Page 69 - Foy

“ (That) parcel of land is located about three miles from New Bern between
Trent Road, US 17 South and Trent River and Wilson Creek. The road that leads
up Trent River is known today as County Club Road. The Inn was located a
short distance from the foot of (the) old Cleremont Bridge, which was burned
during the Civil War. Some of the old foundation of this ruin is still there and
can be seen as evidence.”

In 1760 a THOMAS FOY sold two tracts of land in Craven County. A deed on
records states:

This indenture made the first day of February in the year of our Lord 1760
between Lemuel Hatch to Thomas Foy, two certain tracts of land lying and
being in said county on the South side of Trent River, containing two
hundred and sixty acres.

This record was signed by LEMUEL HATCH and was witnessed by JOHN FOY
(son of THOMAS?) and JOHN FONVILLE.

There are other records dated in the 1700s in which the name THOMAS FOY
appears. These records indicate he had at least five sons and involved them in his
business and properties.

One record concerns a piece of land described as “One hundred acres of land
lying on the head of Island Creek and Horse Pen Pond patented by THOMAS
FOY, Sr.”

This piece of land later somehow became the property of FREDERICK FOY,
presumably one of THOMAS FOY’s sons. FREDERICK later bequeathed this
land to his own son, who was also named THOMAS. We will discuss
FREDERICK FOY and his brothers in a later chapter.

It appears THOMAS FOY, who allegedly came to Craven County from
Maryland, died sometime before October 1761. In the Craven County Court

minutes dated in 1761 there is a record where the administrators of THOMAS
FOY’s estate brought suit against MOSES VENTRISS for a debt owed to the
estate. JOHN FOY, the son of this THOMAS, was not allowed to serve on the

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