM, NATHAN, MOSES, DAVID. Son SAMUEL HORTON to be Executor & to have the land where I now live, 400 acres in Granville Co., bought from DANIEL POTTER, on the Cyprus Beaver Dams near Tarr River. Grandson SAMUEL, son of DAVID HORTON. Wit:  DAHL. POTTER, JAMES ALFORD, LOOK. ALFORD.

46 (A) Will of JOHN WINSTON. Dated 8 June 1768. Recorded November Court 1768. Mother SARAH WINSTON, to be Executrix & to have plantation where she now lives, for life, then to my sister MARY WINSTON. To brother GEORGE WINSTON, land adj. HUTCHISON. Wit: WILLIAM BLETCHER, GEORGE WINSTON, JOHN DENT.

47 Administrator's Bond, datd 10 Nov. 1768, in Estate of JOHN NEW, dec'd. JOANNA NEW, Admrx. Sec: JOHN MOSELEY, WILLIAM HANCOCK. Bond to Justices and witnessed by The Court. Recorded November Court 1768.

49 (A) Will of MARY FOSTER. Dated 23 July 1767. Recorded November Court 1768. Sons: CHRISTOPHER, JOHN, & ARTHUR. Daughters: MARY WESTBROOKE and FAITH ROBERTSON & Daughter SARAH. Executors Sons CHRISTR. & ARTHUR FOSTER. Wit: THOMAS COOK, AMEY COOK, JOHN NORWOOD.

51 Sheriff's Account of JULIUS NICHOLS, late Sheriff. Dated 11 November 1768. Receipts & disbursements stated & settled with Justices: WILL JOHNSON, PHILEMON HAWKINS, WILLIAM TABS, JETHRO SUMNER, MATTHEW THOMAS, THOMAS TURNER, NATAL. HENDERSON. Includes: 1764, 729 taxables; 1765, 2074 taxables; 1766, 2139 taxables; 1767, 2242 taxables; 1767, 1 levy allowed MRS. JOHNSON over listed last year. Recorded November Court 1768.

52 JULIUS NICHOLS, late Sheriff's Acct. November Court 1768. Insolvents for 1764: 318;  268 for 1765. Paid WILLIAM DUKE for Public Buildings & JOHN CHILDS for building prison. Refers to tax rec'd by virtue of Act of Assembly for erecting Publick Buildings in Bute County.

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