Byrd Families of 1790 Jacksonville,onslow Co,north Carolina

How early were your ancestors in North Carolina?

If they were here prior to the War of Independence, and so it might exist worthwhile to check the Moseley Map for their names, or at least their surnames.

The Moseley Map was created in 1733 by Edward Moseley (1682-1749), who was Surveyor Full general of Due north Carolina from 1710 — but afterward the famous John Lawson — and was marketed at the fourth dimension equally "A New and Correct Map of the Province of North Carolina."

Eastward Carolina University holds the only known original print of the Moseley Map in their incredible archives. Once owned by Mr. Hugh Williamson Collins of Edenton (1863), Moseley'southward is said to be "the first map of NC to be based mainly on actual exploration or surveys, rather than reports," according to the ECU Special Collections website.

The map'south description reads:

A New and Correct Map of the Province of North Carolina past Edward Moseley, belatedly surveyor general of the said province ([London]: Sold at the Iii Crowns, 1733). Shows settlements, inhabitants, soil weather, rivers, and primary products, with insets showing Port Brunswick or Cape Fear Harbour, Port Beaufort or Topsail Inlet, Ocacock [Ocracoke] Inlet, Caption, and Directions for Ocacock [Ocracoke] Inlet.

Indexing the Moseley Map

While the Moseley Map is not exhaustive in naming every family that lived in N Carolina at the time, many prominent land-owners were named. Clusters of families and Indian tribes were too named, such as the entry for "Palatines" in the section South of Trent River upwardly to New Bern, referring to families that settled the New Bern area led by Baron Christoph von Graffenreid or "Tuskeruro" named on the Roanoke River referring to the Tuscarora Indian tribe.

In February 1991, Susan M. Trimble of the Due north Carolina Colonial Records Project compiled a total index to the map, consummate with filigree locations for the names indexed, and it was published by the Northward Carolina Division of Athenaeum and History, Historical Publications Section.

Information technology tin can be viewed online or downloaded as a PDF (right-click PDF and "Save link equally…" to download) at the Internet Archive.

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The list below is a wonderful condensed alphabetize that I had saved in my archived files on my figurer, although, unfortunately, I'm unsure of its attribution, so if yous know who originally published the listing beneath, please leave a comment in the box at the bottom of this article.

Here's an important tip: Do Non utilise "Ctrl-F" to try to find your bequeathed surnames in this list. Instead, just read the list, as many spellings of surnames are different than the conventionally used spellings.

[A] ROANOKE RIVER-headwaters to the south shore of Albemarle Sound:

1-Davis[West], Immature[J], Spann(Spann's Mill), Allen, Falls, Reeves, Mellikan[J], Little[W], Mackinne[B], Bryant[T], Ooneroy, Refootketh, Tuskeruro, Cheeweo, Quitzna, Castellan[J], Speller, Charlton[Due west], Meazle, Blount, Beasly

Notation: At the headwaters [here called the Fitzwilliam River] on the NC/VA line-20,000 acres to Col. William Byrd of Virginia.

2-South shore of Albemarle Sound: Whitemarsh, Pollock[C], Buncomb[J], Frilie, Lee[South], Lee, Cooper

[B] ALBEMARLE County – BERTIE PRECINCT

1-Forth the Meherrin and Chowan Rivers to Albemarle Sound:Allen [E], Pitman, Kirchin, Anderson, Jackson, Gee, Bryan, Nansemond, Dew, Powers, Williams [A], Bail [J], Jones, Cotton wool [J], Loma [B], Baker, Barfields, Baker [H], Williams, Hains, Forster [R], Maule [W], Winn [Thou], Boone, Bryan [F], Hill [J], Pollack [T], Lovick [J], Pollock [G]

2-Albemarle Sound [due west shore] between Chowan and Roanoke Rivers:Duckinfield [N], laccuck, Lockart [J], Henderson [D], W [R]

[C] CHOWAN PRECINCT – E side of Chowan River:

Meherrin, Baker[H], Alston [J], Bennett, Parker, Blanthard, Spivy, Hill, Perry, Hunter, Lee, Pendal, Speight, Barns

[D] EDENTON AREA – between Chowan and Yaupin Rivers [due north shore of Albemarle Audio]:

Heath, Altin, Luten, Paget, Gale [E], Jones [H], Gale [C], Vaile [J], Moseley [E], Jones [F], Beabury, Beasly, Blount [J], Vaile, Porter [E], Pearce [T], Ward [J].

[Due east] PERQUIMANS PRECINCT – between Yaupin and Pequimans Rivers:

Sturgeons, Durant, Norcomb, Harvey [T], Denman [C], Skinner [R], Sander, Pettiver, Phelps, Speight

[F] PEQUIMANS PRECINCT – betwixt Pequimans and Little Rivers:

Clare, Jessup[J], Sutton[C], Nixon, Forster [F], Whidby[R], Bateman, Sanderton, Swann [S], Parish, Bartlet, Hatch[A], Sanderton[A], Catchmaid.

[G] PASQUOTANK PRECINCT – between Picayune and Pasquotank Rivers:

Hall, Nixon, Lowry, Evans, Salton, Boyd, Baily, Swann, Pritchard, Hague, Palin [J], Pendleton, Davis, Mabson [F], Reed [Due west]

[H] PASQUOTANK PRECINCT – between Pasquotank and North Rivers:

Spence, Burkham [G] (at Joy'due south Fork), Jones [G], Janson, Mann, Jones, Hawkins

[J] CURRITUCK PRECINCT – between North River and Currituck Sound:

Wilkins, Balance, Hodges [M], Swann [T], Etheridg, Lowther, Williams, Tulle, Swann [W], Dukes [G], Sanderson, Williamson, Norton, Gibby.

[K] Eastern shore between Albemarle & Pamticoe Sounds:

Moyes Creek, Spencers Creek, Isle of mann [50] [Fifty] BEAUFORT PRECINCT:

1-North Shore-Pamticoe River: Lillington[A], Adams, Pilkington, Snoad, Boyd

2-Bath Town: Kenyon, Odeon, Aldeson[S], Martin, Worsly [J], Salter [E], Riouset, Adams, Jones, Ottiwell

3-E of Bathroom Boondocks to the Sound: Jewell, maule [P], Perkins, Barrow, Adams [P], Dowry, Jones [P], Woodstock, Slade, Jasper, Mattamuskeet

[Yard] South shore – Pamticoe River:

Tuskeruro Indians, Mallard Creek, Chicod Creek, Salter [E], Kingman, Worsly, Blount, Reading, Coldom, Loma, Slade, Slade [B], Crofton, Maule [P], Locker, Peyton [R], Trip [J], Porter, Nevil, Turner [R], Leigh, Jones, Campaign [R]

[N] North shore – Neus River:

1-on Smyth'due south Creek – Reels, Gatlin

2-Chicken Precinct – Johnson, Beard's Creek, Frank[M], Wilkinson's Indicate, Dawson'southward Creek

[P] S shore – Neus River:

1-Craven Precinct-New Bern – Fonville, Handy

2-S of Trent River up to New Bern – Jones [Frederick]-7375 acres, Wilson [Westward], Hancock, Palatines, Glover [C], Hatch [A], Handcock [H]

[Q] Hatteras Island: Gibbs, Neal, Hatteras Indians

[R] Beaufort Town Area:

one-Near Beaufort Boondocks – Taylor [North], Shakelford, Shaw, Rustul [R]

2-Across N River, east – Wicker, Burnet

three-On Cadre Banks Sound – Nelson, Willis

[Due south] CARTERET PRECINCT:

1-Greatcoat Carteret – Lees

two-Queens Creek – Green

[T] ONSLOW PRECINCT:

1-NE shore New River[Jacksonville] – Howard, Lillington[H]

2-SW shore New River – Ennitch

3-Forth the coast betwixt New and Cape Fear Rivers [Jacksonville to Wilmington] – Johnson, Beasly, Frederick, Alexander, Vaile[J], Nixon, Hauser, Swann[S], Staples, Hudson, Watts, Perry,
Porter, Howe

4-Due east bank – NE Branch Greatcoat Fright River – Harrison[C], Watts, Mardsen, Carter

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And now, for the map (clicking on the map will bring upward a much larger version from East Carolina University in a new window).—

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Source: https://www.eastcarolinaroots.com/early-north-carolina-families-on-the-moseley-map-1733/

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