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state:

“JOHN FOY came into court and prayed to renew his ordinary license
October 9, 1767, which was granted.”

There are at least two land records in Craven County listing land owned by
JOHN FOY:

1. “Surveyed for JOHN FOY 150 acres in Craven County on the North
side Trent River near the head of Samuels Creek beginning at Black
Jack Peter Rhems wester most corner of his patent dated 25th April
1767 and runs with his line no. 17 Et 160 poles to a stake his other corner
then No 73 Wt 150 poles then So 17 wt 160 poles then So 73 E 150 poles to the
beginning....... Chris Neal Survey”

2. “December the 3rd, 1770
Surveyed for JOHN FOY sixteen acres of land in the County of Craven on
the North side of Trent River joyning Thomas Murphys Daniel Simmons and
John Stanalands lines, beginning at a Red Oak said Stanalands corner in
said Simmon’s line, thence running along said Stanalands line No 17 wt 30
poles to two small white oaks by his co in Pollocks line, thence along
Pollock’s line So 70 Et 96 poles to Murphy’s in a swamp, thence along
Murphy’s line 30 W 60 poles to his corner in Simmons line thence along
Simmon’s line N 17 W 64 poles thence along hie other line No 84 Wt 32
poles to the first station. Plotted by scale 100 poles to the inch....John
Shepard Survey”

The name JOHN FOY was noted on a 1769 list of Craven County tax payers
(then called Thithtables). Along with him are listed five male blacks and two

female blacks.

[NOTE: We are going to find many records in our FOY history indicating that
the FOYs owned large plots of land in several counties in several states and
owned many slaves. These are the first of such records.]

I have found no record of any marriages or children for JOHN FOY.

THOMAS FOY, JR. (1729-1789)

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