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Lenoir County, North Carolina Walter Dunn's brother John Patrick Dunn married Theresa Hodges (for whom Theresa Dunn, later Mrs. Edward Chadwick, was named) and later Sarah Blount. One of his homes was Lafayette located northeast of Kinston on RR 1722. Lafayette and Monticello, not far away, were built by Lewis Whitfield. Lenoir County, NC Heritage Book - The Dunn-Loftin Families
27 Feb 1826 - Walter and J.P. Dunn Note
Lovit Hines Collection 9 Jul 1828 - William & Elizabeth Lovick Deed to John P. Dunn 27 Nov 1829 - J.P. Dunn Deed to Walter Dunn 1 Jul 1836 - J.P. Dunn Land Sale
1833 - Neuse Baptist Association 1843-1921 - Record Book of St. Mary's Parish, Kinston, NC (Pg 2-3) Resolved that Elder Ways Biddle and his associate brethren Elder John P. Dunn and his associate brethren of the Baptist Denomination and the Revd. Saml. Pierce and his asociate (sic) ? Brethren of the Methodist church be requested and they are hereby respectfully solicited to make regular appointments for the purpose of holding from time to time, divine worship in Saint Mary's Church in the town of Kinston, provided nevertheless, that such appointments do not conflict with any appointment of any Episcopal Minister, who shall in all cases, have priority of occupancy. (Pg 5) It was ordered that a copy of these last resolutions be forwarded by the secretary to Elders Ways Biddle and John P. Dunn and Revd. Saml. Pierce. Full Text. Contributed by Patty Day
1850 Lenoir County, NC Census
1853 - Council & Matilda Hooten Deed to John P. Dunn 1853 - Church of Christ, Kinston - Church erected a Chapel at the corner of Gordon and Heritage streets, on the banks of the Neuse River. The first preaching was done by John P. Dunn, Wm. Rhem and Robert Bond. The membership at Kinston grew from the evangelistic meetings held by John P. Dunn and others at Little Sister. North Carolina Disciples of Christ 1 Dec 1859 - The Kinston American Advocate comes to us in mourning for the death of Elder John P. Dunn, who died on the 17th ult. He was much loved and respected by all who knew him. North Carolina Argus
NC Archives Lenoir County Deed Book Abstracts by Martha Mewborn Marble - Selected deeds from the existing Lenoir County Deed Books found at the Courthouse in Kinston. They include all re-registered deeds, deeds that refer back to earlier deeds and deeds that imply inheritance. 23 Oct. 1844 Bk 6 p 779 William Phillips to William Lawrence Phillips for natural good will and affection tract SS Contentnea Creek adj Warren Bell's line where it crosses Spring Branch, Drewry H. Phillips, Mulberry Branch, main road, William Ormond, Simeon Langston, new road, J. P. Dunn, Columbus Dunn, C. C. Dunn, Whitfield, Pete Phillips, Ebon Trip (sic), Rountree, corner of Gibbins patent, Bell 400 acres. WIT: S. P. Fife. Enrolled 11 March 1845, James E. Metts, ROD. Re-enrolled 13 May 1885, G. E. Hodges, ROD. NOTE: Trip was Fife but it is written as Trip in the deed. NC Archives Lenoir County Deed Book Abstracts 29 Oct 1853 B 4 p 23 Indenture James S. Canady to Richard Taylor - $2600 for 241 Ό acres tract NS Neuse, SS Wheat Swamp adj John P. Dunn, Jesse Vause, Pate's Branch, widow Taylor. WIT: William Howard, John H. Jackson. Enrolled 28 March 1854, Stephen White, ROD. Re-enrolled 7 April 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD. NC Archives Lenoir County Deed Book Abstracts 9 Jan 1854 B 4 p 311 Indenture Burwell W. Canady to James L. Canady - $3790 for 402 acres tract NS Neuse, SS Contentnea Creek adj J. P. Dunn, James Kilpatrick, Kinston road, Beaver Dam Creek, mouth of Blackledges canal. WIT: William G. Taylor, Richard B. Taylor. Enrolled 28 Feb 1855, S. White, ROD. Re-enrolled 6 March 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD. NC Archives Lenoir County Deed Book Abstracts 12 March 1857 Bk 6 p 787 Indenture Richard L. Collins and Elsey his wife to Alonzo Jerkins, Trustee of Eveline Dunn of Craven Co - $1,000 1/2 acre lot in Kinston SE corner of King Street and McIlwean and being Lot # 72 bounded on the N by King Street, on the W by McIlwean Stret, on the S by Lot # 193, on the E by Lot # 71 except for 5 feet sold to John W. Collins. WIT: Geo. Washington. Elsey privately examined. Enrolled 15 June 1857, Book 34, pp 401, 402, 403, S. White, ROD. Re-enrolled 18 May 1885, G. L. Hodges, ROD. NC Archives Lenoir County Deed Book Abstracts 20 Oct 1857 B 4 p 24 Indenture Jesse Hartsfield and wife Eliza Ann to Robert B. Taylor - $3700 for 250 acres tract NS Neuse adj Calvin Tucker, Wiley Moseley, Thos. A. Heath and wife H. S., public road, R. B. Vause, J. P. Dunn. Eliza Ann privately examined. WIT: R. B. Vause, S. H. Hartsfield. Enrolled 24 July 1858, Reuben Barrow. Re-enrolled 7 April 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD. NC Archives Lenoir County Deed Book Abstracts Note: John Patrick died 17 Nov 1859. 22 Nov 1859 B 4 p 26 Indenture Jesse B. Taylor to Richard B. Taylor - $510 for 19 1/2 acres tract adj Thomas Moseley, Augustus Moseley, John P. Dunn (now R. B. Taylor's corner), public road, Tully Moseley. WIT: Needham Moore, J. F. I. Sutton. Enrolled 16 Aug 1860, Reuben Barrow, ROD. Re-enrolled 7 April 1882, B. L. Taylor, ROD. NC Archives Lenoir County Deed Book Abstracts 9 Feb 1874 Bk 2 p 548 Indenture Durham Grady and wife Alice A. to Wiley Davis - $100 for 20 acres adj to the John P. Dunn and Parker corner, run of mill branch. WIT: Jesse Harper, T. W. Becton. Enrolled 19 Feb 1874, Book 41, pp 355, 356, James K. Davis, ROD. Re-enrolled 21 Nov 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD. NC Archives Lenoir County Deed Book Abstracts 4 Feb. 1875 Bk 7 p 55 Deed Richard W. King to John L. Nelson - $4,000 for 116 acres tract in Contentnea Neck Township between the road leading from Bectons Old Field to Kinston and the Neuse River adj Burwell M. Canady, sd Nelson formerly the Clark land and being the land willed by the late John P. Dunn to his son Joseph J. Dunn and sold by order of the Court and conveyed by Henry R. Stroud, Clerk and Master, to Richard F. Bright, the purchaser and then conveyed by sd Bright to sd R. W. King on 17 March 1863 for more description see a deed from S. B. Carraway to John P. Dunn for 2 tracts on 20 Oct. 1853 (sic). WIT: A. J. Loftin. Enrolled 4 Feb. 1875, Book 42, pp 359, 260, James K. Davis, ROD. Re-enrolled 20 June 1885, G. L. Hodges, ROD. NC Archives Lenoir County Deed Book Abstracts 19 Oct. 1878 Bk 5 p 723 Deed J. J. Dunn and Annie C. his wife to E. G. Hart of Greene Co. - $600 for 100 acres tract adj J. J. Dunn, E. L. Hazelton, at bridge in Kinston-Greenville road, to a fork in the Hookerton-Greenville road, Dunn Branch. WIT: Elias L. Hazleton. Annie privately examined. Enrolled 22 July 1884, B. L. Taylor, ROD. NC Archives Lenoir County Deed Book Abstracts 11 Sept. 1879 Bk 5 p 725 Deed Jacob McCotter and Emaline his wife and Robert B. McCotter and Mary W. his wife of Pitt and Lenoir Counties to Benjamin W. Hardy of Greene Co. - $1200 for 192 acres tract adj Joseph Dunn, Robt. B. McCotter, run of Great Branch, being the sd division line, J. H. Edwards, public road. WIT: E. L. Hazleton. Wives privately examined. Enrolled 14 Oct. 1879, Book 40, pp 41, 42, 43, B. L. Taylor, ROD. Re-enrolled 23 July 1884, B. L. Taylor, ROD. NC Archives Lenoir County Deed Book Abstracts 3 Oct 1879 Bk 1 p 273 Joseph J. Dunn and wife Annis C. Dunn to George R. Webb - $1944 for 243 acres adj lands of Jn. J. Dunn, J. F. Daughety, John H. Coward, big ditch on the Kinston and Fountain Hill road, Hookerton road, J. H. Freeman Annis was privately examined. Enrolled 17 May 1880, B. S. Taylor, ROD. May have been re-enrolled on p 267. NOTE: George and wife Agnes (sic) sold this land on 12 May 1880. NC Archives Lenoir County Deed Book Abstracts 11 Sept 1879 Bk 2 p 448 Mortgage Benjamin W. Hardy of Greene Co to Robt B. McCotter of Lenoir Co - $1200 for 192 acres adj Richard Taylor, Joseph Dunn, sd McCotter, J. H. Coward sd Hardy owes sd McCotter $1200 on 3 notes 1st note due 1 Jan 1880 for $600, 2nd note due 1 Jan 1881 for $300 and 3rd note due 1 Jan 1882 for $300 - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction. WIT: E. S. Hazelton. Registered 13 Oct 1879 Book 49, pp 43, 44, 45, B. L. Taylor, ROD. Re-enrolled 24 Sept 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD. NC Archives Lenoir County Deed Book Abstracts 23 Feb 1881 Bk 2 p 184 Mortgage Jeptha M. Dunn and wife Sallie to J. W. Grainger - $175 for 33 1/3 acres tract adj S. W. Dawson, James S. Canady, Stephen Phillips, W. A. King our interest of 1/3 part of the land upon which Jane Dunn now lives and owns a life estate in belonging to Louisa Cox wife of Bryant Cox, Elizabeth Dunn and Jeptha M. Dunn Dunn owes Grainger $175 on a bond due 1 Nov 1881 - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction. Jeptha signed, Sallie used a mark. WIT: E. L. Hazelton. Registered 16 March 1881, B. L. Taylor, ROD. NC Archives Lenoir County Deed Book Abstracts 4 April 1882 Bk 7 p 215 Deed Lacy Phillips and Susan his wife to Columbus Dunn - $525 for 5 1/2 acres adj C. T. Barwick, Julia Thomas heirs, Stephen C. Phillips. WIT: C. L. Rountree, JP. Susan privately examined. Enrolled 10 Oct. 1885, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD. NC Archives Lenoir County Deed Book Abstracts 2 April 1883 B 4 p 428 Mortgage Dempsey Wood to J. J. Dunn and wife Annie C. (sic) - $560 for 192 1/2 acres on a note due 1 Jan 1884 tract bounded on the N by Geo. B. Webb, Pittman, Ed Hart, on the E by Elias Hazelton, on the S by B. W. Hardy, on the W by James Daughety and being the lands willed to me by my father J. P. Dunn, the old Homestead plus personal property - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction. Signed J. J. Dunn, Annie C. Dunn. Enrolled 6 April 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD. NOTE: The Dunns were the grantors. Debt paid. NC Archives Lenoir County Deed Book Abstracts 8 Dec. 1883 Bk 5 p 81 Indenture John H. Dawson and Annie E. his wife to Richard Abbott - $2,050 for 240 acres tract in Contentnea Township adj Stephen Dawson, Robert Nelson on Eagle Swamp SS of road as it runs from Hookerton to Bells Bridge and being a portion of the tract bought by Joshua Rouse from the estate of C. C. Dunn and sold by a decree of the Court of Equity on 28 Dec. 1857 sold by said Joshua Rouse to sd John H. Dawson. Enrolled 19 Dec. 1883, B. L. Taylor, ROD. Annie privately examined. NC Archives Lenoir County Deed Book Abstracts 2 Dec 1884 Bk 6 p 65 Mortgage Wm. A. Phillips to J. R. Phillips - $1,000 for 440 acres - tract SS Contentnea adj Warren Bell, S Prong of Spring Branch, Drewry H. Phillips, main Spring Branch, Mulberry Branch, main road, William Ormond, Simon Langston, J. P. Dunn, Columbus Dunn, Whitfield, Peter Phillips, Eben Fife, Rountree, Bell, Griffin's patent being the same land conveyed by William Phillips to Wm. L. Phillips by deed of Gift on 23 Oct 1884 (sic) - condition that if the debt is paid this deed is null and void but if not paid the land can be sold at public auction. WIT: W. A. Coleman. Enrolled 5 Dec 1884, G. L. Hodges, ROD. NOTE: The date 23 Oct 1884 is incorrect as William L. Phillips died in 1864 and his father, William, died in 1853. Mortgage paid. NC Archives Lenoir County Deed Book Abstracts 30 Nov. 1885 Bk 8 p 351 Deed Bryant Cox and Louise his wife to Stephen C. Phillips - $150 for 100 acres tract adj Wm. P. Gilbert, Contentnea Neck Township, bounded on the N by W. P. Gilbert, on the E by Stephen W. Dawson, on the W by Herbert Jones, on the S by Stephen W. Dawson it being the land formerly owned by Jeptha Dunn and given to him by his father John P. Dunn. It is the full 1/3 interest of the said Louisa Cox one of the heirs of Jeptha Dunn. Bryant Cox, Lula Cox both signed by mark. WIT: Geo. W. Sumrell. Louise privately examined. Enrolled 18 March 1886, Geo. L. Hodges, ROD. NC Archives Lenoir County Deed Book Abstracts
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