Lenoir County, NC - John Cobb, Division of Lands, 1844

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Heritage Place - Lenoir County Community College
Vertical File # Cobb - 03653-14

                           ESTATE OF JOHN COBB

Note: This is a court record concerning the estate of John Cobb including 
land in Lenoir County, and was filed in Craven County.

Book 57 page 208 - Craven County, NC Deed Book

16 December 1844 - State of North Carolina, Lenoir County - by order of the 
Superior Court of Law Craven County we the undersigned --- having been duly 
sworn - proceeded to divide between and among the several heirs at law of 
John Cobb, dec according to the plan of survey herewith annexed. We find 
two thousand five hundred and forty seven acres of land (including the 
mills which we have divided into four equal shares, the fifth share we make 
of the real estate in the Town of Newbern and of the lands in Dover 
containing about one thousand acres in which there is an incumbrance of the 
life estate of J(?)ames G. Heritage on about three hundred acres the whole 
which five shares we have valued at twelve thousand five hundred or twenty 
five hundred dollars each ?? by the plan annexed. No 1 is situated as 
follows viz: beginning at the old Meeting House Bridge NS of Great Branch, 
river bank at the upper end of Seine Beach, John Jackson's line

SS? Of main road - 593 acres

No 2 including the Mills which was drawn by Jesse Cobb - adj John Jackson's 
corner, the 4th corner of Lot No 1 up ?? Creek to the corner of Mr. Cobb's 
land according to the will of John Cobb, dec - 312 acres including the mill 
pond

No 3 - beginning at run of Streeter ??? branch, new road to Heath's line, 
corner of Story's ?? patent, to a stake in George Mett's patent, Rooty??? 
Branch to Mrs. Cobb's corner, Strawberry Swamp - nine hundred and seventy 
?? two acres

No 4 - drawn by Harriet A. E. Peeples wife of John H. Peebles - beginning 
at run of Strawberry swamp, new road, Lot #3, Heath's line, Coxes field, 
Shade Loftin's field, Joseph Loftin's road, ?? Waters corner - seven 
hundred twenty acres

No 5 - consists in part of the real estate in the Town of Newbern and the 
lands situated in Dover on which James. G. Herritage now resides supposed 
to contain one thousand acres about three hundred of which is subject to an 
incumbrance of the life estate of the said Heritage.

P. Hardee, B. Coleman, N. G. Blount, Lewis C. Desmond,m S. B. Carraway

Craven Superior Court
Spring Term 1845 - to divide certain tracts of land and their improvements 
situated and lying in the counties of Craven, Jones, and Lenoir between 
Jesse Cobb, John Cobb, Jr, John H. Peebles and his wife Harriet , Richard 
Cobb, John Cobb (sic) and Henry Cobb, heirs of John Cobb deceased

Enrolled in the minutes of Spring Term 1845 William Blackledge, Clerk

P 350

His home plantation also a certain tract called his Dover lands lying and 
being in the Counties of Lenoir and Jones on Dover road adj the lands of 
John Rouse and others, and one half of a lot of ground in the town of 
Newbern on the South side of Broad Street and nearly opposite the Market 
House and known by the number 84, between the Petitioners Richard G. Cobb, 
John Cobb and Henry Cobb heirs at law of the late John Cobb dec by his 
second marriage so that the Petitioners Richard G. Cobb may have allotted 
to him and set apart his respective share in several, being one third part 
here fail not and return the proceedings of said Commissioners --- on the 
4th Monday after the fourth Monday of March.

Will S. Blackledge, Clk

The undersigned Commissioners proceeded on the 4th day of January in the 
year of our Lord 1847 to divide the undivided portion of the real estate of 
John Cobb, dec and set aside to Richard G. Cobb one of the heirs his 
portion --- Richard drew Lot #1.

P. Hardee, John Williams, N. G. Blount, S. B. Carraway, Lewis C. Desmond

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