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Branch of the Ross Home Library
Free Church on Chocowinity
From the original in the Family Papers.
"We the undersigned agree to pay to Joseph Potts the amount anex'd to names for the purpose of building a Framed house 26 by 20 feet at or near the 10 Mile Post for a School House and Church the Building to be free for all Christians to Preach in"
| James R. Hooker | paid | 5.00 | |||
| Joseph Potts | (in Nails) paid | 5.00 | |||
| Robert Salter | paid | 5:00 | |||
| Jno. McWilliams | 1:00 | 16 | 00 | ||
| A Burbank [Benbank?] | paid | 5.00 | |||
| John Orkney | paid | 2:00 | |||
| Jarvis B Buxton in Lumber | paid | 8:00 | |||
| Saml W Lucas | paid | 2:00 | 17 | 00 | |
| Welcome Hoell | 1:00 | 33 | 00 | ||
| Joseph B Hinton | 10:00 | ||||
| Lewis L[eroy?] | pd | 2:00 | |||
| Wm. Barrow | paid | 2:00 | |||
| Nathl. J. Oliver | paid | 2:00 | 17 | 00 | |
| Fred' [Ferd'?] Brooks | paid - - - | 1:00 | |||
| Jno. W. Potts | / | 2:00 | |||
| William Blackledge | 1000 feet Lumber | 10:00 | |||
| George Hill | paid | 10:00 | |||
| Clemmons Arnold | paid | 1:00 | |||
| Joshua Arnold | paid | 1:00 | 25 | 00 | |
| Arden Blount | 5:00 | ||||
| Edmund Edwards | paid | 2:00 | |||
| Joshua Ecklin Senr | 5.00 | ||||
| Joshua Ecklin Jr | 3:00 | ||||
| James Brown | 2:00 | 17 | 00 | ||
| 92 | 00 | ||||
| Continued and forwd | $92 | 00 | |||
| John Dixon | 2:00 | ||||
| Abram Raven | 1:00 | ||||
| Nathl. Harding | paid | 2:00 | |||
| John Cratch | pd $8-- | 10:00 | |||
| Lucinda Edwards | paid | 5.00 | |||
| Fred Downs | 5.00 | 25 | 00 | ||
| Michl. Hill | 10:00 | ||||
| Israel Harding | pd | 1:00 | |||
| Joshua Shivers | 1:00 | 12 | 00 | ||
| D. H. Burbank | 1:00 | ||||
| Corns. Patrick | 2:00 | ||||
| Harvey Hill | pd 3$ | 5.00 | |||
| Hayes S [Labarbe?] | paid | 5.00 | |||
| Arnet Edwards | 1:50 | ||||
| Thos. Searles | pd.$1 | 1:00 | 15 | 50 | |
| Danl. Paul | 2:00 | ||||
| Wm Roberts | 1:00 | ||||
| Geo. W. Arnold | paid | 1:00 | |||
| Jesse Nobles | paid | 2:00 | |||
| John Weston | paid | 2:00 | |||
| John Osborn | 2:50 | ||||
| Simon Cruthers | paid | 5.00 | 15 | 50 | |
| to this place the amt. appears | [struck]
| ||||
| Isaac Nobles | pd | 3:00 | |||
| Sally Blount | paid | 5:00 | |||
| Wm. Adams | paid | 1:00 | |||
| Wm. Knox | paid | 5.00 | |||
| John D. Barr [Burr?] | 2:50 | ||||
| Miles Blount | 1:00 | ||||
| S Denb[eigh?] | 1:00 | ||||
| John Purser | 1:00 | ||||
| John Scarborough | 1:00 | ||||
| James Caramer? [Cramer?] | 1:00 | 21 | 50 | ||
| 18 | 50 | ||||
| [forward] | 181 | 50 | |||
| Jonathan Havens | 1:00 | ||||
| Allen Edwards | pd. | 2:00 | |||
| David Edwards | pd. | 2:00 | |||
| Aron Cox | 2:00 | ||||
| Isaac Nobles | 1:00 | ||||
| John Buck | 1:00 | ||||
| James Knox | pd. | 2:00 | |||
| Bryan Grimes | pd. | 2:00 | |||
| Noah Gallaway | pd. | 1:00 | |||
| Henry Harding | 2:00 | ||||
| Stephen C Worsley | 1:00 | ||||
| Robert Godley Sr | 2:00 | ||||
| Robt. Godley Jr | 5:00 | 24 | 00 | ||
| Chs. E. Sla_y [Slazy, Slagg?] | 2:00 | ||||
| Noah Knox | pd. | 2:00 | |||
| Joseph W. Patrick | 5.00 | ||||
| Willi[s?] Knox | 2.00 | ||||
| Jordan Knox | 2:00 | ||||
| Jordan Knox | 2:00 | ||||
| Lemmon Edwards | 1:-pd | 14 | 00 | ||
| Matthew Kelley | 2:00 | ||||
| Thos. A. Dernell? [Durrell?] | 2:50 | ||||
| Richd. Nobles | 2:00 | ||||
| James Buck | 2:00 | ||||
| William Patrick | 2:00 | ||||
| Reading Grist | 5:00 | ||||
| J C K [JOK?} Williams | 5.00 | ||||
| Thos. Ellison | 4:00 | ||||
| So__ [looks like Soda] Redditt | 5.00 | ||||
| D H. McCabe | 2:00 | ||||
| Joseph Wall | 2:50 | 18 | 50 | ||
| $269 | 50 | ||||
| Thos. Allen | paid | 5 | $264 | 50 |
Dating this document:
The handwriting for this document seems to match that of Noah Gallaway (Sr.), as appearing in the Bible Records. The account is not dated, but definitely pre-dates 1850, judging from the names appearing in the list. The more recognizable persons were all born in the latter fourth of the 18th century, and few of them were still living when the 1850 census was taken. Joseph B. Hinton, according to p. 14 of Pamteco Tracings, Dec. 1988, was born in 1788, "near Washington." In 1809, he was Register of Deeds in Washington. This committment to a church/school in the Chocowinity area was probably made prior to his removal to town.
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