John
Cobb
Estate
Craven
County, North Carolina
1844
[Heritage Place - Lenoir County Community
College - Vertical File # Cobb - 03653-14.
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 Coounties 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.
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