Bute County Record Book 2

BUTE COUNTY RECORD BOOK 2

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21 (A) Will of JOHN VANLANDINGHAM, of St. John's Parish. Dated 14 December 1773. Recorded August Court 1774. Whole Estate to wife SARAH, to be equally divided among my children (not named). Exrs: Wife SARAH & son LEROY. Wit: JOHN BELL, ELLIS MARQUES.

22 (A) Will of JOHN MEADOWS. Dated 10 November 1773. Recorded August Court 1774. To wife HANNAH MEADOWS, all of my estate for raising children and to be divided among my children (not named). Exrs: Wife and friend SAMUEL THOMPSON. Wit: MATTHEW HOWARD, ISHAM MEADOWS.

23 (A) Will of JOHN TINS. Dated 30 July 1774. Recorded August Court 1774. Wife SUSNNA TINS. Daughter ANN SIMS. Executor: CHARLES ALLEN. Wit: WILLIAM MYRICK, WILLIAM ALLEN, ALLEN SHREWSBURY.

24 Agreement between WILLIAM PASCHALL & THOMAS PASCHALL, his son. Dated 27 March 1773. Recorded August Court 1774. For money to be paid at the end of a year from last December 25th. THOMAS agrees to furnish his father with necessities and to furnish his father's wife TABITHA with meat, bread, & firewood and to attend to his father's livestock & other domestic affairs. Wit: GEORGE TAYLOR, WILLIAM PASCHALL, JR., DENNIS PASCHALL.

25 Inventory of Estate of JOHN SIMMONS, dec'd. Recorded August Court 1774. WILLIAM KENDALL, Executor.

25 Inventory of Estate of JOHN TIMMS, dec'd. Recorded August Court 1774. CHARLES ALLEN, Executor. Mentions bond of THOS. CHRISTMASS, due 1 March 1775.

26 Administrator's Bond in Estate of JOHN HODDER, dec'd., dated 9 August 1774. JOHN MOSELEY, Administrator. Security: THOMAS MILLER. Wit: THOS. MACHEN. Recorded August Court 1774.

27 Inventory of Estate of WILLIAM CLANTON, dec'd. Recorded August Court 1774. WILLIAM CLANTON, Executor.

28 Account of Sales in Estate of JOHN NICHOLSON, dec'd. Recorded August Court 1774. JETHRO SUMNER, Esq., Sheriff. Mentions: SUSANAH NICHOLSON, DAVID TANNER, DAVID KING, ISAAC ACRE, ALEXANDER NICHOLSON, WOOD KING, THOMAS MILLER, ARNOLD EDWARDS, BENNETT WOOD, WILLIAM BALTHROP, THOMAS THORNTON, GEORGE NORSWORTHY.

29 Inventory of Estate of WILLIAM NICHOLS, dec'd. Recorded August Court 1774. GEORGE NICHOLS, Executor.

30 RICHARD BIGHT of Lunenburg Co., Va., to HARBIRD MIGHT & NATHANIEL JARROT. Sale, dated 2 February 1774, of livestock, negro, household articles, & 300 acres of land on Buffalos Creek in Granville Co., settled by MILES WILLIAMS. Wit: JOHN BIGHT, ROBERT BIGHT. A bond was made a part of this sale, acknowledging one half payment. Same witnesses. Recorded August Court 1774, at which time THOMAS HELL, Esq., entered a caveat.

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