**NOTE-Ambrose Jones bought Martin Caswell's land from son Wm. before 1807. He also bought property bequeathed to Shine Caswell in will of Gov. Richard Caswell-see following deeds:
FROM LOVITT HINES **Note- Elinor Caswell, "Lany", wife of Samuel, is living in 1805. Shine Caswell was son of Samuel & Lany.
JONES FOLDER - 1803 From Lovett Hines Box 1
1. Be it known that I, SHINE CASWELL, of Lenoir County sell AMBROSE JONES
of same - 114 acres for $1,140 NS Neuse adj WILLIAM WHITE (**NOTE-Wm. White was husband of Gov. Caswell's dau. Anna) including houses
and plantation where ELEANOR CASWELL now lives - beginning at MCILEWAINS corner below the hill where Pado ?? SHINE lived, main road to Kinston,
COURT'S field (now WHITES), LEYLINGER old feild, Cypress gut, Boxes corner
WIT JOHN WOOTEN, D. CASWELL
October Court 1803 on oath of C. WESTBROOK, Clk
Enrolled Liber --- pages --- 21 Nov 1803 - W. M. LOVICK, Regr
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6. 3 March 1805 - AMBROSE JONES of Lenoir to WILLIAM CROOM of Lenoir
- $1700 - NS Neuce adj WILLIAM WHITE including house and plantation
where ELEANOR CASWELL now lives - adj McIWEANS corner below the hill
near where Old WM. SHINE lived - road leading to Kinston, DURNEU ??,
W. COART's field now W. WHITEs, KIDDENING'S ?? old field, to river at
mouth of Cypress Creek, BOX'S Corner - 114 acres - another tract of 100
acres part of a part of a patent granted to DOCTOR STRINGER - adj
PLEASANT POTTS - also one half of 100 acres, part of a tract deeded
to BENJAMIN SHEPPARD and JAMES MCILWEAN - adj where FRANCIS SHINE lives
- 100 acres to be equally divided between BENJAMIN SHEPPARD and FRANCIS SHINE, - 264 acres free and clear of all lawful claims
WIT W. CASWELL, WM LOVICK *NOTE-W. Caswell must be my William since Winston Caswell died in 1799
January Court 1815 on oath of WM. LOVITT C. WESTBROOK, Clk
Enrolled 15 Jan 1815 - JA BRIGHT,
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4. 28 January 1809 - Indenture - AMBROSE JONES of Lenoir to JOSEPH WILLIAMS
of same - 950 pds - tract - NS Neuse - adj McILEWEAN, below the hill where old W. SHINE formerly lived, road to Kinston, W. COART'S field now W.
CROOM'S field, KEELING'S old field, river at mouth of Cypress gut, BOXES' corner - 114 acres; another tract - adj above tract, and DOC. STRINGER, PLEASANT POTTS - being part of a patent granted to DOC. STRINGER of 100
acres; another tract adj to above being part of a patent granted to
BENJAMIN SHEPPARD, adj McILWEAN, adj land where FRANCIS SHINE lived and
that 100 acres to be equally divided between BENJAMIN SHEPPARD and FRANCIS SHINE - total of 365 acres
WIT WM. CROOM, JOHN HORRELL
April Court 1809 on oath of WILLIAM CROOM - C. WESTBROOK, CC
Enrolled 15 April 1809 - JAS. BRIGHT, Regr
From Lovitt Hines Collection
1811 - 1820
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also from Lovitt Hines-refers to 8 April transaction
INDENTURE - AMBROSE JONES TO HARDIE CROOM
p 169 - 8 April 1807 - Indenture - AMBROSE JONES of Lenoir (or) to HARDIE
CROOM of Lenoir (ee) - $2550 - several tracts on NS Neuse - first tract
granted to MAJOR CROOM 30 March 1754 - adj corner mentioned in patent -
100 acres; another tract beginning at a line granted to JOHN WILLIAM adj
RATCLIFF, corner of MAJOR CROOM'S patent, WILLIAM WILLIAMS - 120 acres;
another tract above Tom's Branch, JOHN WILLIAMS, RICHARD CASWELL, Flat
swamp Branch, beginning at land granted to SAMUEL CASWELL in 1770 - 15
acres; another tract adj above tract, SAML CASWELL, WILLIAM WILLIAMS, to
dividing line of HILL Plantation - granted to SAMUEL CASWELL in 1764 - 30
acres; another tract granted to RICHARD CASWELL, bank of Falling Creek to
River - 115 acres; another tract - adj land I bought of DALLAM CASWELL in
May1800, goes to the river and my other line - 60 acres; a total of 440
acres
WIT Wm CROOM, WM LOVICK
To Court Jan Term 1811 on oath of WILLIAM LOVICK - C. WESTBROOK Clerk
Enrolled 15 January 1811 - JAS. BRIGHT, regr
SURVEY FOR ABOVE LAND
p 179 - The Course of land sold by _____ survey A. JONES to H. CROOM regt.
The Will CASWELL land & the Great Island lands or JOHN GATLIN
additional description identical to above Indenture
***Note- seems to show that Martin lived at Tower Hill and that his son William sold this land to Ambrose Jones, who sold it to Hardee Croom in 1807-see following transaction.
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INDENTURE - WM. CROOM AND OTHERS TO JOSEPH HARDIE
p 191 - ____ 1812 - Indenture - WILLIAM CROOM (or) (who purchased the
shares of RICHARD G. CROOM, WILLIAM BRYAN and wife OLLIVE, ISAAC HARDEE
and JONATHAN ROUSE and wife CATHERINE, who were heirs at law in and to a
part of the real estate of HARDIE CROOM dec and also between MARY
KENNEDY, OLIVE HARDIE, and JESSE H. CROOM and wife SUSANNA who were also
heirs in and to a part of the real estate of this said HARDEE CROOM decd)
to JOSEPH HARDEE (ee) - sum of $1565 pd by JOSEPH HARDEE --- we the said
WILLIAM CROOM, MARY KENNEDY, OLIVE HARDEE, JESSE H. CROOM and wife SUSANNA
--- the following tracts in fee simple which was formerly the property of
HARDEE CROOM dec and which was alloted and laid off to the heirs of SARAH
HARDEE and JOSHUA CROOM who were heirs of the aforesaid HARDEE CROOM dec -
NS Neuse - 1st tract patented by MAJOR CROOM on 30 March 1754 - 100 acres;
2nd tract - beginning in line of land granted to JOHN WILLIAMS adj
RATCLIFF, patent line of MAJOR CROOM, WILLIAM WILLIAMS line - 120 acres;
3rd tract - adj Tom's Branch, JOHN WILLIAMS, RICHARD CASWELL, Flat swamp
to line of land granted to SAML CASWELL in 1770 - 15 acres; 4th tract -
adj SAML CASWELL, WILLIAM WILLIAMS, HILLS Plantation to line patented by
SAML CASWELL, JOHN WILLIAMS - 30 acres ---- total of 265 acres it being
the land whereon MARTIN CASWELL dec formerly lived and which was
transferred by deed from WILLIAM CASWELL to AMBROSE JONES and from JONES
to HARDEE CROOM on 8 April 1807.
No further information
**Note-the land on which Martin lived was transferred from William Caswell to Ambrose Jones sometime before 1807.
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**NOTE-By 1828 William Croom seems to be in possession of most or all of Gov. richard Caswell's properties-see will below:
Will of William Croom - June 2, 1828From original at the NC Archives, Raleigh, NC.Abstracted and contributed by Guy Potts.In the name of God, Amen, I, William Croom of Newington, Lenoir County,North Carolina,at the homeof George Whitfield on my way to Florida, do on this 2nd day of June inthe year of our Lordone thousandeight hundred and twenty eight, make and declare this instrument ofwriting, written on onesheet ofpaper, to be my last Will and Testament, in manner and form following,viz.1st. I give to my beloved wife Elizabeth Croom for and during the termof her natural life my Newington plantation and lands adjoining called the Red Hill plantation,containing in the whole about twelvehundred acres....3rd. I give to my son Bryan Croom in Florida, all thenegroes I have then in his possession,also Jacob andJohn, in the possession of Joshua St. Byrd, and all my right of lands in Florida. Also twothousand dollars to be paid him out of the sales of my estate to aid him in purchasingmore lands in Florida, tohim, his heirs and assigns forever.....5th. I give to my son William Croom my Tower Hill plantation, beginning at Neuse River, ..6th. I give to my two daughters Anne and Eliza Croom all my lands below Tower Hill lands, given to William, including the Collier, McIlwean place where Wingate now lives(**I think Wingate was hub or father of Martin's daughter Mary Caswell) and the Stonington lands where David Evans lives to be equally divided by three competent commissioners chosen by my Executors
for that purpose, to them, their heirs and assigns forever.." **NOTE-other former Caswell lands are also mentioned.This Bryan is probably the Bryan lost in the wreck??? and perhaps the William is the one who married the mysterious Sarah ........
PARROTT FOLDER (Lovitt Hines Coll. Box 1)
1. 17 October 1833 - Indenture - THOMAS HOOD and CLARISA HOOD his wife of Lenoir to JACOB PARROTT of the same - $1700 - NS Neuse - one tract beginning in JAMES A. HODGES line known as the corner of the second and third division of WILLIAM ARANDALL'S land given by sd ARANDALL to CLARRISA HOOD and JAS. A. HODGES - adj FRANCIS HILL, Hull road, CASWELL, TULL, DESMOND, MAJOR CROOM'S Survey - 424 acres - grave yards excepted; another tract - on Big meadow - adj HENRY TULL, FRANCIS HILL, CASWELL - 11 acres; another tract on both
sides of Little Briery, Hull road, line of patent of SOLOMON WRIGHT on
1 August 1768 - Reedy Branch - 78 acres; another tract - deeded by
WM. CASWELL to WILLIAM ARANDALL - beginning in the division line of MAJOR CROOM survey - 1 3/4 acres
Both signed
WIT JAS. A. HODGES, ELIZABETH HOOD
To Court 19 October 1833 - CLARISA was privately examined by THOMAS LETTLE,JP
Enrolled 10 April 1834 - ? BRIGHT by WILL. LOVICK
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