OLD DOBBS COUNTY
GRANTOR-GRANTEE INDICIES OF JOHNSTON, DOBBS, AND LENOIR COUNTIES
Transcribed by Martha Mewborn Marble
1377 Independence Ave, SE
Washington, D. C. 20003
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ACTUAL DEEDS DO NOT EXIST TODAY.
Johnston County was formed from the western part of Craven County in 1746 and in
1758, Dobbs County was formed from the eastern portion of Johnston; however, the
records of Johnston went with the newly formed Dobbs. In 1779 Wayne County was
formed from the western portion of Dobbs and in 1791, most of the remainder of
Dobbs was divided into Glasgow - now Greene - and Lenoir Counties, and Dobbs
ceased to exist. The records of early Johnston (and other Counties formed from
Johnston), Wayne, Greene, and Lenoir Counties were placed at the Courthouse in
Lenoir County. In 1878, a Courthouse fire in Kinston destroyed almost all these
records except the original Grantee Index.
Old Dobbs County
* Does not appear in Grantee Index
** Does not appear in Grantor Index
() Difference of name or spelling as appears in Grantee Index
| BOOK | DATES | FROM | TO | PAGE |
| 2 (3) | April 1750 - April 1754 | Bracewell, John | Bryan(t), Robert | 10 |
| Bracewell, John | Bryan(t), Robert | 86 | ||
| Bracewell, Robert | Bracewell, John | 86** | ||
| 6 | April 1758 - April 1765 | Bracewell, Richard | Bracewell, Wm | 534 |
| Fort, Elias | Bracewell, William | 301 | ||
| Livingston, William | Bracewell, Richard | 398 | ||
| 7 | April 1765 - April 1769 | Atkinson, Ruben | Bracewell, William | 4 |
| 9 | April 1771 - April 1773 | Braswell William (Richard) | Edmondson, James | 170 |
| Yelvington, Thomas | Braswell, William | 109 | ||
| 10 | April 1773 - May 1775 | Braswell, William | Braswell, Richard | 4* |
| 11 | January 1777 - April 1779 | Braswell, William | Braswell, Richard | 314 |
Contributed by Joyce Zachman