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Marriage, Death & Other Notices: Early Mecklenburg County, NC Newspaper Abstracts

Polly Finney

Notice that she had eloped from his bed and board, without any reasonable cause, and that he would not be reasonable for any credit she applied to his account.

Legal announcements granting a divorce, or notices to creditors that a spouse (wife) has deserted and is should no longer be granted credit.

Divorce / Desertion

George Graham

Rental of Tuckaseegee land. See also 12-28-1831.

May include the sale of land, goods or slaves owned by the deceased, notice to heirs, or notice to creditors.

Probate and estate

William Davidson

W. Morrison, trustee, will sell 100 negroes, the property of Davidson, for the benefit of the Bank of Newbern, John Irwin, Samuel McComb and others.

Notice of the sale of slaves or of runaway slaves. Check estate sales first, as this is where most slave sales are listed.

Slavery

B. Flanagan

Bay horse purchased a few days before from a Kentucky Drover strayed or stolen from residence 6 miles below Charlotte on Camden Road.

May include sale of personal goods, or notice of lost or stolen items.

Personal Property

George Gray

Opened a shop making shoes in the neighborhood of Joseph M`Ginnis.

Includes the opening, sale, operation or closing of a business.

Business

A. Alexander

Wishing to move west, he offers a plantation on the waters of Little Sugar Creek, 6 miles south of Charlotte, consisting of 300 acres, a 2 story house, Doctor Shop, a number of springs, a young orchard and good meadow.

Notice of the sale of slaves or of runaway slaves. Check estate sales first, as this is where most slave sales are listed.

Slavery

John Beaty

Notice to his heirs.

May include the sale of land, goods or slaves owned by the deceased, notice to heirs, or notice to creditors.

Probate and estate

Tho. Boyd

Advises that he has new coaches for his line that runs from Charlotte to Camden and back twice a week. Persons wishing to go to New York should go to Charleston where a steam boat starts for NY every other Saturday, the passage taking a week.

Includes the opening, sale, operation or closing of a business.

Business

Cyrus Alexander

Estate creditors notice

May include the sale of land, goods or slaves owned by the deceased, notice to heirs, or notice to creditors.

Probate and estate

Samuel Beckett

Offers 5 cents reward and no thanks for the return of ranaway bound boy William Easteridge, who is about 10 years old, light hair. Finding that the boy was disposed to runaway, Beckett brought him to Charlotte to try and get rid of him and he give him the slip.

Includes the opening, sale, operation or closing of a business.

Business