… Names of persons mentioned in deeds or grants dated prior to 1725 in Book I through page 200 of Book VI, or those recorded prior to 1790.  All individuals were not residents of Currituck Precinct and most of the Lords Proprietors never visited their Carolina holdings.  The date in parenthesis indicates the earliest reference ot the person in the records examined:

Ballance, Richard (1709)
Ballance, Samuel (1713)
Ballance William (1712)
Etheridge, Andrew (1701)
Etheridge, Luke (1712)
Etheridge William (1712)
Ivy, Thos, Carpenter (1708)
Nicholson, William (1706)
Pell, John (1696)
Toms, Francis (1696)

Addenda
Cox, Thomas (1696)

page 5 Taxables in Currituck 1755
Ballance, John  2
many Etheridge names
Ives, Timothy 1
Ives, Timothy 3
Ives, Timothy Jr. 2
Ives, WIlliam  1
Nicholson, John  6
Nicholson, Nicholas  3
Stanley, Richard  4

Ballance, Abner  2/0/0
Ballance, Caleb  7/5/3
Ballance, John  5/5/5
Ballance, William  7/9/4

page 12 Taxables 1779 continued
Ives, Abigail  10/3/0
Ives, Thomas  19/6/0
Ives, Timothy  24/5/3
Nicholson, Josiah  46/1/9

Slaughter, John  4/6/0
Stanley, John  10/5/8
Stanley, Richard  4/9/9
Stanley, Thomas  1/3/0 mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.

page 26 Henry Etheridge, March 14, 1742-1743. July Court, 1743.  Sons:  Samuel, William, Richard, Jon, Henry.  Daughters: Ann Etheridge, Tedy Etheridge, mary Etheridge.  Wife and Executrix:  Susey.  Witnesses: John Ballance, William Makefashion, Moses Linto.  Clerk of the Court:  John Lurry.

County Wills  1760-1800
Caleb Ballance, December 30, 1789. March 25, 1790.  WB 1. Wife: Anne. Sons: John, Bartholomew, Caleb, Thomas.  Father:  John, deed.  Exrs: wife and son Charles Ballance.  Wit:  John Ballance, James Etheridge

William Ballance, Senr.  December 12, 1795.  December 14, 1795.  WB 2. Wife: Barbara  SOns: William, John, Caleb, Aron, Wallace, Joshua, Thomas, Laban.  Daughters:  Barbara, Cortena.  Mentions small peteauger, large peteauger… land near Hatterass Inlet to be sold at public auction  Wit: William Rolinson, William Quidley.

Amos Etheridge  1791

Amos Etheridge, Junr.  1784

Caleb Etheridge  1893

Eliner Etheridge  1772

Henry Etheridge  1791

James Etheridge, Senr.  1782

John Etheridge  1783

John Etheridge  1788

Mathias Etheridge  1795

Patience Etheridge  1760

Richard Etheridge  1789

Samson Etheridge  1785

Samuel Etheridge, Senr.
Timothy Etheridge  1794

Ann Ballance
Barbara Ballance
Daniel Ballance
Demsey Ballance
Jehu Ballance
Joseph Ballance
Keziah Ballance
Mary Ballance
Polly Ballance

Adam Etheridge
Demcy Etheridge
Edith Etheridge
Frances Etheridge
James Etheridge
Joel Etheridge