In order to better track the Nansemond Odoms, a timeline of the naming and splitting of the land in Old Albemarle is important.(1)
Timeline of formation:
1664 - Albemarle County
1668 - Carteret, Berkeley and Shaftesbury Districts
1681 - Carteret Precinct was divided into Currituck and Pasquotank Precincts, Berkeley Precinct was renamed Perquimans Precinct, and Shaftesbury Precinct was renamed Chowan Precinct.
1722 - Bertie Precinct formed from part of Chowan
1732-1741 - Edgecombe Precinct from Bertie
1739 - Precincts became counties
1779 - Gates county formed from Chowan, Perquimand, and Herford.
Nansemond NAMES: Richard, John, Abraham/Abram, Jacob, and Thomas
The Ancestry of Will Rogers of the Lost Tribes of Old Albemarle(2)
1683- Among the neighbors of the Rogers, Odams, Langstons, Barns and Hewes and others who resided together along the waters of Bennett’s Creek and in the neighborhood of Indian Towers and Sarum Chapel were the Jones family.
Miscellaneous Items Taken From Loose Papers Among the Records of Albemarle County at Edenton (3)
Rent Roll of Land in Albemarle County. Names of parties and their residence, without date, but prior to 1700:
*John Odum, Chowan, 350 acre (Roger's Branch)
North Carolina Higher-court Records: 1697-1701 (4)
*1700, Oct 19 Know all men by these presents that I John Odom of the Countey of Nancemund doe deput Constetute and ordaine my trusty and well beloved friend Thom. Speight the County aforesaid to be my true and Lawfull atturney to acknowledge the salle of three hundred and fiftey ackers of Land lying upon Bennets Crek in Chowan the same to be acknowledged unto Nicholas Stallings in as full and amppell manner too all intents and purposis as if I weare thire present as wittness my hand this 19th of October 1700. Wit: Henry Hill Robert Roundtree Signed: John X Odom (his mark) (p. 546)
Minutes of the North Carolina Governor's Council (5)
1728, Aug 6 - Read the Petition of Richard Odam shewing that in the year 1704 he Entered four hundred acres of Land on the Honey pot swamp as by a copy of said entry appears and that Joseph Daniel knowing the said Entry procured a Verginia Survey and patent for the same Land calling it Two hundred and five acres altho the said Land then and now is part of this Province Praying a Caveat may be Entered against the said Joseph Daniels obtaining a Patent for the sd Land and that he be permitted to proceed and survey his entry and Patent the same. (p. 771)
Abstract of Conveyances (6)
(Compiled from the records in the office of the Register of Deeds for Chowan County, at Edenton, N. C.)
*1692, 17 April - Land patent for 350 acres, head of Bennett's Creek, granted to John Odom. (from page 292, see below)
1700, September 30 - Charles Gaffen, and Mary Gaffen, to John Odum. Deed for land; Test, N. Chevin, Judith Welch. (p. 95)
1700, October 19 - John Odom, to Nicholas Stallings. Assignment of a patent, Test, Will. Hunter, Henry Hill, Robt. Roundtree. (p. 89) *See below
1703, April 24 - Thomas Garrett, and wife Bethiah, to Will Thomson, of Nansemond County. Va. 106 acres land on Cataren Creek, as by patent dated September 14, 1701. Deed dated April 24, 1703. Test, Richard Malpas, Joshua Odem. (need to see the original, name might have been mistranscribed from Jacob Odem.)
1706, October 1 - Lazarus Thomas, to Edward Williams, then assigned to Richard Odom. Tract of land ; Test, N. Chevin, Daniel Halsey. (p.95)
**1714, August 22- granted by patent, to Jacob Odom, 73 acres in Mills' Swamp, adjoining land of Collins. (p. 109)
1716, March 26 - William Downing, to William Sharpe. Power of attorney in sale made by Macklenden ; March 26, 1716. Test, John Odom, Alice Munday. (p. 293)
*1716, April 12 - Stallings, and wife Ann, of Upper P, Nansemond Co., Va., to Joseph Wright, of same place. One moiety of 50 acres at the head of Bennett's Creek, part of a patent for 350 acres granted 17 April, 1692, to John Odom, and by him sold said Stallings, adjoining Wm. Rountree and John Hinton; April 12, 1716. Test, Jno. Riddick, Joseph Stallings, Edward Shew. (p. 292)
1716, Oct 6 - Jacob Odom, and wife Susannah, to John Collings. 150 acres adjoining lands of Samuel Merritt and Jacob Odom. Test, John Bathey, Thomas Odom, Elizabeth Odom.(p. 618)
1716, Oct 6 - John Odom, and wife Susannah, to Moses Odom, of Nansemond Co., Va. 100 acres, part of a grant to said Odom on Beaver Dam Swamp; Oct. 6, 1716. Test, John Bathey, John Collins. (p. 618)
1718, June 21 - Samuel Merritt, to Wm. Bentley. 100 acres on Mill Swamp; Test, John Collings, ___Odom, Jacob Odom, (p. 628) (this land ended up in Gates County when it was formed in 1779)
**Between 1733 - 1735 - Jacob Odom, to William Gatling. 73 acres in Mills' Swamp, adjoining land of Collins, Moses Odom, and Moses Hare; granted by patent, to Jacob Odom, August 22, 1714. Test, Sarah Herring, Charles Moore, Wm. Gatling. (p. 109)
ABSTRACT OF WILLS. P. 323 - 391 (7) (Executed and probated prior to 1760. Compiled from the originals in the office of the Secretary of State at Raleigh, N. C. The later date indicates the day of probate alphabetically arranged for the convenience of the reader.)
1727, Aug 12 - Odom, Richard, Chowan, August 12th, 1729. Eldest son Richard, 2nd son John, sons Jacob, Aaron and Abraham, daughters Ann, Sarah Elizabeth and Jane, grand-daughter Ann Vann, sons Richard and John Executors. Test, Edward Vann, James Brady, Edward Taylor.
1735/36 February 11, - Odom, Jacob, Bertie, Feb’y 11th, 1735-6. Nov. Court 1736. Sons Richard, Abraham, Thomas and William, daughter Sarah, wife Susan Executrix. Test, Jno. Jenkins.
| Name | Jacob Odom |
|---|---|
| Location | Bertie Precinct |
| Will Date | 16 Feb 1735-1736 |
| Probate Date | - Nov 1736 |
| Will | Sons: Richard, Thomas, Abraham (to each is given land). Daughter: Sarah Odom. Wife and Executrix: Susan. Witnesses: John Thomas and John Jenkins. Clerk of the Court: Jno. Wynns. |
1774, January 18 - Wilkins, John, Chowan, Jan’y 18th, 1774; March 17th, 1774. Sons Charles and John, daughters Rebecca Cleland, Katharine Bains, Deborah Taylor and Elizabeth Wilkins, wife Judeth, Andrew Knox and Thomas Oldham Exrs. Test, Charles Copeland, Wm. Copeland, Rebecca Barber.
(1) North Carolina: Individual County Chronologies, North Carolina Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, The Newberry Library 2009https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115449/http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/NC_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm
(2) Love, Paula. The Ancestry of Will Rogers of the Lost Tribes of Old Albermarle [i.e. Albemarle, Virginia]. MSS., available at FS Library US/CAN Film 1036491 Item 3
(3) Bent, James Robert. "The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register." Vol. 1 No. 2 April, 1900, Edenton, N.C. : J.R.B. Hathaway, 1900, p. 304 https://archive.org/details/northcarolinahi00hathgoog/page/n8/mode/2up?q=Odom
(4) Parker, Mattie Erma Edwards. North Carolina Higher-court Records: 1697-1701. United States, State Department of Archives and History, 1968. (pp. 402, 546.)
(5) Minutes of the North Carolina Governor's Council, North Carolina. Council, August 05, 1728 - August 06, 1728; Volume 02, Pages 770-773. https://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/index.php/document/csr02-0320#p2-771
(6) Bent, James Robert. "The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register." Vol. 1No. 2 April, 1900; Vol. 1 No. 3 July, 1900; Vol. 1 No. 4 October, 1900; Vol. 2 No. 2 April, 1901; Vol. 2 No. 3 July, 1901; Vol. 2 No. 4 October, 1901; Vol. 3 No. 2 April, 1903; Vol. 3 No. 3 July, 1903., Edenton, N.C. : J.R.B. Hathaway, 1900,
(7) Bent, James Robert. "The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register." Vol. 1 No. 3 July, 1900; Vol 1 No. 4, 1900; Edenton, N.C. : J.R.B. Hathaway, 1900, (p. 323 - 395).
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