Washington, N.G. August léeth, 1958. Res Old Marsh house and lots, town of Bath, N.C. Lots Nos. 24, 25, 26, 40, 41, 42, 45 and 44, according to plan of Town of Bath; Map Book 12, page 59 (old and original map -- Bath town, Feby. 28th, 1766, liap Book # 2, page 135, hegister's office of Beaufoxnt — County, No. Yar. veed: bessie Ormond Wade et als to BiAUrORT COUNTY HIS- TOKLCAL SOCIETY, incorporated; iiarch 26th, 1958; re- corded Way 7th, 1958, Kook 486, page 192, office of the Segister Of Beeds for Beaufort Sounty, no.¥ar. Yhis tiarsh property, in Bath, n.U., consists of Lots £4, 25, the major portion of Lot £6, Lots 40, 41, 42 ana 45, ana a part of Lot 44, according to the plan of the town of Bath, as first herein-above re- ferred to. *#he old Marsh house and dwelling (subject of this inquiry) is located on Lots 24, 25 ana 26; ana this pean Eten — ir Mt investigation etc deals, primarily, with these lots, With a view of ascertaining the age of this house and dwelling. these lots (three) are shown as having an original frontage on main or Water Street, town of bath, of 289.1 feet. : lief Garris owns the north-east corner of uot 26, fronting on iain Street a distance of 65 feet; a aepth of 75 feet on Carteret street, a depth of 66 feet on the line adjacent the Narsh house etc. thus leaving a frontage of this present iiarsh prop- erty, on Water or Main treet, of 224.1 feet. +hess Lots 24-25-26 are shown as having a depth of 250 feet. +his report is submitted from an historical stand- point; anu not as a complete abstract of the title to these lots. Jan. 19th, 1909; wattie iWarsh, #amx. upon the es- tate of James 5S. liarsh, filed her retition in the superiér Court of Beaufort County, w.U., praying a sale of these lots, under order of court, in order to make assets to pay the debts of James 5S. Marsh. *his is Special Proceeding wo. 1116 in the office of the ouperior Court of Beaufort County. 4n Order was mage in the proceeding, above referred to, condemning the property to public sale anu appoint- ing A.U.WacLean as Commissioner of the Yourt to make such sale. waclean, as Commissioner, conducted a public sale of the property; ana, in April, 1909, conveyed the property to J.U.4tborn, this deed is of record in pook 159, at page 592. J.WeKborn conveyed the property to Mattie Marsh, march lst, 1910; by deed in Book 159, at page 592. he grantors in the deed to Beaufort County His- torical society, by inheritance ana mesne conveyances, acquired the property from J.U.4born anu wattie Warsh. Po that this investigation begins, primarily, at the time of the acquisition of these lots by James b&. Marsh. James 5S. Marsh acquired these lots under a aeed irom Geo. H. Brown, Jr., ana wife, Jany. &nd, 1900; 105 /444. thos. He. Blount, Irustee, Heb. 4th, 1898, sold the lots under a deed-in-trust given by James 5. Marsh anu Wife (liarch 3, 1885), for non-payment of the mort- gage debt; anu conveyed the lots to Geo. Hk. Brown, Jr. (orown, there-after, re-conveying to James 58. Marsh, as aforesaid). Book 99, p. 177. veed-in-irust: James S. Marsh ana wife, Augusta &, Marsh, to +homas H. Blount, trustee; march Srd, 1885; pook 59, page SQ. +his mortgage secured a recited debt of $ 2200.00. warch 6rd, 1885; Geo. h. brown, Jr., trustee, con- veyed the above lots Augusta HE. Marsh (wife of J. 5. warsh); reciting, as his right to do so, a deed of as- Signment from James 5. IWiarsh. pook 59, page 5d. the homestead exemptions of James 5S. iliarsh were allotted to him Jan. 9th, 1885. Book 58, page 228. Jan. Sth, 1885; vames &. tlarsh ana wife, Augusta He, executed deed of assignment to ueo. H. Brown, ur., transferring all real anu personal property owned by them, ana where-ever situated; anu giving to said Brown the right ana power to sell any or all of the real anu personsl property of said Marsh and wife either at public or private sale. there appears to have been seven children of Wm. M. Marsh, to-wit -- Wary Virginia (married Geo. Boyd), James 5. Marsh, Julia 4H. iiarsh, Jonabhan iiarsh, BG. arsh, James B. Marsh and William Marsh. Or I assume this from the reading of their deeds to James S. Marsh, in 1881 and 1882. At any rate; James S. Marsh acquired the interests of his brothers and sisters, in Lots 24, 25 and 26, by some five or six deeds; these deeds reciting reciting their ownership in the property by way of inheritance Tree ygaeramy Marsh (sometimes written as William M. luarsh). March 20th, 1853; James B. Marsh conveyed to Will- fam M. Marsh -- Lots 1, 2, 3, 89, 11, 22, 23, 24, 25 26 (and other lots) in the Town of Bath. B17, p Consideration -- § 60.00. B17, p 456. This deed conveys Lots 24, 25, 26, 40, 41, 42, 436 44, together with other lots in Bath +own. This deed covers all of what is now the o1d Marsh property, etc, first herein-above referred to. £56 « Feb. 21st, 1831, Stephen Owens, “heriff of Beaufort County, sold to “ames &. Marsh the lots above-referred to, under an execution against James B. llison and Wm. M. Marsh. B16, p 383. _ Consideration for this deed is given as }iabib@eQe: @ 60.00 for the lots (other property being also sold under this execution). the property was sold as the property of Ellison add Marsh. there is a break, here, in this chain of title; for I am unable to find any deed connecting James B. H#ilison and James b. Marsh with the ownership of this property. Prior to the above, I find a deed from David W. Marsh to James Bonner Marsh, David Wilson Marsh, Wili1- iam Magimpsey Marsh, Samuel Barklett Marsh and Sally Ann Marsh; May 10th, 1814a1; 9/76. | | This deed conveys Lots 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 43, 63 and 64, in Bath Town. | | | Consideration -- Fifty Pounds -- $ 243.00. Deed from Slade Pearce, Sheriff of Beaufort County, to David W. Warsh; April 29th, 1808; 9/81. this deed conveys Lots 24, 25 and 26, together with other lots in Bath town; anid recites that these lots are sold uncer executions issued against Jonathan Marsh. +he consideration named in this deed is seve-hundred- fifty pounds -- (a pound being valued at $ 4.86), or at $ 3,645.00. deed: Wm. Farris to Jonathan and Daniel G. liarsh; Jan. 2nd, 1798. 1/18. Yonveys thirteen lots in bath Town, among which is Lot 40. (No other lots of the present Marsh property conveyed by this deed). Deed: Wm. Barris to Jonathan and Daniel Marsh; Aug. 17th, 1797; 7/386: i Vonsideration -- 150 pounds; » 729.00 this deed conveys property, in Bath, described as: “Bounded on the north by Carteret Street; to the west by lown Creek; to the south by the large house Whereon said Jonathan iiarsh now lives; to the east by Lot No. 40, the property of “im. Farris. | The said lot hath a warehouse upon it, turpentine distillery, and the said Marsh's old wharf, and dis- tinguished by No. 26." Note that the next, foregoing deed recites “the large house whereon said Jonathan Marsh now lives" to be south of Lot 40; and that the deed conveys Lot No. 26. +his would indicate that the old Marsh house is on either Lots 24 or 25, or both; likewise indicat- ing that the old Marsh house had been built and was being occupied by Jonathan iiarsh during the year 1797. It is apparent, from the reading of this descrip- tion, that the liarsh house, proper, is not conveyed by this deeds; but that Jon&than luarsh was living in this house at the time (or in 1797). i do not find how Daniel Marsh at deal es of his in- terest in this property. July 11, 1764, Lillington Lockhart and James Lock- hart made a deed to hobert Palmer, of Bath Town; Book 4, page 48; this deed conveyed the following lands: 255 acres adjoining Bath town (not concerned in this investigation). "Also one other tract in the County aforesaid, sit- uated at Bath Town and bounded by the ditch that divides the said land from the town; bounded by James #llison's lanc on the north, by the Michael Coutank land on the east, by Bath Town on the south, and town Creek on the west; With, all and singular, the appurtenances thereunto belonging or appertaining whatsoever; together with all the lots, wharves, houses, store-houses, ware-houses, barns, stables, out-houses, orchards, gardens and appur- tenances thereto belonging unto the said lots; and being in Bath town and distinguished by the Nos. 24. and £5, Rowans lots in the plan of said town. Being the lots and houses whereon the said Michael Coutenk, in his life- time, dwelt, together with five, other lots lying and being in said town and distinguisged by the Nos. 54, 48, 535, <5, 63 and 64 in the plan of said ‘town, and all the houses, out -houses and appurtenances thereunto belonging or appertaining." ‘his deed names a consideration of 1012 pounds, pro- clamation money Up 4,868.56). Semble: I am unable to connect the ownership of hobert Palmer With that of Jonathan Marsh; and no deeds or Wills of record which will explain this. It will be noted in this report ete that the Lots 24, 25 and «<6 were sold by Slade Pearce Sheriff, to David We Marsh, “pril 29th, 1808. It would appear from the consideration named in this deed (1808) compared with the consideration named in the Jonathan and Daniel Marsh deed of 1797 (if that deed did cover the old Marsh house) that the improvements were put on Lots 24, 26 and 26 (to-wit -- the old Marsh house) Sometime between these dates. | +he deed from Wm. Farris to Jonathan and Daniel liarsh, 1797, indicates that Jonathan Marsh was thenliving in the large house south of Lot 26. It is, therefore, speculative as to when the old Marsh house was built; and the reader will have to form his own Opinions as to this times; ana as to the precise year. it will be noted, from this examination, that Jonathan Marsh was living in a “large house -- bounaeea to the east by Lot 40. 2 Jonathan and waniel Marsh acquired this property in 1797, unuex aeed from iim. Yrarriss, op. this abstract. the particular lots, 24, 25 and 26, were sold by Siace Pearce, Sheriff of Beaufort County, im April 1808, under executions for debts owing by Jonathan Marsh. #na the title to these lots thereby went out of Jonathan Niarsh. Jonathan and saniel ilarsh bought the old ‘‘elfair home, on the north side of Water 5t., Washington, N.C., from John Yray Blount in 1795. ( his property is now owned by the es- tate of J. Lester tiynne). Jonathan jiarsh is reputed to have built this old velfair house, on lWiater Street. It was sold by the children of aniel G. Marsh in March, 1817, subsequently came into the ownership of James L. Fowle as irustee for Sareh A. Telfair. | | ! At least, this old teifair house, in Washington, is built ana modelled along the plans of the Marsh house in Bath, ana bears much re semblance to the ola Warsh house in Bath. Ana Jonathan Marsh lived the latter years of his life in Washington, .C., ana in this “Telfair” house. It will be noted that the deed to Jonathan and Vaniel Marsh, in 1797 (p. __. this abstract), gave a coxsideration of 150 pounds (# 729.00). »lade Pearce Sheriff, sold this property, in i808, unuer executions, for 750 pounds (% 3645.00). On this basis; it would seem reasonably certain thet the old liarsh house, in Bath, was built sometime between the years 1797 ana 1808. Ano this is the most reasonable con~ -Glusion I can arrive at as to the cate of construction of the Marsh house in Bath. “he deed to “obert Palmer, in 1764 (p. this abstract), conveyed a large area of land, inclusive of what is now the old Marsh property in Bath. the consideration for that deed would not indicate that the old Marsh house in Bath had been built at that time; compared with the consideration of » 3645.00 under the sale by Slade Pearce, Sheriff in 1808. hespectfully submitted: ),K. Bonner.