Re: 2nd send: How to further search for family connections, if any?

[singhals]

> January 1813, Samuel FOWLER of Culwell (sic) County, KY; Thomas
> FRAZIER (location unknown); and William WEST (Bladen County, NC)
> sold three plots of Sampson County, NC, land to Hugh LOCKERMAN of
> Sampson County, NC. Sherwood SIMMONS (Sampson County, NC) and Daniel
> MELVIN (Bladen County, NC) were witnesses to the transaction.
>
> Efforts to backtrack source of land ownership by FOWLER, FRAZIER and
> WEST have been unsuccessful.
>
> What records do we search to determine how/when the three men named
> above became owners of the three tracts of land in Sampson County,
> NC? Sampson County ROD has placed its records online but we have
> found no purchase of the specified tracts by either of the three men
> named above. We just learned the Duplin (parent county of Sampson)
> ROD has its records online and plan to search there this weekend.
>
> What other searches might we try?
>
> Mary Fran FredandMaryFrances Powell<fredand...@gmail.com>


Sorry, I was sort of hoping someone with expertise in NC would
squeek up, but since they haven't --

First, seems to me I read somewhere that NC is another of those
states where there is no deed if the land stays "in the blood". Nor
is the land necessarily mentioned in a will. So, you need to either
track the tract by name or other designation, not by names, AND
you'll be wanting the land-tax records to see who was paying taxes
on it.

Since men of three different surnames sold chunks of land to the
same person, poke around for wills the year before to see if these
men are mentioned therein -- or if the surname itself is. At a
quick glance, appears to me that the three men inherited land
through their mothers who were probably sisters.

Of course, if you get lucky, someone who actually researches NC will
have a better idea and share it now just to make me feel blonde. (g)

Cheryl

singhals <sing...@erols.com>

[J. Hugh Sullivan]

> January 1813, Samuel FOWLER of Culwell (sic) County, KY; Thomas
> FRAZIER (location unknown); and William WEST (Bladen County, NC)
> sold three plots of Sampson County, NC, land to Hugh LOCKERMAN of
> Sampson County, NC. Sherwood SIMMONS (Sampson County, NC) and Daniel
> MELVIN (Bladen County, NC) were witnesses to the transaction.
>
> Efforts to backtrack source of land ownership by FOWLER, FRAZIER and
> WEST have been unsuccessful.
>
> What records do we search to determine how/when the three men named
> above became owners of the three tracts of land in Sampson County,
> NC? Sampson County ROD has placed its records online but we have
> found no purchase of the specified tracts by either of the three men
> named above. We just learned the Duplin (parent county of Sampson)
> ROD has its records online and plan to search there this weekend.
>
> What other searches might we try?
>
> Mary Fran FredandMaryFrances Powell<fredand...@gmail.com>

The problem you may have is records destroyed by fire, flood and
war. The below entry is from a list of destroyed records in NC
counties. It doesn't say which records were destroyed.

Sampson County Courthouse - 1921 (clerk's office fire)

Duplin County was not listed as having any records destroyed.

Hugh

Ea...@bellsouth.net (J. Hugh Sullivan)

[FredandMaryFrances Powell]

> Sorry, I was sort of hoping someone with expertise in NC would
> squeek up, but since they haven't --
>

> Cheryl Singhals <sing...@erols.com>


Cheryl, thank you for your reply! You have given us an entirely new
perspective to start our search anew! (Four cousins working on this
problem)

We appreciate your time and willingness to provide guidance.

Thank you!