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40920
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These give a history of the Hawks Family in New Bern; early vessels in the Port of New Bern; runaway slaves; surveys and overseers for new roads in Craven County.
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40925
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These give early history of gristmills in Craven County; early Thanksgiving services; the Privateer ‘General Nash’; story of Gen. William Bryan in the Revolution; story of Mrs. Mary Vail Jones Wilson Moore ‘Madame Moore’; search for information on Adonijah Perry and Claret Wine, Revolutionary War veterans; Christmas as celebrated by the Moravians.
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40935
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These give selected early Craven County deeds; Marriage and Death notices and advertisements from New Bern newspapers; Sale of Gov. Josiah Martin’s property 1777; Names of Soldiers in the War of 1812; Dr. Edward Pasteur and the Privateer Snapdragon.
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40943
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These give Craven County patents; Pitt County case of sedition 1776; case of giving information to the British 1779; Division of the estate of Jeremiah Vail 1826; Inventory of Isaac Cole 1806; Jones County Deed Abstracts.
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40969
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These have the case of Thomas Pitt Irving vs John Glazier over sinking of a sloop in 1809, first known case of sinking in Neuse River due to lack of ’shifting board’; Estate of Edward Franck, 1777; Edward Franck Land Grants; Estate of William S. Sparrow, 1826-28; Poem found in Estate Papers of John Justice, 1826; Land dispute on Rainbow Creek, 1794; Marriage and Death notices and advertisements from New Bern newspapers.
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40973
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These are a court case about a ship that sunk at the Swash near Ocracoke Bar 1809-1816; Sale of estate of Edward Franck 1777; Land Grants to Edward Franck; Sale of the estate of William S. Sparrow 1826-1831; About Rainbow Creek, Dobbs County; Marriage and Death notices and advertisements from New Bern newspapers.153-167
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40980
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These give the Will of James Bryan 1794; Partition of the lands of John Frink Smith 1833; Will of Furnifold Green 1759; Will of Furnifold Green 1774; James and Henry Snoad Bonner vs. William Stewart over land in Pitt County 1791; Names of early New Bern inhabitants 1830-1860; The founding of New Bern by DeGraffenreid; tribute to Elizabeth (Bessie) Clifton Carman, genealogist.
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40985
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These have the names of oldest inhabitants of New Bern, 1830-60; Will and inventory of Richard Graves, 1774; Capt. Alexander Todd’s Charter Party, 1869; Craven County Administration Bonds, 1757-1791; Abstracts of select Court Records of Craven County; Deposition of Elizabeth B. Jones, 1836 about Richard Buck of Onslow County; Capt. John Oliver’s Will, 1776; Case of the stolen pale blue sow, 1801; Will of James Davis, 1783.
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40990
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These have Craven County school children, 1841; Early New Bern newspapers; List of letters in the New Bern Post Office, 1828; Suit about Capt. William Randall’s horse captured by the British, 1781; NC Senate Journal 1789; Estate of Nathan Smith, 1823; Hardy Bryan Croom family died when the Steamboat Home blew up off Cape Hatteras, 1837; Dr. Wrenn’s house attacked after local polls of election closed, 1790; William Clark’s Will, 1796.
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40994
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These have the estate of Abner Nash, 1788; Craven County Commissioners of the Road, 1816-17; Petitions for Grist Mills 1767-1793; Gov. Caswell Letter, 1777; Old Thanksgiving Hymn; Revolutionary War Continental Soldiers vouchers, 1785; New Bern Town Taxables, 1779; New Bern Lot Entries, 1774; New Bern Town Taxables, 1816; Court case about Nathan Keais ship being captured by the British, 1779.
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41057
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These are articles of agreement for a horse race, 1789; Petition for dower of Elizabeth Ellis, widow of Michael Ellis, 1834; The Ipock Family Early Settlers; Inventory of estate of Edward Pasteur, 1823; Ann and Wilson Blount of Bellair Plantation; the Will of Mrs. Hannah Shine Stringer Reed, 1784.
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41061
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These give the inventory of the estate of Patrick Cleary, 1791; Inventory of Benjamin Fordham, 1778; Deeds of Col. Joseph Leech, Esq.; Militia List of Capt. John Shine’s District, on Broad Creek, 1754; List of Company of Foot from Maule’s Run to Johnston/Craven County Line, 1754; Craven County Militia, 1755; Craven County Troop of Horse, 1758; List of Foot soldiers of Southwest Creek, Craven County, 1754; Pay for Members of the General Assembly, 1754.
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41068
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These give the Petition of dower for Rachel Bryan Blount, 1816; Will of Asa Jones of New Bern, 1838; Roster of Company F, Second Regiment in Civil War; Turner Nelson’s Contract to Teach, 1823.
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41079
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These give the Heirs of William Shepard, 1837; Partition of the Land of Phebe and Eliza Fonvielle, 1822; Partition of Elizabeth Richardson Fonvielle, 1823; Court Case John Coor Pendar vs. Arthur Jones, 1823 about the Roundabout, land of George Pollock in Wayne County, NC; Court Case James Riggs vs. Benjamin Tillman about land dispute on Gale’s Creek, 1823; Petition of William Bryan and others for Partition of Land, 1817; Court Case about sloop ‘The Friendship,’ owned by Nathan Keais, left Ocracoke Bar and was captured by the British, 1787, mentions shipbuilding on Pungo; Inventory and Estate of Thomas L. Cheeke, 1816; Boundary Dispute between David Witherspoon and John Planter, 1795, over Col. Wilson’s Great Quarter; Division of New Bern Town Lot of Antipas Tisdale, 1791; Local marriages and deaths taken from Raleigh newspapers.