Abstracts of New Hanover County, North Carolina Divisions of Estates and Dower Allotments, 1800-1934

By: Dr. A.B. Pruitt, Pub. 2023, reprinted 2026, 196 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-687-1. New Hanover County was created in 1729 from New Hanover Precinct or Bath County. This book contains information about divisions of estates and dower allotments from 1800-1934. As required by law, there were 12 men appointed by the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions or Supreme Court to allot the dower of a deceased man. There were no cases allotting property to a husband of a deceased wife. There were usually 4-6 men appointed by the court to divide an estate among the heirs. Sometimes a plat of the land was included during these cases. The Index mentions approximately,3,800 persons