Land Record Johnston, North Carolina 1850 – Edmond Ballance

Type of Record:Call No. F37990 pt 17 Patron Lavina Harper Abstract of Land RecordPlace of record – Johnston Co. No. Carolina Book -W.2. Beginning page 7 Owner – Jesse Kirby dec. – Stanley Kriby (Ex) of Johnston Co. No. CarolinaGrantee – Edmond Ballance of Johnston Co. N. Cr.Date of Document – 1 May 1850Date of Record – […]

1880 Johnston, North Carolina Census – Ballance

Daniel Ballance  Male  53  Married  White  Farmer   Self Nancey Ballance  Female  50  Married  White  Keeping House  Wife Sarah Ballance  Female  21  White  Daughter Betta Jane Ballance  Female  17  White  At Home  Daughter Rebecor Ballance  Female  15  White  At Home  Daughter Geo Ballance  Male  26 Married  White  Farmer  Self Sarah Ballance  Female  25 Married  White […]

Land Grant Maudlin, Morgan, Perisho, Toms, Wilson, and Nicholson

Ezekiel Maudlin, James Morgan grant 1684 James and Eleanor Perisho grant 1681, Francis Toms grant, bridge over Vosses Creek, Vosses Creek Meeting House built on Francis toms land, Samuel Charles grant  (Hannah Nicholson Maudlin widow of Ezekiel Maudlin second husband). Blount’s point on Perq. River he came to Perq. county 1673, Robert Wilson to Perq. […]

North Carolina Queries Volume 1

Ezekiel Modlin/Maudlin witness 1697, 9, 10 Quaker marriage of “William More and Elezebeth Makebride” Albemarle, NC.  Correcting and updating Modlin/Maudlin history.

Descendants of Ezekiel Maudlin and Hannah Nicholson

 The following is taken from Hathaway, Vol. 3, No. 3, page 404 “Ezekiel Maudlin died March 16, 1706, Perquimans County, No. Carolina.  Married Hannah Nicholson, daughter of Christopher Nicholson, born March 4, 1667.” History of Perquimans County by Mrs. Windslow, page 379 – Ezekiel Maudlin came from London, name does not appear on any records […]

I Have Called You Friends

 The records of these early gatherings are sprinkled with well-known Quaker names, including . . . Maudlin, Newby, Nicholson, Toms, Wilson . . .  IHaveCalledYouFriends by Frances Anscombe 975.6 F2a  

Researching the Maudlin Family

by Orpha Maudlin The Maudlins were originally French Hugenots, driven from France to England by persecution.  The struggle between Catholics and Protestants (Hugenots) occurred from 1547-1559, during the reign of Henry the second of France.  Apparently, the Maudlins lived in the Northern District, as the people who now live there are predominantly of the tall, […]

North Carolina Abstracts of State Grants Vol. 2 Granville, Edgecombe

Grant Book 35  Granville  p 52-65 Grant Book 37 Edgecombe  139-141 p140 (1641) pg 215 JOHN VICKERS  13 April 1780  240 acres on the S side of Town Creek, joining Vickers Old Patent, Priscilla Bloodworth, Thomas Davis, Abraham Vickers, and the Various Courses of the sd Creek.   Names: John Collier Randolph County Edgerton, too […]