A 1717 Land List for
Beaufort Precinct
The 1717 Land List for Beaufort County is valuable to researchers because it provides the nearest
record to a census for the precinct at this early date. Forty two persons are reported on this land list
with a total of 28,256 acres for the precinct. Of the 42 persons listed, 15 (35%) owned from 70 - 300
acres, 23 (54%) owned 301 - 930 acres and 7 (16%) owned from 1,140 - 5,370 acres. The 7 largest
land owners were Christopher Gale with 5,370 acres, John Lillington with 2,390 acres, Joshua Porter
with 1,640 acres, John Porter with 1,630 acres, Robert Turner with 1,485 acres, Thomas Harding with
1170 acres and John Drinkwater with 1140 acres. These seven men owned 14,825 acres, 52% of the
listed acres of Beaufort Precinct. The remaining 48% of the land listed was owned by 36 people, an
average of 420 acres per person.
Persons Name | Where Land Lyes | No. Acres | Origin | Total |
Christopr Gale | Bath Town Creek Bare River Mouth Newport Sound Banks Sound White Oak River Bogue Sound Island there |
720 |
Patent |
|
Gyles Shute | Town Creek |
182 |
Patent |
182 |
Jno Drinkwater | Goose Creek So Deviding Creek |
820 |
Patent |
|
Wm Sidley for Jno Barras, Extr. for Husbands |
So Side Pamtico No Side Pamtico |
|
|
|
Thos Seally for Isabella Lawson |
No Side Pamtico head Town Creek |
|
|
|
Anto McKeele | No Side Pamtico |
300 |
Patent |
300 |
Richd Harvey for Hulls Estate |
Bodeets Creek |
|
|
|
Jos Shackleton | No Side Pamtico |
320 |
Survey |
320 |
Jno Adams for Estate of Adams |
Town Creek Wades Point |
500 |
Patent |
|
Edwd Carter | Town Creek |
301 |
Patent |
301 |
Wm Windley for Thos Harvey |
So Deviding Creek No Deviding Creek |
390 |
|
|
John Odeon | Town Creek |
535 |
Patent |
535 |
Thos Worseley | Town Creek |
690 |
Patent |
690 |
Jno Brock | Bodeets Creek No Side Pamtico |
250 |
|
|
Geo. Hill for Saml Tyce |
So Side Pamtico Slade Creek |
430 |
|
|
Thos Burston | Town Creek |
320 |
Patent |
320 |
James Nevill | So Side Pamtico So Side Pamtico |
640 |
|
|
Walter Jones | So Side Pamtico |
218 |
Patent |
218 |
Simn Alderson for Eleanr Axdale |
Town Creek Town Creek |
190 |
|
|
Jno Jackson | head Town Creek |
120 |
Survey |
120 |
Robt Taylor | head Town Creek |
200 |
Survey |
200 |
Thos Harding for Wm Gray |
Derehams Creek Bare Creek |
1170 |
|
|
Robt Kingman | Fork Pamtico |
640 |
Patent |
640 |
Lyonll Reading | So Side Pamtico |
640 |
Patent |
640 |
Thos Blount for Orph Tyler for Orph Tyler |
So Side Pamtico So Side Pamtico So Side Neuse |
610 |
Survey |
|
Jno Porter |
So Side Pamtico Town Creek Prices Creek |
1280 |
Patent |
|
Josha Porter | So Side Pamtico No Side Pamtico |
640 |
|
|
J. Lillington | No Side Pamtico So Side Pamtico Core Sound |
1000 |
|
|
Thos Davis | No Side Pamtico |
480 |
Survey |
480 |
Robt Turner | So Side Pamtico Core Sound |
615 |
|
|
Thos Henderson | No Side Pamtico |
300 |
Patent |
300 |
Total |
. |
. |
. |
28256 |
March ye 25th 1717
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vera Copa Test.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jno Drinkwater Clk. Cur.
Source: Colonial Court Records, General Court Papers, CCR 140, Vol. II, 1717-1754, pages 9-10, Item 12, NCDAH, Raleigh, NC.
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