Craven County
Deed Book 43, p. 307
14 January 1822
$983, 162 acres
“…a certain tract or parcel of land [in Craven County] on the South side of Neuse River and joining Core Creek Beginning at a cypress in a pond the beginning of the land that was allotted to William Brice Fonvielle, that his brother Thomas Fonvielle died possessed with, and runs north… west… south… the down the various courses of the said branch to Core Creek, then down the various courses of Core Creek till a South course will strike the beginning, containing [~200 acres], which land William Jones willed to his sons Asa, Thomas, and William Jones and Asa and Mary Jones to Lewis Morris, and we Sarah Morris and Thomas Morris have sold [100 acres] out of the two hundred. And we also sell to the said Susannah Morris one other tract lying and being [in Craven County] on the South side of Neuse River and on the east side of the great branch, beginning at a pine in the great branch, running thence So 75 Et 212 poles thence No 13 Wt 72 poles thence No 75 Wt 131 poles, thence So 84 Wt 32 poles, thence to the beginning, containing [~62 acres] which said tract of land was deeded to Lewis Morris by Jeremiah Heath.”
Signed:
Sarah [ her X mark ] Morris { Seal }
Thomas Morris { Seal }
Witnesses:
Wm M. Herritage
J. W. Green
Note: The Susannah Morris in this deed was Susannah White, wife of Lewis Morris (referenced in the above deed, deceased by the time this was written). Susannah remarried after Lewis’s death to Levi West. Lewis evidently had no children with Susannah so in his will, he instructed that all of his property be sold and divided between Thomas Morris, Sarah Morris, and Lewis Morris Loftin (the child of Leonard Loftin and Lewis’s sister, Ferebee Morris, who was deceased by the time the will was written). Lewis Morris was apparently not yet married to Susannah when he wrote his will which explains why she was not mentioned in it. There are documents in his estate folder explaining the situation. The petition below is one of those documents.
