Abstracts of Land Entries: Duplin Co NC 1778-1795 Sampson Co NC 1784-1795 and 1853-1860
By Dr. A.B. Pruitt ISBN #0-944992-34-X

Absolam Boyett
1257 - Jan 26, 1780 John Williams enters 400 ac on Panther [Swamp]; border: his own line, Mills Mumford, Wm Dawson & Absolam

Boyett; includes his own improvement
1575 - Nov 13, 1784 Absolam Boyet enters 100 ac between the drains of Panther Pecoson; border: George Smith jr

Ephraim Boyett
412 - Oct 20, 1778 enters 100 ac on Marsh Br; border: his own line
1744 - Aug 12, 1788 William Hunter enters 40 ac N side of Grove [Swamp]; border: his own line ,Fleming, Geo Cooper, & Ephraim Boyett

Jones Boyett
797 - July 5, 1779 enters 100 ac on N side of Panther Swamp and on both sides of Calf Marsh Br; border: George Smith jr and Wm Dobbson

William Boyett
392 - Oct 19, 1778 Enters 100 ac ;border: his own line
524 - Jan 2, 1779 Stephen Powell enters 300 ac on both sides of Nanhonga Br; Border; Thomas Phips, Suton Byrd, & William

William Boyett
972 - Sept 14, 1779 Joseph Dickson enters 400 ac on S side of main Nahunga [Swamp]; border: Wm Boyet's lower corner and runs down Lewis Thomas's line
1046 - Oct 16, 1779 Jacob Powell enters 150 ac; border: Wm Boyett and John Gore
1051 - Oct 17, 1779 William Boyett enters 100 ac; border: his own line and Stephen Powell

LANGSTON:
Absolam Langston
151 - Feb 23, 1778 enters 200 ac on N side of NE Vape Fear R and SW side of Cabbib Br; border: Jacob Langston

Jacob Langston
151 - see above

HOOKS
Gabriel Hoobs
3095 - Sept 17, 1853 Curtes Gilbert enters 640 ac on both sides of BigCohara Cr; border: from Daughry's Bridge down to Frizel Br and joins Sunor Carraway, Gabriel Barabey, George W Hoobs, Gabriel Hoobs, & AlenBarabey.

George W. Hoobs
3095 - see above

Hook
913 - Aug 24, 1779 James Sullivan enters 300 ac on N side of Goshen Swamp, on the head of Southerland's Marsh, & Hooks Marsh; border: his own line.
1632 - Oct 18, 1785 Stephen Harp enters 100 ac on E side of NE [River] and Cypress Cr; border: Hook

Hooker
244 - Jul 24, 1778 John Sullivan enters 550 ac on N side of Goshen Swamp, on the head of Hookers Marsh, Setherlans Marsh & Ticket Meadow Br; border: near his own line
644 - Feb 6, 1779 Hezekiah Blezard enters 640 ac on Halls Marsh and both sides of Hookers Marsh; Hugh Grimes

Hooks
1128 - Oct 27, 1779 John Rogers enters 200 ac on both sides of Goshen Swamp; border: McCulloch, Mr. Hooks, & his own line

Thomas Hooks
21 - Jan 21, 1778 Thomas Hooks enters 640 ac on S side of Goshen Swamp, E side of Bear Swamp & on the head of Kings Br & Wildcat Br; between his own line & David Cannon and on both sides of "the" main road.
138 - Feb 6, 1778 Thomas Hill enters 100 ac; border: my own corner I bought of David Cannon and joins Thomas Hooks.
149 - Feb 23, 1778 William Hooks enters 200 ac; border: my own line, Thomas Hooks & John Ward
824 - July 20, 1779 Thomas Hooks enters 200 ac on S side of Goshen Swamp; between his own line, James McCulloch, John Rogers, John Winder, John Ward & runs down from the mouth of Bear Br.
1169 - Nov 23, 1779 John Rogers enters 200 ac; border: Wm Parker's corner, John Winder's line, runs with said line to Thos Hooks' line, with Hooks' line to "the" upper corner & to his own line N side of Goshen Swamp.
1272 - Feb 10, 1780 Joseph Hutson enters 300 ac; border: Abraham Powell's entry and Thomas Hooks
1351 - Apr 19, 1780 Thomas Hill enters 640 ac; border: his own line, Mrs. Moore, Lewis Thomas, William McCurdy, & Thomas Hooks,
1708 - Sept 22, 1787 Benjamin Blount enters 80 ac on N side of Bear Swamp; border: Thomas Hooks, David Cannon & John Stucky; includes Hucklebury Marsh; money returned.
1905 - Jul 15, 1793 Thomas Hooks enters 20 ac on King's Br and "the" main road; border: his own line and James Winder.

William Hooks
149 - see above
258 - Aug 8, 1778 James Ward enters 100 ac on S side of Goshen Swamp; border: John Ward's and Wm Hooks' corner, runs with Wm Hooks' line to John Winder's line, down to Felix Kenan's line and with said line back to John Ward's line.
1652 - Sept 22, 1786 William Kenan enters 50 ac on Cross Br on S side of Goshen [Swamp]; border: John Ward and William Hooks.

BALLARD
1852 - Apr 17, 1792 Jesse Brown enters 100 ac; border: his own line, Ballard Pond & Wolf Pit Br.

Plunket Ballard
1355 - Apr, 25, 1780 Plunket Ballard [rest of entry blank] may be Bullard