Braswells In The Grantor/Grantee Index Of Johnston, Dobbs, And Lenoir Cos. N.C.
transcribed by Martha Mewborn Marble, 1377 Independence Ave., SE, Washington, DC 20003
published in The North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal, February 2001, p. 59)
The records of early Johnston (and other counties formed from it), Wayne, Greene, and Lenoir counties were placed at the Lenoir County Courthouse. In 1878 a courthouse fire destroyed almost all these records except the original Grantee Index to deeds. According to Charles Holloman, a Grantor Index was prepared from the Grantee Index and both those books were saved during another fire in 1880. Charles Holloman was instrumental in locating the Grantee Book at the Courthouse in Kinston many years ago. It was not until the early 1980s that the Grantor Index was found. While there is nothing to indicate the nature of the instruments or the relationships between grantor and grantee, these books provide us with a list of names in otherwise “burned” or “partially burned” counties. This transcription was taken from the Grantor Index, but double-checked against the Grantee Index for differences in spelling and entries that appear in one but not the other. (An asterisk following the page number denotes an entry which appears in the Grantor Index, but not in the Grantee; two asterisks denote an entry appearing in the Grantee Index, but not the Grantor; and parentheses enclose differences of name or spelling that appear in the Grantee Index.) Approximate dates of each deed book are listed at the front of the microfilm roll from which this is taken. This sentence is at the front of the roll: “Following Records have many carbon copies and light pencil or ink and will not be legible on film” so the reader should consult the original.
Book 22 – Lenoir County, North Carolina – 1746-circa 1810
This is a unique book as it has entries from the time Johnston County was formed in 1746 until sometime in the early 1800s. Dr. Charles Holloman has this information in his book Kinston and Lenoir County, page 354:
In 1788, the State government began to take action against various persons who had engaged in land grant frauds. By 1796, the public was well aware of the problem. One result of this situation was an act of the General Assembly requiring persons holding lands under grants and deeds of doubtful registry to register the same in the respective counties or in the office of the Secretary of State (as to grants). Many old deeds and grants were consequently registered in Book No. 22 of Dobbs-Lenoir records. Thus, the appearance of an entry in book No. 22 of the old grantee index is impossible to date as many were originally written many years prior to registration while others were of more recent date.
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| Reubin ATKINSON | Wm. BRASSWELL | 194 |
| Richard BRASWELL Sr. | Richard BRASWELL Jr. | 294 |
| Wm. BRACEWELL | Simon FLOWERS | 384 |
| Jesse BARNES | William BRASWELL | 419 |
| Elias FORT | William BRASWELL | 409 |
| | Richard BRASWELL | 410 |
| | Robert BRACEWELL | 447
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