DB-l, page 258. 8 February 1764. JOSEPH HOLCOMBE (HA(U)LCOME) & SARAH HAL-COMBE (HAULCOME) to JOHN SMART(T), all of Bute Co. 40 Pds. Va. money for 200 A. in Bute Co. on Rocky Branch, adj. JETHROE ROUNDTREE. Wit: STEPHEN GUPTON, ROBERT CARLILE. Proved by STEPHEN GUPTON, Bute January Court 1767, BEN McCULLOCH, C.C. Reg: 22 April 1767, by WILL. JOHNSON, P.R.
DB-l, page 202. 31 January 1766. JOHN GREEN to BENJAMIN McCULLOCH, both of Bute Co. 400 Pds. Va. money for 800 A. in Bute Co., on SS Fishing Creek, at mouth of Bare Branch, adj. SUGAN JOHNSON, WILLIAM DUKE, Rocky Branch, Dukes Old Path, the New Road, JOSEPH DUKE, MILES BOBBET, Sheep Branch, to mouth of Grate Fishing Creek. Wit: WILLIAM GREEN, WILL JOHNSON,JR. Proved by WILLIAM JOHNSON, Bute October Court 1766, BEN McCULLOCH, C.C. Reg: 24 January 1767, by WILL JOHNSON, P.R.
DB-1, page 256. 4 August 1766. RANDOLPH HAZLEWOOD, of Bute Co., to JOHN AUSTIN FINNIE, of Surry Co., Va. 56 Pds. Va. money for 3 tracts of land in Bute Co.: (1) 200 A. on NS Great Fishing Creek, WS Lick Branch, where CHARLES BARTHOLOMEW formerly lived; (2) 200 A. on Great Fishing Creek, beginning at the mouth of the Rocky Branch & to the creek; (3) 100 A. on Fishing Creek, beginning at the mouth of Rockey Branch & to the creek. Wit: JRNANIS (JRNANIES) CAPPS, JOSHUA CAPPS. Receipt for purchase price, October 4, 1766. Same witnesses. Receipt & Deed Ack: by RANDOLPH HAZELWOOD, Bute January Court 1767, "Wife", not named, first relinquishing dower rights before WILLIAM TABB,Esq., BEN McCULLOCH, C.C. Reg: 21 April 1767, by WILLIAM JOHNSON, P.R. Marginal notation: 8 Ap1.1768 deld. WM.TABB per order.
DB-2, page 42. 16 July 1767. JOHN BOB(B)ITT,SR. to PETER SMART, both of ButeCo. llO Pds. Va. money for 295 A. in Bute Co. on Reedy Branch & Rocky Branch, adj. JOSEPH GREEN, DANIEL, & FRANCIS ACOCK, exclusive of 2 A. about the Baptist Meeting House & Spring which is laid off & a line Round it, beginning at the mouth of sd. Spring Gutt & up the same, including sd. Spring house &Bridge across the Reedy Branch. Wit: JOSEPH GREEN, DRURY BOBBITT. Proved by DRURY BOBBIT, Bute February Court 1768, BEN McCULLOCH, C.C. Reg: 21 June 1768, by WILLIAM JOHNSON, P.R.
DB-2, page 89. 23 January 1768. JOHN SMART, SR. & FRANCES, his wife, to MARK BENNETT, all of Bute Co. 40 Pds. Va. money for 200 A. in Bute Co. on Rocky Branch, adj. JETHRO ROUNDTREE. Wit: WILLIAM DUKE, WILLIAM PARK. Proved by WILLIAM PARK, Bute August Court 1768, BEN McCULLOCH, C.C. Reg: l0 December 1768, by WILLIAM JOHNSON, P.R. Marginal notation: Deld. to FRANCIS CAPPS the 15th Feby. 1769.
DB-2, page ll7. 2 May 1768. BENJAMIN COOPER to JOSEPH PERSON, both of Bute Co. 32 Pds: lO Sh: Lawful money of Great Britain for ll6 A. in Bute Co. on SS ye Rockey Branch adj. sd. PERSON & bought from PHILLIP ALSTON. Wit: JOHN PERSON, WILLIAM MANGGUM.Proved by JOHN PERSON, Bute August Court 1768, BEN McCULLOCH, C.C.Reg: 1 February 1769, by WILLIAM JOHNSON, P.R.
87. (A) Will of JETHRO SUMNER. 15 March 1785; April Ct.1785. Names: Sons THOMAS EDWARD SUMNER & McKINNIEHURST SUMNER; Dtr. JACKEY SULLIVAN SUMNER; NICHOLAS LONG, Jr.; oldest son of BENJAMIN McCULLOCH of Halifax; oldest son of Mr. JAMES GREY of Warren Co.; Dr. CAHONES in Va., Extr. Est. of his brother THOMAS SUMNER,dec'd. Property devised includes: Town lots in Lewisburg (Franklin Co.), Halifax (Halifax Co.), Smithfield (Isle of Wight Co., Va.); 12,000 acres given him by N.C.General Assembly for his service in Continental Army; land on Harpath R. which empties into the Cumberland R.; land in Warren Co. on which Old Bute Courthouse stands, adj. MILLS, Capt. BENJAMIN WARD, MACON, ELLIOTT, HAWKINS, ATKIN McLEMORE, HARROD JONES, on Shocco Creek, Horse Pen Br., Cattail Br., Rockey Br., Buffalo Br., Spring Br.; another tract in Warren Co., on Shocco Creek, where MATTHEW DUTY once lived; land in Halifax Co. on Conicanary Cr.; another tract in Halifax Co., adj. Col.JNO. BRADFORD; land in Northampton Co. on Roanoke R., called 'Crump's'; land in Surry Co. taken up by his friend JOHN ARMSTRONG; land in Co., Va. (formerly Fincastle Co.), on Elk Horn Cr., called 'Sumner's Forest'; land in Va. adj. manor plantation of his brother THOMAS SUMNER; one of his horses named 'Ransom Quarter Colt'; his camp bed & clothing & jewels which belonged to his wife now in possession of Mrs. LONG at Halifax. Extrs: Friends BENJAMIN McCULLOCH, JOHN BAPTIST ASH, YOUNG McLEMORE & JAMES GREY, Esq. Wit: JAMES MILLS, JAMES G. BREHON (Jurat) & WILLIAM FAWN (Jurat).