Yesterday, I entered the 10,000th family member into my family tree software. Wow! I can't imagine 10,000 people in one place.
I had neglected my genealogy for a few years. Back in April/May, I had some time, "met" a couple of new cousins online, and got back to researching. At that time I had about 7,500 people in my database. So I have entered about 2,500 people since then. I've been busy. The dust in my house would attest to that!
I have tracked cousins to Kentucky, Missouri, Texas, Indiana, Michigan... and now back to my current home, North Carolina. And when I say my current home, I mean right down to the town I live in - Durham. I have found an arm of the Tapley family who settled in the Durham area, Roxboro in Person County, and Granville County, North Carolina (neighboring counties to Durham). When it warms back up, I have several cemeteries to visit!
Unfortunately, I do not know much about the 10,000th person I entered into FTM 2017 last night. Just the basics I found on Ancestry.com and FindaGrave.com. (My favorite places to search, by the way.)
Sherman Lewis Hunt was born October 15, 1909 in Granville County, North Carolina to Melvin and Eliza Hunt. In 1910 and 1920, the family lived in Tally Ho, Granville County. (I have not heard of this community!).
Sherman married my 7th cousin, Nina Ozelle Davis, on August 17, 1929 in Halifax, Virginia. Hmmm... I wonder why they went to Virginia to get married. Could it have something to do with the fact that Nina was only 16 years old?
[My relationship calculator to Nina:
Our nearest common relatives are Hosea Tapley and Sarah Moore. Nina was descended from Hosea and Sarah's oldest son, Hosea Jr., whereas I was descended from their 3rd child and Hosea Jr.'s brother, Joel.
Want the full breakdown to see if you recognize any of the names? Sure! Let's find a connection!
Nina's line:
Hosea Tapley Jr and Sarah Green
Hosea Tapley III and Lucy Pryor
Sarah Moore Tapley and Daniel Farmer
Sarah Mary Farmer and Thomas William Blackard
Sarah Jane Blackard and William H Wade
John Pumfrey Wade and Peloponnesia P Lunsford
Lula Jane Wade and William Ruffin Davis
Nina Ozelle Davis
My line:
Joel Tapley and Mary Avent
Newhampton Tapley and Unknown
Sarah Tapley and Canneth Swain
George Washington Tapley and Elizabeth MNU
James Madison Tapley and Elizabeth Rebecca "Becky" Page
Lusion Keman Tapley and Nealie Vermell Drake
Gilbert Earl Tapley and Linda Irene Tapley
Mary Elizabeth Tapley (that's me!)
Whew! That's a long way apart. A good distance. Does that still make us cousins? We all have our own opinion on that. While I know that we most likely do not share any DNA that far out, I still consider us cousins. We still come from the same family tree.]
Now back to Sherman. According to the 1930 census, Sherman and Nina were living in Dutchville in Granville County in their own place.
He and Nina had 5 children that I know of:
Ozell, born about 1931. (I only found one reference to this child - on the 1940 census.)
Pella Jane, born October 20, 1931 there in Granville County. She married Johnnie Wesley Clayton and passed away January 23, 2013 in Durham.
Lois, born about 1934
Bobby Lewis, born September 26, 1936 in Granville County. He married Iva Mae King and passed away June 28, 2006 in Chapel Hill.
Josephine, born around the 1st of April 1940. She passed away on the 14th of April from a congenital heart defect. Bless her heart - she lived just long enough to be counted on the 1940 census.
Speaking of the 1940 census... I found that Sherman and his entire family (him, his wife, and their 5 children) were living with Sherman's parents. I wonder why?
Sherman lived his entire life in Granville County. He passed away in Oxford on December 1, 1984. He, along with Nina, are buried at Meadowview Memorial Park in Oxford.
So there's the sum total of my knowledge about my 10,000th family member, Sherman Lewis Hunt. To be honest, I was a little disappointed that this milestone person turned out not be a "blood" relative but rather a relative by marriage. That's OK. Welcome to the family. Thank you for joining us. I'm glad you did.
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Sunday, November 19, 2017
Monday, April 29, 2013
Amanuensis Monday: Granville (North Carolina) Proprietary Land Office Records - Entries, Warrants, Surveys
On Friday, I had a day off work so I visited the North Carolina Archives in Raleigh. I spent several pleasurable hours looking at microfilm and printing out land warrants and plats. I do not have much experience with these items, so I was happy to find an introduction on the microfilm. I thought I would share the information here for any others who are not familiar with them.
The files of loose papers microfilmed herein are supporting documents that were created during the process of granting deeds in the Proprietary Land Office of John Carteret, Earl Granville.
When a file of papers on this microfilm is complete, the file should include at least one copy each of three documents: an entry, a warrant, and a plat of survey.
The entry is the document first executed by the person who wished to purchase vacant land from the Proprietary Land Office. This document briefly described the vacant land and estimated the acreage of the vacant tract. The person making the entry in the hope of purchasing the land signed the entry paper.
The warrant was signed by one of Lord Granville's agents or by someone connected with the land office who had been authorized by the agent to sign for him. The warrant repeats the description exactly from the entry paper, and it repeats the estimated acreage shown in the entry paper. The warrant authorized or warranted the surveyor to make an actual survey of the vacant land and to reduce the survey to a plat.
The plat of survey is the little map of the vacant land drawn by the surveyor, and it described the land as the surveyor laid it off. It reported the actual acreage found vacant and surveyed as opposed to the estimated acreage reported in the entry and in the warrant. The acreage in the plat of survey may differ considerably from the estimated acreage shown in the entry and in the warrant. Plats of survey were made in three copies. One copy was attached to the indented deed that was put into the hands of the grantee; one copy of the plat was usually (but not necessarily always) attached to the counterpart of the indented deed to be sent to Lord Granville in London; the third copy of the plat was filed in the Land Office. This means that if three copies of a plat of survey are left in a file, the grant of deed never ripened and the land was not conveyed to the person for whom the survey was made.
The usual length of time necessary for a grant of deed to ripen from the entry was twelve months. Ideally, then, the entry paper and the grant should be dated about a year apart, or less. The researcher should be aware that this ideal was often not realized. There are many examples of entry papers and grants of deeds bearing dates that are twelve years rather than twelve months apart.
There are several problems in using these records in interpreting data found in them. The fact that documents are filed together on this microfilm is no guarantee that the documents relate to the same piece of land.
Multiple entries. Often there are two or more entries of the same date for the same person for land in the same county. When the description of the vacant land is vague, or when the estimates of acreage are incorrect, it may prove impossible to determine with precision which entry papers go with which warrants, plats, or grants.
Formation of new counties. Sometimes the vacant land is described as being entered in such a county, but before the granting process has been completed a new county is formed with the result that the land is no longer in the original county specified in the entry.
Assignments. At each step in the granting process, some interest in the land was obtained by the person paying the fees at each step. This interest was not a title to the land, but the interest was a saleable commodity that could be transferred or assigned, to the new party. Thus, an entry may be in the name of one person, the warrant in the name of another, the plat of survey in the name of a third, and the grant of deed to someone different altogether.
If you are still reading this... isn't it great information?! I just wish I had read it BEFORE I made copies from the microfilm. Oh well, I'll go back another day.
So the first warrant I am going to transcribe is a perfect example of one that went through several hands. The warrant is dated March 20, 1753 and is for 640 acres of land on the Flat River in (what was then) Granville County, North Carolina. (Interestingly and amazing to me is the fact that the Flat River runs through Durham County, which is where I now live.) The warrant was issued in the name of John Mills. The land was surveyed for John Wade, but "being lost," was removed in Mason Pigman's name. Deed was ultimately issued in the name of Hosea Tapley.
NORTH CAROLINA.
JAMES INNES and FRANCIS CORBIN, Esqrs. Agents and Commissioners, of the Right Honourable the Earl GRANVILLE, {? ? ?} Sole Lord and Proprietor of a certain District, Territory, or Parcel of Land, lying in the Province of North-Carolina {?}.
To M. William Churton, His Lordship's Deputy-Surveyor for the County of Granville,
YOU are forthwith to admeasure and lay out, unto John Mills, a Tract of Land, containing Six hundred & forty Acres, lying in Granville County, within the said District; Lying on flat River, beginning so as to Include George Vessels Improvements.
Observing our Instructions, for running out Lands; Three just and fair Plans whereof, certified under your Hand, you are to return to us, within Six Months from the Date hereof: Which Survey of the above-mentioned Lands, so to be return'd as aforesaid, shall be good and valid for the said John Mills provided he the said John Mills do, within Twelve Months after such Return, take out a Grant of the same Lands, to compleat his Title: Otherwise this Warrant, and such your Return thereof, shall be void, and of no Force, and the said Lands be deemed vacant and free to be taken up by any other Person that shall apply for the Purpose. Dated and Signed the 20th Day of March 1758.
Frn^s Corbin {signature}
Entered in the Office of the
Right Honourable the Earl
Granville, at Granville the
13th Day of Jan: {?}
Anno Dom, 1752
From the outside or back of the warrant:
July the 18th 1753
the Entry on the Other side being surveyed for Jn Wade being Lost is now removed in Mason Pigman Name Lying on the North fork of Flat River being the place where he now Locate.
Deed May 15/56
to
Hosea Tapley
Granville
1753
This Hosea Tapley, I believe, is my 5th great grand uncle.
Introduction to the Granville Entry Papers, Warrants, and Plats of Survey
The files of loose papers microfilmed herein are supporting documents that were created during the process of granting deeds in the Proprietary Land Office of John Carteret, Earl Granville.
When a file of papers on this microfilm is complete, the file should include at least one copy each of three documents: an entry, a warrant, and a plat of survey.
The entry is the document first executed by the person who wished to purchase vacant land from the Proprietary Land Office. This document briefly described the vacant land and estimated the acreage of the vacant tract. The person making the entry in the hope of purchasing the land signed the entry paper.
The warrant was signed by one of Lord Granville's agents or by someone connected with the land office who had been authorized by the agent to sign for him. The warrant repeats the description exactly from the entry paper, and it repeats the estimated acreage shown in the entry paper. The warrant authorized or warranted the surveyor to make an actual survey of the vacant land and to reduce the survey to a plat.
The plat of survey is the little map of the vacant land drawn by the surveyor, and it described the land as the surveyor laid it off. It reported the actual acreage found vacant and surveyed as opposed to the estimated acreage reported in the entry and in the warrant. The acreage in the plat of survey may differ considerably from the estimated acreage shown in the entry and in the warrant. Plats of survey were made in three copies. One copy was attached to the indented deed that was put into the hands of the grantee; one copy of the plat was usually (but not necessarily always) attached to the counterpart of the indented deed to be sent to Lord Granville in London; the third copy of the plat was filed in the Land Office. This means that if three copies of a plat of survey are left in a file, the grant of deed never ripened and the land was not conveyed to the person for whom the survey was made.
The usual length of time necessary for a grant of deed to ripen from the entry was twelve months. Ideally, then, the entry paper and the grant should be dated about a year apart, or less. The researcher should be aware that this ideal was often not realized. There are many examples of entry papers and grants of deeds bearing dates that are twelve years rather than twelve months apart.
There are several problems in using these records in interpreting data found in them. The fact that documents are filed together on this microfilm is no guarantee that the documents relate to the same piece of land.
Multiple entries. Often there are two or more entries of the same date for the same person for land in the same county. When the description of the vacant land is vague, or when the estimates of acreage are incorrect, it may prove impossible to determine with precision which entry papers go with which warrants, plats, or grants.
Formation of new counties. Sometimes the vacant land is described as being entered in such a county, but before the granting process has been completed a new county is formed with the result that the land is no longer in the original county specified in the entry.
Assignments. At each step in the granting process, some interest in the land was obtained by the person paying the fees at each step. This interest was not a title to the land, but the interest was a saleable commodity that could be transferred or assigned, to the new party. Thus, an entry may be in the name of one person, the warrant in the name of another, the plat of survey in the name of a third, and the grant of deed to someone different altogether.
If you are still reading this... isn't it great information?! I just wish I had read it BEFORE I made copies from the microfilm. Oh well, I'll go back another day.
So the first warrant I am going to transcribe is a perfect example of one that went through several hands. The warrant is dated March 20, 1753 and is for 640 acres of land on the Flat River in (what was then) Granville County, North Carolina. (Interestingly and amazing to me is the fact that the Flat River runs through Durham County, which is where I now live.) The warrant was issued in the name of John Mills. The land was surveyed for John Wade, but "being lost," was removed in Mason Pigman's name. Deed was ultimately issued in the name of Hosea Tapley.
NORTH CAROLINA.
JAMES INNES and FRANCIS CORBIN, Esqrs. Agents and Commissioners, of the Right Honourable the Earl GRANVILLE, {? ? ?} Sole Lord and Proprietor of a certain District, Territory, or Parcel of Land, lying in the Province of North-Carolina {?}.
To M. William Churton, His Lordship's Deputy-Surveyor for the County of Granville,
YOU are forthwith to admeasure and lay out, unto John Mills, a Tract of Land, containing Six hundred & forty Acres, lying in Granville County, within the said District; Lying on flat River, beginning so as to Include George Vessels Improvements.
Observing our Instructions, for running out Lands; Three just and fair Plans whereof, certified under your Hand, you are to return to us, within Six Months from the Date hereof: Which Survey of the above-mentioned Lands, so to be return'd as aforesaid, shall be good and valid for the said John Mills provided he the said John Mills do, within Twelve Months after such Return, take out a Grant of the same Lands, to compleat his Title: Otherwise this Warrant, and such your Return thereof, shall be void, and of no Force, and the said Lands be deemed vacant and free to be taken up by any other Person that shall apply for the Purpose. Dated and Signed the 20th Day of March 1758.
Frn^s Corbin {signature}
Entered in the Office of the
Right Honourable the Earl
Granville, at Granville the
13th Day of Jan: {?}
Anno Dom, 1752
From the outside or back of the warrant:
July the 18th 1753
the Entry on the Other side being surveyed for Jn Wade being Lost is now removed in Mason Pigman Name Lying on the North fork of Flat River being the place where he now Locate.
Deed May 15/56
to
Hosea Tapley
Granville
1753
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| Secretary of State, Granville Proprietary Land Office. Entries, Warrants, Surveys. 1748-1763, Granville, Ph through Halifax, Jo, Microfilm Call #S.108.276, accessed 04/26/13, North Carolina Archives, Raleigh, NC. |
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