(Mecklenburg formed from Lunenburg Co. 1765)
Deed and Will Abstracts
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WILL BOOK 1 (1765-1782)
Page 164. Feb. 6, 1763. Will of Dennis LARK. William BARTLETT marks "WB" as witness.
Page 172. Sep. 24, 1773. Accounts of sales of estate of Dennis LARK: John BALLARD, Jr. bought corn and a cart; Robert BALLARD bought corn; William BALLARD bought wheat.
Page 185. Oct. 16, 1773. Will of John SPEED, Jr. of St. James Parish. William LUCAS, William LUCAS, Jr. and Thomas LUCAS witnessed.
Page 262. Mar. 5, 1778. Will of James HOLLOWAY names son Archer; daus Elizabeth, Ashley DENHAM, wife Juded/Judith?. Proved May 11, 1778. Exrs: John WINKLER, Archer HOLLOWAY and Samuel DENHAM. Edy "small letter e with line across it" PASCHAL witnessed.
Page 268. June 29 1778. Will of William LUCAS, wife Anne, and she to pay my sister Hannah SULLIVANT’s children £175, to be divided amongst them all; £50 to my brother-in-law, William BASKERVILLE plus some clothes; to godson Henry DELONG/DELONY? Jr; to cousins, William LUCAS, Jr. and John LUCAS. Proved Sep. 14, 1778.
WILL BOOK 2 (1782-1788
Page 132. Jul. 17, 1782. Will of John MARSHALL. To son Samuel, he to pay my granddaughter, Catherine CARTER £30; and pay my grandson Jesse CARTER £10; son James; son Benjamin; I lend to my son-in-law Robert NANCE and hiw wife, my daughter Ann NANCE, some negroes; daughter Lucy MALONE; granddaughter Mary INGRAM; granddaughter Betsey HOOPPER; to Judith NANCE. Proved Mar. 14, 1785.
WILL BOOK 9 (1819-1824)
Page 106. Will of Samuel BLAND names wife Elizabeth; friend John GOODE. Money from US Govt expected from death of my son John while in the army. Children, Williamson BLAND, Elizabeth NOVILL and Rebecah CARPENTER. Wit: John C. GOODE, Dabney FARRAR. Proved Feb. 17, 1820.
Abstracted from LDS microfilm by Sandra G. Taylor, JEB and Judi Dyckman.
From the book "Early Settlers, Mecklenburg county, Va. Vol II":
Page 36: 1757 Richard ROTTENBERRY of South Carolina, to John BOZEMAN of Lun. Co., Va., 100 acres on the south or upper side of Great Creek, part of a patent by Henry ROTTENBERRY, Sr.
Page 37: 1758 John ROTTENBERRY of Lunenburg Co., Va., deeded to Francis RAINEY of Dinwiddie County, Va., 100 acres on the north side of the Roanoke River. This is part of a 400 acre patent by Henry ROTTENBERRY in 1756. Witnesses: John EZELL, Jr., Ephraim MABRY, and WILLIAM BARTLETT.
Page 69: Henry ROTTENBERRY's 1753 Lun. Co. will: Wife Margaret. Sons: John, Henry, Richard. Daughter Martha. Son-in-law John NIPPER.
From Lunenburg Co., Va. Deed book 8, page 189:
April 10, 1762 James
Sheffield of Brunswick County, Va. deeded to WILLIAM BARTLETT of Lunenburg
Co, Va., for 29 pounds, 400 acres in Lunenburg adj. JONES and Hewey's (sic) corner on the branch of Mill Branch, BROOKS, as appears by patent to James SHEFFIELD August 20, 1760. Signed Lurney and James SHEFFIELD. Wits: Frances RENEY (sic), John ROTTENBURY, Benjamin HARRISON, Jr.
[Mecklenburg County was formed from Lunenburg county in 1764-5.]
DEED BOOK 3 (1771-1773)
Page 254. Nov. 12, 1770/71. David GARLAND of Lunenburg to John WILSON, Asa OLIVER, William GREEN and John NEAL of Mecklenburg. £30 for 225 acres in Mecklenburg on head of ALLENs creek bought by GARLAND from William JONES, per JONES patent of Aug. 10, 1759.
Page 264. Nov. 8, 1771. William and Elizabeth BARTLETT, of the Co. of Meck. and parish of St. James, for L30 Va. money, deed to Stephan HATCHELL/HATSELL 150 acres of land on a branch of HUEY's Mill Creek, part of a 400 acre grant to James SHOEFIELD (sic) by patent August 20, 1760, beginning at JONES and HUEY's Corner, then to a new line between said BARTLETT and HATCHELL, to James BLANTON's line. With house, orchard, garden, fences, waters, etc. Wits: James BLANTON, Robert WALHER (WALLER?) and Daniel THOMAS.
Page 267. 7 Dec. 1771. William and Elizabeth BARTLETT to Francis RAINEY for £30, 100 acres on Great Creek to Great branch in John BOZEMAN's line. Wit: Daniel THOMAS, James BLANTON, Samuel ROTENBERY .
DEED BOOK 4
Page 306. Jun. 13, 1774. Alexander BAIRD of Anson NC to John BALLARD, Jr. of Mecklenburg; £104 for 116 ac. at MILES creek and Dennis LARK’s line, then up Ready Branch to WILLIS’s line. Signed: William TRUMBULL, John LUCAS, John HOLMES, Thomas CRAWFORD. Wit: John COOK.
DEED BOOK 5 (1777-1779)
Page 34. Apr. 14, 1777. Robert BURTON [a man of the same name was on the jury in Edgefield Co. S.C. in 1787..jeb] of province of NC in Co. of Granville on 14 Apr. 1777 deeds to William BARTLETT of Mecklenburg Co. for £50 Va. money 150 acres in Mecklenburg on br. of Mill branch, beginning on FEILD's line to James BLANTON’s to William MURPHYs to JONES's line; being land BARTLETT formerly sold to Stephen HATSEL. No witnesses listed.
Page 284. Dec. 30, 1777. John OVERTON of Lunenburg to Dionysius OLIVER of Mecklenburg; £57.12.5 for 103 acres on little crossroad at 5 forks on WILSONs road and down BOOKER’s road to WITTON’s road; bought from Homan FREEMAN-3 acres, then south side of WITTON’s road to Asa OLIVER’s to MURRAY’s. Wit: Asa and Peter OLIVER, John BURT.
DEED BOOK 6 (1779-1786)
Page 54. Nov. 16, 1779. William LINTON of town of Halifax, NC to Edward GOODE, Jr.; £2000 for 200 acres, Thomas WESTBROOK’s and county road to Joseph RAGSDALE’s line. Wit: Hugh BERRY.
Page 499. Sep. 10, 1785. William BARTLETT of Mecklenburg Co. to Thomas ROBERTS of Brunswick Co., Va. for £130 Va. money, deeds land on a branch of the Mill branch beginning at GOODE's and FEILD's corner to a black jack in RAINEY's line. All houses, orchards, fences, woods, water courses, etc. His mark "WB". Wits: Isham MALONE, John LOYD, Bolling WRIGHT.
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Published November, 1998
Revised July 15, 1999