Most of these are scans of original documents starting with John Charles Grimes. Some were added later by his son, Phillip Grimes.
These and many more are in a handmade Tin Box- the box is about a large shoebox long and about 1 1/2 shoeboxes high. It has a domed lid on it like a treasure chest. The receipt for the making of the box is also in it. It costs 50 cents to make. The original lock and key are also there. The most recent owner of the box was Elford York, grandson of Andrew Allison Grimes and Rebecca Kinney. Mr. York died August 7, 1998, and just before his widow passed it along to his neice, I was able to scan just a very few documents from it. Thought I would get to borrow it one more time, but that was not to be. His niece lives in Houston, Texas.
--Irma Sohnchen
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 This is a receipt for monies paid from the estate of Michael Myers to Jacob Clinard witnesses by Jacob Meiers Dated December, 1810 |
 This is a receipt for monies paid to Jacob MYERS and Witnesses by Jacob MEIERS dated December, 1840 |
State of North Carolina
By the Justices of Rowan County
It being certified to us this Michael Myers late of Rowan County in this state is dead and hath made a will in writing in which hath nominated and appointed David Myers & Charles Grimes executors of said will, who exhibited and proved said will and qualified according to law.
They are therefore to --(?) said---- (?) [this was folded for 200 years at this point] David Myers and Charles Grimes to enter into and upon (?) the goods, chattels, rights and credits of the deceased, and the same into thar (sic) posession take wheresoever in the State to be found, and an inventory thereof, on oath, and to return into the county offices within ninety days from the date hereof, and all the just debts of the deceased to pay so far as the said estate will extend or amount to.
Witness --?--- Clerk of the Court aforesaid Fourth day of August 1801
[This is a transcription as close as I can (decipher)] Irma Sohnchen
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 Courtesy of Doris Everhart, not part of the Grimes Collection |
 Peter Byerly to Phillip Grimes for the sale of a Negro Girl, Mary. Dated Nov. 24th 1831. |
 This is a notice by Phillip Grimes and John Long dated March 6, 1830 stating that some goods from the estate of Charles Grimes will be sold and a considerable portion of the plantation will be rented for one crop. |
 There are 3 parts to this one. It is receipts from John Charles Grimes - most of it written in German but many of the names are familar ones. These are dated 1806 |
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![State of North Carolina By the Justices of Rowan County It being certified to us this Michael Myers late of Rowan County in this state is dead and hath made a will in writing in which hath nominated and appointed David Myers & Charles Grimes executors of said will, who exhibited and proved said will and qualified according to law. They are therefore to --(?) said---- (?) [this was folded for 200 years at this point] David Myers and Charles Grimes to enter into and upon (?) the goods, chattels, rights and credits of the deceased, and the same into thar (sic) posession take wheresoever in the State to be found, and an inventory thereof, on oath, and to return into the county offices within ninety days from the date hereof, and all the just debts of the deceased to pay so far as the said estate will extend or amount to. Witness --?--- Clerk of the Court aforesaid Fourth day of August 1801 [This is a transcription as close as I can (decipher)] Irma Sohnchen](http://ils.unc.edu/nclibs/davidson/Access/Estate of Mikel Myers 5.jpg){kind=link}