Papers (1786--1873) consisting of land records, tax paid, bankruptcy, etc.
The Ballards Crossroads was a small community known as Walshville in the early 1850s. The community was named after Joseph Lemuel Ballard (1819-1893) who had several stores within the community. The post office was named "Joesph" from 1894-1895, but prior to that it was known as Pleasant Mount from 1854-1860. Ballard was an enslaver and had bloodhounds funt for freedom seekers. Before the Civil War, he buried his money to prevent thievery, but was unable to find it at the end of the war. Other people who lived in Ballard's Crossroads was M. A. Rouse, Gahazi Britt (an enslaver who moved to Brazil), John and Aben Slaughter, Henry and Richard Blow, Dr. James M. Hines, and Dr. E. J. Blount.
The bulk of this collection consists of land records for Greenville, N.C., and the Ballard Crossroads community of Pitt County, N.C. (1786-1873). Benjamin May and Elias Carr (grandfather of Governor Elias Carr) were involved in some of these land transactions. Also included in this collection is a contract concerning the recovery of taxes paid on cotton, a notice of bankruptcy, a voucher of an estates administrator and miscellaneous legal documents.
Gift of Dr. Joseph W. Congleton
Gift of Dr. Joseph W. Congleton
Processed by L. Hofler, May 1974
Encoded by Apex Data Services
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