This collection includes Hyde County, North Carolina, land records (1797-1825) for Benson, English, Bell, Carrowon, and Selby families; a will (1791) for Samuel Selby; and an 1824 letter.
The Bell, Benson, Carrowon, English, and Selby families brought and sold real estate in Hyde County, North Carolina and the land records document those real estate transactions. Samuel Selby of the Selby family owned enslaved people and this information is documented in his will which is among the land records.
The records show the financial history of a variety of families such as the Bell, Benson, Carrowon, English, and Selby families. This financial history comes in the form of land records showing the families' real estate transactions and a will by Samuel Selby that provides information on his ownership of enslaved people. The records do include a letter between Ruben Benson and Green Carrowon.
April 9, 2019, 0.2 cubic feet; This collection includes Hyde County, North Carolina, land records (1797-1825) for Benson, English, Bell, Carrowon, and Selby families; a will (1791) for Samuel Selby; and an 1824 letter. Gift of William E. "Mickey" Elmore.
Gift of William E. "Mickey" Elmore
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