Note that the original patents were in Bladen County. This county took up a huge portion of North Carolina at the time. It was later cut into several different counties, and Howell's land was nowhere near present day Bladen County.
Actual location over time, from patent date through county formations and boundaries changes:
1754 - Bladen (patent), then Cumberland (formed same year from Bladen)
1784 - Moore County (formed from Cumberland)
Actual location over time, from patent date through county formations and boundaries changes:
1754 - Bladen (patent), then Cumberland (formed same year from Bladen)
1784 - Moore County (formed from Cumberland)
Cumberland County was formed from Bladen in 1754. The western part of Cumberland then became Moore County in 1784. Thus, Howell's property south of Deep River, is now in upper Moore County, right below where the southeast corner of Randolph (formerly Guilford) County and the southwest corner of Chatham (formerly Orange) County meet.
PATENT/PURCHASE
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EACH TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP OF ALL OR PART OF ORIGINAL
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Howell2 Brewer (George1)
Patented 200 acres 27 Feb 1754
Boundaries:
Patented 200 acres16 May 1754
Boundaries:
So side Deep River
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Howell2 Brewer
Sold 200 acres 10 Aug 1767 Boundaries: NW side Deep River? mouth of Teirs Branch (same or not?) Cumberland and Orange Counties?
Signed:
Howell (x) Brewer
Witnesses:
Jacob Rogers
Thomas Hendress
----------------------------Howell2 Brewer Sold (?) acres 29 Aug 1758 to Zachariah Green Both sides of Deep River Red oak on river bank to Howell Bruer's corner
Signed by:
Howell (x) Brewer
Witnesses:
Thomas Collins
Robert (x) Cheek
Charles Campbell
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Howell Sr was among those appointed to help clear a road to Beaver Pond Creek, indicating they still lived in that area in 1736.
Howell was the executor of his father's 1741 will, which was proved in 1744, but didn't inherit any land. George's land was between Fountain & Rattlesnake Creeks, and on both sides of Roanoke Road. Both of Howell's early North Carolina tracts, shown to the left, were in the portion of Bladen County that later became Cumberland and Orange Counties. |
- Howell2 Brewer Sr (George1)
- 27 Feb 1754: 200 acres on the NE side of Deep River, 3 miles above Tices (now Tyson's) Creek in Bladen County (now Moore County)
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Transcription: "Howel Brewer two Hundred acres Bladen Lying on the NE side of Deep River beginning above three miles above Tices Creek - at a forked Hickory standing by the mouth of a gutt [or ravine] Runing [sic running] west 155 po [sic poles] to a stake then So [sic south] 200 poles to a stake then Et [sic East] 205 Poles to an Oak then Down the River to the first Station. Signed this 27th day of Feb'y 1754 Jab [sic Jacob] Johnston By his Honour's Command Jas [sic James] Murray Sec [Land Office Secretary]"
- 16 May 1754: 200 acres on Deep River opposite the corner of Howell Brewer Sr's above property
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Transcription: "Howell Brewer 200 Acres Bladen on Deep River beginning at a red oak on the river Bank thence So [sic south] 5 Et [sic east] 180 pole to a pine thence So [sic south] 85 Wt [sic west] 125 pole to a red oak on the river Bank opposite to Howell Brewers Corner thence down said River No 30 Wt 193 pole to a pine thence No [sic north] 85 Et [sic east] 203 pole to the red oak at the Beginning - May 16th 1754 Matt Rowan"
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