I should have pulled some of the information out, here are a few key parts:
http://www.webviolets.com/book/gen2-3.htm
Yet another Daugherty, Solomon Dockity, first appears in Craven County in
1746, where, in the March Court Session, his purchase of 50 acres from Levi
Truhitt is recorded. (6) We should say, however, that, if the transaction is
recorded in March, then Solomon was probably already there and had already
made the purchase sometime in 1745. In fact, we can pretty safely assume
that Solomon had been in North Carolina for some time, in that, on the same
day, Solomon turns around and sells 100 acres in Craven County to a John
Carmack. (7) Three years later, on June 19, 1749, Solomon Doherty sells Owen
Doherty 150 acres of land. (8)
The decade of the 1760's was a very busy one for Owen, who was still buying
and selling land, perhaps in order to accumulate enough property to divide
between the children of his first marriage. On February 29, 1761, Owen
Daughity buys 250 acres of land from Benjamin Cooper. (16) On April 18 of
the same year, Owen Daughety buys another 100 acres from James Smith. (17)
On November 22, Owen Daugherty buys yet another 100 acres from Solomon
Carmack. (18) And at the end of the year, on December 17, Owen Dauthity buys
a final 17 acres from Solomon Smith. (19)
Owen Daughity sells another 35 acres to John Cormack on February 4, 1762,
(22) and a second plot of 75 acres, that is recorded in the Craven County
Court Minutes in July 1762. (23) While he (Owin Daughity this time)
purchases 17 acres from Solomon Smith on March 5, 1763, (24) he (Owen
Daughety) sells 40 to Daniel Carmack on January 19, 1769, (25) and buys
another 162 from Absalom Taylor on March 13, 1769 (Daughety). (26)
As we move into the decade of the '70's, we find still more land
transactions, but Owen appears to be sloughing off responsiblity, perhaps as
he accommodates to old age. He sells more than he buys. Owen, Sr., sells two
parcels of land (100 acres and 17 acres) to Daniel Yeats on February 21,
1770. (29) An interesting item in this document is that Absalom Daughety
gives oath for the contract. This Absalom was obviously related to Owen, but
we do not yet know in what way. Margaret Baxter of New Bern, NC, suggests
that he is the son of William Daugherty, and I speculate that William might
have been the son of our Solomon Daugherty. (30) Owen, Sr., sells another 50
acres to Joab Carmack on April 13, 1772. (31) The interesting thing about
this document is that Owen signs his name as "Oin Daugthty." Still another
contract for deed shows that Owen Daughity buys an 80 acre and a 127 acre
parcel of land from Robert Taylor, Mary Taylor's father. (32) This is
probably Owen, Sr., buying land from his father-in-law.
7. Court Minutes, Vol. 3. By the way, this John Carmack and others of this
family figure often in Daugherty dealings.