Block 284, 1802-1915, undated

Contains materials pertaining to real estate transactions of Wilmington’s Block 284, the parameters being McRae Street, Moore Street, Anderson Street, and Fanning Street. These documents include envelopes, plat drawings, single sheets of notes, correspondence, mortgage certificates, deeds, Mechanics' Home Association documents, newspaper clippings, indentures, and court documents. Names of specific people mentioned in these records include Virgil Freeman, Jas S. Jarron, C. A. Payne, W. W. Waddell, Jas Sparrow, Eliza Sparrow, A. J. Howell, John D. Bellamy Jr., Thomas Dudley, Phillis Dudley, Benj Roane, Alonzo Smith, Lucinda Smith, Arnold, John Cox, John Porter, George Moore, Caleb Grainger, Mary Grainger, John Ancrum, Yelverton Fowkes, William Hooper, Nathaniel Hill, George R. French, Isham Peterson, Owen Holmes, C. B. Miller, James McGary, Elizabeth P. McGary, O. G. Parsley, Holmes, Poisson, Hill, C. Brown, E. Sampson, Merritt, Alex McRae, McKenzie, Willard, A. O. McEachern, Porter, John Hewlett, John Erwin, George W. Harper, George F. Bowen, Henry Young, Jas W. Walker, Hugh Purdie, Jane Parsley, Agnes McRae Parsley, J. Bryan Crimes, Hooper, Anna M. Parsley, Amanda Nutt Sprunt, Jane Savage Emerson, Jane Parsley Savage, Elizabeth Parsley Peck, Katie K. Parsley, W. W. Harris, George D. Parlsey, Anna M. Wiggens, Mary M. Parsley, William M. Parsley, L. B. Rogers, J. E. Sampson, Alex Anderson, Nathaniel Hill, McKenzie, John Guess, John Watson, Hawes, Guess, William Dry, M. Campbell, John Beasley, Alex Hewlet, Adam Bloodworth, Mary Bloodworth, Henry Waddell, Cornelius Harnett, Isabella Campbell, C. M. Harris, Sylvester Pettaway Linya, Caleb Robinson, George Stinmire, Wm Purvience, John Robeson, John Rice, William Lewis, Richard Mullington, James M. Henderson, Eagles, Parker Quince, William Gilchrist, Nathan Schloss, Johnanna Schloss, John H. Burriss, L. A. Bryan, and Isadora Burriss. This list is not conclusive, as many records are incomplete or illegible. Some documents mention the Masonboro Sound and land grants. Specific dates mentioned in these records include 1802, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1899, 1902, 1909, 1912, 1913, and 1915, although the bulk of the materials are undated and likely range from the 1870s to 1920.