On 29 April 1756, Henry Falkenborough released to Jacob Falkenborough a 134-acre plantation on the south side of the Great Pee Dee. This is the second step of an old "lease and release" conveyance. This Jacob was possibly Henry's own son rather than his grandson Jacob, son of Isaac, but that is not yet confirmed.
In October 1758, executor Anthony Hutchins sold John Leeth's 200 acres on Cedar Creek at auction to James Pickett Jr. to pay the debts of Leeth's estate. This shows John Leeth had died by 1758. His name is possibly the root of the later Fortenberry middle name "Leath," but this is not yet confirmed.
Surveyor Francis Mackilwain sold John Leeth 200 acres on both sides of Cedar Creek, south of the Pee Dee. Leeth was a neighbor and associate of Henry Falkenburg. He is possibly the source of the later Fortenberry given name "Leath," but a family connection is not yet confirmed. Note: the post title says 1759, but the evidence suggests 1753.
In July 1759, James Pickett Jr. sold his father two Pee Dee parcels. One was the 200 acres Henry Falkenbourg had sold in 1755, next to "Jno. Leeth's land." The deed traces the tract back through Henry to Joseph White's 1746 patent. A family link to Leeth is possible but not yet confirmed.
On 28 October 1755, Henry Falkenbourg sold James Pickett 200 acres on the south side of the Great Pee Dee. The tract was part of Joseph White's 1746 patent and adjoined John Leeth's land. Leeth is possibly the source of the family's later "Leath" name, but this is not yet confirmed.
On 15 October 1754, Torrance Carrel sold John Leath the 80 acres at the mouth of Naked Creek that Henry Falkenburg had patented in 1750. The deed confirms the land's chain of title and ties Leath to the Falkenburg family in the early 1750s. Leath is possibly the source of the later family name "Leath" (as in James Leath Fortenberry), but this is not yet confirmed.
In March 1756, John Leeth sold the 80-acre Naked Creek tract, first patented to Henry Falkenborough in 1750, back to Tarance Carrell for £40. That is nearly double what Carrell paid Henry two years earlier. Leeth's name possibly explains the "Leath" later used as a Fortenberry middle name, but no family link has been confirmed yet.
On 6 December 1762, Tarrance and Ann Carrell sold the 80-acre Naked Creek tract to Thomas Tallant for £50. The deed recites the land's whole history, from Henry Falkenberry's 1750 patent through John Leath and back to Carrell. This is the last link in a four-deed chain. John Leath is possibly the source of the later family name "Leath," but this is not yet confirmed.
On 28 April 1756, Henry Falkenborough leased 134 acres on the south side of the Pee Dee to Jacob Falkenborough for five shillings and one peppercorn a year, the first half of a lease and release. The witnesses were John Leeth and Isaac Falkenborough. Jacob was possibly Isaac's brother, but that is not yet confirmed.
