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- !NOTES:Marty Grant's 6th Great Grand Parent.;
!CENSUS:1790 Wayne Co, NC pg 151 w/John ROBERTS no ages;
!CENSUS:1800 Wayne Co, NC pg 845 w/John ROBERTS age 45+ (bef 1755);
!PETITION:-- Feb 1803 Wayne Co, NC Loose Estates, John ROBERTS, deceased. Nancy ROBERTS vs Heirs and Representativese of John ROBERTS for dower;
!DOWER:-- Feb 1803 Wayne Co, NC Loose Estates John ROBERTS, deceased, Dower laid of to Nancy ROBERTS, widow of John ROBERTS, deceased, for 509a (plat included). Signed by Jury: Barnaby MKINNE, M- STANDLEY, Benjamin SMITH, Benjamin SMITH, Richard LACKEY?, Simon JOHN, Benjamin HERRING, Major UZZEL, William BRYAN, Britton HOOD, Jacob HERRING, James JOHNSTON;
!PURCHASER: 3 Mar 1803 Wayne Co, NC Loose Estates, John ROBERTS, deceased. Purchasers: ... Henry ROBERTS ... Isaac ROBERTS ... Spyars HAMM ... Stephen GRANT ... Richard GRANT ... John EDWARDS ... The Widow ... John ROBERTS Jr ... John ROBERTS ...;
!COURT:Jul 1803 New Bern District Court, pg 257. Isaac ROBERTS, Stephen GRANT and his wife Patience, Anne ROBERTS, Owen ROBERTS, Bright ROBERTS, Polly ROBERTS, (the latter 4 minors) by their next friend Isaac ROBERTS, complain that John ROBERTS of Wayne County, died intestate owning 1000 or 1500 acres in Wayne County, 600 acres in Lenoir County, 600 in Johnston County, and 975 acres in Duplin County. that he left a widow Nancy ROBERTS and 9 children: Charite ROBERTS married to Spyers HAM, Henry ROBERTS, John ROBERTS & the above said petitioners. The petitioners state that after Charite ROBERTS married Spyers HAM, John ROBERTS gave a deed to Spyers HAM for 110 3/4 acres in Wayne County on Ready Swamp on the prong of Stony Creek, William HAM the father of Spyers paying to said John ROBERTS 75L. that said John ROBERTS gave to his son Henry ROBERTS, 200 acres joining the same, and to his son John ROBERTS 975 acres in Duplin County, but no allotment to the rest of his children. the widow had received dower of 509 acres in Wayne Co. Petition for division. Commissioners: Richard CROOM, Benjamin SMITH (Taylor), John GAYLORD, William SMITH, Barney McKINNEY. 1 Oct 1803 Division of the lands of John ROBERTS, decd. Isaac ROBERTS drew the Hall & Johnston land of x00 acres. Anne ROBERTS drew the Trent land in Lenoir County of 670 acres. Patience GRANT drew 422 acres. Owen ROBERTS drew 66 acres and the Walnut Pocoson called the JERNIGAN land of 200 acres. Bright ROBERTS drew 200 acres. Mary ROBERTS drew 227 acres. Plat shown.;
!NAMED:10 Sep 1805 Wayne Co, NC Loose Estates. John ROBERTS, deceased. Divided into 9 shares, 1 each to: Spyus HAM, Henry ROBERTS, Isaac ROBERTS, Stephen GRANT, Jesse HARPER, Owen ROBERTS, Bright ROBERTS, Polly ROBERTS, and the widow;
!CENSUS:1810 * Wayne Co, NC pg 480 w/Henry ROBERTS age 45+ (bef 1765);
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