INTRODUCTION GRANTOR/GRANTEE INDEX OF JOHNSTON, DOBBS, AND LENOIR COUNTIES Transcribed by Martha Mewborn Marble, 1377 Independence Ave, SE Washington, D. C. 20003 PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ACTUAL DEEDS DO NOT EXIST TODAY Johnston County was formed from the western part of Craven County in 1746 and in 1758, Dobbs County was formed from the eastern portion of Johnston; however, the records of Johnston went with the newly formed Dobbs. In 1779 Wayne County was formed from the western portion of Dobbs and in 1791, most of the remainder of Dobbs was divided into Glasgow - now Greene - and Lenoir Counties, and Dobbs ceased to exist. The records of early Johnston (and other Counties formed from Johnston), Wayne, Greene, and Lenoir Counties were placed at the Courthouse in Lenoir County. In 1878, a Courthouse fire in Kinston destroyed almost all these records except the original Grantee Index. Greene County also suffered a destruction of its records in a similar fire. According to Charles Holloman, a Grantor Index was prepared from the Grantee Index and both those books were saved during another Courthouse fire in 1880. I am inclined to think that the Grantor Book was the original as there are too many differences in the two books. Charles Holloman was instrumental in locating the Grantee Book at the Courthouse in Kinston many years ago and then published Books 1-5 from the Grantee Index in various issues of "The North Carolina Journal". It was not until a new Courthouse was built in the early 1980's that the Grantor Index was found. While there is nothing to indicate the nature of the Instruments or the relationships between Grantor and Grantee, these Books provide us with a list of names in otherwise "burned or partially burned Counties". This transcription was taken from the Grantor Index, but double checked against the Grantee Index for differences in spelling and entries that appear in one but not the other. Approximate dates of each Book are listed at the front of the microfilm roll from which this is taken. This sentence is at the front of the roll - "Following Records have many carbon copies and light pencil or ink and will not be legible on film" so the reader should consult the original. * Does not appear in Grantee Index ** Does not appear in Grantor Index () Difference of name or spelling as appears in Grantee Index (1) Letter from Charles R. Holloman to Ima E. Mewborn dated 8 December 1987 Old Dobbs County PIPKIN Entries From TO PAGE # __________________________________________________________________________ BOOK 1 - 1746 - 1750 Bush, William Joseph Pipkin 125 Fort, Arthur John Pipkin 36 Pipkin, Joseph Willis Pipkin 100 ** BOOK 2 - April 1750 - April 1754 Barber, James Lewis Pipkin 123 BOOK 3 - Apr 1754 - Apr 1755 Bargerson, John Sarah Pipkin 270 BOOK 4 - 1756 - 1757 Pipkin, Jethro William Prescott 262 Pettit (Petit), George Joseph Pipkin 353 BOOK 5 - April 1757 - April 1758 Benton, Joseph Jesse Pipkin 634 Cogdell, Richard Lewis Pipkin 529 Temple, John Joseph Pipkin 533 BOOK 8 - April 1769 - April 1771 Bratcher, John Joseph Pipkin 256 * Pipkin, Joseph Molly Craddock 267 Pipkin, John Jesse Pipkin 321 BOOK 9 - April 1771 - April 1773 Benton, Margaret Jessee Pipkin 304 Killey (Kelly), Joseph Joseph Pipkin 64 Pipkin, Joseph Willis Pipkin 100 * Same Elisha Pipkin 117 Same Mary Craddick (Craddock) 120 BOOK 10 - April l773 - May l775 Bratcher, John Willis Pipkin 126 Bratcher, John Joseph Pipkin 157 Same Same 158 Hines, Isaac Jessee Pipkin 285 Hines, Isaac Jessee Pipkin 301 Pipkin, Willis Joseph Pipkin 138 Pipkin, Joseph Thomas Croddick (Craddock) 180 Stines(Hines?), Isaac Jessee Pipkin 82 BOOK 11 - January 1777 - April 1779 Bizzell, John Joseph Pipkin 438 Jurnigan, Benjamin Joseph Pipkin 440 Pipkin, Luke Asher Pipkin 93 Pipkin, John Joseph Pipkin 204 Pipkin, Joseph Stephen Pipkin 205 Pipkin, Joseph Mary Chaddick (Craddock) 439 Pipkin, Joseph Stephen Pipkin 477 Same Willis Pipkin 478 Reynolds, Dredzell Joseph Pipkin 332 Sessions, Joseph Joseph Pipkin 537 BOOK 12 - April l779 - April l784 Benton, Francis Isaac Hines 484 Same Jessee Pipkin 487 BOOK 15 - End of DOBBS County and the lst book of LENOIR County 1792 - 1793 Barron and Barnes Jesse Pipkin 14 Deberry, Lemuel Jesse Pipkin 13 Hart (Harte), William Lewis Pipkin 60 Thigpin, Travis (Thomas) John Pipkin 64 BOOK 18 - LENOIR County 1798 - 1799 (First several pages apparently had some 1794 Deeds) White & Wooton Jesse Pipkin 76 Wooton & Wooton Jesse Pipkin 81 BOOK 19 - LENOIR County 1799 - 1800 - 1801 Dannile, Robert Jesse Pipkin 118 BOOK 21 - LENOIR COUNTY - 1804 - 1805 Bush, R & W Stewart Pipkin 142 BOOK 22 - LENOIR County - 1746 - ca 1810 Bryant, F. Lewis Jos. Pipkin 387 Pipkin, John Asher Pipkin 373 BOOK 23 - LENOIR COUNTY 1805 - 1806 to August 1810 Goodman, W. K. Jesse Pipkin 324 Pipkin, Jesse Arch’d. Pipkin 28 Pipkin, Jesse Arch’s. Pipkin 78 Pipkin, Jesse Arch’s. Pipkin 78 Same Isaac Pipkin 96 Pipkin, Steward Arch’s. Pipkin 100 Patridge, John Jesse Jones 102 Pipkin, Arch’s. Isaac Pipkin 116 Pipkin, Jesse Archs. Pipkin 119 Goodman, W. K. Jesse Pipkin 324 Pipkin, Jesse Arch’d. Pipkin 28 Pipkin, Jesse Arch’s. Pipkin 78 Same Isaac Pipkin 96 Pipkin, Steward Arch’s. Pipkin 100 Pipkin, Arch’s. Isaac Pipkin 116 Pipkin, Jesse Archs. Pipkin 119 Pipkin, Jesse Archs. Pipkin 284 Pipkin, Jesse James Smith 431 BOOK 24 - LENOIR COUNTY August 1810 - August 1819 Kornegay, Robert Jesse Pipkin 194 Pipkin, Isaac Archs. Pipkin 83 BOOK 25 - LENOIR COUNTY August 1819 - December 1822 Pipkin, Elisha Benjamin Burnes 347 Pipkin, Elisha & Others Benjamin Burnes 376