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2005 Volume 11.4 GRANVILLE CONNECTIONS N ••I :s""' "•• c • .• •101 Mill s1.., c. •••• ~ .... 11.c.21•01 11 1 1113' '•~• , ....,. .......1LHt.u,, -·-·- , ... ____ :-.:::.-:: Journal of the Granville County Genealogical Society 1746, Inc. Volume 11, Number 4 Fall 2005 Granville County Genealogical Society 1746, Inc. www .gcgs.org Officers for Calendar Year, 2005 President - Mildred Goss Corresponding Secretary - Velvet Satterwhite Vice President - Richard Taylor Historian - Mary McGhee Treasurer - Patricia Nelson Publication Editor -Bonnie Breedlove Recording Secretary - Shirley Pritchett Membership Membership is open to anyone with an interest in the genealogical research and preservation of materials that might aid in family research in Granville County or elsewhere. Memberships include Individual Memberships - $15.00 and Family Memberships (receiving one publication) - $20.00. Membership in the Society, with renewal due one year from joining, include copies of The Society Messenger and Granville Connections. Members are also entitled to one query per quarter to appear in Granville Connections. New members joining after November 1 may request their membership be activated for the following year, with publication commencing in that year. Editorial Policy Granville Connections places its emphasis on material concerning persons or activities in that area known as Granville County. It includes those areas of present day Vance, Warren and Franklin Counties before they became independent counties. Members are encouraged to submit material for consideration for publication. The editorial staff will judge the material on relevance to area, interest, usefulness and informative content. Members are encouraged to submit queries for each journal. S4bmissions must be fully documented, citing sources, or they will not be printed. Submissions will not be returned, but will be placed in the North Carolina Room at the Richard H. Thornton library, the repository for the Society. The Society, its publication committee or the Editor cannot assume responsibility for errors in submissions for publication. Every effort will be made to minimize these types of errors as well as typographical errors made by the staff. Corrections will be noted in subsequent issues. Correspondence Please notify the Society of a change of address as soon as possible. We can be notified at PO Box 1746, Oxford, NC 27565. Bulle mail is not forwarded and publications are not returned. Address m~il concerning Granville Connections to: Attn: Editor: Correspondence concerning membership, change of address, subscriptions, etc. should be addressed to the Society. All mail is received at P.O. Box 1746, Oxford, NC 27565 or contact us at www.gcgs.org. Granville Connections, the journal of the Granville County Genealogical Society 1746, Inc. is published quarterly, postage requirements paid at Creedmoor, NC. Copyright 2005 by the Granville County Genealogical Society 1746, Inc. All rights reserved. Granville County Genealogical Society 1746, Inc. is a non profit tax exempt organization under 501 © (3). Granville Connections Journal of the Granville County Genealogical Society 1746, Inc. Table of Contents NC Counties & County Seats ·······················································41·········· 85 Bute County NC Court Minutes, Part 2 86 Green Gleanings ....................................................................................... 90 Roster of Granville County Troops in the War Between the States, Part 2 ................................................................................ 91 The Baptist College ................................................................................... 94 The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) ................................................. 95 Cupid Again at Work ............................................................................... 96 1878 Marriage Records, Part 4 of 4......................................................... 97 ~cl ..••..•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••••••••..•••..••.••••.••.••••.•••••.•••••••••..••••••.•..•..•. 1()1 Scholarship Roll of Honor ...................................................................... 1()2 Diggin' Up Bones .................................................................................... 103 Rambling Around ................................................................................... 104 List of Granville County Patriots of The Revolution, Part 4 ................ 105 On The Move .......................................................................................... 106 Warren County, Part 6 ........................................................................... 107 An Elegant Dinner .................................................................................. 109 Granville County Deaths ........................................................................ 110 2005 Index ................................................................................................ 112 Editor: Bonnie Breedlove Copyright 2005 by the Granville County Genealogical Society 1746, Inc. \_.} A a c D E F o~ H J K L M N v I R G I N I STOKES I ROCKINGHAM CASWELL PERSON v"- VANCE I WARREN 1785 • 1791 1881 1779 • 000.0., l Donbury. Yonceyvilk ~~ 1771 1789 Wen~ 1777• Re»<boro• cf • WotTtntoo.• ......i• H<ndenOt'I FORSYTH &~\ GUILFORD <"' 1849 Dt.l"lllt. I _1;,~.1~1 - ILouimu,oe I ~~u ""-, I I ?..::1.,,_ "'~~'-,.......,-'1- U\\ I~ G<eensboro• 'I"" l' .,,,.Jf° 1771 J "''11752 RANDOLPH CHATHAM l ~ -·- ~~,~~·;41-.>l~"'\19~729 .Asheboro Pithhottt.A I . --· / \i8ss •wu""'"\. ':/"' /JJ. \" v1~ eMonme 1842 SOUTH CAROLINA ~ PJCPf ~ o~1P o~J'.~ <'b~~ 0 ~~co 0 \. ~~~ 0 ~ ~ NORTH CAROLINA + COUNTIES fY and ~v fr COUNTY SEATS WITH DATES OF COUNTY FORMATIONS ~ SOUTH Scale of'.Miles 0 10 20 30 GEORGIA CAROLINA A ,.--._ a c D E F fJ~ H J K L M N ~--··· ' Bute County NC Court Minutes Part 2 Or er' d that Edward CARY an Aged and infirm person be recommended to the Gener~l Assembly of this Province as a proper person to be exempt from paying publick Taxes & Performing other publick Duties. William PARK produced a power of Attorney from Robert CRAWFORD, Robert Mclintock and C'o +vt-ERCHANTS to the said PARK which was proved by the Seal of the City of Glasgow & subscribed by the present Lord provost of the said City agreeable to an Act of parliament made in fifth year of King George the second. The said power being dated the 4th day of June 17 67. Order' d that the said Power of Attorney be admitted to record. A Deed of Bargain & Sale from William MOORE to Daniel POTTER for 400 acres dated the 7th of September 1767. Ack'd. - M.O.R. Julius NICHOLS Esq'r produced a Commission from under the hand & seal of His Excellency the Govemour dated the 19th day of May 1767 appointing him Sheriff for the County of Bute the ensuing Year; took the Oaths of Government subscribed the Test & took the Oath of a sheriff and enter'd into Bond with Benjamin PERSON, Thomas BELL, John HAWKINS & William MOORE securities approved of by the county .. Francis CAPPS appointed constable in the rome of Joshua CAPPS who was Qualified according to Law. Order' d that Wm MAY be fined Nisi & be summand to appear to shew cause why he did not appear to next Court. Benjamin PERSON C. Sur: retum'd a plan of an Acre of Land by him surveyed for Francis MABRY & Likewise an half acre of Land of John GOLDEN according to an order oflast Court. - M.O.R. Green HILL, Benjamin WARD & Philemon HAWKINS made a return of the valuation of an Half acre of Land the property of John GOLDEN amounting to Twenty shillings Virginia money. - M.O.R. Thursday after the last Tuesday in October 1767 On Notice in Writing being given that Julius NICHOLS & others intend to make use of some place on the Land of William MOORE for the publick Worship of God according to the practice of Protestants of the presbeterian Denomination; agreeable to the request of the subscribers thereto, Order'd that the said Notice &c be filed &c. Page6 The Petition of Nathaniel HENDERSON Esq'r for a mill on lease Branch being read to refer'd until next Court. Granville Connections 86 GCGS 1746, Inc. Fall 2005 Henry HILL Esq'r returns his list of Taxables. c David BRAY proved his Attendance in the suit of FOWLER vs WILLIAMS as a Witness for the Deft amounting to 28/10 proc. John Ferdinand SMITH proved his Attendance in the suit as a witness BLACK vs MURPHY Pr plaintiff amounting to £3 .8.4 proc. John Ferdinand SMITH prove his Attendance in the suit BLACK vs ROCKETT as a witness amounting to £2.6.4 proc. S'd SMITH proved his Attendance in the suit BLACK vs JONES as a witness amounting to £2.6.4 proc. S'd SMITH proved his Attendance in the suit BLACK vs ELLIS as a witness amounting to £1.9.4 proc. S' d SMITH proved his Attendance in the suit BLACK vs BULLARD as a witness amounting to £1.9.4 proc. Henry HILL Esq'r proved his Attendance as a witness in the suit FOWLER vs Art: WILLIAMS as a Witness for Deft amounting to 8/9 proc. Order' d that Francis MABRY have leave to Build a Grist Mill on Little Creek according to a petition read & refer' d at last Court The Court adjourned until to Morrow 9 0 Clock. The Court mett according to Adjournment. Present William JOHNSON, Thos TURNER, John HAWKINS, Esq'rs. A Revoke to a power of attorney from Zachariah MARTIN to Thomas BELL proved by the oath of James MARTIN. - M.O.R. A Deed of Bargain & Sale from John GUNN to Stephen LOWER for 300 acres, dated the 8th of March 1765, proved by the oath of Thomas EATON Esq'r. -M.O.R Jethro SUMNER Esq'r returned his List of
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