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Note: Henry Oliver (1772-1807) was son of John Oliver who died in 1792. Henry inherited two plots of land near Pine Level totaling 200 acres from his father. He sold one (100 acres) on Rooty Branch in 1798 that bordered his brother Mitchell's (ie, their father's home place) to the south east and lived on the other 100 acre plot (on the variously labeled Wadds or Woods or Wades branch) which bordered his father's home place (Mitchell's by then) to the north east which Henry enhanced with a 62 acre adjacent grant from the state. Henry married Winifred Ingram in 1799, the daughter of a man with a large landholdings and slaves, having property amounting to 2500 plus acres and 25 slaves by the time he died. Henry and Winifred moved to a new 200 acre farm Henry purchased in the neighboring tax district in 1802 and sold his existing 162 acres in 1804 to Winifred's sister's husband, Ezekiel Creech (stated at the time to be "where said Oliver formerly lived"). Henry moved back home and in July 1807 purchased a 65 acre plot from his brother Mitchell Oliver that was part of the 1765 homestead of his father. A few short months later in late 1807, Henry died at the young age of 35, leaving his wife Winifred and two small children Thomas and Winifred "Jr" Oliver. The older Winifred was remarried to Berry Woodell in late 1810 or early 1811. Berry was apparently a true father and eventually a good provider to the children. In 1814 a debt against the estate of the deceased Henry Oliver caused the land to be up for auction, but Winifred's sister's husband, Lewis Creech purchased it and Berry and Winifred continued living on it. Later Winifred inherited a 100 acre plot from her father in 1829 (technically only a life right since it was left directly to her two children, Thomas and Winifred "Jr"). The two children, now grown, Thomas Oliver and Winifred Evans (having recently married Henry Evans) swapped this with their mother and step father signing off on it, with Winifred "Sr"s same brother-in-law Lewis Creech (who still held the title on Berry and Winifred "Sr's" "Oliver" home place, so that the immediate family regained the title to their home and farm. Over the 16 years that Lewis Creech held the title, he had enhanced it with purchases from the deceased Henry Oliver's brothers so that it was actually 114 acres then. After Winifred "Sr's" death, the land fell to Winifred Evans and the children of Thomas Oliver. The Evans family has held this plot, including part that has been continuously in the family since 1765, Jim Evans and wife Mary and many family members are buried on this oldest part. The other Evans holdings in the area (much of it, anyway) came from Berry Woodell deeding land to step-son-in-law, Henry Evans, and Step-grandson, Ashley Evans.
Evidence:
Four Henry Oliver's:
There were 4 Henry Oliver�s alive in Johnston in close proximity of 1800.
First is a Henry that was born by at the very latest, probably no later than 1749 (usually tagged �Senior�) he witnessed the 1765 deed in which John Sr obtained his first Johnston County land. His wife was Lucretia and he died in 1804 or 1805. (Just for reference, Johnston County deed D2-122 is the central item along with patent entry # 753 and deed B2-173 that indicates Henry Jr, rather than Henry Sr, is the son John Sr names in his 1787 will)
Secondly there was a Henry Oliver born in the early 1770�s that married Winifred Ingram (usually tagged �Junior�), he died in late 1807, almost exclusively was referenced without the suffix after the above Henry died.
Third was Henry Oliver (for this discussion tagged as "Henry #3") born October 26 1775 of base birth to Anne Oliver and bound to William Hinnant in May 1790. He married Dinah and died by some point in 1819.
Last was a Henry Oliver probably born around 1790 to John Oliver, junior. This 4th and youngest Henry relocated to Illinois by the time he was an adult so does not appear in the tangle so much.
The needed delineation between the third and second Henry Oliver:
Henry #3 (not John Oliver's son, rather Ann's)
a "Henry Olliver" witnessed two deeds in 1796 in which William Hinnant was the grantor or grantee. Henry Senior died in late 1804 or early 1805, Henry Junior died in late 1807, followed by the witness of another deed of William Hinnant by a "Henry Olliver" in July 1808 after both the first two Henry Oliver�s were dead and buried, After receiving or purchasing 154 acres in 1807/8, a "Henry Olliver" sold 100 in 1814, retaining 54, in all these cases, the court copyist consistently has the "Henry Olliver" signing with two "L's". A conclusion can be made that this Hinnant witnessing Henry and grantor of part of his 154 acres is the Henry Oliver that was previously William Hinnant�s bound apprentice (and son of Ann Oliver), and that he is the Henry Oliver that appears in the 1810 census 5 houses down from William Hinnant. He would be the Henry Oliver that died in 1819.
Henry Jr (John Olivers son)
One thing that is certain is that a Henry Oliver Jr was in possession of land originally John Oliver Sr's without an intervening deed situated on a creek or branch variously labeled as Wadds, Wades and Woods*. This was granted to John Oliver senior and left by him to his son Henry by will. The possessor of this piece of land was specifically stated to be Henry Oliver Jr. (not Sr.) it was 100 acres, which Henry Jr sold along with an additional 62 acres granted directly to him by the state to (brother-in-law) Ezekiel Creech in 1804. (Ezekiel became Henry's brother-in-law in 1803, not 1809 as represented on the Johnston County Heritage searchable records).
�25th day April in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and four, Between Henry Oliver Jr. of the County of Johnston of State of North Carolina of the one part and Ezekiel Creech of the County and State aforesaid of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Henry Oliver Jun�r for and in consideration of the sum of Eighty pounds current money of the said State � doth grant �unto the said Ezekiel Creech .. a certain tract of land situate lying in the County aforesaid including the plantation whereon the said Oliver formerly lived on the North side of Moccasin Swamp. Beginning at a pine, Rain�s line and runs West 114 poles � South Ninety four poles � then along his own line forty degrees East Eighty Poles to a stake, then East seventy two poles � North to and with Rains line to the Beginning. It being a tract of land granted to John Oliver Sen., dec. containing one hundred acres of land �Also �unto the said Ezekiel Creech one other tract of land � joining the above mentioned tract of land. Beginning at a stake, his own corner and thence with his own line West Seventy two poles to the corner on a stake in Mitchell Oliver�s line ..south forty degrees east fifty six poles �south sixty degrees east one hundred and two poles � Sampson Edward�s corner � with Edward�s line North one hundred & eleven poles � Ambrose Rains line thence with Rain�s line west sixty eight poles �then a direct line to the beginning containing sixty two acres, land granted to the said Oliver as appears by Patent bearing the date the 3rd of August 1797.
In presence of us
...............................................Henry Oliver
Jno. Williams
Joshua Creech
Just before this, in 1798, Henry Oliver sold 100 acres on the Rooty Branch accounting for the rest of the 200 acres mentioned in John Oliver's will. Henry Oliver Sr. is definitely not the son of John Oliver that died in 1792, the only possible question is which of the next two younger Henry's is indeed "Henry Jr". The overwhelming evidence is just as stated at the beginning, the Henry Oliver that married Winifred Ingram is the son of John Oliver Sr. (just a reminder that that Senior / Junior tags from this period have nothing to do with father / son relationships). Henry Sr. was more probably John Sr's brother along with James and William. John Oliver's son, Henry Junior and wife Winifred were the parents of Thomas Oliver (1802-1844) and grandparents of T T Oliver and Wm. Berry Oliver of Pine Level. It is very understandable how this has been confused by many researchers, I think our ancestors wanted to leave a puzzle for us for certain! The Junior tag was for the most part not used after Henry Sr died, except one stray mention in Winifred's husband's estate, most of his settlement references are simply "Henry". The Henry that died in 1819 never used a tag, evidently since he was in the neighboring tax district and the chance of needing distinguishing was not as great.
To have the Henry Oliver that is mentioned as "Jr" in the 1799-1804 period, who is definitely John's son and brother of Mitchell not be the same Henry that is listed in that tax district in 1805 and later and the purchaser of land from Mitchell Oliver in 1807 and also died that year, would require that Mitchell's 1807 deed was written knowing that two Henry's about the same age had swapped tax districts but then not even distinguish between the two in the reference. Many reasons exist for holding that Henry Jr, son of John is the same as the Henry Oliver that is husband of Winifred, the reverse requires many improbabilities such as:
Evidence Dinah's husband Henry Oliver is not "Henry Jr" and therefore not John's son (and conversely) that Winifred's "Winney" husband is:
1. 1800 census reference to "Henry Jr" being at least two years too old for the then 24 year old Henry #3, making a year of birth distinction between the two younger Henry's, one born in late 1775 and still 24 at census time 1800 (and obviously not listed as a head of house anywhere that year, and the pre 1774 born Henry Jr. the year of census compared with the known marriage (see #2, #8 and #9) and age of wife, points to Henry Jr, known son of John Sr, being the same Henry that continuously listed acreage from 1799 (year of Henry and Winifred's marriage) thru his death in 1807 and the purchaser of the 65 acres from Mitchell Oliver, and the continuous link to William Berry and T T Oliver and the Evans family that is connected with said land perpetually until today. The mutual switch idea counter to the Henry Jr = husband of Winifred (daughter of a man owning 2,500 + acres of land and twenty some slaves) would also require not only that:
2. Winifred, daughter of a man of means married a man in 1799 with no inheritance or legal father that had not yet made a name for himself (which he did later, but only later, as many illegitimate boys did eventually in that day, so this isn't a slur against someone born in that manner, I have a couple in other lines, one that did very well for himself), it would also require that:
3. The theoretically transplanted Henry Jr started using the double L spelling of Oliver when signing in opposition to the spelling he had used prior but then commenced in total swap with the third Henry he replaced in that district. (This does assume that the court copyist was correctly conveying the spelling of signatures on the original deeds, for a fairly easy name, court copied "signature" occurrences in 1796 witness of a Wm. Hinnant deed, 1808 witness of a Wm Hinnant deed - months after the death of Winifred's spouse Henry- and 1814 when this Henry, husband of Dinah, sold 100 acres to S G Smith). It also requires that:
4. Henry Jr. (in this unlikely scenario of not being the husband of Winifred) sold land to a man married to Winifred's sister, and this land being his inheritance and home place.
5. Henry number three (again hypothetically), after the swap, took up residence on land formerly owned by the father of Henry Jr (complete with a land transaction with Henry Jr's brother) It also requires (slightly tempered with the mere fact of location, but not that distant) that:
6. Brothers Mitchell and Stephen Oliver attended the estate sale of Henry #3 (Jr. actually but just for the sake of argument) in 1808 but not their brother in 1819 (when they both were still living and not yet "aged"). It would also require that:
7. Mitchell Oliver sold land to a Henry Oliver in the summer of 1807, at a time when there were two Henry Oliver's living close to the same age, one being his brother, but selling it to the other without any attempt to qualify the grantee. Rather, it was in fact Henry Jr, son of John Sr, that died in 1807 and Henry #3 who died in 1819, no Olivers were at his 1819 sale.
8. Would require an explanation for the apparent discrepancy in Dinah's 1820 age that does not match the age of the adult female in the home of Henry Jr 1800 (assuming only one wife for Henry #3).
9. The only proven of the two younger Henry's to be married by 1800 (to Winifred in 1799) would have
had to be missed in the census or hidden (as a couple) in another's home, especially a stretch when coupled with #8.
A string of mild improbabilities in an investigation after a certain point constitute an argument difficult to to be overthrown, and nearly proves an issue in favor of a consistent opposing idea that misses all the unlikely points, where the opposing idea is the only alternative. The Henry Oliver junior, son of John Sr. is the same guy that married Winifred Ingram and therefore grandfather of T T Oliver, William Berry Oliver and Ashley B Evans.
Oddly, a partial "near half swap" occurred when Henry Jr briefly owned a 200 acre plot in Wm Hinnant's district but this was sold, and not particularly in the area of that district near Wm. Hinnant or Henry #3, (by 1804 Henry, brother of Mitchell and Stephen was already out of that location and in Powell's dist.) but the fact of a somewhat mobile Henry Jr is confirmed but a reference to land in 1804 "where Henry formerly lived", but already in 1805, a Henry that has to be #3 is first listed with no land in Hinnant's district in clear delineation of the Henry in Powell's (1804) that strangely has Mitchell and Stephen marked through immediately under his name. Clear dual same year mentions occurs in 1805 when Henry, brother of Mitchell and Stephen is back in Bull's dist with his brothers and the Henry #3 first appears in the list, but in Hinnant's. It is true that Henry, husband of Winifred, died with only 65 acres officially registered to his name, but his death was premature (age would be 35), but there was many more acres alluded to in tax lists that may have been "in the works", ie, leased or in use on the way to owning, not to mention the presumed inheritance coming to Winifred (and it did when Winifred's father died) also, the Henry in Hinnant's died at an even older age with only 54 and no apparent "unofficial" land (again, Henry #3 was always listed in the same location with no land, starting in 1805 until 1808, then in that same district with 154 acres until he sold 100 of it and dropped to 54 for the remainder of his life).
Evidence countering Henry son of John being the husband of Winifred. "Henry Oliver Jr" (definitely the tag of the son of John) purchased 200 acres of land in 1802 from M. Handy and then sold in 1805 (He was listed in Wm. Hinnant's tax district with 200 acres one lone year, 1803, and it could be argued that he was simply missed in 1804, then resumed being listed in this district in 1805 with no land and can be seen here every year (including after 1808 with 154 acres, then after 1813 with 54). But this would be a very weak argument, with an 1804 absence that was by huge coincidence coupled in 1804 with the mention of Henry Jr in Powell's district beside the marked out Mitchell and Stephen (known sons of John). It is much more reasonable to have the 1803 and 1804 mention as Winifred's husband, then from 1805 forward, both are mentioned with Winifred's husband back in the "Bulls" district with Mitchell and Stephen, and Henry, husband of Dinah only first appearing in tax records in 1805, Hinnant's/Smith's forward through his 1819 death. It requires many more coincidences stacked upon one another to have Winifred's husband not be the son of John (see above 1 through 9). The tag of "Junior" in Winifred's husband's 1808 sale might be construed to be the third Henry's assumption of that tag as the then younger of the two surviving after Henry Sr's death, but this is one stray mention in many in Winifred's husband's settlement mentions (the hand over of such tags probably not an official process and is probably there to provide continuity with the Jr usage while he was alive only recently being made unnecessary (so far as activity of a "living" Henry) by the 2 year prior death of Henry Sr., (this being more likely meant as a qualifier for "dead Henry's" who died terribly close to one another) again stressing the majority of Winifred's husband settlement references being simply "Henry". Again see the issues 1 through 9 above that speak loudly to the conclusion that Henry born around 1772, son of John, usually referred to as "Jr" being Winifred Ingram's husband and father of Thomas and the younger Winifred.
There are descendents of John Oliver now still owning and/or interred on some of his 1765 land. As true of the other of John Oliver sons, Stephen, Henry and Mitchell each received land from John Sr. by will when John died in 1792 (except John Jr. receiving his earlier by deed). Henry (Jr) sold the last of his to his wife�s sister and husband after holding it 12 years in 1804, Henry having in the meantime married said wife, Winifred Ingram, in 1799. The land that fell to Henry�s brother, Mitchell Oliver actually includes the land still in the family. Henry having sold his dwelling place and inheritance, held other land briefly before (just before his early death) moving back to his deceased father's land. This was accomplished when Mitchell sold this potion of his inheritance to his brother, the mentioned Henry Oliver, in 1807 and moved to Wake County shortly thereafter. (Mitchell sold the remainder to the Peedin family, this transaction having his mother's Sarah (not wife) concession pointing to this portion as the John Oliver home site, this contains the Peedin cemetery which possibly pre-dates this transaction, and includes Winifred Oliver Evans plot and her son Ashley, not known whether there were earlier long since lost wooden markers) About this time that Henry was selling his own inheritance (1804), briefly moving a short distance away, then purchasing (1807) part of his brother Mitchell�s, Henry Oliver and wife Winifred Ingram Oliver had two children, Thomas Oliver and Winifred Oliver (yes, same name as her mother). No sooner than Henry had purchased this land, Henry died the same year by November 1807. Henry�s widow, Winifred, with these two very young children, was remarried before 3 years were up, by 1811, to a man by whom she had no further children, Berry Woodell.
3 years later, in 1814, Berry and Winifred almost lost her first husband�s as yet undivided land due to a claim against the estate of this deceased Henry Oliver. The administrator of the estate sold it, but fortunately, another of Winifred�s sisters and husband (Lewis Creech) purchased it and allowed Winifred and Berry to continue living on it. They were still living there on this Oliver land 16 years later in 1830 when the Ingram sisters had just received their inheritance from their own father. Winifred used her Ingram inheritance � located a few miles away to swap and receive the title back to the Oliver land she and Berry inhabited. It was stated in the deed to be �on which Berry Woodell now lives �being the land that formerly belonged to Henry Oliver�. In the swap, however, the deed really gave the land to Winifred Woodell�s now two grown children (by her aforementioned deceased first husband, Henry Oliver) Thomas and the younger Winifred Oliver Evans, who then deeded back a life right reserved to their mother Winifred Ingram Oliver Woodell and second husband, Berry Woodell (to preserve and transfer the life interest they had possessed in the swapped Ingram land). The daughter, the younger Winifred, had married Henry Evans by this time. Thomas Oliver had married Miss Ancy Watson. The southern and western part of this ended up in the Evans branch of the family and has remained without interruption until this day, now 242 years after first entering the ancestral Oliver line.
* (Another deed adjoining this refers to Wades and Rooty and one to Oliver Rains as Woods and Rooty, a modern deed in the area refers to Wadds, there are others)
Tax List evidence - it would, at first glance, appear to be cleaner to interpret the brief 200 acre mention of Henry Oliver in 1803 as Dinah's spouse, Henry, but it appears that this Henry had no land until his 1808 purchase of 154 acres in William Hinnant's dist. and doesn't even appear as a "no land" poll until 1805, but even beyond arguments 1 through 9 above, it is more probable Winifred's spouse, Henry, has land taxed in differing amounts in every tax list in which he is married and alive (1799-1807), this interpretation is the only one that doesn't result in a tax list debut followed by a gap for the Henry that is John's son. Not all Henry's tax acreage is even explainable indicating either "accumulative year taxation for prior missed years and/or acreage technically not his by registered deed but "ear-marked" for his immediate family at some point and reserved for his use already. This has been noted on our index tax payer (and future "by marriage" family member, John Evans)
Johnston County 1784
900 John Oliver Sr. (1 poll) \ Joseph Boone's Dist. 0 John Oliver Jr. (1 poll) / Johnston County 1799
350 Henry Oliver Sen�r (no free poll) 162 Henry Oliver Junior (1 free poll) my note - this is 100 inherited plus 62 granted (there was a 100 acre sell in 1798 to Henry Davis on the Rooty Br. divesting half his inheritance)
Johnston County 1800
Henry Oliver Sr. 350 (0 polls) Henry Oliver Jr. 162 Sarah Oliver 200 (Mitchell�s 200, Sarah is the mother) John Oliver 338 Johnston county 1801 � same as above regarding Henry Jr.
Same as 1800 with addition of 120 acres for Needham Oliver Johnston County 1802
Henry Sr. 200 acres 2 poles Henry Jr. 162 acres 1 pole Sarah 200 acres Mitchell 0 acres 1 pole (he reaches pole age between 1801 & 1802) Needham 120 acres Johnston County 1803
Henry Oliver 200 a. Wm. Hinnant's Dist. (this is Henry Jr's purchase of M Handy)
Henry Oliver 200 a. Bull's Dist. (most certainly Sr.) Mitchel Oliver 200a Johnston County 1804 (Barna. Bull's Dist.)
Henry Sr. 200 acres 1 pole (no Lucretia listed yet, Senior still alive)
The same for son Asa 1 pole Ezekiel Creech 162 a (162 changed hands in April, this is Henry Jr's bro. in law)
Mitchell Oliver 200 a Adin Powell's Dist. Henry Oliver Jr. 150 a. (near James Peedin & Joseph Ingram) (Mitchell & Stephen marked out here in Adin's On the Original right after Henry's listing)
(my note: these are three brothers sons of John Sr. and the "almost" listing together showing probably an association of the three together by the compiler.)
Johnston County 1805
(all in B. Bull's Dist.) Lucrecy Oliver 200 (Henry Sr�s widow � he died by late 1804) Henry Oliver 375 (is this 200 + 175?) the 200 changed hands apr 1805 (note: Henry is taxed back in his home area, no suffix, Henry Sr. has died, may represent �extra� acreage for taxes unpaid in prior years? or unofficially possessed future but earmarked family land?)
Darkis Oliver (Dorcas) 333 � John Jr.�s widow (note 338 from 1800) Mitchell Oliver 260 a ---- not in same exact section but close � (David Smith's dist. matches prior Wm Hinnant's)
John Evans - 50 acres Henry Olliver - 0 acres (this is Henry # 3, first mention in Tax records, this double "L" spelling of Oliver seems to be a persistent occurrence in 1796 and 1808 deed witnessing activity of Henry #3 and even on the deed where he came by his 154 acres, maybe a copyists attempt to differentiate him or a real conveyance of Henry's own spelling, although when he signed his will, executed in 1819, he used one "L" but he could barely scribble by then, maybe due to whatever illness took him)
Johnston County 1806 (B. Bull's Dist.) Mitchel Oliver 260 acres Henry Oliver 550 acres (no Sr or Jr tag) may represent �extra� acreage for taxes unpaid in prior years? or more unofficially possessed family land)
no Henry Oliver in Wm Hinnant's (a gap for one but not both Henry two and three is unavoidable)
Johnston County 1807
Wm. Hinnant�s Dist: resumes showing a Henry Oliver with no land near John Evans Barna. Bulls Dist:
Henry Oliver 175 a (65 wasn't acquired in Bull's until July 1807 ) Mitchell Oliver 477 a (here is another amount that is totally not in keeping with known deeds)
Johnston County 1809 (Wm. Hinnant's district) Henry Oliver 154 a Johnston County 1811 shows Berry Woodell, 65 acres � explanation later.
Johnston County 1813 shows Berry Woodell, 65 acres � explanation later.
Johnston County 1813 (Wm. Hinnant's district)
Henry Oliver 154 a John Evans 225 a (before his move from Hinnant�s to Great Branch adjacently located "Rains" land) Early the next year John�s father David sells 50 + 175 = 225 and John takes up residence on his wife�s father�s land mentioned above on Great Branch and north of Moccasin Creek, earmarked for her.
Johnston County 1814 shows
Berry Woodell, 65 acres � explanation later. (given as he is stated later to live on the land Henry purchased from Mitchell, since he was married to Henry's widow.)
John Evans 100 father-in-law�s 100 on NW of "Great Branch" (after moving from the above 225 sold by his father. He is the likely father of Henry Evans who later married daughter of a Hen. Oliver Jr)
Henry Oliver #3 in Hinnant�s area sells 100 leaving 54 and is shown with such no longer near John Evans after John�s 1814 move. This shows the stationary location of this third Henry Oliver (that married Dinah) relative to our index person John Evans, who moves between the 1813 and 1814 tax list. John Evans thereafter being a neighbor of the other Olivers, and Henry Oliver Jr�s former wife Winifred now Woodell. ( Winifred�s daughter and John�s likely son end up marrying each other having known each from the age of 10 due this move by John Evans)
Johnston County 1817 (Wm. Hinnant's district)
Henry Oliver 54 a Concerning the above Berry Woodell and the 65 acres. Henry (#2, or "Jr") purchased this just before his death from (his brother) Mitchell. His widow, Winifred, then married Berry who paid taxes on it. It was in a later deed stated to where "Berry Woodell lives formerly belonging to Henry Oliver"
�this sixth day of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seven between Mitchell Oliver of the County of Johnston and State (of) North Carolina of the one part and Henry Oliver of the same place of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Mitchell Oliver in for and in consideration of the sum of twenty seven pounds paid in hand by the said Henry Oliver � sold �one � parcel of land situated lying and being in the county aforesaid bounded as follows: Beg. at a small gum on the run of said swamp in Stephen Oliver�s line, running with said line north sixty eight poles to a small red oak thence with sd. line North forty deg. West two poles to Mitchell Oliver�s old corner on a white oak on the North side of Moccasin Swamp near the Wolf pond thence running north fifty deg. east 180 poles to a pine thence there south 40 degrees east 40 poles to the Wolf den branch thence down the various courses of the said branch to the run of Moccasin Swamp thence up the run of the said swamp to the beginning corner containing sixty five acres more or less the same being part of two tracts of land. One tract entered by Mitchell Oliver the 7th day of Oct. 1802, the other part being part of the old tract � I the said Mitchell Oliver do by these presents for my self and my heirs � land hereby conveyed unto the said Henry Oliver heirs and assigns forever � said Mitchell Oliver have hereunto set my hand � date first written �
William Pearce ...........................Mitchell Oliver
Elizabeth (x) Pearce
Later the brother-in-law of the widow of Henry #2 ("Jr"), Lewis Creech, as mentioned, purchased this when it was sold at public auction:
This 17th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen between Robert Gulley jr. Esquire, high Sheriff of the County of Johnston in the State of North Carolina of the one part and Lewis Creech of the County and State aforesaid of the other part�that whereas there did issue an order of sale in the following words, to wit,�State of North Carolina to the Sheriff of Johnston County, greetings, You are hereby commanded that you expose at publik (sic) sale agreeable to law, one tract of land lying on the north side of Moccasin Swamp �adjoining .. Searcy and James Peedin containing sixty eight acres said to be the property of Henry Oliver deceased, on which execution was levied by John Searcy, constable, to satisfy a judgment obtained by Whitfield, Plaintiff, against Benjamin Strickland, Administrator, on the estate of Henry Oliver, dec�d, defendant for the sum of six pounds, seven shillings & eleven pence with interest thereon from the sixteenth of June 1809 �further the sum of four pounds sixteen shillings & four pence for costs and charges �8th day of June 1814�.
Know ye that Allen Ballinger, Deputy Sheriff � did present to sell the aforesaid tract or parcel of land agreeable to law & did set up the same to the highest bidder ..20th day of August 1814. When Lewis Creech did appear on the premises and did bid for said tract or parcel of land the sum of Ten pounds fourteen shillings which was the highest and last bid made for said premises �
Know ye that I the said Robert Gulley jr., high Sheriff of the County of Johnston � have sold�unto him the said Lewis Creech �the before mentioned tract or parcel of land � in the county of Johnston ... on Moccasin Swamp �Beginning at a small gum in the run of the said swamp in Stephen Oliver�s line running thence with said line north sixty eight poles � north forty degrees west two poles to Mitchell Oliver�s old corner .. a white oak on the north side of Moccasin Swamp near the Wolf Pond thence running north fifty degrees east one hundred and eighty poles to a pine thence south forty degrees east forty poles to the Wolfden Branch thence down the � said branch to the run of Moccasin Swamp then up the run of the said swamp to the beginning. Containing (sixty five) acres more or less according to deed of conveyance from Mitchell Oliver to said Henry Oliver bearing date 6th day of July 1807. � the day and year within written
Robert Gulley, Sheriff
This was later brought back from their Uncle Lewis Creech by Henry Oliver's children (16 years later, during which time Lewis had expanded the land with a purchase from Stephen Oliver, brother of Henry), and was stated to be where their mother and step father were living. See notes for Winifred Oliver (Woodell) wife of Berry coupled with above tax lists for 1811, 1813 and 1814 above.
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