Dobbs County NcArchives History .....Thomas Pridgen Papers
************************************************
Copyright. All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm
************************************************
File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Martha M. Marble http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00022.html#0005285 January 17, 2015, 11:28 pm
THOMAS PRIDGEON PAPERS ? Private Collection #1612, North Carolina Archives,
Raleigh, NC.
INDENTURE ? JOHN IRONS TO SAMUEL RUFFIN
4 December 1773 ? JOHN IRONS of Dobbs to SAMUEL RUFFIN of Edgecombe (torn) ?
fifty pds ? sell a track in Dobbs SS of Great Contentney Creek and both sides of
Tisons Creek being formerly surveyed for SAMUEL ROLLINGS ?? ? beginning at the
Run of Tisons Marsh opposite FRANS HARPER?S fields below the road and runs up
Hucklesberry Marsh adj DUNN, TIMOTHY REEVES, WILLIAM WILLIAMS, BENJA CASWELL,
FRANS HARPER ? 200 acres
WIT Wm BLOUNT, GRAY RUFFIN
END OF DOCUMENT
INDENTURE ? WEST WILLIAMS TO SAMUEL RUFFIN
12 March 1774 ? WEST WILLIAMS of Craven to SAMUEL RUFFIN of Edgecombe ? 100 pds ?
sell tract in Dobbs ? SW Tyson?s Marsh granted by Patent in Sept 1745 ? runs
various courses of Patent teversed to the line of the land conveyed by Deed from
said WILLIAM WILLIAMS to CHARLES MILLER ? 250 acres ? mill and plantation ? being
land bequeathed by last will and Testament of WILLIAM WILLIAMS dec father of WEST
WILLIAMS
No further information
END OF DOCUMENT
DIVISION OF WARD NEGROES
Document torn
Torn ? In pursuance to an ?? of Dobbs Inferior Court and last will subscribers
have met and divided 6 Negros to wit ? Peter, Tony, Arch, Little peter, Ulsey and
Dinnah ? lately the property of sd decd (not named) among the 5 sons of him dec
to wit ? EZEKIEL, BEST, BURWELL, SPEYERS and BENJAMIN WARD in the following
manner
No 1 ? EZEKIEL WARD for Negro man Peter and he to pay unto BEST WARD 12 pds
No 2. BEST WARD (smudged) ? Lot #5 Negro Toney
No 3 . To BURWELL WARD lot #4 ? Negro man Arch and Negro boy little peter and to
pay unto BEST WARD ? 12 pds
No. 4 ? To SPYERS WARD ? lot #3 ? negro (torn) Ulsey
No 5 ? To BENJAMIN WARD ? lot #2 Negro woman Diana and he to pay (torn) WARD 4
pds and SPEYERS WARD 8 pds.
END OF DOCUMENT
INDENTURE ? SAMUEL RUFFIN TO THOMAS PRIDGEN
10 June 1777 ? SAMUEL RUFFIN of Edgecombe to THOMAS PRIDGEN of Dobbs ? 250 pds ?
sell tract in Dobbs on SS Tysons Marsh ? run in patent line to various courses of
the Patent traversed in land conveyed from WILLIAM WILLIAMS by deed to CHARLES
MILLER ? 250 acres ? part of Patent dated Sept. 1745 and bequeathed by sd
WILLIAMS to WEST WILLIAMS and by sd WEST WILLIAMS to SAMUEL RUFFIN; another
tract in Dobbs on both sides of Tysons Marsh adj above land adj TIMOTHY REAVES,
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, BEN CASWELL, FRANCIS HARPER ? 250 acres ? being a tract granted
by Patent to JOHN IRONS and the same land formerly surveyed for SAML ROLLENS and
Conveyed by IRONS to SAMUEL RUFFIN
WIT G. RUFFIN, ETH. RUFFIN, MARY RUFFIN
Dobbs Court 1777 on oath of ETH RUFFIN M Caswell, Clk
Enrolled Dobbs County Liber B p 262 10 October 1777 R. Caswell Jr, Regr
END OF DOCUMENT
DEED OF GIFT ? THOMAS PRIDGEN TO THOMAS RUFFIN PRIDGEN
11 February 1804 ? Greetings, I THOMAS PRIDGEN of Greene for natural love and
affection to my son THOMAS RUFFIN PRIDGEN ? and 5 shillings ? convey a tract in
Greene Co ? SS Grate Contentnea, WS Tysons Marsh being parte of a tract I
patented bearing date 1779 ? adj his own line, to the rode ? 130 acres; another
tract ? olde rode, Spring Branch ? 230 acres (I reserve for my natural life) ?
former patent of MOSES FIELDS mentioned on ES Spring Branch (NOTE: not clear if
this is the original FIELDS PATENT)
WIT JESSE PRIDGEN, FRANCIS WILLIAMS
To Court Greene County Feb Term ? Hooker, Clk
Enrolled Book d p 189 (no date) ? Williams, Regr.
END OF DOCUMENT
INDENTURE ? 10 October 17 ? torn ? 4 (17?4) ? THOMAS LANE TO THOMAS PRIDGEN
THOMAS LANE of Dobbs to THOMAS PRIDGEN of Edgecombe ? 45 pds ? sell tract ? 200
acres ? Both sides of ? torn ? in Dobbs ? adj mouth of a branch in Fort Run,
patent line ? being part of larger tract granted to THOMAS LANE by a patent dated
15 Nov. 1743
SIGNED by X
WIT WILLIAM DUNN, JAMES KIRKPATRICK, ANOTHY (X) LEWIS
To Dobbs Court Jan Term 1765 on oath of WILLIAM DUNN Martin Caswell CC
Enrolled Liber MC #1 pages 300, 302, 302 25 March 1765 Martin Caswell, Reg
END OF DOCUMENT
SURVEY ? FOR THOMAS PRIDGEN
29 January 1767 ? Dobbs Co - Surveyed 300 acres for THOMAS PRIDGEN ? adj JSEUM ??
LANE, MARY (torn), WILL ?? FAIRCLOTH, NOBLE WILLIAMS - Phillip Stone, Surveyor
END OF DOCUMENT
SURVEY ? FOR THOMAS PRIDGEN
25 Jan 1780 - Dobbs Co ? for THOMAS PRIDGEN ? 200 acres ? SS Great CONTENTNEY,
adj JOHN EDWARDS, DAVID WARD, Fort Run, BENJ EDWARDS, his own line C.
Markland, Surveyor
CB RUFFIN PRIDGEN, JER. HINSON
END OF DOCUMENT
SURVEY ? THOMAS PRIDGEN
14 June 1779 ? Dobbs Co ? for THOMAS PRIDGEN ? 200 acres ? SS Fort Run, adj DAVID
WARD, THOMAS EDWARDS, BENJAMIN EDWARDS
C. Markland, Surveyor
END OF DOCUMENT
THOMAS PRIDGEN TAXES
Received of THOMAS PRIDGEN his public County and Parish taxes for 5 taxables due
for the year 1764 at 12/10 each
Saml Ruffin
END OF DOCUMENT
GRANT #209 ? TO JOHN IRONS
22 Jan 1773 - NOTE: Badly torn and missing parts ? Grant to JOHN IRONS in Dobbs ?
200 acres SS Great Contentnea Creek ? formerly SAMUEL R ? torn ? DUNN?S line ?
rest torn
Josiah Martin, Gov
SURVEY ? JOHN IRONS
16 October 1771 ? Dobbs Co ? for JOHN IRONS ? 200 acres ? SS Great Contentnea ?
both sides of Tysons Creek being land formerly surveyed for SAMUEL ROLLINGS ? run
of Tysons Marsh opposite FRANCIS HARPER, HUCKLESBERRY Marsh, TIMOTHY REEVES,
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, BENJAMIN EDWARDS
W. Dickson, Surv
END OF DOCUMENT
INDENTURE ? ROBERT AND HENRY BEST TO THOMAS PRIDGEN
11 December 1817 ? ROBERT BEST and HENRY BEST of Greene to THOMAS PRIDGEN - $900
? sell a tract in Greene ? SS Great Contentnea Creek, Tisons Marsh ? adj HINSON?S
line now BEST?S line ? 60 acres
WIT HENRY MORING, SMITH PRIDGEN
To Greene Court Feb Term 1818 ? Am Tooley Clk
Registered Book F p 551 Tho Ormond, Reg
END OF DOCUMENT
JOSHUA HOUSE TO THOMAS PRIDGEN
21 August 1771 ? I, JOSHUA HOUSE, of Dobbs for 80 pds sell to THOMAS PRIDGEN ?
one Negro woman GOTT aged 22 or 23 years
WIT JESSE COBB, GEOR. BELL
END OF DOCUMENT
APPOINTMENT OF THOMAS PRIDGEN
6 May 1779 ? State of NC ? To THOMAS PRIDGEN ? appoint you to be Captain of a
Company in the Dobbs Regiment of Militia in this State
R. Caswell
END OF DOCUMENT
GRANT #607 ? To THOMAS PRIDGEN
Grant to THOMAS PRIDGEN in Dobbs ? 300 acres ? adj ISAAC LANE, MARY F (?) ennell,
SIMON TURNER ? rest missing
Enrolled 29 April 1767
END OF DOCUMENT?
SURVEY ? THOMAS PRIDGEN
16 November 1798 ? Survey by Warrant No 1009 issued 11 June 1780 ?
Survey for THOMAS PRIDGEN a tract of 81 acres in Dobbs ? SS Contentnea on both
sides of Fort Run adj ABRAHAM SHEPPARD, ROBERT WILLIAMS ? 300 acres
? Holliday Surv
CB AUGUSTINE WASDON, DAVID SMILER
END OF DOCUMENT
GRANT #194 ? To THOMAS PRIDGEN
27 October 1779 - To THOMAS PRIDGEN ? 50 shillings for every 100 acres ? 200
acres in DOBBS ? SS Fort Run adj DAVID WARD, THOMAS EDWARDS, SANDS STANDLEY
Richard Caswell, Gov
END OF DOCUMENT
GRANT #442 ? To THOMAS PRIDGEN
13 October 1783 ? To THOMAS PRIDGEN ? 50 shillings for every 100 acres ? 200
acres in Dobbs ? SS Great Contentney ? adj JOHN EDWARDS, DAVID WARD, BENJ.
EDWARDS
Alexander Martin, Gov
Enrolled Glasgow County on 25 Sept 1797 Seth Speight, Regr
END OF DOCUMENT
INDENTURE ? WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEAR TO THOMAS PRIDGEN
2 February 1771 ? WILLIAM COLLEAR and MARY his wife of Dobbs Co to THOMAS PRIDGEN
? 40 pds ? a tract SS of Great Contentney Creek, Fort Run ? 200 acres being part
of a larger tract granted to THOMAS LANE by patent on 15 Nov 1743
Both signed by mark
WIT ROBERT WILLIAMS, DAVID (X) WARD, JEHU (X) WARD
To Dobbs Court April Term 1771 on oath of ROBERT WILLIAMS ? Martin Caswell, Clk
END OF DOCUMENT
GRANT #884 TO THOMAS PRIDGEN
26 December 1791 ? to THOMAS PRIDGEN ? 50 shillings for every 100 acres ? 81
acres ? SS Contentnea both sides of Fort Run and ABRAHAM SHEPPERD, ROBERT
WILLIAMS
Alexander Martin, Gov
Enrolled 25 Sept 1797
END OF DOCUMENT
PARTIAL DOCUMENT
Nov 1776 ? Dobbs Co - Wife PENELOPE WILLIAMS and THOMAS WILLIAMS to WM COLLIER ?
200 and ? acres ? Great Contentnea Creek
File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/dobbs/history/other/thomaspr146ms.txt
This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/
File size: 8.9 Kb