Friends of Friends – Bill of Sale to Moses Tison
It is the first Friday of the month, and I have another Pitt County deed (in this case listed as a Bill of Sale) to share with Friends of Friends. This document, transcribed to the best of my ability, is from Deed Book DD, page 179, Pitt County, North Carolina. It reads as follows: W. Hanrahan to Moses Tison, Bill of Sale State of No. Carolina, Pitt County. Know all men by these presents that I , Walter Hanrahan of the County of Pitt for and in consideration of the sum of three Hundred and seventy – five dollars current money to me in hand paid by Moses Turnage[sic] of the County aforesaid at and before the sealing and signing of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged have bargained slod … Read entire article »
Filed under: Deeds, Friends of Friends, NC, Pitt County
Mapping Monday – William Brierly to William Brierley, son
Here is the crux of my Briley/Brierly problem… Just how many William Brierly’s in a row am I related too? I am thinking 3, and upon further inspection, seem to find evidence supporting it. I only just realized that William Brierly, the father in this deed, has a different mark than his son. In this case, they do not use an X (like so many other of my ancestors). The older William uses a stylized W and the younger one flips it over. I have not really started the cataloging of these deeds. It is one of my long term projects to get started on sometime this spring when our renovation is finished. Here is my transcription of the deed (I tried not to edit it too much): Pitt County, NC Deed Book … Read entire article »
Filed under: 2012 goals, Ancestor, Deeds
Friends of Friends-Deed
This is a new topic for me. The Friends of Friends meme in the genealogy blogging community asks if you have encountered records of enslaved ancestors, whether they are your own ancestors or not, make it a point to transcribe those records and get them posted on the Internet via your blog. Hopefully, to help their decendants. I have come across, recently, many deeds listing the sale of slaves and their names and owners. This will be my first post on this topic and I will continue it at least one Friday a month. Well, I have been digging through the many Pitt County deeds I have copied in my stash (of paper records) and thought since I am finding quite a few slave records, I would participate in this as I … Read entire article »
Filed under: Deeds, Friends of Friends, NC, Pitt County
