Bowen-Southerland Land

James Norris -> Lewis Jones
1/1817
b. 5 p. 127
70 acres

Lewis Jones -> Hugh Armstrong
4/1817
b. DFTU p. 269
70 acres

Hugh Armstrong -> Hardy Bowen
1820
70 acres

John Blanton -> Hardy Bowen
1830
67 acres

Hardy Bowen -> John Blanton
1830
7 acres of his 70 acres plot
John Blanton later sold to David Murray?
a John Blanton was the bondsman for
Hardy Bowen's 4/17/1802 marriage to
Elizabeth Davis

Joseph Norris -> James Southerland
1857
30 acres bordering Hardy Bowen's land

Hardy Bowen -> Mariah Southerland
1858
63 acres remaining of his 70 acres plot

Hardy Bowen -> Mariah Southerland
1861
67 acres that he bought from Blanton

James Southerland -> John A. Southerland
8/14/1876
b. 30 p. 59
30 acres bordering Hardy Bowen's land

John A. Southerland -> W.F. Pickett, E.M. Johnson
6/1920
b. 225 p. 398
30 acres he bought from James Southerland
in 1942 it is called Pickett and Johnson land
in 1973 it is called Johnson land, says "refer to Johnson map"
(E.M. Johnson is in Rockfish Presbyterian Church Cemetery)
in 1982 Dept of Trans takes from Johnsons
b. 897 p. 19

Mariah Southerland heirs -> John D. Brown
1905
67 acres that came from Blanton
32 1/4 acres that came from Armstrong
is John Durosette Brown, who married two of Mariah's daughters

Mariah Southerland heirs -> Marzella Bryant
1905
30 3/4 acres remaining of Armstrong land
Bryant sells to MM Murray in 1912 (MM Murray is in Brice Cemetery)
(1919 map of Murray Place b. 216 p. 32)
in 1963 Joseph Rivenbark buys this land from George and Maggie Kenan
b. 589 p. 84

John D. Brown -> T.J. and Sallie Brown
10/3/1929
67 acres that came from Blanton
Gift Deed to his son Theophilus J. Brown
(TJ and wife Sallie E. Judge are buried in Rockfish Presbyterian Church Cemetery)
15 days before John D. Brown dies (Brice Cemetery)
(John married Martha Wilder 1915, died 10/18/1929)
1942 deed of trust has typed description of land
b. 417 p. 212

TJ Brown -> Leamon Rivenbark
10/9/1942
b. 419 p. 340
67 acres from his father
typed description
Leamon and wife Margaret McKoy buried in Pin Hook Cemetery, Teachey, NC
Leamon died 1985, Maggie died 1998

Leamon Rivenbark -> Derwood H. Rivenbark
10/8/1973
b. 770 p. 03
35.4 acres, part of the 67 from Brown
Derwood is Leamon's son
Includes Map

Leamon Rivenbark -> Joseph Rivenbark
10/8/1973
41.3 acres, part of the 67 from Brown
Joseph is Leamon's son, buried in Riverview Memorial Park
Includes Map

Derwood Rivenbark -> Dept of Trans
1/21/1892
b. 894 p. 842
35.4 acres for $650
Easement for State Hwy Proj 81223303
I-40 through Duplin County

Joseph Rivenbark -> Dept of Trans
4/20/1982
b. 897 p. 703
41.3 acres for $42000
Easement for State Hwy Proj 81223303
I-40 through Duplin County

Alex Southerland Sr Children Burials

James H. b. abt 1821 d. 1888-1899

Rachel
m. John A. Boney d. 1870

Nancy - Marshburn Cemetery, near Jacksonville, Onslow, NC
m. Andrew A. Marshburn - Marshburn Cemetery

Samuel

John D. 8/12/1812 - 2/4/1882 - Southerland Cemetery, Duplin, NC
m. Catherine Williams 7/10/1821 - 3/12/1916 - Southerland Cemetery
Hwy #111 South, on the left down Southerland Lane

Alexander Jr. 1814 - 12/13/1896 - Carr Cemetery, Brooks-Quinn Rd
m. Mary Ann "Polly Ann" Mallard 10/2/1818 - 3/1/1907
m. Elizabeth Farrior 1/7/1815 - 1852
m. Lucy Jane Brown Bennett
m. Elizabeth Mallard 8/30/1821 - 11/13/1871

Mary Jane b. 1820
m. Charles Cox 1821 - 1891

Possible Mary Death Certificate

This was not the correct Mary after all. This was the daughter of
Claud Farrior who married Kit Southerland. Also, she was not white.


Duplin ROD Search Result:

11/8/1925
Southerland, Mary C
Father: Farrior
Mother: (blank)

North Carolina Death Index:

Southerla, Mary C 80 0986 271 11 8 31 25

means 80 years old, died 11/8/25
31 = code for Duplin County

Duplin County Register of Deeds
Duplin County Courthouse Annex
Room #106
M-F 8am - 5pm
(910) 296-2108

Marshburn Information

I have a photo of Andrew A. Marshburn's gravestone that I can send to you if you would like. He and Nancy are buried in the Marshburn Cemetery, Half Moo area, just past Bryan Road on the right. The pavement ends and the unkept cemetery is to the right in a grove of trees. Directions from Jacksonville, Highway #17 - turn left onto Gun Branch Road off of Highway #17, go past Bryan Road approx. 1 1/2 mo. turn right onto Timothy Road. The cemetery is back of the Bible Baptist Church locataed at the end of the road on the right.

Nancy, his wife is buried there as well, but there is no stone. I talked with Letha Marshburn a couple of years before she died and she was married to Andrew A. Marshburn who was Benjamin William Marshburn's son. She told me that both were buried there as well as her stillborn child that was buried in between their graves.

I have quite a bit of information on the Marshburn line down from Andrew A. and Nancy Marshburn. My line is Wiliam Benjamin Marshburn and Julia McGowan through their daughter Molly Marshburn. There are a multitude of Marshburns in that area!

Let me know how much info you would like.

Nita

Jared, Letha Marshburn was the wife of Andrew A. Marshburn who was the son of William Benjamin Marshburn and Julia McGowan. "Buddy" as he was called was the youngest of all of the Wm.Benj/Julia McGowan Marshburn children. Wm. Benjamin named him after his father the first Andrew A. Marshburn. Also Buddy and Letha had a stillborn child that was also named Andrew A. Marshburn. The baby is the one that is buried between Andrew A. and Nancy Southerland. This information about the first Andrew A. Marshburn and Nancy Southerland Marshburn and the baby being buried between then was told to me personally by Letha. She died about a year after I visited with her. So glad that I went up there to find out where the graves were located and exactly who was there from the family.

Nita

Jared, in checking my Marshburn file I found some information from Fred Hintz, Richlands, NC. Fred is dead now and I can’t verify this information, but he has James C. Marshburn as the father of Andrew A. Marshburn. I have not checked on this at all, so if you do and find some confirmation please let me know. He did not have anything else other than James C. as his father.

Nita

Alex Jr Grave

Alexander Southerland, Jr.
Died Dec 13, 1896
Age 82 Years
(Born 1814)
James' brother
Carr Cemetery, Duplin County, NC

Wife Elizabeth buried there, too.
Born Aug 30, 1821
Died Nov 13, 1871
This would be his 3rd wife, Elizabeth Mallard

His 4th wife, Mary Ann Mallard, "Polly Ann", buried there as well.
So are his sons William James Southerland and Hyram Southerland, and
their wives.

Cemetery is on Brooks-Quinn Rd.

Charles D. English Tombstone

Brice Cemetery, Tin City, NC

Charles D English

Thomas English

Charles D. English b. abt 1844 d. bef 1910
(Tombstone in Brice Cemetery, Tin City, NC: b. October 29, 1842 d. March 5, 190X)
m. Rachael J. Southerland b. abt 1849 d. Aug 27, 1910 Wilmington bur. Wallace, NC
(burial place is according to her death certificate)
1880: Island Creek Township, Duplin Co, NC
1900: Federal Point Township, New Hanover Co, NC

John William English b. abt 1873
m. Katie Lee Lyles (Davis?)

Richard Joseph English b. 1911 d. 1963

- Richard Joseph English, Jr.
- John English
- Barbara English b. 1938
- Carolyn English b. 1943