Timber Branch Court House…
This is for any puzzle solvers out there…
I ran across this article :
http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/bertie/history/other/courthou283gms.txt
I mapped the patent… approximately… (center of graphic)
I am curious of any neighbors to more accurately map the location.
This may be one… but it seems to reference the East shore of Chowan [River]?… but I think I may be totally off base and am reading too much into the description?
Just look at all those Welshmen — Williams, Bryan, Howell, Jones!
justinpetrone
June 12, 2023 at 11:19 am
The amount of undiscovered history here is amazing… the deeper I dig the more amazed I am.
anderson1951
June 12, 2023 at 12:46 pm
I was looking for Quarter branch, Cypress pond branch and Canaan Woods and I came across another article by Gerald W. Thomas https://sites.rootsweb.com/~ncbertie/caleGTinfo3.htm . He has a connection with the Jernigan’s along Loosing and Wild Cat Swamps. I plan on reaching out to him.
RallsDNA
June 12, 2023 at 1:44 pm
I am seeking out Collins, Russell, Wyatt, Napier/Napper, who were living in that Chinkapin Swamp area in the Hertford-Bertie borderlands … no luck yet. James Russell sold his land to a Robert Sumner in 1764, I think. It was part of a tract that bordered Bunch and Harrell, west of Colerain.
justinpetrone
June 13, 2023 at 12:02 am
Stumbled across this today, would love to know what kind of program(s) you’re using to map old grants and parcels over a modern map. Hoping to do the same for my neck of the woods!
Jonathan
April 24, 2024 at 12:39 pm
The base maps are important… they can be found online…
https://www.usgs.gov/programs/national-geospatial-program/historical-topographic-maps-preserving-past
Locate the oldest you can find… in the case of my maps …about 1910 is the ballpark date…if you are lucky.
The best (and cheapest) software program (that I use) is here:
https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/
Using this software is not a five minute exercise… I was a professional graphics person for years… but that is not to say that a serious student cannot master it… it just takes time and concentration… you know, like what we used to do when school teachers actually taught and did not propagandize bullsh*t.
Lastly… the actual patents can be mapped easily with this little software marvel:
https://www.tabberer.com/sandyknoll/more/metesandbounds/metes.html
copy/paste the little graphic onto the basemap… scale it to one inch equals one mile and you are good to go.
anderson1951
April 24, 2024 at 11:40 pm