FUCHSIA COLOR IS Tony L



We are well over 80 Jonson-Jonston-Jonsen-Jonsten-Johnson-Johnston etc researchers sharing everything we uncover on this surname. The researcher sends it into the Librarian responsible for that State.

 

What we do with the information is it first goes into a County file showing; the researcher who sent it in and where they found the information. If it can be connected to a DNA Tree it is color coded to that DNA, which is outline below.

 

We then break it down to the River, Creek, Stream or Mountaintop these folks lived on. As the Highway’s of Old were the waterways. People went by River and then located a Creek to settle on to provide water for their crops.

 

Once these folks were established they brought families into these locations to settle by them. We log the known families that settled on that Waterway or Mountain tops and again place known people in the deeds.

 

So in reading the files the Land Deed, Will, Historical Document, and everyone identified in the document this is placed in Red below the document as is every location named in the document. This area is also where the researcher will place his or her notes on Pedigree, Travel patterns etc. Hopefully making more clues for a person or person to follow up on.

 

We share our files willingly with everyone hoping they too when they come upon any mention of a Johnson (sic) will not pass it up throw it away, but share it with one of our Librarians so he can post it in our files. Just think how many times you have eliminated a Surname from your research. Well that elimination might be another person’s find.

The waterways and their courses are equivalent to our current freeway system...and EVERYONE used them in Colonial times: Quote is from Lisa Grimes (White Oak Researcher)

FUSCHIA COLOR IS Tony L. Johnson, Peggy Johnson and Lee Johnson’s Relations mostly: Burton Farmer, Carter, Dale, Lound,Haile & Hatcher RELATIONS all have connections to White Oak Group researchers

BLUE IS CLUES TO HUDSON JOHNSON a White Oak Descendant

GREEN IS KNOWN MICHAEL JOHNSON died 1718, Henrico Co Va DNA INFORMATION AND CONNECTING INORMATION Haplogroup I  -The I, I1, and I1a lineages are nearly completely restricted to northwestern Europe. These would most likely have been common within Viking populations. One lineage of this group extends down into central Europe. Haplogroup I dates to 23,000 years ago or longer. Lineages not in branches I1a, I1b or I1c are found distributed at low frequency throughout Europe Harold Johnson, Dr. L. Neil Johnson, Olen Lee Johnson, Jr., Donald Keith Johnson, Jim Johnson, William Mathew Johnson, Scott Daniel Johnson, Thomas David Johnson, Stan Johnson, Lowell Dewayne Johnson, Michael Scott Johnson Group White Oak Group Leader is Tony L. Johnson

Purple is my Cousin Joe Matlock’s Research

Dark Red is Color for: Scarlet Oak Group: The I1a lineages are nearly completely restricted to northwestern Europe. These would most likely have been common within Viking populations. One lineage of this group extends down into central Europe. Haplogroup I dates to 23,000 years ago or longer. Lineages not in branches I1a, I1b or I1c are found distributed at low frequency throughout Europe.

Haplogroup I1b -This subgroup of Haplogroup I is found within the Balkans countries at it's greatest frequency and diversity. These countries probably harbored this subset of Haplogroup I as a refuge during the Last Glacial Maximum. Group I2b Scarlet Oak A. E. Johnson ,Eugene Johnson c/o Carmen Johnson, John Kenneth Johnston, Tony Merrell Johnson, Dean Allen Johnston, Richard Johnson, Walter Wesley Johnston, John Raines Johnson Group Leaders:A.E. Johnson Carmen Johnson

Dark Yellow: Group PIN OAK: is the DNA LINE Researchers Leonard Johnson Todd A. Johnson: Paul Martin Johnson: Bill Johnson: Damon Bruce Johnson: Henry Belt Johnson: Richard Gerald Johnson, Vessie Johnson ,

Haplogroup I2A -This subgroup of Haplogroup I is found within the Balkans countries at it's greatest frequency and diversity. These countries probably harbored this subset of Haplogroup I as a refuge during the Last Glacial Maximum.

Group Leader is: Leonard Johnson

Indigo Color is: Group Burr OAK; Haplogroup 12a Researchers Carl Johnson (brother of Charlotte JOHNSON) and James Clifford Johnson-J.C. Johnson: This subgroup of Haplogroup I is found within the Balkans countries at it's greatest frequency and diversity. These countries probably harbored this subset of Haplogroup I as a refuge during the Last Glacial Maximum. James Clifford Johnson, Joey Travis Johnson Group Leader: Charlotte JOHNSON email: sjjo1234@. 



Lime is the Color assigned Group Pecan; this DNA GROUP OF JOHNSON RESEARCHERS and will be added to Current Files of Johnson and Allied Families in Faquier Co. Va. Halifax Co. Va. Pittsylvania Co. Granville Co. NC

Haplogroup R1b1   -Haplogroup R1b is the most common haplogroup in European populations. It is believed to have expanded throughout Europe as humans re-colonized after the last glacial maximum 10-12 thousand years ago. This lineage is also the haplogroup containing the Atlantic modal haplotype . Lead researcher is Judy Erickson jmje36@

Gold is the Color for descendants of Colonel Richard Johnson as per Bonnie Flythes reports.

Lead researcher: Bonnie Flyhte e-mail is From: Bonnie Flythe

Turquoise is the DNA of Jeffery Michael Johnson

Haplogroup E3a - Haplogroup E3a is an Africa lineage. It is currently hypothesized that this haplogroup dispersed south from northern Africa within the last 3,000 years, by the Bantu agricultural expansion. E3a is also the most common lineage among African Americans

Group Leader is

Plum is Color for: Group Cherrybark Oak; is Haplo group I2b1 I2b:  The I2b lineage likely has its roots in northern France. Today it is found most frequently within Viking / Scandinavian populations in Northwest Europe and extends at low frequencies into Central and Eastern Europe. Researchers: Daryl Keith Johnson, Larry Dean Johnson, Mark Younger Johnson

Group Leader: Valerie Johnson

Rose Color is for Haplogroup R1b1   -Haplogroup R1b is the most common haplogroup in European populations. It is believed to have expanded throughout Europe as humans re-colonized after the last glacial maximum 10-12 thousand years ago. This lineage is also the haplogroup containing the Atlantic modal haplotype . Researchers matching this DNA ARE; James Russell Johnson, Samuel Frank Johnson, C. Thomas Johnson and Stephen Alexander Johnson .

Group Leader is

Orange Color is for: Live Oak Group: Haplogroup E1b1b1: This lineage is estimated to have originated in north-eastern Africa about 23,000 years ago. Some of its branches exited Africa during the Paleolithic, and today it can be found in Europe, the Middle East, and north and east Africa. Lines of LBJ coming off Samuel E. Johnson Descendants (LBJ). Researchers are David F. Johnson, Brett Kerry Johnson: Orange Color:

My Notes On This Group: The Roman Empire was the first to use troops all over the world they left blood groups ever where they went from Countries of Africa to England: The Roman Empire was one of the VAST spreading Empires in the World to first use troops of other Countries it conquered. The use of using other troops from Conquered Countries spread with each developing Empire.

Light Orange color is for Group is Aspen Haplogroup R1bi is the most common haplogroup in European populations. It is believed to have expanded throughout Europe as humans re colonized after the last glaciail maximum 10-13 thousand years ago. This lineage is also the haplogroups containing the Atlantic modal haplotype:; Researchers are Jane Johnson Williams, James Johnson born Ca 1718 died 1785 Brunswick Co. Va.

Group Leader is

Color is Brown: Color for Sweet Gum Group: Haplogroup R1b/ R1b1b2  is the most common haplogroup in European populations. It is believed to have expanded throughout Europe as humans re-colonized after the last glacial maximum 10-12 thousand years ago. This lineage is also the haplogroup containing the Atlantic modal haplotype. Donald L. Johnson c/o Jim Friar, Bryan R. Johnston, Dean Johnson, Daniel G. Johnson, Michael Johnson

Group Leader: Jim Friar

Color Sea Green is for Group Sessile Oak: : Haplogroup I  -The I, I1, and I1a lineages are nearly completely restricted to northwestern Europe. These would most likely have been common within Viking populations. One lineage of this group extends down into central Europe. Haplogroup I dates to 23,000 years ago or longer. Lineages not in branches I1a, I1b or I1c are found distributed at low frequency throughout Europe Researchers are: Robert Leonard Johnstone, William Jefferson Johnston, Richard Karl Johnson, Robert Hugh Johnston, Jeffery M. Johnstone: Jeffery M. Johnstone: Lorne Alvin Johnston; William Bradley Maurice Johnston Clifford Alexander Johnston, Richard William Johnston, Joseph Duant Johnston, George Edward Johnston: Philip Sherman Johnston: Oliver Renaud Johnston: David F. Johnston: Christopher Johnston, E.D.L. Johnston: Robert Edward Johnston Robert J. Johnston care of Nancy Breidenthal, David Keith Johnston Thomas Harold Johnstone, William R. Noble, Thomas Mowbray Johnson, Van Allen Johnson, Bruce Wayne Johnson, Laurence Keith Johnstone, Joseph Johnson

Group Leader: Jeffrey M. Johnstone

Co-leader- Cliff Johnston

Group Leader: Jeffrey M. Johnstone

Tan is the Color for Pond Cypress Haplogroup R1b: is the most common haplogroup in European populations. It is believed to have expanded throughout Europe as humans re-colonized after the last glacial maximum 10-12 thousand years ago. This lineage is also the haplogroup containing the Atlantic modal haplotype B. Grant Johnson

Ernest Johnson, Group Leader



Bright Green is the Color for Turkey Oak Group Haplogroup I - The I, I1, and I1a lineages are nearly completely restricted to northwestern Europe. These would most likely have been common among Viking populations. One lineage of this group extends down into Central Europe. Haplogroup I dates back to 23,000 years ago, or longer Gaylen Shaw Johnson, James “Jimmy” M. Johnston, Charles Lee Johnson, William A. Johnstone, Kim B. Johnston, W. Young Johnston, Ben Johnston, Ralph Foster Johnson

Group Leader: Jeanette Johnston

Aqua is Color for: White Mulberry Group Haplogroup R1b: is the most common haplogroup in European populations. It is believed to have expanded throughout Europe as humans re-colonized after the last glacial maximum 10-12 thousand years ago. This lineage is also the haplogroup containing the Atlantic modal haplotype

Dan M. Johnson, Michael Johnson, Danny Warren Johnston, Joseph Johnston, David Michael Johnson, Michael Dewayne Johnson, Esme Johnstone, Gregory Francis Johnston, James Sanders Johnson, Florence L. Jester, D. Neil Johnston, William Steven Fulford, Brandon Corey Johnson, Brandon, Corey Johnson, Brandon Corey Johnson, Lloyd Dennis Johnston, John A. Johnston, Craige Edward Johnston

Group Leader: Dan M. Johnson

Sky Blue is Color for: Apple Group R1a1   -The R1a lineage is believed to have originated in the Eurasian Steppes north of the Black and Caspian Seas. This lineage is believed to have originated in a population of the Korgan culture, known for the domestication of the horse (approximately 3000 B.C.E.). These people were also believed to be the first speakers of the Indo-European language group. This lineage is currently found in central and western Asia, India, and in Slavic populations of Eastern Europe. Bob Johnson, John Johnson, Richard Tolley Johnson, Gloria Johnson

Group Leader: Sherrie Boone

Dark Blue is the Color for Locust Group: Haplogroup R1b/ R1b1c  is the most common haplogroup in European populations. It is believed to have expanded throughout Europe as humans re-colonized after the last glacial maximum 10-12 thousand years ago. This lineage is also the haplogroup containing the Atlantic modal haplotype. Andy E. Johnson, Ed Johnson, Clifford B. Johnson, Jeffrey Lance Johnson, William B. Risley, Russell McKinley

Group Leader: Ed Johnson

Light Blue is the color for Douglas Fir Group Haplogroup R1b1b2 is the most common Haplogroup in European populations. It is believed to have expanded throughout Europe as humans re-colonized after the last glacial maximum 10-12 thousand years ago. This lineage is also the Haplogroup containing the Atlantic Modal Haplotype. Richard Riley Johnson, Lee E. Johnson, Michael D. Johnson, Ralph Reverdy Johnson, Ralph Reverdy Johnson, Wayne Eugene Johnson, Harry Disbrow Johnson, John W. Johnson, James W. Johnson, Robert Charles Johnson

Scott Johnston Group Leader

Violet is the color for: Water Oak The I and I1 lineages are nearly completely restricted to northwestern Europe. These would most likely have been common within Viking populations. One lineage of this group extends down into central Europe. Haplogroup I dates to 23,000 years ago or longer. Lineages not in branches I1a, I1b or I1c are found distributed at low frequency throughout Europe. Duane Beverly Johnson, James Lamar Johnson, Joseph Roy Johnson, James Thomas Johnson

Group Leader: George L. Johnson

Pale Blue is Color for: Mesquite Tree Group: The R1a lineage is believed to have originated in the Eurasian Steppes north of the Black and Caspian Seas. This lineage is believed to have originated in a population of the Korgan culture, known for the domestication of the horse (approximately 3000 B.C.E.). These people were also believed to be the first speakers of the Indo-European language group. This lineage is currently found in central and western Asia, India, and in Slavic populations of Eastern Europe Ishmael Herman Johnson, Ronnie Dale Johnson, James Ralph Johnson, Wilford Lee Johnson

Group Leader: Billy Key



Lavender is the Color for: Ash Group Haplogroup R1b/ R1b1b2  is the most common haplogroup in European populations. It is believed to have expanded throughout Europe as humans re-colonized after the last glacial maximum 10-12 thousand years ago. This lineage is also the haplogroup containing the Atlantic modal haplotype. Burley Ray Johnson

Group Leader: Charles E. Johnson



Gray 50 percent is the Color for: Group Bald Cypress: Haplogroup R1b/ R1b1b2  is the most common haplogroup in European populations. It is believed to have expanded throughout Europe as humans re-colonized after the last glacial maximum 10-12 thousand years ago. This lineage is also the haplogroup containing the Atlantic modal haplotype. Group Leader: Carol Cicotte

Gray 40 percent is the Color for: Redwood Group: Haplogroup R1b/ R1b1b2  is the most common haplogroup in European populations. It is believed to have expanded throughout Europe as humans re-colonized after the last glacial maximum 10-12 thousand years ago. This lineage is also the haplogroup containing the Atlantic modal haplotype. John Paul Johnston, Ralph Donavon Johnson, Richard Johnston, Donald Grady Johnson, James C. Johnston, James R. “Randy” Johnston, James R. “Randy” Johnston, David A. Johnson, Rod Johnston, Russell Dale Johnson, Glen Lee Johnson, Laverne Dicks, Larry Johnson Group Leader: Grant W. Johnston



Register Report for Timothy Rich This highlighted color is for known DNA Matches to LTC NATHANIEL JOHNSON (Researcher) and researcher Mary Holland’s family of Hiram Johnson who died Humphreys Co. Tn and their DNA Is an exact match to Descendants of Timothy Rich of Henrico Co Va

Red is the County lines and Parish Lines: These lines can and will change people in a County or in a Parish. This is to serve as a Time line to show changes, in lines or in changes where families moved to from this area.

Longleaf Pine (Haplogroup J) has been added to the list of Groups within the J/J/J DNA Project.

Martha Hines marthahines182@ has agreed to be the group leader for this Family Group.  Thus far, we have 5 members of the group.  

Teal is being used for Quaker dates, these are not the same as the Julian Calender for all the other information, these need to be transcribed to be used in a Julian Calender.

Quaker dates have not been translated Before the 1752 calendar change, the first month of the year was March. From: Mary E. Stewart  

In 1752 the new year began to be counted from Jan 1. Before that it ran from March 26-March 25, Julian Calender changed. So a date in July 1750 would be earlier in the same "year" as one in Feb 1750 (which once 1752 rolled around, would be thought of as the next year). From: Barbara Schenck

Blue-Grey is being used to show where German Dutch and Holland families lived and those connected to these families

These files come from numerous Johnson-Johnston-Johnstone-Jonson-Jonston researchers and Sent to Tony L. Johnson who compiled the information” Please share with Other researchers”

Report made by Tony L. Johnson a descendant of Hudson Johnson and Agness Johnson of Bartons Creek, Dickson Co. Tn, Big Creek Hawkins Co Tn and Buffalo Creek of Henry Co. Va.

The link to the Johnson/Johnston/Johnstone DNA Project is:



 

The link to the J/J/J Research site is:



New Garden MM was on N.  Buffalo Creek which runs through Forsythe and Guilford Counties.

Center MM is along Polecat creek in the extreme southern part of Guilford County, about 10 miles south of Greensboro.

Cane Creek MM is located at Snow Camp, NC

Deep River MM is in Guilford County, About 12 sw of Greensboro

JOHNSON AND ALLIED FAMILES OF ROWAN COUNTY NC

1696 Bath Original county subdivided 1705

1712 Craven County renamed from Archdale Precinct of Bath County

1729 New Hanover County formed from Craven County

1734 Bladen formed from New Hanover County

1742-1817 Sarah Curtis, wife of John Robbins, born in Randolph County,North Carolina and died in Wayne County, Indiana. Daughter of Samuel Curtice/Curtis and an unknown Lovey. Sarah and John were married in 1763 in Rowan, later Randolph County, NC. Sarah's father, Samuel, thought to have been born in England about 1720.

John Robbins

RESEARCH NOTES: No Way John Robbins was born in Randolph Co. NC in 1742: Randolph Co Formed in 1779: If they lived on the same lands the County would be found in 1742 ERA iof a Parent Co of Randolph Co. NC

The 1886 biography of a great grandson of John Robbins posted below identifies John Robbins's wife as Elizabeth Curtis. I wish I had a good source for the name Sarah.

HISTORY OF CLINTON COUNTY, INDIANA (Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co., 1886), pp. 863-864 [Sugar Creek Township]:

George W. Robbins, druggist, Pickard's Mill, Indiana, came to Clinton County March 1, 1865, and settled in Sugar Creek Township, on section 35, buying 120 acres of land on which he lived seven years. In the fall of 1873 he exchanged a part of his property for lots in Pickard's Mill and money, and engaged in the general mercantile business a year. He then sold out and built his store building, and May 25, 1875, put in a stock of drugs and groceries.

In 1876 he sold his stock and rented the building until April, 1886, when he and his son bought the stock of W. W. Cormack, and now are conducting a successful business.

Mr. Robbins was born February 1, 1829, in Wayne County, Indiana, and when ten years of age accompanied his parents to Fulton County, Indiana. He was married in Montgomery County, April 22, 1855, to Rachel Fisher, who was born in Tippecanoe County, August 22, 1832, but was reared in Montgomery County, her parents moving there when she was ten years old. She was a daughter of James and Phoebe (Moon) Fisher, natives of Ohio, the father born in Highland County, January 3, 1808, and died in 1878, and the mother born in Clinton County in 1810, and died in 1846.

Mr. and Mrs. Robbins have had seven children--Mary C., born January 17, 1856, died March 15, 1874; Olive, born October 15, 1857; Charles, born March 29, 1860; Emma, September 15, 1863; U. S. Grant, August 9, 1868; Schuyler Colfax, August 6, 1870, and Myrtle, August 7, 1874.

In politics Mr. Robbins is a Republican. He is a member of the Society of Friends, his wife being a member of the Baptist church. He has served Sugar Creek Township as justice of the peace four years, and has been in the post office either as postmaster or assistant nine years.

His parents, James and Miriam (Davis) Robbins,were natives of Randolph County, North Carolina, the father born January 7, 1789, and the mother in 1793. His mother died in Fulton County, March 9, 1869, and his father in Sugar Creek Township, September 25, 1873.

His paternal grandparents were Moses and Alice Harlan Robbins, and his maternal grandparents were Emmor and Alice Stocker Davis. The latter were Quakers, and Mr. Robbins's mother was deprived of her membership because of her marriage to a Methodist.

His paternal great-grandparents, John and Elizabeth Curtis Robbins, were also natives of North Carolina, of Welsh descent. The former was a Baptist clergyman, and at the battle of Guilford Court-House was taken prisoner by the Tories, and his ill treatment while a captive affected his mind and he never fully recovered although he lived to be 100 years old. On the same evening the grandfather of Mr. Robbins was carried off by the same band of Tories, but being only a boy was released in a few days. Alice Harlan, his grandmother, and an older sister were compelled by the same band to pilot them to the home of Captain John Bryant, whose wife was a sister of the grandfather's, he being at home on furlough at the confinement of his wife. The Tories surrounded the house, and while the two girls crouched inside of the door, Bryant was shot down in his house and the girls left to get home as best they could. /

Samuel Curtice/Curtis and an unknown Lovey

1761 Samuel Curtis Rowan Co., NC Contact: Brenda Keck Reed BRENDREED@

married in 1763 1742-1817 Sarah Curtis, wife of John Robbins, born in Randolph County,North Carolina and died in Wayne County, Indiana. Daughter of Samuel Curtice/Curtis and an unknown Lovey. Sarah and John were married in 1763 in Rowan, later Randolph County, NC. Sarah's father, Samuel, thought to have been born in England about 1720.

08 AUG 1747 General James White Birth: in Rowan County, North Carolina Death: 14 AUG 1822 in Knox County, Tennessee Married: 14 Apr 1770 in , Rowan, North Carolina Mary LAWSON reported daughter of Hugh LAWSON:

he is reported son of Moses White and wife Mary McConnell

Daughter  Margaret WHITE Birth: 08 APR 1771 in Iredell County, North Carolina Death: 27 AUG 1827 married Charles McCLung Birth: 13 MAY 1761 in Rowan County, North Carolina Death: 19 AUG 1830 in Kentucky reported son of Mathew MCCLUNG and Martha Cunningham: See Chrles McClung below in this REV. WAR VET report

Reported Son is Hugh Lawson White 30 Oct 1773 in , Rowan, North Carolina,

reported son is Moses White Birth: 22 Apr 1775 in in city, Rowan, North Carolina

reported daughter is Melinda WHite Birth: 15 Feb 1789 in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee married John Williams Birth: 29 Jan 1778 in Surry County, Virginia reported father is Col. Joseph Williams Birth: 17 Mar 1748 and wife Rebecca Lanier: Reported Grandparents are Nathaniel Williams and wife Elizabeth Washington: Rebecca Lanier is reported daughter of

There are errors in the White, Williams, Lanier genealogy in this report.

Evelyn Rowland From: erowla@

General James White

Mary LAWSON reported daughter of Hugh LAWSON:

Frederick CO VA deed- 11 Nov 1747 - Morgan BRYAN to Samuel Bryan -250 acres , granted to Morgan Bryan 12 Nov 1733 - Wit: Samuel STRODE, JOHN and EVAN ELLIS

Samuel Bryan

RESEARCH NOTES:: Samuel Bryan his will is in Rowan CO NC are John and Margaret ELLIS –

A John Ellis married Margaret Bryan 11 Mar 1779 Rowan CO NC.

Samuel Strode is listed brother of Martha Strode who marr. Morgan Bryan (some list in Chester CO PA ca 1719 ).

Samuel STRODE,

JOHN ELLIS

EVAN ELLIS

1750 Anson County formed from Bladen Co.

The first Donnells in central N.C. came as part of the Nottingham Company of Presbyterians who began to arrive in a predetermined area then in Anson Co. in 1750 Some 23,000 + acres had been set aside by agreement between the Nottingham Presbyterian Church, Chester, PA and land representatives of Lord Granville.

Donnells Donnells

RESEARCH NOTES: 1768 Rowan County tax list of Thomas Donnell's district.  This land was in an area that became part of Guilford County when it was created two years later in 1770 and started administrative operations in 1771.

RESEARCH NOTES: In 1771 the area was broken up to form Guilford and in 1785 the northern part of Guilford was formed into Rockingham Co. In that final formation, some of the colonists wound up in Rockingham Co. These people established two principal churches ca. 1756, Buffalo (on North Buffalo Creek) and Alamance in the southern area, (lying on the waters of Big Alamance Creek).

Nottingham Company of Presbyterians

1750 ERA: This family is reported in Rowan Co NC Children of Sarah Cassandra Boone and John Wilcoxson , Sr. were as follows:

100 i David Wilcockson, born 22 Oct 1742 in Berks Co., PA; died 25 Feb 1834 in Giles Co., TN.

+ 101 ii Elizabeth Wilcoxson

+ 102 iii John Wilcoxson (Jr.)

+ 103 iv Nancy Wilcockson

104 v George Wilcockson, born 1746 in Berks Co., PA; died 1800 in Sevier Co., TN.

105 vi Israel Wilcockson, born 1748 in Rowan Co., NC; died 1780 in Bryants Station, KY.

106 vii Isaac Wilcockson, born 1749 in Berks Co., PA; died 1783 in TN. He married Ruth Johnston.

+ 107 viii Samuel Wilcockson

108 ix Daniel Wilcockson, born 13 Mar 1755 in Rowan Co., NC; died 16 Jun 1837 in Shelby Co., KY. He married Sarah Faulconer, born 1760; died 1831.

109 x William Wilcockson, born 1756 in NC; died 1828 in Barren Co., KY. He married Racheal Boone, born 1750, daughter of James Boone, Sr. and Mary Foulke.

110 xi Mary M. Wilcockson, born 1759. She married (1) John Mathews. She married (2) Renalder Walker.

+ 111 xii Rachel Wilcockson

112 xiii Sarah Wilcockson, born 1769 in Rowan Co., NC. She married in 1795, Thomas Hagans.

.John Wilcoxson (Jr.) (Sarah Cassandra5 Boone, Squire4, George3, George2, George1), born 1744 in PA; died 1830 in MO. He married Sarah Notson, born 1774 in NC; died 1846 in MO.

Children of John Wilcoxson (Jr.) and Sarah Notson were as follows:

349 i Daniel Willcockson, born in Rowan County, NC.

350 ii John Willcockson

351 iii Isreal Willcockson, died in Boone Co., MO. He married Polly Fleming.

352 iv Amos Willcockson, died in Boone Co., MO. He married Vina Dawson.

353 v Isaac Willcockson, born in NC; died 1835 in MO. He married Rebecca White.

+ 354 vi William Willcockson

355 vii Martha Willcockson, born 1785 in NC; died in Howard Co., MO.

356 viii David Willcockson, born 1794 in Rowan Co., NC. He married Nancy Johnson



My Notes: This is mine and Pegs. Boone families married into the McElyea Families

Isaac Wilcockson, born 1749 in Berks Co., PA; died 1783 in TN. He married Ruth Johnston

David Willcockson, born 1794 in Rowan Co., NC. He married Nancy Johnson

1751 Era: Just when the first Friends came to this “majestic wilderness” is unknown, but certainly there were a few here by 1751. That year Friends at Cane Creek in present Alamance County, comprising the first permanent meeting settled by the Pennsylvania Friends in North Carolina, requested a monthly meeting from the Perquimans and Little River meetings in eastern Carolina. Their petition stated: “There is Thirty Families and upwards of Friends settled in them Parts and Desire still in behalf of themselves and their Friends to have a Monthly Meeting settled amongst them.” Not surprisingly, the first piece of business to come before Cane Creek Monthly Meeting (October 7, 1751) was a request from Friends of New Garden for permission to hold a meeting for worship.

1752 ERA Isaac Holeman (spelling of the name varies) as proved by his signature--moved about 1752 from Virginia, where he undoubtedly associated with the Holeman settlement in the Shenandoah valley, to the enterprising of the North Carolina colony; so the latter state, where he settled permanently stands out conspicuously by way of background. That he brought along His father and mother, whose first names, unluckily. are unrecorded, and when they died, buried them on his own land, produces eight generations as

computed from the last offspring of today. Afterwards two of his younger brothers, William and James Holeman, followed him to North Carolina, and together they established another Holeman settlement. The three obtained

Iand-grants in that part of the then enormous Rowan County which was subsequently set aside as Davie county, and there they lived on adjoining plantations located among the foothills of the Brushy mountains, on the head waters of both Bear Creek and Dutchman's creek.

As adherents of the sect called "Missionary Baptist," both he and his wife belonged to the Bear Creek Baptist Church, one of the oldest religious organizations in that section, with its meeting-house built on what was then called the Holeman road; while the names of their posterity, even to the present generation, have been regularly enrolled on its books. Though he continuously lived in the extreme northwestern corner of what is now Davie county, with Mocksville as county-seat, where he eventually acquired his permanent abode, he bought and sold, in the meantime, several other tracts of land in that region.

Isaac Holeman

On October 10,1783, he acquired,his third grant of 300 acres, No. 339 (Deed Book 9, page 339}, described as on the waters of Hunting Creek," being in the part of Rowan county that became Iredell county; and this he sold in 1798 to Benjamin Johnson.

Isaac HOLMAN Birth: 1725 in Fairfax Holman Va. Death: 15 Aug 1807 in Family Plantation Rowan County NC Christening: Bear Creek Baptist married Mary Benton HARDY Death: 1782/1798 in Salisbury Rowan NC reported son of Daniel HOLMAN Death: 1770 in Virginia and wife Elizabeth CARTLEY Birth: Abt 1700 in Shenandoah Va Death: 1792 in Va

Isaac Holman’s brother Thomas Holman Death: Apr 1798 in Wilkes NC/Rowan NC married Mary Ann THOMPSON, their daughter Rachel HOLMAN Death: 10 Mar 1815 in Springfield Robertson County Tn. Married: Mar 1763 in Lancaster Pa: Henry Johnston Johnson Death: 1815 in Springfield, Robertson County Tn Their daughter Rebecca Johnston Johnson Death: in Hurricane Creek, Humphreys County Tn. married John CROCKETT Birth: 1769 in Pa. Death: 1826 in Hurricane Creek Humphreys County Tn

This is the families of Senator Cave Johnson of Robertson Co. Tn and also Post master General of The US

William Holeman

James Holeman

Holeman settlement NC

Bear Creek Baptist Church

September 1754: Joseph Morgan to Henry Simmons for 20 pounds 200 acres on Bear Creek, at the fork. Tests: Seth Ward, Edwd Ward Jr., Jos. Ward, P. Ward

Joseph Morgan

Henry Simmons

Seth Ward,

Edwd Ward Jr.,

Jos. Ward,

P. Ward

#1753 Rowan County formed from Anson County.

Rowan County was a large undefined section of the northwestern part of our state and was formed from Anson County The space between the Yadkin and South Yadkin Rivers that is part of Rowan County and as far west as the current Wilkes County, is known as the Forks of the Yadkin.

In 1753 Alexander Cathey was a Justice of the Peace in Salisbury, NC.

He presided over the first courts of Rowan County which were held in 1755.

He was a friend and neighbor of Squire Boone, father of the famous Daniel Boone.

He is buried near Salisbury in the Thyatira Cemetery, formerly Catheys Meeting House; his monument states “Alexander Cathey who died 1766, age 59 years.” Most of the Cathey clan migrated from Rowan to Mecklenburg County, NC, before the American Revolution.

Alexander Cathey

Some of the line arrived in Cecil Co. MD  with the name of JOHN CATHEY b. 1685 Ulster Ireland. 

he arrived between 1746-1751 and they moved from MD into Lancaster Co. PA in early 1730's.

By 1743 the Cathey name is found in Beverly Manor in Augusta Co. VA.

JAMES CATHEY had migrated to ANSON CO. NC by late 1740s'.

That land became ROWAN CO. NC by 1753. 

The Cathey Settlement or IRISH SETTLEMENT was located west of Salisbury NC and where James Cathey was in 1749. 

His sons moved into Mecklenburg Co. and Haywood Co. NC by late 1700's.

Archibald Cathey is the only one of his siblings to have been listed born in GA.  

His father, Andrew Cathey was born in abt. 1721 PA and his sister, Rebecca G. Cathey b. 15 Sept. 1792 in NC. 

By 1799, Archibald Cathey is listed being born in GA.

1753William Hopper surveyed in Rockingham County, then Rowan County,

William Hopper

Wm. Hopper lived near the NC/VA State line,owning land on both sides. They first lived on Matrimony Creek, a branch of the Dan River, in North Carolina and later some lived on smith River in Henry County, VA.

William surveyed in Rockingham County, then Rowan County, in 1753.

In 1761 he obtained a grant of 710 acres. An additional grant of 510 acres from the Earl of Granville on May 10, 1762 was confirmed. In 1773 he signed a petition against moving the Courthouse in Guilford Co.

By 1783 he had died, all of his sons owned adjoining on Matrimony Creek in present Rockingham Co.,North Carolina.

The following are believed to be his surviving sons in the area William Hopper Jr.; Darby Hopper; Joseph Hopper; Joshua Hopper and Thomas Hopper

Matrimony Creek starts in Henry County, VA. and flows south into Rockingham City, NC. It empties into the Dan River near the the western city limits of Eden, NC. It was given it's name in 1728 by a member of William Byrd's surveying party,as they were establishing the VA. -NC. border. Several small branches that flow into it along the way are known as Matrimony Creek as well. There are a LOT of Hopper's in the area.



Joshua HOPPER b: 1740 in Matrimony Creek, Rockingham Co., NC

Mother: Lucy COTTON

Lucy COTTON

1753 Era Married William Rutledge, Sr. was born ca 1734, William died After Aug 24, 1803 in Stokes Co., NC, at approximately 73 years of age.

He married Matilda King in Rowan Co., NC, ca 1753. Matilda was born in VA 1734. Matilda was the daughter of Peter King Sr. and Lulu. Matilda died before 1806 in Stokes Co., NC.

William Rutledge, Sr.

William Rutledge Sr. and Matilda King had the following children:

i. Johnson Rutledge was born ca 1754.

ii. William Rutledge Jr was born ca 1756.

iii. Peter Rutledge was born in Rowan Co., NC 1758. Peter died aft 1810.

iv. James Rutledge was born in Rowan Co., NC 1758. James died aft 1806 in Giles Co., TN.

v. Benjamin Rutledge was born in Rowan Co., NC ca 1760. He married Mary Timmins in Stokes Co., NC, 12 July 1797.

vi. Sarah Rutledge was born in Rowan Co., NC 1762.

vii. Mary Rutledge was born in Rowan Co., NC 1764.

viii. Elijah Rutledge was born abt 1773.

ix. Joel Rutledge was born in Surry Co., NC ca 1774. He married Susan West in Stokes Co., NC, 10 November 1802.

x. Isabella Rutledge was born in Neatman Creek, Surry Co., NC ca 1783. She married twice. She married Alexander Boles Jr in Stokes Co., NC, 25 October, 1800. She married Thomas Southerland.



Peter King Sr. and Lulu

RESEARCH NOTES: I believe this to be a connection to Peter King married to ? Johnson daughter of Francis Johnson See below for details and facts.

1753 - James McMaken warrant dated 30 November 1753 to James Carter to survey 640 acres in Rowan County on ye Dutchmans Creek or Nere it on Lick pen - including the place where McMaken Lives /s/ Fras Corbin Entered 25 July 1753 Back of document reads: Grant 2 January 1761 Ref: Granville District of NC 1748-1763 Abstracts of Land Records, Vol. 5, Margaret M. Hofmann, 1995

James McMaken or James McMachan

1754 - James McMahon plat dated 14 May 1754 204 acres in Rowan County on the south side of Lyleses Creek CC: David Johnson, James Forbes (surveyor's name not given) Entered 25 July 1753 Ref: Granville District of NC 1748-1763 Abstracts of Land Records, Vol. 5, Margaret M. Hofmann, 1995

1762 - James McMahan, from PA, "of Granville" County, NC buys land, 422 acres, near Dutchman's Creek in Rowan County, NC. "Deed Book 4 p. 744 July 20, 1762 James McMahan of Granville Co., NC buys 422 acres within 8 chains of Dutchman's Creek, next to David Johnston, for 5 shillings, the release price being 50 pounds proclamation money on the next day- witnessed by Will Reed and proved."

Will Book "D" p. 220 Rowan County, NC JAMES MCMACHAN. 14 Sept. 1787.

In the name of God Amen! I James McMachan of Rowan County in N. Carolina, be in a tolerable good state of health thanks be to God calling to mind the mortalite of the Body, knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and test:

Principally & first I recomend my soul into the hands of God: & my body to the earth to be decently buried nothing doubting as at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again. And as such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give devise & dispose of the same in the following manner, first I give & bequeath to Susanna my beloved wife all my household goods & all my black cattle & sheep also I give to my sons Samuel & Willm Mcmachan all my land to be equally divided betwixt them beginning at the middle of the west line & run straight to the east & Samuel shall have the south side & William the north & I also appoint the Samuel McMachan & William McMachan to executors of this my last will & test: & further my will is that sd executors shall pay as soon as convenient they can twenty five pounds apiece to the rest of my beloved children to John & Thomas, Elizabeth, & James & Mary of which same I appoint William to pay one hundred pounds & Samuel twenty five pounds & to my son William all my ______ of _____ with I give my bay horse & young mare & waggon - and I will that my beloved wife have comfortable living on the place as long as she lives - I confirm this to be my last will in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 14 day of September 1787

Signed, sealed, declared in presence of us, Lazarus Whitehead jun David Johnson X James McMachan seal

prb. 1799. Wife Susanna to have maintenance on the place. Sons Samuel and William to have all the land. Sons John, Thomas, and James each to have 25 pounds. Daus. Elizabeth and Mary to have 25 pounds. Exrs: sons Samuel and William. Wit: Lazarus Whitehead, David Johnson

James Carter

Fras Corbin

Issued April 6, 1753, Griffith Rutherford, 700 Acres, Grant No. 187, Rowan Book No. 2, Page 45 - No. 143 - Location: Upon the E side of Catawba River, near both sides of Twelve Mile Creek.

Griffith Rutherford,

Griffith became a wealthy farmer and married Elizabeth Graham in 1754.

They had 10 children.

One of Griffith’s daughters, Jane, married Capt. James Cathey, the son of John Cathey and Elizabeth Pickney.

His daughter Blanche married Francis Locke of Rowan Co NC.

Another close relative was Capt. William Moore, the "first white man to settle west of the Blue Ridge".

Capt. Moore has been claimed to be Griffith Rutherford’s brother-in-law, meaning Griffith had an undocumented sister? [History of Western North Carolina - Chapter V - Revolutionary Days by John Preston Arthur, 1914]

Griffith's children:

i. Jane Rutherford b. 1756 d. abt 1844 Maury TN

ii. James Rutherford b. abt 1758 d. 9/8/1781, Battle of Eutaw Spring, SC

iii. Blanche Rutherford b. abt 1760 d. abt 1844

iv. Margaret Rutherford b. abt 1765 d. about 6/1827 Dyer, TN

v. Alfred Rutherford b. abt 1767 d. about 1844

vi. Newton Rutherford b. abt 1770 d. about 1814 Cocke, TN

vii. Elizabeth Rutherford b. abt 1772 d. about 1844

viii. John Rutherford b. 3/13/1774 d. 9/8/1835 Dyer Co. TN

ix. Griffith Weakley Rutherford b. abt 1775 d. 11/11/1846 Wilson Co. TN

x. Henry Rutherford b. abt 8/17/1782 d. 5/20/1847 Key Corner, Dyer TN

E side of Catawba River,

Twelve Mile Creek.

#1754

Thomas Willis of Rowan County, North Carolina was born about 1734, married Ann about 1754 in Rowan County, and died before February 8, 1794 in Rowan County.

His children were James, Rachel (b. abt. 1756, m. first Jonathan Wiseman abt. 1774 in Rowan Co.), George (b. 1757, From: bulldog1947@ From Samuel Lawson

Thomas Willis of Rowan County, North Carolina

North Caolina Group Of WILLIS Family

Benjamin Willis of North Carolina was born about 1765 in North Carolina. His ancestors are said to have immigrated from England. A known son of Benjamin Willis is Rev. Thomas Willis (husband of Keziah Grindstaff), whose Willis-surname descendants lived in Mitchell County for many generations. (The North Carolina Group/90449)

Elijah Willis was born in Georgia in 1809, married Elizabeth Daniel in 1834 in Talbot County, Georgia, and about 1836 or 1837 settled in Autauga County, Alabama. Elijah's father was born in North Carolina. Children of Elijah and Elizabeth were William (born in 1835 in Georgia), John, Mary Francis, James Wesley, George, and Joseph P. (The North Carolina Group/99629)

Henry Willis of Caswell County, North Carolina married Mary Haddock in May 1783 in Caswell County. He died in 1820 in Caswell County. His sons were William, Nicholas, Benjamin, Henry Jr., and Anderson. Anderson was born Dec. 17, 1800 in Caswell County and moved to Habersham County, Georgia, where his sons W. A., John C., and Drury Dobbins were born. (The North Carolina Group/42272 and 127670)

James Willis of North Carolina  was born about 1755 in Cumberland County, Virginia, and died in 1796 in Chatham County, North Carolina. He married Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of Benjamin Wilson, also of Cumberland County. Children mentioned in James' will were Rebecca Caudle, Sally Crow, Suckey Willis (a daughter), Jemima Willis, Wilson Willis, Larkin Willis (born in 1777), Molly Willis, Nannie Willis, Elijah Willis, and Elisha Willis. (The North Carolina Group/118615)

Jesse Willis of Georgia and Dale County, Alabama was born about 1810 in Georgia. He married Martha (last name unknown) and had two girls and a boy named Iverson Asbury Willis in Georgia before moving to Dale County, Alabama, where he was a farmer listed in the 1840, 1850, and 1860 census. His son Iverson Asbury Willis served in "I" Company, Alabama 33rd Infantry Regiment, in the Civil War and was killed on December 31, 1862 at the battle of Stone River at Murfreesboro, Tennessee.  (Craven County, North Carolina Group/60675)

(Rev.) Joseph Willis of Craven County, North Carolina was born about 1713 and died in 1784 in Craven County. Some of his descendants moved to Gallatin County, Illinois.  Joseph had a son Caleb Willis who was born in 1746 and died in 1827 in Sumner County, Tennessee.  (Craven County, North Carolina Group/46443 and 59200)

Richard Willis of North Carolina was born in 1720 and died in 1800 in North Carolina. According to family tradition, he is descended from one of seven "brothers" who immigrated from England in 1647 and settled in New York, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Virginia. His son Richard Jr. married Catherine Brighan. Richard Jr. lived in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Illinois. (Craven County, North Carolina Group/N4693)

Thomas Willis of Rowan County, North Carolina was born about 1734, married Ann about 1754 in Rowan County, and died before February 8, 1794 in Rowan County. His children were James, Rachel (b. abt. 1756, m. first Jonathan Wiseman abt. 1774 in Rowan Co.), George (b. 1757, From: bulldog1947@ From Samuel Lawson

Jonathan Wiseman

1754 moved to Rowan county:1749 April 13 Colonial Council at New Bern granted l,000 acres in Anson co to Andrew, Leonard, and John Killion. This was on Killion’s Creek. 1754 he moved to Rowan county because of the Cherokee uprising. 1764 sold 1152 acres on Killians’ creek.

Leonard Killian

Sept l749 Leonard Killian granted 590 acres of land on Killians. Creek

This is what is in "The North Carolina Gazetter" by William S. Powell page 277.

Leepers Creek is formed by the junction of Sawmill and Lippard creeks in ne Lincoln County. It flows se into Gaston County where it joins Killian Creek to form Dutchmans Creek. Appears as Leepers Creek on the Collet map 1770.

Lippard Creek rises in s Catawba County and flows into Lincoln County where it joins Sawmill Creek to form Leepers Creek.

I have earlier deeds than 1770 and Leepers Creek and Kuykendall Creek is shown there as two different creeks both running parallel to a point where they flow into Dutchman Creek. lMap by Elmer O. Parker "Approximate Boundaries of Mecklenburg County (N.C.) 1763-1769"

Sept l749 Leonard Killian granted 590 acres of land on Killians. Creek

April 13, 1749 Regular Colonial Council held at New Bern, in the petition for land in Anson County, Andrew Killian and his two sons, Leonard and John, were “granted” 1000 acres each.

The tracts of land that these three Killians entered from l749-54 were in that part of Anson County, which is now Lincoln County, near Beatty’s, Ford on the Catawba River. The Killian’s Creek mentioned was named after this family; for on this stream pioneer Andrew Killian built his home where he remained until the latter half of the year 1754. At that time the Cherokee Indians began hostilities against the white settlers of that section, and had some fighting with the Forneys. Then he (Andrew Killian) moved across the Catawba River into Rowan County. Nothing is known of the whereabouts of this Killian family from 1754 to 1766, but in 1766 Andrew and John were residents of Rowan County.

William Sherrill, also of Anson had been granted 400 acres on April 5, 1749.

September 30, 1749, Andrew, Leonard, and John Killian, and William and Abington Sherrill were granted large tracts of land. About all of the above named land grants can be found in the Land Grant Office at Raleigh. In 1750, grants for land were issued to Henry Weidner, Daniel Warlick, Peter Broyl (supposed to be Peter Hoyle), John Batey, the Sherrils, and Leonard Killian; but the petition from George Hager was delayed until the next Council. These grants, relative to the Killians read “on the south side of the Catawba River.” The Killian grants after 1749 read “On Killian’s Creek”, some of which grants date 1750-54.

June 22, 1766 Andrew Killian and his son, John, bought several hundred acres of land on both sides of Clark’s Creek, west of St. Paul Church in what is now Catawba County, above and below what is known as the Bollinger Ford

George Killian, the 6th of Daniel Killian, Sr., was born May 6, 1802, and died May 1, 1880. On March 29, 1831, Daniel Ki1lian, Sr., conveyed to his son George 196-acres of land on Beaver Dam Creek. George was married about the year l830 to a Miss Polly Johnson, who was born in 1812 and died in 1885. He moved from the Beaver Dam section in the early 1860’s to Oconee County, South Carolina, about ten miles North of the Town of Walha11a. George had three boys: Julius, Daniel W. (Dr. Dan), and Elbert. George also had four daughters: Adelaide, the oldest girl, never married; Clarice, who married William Hodses, who was killed in the War between the States; Marian, who married Branch Trull of Haywood County, and raised a large family mostly boys; and Julia, the youngest girl, who married John Dryman at the age of 36. They had four boys: Rob, Roy, Fred and Earl. Fred is a Methodist Minister of the Asheville Section. George’s oldest son, Julius, married and moved to Clay County, where he lived all his life. His oldest son was named Lee H. and his youngest, Dock.

|THE HISTORY OF THE KILLIAN FAMILY IN NORTH CAROLINA |

|By J. YATES KILLIAN |

The late Rev. Julius H. Shuford makes the following statement relative to the Killian family: "The Killians are an ancient family and can be traced hack lo the year 1537. During the time when Martin Luther undertook the Reformation of the Church in Germany, there was one John Killian, a licentiate (one licensed to preach or practice a profession) in the Eufort College, who took a very active part in that great movement and made himself very conspicuous in the eyes of Luther's enemies." It is therefore about 400 years since the name Killian first appeared in History.\par \par \tab The next time we hear of this name was in America. Rupp's list of 30,000 immigrants shows that on October 4, 1732 Andreas (Andrew) Killian, a native of the Rhenish Palatinate, landed in Philadelphia on the British ship "Adventure." He must have been a person above average in education as he signed his name io the declaration of allegiance to the Colonial Government, while many of his fellow passengers could only make their mark. By comparing his signature on a photostatic copy of the page on which he signed his name and the signature on a will made by an Andrew Killian (see files of old wills in Clerk's office in Lincolnton, N. C.)

Jean, the 4th child of pioneer Andrew Killian, was probably born about 1727-28. She married William Lewin (Lawing). The Lawings and the Hagers were early settlers in the Beatty's Ford section, and were close neighbors, for the times, to the Killians. The Lawlng family name appears in the early history of the Hager family written by A. Nixon,Esq. William Lawlng is supposed to have been a close relative to Simon Hager's first wife-- probably her father or older brother.

    Mr. John A. Lawing of Charlotte, N. C. gives me much history of the Lawing or Lawings, and in all probability this William and Jean Lawlng (Lewin) were his ancestors. Their oldest son was named Andrew, which sounds like he was named after pioneer Andrew Killian. This Andrew Lawing married, first, Obedience (Biddey) Bradshaw, and the second marriage was to Elizabeth Philips in 19l3 in Lincoln County.

Andrew Lawing had seven sons and two daughters. The Military Census of 1790 gives a Wm. Lawlng with a family of three men, 16 years of age and upwards, one under 16 and five females.

    The Census also gives an Andrew Lawing with one male 16 years and up and four females. It appears that Joseph, John, Andrew, Jr., and Samuel were sons of Andrew Lawing. Joseph Lawing married Mary Moore in 1840, Lincoln County. Their son, Gidson Alex Lawing, married Mary Jane Vance (both born in 1848) in 1866, ad their son John T. A. Lawing, my informant of the Lawing family, was first married to Lillie L. Ramsay of Burke County in 1893 and had eight children--6 boys and 2 girls. John T. A. Lawing married the second time in 1913---Myra Goodman of China Grove- and they have three boys and four girls.

    Andrew and Biddey Bradshaw Lawing's son John was born in 1790, and was a soldier in tile war of 1812, as also his brother Andrew Jr., born in 1793 was a war of 1812 soldier--both were enlisted from Mecklenburg County. John had three sons (John died before 1844 when his mother, Biddey, wife of Andrew Lawing 1st, made her will--she died in 1846): ANDREW K.; JOHN JOHNSON (born 1814); James J. John's wife was Nancy Johnson. After her husband John Lawing died, she married a Scott. John Johnson Lawing moved to Middle Tennessee and married.

Years: 1754

Provenance Click on item to view record. Mars Secretary of State Record Group

Granville Proprietary Land Office: Land Entries, Warrants, and Plats of Survey

Rowan County, M-Mi Title James McMahon,. Rowan Co.

Creator: Office of Secretary of State Granville Proprietary Land Office Languages:

Call Number: S.108.270 - S.108.283 Location: MFR MARS Id: 12.12.78.37 (Folder)

Other Ids: Physical Description: Quantity: Other Copies: Related Materials:Arrangement:

Abstract:

Scope / Contents: View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Plat: 1754 May 14. 204 acres.

Descriptive references for land: Lyle Creek.

Chain carriers: David Johnson, James Forbes.

Surveyor: Not shown.

View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Index Terms Personal Names

James Forbes,

David Johnson,

James McMahon,

Geographical Names Lyle Creek Rowan County

James Forbes,

David Johnson,

James McMahon,

Lyle Creek

Years: 1754

Provenance Click on item to view record. Mars Secretary of State Record Group

Granville Proprietary Land Office: Land Entries, Warrants, and Plats of Survey

Rowan County, Ro-S Title Daniel Swainey,. Rowan Co.

Creator: Office of Secretary of StateGranville Proprietary Land Office

Languages: Call Number: S.108.270 - S.108.283 Location: MFR

MARS Id: 12.12.80.70 (Folder) Other Ids: Physical Description: Quantity:

Other Copies: Related Materials: Arrangement:

Abstract:

Scope / Contents: View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Plat: 1754 May 7. 360 acres.

Descriptive references for land: Linville Creek, Carters Creek

Chain carriers: William Johnson, Henry Brubaker

Surveyor: James Carter Deed: 1761 January 9.

View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Index Terms Personal Names

Henry Brubaker,

James Carter,

William Johnson,

Daniel Swainey,

Geographical Names Carters Creek Linville Creek Rowan County

Henry Brubaker,

James Carter,

William Johnson,

Daniel Swainey,

Carters Creek

Linville Creek

5th April 1754 John Hall, born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia,

John Hall

1832 Revolutionary War Pension Application of John Hall, born in Pittsylvania

County, Virginia, on 5th April 1754. Volunteered for service in the

Militia from Wilkes County, North Carolina, living in Perry County,

Kentucky, 1832 when making application for pension.

Number: S 30451State of Kentucky Perry County Court

On the 16th of October, 1832, Personally appeared before the Judge of Perry Circuit Court, John Hall resident of Perry County, age 79 the 5th of April next, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by Act of Congress session of March, 1832. That he entered the service of the United State in the Revolutionary War as a volunteer and served as following:

First in the year of (now forgotten) he volunteered for three months in Wilkes County, North Carolina in the Company commanded by Captain Ben Cleaveland (Cleveland) in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Armstrong in the line of the State of North Carolina. He Lieutenant was

W. Linor. In this trip he marched under General Rutherford against the Cherokee Indians and defeated them on the Tennessee and High-wasse (Hiawassee) rivers. This was some time before the Battle of King Mountain but he supposes the history of the country will explain

the time. After serving out his three months of service he was honor-ably discharged by Captain Cleaveland (Cleveland) in Wilkes County.

Next trip he enlisted in Wilkes County, North Carolina for nine months under Captain W.Lewis and Joseph Lewis, Major in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Lytle in the line of the State of North Carolina on Continental establishment. They march from Wilkes Courthouse, North

Carolina down to the High Rock Ford on the Haw river. Then he was sent home to take care of a wagon and team belonging to Thomas Robins in the service of the United States until his term of service(nine months) had expired, when he was honorably discharged by Captain W. Lewis at

Augusta in Georgia.

After quiting Lewis' company by discharge he immediately volunteered for three months in South Carolina opposite Augusta in Captain Joseph White's company in the regiment commanded by Colonel Malbody(Frenchman). He served out his term of service of three months and was at the Battle of Stone, South Carolina. Whe he was honorably discharged about three fourths of a mile from the battle ground a few days after the battle by Captain White in the Rifle Company in ----- Regiment.

Next trip as a volunteer in Captain Sam Johnston's company in Major Hartgroves Battalon there being no Colonel. He was out for three months against Colonel Fannin, a Tory colonel near Deep River,North Carolina. And after serving three months he was honorably discharged

by Captain Johnston. This time he was discharged he does not remember.

Next he volunteered in Wilkes County, North Carolina for three months in Captain Samuel Johnston under Colonel Isaac's Regiment( the time forgotten) in the line of the State of North Carolina in the year of the Battle of Guilford (Courthouse,1781). This trip he march about

North Carolina upon the waters of Deep River and was discharged after serving out his term in Randolph County,North Carolina by Captain Johnston.

Next he volunteered under Captain Joel Lewis and Ben Hern, Major acting Colonel. He march down near High Rock Ford of Rock River in pursuit of Lord Cornwallis. He served out three months when he was honorably discharged in Rowan County by Captain Lewis. All of these

engagements were on the Line of the State of North Carolina.

He was born in Pittsylvania County, State of Virginia. He has no record of his age. The places he entered in the service he has described, since then he has lived in North Carolina, then to

Virginia then to Kentucky where he now lives. He recollects no regular officers except what he has described. As to his discharge which he has described, he has long since lost.

He received no commission but was a private soldier. On his own account as to his character he refers to his neighbors, John Walker, Kit Walker and David Caloun who are now present.

Signed: John Hall

Roger Turner, 74 years of age, resident of Perry County, states upon oath in open court that he knew the above John Hall in the Revolutionary War. He knows he served in the campaign of Kings Mountain as by him stated. He also knows he served in other trips in the militia but how long does not know. From his general character he has no doubt his statement is true.

Signed: Roger Turner

Submitted by: Robert V. Woods echw@

John Hall, born in Pittsylvania County,Virginia,

Roger Turner resident of Perry County

Captain Samuel Johnston under Colonel Isaac's Regiment

1754 - James McMahon plat dated 14 May 1754 204 acres in Rowan County on the south side of Lyleses Creek CC: David Johnson, James Forbes (surveyor's name not given) Entered 25 July 1753 Ref: Granville District of NC 1748-1763 Abstracts of Land Records, Vol. 5, Margaret M. Hofmann, 1995

James McMahon

Lyleses Creek

David Johnson,

James Forbes

1 Oct 1754- Deed Rowan CO NC-John ELLIS of Kredwick CO VA- to EVAN ELLIS for livestock.

Wit: William JOHNSON and ABEL WALKER

John ELLIS

RESEARCH NOTES:: Samuel Bryan his will is in Rowan CO NC are John and Margaret ELLIS –

A John Ellis married Margaret Bryan 11 Mar 1779 Rowan CO NC.

Samuel Strode is listed brother of Martha Strode who marr. Morgan Bryan (some list in Chester CO PA ca 1719 ).

EVAN ELLIS

William JOHNSON

ABEL WALKER

Research Notes: this is Frederick CO VA

1743- Morgan & Joseph Bryan admin. estate of Mary CURTIS ( wife of Thomas has been listed ) VS Thomas TURNER & John ELLIS.

Note: this Joseph Bryan should be the father of Rebecca Bryan who marr. Daniel BOONE.

RESEARCH NOTES: this Abel Walker lives in Frderick CO VA and is a Quaker- Hopewell records show Abel Walker JR son of Abel & Sina was b) 13.1.1735 marr. Mary BEESON 11.12.1761 dau. of Edard Beeson & Martha (Mendenhall ? )

RESEARCH NOTES: the first 2 pages for Frederick CO VA deeds starting in 1743 shows Richard & Charity Grubb Beeson selling land to sons Benjamin, Richard , Edward and and son-in-law Mordecai Mendenhall.

On October 11, 1754, Casper Keener was naturalized in Salisbury, Rowan County which was the seat of government located in the middle of North Carolina during its early days.  The following abstract was taken from the minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Session:

"Gasper Keener, Alexander Clingerman, Steffel Goodheart, and Mathias Beever came into open court and took the oath as by law appointed and subscribed the testimony.  Court adjourned until tomorrow at 8:00."

Casper Keener

Alexander Clingerman

Steffel Goodheart

Mathias Beever

#1755

In 1755 NC created five District Superior Courts throughout the state. The Salisbury District included the counties which are now Anson, Cabarrus, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Union, and Yadkin Counties.

1755.Abstracts of Minutes of Court of Pleas and Quarter

Joseph Cloud was appointed deputy surveyor for Rowan County, NC

Joseph Cloud

Notes: Joseph Cloud abt 1710 married to Nancy Moore b abt 1721 parents are Joseph Cloud and Ruth Jervis note of interest is he and Nancy married in Anson County NC also of RESEARCH NOTES: Provided by Nancy D. Breidenthal::

John Fuller Lane Birth: 7th November 1727 in Baltimore,Anne Arundel, aryland Death: 1785 in Washington County Tennessee reported married to Elizabeth Cloud daughter of Isaac Cloud of PA granddaughter of Joseph Cloud Birth: 1651-09-26 in Calne, Wiltshire, England and wife Mary Green

It is not surprising to find the first settlers of our county to be Quakers from Pennsylvania. In the year of 1738, Isaac, Isaac Junior, and Joseph Cloud, of Chester county, Pennsylvania, made several entries for land along Banister River, where they first made their homes. They later moved westward to what is now Patrick County, then to North Carolina and Tennessee. In 1740, Daniel and Gideon Smith patented lands along with the Clouds, and it was probably from these two hardy hunters that Smith Mountain and Smith River took their names.

Executive Journals of the Council of Colonial Virg, Vol. V, Nov. 1, 1739 - May &, 1754, p 146.May 3, 1744, Joseph Cloud and others were granted ten thousand acres of land  in Brunswick (later Pittsylvania) County, VA beginning at the mouth of Marrowbone Creek on the Southside of Irwin River and running up the creek and river.

1746 Joseph Cloud enters for 400 acres on Mill Creek at a place called Buffalo Camp Natural Conditions in Pittsylvania County as Shown by Early Land Grants from an Old Surveyor's Book, (contributed by Mr. N. G. Clement) Notes: Check when Pittsyvania Co Formed?

Executive Journals of the Council of Colonial Virg, Vol. V, Nov. 1, 1739 - May 7, 1754, p 264.

November 8, 1748, John Donalson, tidence Lane, Richard Lane Sr., Richard Lane Jr. and Joseph Cloud sold land in Lunenburg County, VA to James Terry.

Hannah Beals was born about 1745 in Frederick Co, Va. She died on 4 Feb 1804 in Frederick Co, Va. married (1) William HOGGATT, son of Phillip HOGGATT and Mary GLENDENNING. William was born on 14 Jul 1727 in Chedsford, Chester Co., Pa. He died on 27 Apr 1772 in New Garden, Guillford Co., Nc. Hannah also married (2) Joseph CLOUD, son of Mordecai CLOUD and Abigail JOHNSON. Joseph was born on 1 Mar 1743 in Chester Co, Penn. He died on 24 Jul 1815 in Warren Co., Ohio.

Researchers Notes” FYI....The "New Garden" mentioned near Guilford Courthouse was a prominent Quaker community From: johnsondna

In the county levy in December 1746, we find the following familiar names in the list of those who were paid for a wolf's head: Gideon Smith, Joseph Echols, Joseph Cloud, Hugh Henry and William Callaway for William Harvey.

at a court held for Lunenburg in June 1749 Richard Parsons was appointed surveyor from Allen's Creek to Banister River; Joseph Cloud from Smith River to the settlements. This road led from a point on Staunton River in northern Halifax by Mt. Airy, Chalk Level, and Chatham, crossing Banister river near the old Poor Farm, and turning west led across Henry and Patrick Counties. It took its name from John Hickey, whose store and settlement were near its western limits.

Executive Journals of the Council of Colonial Virg, Vol. V, Nov. 1, 1739 - May 7, 1754, p 282.

April 8, 1749, John Dawson, Joseph Cloud and James Terry were granted twelve thousand acres near the Tarrarat and Yadkin Rivers thence up both sides.

Lunenburg County, VA Order Book, 1748 - 1752, p 155.

June Court Term, 1749, Joseph Cloud was appointed surveyor of part of the new road leading from the Staunton River to the Mayo settlement at the Wart Mountains.

Abstracts of Minutes of Court of Pleas and Quarter, 1755.

Joseph Cloud was appointed deputy surveyor for Rowan County, NC

James Watkins Sr. 15 May 1755 to Joseph Cloud Sr. for L45 VA money 150 A. on S. side Dan River. Richard Crunk, Elias Brock,Mary Crunk. Phoee Watkins also signs.  (Phoebe and James also have a mark as a middle name or in its place that is like an overlayed F and J and T)  State Archives in Raleigh, NC, for a few hours. I found these records for Watkins on the Dan River.  1753-1762

James Watkins Sr. 15 May 1755 to Joseph Cloud Sr. for L45 VA money 150 A. on S. side Dan River. Richard Crunk, Elias Brock, Mary Crunk. Phoee Watkins also signs.  (Phoebe and James also have a mark as a middle name or in its place that is like an overlayed F and J and T) From: Geneology York

Oct. 25, 1755, John MOORE obtained 600 acres from Evan LEWIS in Anson Co., NC. On Feb. 22, 1762, Mary MOORE, widow of John MOORE, sold 130 acres to her brother-in-law Moses MOORE, and on May 16, 1762 she sold 170 acres to Jeremiah POTTS and 300 acres to Joseph CLOUD. [Anson Co. Deed Abstracts, 1757-1766, p. 19.]

10 March 1756 Richard Duggeon: Location: Lunenburg County. Description: 250 acres on the Middle Branch of Sandy Creek, adjoining Joseph Clouds line Source: Land Office Patents No. 34, 1756-1765, p. 9 (Reel 33-34).

10 August 1759 Robert Barrett, (Clerk) Location: Lunenburg County. Description: 737 acres beginning at Joseph Clouds corner by the north fork of Mill Creek of Mayo River, adjoining Randolphs line. Source: Land Office Patents No. 34, 1756-1765, p. 342 (Reel 33-34).

10 August 1759 Samuel Harris: Location: Halifax County. Description: 400 acres on both sides the Middle fork of Sandy River adjoining the land of Joseph Cloud. Source: Land Office Patents No. 34, 1756-1765, p. 364 (Reel 33-34).

Abstracts of Minutes of Court of Pleas and Quarter, 1759.

Rowan County Court ordered that Joseph Cloud's mill on Rock Horse Creek be recorded a public mill

1762: THOMAS ROBINSON, Francis Beaty wit deed for Moses Moore of Anson Co to Valentine Mauney of same for land on the NS Indian Crk adj Joseph Cloud, dec'd. 170A granted to John Moore, dec'd, then conveyed to Jeremiah Potts then to Moses Moore and 200A granted to Moses Moore. Bk 1 Pg 579-581 23 Nov 1762 Mecklenburg Co NC.

Pittsylvania County, VA Entry Book, 1737 - 1770, April 9, 1763.

Joseph Cloud entered 400 acres on Peter's Creek beginning at a White Oak marked J.C., thence down both sides of the creek.

20 July 1768 Robert Barrett, (Clerk) Location: Lunenburg County. Description: 737 acres beginning at Joseph Cloud’s corner by the North fork of Mill Creek of Mayo River. Source: Land Office Patents No. 37, 1767-1768, p. 239 (Reel 37).

Rowan County, NC Tax Lists, 1757 - 1800, 1771.

Petition to the NC House of Burgesses from the Inhabitants dwelling on the three creeks of the Catawba River, Rowan County.  Contains list of Tyths in the "Settlement on Dan River, Peter's Creek, the Grat Creek, Doble & Elk Creek, Snow Creek."  Petition was written by John Deatherage and signed by Joseph Cloud Sr., Joseph Cloud Jr., William Cloud, Isaac Cloud . . . also five Langfords, including William Langford (Lankford) who was the father of Isaac Cloud's wife.

Stokes County NC Historical Documentation, The Cus, 1772.

Joseph Cloud Sr. submitted a petition addressed to NC Governor Josiah Martin demanding payment to Quakers for flour and grain furnished to the Provincial Army in its actions against the Regulators.

Notes: 1772 Aug : Joseph Cloyd on the Waters of the James River, begin in a valley in a hollow adj sd Cloyd’s land, Johnson & Biss Aug 1772 CPv7 Lind Starrs research in Augusta Co. Virginia

Surry County, NC Will Abstracts, p 32.

March 10, 1774 Joseph Cloud Sr. gave a Bill of Sale to Isaac and Jason Cloud, "My mill and improvements on Peter's Creek for 100 pds. Sterling."  The sale was witnessed by Joseph Cloud Jr. and John Lankfo

THRASHER Guilford County, North Carolina (Deed Book One)

P. 409, 8 November 1777, Isaac Thrasher of Guilford to Joseph Cloud Thrasher of same, one hundred thirty pounds, 218 acres, on both sides of Lick Fork of Hogans Cr., part of the land to John Thrasher Senr. December 1761 for 693 acres, begin at a white oak on the W side of the creek, S 272 p. to a cor. white oak, E 128 p. to a cor. white oak, N 201 p. to a red oak, W 50 p. to a dogwood, N64 p. to a cor. white oak, W 28 p. to the beginning; signed: Isaac Thrasher; witness: John Guist, William Baley; proved November 1777 Term by Guist.

Notes: 1772 Aug : Joseph Cloyd on the Waters of the James River, begin in a valley in a hollow adj sd Cloyd’s land, Johnson & Biss Aug 1772 CPv7 Lind Starrs research in Augusta Co. Virginia

History of Henry County, Virginia, p 305.

Joseph Sr. and his son, Joseph Jr., took the oath of allegiance to the newly established Federal government.  The oath was administered in 1777.  This Joseph Cloud's name has not been found in any later records.

1778 Henry Co Tax List Joseph Cloud Sr.

Thomas Shipp affidavit in John Martin file describes service under Capt. Cloud in September 1780. Near the Broad River John Martin and Thomas Lankford were out from headquarters ranging to discover Tories when Martin was wounded in the head by Tories who lay in ambush. Lankford made his escape and left Martin. The Tories took their horses and Martin's gun and left Martin lying for dead, but he came to himself and returned to camp. John Deatherage picked the shot out of Martin's head where they had penetrated through his hat and skin in his temples. Martin was carried home with attendants as a guard. Martin was in the service nine weeks when he returned home. But our army proceeded on pursuit of an army of British and Tories and in a few days after we overhauled them, killed and took them all at Kings Mountain and then marched the prisoners to old Moravian Town, then in Surry County. All our troops were on horseback

Jan 1781: George Joyce was born 25 Oct 1759 VA and died 15 Sep 1835 Bullitt Co, KY. He entered service in Charlotte Co, VA 7 June 1759 as a private under Capt. Henry King. In Jan or Feb of 1781 he moved part of his property to the part of Guilford Co that later became Rockingham Co, NC. He was preparing to move his family, with the help of his brother in Charlotte Co, to NC when he heard that Genl. Nathaniel Greene had been forced to retreat from Ninety Six, SC, to Jennings Ferry on the Dan River in Virginia. He made arrangements with his brother to move his family while he entered a rifle company under Capt. Wm. Morse. He was in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in 1781. He was discharged some time later. Again in 1781, he served in a company of Light Horse under Capt. Richard Verrnon and also served in an expedition against the Cherokee Indians under Capt. John Leak in the regiment of Maj. Joseph Cloud.

George Joyce moved from Rockingham Co, NC to Bullitt Co, KY in 1806. His discharge papers were left with his brother-in-law, Thomas Cardwell. George Joyce applied for a pension in Bullitt Co, KY 17 Aug 1835 and died one month later. The pension was awarded and his children paid the sum of $20 per annum, retroactive to 4 Mar 1831.

George Joyce is found on the 1800 Stokes Co, NC census. His children, named in the pension application, were: Thomas, Richard, Alexander, George, Sarah, Delisha, Mary and Delila. A Bible record of one of his sons also names two older children, Elizabeth and William (Brenda Jerome’s ancestor). It is believed that Elizabeth and William stayed in NC, while the rest of the children went to Bullitt Co, KY.

178? First Elected Officials of Rogersville are Thomas Hutchings, Hutson Johnston, Francis Doherty, Joseph Cloud and Thomas Gibbons

1783 Feb 7: Surry County, N. C. Deed Book N, page 404, dated 7 February 1783 – This Indenture made this seventh day of February and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred eighty three between David Lawson and Adonijah Harbour both of the County of Surry and State of North Carolina witnesseth that David Lawson for and in consideration of the sum of forty pounds specia to him in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby fully acknowledged do bargain and sell, set over and deliver unto Adonijah Harbour a tract or parcel of land containing one hundred acres lying and being in the County and state aforesaid on a branch of Hixes Fork, beginning on a white oak tree in the Virginia line, running South twenty five chains, crossing said branch to a white oak, thence East forty chains to a red oak, thence North twenty five chains to a post in the Virginia Line, thence west forty chains to the beginning and I the said David Lawson so give, grant, bargain and sell the aforesaid land with its appurtenances and all rights and privileges thereunto appertaining or belonging to the aforesaid Adonijah Harbour his heirs and assigns and that they shall and may forever hereafter peaceably possess, occupy and enjoy the aforesaid land and premises, and I the said David Lawson so by the presents warrant and forever ____ the aforesaid land and premises, to the aforesaid Adonijah Harbour his heirs or assigns, and from all and every person or persons–whatsoever lying and lawful claim thereunto and from myself my heirs forever. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal. Signed sealed and delivered in presence of Joseph Cloud, Mary Cloud, James Gains, Jurat David his "X"mark Lawson (Seal) Surry County February session 1783. The execution of the within deed was proved by the oath of James Gain ______ the subscribing witness thereto as ordered to be registered. Test. Jo Williams CC.  Recorded in February Court 1783.

Researcher Notes: Adonijah Harbour

28 February 1784 William Cloud: Henry Co: Description: 196 acres on the branches of Elk and Turkeycock Creek adjoining Joseph Cloud. Source: Land Office Grants K, 1783-1784, p. 279 (Reel 51).

1787 Oct 7: Surry County, N. C., Land Entries – Packet 1053 contains a survey done 7 October 1787 for John Lawson on 150 acres and was signed by Joseph Cloud DS.  The request for the survey, No. 1820, has his name as John Lawson Junr.

IN 1790 a Joseph Cloud is on the Tax List of Washington Co. Tn From: Geneology York

Stokes County, N. C., Deed Book 2, page 199, dated 10 September 1795, Indenture from David Lawson to John Wilson, both of Stokes County, for the sum of 25 pounds, 100 acres both sides Dan River, beginning at Samuel Edyman’s line…  Witness: Jos. Cloud, Elizabeth Cloud, Nancy Cloud.  Signed David Lawson.  "X" Recorded June Term 1795

23 Nov. 1813 (Grayson Co., Va. Court Order Book 1811-1819, p. 129) Ordered that Zadock COMBS be appointed Overseer of the road from the Creek near Joseph JOHNSONS to the State line in place of Joseph CLOUD

5 June 1794 Stokes Co NC Page 85, Grant #338.  Wt. Granted by Clerk of Court, , Joseph Cloud enters 3,000 acres in Stokes Co.; as "bounty" for iron works agreeable to Act of Assembly for that purpose of waters of Peters Creek, Snow Creek and Furies Fork; border: his own land, Webb, Alexander Burge, Virginia line, John Hart, Jonas Lawson, Edwine Hukman, Jeremiah Collins (sis), James Bohanan and William Burris.

30 May 1798 Isaac Pearce Location: Ohio County Grantee(s): Pearce, Isaac and Elizabeth (his wife), Samuel Evans and Hannah (his wife), Hadley Baldwin and Abigail ( his wife), Jesse Bailey and Mary (his wife), Thomas B. Offutt and Lydia (his wife), and Ann Cloud, Abner Cloud and Joseph Cloud, (which said Elizabeth, Hannah, Abigail, MAry, Lydia, Ann, Abner and Joseph are legal Representatives of Amos Cloud, decd.). Description: 860 acres on the waters of Fish Creek. Source: Land Office Grants No. 38, 1797-1799, p. 285 (Reel 104).

30 May 1798. Isaac Pearce Location: Ohio County Grantee(s): Pearce, Isaac and Elizabeth (his wife), Samuel Evans and Hannah (his wife), Hadley Baldwin and Abigail ( his wife), Jesse Bailey and Mary (his wife), Thomas B. Offutt and Lydia (his wife), and Ann Cloud, Abner Cloud and Joseph Cloud, (which said Elizabeth, Hannah, Abigail, MAry, Lydia, Ann, Abner and Joseph are legal Representatives of Amos Cloud, dec’d.). Description: 1000 acres on the waters of Grave Creek. Source: Land Office Grants No. 38, 1797-1799, p. 286 (Reel 104).

30 May 1798 Isaac Pearce Location: Ohio County Grantee(s): Pearce, Isaac and Elizabeth (his wife), Samuel Evans and Hannah (his wife), Hadley Baldwin and Abigail ( his wife), Jesse Bailey and Mary (his wife), Thomas B. Offutt and Lydia (his wife), and Ann Cloud, Abner Cloud and Joseph Cloud, (which said Elizabeth, Hannah, Abigail, MAry, Lydia, Ann, Abner and Joseph are legal Representatives of Amos Cloud, deceased). Description: 833 acres on the waters of Grave Creek and Fish Creek adjoining Benjamin Johnston. Source: Land Office Grants No. 40, 1797-1798, p. 225 (Reel 106).

George Deathridge in his will written on 10 Dec 1806 named his wife Milly and his children Nancy, "who intermarried with William Edgmon," Bird, Abner, Anne, "who intermarried with George Cloud," Polly, Ursley, "who intermarried with Ashly Johnson," John, Phillip, James, William, Coleman, George, and "Achkillas." He named George Cloud as his executor. The witnesses of the will were Joseph Cloud, William Lankford, Phillip Deatherage, and James Lyon, Jr. The will was proved in the March 1807 term of the Stokes County Court by William Lankford.

GEORGE DEATHERAGE 2 (William1) was probably a son of William. He died in Stokes Co, North Carolina, on 12 Jan 1807 [County Record]. He was a native of Virginia according to a biographical article about his son William found in The History of Morgan Co., Illinois, published in 1878.

George married first Nancy Johnson, according to family tradition. I have found no proof of this. It is said that Gideon Johnson was her father but he had a daughter Nancy Cotton.

1813 Mar 16 - Stokes Co., NC - William France of Lee County, Va. appoints *Christopher Stanley of Stokes Co., NC his power of attorney as one of the legatees of Henry France deceased in all matters concerning the Henry France estate. Witnesses: Joseph Cloud and Peter Hunt

Reported Children of Richard Lane and Sarah Fuller

Jemima Lane Birth: 7th March 1734 in St. Pauls parish Indipendent City, Baltimore, Maryland

John Fuller Lane Birth: 7th November 1727 in Baltimore,Anne Arundel, aryland Death: 1785 in Washington County Tennessee reported married to Elizabeth Cloud daughter of Isaac Cloud of PA granddaughter of Joseph Cloud Birth: 1651-09-26 in Calne, Wiltshire, England and wife Mary Green

Reverend Dutton Lane Birth: 15th July 1730 in St Pauls Parish, Independent City, Baltimore Co, Maryland Death: 1801 in Henry County Virginia reported to have married Elizabeth Oakes

Reverend Tidence Lane: Death: 30 Jan 1806 in Whitesboro Jefferson Co Tennessee Married: Hester VAN BIBBER 9th May 1743 in All St. Parish, Frederick Co, Maryland

Samuel Lane: Death: 21 May 1764 in Pittsylvania, Virginia Notes” Pittsylvania County formed in 1767 so he could not have died in Pittsylvania Co. it would most likely be Halifax County the parent County of Pittsylvania

Richard Lane

My Notes this is the Joseph Cloud families of Dan River and of Hawkins Co. Tn

The Following is taken from on known persons who came from Pa and died in Henry CO. Va:

#1: Joseph Cloud abt 1710 married to Nancy Moore b abt 1721 parents are Joseph Cloud and Ruth Jervis note of interest is he and Nancy married in Anson County NC

It is not surprising to find the first settlers of our county to be Quakers from Pennsylvania. In the year of 1738, Isaac, Isaac Junior, and Joseph Cloud, of Chester county, Pennsylvania, made several entries for land along Banister River, where they first made their homes. They later moved westward to what is now Patrick County, then to North Carolina and Tennessee.

In 1740, Daniel and Gideon Smith patented lands along with the Clouds, and it was probably from these two hardy hunters that Smith Mountain and Smith River took their names.

Mordecai CLOUD and Abigail JOHNSON.

1755 Rowan County NC WILLIAM JOHNSTON No Township Listed

1755 Rowan Co. NC - John Little Will Abstract,

Will Extract: No probate.

Sons: Thomas (of Rowan County), William, John, Archibald, James and Alexander.

Daughters: Margaret Little and Martha Reed, wife of John Reed.

Grandson: Thomas Little. Executors: John Little (son) and John Cathey.

Witnesses: Charles Moore, Henry Johnson and Mary Renick. No probate. [Extract from "North Carolina Will Abstracts, 1660-1790"]



Notes: John Little

There is a detailed account of this company in "Capt. Samuel Cobrin's Company of Militia: The First Settlers of Lincoln and Gaston Counties" published by Dr. Robert W. Ramsey Ph. D.  This area was then in the confines of the newly formed Anson Co., which was formed in 1747. This list of 79 men includes the progenitors of the oldest families in that area. Among these men listed are Henry and Adam Sides. From Dr. Ramsey's account is the following: "Henrich and Adam Seitz were both under 21 years of age upon arrival in Philadelphia aboard the Queen Elizabeth in 1738. Sometime before reaching the Carolinas, Adam learned the tailor's trade. He settled on Leeper's Creek in modern Lincoln County, four miles north of Peter Oster. Henry Seitz lived on Killian's Creek, 5 miles northeast of Adam."

Henry Jonston was in 1750 Anson Co NC Capt. Samuel Corbins List: some of these folks are from Augusta Co Va just as Leumel Sanders was. Lots of Folks on Capt Samuel Corbins List settled on Leepers Creek and Killian Creek, and are still in the SAME neighborhood. Researcher Tony L. Johnson

[Anson-1750s]

|Samel Cobrin, Captain |Solomon Hooser |

|Thaoms Betty, Lieutenant |Henry Sides |

|John Kuykendal, Insin |Jacob Forney |

|Hendry Jonston, Sergen |Boston Best |

|George Heger, Sergen |Lenard Kilen |

|Abraham Kuykendal, Corpl. |John Rorite |

|Adam Dick, Corpl. |John Camp |

|Robert Leeper/ Philip Rude??? |William Raehford |

|Robart Patrick, Corpl. |Felty Taliner |

|William Hendry |John Semerman |

|Andrew MacNab |Cristen Sumirman |

|James Kuykindal |Watson Feral Junior |

|Peter Kuykindal |Watson Feral Senor |

|Wiliam Hagirty |Joseph Green |

|Andrew Hemton |Peter Eaker |

|John Moore |Adams Sides |

|William Moore |  |

|William Adeare |  |

|Thomas Stone |  |

|John Langham |  |

|George Rutledge |  |

|William Pleghorn |  |

|Samel Willson |  |

|John Nellson |  |

|Thomas Ranils |  |

|Richard Ranils |  |

|David Stanley |  |

|John Watkins |  |

|Charles Macfators (?) |  |

|Edward Hogin |  |

|Robart Brank |  |

|Fredrick Hambright |  |

|Hendry Richards |  |

|Peterer Hoyl |  |

|Peter Bumgardnor |  |

|Peter Oyster |  |

|Peter Club |  |

|Michael Rudeseele |  |

|William Heger |  |

|(On the back of the previous page is written) |  |

|  |  |

|A list of the Young Men |  |

|John Tufts |Guns Wanting 18 |

|John Armstrong |  |

|William Armstrong |  |

|John Doughart |  |

|John Kilen |  |

|John Richman |  |

|Jacob Hoyl |  |

|Joseph Seler |  |

|William Little |  |

|Archibald Little |  |

|William Patrick |  |

|John Patrick |  |

|Michel Oyster |  |

|William Fronebery |  |

|Peter Bumgarnor |  |

|Thomas |  |

|James |  |

|Isaac Cobren |Capt. Cobrin |

|Adam Dick |Married Men 48 |

|Jacob Simerman |Young Men 30 |

|Cristel Eaker |Guns Wanting 18 |

|Mickel Selor |  |

|John Dick |  |

|Hendry Ramsour |  |

| Ivey |  |

| Ramsour |  |

|David Ramsour (?) |  |

|Alixander Ramus |  |

|John Ramus (?) |  |

|William Pell (?) | |



1756-Jul 28 Anson James Armour, J A Jannet Little, Jno Cathey admin. bond for John Little deceased of Anson Wills and Estates 1749-1795 p 17

Samel Cobrin,

Andrew Hampton and the members of the Kuykendall family by names of Peter, James, Abraham and John show up as members of the Cobrin Company, North Carolina Militia of Captain Samuel Corbin. In the fall issue of Johnson's NC Genealogy Magazine for 1967, an article was submitted by the late Dr. Robert W. Ramsey dealing with the Cobrin Company. Dr. Ramsey's book on page 1932 of the Johnson NC Genealogy Magazine, listed 56 members of Captain Cobrin's Militia that are known to have settled in present-day Lincoln and Gaston Counties, of North Carolina. On the following page 1933, by a map of the area, Ramsey locates the 56 members. Hampton and the Kuykendalls are shown on the branches of Dutchman's Creek, above the Tuckasege Ford of the Catawba River.

The article by Ramsey identifies Samuel Cobrin as one of the five sons of James Cobrin, a flourishing Indian Trader, in the Susquehanna Valley of Pennsylvania in 1724. By 1734, the father James Cobron was in the Cumberland Valley of Pennsylvania and by 1748 he was shown as having died in the northern end of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.

Origin of the men on the Corbin list. (p l928, l929 Ramsey’s article) Of known background 33 were from Pennsylvania, ll from Shenandoah and five from Maryland.

Captain Thomas Betty,

Lieutenant John Kuykendal,

Sgt Hendry Jonston,

Will Date: 08 Dec 1755 John Little Will Abstract Rowan Co. NC

Will Extract: No probate.

Sons: Thomas (of Rowan County), William, John, Archibald,

James and Alexander.

Daughters: Margaret Little and Martha Reed, wife of John

Reed.

Grandson: Thomas Little.

Executors: John Little (son) and John Cathey.

Witnesses: Charles Moore, Henry Johnson and Mary Renick. No probate Submitted by Edward A. Black, Sr.

Notes: James Little is on the above list of Capt Sauel Corbin with Henry Johnson

6/22/1764 John Little was exempted from levy. Probably because he was dead!!

Direct Descendants of John Little "Ancient" to David Payne

1 John "Ancient" LITTLE, * d: Bef. Jul 1756 in Anson Co. NC

. +Sarah Jane REED, * d: Bef. 1764

2 Martha LITTLE, * b: 1740 d: Bef. 1819 in Rutherford Co. NC

.. +John REED, Sr., * b: Abt. 1739 in Ireland m: Bef. 1755 d: Aug 09, 1825 in Rutherford Co. NC Father: Robert REED, * Mother: Nancy CATHEY, (Agnes) *

3 Archibald REED, * b: Sep 20, 1768

... +Mary CHERRY, * b: Jan 13, 1770 m: Abt. 1790 Father: David J. CHERRY, Sr., * Mother: MARY/MARGARET

4 Elizabeth A. "Betty" REED, * b: Nov 08, 1796 in NC d: 1875 in Oconee Co. SC Burial: West Cem. North of Oconee St. Park on Rt.107

.... +John Solomon WEST, Rev., * b: 1798 in SC d: Jul 21, 1889 in Oconee Co. SC Burial: West Cem. North of Oconee St. Park on Rt.107 Father: Solomon Redmon WEST, * Mother: JANE

. 5 John Redmond WEST (E.), * aka: EDMOND b: Aug 09, 1831 in Oconee Co. SC d: Apr 19, 1895 in Oconee Co. SC of typhoid Burial: West Cem. North of Oconee St. Park on Rt.107

..... +Dicy Malissa CRAIG? (Dessie), * b: Apr 17, 1837 in South Carolina m: Abt. 1857 in SC d: Aft. 1900 in Oconee Co. SC Burial: West Cem. North of Oconee St. Park on Rt.107

.. 6 Martha Catherine WEST (Mattie), * b: May 11, 1868 in Georgia d: Jul 03, 1908 in Oconee Co. S.C having baby Burial: Neville Cem. across from Rocky Knoll Baptist Ch. Walhalla, S.C.

...... +William Miles FOWLER, * b: Apr 22, 1869 in Oconee Co. S.C d: May 26, 1937 in Anderson Co. SC Burial: Neville Cem. across from Rocky Knoll Baptist Ch. Walhalla, S.C. Father: Elijah William FOWLER, * Mother: Eddy Malinda CORBIN, *

... 7 Robert Frederick FOWLER, Sr, Rev., * b: Apr 17, 1897 in Oconee Co. SC d: Dec 08, 1971 in Anderson, SC Burial: Forest Lawn Fact 1: Born at Mountain Rest, Whitewater Township, Oconee Co. SC

....... +Reba Esther ALLISON, * b: Feb 03, 1898 in Hart Co. GA m: Jan 28, 1917 in Oconee Co. SC d: Mar 27, 1982 in Anderson Co. SC Burial: Forest Lawn Father: Albin Cone ALLISON, * Mother: Mary Lantha Louiza CENTER, *

.... 8 Mary Ruth FOWLER, * b: Jun 20, 1918 in Anderson Co. SC d: Dec 31, 2007 in Greenville Co. SC

........ +Ralph Ludy PAYNE (Ludie), * b: Sep 16, 1916 in Hart Co. GA m: Dec 24, 1935 in Anderson, SC d: Nov 23, 2000 in Anderson Co. SC Father: John Thomas PAYNE, * Mother: Ellen Pearl HALEY, *

..... 9 David Sheldon PAYNE b: May 27, 1942 in Anderson Co. SC

RESEARCH NOTES: George Washington Payne married Nancy dtr of Enos C. Hooper, Dr.(matching DNA of Cousin David Hooper of Humphreys Co. Tn)

Researcher:David S. Payne (otime1@)

David and Tony,

I am related through marriage to John Payne , died 1773 Pittsylvania CO VA, married a Hannah. John Payne made his will in 1771 and mentions wife Hannah, sons: John Payne JR, Mark Payne, David Payne, Edmond Payne and his wife had a child named Stephen by the time his will was recorded in 1773.

David Payne and Stephen Payne move to Henry CO VA and nearby Surry CO NC on Stewart´s Creek.  David Payne was our next door neighbor, and there is an old Payne cemetery on my GGGGG grandfather´s land (John Stewart SR) in VA. 

David Payne´s son Edmond Payne had 2 children who married Stewart girls and they intermarried up to the 1900´s.   This line has participated in the Payne DNA project.  A man named Bob Juch has a web site and has my John Payne there , but he has it all mixed up.  It is thought we came from one of the Northern Neck lines, we use the name Barnett Payne over and over again.  There was more than one Payne line (I think) in the Northern Neck.   The Poindextors went to Surry CO NC also. My cousin Romaine Stewart Poindexter still has old Stewart land in Carroll CO VA near the Surry CO NC line and her great grandmother was a Payne, so we her GG grandmother. All married to Stewart´s.

Teresa lilliebelle3@

John Cathey

158. p. 31. Francis MacKilwean [McIlwain?] and John Cathey. 29 March 1753. 750 acres in Anson Co. on the S. side of the Catauba River on the N. side of Crowders Creek

199. p. 38. George Salter. 6 April 1753. 300 acres in Anson Co., joining John Cathey.

1753 THOMAS ROBINSON listed adj John Cathey LG 821A in Anson Co NC bet N and S forks of Catawba Riv. Grant 306 Pg 58 12 May 1753.

RESEARCH NOTES: John Cathey and wf Jean "lately came from Ireland, how in County of Augusta VA, intending to travel and settle in Carolina sell to Saml Wallace 300A in Beverly Manor on Cathey Crk, a middle branch of Shanando, part of 466A sold by Beverly to Wm Cathey 28 Sep 1738 and by death of Wm (died intestate) descended to John Cathey, his oldest brother".

1756-Jul 28 Anson James Armour, J A Jannet Little, Jno Cathey admin. bond for John Little deceased of Anson Wills and Estates 1749-1795 p 17

1763 THOMAS ROBINSON listed adj in deed bet John Cathey and wf Mary of Mecklenburg Co NC to Benj Hardings Jr of same for land bet N and S Fork Catawba Riv granted to John Cathey 12 Mar 1753. Bk 2 Pg 354-356 17 Jan 1763

1765: THOMAS ROBINSON listed as "nearly adjoining" in LG to John Cathey on 2d Broad Riv. Bk 17 Pg 165 6 Apr 1765.

Alexander Cathey [6455] (John2, Cathey1), born 1707 in Ulster, Ireland; died 7 Apr 1766 in Rowan Co, NC. He married bef. 1740 in DE, Elizabeth Pinkney [6456], died aft. 1768 in Rowan Co, NC.

 

Children of Alexander CATHEY and Elizabeth PINKNEY were as follows:

+ 48 i Alice Cathey [6462], born bef. 13 Sep 1742 in PA. She married (1) John Locke [8505]. She married (2) Benjamin Robinson [6463].

+ 49 ii John Cathey [6458], born bef. 13 Sep 1742 in PA. He married Mary Erwin [5704].

+ 50 iii William Cathey (Major) [6457], born 16 Jan 1747 in Anson Co, NC. He married Alice "Else" Hagan [6436]. He died 1827 in Sumner Co., TN.

51 iv Margaret Cathey [6461], born bef. 6 Apr 1766 in Rowan Co, NC.

+ 52 v James Cathey (Captain) [4350], born 1750 in Anson Co, NC. He married Jane Rutherford [4349].

+ 53 vi Richard Alexander 4 Cathey [6460], born abt. 1745/50 in Anson Co, NC. He married Elizabeth Giles [6464]. (R.A. CATHEY was a gunsmith and soldier)

 

NOTES:

 

E. H. Cathey (2002) writes that Alexander Cathey, born 1707, married Elizabeth Pinkney.

He appears in the Cumberland Valley in 1734.

EHC speculates that Alexander, an indentured servant, met and married Ms Pinkney when he and his master were located near Annapolis, MD.

Later, in the McFarland neighborhood on Conodoguinet Creek (near the present day Pennsylvania Turnpike, I-76), Alexander lived across the creek from his uncle James Cathey.

It is believed that Alexander left Lancaster Co., PA, for Virginia after his father’s death.

 

In 1753 Alexander Cathey was a Justice of the Peace in Salisbury, NC. He presided over the first courts of Rowan County which were held in 1755. He was a friend and neighbor of Squire Boone, father of the famous Daniel Boone. He is buried near Salisbury in the Thyatira Cemetery, formerly Catheys Meeting House; his monument states “Alexander Cathey who died 1766, age 59 years.”

Most of the Cathey clan migrated from Rowan to Mecklenburg County, NC, before the American Revolution.

 

Heritage of Rowan County, NC, Vol. 1, 1991: Alexander Cathey is described as “a typical Scots; he was loud, rowdy, hard-working, loved his family and liked a good drink and a good fight.”

“Maury County TN History and Families” (Turner Publ., 1998), p. 222: John Cathey, born in Ulster, Ireland, came with his family to Lancaster County, PA, where his will was recorded in 1742.

His son, Alexander, is the progenitor of the Maury County branch of the Cathey family.

Alexander (b. 1707 in Ulster, Ire.) married Mary Elizabeth Pinckney.

After his father’s death, his family traveled down the Great Wagon Road, stopping for a short time in Augusta County, VA, before they journeyed on to Rowan county, NC. ..

Alexander was a leader of the Cathey (Scots-Irish) settlement in Rowan County.

He died in 1766 and is buried in the Thyatira (Old Cathey Meeting House) Church cemetery in Rowan County.

The children of Alexander and Mary Elizabeth Pinckney were:

John Cathey,

James Cathey,

William Cathey,

Richard Cathey,

Margare Cathey t, and

Alice Cathey.

Nine years after the death of Alexander Cathey, the Revolutionary War started. This writer has not documented a service record for John Cathey, but William Cathey served as a Major and James Cathey served as a Captain during the war. Richard served in the NC Militia. William received a land grant for 4,000 acres of land on the south side of Duck River in Tennessee Territory, and James Cathey received 2,000 acres of land in West Tennessee.

Richard Cathey was also granted land in Tennessee.

Before James Cathey died in NC in 1791, he traded his land to his brother, William Cathey, for 2,000 acres of land on Duck River so that their children could be neighbors in the new land.

The Cathey brothers started disposing the land their father had left them and looked westward to Tennessee Territory. By 1800 there was but one Cathey family on the Federal Census for Rowan County. {Much of the Cathey data came from Boyt H. Cathey}”

Sergen George Heger,

George Heger (William is 2 away from Clubb on the military list) along with his kinsman William probably came from western Maryland or Pennsylvania originally, removed to Carolina from the Shenandoah Valley where in l749 he was cited as not found. In l753 the two Hagers were granted 800 acres of land on waters of Killian’s Creek in the eastern part of what is now Lincoln.

Sergen Abraham Kuykendal,

ABRAHAM KUYKENDAL, File No. 0355

Warrent: Unto Abraham Kukendall, 600 A on N side Broad River on Sandy River...

4 Apr 1752 by Gab. Johnson

February 24, 25, 1754- Robert Leeper and Cathrine Leeper, wife of Anson County to Adam Snider(lease s5, release 60 Va money) land on south side of Catawba, Leepers Creek, 300 acres of land granted to Leeper October 8, 1751...Signed Robert Leeper 'seal' Cathrine Leeper (seal' Witnessed; Robert Patrick Abraham Kuykendall, John Thomas.

Note Robert Leeper, James Kuykendall and two others built a fort and a stockade at the junction of the South Fork and Catawba Rivers

Note: 1814 ABRAHAM KUYKENDALL of Franklin Co, TN deed to PETER KUYKENDALL of Buncombe Co NC 150 acres on Batts Branch joining JOHN KUYKENDALL and JANE MCMINNS survey. Buncombe Ct NC Book G page 307. Witnessed Joseph Henry Jr. and ABRAHAM MCGUFFEE

JAMES ARMSTRONG, FILE NO. 1091 (359) Anson Co gr. No. 268; bk. 17, P 135 (18, 121) Plat: 22 Mar. 1764, Surveyed for James Armstrong, 240 A on waters of Fishing Creek adj. Abraham Kuykendal... by George Alexander. James Young & Moses Cotter,C.B. ISS. 16. 1764 

1814, Buncombe Co., North Carolina. 1814 ABRAHAM KUYKENDALL of Franklin Co, TN deed to PETER KUYKENDALL of Buncombe Co NC 150 acres on Batts Branch joining JOHN KUYKENDALL and JANE MCMINNS survey. Buncombe Ct NC Book G page 307. Witnessed Joseph Henry Jr. and ABRAHAM MCGUFFEE

The Patriots of the Revolutionary War are being honored in a special Historic Courthouse Centennial Ceremony at 11:45 a.m. today at the Historic Courthouse.

A precise number may never be known, but research has found at least 22 Patriots who died in Henderson County or are buried in the county.

Listed on a monument erected by the Joseph McDowell Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, are eight Patriots: William Capps, John Peter Corn, William Senter (Sentelle), Joseph Henry, James Johnson, Andrew Miller, Samuel King, Abraham Kuykendall, James Brittain, Jesse Rickman, Elijah Williamson and the Rev. Joel Blackwell.

Corpl. Adam Dick,

Corpl. Robert Leeper/ Philip Rude???

1749 THOMAS ROBERSON LG 180A on SS Catawba Riv 5 or 6 miles below Rbt Leeper joining the Riv. Granted by NC Council 30 Sep 1749. Issued and recorded 24 May 1754 Anson Co NC. Land in todays Gaston Co NC.

William Henry, Robert Leeper and Catherine his wife, of Anson Co. to Nicholas Leeper, 135 proc money, on N side of fork of the Catawba opp Andrew Cathey survey, 400A granted Robert Leeper 8/31/1753. Sgned Robert Leeper, Catherine Leeper. Wit: William Henry, William Patrick, John Thomas

February 24, 25, 1754- Robert Leeper and Cathrine Leeper, wife of Anson County to Adam Snider(lease s5, release 60 Va money) land on south side of Catawba, Leepers Creek, 300 acres of land granted to Leeper October 8, 1751...Signed Robert Leeper 'seal' Cathrine Leeper (seal' Witnessed; Robert Patrick Abraham Kuykendall, John Thomas.

Vol 1, p. 550: 18 Apr 1764: Andrew Armour of Meck, planter to James Armour…land on S. side of Catawba River between Croders Creek & Allison Creek granted to John Thomas 28 Mar 1755, conveyed to James Armour, dec'd…adj. James Campbells land..(no wife signed with Andrew..which indicates either he was not married or was a widower). Wits: Samuel Bigham, Moses Ferguson, Robert Leeper

ANSON COUNTY, N.C. DEED ABSTRACTS & 1st TAX LISTS YEAR 1763

Publication: As referenced in ROBERT LEEPER A BROTHER TO IMMIGRANT JAMES LEEPER AND UNCLE TO NICHOLAS AND JAMES LEEPER,

Vol. 1, p. 592: 18 Apr 1764: Andrew Armour of Meck to James Armour, Meck, beginning at a walnut standing on the bank of ye Cataba River…patented to James Armour 6 April 1753… Wit: Samuel Bigham, Moses Ferguson & Robert Leeper

Vol. 5, p. 198: 12 & 13 Oct 1770: Moses Ferguson & wf Martha of Tryon Co., NC and Samuel Knox and wf Mary of Meck, to Francis Johnston and Joseph Jonston, both late of Meck…400 acres on East side of Catawba River and SE side of path leading from Jean Armour's to the Catawba Nations, patented 4 Apr 1765.. Wits: Thos. Neely, Hugh Neely, Alexander Johnston. Recorded Oct term 1770.

Robert Leeper, James Kuykendall and two others built a fort and a stockade at the junction of the South Fork and Catawba Rivers

Papers, 1750-1834, James Graham

Description: (manuscript) Land grants, deeds, indentures, etc., pertaining to lands in the Catawba River Valley of Iredell and Anson counties, NC, and York County, SC, once owned by Robert Leeper and later by A.J. Worke, and acquired by James Graham in 1828.

LIBRARY HOLDINGS: LOCATION: Manuscripts Dept SHC at UNC at Chapel Hill -- CALL NUMBER: 2024

WILLIAM BROWN 3RD  (WILLIAM7 BROWN, JR., WILLIAM6, ALEXANDER5, JAMES4, JAMES3, JAMES2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1760 in Anson County NC (Craven County SC), and died Abt. 1832 in St. Clair County AL.  He married MARY ANN LEEPER Abt. 1783 in Hawkins County, NC.  She was born Abt. 1768 in Augusta County, VA, and died Bet. 1834 - 1840 in St. Clair County, Alabama.

Robart Patrick,

Robert Patrick (1758) West Side of Catawba, Anson Co NC

Wills and Estates, Anson County, NC 1749-1795 Page 116: No Date, Estate of James Pickett, Sr. Notes & Accounts Due Estate: Stephen Brown, Preswood To Crag, George Renek, James Davis, Wm Phillips, John Betty, James McNish, Joseph Culpepper (#2253), Thos Harrington, Wm Harrington, Robert Patrick, Thos Davis. Order From Crawford to Patrick, Lawrence Franklin, David Hildeeth, John Dunn, Note from Little to Thomspon.

February 24, 25, 1754- Robert Leeper and Cathrine Leeper, wife of Anson County to Adam Snider(lease s5, release 60 Va money) land on south side of Catawba, Leepers Creek, 300 acres of land granted to Leeper October 8, 1751...Signed Robert Leeper 'seal' Cathrine Leeper (seal' Witnessed; Robert Patrick Abraham Kuykendall, John Thomas.

Robert Patrick (b.pre.1722-d.1776 York Co, Camden District, SC) md ??; received land grant in 1755 in Anson Co NC; this land became part of Mecklenberg Co in 1762; became part of Tryon Co in 1768; when the NC/SC was finally settled his land was in York Co SC.

Corpl. William Hendry

William Henry, Robert Leeper and Catherine his wife, of Anson Co. to Nicholas Leeper, 135 proc money, on N side of fork of the Catawba opp Andrew Cathey survey, 400A granted Robert Leeper 8/31/1753. Sgned Robert Leeper, Catherine Leeper. Wit: William Henry, William Patrick, John Thomas

1755 JAMES KUYKENDALL and SARAH his wife, deeded 300 acres to JOHN KUYKENDAL, South side of Cuttawba River on KUYKENDALL Creek, part of a larger survey of JAMES KUYKENDAL Anson Co Providence of NC, witnessed Eton Mooley, William Henry and Frederick Hambright.

1757 – Deed – Anson Co. NC Deed book C1 pgs 414/415/416 dated 26 August 1757

MARTIN SCHUCHMAN to ABRAHAM KUYKENDALL, both of Anson Co. 315 acres south side of Catawba River lying opposite to the Great Shoals (granted to MARTIN SCHUCHMAN by Patent Book 2, pg 92 #543 dated 25 Feb 1754 joining the river.) Beginning at a gum standing on the river brink and runs North 25 chains to a hickory, thence N78W 70 chains to a hickory, then S45W 60 chains to a red oak at the river, then upon the various courses of the river to the first station. Signed MARTIN SCHUCHMAN

Wit: Frederick Hambright, Andrew Mc Nabb, Benjamin Brown Sold in 23 Apr 1772 Abraham Kuykendall of Tryon Co. NC planter to Baptist Scott. Wit: William Henry, James Eden and John Kuykendall.

Andrew MacNab

James Kuykindal

Peter Kuykindal

ANSON COUNTY PETER KUYKENDAL, File No 2078; Bk. 15, p. 461

200 A on fishing Creek adj. Kuykendals, Woods & McDowells ...

N side o Dickeys fork of sd. Creek ... 15 Nov. 1762 - by Arthur Dobbs

This same property was recorded earlier in Bk. 13, p 373 using the same date.

Wiliam Hagirty

Andrew Hemton

John Moore

Oct. 25, 1755, John MOORE obtained 600 acres from Evan LEWIS in Anson Co., NC. On Feb. 22, 1762, Mary MOORE, widow of John MOORE, sold 130 acres to her brother-in-law Moses MOORE, and on May 16, 1762 she sold 170 acres to Jeremiah POTTS and 300 acres to Joseph CLOUD. [Anson Co. Deed Abstracts, 1757-1766, p. 19.]

John MOORE - b. 1720-1730, PA; d. 1760, Echoee, NC. John, and Captain in the militia, was killed during the French and Indian War while on an expedition against the Cherokees. He and his wife Mary had no children



1762 THOMAS ROBINSON, Francis Beaty wit deed bet Moses Moore of Anson Co NC to Valentine Mauney of same 370A on NS Indian Crk adj Joseph Cloud, dec'd. 170A granted to John Moore, dec'd, then conveyed to Jeremiah Potts, then to Moses Moore and 200A granted to Moses Moore 10 Apr 1761. Bk 1 Pg 579-581 23 Nov 1762.

RESEARCH NOTES:

1. Indian Crk in todays Lincoln and Gaston Co NC.

2. Francis Betty listed in John Christian's Militia Company in Augusta Co VA 1742. Others listed in the same company are Rbt McClenachan, Nicholas Leeper, James Robinson, Thos Shield, John Robinson.

3. Joseph Reed, taylor, to David Sayers Jr land adj James Robinson, Francis Beaty and Christians Crk. DB 2 Pg 138 15 Sep 1748 Augusta Co VA.

4. Wm Beverly to Thos Shields 202A in Beverly Manor adj William Robinson, Col James Patton, Francis Beaty, John Cowan. DB 2 Pg 212 5 Apr 1749 Augusta Co VA.

William Moore

William Moore (father of General John Moore ?)

was listed among the men in Captain Samuel Cobrin's Company in 1747-1748.

General John Moore, b. 1759 in Gaston, Lincoln Co, North Carolina

(son of William Moore )

d. 1836 Lincoln Co, bur. Goshen Cemetery, nr Belmont, Lincoln Co. NC,

m. 1stly Elizabeth Adair (Betsy) who d. in GA and in 1815 he returned to NC

m.2ndly Mrs. Mary SCOTT (Alexander) , as her 2nd husband.

His brother was Alexander Moore who d.1837, father of Rosanna Moore,

2nd wife of William SCOTT.

John Moore was one of the guard at Tuckaseege, watching the movements of

Cornwallis after his entrance into Lincoln County. He later served as Commissary

to the Army. His first wife was a sister of Gov. Adair, of Kentucky. ...

He was a member from Lincoln of the Convention at Hillsboro in 1788 and of the Convention at Fayetteville in 1789.

.........................

In book "Guide to Private Manuscript Collections in

North Carolina State Archives" by Barbara T. Cain.

Index. p.519 - Adair, William. efforts to recover land. 1168

Andrew Hemton

William Adeare

William Adair in Shenandoah l740's granted 400 acres on Long Creek about a mile above Jacob Hoils l755

William ADAIR was mentioned in Tryon Co. NC

In book "Guide to Private Manuscript Collections in

North Carolina State Archives" by Barbara T. Cain.

Index. p.519 - Adair, William. efforts to recover land. 1168

p.306, relating to efforts by Adair to recover land

by Henry McCulloh through chancery proceedings in North Carolina Courts :

Gabriel Johnston

William Adair

John Rutherfurd

Patrick Gordon

Research Notes: How is this connected to the Adair that owned the lands prior to Stockley Donelson selling them to Hudson Johnson?

Thomas Stone

John Langham

George Rutledge

On page 486 "Roster of North Carolina Soldiers in the American Revolution" in the Appendix regarding George Rutledge is written that George Rutledge was a descendant of George Rutledge who was a member of Sam Corbin's Company in the Spanish Alarm in 1747; whose Company protected the coast of North Carolina in 1742 from the Spaniards

25 Sep 1744, John Armstrong of Anson Co., to George Rutledge

of same, for 10 lbs VA money--land on N Side of Broad River, on main fork off

Turkey Crfeek, 225 a granted to sd Armstrong 31 Aug 1753--John Armstrong (seal)

Wit; Andrew Barry, Richard Barry, Jannet Barry .

George Rutledge of Aug. Co., sold land being ready to move to Carolina

abt 1750. Bought land of John Armstrong in Anson Co.

George Rutledge from Shenandoah valley, 320 acres l754 Kuykendall’s creek

On page 66, a second

grant from King George to George Rutledge in 1753 was for 320 acres on Kuykendall Ck joining the lands of James Kuykendall.

George Rutlidge, 20 May 1754, 320 Acres in Anson Co. on the S Side of the Cataba River on kuy kindals

creek--including the place where he now lives below Jas. Armstrongs land,

joining the creek on sd Armstrong.

George Rutlidge, 24 Sept 1754, 400 acres in Anson Co. on

South side of Enorce River on Rocky creek below David Templeton.

George Rutledge purchased land from John Armstrong of Anson Co., in 1755--"VA money - - land on N side of Broad River, on main fork of Turkey Creek, 225 a, granted to sd Armstrong Aug 1753

6 Feb 1760, James Armstrong of Anson Co., Maester, to

George Rutledge, of same, planter, (Lease s5, release, s14)--Land on Dutchman's

Creek, part of tract granted to Robert Leeper, 31 Mar 1750 and sold by L. & R

to sd Armstrong and afterwards found to interesct into sd George Rutledge's

land granted to him 20 May 1754--James Armstrong (seal) Wit; John Armstrong &

Francis Beaty.

Crown to George Rutlidge, 4 May 1769, 100 acres in Mecklenburgh on the W side of the Catawba river on the branches of Leepers Creek.

George Rutledge 5 May 1769, 154 acres in Tryon on both sides of Leepers creek, joining Rutledges own line.

1770: George Rutledge, (who died Abt 1770 (will dated 21 Mar 1770 in Tyron Co., NC., wife Jean - - (I believe the one that was in Augusta Co, VA & 'removed' to Carolina Abt 1745)

leaves to son James tract of land called the Nickson Ieve containing 150 acres; son John the place on Dutchman's Creek containing 200 acres below Andrew Hampton's;

son George place on Turkey Creek Cont 255 ac; son Charles, the place I now live on reserving same to wife for her life.

Dau Mary, mare and 20 pounds in money;

Dau Jean 25 lbs also tract of land on Broad River I got from James Ceisot.

The Rutledge family is placed on the South Branch of the Potomac near the Hampton family in VA circa 1743 by this compiler. l

William Pleghorn

Samel Willson

John Nellson

Thomas Ranils

Thomas and Richard Reynolds, also from Cecil co, were granted land n Indian Creek, some six miles sw of the modern town of Lincolnton.

Richard Ranils

David Stanley

William “Clighorn, a blacksmith and David Stanley temporary residents on land west of Catawaba in l748 (l753) for Clegnorn bought land on Cedar Creek of James River (Shenandoah valley) in l752 while David and John Stanley obtained 546 acres on Falling Springs of Jackson River (Covington Va) in l75l. They returned to Carolina after selling their land I Va. In l762 Cleghorn was granted l50 acres including the mouth of Duhart’s Creek I now Gaston co. Four years later David Stanley received 200 acre son both sides of Long Creek

John Watkins

John Watkins land on south side of Catwba adj Thomas Robinson’s creek. Origin of him obscure

Charles Macfators (?)

Charles McFeeters probably from Cecil co Md lived on west back of Catwaba river about three miles nort of Samuel Cobron.

Edward Hogin

Robart Brank

Fredrick Hambright

Hendry Richards

Peterer Hoyl

Peter Bumgardnor

Peter Oyster

Peter Oyster from York Pa (sold land to Clubb)

1758 Peter Club bought 50 from Oyster;

Peter Club

1753 315 acres on Leopard (Leeper’s which is now the town of Mariposa) Creek on the south of the Catwaba (Anson co vol 8 p.28 of printed copy, abstract) Deed book B #l pp 304-306 13 and 14 July l753, Lenord Killion and Margaret his wife of Anson co to Peter Clubb of same (lease s5, release L 30 Va money) .....315 A granted to Killion ll April l752...Leonard Killion (L) (seal) Margaret Killion (M) (seal), wit James Armour, John Thomas. This indenture made this Thirteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and fifty Three between Leonard Killion and Margett his wife of the county of Anson and province of North Carolina of the one part and Petter (sic) Clubb of the Cunty and Province aforsd. Of the other part. WITNESSETH that the sd Leonord Killion and Margett his wife for and in consideration of the sum of five shillings to them in hand paid by the sd Peter Clubb the receipt is herby acknowledged and hav granted, bargained and sold and by these presents do bargain and sell unto the sd Peter Clubb all that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the county and province aforsd. On the south side of ye Cutawba River on Leopard’s Creek beginning on the north side of the aforsd Creek on a stony hill thence south l5 degrees West 40 chains to a pine south 67 degrees, east 22 chains thence south 60 degrees east 45 chains to a pine thence north 35 east 50 chains to a hickory from thence to the first station 74 chains containing by estimation three hundred and fifteen acres the same being granted to the sd Lenord Killion by a patent bearing the date the eleventh day of April one thousand seven hundred and fifty two and relation there unto being had may more at large appear and all houses buildings gardens, orchards meadows waters, water courses, mines, minerals profits commodities hereditaments and appurtenances whatsoever to the same belonging or in a any wise appurtaining the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders rents issues and profits therefore on half of all gold and silver mines excepted to have and to hold the sd tract or parcel of land and all and singular other the premises herby granted with the appurtenances unto the sd Peter Clubb his heirs exors and assigns from the day of the date herof for and during the term of one whole year from thence next ensuing to be fully compleated and ended , yeilding and pahing therefore the rent of one barley corn on Lady day next If the same lawfully demand to the intent that by virtue of these presents and force of the statute for transfering uses into possession that sd Peter Clubb may be in actual possession of the premises and herby may be enabled to accept and take a grant release for the reversion and inheritance to him the sd Peter Clubb his heirs and assigns forever. In Witness whereof the said Leonrd Killion and Margett his wife have here unto set their hands and seals the day and year above written and in the twenty sixth year of his Majesties Reign. Signed sealed and delivered in presence of James Armour, John Thomas. Lenord L Killion (L) Mazrgett (M) Killion (seal mark)

1753 July 12, l753 Book B #l 305 deed to Peter Clubb from Leonard Killion and Margaret his wife land on Leopard’s Creek, Anson co deeds index (lease s 5, release L 30 Va money) 315 acres granted to Killion ll April l752. Leonard Killion (L) (seal), Margett Killlion (M) seal wit James Armour, John Thomas

1753 Peter Club 250 from Moore

1753 Oct 19 Deed book B #l p.370 from Samuel Moore and wife Sarah of Anson co, to Peter Clubb of same, for L 35 VA Money...250 acres n s side of Cataba, both sides of Killlion’s creek, between Killion’s and Robert Leeper lines 250 A

l754 NC patents #l patent book l8, 464l p.48 Thomas Ourigh 24 Sept 200 acres in Anson co s side of Catawba on Killion’s creek, joining said Killion land; Peter Club and James Armstrong

1756 Nc patent 509l p.l99 Hance Adam Snider Oct l3, l756 l25 acres ne side of his old plantation and Leopard creek on w side of Catwba adjoining land of Peter Club, Bastion Best, and Hance Adam Snider. Boston patented l6 May l754.

       

1756 (Anson vol 5, p l42-144 Jan l3, 1757) Hance Adam Snider and wife Sarah of anson to John Walker of same (lease s 5, release L 5) land on ne side of his old plantation and Leopard Creek, w side of Catawba, adj Peter Club, Boston Best, Snider’s old line,...granted ot sd Snider l3 Oct l756, ...Adam Snider (seal) signed in German) Sarah Snider (x seal) wit George Brown, Moutice Pegues, Jno Thomas JP

       

1756 Anson #l2 patent book l5 509l pg l99 Hanc eAdam Snider l3 Oct l756 l25 acres in Anson co the ne side of his old Plantation and Leopard Creek, on the w side of the cAtauba River, joining Peter Club (?), bAstian Best, and Hance Adam Snider.

      

1758 50 acre tract sold by Peter Oyster to Peter Clubb is mentioned, but have no deed of it –‘a mile from Leeper’s line” This would be during the time that the Killians have left until l760 because of the Cherokee uprising. Where is Peter Clubb? Adam Seitz ‘settled on Leeper’s Creek in modern Lincoln county, four miles north of Peter Oster. Heinrich Seitz lived on Klllian’s creek five miles northeast of Adam. (Journal NC l966) Andreas Killian had a marker ST Paul’s Lutheran church, Catwaba county NC.

       

1758 Peter Clubb from Peter Oyster and wife Mary Feb l, l758 deed book 5 p.292 Leeper’s Creek. Lease s 5..part of 3l0 granted to Oyster 24 Sept l754; adj Leeper...50 A...Peter oYster (seal), Mary Oyster ( 0), (seal), wit; John Thomas, Jean Thomas, Will Paul (W)

       

1758 Peter Oyster and wife to Peter Clubb 5 -294 adj Robt Leeper

1758 (Anson co vol 6) page 275 22 March l758 Peter Oyster and wife Mary of Anson to Michael Oyster of same, for L l0 ..land about a miles (sic) from Robert Leeper line adj to a 50 acre tract sold by sd Oyster to Peter Club, 260 acres granted to Peter Oyster 24 Sept l754...Peter Oyster (seal) Mary Oyster (x) (seal) witness Abraham Scott, Peter Clubb (pc), John Thomas (NOTE John Thomas signed the Killion lease to Peter Clubb l754)

       

1758 Vol 6, p 275; 22 Mar 1785 Peter Oyster and wife Mary of Anson to Michael Oyster of same for L l0...land about a miles from Robert Leeper’s line, adj to a 50 a tract sold by sd Oyster to Peter Clubb, 260 granted to Peter Oyster 24 Sept l745. Peter Oyster (seal) Mary Oyster (x) (seal) wit Abraham Scott, Peter Clubb, John Thomas.

       

1758 (Mecklenburg deed) Peter Club planter, and wife Margaret of Mecklenberg to Michael Master of same L 30 l00 acres w side of Catawaba and Leeper’s , part of 2 tracts granted to Peter l Feb 1758 (sic) Peter Club (PC) witness John Dunn

 Notes on Oyster “Michel Oster/Eyster was probably son of Peter and seems to have lived with or near his father” (NC op cit. P.1926)

Notes on Leeper non German, originated in Lancaster co Pa, proceeded directly to Carolina, while a kinsman James remained in the Shenandoah valley. Between l750 and l755 Leeper was issued seven grants of land totaling more than 37000 acres in the present day Lincoln and Gaston counties, along the Catawba river and on Leeper’s and Dutchman’s creeks. He lived in l75l on a 587 acre tract on Leeper’s Creek adjoining Peter Oster (Land grant book l0 page 240)

1763 4 July John Armstrong of Mecklenberg to Jacob Costner l50 acres s side of s fork of Catawba below ye great Shoales. Witness Jacob Seits, Peter Clob (sic)

24 March, 1764 Mecklenburg Co .Peter Clubb sold to Jacob Sights 250 acres on Killian's Creek. Deed book 1 pp. 482-6.

1764 March 24, Mecklenburg Book l page 482 and 483 “This indenture made the twenty fourth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty four between Peter Club of the county of Mecklenburg in the province of North Carolina, planter of the one part and Jacob Sights of the County of Mecklenbenburg in the province aforesaid planter of the other part; Witnesseth that the said Peter Club for and in consideration of the sum of five shillings..money to him in his hand, paid by the said Jacob Sights at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, hath granted, bargained, and sold and by these presents doth grant bargain and sell unto the said Jacob Sights, all that tract or parcel of land containing by estimation two hundred and fifty acres be the same more or less situate, lying and being in the county of Mecklenburg in the said province on the south side of the Cataba river and on the both sides of Killion’s Creek Between Killion’s line and Robert Leepers old survey. Beginning at Killion’s corner a red oak, then no 7 W 60 poles to a stake then no 2 W 260 poles to a hickory then s 44 E 60 poles to a hickory on Leeper’s line then S 46 E 120 poles to a stake and thence to the beginning ast the said lan dis contained in Patent NO 465 granted unto Samuel Moore and bearing date the third day of Sept AD 1753 and afterward conveyed by said Samuel Moore to Peter Club. And all houses......etc .Peter Club his mark.

1768 Meckelenburg Book 4 page 824        This indenture made the eleventh day of October 1768 between Peter Club and Margaret his wife of Mecklenberg...Michael Masters of same....Peter Club for 30 L money..l00 acres west side of Catawba River and Leeper’s (?) Creek joining his own land beginning at a walnut at the side of the creek, running S E 22 poles to a ..in the bottom of the creek, thence s 27 00, 77 poles to a hickory on Peter Oyster’s line thence S 60 W 160 poles t a small B oak thence no 3 E 45 poles to a B O then 50 6 3 E 30 poles to a black oak, thence N O 55, 3 66 poles to a pine thence n 16, # 50 poles to a ..in the creek bank, thence the meander of the same of the..to the beginning it part of two tracts of land granted to the said Peter Club the first of February 1750 (elsewhere this is listed as 1758) as of record. ...... (Mecklenberg was formed 1762 from Anson. I looked in the Anson deeds from 1748 but there is no such record. Anson was formed from Bladen l750, could it be in Bladen? Or since it was a grant, might it be recorded as a state grant elsewhere? Order Bladen l750 However Bladen is a defunct county, where would the stuff be? )

       Peter Club his mark PC             

1769 p.472 Philip Tillinger and wife Mary to Wm Tankersley L 25 both sides of s branch of Leopard Creek, Phillip Tilinger seal. Mary Tankersely (x), witness George Poofs, Peter Club (P), John Tillilnger             

       

1769 state patent #l6l2 Michael Masters 4 May l769 94 acres Tryon co on both sides of Leeper joining a hollow, Claus land (sic) a branch Peter Clubb, the land Gasper Club now lives on, and the branch where Club now lives.             

       

1773 (p.787 Mo Pioneers) l6 April Thomas Gillespe Tyron co to Paul Wisenunt of same for L 40 proc money land on n side of s fork Catawaba 300 acre on Hoils Creek about 4 miles above adj Hoyl granted lst term April l759 to (Boyl?) Thomas Gillisep jr (seal) with Jacob Seits, Marget Club (x) rec April term l774 (this would be Peter’s wife Margaret, or is it Gasper’s wife, why is she signing? Jacob is Peter Club’s son in law married to his dau Mary )             

       

1777 (Mo Pioneers p.255) l5 Feb l7877 Henry Masters of Tryon county to John Kincade of same for L 30 NC money land on Leeper’s creek of Catawba River adj Killians corner 200 acres Heinrich Masters (German signature) (seal). Witness Peter Club ( ) Benjmain Armstrong.             

       

1783 (Tyron co N Car deeds in Jackson lib p.ll6 pp 720-72l) (lined out) discontinued; Peter Club claims 200 acres in Lincoln co on waters of Leeper’s Creek adj Mathew Lock and his own land; entered l5 Sept l783 L 30

(file # l55 State records, sec of state record group. Land office, land warrants, plats of survey and related records Lincoln co l783, l758 call # S l08.769 Frames 773-777, Archives search room Raleigh, Mars id l2.24.82.l56 (folder) warrants, plats. Index terms; Leeper’s creek, personal name Pete Clubb. 200 acres. Grant #l55, issued Sept 24, l785, entry 24, entered Sept l5, l783 book, page 59;l90 on waters of Leeper’s creek.             

       

1784 p.669 l8 of x l784, Peter Clobb sr of Lincoln co to Michael Master of same for 5 s land on Leeper’s Creek Peter Clobb (PC) with Jos Abernathy, Jacob Seids (prob Jacob Seits his son in law) Rec July term l784. Get acreage             

       

1784 May 7/Jan l785 Deed of sale from Peter Club and Peter Club jr and Michael Masters to Jacob Sits for 267 (or is it 167 as cited below) acres dated 7 May l784 proved by Joseph Abernathy             

       

1784 May l7, Peter Clobb sr, Peter Clobb jr and Michael Masters all of Lincoln co to Jacob Seits of same for L ll2 l67 acres adj Michael Master...Peter Clobb sr (P) (seal) Peter Clobb jr (PC) (seal) Michel Master (M) (seal) wit Jos Abernanthy.....(German signature). Rec Jan term l785 (rec p.720 Missouri Pioneers)             

17 May, 1784 Lincoln Co\Tryon Co. Peter Clubb Sr., Michael Masters and Peter Clubb Jr. sold 167 acres to Jacob Seitz. Deed book 2 pp. 720-1.        

1784 p 669-770 Peter Clobb sr of Lincoln co to Michael Masters s 5 land on Leeper’s. Peter Clobb (PC) witness Joseph Abernathy, Peter Seids. Rec July l874

          

1785 deed of sale Peter Club (sic) and Peter Club jr and Michael Masters to Jacob Sites 267 acres May 7, l784 proven Joseph Abernathy (same as above).             

       

1785 July; John Sumter vs Peter Clubb jury found for plaintif, damage L 6.l9.8 and cost (Court minutes of Lincoln co, copoy at Knoxville Public lib)             

       

1785 Oct Peter Club vs Thos Robinson, jury for plaintiff damage L l9.4.l and 6d cost             

       

1786 Lincoln co deed 3: l62 Bk l4;l25 l5 December Peter Clobb sr of Lincoln co to Peter Clubb jr same for 5 shillings l) 3l5 acres on both sides of Leeper’s Creek adj a stony hill (this would be his l753 land), 2) l00 acres on branches of Leeper’s creek adj Abernathy; Peter Clobb x; wit George Clobb, David Abernathy.

       

1786 Grant Abraham Hairhart, Abraham Forney, Peter Forney and Turner Abernathy ‘in company’ claim l73 acres in Lincoln county; adj Peter Club, George Sides and Abernatny entered Aug l786 L l0             

       

1786 discontinued; Jacob Sides claims l50 acres in Lincoln co on waters of Leopard’s (Leeper’s) creek ad Peter Club, George Rominger, francis Sumit and his own land; entered l4 Oct l786 L l5             

       

1786 Granted; Jacob Sides claims 208 acres in Lincoln co between Peter Club, George Rominger, Francis Sumit and his own land; entered l6 Oct l7886 L 20.l6             

       

1787 Jan Peter Clubb will proven.             

       

1787 deed of sale Peter Clubb sr to Peter Clubb jr 4l5 acres dated Dec l5 proved David Abernathy             

       

1787 will January will of Peter Clubb proven by John Tucker in open court and George Clubb examined thereto.               

Peter CLUBB Will proved January 1787- "In the name of God, amen. I Peter Clubb of Lincoln County and state of North Carolina being of perfect understanding do make ordain, constitute and appoint this to by my last will and testament to be ordered and disposed of in manner following.

First I give and bequeath my soul to Almighty God who gave it and as for my worldly estate, I desire should be disposed of as follows:

2nd. I desire to be buried in a decent manner, expenses thereof to be levied out of my estate not exceeding four pounds.

3rd. I desire that all my debts should be paid. Item, I give and bequeath to my son Gasper Clubb 5 shilling. Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Barbary Tankersley one shilling. Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Margaret Masters one shilling. Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Masters one shilling. Item, I give to my daughter Eve Rodi one shilling. Item, I give and bequath to my son Peter Clubb all the remainder of my estate now in my possession and I do hereby constitute and appoint my son Peter Clubb my sole executor of all I have her signed sealed and delivered in Peter Clubb his mark (p.c.). I Peter Clubb gent do ratify and confirm the within to be my last will and testament unto which I annex this item, I give and bequeath unto my son Peter Clubb one copper still with all the vessels there unto belonging witnesss my hand and seal the 15th day of December 1786. Geo. Abernathy, George Clubb. Peter Clubb his mark. Peter Clubb will proved January 1787. " [Source 73] 

Peter Clobb, Sr. 26 January 1784, January 1787. Sons Gasper Clobb, Peter Clubb, Daughters Mary Seits, Barbary Tankersly, Marget Master, Elizabeth Master, Eve Rode. EXEC. Peter Clubb. WIT. John Tucker, David Abernathy Jr., David Abernathy Sr. Codicil, 15 December 1786. WIT. Jos. Abernathy, George Clobb (note in long hand after that- son of Gasper Clubb of Solingen, Germany)

1784/1786/1787 will (original at Nc Dept of Archives Raleigh) “In the name of God, Amen. I Peter Clubb of Lincoln county and state of North Carolina being of perfect understanding do make ordain constitute and appoint this to be my last will and testament to be ordered and disposed of in manner following. First I give and bequeath my soul to Almighty God who gave it and as far as my worldly estate I desire it should be disposed of as follows. 2nd I desire to be buried in a decent manner expenses therof to be levied out of my estate not exceeding four pounds. I desire that all my debts should be paid. Item I give and bequeath to my son Gasper Clubb five shillings. Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Seits one shilling. Item I give and bequaeth to my daughter Barbary Tankersly one shilling. Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Marget Master one shilling. Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Master one shilling. Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Eve Rode one shilling. Item I give and bequeath to my son Peter Clubb all the reminder of my estate now in my possession and I do hereby constitute and appoint my son Peter Clubb my sole executor of this my last will and testament in witness whereof I have herunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 26th day of January 1784. Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us. John Tucker (?), David Abernathy jrn. David Abernathy sr. . Peter Clubb (PC his mark). I Peter Clubb do ratify and confirm the within to be my last will and tesatment unto which I annex this item. I give and bequeath unto my sno Peter Clobb (sic) one copper still with all the vessels hereunto belonging. Witness my hand and seal this l5th day of Dec 1786 Peter (PC) Clobb (sic) (Mark). Jo Abernathy, George Clobb (sic) . Peter Clubb will proved Jan 1787.

Gasper Clubb is cited in the deed as living next to the land of his father Peter Clubb sr. 1768 Peter sr sells land to his son in law Michael Masters; 1784 to his son in law Jacob Sitz. When Peter sr died he left all his unsold land to his son Peter jr. find land of peter jr sale in later Lincoln deeds.

John Tufts

Michael Rudeseele

William Heger

John Armstrong

John and William Armstrong, a malster who was in the Shenandoah valley in l746 died there l762. By l762 the Armstrongs and their brother James possessed nine different tracts of land scattered through present Lincoln and Gaston counties, although they lived on Kuykendall’s Creek

George Rutledge purchased land from John Armstrong of Anson Co., in 1755--"VA money - - land on N side of Broad River, on main fork of Turkey Creek, 225 a, granted to sd Armstrong Aug 1753."

25 Sept 1755, John Armstrong of Anson Co. to George Rutledge of same, for /10 VA money--land on N. Side of Broad River, on mainfork of Turkey Creek, 225 a granted to sd Armstrong 31 Aug. 1753—John Armstrong (seal) wit; Andrew Barry, Richard Barry, Jannet Barry.

William Armstrong

Abstracts of the Minutes of the Ct of Pleas and Quarter Sessions-Rowan co. 1753-l762 Conrad Saler, 17 Jul 1755 Writ of Inquiry-William Smith & Conrad Silar on Motion ordered P cur that George Sailor & William Armstrong have letters of Admin. on the estate of Peter Saylor, Dec'd. Securities. John White & Abram Collett in the sum of (f) 300(money term-franc?). Pro. & qualified.

GASPER / CASPER KEENER, b ca 1700, d. before 21 Oct 1762, LINCOLN CO, NC:

ROWAN CO, NC - Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions  - 21 Oct 1762 - Ordered

that BARBARA KEENER have Letters of Administration on her deceased husband

GASPER KEANER; Securities:  GEORGE SAYLOR  &  WILLIAM ARMSTRONG.

27 March, 1769 Mecklenburg Co. William Armstrong and wife Margaret to Jacob Sides, 200 acres on branch of Leeper's Creek.

Child of Thomas Armstrong and Elizabeth Armstrong is:

i.James Armstrong, b. 1707, Ireland; d. 1760, Anson Co., NC.

Children of James Armstrong and Jean Armstrong are:

i. William Armstrong, b. 1733, Lancaster Co., PA.

ii. Major John Armstrong, b. Abt. 1735, Augusta Co., VA.

iii. James Thomas Armstrong.

iv. Martin Armstrong.

v. Mary Armstrong.

vi. Joseph Armstrong.

vii. Benjamin Armstrong.

viii. Matthew Armstrong.

November 4, 1805, Abraham Lefever of Wayne County granted Power of Attorney to his "trusty friend" William Armstrong of Hawkins County, Tennessee, to collect from John Hannah of Hawkins Co., TN, money due said Lefevers by said Hanna's note for $50.00

John Doughart

John Dunard (origin unk) received warrant 300 acres on Kilians, but (l753) probably on Duhard’s Creek se corner of Gaston.

John Kilen

John Richman

Jacob Hoyl

Joseph Seler

William Little

William Patrick

William Henry, Robert Leeper and Catherine his wife, of Anson Co. to Nicholas Leeper, 135 proc money, on N side of fork of the Catawba opp Andrew Cathey survey, 400A granted Robert Leeper 8/31/1753. Sgned Robert Leeper, Catherine Leeper. Wit: William Henry, William Patrick, John Thomas  

1755 JAMES KUYKENDALL and SARAH his wife, deeded 300 acres to JOHN KUYKENDAL, South side of Cuttawba River on KUYKENDALL Creek, part of a larger survey of JAMES KUYKENDAL Anson Co Providence of NC, witnessed Eton Mooley, William Henry and Frederick Hambright.  

1755, Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina. It is not known which William Henry this deed pertains to:1755 JAMES KUYKENDALL and SARAH his wife, deeded 300 acres to JOHN KUYKENDAL, South side of Cuttawba River on KUYKENDALL Creek, part of a larger survey of JAMES KUYKENDAL Anson Co Providence of NC, witnessed Eton Mooley, William Henry and Frederick Hambright.

1759--William Patrick of Anson Co to John Chittim--land granted William Patrick in 1755 MECKLENBERG CO NC DEEDS

William Patrick who was a witness to a land transaction between Robert and Catherine Leeper and a Nicholas Leeper. Other witnesses were William Henry and John Thomas. Recorded 11/4/1761.

William Patrick (1740 -1818) probated in Rowan Co. and listed 10 children - one named Robert.

John Patrick

Michel Oyster

William Fronebery

Peter Bumgarnor

Isaac Cobren

Adam Dick

Jacob Simerman

Cristel Eaker

Mickel Selor

John Dick

David Ramsour (?)(?)

Alixander Ramus (?)

John Ramus (?)

William Pell (?)

Solomon Hooser

Henry Sides

Anson Co. NC land records show that on 24 September 1754, Henry Sides was granted 300 acres on Killian's Creek.

On 13 October 1756, Henry Sides was granted an additional 140 acres on Killian's Creek.  Crown Patent. book 15 p. 196

2-3 September 1757 Martin Dellinger and his wife Barbara, sold 200 acres on Leeper's Creek to Adam Sights, Taylor." (tailor). Deed book C pp. 350-2.

There is a detailed account of this company in "Capt. Samuel Cobrin's Company of Militia: The First Settlers of Lincoln and Gaston Counties" published by Dr. Robert W. Ramsey Ph. D.  This area was then in the confines of the newly formed Anson Co., which was formed in 1747. This list of 79 men includes the progenitors of the oldest families in that area. Among these men listed are Henry and Adam Sides. From Dr. Ramsey's account is the following: "Henrich and Adam Seitz were both under 21 years of age upon arrival in Philadelphia aboard the Queen Elizabeth in 1738. Sometime before reaching the Carolinas, Adam learned the tailor's trade. He settled on Leeper's Creek in modern Lincoln County, four miles north of Peter Oster. Henry Seitz lived on Killian's Creek, 5 miles northeast of Adam."

Jacob Forney

Boston Best

Lenard Kilen

John Rorite

John Camp

William Raehford

Felty Taliner

John Semerman

Cristen Sumirman

Watson Feral Junior

Watson Feral Senor

Joseph Green

Joseph Green from Hunterdon co Ny or Salisbury twp, Lancaster co Pa settled on Beaverdam Creek joining Christian Aker’s line.

Peter Eaker

Adams Sides

16 November, 1764 George Adam Sights received adjacent to the land of Gaspar Keener, 200 acres on both sides of Leeper's Creek. NC Crown Patent book 17 p. 130.

2 January, 1770 Lincoln Co\Tryon Co. George Sights sold 200 acres to Adam Sights, located on Leeper's Creek. Deed book 1 p. 205.

27 and 28 April, 1772 Lincoln Co\Tryon Co. Adam Sights and his wife Susannah sold to George Seitz 200 acres on Leeper's Creek. Deed book 1 pp. 530-2. This land was sold to Adam Sights by Martin Dellinger on 2 September 1757.

Notes: Martha Little – John Reed

Charles Moore

Mary Renick

Henry Johnson

1755 in Rowan, North Carolina, William Bryan was born 10 Mar 1734 in Orange Or Frederick, Virginia, was christened 6 Mar 1734, and died 30 May 1780 in Elkhorn Creek, Fayette, Kentucky, United States.

He married Mary Boone 1755 in Rowan, North Carolina, , daughter of Squire Boone and Sarah Morgan. She was born 14 Nov 1736 in Exeter Twp, Berks, Pennsylvania, , and died 1819 in Bryan's Station, Fayette, Kentucky, United States.

William Bryan

Squire Boone

17 Jul 1755 Abstracts of the Minutes of the Ct of Pleas and Quarter Sessions-Rowan co. 1753-l762 Conrad Saler, 17 Jul 1755 Writ of Inquiry-William Smith & Conrad Silar on Motion ordered P cur that George Sailor & William Armstrong have letters of Admin. on the estate of Peter Saylor, Dec'd. Securities. John White & Abram Collett in the sum of (f) 300(money term-franc?). Pro. & qualified.

William Armstrong

Abstracts of the Minutes of the Ct of Pleas and Quarter Sessions-Rowan co. 1753-l762 Conrad Saler, 17 Jul 1755 Writ of Inquiry-William Smith & Conrad Silar on Motion ordered P cur that George Sailor & William Armstrong have letters of Admin. on the estate of Peter Saylor, Dec'd. Securities. John White & Abram Collett in the sum of (f) 300(money term-franc?). Pro. & qualified.

GASPER / CASPER KEENER, b ca 1700, d. before 21 Oct 1762, LINCOLN CO, NC:

ROWAN CO, NC - Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions  - 21 Oct 1762 - Ordered

that BARBARA KEENER have Letters of Administration on her deceased husband

GASPER KEANER; Securities:  GEORGE SAYLOR  &  WILLIAM ARMSTRONG.

27 March, 1769 Mecklenburg Co. William Armstrong and wife Margaret to Jacob Sides, 200 acres on branch of Leeper's Creek.

Child of Thomas Armstrong and Elizabeth Armstrong is:

i.James Armstrong, b. 1707, Ireland; d. 1760, Anson Co., NC.

Children of James Armstrong and Jean Armstrong are:

i. William Armstrong, b. 1733, Lancaster Co., PA.

ii. Major John Armstrong, b. Abt. 1735, Augusta Co., VA.

iii. James Thomas Armstrong.

iv. Martin Armstrong.

v. Mary Armstrong.

vi. Joseph Armstrong.

vii. Benjamin Armstrong.

viii. Matthew Armstrong.

November 4, 1805, Abraham Lefever of Wayne County granted Power of Attorney to his "trusty friend" William Armstrong of Hawkins County, Tennessee, to collect from John Hannah of Hawkins Co., TN, money due said Lefevers by said Hanna's note for $50.00

Peter Saylor, Dec'd

John White

Abram Collett

William Smith

Conrad Silar

#1756

1756 Nathaniel Johnson was born in Rowan Co. NC Nathaniel Johnson or Nathaniel Johnston: S1841: NC Line applied 1832 Aug 10 Bedford Co. Tn soldier was born in 1756 in Rowan Co. NC and in 1823 he moved to Bedford Co. Tn. Abstract of Rev. War Pension Files

Pension application of Nathaniel Johnson (Johnston) S1841 fn17NC

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State of Tennessee, Bedford County

On this 10th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before Samuel

Philips, John B. Armstrong and John L. Neill, Justices of the Quorum, appointed to hold the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Bedford County State of Tennessee for the year 1832 -- and now sitting, Nathaniel Johnston a resident of Bedford County & State of Tennessee aforesaid aged 76 or 77 years -- who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein after stated viz. -- He was born in Roan [sic, Rowan] County North Carolina in the year 1756 as he has been informed and believes -- in which County & State he resided until the year 1823 when he removed to the County of Bedford in the State of Tennessee where he has ever since and now resides. He first entered the Service of the United States in an expedition against the Cherokee Indians, under Captain Brandon, the expedition was commanded as he believes by General Rutherford, whether Rutherford was at the time of this expedition a Colonel or General he does not recollect. He entered the Service as a volunteer & served a 5 months Tour. They traversed that part of North Carolina now called East Tennessee, particularly the Country lying

on Little Tennessee also the northern part of Georgia, through the Country lying on Tugaloo River -- burnt and destroyed the Indian towns & settlements on Little Tennessee & Tugaloo rivers -- had many Skirmishes with the Indians, but no general Battle or engagement, took many prisoners & killed many of the Indians. This expedition commenced in the early part of June and ended about the first of November. He cannot say what year, he is confident it was before the Battle at Camden called Gates defeat.

He recollects, the names of Colonel or General Rutherford, Colonel Brandon, Major Smith & knows that they were in this expedition as officers bearing the above or foregoing titles, many others probably not recollected & many Captains --

Captain Brandon commanded the Company to which deponent belonged. Sometime after he was discharged from the Indian expedition he again volunteered in the service of the United States under Captain Brandon against an Army of Tories, who were embodied in Lincoln County North Carolina. This expedition was Commanded by Colonel Lock [sic, Francis Locke] & Major Rutherford, we met with the Tories at a place called Ramsour's Mills, in Lincoln County where we had a battle, in which the Tories were defeated. The Whig party lost in this battle about 20 killed & several wounded. Among our killed were Captains Falls, Armstrong and Patton. I served in this expedition as well as I can recollect from one to 2 months. After the battle at Ramsour's above noticed, a call was made for volunteers to go in pursuit of Colonel Bryan who had collected a body of Tories & was marching to join the British at or near Camden South Carolina. This expedition was commanded by Generals Davidson & Locke. I volunteered &

went under them in this expedition. I do not now recollect the name of my Captain. I [believe?] it was Captain Brandon. We rendezvoused at Salisbury North Carolina -- & pursued Colonel Bryan through Montgomery and Anson Counties to the Cheraw Hills in South Carolina where we gave over the pursuit & returned home. We were in the service I think about 2 months in this trip.

I next volunteered in the Light horse Company, at the time the British came up to Charlotte from South Carolina, this was under Captain Brandon, and a call was made to raise men to check the British in their March through the upper parts of North Carolina as deponent understood. This expedition lasted about 2 months as well as deponent recollects, & was commanded by Colonel Davie & Major Graham the principal officers -- All the above mentioned expeditions & tours was performed & completed previous to the Battle of Camden, better known as Gates defeat -- but the precise time when they were performed I cannot state, nor do I know of any person by whom I can prove it. He states further that he afterwards volunteered under Captain Huggins in a Tour of 3 months -- which he served, General Rutherford was the Chief Commander -- At the Commencement of this Term of service -- The Army Commanded by General Rutherford rendezvoused at Salisbury from thence we marched towards Camden & formed a Junction with General Gates Army not very far from the Cheraw Hills we then marched

with the Main Army to where the battle was fought, I was in the Battle at Camden called Gates defeat. He further states that he knew General Gates who commanded at this battle -- also General Rutherford, General Butler & General Caswell, Colonels Ledbetter, White, Majors Allcorn, White, Captains Huggins, Wilson.

He states further, he volunteered in the service of his Country, after the battle of Gates defeat as aforesaid, & served one or 2 months as Ensign & commanding the Company the Captain & Lieutenant both being absent. This Company or army of volunteers was raised at the time Lord Cornwallis crossed the Catawba River. He was in a little skirmish on the Catawba, at a place called Cowan's Ford, between the Whigs & the British. At which place General Davidson was killed. The principal officers who commanded this expedition were Generals Davidson & Davie. The length of this Tour was about one month as he believes. He further states that he did at several times after this period, entered the Army at the call of his Country, and some of which he served a longer & in some a shorter period of time. He cannot pretend to say what would be the

time he subsequently served -- but supposes it would not exceed 4 months -- He believes he served his Country during the Revolutionary war in the whole a period of not less than 18 months & probably not much more, but of the precise time he cannot undertake to state. He states further, that at the end of every Term of service as aforesaid, he obtained a discharge for the same as he believes, but he did not know they were then or ever would be useful to him, he states he has no knowledge of the manner in which he has lost them but has no hesitation in saying they are now lost or mislaid or destroyed so that he cannot now produce them as evidence in this case. He has no documentary evidence in his possession of the facts spoken of & detailed in the foregoing declaration -- nor does he know of any person by whom he can prove the services aforesaid.

He does further hereby relinquish all and every claim or claims whatever to a pension or

annuity except the present -- and declares his that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State in the United States.

Sworn to in open Court 10 August 1832. S/ Nathaniel Johnston

S/ James McKisick, Clk

Whereupon the Court consisting of the Members first above mentioned, propounded the

following interrogatories to said Nathaniel Johnston in open Court the 10th day of August 1832

viz.

1st When and in what year were you born?

Answer I was born in Rowan County State of North Carolina in the year 1755 or 1756, as I informed & believes --

2nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?

Answer -- I have not, --

3rd Where were you living when called into service: where have you lived since the

Revolutionary War and where do you now live?

Answer; I was living in Rowan County North Carolina when I was first called into service of my Country; I continued to live in said County & State during the Revolutionary war and ever since, until the year 1823 -- at which time I moved to Bedford County in the State of Tennessee, in which last County & State I have lived ever since, and am now living in the same:

4th How were you called into service; were you drafted; did you volunteer or were you a

substitute, and if in substitute, for whom?

Answer -- I was a volunteer in all the tours above mentioned -- one instance not mentioned in my foregoing declaration I would wish now to mention viz. We were all classed into classes of 7 or 8 persons each of which classes had to furnish a man as called for -- one out of the class to which I belonged was called for, I proposed to the others to go if they would give me a certain sum, this they agreed to; and whilst I was preparing to start, a young man proposed to take my place for much less, I accordingly substituted him. I have been advised I cannot claim any benefit for his service although he served. Unless this transaction might be considered as a substitute business [?] & which is not mentioned in my previous declaration, and to which I would be entitled for

pay -- I have in all the cases been a volunteer. This term was for 12 months --

5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such Continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.

Answer --

The Continental & regular officers which I now recollect were, General Gates, & General

Caswell I think, General Caswell was a regular, but am not certain. The militia officers were Generals Rutherford, Butler, Davidson and Locke, & Colonel Davie I probably could recollect more but have not at this time any recollection of them -- I have no recollection of the names or numbers of the Continental & Militia Regiments -- The General Circumstances have all been detailed in my declaration heretofore stated

6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?

Answer I did receive discharges for every Tour of Service I rendered, who gave them I cannot now say, nor do I know what has become of them, they are lost & cannot now procure them -- I recollect that it was a general practice for the captains of our companies to give the discharges -- I believe Captain Brandon gave me several as I served under him more than one Tour but I could not state the above fact on oath at this time

7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief in your services as a soldier in the revolution.

Answer I know a great many persons who can state about my character, in the neighborhood of Shelbyville Bedford County Tennessee where I now live there are not many living in my immediate neighborhood who knew me in other States or had much acquaintance with me there, I know of Robert Morgan, Isaac Anderson & James Graham who have known me for many years.

Sworn to & subscribed in open court 10 August 1832.

S/ James McKisick, Clk S/ Nathaniel Johnston

[Robert Morgan & James Graham gave the standard supporting affidavit.]

State of Tennessee, Bedford County

Personally appeared before me the undersigned an acting Justices of the peace for said

County Samuel Johnson, who being sworn according to law deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise periods of the War of the Revolution and he served; but according to the best of his recollection,

his first tour of duty was in the year 1776 it commenced he thinks about the first of June in that year;

in his 2nd tour was he thinks in the year 1777 about Harvest he recollects the wheat was ripe

his 3rd tour was in May in the year 1780 and

his 4th tour of duty was at Gates defeat on the 16th of August 1780 in his

5th tour was in the year 1781, and the balance of his Service he is not able to say what years it was then --

Subscribed in Sworn to before me this 28 December 1832.

S/ [illegible signature of a justice of the peace] S/ Nathaniel Johnston

[George Newton, a clergyman, gave the standard supporting affidavit.]

Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements

Transcribed by Will Graves 10/24/08

Nathaniel Johnson in Bedford Co Tn known Information

Pag 159 Deed Book DD Nov 1832 Nathaniel Johnson to John B. Johnson both of Bedford Co Tn. For love and affection for his son John B. Johnson and for $1.00 conveyed land in Bedford Co being a part of a tract of land conveyed by John G. Sims to Nathaniel Johnson on Jan 19 1824. Borders Willis Cannon, and near the Winchester Road and William Carter,105 acres. Wit. Henry H. Anderson and James W. Morrison pg 179 Land Deed Genealogy of Bedford Co Tn 1807-1852 Compiled by Helen C Marsh and Timothy R. Marsh From: Debra Johnson

Nov 13 1832 Deed Book CC Page 323 Nov 5 1832. Nathaniel Johnson to James Johnson. Nathaniel Johnson conveyed to James Johnson both of Bedford Co Tn for love and affection for his son James M. Johnson land in Bedford Co. being part of a tract conveyed from John G. Sims to Nathaniel Johnson by deed Jan 19 1824. Borders Duck River about one mile and a half above Shelbyville near William Carters corner, Willis Cannon and J.C. Hobbs mill. 105 acres. Wit Henry H. Anderson and James C. Morrison Reg. Nov 13 1832 pg 173 Land Deed Genealogy of Bedford Co Tn 1807-1852 Compiled by Helen C Marsh and Timothy R. Marsh From: Debra Johnson

28 December 1832. Samuel Johnston

 Personally appeared before me the undersigned an acting Justices of the peace for said

County Samuel Johnson, who being sworn according to law deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise periods of the War of the Revolution and he served; but according to the best of his recollection,

his first tour of duty was in the year 1776 it commenced he thinks about the first of June in that year;

in his 2nd tour was he thinks in the year 1777 about Harvest he recollects the wheat was ripe

his 3rd tour was in May in the year 1780 and

his 4th tour of duty was at Gates defeat on the 16th of August 1780 in his

5th tour was in the year 1781, and the balance of his Service he is not able to say what years it was then --

 

 Subscribed in Sworn to before me this 28 December 1832.

 

S/ [illegible signature of a justice of the peace] S/ Nathaniel Johnston

[George Newton, a clergyman, gave the standard supporting affidavit.]

Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements

Transcribed by Will Graves 10/24/08

  Battle- Gate’s defeat- commander Caswell NC 

29 Aug 1833 Page 159-5 Nov 1832  Nathaniel Johnson to John B. Johnson, both of Bedford Co TN for love and affection of his son John B Johnson and for $1:00, conveyed land in Bedford CO, being a part of land conveyed by John G Sims to Nathaniel Johnson on 19 Jan 1824.  Borders Willis Cannon, and near the Winchester Road, and William Carter, 105 Acres.  Wit:  Henry H. Anderson & James W. Morrison.  Reg: 29 Aug 1833 From: Debra Johnson

Researcher Note:  Under Nathaniel Johnson's Rev War Pension claim in Bedford TN he also signs for a Samuel Johnson  (could this be a brother?)

Nathaniel Johnson- Rev War Soldier, Sons named are James M Johnson & John B Johnson

Reg. Aug 2 1852 Deed Book TT page 593 Oct 3 1851: William Pratt and others to H.L. Davidson. Deed 165 acres. William Pratt and others ( same as above) sold land to H.L. Davidson land in Bedford CO. Tn on South Side of Duck River. Bounded by Nathaniel Johnson now John B. Johnson old Winchester Road, Chandlers Mills and Robert Morgan. With the exception of the ten acres sold by Willis Cannon to John B. Johnson which is not here conveyed. Also other land reg. Aug 2 1852 pg 463 Land Deed Genealogy of Bedford Co Tn 1807-1852 Compiled by Helen C Marsh and Timothy R. Marsh From: Debra Johnson

Robert Morgan,

Isaac Anderson

James Graham

Captain Brandon

Captain Falls,

Captain Armstrong

Captain Patton.

Captain Huggins

1756 January 24

Rowan Co NC: James Lankford to serve as Constable in room of Joseph Peavey.

Generously contributed by: Marlene Shake

Source:  Rowan County, North Carolina minutes of the court of pleas and quarter sessions, 1753-1789.

James Lankford

1751 ERA The Dan River flows through today's Stokes and Rockingham Counties, NC. It also enters Caswell County, NC. It flows into the southern part of Pittsylvania and ends in Halifax Counties, VA where it flows into the Roanoke (Staunton) River.

Contributor's Note: The following is the tithable (tax) list for residents on the Dan River in 1751 from the North Carolina State Archives. The Dan River flows through Stokes and Rockingham Counties in North Carolina. The spelling and punctuation of the original document are retained. 1751 Dan River Tax List James Lankford

1753 Rowan County, NC was formed in from Anson County, NC

Lord Granville To:______________

17 November 1757, Benjamin Deason, 93 acres in Rowan County in the Parish of St. Luke's on the South side of Dan River, joining Tates corner, the mouth of a Branch on Tates land and the various courses of said river. Witnesses: W. Churton, Griffith Rutherford. Surveyed 1 March 1754, SSC Sworn chain carriers) Beverly Watkins, James Langford, W. Churton Surveyor.

Generously contributed by: Poldi Tonin

Source:  Rowan County Abstract of Land Grants, Secretary of State Land Grants, microfilm reel S108.255, Volume 3, page 53 and Margaret M. Hofmann, abstractor, The Granville District of North Carolina, 1746-1763 Abstracts of Land Grants  (1995)

Poldi Research Note: 1754 is the year that William Lankford witnessed the Thornton will in Granville. James is found later near William in Anson County area as Sheriff.

1759 Nov: Francis Rose plat for 510 acres in Rowan County on both sides of Little Rock House Creek.

CC: James Langford, James Simms, W. Churton, Surveyor. Entered 3 July 1759.

Generously contributed by: Poldi Tonin

Source:  Miscellaneous Land Office Papers, Microfilm Reel. S108.276 (North Carolina Archives)

Northampton County North Carolina. Volume 5, page 330.

Poldi Research Note: These dates are confusing and also the name of Little House Rock Creek. We need to view the original record on microfilm.

1765 Rowan County James Lankford purchased land in 1765 along Fagg's Creek

Generously contributed by: Marlene Shake

Source:  Land Map of Stokes County, North Carolina dated 1790.  The Custom House put this together - 1977 date. Stokes Co., NC Historical Documentation.  Lists 1790 tax listings. Colonial Roads, Indian Trails, Landgrants and various other records are posted on this map. It is like a plat, showing names of land owners and where the land was located.

1771 Surry County, NC was formed from Rowan County, NC

1771 Rowan County Petition Attached List; List of Tyths in our Settlement on Dann River, Peters Creek, the Grat Creek, Double & Elk Creek, Snow Creel- John Deatherage.  Note: The names are recorded in the same hand as John Deatheage's name.[spellings are as in book]

James Langford, John Langford, Thomas Langford, William Langford, John Langford (does not say Jr. or younger and is in the second column of of three on list as published in book.

Generously contributed by: Poldi Tonin

Source: Jo White Linn, Rowan County North Carolina Tax Lists (1995) p. 111

1772 Oct Surry Co. NC James Lankford  - Will

In the name of God amen, I, James Lankford of the county of Surry and Province of North Carolina, finding myself very sick and weak in body at present, but of perfect mind, and memory, thanks be to almighty God for it, calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, I do appoint this my last will and testament, and of the things that it hath been pleased God to indue me  with temporarily, I give and bequeath after the following manner:   

First I give my soul to Almighty God who gave it to me, and as for my body, I give to the Earth from whence it came, to be buried in a Christian burial at the discretion of my Executors.

An as for my personal estate, I dispose of it after the following manner;

First, I give and bequeath to my loving son James Lankford, my land that I now live on lying on the North side of Dan River in the aforesaid county and province which I do entitle him with to a certain branch running into the aforesaid river at the upper end of my plantation. 

Second, I give to my loving daughter Susannah Dickes all my land extending up the river from the aforesaid branch Third, Of my moveable estate,

I give and bequeath to my dear and loving wife Sarah Lankford to dispose of as she shall think proper. Fourth, That my loving son William Lankford shall have free liberty to live on the aforesaid land during his lifetime if he shall think proper. 

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17th day of October in the year of our Lord 1772. Witnesses present: Joseph Cloud, Jr, John Henderson, and John Lankford.  This will was proven in 1778 in Surry Co NC

Generously contributed by: Marlene Shake

1780 Sept: Thomas LANKFORD Stokes and Surry County, North Carolina

Revolutionary War Pension Applications

1782 Surry Co NC Bet. James and Sarah Lankford, and Joseph Ship...100 pds...100 Ac. N. side of Dan River, part of 234 ac. surveyed for Joseph Tate, deceased...

Signed: Sarah (X) Lankford and James (X) Lankford

Witness: Thomas Ship and John Lankford

Generously contributed by: Marlene Shake

Source:  Surry County, NC Deed Book B 1782

pg. 44 B:20l"29 Nov. l782 Benjamin Isbell to Thomas Ship 24 pds Specie l7 acres N. side Dan River. Joseph Cloud James Gains s/Ben Isbell SURRY COUNTY, N.C. ABSTRACTS DEED BOOKS A, B, AND C, l770-l788, by Mrs. W. O. Absher, l992

1783 March Surry Co NC Bet. James Lankford and John Deathereage...50 shillings, VA. Money...15 Ac. N bank of Dan River in Deatherages line.

Signed: James (X) Lankford

Witness: Thomas Isabell, Edwin Hickman and Thomas Lankford

Generously contributed by: Marlene Shake

Source:  Surry County, NC Deed Book B  Mar.1783.

Joseph Peavey.

Nov 1756 in Rowan, North Carolina,. James Bryan was born Bet 1735 and 1736 in Orange, Virginia Will Book 1. Administered By Father And Brother, Joseph. Names Same Siblings As Morgan Lists In His Will., and died 18 Aug 1807 in St. Charles, Missouri Terr., Missouri, United States.

He married Rebecca Enochs Nov 1756 in Rowan, North Carolina,. She was born 1732 in Prince George, MD, and died 1768.

James Bryan

Rebecca Enochs

#1757

Years: 1757 Title Robert Johnson, Creator: Languages: Call Number: WB-A/70

Location: MARS Id: 5200.85.1302 (Folder) Other Ids: Physical Description:

Quantity: Other Copies: Related Materials: Arrangement:

Abstract:

Scope / Contents: View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Recorded Copy Reference: WB-A/70 (WB = WillBook) Original: AR (The original will is in the North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.) Location where will was filed and probated: Rowan County

View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Index Terms Subjects Indexes Wills

Personal Names Robert Johnson, Geographical Names Rowan County

Provenance Mars Mitchell Will Index Rowan County

1757- 1778 ROBERT JOHNSON, * A-70 ROWAN COUNTY, NC - WILLS - PROBATE: Index to Testators, Volume A (1757-1778)

1757- 1778 THOMAS JOHNSTON, * A-71 ROWAN COUNTY, NC - WILLS - PROBATE: Index to Testators, Volume A (1757-1778)

1757 October 17, DEED 2:215 Richard Williams to James Johnson, 137 acres adjoining Bowater Beals, Granted by Granville in May 1756. John Beals, Mordecai Mendehall.

Notes: Richard Williams

Notes: Bowater Beals

Notes; Mordecai Mendehall

Note: All of the following deeds were for the Horsepen Creek and area. That area is now present day Guilford County. From: Wirelake

Note: This Deed is in the Horsepen Creek Area.

1757 Oct. 15, Rowan County, NC, Deed book 2, pg. 217,: Patrick MULLINGS Sr. & wife Mary let Enoch Conly (both men planters of Rowan Co., NC.) have 120 acres on south side of Dan River, beginning on the south side of the river, for £10, witnessed by Avenstone Rogers, Thomas Mullin & Noble Lad & proved by the last named in Oct. 1857.

Patrick MULLINGS

The lands owned by Patrick Mullings will end up in Surry County when it formed

Avenstone Rogers

Thomas Mullin

Noble Lad

Enoch Conly

Enoch Conly, according to FHL was born about 1709 in, and had at least one daughter, Eleanor who was born about 1730 in NC.

1758 A Michael Wall died in Brunswick Co.

17 November 1757, Benjamin Deason, 93 acres in Rowan County in the Parish of St. Luke's on the South side of Dan River, joining Tates corner, the mouth of a Branch on Tates land and the various courses of said river. Witnesses: W. Churton, Griffith Rutherford. Surveyed 1 March 1754, SSC Sworn chain carriers) Beverly Watkins, James Langford, W. Churton Surveyor.

Generously contributed by: Poldi Tonin

Source:  Rowan County Abstract of Land Grants, Secretary of State Land Grants, microfilm reel S108.255, Volume 3, page 53 and Margaret M. Hofmann, abstractor, The Granville District of North Carolina, 1746-1763 Abstracts of Land Grants  (1995)

Poldi Research Note: 1754 is the year that William Lankford witnessed the Thornton will in Granville. James is found later near William in Anson County area as Sheriff.

Benjamin Deason

Tates corner

W. Churton,

Griffith Rutherford

Beverly Watkins,

James Langford,

W. Churton

#1758

1758 Samuel Curtis Rowan Co., NC Contact: Brenda Keck Reed BRENDREED@

Samuel Curtis Rowan Co., NC

1761 Samuel Curtis Rowan Co., NC Contact: Brenda Keck Reed BRENDREED@

As of circa 1758, Mary CURTIS her married name was Forbes. As of circa 1758,her married name was Forbes. was born circa 1740 at Frederick Co Va

She is reported to have married Robert Forbes in Rowan Co NC

Mary CURTIS

Researcher Notes: This is the granddaughter of Morgan Bran and wife Mary Strode thru their Daughter Mary Bryan anod husband Thomas Curtis who both died in 1741

Researcher Notes: Thomas Curtis died on 23 July 1741 at Orange, Virginia; Mary Curtis was appointed administratrix of his estate with Morgan and Joseph Bryan Bondsmen. The inventory of his estate was returned to the court 25 Feb 1741/42 with a total valuation of 100 pounds, 18 shillings.

Researcher Notes: 1741 Mary Curtiss Part of index to Orange County Wills and Administrations (1735-1800) p. 125. Accounts rec. 28 May 1748 Will Book 2, 1744-1728 (Reel 23)

Researcher Notes: The will of Mary Curtis in 1741 and the will of Morgan Bryan in 1763 both give the same list of children of Morgan. Mary names her brothers as: Joseph, Samuel, Morgan, John, William, James and Thomas and sister Ellinor Linville. Morgan lists the sons in the same order which leads me to believe that is their birth order. He also names daughter Ellinor Linville. I have seen reports of a Sarah and a Rebecca as children but can't find proof of a connection.

Researcher Notes: This is the relatived of Sarah Boone married to John McElyea whose off spring of Hiram McElyea will be found in Humphreys Co. Tn

Researcher Notes: This is the same travel Pattern of the Sevier Families married to the Matlock Families who are also married to the Ballinger Families. AS the Sevier will come out of lands of North Mountain (See Johnson and allied families of North Mountain) The Sevier, and Bryan families owned lands on North Mountain as did one Thomas Curtis aka Thomas Curtice and his wife Mary Bryan

Robert Forbes

Researcher Notes: Robert Forbis married Mary Curtis in 1761 (Morgan Bryans grand-daughter) daughter of Mary Bryan b. 1724 who married Thomas Curtis in Va.

Jonathan Forbis married Mary Bryan in 1787 dt. Of Thomas & Sarah Hunt Bryan another (Morgan

Bryan grand-daughter)

Joseph Forbis married Mary Bryan 9/13/1791 in Surry Co. NC. (could Joseph be Jonathan?)

Ellis-Forbis Cemetery earliest recorded burial in Yadkin County near Shallowford and Huntsville.

Thomas Forbes b. 1/2/1760 d. 5/13/1779

John Ellis b. 4/1/1723 d. 1/26/1753

Eliza H. Johnson b. 1736 d. 12/28/1754 age 18 years.

There are 25 unmarked graves in this cemetery.

Robert Forbis

1758 ERA The following is only the last part of a very lengthy document in which John Hatcher is a testator.

Ans I was born in Rowan N Carolina and lived there when I entered the service I have lived since the revolution in Chesterfield and Kershaw SCarolina in Blount in Tennessee and now live in Sevier in the latter State

John Hatcher

Publication Number: M804

Publication Title: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files

Publisher: NARA

State: North Carolina

Veteran Surname Starts With: W

Veteran Surname: Wells

Veteran Given Name: George

Pensioner Surname: [BLANK]

Pensioner Given Name: [BLANK]

Service: N.C.

Pension Number: R. 11,312

July 9, 1835

Footnote

Transcribed by: Robert DeLong

Note: The following is only the last part of a very lengthy document in which John Hatcher is a testator.

Ans I was born in Rowan NCarolina and lived there when I entered the service I have lived since the revolution in Chesterfield and Kershaw SCarolina in Blount in Tennessee and now live in Sevier in the latter State

Qust 4 how were you called into the service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute

Ans The first tour I served I volunteered my past service was as a listed soldier

Qust 5 State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troop where you served such can be ----- & ----- ----- ----- regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service

Ans Genl Green Col William ----- and Col Lee of the regulars Col Hampton Genl Marion Col Campbell & Captain Ellerbee

Qust 6 did you ever Receive a discharge from Service if so by whom was it given & what has become of it

Ans I received no discharge for the tour I served as a volunteer I received one for time I enlisted from Captain Wade which was burnt?

With my fathers home

Qust 7 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood & who can testify as to your charater for

varacity & their Belief of your service as a Soldier of the revolution

Ans Revd Elijah Rogers and John Hatcher Equire

-----------------------

We here by relingeshes every claim what ever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares he that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state

Sworn to and Subscribed

In open court the day

& year aforesaid.

George Walls [s/b Wells but was clearly written as Walls]

J A Miller Clerk

We Elijah Rogers and John Hatcher Residing in the County of Sevier and State of Tennessee hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Walls who has subscribed & sworn to the above decloration that We believe him to be Seventy two years of age that he is respected and he lives in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & we concur in that apinion

Elijah Rogers

John Hatcher

Sworn to & Subscribed

In open Court the

Day and year a foresaid

J A Miller Clerk

And the said Court do here by declare their opinion after investigating the matter & after ----- the Interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states & he ----- further certifies that it appears to them that Elijah Rogers & John Hatcher who has signed the foregoing certificates are credible persons & that their Statements is entitled to credit.

1805 Forks of Little Pigeon Baptist Church Richard Wood, Henry Haggard, John H. Scruggs, John Hatcher

Delegates from Sevier County Churches to Tennessee Baptist Association 1803-1862, by Elaine R. Wells and Beulah S. Linn, Sevier County Historian:

Richard Wood,

Henry Haggard,

John H. Scruggs,

John Hatcher

State of North Caroline Washington County

(copy of original)

Know all men by these presents that we John Hatcher and Jamisson Hatcher both of said County are held & firmly bound unto his Excellency the Governor for the time being and his Successors in Offices the Sum of five Hundred Pounds to which payment will and truly to be made and done we bind ourselves our heirs __ ___ and severaly firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated this 6th day of Jany 1790 -

The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bounden John Hatcher hath this day obtained a licence to Intermary with Eve Moris Now if there be no lawful impediment to obstruct said marriage then this obligation to be void else remain in force

Signd Seald & Delivd John Hatcher

before ------

1824

4thly At the Request of James Haggard, formerly a member of this church, Richard Wood Senr. and Henry Parrott are appointed to hold a conversation with Eve Hatcher, and to ascertain from her, whether she holds such objections against him, as would be a bar with her to his reception into the Church again

1824

according to the appointment of last meeting and reported that Eve Hatcher did have such objections against James Haggard, as would with her be a bar to his reception into the Church.

Friday before the 3rd Saturday of September 1825.

7th John Hatcher, (who had heretofore been excluded from this church, for having given to Ebenezer Leeth a certificate concerning a church record to be used by him, Leeth improperly, as the Church believed,) came forward, and made such acknowledgements, for sedaring, as was satisfactory to the Church. But because there were other complaints against him, the Church did not receive him into fellowship. See record of April meeting 1827.

State of Tennessee Jefferson County Providence Meeting house November 3rd Saturday 1826.

The arm of the Baptist Church of Christ at the Forks of Little Pigeon Sevier County, convened.

2ndly Inquired if the members were in fellowship; Answered that they were. Except Sister Eve Hatcher, who complained that she was distressed with some of her brethren. Whereupon the Church advise her to use labours with them.

December 3rd Saturday 1826.

2nd Inquired if the members were in fellowship. Answered that they were. And thereupon Sister Hatcher informed the Church that she was satisfied with the members with whom she was distressed at the last meeting.

April 3rd Saturday 1827.

3rd The Church took up the case of John Hatcher and restored him to fellowship

August the 3rd Saturday 1827.

3rd Complaint was made by sister Polly Haggard, alleging that when she was absent the church had, received into its fellowship John Hatcher when with whom it was known she had no fellowship. To this complain the Church replied: that it had received information, that the difficulties between her and John Hatcher had been removed; and that upon that supposition the Church had acted. But in as much, as it appears, that a mistake has been committed on this subject, and that it is the request of said Hatcher to be placed without the pole of the church; it is resolved that the act by which he had been received into fellowship be rescinded; and that the said Hatcher be placed in the same situation he was before his reception into the church.

October 3rd Saturday 1828.

1st Sister Mary Wood charged Polly Haggard with having disregarded an agreement which she charges to have taken place between her, sister Haggard, and sister Eve Hatcher, in the presence of Johnston Adams and Samuel Patterson, two brethren.

The Church Received the complaint and appointed Jacob Denton and George Russell to try and produce effect a reconciliation between them. And also appointed brother James Bruster and William Thornburg to request the said brethren, Adams and Patterson and sister Hatcher, also brother John Lindsey and Thomas Atchley to cite sister Polly Haggard all to attend at an early hour at our next church meeting.

The above church records show us that John and Eve were in Sevier Co by 1802. John Hatcher's name was also listed as a delegate in 1807, 1813, 1814, and 1815.

Researchers Notes: Finding and proving the children of John and Eve has been a very challenging project.

Much of the research has centered around the estate records of John's brother, Charles, of Lawrence Co, AR.

Those records clearly identified Nancy Hatcher Taylor and Charles W Hatcher as children of John and Eve.

Son William was also identified through his children who inherited.

But even though we knew of Charles W, we had two Charles W Hatchers, both within 2-3 yrs of age, on our files, either of whom could be John's son.

One Charles W is the ancestor of Cecil Larsen, who has been an important member of our brainstorming group.

The other Charles W and family had been sitting on our file of Unconnected Hatchers for some time.

And because of the unique use of the names Charles, Riley, and Selina in various family units, we could identify a number of families who should be connected. But the question alway came back to "Why, if these are relatives of Charles, didn't they inherit

The first breakthrough in our impasse came from Heather Hooper whose ancestors were Thomas and Selina Hatcher Hooper.

She believed the 1830 Sevier Co, TN census for John and Eve showed a daughter the right age to be Selina.

Heather had also found copies of Sevier Co, TN surveyor records from the 1830s for John Sr (1839), John R (1831), and Charles W Hatcher (1839). These records proved that all three lived near each other on Gists Creek.

These records identified John R as another potential son of John and Eve.

This John R was also on our Unconnected file with 3 unnamed males and 1 female child.

Records showed that Charles W removed to Perry/ConwayCo, AR c1842-3 as did Thomas and Selina Hatcher Hooper.

But John R Hatcher could not be found in any 1840 TN census.

What was known is that these Hatchers lived very near the Spencer and Varnell families in SevierCo.

These same families were found in 1840-50 in McMinnCo, TN as was the widow Mary Hatcher with children who matched the 1830 census for John R Hatcher.

Further digging found that this Mary Hatcher was on our Unconnected file with children William C, Sabina, and John F Hatcher.

Both William and John used the middle name of Spencer in naming their children. It now seemed clear that John R's family, after his death sometime before 1840, had removed to McMinnCo, TN.

But this still does not explain why these children of John did not inherit. There is also no evidence that sons James and Harrison or their children inherited. It also does not explain our extra Charles W Hatcher, the ancestor of Cecil Larsen.

Although Charles W, son of John, did not remove to AR until about 1842, census data tells us that James Hatcher, Cecil's ancestor Charles W, and Riley Hatcher removed to Indiana. By 1840 James, Charles W, and Riley are all found in IN, Putnam, Clinton, and Owen counties respectively.

The 1860 PolkCo, IA census identifies Charles as C W, thus establishing his middle initial. The 1880 PolkCo, IA census proves that Charles and Riley were brothers, with Riley and his wife living with Charles. It is also known that both James and Charles W appeared in IA at almost the same time.

Since the birth dates of brothers Charles W and Riley make it near impossible to be sons of James, and they aren't sons of John and Eve, who could they be? A close look at eldest son William appears to provide the answer. William married Sally Frazier in 1812. Known children by Sally from Charles' estate records are Margaret bn c1822 and John Delaney bn 1825. Charles W was bn 1813 and Riley was bn 1816, fitting nicely in the gap between 1812 and 1822 when Margaret was born. It is now known that William and Sally divorced with William removing to Cape GirardeauCo, MO and Sally and the children moved to Indiana with brother-in-law James Hatcher.

We know, too, that Harrison removed to MO with William. Yet none of his children inherited while children of William did. But Harrison died in 1851 and records indicate that shortly after his death, several of his children removed to RandolphCo, IL, possibly even before Charles died.

Now to answer the question of why so many of these eligible (and now proven) heirs of Charles did not inherit. I believe the answer lies in where they lived and what they would inherit.

The estate records show us that Charles' living siblings inherited $613 ($6600 today); nieces and nephews inherited $204 ($2200 today), and grand nieces and nephews inherited $22 ($240 today). Those grand nieces and nephews who inherited all lived in either LawrenceCo, AR or nearby Cape GirardeauCo, MO. This would not be a major trip for them. But the children (all grand nieces and nephews) of Harrison, James, John R, Charles W and Riley of Indiana were living a minimum of 100 miles and in most cases much further away. The expense and time involved in making a very long wagon/horse trip to LawrenceCo, AR and then to return home may well have cost more than they would have inherited. This also is assuming they could be contacted. It would be reasonable to assume that the Arkansas court, in attempting to notify/find potential heirs, used the local and larger state newspapers. Someone living in states distant would likely never see these newspapers.

Elijah Rogers

Genl Green

Col William ----- and

Col Lee of the regulars

Col Hampton

Genl Marion

Col Campbell &

Captain Ellerbee

Captain Wade

1758 January 13, in Rowan Co William Hill married Hannah Elizabeth Halbert on January 13, 1758 in Rowan Co., (daughter of Joel Halbert and Frances Elizabeth Jones) who was born September 17, 1742 in Caroline Co., VA, and died after 1811 in Surry Co.

William Hill was born 1737, Caroline Co., VA to William Hill and Susannah Smither. He died in about February 1785 in Surry Co., NC. He was a Baptist minister. He Reverend William Hill and his family came to live in Townfork Settlement in Surry County, North Carolina. Here some information on life there and in those days. Information on his family follows.

The December 1928 issue of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly Magazine states that Rev. William Hill, Jr., came to NC a few years before his father, and owned land on the Dan River, in today's Rockingham Co., NC. His plantation was called "Popular Hill." The magazine article says Reverend William Hill lived there until his death.\

Joel Halbert

Frances Elizabeth Jones

Rev. William Hill, Jr

1777 Dec 5 - Surry Co., NC - From Will of James Charles:

Lastly I do constitue and appoint my son Oliver Charles & William Hill Jr. Executor to this my last will & Testament

1778 Aug 17 - Surry Co., NC - Land Entry #595 - William Hill Jr. enters 200 acres of land in Surry Co. on Ash Camp Creek the waters of Townfork adjoining Thomas Evan's claim and my own deeded land, including the above place from compliment. Warrant granted to C. M.

1778 Aug 17 - Surry Co., NC - Land Entry #596 - William Hill, Jr. enters 150 acres of land on Ash Camp Creek the waters of Townfork adjoining Thomas Heaths and my former including the above place for quantity. Warrant granted C. M.

William Hill

Petition from inhabitants of Guilford County concerning the location of the county public buildings

Rollston, Richard; Et Al.

1773

Volume 09, Pages 806-809

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To His Excellency Josiah Martin Esquire, Captain General, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the Province of North Carolina, To the Honourable his Majesties Council and to the Speaker and Members of the House of Assembly now met

The Petition of the Inhabitants of Guilford County

Humbly Sheweth

That whereas some persons Inhabitants of this County through lucrative views have made it their Business to raise Disquiet and uneasiness in the minds of the people who live in the enterior parts of the County relative to the fixing the Court house Prison and Stocks for said County by industriously forwarding a Petition to the General Assembly for appointing other Commissioners to establish the same Agreeable to their Schemes and lucrative Views And Whereas the Commissioners Appointed by the late Act of Assembly for establishing the above mentioned County have already laid out a place for erecting the Publick Bulidings which we are satisfied of to be the most Convenient and Centrical Place to the Inhabitants of this County particularly for good Water and plenty

-------------------- page 807 --------------------

of Timber for Carrying on the buildings. We would therefore humbly beg that you would reject every Petition to the Contrary & that no alteration be made relative to the Said Buildings as it will be attended with Great Inconvenience (as well as the expence of paying two setts of Commissioners) to the Inhabitants of the said County, And we as in duty will ever pray &c &c

Robert Rollston

Robt Rollston

Henery Cook

Jos Cook

Thos Blear

Thos Hogan

Thos Allen

Robt Brasher

Assa Brasher

Nathl Harris

Alexr McClarin

Darby Calleyhan

Zebolin Davis

Richd Vanlandingham

Forlin Dobbs

Wm Dickson

Rubn Dickson

Reuben Grady

William Crump

Thomas Gray

William Hopper

James Cotton

Robert Fisk

John Fisk

Naam Michel

Francis Cook

John Glen

Richard Davison

William Bostick

Charles Galloway

John Walker

Joel Walkor

Gidion Johnson

Ozinben Headpath

Nathaniel Fields Jr

Jonas Frost

Reubin Shoar

James Harrison

John Nitson Sr

Robert Nitson

John Nitson Junr

Exlander Nitson

Frances Young

Saml Young

Joseph Cunningham

Michael Troulenger

James Hays

Isaac Sanmon

John Willots

David Pursall

John Pursall

Richard Henderson

Charles Mitchell

Zachariah Roberson

Nath. Watson

James Sanders

Charles Philups

James Philups

William Dickson

Reuben Dickson

Fortus Dobbs

Mathew Scoot

Isaac Wheaton

Andrew Scoot

James Preston

Thomas Connor

Wm Campbell

Saml Fulton

James Lay

Moses Short

John Niel

Saml Short

James McBride

William Steal

John Steal

James Steal

Thomas Statt

Richard Sharpe

John Sharpe

George Oliver

James Varnan

William Lewes

John Simmond

John Wotton

David Wotton

William Wotton

David Fulton

Joseph Buffinton

Thomas Willson

Saml Buchanan

William Buchanan

Saml Morrow

Nath. Fields

Timothy Murfey

Wm Boyd

Giles Carter

Benjaman Carter

John Parish

John Thomas

Gehu Fanning

John Hill

William Hill

Numerous legal documents that show William as having died intestate give him four sons John, William, James, and Green, and three daughters Elizabeth, Cynthia, and Frances. After William's death, Elizabeth married John Glenn. Nonetheless, three other children have been attributed to them.

i. THOMAS HILL, born December 22, 1759. He married KATHERINE SHROPSHIRE on July 17, 1783. A child of THOMAS HILL and KATHERINE SHROPSHIRE is WINKFIELD HILL.

ii. JAMES HILL, born July 25, 1761, Rockingham Co., NC; died 1834, Claiborne Co., TN. He married NANCY ROYALTY on June 6, 1789 in Surry Co., NC. She was born February 22, 1768 in Albemarle Co., VA, and died after September 8, 1834. I have 10 Children for JAMES HILL and NANCY ROYALTY.

A son Reuben Mason , b. July 23, 1809, kept the family Bible After the death of his parents. It was damaged in a flood on Sacramento River in CA and preserved as well as could be. After Reuben died one of his daughters removed the record portion copying it for preservation of the data.

iii. MARY POLLY HILL, born 1764, Surry or Stokes Co., NC; and died November 14, 1816 in Lincoln Co., TN. She married OSBORNE CHILDRESS on January 18, 1805 in Stokes Co., NC. Then she married THOMAS BLOUNT after 1806. A child of MARY HILL and OSBORNE CHILDRESS is MINERVA HILL CHILDRESS.

iv. JOHN HILL, born about 1767, Surry Co., NC; died 1830, Wayne Co., TN. Herbert Hill's ancestor.

v. ELIZABETH HILL, born 1768 married JOHN MOORE. I have 11 children for them.

vi. WILLIAM HILL III, b. September 23, 1773, Surry Co., NC; d. October 29, 1857, Raleigh, Wake Co., NC. He married Sarah (Sally) Geddy on April (January?)1, 1803 who died February 14, 1833. He then married FRANCES CONNER BLOUNT after 1833. She was the widow of Joseph Blount. A child of WILLIAM HILL and SARAH GEDDY is WILLIAM G. HILL, b. 1806; d. 1877.

William Hill III came to Raleigh as a clerk to James Glascow, who went out of office in 1798 when William White was elected. On the death of White in Oct. 1811, William became Secretary of State for NC, and served at that post for forty years.

vii. JOAB HILL, born October 5, 1775, Surry Co., NC; d. October 5, 1847, Revere, Clark Co., MO. He married ELIZABETH LANE June 14, 1802 in Claiborne Co., TN, daughter of ISAAC LANE. She was born December 24, 1784 in Probably Washington Co., NC (now TN), and died September 18, 1864 in Revere, Clark Co., MO. I have nine children of JOAB HILL and ELIZABETH LANE.

Elizabeth Lane Hill went to OR with her son Isaac Hill in 1849 and returned to MO in 1856 by boat from San Francisco via Panama. Her son William Hill's second marriage was to his first wife's sister. In 1849 he went to Oregon in the wagon train of brother, Isaac. He gold mined in Yreka, California area, and returned to Missouri with Isaac to visit relatives. He went back to Oregon again in 1852 as head scout for his brother's wagon train. Returned to Missouri for 2nd marriage and apparently remained in the mid-west.

viii. CYNTHIA HILL, b. 1776, Surry Co., NC. She married A. CRAWFORD. I have three children for them.

Daughter Julia married John Hill was educated at the University of NC at Chapel Hill. He was elected seven times to the legislature and once to Congress in 1839. He was opposed to secession, but against his will was elected to the convention that carried the state out of the Union. He said before going that if the state seceded, he did not want to live any longer. He was stricken with apoplexy during the convention and died on April 24, 1861, Raleigh, Wake Co., NC.

ix. FRANCES HILL, b. 1778, Surry Co., NC. , married Major Mark Hardin on January 26, 1796 in Rockingham Co. NC. He was born 1776, and died 1812. I have four children of FRANCES HILL and MARK HARDIN.

Mark Hardin was a Major and Paymaster during the Seminole War (DAR Application # 44735).

x. GREEN HILL, b. 1782, Surry Co., NC, married Nancy Geddy Mitchell, born around 1782 in Surry Co. Children of GREEN HILL and NANCY MITCHELL are: WILLIAM R. HILL, b. 1804; d. 1890; MARTHA HILL, b. 1814, Wake Co., NC; d. 1865, Wake Co., NC.

Susannah Smither

Townfork Settlement

"Popular Hill."

Joel Halbert

Frances Elizabeth Jones

February 10, 1758, DANIEL BOONE BRYAN, b. Rowan Co., NC; d. February 1845, Fayette Co., KY

DANIEL BOONE BRYAN,

1758 Mar 15: James Jones of Rowan Co NC to Jerred Erwin of Philadelphia PA 422 acre on Dutchmans Creek next to David Johnston 2:332

Jerred Erwin

David Johnston

#1759

Abstracts of Minutes of Court of Pleas and Quarter, 1759.

Rowan County Court ordered that Joseph Cloud's mill on Rock Horse Creek be recorded a public mill

Rock Horse Creek

1759 Tax List Rowan County NC William Johnston



1759 ROWAN COUNTY TAX LIST

John McADOO

Notes: John McAdoo; John Mcadow

RESERCH NOTE: 1752 Jan 7 New Style Page 529: Lunenburg Co. ( Historical Virginia Roads) Jeremiah Hatcher is appointed Surveyor of the New Road from Wiltons FOrk over the North Meherrin to the old road and it is ordered that he together with the following assistance to wit, Philip Pondexter and his hands, John Twitty and his, John CHANDLER, Phillip Cockrum, Jeremiah Hatcher adn his, William Macadiue (? mine McAdoo), Daniel Haynes, or whoever lives on his place, Nicholas Hobsons and his, John Hawkins, RIchard Hawkins, John Hobsons and his, hands at Masons Quarter, do forwith Clear and keep the same in repair according to law. 

c1758 born: - Guilford County, North Carolina David McAdow Child of John McAdow and Ellen Nelson McAdow: married: 6 March 1786 - Guilford County, North Carolina wife: Margaret McClain died: 27 February 1839 - Guilford County, North Carolina; He was the sheriff of Dickson County, Tennessee for six years.

1760 April 10 born: - Guilford County, North Carolina Samuel McAdow; died: 24 March 1844 - Bond County, Illinois; buried: Mt. Gilead Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery - Bond County, Illinois; 1st marriage: 24 November 1788 - maybe Guilford County, North Carolina; 1st wife: Henrietta Wheatley died: 20 April 1799 -

Presbyterian Minister until 1810; Cumberland Presbyterian Minister; 2nd marriage of Rev. Samuel McAdow: wife: Catherine Clark

died: 17 May 1804

1762 CA: John McAdow: born: c1762 - Guilford County, North Carolina:

died: 1856 - Humphreys County, Tennessee married: - Dickson County, Tennessee wife: Cecilia Hannah McNeiley: born: c1804 - Davidson County, Tennessee [daughter of Hugh McNeilly and Margaret Martin]

He was the trustee of Dickson County, Tennessee for fourteen years.

1764 CA: 4. William McAdow born: c1764 - Guilford County, North Carolina died: married: 31 October 1788 - Guilford County, North Carolina wife: Martha Black

1 March 1764: Benj. Starratt to David Karr for £20 NC money, 547 A adj. John McAdoo granted by Granville 26 Aug 1762. Wit. James Carter, Hugh Forester.

1766 ca; James McAdow born: Guilford County, North Carolina died: 1800 - wife: Margaret Houston

Notes: 1770 Guilford County formed from Orange and Rowan County NC, so this is note true it would have to be Orange Co. NC or Rowan Co NC: Per 1759 Tax List John McAdoo lived in what was then Rowan Co. NC

John McBRIDE (b. 22 March 1765, PA d. May 27, 1843 Orange Co., NC). Lived in Guilford Co. for many years. Married in 1783 in Martinsville, Guilford Co. to Ellenor RYAN, daughter of John RYAN and Ellenor McADOO.

My Notes: This Kerr families ( BELOW) are married to the Wiley families of Buffalow Creek Guilford Co NC and then they go of to  Dickson Co. Tn. by 1809. This McAdoo Families of Dickson Co. Tn are those that lived by Anne Johnson in 1837 Tax District of Humphreys Co. Tn.

 

Buffalo Creek goes up and into Henry Co. Va. where William Johnson lived by Roland Chiles. Our Hudson Johnson died 1828 Dickson Co. Tn. lived with William Johnson in one of the tithes lists of 1776-1780 Henry Co. Va

 

Buffalo Creek is where we find the Shropshire families at in Guilford Co. NC: This Shropshire families came from Guilford and Rockingham Co NC. to Humphreys Co. Tn.

 

the Macdoo family is actual on lands on Buffalo Creek in 1759 in ROWAN CO. NC these lands go into Guilford and then into Forsythe Co, and some into Rockingham Co. NC on Buffalo Creek, where we find the Matrimony Baptist Church in Rockingham Co. NC by the Henry Co. Va Line

On January 6, 1775, John Ryan married Margaret Greer.  John McAdow was the bondsman for this marriage bond. Source: Guilford County, NC marriage bonds (original record from the NC State Archives).

JAMES JESTER - Born July 29, 1763 in Kent County, Delaware and in 1777 moved to North Carolina with his father.  He enlisted in Guilford County, NC under Capt. John McAdoo, Col. Martin, etc.  He also served under General Washington.

Notes: Guilford Co. Deeds: Kerr, William BOS from John Galbraith K-283 ca. 1809

Kerr, William, of Guilford Co., from John McAdow, of Dickson Co., TN, 24 Oct 1809, filed 4 Feb 1815, for $50. "...on the waters of Buffalow Creek Beginning at a pine and Turning thence East Sixty seven poles to a grub on William Armfields line thence south along his line one hundred and twenty poles to a Black Jack thence West Sixty Seven poles to Bush thence along David Gillaspies line North one hundred & twenty poles to the first Station containing fifty acres..." Etc. Signed John McAdow (seal Witnesses: John Howell, John Gullett.

Kerr, William to Ralph Gorrell, both of Guilford Co., 13 Sep 1814, for £510 "...being a certain tract of land which David Kerr Dec'd --- by his last will & Testament bearing date " 19 Nov 1802 "and by his sd Last Will & Testament did Devise the following Tract of land to his Son William Kerr...Beginning at a Parcel of Small Racks (?) whereon stood Two white Oaks & on the South Side of south Buffalo Creek on Adam Lacknon line running thence North Crossing a Small Branch of the Creek Eighty poles to a Black and Sweet Gum on S. Lackey's line one on Each side of a small Branch thence went forty one poles to an Ash & Two White Oaks & Ellum Tree thence North Crossing Two Small Branches Two hundred & fifteen poles along Duff's line to a post oak thence south on John Hanner's line Eighty poles to a post oak thence East seventeen poles to a post Oak thence South Crossing a Branch one hundred Sixty poles to a grub in S. Gorrells line thence East Crossing the eek three Times along and with the sd Ralph Gorrell's line Two hundred & seventy nine poles to a Bent Hickory Grub thence North eighty three poles to Walter McConnell's line thence west forty poles to the first station Containing by Estimation three hundred & forty acres...more at less..." Etc. William Kerr (seal) Witnesses: Jos Davis, David Kerr.

Kerr, William to James H. Starrat, both of Guilford Co., NC, 15 Sep 1814, for $75. On the "...waters of South Buffalow. Beginning at a pine & turning thence East Sixty Seven Poles to a grub in Wm Armfields line thence South along his line one hundred & twenty poles to a Black Jack thence west Sixty Seven poles to a White Oak Saplen thence along David Gallaspies line one hundred and twenty poles to the first station Containing 20 acres..." Etc. Signed William Kerr (seal). Witnesses: James Dunning, David Kerr.

Researchers Notes: The McAdoo Flippen is married to the McAdoo Families and the Flippens will be involved in lands in Washington Co NC with the Sevier Families. The Sevier are involved in lands on Big Creek in Washington Co NC where we will find land owners of Rev. Thomas Murrell, Hudson Johnson, James Randolph Robertson a Dodson Family which will also be a cousin line of the Sevier families coming off the Goad and Isham Familes. The Adam Symes married to ? Isham his families will also be found on Big Creek as James Bartlett Syme a land owner beside Hudson Johnson-Hudson Johnston

Researchers Notes: The Widow Ann Johnson of Humphreys Co. Tn and her families will sell lands to these McAdoo families

Oct. 22, 1782 File No. 584, Winkfield Thropshire 100 acres On the north fork of Buffalow Island Creek

Researchers Notes: This is Winkfield Shropshire

Researchers Notes: 1785 July 16 Pittsylvania DB 7 p.460 Charles Burton Sr. of Louisa Co. Va to William Quinn of Pittsylvania Co. middle fork of Sandy Creek of Dan River 200 acres.

1790-1812 ( Est) FIrst Settler of Humphreys Co. Per Goodspeed: 1888:: Henry Johnson 640 acres William and Samuel King, David Biib, Daniel Forsee, Moses Box who came from N.C. in 1800 and settled on Trace Creek. John McAdoo and Gen. Jarman from NC during the same year (1800): William LOMAX ,  Joseph Shouse ,  Drury Taylor, CHarles Brown, and John Johnson from Georgia all of whom settled on Hurricane Creek.

1793 April 15 page 365 Deed Book 9 from Joseph Flippen to Pittsylvania Co. to John Johnson Jr. for 30 lbs a certain tract of about 100 acres of land in Pittsylvania Co. on the drafts of Middle Sandy Creek & bounded by Weatherfords old Order line. Anna Daniel, said Joseph Flippen said John Johnson. Signed; Joseph Flippen wit. Grief Barksdale, Robert Walters, Asa Thomas recorded April 15 1793:::

Notes: Flippens are connected to McAdoo or McAdows of Orange County NC ( Rowan and its split Counties) They are also connected to the Scott lines off the Mayo Lines

NOTE:: Anne McDaniel's of Halifax CO. is the widow of William McDaniel's whose will was proved Jul 16 1778 in Halifax Co. Va: Grandson is Johnson McDaniel , Anne Mc Daniels is left 482 acres on Sandy Creek of Dan river to be used to pay William Mc Daniels debts.

NOTE first Thomas Deeds for Sandy Creek is a deed : Daniel (X) Tommus of Rollyey parish to John Tommus of Rolley in July 1740 the witnesses are Richard Ward and Elizabeth land is Southside Appomattox River and Big Sandy Creek:: see

NOTE: 1791-1801 Places Named in Patrick Co. SANDY CREEK

NOTE: 1749 Nov 17 This Sandy Creek is in Amelia CO. Deeds See Below in Prince Edward Co. Philip Thomas Deed.

NOTE:1753 Sandy Creek of Dann River in Lunenburg Co. Records: James Parrish Will

NOTE: 1778 Jan 27: sandy Creek deed in Amelia Co.Va: in Nov 1779 this is is Pittsylvania Co. See Joseph Jackson Jan 27 1778 Amelia Co; then in Pittsylvania Co in Nov 1778.

NOTE: 1809 Mar 28: Sandy Creek of Dan River is in Patrick Co. Deeds see below William Gaines

NOTE: AGAIN WEATHERFORD Line this is in early deeds in this report

NOTE: Asa Thomas and Peyton Thomas are sons of William Thomas and Joyce Thomas: See note at bottom of Pittsylvania Co. info.

1794 April 19 page 542 John Johnson and Anne his wife, Pittsylvania Co. to Asa Thomas of Pittsylvania Co. for 14 lbs 3 shillings and 9 pence about 56.75 acres in Pittsylvania Co. on the head of Sandy Creek and bounded by the road on William Dix 's line, Anne Daniels a dividing line between said Johnson and the Excers of John Watkins Deceased. Sign John ( X) Johnson, Anne (X) Johnson Wit. William Payne Jr., Peyton Thomas, William Walters, Richard Rannolds, W. Wilkinson. recorded April 21 1794 NOTE: Pittsylvania County Deed Book 9

NOTE :: This ties back to 1740 Amelia County Deed of Daniel Tommus selling land to John Tommus and another Question does this connect to Philip Thomas?? in 1749 Amelia Co. va. Deed with Gideon Thomas and wife Anne

RESEARCH NOTE OF KAY HADDEN: My husband has direct ancestors in both the Thomas and Walters families represented above. Asa and Peyton Thomas were brothers to his Nathaniel Thomas. William Walters was a brother to his Robert Walters. Thomas and Walters will eventually intermarry.

RESEARCH NOTE IS THIS PAYNE Connected to Josias Payne who died in 1785 Pittsylvania Co. who owned lands on Little Byrd Creek and Licking Hole Creek: Where James Johnson the elder son of Michael Johnson d. 1718 and also where one Charles Johnson owned lands in 1728-1738.

1795 John Thurman purchased 132 acres on Stewart and Sandy creek. Stewart, Strawberry and Sandy creek are in the Eastern part of Pittsylvania Co. some 30 miles from the Staunton River and straightson Creek. :

Research Notes: a Phillip Thurmond in Jul 26 1765 Lives by a Benjamin Johnson in Albermarle Co. Va.

Also in 1785 a John Thurman living by Jessie Thurman ,Christopher Johnson are Listed as Head of Households:

1796 May 12 D.B. 10 page 478 Christopher Robertson buys land on Sandy Creek that flows into the Dan River

Note this is the brother of Edward Robertson who was in Amelia CO. then came into Pittsylvania Co. in

1786: his brother Christopher was married to Mildred " MIlly" Ann Thompson of Amelia CO. Va.

Land was bought from Joseph Tombling

1808 Jan 19 John May transferred 121 acres on the branches of Sandy Creek and south side of White Oak Mountain to James May for 400 dollars: adjoins Charles Clay, James Lawless: Witness George Adams, Shelton, William Ware, Drury Puliiam, Cuthbert Price , William Williams . Deed Book A pg. 352 Pittsylvania Co.

RESEARCH NOTE: 1751 Oct 2: O.S. page 464 Lunenburg County ( Historical Virginia Roads) William Williams is appointed surveyor of the road leading from SMITHS RIVER to Leatherwood and it is ordered that he together with the male labouring tithables persons convenient therto do forwith CLear and keep the same in repair according to law.

RESEARCH NOTE: Merry WEBB is appointed Surveyor of the road leading from Leatherwood to th North Fork of Sandy River:: 1751 Oct 2 O.S. Page 464 Lunenburg Co. (HIstoricl Virginia Roads)

1850 Census  house # 714  Ann Johnson  age 80  born 1770 VA. with THomas Johnson age 33 born abt 1817 : research Note Anne would've been 52 years of age when Stephen was born, 50 when Joel was born and 44 when Thomas M. Was born? beside them   in house # 713 is  Martha  Dodson wife of Elijah Dodson: with  Mary  Burgess age 73   of NC  and a  James  Burgess age 25. Anne Johnson is the AUnt of Sarah Dodson???                     House # 715 is Ja. H. Mcadoo age 27 wife is Emily age 22, ELizabeth age 4 and Margaret age 3                                                                                 House # 715 is also Thomas Box age 14 and Louisa Baox age 11                                                                                                                           House # 716 is G.W. Williams age 45 with wife Charlotte age 38, son John age 17, son Felix age 14, daughter Mary age 13, Martha age 11, Son Stephen 10, son Joel age 9, daughter Sarah age 7, daughter Frances age 3, son Thomas age 2 with daughter Mirs age 2, son Washington 3 months, and daughter ELiza 3   months                                                                                                                                         House # 717 Thomas Holland age 24 wife ELizabeth age 24 son Benjamin, daughter Martha 5 months                                                                          House # 718 Wm. Johnson age 36 wife is Jane age 32 daughter Ann age 14, son BEnjamin age 12, daughter Martha Age 10, son Thomas age 8, daughter Matilda age 6                                                                                                                                                         House # 712 is John McAdoo age 69 from NC wife is Hannah age 51 from SC son is John M age 19,

1854 Jan 26  Know all men by these presents that we Stephen B. Johnson, Wm May, Martha May, Wm. Lain, Mary Lain, of the COunty of DIckson State of Tenesse and Joel S. Johnson, THos. M. Johnson John Johnson, G. W. Williams, Charlotte Williams IN consideration of ____ good causes have this day consulated and appointed Robert Easley of the COunty of Humphreys and State aforesaid our ______ and lawful attorney in fact for us and in our names place and _____ convey and make title with General Warranty infer simple to James McAdoo his heirs and ____ to the following tracts of land i the county of Humphreys and State of Tennessee on by Hurricane Creek District # 10 and bounded as follows to wit 1st tract of one hundred and fifty____ back 170 poles east of the SOuthwest corner of said tract on an ____ wood, in the bottom which is now a stake running thense South 105 poles to a hickory which is now a stake thence east crossing Hurricane Creek at 160 poles. In all 184 poles to a black oak on a steep hill side near the Creek. THence south 105 poles to ______ Black Oak. Thence west crossing Hurricane creek at at 184 poles in all. 184 poles to the beggining. 2nd Tract of 20 acres beggining at an iron wood and black oak in the North boundary line of said McAdoo__________ acres. back to being the southwest corner of 121 acres tract described above running North 60 poles to a stake thence south sixty poles to a stake in Mc Adoos line _____   _____  _______  ______ ______  thence east 154 4/5 poles to the eginning in the North Boundary line of the 121 acre tract at a lime stone rock on a smalll point with a Hickory Dogwood and white oak ______  _______> Thence east _____ with the old line _______ poles to a stake with a persimmons bush and _____  ________. THence SOuth east 26 poles to a plum bush with a black oak ____ in the west boundary of the______ tract that belonged to said estate of John Johnson dec'd. Thence 28 poles to a stake, thence WEst 106 poles to the beggining.  4th Tract beggining at a _____ on a ridge, Johnson at McAdoos southwest corner of his 350 acre tract. Thence North 70 poles to a stake thence east 68 poles to a stake thence west 68 poles to a beginning which ____ our  attorney is to make to the said McAdoo when he buys a note that he executed to the heirs of the said John Johnson dec'd for 16 ga it being the price of said land which note is due the 1st day of 21st day of January 1855. And our said attorney is also authorized and imowered by us to convey and make title to G.W. Williams to following tract of land to wit containing 72 acres more or less beggining at a stake 116 poles east of the Northwest corner of the 121 acre tract then North 96 poles to a stump thence east crossing the creek 86 poles in all. 130 poles to a white oak and dogwood thence sout 96 poles to a stake thence west to the beginning when the said G.W. Williams pays his note of 63 __ which is due 1st January 1855. WE also authorize our said attorney to execute for us and in our names and stand the bound to the said Mcadoo and WIlliams for said land compelling our attorney to make title for the same when the purchase money is paid. We also empower our said attorney to collect said notes when due and after paying ______ of to pay the balance to these who by ________one entitled to receive the same and should either of us die before said title is vested our said attorney is to make said title to the said McAdoo and WIlliams on thte payment of said notes as though we was still alive. By Ratify and confirm all the lawful acting and doings of our said attorney in the premises as ful if we were present and doing the same ourselves. THis 26 th day of January 1854. Testeee J.M. McAdoo  &  J. ________                      Signed: Robert Holland:::: William Lain:::: John Johnson:::: Stephen B. Johnson:: Thomas M. Johnson::: J.S. Johnson::: Wm. May ( BHM) Charlotte Williams (BHM) Martha May (BHM)::: Mary Lain (BHM)  

RESEARCH NOTE: Joel S. Johnson, THos. M. Johnson, John Johnson, G.W.Williams and Charlotte Williams appear to be living in Humphreys Co. Tn: Stephen B. Johnson, Wm May wife Martha May, Wm lain wife Mary Lain in DIckson Co. :

RESEARCH NOTE Wm. Lain has several Notes due  to Agnis Johnson on  3rd day of AUg 1846 INventory of her estate. 

RESEARCH NOTE Also in 1841 Oct. Hudson Johnson is annexed as the Administrator of the Will of John Johnson dec, who inherited lands from the commmissioners of the administration of the the Estate of Hudson Johnson. To do this John Johnson is deceased and Hudson Johnson is the son of the Deceased John Johnson::: Hudson Johnson to John Johnson to Hudson Johnson.  THis is proved in the Census also of 1830 where the only Female with a John Johnson is in HUmphreys County with a WIfe and one Child: In 1840 Anne Johnson who is born 1770 Va is with 3 males now::

1 Thomas MOSS b: 1655

2 Alexander MOSS b: 1680 d: 1772

+ Elizabeth CLOPTON b: ABT 1682

3 Ann MOSS b: 30 Sep 1724 d: 1805

+ William DIUGUID b: 26 Feb 1717 d: 22 Mar 1764

4 Mary DIUGUID b: ABT 1746 d: 8 Apr 1833

+ John HARRIS Sr. b: 1741 d: 23 Nov 1824

5 Elizabeth HARRIS b: 1772 d: AFT 1850

+ George Lumpkin SMITH b: ABT 1764 d: 1826

6 Byrd White SMITH b: 12 Sep 1790 d: 16 Mar 1869

+ Martha MCADOO b: 14 Sep 1793 d: 1 Nov 1890

6 Harris SMITH b: 1791 d: 1863

+ Nancy Strather FLOOD b: 1796 d: 1876

6 Poindexter Patteson SMITH b: 14 Aug 1793 d: 13 Nov 1846

+ Martha Jane BERRYMAN b: 1805

6 John Alexander SMITH b: 22 Jul 1795 d: 13 Nov 1845

+ Nancy MCHANEY b: 25 Jun 1799 d: 17 Dec 1882

6 George SMITH b: 1795

+ Elizabeth b: 1799

6 William SMITH

+ Jane L. SMITH b: 1805

6 Robert Bowling SMITH b: 21 May 1818 d: 5 Jun 1905

+ Mary F. TAYLOR b: 22 Aug 1837 d: 30 Nov 1844

+ Charles RICH b: 27 May 1773 d: 27 May 1856

5 John HARRIS Jr. b: 1772

+ Polly

5 James HARRIS b: 1778

+ Eleanor

5 Edmond HARRIS b: 1778/1779

5 Robert HARRIS b: 1778 d: AFT 1860

+ Frances COLEMAN b: 1782 d: BEF 1849

6 HARRIS b: ABT 1802

6 HARRIS b: ABT 1804

6 HARRIS b: ABT 1806

6 HARRIS b: ABT 1808

6 HARRIS b: ABT 1810

6 Sarah Ann HARRIS b: ABT 1813 d: AFT 1870

6 Elizabeth A. HARRIS b: 1815 d: AFT 1870

6 Mary P. HARRIS b: 1820 d: AFT 1880

6 Frances G. HARRIS b: 1822 d: AFT 1870

6 HARRIS b: ABT 1824 d: BEF 1840

6 Martha S. HARRIS b: 1826

+ William H. SHEFFIELD b: 1821

+ Mrs. Mary A. HARRIS b: ABT 1784 d: AFT 1870

5 Mace HARRIS b: 1780/1782 d: AFT 1828

+ Elizabeth (Betsy) DIUGUID b: 1787 d: Apr 1852

6 Burgrub Diuguid HARRIS b: 1808 d: 7 Mar 1881

+ Martha Jane PUGH b: 24 Mar 1813 d: 22 Jun 1880

6 John Mace HARRIS b: 3 Sep 1810 d: 3 Sep 1891

+ Ann Eliza GILLIAM b: 31 Dec 1816 d: 4 Dec 1901

6 Martha HARRIS b: ABT 1812

+ BROWN

6 Jane HARRIS b: ABT 1814

6 Elizabeth HARRIS b: 1828

+ John O. MAYS b: 1823

5 William HARRIS b: 25 Dec 1780 d: 29 Oct 1865

+ Sarah (Sallie) TRACY b: 30 Jan 1792 d: 27 Sep 1875

6 Marian (mary Ann) HARRIS b: 1819 d: 13 Nov 1901

+ Henry STEIN

6 William Nathan HARRIS b: ABT 1820 d: 4 Oct 1898

+ Jane Cynthia SMITH b: 16 Feb 1830 d: 12 Feb 1892

6 Joseph Q. HARRIS b: 1823 d: 3 Jul 1863

6 HARRIS b: 1824

+ WITT b: 1820

6 Elizabeth S. HARRIS b: 5 Dec 1826 d: 17 Feb 1904

+ Abel LOWMAN

6 Timothy R. HARRIS b: ABT 1833

+ Anne P. REYNOLDS

6 Eleanor HARRIS b: ABT 1834

+ MILLER

6 David P. HARRIS b: ABT 1836

+ Polly b: 1779

6 Yancey B. HARRIS b: 1800 d: 9 Jun 1870

+ Louise T. THOMPSON

6 Sarah D. (sally) HARRIS b: 1803

+ David Waddy THOMPSON Jr.

6 Martha HARRIS b: ABT 1804 d: BEF 1865

+ Abner WITT b: ABT 1800

6 Stephen B. HARRIS b: 1804 d: 10 Mar 1863

6 John HARRIS b: 1805 d: AFT 1865

6 Absolum HARRIS b: 1814 d: AFT 1865

+ Sarah B. TURNER

5 Mildred HARRIS b: 1 Apr 1782 d: 1844

+ Lee MILLNER b: 1778

6 William Lee MILLNER

6 James Monroe MILLNER

6 Leanna E. MILLNER

6 Mildred MILLNER

6 Mary Jane MILLNER

6 Martha A. MILLNER

5 Judith HARRIS b: 1784/1785 d: AFT 1870

+ John (Doc or Dr.) COLEMAN b: 1775 d: 1864/1865

6 Bolling COLEMAN b: 1800 d: Oct 1843

+ Elizabeth HAAS b: ABT 1815 d: Jan 1853

6 Bolsie COLEMAN b: 1802 d: 1880

+ James RAKES b: 1794 d: Oct 1853

6 John S. COLEMAN b: 1804 d: 1839

+ Elizabeth THORNHILL b: 1803 d: AFT 1870

6 Theophilus COLEMAN b: 1806 d: 5 Apr 1875

+ Permelia Freeman SMITH b: 1814 d: 1873

6 Julia A. COLEMAN b: 1808 d: May 1877

+ Archibald A. OWEN b: 1805 d: Jul 1888

6 Arianna (airy) COLEMAN b: 1810 d: 1890

+ Henry RAKES b: 1793 d: Oct 1859

6 Martha Ann COLEMAN b: 1816 d: 1841

+ James Nesbit CARTWRIGHT b: 29 Mar 1818 d: 16 Oct 1895

6 Robert COLEMAN b: 1816 d: 26 Sep 1872

+ Mary Jane ROBERTSON b: 1840 c: 4 Nov 1841

6 William John COLEMAN b: 18 Apr 1818 d: 18 Jul 1889

+ Elizabeth MOUNT b: 1829 d: 9 May 1883

6 Mary COLEMAN b: 1820 d: ABT 1862

6 Virginia COLEMAN b: 1820 d: 1820

6 James P. COLEMAN b: Dec 1822 d: Sep 1901

+ Elizabeth CAMPBELL b: ABT 1828

+ Elizabeth GRIMES b: 1835

6 Elizabeth COLEMAN b: 1825 d: Dec 1890

+ Thomas L. WOMACK b: 1805 d: Jan 1862

6 COLEMAN b: 1826

6 Thomas J. COLEMAN b: 1827 d: 1865

4 William DIUGUID b: ABT 1747 d: 1805

+ Lucy PATTESON b: 1752

5 Richard DIUGUID b: ABT 1774

5 Joyce Patteson DIUGUID b: 8 Oct 1775 d: 30 Jun 1849

+ George CHRISTIAN b: 28 Nov 1769 d: 1840

6 Mildred Collier CHRISTIAN b: 1807

6 William Diuguid CHRISTIAN b: 20 Nov 1808 d: 1880

+ Lucy Sampson PATTESON b: 27 Feb 1818 d: 27 Feb 1885

5 Elizabeth DIUGUID b: 19 Dec 1777 d: 6 Oct 1831

+ George E. DIUGUID b: 24 Jul 1782 d: 21 Jan 1861

6 Lucy Patteson DIUGUID b: 1848 d: BEF 1860

6 William Alexander DIUGUID b: 8 Jan 1850 d: 29 Jan 1927

+ Ella A. RENSHAW b: 20 Jan 1857 d: 1940

6 Marshall Nelson DIUGUID b: 17 Jul 1816 d: 18 Aug 1875

+ Mary M. CONNER b: 20 Jan 1822 d: 1903

5 Lydia DIUGUID b: 1779 d: 1824

5 DIUGUID b: 1781

4 Elizabeth DIUGUID b: ABT 1749

+ Charles PATTESON b: 1745

5 Martha PATTESON b: 22 Aug 1764

5 Robert PATTESON b: 13 Apr 1766

5 Elizabeth PATTESON b: 26 Feb 1769

+ Charles (or Robert) MCREYNOLDS

5 Charles PATTESON b: 8 Jan 1771

5 Anne PATTESON b: 30 Apr 1773

+ John BACON b: 1769

5 Mary PATTESON b: 26 Jan 1775

+ Caleb WORLEY

5 Margaret PATTESON b: 28 Apr 1777

+ James (or Nabb) WATT

5 Peter PATTESON b: 31 Jan 1780

5 Jane PATTESON b: 1 Jan 1782

+ William LETCHER

5 Joice PATTESON b: 8 Dec 1785 d: 1856

+ Charles MILLS

5 Henry PATTESON b: 7 Dec 1788

5 Francis PATTESON b: 8 May 1791

4 Jane (jean) DIUGUID b: 1750 d: 1824

+ Joseph KYLE b: 1746 d: 1807

5 Elizabeth Rosalie KYLE b: 26 Aug 1769 d: 1846

+ David KYLE b: ABT 1765

6 Jane Henry KYLE b: ABT 1792

+ James FOULKES b: 1794 d: 1881

6 Harvey KYLE

+ Elizabeth EILER

6 William P. KYLE

+ SPANGLER

6 Joseph KYLE

6 KYLE

+ DOWDELL

6 Jeremiah KYLE

5 Ann (nancy) KYLE b: 16 Nov 1771 d: 1811

5 Mary (polly) KYLE b: 7 Oct 1773 d: 14 Jun 1842

+ Jeremiah KYLE b: ABT 1770

5 Jane KYLE b: 17 Aug 1775 d: 27 Jan 1853

+ Lewis Bernard PITZER Sr. b: 1773 d: 25 Jul 1825

6 Madison PITZER b: 24 Aug 1799 d: 14 Nov 1861

5 Martha (patsy) KYLE b: 27 Mar 1778 d: 29 Mar 1801

5 Robert KYLE b: 31 Dec 1780 d: 27 May 1861

5 Margaret (peggy) KYLE b: 27 Dec 1781

5 Diuguid KYLE b: 27 Sep 1783 d: 5 Apr 1840

5 William KYLE b: 5 Jan 1788 d: 1809

5 Christopher KYLE b: 7 Mar 1796 d: 21 Mar 1866

4 Alexander DIUGUID b: 1751 d: 1803

+ Mary MOSS b: ABT 1755 d: ABT 1782

5 Elizabeth DIUGUID b: 1780

+ Robert MIMS b: ABT 1776

5 George E. DIUGUID b: 24 Jul 1782 d: 21 Jan 1861

+ Elizabeth DIUGUID b: 19 Dec 1777 d: 6 Oct 1831

6 Lucy Patteson DIUGUID b: 1848 d: BEF 1860

6 William Alexander DIUGUID b: 8 Jan 1850 d: 29 Jan 1927

+ Ella A. RENSHAW b: 20 Jan 1857 d: 1940

6 Marshall Nelson DIUGUID b: 17 Jul 1816 d: 18 Aug 1875

+ Mary M. CONNER b: 20 Jan 1822 d: 1903

+ Jane SWANN b: 1792 d: 11 Dec 1855

+ Mary GOOD d: ABT 1794

5 John DIUGUID b: 1794

+ Mary MEADOWS b: 1796

6 William H. DIUGUID b: 1820

4 Ann DIUGUID b: 24 Dec 1752 d: 10 Jul 1836

+ Francis HARRIS b: 1749 d: 1827

5 Jack HARRIS b: ABT 1774

5 Elizabeth HARRIS b: ABT 1777

+ FORD

5 Walter HARRIS b: ABT 1780 d: 1827

5 Mary Ann (polly) HARRIS b: ABT 1782

+ Edward Nathaniel MAXEY

6 George Diuguid MAXEY b: 5 Apr 1822 d: 22 Jan 1895

+ Malinda (mary Jane) ROBERTSON b: 1806

6 Artaxerxes MAXEY b: 25 Jun 1810 d: Dec 1845

6 Laura Clementine MAXEY b: 16 May 1812 d: 27 Oct 1836

6 Zemophilus MAXEY b: 18 Mar 1814 d: 23 Apr 1847

6 Hiram R. MAXEY b: 22 May 1818 d: 18 Jul 1858

6 Francis Nathaniel MAXEY b: 30 Apr 1820 d: 7 Dec 1903

+ Pattie B. FORD b: 1829

+ Alice SPENCER b: 1853

6 Robert B. MAXEY b: 25 Jan 1821 d: 1863/1870

6 Patrick Henry MAXEY b: 27 Nov 1825 d: 1863/1870

5 Martha Clopton HARRIS b: ABT 1787 d: 27 Mar 1859

5 Jane Henry HARRIS b: ABT 1788

+ John MCREYNOLDS

5 William Diuguid HARRIS b: Mar 1788 d: 18 Oct 1848

+ Matilda B. HARRIS b: Jan 1799 d: 3 May 1868

5 George Francis HARRIS b: 1798 d: 1870

+ Rosanna HARRIS b: 1803

4 Martha DIUGUID b: 20 Mar 1756 d: AFT 16 Oct 1786

+ David MIMS Jr. b: 11 Mar 1748 d: Nov 1786

5 Shadrack MIMS b: ABT 1774

+ Nancy CROSS

5 WilliamDiuguid MIMS b: 7 Apr 1776 d: 10 Dec 1836

+ Martha MASSIE

6 David Henry MIMS

+ Eliza COCHRAN

5 Gideon MIMS b: ABT 1778 d: BEF 1812

+ Mrs. Elizabeth MIMMS

6 David MIMS b: ABT 1796

+ Martha CALDWELL b: ABT 1788

6 Sally MIMS b: ABT 1807

6 Gideon MIMS b: ABT 1810

6 Thomas MIMS b: ABT 1813

5 Elizabeth Jane MIMS b: ABT 1780

+ HARRIS

5 Nancy MIMS b: 1782

+ Robert CHRISTIAN

5 Jane MIMS b: ABT 1784

5 Agatha MIMS b: ABT 1786

4 George DIUGUID b: Oct 1762 d: 25 Aug 1838

+ Nancy SAMPSON b: ABT 1764

5 William Sampson DIUGUID b: 4 Sep 1785 d: 5 Dec 1863

+ Susannah THORNHILL b: 29 Mar 1787 d: 15 Apr 1850

6 Jesse Thornhill DIUGUID b: 6 Nov 1809

+ Matilda J. MAYS b: 1820

6 George Sampson DIUGUID b: 6 Jul 1811

+ Mary Elizabeth PIERMAN b: 1815

6 Credilla DIUGUID b: 28 Dec 1812 d: 12 Jun 1866

+ Robinson Green PUGH b: 1808

+ Archer Alexander LEGRAND b: 1803 d: 1879

6 Elizabeth Stevens DIUGUID b: 10 Oct 1814

+ James MCNAMEE b: 1810

6 Nancy Sampson DIUGUID b: 5 Jan 1817

+ Phillip K. SNAPP b: 1811

6 Augustus A. DIUGUID b: 11 Oct 1818 d: 15 May 1880

+ Mary Ann POPE b: 1818

6 John A. DIUGUID b: 1821 d: 24 Apr 1830

6 Lucy Jane DIUGUID b: 26 Apr 1823 d: Mar 1849

6 Susan Jemina DIUGUID b: 11 Dec 1825 d: 4 Nov 1897

+ George Anderson SPILLER b: 9 Aug 1818

6 William DIUGUID b: 25 Dec 1828 d: 1 Dec 1887

+ Harriet Lucinda DIUGUID b: 7 Jun 1833 d: 19 Aug 1921

5 Elizabeth (Betsy) DIUGUID b: 1787 d: Apr 1852

+ Mace HARRIS b: 1780/1782 d: AFT 1828

6 Burgrub Diuguid HARRIS b: 1808 d: 7 Mar 1881

+ Martha Jane PUGH b: 24 Mar 1813 d: 22 Jun 1880

6 John Mace HARRIS b: 3 Sep 1810 d: 3 Sep 1891

+ Ann Eliza GILLIAM b: 31 Dec 1816 d: 4 Dec 1901

6 Martha HARRIS b: ABT 1812

+ BROWN

6 Jane HARRIS b: ABT 1814

6 Elizabeth HARRIS b: 1828

+ John O. MAYS b: 1823

5 Nancy Sampson DIUGUID b: ABT 1788 d: Sep 1841

+ David Bailey PATTESON b: 17 Nov 1789 d: Feb 1870

6 Minerva Ann PATTESON b: 21 Feb 1815

+ PRICE

6 George Diuguid PATTESON b: ABT 1816

+ Eliza T. SWANSON

6 Lucy Sampson PATTESON b: 27 Feb 1818 d: 27 Feb 1885

+ William Diuguid CHRISTIAN b: 20 Nov 1808 d: 1880

6 William Alexander PATTESON b: ABT 1822

6 David Marcellus PATTESON b: 1824

6 Rozella Smith PATTESON b: 1835 d: 25 Jun 1854

5 George DIUGUID II b: ABT 1792 d: 1835

+ Mary Elizabeth (betsy) CHRISTIAN b: 1798 d: 1852

6 William Henry DIUGUID b: 8 Aug 1820 d: 8 Feb 1903

+ Catherine Malinda CHURCHILL b: 14 Feb 1827 d: 11 Jan 1911

6 Christian DIUGUID d: 1835

5 Sampson DIUGUID b: 29 Oct 1795 d: 15 Feb 1856

+ Martha Bradley PATTESON b: 10 Apr 1798 d: 5 Sep 1848

6 David P. DIUGUID b: 25 Aug 1818 d: 4 Jul 1864

+ Mary Parham STURDEVANT b: 2 Apr 1818 d: 2 Dec 1851

6 George Alexander DIUGUID b: 5 Nov 1820 d: 30 Mar 1893

+ Paulina Ann DAVIDSON b: Aug 1825 d: Jun 1885

6 Harriet Lucinda DIUGUID b: 7 Jun 1833 d: 19 Aug 1921

+ William DIUGUID b: 25 Dec 1828 d: 1 Dec 1887

+ Margaret EARLY b: 1799

5 Stephen Sampson DIUGUID b: 16 Jul 1797 d: 16 Jan 1886

+ Jane Elizabeth FURBUSH b: 1818 d: 1847

6 William Furbush (Buck) DIUGUID b: 11 Jun 1843 d: 3 Dec 1895

+ Ellen Ruth HARRIS b: 3 Sep 1860 d: 13 Sep 1940

6 Harris Armstead DIUGUID b: 29 Jul 1883 d: 26 Aug 1945

6 William Henry DIUGUID b: 29 Jul 1883 d: 19 Jun 1965

6 Charles Edwin DIUGUID b: 7 Jul 1887 d: 12 Jul 1982

6 George DIUGUID b: 11 Jun 1889 d: 29 Nov 1890

6 John Sidney DIUGUID b: 13 Jul 1891

6 Asa Otto DIUGUID b: 22 Aug 1894 d: 12 Dec 1897

5 Edwin DIUGUID b: ABT 1798

6 DIUGUID

6 DIUGUID

6 DIUGUID

5 James Henry DIUGUID b: ABT 1800 d: 6 Dec 1866

+ Sarah SNEAD b: 1804

6 John William DIUGUID b: 1826 d: 15 Jun 1864

+ Verilla C. HICKEY b: 1837

5 Judith (Judy) DIUGUID b: 1802 d: AFT 1869

5 Mary A. DIUGUID b: ABT 1810 d: AFT 1869

+ William A. PATTESON b: ABT 1805

6 Anna PATTESON

5 Jacob DIUGUID b: 5 Jan 1812 d: 5 Feb 1891

+ Carolina Matilda PATTESON b: 3 Oct 1815 d: 1847

6 James Edwin DIUGUID b: 6 May 1841 d: 7 Apr 1891

6 Lucy Oglivie DIUGUID b: 22 Aug 1842 d: Apr 1846

+ Louise Temperance JETT b: 1830

6 Hiram DIUGUID b: 12 Jun 1852 d: 3 Dec 1937

6 George DIUGUID b: 1853 d: 28 Apr 1864

6 Mary Elizabeth DIUGUID b: 14 Sep 1854 d: 17 Feb 1926

6 Virginia DIUGUID b: 29 Mar 1856 d: 6 Mar 1932

6 Lulie DIUGUID b: ABT 1858

2 Samuel MOSS b: ABT 1682

2 Thomas MOSS b: 1684

2 Elizabeth MOSS c: 1686

2 William MOSS c: 17 Feb 1688



McAdow Family Information

John McAdow

[son of William McAdow and ? ?]

born: 1710

died:

married:

wife: Ellen Nelson

[daughter of Alexander Nelson and ? ?]

born: c1736 - Guilford County, North Carolina

died: 1770

MY NOTES: 1759 John McAdoo is in Rowan County Tax Lists, and in 1770 Guilford County Formed from Orange and ROWAN CO NC

Children of John McAdow and Ellen Nelson McAdow:

1. David McAdow

He was the sheriff of Dickson County, Tennessee for six years.

born: c1758 - Guilford County, North Carolina

died: 27 February 1839 - Guilford County, North Carolina

married: 6 March 1786 - Guilford County, North Carolina

wife: Margaret McClain

born:

died:

2. Samuel McAdow

Presbyterian Minister until 1810

Cumberland Presbyterian Minister

born: 10 April 1760 - Guilford County, North Carolina

died: 24 March 1844 - Bond County, Illinois

buried: Mt. Gilead Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery - Bond County, Illinois

1st marriage: 24 November 1788 - maybe Guilford County, North Carolina

1st wife: Henrietta Wheatley

[daughter of ? Wheatley and ? ?]

born:

died: 20 April 1799 -

Children of Samuel McAdow and Henrietta Wheatley McAdow:

2.1. died in infancy

2.2. died in infancy

2.3. died in infancy

2.4. died in infancy

2.5. Isabella McAdow

born: 28 December 1792 - Guilford County, North Carolina

died: 15 October 1872 - Greenville, Bond County, Illinois

buried: Mt. Gilead Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery - Bond County, Illinois

married: 11 June 1812 - Dickson County, Tennessee

husband: James Hunter

[son of John Hunter and Elizabeth Maben]

born: 21 June 1790 - Tennessee

died: 12 April 1848 - Greenville, Bond County, Illinois

buried: Mt. Gilead Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery - Bond County, Illinois

Children of Isabella McAdow Hunter and James Hunter:

2.5.1. Martha Ann Hunter

born:

died:

2.5.2. Elizabeth "Betsy" Hunter

born: 1813 - Dickson County, Tennessee

died:

married: 30 July 1833 - Greenville, Bond County, Illinois

husband: Samuel Brown Gower

born: 1811 - Davidson County, Tennessee

2.5.3. Samuel M. Hunter

born:

died:

2.5.4. Mary C. "Polly" Hunter

born:

died:

2.5.5. David Foster Hunter

born:

died:

2.5.6. Susan Hannah Hunter

born:

died:

2.5.7. William M. Hunter

born:

died:

2nd marriage of Rev. Samuel McAdow:

2nd wife of Rev. Samuel McAdow: Catherine Clark

[daughter of: ? Clark and ? ?]

born:

died: 17 May 1804

Child of Samuel McAdow and Catherine Clark McAdow:

2.6.

3rd marriage of Rev. Samuel McAdow: 24 July 1806 - Sumner County, Tennessee

3rd wife of Rev. Samuel McAdow: Hannah Cope

[daughter of ? Cope and ? ?]

born:

died: 3 June 1839 - Bond County, Illinois

buried: Mt. Gilead Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery - Greenville, Bond County, Illinois

Children of Samuel McAdow and Hannah Cope McAdow:

2.7. Samuel Nelson McAdow

born: 11 September 1806 - Dickson County, Tennessee

died: 27 November 1873 - Bond County, Illinois

buried: Mt. Gilead Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery - Greenville, Bond County, Illinois

1840 Census - Bond County, Illinois

1850 Census - Bond County, Illinois

1860 Census -

1870 Census - Bond County, Illinois

1st marriage:

1st wife: Jane Hays

born: 15 July 1817

died: 3 September 1844

Children of Samuel Nelson McAdow and Jane Hays McAdow:

2.7.1. Mary Ann McAdow

born: 7 November 1836 - Illinois

2.7.2. Nancy H. McAdow

born: 14 May 1837 - Illinois

1850 Census - Bond County, Illinois (living with father and step-mother)

2.7.3. John B. McAdow

born: 22 September 1839 - Illinois

1850 Census - Bond County, Illinois (living with father and step-mother)

1870 Census - Bond County, Illinois

wife:

2.7.4. William Paisley McAdow

born: 6 November 1841

1850 Census - Bond County, Illinois (living with father and step-mother)

2nd marriage of Samuel Nelson McAdow: 13 February 1845 - Bond County, Illinois

2nd wife of Samuel Nelson McAdow: Elizabeth Ann "Betsy" Brewer

born: 16 October 1809 - Massachusetts

died: 23 October 1858 -

buried: Mt. Gilead Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery - Bond County, Illinois

1850 Census - Bond County, Illinois

Children of Samuel Nelson McAdow and Elizabeth Ann Brewer McAdow:

2.7.5. Emily J. McAdow

born: 1846 - Illinois

1850 Census - Bond County, Illinois (living with parents)

2.7.6. Samuel N. McAdow

born: January 1849 - Illinois

2.7.7. Elizabeth B. McAdow

born: 1850 - Illinois

1870 Census - Bond County, Illinois (living with father)

2.7.8. Sarah Lucy McAdow

born: 1856 - Illinois

1870 Census - Bond County, Illinois (living with father)

2.8. David King McAdow

born: 14 March 1809 - Dickson County, Tennessee

died: 28 October 28, 1870 - Johnson County, Texas

buried: Mt. Gilead Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery - Bond County, Illinois

married: 25 December 1828 - Bond County, Illinois

wife: Nancy Wright

[daughter of ? Wright and ? ?]

born: 23 September 1812 -

died:

buried:

3. John McAdow

He was the trustee of Dickson County, Tennessee for fourteen years.

born: c1762 - Guilford County, North Carolina

died: 1856 - Humphreys County, Tennessee

married: - Dickson County, Tennessee

wife: Cecilia Hannah McNeiley

[daughter of Hugh McNeilly and Margaret Martin]

born: c1804 - Davidson County, Tennessee

died:

Children of John McAdow and Hannah McNeiley McAdow:

3.1. James H. McAdow

born: 17 June 1823

died:

3.2. John M. McAdow

born: 3 April 1831 - Dickson County, Tennessee

died: McEwen, Humphreys County, Tennessee

3.3. Hugh McAdow

born:

died:

4. William McAdow

born: c1764 - Guilford County, North Carolina

died:

married: 31 October 1788 - Guilford County, North Carolina

wife: Martha Black

born:

died:

5. James McAdow

born: c1766 - Guilford County, North Carolina

died: 1800 -

wife: Margaret Houston

born:

died:

Children of James McAdow and Margaret Houston McAdow:

5.1. Mary McAdow

husband: James Larkins

5.2. Sarah McAdow

husband: ? Houston

5.3. Dorcas McAdow

husband: ? Nesbitt

5.4. Martha McAdow

5.5. John McAdow

5.6. William McAdow

5.7. David McAdow

5.8. Ezra McAdow

6. Sarah McAdow

born:

died:

married: 18 February 1774 - Guilford County, North Carolina

husband: John A. Larkins, Sr.

[son of Hugh Larkin and ? ?]

born: c1748 - River Shannon, Ireland

died: 17 April 1826 - Dickson County, Tennessee

Children of Sarah McAdow Larkins and John A. Larkins:

6.1. Joseph L. Larkins

born: 19 June 1786 - Guilford County, North Carolina

died: 23 September 1837 - Dickson County, Tennessee

married: 25 May 1815

wife: Catherine Clark

[daughter of Hance Clark and Mary Bailey]

born: 25 May 1791 - Guilford County, North Carolina

died: 30 November 1858 - Dickson County, Tennessee

6.2. John A. Larkins, Jr.

6.3. Sarah "Sally" Larkins

married: 1805

husband: Benjamin Clark

[son of George Clark and ? ?]

1754 death of Thomas Flippin Jr. of Cumberland Co. Va he is reported to be the son of Thomas Flippin Sr. of Ulster Ireland and Scotland

Note: The estate settlement listed four known children and they are listed in the order as they appeared on the record. He was deceased by by 25 Mar 1754 when the guardianship record was filed. The estate inventory and settlement records were filed 23 Jun 1755, 25 Aug 1755 and 24 Nov 1755. No mention was made of a widow. Four known children were mentioned. Guardians were appointed for his sons, Thomas Flippen and William Flippen. There may have been other children. He was an owner of a plantation on which he raised tobacco and livestock at the time of his death

Children

Ann Flippin

Elizabeth Flippin

William Flippin

Thomas Flippin married Rhoda McAdoo daughter of John McAdoo of Ireland and Scotland

These Capt. John McAdoo families of Rowan to Guilford Co NC are the Neighbors of Anne Johnson widow of John Johnson and Daughter in Law of Hudson Johnson in 1837 Humphreys Co. TN.

Notes: See1747 pg 144: Will of Elizabeth Flippen this is the mother of Thomas Flippen Jr who was married to Thomas Flippen Sr. Elizabeth Flippen is Grandmother to Thomas Johnson, Anne Johnson, John Johnson and William Johnson the grand children of his mother Elizabeth Flippen died 1747 in Cumberland Co. Va

This Thomas Flippen deceased in 1754 Cumberland Co. is the Uncle to Thomas Johnson, Anne Johnson, John Johnson and William Johnson the grand children of his mother Elizabeth Flippen died 1747 in Cumberland Co. Va.

Notes: 1755 Nov 24: Pg 109: Appraisal of the estate of Thos. Flippen.: By Thomas Walker, Ralph Flippen, John Merryman: Pd by John Roland. Pg 110: Pd Murry, Pd Macky: Moses Smith, One wescoat for Wm Flippen, three pair of shoes of Holland (?) for Elizabeth Flippen 9 yards of Sankin (?) for Anne Flippen, one pair shoes for Ann Flippen

1759 ROWAN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA TAX LIST

Francis JOHNSTON (Crane CR)

RESEARCH NOTES: From " Crock Pot" by Dean Crocker e-mail is rderock@: Peter King born abt 1723 New Kent Co. Va died abt 1788 in what becomes Greene Co. Tn he married on Mary Johnston born Feb 9 1725-1726 in New Kent Co. Va: Mary is reported to be daughter of Francis Johnson born abt 1700 New Kent CO. Va and wife Jane: Francis Johnston died Dec 4 1759 Guilford Co. NC: Their son Peter King was born abt 1748 and died 1825 in Smith County Tn. He was married to Mary Jane Edwards born Dec 4 1759 Guilford Co. NC.

RESEARCH NOTES 1728 May 25: Francis son of Francis and Jane Johnson born: Register of St. Peters Parish

Notes: 1729-30 Febry 5th, Isaac son of Frances & Jane Johnson born Register of St. Peters Parish

RESEARCH NOTES 1735 Benjamin Son of Francis & Jane Johnson born Ma_. __, baptized ___ 13. Register of St. Peters Parish

RESEARCH NOTES Francis Johnson is a name Associated with Richard Johnson “ An Immigrant” who brought his wife and son Francis into the Jamestowne Colony. This is possible the Richard Johnson servant to William Farrar whose wife was Cecily Reynolds Bailey whose daughter Temperance Bailey was the wife of LTC Richard Cocke of Henrico County, see other Husbands of Cecily which would include Peter De Montague 3rd

RESEARCH NOTES: Richard Johnson lived on Neck of Land where we find the John DOds families before they moved over into Northfarnham Creek who are also in this Rowan CO File

Peter King

1745 Aug 20: Brunswick County: Peter King 100 acres on Buffalo Creek: Source Land Office Patents # 23 1743-1745, v 1-2 pg 112 on reel 21: Library of Virginia Archives Section:.

1759 Rowan Co Tax Lists Peter KING......Richard KING.....Robert KING.....James KING.....John KING & Negroes JOHN and VALDRICK.....Edward KING.....Peter KING..... ______ KILLONHOOK......Johnson KING

SUB Notes: on Peter King

RESEARCH NOTES: 1674 Oct 4: Eusebius King on Swift Creek by Willm Randolph:

RESEARCH NOTES 1682 Dec 2 Eusebius King on Swift Creek:

RESEARCH NOTES 1687 April 21: Eusebius King's neighbor is Samuel Newman:

RESEARCH NOTES 1698 Oct 15 Eusebius King's neighbor is Henry Randolph on Swift Creek:

RESEARCH NOTES Swift Creek and Appottomax River is the Ancestorial home of William Hatcher b. 1613

RESEARCH NOTES 1723 Mar 24 a Peter King Hanover County lands are on Lines of John McQuerry and Capt John Symes ( Simms):

RESEARCH NOTES: Unknown if connected to Peter King of 1723 Sept 5 of Hanover County on Turkey Creek:

RESEARCH NOTES 1729 Sept Hanover Co. a Peter King on Southanna River by John Clark and Andrew Hunter

RESEARCH NOTES 1735 Hanover County a Benjamin Johnson is on Turkey Run Creek

RESEARCH NOTES 1737 Aug 15 Hanover Co Neighbor of Peter King is John Horn on Turkey Creek

RESEARCH NOTES CROSSING SURNAMES: John Symes (Simms) owns land 1730 on Goochland County by Timothy Rich on Head of Beaverdam Creek

RESEARCH NOTES Capt. John Symes is the half brother of Patrick Henry married to a Dandridge: Patrick Henry was also married to a Shelton which is the Matlock-Witt lines

James JOHNSON

William JAMES.

Jas. JACKSON, & 2 sons and free NEGRO

Abraham JETUN

James JACKSON

Cornelius JUNER

Robett JOHNSON

Edward JOHNSON

William JOHNSTON

Johnston King

Charles King, born in 1806 in what is now Quaker Gap Township, was the son of Johnson King and Margaret Stanley His grandfather, also named Johnson King, received a land grant from the state of North Carolina for an area on the Dan River in 1754. Charles King's maternal grandmother was also a resident of this area long before it became Stokes County. The home of Charles King and Francis Kiser, whom he married May 17, 1826, was located on the Hollow Road. Their log cabin on his father-in-law's land was built on property that Francis received; however, entanglements caused it to revert back to Mr. Kiser. When the Charles King family moved to Beardstown, Illinois in 1834

John JACKSON married Nancy KING daughter of Johnson KING 1819 Stokes Co NC. They removed to Indiana as does Johnson KING

1751 Johnson King is listed Contributor's Note: The following is the tithable (tax) list for residents on the Dan River in 1751 from the North Carolina State Archives. The Dan River flows through Stokes and Rockingham Counties in North Carolina. The spelling and punctuation of the original document are retained. 1751 Dan River Tax List

This tax list was found between the walls of the old court house by Wm. D. Kizziah, Register of Deeds. When found, it was but scraps of paper, but was fitted together and transcribed by him. This list was made before Rowan Co, NC was divided into other counties and is the oldest tax list ever found in Rowan (to my knowledge). It contains no figures and is not typed here as copied. I have put the "a's" together, the "b's together, etc. When a slave or negro is listed with another's name, I left those names as they appeared on the typed list. Some names in the "b's" were torn off or could not be read. They are listed at the end of this page. There is a copy of this list, as transcribed by Mr. Kizziah, in the Rowan County Library, Salisbury, NC.

How did King's Cabin or King get its name? The answer to this interesting question is based on a combination of facts, conjectures, and assumptions. Charles King, for whom the city is named, was only 28 years old when he left North Carolina. At the time he left the community, he owned no property and was not outstanding in any other way. The second son of Johnson and Margaret Stanley King, Charles King was born and reared in what is now Quaker Gap Township. His older brother Alexander King stayed in Stokes County and became one of its most prominent citizens.Charles King married Francis Kiser, daughter of Harmon and Sallie Kiser, one of Stokes County's largest landowners, on July 17, 1826. They moved into a log house on his father-in-law's land. This house was on the Hollow Road, and the community was referred to as King's Cabin, for this cabin was probably the only home in the area.

RESEARCH NOTES 1759 Rowan Co Tax Lists Peter KING......Richard KING.....Robert KING.....James KING.....John KING & Negroes JOHN and VALDRICK.....Edward KING.....Peter KING..... ______ KILLONHOOK......Johnson KING

RESEARCH NOTES 23 July 1759: Deed from Johnston King [Johnson King] to Joseph Tate, 350 acres on N side of Dan River, Rowan County, NC.

RESEARCH NOTES 1759 July 23 4-238: Johnston King of Rowan Co. NC to Joseph Tate of same, £51, 350 acres on north side Dan River, to Mayho River, then down said River to Dan River. Wit. Anth. Hampton, John McClaren. (FHL film 313,544)

RESEARCH NOTES Johnson King is listed in 1759 ROWAN COUNTY TAX LIST John McADOO: also in this County

RESEARCH NOTES 1800 -Stokes Co., NC - Johnson King is on the census showing one male age 26-45, one female age 0-10 and one female age 16-26. 550

RESEARCH NOTES 1810 - Stokes Co., NC - Johnson King is on the census showing one two males age 0-10, one male age 26-45, 2 females age 0-10, 1 female age 10-16 and one female age 26-45. 551

RESEARCH NOTES 1812 Jan 4 - Stokes Co., NC - Johnson King is the bondsman to the marriage of Jesse Stanley Jr., brother of Johnson's wife Margaret, to Mary "Polly" Childress. 552

RESEARCH NOTES 1820 - Stokes Co.,NC - Johnson King is on the census showing one male age 10-16, one male age 16-26,one male age over 45, one females age 0-10, 2 females age 10-16 and one female age 26-45

RESEARCH NOTES Charles King, born in 1806 in what is now Quaker Gap Township, was the son of Johnson and Margaret Stanley King. His grandfather, also named Johnson King, received a land grant from the state of North Carolina for an area on the Dan River in 1754.

RESEARCH NOTES Children of Jesse Stanley, Sr. and 1) Agnes Bowles

Female Stanley (abt. 1773)

John Stanley (1775-abt. 1861) m. 1) Susanna Gideons (abt. 1776-abt. 1801); 2) Mary

Margaret Stanley (1781-?) m. Johnson King, Sr. (abt. 1781-?)

Elizabeth Stanley (1783-?) m. Nathan Freeman

RESEARCH NOTES Children of Jesse Stanley, Sr. and 2) ? Smith

Jesse Stanley (abt. 1792-bef. 1850) m. Mary (Polly) Childress (abt. 1794-aft. 1850),

d/o Benjamin Childress and Lucy Walker

Thomas Stanley (abt. 1794-abt. 1850) m. Lucinda (Marion) Pace (abt. 1795-abt. 1855),

d/o Edmund Marion Pace and Susan Walker

Amy Stanley (1809) m. John Garner (1799-1850), s/o William Garner and Eva Call

RESEARCH NOTES Margaret Stanley and Johnson King, Sr.

Nancy King m. John Jackson

Alexander King m. Bethania King

Charles King (1806) m. Francis Kiser (1811)

Mary King m. John Smith

Elizabeth King m. Stewart Bolton

Johnson King m. Matilda Moosley

William King

Ruth King m. Henry Dean

Margaret King m. David Goins

Gabriel King m. Susan Mendenhall

RESEARCH NOTES Johnson KING Jr. Born ca 1812 in Stokes Co., NC

RESEARCH NOTES John JACKSON married Nancy KING daughter of Johnson KING 1819 Stokes Co NC. They removed to Indiana as does Johnson KING .

1759 July 23 4-238: Johnston King of Rowan Co. NC to Joseph Tate of same, £51, 350 acres on north side Dan River, to Mayho River, then down said River to Dan River. Wit. Anth. Hampton, John McClaren. (FHL film 313,544)

Joseph Tate

Anth. Hampton,

John McClaren

1759 July Anthony Hampton home on the Dan River in Rowan County

Anthony HAMPTON

RESEARCH NOTES 1755 ERA: Anthony Hampton, demonstrated ambition and an ability to lead.

He farmed, learned surveying, and drilled the local militia.

In 1741 the 26 year old married Elizabeth Preston on her twenty-first birthday.

Restless, searching for new land and fresh opportunities, Anthony moved his growing family from Tidewater Virginia north to Loudon and then south to what is now Halifax County.

Later he built a home on the Dan River in Rowan County, North Carolina, where his neighbors chose him to command their frontier militia company.

In 1755, at the height of the French and Indian War, Captain Hampton and his men spent the summer campaigning against Indians in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Respected in his community, he became known as one who stood up for colonial rights. Elected to the North Carolina general assembly, Hampton served only six weeks; the governor dissolved the body in March 1773. "Wade Hampton" by Walter Brian Cisco

RESEARCH NOTES Anthony HAMPTON (John (Jr.)) was born 12 Apr 1715 in New Kent Co., VA. He died 1 Jul 1776 in Ninety-Six District (Spartanburg Co), S.C..

John (Jr.) HAMPTON was born 3 Jun 1683 in Hampfield, Gloucester County, VA.. He died 26 Jun 1747/1748 in Fairfax Co., VA.

Occupation: Hampfield from father in 1677

He married MARGARET WADE of Gloucester County, VA. JOHN II was educated for the church, like his grandfather but never took orders. He died Jan 15,1748 in Fairfax County,VA.

John Hampton (son of John and Mary Mann) was born 3 Jun 1683, in Gloucester Co., Baptized Sunday Jun 18, 1683 by his grandfather, Rev. Thomas Hampton. This is in John’s prayer book. Married 1st day of 1712 or Mar 25th 1712 in the new calendar. Margeret was born 1 May 1694. They lived first in New Kent (land record 1712 has father giving him the land. Also lived later (until 1736) in Essex County. 1742 in Pr. William County. John died 18 Jan 1747. Margaret died 17 May 1773 with the entry in the prayer book "That she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her". Issue: as recorded in prayer book and bible, John Wade, called Wade, 27 May 1713, died 1726 of fever, Anthony 2 Feb 1715. (Married Mary Preston), Mary 10 Jun 1717, twin sons William and Richard, 30 March 1719 who lived only a few months, James born 3 Sep 1723, Margaret born 16 Dec 1725, John born May 27 1727, Thomas born Oct 17, 1729, and Rosamond 8 Sep 1735.

"Wade Hampton" by Walter Brian Cisco; page 5: "The name Wade entered the family lexicon when John Hampton Jr. - the captain's son - married Margaret Wade of New Kent County. The first of their twelve children was christened John Wade Hampton. When he was just thirteen years old, "died our beloved oldest son Wade Hampton of a Lingering fever," wrote the grieving father in the family Bible. "God's will be done."

Title: Hampton Family of the Southern States

Author: Miller, Dr. J. L.

Publication: District of Columbia Gen. Rec. Com. Report, Vol. 232.

Repository: NSDAR LIBRARY, DALLAS PULIC LIBRARY

Call Number: NSDAR LIBRARY

Media: Magazine

Note: Abbrev: The Venturers-The Hampton, Harrison, and Earle Families

Note: Author: Virginia Meynard

Note: Publication: Southern Historical Press

Note: Page: Page 367.

Emails posted - Hampton Mailing List:

(3 Oct 1734) Benjamin Borden bought 1122 acres Land Patent (Patent Bk, p 328) with Andrew Hampton and David Griffith (was originally John Hampton Jr., but Griffith was assigned before closing). Bullskin Run on Sherando river adjacent to Edward Meloy on S side of Bullskin Ru

17 JAN 1743: 200 acres to Borden was to be divided from land David Griffith had bought from John Hampton "Juner"; and marked as the division between Andrew Hampton and David Griffith; along Worthington line to Borden line. The possession of 500 acres by Borden is, "by virtue of a bargain to him thereof made by the said Andrew Hampton for one whole year of indenture," quitrents payable to the King. "Andrew Hampton "of Brunswick County."

QUESTION: Can you provide the full references to these to land deeds that you mention? I'm refering the reference to John Hampton Jr. (how do you know that the 1734 deed was first assigned to John Hampton? and what is the reference for the 1743 document?)

ANSWER:

The Hampton Family - Early in the Shenandoah Valley" compiled by Robert B. Cox, submitted to the "Bulletin of the Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County", Volume IV, Number 2: May, 1976 (pages 72-78) & August, 1976 (p. 144-146).

Cox' research (notes) for the above titled report is literally on file somewhere and I wrote for it at one time (a university or library in NC or VA - I think is the respository, but would have to try to find it) and have copies packed away somewhere of his work (notes)on Andrew Hampton which was about 40 pages and mostly very well done. Secondly I have a photocopy of the "Indenture" I got from JW Foster and I don't remember if he got it from Cox or the VA records, but I don't have a note as to which page number, etc., but the date is 17 JAN 1743, and it would either have to be the deed books or court records. I feel fairly confident about the research of Foster and Cox on this one, especially as Cox used "quotation" marks which he didn't do unless he had it.

Father: John I HAMPTON

Mother: Mary MANN

Marriage 1 Margaret WADE

Children

John Wade HAMPTON

James HAMPTON

Anthony HAMPTON

Mary HAMPTON

William HAMPTON

Richard HAMPTON

Elizabeth HAMPTON

Henry HAMPTON

Margaret HAMPTON

John III HAMPTON

Thomas HAMPTON

Rosamond HAMPTON

John married * Margaret WADE, daughter of James WADE and Mary H. or Margaret, on 1712 in New Kent Co., VA. Margaret was born 1 May 1694 in St. Peters Parish, New Kent Co., VA. She died 17 May 1773 in Prince William Co., VA.

They had the following children:

2 M i. John Wade HAMPTON (died a child) "Wade" was born 27 May 1713. He died 1726/at age 13.

+ 3 M ii. Anthony HAMPTON was born 12 Apr 1715 and died 1 Jul 1776.

4 F iii. Mary HAMPTON was born 10 Jun 1717.

5 M iv. William HAMPTON was born 30 Mar 1719.

6 M v. Richard HAMPTON was born 30 Mar 1719.

+ 7 M vi. * James HAMPTON was born 3 Sep 1723 and died 1794/1801.

8 F vii. Elizabeth HAMPTON was born 1720.

Elizabeth married Thomas TRIPLETT.

9 M viii. Henry HAMPTON was born 5 Oct 1721 in Fairfax Co., VA. He died 27 Mar 1778 in Prince William Co., VA.

Marriage 1 Elizabeth CARY HOBSON b: Abt 1719

Married: 8 May 1738 in ,New Kent,Virginia

Sealing Spouse: 10 May 1994 in SDIEG

Children

William C HAMPTON birth b: 4 Jun 1734 in of,Prince William,Virginia

John HAMPTON birth b: 8 Jul 1741 in of,Prince William,Virginia

Margaret HAMPTON birth b: 7 Jun 1743 in of,Prince William,Virginia

Wade HAMPTON birth b: 18 Oct 1744 in of,Prince William,Virginia

Elizabeth HAMPTON birth b: 30 Mar 1746 in of,Prince William,Virginia

Margaret Wade HAMPTON birth b: 1 Sep 1748 in of,Prince William,Virginia

Sarah HOBSON HAMPTON birth b: 16 Sep 1750 in of,Prince William,Virginia

William HOBSON HAMPTON birth b: 14 Aug 1753 in of,Prince William,Virginia

CARY Henry HAMPTON birth b: 16 Nov 1754 in ,Prince William,Virginia

Henry married (1) Ellender PRESTON-GARDNER.

Henry also married (2) Betsy CARY-HOBSON.

10 F ix. Margaret HAMPTON was born 16 Dec 1725 in New Kent Co., VA. She died in Fairfax Co., VA.

11 M x. John III HAMPTON was born 28 May 1727 in Fairfax Co., VA. He died 1794 in Fairfax Co., VA.

Marriage 1 Mary GUNNELL

Married: 1 May 1746 1

Children

Mary HAMPTON

Henry HAMPTON

John IV HAMPTON b: 1748

William HAMPTON b: 1750

Samuel HAMPTON b: 11 Nov 1760 in VA

Elizabeth HAMPTON b: 21 Sep 1762 in VA

Joseph HAMPTON b: 1765 in Fauquier Co., VA

Marriage 2 Margaret PIERCE

Henry Hampton who married Susanna Holmes. He is said to have moved to Nelson County, KY. He had two brothers, Samuel and Joseph, who moved to Lewis County, KY. They were sons of John Hampton III of Virginia, son of John and Margaret Wade Hampton. It is possible that this Henry had a daughter, Elizabeth, who married in Lewis County.

Internet posting: "This is a good time to throw in a correction in my own line of John Hampton IV of Fairfax County & his wife Mary (mn unknown). Mrs. Meynard gives their 4 descendants as Anne Hampton,

Sarah (or Sinah) Hampton, Henry Hampton, and John Hampton V. There is one ommission....actually 5 children viz: Sarah (Sallie) Hampton, Ann Hampton, Henry Hampton, Sinah Hampton, and John Hampton V."

John married Mary GUNNELL.

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1 John III HAMPTON b: 28 May 1727 d: 1794

+ Mary GUNNELL d: Aft 1746

2 Mary HAMPTON

+ John KING

2 Henry HAMPTON

+ Susanna HOLMES

2 John IV HAMPTON b: 1748 d: Abt 1796

+ Mary UNKNOWN

3 Anne Sinah HAMPTON

3 Henry HAMPTON

+ Ellen SIMPSON

3 John HAMPTON

2 William HAMPTON b: 1750 d: 1820

3 Peggy HAMPTON

3 Frances HAMPTON

3 Mary HAMPTON

2 Samuel HAMPTON b: 11 Nov 1760 d: 1 Oct 1846

+ Margaret MENJOY b: 14 Jan 1777

3 Isaac HAMPTON

3 Susan HAMPTON b: 1798

3 Sarah E. HAMPTON b: 1804

3 John P. HAMPTON b: 9 Aug 1807

3 Samuel M. HAMPTON b: 7 Nov 1809 d: 5 Jul 1855

+ Martha CARR b: 29 Oct 1815 d: 10 Sep 1877

4 Abram Carr HAMPTON b: 1835

4 John N. HAMPTON b: Mar 1837

4 Margaret Jane HAMPTON b: 1839

4 Susan M. HAMPTON b: 21 Jan 1841

4 James M. HAMPTON b: 14 Feb 1843

4 William Kelly HAMPTON b: 1 Jun 1846

4 Samuel Huston HAMPTON b: 4 Jan 1850

4 John H. HAMPTON b: 13 Sep 1852

3 Margaret Elizabeth HAMPTON b: 15 Apr 1818

2 Elizabeth HAMPTON b: 21 Sep 1762

+ Henry S. HALLEY

2 Joseph HAMPTON b: 1765 d: 15 Oct 1802

+ Mary HATHAWAY

3 Susanna HAMPTON b: 1784 d: Aft 1840

+ Lewis WEEKS b: 15 Sep 1779 d: 29 Apr 1849

4 Julia Ann WEEKS b: 17 Oct 1815 d: 12 Oct 1856

+ Joseph EVANS

4 Susan WEEKS b: 1818

+ Jesse BARBRE

5 Lucy BARBRE

+ Benjamin Coe COFFEY

6 Lena Leota COFFEY

4 Minarva Ann WEEKS b: 7 Sep 1823

+ Stephen S. STARKS

4 Curmella WEEKS b: 11 Feb 1826 d: 2 Apr 1909

+ Elijah STARKE

4 Sarah WEEKS b: 8 Mar 1828

4 Martha Jane WEEKS b: 1831

4 Louellen WEEKS b: 7 May 1833

4 William Lunsford WEEKS b: 8 Oct 1835 d: 28 May 1876

+ Sarah E. POUND

4 Alfred H. WEEKS b: 2 May 1840

+ Nancy Ann LISTON

3 John HAMPTON b: 1788

+ Sarah UNKNOWN

3 Lawson HAMPTON b: 1790

3 Jeremiah HAMPTON b: 1792 d: 19 Dec 1854

+ Pamela WORSTER

3 Joseph HAMPTON b: 1796 d: 10 Aug 1859

+ Judith OWENS b: 1800 d: 1 Jun 1874

3 Francis HAMPTON b: 1798 d: Aft 1831

+ Catherine UNKNOWN

3 Alfred HAMPTON b: 1801 d: 1892

+ Hulda COCHRAN

4 Isaac HAMPTON b: 1821

+ Julia F. WILSON

5 Adeline HAMPTON b: Abt 1836

5 William Francis Marion HAMPTON b: 1 Jan 1836

+ Jane HALL

+ Eliza Jane EAGER

5 Martha J. HAMPTON b: 1840

+ John COLLETT

5 Elmore HAMPTON b: 27 Oct 1840

+ Melvina BOLLES

5 Rebecca HAMPTON b: 1846

5 Zelphia HAMPTON b: 1846

+ Alexander WARD

5 Ransom S. HAMPTON b: 1847

+ Filecta WOOLUM

4 Frances Ann HAMPTON b: 13 Jan 1839

+ James Riley POUND

+ Margaret PIERCE

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+ 12 M xi. Thomas HAMPTON was born 17 Oct 1729 and died 17 Dec 1796.

13 F xii. Rosamond HAMPTON "Rosa" was born 8 Sep 1735 in New Kent Co., VA. She died 1802 in Winnsboro, SC.

Marriage 1 William WINN b: 1732 in Fauquier Co., VA

Married: 1757 in Winnsborough, Fairfield Co., SC 1

Children

John David WINN b: 1758 in VA

William James WINN b: 1760 in Fauquier Co., VA

Mary WINN b: 1764 in Fauquier Co., VA

Margaret WINN b: 2 Jun 1765 in Fauquier Co., VA

Sarah WINN b: 14 Aug 1767 in Fauquier Co., VA

Rebecca WINN b: 9 Jan 1770

Susan WINN b: 7 Feb 1771

Minor Hampton WINN b: 12 Feb 1775 in Winnsborough, Fairfield Co., SC

Rosa married William WINN.

Second Generation

3. Anthony HAMPTON (John (Jr.)) was born 12 Apr 1715 in New Kent Co., VA. He died 1 Jul 1776 in Ninety-Six District (Spartanburg Co), S.C..

The history of the Hampton family in upstate South Carolina dates back to the mid 1700's, when Wade's great grandfather, Anthony-described as an old "hemp-beater"-moved from Virginia to Spartanburg, South Carolina. Anthony and his wife raised their family on a farm that was carved out of the Piedmont forest. The Hamptons were under constant threat from marauding Cherokee Indians spurred by resentment of settlers' encroachment on their hunting grounds. In July of 1776, while five of their sons were away, Anthony, his wife, a son and a grandchild were murdered by a band of Cherokees.

"Wade Hampton" by Walter Brian Cisco; page 5-6:

"Second born son, Anthony, demonstrated ambition and an ability to lead. He farmed, learned surveying, and drilled the local militia. In 1741 the 26 year old married Elizabeth Preston on her twenty-first birthday. Restless, searching for new land and fresh opportunities, Anthony moved his growing family from Tidewater Virginia north to Loudon and then south to what is now Halifax County. Later he built a home on the Dan River in Rowan County, North Carolina, where his neighbors chose him to command their frontier militia company. In 1755, at the height of the French and Indian War, Captain Hampton and his men spent the summer campaigning against Indians in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Respected in his community, he became known as one who stood up for colonial rights. Elected tothe North Carolina general assembly, Hampton served only six weeks; the governor dissolved the body in March 1773. Many Americans were demanding liberty, if not yet independence. Hampton was probably one of those who still pledged allegiane to an empire he found increasingly difficult to obey.

"Anthony Hampton and his extended family made a good living trading the accoutrements of European civilization for Indian deerskins and furs. To be nearer their source of trade, he decided in 1773 to make one more moved, this time to the sparsely pupulated frontier of South Carolina. Traveling with Hampton and wife Elizabeth, were their little grandson John Bynum, son of Preston and his wife, Betty, and fifteen-year old daughter Elizabeth and her new husband, James Harrison. Hampton's younger sons Henry, Wade, and Richard probably joined their older brother Edward on the trek south about this time. They cleared land and began building new homes near the Tyger River in Ninety-six District, less than a mile from the Cherokee Nation."

"In Charles Town the independence movement was rapidly gaining strength..... By year's end patriot militia had taken possession of forts guarding the city.... Defeated on the coast, loyalists used their Indian allies to strike in the Soth Carolina upcountry. On the morning of JULY 1, 1776, Anthony and Elizabeth Hampton were caring for their infant grandson. The baby's mother, Elizabeth Hampton Harrison, lived with her parents while husband James recruited men for the militia. PRESTON had stopped by the Hampton place, leaving his wife and children at home. His younger brothers were away. Nine year old John Bynum was there with his grandparents. Anthony Hampton was probably surprised, but not alarmed, when the party of Indians rode up. He scarcely had time to be afraid. Without warning, tomahawk blows split the skulls of the old man and his wife. Son Preston was shot to death. The celebrating savages began ransacking the house, trying on clothes, drinking stolen brandy, and scalping and multilating the corpses of their victions."

Their infant grandson was also killed.

"At the time of the massacre, according to a family tradition, Wade and the other brothers were serving with the patriot army near Charlest Town. When news came of the carnage, they rushed home with vengeance in their hearts. From across the Carolinas rose a cry to punish the savages and stamp out the Indiant threat once and for all. Eleven hundred South Carolina militiamen shouldered flinlock rifles and muskets.......The heard-eyed frontiersmen fell upon Cherokess whenever they found them - killing, burning villages, destroying crops. In was a brief, one-sided campaign. Indian survivors signed treaties in the late summer and fall of 1777 that brought an end to the bloodletting and a return of hostages."

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"The Venturers: The Hampton, Harrison, and Earle Families of Virginia, South Carolina, and Texas." by Virginia Meynard, pub by Southern Historical Press, 1981.

"30 June 1776 the Cherokees and Tories arrived at the Hampton house. Elizabeth was visiting her parents while her husband was away recruiting militia. Of her brothers, only Preston was there. He had stopped to talk with his father before going into the Cherokee Nation with his wagonload of goods. Elizabeth left her infant son in the care of her mother and went to visit the Sadler family on the next plantation.

"Probably the most accurate versions of the famous Hampton massacre is the eyewitness account of John Bynum, as related by J.B.O. Landrum in Colonial and Revolutionary History of Upper South Carolina.

"....."When the Indians appeared at the Hampton house, Preston saw a friendly chief in the part and went outside to greet him. His father followed him into the yard. Old Mr. Hampton gave the Chief a cordial welcome and handclasp, but almost immediately Preston was shot down by a Tory, and the hand Anthony had held sent a tomahawk through his skull. Mrs. Hampton appeared and was killed in like manner. The Indians entered the house, drank some brandy, and pillaged the family wardrobes.

"Hearing the war whoops, Elizabeth Harrison and Mrs. Sadler crept across the canebrake to investigate, Coming in sight of the house, they saw the mutilated bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Hampton and Preston in the yard. As the terrifed women watched, a Cherokee brave carried Elizabeth's infant into the yard and holding him by the feet, dashed his brains out against a tree. Mrs. Sadler clasped her hand over Elizabeth's mouth to stifle her scream and pulled her back through the canebrake to a place where their horses were tethered. Mounting bareback, they galloped to Wood's Fort for help.

"A search party was sent out, but by the time they reached the Hampton place the Indians had burned the house and departed, taking Preston's wagons and the Hamptons' nine year old grandson, John Bynum, with them. The marauders had disappeared over the mountains into Cherokee country. It is said that the raiding party stopped at Preston's home some distance away and murdered his two children. His wife fled through the swamp and was found several days later wandering through the woods, her clothing torn to rags. She was so frightened that her mind never fully recovered from the ordeal".

"Another band of Cherokees galloped north and before their raids were over had murdered members of the Hannon family in the vicinity of Earle's Fort.

"The Hite, Hampton, and Hannon massacres meant war with the Indians. Col. Andrew Williamson, who headed the 96th Whig militia, and Anthony's old friend, Col Griffith Rutherford of NC, led their troops over the mountains into the Cherokee Nation. Joining Williamson were all five of the Hampton sons, John, Edward, Henry, Wade, and Richard. In a series of bloody conflicts, they defeated the Indians and burned all their villages and crops in the valleys. The Cherokees sued for peace and in the Treaty of 1777 returned all captives, including John Bynum. They also ceded to SC the territory of present Greenville, Pickens, and Oconee counties."

Name: Anthony HAMPTON

Birth: 3 FEB 1713/14 in Fairfax, New Kent Co., VA

Death: JUL 1, 1776 in Ninety Six Dist., SC

1774 Moved from King Co., VA to S.C.

FA2: Fairfax to Stokes Co., NC, then to SC near Pacolet

Note: According to Joy's letter to Uncle Leroy, Anthony had 5 sons of which 4 were in the Revolutionary war, the youngest, John was just 16. Anthony & his wife were massacred by Indians on Typer River in the South Carolina Mountains.

Father: John HAMPTON , Jr b: 3 JUN 1683 in Gloucester Co, Virginia

Mother: Margaret WADE b: 1 MAY 1694 in New Kent Co, Virginia

Marriage 1 Elizabeth PRESTON b: 1710 in ?

Married: 10 MAR 1740/41 in Virginia 4

Children

John Preston (Maj) HAMPTON b: ABT 1756

Wade (Maj Gen) HAMPTON I b: 1752 in ?

Henry (Col) HAMPTON b:

Richard HAMPTON

Edward (Capt) HAMPTON b: ABT 1740 in SC

Margaret HAMPTON

Elizabeth HAMPTON b: 14 JAN 1758 in Rowan (Stokes) Co.,NC

Sources:

Appendices I. Hampton genealogical Notes., Library at Arcata College. DAR Patriot Index pg 299. WFT shows Feb. 5, 1714-1715.

Appendices I. Hampton genealogical Notes., Library at Arcata College. DAR Patriot Index pg. 299. WFT shows June 30, 1776.

Appendices I. Hampton genealogical Notes., Library at Arcata College. Media Reserarch report.

Appendices I. Hampton genealogical Notes., Library at Arcata College

WFT shows March 10, 1740/41

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Email from descendant of Anthony: Mike Warren

"Hi Ginga,

(I questioned if anyone knew the identity of two Hampton's that served with Manoah Hampton in the Civil War. "W.M. Hampton" and "J. G. Hampton")

Those names are new to me but I'm not that familiar with the James Hampton line. I descend from his brother Anthony Hampton."

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Anthony married Elizabeth PRESTON "Betsy" on 10 Mar 1741 in Virginia. Betsy was born 1719/1720. She died 1 Jul 1776 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.

They had the following children:

+ 14 F i. Margaret HAMPTON was born Apr 1742 and died about 1800.

15 M ii. Maj. John PRESTON HAMPTON "Preston" was born 4 Aug 1743. He died 1 Jul 1776 in South Carolina, by Indians.

"Wade Hampton" by Walter Brian Cisco; page 5: "Traders Edward and Preston Hampton routinely journeyed to the Cherokee towns and made no secret of their Whig sympathies. There, on a spring day in 1775, they were surprised by a force of white Tories and Indian warriors. The young men were robbed, made sport of, and then taken to an Indian village deep in the mountains. Just as these "enemies of the Crown" were about to be transported to confinement in Pensacola, West Florida, they managed to escape. When once again among friends, they warned of Indian trouble, but as the months passed and nothing happened, settlers began to let down their guard." (what followed, on July 1, 1776, were the murders of Preston, their parents, and others by Indians...see "Anthony") Preston was shot to death by Indians while visiting his parents.

There is another version of this story posted on the Rootsweb WorldConnect of Victoria Johnson, email tjwsu@

In 1776, the American colonies were in a state of rebellion and one Alexander Cameron, deputy British Indian agent, had recruited the Cherolkee’s to fight for the British. On the morning of 30 June 1776 according to an eye witness account made by John Bynum and some histrias say “that Cameron himself led the strike force of Torys and Cherokee’s. Elizabeth (Hampton) Harrison was visiting her parents while her husband was away recruiting militia. Only one of her brothers, namely Preston, was there. His wife and two children remain at their home up the hill. Elizabeth Harrison left her infant son in the care of her mother and went to vist the Sadler family on the next plantation.

The Indians appeared at the Hampton house and Preston saw a friendly chief in the party and went outside to greet him. His father followed him into the yard. Old Mr. Hampton (Anthony) gave the Chief a cordial welcome and handclasp, but almost immediately Preston was shot down by a Tory and Anthony had a tomahawk go through his skull. Mrs. Hampton appeared and was killed in a like fashion.

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Preston married Elizabeh ARMSTONG. Elizabeh died 1 Jul 1776 in South Carolina, by Indians.

16 M iii. Anthony (II) HAMPTON was born 16 Dec 1744 in Loudoun County, Virginia. He died an infant, in 1745.

+ 17 M iv. Capt. Edward HAMPTON was born 9 Apr 1746 and died Oct 1780.

+ 18 M v. Col. Henry HAMPTON of Mississippi was born about 1750 and died 31 Jul 1832.

+ 19 M vi. Maj. General Wade HAMPTON was born 3 May 1754 and died 4 Feb 1835.

+ 20 F vii. Elizabeth HAMPTON was born 14 Jan 1758 and died 28 Jul 1799.

+ 21 M viii. Col. Richard HAMPTON was born 25 Dec 1752 and died 4 Nov 1792.

7. * James HAMPTON (John (Jr.)) was born 3 Sep 1723 in New Kent Co., VA. He died 1794/1801 in Surry County, VA.

James served in the Indian Wars. JAMES HAMPTON'S will is recorded in clerks office at Danbury, NC - dated 10 Sept 1790 but was not probated until 1801.

Regarding James Hampton, we have the following quote from "The Hampton Family of Virginia" by Mr. Mell:

"…… James moved to North Carolina before going to Kentucky. Purchased a fifty (50) acre tract of land in Fairfax from Ready-Craif. He once lived in Surry County, North Carolina, an old Town Fork had Grants in 1755 and 1758, James lived in Stokes County, North Carolina, near the home of his brother, Anthony Hampton.

Listed in DAR Patriot Index, Second Supplement, for patriotic service.

Served on the Committee of Safety for Surry Co., NC.

Will dated September 15, 1796. Filed June term 1801.

Bequests: Eldest son, Thomas: Negro man Sutton; Negro woman Comfort, etc.

Youngest son, Samuel 280 acres on TownFork, excepting 1/4 acre for burying ground.

Youngest daughter, Martha Evans: Negro Sango Land adjoining Thomas Flynt

Eldest daughter, Margaret Halbert - Land

Executors: Thomas and Samuel Hampton, sons

Witnesses: John Boner, Martin Flynt, Jurat and Hastin Flynt, Jurat

Signed: James Hampton

James married (1) Martha Mary SMITH, daughter of William SMITH, on 2 Mar 1744 in Fairfax Co., VA. Martha was born about 1726. She died 1796 in Stokes Co., NC.

They had the following children:

+ 22 M i. Thomas HAMPTON was born 1748 and died Apr 1838.

+ 23 F ii. Mary Margaret HAMPTON was born 1751 and died 7 Jul 1828.

+ 24 F iii. Martha HAMPTON was born about 1752.

25 F iv. Hannah HAMPTON.

+ 26 M v. Capt. SAMUEL HAMPTON * was born about 1754 and died 19 Dec 1802.

27 M vi. Henry HAMPTON.

28 M vii. John HAMPTON was born 1758.

29 F viii. Theodocia HAMPTON.

James also married (2) Rachel UNKNOWN.

12. Thomas HAMPTON (John (Jr.)) was born 17 Oct 1729 in Fairfax Co., VA. He died 17 Dec 1796 in Cascade Creek, Pittsylvania Co., VA.

[robin taylors margaret wade_john hampton 1..ged]

Thomas Hampton was Sergeant in 2nd Virginia Regiment. Enlisted March 25, 1777 for a term of three years under Robert Norfolk, Recruiting Officer. Having duly served his time for which he was enlisted, he was discharged from the service on April 10, 1780. James Quarles, Major, signed his discharge papers.

The Virginia Court of Claims, after the Revolution, paid him ten shillings per day for 19 days for the use of his team wagon and negro driver.

Thomas Hampton and wife Sarah Pattison Conyers buried in Hampton Family Cemetery in Cascade, Virginia about one mile from Rockingham County line. NSDAR 261013, 206673, 280949, 186084,519302

Marriage 1 Sara Pattison CONYERS b: Abt 1728 in Stafford Co., VA

Married: 1 Jan 1748/49 in Stafford Co., VA 1

Children

Preston HAMPTON b: 1750 in Cascade Creek, Pittsylvania Co., VA

Henry HAMPTON b: 1752 in Pittsylvania Co., VA

James HAMPTON b: 1755 in VA

Margaret HAMPTON b: 1759

Nancy HAMPTON b: 1760

John Anthony HAMPTON b: 1764 in Cascade Creek, Pittsylvania Co., VA

Marriage 2 Rebecca Sarah VERNON b: Abt 1728 in Cub Creek, Lunenburg Co., VA

Married: 1785 in Stokes Co., NC

Thomas married Sarah Pattison CONYERS.

They had the following children:

+ 30 M i. Henry (son of Thomas) HAMPTON was born 1752 and died 1832.

+ 31 M ii. Preston HAMPTON was born 1750 and died 10 Jul 1832.

+ 32 M iii. James HAMPTON was born 1755 and died 1831.

33 F iv. Margaret HAMPTON was born 1759.

Margaret married James COLQUITT.

34 F v. Nancy HAMPTON.

Marriage 1 George, Jr. YOUNG

Married: 7 Dec 1785 in Pittsylvania Co., VA 1

Children

Sarah Hampton YOUNG b: 1786

Thomas Hampton YOUNG b: 1787

Susan Wade YOUNG b: 1789

Sanford Wade YOUNG b: 1791

Nancy YOUNG b: 25 Apr 1794

George Hampton YOUNG b: 28 Dec 1799

1 Nancy HAMPTON b: 1760

+ George, Jr. YOUNG

2 Sarah Hampton YOUNG b: 1786 d: 1847

+ James Barnett LEE

2 Thomas Hampton YOUNG b: 1787 d: 1857

2 Susan Wade YOUNG b: 1789

+ John ARNOLD

2 Sanford Wade YOUNG b: 1791

+ wife of Sanford Wade Young BROOKS

+ Nancy MCELROY

2 Nancy YOUNG b: 25 Apr 1794 d: 24 Sep 1833

+ John RUPERT

3 James Colquit RUPERT b: 15 Jul 1811

+ Caroline Virginia JONES

3 Eliza Taliaferro RUPERT b: 9 Aug 1813

+ James Madison BAIRD b: 26 Jun 1809 d: 21 Mar 1878

4 James Madison BAIRD b: 1852

3 Catherine Ann RUPERT b: 4 Jan 1815

+ James GILLESPIE

3 George Philip RUPERT b: 30 Sep 1821

3 John William RUPERT b: 20 Apr 1823

3 John Henry RUPERT b: 20 Apr 1823

3 Benjamin Franklin RUPERT b: 15 Jan 1826

3 Victoria Ann Baldwin RUPERT b: 26 Oct 1827

+ John Johnston STOCKARD

3 Thomas Golding RUPERT b: 31 Aug 1829

3 Leonard RUPERT b: 8 Jan 1832

2 George Hampton YOUNG b: 28 Dec 1799 d: 6 Nov 1881

+ Lucy Woodson WATKINS

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Nancy married George (Jr.) YOUNG.

35 M vi. John Anthony HAMPTON was born 1764.

Birth: 1764 in Cascade Creek, Pittsylvania Co., VA 1

Death: 3 Jul 1850 in Cascade Creek, Pittsylvania Co., VA 1

Burial: Unknown Hampton Family Cemetery, Cascade Creek, Pittsylvania CO, VA 1

[robin taylors margaret wade_john hampton 1..ged]

Buried in the Hampton Family Cemetery at Cascade, VA, about one mile from Rockingham County line. To reach cemetery, take NC 770 to Oak Hill Road in VA. Turn left on VA 621 to town of Cascade. Turn left on VA 855 and again left on Floyd Smith Road. Follow this road to its end, which is at former Hampton Plantation. Cemetery is located in trees behind the two houses on this property. It is marked with a red sign which reads Hampton Cemetery. Most of the graves are not marked by legible stones due to the growth of tress and undergrowth. A descendant, Russell Hampton, currently living in Blue Point, LI, NY, maintains a trailer on the property. A new road into the property may be built soon. The house no longer exists, but there is debris marking the former location.

Marriage 1 Elizabeth Sarah JENKINS b: 20 Aug 1781 in William and Mary Parish, Charles Co., Maryland

Married: 22 Apr 1801 in Cascade Creek, Pittsylvania Co., VA 1

Event: Marriage bond Unknown 22 Apr 1801 in Married by Rev. Thomas Sparks 1

Philip Jenkins gave consent on marriage bond. Thomas Beck was surety.

Date in NSDAR papers is 3-3-1801.

1 John Anthony HAMPTON b: 1764 d: 3 Jul 1850

+ Elizabeth Sarah JENKINS b: 20 Aug 1781 d: 7 Jul 1865

2 Sarah Conyers HAMPTON b: 30 Mar 1802 d: 1 Oct 1810

2 Samuel Henry HAMPTON b: 23 Jan 1804 d: 22 Oct 1836

+ Jane M. GODLEY b: 6 Mar 1805 d: 8 Jan 1870

3 Williamson George HAMPTON b: 26 Aug 1831 d: 9 Oct 1895

+ Anna Elizabeth CARNEFIX b: 3 May 1842 d: 5 Jul 1887

4 Jennie HAMPTON b: 27 Aug 1866 d: 4 Sep 1872

4 Grace HAMPTON b: 10 Oct 1875 d: Feb 1967

+ John WHITEHEAD b: Oct 1876

5 George W. WHITEHEAD b: Jun 1900

5 John Durana WHITEHEAD b: 1906

5 Irene A. WHITEHEAD b: Private

5 Evelyn I. WHITEHEAD b: Private

4 Infant HAMPTON b: 10 Sep 1876 d: 10 Sep 1876

4 Lillian May HAMPTON b: 1879 d: Aft 1965

+ Fred Lester HAIGHT b: 4 May 1877 d: 14 Feb 1965

4 Belle HAMPTON b: 7 Oct 1880 d: Feb 1971

4 Mollie HAMPTON b: 6 Oct 1881 d: 18 Feb 1932

+ Ira W. HAIGHT b: 25 Mar 1879 d: 12 Feb 1959

4 Samuel Madison HAMPTON b: 5 Jul 1887 d: 21 Mar 1957

+ Lukie Elizabeth GENTRY b: 1886

5 Virginia Lucille HAMPTON b: 25 Oct 1914 d: 17 May 1992

5 Living HAMPTON b: Private

3 Julia Ann HAMPTON b: 3 Dec 1833 d: 27 Sep 1918

+ William WHITE b: 3 Dec 1831 d: 27 Feb 1897

4 Mary J. WHITE b: Oct 1860 d: 29 Dec 1935

4 William S. WHITE b: Feb 1863

+ Lily M b: Feb 1865

5 Harry W. WHITE b: Mar 1893

5 Ernest WHITE b: Sep 1895

4 Richard WHITE b: 1865 d: 1937

+ Madeline UNKNOWN b: 1864 d: 1934

5 Annie L. WHITE b: 1891

5 Nellie M. WHITE b: 1902

3 Mary Eliza HAMPTON b: 1836 d: 1 Apr 1881

+ Richard GOTT

+ Julia Ann MILLNER b: 4 Jun 1806 d: 30 Nov 1829

3 John Adams HAMPTON b: 11 Jul 1827 d: 18 Dec 1910

+ Narcissa Jane LEWIS b: 5 Apr 1827 d: 28 Jan 1899

4 Alice HAMPTON b: 5 Aug 1860 d: 3 Apr 1884

+ George Reynolds MILLNER

5 Blanche MILLNER b: 3 Apr 1884 d: 3 Apr 1884

4 Kate HAMPTON b: 25 Mar 1862

+ Thomas Lee MILLNER b: 19 Mar 1855

4 Blanche HAMPTON b: 18 Jun 1863 d: 4 Jan 1873

4 Lula HAMPTON b: 17 Apr 1864 d: 27 Mar 1888

4 Lewis N. HAMPTON b: 3 Aug 1865 d: 3 Aug 1865

4 Second Madison Jenkins HAMPTON b: 14 Feb 1871

+ Bettie Sue MARTIN b: 1875 d: 31 Dec 1902

5 Narcissa Gwendolyn HAMPTON b: 15 Nov 1899

5 Mary Elizabeth HAMPTON b: 25 Dec 1902 d: 18 Jun 1903

+ Elizabeth Pennick ROBERTSON b: 3 Dec 1880

5 Sarah Katherine HAMPTON b: Private

5 Lula Francis HAMPTON b: Private

5 Lewis Robertson HAMPTON b: Private

5 Samuel Madison HAMPTON b: Private

3 Madison Jenkins HAMPTON b: 20 Mar 1829 d: 14 Mar 1862

+ Theresa JONES b: 4 Nov 1839 d: 13 Sep 1923

4 Samuel Lake HAMPTON b: 12 Nov 1858 d: 5 Mar 1889

4 Maybud Julia HAMPTON b: 13 May 1862 d: 5 Jan 1932

+ Thomas Ruffin PRATT b: 29 May 1856 d: 3 May 1931

5 Anne Pearl PRATT b: 8 Jan 1886 d: 16 Sep 1968

5 Thomas Ruffin PRATT b: 15 Jan 1890 d: Aft 1970

5 Madison (Hamp) Hampton PRATT b: 21 Dec 1891 d: 19 May 1961

5 Agnes Theresa PRATT b: 15 Jan 1898 d: Sep 1981

+ Susan Caroline HARRIS b: 28 Jun 1829 d: 21 Jun 1856

4 James Harris HAMPTON b: 4 Oct 1849 d: 21 Nov 1918

+ Rebecca KLYCE b: 8 Aug 1850 d: 4 Aug 1896

5 Wade Klyce HAMPTON

5 Klyce HAMPTON

5 Lena HAMPTON

5 Madison Jenkins HAMPTON

5 Pansy HAMPTON

5 Theresa HAMPTON b: 1870

5 William (Will) Walter HAMPTON b: 29 Mar 1873 d: 27 Oct 1957

5 Hortense HAMPTON b: Abt 1880

+ Arabella MARTIN

5 James Harris, Jr. HAMPTON b: Abt 1900

4 William HAMPTON b: Abt 1856 d: Bef 1900

5 Unknown HAMPTON

2 Thomas Hungerford HAMPTON b: 14 Dec 1805 d: 20 Dec 1836

+ Nancy GODLEY b: Abt 1810 d: Aft 1880

3 Rockhill Thomas HAMPTON b: 1833 d: Aft 1870

+ Elizabeth UNKNOWN

4 Mary S. HAMPTON b: 1855

4 Martha HAMPTON b: 1856

4 Louisa HAMPTON b: 1860

4 William HAMPTON b: 1862

4 Nancy HAMPTON b: 1865

4 Heneretta HAMPTON b: 1868

4 Laura HAMPTON b: 1870

2 Mary Ann Eliza HAMPTON b: 18 Jul 1809 d: 19 Jan 1886

+ John Pryor PRICE b: 19 Feb 1806 d: 10 Mar 1881

3 Mary Elizabeth PRICE b: 18 Jan 1832 d: 12 Nov 1913

+ Woodson BASSETT b: 25 Jul 1820 d: 22 Dec 1917

4 Everett P. BASSETT b: 23 Jun 1859 d: 27 Sep 1862

4 Anna Eliza BASSETT b: 11 May 1861 d: 9 Jun 1944

+ James Monroe HOPPER b: 1861 d: 1943

5 James Woodson HOPPER b: 1888 d: 1965

5 Mary HOPPER b: 1895 d: 1958

4 Martha Celestia BASSETT b: 17 Nov 1863 d: 13 Oct 1948

4 William Woodson BASSETT b: 9 Mar 1866 d: 22 Apr 1944

4 Walter Jenkins BASSETT b: 18 Jun 1868 d: 19 Dec 1930

4 Mary Jessamine BASSETT b: 7 Dec 1870 d: 8 May 1956

4 Eudora BASSETT b: 24 Jun 1873 d: 19 Jan 1874

4 Ada Elizabeth BASSETT b: 26 Nov 1876 d: 22 Apr 1954

3 John Hampton PRICE b: 23 Jan 1834 d: 29 Jul 1923

+ Mary Elizabeth HAMPTON b: 30 Sep 1846 d: 15 Feb 1893

4 Annie B. PRICE b: 1870

4 Nannie Adeline PRICE b: 18 Jan 1870

4 Jennie Eliza PRICE b: 1872

4 George Lewis PRICE b: 1874

4 Sallie Jenkins PRICE b: 1876

4 Robert PRICE b: 1878

4 Charlie PRICE b: 1880

4 Bruce PRICE b: 1882

4 Lula Hampton PRICE b: 1884

3 Nancy PRICE b: 27 Mar 1836

3 Thomas Allen PRICE b: 1839 d: Jul 1862

3 Hannah PRICE b: 1840 d: 1860

3 Sallie Matilda PRICE b: 18 Jan 1845

3 Robert Preston PRICE b: 14 Sep 1847

+ Unknown DALTON

4 Anna Eliza PRICE

4 Lula PRICE

4 Robert PRICE

4 John PRICE

4 Preston PRICE

4 Charles PRICE

4 Ada PRICE

4 Elizabeth PRICE

3 James Madison PRICE b: 24 Jun 1851 d: 6 Dec 1921

+ Mary Lyle FIELD b: 6 Feb 1853 d: 25 Dec 1944

4 Edgar Field PRICE b: 30 Jun 1872 d: 15 Apr 1935

4 Mary Eleanor PRICE b: 27 Dec 1874

4 Margaret Moir PRICE b: 16 Mar 1877

4 Mattie Matilda PRICE b: 22 Mar 1879 d: 22 Mar 1879

4 William Pryor PRICE b: 5 Aug 1881

+ Hulda Emma REDDING

5 William Pryor PRICE b: Private

5 Living PRICE b: Private

5 Living PRICE b: Private

5 Living PRICE b: Private

5 Mary PRICE b: 1916 d: 1919

5 Living PRICE b: Private

5 Living PRICE b: Private

4 John Moir PRICE b: 31 Dec 1886

4 James Bruce PRICE b: 22 Jul 1888

2 Susan Jane Catherine HAMPTON b: 4 Feb 1812 d: 18 Nov 1812

2 Emoree HAMPTON b: 31 Aug 1813 d: 1869

+ Emily CAHALL b: 1831 d: 5 Jul 1864

2 Wade HAMPTON b: 29 Jul 1816 d: Aft 1880

+ Sarah UNKNOWN d: Bef 1880

3 Boston HAMPTON

3 Lyles HAMPTON

3 Martha HAMPTON

3 Robert HAMPTON

3 Sallie A. HAMPTON b: 1855 d: 1955

+ George HAMPTON b: 1859 d: 1930

4 Wiliam G. HAMPTON b: 1879

4 Annie Lue HAMPTON b: 1880

4 King Solomon HAMPTON b: 1883 d: 1953

+ UNKNOWN RACHEL b: 1890 d: 1962

4 Peggy HAMPTON b: Abt 1884 d: Abt 1884

4 Paul HAMPTON b: Abt 1886 d: Abt 1886

4 Sallie Pearl HAMPTON b: 1889

4 Elizabeth HAMPTON b: 1891

4 Emma HAMPTON b: 1893

3 Elizabeth HAMPTON b: 1861

3 Wilmoth HAMPTON b: 1863

+ Thomas AIKENS

4 Martha Ann AIKENS

+ Lazarus BROADNAX b: 1867

5 Thomas Coleman BROADNAX

3 Emily A. HAMPTON b: 1865

2 John Anthony II HAMPTON b: 25 Mar 1822 d: 1 Nov 1865

+ Adeline LEWIS b: 1825 d: May 1900

3 Mary Elizabeth HAMPTON b: 30 Sep 1846 d: 15 Feb 1893

+ John Hampton PRICE b: 23 Jan 1834 d: 29 Jul 1923

4 Annie B. PRICE b: 1870

4 Nannie Adeline PRICE b: 18 Jan 1870

4 Jennie Eliza PRICE b: 1872

4 George Lewis PRICE b: 1874

4 Sallie Jenkins PRICE b: 1876

4 Robert PRICE b: 1878

4 Charlie PRICE b: 1880

4 Bruce PRICE b: 1882

4 Lula Hampton PRICE b: 1884

3 Victor Napoleon HAMPTON b: 11 Mar 1848 d: 1931

+ Nora EVANS b: 1861

4 Hattie Lee HAMPTON b: 12 Apr 1878 d: 25 Sep 1974

+ H. L. HUNT

5 Russell Ann HUNT b: Private

5 Paul HUNT b: 22 May 1903 d: 1989

5 Hampton Lewis HUNT b: Private

5 Victor William HUNT b: Infant

4 Berta HAMPTON b: 1880 d: 1969

5 Russell Lee HAMPTON b: 13 Oct 1905 d: 28 May 1974

4 Daisy J HAMPTON b: 1883 d: 1885

4 Charles Napoleon HAMPTON b: 1885 d: 21 Mar 1954

+ Ona UNKNOWN

5 Charles HAMPTON b: Private

5 Clyde HAMPTON b: Private

5 Catherine HAMPTON b: Private

5 Virginia HAMPTON b: Private

5 Living HAMPTON b: Private

4 Jetta Alice HAMPTON b: 1890 d: 21 Dec 1958

+ Joseph DIX

+ Robert LEE

5 Annie Lee LEE d: 7 Mar 1969

+ Gene ARTINGER

4 Addie L. HAMPTON b: 1897 d: 1899

4 Ada Violet HAMPTON b: 18 Dec 1900 d: 1983

5 Living HAMPTON b: Private

5 Living HAMPTON b: Private

3 Jane Eliza HAMPTON b: 24 Feb 1850

+ Thomas J. ARTHUR

3 Martha Ruth HAMPTON b: 14 Jul 1852

+ John MOREFIELD

3 Agnes Lewis HAMPTON b: 29 Jan 1854

+ Samuel MOTLEY

3 John William HAMPTON b: 11 Sep 1855 d: Abt 1912

John married Elizabeth Sarah JENKINS.

Third Generation

14. Margaret HAMPTON (Anthony, John (Jr.)) was born Apr 1742 in Prince William Co., VA. She died about 1800.

Margaret married Gray BYNUM. Gray was born 1740.

They had the following children:

36 M i. John BYNUM was born about 1767.

Was taken hostage by Indians during the massacre of his grandparents, uncle and baby cousin, July 1, 1776.

Dr. Jos. Johnson’s “Traditions and Reminiscences of the Revolution," stated:

"After the war, the captured boy, John Bynum, escaped from the Indians and came back and lived and died in Greenville District. He stated that a few of the Indians approached the house in a peaceful guise and when Preston went out to meet them, he was shot from under cover; the party then scalped him and attacked the family."

37 M ii. William BYNUM.

38 F iii. Mary BYNUM was born 1776.

Marriage 1 John CARMICHAEL

Children

Elizabeth CARMICHAEL b: 12 OCT 1795

Margaret CARMICHAEL

Abner CARMICHAEL b: 16 SEP 1798

Joseph CARMICHAEL

Marriage 2 GARDNER

Children

Verlinda GARDNER

Gray Bynum GARDNER

39 F iv. Dicey BYNUM.

40 F v. Martha BYNUM.

41 M vi. Benjamin BYNUM.

42 F vii. Amelia BYNUM.

43 F viii. Sarah BYNUM.

44 F ix. Ann BYNUM.

45 M x. Gray BYNUM.

46 M xi. Hampton BYNUM.

47 F xii. Elizabeth BYNUM.

17. Capt. Edward HAMPTON (Anthony, John (Jr.)) was born 9 Apr 1746 in Fairfax Co., VA. He died Oct 1780 in Fair Forest Creek, South Carolina.

Colonel: "Revolutionary War"

Note: He was killed in the battle of Earle's Ford durring a raid by Cunningham's band of Tories, after returning from a visit to his father-in-law. While at Baylis Earle's house at breakfast, some Tories surrounded the house. Edward drew his pistol and was mortally wounded.

BIOGRAPHY: In Spartanburg, SC, he stopped at the home of John Blassingame for a meal. The Torry leader "Bloody Bill" Cunningham learned of his presence, surrounded the house, and entered and shot him.

THE MASSACRE OF THE HAMPTONS compiled from Dr. Jos. Johnson’s “Traditions and Reminiscences of the Revolution”, quoted in the Atlanta Constitution” on 23 September and from records furnished by Miss Kate Boardman of Greensboro, AL and shown on Fredreica Atkins Speyer Family TreeMaker Home Page, email: speyer@

Anthony Hampton, the father of Colonel Wade Hampton, was among the first emigrants from Virginia to the upper part of South Carolina. He settled with his family on Tiger River, in Spartanburg District. At the Commencement of the Revolution, it was of the utmost importance to the frontier inhabitants that the Cherokee Indians be conciliated and kept in peace. To effect this object, EDWARD, HENRY and RICHARD Hampton, the sons of Anthony, were sent by their neighbors to invite the Nation to a "talk" at any convenient town they might proppose; but the British emissaries had been before them and their mission came to nothing. In July 1776, the Indians and Tories attacked the settlement of the patriots and after destroying a number of families, they burned the house of Anthony Hampton, killed him, his wife, his son Preston, his infant grandson and carried off a boy named John Bynum in the employ of the Hamptons. (Note: John Bynum was a grandson, as well.)

Marriage 1 Unknown DAWKINS b: 1754 in South Carolina

Children

Mary Ellen HAMPTON b: 1777 in South Carolina

Marriage 2 Sallie EARLE b: 4 Jan 1759 in Frederick County, Virginia

Children

Anna/Nancy HAMPTON b: 1779 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Elizabeth HAMPTON b: 1780 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Edward married (1) (unknown) DAWKINS.

They had the following children:

48 F i. Mary Ellen HAMPTON was born 1777.

Mary married John COOKE.

Edward also married (2) Sarah EARLE.

They had the following children:

49 M ii. Noah HAMPTON.

50 F iii. Nancy HAMPTON.

51 F iv. Elizabeth HAMPTON.

18. Col. Henry HAMPTON of Mississippi (Anthony, John (Jr.)) was born about 1750 in Hailfax County, Virginia. He died 31 Jul 1832 in Cherry Field Plantation, Feliciana Parish, Wilkinson County, Mississippi.

RESIDENCE: Halifax Co.NC; Greenville Co. Fairfield Co. SC; GA; MS

Revolutionary War Service: 6th South Carolina Regt. Continental Line 1778-80, Col of his own Regt. of Dragoons 1781, Col. of state troops( Sumpter's Brigade)1781-82,

Military Service: Captain: "Revolutionary War" (USA)

Note: He and his brother, Edward were commissioners to the Indians in 1775 to attempt to secure a treaty of peace with them. They returned from this errand to find their parents had fallen victim from the wrath of the savages.

Dr. Jos. Johnson’s “Traditions and Reminiscences of the Revolution”

"Edward, Henry, Wade, Richard and John, the other sons of Anthony Hampton, and James Harrison, his son-in-law, were all officers in the army and absent at the time of the Massacre. They thus escaped to avenge the deed in the bitter and savage fighting that followed between the Tories, Indians and British and the Patriots under Sumter and Marion."

Obituary in the Woodville, Miss. "Republican" and the "Columbia Telescope" - praised him as a Revolutionary War hero, for his public service, and for his virture as a father and husband. "Few men possessed a greater share of public and private worth..."

Note: Trader, planter, With South Carolina militia in Cherokee War, 1776; offiecer, 6th S.C. Regt. Cont. Line, 1778-80; col. of own regt. of dragoons, 1781; col. State Troops, Sumter's Brigade, 1781-82. Rep. Up Country S.C. House, 1776-78; Savannah & Edisto, 1779-80; East of Wateree, 1783-84; Broad & Catawba, 1785-86, Sheriff Camden Dist.,1783-85; justice, Fairfield Co., 1785. Moved to Ga. Justice, Liberty Co., Ga., 1786; justice, Richmond Co., Ga., 1790. Rep. Columbia Co.,in Ga. Senate, 1792-95. Moved to Wilkinson Co. Miss. 1805; est. Sligoand Cherry Field plantations near Woodville, Miss. Est. plantation in Feliciana Parish, La. 1816. Died and buried at Cherry Field 1826. Listed in "Directory of the South Carolina House of Representatives", Vol. 3.

Henry married Susannah ANDREW on 1774 in South Carolina.

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1 Henry HAMPTON b: 1750 d: 31 JUL 1826

+ Susannah ANDREW d: AFT 1826

2 Susan HAMPTON d: 1863

+ Jeter DAVIS

2 Ann HAMPTON

+ John HUGHES

+ TERRELL

2 John Preston HAMPTON b: 1783 d: FEB 1829

+ Ann HERBERT d: AFT 1829

3 Henry R. HAMPTON

+ Lucy FUQUA

3 Thomas H. HAMPTON b: 1822 d: AFT 1873

+ Fannie HERBERT

4 Herbert HAMPTON b: 1847

4 Frank HAMPTON b: 1849

4 Leila HAMPTON

3 Susan HAMPTON

3 Ann HAMPTON

2 Benjamin Franklin HAMPTON b: 1785 d: 1817

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They had the following children:

52 F i. Susannah HAMPTON was born 1775 in Up-Country, South Carolina.

53 F ii. Ann B HAMPTON was born 1778 in Up-Country, South Carolina.

54 M iii. John Preston HAMPTON was born 1783 in Fairfield Co., South Carolina.

John married Susan HERBERT.

55 M iv. Benjamin Franklin HAMPTON was born 1785 in Fairfield Co., South Carolina.

19. Maj. General Wade HAMPTON (Anthony, John (Jr.)) was born 3 May 1754 in Halifax County, VA?. He died1 4 Feb 1835 in Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina and was buried in Columbia, SC - Trinity Episcopal Church.

Lt. & Paymaster of 1st Regiment in 1776

Capt. in 1977.

1778 Paymaster of 6th Regiment

1781 Col. of Militia. Commanding a Brigade under Gen. Sumpter.

Stayed in the service and made a Maj. Gen. in 1813

"Wade Hampton" by Walter Brian Cisco; page 5-6: "Wade - the first Wade Hampton - was probably born on May 3, 1754. It is less certain whether he was a native of Virginia or North Carolina, his family being on the move around the time of his birth. One tradition assumed that he received "a thorough education," but more likely he was exposed only to the rudimentary schooling common on the frontier. Hampton was unusually intelligent, shrewd, and would become widely read. "He seems to have availed himself of every opporunity to acquire knowledge," wrote one who knew him later, "and is able to converse with ease and spirit on most subject......"

"Wade Hampton was an extraordinarily ambitious young man. In 1777 after the Indian campaign, he and brother Richard operated a small business trading with the South Carolina backcountry. Based first in Charles Town, after a few years the young merchants moved to Granby, near the center of the state, in an area called the Congarees, in Saxe Gotha Township. They must have been well thought of by their neighbors for both brothers were elected to South Carolina's Third General Assembly in 1779."

In 1781 Wade Hampton raised a regiment of South Carolina state troops. By April of that "year he was a colonel commanding a force of dragoons, surpris[ing] the enemy at Friday's Ferry on the Congaree River, winning a small victory." At the battle of Eutaw Springs, Hampton took over for a wounded Col. Wm. Henderson. The Redcoats held, but the British never again ventured from Charlestown."

"Hampton was accumulating wealth in the form of land and slaves at a rate that probably amazed even him. He retained a variety of business interests, but after he married Martha, agriculture became his primary pursuit. Eventually, he would possess over 12,000 acres in Richland - pine and hardwood forests, useless swamp, and fertile farmland..............With his profits Hampton bred race horses and speculated in land." Hampton was also involved as a stockholder in the notorious Yazoo Land Company.

After Harriet's death and his marriage to Mary, Hampton went on "to purchase and develop sugar plantations in Louisiana and Mississippi. Houmas in Ascension Parish, LA - with 148,000 acres and nearly 12 miles of frontage on the Mississippi River - became the greatest of all the Hampton holdings. In an era when possession of perhaps fifty slaves would qualify a Southerner for admission to the planter elite, the first Wade Hampton came to own upwards of 1,000. His Louisiana plantations alone were said to provide a return of $100,000 per year - at a time when an annual salary of $2,000 might be considered a confortable middle-class income. It is difficult to disagree with contemporary characterizations of Hampton as "the richest planter in the South."

"Justly or not, Hampton was cirticized by some for mistreating his work force. A traveler named James Stuart claimed to have talked to former Hampton overseers who quit rather than 'assist in the cruel punishment inflicted upon his slaves.' According to Stuart, Hampton 'stints them in food, overworks them, and keeps them almost naked."

"Wade Hampton won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in February 1795 after a special election......Defeated for reelection in 1796, Hampton was elected to the Eighth Congress in 1802, only to lose again two years later."

"Although a Republican, Hampton's public policy decisions usually turned on pragmatism rather than ideology." He was a large supporter of the newly chartered South Carolina College. He described himself as a "loose Christian," although he supported Trinity Episcopal Church.

At the age of 54, in 1808, he reentered the military, at the rank of Colonel. In May 1809 he was promoted to brigadier general, hoping he would be sent to the Canadian front. Once there, however, he failed to attack the British, believing the American forces were outnumbered, which they weren't.

Hampton died on February 4, 1835. "His estate, valued at a then astronomical $1,641,065, was divided equally among his wife, Mary, and children Caroline, Susan, and Wade Jr."

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Wade Hampton I was the wealthiest man of America in the revolutionary era and Wade Hampton III was the wealthiest man of America prior to the Civil War (but declared bankruptcy afterwards). The family was full of generals, Governors, Senators and such, but also highly educated, farsighted and intelligent.

Wade Hampton I, was an officer in the Revolutionary War and a general in the war of 1812. He was also a delegate to the South Carolina Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution. He was also a planter, a slaver owner, and was once considered the richest man in the United States. He is buried in the graveyard at Trinity Episcopal Church in Columbia, SC.

Wade distinguished himself during the Revolutionary War at the battle of Eutaw Springs in 1781, and rose to the rank of Colonel. After the war Wade became a successful cotton farmer, yet again left the sedentary life to take up arms in the War of 1812. He was promoted to Major General, but later resigned after a bitter dispute with General James Wilkinson at the Battle of Montreal. By his death in 1835, Wade had expanded his farming empire to cotton and sugar cane plantations in Mississippi and Louisiana, with a labor force of 3,000 slaves, and was known as the richest plantation owner in the United States.

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“Historical Collections, Joseph Habersham Chapter of the DAR”. (page 657-658) …

Excerpts from the diary of GEORGE WASHINGTON on his trip to AUGUSTA, 1783.

“Wednesday, 19th. – Breakfasted at Treicher’s, fifteen miles from Waynesboro. (Note-This habit of leaving his lodging place before breakfast and riding 15 or 20 miles to it, seems to have been his favorite plan, as in all his tours he did it. Why, he never explains.) And within four miles of Augusta met the governor (Telfair), Judge Walton (George Walton), the attorney general, and most of the principal gentlemen of the place, by whom I was escorted into the town and received under a discharge of artillery. The distance I cam today was about 32 miles. Dined with a large company of the governor’s and drank tea there with many well-dressed ladies.

“Thursday, 19th. – Received and answered an address from the citizen of Augusta; dined with a large company of them at their court house, and went to an assembly in the evening at the academy, at which there were between sixty and seventy well-dressed ladies.

“Friday, 20th – Viewed the ruins, or rather small remains of the works which had been erected by the British during the war and taken by the Americans; also the falls, which are about two miles above the town, and the town itself.

“These falls, as they are called, are nothing more than rapids. They are passable in their present state b boats with skillful hands, but may at the very small expense be improved by removing a few rocks only. Above them there is good boat navigation for many miles by which the produce may be, and in some measure is, transported. At this place, i.e. the falls, the good lands begin, and increase in quality to the westward and northward.”

“The town of Augusta is well laid out with wide and spacious streets. It stands on a large area of a perfect plain, but is not yet thickly built, though surprisingly so for the time, for in 1783 there were not more than half a dozen dwelling houses. It bids fair to be a large town, being at the head of the present navigation and a fine country back of it for support, which is settling very fast by tobacco planters. The culture of this article is increasing very fast and bids fair to be the principal export from the state, from this part of it, and will certainly be so.

“Augusta, though it covers more ground than Savannah, does not contain as many inhabitants, the latter having by the last census between 1,400 and 1,500 whites and about 800 blacks.

“Dined at the private dinner with Governor Telfair today, and gave him dispatches for the Spanish governor at East Florida, respecting the countenance given by that government to the fugitives slaves of the union, which dispatches were to be forward to Mr. Seagrove, collector at St. Mary’s, who was requested to be the bearer of them and instructed to make arrangements for the prevention of these evils, and if possible, for the restoration of the property, especially of those slaves who had gone off since the orders of the Spanish court to discountenance this practice recognizing them.

“Saturday, 21.- Left Augusta about six o’clock, and taking leave of the governor and principal gentlemen of the place at the bridge over the Savannah river, where they had assembled for the purpose. I proceeded in company with Colonels Hampton (Wade Hampton) and Taylor and Mr. Littlegrove, a committee from Columbia, who had come on to meet me and conduct me to that place.”

HAMPTON-PRESTON HOUSE

This mansion was built in 1818 for Ainsley Hall and purchased by Wade Hampton I in 1823 for his wife, Mary Cantey Hampton. Wade Hampton I was an experienced soldier from the Revolutionary War and a general in the War of 1812. At the time of his death in 1835, he was considered the wealthiest man in the United States The house was occupied by the Hampton family for 50 years. The Hampton's daughter, Caroline Hampton Preston, and her husband, John S. Preston, a wealthy lawyer, planter, banker, and politician, traveled frequently between the mansion and other family plantations in Louisiana and various European cities. Other Hamptons made their mark on South Carolina history. Wade Hampton II grew up at Woodlands, the plantation on the Congaree River and lived at Millwood, another plantation outside of Columbia, when he married. He was the wealthiest of all the Wade Hamptons. His son, Wade Hampton III grew up at Millwood. Hampton III commanded the Confederate Calvary during the Civil War and later went on to become Governor of South Carolina.

During the Civil War, the Hampton-Preston Mansion was seized and used as the Union Army headquarters for General John A. Logan. It was spared for this purpose while three other Hampton family plantations were burned. The home was sold outside the family in 1873 and was used as a College for Women until it was later restored to its antebellum appearance. The home contains Hampton and Preston family furnishings and memorabilia dating back to 1810.

Location: 1615 Blanding Street

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Dear Reasearcher,

Do you think you are related to General Wade Hampton?

The first thing you should know is that there were four Wade Hamptons. The first Wade Hampton was an officer in the Revolutionary war and a Major General in the War of 1812. Wade Hampton II was a 2nd Lieutenant in the First Light Dragoons during the War of 1812. He was many things, but never a general. However his son, Wade Hampton III, did reach that rank during the Civil War, which from his perspective was "The War of Northern Aggression." His son, Wade Hampton IV, was a Major in the Confederacy. So which one is your ancestor?

It's best for family historians to work backwards in time, so allow me to start with the children of Wade Hampton III and his first wife Margaret Preston: Wade Hampton IV had no children - so he can't be your ancestor; Thomas Preston Hampton never married; Sarah Buchanan Hampton married John C. HASKELL; John Preston Hampton died in infancy; and Harriet Flud Hampton died while still a child. Wade III then married Mary Singleton McDUFFIE. Their children were: George McDuffie Hampton who married Heloise URQUHART; Mary Singleton Hampton married Randolph Tucker, but had no children; Alfred Hampton married Frances HERNSEN; and Catherine Fisher Hampton who died in infancy.

So that leaves only three families to choose from. Do you descend from Sarah (Sally) Hampton and John HASKELL, George McDuffie Hampton and Heloise URQUHART or Alfred Hampton and Frances HERNSEN?

Or if Wade III isn't your ancestor, perhaps you descend from Col. Wade Hampton II and his wife Ann FITZSIMMONS? Their first child was Wade III, but they had seven more children: Christopher Hampton who married Mary Elizabeth McCORD; Harriet Flud Hampton; Catharine Pritchard Hampton; Ann M. Hampton; Caroline Louisa Hampton; Col. Frank Hampton married Sarah Strong BAXTER; and Mary Fisher Hampton.

None of the girls ever married, nor did Annie, the only daughter of Christopher Hampton and Mary McCord. That only leaves Frank HAMPTON and "Sally" BAXTER. You can read more about her in the book, A Divided Heart, Letters of Sally Baxter Hampton 1853 - 1862, edited by Ann Fripp Hampton.

One more Wade to go. There were no children from his first marriage to Mrs. Martha Epps (Goodwyn) Howell. The children of the original Wade Hampton and his second wife Harriet FLUD (now you know where that name came from) were Wade II (already discussed) and Francis Hampton who never married. After the death of Harriet, Wade married Mary CANTEY. Their children were: Harriet Hampton (never married); Louisa Wade Hampton (never married); Caroline Martha Hampton married John PRESTON; Mary Sumter Hampton married Thomson T. Player (she and her only infant died during childbirth); Alfred Hampton died very young; and Susan Frances Hampton married John MANNING.

So now all you have to do is the research to learn which of the families is actually yours. There were many young men named after one Wade Hampton or another, simply because they were civic and military leaders -- good men who inspired others. Even if you learn that you do not descend from one of the Generals, there are other many other branches of the HAMPTON family dating back almost a thousand years. In fact there are so many branches, that we are still trying to figure out where they all came from -- and where they went. Care to join us?

Rel@ively,

Patrice

Hampton-L, Listowner

"The name and fame of Hampton will endure as long as loyalty and courage are respected by the human race."

~John Esten Cooke

Wade married (1) Martha Epps Goodwin HOWELL.

Further quotes from "Wade Hampton" by Cisco

"Sometime shortly before the end of hostilities (with the British), Hampton married the widow Martha Eppes HOWELL; she was about thirty years old and the mother of a young son. She lived in Richland District, not far from Granby, and had interhited from her parents some 2,500 acres and two homes called Mill Place and Greenfield. Just after their first wedding anniversary, Martha died. No children had been born to them."

Wade also married (2) Harriett FLUD. Harriett was born 1768. She died 31 Oct 1794 in South Carolina.

The children of the original Wade Hampton and his second wife Harriet FLUD were Wade II, and Francis Hampton who never married.

Further quotes from "Wade Hampton":

"In 1786 the widower (Wade Hampton I) married eighteen year old Harriet FLUD, daughter of a wealthy planter from Santee. Hampton built for his young bride a fine and well-furnished home on property he had inherited from Martha and called in Woodlands. Off Bluff Road, east of the Congaree River, they lived in near isolation. Wade Hampton relished this kind of independence and self-sufficiency. "Four miles," according to Hampton, "is close enough for a neighbor."

"In middle age, after four years of marriage to Harriet, Hampton finally became a father. Wade Junior was born on April 21, 1791. A little more than two years later a second son, Francis (called Frank), was born. But on October 31, 1794, Harriet died, the victim of what the Charleston 'City Gazette' called "a short but painful illness." She was only 26."

They had the following children:

56 M i. Col. Wade II HAMPTON was born 21 Apr 1791 in SC. He died 10 Feb 1858 in Louisiana and was buried in Columbia, SC - Trinity Episcopal Church.

Wade Hampton II, was a 2nd Lt. in the War of 1812 and later served Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans. He was an exceptional horseman. You can read more about his ride from New Orleans to Columbia in "The Venturers" by Virginia Meynard.

Wade Hampton II (1791-1858), also served in the War of 1812 under Andrew Jackson. Jackson chose Hampton to carry the message to Washington of the victory at the battle of New Orleans. However, Wade II was perhaps best remembered for his domestic activities. He continued to successfully manage the family plantations, and excelled in social and political life. It was said that Hampton's personal library was one of the most extensive private collections in the country. At "Millwood," his plantation in Columbia, South Carolina Hampton bred fine horses and was called "The Great Warwick of South Carolina."

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Further quotes from "Wade Hampton" by Cisco:

"Young Wade served as a second lieutenant in the First Regiment of Light Dragoons, but doffed his uniform when the general (his father) resigned. Looking after his father's Louisiana plantations, Wade found himself in New Orleans in December 1814," ....."where Gen. Andrew Jackson invited Hampton to join his staff. The next day the ragtag American force, outnumbered 2 to 1, routed the attacking Redcoats, neither side aware that a peace treat had been signed in Ghent, Belgium, two weeks before. In his report Jackson thanked the 23 year old Hampton. In one story often told by the family, Hampton galloped to Washington in ten and a half days with news of the victory."

"The second Wade Hampton had served his father long and well, sharing in the management of the Hampton empire, spending much time at Houmas." After his father's death, he continued to "manage his plantations and even invet in mines and railroads".....however, "he seemed better suited to spending money than accumulating it. Breeding and racing horses became his passion."

...."back home at Millwood", the Hamptons redefined hospitality. "The orginal structure was renovated in 1838 and expanded with the addition of wings. Six massive columns gave Millwood the Greek Revival appearance then in vogue."

DEATH OF WADE HAMPTON II. page 43: "One winter morning in 1858, the second Wade Hampton, now almost 67 years old, entered the Millwood library and spoke to his daughters. "Father is very unhappy," he said, "I dreamed last night I had done a mean thing & God knows, I did not think, that even in a dream I would do a mean thing.

"On the afternoon of February 9, while reading his Bible, he died. Wade had to console his sisters as he himself grieved over the loss of his father. "You may be assured that I shall do all in my power to comfort our dear Sisters," he wrote to Mary Fisher Hampton. "Their wishes shall be my law, and my time shall be at their disposal. I feel that I can not better prove my love for him we have lost than by caring for those beloved daughters who were so dear to him."

General Wade Hampton's father remained a widower after his first wife died, unlike the General.

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HAMPTON-PRESTON MANSION - This mansion was built in 1818 for Ainsley Hall and purchased by Wade Hampton I in 1823 for his wife, Mary Cantey Hampton. Wade Hampton I was an experienced soldier from the Revolutionary War and a general in the War of 1812. At the time of his death in 1835, he was considered the wealthiest man in the United States The house was occupied by the Hampton family for 50 years. The Hampton's daughter, Caroline Hampton Preston, and her husband, John S. Preston, a wealthy lawyer, planter, banker, and politician, traveled frequently between the mansion and other family plantations in Louisiana and various European cities. Other Hamptons made their mark on South Carolina history. Wade Hampton II grew up at Woodlands, the plantation on the Congaree River and lived at Millwood, another plantation outside of Columbia, when he married. He was the wealthiest of all the Wade Hamptons. His son, Wade Hampton III grew up at Millwood. Hampton III commanded the Confederate Calvary during the Civil War and later went on to become Governor of South Carolina.

During the Civil War, the Hampton-Preston Mansion was seized and used as the Union Army headquarters for General John A. Logan. It was spared for this purpose while three other Hampton family plantations were burned. The home was sold outside the family in 1873 and was used as a College for Women until it was later restored to its antebellum appearance. The home contains Hampton and Preston family furnishings and memorabilia dating back to 1810.

Location: 1615 Blanding Street

An item from the Columbia Chronicle, Dec. 003 newsletter of the Columbia

Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society.

"Thursday, Feb. 18, 1858, Central Georgian

"Died on the 10th inst., at one of his plantations in Louisiana, Col. Wade

Hampton, of South Carolina, and son of the distinguished soldier of that

name of Revolutionary memory. His remains have been carried to Columbia, S.

C."

Wade married Ann FITZSIMONS, daughter of Christopher FITZSIMONS and Catherine PRITCHARD, on 6 Mar 1817. Ann died 1833.

Further quotes from "Wade Hampton" by Cisco:

"Before and after the War of 1812, young Wade traveled extensively, helping to manage his father's far-flung empire. All was not business, however. It may have been at Charleston's Washington Race Course that this most eligible of bachelors first met Ann FITZSIMONS. Three years younger than Wade, Ann was one of ten children born to Christopher Fitzsimons and Catharine Pritchard. The Irish-born Fitzsimons parlayed an inheritance and earnings as a Charleston cotton factor into a fortune in land and slaves. In 1807 he pursed a large house in the city that had been built a century earlier by William Rhett, the swashbuckler who cleared the coast of pirates.

Fitzsimons wrote to Wade's father, "He appears as steady as a man of forty years of age and I think very free from the vices that our young men of his age are generally addicted to."

"Wade Hampton and Ann Fitzsimons were married at the bride's home on March 6, 1817. As a wedding present Ann's father gave them a 730 acre plantation near Augusta, GA, with 75 slaves. Not to be outdone, General Hampton presented the couple with 3,000 acres in Richland District, South Carolina." He built for them a two story home they called "Millwood."

Ann's trousseau was elaborate. Dresses were made of satin, velvet,and lace, and her wide-brimmed hats were loaded with ribbons and feathers. She and Wade were married at the FitzSimons home in one ofthe most elaborate weddings Charlestonians had ever witnessed.

"On Saturday, March 28, 1818, at the Fitzsimons' home on Hassel Street in the Charleston neighborhood knkown as Rhettsbury, Ann Hampton gave birth to a son. Like his father and grandfather, he was christened Wade Hampton." Wade and Ann would have a large family: "Christopher (Kit) was three years younger than Wade. Harriet Flud was born in 1823;Catharine (Kate) Pritchard in 1824; Ann M. in 1826; Caroline Louisa in 1828; Frank in 1829; and Mary Fisher in 1833. "

However, there were complications after the delivery of their eighth child, Mary Fisher Hampton. "The 39 year old mother never recovered, dying a few weeks later."

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Email September 10, 2004 from Lois Waddington: Came across a journal entry I had written a few years ago and thought some of you might be interested.

"Sunday was very eventful, beginning with services at Trinty Cathedral (Episcopal), built between 1847 and 1861. It was founded in 1812. The interior is absolutely beautiful, with stained glass windows and a marble altar. We were impressed by the number of young families and the music program. Two of the six ordained staff are women. I also liked the "blessing of the children" during the communion service.

The churchyard was equally fascinating. In the back of the church we found a map of the graveyard drawn by G. McDuffie Hampton, C.E., 10/1/1901. From it we located the plot of the Wade Hampton Family. I hadn't thought of this possibility! We spent some time trying to figure who belonged to which Wade Hampton, for each one had two or three wives. We finally gave up! We were particularly touched by the words on one tombstone, which reads as follows:

Tribute of Affection

To the memory of

Mrs. Ann Hampton

consort of Col. Wade Hampton II and

daughter of the late Christopher Fitzsimmons, Esq.

Jan 1794 - Feb. 1833

This exemplary and interesting woman died

as she had lived, an example of every ennobling

quality of mind and every softer virture of

the heart which could dignify the Christian

or adorn the human character.

Thou art gone to the grave but we will not

deplore thee. Where God was thy ransom,

thy guardian, and guide, He gave thee,

He took thee and He will restore thee and

death has no sting, for the Savior has died.

This Wade Hampton loved horses and had a lot of race horses. We saw his portrait at the Hampton-Preston Mansion. His nose reminded us of Gordon's and Ruthie's.

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57 M ii. Francis (Frank) - (never married) HAMPTON was born 1792. He died 1816.

Never married.

Further quotes from "Wade Hampton" by Cisco:

pg 14: "General Hampton's sons Wade Jr. and Frank had buckled on swords and followed their father into service once war was declared. Frank would rise to the rank of captain before leaving the army in 1815. A drinker, dueler, and spendthrift, a year later he was dead."

Wade also married (3) Mary CANTEY on 4 Jul 1801.

After the death of Harriet, Wade married Mary CANTEY. Their children were:

Harriet Hampton (never married); Louisa Wade Hampton (never married); Caroline Martha Hampton married John PRESTON; Mary Sumter Hampton married Thomson T. Player (she and her only infant died during childbirth); Alfred Hampton died very young; and Susan Frances Hampton married John MANNING.

Further quotes from "Wade Hampton" by Cisco: Six years [after the death of Wade's 2nd wife, Harriet] Hampton began a courtship that may have raised a few eyebrows. The object of his affections was Harriet's step-sister Mary CANTEY. Longtime Hampton friend Aaron Burr informed daughter Theodosia that from what he had heard Mary was "a charming young girl." Fifty year old Hampton married his twenty-two year old former sister-in-law on Independence Day, 1801. Mary became mother to her two young nephews, Wade and Frank. Over the next fifteen years she would bear six children of her own. The first, a daughter, the couple named Harriet.

They had the following children:

58 F iii. Harriett HAMPTON (never married) was born 1803.

Never married.

59 F iv. Louisa Wade HAMPTON (never married) was born 1805.

Never married.

60 F v. Caroline Martha HAMPTON was born 12 Sep 1807 in South Carolina.

Wade I was the richest man in the U.S. at the time of his death, having married three wealthy women. Mary Cantey, his third wife, outlived him by many years. She left the beautiful Hampton-Preston House to their daughter, Caroline Hampton Preston. After the Civil War she did much entertaining and Wade III was often a guest in her home.

"Wade Hampton, Confederate Warrior, Conservative Statesman," by Walter Brian Cisco, Brassey, Inc, 2004.

In 1845, the second Wade Hampton was concerned about his brother-in-law, John Smith Preston: "John and Caroline Preston had moved to Louisiana in 1840. Responsibility for managing the vast Houmas plantation left Preston physically exhausted and emotionally drained. Legal challenges to his ownership of the land, cases that would drag through the courts for years, added to his burdens. The elder Hampton thought that a change of scene might help. He suggested that the Prestons, accompanied by Wade and Margaret Hampton, vacation abroad. They took him up on the idea. But by the late spring of 1846, Margaret was expected another child, making a sea voyage and extensive travel impossible. It was agreed that Wade alone would accompany the Prestons across the Atlantic."

"Mary Chesnut, A DIARY FROM DIXIE" Mary Chesnut was often in the company of "Mrs. Preston", and they seemed true friends.

April 15, 1861: page 39: "In the afternoon, Mrs. Preston, Mrs. Joe Heyward and I drove around the Battery. We were in an open carriage. What a changed scene, the very liveliest crowd I think I ever saw, everybody talking at once. All glasses were still turned on the grim old fort." (Fort Sumter at Charleston)

Footnote on pg 39: "Caroline Hampton, a daughter of Gen. Wade Hampton, of the Revolution, was the wife of John S. Preston, an ardent advocate of secession, who served on the staff of Beauregard at Bull Run and subsequently reached the rank of Brigadier-General."

page 130: Mary Chesnut quoted a saying of Mrs. Preston's, when describing someone she overheard in a conversation: [he was] "a complicated character truly beyond La Bruyere, with what Mrs. Preston calls refinement spread thin until it is skin-deep only."

"Governor Manning said to me: "Look at Sister Caroline. Does she look as if she had the pluck of a heroine?" Then he related how a little while ago William, the butler, came to tell her that John, the footman, was drunk in the cellar, mad with drink; that he had a carving knife which he was brandishing in drunken fury, and he was keeping everybody from their business, threatening to kill any one who dared to go into the basement. They were like a lock of frightened sheep down there. She did not speak to one of us, but following William down to the basement, holding up her skirts. She found the servants scurrying everywhere, screaming and shouting that John was crazy and going to kill them. John was bellowing like a bull of Bashan, knife in hand, chasing them at his pleasure. Mrs. Preston walked up to him, "Give me that knife," she demanded. He handed it to her. She laid it on the table. "Now come with me," she said, putting her hand on his collar. She led him away to the empty smoke-house, and there she locked him in and put the key in her pocket. Then she returned to her guests, without a ripple on her placid face. "She told me of it, smiling and serene as you see her now," the Governor concluded. Before the war shut him in, General Preston sent to the lakes for his salmon, to Mississippi for his venison, to the mountains for his mutton and grouse. It is good enough, the best dish at all these houses, what the Spanish call "the hearty welcome." Thackeray says at every American table he was first served with "grilled hostess." At the head of the table sat a person, fiery-faced, anxious, nervous, inwardly murmuring, like Falstaff, "Would it were night, Hal, and all were well."

Page 295, March 8th. 1864: "Mrs. Preston 'a story. As we walked home, she told me she had just been to see a lady she had known re than twenty years before. She had met her in this wise: One of the chambermaids of the St. Charles Hotel (New Orleans) told Mrs. Preston 's nurse-it was when Mary Preston was a baby-that up among the servants in the garret there was a sick lady and her children The maid was sure she was a lady, and thought she was hiding from somebody. Mrs. Preston went up, knew the lady, had her brought down into comfortable rooms, and nursed her until she recovered from her delirium and fever. She had run away, indeed, and was hiding herself and her children from a worthless husband. Now, she has one son in a Yankee prison, one mortally wounded, and the last of them dying there under her eyes of consumption. This last had married here in Richmond, not wisely, and too soon, for he was a mere boy; his pay as a private was eleven dollars a month, and his wife's family charged him three hundred dollars a month for her board ; so he had to work double tides, do odd jobs by night and by day, and it killed him by exposure to cold in this bitter climate to which his constitution was unadapted. They had been in Vicksburg during the siege, and during the bombardment sought refuge in a cave. The roar of the cannon ceasing, they came out gladly for a breath of fresh air. At the moment when they emerged, a bomb burst there, among them, so to speak, struck the son already wounded, and smashed off the arm of a beautiful little grandchild not three years old. There was this poor little girl with her touchingly lovely face, and her arm gone. This mutilated little martyr, Mrs. Preston said, was really to her the crowning touch of the woman's affliction. Mrs. Preston put up her hand, "Her baby face haunts me."

Marriage 1 Caroline Martha HAMPTON b: 12 Sep 1807 in South Carolina

Children

Charles PRESTON b: 1832

Alfred PRESTON b: 1834

John Smith "Jack" PRESTON, JR. b: 1836 in S.C.

Maj. William "Willie" PRESTON, C.S.A. b: 1837 in S.C.

Wade Hampton PRESTON b: 1839

Mary Canty "Mamie" PRESTON b: 1840 in S.C.

Sarah Buchanan "Buck" PRESTON b: 1842 in S.C.

Susan "Tudie" PRESTON b: 1845 in S.C.

The Hampton-Preston Mansion and the Siebels House. The homes are at Taylor, Blending and Richland streets, respectively, between Pickens and Henderson Streets in Columbia, SC.

Caroline married Brig. Gen. John Smith PRESTON C.S.A., son of Gen. Francis Smith PRESTON and Sarah Buchanan CAMPBELL. John was born 20 Apr 1809 in Abington, Washington Co., Va. He died 1 May 1881 in Columbia, SC.

Birth: Apr. 20, 1809

Death: May. 1, 1881

Brigadier General, CSA, Civil War. Educated at Hampden-Sydney, University of Virginia and Harvard. Preston served in the South Carolina Senate from 1848-1856. Promoted to Brigadier General on June 10,1864. He was a half uncle by marriage and father-in-law to General Wade Hampton.

John lived in 1840 in Columbia, SC. He was commissioned assistant adjutant general with rank of lieutenant colonel on August 13, 1861. In July 1863 he became superintendent of the Bureau of Conscription in Richmond and was first promoted to colonel on Apr 23, 1863 and then Brigadier General on June 10, 1864.

Houmas House

Located in Burnside, the original plantation was part of the land purchased by Maurice Conway and Alexander Latil from the Houmas Indians. Latil built the first structure on the property sometime during the late 18th century.

In 1812, the property was purchased by General Wade Hampton of South Carolina. General Hampton’s son-in-law, John Smith Preston, began building a Greek Revival mansion adjacent to the Latil house in 1840. The two buildings were later attached by an arched carriage way.

In 1858, John Burnside purchased the house and ultimately the plantation encompassed 20,000 acres where Burnside grew and processed sugar cane. During the Civil War, Houmas Plantation was spared from total destruction by Union troops when Burnside, an Irishman, declared he was a British subject and received immunity.

After the war, the plantation changed hands but remained prosperous until the turn of the century. At that point, portions of the land were sold and the house began to fall apart. In 1940, Dr. George Crozat of New Orleans purchased the house and began restoring it to its original 1840 appearance.

When you take the tour, notice the details of this fine old house. Of particular interest is the portico on three sides as well as the glassed-in window walk.

For more information on Houmas House, call 504/473-7841.

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"Mary Chesnut's Diary" February 23rd , 1862" "While Mr. Chesnut was in town I was at the Prestons. John Cochran and some other prisoners had asked to walk over the grounds, visit the Hampton Gardens, and some friends in Columbia.. After the dreadful state of the public mind at the escape of one of the prisoners, General Preston was obliged to refuse his request. Mrs. Preston and the rest of us wanted him to say "Yes," and so find out who in Columbia were his treacherous friends. Pretty bold people they must be, to receive Yankee invaders in the midst of the row over one enemy already turned loose amid us. General Preston said: "We are about to sacrifice life and fortune for a fickle multitude who will not stand up to us at last." The harsh comments made as to his lenient conduct to prisoners have embitter him. I told him what I had heard Captain Trenholm say in his speech. He said he would listen to no criticism except from a man with a musket on his shoulder, and who had beside enlisted for the war, had given up all, and had no choice but to succeed or die."

"Mary Chestnut's Diary" Page 159, April 27, 1862: "The fall of New Orleans means utter ruin to the private fortunes of the Prestons. Mr. Preston came from New Orleans so satisfied with Mansfield Lovell and the tremendous steam-rams he saw there. While in New Orleans Burnside offered Mr. Preston five hundred thousand dollars, a debt due to him from Burnside, and he refused to it. He said the money was safer in Burnside 's hands than his. And so it may prove, so ugly is the outlook now. Mary Preston was saying she had asked the Hamptons how they relished the idea of being paupers. If the country is saved none of us will care for that sort of thing."

61 F vi. Mary Sumter HAMPTON was born 1810.

She and her only infant died during childbirth.

Mary married Thomson T. PLAYER.

She and her infant died in childbirth.

62 M vii. Alfred HAMPTON (died young) was born 1816.

63 F viii. Susan Frances HAMPTON was born 1816. She died Oct 1845.

"Wade Hampton" by Cisco, page 37: "[in 1845] One month later [after the birth of Wade and Margaret Hampton's daughter, Susan] Susan Hampton Manning died soon after giving birth to a son.

Susan married John Lawrence MANNING.

Further quotes from "Wade Hampton" by Cisco:

Susan and her husband, John Lawrence Manning, were "regular visitors at the Columbia townhouse John and Caroline Preston shared with Caroline's widowed mother."

page 53: "John Lawrence Manning, husband of hte late Susan Hampton Manning, was elected to the convention from Clarendon District. (South Carolina convention of December 1860)

20. Elizabeth HAMPTON (Anthony, John (Jr.)) was born 14 Jan 1758 in Rowan County, North Carolina Colony. She died 28 Jul 1799.

Father: Anthony HAMPTON b: 2 Feb 1714/1715 in New Kent Co.,Va

Mother: Elizabeth PRESTON b: 10 Mar 1720 in Virginia

Marriage 1 James HARRISON b: 20 Jul 1748 in Virginia

Married: Jul 1773 in Surry (Stokes) Co,NC

Children

John Hampton HARRISON b: 22 Jan 1777 in Spartanburg Co,SC

Harriet HARRISON b: 23 Dec 1778 in Spartanburg Co,SC

Jane HARRISON b: in Spartanburg Co,SC

Isham HARRISON b: 4 Nov 1788 in Cripple Creek Plant,Greenville District,SC

"Wade Hampton" by Walter Brian Cisco, page 6

On JULY 1, 1776, Elizabeth was away visiting, and her infant son was left at home in the care of his grandparents. Indians attacked the home, killing all who were there. The report says: "Elizabeth Harrison and Mrs. Sadler heard the commotion. Cautiously, they approached through a canebrake in time to witness the final scene of horror. The young mother saw a brave grasp her infant by the feet and swing him through the air to smash his brains out against a tree. Mrs. Sadler's firm hand kept Elizabth's scream from escaping her mouth as the two backed away and rode for help."

A further account says: "Elizabeth Hampton, the daughter of Anthony, had married James Harrison, and during his absence with the army, was living with her only child, an infant of a few months, at the home of her father. On the day of the attack, she had gone to the home of a neighbor, Mrs. Sadler, leaving her baby asleep in his cradle. They heard the firing in the direction of the Hampton place accompanied by the blood-curdling Indian war-whoop and hastened thither. Crossing the intervening swamp and creeping under cover to the edge of the yard or enclosure, they saw the place inpossession of the Tories and Indians. They were already intoxicated with the brandy that was, at that period, found in every house. The Indians had clothed themselves in the finery of the household, and were amusing themselves cutting open the feather beds and chasing the feathers over the yard. The mutilated dead body of Preston Hampton lay in plain view in teh yard; Elizabeth saw an Indian bring her little son from the burning house and dash his brains out against a tree.

They remained to see no more, but fled to Mrs. Sadler's house, secured what cold food they could, and taking to the woods, they hunted up and caught two of the horses that had been belled and turned out, and making hickory bark bridles, they rode to the nearest fort, alarming the country as they went."

Family anecdote: On one occasion she saved Gen. Sumter from defeat by swimming the Enoree River on her old horse, "Whitey", (and with her small child in her arms) to warn of Tarleton's approach. On another occasion she and her sister-in-law were alone in the house, weaving cloth for the Continental blue uniforms, when the soldiers came in sight. They had just enough time to pull it from the loom and get in bed with the bundled fabric and pretend as if it were a small baby. These antedotes told by her daughter, Harriet Harrison, then to her daughter, Miriam Earle, who told them to her son, Samuel Mays.

Children:

Anthony HARRISON

+ John Hampton HARRISON

+ Harriet HARRISON

+ Louisa Jane "Hardtimes" HARRISON

+ James HARRISON Jr.

Clarissa HARRISON

+ Richard HARRISON

+ Isham HARRISON

+ Thomas HARRISON

Elizabeth HARRISON

+ Mary Vivian (Polly) HARRISON

Benjamin HARRISON

Henry Hampton HARRISON

Elizabeth married James HARRISON. James was born 1748 in Goochland & Cumberland, VA. He died 1815 in Greenville County, SC.

The Harrisons come into the picture with the marriage of Wade Hampton I’s sister, Elizabeth, to James Harrison, but the Hamptons, Harrisons, Daniels, Earles, Williams, Hendersons, Prestons, Bynums, Laniers and others were associated before that marriage as aristocrats, businessmen and land speculators. James Harrison was also well educated and wealthy as were his brother and sisters. His descendants were very frequently Generals, Senators, and such.

James Harrison and Elizabeth Hampton were married 20 July 1773 in Surry County, North Carolina. They and the Hampton's came by wagon train to Upstate South Carolina and became Indian traders. James Harrison had a store in the South Tyger River area. Elijah Harrison Cooper, son of William Cooper and Mary Polly Harrison, apparently, was a favorite of James Harrison. He worked in the Harrison store as a young man and stayed with the Harrison's. It is likely Elijah H. Cooper influenced William and Mary Polly to move to Union County, South Carolina William Cooper was a carpenter and it is likely that Elijah H. Cooper was skilled in this trade as well. James Harrison later migrated to Greenville County, South Carolina. He was an aggressive business man and eventually acquired 16,000 acres that became the Cripple Creek Plantation. This was a dangerous time in that area. There was an Indian massacre of the Hampton family where many of their family were killed as well as one of James Harrison's babies. The child's head was smashed against the log house and the brains of the child could be seen on the logs. When James Harrison built his mansion on Cripple Creek, he had port holes built in the brick walls of the house so they could fire at hostile Indians if need be.

Elijah H. Cooper helped build and supervise the house, perhaps William Cooper assisted. This house was the finest in Upstate South Carolina. The brick were made on the plantation. Some of the marble and other supplies were brought by wagon as faraway as Charleston, South Carolina. A cemetery was built a few hundred yards from the house. This was a rectangular plot that had 6 foot walls made of large stone and no mortar was used. This area, 20 feet X 30 feet still stands today. Some of the stones would weigh 4 - 5 hundred pounds and unless it is destroyed by man, this cemetery will stand like the pyramids of Egypt.

Bob Harrison, the only remaining descendant that still lives in this area said, "the bodies were put inside the wall through an opening in the south end of the wall, after the last body was interred the opening was closed." Some other family members, as well as some slaves, are buried outside the wall. The cemetery is the only remaining land that still belongs to the Harrison's and consist of just a few acres. The balance of the 16,000 acres has been sold.

James Harrison was a "planter, surveyor. Educated at Donald Robertson's Academy, King and Queen Co., VA 1761-62. soldier, SC militia, Rev. War Estab. Fairforest plantation and Harrison's store, Union Co., SC, ca 1777: commr roads. 1778: rep Upper Dist. SC House 1782-86: Union Co. 1786. Estab Cripple Creek plantation. Greenville Co.. SC 1784; moved there 1786. Surveyor to lay off lots in new capitol, Columbia, 1786. First state senator from Greenville Co., 1789-90. Washington Dist. (Greenville Co.), 1791; rep. Greenville Co.. in SC House, 1794-96. Owned over 15,000 acres land in several plantations. His account book for 1783-90 is with the Harrison Family Papers, USC. Buried with wife in family cemetery at Cripple Creek. Listed in DAR Patriot Index and Biographical Directory of the South Carolina Senate."

Samuel Henderson and Anthony Hampton signed the marriage bond of James Harrison and Elizabeth Hampton which was witnessed by Wade Hampton. James and Elizabeth joined the wagon train and accompanied the Hampton's to the Up-Country of SC.

THE MASSACRE OF THE HAMPTONS compiled from Dr. Jos. Johnson’s “Traditions and Reminiscences of the Revolution”, quoted in the Atlanta Constitution” on 23 September and from records furnished by Miss Kate Boardman of Greensboro, AL and shown on Fredreica Atkins Speyer Family TreeMaker Home Page, email: speyer@

Anthony Hampton, the father of Colonel Wade Hampton, was among the first emigrants from Virginia to the upper part of South Carolina. He settled with his family on Tiger River, in Spartanburg District. At the Commencement of the Revolution, it was of the utmost importance to the frontier inhabitants that the Cherokee Indians be conciliated and kept in peace. To effect this object, Edward, Henry and Richard Hampton, the sons of Anthony, were sent by their neighbors to invite the Nation to a "talk" at any convenient town they might proppose; but the British emissaries had been before them and their mission came to nothing. In July 1776, the Indians and Tories attacked the settlement of the patriots and after destroying a number of families, they burned the house of Anthony Hampton, killed him, his wife, his son Preston, his infant grandson and carried off a boy named John Bynum in the employ of the Hamptons.

Elizabeth Hampton, the daughter of Anthony, had married James Harrison, and during his absence with the army, was living with her only child, an infant of a few months, at the home of her father. On the day of the attack, she had gone to the home of a neighbor, Mrs. Sadler, leaving her baby asleep in his cradle. They heard the firing in the direction of the Hampton place accompanied by the blood-curdling Indian war-whoop and hastened thither. Crossing the intervening swamp and creeping under cover to the edge of the yard or enclosure, they saw the place inpossession of the Tories and Indians. They were already intoxicated with the brandy that was, at that period, found in every house. The Indians had clothed themselves in the finery of the household, and were amusing themselves cutting open the feather beds and chasing the feathers over the yard. The mutilated dead body of Preston Hampton lay in plain view in teh yard; Elizabeth saw an Indian bring her little son from the burning house and dash his brains out against a tree.

They remained to see no more, but fled to Mrs. Sadler's house, secured what cold food they could, and taking to the woods, they hunted up and caught two of the horses that had been belled and turned out, and making hickory bark bridles, they rode to the nearest fort, alarming the country as they went.

After the war, the captured boy, John Bynum, escaped from the Indians and came back and lived and died in Greenville District. He stated that a few of the Indians approached the house in a peaceful guise and when Preston went out to meet them, he was shot from under cover; the party then scalped him and attacked the family.

Edward, Henry, Wade, Richard and John, the other sons of Anthony Hampton, and James Harrison, his son-in-law, were all officers in the army and absent at the time of the Massacre. They thus escaped to avenge the deed in the bitter and savage fighting that followed between the Tories, Indians and British and the Patriots under Sumter and Marion.

DAR No.79 68; No.83 227.

Soon after the war ended, James' brother, Maj. Richard Harrison (who had married Nancy Patillo), and his brother-in-law and sister, Reuben and Betsy (Harrison) Daniel, moved to South Carolina from Nut Bush and settled in Spartanburg County. James' eldest sister, Polly, and her husband, William Cooper, also arrived with their family and lived on the Harrison plantation at Fairforest. One of the Coopers' sons, Elijah, clerked in Harrison's store. With slaves to work his plantation, relatives to look after his property, and good help in his store, James was free to travel about the state looking for good land to invest in and attend meetings of the legislature at Charleston.

The Harrison's returned to Fairforest and prepared to move to Cripple Creek. Apparently James closed his store at the crossroads, for accounts of Union residents are marked "paid in full" at that time. However, he did not sell his Fairforest plantation until 1790, and the Coopers continued to reside there. James, Elizabeth, their six children, and their slaves arrived in Greenville County before September and probably resided there temporarily in an overseer's house at Cripple Creek. One of James' first acts was to furnish provisions for Col. Robert Anderson's militia.

The elegant Harrison house finally was completed in 1791. The last 30,000 bricks were brought and wagoned to Cripple Creek. James kept a record in his account book of the cost of materials and labor (other than slaves) which totaled over 335 pound sterling. The downstairs rooms, both walls and ceiling were paneled with natural walnut, and the ironwork was hand wrought. A large, triangular brick chimney stood at one end of the house, and adjoining the other end was a brick kitchen and dining room with an immense chimney and a fireplace for cooking. The stairway to the upper floor was enclosed in a hall near the outside wall to prevent spread of fire, and there were portholes near the eaves to shoot at Indians in case of an attack. (Elizabeth had never forgotten the Hampton massacre in which she lost her parents and her firstborn child.)

A tenth child, Eliabeth Harrison, was born in the new house in October 1792, and then tragedy struck that winter when eight year-old Clarissa was burned to death after her clothes caught on fire. Three more children were born at Cripple Creek: Mary Vivian (called Polly) in 1794, Benjamin in 1796 and Henry Hampton Harrison in 1798 when Elizabeth was 40 years old. (Both boys died young.)

They had the following children:

64 M i. Anthony (infant son killed by Indians) HARRISON was born 1776. He died 1 Jul 1776 in South Carolina.

65 F ii. Harriet HARRISON was born Dec 1778.

2 Harriet HARRISON b: 23 DEC 1778 d: 26 AUG 1828

+ Samuel EARLE b: 28 NOV 1760 d: 23 NOV 1833

3 Damaris Miriam EARLE b: 13 NOV 1808 d: 10 NOV 1881

+ James Butler MAYS b: 27 JUN 1798 d: 14 FEB 1836

4 Samuel Elias MAYS b: 12 NOV 1834 d: 1906

+ Catherine Elvira MOSELEY b: 29 MAY 1838 d: 1894

5 Samuel Edward MAYS b: 19 DEC 1864 d: 4 FEB 1932

+ Rowena Lee EVERS b: 6 SEP 1871 d: 23 MAY 1964

6 Katherine Frances MAYS b: 16 JUN 1902 d: 18 AUG 1994

+ Federico Oliva MARTINEZ b: 20 JUL 1924

+ MCDAVID

+ Clifford Harold MERCKLE b: 23 SEP 1898 d: SEP 1967

6 Miriam Rowena MAYS b: 1 APR 1894 d: 18 AUG 1975

+ William Edward LEE b: 8 FEB 1891

6 Samuel Edwin MAYS b: 21 OCT 1905 d: 22 FEB 1967

+ Ruth Elizabeth BLACKMAN b: 6 JUN 1907 d: 16 MAR 2003

6 James Arden MAYS b: 1 MAR 1910 d: 29 SEP 1970

+ Living BYRD

+ Ruby Hazel PRATT

5 James Butler MAYS III b: 26 SEP 1858 d: 8 AUG 1862

5 Matthew Francis MAYS b: 10 OCT 1860

+ Maud Eliza WALTON b: 26 MAY 1864

6 Anne Mosely MAYS

+ Glenn Earle MILLER b: 9 JUL 1887

6 Katherine Toombs MAYS

6 James Francis MAYS

+ ELEANOR

6 Maud Walton MAYS

6 Mildred Miriam MAYS

+ Paul Hilliard MILLER

5 Martha Dart MAYS b: 1868

5 James Butler MAYS b: 17 DEC 1869 d: 25 FEB 1872

5 Catherine Josepha MAYS b: 29 AUG 1873 d: 26 MAR 1897

5 Earle Walton MAYS b: 28 AUG 1876

+ Mary WILMING b: 22 APR 1882

6 Josephine MAYS b: 27 MAY 1909

6 Earle Francis MAYS b: 11 NOV 1912

6 Mary MAYS b: 27 MAR 1909

6 Helen MAYS b: 8 DEC 1915

6 James Butler MAYS b: 7 NOV 1916

6 Grace MAYS b: 8 SEP 1918

6 John MAYS b: 23 JAN 1921

6 Samuel E. MAYS b: 18 DEC 1923

6 June Ann MAYS b: 28 JUN 1928

4 James Butler MAYS , Jr. b: 13 SEP 1836 d: 1920

+ Azelia POE b: 1842 d: 1892

5 James Butler MAYS III b: 13 MAR 1864 d: 14 JAN 1866

5 William Poe MAYS b: 16 APR 1866 d: 1917

+ Sadie EASON

6 James Butler MAYS

6 Charles Williams MAYS

5 Wilton Earle MAYS b: 19 JUL 1868

+ Rosa Florence SMITH

6 Wilton Earle MAYS , Jr.

6 James Smith MAYS

5 Ellen Poe MAYS b: 14 SEP 1873

5 Azelia Josepha MAYS b: 16 FEB 1877

+ John D. HOBBS

6 Mildred Ellen HOBBS b: 9 FEB 1903

6 John Dixon Mays HOBBS b: 5 DEC 1907

5 Samuel Baylis MAYS b: 23 MAY 1871 d: 14 MAY 1893

5 Hallie Poe MAYS b: 7 SEP 1871

+ GATES

5 Franklin Winslow MAYS b: 11 FEB 1882

+ Clorie May HOWELL

3 Baylis John EARLE b: 24 JAN 1795 d: 24 DEC 1844

3 Andrew Pickens EARLE b: 26 MAR 1797 d: 7 AUG 1825

3 James Harrison EARLE b: 15 FEB 1799 d: 1829

3 Elizabeth Hampton EARLE b: 13 MAR 1801 d: 1872

+ John MAXWELL b: 1791 d: 1870

4 Harriet MAXWELL

+ Michael Baylis EARLE

5 Theron EARLE

5 Hannah EARLE

4 Robert MAXWELL

+ Lucy SLOAN

5 Eloise MAXWELL

5 Sloan MAXWELL

5 John MAXWELL

5 Harriet MAXWELL

5 James MAXWELL

5 Jefferson Davis MAXWELL

4 Samuel MAXWELL

+ Julia KEELS

5 Susan MAXWELL

5 Frank MAXWELL

5 Keels MAXWELL

4 Mary Louisa MAXWELL

4 Baylis John MAXWELL

4 John Hampton MAXWELL

+ Mary ALEXANDER

4 Martha Pickens MAXWELL

+ John KEELS

4 Anne Maria MAXWELL

+ Ben SLOAN

4 Miriam MAXWELL

4 Emily Thompson MAXWELL

+ Joseph Bessier WEYMAN

5 Samuel T. WEYMAN

+ FONTAINE

6 George Fontaine WEYMAN

6 Samuel Maverick WEYMAN

6 Fontiane WEYMAN

6 Betsy Shorter WEYMAN

5 Josephine WEYMAN

+ Bryant HOUSTON

+ MAUREY

5 Martha WEYMAN

+ John KEELS

5 Ann Maria WEYMAN

+ Benjamin SLOAN

6 Ann SLOAN

+ Bradshaw BEVERLY

5 Miriam WEYMAN

4 Elizabeth MAXWELL

+ Thomas L. LEWIS

5 Elizabeth LEWIS

5 Mary LEWIS

5 Mattie LEWIS

5 Julia LEWIS

+ Overton HENRY

5 Emily LEWIS

5 James LEWIS

+ BIRNIE

5 Thomas LEWIS

5 Edward LEWIS

+ POPE

5 Benjamin LEWIS

3 Mary Prince EARLE b: 1806

+ Robert MAXWELL

4 Robert MAXWELL , Jr.

4 Anne MAXWELL

+ John WRIGHT

4 Mary Louisa MAXWELL

+ T. J. WARREN

5 Robert WARREN

5 Lilly WARREN

5 Mary WARREN

5 Harriet WARREN

5 Priestly WARREN

4 Thomas Edward MAXWELL

3 Sara Maria EARLE b: 9 AUG 1809 d: 10 AUG 1867

+ John Washington LEWIS d: 1865

4 Pickens Rowland LEWIS

+ Laura EDWARDS

4 Frances Harriet LEWIS

+ James Rice BROWN b: 18 AUG 1827

5 John W. BROWN

5 Sally Rice BROWN d: 1888

5 George R. BROWN

5 Joseph E. BROWN

4 Mary LEWIS

+ F. D. THOMAS

4 Baylis LEWIS

+ Ella SHOCKLEM

4 Mildred LEWIS

+ Thomas MASTIN

4 John Washington LEWIS , Jr.

+ Lucy MERIWETHER

4 Edward LEWIS

+ Mattie MOSS

3 Elias Theron EARLE b: 9 APR 1813 d: 7 JUL 1836

3 Samuel Maxey EARLE b: 15 MAR 1815

+ Eliza Williams HARRISON

4 Samuel EARLE b: 1844

4 Baylis John EARLE

4 Richard Harrison EARLE

4 Edward Hampton EARLE d: 1875

4 Mary Harrison EARLE b: 1852 d: 1857

4 Richard Harrison EARLE b: 1855

4 Elias Pickens EARLE d: MAR 1892

+ Mary Louise PALMER

5 John Baylis EARLE

5 Edward Palmer EARLE

4 James EARLE

3 Edward Hampton EARLE b: 21 OCT 1820 d: 1849

3 Edward Preston EARLE b: 1803 d: 1803

3 Morgan Prietsly EARLE b: 1804 d: 1845

3 Harriet EARLE b: 1811 d: 20 MAY 1850

+ Elias EARLE , Jr.

4 Frances Harriet EARLE

4 Mary EARLE

+ Joseph Berry SLOAN

5 Harriet SLOAN

5 Mays SLOAN

4 Wilton Robertson EARLE

4 Miriam EARLE

+ T. B. LEE

4 Elias EARLE

+ Nettie HARRISON

4 Florence EARLE

+ James H. THORNWELL

66 M iii. John Hampton HARRISON was born Jan 1777.

2 John Hampton HARRISON b: 22 JAN 1777 d: 1838

+ Jemima WILLIAMS d: 1858

3 Clarissa HARRISON b: 1807

3 Harriet HARRISON b: 1805 d: 1874

+ Samuel Girard MCCLANAHAN

3 James Perry HARRISON b: 26 DEC 1813 d: 5 SEP 1871

+ Nancy Catherine BERRY b: 30 JUN 1825 d: 14 MAR 1872

4 Sallie HARRISON b: AFT 1840

+ Willis Benson HARRISON b: 27 OCT 1846

5 James Furman Benson HARRISON b: 20 MAY 1874 d: 3 OCT 1940

+ Mattie Elizabeth VAUGHAN b: 5 JUN 1881 d: 12 APR 1965

3 John Hampton HARRISON b: 10 NOV 1809 d: 8 JAN 1879

+ Maria Louise BENSON b: 10 MAR 1821 d: 24 SEP 1863

4 John Hampton HARRISON b: 15 NOV 1840 d: 1919

+ Nannie LATIMER

5 Lillian M. HARRISON b: 1877 d: 1909

5 John Hampton HARRISON b: 1878 d: 1943

+ Maggie RICHARDSON

5 James Robert HARRISON b: 1882 d: 1952

+ Marguerite AUSTIN

5 Steven M. HARRISON b: 1884 d: 1907

5 Elizabeth Eudora HARRISON b: 1886 d: 1959

5 William Henry HARRISON b: 1888 d: 1954

+ Lizzie Mae BRASHIER

5 Lena HARRISON b: 1897

+ Lou DEAL b: 15 AUG 1858 d: 4 MAY 1944

4 Willis Benson HARRISON b: 27 OCT 1846

+ Sallie HARRISON b: AFT 1840

5 James Furman Benson HARRISON b: 20 MAY 1874 d: 3 OCT 1940

+ Mattie Elizabeth VAUGHAN b: 5 JUN 1881 d: 12 APR 1965

4 Samuel Earle HARRISON b: 4 OCT 1855 d: 7 OCT 1926

4 William Henry HARRISON b: 9 DEC 1855

+ Harriet MCDANIEL

4 Richard HARRISON

4 Edith Louise HARRISON

3 Elizabeth Hampton HARRISON b: 14 JAN 1803 d: 27 DEC 1865

+ Samuel Girard EARLE b: 1 MAY 1789 d: JAN 1858

67 F iv. Louisa Jane HARRISON was born 1780.

2 Louisa Jane HARRISON b: 1780 d: 1827

+ John WRIGHT

3 Harriet Hampton WRIGHT b: BET 1795 AND 1814 d: BET 1816 AND 1899

+ Samuel Sydney EARLE b: 22 MAR 1799 d: 1870

4 Florence EARLE

+ W. S. MUDD

4 John Baylis EARLE

4 Samuel Lowndes EARLE

+ Maria WRENN

4 Sara Ellen EARLE

+ Robert W. GREENE

4 Thomas Wright EARLE

4 Joseph Berry EARLE

+ Elizabeth MARTIN

4 Harriet EARLE

+ C. PERKINS

5 Sophia PERKINS

+ William G. MONTGOMERY

6 Harriet Earle MONTGOMERY

6 William G. MONTGOMERY , Jr.

6 James MONTGOMERY

+ G. W. HEWITT

5 Sophie HEWITT

+ William G. MONTGOMERY

6 James MONTGOMERY

6 Harriet MONTGOMERY

6 William MONTGOMERY , Jr.

4 James Harrison EARLE

4 Paul Hamilton EARLE

+ Mary Gaines GREENE

4 Romert Emmett EARLE

68 F v. Clarissa HARRISON was born 1784. She died a child, in a fire, in 1792.

69 M vi. Isham HARRISON was born Nov 1788 in Cripple Creek Plantation, Greenville County, SC. He died 30 Sep 1863 in Sunnyside, Aberdeen, MS.

Isham Harrison

son of James Harrison & Elizabeth Hampton

b. November 1788 at Cripple Creek Plantation, Greenville Coounty, SC

m. Harriett Kelly about 1810 in SC

Served in the War of 1812

Served in the AL Legislature 1825-1825

d. september 30, 1863 at Sunnyside, Aberdeen, MS

Harriett Kelly

daughter of Gershom Kelly and Bridget Tatum

b. February 11, 1789 at Greenville County, SC

m. Isham Harrison about 1810 in SC

d. July 1, 1856 at Aberdeen, MS

Isham married Harriett KELLY.

Children:

1. Ann Eliza Harrison

b. ~1810 in Pendleton District, SC

m. ~1829 to Dr. Bayliss Wood Earle

d. ~1881

2. Laura Harrison

b. ~1812 in Pendleton District, SC

m. Col. William Houston Jack on May 15, 1828

Mother of Thomas McKinney Jack, Co. B.

d. ~1877

3. James Edward Harrison

b. April 24, 1815 in Greenville District, SC

m. ~1842 to Henrietta Hardin

m. ~ 1842 to Mary Ann Evans

an adopted son of the Chickasaw Indian Tribe

delegate to the Texas Seccesssion Convention

Served as Lt. Col in 15th Texas.

Promoted to General in 1864 commanding Brigade in De Polignac's division

Served as trustee of Baylor University.

d. February 23, 1875 in Waco, TX

Harrison, McLennan County, Texas is named in his honor.

4. Louisa Harrison

b. January 1817 in Jonesboro, AL

m. Dr. Wells Thompson

d. ~ 1879

5. John Hampton Harrison

b. ~ 1819 in Jones Valley, AL

trained as a medical doctor

d. from fever ~1840 in Columbus, MS

6. Isham Harrison, Jr.

b.~ 1813 in Jones Valley, AL

m. ~1844 to Julia R. Whitfield

d. 1864 in the Battle of Harrisburg, MS

7. Richard Harrison

b.~ 1813 in Jones Valley, AL

trained as a medical doctor

Promoted to General in the CS Army in January 1865

Served as trustee of Baylor University.

m. Emma Buck

m. Mary Ragsdale

m. Mollie Thompkins

d. ~1876

8. Thomas Harrison

Born in Ruhama, Jefferson County, AL on May 1, 1823.

Married Sarah Ellis McDonald in 1858.

Died July 14, 1891, at Waco TX.

9. William Kelly Harrison

b. ~1825 in Ruhama, Jefferson County, AL

d. ~1852

10. Harriet Kelly Harrison

b. ~1827 in Ruhama, Jefferson County, AL

m. May 1846 to William Bennett Evans

d. ~ 1876

11. Moses Kelly Harrison

b. ~1825 in Ruhama, Jefferson County, AL

trained as a medical doctor

m. ~1859 to Mary McFarland Bradford

served as a Colenel in the CS Army.

d. ~1894 in Deerbrook, Noxubee County, MS

12. Elizabeth Hampton Harrison

b. ~1831 in Ruhama, Jefferson County, A

m. Dr. John T. Barron

13. Mary Vivian Harrison

b. ~1834 at Noxubee Plantation, MS

m. Dr. Mathey Clay III

d. ~1885

70 M vii. Thomas HARRISON was born 1790.

2 Thomas HARRISON b: 1790 d: 1835

+ Hannah EARLE b: 1795 d: BET 1835 AND 1850

3 James Thomas HARRISON

+ BLEWITT

4 Unknown HARRISON

+ Stephen D. LEE

5 Blewitt LEE

4 Unknown HARRISON

+ DAWSON

71 M viii. James (Jr.) HARRISON was born Aug 1791.

2 James HARRISON , Jr. b: 2 AUG 1791 d: 1866

+ Sarah EARLE b: 2 AUG 1791

3 William HARRISON

3 Henry HARRISON

3 Elias HARRISON

3 Samuel HARRISON

3 Elizabeth HARRISON

3 James W. HARRISON

+ Mary BENSON

3 Frances M. HARRISON

+ WHITNER

72 M ix. Benjamin HARRISON was born 1792. He died 1812.

73 F x. Elizabeth HARRISON was born Oct 1792.

Elizabeth HARRISON b: 1792 d: 1835

+ Rowland THURMOND

+ S. G. WARD

74 F xi. Mary Vivian "Polly" HARRISON was born 1794. She died 1820.

75 M xii. Richard HARRISON.

2 Richard HARRISON b: 2 APR 1786 d: 18 AUG 1829

+ Catherine SLOAN b: 3 MAR 1796

3 Sloan HARRISON b: 1810

+ Catherine SAUNDERS

3 Josiah HARRISON

3 Elizabeth HARRISON

3 Mary V. HARRISON

3 Catherine Sloan HARRISON

3 Harriet HARRISON

3 Laura HARRISON

3 Florence HARRISON

76 F xiii. Rose HARRISON.

77 M xiv. Henry Hampton HARRISON was born 1798. He died 1808.

21. Col. Richard HAMPTON (Anthony, John (Jr.)) was born 25 Dec 1752 in Halifax County, VA. He died 4 Nov 1792 in Edisto Sawmills, Orangeburg County, South Carolina.

Richard, along with his brother Wade, were elected to South Carolina's Third General Assembly in 1779.

Colonel: "Revolutionary War"

Note: One of the commissioners to lay out the town of Columbia, SC.

Richard married Mary BOWERS.

They had the following children:

78 M i. Henry Preston HAMPTON.

79 M ii. Edward HAMPTON.

22. Thomas HAMPTON (James, John (Jr.)) was born 1748 in Fairfax County, VA. He died Apr 1838 in Wilkes County, NC.

Thomas married Abigail LAWES.

They had the following children:

80 M i. Judah HAMPTON was born in Surry County, NC. He died 11 Feb 1811 in Wilkesboro, North Carolina.

81 M ii. William Turner HAMPTON was born in Surry County, NC. He died 15 Oct 1852 in Letcher Co., KY..

82 F iii. Nancy HAMPTON was born in Surry County, NC.

Nancy married Thomas NORRIS.

83 M iv. James (son of Thomas & Abigail) HAMPTON was born in Surry County, NC.

James married Elizabeth MILLER.

84 M v. William Welcome HAMPTON was born in Surry County, NC. He died in Wilkes County, NC.

William married Nancy BRYAN.

85 F vi. Elizabeth HAMPTON was born in Surry County, NC. She died 1863 in Henderson, IL.

Elizabeth married Benjamin TOMPKINS.

86 M vii. Jeremiah HAMPTON was born in Surry County, NC. He died in Wilkes County, NC.

87 M viii. Jacob HAMPTON was born 1787 in Surry County, NC. He died in Wilkes County, NC.

88 M ix. Livingstone HAMPTON was born 1789 in Surry County, NC.

Livingstone married Phoebe BOWMAN.

23. Mary Margaret HAMPTON (James, John (Jr.)) was born 1751 in Surry County, NC. She died 7 Jul 1828 in Lincoln County, TN.

Mary married John N. HALBERT in Rowan Co/Stokes Co., NC.

They had the following children:

89 F i. Elizabeth HALBERT.

Children of ELIZABETH HALBERT and CHARLES B. Sr. GOODE are:

i. Mary "Polly" GOODE was born 26 DEC 1797 in Stokes Co., NC, and died 3 MAY 1891 in Stone Co., MO (buried Parsons Family Cemetery, Old Oto). She married John D. SHANNON 25 SEP 1817 in Williamson Co., TN, son of David SHANNON and Jane MCKNIGHT. He was born 16 APR 1798 in Tennessee, and died 12 APR 1862 in Greene Co., MO (buried Parsons Family Cemetery, Old Oto, Stone Co. MO).

ii. Nathan GOODE was born ABT. 1800 in Stokes Co., NC, and died 1865 in Tishomingo Co., MS, during the Civil War. He married Hulda Ladd GOODE 16 FEB 1826 in Blount Co., AL, daughter of Joel H. GOODE and Mary Ladd MAJORS. She was born ABT. 1805 in Kentucky, and died 5 JUL 1880 in Cherokee, Colbert Co., AL.

6. iii. HALBERT GOODE was born BET. 1800 - 1810 in Stokes Co., NC, or Henry Co., KY, and died AFT. MAY 1835 in AL (probably Lauderdale Co.). He married JULIA ANN (Juliann) BRYANT 8 FEB 1830 in Lauderdale Co., AL, daughter of unknown BRYANT. She was born 25 SEP 1811 in Georgia, and died 22 JAN 1897 in Austin, Travis Co., TX.

iv. Milton GOODE was born 4 FEB 1808 in Kentucky, and died 12 APR 1874 in Limestone Co., AL (buried Old Temperance Oak Cemetery). He married Lettie LENZ 1829 in Limestone Co., AL. She was born 1812 in Alabama, and died AFT. 1870.

v. Richard GOODE was born 23 FEB 1810 in Henry Co., KY, and died ABT. 1883 in Three Creeks, Union Co., AR. He married Mary Jane STEWART 11 MAR 1851 in Champagnolle, Union Co., AR. She was born ABT. 1830 in Georgia (or Lisbon, Union Co., AR?).

vi. William GOODE was born 14 MAR 1813 in Williamson Co., TN, and died 18 SEP 1885 in Lauderdale Co., AL. He married Martha YORK 3 DEC 1835 in Lauderdale Co., AL. She was born 1816 in Alabama, and died NOV 1863 in Lauderdale Co., AL. He married Olive "Olly" COLE MAR 1864 in (?)Lauderdale Co., AL. She was born ABT. 1838 in Alabama.

vii. Charles B. Jr. GOODE was born ABT. 1817 in Henry Co., KY (or Tennessee?), and died ABT. 1883 in (?)Union Co., AR (or Titus Co., TX?). He married Malinda GRAVES 12 DEC 1842 in unknown (divorced), daughter of Davenport GRAVES and Nancy MCELROY. She was born ABT. 1827 in Dallas Co., AL. He married Mary MALONE BEF. 1859. She was born ABT. 1825 in Alabama. He married Sally PHILLIPS MCDONALD BET. 1863 - 1882. She was born ABT. 1854 in Texas.

viii. Elizabeth Rebecca GOODE was born ABT. 1821 in Williamson Co., TN, and died 1898 in Union Co., AR. She married Tubal S. HUDSON 23 DEC 1835 in Lauderdale Co., AL (no children). He was born ABT. 1817 in Mecklenburg Co., VA.

ix. Margaret Ann "Peggy" GOODE was born 1818 in Tennessee, and died 1905 in Three Creeks, Union Co., AR. She married John Y. HUDSON.

x. Joseph GOODE was born in Alabama, and died in Madison Co., AL, near Point Rock

Elizabeth married Charles B. GOODE on 29 Dec 1796 in Stokes Co., NC. Charles died 1830 in Lauderdale County, AL.

24. Martha HAMPTON (James, John (Jr.)) was born about 1752 in Surry County, NC. She died in Davidson County, TN.

Martha married Edward EVANS. Edward died in Davidson County, TN.

They had the following children:

90 F i. Margaret EVANS was born 28 Aug 1778 in Surry County, NC. She died 25 Oct 1858 in Greene Co, MO..

1. MARGARET EVANS (MARTHA8 HAMPTON, JAMES7, JOHN6, JOHN5, THOMAS4, WILLIAM3, LAURENCE2, JOHN1) was born 28 Aug 1778 in Surry County, North Carolina, and died 25 Oct 1858 in Greene County, Missouri. She married JOHN FRY 13 Mar 1800 in Germantown, Stokes County, North Carolina, son of JOHANN FREY and ELIZABETH MORRIS. He was born 15 Jan 1779 in Bethania, Forsyth County, North Carolina, and died 10 Mar 1854 in Campbellsville, Giles County, Tennessee.

Children of MARGARET EVANS and JOHN FRY are:

RACHEL FRY, b. 1795, Tennessee; d. 1843, Yale, Johnson County, Arkansas.

WILLIAM FRY, b. 21 Nov 1800; d. Unknown.

MARTHA PATSY FRY, b. 22 Feb 1803; d. Unknown.

ELIZABETH FRY, b. 16 Dec 1805; d. Unknown.

ANGELINA FRY, b. 11 Sep 1811; d. Unknown.

JOHN FRY, b. Bef. 1813; d. Unknown.

JESSE FRY, b. 26 Jan 1814; d. Unknown.

SARAH FRY, b. 31 Jul 1816; d. Unknown.

MARGARET FRY, b. 05 Jul 1819; d. Unknown.

MINERVA FRY, b. 22 Apr 1822; d. Unknown.

Margaret married John FRY/FREY.

26. Capt. SAMUEL * HAMPTON * (James, John (Jr.)) was born about 1754. He died 19 Dec 1802 in Virginia.

Samuel served in the Revolutionary War.

SAMUEL HAMPTON I- fought for American Independence. SAMUEL HAMPTON I fought at King's Mountain and Brier Creek and went out of the army as Captain. SAMUEL HAMPTON I AND BETHUNIA BOSTICK HAMPTON'S issues are :

4 sons 2 daughters

JAMES

SUSAN

SAMUEL II(youngest son)

POLLY OR MARY

JOHN

MONOAH BOSTICK

Regarding Samuel Hampton, we note that Samuel Hampton was one of his father's Executors in 1794. November 4, 1800, he had a Fairfax grant of 70 ½ acres of Land.

HAMPTON, Samuel (Capt.)

Philip Evans pension declaration cites service to Battle of Cowpens under Capt. Samuel Hampton and Col. McDowell.

2 Samuel HAMPTON b: 1750 d: 19 Dec 1802

+ Bethenia BOSTICK b: 18 Mar 1767 d: 1832

4 Samuel James HAMPTON b: 18 Jul 1818 d: 2 Apr 1819

4 Mary HAMPTON b: 6 Jun 1822 d: Jul 1822

4 Susan Rebecca HAMPTON b: 30 May 1823 d: Mar 1893

+ Elisha BANNER

5 Elisha BANNER

5 James BANNER

5 Henry BANNER

5 Elizabeth BANNER

5 Unknown BANNER

+ W.R. BITING

5 Walter BITING

5 Samuel BITING

5 Joseph BITING

5 Jettis BITING

4 Thornton Preston HAMPTON b: 26 Oct 1825

+ Martha HILL b: Jun 1829 d: 10 Jun 1904

5 John HAMPTON

5 Columbus Samuel HAMPTON

5 Walter Lee HAMPTON

5 Elizabeth Evans HAMPTON

5 William Preston HAMPTON b: 29 Sep 1858 d: 25 May 1928

6 Estelle Olive HAMPTON b: 25 Sep 1899 d: 21 Oct 1937

+ Martha R. DAVIS d: 8 Jul 1852

4 Martha C. HAMPTON b: 28 Apr 1828 d: Jul 1829

4 Mary Jane HAMPTON b: 10 Jul 1830

+ John W. BITTING d: 11 Sep 1877

5 John Anthony BITTING

5 Clay BITTING

5 William BITTING

5 Rachel BITTING

4 John M. HAMPTON b: 21 Dec 1832 d: Oct 1843

4 William A. HAMPTON b: 20 Jun 1835 d: 13 Dec 1862

+ Catherine Elizabeth WILLIS

5 Anne Elizabeth HAMPTON b: 11 Jun 1856

+ Henry C. CASE

5 Mollie HAMPTON b: Abt 1858 d: Abt 1859

5 Susan Virginia HAMPTON b: 12 Jun 1861 d: 1 Dec 1920

+ Theodore E. DAVIS

4 Cynthia Elizabeth HAMPTON b: 7 Dec 1837 d: 4 Dec 1896

+ John A. WOLFF

5 Jasper WOLFF

5 William WOLFF

5 Walter WOLFF

5 Ernest WOLFF

5 Oscar WOLFF

5 Gertrude WOLFF

5 Estella WOLFF

3 Mary HAMPTON b: 14 May 1795

+ Henry HAMPTON

3 Susannah B. HAMPTON b: 27 Mar 1797

+ Hampton BOSTICK

3 Manoah Bostick HAMPTON b: 25 Jun 1799 d: 6 Feb 1858

+ Cynthia MITCHELL b: 24 Jun 1795 d: 21 May 1853

SAMUEL married * BETHENIA BOSTICK, daughter of Col. Absalom * BOSTICK and Bethenia PERKINS *, on 19 Aug 1785. BETHENIA was born 18 Mar 1767 in NC. She died 1832 in NC.

Bethenia Bostick was born 18 Mar 1767, prob. in Pittsyvlania County, VA and died 1832. She married first Capt. Samuel Hampton 19 Aug 1785. He died in 1802 and on 23 Jan 1804, Bethenia married Charles Perkins, a cousin. Bethenia had a number of children by her first husband.

Children of Bethenia Bostick and Captain Samuel Hampton

James Hampton (1786)

Samuel Hampton (1790) m. Elizabeth Barnett

John B. Hampton (1793) m. Polly E. Guinn

Mary Hampton (1795)

Susannah Hampton (1797) m. Hampton Bostick

Manoah Hampton (1799)

Bethenia married twice again after Samuel died: ISAAC JONES (3 children); and CHARLES PERKINS (2 children)

They had the following children:

91 M i. James M. HAMPTON was born 13 Sep 1786 in Surry County, NC. He died 27 Oct 1837 in Lincoln County, TN.

James married Sarah (Sally) FLYNT, daughter of Thomas FLYNT and Sally MARTIN, on 29 Sep 1807 in Stokes Co., NC.

92 M ii. Samuel (Jr.) HAMPTON was born 14 Oct 1790 in Stokes Co., NC. He died 18 Feb 1874 in Itawamba County, MS.

He married (1) ELIZABETH MCWILLIAMS. She was born 1808 in Warren County, Kentucky. He married (2) ELIZABETH BARNETT December 23, 1812 in Stokes Co., NC, daughter of A. BARNETT and ELIZABETH UNKNOWN. She was born November 06, 1795 in Stokes County, North Carolina, and died November 02, 1871 in Itawamba County, Mississippi.

He moved from NC to Lincoln Co.,Tenn. He was a Lieutenant in the war of 1812 and was a large slave owner before the Civil War.

Their issues are:

7 sons 6 daughters

WILLIAM

CAROLINE

NOAH(MANOAH)

FLANNIE(FANNIE,HANNIE)

SAM(SAMUEL III) born 1824 (LEBS GRANDAD) could not make out)

MATT

SUSIE

JOHN

ELIZABETH

NICHOLAS

MARTHA

LA FAYETTE (youngest son)

MARY

Marriage Bond shows:

Groom: Samuel Hampton

Bride: Elizabeth Barnell

Bond Date: 23 Dec 1812

Bond #: 000139057

Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868

ImageNum: 000422

County: Stokes

Record #: 01 126

Bondsman: Hampton Bostick

1850 CENSUS, District 7, Itawamba, MS

Samuel Hampton, age 60

Elizabeth, age 55

Manoah, age 20

LaFayette, age 14

Martha, age 10

3 Samuel HAMPTON b: 14 Oct 1790 d: 1873

+ Elizabeth BARNETT

4 John HAMPTON

4 Mary HAMPTON

4 Nicholas HAMPTON

4 Suzie HAMPTON

4 William HAMPTON

4 Bethenia Carolina HAMPTON b: 27 Oct 1813

4 Frances HAMPTON b: 1815

4 James Matthew HAMPTON b: 9 Mar 1817

4 Elizabeth HAMPTON b: 1820

4 Samuel F. HAMPTON b: 1824 d: 1891

4 Manoah HAMPTON b: 1830

4 Lafayette HAMPTON b: 20 Aug 1837 d: 2 Aug 1922

+ Mary Ann MCKOWN

5 Laura Idell HAMPTON b: 22 Sep 1867 d: 18 Nov 1951

5 Lenora Elizabeth HAMPTON b: 12 Feb 1870 d: 1 Feb 1964

+ Edward Almond REYNOLDS

4 Martha HAMPTON b: 1842

Father: Samuel HAMPTON b: 1750

Mother: Bethenia BOSTICK b: 18 Mar 1767

Marriage 1 Elizabeth BARNETT

Children

Elizabeth Carolina HAMPTON b: 27 Oct 1813

Elizabeth HAMPTON b: 1820

Frances HAMPTON b: 1815

John HAMPTON

Manoah HAMPTON b: 1830

Martha HAMPTON b: 1842

Mary HAMPTON

James Matthew HAMPTON b: 9 Mar 1817

Nicholas HAMPTON

Suzie HAMPTON

William HAMPTON

Samuel F. HAMPTON b: 1824

Lafayette HAMPTON b: 20 Aug 1837

Samuel married (1) Elizabeth BARNETT on 23 Dec 1812 in Stokes Co., NC. Elizabeth was born 6 Nov 1795. She died 4 Apr 1871.

Samuel also married (2) Elizabeth MEDLEY on 4 Sep 1872.

93 M iii. John B. HAMPTON was born 12 Jan 1793 in Stokes Co., NC. He died 7 Jun 1881 in Walkertown, Forsyth Co., NC.

The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research

SCMAR, Volume III

Number 1, Winter, 1975

Estate Partitions in the Washington District Court of Equity, 1803-1826

SCMAR, Vol. III, Winter 1975, No. 1, p.9

Commission from Robert Creswell, Commissioner in Equity, to John Hampton, James McMorris, Benjamin May, James Davis, & Philip Pearson, ordering them to make the desired partition, dated Third Monday in February(?), 1806. Commissioners sworn 17 Oct. 1806 before Mich'ls(?) Dickert, J.P.

. JOHN B.12 HAMPTON (SAMUEL11, JAMES10, JOHN9, JOHN8, THOMAS7, WILLIAM6, LAURENCE5, JOHN4, THOMAS3 DE HAMPTON, JOHN2, RICHARD GERVAIS1) was born January 12, 1793 in Stokes Co., NC, and died June 07, 1881 in Walkertown, Forsyth Co., NC. He married MARY E. GUINN December 15, 1823 in Stokes Co., NC, daughter of THORNTON GUINN and ANNE BOSTICK. She was born March 10, 1796 in Stokes Co., NC, and died November 10, 1882 in Walkertown, Forsyth Co., NC.

North Carolina Marriage Record

Groom: Jno B Hampton

Bride: Polly E Guinn

Bond Date: 15 Dec 1812

Bond #: 000139054

Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868

ImageNum: 003180

County: Stokes

Record #: 01 126

Bondsman: Hampton Bostick

3 John B. HAMPTON b: 12 Jan 1793 d: 7 Jun 1881

+ Polly E. GUINN b: 10 Mar 1796 d: 10 Nov 1882

4 Eliza HAMPTON b: 30 Oct 1813 d: 21 Aug 1843

+ John G. PEARSON

5 William Thornton PEARSON b: 8 Mar 1840 d: May 1853

John married Mary "Polly" E. GUINN, daughter of Thornton Preston GUINN and Anne BOSTICK, on 15 Dec 1813 in Stokes Co., NC. Mary was born 10 Mar 1796. She died 9 Nov 1882.

94 F iv. Mary HAMPTON "Polly" was born 14 May 1795 in Stokes Co., NC.

1 Mary Bostick b: 14 MAY 1795

+ Henry C. Hampton b: 1790

2 John P. Hampton b: 1820

+ Pauline W. Smith Overby b: 1819

3 Martha Eva Hampton b: 8 APR 1847 d: 1882

+ Bartley Johnson Sutton b: 1845 d: 1882

4 Ida Katherine Sutton b: 3 AUG 1877 d: 4 SEP 1928

+ Daniel Herbert Powell b: 23 JUL 1870 d: 5 OCT 1928

5 G. A. (Allen) Powell

5 Hayes E. Powell

5 Ernest S. Powell

5 Junior Powell

5 Doris Darnell Powell

5 Frank Herbert Powell b: 23 SEP 1908 d: 5 JAN 1975

+ Elva Jewel Thomasson b: 31 MAR 1912 d: 2 NOV 1990

6 Robert Carol Powell

6 Katherine Darnell Powell b: 29 AUG 1930 d: 18 JUL 1996

+ Lonnie Duane Watkins b: 14 APR 1922 d: 20 OCT 1979

+ Catherine Stewart

Polly married Henry C. HAMPTON on 26 May 1814 in Stokes Co., NC. Henry was born about 1795 in North Carolina.

Name: Henry C. HAMPTON

Given Name: Henry C.

Surname: Hampton

Sex: M

Birth: 1795 in N.C. 1

Birth: Bet. 1790 - 1795 in N.C.

Census: 1860 Fayette Co.Tn. living next door to John

Census: 1840 Fayette Co. Tn.

1850 CENSUS, Fayette County, TN

H.C. Hampton, age 55, farmer, born in NC

Polly, age 45, born in NC

John P, age 24, born in NC

Armstead, age 22, born in NC

Eveline, age 17, born in NC

Susan, age 14, born in TN

James W. Ray, age 20,laborer

Marriage 1 Mary Polly HAMPTON b: 14 May 1795 in ,Stokes,N.C.

Married: 26 May 1814 in Stokes, N.C.

Children

John P. HAMPTON b: Bet. 1815 - 1819 in N.C.

O. HAMPTON b: 1828

Evelin HAMPTON

Armsted HAMPTON

Susan HAMPTON b: 1847

Sources:

Title: The Old Three Hundred

Repository: Hackleman

Updated: 2006-05-10 15:46:46 UTC (Wed) Contact: Lynnette Frost

1 Henry C. HAMPTON b: 1795 d: AFT 1860

+ Mary (Polly) HAMPTON b: 14 May 1795

2 John P. HAMPTON b: 1826 d: ABT 1890

+ Paulina W. SMITH b: ABT 1819

3 Cynthia A. HAMPTON b: ABT 1843

3 John Frank HAMPTON b: ABT 1846

3 Martha Eva HAMPTON b: 8 Apr 1847

3 Bethenia Virginia HAMPTON b: ABT 1849

3 Sallie HAMPTON b: ABT 1856

+ Katherine STEWART

2 O. HAMPTON b: 1828

2 Evelin HAMPTON

2 Armsted HAMPTON

2 Susan HAMPTON b: 1847

Marriage 1 Mary "Polly" Hampton b: 14 MAY 1795 in Stokes County, North Carolina

Married: 26 MAY 1814 in Stokes County, North Carolina

Children

John P. Hampton b: 1826 in Stokes County, North Carolina

Armstead Hampton b: 1828 in Stokes County, North Carolina

Evelen Hampton b: 1833 in Stokes County, North Carolina

Susan Hampton b: 1836 in Tennessee

95 F v. Susannah/Susan HAMPTON was born 27 Mar 1797 in Stokes Co., NC.

Susannah/Susan married Hampton BOSTICK, son of Maj. John BOSTICK Rev. War (DAR # 158183) and Mary JARVIS/GERVAIS, on 15 Nov 1812 in Stokes Co., NC. Hampton was born 25 Apr 1793. He died 1822 in Dallas County, AL.

Email query: He died in 1822 Dallas County, AL, leaving a widow, Susanna, and three minor age sons, John, Don Ferdinand and James Alfred. Susanna married Armstrong J. Blackburn in 1823 and died in 1859 Mississippi. What happened to the three sons?

96 M vi. MANOAH BOSTICK HAMPTON was born 25 Jun 1799 in Stokes County, NC. He died 16 Feb 1858 in Lawrence County, AL.

Father: Samuel, Capt. HAMPTON b: Bef. 1760 in Surry County, North Carolina

Mother: Bethenia BOSTICK b: 18 Mar 1767 in probably Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Marriage 1 Cynthia MITCHELL b: 1795

Married: 25 Feb 1822 in Stokes County, North Carolina

Children

Susan E. HAMPTON

Melinda B. HAMPTON

Manoah Bostick II HAMPTON

John Placibo HAMPTON b: 1825

1850 CENSUS, Lawrence County, AL (District 7)

M.B. Hampton, age 55, farmer, $20,000, born in NC

Cynthia, age 55, born in NC

Susan E., age 19, born in Ala

Matilda B., age 17, born in Ala

M.B. Jr., age 13 (?), farmer, born in Ala

Lucy Martin, age 35,. born in Tenn.

HAMPTON, MANOAH B

Land Office: HUNTSVILLE Sequence #:

Document Number: 6337 Total Acres: 39.86

Misc. Doc. Nr.: Signature: Yes

Canceled Document: No Issue Date: September 04, 1835

Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No

Survey Date: Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566

Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820

Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries

Legal Land Description:

# Aliquot Parts Block # Base Line Fractional Section Township Range Section #

1 NESE HUNTSVILLE No 5S 8W 6

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HAMPTON, MANOAH B

Land Office: HUNTSVILLE Sequence #:

Document Number: 7142 Total Acres: 79.88

Misc. Doc. Nr.: Signature: Yes

Canceled Document: No Issue Date: October 16, 1835

Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No

Survey Date: Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566

Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820

Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries

Legal Land Description:

# Aliquot Parts Block # Base Line Fractional Section Township Range Section #

1 W½NE HUNTSVILLE No 4S 9W 5

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HAMPTON, MANOAH B

Land Office: HUNTSVILLE Sequence #:

Document Number: 723 Total Acres: 39.98

Misc. Doc. Nr.: Signature: Yes

Canceled Document: No Issue Date: October 16, 1835

Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No

Survey Date: Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566

Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820

Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries

Legal Land Description:

# Aliquot Parts Block # Base Line Fractional Section Township Range Section #

1 NWSW HUNTSVILLE No 3S 9W 31

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HAMPTON, MANOAH B

Land Office: HUNTSVILLE Sequence #:

Document Number: 24134 Total Acres: 39.96

Misc. Doc. Nr.: Signature: Yes

Canceled Document: No Issue Date: April 02, 1857

Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No

Survey Date: Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566

Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820

Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries

Legal Land Description:

# Aliquot Parts Block # Base Line Fractional Section Township Range Section #

1 NESW HUNTSVILLE No 3S 9W 34

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Source: "Olden Times of Colbert & Franklin Counties in Alabama" Page 337

Hampton Cemetery - 5 mi N.E. of Leighton

Hampton, Mandah Bostick (misspellings) April 16, 1835-Mar 2, 1915 Born Leighton

Hampton, Emma Jane - Aug 17, 1840 - June 7, 1882 -

Dau Joseph & Eliza(should be Josiah) Battle,

born Madison Co., Ala. Died Lawrence Co., Al.

Hampton Banoah Bostic - June 25, 1799 - Feb 16, 1858; Born in Stokes Co., NC

Mar Cynthia Mitchell on Feb 28, 1822. Died in Lawrence Co., Al.

Martin, Lucy - b. North Carolina - d. Law. Co., Jan 27, 1867

King, Mary Anderson - Dec 15, 1838 - April 23, 1824

Dau John W. & Lucinda King

Hampton, Thomas F. - d. Aug 1, 1835

Hampton, Cynthia Amanda - b May 10, 1827 - died at School in Athens, AL Sept 28, 1843

Hampton, Cynthia Mitchell - June 24, 1795 - May 21, 1853

b. Iridell Co., d. Murfreesbor4o, TN

Mar. M. B. Hampton Feb 28, 1822

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LAWRENCE COUNTY, AL - Leiglatures - Representatives:

1838 - Tandy W. Walker, Sam'l Henderson, MANOAH B. HAMPTON, Micajah Priest.

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DOCUMENT: Genealogy hand written by Sue Chilton McClure Aldridge

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Mrs. Bostwick obtained Affidavits regarding the inscriptions found on graves sites in Colbert County, Alabama:

"Know all men by these presents: The undersigned, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith: that on to-wit: March 2, 1968, in the presence of each other they visited the Hampton Place in Colbert County, Alabama, (presently farmed by J. H. Johnson) situate north of Leighton, Alabama; and the undersigned while there did view, and Betty A Bostwick did abstract, the following information from tombstones in the cemetery there situate on said Hampton Place:

In Memory of

MANOAH BOSTIC HAMPTON

Born in Stokes County, N.C.

June 25, 1799

Married Cynthia Mitchell

The 28th of February, 1822

Departed this life at his home

In Lawrence County, Ala.

The 16th of February, 1858

MANOAH married Cynthia MITCHELL, daughter of Andrew MITCHELL and Sarah "Sally" SNODDY, on 28 Feb 1822 in Stokes Co., NC. Cynthia was born 24 Jun 1795 in Iredell County, NC. She died 21 May 1853 in Murfreesboro, TN.

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Mrs. Bostwick obtained Affidavits regarding the inscriptions found on graves sites in Colbert County, Alabama:

"Know all men by these presents: The undersigned, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith: that on to-wit: March 2, 1968, in the presence of each other they visited the Hampton Place in Colbert County, Alabama, (presently farmed by J. H. Johnson) situate north of Leighton, Alabama; and the undersigned while there did view, and Betty A Bostwick did abstract, the following information from tombstones in the cemetery there situate on said Hampton Place:

In Memory Of

CYNTHIA HAMPTON

Daughter of Andrew and Sarah Mitchell

Born in Iredell County, N.C.

June 24th, 1795

Married M. B. Hampton

The 28th of February, 1822

Departed this life at

Murfreesboro, Tenn.

The 21st of May, 1853

She lived and died a Christian and was beloved

By all who knew her.

M. B. H.

30. Henry (son of Thomas) HAMPTON (Thomas, John (Jr.)) was born 1752. He died 1832.

"Historical Collections of the Joseph Habersham Chapter of the DAR", Volume One, page 213

"I am much interested in the article of September 23rd, giving history of the Hampton family, and wish to gain some additional information if possible. I particularly wish to get the Revolutionary record of Henry Hampton, who was, I believe, a nephew of old Anthony Hampton. Henry Hampton and old Genl. Wade H., (Grandfather of the present Genl. Wade) were first cousins. Henry Hampton was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Removed to Stokes County, NC, married Sarah Beavers, and about 1801-02- or 03 moved to Surry County (now Yadkin) The town of Hamptonville was laid out by the legislature of 1805 and named for Henry Hampton, who owned the section of land that included the town site. He was a Revolutionary soldier with the rank of Capt. or Lieut., but I wish to get the historical record of his services. His old chest is still shown that seven of his nearest settlers-Tories-broke open while he was in the army, took all of his money in the presence of his wife. After the war they were arrested and brought to Henry Hampton, to be hung in his presence, but he let them off upon condition that each one should be tied to his gate=post and let his negro Jerry give him thirty-nine lashes on his bare back and then leave the country. They gladly accepted the sentence. Henry Hampton died in 1832 and is buried in the town of Hamptonville, where his old home is still standing and in possession of some of his descendants, from whom the foregoing information was obtained. Who was the father of Anthony Hampton? The plantation once owned and occupied by Anthony and his son Wade, in Stokes County, NC, is still in possession of one of his descendants. Mrs. L."

[robin taylors margaret wade_john hampton 1..ged]

Settled in Hamptonville, North Carolina. Buried in Flat Rock Cemetery,

Hamptonville, Yadkin Co., NC.

Will of Henry Hampton:

In the name of God Amen. I Henry Hampton of the State of North Carolina and County of Surry being of Sound disposing mind and memory do this twenty first day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight

hundred and thirty one, make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following first I will that my just debts be paid.

2nd I give unto my Son Thomas Hampton all which he has here to fore received from me. I give unto my Son Henry Hampton all which he has here to fore received from me. I give unto the heirs of at law and the widow

of my Deceased Son William Hampton all which he has received from me also a certain note on Abner Carmichall for near two hundred Dollars with the Interest Already received there on being to me by said Carmichall Several years past which said note I gave unto the possession of Said William Hampton a few years past and Enclosed the said in note over to Said W Hampton for the purpose of collection when ever it Should be practicable believing that my said Son William Hampton would be the last person to know when it would be collected and for the Purpose of the better enabling him to make the said Collection I for that purpose and for no other endorsed Said note over to Said William Hampton I therefore give all my interest in note Widow and Children of Said William Hampton, Deceased.

I also give unto my Daughter Abigail Benthal one Negro man named George about twenty five years of age which is in the possession of Said Abigail Benthal after her deceased also.

I give unto my Daughter Hannah Allen wife of Jesse Allen one Negro Woman named Jemmay and her

increase now in the possession of the said Hannah and Jesse Allen to her the Hannah and to her children after her decease. Also I give unto my daughter Margaret Allen wife of Richard Allen a young Negro woman of

bright color named Edy now in the possession of said Margaret and Richard Allen to her and the children of said Margaret after her Decease and further more as to my Daughters Abigail Hannah and Margaret as above

mentioned I give them what they have here to fore received from me besides the Negroes as Respectfully mentioned I will and bequeath unto my sons Thomas Hampton Henry Hampton and John B. Hampton my tract of land

whereon I reside.

I will unto my son John B. Hampton a Negro boy named Lawson during the life of my said Son John after his decease to his heirs but if he should die Leaving no Children then Said Negro boy Lawson to go back to the rest of my children I also give my son John one feather bed and furniture And to my other Negroes which I have my Desire and will is that they be put into two lots to be valued by two disinterested persons who may be selected by my Executor for that purpose and Such of my children as may wish to take at Such valuation to do so but there should be more of my Children wishing to have than there is lots of Negroes and there by Conflicting Claims arise In that case my Executor Shall , or determine who may take said lot of Negroes.

And as to the rest of my estate my will is that it be sold upon the usual credit I will and bequeath unto my grand children To wit Sarah Andrews Polly Fautch Children of my Daughter Susannah Whitehead and William Ladd

Son of my Daughter Theodosia Ladd forty Dollars each to be paid out of the sale of my Estate and the valuation of the Negroes I further will that Where as a small legacy of ten Dollars and twenty cents each is due to Ann James Abigail James and Elizabeth Hutcheson Heirs of William Beavers Deceased from the Estate of said Beavers that my Executor pay over the same where said Heirs may demand it to be paid out of my Estate

that is the valuation of the Negroes.

1 Henry HAMPTON b: 1752 d: 1832

+ Sarah BEAVERS b: Abt 1754 d: Aft 1832

2 Thomas HAMPTON b: 12 Oct 1774 d: 11 Mar 1850

+ Elizabeth CARMICHAEL b: 12 Oct 1784 d: Mar 1852

3 John Carmichael HAMPTON

+ Ann DOZIER

3 Henry Cray HAMPTON

+ Charlotte DOBIE

3 Mary Eliza HAMPTON

+ Hezekiah JOHNSON

3 Rose HAMPTON

+ Absolom ROBY

3 Joseph Wade HAMPTON b: 7 Jul 1813 d: 14 Jun 1855

+ Cynthia R. WILSON b: 23 Feb 1824 d: 31 May 1896

4 Sarah May HAMPTON b: 20 May 1845

4 Laura Wilson HAMPTON b: 15 Dec 1846 d: 8 Jun 1898

+ D. H. WHITE

4 Margaret Elizabeth HAMPTON b: 19 Jan 1849

+ R .William Abner ALEXANDER

5 Leigh Monteith ALEXANDER d: 13 May 1897

4 Charles Fisher HAMPTON b: 4 May 1852 d: 22 Oct 1896

4 Robert Thomas HAMPTON b: 10 May 1854 d: Apr 1921

+ Sara Frances STIREWALT b: 29 Aug 1814 d: 15 Jun 1841

4 Mary Annette HAMPTON b: 3 Jan 1837

4 Anne Elizabeth HAMPTON b: 14 Jun 1839

3 Thomas Franklin HAMPTON b: 1815

+ Eliza OLIVER

3 Bynum Gardner HAMPTON b: Abt 1818

+ Lizzie DOZIER

4 Willoughby HAMPTON b: Abt 1872

+ Emma Celeste DEMONBRUN

5 Richard Henry HAMPTON b: Private

3 Sara Ann HAMPTON b: 1820

+ Valentine STIREWALT

4 Sallie STIREWALT

+ Unknown PAISLEY

3 Eliza Caroline HAMPTON b: Abt 1822

+ Charles ALEXANDER

3 Martha Jane HAMPTON b: Abt 1824

+ William ATKINSON

3 William A. HAMPTON b: 10 Nov 1831 d: 1853

2 Theodosia HAMPTON b: Abt 1776

+ William LADD

3 William LADD b: Bef 1832

2 William HAMPTON b: Abt 1780 d: Bef 1832

+ Nancy BRYAN b: 21 Oct 1793

3 Frances Louise HAMPTON b: 25 Apr 1818 d: 15 Jan 1894

+ Felix PARKS

3 Henry Columbus HAMPTON b: 1820

3 William W. HAMPTON b: 1823 d: 1891

+ Unknown MARTIN

3 Edmund B. HAMPTON b: 1824

3 Almeda HAMPTON b: 1826

3 Louisa HAMPTON b: 1828 d: 1894

3 Julia HAMPTON b: 1830 d: 1897

+ A.A. SCROGGS b: 1830

2 Henry HAMPTON b: Abt 1782

2 Abigail HAMPTON b: 1784

+ Matthew BENTHAL

2 Hannah HAMPTON b: 1786

+ Jesse ALLEN b: Abt 1785

3 Rose Ann ALLEN b: 1810

+ Cockson C. DELOACH b: 1809 d: 18 Apr 1835

3 Margaret Grisilda ALLEN b: 1812

+ Lloyd W. DELOACH b: 1812 d: Abt 1882

3 Nancy Harriet ALLEN b: 1814 d: 1 Jul 1845

+ Lloyd W. DELOACH b: 1812 d: Abt 1882

2 Margaret HAMPTON b: 23 Apr 1791 d: 16 Dec 1875

+ Richard ALLEN

3 Marcus ALLEN

3 Henry ALLEN

3 Lodema ALLEN

3 Mary Ann ALLEN

3 Rosa Ada ALLEN

2 Susanna HAMPTON b: 1792

+ Unknown WHITEHEAD

3 Sarah WHITEHEAD

3 Polly WHITEHEAD

2 Rosey HAMPTON b: 1795

+ Richard ALLEN

2 John B. HAMPTON b: 4 Aug 1795 d: 11 May 1872

+ Eleanor HOLCOMB

3 Alfred HAMPTON

3 John A. HAMPTON

+ Caroline BROWN

3 Wade D. HAMPTON

3 Leroy HAMPTON

Henry married Sarah BEAVERS.

They had the following children:

97 i. (ten children - see notes) HAMPTON.

31. Preston HAMPTON (Thomas, John (Jr.)) was born 1750 in Cascade Creek, Pittsylvania Co., VA. He died 10 Jul 1832 in Gallatin County, KY..

Settled in Grant County, Kentucky.

Father: Thomas HAMPTON b: 17 Oct 1728 in Fairfax Co., VA

Mother: Sara Pattison CONYERS b: Abt 1728 in Stafford Co., VA

Marriage 1 Elizabeth SMITH

Married: Aug 1779 in Loudon Co., VA 1

Marriage 2 Elizabeth SMITH b: 20 Jun 1754 in Loudoun County, VA

Married: Aug 1779 in Loudoun Co., VA 1

Children

Suzanna HAMPTON

Henry HAMPTON

Preston HAMPTON b: 1777 in Pittsylvania Co., VA

Elizabeth HAMPTON b: 31 May 1780 in Loudon Co., VA

Edward HAMPTON b: 17 Jun 1782

Nancy HAMPTON b: 12 Aug 1783 in Loudoun County, VA

Mary HAMPTON b: 12 Mar 1786 in Loudoun County, VA

James HAMPTON b: 17 Jun 1788 in Loudoun County, VA

Rosanna C. HAMPTON b: 15 Oct 1796 in KY

[robin taylors margaret wade_john hampton 1..ged]

Preston married Elizabeth SMITH.

1 Preston HAMPTON b: 1750 d: 10 Jul 1832

+ Elizabeth SMITH b: 20 Jun 1754 d: Aft 1836

2 Suzanna HAMPTON

+ James ARNOLD

2 Henry HAMPTON

3 Robert Thomas HAMPTON

2 Preston HAMPTON b: 1777 d: 1859

+ Rachel Sawyers CRAWFORD b: 30 Aug 1807 d: 30 Jun 1843

+ Sally BEAVERS b: 3 Apr 1788 d: 6 Jul 1830

3 William HAMPTON b: 1 Aug 1808

+ Sarah MCCLANAHAN b: 6 Jun 1826

4 Clara HAMPTON

+ William Henry ANDERSON

3 Samuel M. HAMPTON b: 1809

2 Elizabeth HAMPTON b: 31 May 1780

+ John BURCH

3 Sarah BURCH b: 1801 d: 21 Feb 1860

+ William JACK b: 22 Mar 1791 d: 10 Dec 1864

2 Edward HAMPTON b: 17 Jun 1782

2 Nancy HAMPTON b: 12 Aug 1783

+ John GIBSON

2 Mary HAMPTON b: 12 Mar 1786 d: Aft 1814

+ Barnard SPENCER b: Abt 1780 d: Aft 1814

3 Susan SPENCER

+ Unknown PAYNE

3 Barnett SPENCER

3 Preston SPENCER

3 Joseph Dyke Spencer SPENCER b: 1805 d: 1889

3 Eliza Smith SPENCER b: 1814

+ Andrew M. GREEN

4 Susan GREEN b: 1836

+ Unknown AUSTIN

2 James HAMPTON b: 17 Jun 1788 d: 5 Aug 1847

+ Jane JACK

3 Richard HAMPTON

3 Joel HAMPTON

3 America HAMPTON

+ Joe TURLEY

3 Emily HAMPTON

+ Albert STEELE

3 Mary Eliza HAMPTON

+ Unknown HOLDEN

3 Nancy HAMPTON

+ Unknown RICHARDS

3 Rhoda HAMPTON b: 1814

3 Theodocia HAMPTON b: 1815

+ John LUCAS

+ William T. GOUGH b: 1817 d: 1848

3 James HAMPTON b: 1816

2 Rosanna C. HAMPTON b: 15 Oct 1796 d: 2 Feb 1867

+ Samuel JACK b: 30 Jun 1792 d: 30 Mar 1834

3 Wade Hampton JACK b: 26 Jan 1816 d: 30 Jul 1887

+ Mary Hanna ROGERS b: 16 Apr 1819 d: 1906

3 John James JACK b: 17 May 1818 d: 13 Apr 1848

3 Angeline JACK b: 17 Nov 1820

+ Emer BUTLER

3 Edward Hampton JACK b: 29 Apr 1823

+ Ann W. MOSS

3 Samuel Conner JACK b: 27 May 1825

3 Eliza Smith JACK b: 22 Sep 1828

+ Elias HUMPHREY

3 Mary Emmon JACK b: 25 Jan 1831 d: 5 Jul 1835

3 Benjamin F. JACK b: 23 Dec 1834 d: 25 Jun 1835

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They had the following children:

98 i. (nine children - see notes) HAMPTON.

32. James HAMPTON (Thomas, John (Jr.)) was born 1755. He died 1831 in KY..

Settled in Frankfurt, Kentucky.

Father: Thomas HAMPTON b: 17 Oct 1728 in Fairfax Co., VA

Mother: Sara Pattison CONYERS b: Abt 1728 in Stafford Co., VA

Marriage 1 Hannah COX b: 1758 in VA

Married: 1775 in Surry Co., NC 1

Children

Samuel HAMPTON

John HAMPTON b: 1779 in Stokes Co., NC

Sidney Lowry HAMPTON b: 1781 in Stokes Co., NC

Preston HAMPTON b: 1782

James HAMPTON b: 1783 in Stokes Co., NC

Elizabeth HAMPTON b: 1785 in Warren Co., KY

Thomas HAMPTON b: 25 Dec 1786 in Stokes Co., NC

Theodocia HAMPTON b: 1788 in Franklin County, KY

William HAMPTON b: 1790 in Franklin County, KY

James married Hannah COX.

--------------------------------

1 James HAMPTON b: 1755 d: 1831

+ Hannah COX b: 1758 d: Aft 1786

2 Samuel HAMPTON

2 John HAMPTON b: 1779

+ Mary FINNEY

2 Sidney Lowry HAMPTON b: 1781 d: 1820

2 Preston HAMPTON b: 1782

+ Ann S. HAYDON

+ Judy GREEN

2 James HAMPTON b: 1783

2 Elizabeth HAMPTON b: 1785 d: 1823

+ John BIRCH

2 Thomas HAMPTON b: 25 Dec 1786 d: 30 Jun 1848

+ Emily JONES

+ UNKNOWN UNKNOWN

3 Julia Louisa Wade HAMPTON b: 18 Feb 1812 d: 13 May 1845

+ John Slater BESSER b: 3 Aug 1802 d: 1893

4 Ella BESSER

+ J.W. RICHARDS

4 James BESSER b: 1830

4 Tabitha Louisa BESSER b: 1836

+ Stuart WHITLEY

4 Julia Helen BESSER b: 6 Feb 1836 d: Oct 1916

+ William Haley BROOKS

4 Charles BESSER b: 1838

+ Alice CRABB

4 Eliza BESSER b: 1841

+ James R. COX

5 Robert Lamar COX b: 20 Jan 1870

4 Anna BESSER b: 1844

+ Lewis A. COX

2 Theodocia HAMPTON b: 1788

+ Daniel BRANHAM b: 1787

3 Emily BRANHAM b: 1829

3 Anne BRANHAM b: 1831

3 Sarah BRANHAM b: 1833

+ Robert C. STEELE

3 Ellen BRANHAM b: 1836

3 Artemesia BRANHAM b: 1838

2 William HAMPTON b: 1790

1759 September 21. Years: 1759, 1761

Provenance Click on item to view record. Mars Secretary of State Record Group

Granville Proprietary Land Office: Land Entries, Warrants, and Plats of Survey

Rowan County, Br-C Title John Carson,. Rowan Co.

Creator: Office of Secretary of State Granville Proprietary Land Office

Languages: Call Number: S.108.270 - S.108.283 Location: MFR

MARS Id: 12.12.74.42 (Folder) Other Ids: Physical Description:

Quantity: Other Copies: Related Materials: Arrangement:

Abstract:

Scope / Contents: View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Warrant: 1759 September 21. 640 acres.

Descriptive references for land: Yadkin River, Third Creek, Robert Johnson Deed: 1761 December 21.

View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Index Terms Personal Names

John Carson,

Robert Johnson,

Geographical Names Rowan County Third Creek Yadkin River

Source / Donor: Note: See also 12.12.74.43

John Carson,

Robert Johnson,

Third Creek Yadkin River

1759 September 21 Years: 1759, 1761 Provenance Click on item to view record. Mars Secretary of State Record Group Granville Proprietary Land Office: Land Entries, Warrants, and Plats of Survey Rowan County, I-L Title Samuel Luckey,. Rowan Co.

Creator: Office of Secretary of StateGranville Proprietary Land Office

Languages: Call Number: S.108.270 - S.108.283 Location: MFR

MARS Id: 12.12.77.58 (Folder) Other Ids: Physical Description: Quantity: Other Copies:

Related Materials: Arrangement:

Abstract:

Scope / Contents: View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Warrant: 1759 September 21. 640 acres. Descriptive references for land: Beaverdam Branch, Robert Tate, Robert Johnson, Yadkin River. Plat: 1761 January 31. 196 acres. Descriptive references for land: John Luckie, Joseph Luckie, South Yadkin River, Beaverdam Branch, Robert Tate, Robert Johnson.

Chain carriers: Robert Tate, Joseph Luckie.

Surveyor: John Frohock. Deed: 1761 December 21.

View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Index Terms Personal Names

John Frohock,

Robert Johnson,

Samuel Luckey,

John Luckie,

Joseph Luckie,

Robert Tate,

Geographical Names Beaverdam Branch Rowan County South Yadkin River

Yadkin River

John Frohock,

Robert Johnson,

Samuel Luckey,

John Luckie,

Joseph Luckie,

Robert Tate,

Beaverdam Branch

South Yadkin River

1759 Nov: Francis Rose plat for 510 acres in Rowan County on both sides of Little Rock House Creek. CC: James Langford, James Simms, W. Churton, Surveyor. Entered 3 July 1759.

Generously contributed by: Poldi Tonin

Source:  Miscellaneous Land Office Papers, Microfilm Reel. S108.276 (North Carolina Archives)

Northampton County North Carolina. Volume 5, page 330.

Poldi Research Note: These dates are confusing and also the name of Little House Rock Creek. We need to view the original record on microfilm.

Francis Rose

James Langford,

James Simms,

W. Churton

#1760

John Johnson S30512 NC Line soldier was born in 1760, he lived in Burke CO NC at enlistment. He applied 1834 June 2 in Pike Co. KY having moved there from Tn. Abstract of Rev. War Pension Files

[Methodology: Spelling, punctuation and grammar have been corrected in some instances for ease of reading and to facilitate searches of the database. Also, the handwriting of the original scribes often lends itself to varying interpretations. Users of this database are urged to view the original on and to make their own decision as to how to decipher what the original scribe actually wrote. Blanks appearing in the transcripts reflect blanks in the original.]

[The handwriting of the scribe is very challenging—use this transcript with great care and

circumspection. The handwriting got worse the more the scribe wrote. THIS IS A VERY

POOR TRANSCRIPTION, LARGELY DUE TO THE EXTREME DIFFICULTY OF

DECIPHERING THE HANDWRITING OF THE SCRIBE.]

State of Kentucky, County of Pike

On this 2nd day of June 1834 personally appeared before the County Court of Pike

County, John Johnson, a resident of Pike County and State of Kentucky, aged 74 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and

served as herein stated.

He was drafted for 6 months in the State of North Carolina in the year 1777 under

Captain Samuel Henry, Colonel John Sevier in Burke County North Carolina he was the first Sergeant in his Company -- he marched over to the Cherokee Nation, crossing French Broad [River], he was marched down to the South West Point, commonly called “Sow West Pint” he was in no battles during this 6 months, after arriving at “Sow Wes Pint” he used to scout, as did many, from the block houses, he states that many scalps were taken, and he was in several brushes, himself went out a scouting. The country through which he marched was all then North Carolina, and Tennessee being formed out of the same. He states that he was in no battles, only in skirmishes, There was no Continental regiments that served with him during the period aforesaid. McDowell's Regiment came from Quaker Meadows, he states he was at Big Pigeon

[River], this was shortly after Christy [sic, William Christian’s] & Pickens [Andrew Pickens’] Campaign. He knew Colonel Cocke [could be Locke], Captain Jamieson, Lieutenant Caleb Wallace and many other militia officers that was out.

And the next spring 1788 [sic, 1778], he entered for a 6 months Tour as a volunteer and

served out his tour under Colonel Cocke, Captain Samuels, and this was also in Burke County North Carolina, he thinks it was April, about the 10th of that month, and he was marched down to the Tennessee [River] after crossing the mountains [indecipherable word, looks like ‘drunding’] the Tennessee waters from Catabee [Catawba] River. The Indians had killed several families and they [the?] State of North Carolina had to Kich futs [keep forts?] all along on the Catawba during the summer season of that year [indecipherable word or words] fort at this place as the head of the same he remained during the summer of 1778. He states that the scouts from the Fort killed several Indians in the period of his last engagement. He does not know certainly that he ever did kill any Indians, The Tories had approached before this to the same place and the Whigs had burnt it up in August 1778 there were several families killed and they were chiefly all women and children.

In October the Indians most all left the County for the Indian Nation the country through which he marched was then North Carolina the Cherokee Indians had made peace before but there was one [indecipherable word] there who did not like the old Chiefs and could not be prevented [?] from plundering and burning. He served with no Continental officers and he never did as he did. Joe White from Rowan [County] was killed up on the Catawba [River] [indecipherable word]. This year he knew Colonel Cleveland, Myer Jones [Major Jones?], Capt. John Harris Captain Black, Captain Fisher and many officers during his last service. He believes Colonel McDowell was a regular officer. He served out his term of 6 months in the left the service.

He served another tour of 6 months as substitute for one John Clarke in the year 1780 on the 15th day of March under Colonel Ware [? War Dept. interpreted this as Wau], Captain Blair and served with [one or more indecipherable words] November [one or more indecipherable words] at 9 miles [one or more indecipherable words] at the station down the French Broad, he served there till April, and [indecipherable word] scouting and protecting the North Carolina frontier during the whole of that summer, but [several indecipherable words] was done during that year's service and no battles were fought he scouted from the 1st of May (the bushes in that County about that time were all full-grown until the fall, each day no Indian disturbance worth a mention occurred during that year and he does not believe the Indians done anything but steal horses, but few men could be spared out of Rowan whilst the frontier and the forts on French Broad and Catawba [Rivers] had to be kept up.

He marched directly to the Fort and there remained until he was discharged in September or about the first of October 1780. He left the service for each of the tours of service aforesaid he received a written discharge. He knew Colonel Ollaw [?], Major Harrow, Capt. Speight, Lieut. Privel [?could be Privet], but he served: as an Indian scout and was not after the British or Tories, and he states he has always lived in the mountains and never saw a Continental Regiments, he knows of no particular circumstances to mention unless it is to name the persons who was killed by the Indians, which he can do, he states he can establish this claim by living witnesses. He was very young when he entered the service and it being so long since he cannot remember all-- as to what has become of his discharges, he has no idea and therefore can only say they have been long since lost in fact he never took any care of them. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, Sworn to

and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

S/ John Johnson, X his mark

[William Tackitt, a clergyman, and Thomas May gave the standard supporting affidavit.]

His answers to the Questions –

1. He was born [indecipherable word] in the year 1760.

2. He has it only by the count of the family.

3. In Burke County North Carolina and then moved to Tennessee and then to this state.

4th He was drafted for 6 months in North Carolina Burke County for 6 months, the 2nd tour was

as a volunteer for 6 months -- the 3rd tour for 6 months as a substitute.

5th He knew but few officers -- Captain Blair Colonel McDowell Captain William Nelson, A. Lofton Captain, Colonel Ware & Colonel Sevier and Colonel Otlaw [Outlaw?] who lived at the end of French Broad for many years afterwards -- he states that he served 3 tours of 6 months each against the Cherokee Indians during which time many were killed, and some few whites were massacred by the Indians, he was never in any battles of any particular. The hardest fighting was some way the year of our first served.

6. He received his discharges & they were all given by his Captain As he now remembers, but what has become of them nobody knows and they are all not among his papers.

7. There is Thomas May Esquire, General Ratliffe, Rev.d James Roberts, Rev’d William Tuckitt, Samuel Hall, George Tuckitt, Henry Newson and Hart Newson.

[Thus ends the horrible handwriting—hallelujah!]

[In a letter dated July 9, 1935, the War Dept. personnel interpreted some of the names in the application as follows: Captain Samuel Henry, Colonel John Sevier, Captain Samuel; Colonel Cocke, Captain Blair and Colonel Wau (?).]

Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements

Pension application of John Johnson S30512 fn24NC

Transcribed by Will Graves 10/23/08

William Tackitt, a clergyman,

Thomas May

General Ratliffe,

Rev.d James Roberts

Samuel Hall,

George Tuckitt,

Henry Newson

Hart Newson

Substitute for one John Clarke

Colonel Cocke

Captain Samuel Henry,

Colonel John Sevier in Burke County North Carolina

Captain Jamieson,

Lieutenant Caleb Wallace

Captain Samuels,

Joe White from Rowan [County] was killed

Colonel Cleveland,

Myer Jones [Major Jones?],

Capt. John Harris

Captain Black,

Captain Fisher

substitute for one John Clarke

Colonel Ware interpreted this as Wau

Captain Blair Colonel Ollaw [?],

Major Harrow,

Capt. Speight,

Lieut. Privel [?could be Privet],

William Tackitt, a clergyman, and

Thomas May

Captain William Nelson

Captain Blair

1760 Bartholomew Grogan when he purchased a 384 acre Lord Granville land grant in 1760 on Buffalo Island Creek on the north side of the Dan River for ten shillings sterling. (Rowan Co. NC Deed Book 5, p. 74.)

Bartholomew Grogan

Then in 1764, Bartholomew Grogan and his wife Lurina sold 186 acres of this land to John Simons. (Book 5, p. 538) In the Rowan County Minute Book 3, p. 158, Bartholomew Grogan is appointed the overseer of the road from Grassey Spring(sic) to Orange Line (County line) in 1769. There are no other records of any other Grogans in Rowan County at this time.

Thomas Hill was born in 1759 near the Dan River, close to the Virginia border, in what is now Rockingham County, near the presently existing town of Eden. We know by pension statements, and his son Abner Hill’s “Obituary,” that his parents were William and Hannah Hill. Certainly William Hill seems to have legally considered Thomas his own, and Thomas never indicated otherwise.

 

However, DNA says otherwise. The Hill descendants of Thomas Hill are genetically descended from a male with the last name of Grogan. The Hill descendants of Thomas’ brother are not connected by DNA to Thomas’ descendants. So now the investigation into our Hill roots before Thomas, shifts gears to the Grogan family. DNA will give us no more information; from here we must rely on the familiar paper trail of deeds, censuses, tax lists, etc.

 

What do we know about the Grogans? According to Grogan descendants, two brothers came to America from Kings County (today called Offaly County), Ireland probably in the 1750s. The brothers are Thomas David and Bartholomew Grogan. Thomas David is believed to have been born around 1727 and Bartholomew around 1730. Some believe they landed in Pennsylvania and made their way south.

John Lemons With his original 186 acre purchase on Buffalo Island Creek (Feb. 27, 1764 from Bartholomew Grogan), his plantation comprised about 1,400 acres.After the war, John was an active citizen and participated in various local civic affairs. Court minutes for the Guilford County Pleas and Quarter Sessions show that he was appointed tax assessor in 1781 for the District of Dan River. This area was at that time still a part of Guilford. Many of the duties of the old court were later delegated to a newly created group called the Board of County Commissioners. In 1782, John was designated overseer of the public road from Grassy Springs to Smith River. These Springs rise in a marsh near the present-day intersection of Rural Road 2148 and NC 135, the latter of which runs through his old plantation. In former times, instead of paying a direct tax in the form of money, the people living near a public road maintained it themselves under direction of a local gentleman appointed as overseer. After the northern end of Guilford was authorized to be formed into the County of Rockingham, John Lemons, Sr.



1760 The widow, Margaret Ludman Teter and the children moved to Dutchman's Creek, near Salisbury George Teter, Sr., b. 1740, as referenced above, was the son of George Teter, d. 1744, probably Orange Co., VA, [Kellogg also says George, Sr., was b. 1740, Rowan Co., NC, not impossible that the father returned to VA on business, but does not seem to be what is implied. It is most likely that George the younger was b. 1740, in VA, not NC.] and the widow, Margaret (Ludman) Teter and the children moved to Dutchman's Creek, near Salisbury, NC. Owing to Indian troubles they removed to the North Fork soon after 1760. It is not known where Margaret died.

Their known children were: George, Jr.; Paul, d. 1784, m. Rebecca Henkle; [Rebecca Teeter, head of a family of 7 in 1784, Rockingham, and was still there in 1787. In 1797, Rebecca disposes of all of her land in Randolph and Rockingham Counties, and probably moved west with the rest of her known children to St. Clair Co., IL, with the Badgely party, except for George, who had already settled in Randolph Co.] Philip, m. Susannah Henkle; and Barbara, m. Jacob Henkle. Joseph Kellogg also names Rosina, m. Martin Bidert (Peterson). She died in 1804. And a daughter, who married John Gartmann, and lived in Carolina. There may have been others.

Rebecca, Susannah and Jacob Henkle, along with Anna Margaret, were all children of Justus (Yost, or Johann Justus) Henkle, who was the son of Anthony Jacob Henkel, a preacher, who came from Frankfort, Germany, to Montgomery County, PA, in 1717. He was killed by a fall from his horse in 1728. His son Justus went to NC and then, in 1761, to the North Fork, settling a little above Harper's Mill. In addition to those children mentioned above, there were also: Mary Magdalena, stayed in NC; Catharine, stayed in NC; Abraham, d. 1815, m. Mary C. Teter; Hannah, m. _____ Johnson; Elizabeth, m. _____ Ruleman; Justus, m. Christian Teter; Isaac, m. Mary Cunningham.

Isaac Henkle birt: 5 Dec 1754 Dutchman's Creek, Rowan, NC

deat: Oct 1824 plac: N Fork of So Branch Of Potomac R, Pendleton, WV

marr: 13 Dec 1781 plac: , Pendleton, WV

Margaret Ludman Teter

George Teter, Sr.,

George Teter, d. 1744, probably Orange Co., VA

After 1760 Absalom Jordan and Mary sold land in Albemarle Co. VA c1760, are next found in Rowan Co. NC, and they (or their son Absalom)

Absalom Jordan

The WALTONs connected to the JOHNSONs  may be this family. 

My interest is the Mary and Louisa WALTON who married Absolam & Jeremiah JORDAN, so I wasn't looking at Johnsons when doing the research back in the early 1990s. 

I think this Absolam is the brother of "my" Jonas Jordan d. 1785 Bedford Co. (in Amelia 1740-1760s) and I tentatively link Jeremiah who m. Louisa Walton to them just because he's in the vacinity and married Mary's sister. 

Absalom and Mary Jordan sold land in Albemarle Co. VA c1760, are next found in Rowan Co. NC, and they (or their son Absalom) end up in GA -- Elbert Co. if memory serves me, but that's just across the river from Oglethorpe. 

I wasn't using a genealogy program at the time I did the GA research and haven't entered Absalom's line this far down.   There are some interesting connectins here IF the same family. 

Gwen Downey January 2009:

I've attached copy of page 286 from Historical Collections of Ga. Chapter, DAR - children of Jesse Walton (Louisa Walton's brother) retain attorney regarding their portion Mullins estate.

        The will of John Mullins of Saint James Northam Parish, Goochland County, Virginia, admitted to record 16 June 1783. 

"I lend to my beloved with Elizabeth Mullins all my personal estate until such time that my youngest son William Mullins shall come to be twenty one years old. 

I give to my beloved son John Mullins 315 acres of land, lying and being in the county of Albemarle on the  waters of Moormans River. 

My will and desire is all the remainder of my estate be equally divided amongst the rest of my children hereafter named: 

Henry Mullins,

Conerly Mullins,

Ann Ewel,

Anthony Mullins,

Daniel Mullins,

Jesse Mullins,

Elizabeth Williams,

Mary Mullins,

William Mullins,

David Mullins, and

Francis Mullins. 

I do appoint and order my two sons Henry Mullins and Conerly Mullins and my well beloved friend James Allen Executors of this my last will and testament and trustees for my wife and children." 

        In Goochland County, a deed dated 14 Dec. 1798 between the heirs of John Mullins:   "John Mullins and Agnes, his wife; Connely Mullins and Mary, his wife; Anthony Mullins; David Mullins and Rosanna, his wife; Jesse Mullins and Elizabeth, his wife; William Mullins; Daniel Mullins; Rice Ennes and Francis, his wife, formerly Francis Mullins; Maxey Ewell and Anne, his wife, formerly Anne Mullins; Elizabeth Clements, infant daughter of Mary Clements, deceased, formerly Mary Mullins; Elizabeth Mullins; William Walton and Milley, his wife; Mary Jourdan formerly Mary Walton by Jeremiah Terrel and Joshua Jordan, her attorneys in fact; Jeremiah Terrel and Louisa, his wife, formerly Louisa Walton; Achilles Walton and others, the heirs of Jesse Walton, deceased; Charles Cobb and Ann, his wife, formerly Ann Walton; William Walton Burk, heir of Betsy Burk, formerly Betsy Walton, and the legal representatives of Susannah Hilton, formerly Susannah Walton.  These being legal distributees of John Mullins, deceased..." From: Linda Sparks Starr

Mary Jordan

Drewry Taylor (Drury Taylor)

1788 Drury Taylor Born: about in Elbert Co., GA Died: 06 DEC 1845 in Jefferson Co., IL

Spouses: Elizabeth Dupree

William May ( father of Dempsey May who still lives at 92), William Lomax, Joseph Shouse, Drury Taylor, Charles Brown and John Johnson from Georgia settled on Hurricane Creek and John Hales, Jonathan May, William and Henry Hunter who settled on Tumbling Creek.

Goodpseed History of Humphreys County Tn 1886

Drury Taylor, John S Taylor, and William Taylor appear on the 1820 Hickman County, TN census.

Abner Ponder also appears there in 1820. I don't know if it is a coincidence, but he obtained 1500 acres of land in a grant in Elbert Co. GA next to my ancestor, William Taylor, Sr. And his brother, John Taylor. William Taylor, Sr. also had a son, Drury Taylor, who moved to Smith Co. TN, later to Jefferson Co. IL.

. There are a few records on the Drury Taylor family there .

In the Dickson County, Tennessee, Handbook, by Jill Garrett, there is:

Drury Taylor listed as a buyer in the estate sale of Moses Easley. Also, a "D. Taylor" is shown as a buyer in the estate sale of John Turner.

Drewry Taylor b 1778 SC (Drury Taylor)

Jincey b 1778 Sc

children b Tn

John (never married) b 1799

Drewry b 1804 m Nettie?

Geo.Wash b 1805 m Matilda?

James E b 1811 m Anna?

Gincey b 1814 m Stephen Forsee

Andrew Jackson b 1820 m Louisa Bibb

Drury was a large land owner on Hurricane Ck.and is buried in Humphreys Co.Tn,on Pullen farm. Appreciate any info on this family.

Drury Taylor Born: about 1788 in Elbert Co., GA Died: 06 DEC 1845 in Jefferson Co., IL

Spouses: Elizabeth Dupree

Children of William Taylor and Martha Hunt are:

+ 51 i. John Taylor, born Abt. 1763 in NC; died March 19, 1815 in Washington, Adams Co., MS.

+ 52 ii. Barzilla Taylor, born Abt. 1768 in NC; died May 06, 1828 in Union Twp., Montgomery Co., IN.

+ 53 iii. George Taylor, born Abt. 1780 in NC; died Unknown in Smith Co., TN.

+ 54 iv. Joseph Taylor, born Abt. 1767 in Richmond Co., NC; died Abt. 1825 in Smith Co., TN.

55 v. Unknown Taylor, born Abt. 1773; died Unknown.

+ 56 vi. Samuel Taylor, born Abt. 1770 in NC; died Bet. 1825 - 1830 in Vanderburgh Co., IN.

+ 57 vii. William Taylor, Jr., born September 07, 1778 in NC; died March 24, 1845 in Elbert Co., GA.

58 viii. Martha Ann Taylor, born Abt. 1782 in Richmond Co., NC; died Aft. 1860 in Elbert Co., GA. She married William Terrell Abt. 1799; born 1762 in VA; died October 1850 in Elbert Co., GA.

+ 59 ix. Henry H. Taylor, born Abt. 1776 in NC; died June 04, 1835 in Indian Creek, DeKalb Co., TN.

+ 60 x. Drury Taylor, born Abt. 1788 in Elbert Co., GA; died December 06, 1845 in Jefferson Co., IL.

61 xi. James Taylor, born Abt. 1790 in Wilkes Co., GA; died February 20, 1871 in White Co., IL.

He married (1) Rachel Rose Abt. 1800; born Abt. 1790; died Abt. 1852 in Vandenburg Co., IN.

He married (2) Ede Elizabeth Unknown Abt. 1853; born Abt. 1804 in TN; died Unknown.

18th Nov., 1760, Robert Gray, of Rowan County, North Carolina, by John Tate, to James Craige, 5 shillings, 200 acres in Borden's tract, corner to tract sold by Francis Beaty on Flat Spring Run; corner Thomas Berry; conveyed by Borden, Jr., to David Kerr, and by David Kerr and Kathrine to Robert. Teste: Gabriel Madison, John Frogg, Luke Bowyer."

Robert Gray

Notes: "18th Nov., 1760, Robert Gray, of Rowan County, North Carolina, by John Tate, to James Craige, 5 shillings,

James Craige

Borden's tract

Francis Beaty

Flat Spring Run

Thomas Berry

Gabriel Madison,

John Frogg,

Luke Bowyer.

Kathrine Karr or Katherine Kerr

David Kerr or David Karr

"18th Nov., 1760, Robert Gray, of Rowan County, North Carolina, by John Tate, to James Craige, 5 shillings, 200 acres in Borden's tract, corner to tract sold by Francis Beaty on Flat Spring Run; corner Thomas Berry; conveyed by Borden, Jr., to David Kerr, and by David Kerr and Kathrine to Robert. Teste: Gabriel Madison, John Frogg, Luke Bowyer."

Ann Kerr. Born, circa 1764[194]. Died, after 1846, in Dickson Co., TN [194]. She married William Charles Wiley, circa 1785, in Guilford Co., Nc.

1764 March 1: Benj. Starratt to David Karr for £20 NC money, 547 A adj. John McAdoo granted by Granville 26 Aug 1762. Wit. James Carter, Hugh Forester.

Researchers Notes: Capt John McAdoo was a Rev. War Veteran from NC

Researchers Notes This John McAddoo lives 8 places from the widow Anne Johnson on Hurricane Creek in Humphreys Co. Tn in 1837 tax List

10 Apr 1765: Benj. Starratt sold 200 A on n. side of Buffalo adj. to David Karr to Wm. Matthews.

18 Apr 1765: David Karr to Benjamin Starratt a tract on S. Buffalo. Wit. Frances McBride, John Stuart, Ralph Gorrell.

1766: David Karr witnessed sale from Benj. Starret to John Hall, Buffalo Creek.

16 Jun 1768: David Karr and wife Catron (X) to Ralph Gorrell for £50 proc 300A adjacent William Matthews, Benjamin Starratt, John Karr

Notes: 10 Apr 1765: Benj. Starratt sold 200 A on n. side of Buffalo adj. to David Karr to Wm. Matthews

1770 Guilford County formed from Orange and Rowan County NC

Joseph Odell, Grant #410, entry 1 Dec 1778, issued 1 March 1780, 300 acres on middle fork of Buffaloe Island Creek adjacent Joseph Gibson.

1782 Guilford Co. Deeds: David Kerr to James Starret, both of Guilford Co., 1782, £2,050, 100 acres of land "...lying on the North side of South Buffaloe in the County aforesaid, being a Part of a Tract of Land deeded to the sd David Kerr for six hundred and thirty seven Acres by Deed by John Earle Granville, the seventeenth day of September 1744. Beginning at a white oak runing thence East one hundred and one Poles to a Red Oak, thence South one hundred and fifty nine Poles in a Hickory in Ralph Gorrels line, thence West one hundred and Ten poles with Gorrels line, thence West one hundred and Ten poles to a stake, thence North one hundred and fifty nine Poles to the Beginning, containing one hundred Acres..." Etc. David Kerr (seal) Witness: William Clark

200 acres in Borden's tract, corner to tract sold by Francis Beaty on Flat Spring Run; corner Thomas Berry; conveyed by Borden, Jr., to David Kerr, and by David Kerr and Kathrine to Robert. Teste: Gabriel Madison, John Frogg, Luke Bowyer."

Notes: Guilford Co. Deeds: William Kerr, BOS from John Galbraith K-283 ca. 1809

William Kerr, to Ralph Gorrell, both of Guilford Co., 13 Sep 1814, for £510 "...being a certain tract of land which David Kerr Dec'd --- by his last will & Testament bearing date " 19 Nov 1802 "and by his sd Last Will & Testament did Devise the following Tract of land to his Son William Kerr...Beginning at a Parcel of Small Racks (?) whereon stood Two white Oaks & on the South Side of south Buffalo Creek on Adam Lacknon line running thence North Crossing a Small Branch of the Creek Eighty poles to a Black and Sweet Gum on S. Lackey's line one on Each side of a small Branch thence went forty one poles to an Ash & Two White Oaks & Ellum Tree thence North Crossing Two Small Branches Two hundred & fifteen poles along Duff's line to a post oak thence south on John Hanner's line Eighty poles to a post oak thence East seventeen poles to a post Oak thence South Crossing a Branch one hundred Sixty poles to a grub in S. Gorrells line thence East Crossing the eek three Times along and with the sd Ralph Gorrell's line Two hundred & seventy nine poles to a Bent Hickory Grub thence North eighty three poles to Walter McConnell's line thence west forty poles to the first station Containing by Estimation three hundred & forty acres...more at less..." Etc. William Kerr (seal) Witnesses: Jos Davis, David Kerr.

William Kerr, to James H. Starrat, both of Guilford Co., NC, 15 Sep 1814, for $75. On the "...waters of South Buffalow. Beginning at a pine & turning thence East Sixty Seven Poles to a grub in Wm Armfields line thence South along his line one hundred & twenty poles to a Black Jack thence west Sixty Seven poles to a White Oak Saplen thence along David Gallaspies line one hundred and twenty poles to the first station Containing 20 acres..." Etc. Signed William Kerr (seal). Witnesses: James Dunning, David Kerr.

William Kerr, of Guilford Co., from John McAdow, of Dickson Co., TN, 24 Oct 1809, filed 4 Feb 1815, for $50. "...on the waters of Buffalow Creek Beginning at a pine and Turning thence East Sixty seven poles to a grub on William Armfields line thence south along his line one hundred and twenty poles to a Black Jack thence West Sixty Seven poles to Bush thence along David Gillaspies line North one hundred & twenty poles to the first Station containing fifty acres..." Etc. Signed John McAdow (seal Witnesses: John Howell, John Gullett.

My Researchers Notes: This Kerr families are married to the Wiley families of Buffalow Creek Guilford Co NC and then they go of to Dickson Co. Tn. by 1809. This McAdoo Families of Dickson Co. Tn and those that lived by Anne Johnson in 1837 Tax District of Humphreys Co. Tn.

 

My Researchers Notes: Buffalo Creek goes up and into Henry Co. Va. where William Johnson lived by Roland Chiles. Our Hudson Johnson died 1828 Dickson Co. Tn. lived with William Johnson in one of the tithes lists of 1776-1780 Henry Co. Va

#1761

Years: 1761 Provenance Click on item to view record. Mars Secretary of State Record Group Granville Proprietary Land Office: Land Entries, Warrants, and Plats of Survey

Rowan County, A-Bo Title Andrew Bailie,. Rowan Co. Creator: Office of Secretary of State Granville Proprietary Land Office Languages: Call Number: S.108.270 - S.108.283

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Scope / Contents: View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Land entry: 1761 December 11. 700 acres. Descriptive references for land: Yadkin River, Thomas Whitaker, Edmund

Johnson, Peter Pheagley, Tuter Leney Warrant: 1761 December 11. 700 acres.

Descriptive references for land: Yadkin River, Thomas Whitaker, Edmund

Johnson, Peter Pheagley, Tuter Leney

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Index Terms Personal Names

Andrew Bailie,

Edmund Johnson,

Tuter Leney,

Peter Pheagley,

Thomas Whitaker,

Geographical Names Rowan County Yadkin River

Source / Donor: Note:

Andrew Bailie,

Edmund Johnson,

Tuter Leney,

Peter Pheagley,

Thomas Whitaker,

Yadkin River

1761 Samuel Curtis Rowan Co., NC Contact: Brenda Keck Reed BRENDREED@

Samuel Curtis

See above in 1759 Rowan CO

1761 Joshua Curtis Rowan Co., NC Contact: Brenda Keck Reed BRENDREED@

1761 Rowan CO NC tax list Joshua CURTIS, Benjamin ELLIS, John ELLIS (wife Rachel)

Joshua CURTIS,

Benjamin ELLIS

John ELLIS

1743- Morgan & Joseph Bryan admin. estate of Mary CURTIS ( wife of Thomas has been listed ) VS Thomas TURNER & John ELLIS.

Note: this Joseph Bryan should be the father of Rebecca Bryan who marr. Daniel BOONE.

RESEARCH NOTES:: 1 Oct 1754- Deed Rowan CO NC-John ELLIS of Kredwick CO VA- to EVAN ELLIS for livestock.

Wit: William JOHNSON and ABEL WALKER

RESEARCH NOTES:: Samuel Bryan his will is in Rowan CO NC are John and Margaret ELLIS –

A John Ellis married Margaret Bryan 11 Mar 1779 Rowan CO NC.

Samuel Strode is listed brother of Martha Strode who marr. Morgan Bryan (some list in Chester CO PA ca 1719 ).

RESEARCH NOTES:: 1796 Rowan Co. Will Book B: Evan Ellis Will In the name of God amen. I Evan Ellis of Rowan County in the state of North Carolina being weak in body, but in perfect mind and memory thanks be given to Almighty God for his mercies and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, Do make and ordain this my last will and Testament, Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it to me and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in a Christian like manner at the desecration of my friends and Executors nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such worldly goods as it has pleased God to bless me with I give demise and dispose of in manner and form as follows-

Item I will that all my just debts be paid by my Executors,

Item I will and bequeath unto my son James Ellis the tract of land whereon I now live containing four hundred and eleven acres to him and his heirs forever, and also my black horse, and one wagon and four ----- of gears belonging thereunto, one cow and calf his choice, and one three year old heifer, two feather beds, bed steads and furniture his choice, and the remaining part of stock of hogs, one plow and plow tackling, one set of mail rings, one iron wedge, one mattock, and a piece of full cloth.

Item: I will unto my cousin William Ellis my great coat.

Item : I will that what remains of my stock and all other of my estate , except what is before mentioned , and my wearing apparel be valued by three men chosen by my children and all debts due me be equally divided among my children, John, Evan, William, Isaac, and James, and I do hereby constitute make and ordain my trusted sons John Ellis & Evan Ellis Executors of this my last will and testament and I do hereby disallow and disanul all other wills and bequest by me made or done heretofore, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eighth day of December In the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety six.

Signed sealed published and pronounced in the presents of Thomas Brewer (X) Matthew Johnston Joshua Jones by Evan Ellis Recorded Rowan Count Will Book B Transcribed by Bob & Linda Ellis, Duluth Ga. File at:

Ellis-Forbis Cemetery earliest recorded burial in Yadkin County near Shallowford and Huntsville.

Thomas Forbes b. 1/2/1760 d. 5/13/1779

John Ellis b. 4/1/1723 d. 1/26/1753

Eliza H. Johnson b. 1736 d. 12/28/1754 age 18 years.

There are 25 unmarked graves in this cemetery.

Joshua Curtis

1761 Rowan CO NC tax list Joshua CURTIS, Benjamin ELLIS, John ELLIS (wife Rachel)

Isaac Beeson son of Richard & Charity who marr. Phebe Strode dau. of

Samuel are on a 1761 Rowan CO NC tax list with Joshua CURTIS, Benjamin ELLIS (wife Rachel), John ELLIS taxed with him are James and William ELLIS, Benjamin Beeson , Christopher Nation - he is on the Frederick CO VA deeds. Frederick CO VA cont-

Isaac Beeson son of Richard Beeson & Charity who marr.

Phebe Strode dau. of Samuel Strode are on a 1761 Rowan CO NC tax list with Joshua CURTIS, Benjamin ELLIS, John ELLIS (wife Rachel) taxed with him are James and William ELLIS, Benjamin Beeson , Christopher Nation - he is on the Frederick CO VA deeds.

RESEARCH NOTES: the first 2 pages for Frederick CO VA deeds starting in 1743 shows Richard & Charity Grubb Beeson selling land to sons Benjamin, Richard , Edward and and son-in-law Mordecai Mendenhall.

RESEARCH NOTES: this Abel Walker lives in Frderick CO VA and is a Quaker- Hopewell records show Abel Walker JR son of Abel & Sina was b) 13.1.1735 marr. Mary BEESON 11.12.1761 dau. of Edard Beeson & Martha (Mendenhall ? )

1777 July 1, a man named JOSHUA CURTIS served as Ensign in the 4th North Carolina in Nelson's Company commanded by Col. Thomas Polk, resigning 21 February 1778. (Roser of North Carolina Soldiers in the American Revolution). He received land grant # 3054 for 741 acres of land for 24 months service, within the limits of the lands allotted to Governor Martin. Contact: Brenda Keck Reed BRENDREED@

Abner Johnson is the Brother of Gideon Johnson who served a tour in Capt. Armstrongs Company who served with 3 Curtis brother, Joshua Curtis, Sgt Reben Curtis and Peter Curtis.

Capt Nelson

Colonel PAISLEY’s regiment,

ABNER JOHNSON, a resident of Maury County, Tennessee, aged 73:

“In the year 1777 (and as well as he can remember) [It appears from the battle description that the year was 1778-79] in the month of October of that year, volunteered in Guilford County, North Carolina under Captain JOHN NELSON, who was a captain in his neighborhood, and when the men were called for, all who did not volunteer to make up the number wanted were to be drafted, this deponent volunteered, and so did all the rest, except one who was drafted. The name of the lieutenant was CHARLES HUGHES and the name of the ensign was GEORGE PARKS, and this deponent and one ALLEN WALKER were sergeants of the company. His company belonged to Colonel PAISLEY’s regiment, which together with Colonel SAUNDERS regiment from Granville County, NC were under the command of General

RUTHERFORD.”

Following are people that served in Capt. Armstrongs Company

Lieutenant was CHARLES HUGHES

Lt. JOSIAH GATES,

Ensign was GEORGE PARKS

Ensign LOVETT REED

Ensign ___ MCBRIDE (he thinks JAMES).

Abner Johnson and ALLEN WALKER were sergeants

Abner Johnson is the Brother of Gideon Johnson who served a tour in Capt. Armstrongs Company who served with 3 Curtis brother, Joshua Curtis, Sgt Reben Curtis and Peter Curtis.

SAMUEL CARUTHERS

JAMES HAYES

Allen Baker

Job Baker

JOHN BURNS

WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM

WILLIAM MONTGOMERY

Joshua Curtis

JAMES OLIVER

Served under Capt. Josiah Gate took over from Capt Nelson

George Oliver

Served under Capt. Josiah Gate took over from Capt Nelson

1761 Rowan Co. NC tax List Francis Johnston



Francis Johnston

1761 Rowan Co. NC Tax List Francis Johnston



Francis Johnston

1761 Rowan CO NC

Isaac Beeson

Isaac Beeson

Isaac Beeson son of Richard & Charity who marr. Phebe Strode dau. of

Samuel are on a 1761 Rowan CO NC tax list with Joshua CURTIS, Benjamin ELLIS (wife Rachel), John ELLIS taxed with him are James and William ELLIS, Benjamin Beeson , Christopher Nation - he is on the Frederick CO VA deeds. Frederick CO VA cont-

Isaac Beeson son of Richard Beeson & Charity who marr.

Phebe Strode dau. of Samuel Strode are on a 1761 Rowan CO NC tax list with Joshua CURTIS, Benjamin ELLIS, John ELLIS (wife Rachel) taxed with him are James and William ELLIS, Benjamin Beeson , Christopher Nation - he is on the Frederick CO VA deeds.

Abner Johnson is the Brother of Gideon Johnson who served a tour in Capt. Armstrongs Company who served with 3 Curtis brother, Joshua Curtis, Sgt Reben Curtis and Peter Curtis.

1761 abt: Winkfield SHROPSHIRE III (Winkfield, Winkfield, St. John, Oliver, Samuel) was born 1761 in Guilford Co., NC, and died May 5, 1816 in Franklin Co., TN. He married Catherine Hill: 3 July 10, 1783 in Surry Co., NC. She was born 1766 in Rowan Co., NC, and died 1834 in Franklin Co., TN

Notes: This is incorrect as Guilford Co. NC formed in 1770 from Orange and Rowan Co. NC,

Winkfield SHROPSHIRE III

Notes: 2 James Henry SHROPSHIRE was born 1784 in Guilford Co., NC, and died 1860 in Yell County, AR. He married (1) Sarah Eva Henley December 17, 1805 in Greene Co., GA. She was born March 20, 1784/85, and died February 12, 1886 in Etna, Franklin Co., AR. He married (2) Elizabeth COLSON 1829. She was born Abt. 1817, and died

Notes: Run Sarah Eva Henley is she connected to Leonard Henley

Winkfield Shropshire is the Uncle of Joel Shropshire married to Mary Polly Johnston daughter of Agnes Johnson 174-50 to 1843 Dickson Co TN and Hudson Johnson died on bartons Creek in 1823 Dickson Co Tn. Winkfields brother Samier or Seymore Shropshire will leave the Matrimony Baptist Church with Jan Murrell and move to Rockfish River near Terisha Turner the ancient whose familes include the Henley and Hensley-Hammer or Hamner families of NC

Catherine Hill:

abt 1761 James Henry Shropshire is the son of Winkfield Shropshire abt 1761 Guilford Co. NC and Catherine Hill born 1765 in Rowan County NC: Married: 1783-07-10 in ,Surry, North Carolina,

Winkfield Shropshire died in Franklin Co. Tn. is the son of Winkfield Shropshire abt 1725 died 1798 in Oglethorpe,, Georgia, USA and Jane Jones born in Rowan Co. NC. She died 1834 in Franklin Co. NC

James Henry Shropshire

1761 March 6, deed was issued to David Johnson of Rowan County on, for land that had been surveyed February 11, 1752 Granville Land Grants, Records of the Secretary of State, State Archives

Provenance

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Rowan County, A-Bo

David Johnson

March 6, 1761 Years: 1761

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Granville Proprietary Land Office: Granville Grants of Deed Rowan Co.

Title David. Johnson, Rowan Co. Creator: Office of Secretary of State

Granville Proprietary Land Office Languages: Call Number: SSLG 120J

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Scope / Contents: View Abbreviated Scope / Contents March 6, 1761 325 acres Location: On Sweet Creek a branch of Dutchmans Creek 2 copies Deed #51

View Abbreviated Scope / Contents

Index Terms Personal Names

David Johnson,

David Johnston,

Henry McCulloh,

Geographical Names

Anson County

Dutchmans Creek

Rowan County

Sweet Creek

David Johnson,

David Johnston,

Henry McCulloh,

Geographical Names

Anson County

Dutchmans Creek

Rowan County

Sweet Creek

Years: 1761 June 26, 1761

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Title Churton, William. Rowan Co. Creator: Office of Secretary of StateGranville Proprietary Land Office Languages: Call Number: SSLG 115B Location:

MARS Id: 12.13.116.7 (Folder) Other Ids: Physical Description: Quantity: Other Copies:

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Scope / Contents: View Abbreviated Scope / Contents June 26, 1761 657 acres Location: On William Johnson's branch, Yadkin River 2 copies Deed #64

View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Index Terms Personal Names

William Churton,

William Johnson,

Charles Metcalf,

Geographical Names Rowan County Yadkin River Source / Donor:

Note: Land was surveyed for Charles Metcalf.

William Churton,

William Johnson,

Charles Metcalf,

Yadkin River

William Johnson's branch,

1761 September 26. Years: 1761

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Rowan County, Ro-S Title John Barnet Stagner,. Rowan Co.

Creator: Office of Secretary of State Granville Proprietary Land Office

Languages: Call Number: S.108.270 - S.108.283 Location: MFR

MARS Id: 12.12.80.57 (Folder) Other Ids: Physical Description:

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Scope / Contents: View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Land Entry: 1761 September 26. 700 acres.

Descriptive references for land: Yadkin River, David Johnson, John McDole

View Abbreviated Scope / Contents

Index Terms Personal Names

David Johnson,

John McDole,

John Barnet Stagner,

Geographical Names Rowan County Yadkin River

David Johnson,

John McDole,

John Barnet Stagner,

Yadkin River

1761 October 8 Years: 1761 Provenance Click on item to view record. Mars Secretary of State Record Group Granville Proprietary Land Office: Land Entries, Warrants, and Plats of Survey Rowan County, A-Bo Title John Boone, Rowan Co.

Creator: Office of Secretary of State Granville Proprietary Land Office

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Land Entry: 1761 October 8. 700 acres. Descriptive references for land: David Johnson

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John Boone,

David Johnson,

Geographical Names Rowan County

Source / Donor: Note: The document has been severely damaged and some of the descriptive references are missing.

John Boone,

David Johnson

1761 October 9Years: 1761 Title Jame Barr, Rowan Co. Creator: Office of Secretary of State Granville Proprietary Land Office Languages: Call Number: S.108.270 - S.108.283

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Scope / Contents: View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Plat: 1761 October 9. 550 acres.

Descriptive references for land: Maho Creek, Dan River, Johnson King

Chain carriers: John Walker, John Wilson

Surveyor: John Frohock

View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Index Terms Personal Names

James Barr,

John Frohock,

John Walker,

John Wilson,

Geographical Names Dan River Maho Creek Rowan County

James Barr,

John Frohock,

John Walker,

John Wilson

Johnson King

Maho Creek, Dan River,

1761 December 11 Years: 1761 Title, Andrew Bailie. Rowan Co. Creator: Office of Secretary of State Granville Proprietary Land Office Languages: Call Number: S.108.270 - S.108.283

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Scope / Contents: View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Land entry: 1761 December 11. 700 acres. Descriptive references for land: Yadkin River, Thomas Whitaker,

Edmund Johnson, Peter Pheagley, Tuter Leney Warrant: 1761 December 11. 700 acres.

Descriptive references for land: Yadkin River, Thomas Whitaker, Edmund Johnson, Peter Pheagley, Tuter Leney

View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Index Terms Personal Names

Andrew Bailie,

Edmund Johnson,

Tuter Leney,

Peter Pheagley,

Thomas Whitaker,

Geographical Names Rowan County Yadkin River Source / Donor: Note:

Andrew Bailie,

Edmund Johnson,

Tuter Leney,

Peter Pheagley,

Thomas Whitaker,

Yadkin River

#1762

1762 - James McMahan, from PA, "of Granville" County, NC buys land, 422 acres, near Dutchman's Creek in Rowan County, NC. "Deed Book 4 p. 744 July 20, 1762 James McMahan of Granville Co., NC buys 422 acres within 8 chains of Dutchman's Creek, next to David Johnston, for 5 shillings, the release price being 50 pounds proclamation money on the next day- witnessed by Will Reed and proved."

James McMahan, from PA, "of Granville" County, NC

David Johnston,

Will Reed

24 July 1762 II: 424 - Estate of Nicholas Michael to George Hager 1761 July court. By the amounts of the estate as appears by the vendue papers filed L 26.25.8 paid to Frederick Michael, Barney Michael, Edward Hughes, Martin Wallox, Jacob Lap, Michael Younger, Arthur ONeal. Abstracts of The Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Rowan County, North Carolina, by Jo White Linn:

Nicholas Michael

Sergen George Heger,

[Anson-1750s]

He came with Samel Cobrin, Captain Hendry Jonston, Sergen

George Heger (William is 2 away from Clubb on the military list) along with his kinsman William probably came from western Maryland or Pennsylvania originally, removed to Carolina from the Shenandoah Valley where in l749 he was cited as not found. In l753 the two Hagers were granted 800 acres of land on waters of Killian’s Creek in the eastern part of what is now Lincoln.

Frederick Michael,

Barney Michael,

Edward Hughes,

Martin Wallox,

Jacob Lap,

Michael Younger,

Arthur ONeal.

August 17, 1762 Henry Rutherford was born in Rowan County, North Carolina, and was the second son of Gen'l. Griffith Rutherford, of that State

Henry Rutherford

1810 Died on Harpeth River: Gen. Henry Rutherford removed many years afterward to Williamson County, Tennessee, and settled on little Harpeth, where he lived until his death. about 1810. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Governor Graham, of North Carolina.

Gen. Henry Rutherford

Governor Graham, of North Carolina.

Oct 1762 ROWAN CO, NC - Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions  - 21 Oct 1762 - Ordered that BARBARA KEENER have Letters of Administration on her deceased husband GASPER KEANER; Securities:  GEORGE SAYLOR  &  WILLIAM ARMSTRONG.

BARBARA KEENER

GASPER KEANER

GASPER / CASPER KEENER, b ca 1700, d. before 21 Oct 1762, LINCOLN CO, NC:



GEORGE SAYLOR 

WILLIAM ARMSTRONG.

October 4, 1762 JEMIMA BOONE b: in Bear Creek, Yadkin River Valley, Rowan Co., NC m: 1776 in Boonesboro, Fayette Co., KY d: August 30, 1834 in Marthasville, Warren Co., MO; daughter of DANIEL BOONE AND REBECCA BRYAN married FLANDERS CALLAWAY b: Bet. 1748 - December 9 1758 in Lunenburg Co., VA d: August 19, 1828 in Marthasville, Warren Co., MO

FLANDERS CALLAWAY

Joseph Callaway b: Bet. 1674 - 1680 in England d: Bef. 1732 in Essex or Caroline Co., VA

..+Catherine b: in Lunenburg Co., VA d: Abt. 1738 in Essex Co., VA

.2 Elizabeth Callaway b: Bef. 1708 in Caroline Co., VA       d: Aft. November 26, 1759 in Bedford Co., VA

.....+William Bramblett       b: 1686 in Luneburg Co., VA       m: Bef. 1726 d: November 1759 in Bedford Co., VA

.....3 [2] Sarah Bramblett b: Abt. 1726 in Essex Co., VA d: Aft. 1781 in Beford Co., VA or Kentucky

.........+[1] James C. Callaway       b: Bet. 1720 - 1724 in Essex Co., VA       m: Bef. 1748       d: Bef. November 26, 1767 in Bedford Co., VA

........4 FLANDERS CALLAWAY b: Bet. 1748 - December 9 1758 in Lunenburg Co., VA d: August 19, 1828 in Marthasville, Warren Co., MO

............+JEMIMA BOONE b: October 4, 1762 in Bear Creek, Yadkin River Valley, Rowan Co., NC m: 1776 in Boonesboro, Fayette Co., KY       d: August 30, 1834 in Marthasville, Warren Co., MO;

THE CALLOWAYS. Among the Kentucky pioneers was Col. Richard Calloway[18]. Two of his daughters, Betsy and Fanny, were captured with Jemima, Boone's second daughter, in a boat at Boonesborough, Ky., on the 17th of July, 1776. They were recovered unharmed soon afterwards;[19] and in the following August Betsy was married to Samuel Henderson, one of the rescuing party. [20] Jemima Boone afterwards married Flanders Calloway, a son of Colonel Calloway. [21] It was this Colonel Calloway who accused Boone of having voluntarily surrendered 26 of his men at the Salt Licks; that when a prisoner at Detroit he had engaged with Gov. Hamilton to surrender Boonesborough, and that he had attempted to weaken the garrison at Boonesborough before its attack by the Indians by withdrawing men and officers, etc.;[22] but Boone was not only honorably acquitted, but promoted from a captaincy to that of major. Related to this Colonel Calloway was Elijah Calloway, son of Thomas Calloway of Virginia, who "did much for the good of society and was a soldier at Norfolk, Va., in the War of 1812."[23]

John Calloway represented Ashe county in the House in 1800, and in the Senate in 1807, 1808,1809; and Elijah Calloway was in the House from 1813 to 1817, and in the Senate in 1818 and 1818, and 1819. One of these men is said to have walked to Raleigh, supporting himself on the way by shooting game, and in this way saved enough to build a brick house with glass windows, the first in Ashe, near what is now Obid. He was turned out of the Bear creek Baptist church because he had thus proven himself to be a rich man; and the Bible said no rich man could enter the kingdom of heaven. The ehureh in which he was tried was of logs, but the accused sat defiantly during the 'trial in a splint-bottomed chair, which he gave to Mrs. Sarah Miller of that locality. This may have been Thomas Calloway, whose grave is at Obid, marked with a long, slender stone which had marked one of the camping places of Daniel Boone.

DANIEL BOONE

REBECCA BRYAN

1762 CRISS NEGRO JOHNSTON NC Rowan County

CRISS JOHNSTON NEGRO

1762 DAVID JOHNSTON NC Rowan County

1762 GIDEON JOHNSTON NC Rowan County

Gideon Johnson TIME LINE

PETER MASSIE b. abt. 1639, Codington, Cheshire, England; d. 25 Dev 1719, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co., Va. Possibly a descendant of Hugh Massie. He arrived in Virginia  before 1677, was a man of means and arrived with a family.

Married about 1665 to Penelope Cooper.

Reported Children of Peter Massey and Penelope Cooper:

1.John Massey-b. England; D. Va. Married abt. 1689. filed in 1732 a petition for patent on land formerly granted to brother Thomas Massey. children Mark Massey and Elizabeth Massey.

2. Sarah MASSEY-b.1672 England; d.28 Oct 1711, New Kent co., Va. Married abt 1698 William Johnston (d.6 nov.1714, New Kent Co., Va.)

3. George Massey (mine)- His daughters were baptised 1705 St.Peter's Parish New Kent Co., Va. apparently some years after their birth.

My Notes ? on proof of wife being Penelope Cooper

Children of George Massie:

Ann MASSIE

Margaret MASSIE (mine) married Benjamin Johnston Mary " Cousin" Holland

(1660-1693).Blissland and St. Peter's Parishes were both located in the southern part of what was "early New Kent County" Virginia. Mary " Cousin" Holland

PETER MASSEY was in 1668 a Jurior in New Kent Co., Va. From the Journal of House of Burgesses p.180 Mary " Cousin" Holland

1677: PETER MASSIE The list of 87 or 88 signatures from Blisland Parish appears page xliv - xlvii of The Vestry Book of Blisland (Blissland) Parish, New Kent and James City Co. VA 1721-1786 by Chamberlayne.

 

1690 PETER MASSIS held 4000 acres on Little Bird Creek in what was later Goochland County, Virginia. Mary " Cousin" Holland

1690 Oct 23: New Kent Co: Peter Massey: 855 acres on the north side of the mouth of the northernmost branch of Chickahominy River where the swamp of said river ends: Land Office Patents # 8, 1689-1695 pg 109 on reel 8: Library of Virginia Archives Section

23 October 1690: Peter Massey aka Massee: Location: New Kent County. Description: 855 acres standing on the north side of the mouth of the northermost branch of Chickahominy River where the swamp of the said river ends.

1699 Here followeth a Copy of Thomas Lankford marriage certificate.

Whereas Thomas Lankford of New Kent County and Martha West daughter of Giles West of the same county have proposed their intentions of marriage before two severall meetings of the people -------- called Quakers who after due inquiry of their clearness . It appearing to them that the relation of the said Martha West were consenting to this marriage did give their give their consent that the sd parties should accomplish their sd intentions. Wee therefore whose names are underwritten do certifie all -------------- that the sd Thomas Lankford and Martha West did at a meeting ----------------------------------------- aforesaid county the 25th day of 2nd mo 1700 --------.And there take each other he the sd Thos Lankford taking her the sd Martha West by the hand declaring that in the presence of God and this congregation I take Martha West to be my lawfull wife – till death shalle part us and she the sd Martha West then and there declaring that in the presence of God and this congregation I take Thomas Lankford to be my lawfull husband till my death and for confirmation the sd Thomas and Martha did set to their friends and --- which names are underwritten are witnesses.

Thomas Lankford

Martha Lankford

Giles West

Charles Fleming

G. R. Elyson

Robt. Hughes

Ricc Hughes

Peter Massey

Wm Beales

Thos Standley

Michal Jonsen

Christifr Clark

Francis Amos

Richd Melten

Edwd Clark

John Madox

Ann Call

Sarah Hughes

Eliz Clark

Silfania Fleming

Sarah Ellyson

Sarah Jonson

Margaret Madox

Mary Amos

Elizabeth Watkins

The Record Book Belonging to the Monthly Meeting of Friends Henrico County beginning from the year 1699 to the year 1757 Inclusive. From FHL #0031762

Peter massie was at the wedding of Thomas Lankford of New Kent County and Martha West daughter of Giles West as was one Michal JOHNSON

1700 Nov 7: New Kent Co; Peter Massee: 300 acres on the Branches of Chickahominy Swamp beg. & c. in a line of marked trees of Matthew Hubberd where Edmund Grosses, So. Et. Line by a mistake in the survey & c.: Land Office Patents # 9, 1697-1706 vol 1 & 2: pg 287 on re 9: Library of Virginia Archives Section

1704 Rent Roll for New Kent County, Virginia showed: Peter "Mage" (?) held 450 acres; Peter "Masey" hwls 100 acres. Mary " Cousin" Holland

m. abt. 1705, Ann MACON, b. 16 Dec 1685,  Charles MASSIE From: Lisa Grimes

1705 record in book for St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co., Va.;

Ann daughter of George Massie was baptized; apparently at the same time as her sister Margaret.

One or both daughters was considerably beyond the ''infant" stage; perhaps indicative that they were brought to the church from a distance; perhaps indicative of an earlier connection to Quaker congeration, with return to Church of England.......from the book "Massey Genealogy Adendum" by Judge Frank A. Massey p.32 Mary " Cousin" Holland

Gideon Johnson/Johnston (it is written both ways) was b. abt 1717 New Kent Co., Va. or Henrico Co., Va.

He was a Quaker for a while, as was his dad Benjamin ( I don't have a solid proof of this connection yet. I need Benjamin Johnson's will), but was removed from the Quakers for "non-conformism". per research of Mary Holland

Peter Massey Departed this Life December 25, 1719. St. Peters Parish

In a meeting held the 6th day of 11th mo 1721, James Magehay and Rebeckah Prist did propose their intentions of taking each other in marig. The meeting appoints Margaray Johnson and

Elizabeth Johnson to inquire into the young woman's orderly walking among friends as also in that of her clearness in relation to marig with any other. At the same meeting, John Johnson & Benja Johnson are appoynted to inspect into the young man's clearness in relation of marig with any other as also his being in unity with friends.

1721 11 month Att at mo meeting held at Edwd Mosby the 6th day of 11

mo 1721. the meeting appoints MARGARY JOHNSON and Elizabeth Johnson to

inquire into the young woman's orderly walking among friends as also in

that of her cleanness in relation to mariage with any other. The Record

Book Belonging to the Monthely Meeting of Friends, Henrico County,

Virginia beginning from the year 1699 to the year 1757 inclusive.

From HFL# 0031762 From researcher Mary Holland

1721 6th Day 11 month Margarey Johnson and Elizabeth Johnson

from Mary Holland she also notes the Following: From the Record Book Belonging to theMonthly Meeting of Friends, Henrico County beginning from the year 1699

to the year 1757 inclusive:

(her notes these are wives of Benjamin Johnson and John Johnson)

At a meeting held the 8th day of the 9th mo 1721, John Johnson and Benja Johnson reported that they had inquired into the young man's clearness,which was satisfactory.

In a meeting held the 8th of 2 mo 1722, Wm Elyson son of G. Robt

Elyson and Agnis Johnson daughter of John Johnson did at this meeting

publish their intentions of taking each other in marig.  Wm Lead and

Robt Crew were apoynted to inspect into the clearness of the young man inrelation to marig with any other and help as to his life and conversation.  Mary Magaheand Margery Johnson were apoynted on behalf of the young woman aslike.



1724 7 month 5 day Att a Mo Meeting held at ye White Oake Swamp in Henrico Co ye 5th day of 7th mo 1724

at the meeting ye 10th day of 11th mo in the year 1734 are listed MARGERY JOHNSON, PETER MASSEY, and GIDEON JOHNSON Sr. (her son). The Record Book Belonging to the Monthly Meeting of Friends, Henrico County, Virginia beginning from the year 1699 to the year 1757 inclusive. From HFL# 0031762 From researcher Mary Holland (her grandfather)

1728 Henrico Co., VA. 3 June. Will of Elizabeth WALKER.

Daus. Elizabeth ALLEN, Mary MASSIE, Sarah ALLEN, Hannah RAGLAND, Tabitha MORRIS, Cecilia STOKES;

Sons: Henry WALKER and Joel WALKER.

Wit: Henry STOKES, John WATSEN, Mary WATSON

1734 10th day 11th month: Margery Johnson, Peter Massey, Gideon Johnson (Mary Hollamd notes Peter Massey grandfather of Margery and Gideon Johnson is now of age) from Mary Holland she also notes the Following: From the Record Book Belonging to the Monthly Meeting of Friends, Henrico County beginning from the year 1699 to the year 1757 inclusive:

10 September 1735. Samuel Richardson Location: Henrico County. Description: 273 acres on the north side of James River begg. at a corner white oak of Francis Warrens being Captn. Massey’s corner parting the said Massey and Obediah Smith.

Notes: The First Peter Massie has died and this is not his deed

In the mid-1740s, at about age 30, Gideon Johnson married the mother of all his children, (Nancy) Ursula Allen/Allin (Feb. 16, 1728-c. 1807), the daughter of his Hanover Co. neighbors William and Mary Ann Owen Allin and granddaughter of Thomas Owen of Williamsburg, the colonial capital. Allen became a longstanding family given name.

Ursula Allin, the wife of Gideon Johnson Sr., had a sister Mary Allin who married a possible relation named William Allen and moved to Brunswick and Greensville Co. in southern Virginia.

A professional Maury Co. genealogist said those Allens 3 were the parents of Patsy Allen Mangrum; an Allen son, Hamlin, moved to Maury Co., and his daughter Eliza married yet a fourth child of Benjamin and Mary Johnson Davis. A fourth Mangrum child married still another of the grandsons of William Allen Johnson.

1724 7 month 5 day Att a Mo Meeting held at ye White Oake Swamp in Henrico Co ye 5th day of 7th mo 1724 at the meeting ye 10th day of 11th mo in the year 1734 are listed MARGERY JOHNSON, PETER MASSEY, and GIDEON JOHNSON Sr. (her son). The Record Book Belonging to the Monthly Meeting of Friends, Henrico County, Virginia beginning from the year 1699 to the year 1757 inclusive. From HFL# 0031762 From researcher Mary Holland her Grand father is Peter massey

1734 10th day 11th month: Margery Johnson, Peter Massey, Gideon Johnson (Mary Holland

notes Peter Massey grandfather of Margery and Gideon Johnson is now of age) from Mary Holland she also notes the Following: From the Record Book Belonging to the Monthly Meeting of Friends, Henrico County beginning from the year 1699 to the year 1757 inclusive:

Gideon Johnson is shown as a witness in Quaker records by 1739, adding credibility to his assigned birth in 1717 in the portion of New Kent Co. that became Hanover four years later.

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about 1742 Some researchers speculate that he first married a Goodloe, a descendant of George Goodloe of Middlesex Co., VA, who died young.

William Allen Johnson (Dec. 27, 1749-Feb. 8, 1830) married on March 4, 1773 to Sarah McLaren, the daughter of Daniel McLaren of Dan River, Guilford, Rockingham and later Bedford Co., TN. Sarah McLaren Johnson (Jan. 25, 1756-Sept. 2, 1835) served as a principal witness for her brother-in-law Abner when he applied for his Revolutionary War pension.

William Allen Johnson and his family moved to Middle Tennessee around 1810, after his father's death, to join his brother Abner Johnson and sister Ursula Johnson Pillow. They likely settled first in Rutherford Co. before moving south to the Fountain Creek neighborhood of Maury Co. by about 1812.

Like his father, William Allen Johnson was a small-scale slaveholder. On the 1823 tax rolls, he listed three slaves to help him farm 272 acres on Fountain Creek. His eldest known son Alexander Johnson also listed three slaves for a smaller farm of 93.5 acres.

Alexander Johnson (April 14, 1782, Rockingham-Feb. 7, 1857, Maury) married Mary Jessaline "Polly" Ballanfant, the daughter of Frenchman Jean and Louisa "Lucy" Yeoman Ballanfant, on Aug. 6, 1805 in Rockingham Co. Alexander Johnson served several terms on the Maury Co. administrative court. With the Pillows, Alexander Johnson was among the leading Democrats in Maury County in the 1840s and often chaired political meetings in support of James Knox Polk, a neighbor, governor and finally the U.S. President.

Son John Johnson (1783-after 1850, Maury Co., TN) married first Elizabeth Arnold and fathered nine children over at least 30 years before the couple divorced. He then remarried to Mary Beaver on Jan. 18, 1843 in Maury Co.

Son William Allen Johnson Jr. (1789-1852, McNairy Co., TN), a Maury Co. constable and military officer, married Mary Griffin. His campaign against Nimrod Porter for Maury Co. sheriff is included elsewhere in this manuscript.

The eldest known child, Celia Johnson (Oct. 25, 1776, Guilford, NC), married neighbor John Sanders before 1796 in Rockingham Co. They had eight children who came to Maury Co.: Mary Sanders "Polly Sanders " (m. James P. Kennedy), Alexander McClaren Sanders, William Johnson Sanders, Duke Sanders, Sarah McClaren Sanders, James Sanders and likely Joseph Sanders. John's brother William Sanders married another of the Bellanfant daughters, Elizabeth Bellanfant, and moved to neighboring Giles Co., TN.

The final known child of William and Sarah -- Mary (March 31, 1784, Rockingham-March 25, 1859, Maury) -- married Benjamin Davis (July 28, 1778, VA-Nov. 22,1845, Maury) and had at least nine children who came to Maury. Three married children of Isham and Martha "Patsy" Allen Mangrum, originally from Greensville Co., VA - who were cousins, too, even though the branches of the family had been separated for more than two decades.

William Allen Johnson and Sarah McClaren Johnson are buried in Johnson-Amis Cemetery in front of the Culleoka, TN post office in Maury Co. Among the 11 children of son Alexander was Louisa Yeoman Johnson who married Lewis Amis on July 15, 1830. The Amis couple and five of their seven children lie in the same cemetery.

(Mary) Ursula Johnson (c. 1752, Nottoway Parish, Amelia Co., VA- 1822 or after 1830, Maury Co.) married John Pillow, also of Amelia Co., around 1770 when the Dan River valley was still part of Rowan Co.

The Pillows decided to move to Nashville in 1788.

May 23, 1752 Gideon Johnson lived in Nottoway Parish when he bought from Samuel Goode 449 acres along Osborn's Branch on the "lower side" of Saylor's Creek The witnesses were William Walker and Warren Walker

Most of the children were born in Nottoway Parish of Amelia or in neighboring Prince Edward and Lunenburg counties where Gideon owned properties that, like his father, exceeded 1,000 acres.

Gideon Johnson lived in Nottoway Parish on May 23, 1752 when he bought from Samuel Goode 449 acres along Osborn's Branch on the "lower side" of Saylor's Creek - the future site of a Civil War battle - that included a Massie cousin among its neighbors. The witnesses were William Walker and Warren Walker, cousins of Gideon's wife Ursula allin, and Charles Johnson, Gideon Johnson 's cousin.

May 23, 1752 Gideon Johnson lived in Nottoway Parish when he bought from Samuel Goode 449 acres along Osborn's Branch on the "lower side" of Saylor's Creek The witnesses were William Walker and Warren Walker

Benjamin Johnson 10-21-1752 Children of Jesse and Elizabeth Johnson of Amelia County.

John Johnson 1-31-1754 Children of Jesse and Elizabeth Johnson of Amelia County.

1754 Nov 5: Gideon JOHNSON, Born

Private, $50.00 Annual Allowance $150.00 Amount Received August 20 1833 Pension Started Age 8 [sic], Williamson Co, TN, Line Not Given (1835 Pension Roll) GIDEON JOHNSON or JOHNSTON, born 7 Nov 1754 in Amelia County, Virginia, served in the Revolution under Captain John Armstrong of Surry County, North Carolina, and Lieutenant Tate from Guilford County, North Carolina. He then resided in Guilford County. Captain Armstrong's company joined the 2nd regiment, North Carolina, Continental troops. When the County of Rockingham was taken from Guilford County his home was in that section of North Carolina, and he resided there until 1819 when he moved to Davidson Co, Tennessee, and in 1826 to Williamson Co, Tennessee where he applied on 2 Oct 1832. He filed a second declaration in 1840 stating that he was then a resident of Davidson County, Tennessee. In 1832 an Abner JOHNSON aged 74 a res of Maury Co, Tennessee had served with Gideon JOHNSON and in 1833 a JOHNSON was JP for Williamson Co, TN but their relationship to soldier wasn't stated (Rev War Pension File S4456)

1755 4th day of 1sy Month: Urshula Johnson( Her notes this is the Wife of Gideon Johnson Sr) from Mary Holland she also notes the Following: From the Record Book Belonging to the Monthly Meeting of Friends, Henrico County beginning from the year 1699 to the year 1757 inclusive:

Notes: A David Johnson of Henrico MM Is reported to be the brother of Gideon Johnson off Benjamin Johnson and Margaret Massie

On Sept. 10, 1755 Gideon Johnson added a grant of 604 acres on the north side of Meherrin River in Lunenberg Co. to the south.

Jesse Johnson 9-7-1755 Children of Jesse and Elizabeth Johnson of Amelia County.

On April 9, 1757, Gideon Johnson for 24 pounds sold his brother-in-law John Morgan of Cumberland Co. - who married Ursula Allin's sister Elizabeth Allin - 200 acres of the original Samuel Goode purchase. The land then lay partly in Amelia and partly in Prince Edward Co., which had been created out of Amelia in 1753. This deed places Gideon Johnson's home site 20 miles due east of Farmville, VA near where Saylor's Creek crosses the Amelia-Prince Edward boundary.

1757 April 9 Gideon Johnson to John Morgan of Cumberland County - for 24 pounds, 200 acres lying partially in Amelia County, being part of Alexander Shier's land grant that he conveyed to Samuel Goode of Amelia, and part of 449 acres that Goode subsequently granted to Johnson. Beginning at pointers in Shier's line, thence along his line to a corner pine, then continuing along his line to a corner white oak, then continuing along his line to a corner poplar at Brumfield's line, then along Brumfield's line to a corner pine near the road, then along the south side of the road to a corner red oak, then north along a line of marked trees to the first station.

Recorded at Prince Edward Courthouse on 12 April 1757. (1:91B)



William Johnson 5- 8-1757 Children of Jesse and Elizabeth Johnson of Amelia County.

(1758-Oct. 22, 1850)Abner Johnson

Abner Johnson was born in Prince Edward Co., VA, shortly after his father had purchased the farm along Saylor's Creek. No family or religious reason has been found for the naming of Abner Johnson or his brother Mordecai Johnson or sister Naomi Johnson.

Sarah Johnson 4-10-1759 Children of Jesse and Elizabeth Johnson of Amelia County.

1759, 4, 13: Gideon Johnson Amelia County not a member of this MM, James Johnson given permission to sue him: Cedar Creek MM: Hinsah Encyclopedia of American Quaker Records. Volume 6: copys sent in by  S.M. Boone

1759, 4, 15: James Johnson Amelia PM, rq. The aid of this MM in a matter of difference between him and Gideon Johnson: Cedar Creek MM: Hinsah Encyclopedia of American Quaker Records. Volume 6: copyâ?Ts sent in by  S.M. Boone

1759, 8, 11: James Johnson granted permission to proceed against Gideon Johnson in a dispute, the said Gideon Johnson not in unity with friends. Cedar Creek MM: Hinsah Encyclopedia of American Quaker Records. Volume 6: copys sent in by  S.M. Boone

Notes: It appears that Cousin Mary Hollands Gideon Johnson was at one time was a Quaker: Reason as Gideon Johnson is not in UNITY with them.

Thomas Johnson 12- 1-1760 Children of Jesse and Elizabeth Johnson of Amelia County

1761 ERA: Gideon Johnson and his family quickly established themselves in their Dan River Valley home, which was in Rowan Co. at the time, but became part of Guilford Co. in 1771 and eventually Rockingham Co., NC.

1761 Jan 1, Book 2, p 75b Prince Edward VA Deed Book 2 (1759-1765) From EDWARD SELBE of P. to Samuel Poe of P., for 50? a certain tract of land about 155 acres in P. on the lower side of Saylors Cr., and bounded by GIDEON JOHNSON, John Spradlin, Richard Ward, John Morriss, Sherwood MASSIE. 

Signed:  Edward SELBE (his E mark)

Wit:  Gideon Johnson, John Spradln (X) , CHARLES SELBE, EDWARD SELBE, JR. Recorded Sep 8, 1761 From: Pattie

1761 Jan 5, Book 2, p 17b  From Samuel Poe of Prince Edward. to EDWARD SELBE of Prince Edward, for 50 ? a certain tract of land of 400 acres in Prince . on Spring Creek, it being a patent of land granted to Thomas Williamson and by him conveyed to Samuel Goode by deed, and by Goode deeded to James Fear, and by Fear deeded to Daniel Hearn acknowledged in Amelia Co, and by Hearn deeded to SAMUEL SELBE and acknowledged in P.   The tract is bounded by Jacob Williamson, Cunningham, Scot, Collins.Signed:  Samuel Poe (X).  Wit:  GIDEON JOHNSON, John Spradlin, CHARLES SELBE, EDWARD SELBE, JR.   recorded Sep 8 1761. From: Pattie

Gideon Johnson Sr. witnessed the will of John Watkins April 20, 1762 in Prince Edward Co., but he soon prepared to move south. He was expelled from the Quaker meeting before the family left for NC.

Researchers Notes : From Mary Holland: This is Gideon Johnson Sr. as Gideon Jr. was not born till 1754 and was only 3 in 1757......Gideon Jr. is the one that moved to Williamson Co. I find it VERY VERY interesting that he is so involved with the lands of these other Johnson names.

I have aschildren of Benjamin Johnson:

David Johnson;

GIDEON Johnson (MINE);

Micah Johnson;

Nathaniel Johnson;

Squire Johnson;

Robert Johnson

Jesse Johnson; and

Ashley Johnson

Margaret Johnson...

guess Ashley could be a guys name too.

The Jesse Johnson is definitely a brother of Gideon....don't know about the Charles unless he is a son of one of the brothers.

Will keep looking through my stuff when we get back form Birmingham later today.

LOve Mary

My Notes a Micjah Johnson moved to Smith-Irvine River after the Rev. War. His names is recorded as Michael Johnson in land deeds info Franklin Co formed from Henry Co. Va.

1764 Nov 3 Gideon Johnson of Rowan Co. NC sold to Col Thomas Tabb of Amelia Co., 249 acres in P.E. on lower side of Saylor Creek bounded by Osborns Branch if Philip Good's line, Peter Bland, Shearwood Massie, Samuel Good. Witnesses to deed were Ashley Johnson, Charles Hudspeth, John Johnson Jr. (Abstracts of Prince Edward County) From Brenda BAO44@

Land records indicate the move occurred by 1764 because Gideon Johnson is shown as a resident of Rowan Co., NC on Nov. 3 1764 when he sold his home place of 249 acres on Saylor's Creek to Col. Thomas Tabb of Amelia Ashley Johnson and John Johnson Jr. as witnesses. (A deed disposing of the Lunenberg Co. land has not been located.)

1764 in Cornwall Parish Samuel Perry is listed under Baker Degraffenreid, with 8 tithes and 1 wheel carriage, on this same 1764 list are Andrew Johnson, John Johnson Sr with John Johnson Jr: Michael Johnson: John Johnson, Daniel Johnson, Richard Johnson, John Johnson, Daniel Johnson, Philemon Johnson, James Johnson, Isaac Johnson

Researcher Notes: Samuel Perry 1782 Henry Co. Tithes near William Johnson 2 places away from William Johnson who had Hudson Johnson in his Tithes in 1776-1779 era

Researcher Notes: 1792 Aug 13 Samuel Perry is a Grand Jury in Patrick Co:

Researcher Notes: Baker De Graffenried: This family is married to the Gideon Johnson families of who start out as Benjamin Johnson married to ? Massie in Henrico Co Quaker Records to Saylors Creek in Amelia Co Va to Granville Co NC, Rowan and Surry Co NC and lands end up in Rockingham Co. NC: Of Note is the De Graffenreid family has its start on the Appottomax River.

Gideon Johnson was surrounded by family on both sides in the Dan River valley, including deGraffenreids and Vasses from Polly's lines.

In Rowan Co. in 1765, Gideon Johnson received an original land grant six miles due west of Wentworth, NC on the south side of the Dan River. That year, daughter Elizabeth Johnson married James Wray. And on March 19, 1765, he bought 250 acres on the south side of the Dan River from Peter and Agnes Wilson Perkins of Pittsylvania Co., VA for 120 pounds of English money.

1765 in Rowan Co Elizabeth Johnson likely the eldest child of Gideon Johnson and Ursula, married James Ray or Wray in 1765 in Rowan Co. with her father Gideon Johnson Sr. giving consent. Wray likely had been related to the family of the same name associated with the Johnsons in Amelia and Prince Edward Cos. The Wrays lived near her father and brothers in Guilford Co., NC in the late 1700s. Wray died in 1806.

The Wrays had seven children: Sarah Wray (m. Jean or John Bellanfant), Ursula Wray, Jane Wray, Parson Wray, Payton Wray, Pleasant Wray and William Johnson Wray.

Sarah or Sally Wray married Bellanfant, a Frenchman who reputedly came to America with the Marquis Lafayette's troops during the Revolution, just after his first wife Louisa "Lucy" Yeoman died while giving birth at sea on the way home from visiting his parents in France, according to a longstanding, but possibly far-fetched family story. Bellanfant lived in the Dan River valley and had real estate transactions with the Johnsons in the 1790s.

Sally Wray became the stepmother of seven children, including twins, all under age 12, and Jean almost immediately died -- before May 1802 -- while fighting a fire in a foundry or blacksmith shop. The eldest child, twin Mary Jessaline Bellanfant, married Alexander Johnson, the son of William Johnson and Sally's cousin.

(October 1765-Feb. 18, 1838) Nancy Johnson married Revolutionary War veteran James Cotton on Dec. 20, 1786 in Rockingham. The couple had settled in Maury Co. with many of the Pillows by 1808. James Cotton died in McNairy Co., TN, and his widow then moved to Jackson Co., AL where she died after 1848.

They had five children: Peter Johnson Cotton (m. Lavinia Tucker); Mary Cotton (m. John McCartney); Martha Cotton (m. John C. Ashworth and Samuel Boulds Barron); Tabitha Allin Cotton (m. William Henry Lewis); and Charles K. Cotton (m. Ruth Elizabeth Mahan). One of the Barron children fought in the Battle of Wilson's Creek, just a couple of miles from his cousins' Missouri homes.

1765 abt: Born Nancy Johnson Guilford Co NC married Rev. veteran, James Cotten,. Nancy Johnsons parents, Gideon Johnson and Ursula Allin had migrated to NC from the southwestern corner of Amelia Co. James Cotton was born about 1765, also reportedly in Guilford Co.,

Researchers Notes: Guilford CO formed in 1770 from Orange and Rowan Co. NC . So Nancy Johnson was born in Rowan Co. NC This Gideon Johnston lands will go intp Guilford Co and into Rockingham Co. NC when it forms

Resaerchers Notes: While I am no kin of the Cotten line, I have written somewhat extensively about Cotten's late 17th and early 18th century Landing at South Quay, in now Southampton County. My ancestor and most of his neighbors traded

through that tiny port on the River. In fact, my Thomas Drake (c1675-1758) and his brother Richard Drake and several of their grown sons and neighbors signed a petition in 1722 asking that the British govt. move the customs house to near Cotten's in order that they not have to load there for down-river trade, then unload . . .

From Paul Drake

1765 Era married is JOHN PILLOW was born 1745 ERA in Amelia Co., VA. He moved with the Gideon Johnson family to Rowan Co., NC, in 1765 and he married Ursula Johnson, daughter of Gideon Johnson. In 1775, the farm became a part of GUILFORD Co. In 1779, JOHN PILLOW bought a farm on Whetstone Creek. In 1785, his farm was in Rockingham Co.

He did not move,

the county line moved! Al Metts ametts@ 

Peter Benjamin Johnson (1766-1855, Old Springville, Henry Co., TN) fought in the Revolution and married Nancy Hubbard, daughter of William Hubbard. Peter Benjamin Johnson is found in Stewart County, TN in 1820 with his wife, sons Abner Johnson and William Hubbard Johnson and five daughters. Peter Benjamin Johnson had migrated north of Nashville with his Hubbard in-laws.

Peter Benjamin Johnson was a veterinarian or "horse doctor," and on a frontier that had few physicians, Nancy earned a reputation as an "herb doctor."

Peter Benjamin Johnson and Nancy eventually had 10 children:

Abner Johnson;

Joicey Johnson (m. John Leland Hagler);

William Hubbard Johnson;

Milbury Johnson or "Millie Johnson " (m. Horatio Nelson Marberry);

Mary Johnson (m. William Kinkead);

Charlotte Johnson (m. Kenneth Buchanan);

Caroline Johnson (m. Willis Murphy Watson);

Minerva Johnson (m. William J. Conyers);

Ursula Johnson; and

Thomas Johnson (m. Mary Dudgeon).

Peter Benjamin Johnson and Nancy hubbard Johnson are buried at Poplar Grove Cemetery in Henry Co. Tn

1769 March 18 John Morgan of Granville County, North Carolina to Jesse Johnson of Amelia County - for 40 pounds, the above tract which now adjoins the property of Samuel Poe, Thomas Reynolds, John Ellington, and Peter Bland. John Morgan's mark was witnessed by William and John Johnson.

Recorded March term 1769. (3:326)



Jesse Johnson of Amelia County

Jesse Johnson is a brother to Gideon Johnson Sr. per research of Mary Holland

Rowan Co., NC records show Gideon Johnson witnessed a land deed from Perkins to Joel Warren, a distant relative of Ursula Allin Johnson, for 125 pounds VA money to sell 250 acres on the south side of the Dan River on the same day that Gideon Johnson bought his farm. Gideon Johnson's neighbors were James Gates and James Presnell of Orange Co., NC, who also bought land from Peter and Agnes Perkins in 1768.

(1772-1868, Maury Co., TN) Col. William Pillow who married second Portia Thomas of Williamson Co., TN in 1812;

(Sept. 31, 1774-Feb. 26, 1830, Maury) Gideon Pillow Sr. who married Annie Payne (Feb. 20, 1777-April 10, 1864);

Not only did they become wealthy, but Gideon Pillow and Anne Payne Pillow, who are buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, TN, were parents to one of the most controversial American military commanders of the era -- Gideon Johnson Pillow Jr., who served as a major general in the Mexican-American War and brigadier general for the Confederacy.

Aspersions on Gen. Pillow's competence and courage in the Mexican War led to a major political feud because he was a close friend and political ally of President James Knox Polk

(1775-1828, Logan Co., KY) Mordecai Pillow married Mary Baker Johnson, his cousin;

July 1776 Before his marriage, though, Gideon Johnson Jr. served as a private in July 1776 under Capt. John Armstrong of Surry Co., NC, and Lt. Joseph Tate of Guilford Co., NC. Armstrong's company joined the 2nd Regiment of the Continental Line at Salisbury, NC shortly after Gideon enlisted. He was discharged by then-Col. Alexander Martin, the later governor of North Carolina who appointed Gideon Johnson and brother Abner Johnson as his bodyguards

1776-1783 ERA All five sons of Gideon Johnson Sr’s served the colonial cause in the Revolutionary War.

1776-1783 ERA Abner Johnson is said to have been wounded at the tide-turning battle of Guilford (N.C.) Courthouse although he made no such claim when he applied for a war pension.

(Feb. 19, 1777-Jan. 13, 1867, Rutherford Co.) Mary Pillow married Hartwell Miles; and Barbary (a) (possibly married a Johnson).

October 1777, while living in the Dan River valley, Abner Johnson volunteered for militia service under his neighbor, Capt. John Nelson; if not enough volunteered, then able-bodied men were drafted to fill out the unit. Capt. Nelson's company was organized under Col. Paseley's regiment with Charles Hughes as lieutenant, Allen Walker as sergeant and George Parks and Abner as ensigns. Col. Paseley's regiment from Guilford Co. was joined with Col. Saunders' regiment from Granville County under the command of Gen. Rutherford.

The troops reported to Guilford Court House and then marched to SC through Salisbury and Charlotte, NC and Camden, SC. The destination was Smoky Camp near the town of Purrysburgh, according to Abner's pension papers. The troops ranged across the Black Swamp and as far as Augusta and Savannah in Georgia.

(1778-after 1860, Maury) Elizabeth Ann Pillow married William Murray and Thomas Latchin Due;

Around May 10, 1778, Abner Johnson was discharged, and he made his way back to the Dan River settlement with his neighbor, Capt. Nelson. In a second stint of duty, Abner Johnson was called up for three months as a bodyguard against British and Tory attacks for "Governor Martin," who lived in the same county and was traveling to Nutbush for a meeting of the state legislature. However, a quorum of legislators failed to attend.

Finally, he again was called to accompany Alexander Martin to "Marcurian Tavern" for another session of the legislature, but again sufficient members failed to gather.

(The royal governor of North Carolina at the time was Josiah Martin. Abner Johnson, however, accompanied Alexander Martin of Guilford Co., who was only a member of the NC legislature. Alexander later became governor of North Carolina after statehood, and Abner referred to him as governor out of habit and respect in the pension papers.)

Abner Johnson 's pension affidavit lists no other action except in "scouting parties" when the neighbors "were engaged against the Tories," probably simply other neighbors or small troop units sympathetic to the British.

He produced the testimony of David Dobbins, his brother Gideon Johnson and sister-in-law Sarah Johnson (Mrs. William), but only that of Sarah has survived. In general she confirmed that the entire family lived in households on the Dan River and Abner Johnson was absent for long periods to fight in the Revolution.

Nov. 18, 1779 Gideon Johnson Jr. (Nov. 7, 1754-Nov. 1, 1843) was married Nov. 18, 1779 to Mary "Polly" Baker de Graffenreid (Sept. 3, 1764-Jan. 7, 1823), a native of Lunenberg Co. Polly Baker de Graffenreid was a descendant of a Swiss "count" who earned his title through land development and founded the colonial North Carolina capital of New Bern in 1711.

(1780-after 1836, Nashville) Ursula Pillow married Capt. William Rains;

Sarah Johnson (Oct. 9, 1780-1857/8, Weakley Co., TN) married William Hubbard; Born to Gideon Johnson and Polly, all in Rockingham Co.

May 1780. Gideon Johnson Sr. had entered 250 acres of new land on the north side of Dan River - across the water from his original holdings -- in May 1780.

March 15, 1781 ERA Stories of service in the Revolution were often subject to embellishment, and the tale persists that Abner Johnson fought and was wounded at the Battle of Guilford Court House on March 15, 1781 despite no references in his pension papers. It is difficult to imagine that one of the bloodiest encounters of the Revolution occurred almost in his back yard and he didn't participate despite three tours of duty. Then again, the NC militia embarrassed itself at Guilford Court House, and he may have omitted the service from his official papers.

On March 15, 1781 about 2,000 men of British Gen. Cornwallis bore down on the Guilford Co. Courthouse near New Garden (NC) and the American forces under Gen. Nathanael Greene. The NC militia, the first line of defense, fired prematurely, panicked and then fled into nearby woods, exposing the VA militia. The reasons for the hasty retreat are unknown: no one from the North Carolina troops was wounded or killed in the initial action.

Like many military incidents, the British victory at Guilford Court House, however, really became a defeat, thanks to the heavy losses.

When the gunsmoke cleared, the Americans had withdrawn to the north - survivors of "one of the bloodiest (battles) of the war," says Page Smith, a historian of the Revolution and author of A New Era Now Begins. While the British took the courthouse area (now the site of Greensboro), their casualties came to 554, or one than one fourth of Cornwallis' troops. "It was a devastating setback," says Smith, and demonstrated that the American Continental Line (not the militia) could hold its own against British regulars.

Former British Prime Minister William Pitt later described the Battle of Guilford Court House as "the precursor of ruin to British supremacy in the South." The conflict would surge north over the next two years before Cornwallis surrendered to the Americans at Yorktown, VA.

Abner Johnson 's wounds would have occurred in the disarray after the militia retreat. The Continental Line regulars suffered 144 dead or wounded while the militia men posted 83 wounded. The Americans, however, listed 1,084 missing or deserted, with 552 from the North Carolina militia.

(March 25, 1781-July 20, 1854) John Pillow who married Mary Fitzpatrick and moved to Giles Co., TN;

Mary Baker Johnson (Nov. 17, 1782) married cousin Mordecai Pillow; Born to Gideon Johnson and Polly, all in Rockingham Co.

Abner Johnson and Nancy Brackett were married on March 14, 1783. No traces have been found on the ancestry of Nancy; she does not appear to have been the Nancy Brackett who was born around 1761 (the same age) to Thomas and Judith Brackett of Amelia Co.However, she may have been the daughter of Thomas' son Benjamin, who moved to that part of NC.

Abner Johnson and Nancy's eldest children

William Allen Johnson,

Gideon Johnson,

Elizabeth Johnson and

Mary Johnson were born in Rockingham Co. before the family moved west.

(1784, Rockingham, NC-September 1870, Christian Co., MO) Mary Johnson "Polly Johnson " first married Isaac Berry on Jan. 13, 1803 in Davidson Co., TN. They had at least one daughter, Anna Berry, before he likely died in 1805. About 1811, in Giles Co., TN, Mary Johnson Berry remarried to the younger William Kenamore (Feb. 12, 1787, Fairfield Co., SC-Feb. 10, 1862 Christian Co.) Children of Abner and Nancy Brackett Johnson

(Jan. 23, 1784-Oct. 25, 1860) Abner Pillow who married Mary S. Thomas, Portia's sister;

Nancy Johnson (July 14, 1784-Sept. 3, 1868, Davidson County, TN) married George Chadwell; Born to Gideon Johnson and Polly, all in Rockingham Co.

Researchers Notes: Tony....I have Nancy Johnson born 14 July 1784 as daughter of Gideon and Ursula Allen Johnson. I have Gideon b. 7 Nov 1754 and Mary Baker Degraffenreid Johnson b. 3 Sept 1764.: Mary Holland research

(c. 1786, NC-1862) Elizabeth Johnson married Andrew McCaslin (1778, PA-1860) in Davidson Co., TN on April 19, 1804. This family, too, settled in southern Maury Co. near the elder Johnsons, McConnells, Edwardses, McCaffertys, McKissacks and related families.

The couple had at least nine children:

John J. McCaslin,

Elizabeth McCaslin,

Branson McCaslin,

Abner William McCaslin,

Andrew McCaslin,

Isaac Carroll McCaslin,

Jane L. McCaslin "Minnie,"

Grant Allen McCaslin and

James H. Andrew McCaslin married his cousin, Matilda Kenamore, daughter of William and Mary Johnson Kenamore, on May 23, 1835, but died in the early 1840s, leaving three young children.The elder McCaslins moved southwest to Hardin Co., TN, where they died. Children of Abner and Nancy Brackett Johnson

Gideon Johnson (c. 1787, Rockingham-1840s, Maury) appeared on the Maury tax rolls in 1811 and married Celia Travis there on July 16, 1811. By the 1820 census, Gideon had two sons and two daughters.

Gideon Johnson was a neighbor of his adopted cousin, William Barnes Pillow, in 1830 in Maury Co. That census shows Gideon Johnson with seven likely children - four sons and three daughters. In the 1840 census, Gideon Johnson and his family lived near Ginger Hill in the 8th District of Maury Co. The rolls show as many as 10 children, although two males and two females in their 20s are likely married children and their spouses.

January 1787, Gideon Johnson Sr "sold" the property(250 acres of new land on the north side of Dan River) for a mere five pounds to son-in-law John Pillow.

Ursula Johnson (Dec. 13, 1787-1872, MO) married Charles Powhatan May; Born to Gideon Johnson and Polly, all in Rockingham Co.

November 1788, Abner Johnson and his family likely came to Nashville in November 1788, with his sister Mary Ursula Johnson Pillow and her family.

Abner Johnson is mentioned in Rockingham land records in 1786 and 1787, but no later; his son Abner Johnson Jr. told census takers he was born in TN in 1792; and Davidson Co. court records of the early 1790s refer to Abner Johnson Sr. In that era, little of the state was settled except for the eastern mountain counties and the Red River communities around Nashville, also known as Nashboro or French Lick.

Oct. 8, 1788 - after holding the property less than two years (250 acres of new land on the north side of Dan River_ - John Pillow sold the land to his brother-in-law William Allen Johnson for an unspecified sum.

Oct. 8, 1788, John Pillow sold another 640 acres that he had originally patented, also on the north side of Dan River, to William Johnson for 100 pounds.

Sept. 25, 1788: The Avery or Old North Carolina Trace opened Sept. 25, 1788 to allow more convenient transport for Revolutionary War veterans coming west to claim their bounty lands. The trace, however, was only 10-feet wide and too rugged for wagons, so settlers had to arrange for sending their household goods by water.

An October start to the trip to Nashville corresponded to the norm for these early western moves. Families typically raised and harvested a crop, which was sold to provide the money for farm rental and supplies when they arrived at their new homes. Spring moves were avoided because they occupied precious weeks that prevented spring planting. An October trip to Nashville would have placed the Pillows and Johnsons past the mountains well before the passes closed with winter snow.

(1789, Nashville-1819, Maury Co., TN) William Allen Johnson left few tracks except at his death. He was listed with brother Mordecai in the 1812 Maury Co. tax rolls. Upon his death, brother Abner Jr. and brother-in-law Andrew W. McCaslin were named administrators because he left no will. His cousin, Abner Pillow, filed suit against the estate in July 1819 for apparent bad debts. Children of Abner and Nancy Brackett Johnson

Abner Johnson does not appear in the 1790 North Carolina census although his father and brothers William Johnson and Gideon Johnson were still located in Rockingham.

Virtually all Tennessee censuses were destroyed before 1820, when Abner Johnson was in Maury Co.

He may have moved back to NC briefly because one census shows his daughter Sarah Ann Johnson (Ginger) was born there in 1804. That likely was a census taker's error or a family member's mistaken memory because

1790 Hubbards: of Rockingham Co NC

|William Hubbard | |ROCKINGHAM CO. |Salisbury District |167 |01-03-04-00-00 |

|William Hubbard | |ROCKINGHAM CO. |Salisbury District |167 |00-00-00-00-00 |



Gideon Johnson was a small-scale slaveholder. In the 1790 Rockingham census, he appears to have been living with son Gideon Johnson Jr., and that household had two slaves while son William Johnson lived nearby with a single slave. In 1793, the records of Granville Co., NC show Gideon Johnson - either Sr. or Jr. - bought a slave boy named Nelson from Richard Whitehead of Mecklenburg Co., VA for 39 pounds.

Gideon Johnson's properties lined the south side of Dan River and Moses Creek.

By 1790, daughter Elizabeth Johnson Wray and her family also lived adjacent to Gideon Johnson and Ursula, but both son’s Abner Johnson and daughter Ursula Johnson Pillow had moved west to Nashville, TN. The neighborhood was dominated by the numerous family of Joel Walker and Sarah Allen Walker – Ursula Allin Johnson's sister and her husband, who was also Ursula Allin Johnson's first cousin. Also living adjacent to Gideon Johnson was Susannah Scurry, Ursula Allin's sister and the widow of John Butler and Eli Scurry.

Peter Benjamin Johnson (April 8, 1790); Born to Gideon Johnson and Polly, all in Rockingham Co.

Ursula Johnson, born about 1791, married Edward Cole Dec. 20, 1806 in Nashville, Davidson Co. Although they settled in southern Maury Co., the couple likely died at dates unknown in Hardin Co., TN near her sister Elizabeth Johnson McCaslin.

Ursula Johnson and Edward Cole had at least three children.

Celia Adeline Cole (1811) married Clarence Daniel Johnson, a likely but unidentified cousin. Martha Ann Cole (1815-1900) married Samuel Alfred Godwin Jr. in 1832, and they raised a family of at least 13 children in Maury and Hardin Cos.

Abner Johnson Cole (1822-1879) married Martha Poteet and died in Lawrence Co., TN. Children of Abner and Nancy Brackett Johnson

July 14, 1791.The Pillows and Abner Johnson's family located on Brown's Creek or near Brown's Station southwest of Nashville, where John Pillow bought a 50-acre tract from Samuel Barton on July 14, 1791. No record of his Revolutionary War grant has been found.

(December 1792, Nashville -after 1876, Christian Co., MO) Abner Johnson Jr. enlisted June 22, 1813 in Capt. Benjamin Reynolds' company of Brig. Gen. Roberts' Mounted Rangers during the War of 1812.

He apparently re-enlisted in Maury as "Abner H. Johnson" in May 1814 in Capt. Samuel Ashmore's company - the only reference found to the middle name or initial of him or his father.

Abner Johnson Jr. then fathered a child out of wedlock by Lucy Travis, the sister of brother Gideon Johnson Jr. 's wife Celia, and in February 1816, he was brought before the county court on bastardy charges. The family reported to the court that the child, however, died by May, and the charges were dismissed because the county no longer was potentially liable for welfare costs. (Nevertheless, Lucy Travis is shown as a single mother with a son under 10 in the 1820 Maury Co. census.) Children of Abner and Nancy Brackett Johnson

May or June 1793: John Pillow Sr. was killed by Indians near Nashville in May or June 1793, and his wife declined to administer the estate on July 9; that task fell to son William Pillow.

Jane "Jincy" Johnson (Sept. 13, 1795-Oct. 31, 1885, Fannin Co., TX) married David C. Chadwell; Born to Gideon Johnson and Polly, all in Rockingham Co.

Elizabeth Johnson (Oct. 13, 1797) married Valentine Chadwell; Born to Gideon Johnson and Polly, all in Rockingham Co.

Elinor Johnson "Elsie Johnson " (Dec. 4, 1800) married Nathaniel Bell; Born to Gideon Johnson and Polly, all in Rockingham Co.

Tabitha Allen Johnson (June 26, 1803-July 15, 1878, Yalobusha Co., MS) married Robert Booker May; Born to Gideon Johnson and Polly, all in Rockingham Co.

Gideon Johnson is the families of Researcher Mary Holland who we have no DNA member at this time tested her other familes of Hiram Johnson are a match to the Timothy Rich familes of Beaverdam Creek in Henrico Co. Va

Abner Johnson 's daughter Elizabeth Johnson was married in Davidson Co., TN in April 1804,

Abner Johnson appears on the Davidson Co. tax rolls in 1805.

(June 8, 1806-Oct. 8, 1878) Gen. Pillow married Mary E. Martin in 1831 and, after her death, widow Mary Dickson Trigg

Gideon Johnson died in October 1807 in Rockingham Co NC at age 90; his will was proven at the November court.  

Gideon Johnson Sr. died in Rockingham Co., N.C. and left a will there .Will book A, p. 193. I only have what I found on the internet and will email you a copy of what I have this afternoon. I have a bunch of stuff I copied in Williamson Co. on Gideon Sr. & Jr. and will need to re-read it and see if there is anything that you can use.

Sons of Gideon Sr. were:

Gideon Johnson Jr.;

William Johnson;

Abner Johnson;

Mordecai Johnson; and

Peter Johnson....

daus.

Elizabeth Johnson (married Ray);

Judith Johnson (m. Condon);

Naomi Johnson;

Nancy Johnson (m.Cotton) and granddaughter is Ursula Deatherage. per research of Mary Holland

William Weakley Johnson (Oct. 10, 1807-March 3, 1874, Williamson Co., TN) married Sarah Kearney Alston. Born to Gideon Johnson and Polly, all in Rockingham Co.

by 1807 Judith Cotton married a Condon

By 1808, The Pillow family migrated into northern Williamson Co. at the turn of the century, but by 1808, most were relocating to Maury Co. with a few working south to Giles.

(1810-Sept. 16, 1892 ) Cynthia Holland Pillow sister 0f Gen. Gideon Johnson Pillow's) wed, as a second husband, Tennessee Gov. Aaron V. Brown;

Sept. 4, 1810 : When Abner Johnson first came to Maury from Davidson Co. is uncertain. An "A. Johnson" witnessed the deed for the sale of 183 acres in Bedford Co. from Joseph Rosborough to Joseph B. Porter for $350 on Sept. 4, 1810. Both Porter and Rosborough were residents of the Giles-Maury border area, and the deed was filed in Maury.8 In a more closely related act, an "A. Johnston" witnessed a September 29, 1812 deed involving land near his cousin Gideon Pillow's plantation that also involved Peter Booker, whose family married into the Pillow clan

Local histories suggest Abner Johnson moved his family first from Nashville to Culleoka or the Fountain Creek area in southeast Maury Co. where his brother William Johnson settled. Abner Johnson then shifted south of the county seat, Columbia, near the villages of Bigbyville and Southport.

1811 in Stewart Co., TN Mordecai Johnson and his unnamed wife (possibly Jane), however, had landholdings in 1811 in Stewart Co., TN near his brother Peter Benjamin Johnson

Mordecai Morgan Johnson was named for John Morgan who married mother Ursula Allen Johnson's sister Elizabeth Allen. This brother is not believed to have moved from Rockingham Co., according to reports about the relocation of the other brothers. Descendants of the Johnson family still live in Rockingham County, including Robert W. Carter Jr., publications chairman of the local historical society and authority on the Johnson and other local families in the 1990s.

(Jan. 17, 1811-April 28, 1883) Narcissa Pillow married George W. Martin, a Giles Countian nominated for governor before his death in 1854; and sister Amanda married Judge West H. Humphreys.

Aft 1812 Abner Pillow surveyed, owned and developed land across Middle and West Tennessee after serving as a major in the War of 1812.

Another likely son was Robert Johnson (1812), who was living near mother Celia widow of Abner Johnson in 1850 with wife Lucinda and six children:

Obediah Johnson (1834),

Gideon Johnson (1835),

William Johnson (1839, shown as "idiotic"),

Alvin or Alvis Johnson (1842),

Paddy Johnson (1844, male) and

Elizabeth Johnson (1849).

The circumstances surrounding Robert Johnson and Alvis suggest a relationship to Obediah Harris, who had married Gideon Johnson Sr.'s cousin Rebeckah Johnson and lived near these families in Guilford Co., NC.

At least three children of Gideon Johnson and Celia have not been identified. One likely was Edward Cole Johnson, named for his uncle, who married Mary Jetton on Nov. 15, 1842 in Maury Co. Another was Abner Johnson III, who wed Martha L. Chamberlain on April 2, 1845.

On Nov. 11, 1817 in Maury Co., Abner Johnson Jr., a brick mason, married Mary "Polly" Mobley, the daughter of Ezekiel and Susannah "Sukey" Mobley, originally from Wake Co., NC - a couple who divorced after Ezekiel abandoned his family by 1824.

Abner Johnson in 1818 : The available records strongly suggest that Abner Johnson was a skilled tradesman or laborer, not a farmer.

No evidence exists that - unlike his heavily landed ancestors -he ever owned real estate.

Unlike most pioneer settlers who came to Middle Tennessee, Abner Johnson did not exercise his Revolutionary War land bounty rights.

Instead, Abner Johnson in 1818 was among 20,485 soldiers who began drawing pensions for his Revolutionary War service under an 1816 law that allowed him $96 a year - or half pay - for five years in lieu of his land rights.

He then qualified for lesser income under an 1820 congressional act for veterans who were indigent.

Under laws that became effective in 1832, most veterans lost their pensions, and Abner Johnson had difficulties qualifying. But in1838 he regained his rights and back pay to 1832.

With her brother Vincent, Gideon and Polly moved to Davidson Co., TN near Nashville in 1819 where she died in 1823, and Gideon later continued to neighboring Williamson Co., where he died Nov. 1, 1843.

by 1820 Abner Johnson and Nancy were firmly established in southern Maury Co., TN.

They were close neighbors to their nephews and large plantation owners William and Gideon Pillow.

The 1820 census shows Abner Johnson and Nancy living with only sons Gideon Johnson and Mordecai Johnson and daughter Sarah Ann Johnson still in the home; the other children had married, but all lived nearby except William Allen Johnson, who died in 1819.

Lucy Travis is shown as a single mother with a son under 10 in the 1820 Maury Co. census. Abner Johnson Jr. then fathered a child out of wedlock by Lucy Travis, the sister of brother Gideon Johnson Jr. 's wife Celia, and in February 1816, he was brought before the county court on bastardy charges.

The family reported to the court that the child, however, died by May, and the charges were dismissed because the county no longer was potentially liable for welfare costs. Children of Abner and Nancy Brackett Johnson

 

Eliza Jane Pillow born 1823 Tn married Williamson Collier

1823 Maury tax : This lack of land ownership also applies to his sons and most of his sons-in-law, except for William Kenamore. The 1823 Maury tax rolls show they only paid poll tax and held no real estate. But in southern Maury Co., numerous large plantations - especially those owned by Pillow cousins -- would have provided steady work for trades plied by Abner Johnson and his sons.

Despite their lack of land - or disdain for farming - the Johnsons were considered influential by contemporaries because of their family connections in southern Maury

Abner Johnson and Polly had a daughter, Narcissa Eveline Johnson (April 24, 1825, Maury-Feb. 11, 1906, Nixa, MO), who married William Carroll Edwards on Christmas Eve 1846 in Maury Co. Son Charles Leroy "Lee" (1825), married Nancy R. McCafferty in Maury Co. on Dec. 22, 1849. Both couples moved to Nixa, Porter Township, Christian Co. to raise their families. Children of Abner and Nancy Brackett Johnson

Abner Johnson and Polly had a Eliza Johnson (Oct. 29, 1823-Feb. 14, 1901), married blacksmith Robert S. Barnett in Maury Co., and the couple moved to Giles, where they joined her parents in the 1840s. They had six children. Robert Barnett and Eliza Johnson Barnett moved the family to Batesville, Independence Co., AR where he died before the Civil War, but by 1867, she relocated them to Porter Township, Christian Co., next to her parents again. Children of Abner and Nancy Brackett Johnson

1830 Ursula Johnson Pillow appeared to be living with her son William Pillow in the 1830 Maury census, but other sources report she died in 1822.

In 1845, Nancy Johnson's brother Abner Johnson - then almost 90 - prepared an affidavit on James Cotton's service and Nancy's life to qualify her for a widow's pension.

Col. William Pillow gained a reputation as an Indian fighter, killing Chief Big Foot, serving under Gen. Andrew Jackson, and eventually settling in Columbia, Maury Co., TN.

Naomi Cotton is listed as a daughter in.her father's will. No other trace of her has been found.

In 1830, Abner Johnson Jr. lived next door to his father in southern Maury Co., not far from the Pillow plantations. Children of Abner and Nancy Brackett Johnson

Abner Johnson Jr. and Polly moved to Giles Co. by 1840 and were still living there in 1850 with son John W. Johnson (1828), a schoolteacher. Abner Johnson Jr and Polly moved to Porter Township, Christian Co., MO, during the Civil War. They may have been living near Batesville, AR during the 1860 census. According to Narcissa's obituary, Abner Johnson Jr. and a son laid the brick for the new courthouse at Ozark in 1867. Children of Abner and Nancy Brackett Johnson

Gideon Johnson died during the 1840s in Maury Co., although no burial site has been found countywide. By the 1850 census, Celia Johnson, age 51, was living amidst the Johnson settlements with children Emily Johnson, 21, Celia Johnson, 18, Felix Johnson, 15, and Thoma Johnson s, 24. One daughter, Alvis "Ann" Harris Johnson, married Albert Beverly Stubblefield in Maury Co. on May 10, 1832. He was the son of Peter Stubblefield and Sarah Harris, who moved from Wilkes Co., GA to Wayne Co., TN via Maury. Children of Abner and Nancy Brackett Johnson

In 1850, Abner Johnson and Nancy were living in a household headed by their granddaughter, widow Matilda Kenamore McCaslin and her three children, with William and Mary Johnson Kenamore, Abner Johnson 's granddaughter Sarah Ann Johnson and grandson William C. Duke. Abner Johnson died on Oct. 22, 1850, and Nancy is believed to have died in 1853.

She was still alive in late 1852 when she transferred the pension benefits from Abner to herself. Their graves are unmarked, although his name is on a monument in Columbia, TN that honors Revolutionary veterans buried in Maury Co.  

October 1852 William Kenamore and Mary had seven daughters and one son (see separate section) while living in Giles and Maury Cos., just south of Bigbyville.

In October 1852 William Kenamore went west to scout for land in Greene Co., MO, and bought a farm in the area that later became Christian Co. just south of Springfield.

By 1854, they had relocated with their entire family of grown children.

William Kenamore operated one of the largest and most prosperous farms in the entire county. But he died just two days short of his 75th birthday as the Civil War raged in his neighborhood, and his son-in-law bought the property in April 1866.

Mary moved to her daughter's James River valley home near what became Nixa and died there in September 1870. Children of Abner and Nancy Brackett Johnson

Eliza Johnson Barnett's son John Lucius Barnett (1853-1918) in November 1876 married Mary Melissa Hunt, the daughter of Henderson Maynard and Judah Hunt. John and Melissa Barnett had at least seven children, six of them daughters. Son Robert Frank married his cousin Hester McConnell of Nixa, the daughter of William Alexander McConnell and Mary Bell Ray. Children of Abner and Nancy Brackett Johnson

Alvis and Albert Beverly Stubblefield moved to Springfield, Greene Co., MO in the last of the Johnson family wagon trains in the fall of 1854.

A daughter of Robert and Eliza Johnson Barnett, Sarah A.E. Barnett, married Matthew Duff McCroskey Jr. in 1868 shortly after the family moved to Christian Co. Children of Abner and Nancy Brackett Johnson

Eliza Johnson Barnett died on Valentine's Day 1901, and she is buried at Nixa's Payne Cemetery. Both her son John Lucius Barnett and grandson Robert Frank died in the great flu epidemic of 1918 and are buried in McConnell Cemetery. Children of Abner and Nancy Brackett Johnson

Abner Johnson Jr. and Polly are found in Porter Township in the 1870 census. Mary died before 1876 when she is not shown with her husband in the state census for Christian Co. Abner Johnson Jr. vanished by 1880 and apparently died in Porter Township, although he possibly moved to and died in Reno Co., KS where his son Lee Johnson located. One of Lee Johnson's daughters, Mary Matilda Johnson, however, returned to Christian Co. after marrying Henry Harrison Keltner, who owned a farm near McConnell Cemetery in Porter Township. Children of Abner and Nancy Brackett Johnson

Researchers Notes: on people mentioned above in Time line of Gideon Johnson

Samuel Goode

Notes: This surname takes us back to Burton’s I do beleive

Nottoway Parish , 1752

Osborn's Branch

William Walker

Warren Walker

Alexander Shier's

Samuel Goode of Amelia,

Brumfield's line

This is the William Brumfields Lines or James Brunfield lines, where Charles Johnson wons Lands

John Morgan of Cumberland County

Reported to Be Gideon Johnson’s brother-in-law John Morgan of Cumberland Co

EDWARD SELBE of P

Notes: Samuel Poe

John Spradlin

CHARLES SELBE

EDWARD SELBE, JR.

Notes: Richard Ward

Notes: John Morriss

Notes: Sherwood Massie

Notes: Spring Creek

Notes: Thomas Williamson

Notes: Samuel Goode

James Fear

Jacob Williamson

Cunningham

Collins

Daniel Hearn

Notes: This Proves the Gideon Johnson of Granville Co NC in 1765 is the Same Gideon Johnson owning lands on Saylors Creek in Amelia County-Prince Edward County

Col Thomas Tabb of Amelia Co

Osborns Branch

Research Notes: Note Reps Osborne Sister Ann Osborne married John Childress and went to Saylors Creek in Amelia County Va.

1744 June 15 Amelia Co: William Osborne mar. Elizabeth Tanner witn was Richard Booker : 

Philip Good's

Peter Bland,

Shearwood Massie,

Samuel Good

Charles Hudspeth,

John Johnson Jr.

Researchers Notes: 1751 May 27: Culpepper Co: Joseph Cotton: 400 acres adjoining Francis Thornton and James Taylor White: near a branch of Thornton River at the foot of Over Top Mountian: Northern Neck Grants G, pg 510 on reel 292: Library of Virginia Archives Section

Williamson Collier

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1762 HENRY JOHNSTON NC Rowan County

1762 ISAAC S OF DAVD JOHNSTON NC Rowan County

1762 JAMES JOHNSTON NC Rowan County

1762 JEFFERY JOHNSTON NC Rowan County

Notes: This Jeffery Johnston lands will go into Wilkes County NC when it forms; See below Rev. War Applications of William Johnson and his brother Samuel Johnson: Jeffery Johnston is from County of Fauquier in the State of Virginia

1762 JOHN JOHNSTON NC Rowan County

1762 JOSEPH JOHNSTON NC Rowan County

1762 JOSHUA S OF JAS JOHNSTON NC Rowan County

1762 RICHARD JOHNSTON NC Rowan County

1762 ROBERT JOHNSTON NC Rowan County

1762 ROBERT AND BRO. JOHNSTON NC Rowan County

1762 ROBT. AND 2 SONS JOHNSTON NC Rowan County

1762 TARLIE AND BRO. JOHNSTON NC Rowan County

Notes: I believe this to be Tarlton Johnson a Quaker at Deep River MM.

Notes: Sarah Mills (b 8/17/1745 Va, m Tarleton Johnson 3/7/1765 at Deep River MM) In 1765 Deep River is in Rowan Co. NC

1807 August 4, Absalom Johnson, Tarleton Johnson and Isaac Johnson deed to Howell Lewis for land which was not willed by their father, James Johnson, decd., p. 120 Deed Book T Granville County, North Carolina 1806-1810

Notes: Henry MILLS was born 23 9th month 1720. He died 10 10th month 1810 at age 90 years according to the records of Center MM, NC. He married about 1740 probably at Hopewell MM, VA to Hannah THORNBURG (1725-1791) the daughter of Walter Thornburg. Their children included: Moses; Sarah m. Tarlton Johnson; Margaret; Aaron m. Charity Mendenhall; Hannah m. Manlove Wheeler; Hur; Charity m. Samuel Hoggatt; Joshua; Ruth m. James Johnson; Rebecca and Rachel.

1762 THOMAS JOHNSTON NC Rowan County

1762 WILLIAM JOHNSTON NC Rowan County

1762 DAVID JOHNSTON NC Rowan County Early Tax List

1762 JOHN JOHNSTON NC Rowan County Early Tax List

1762 ROBERT JOHNSTON NC Rowan County Early Tax List

1762 ROBERT -TWO SON S JOHNSTON NC Early Tax List 1762

1762 May 17 John Johnston married Elizabeth Locke, Rowan County, NC - County Index to NC Marriages Database

18 June 1762. Robert Forbes and his wife Mary of Rowan County, North Carolina sold the 418-acre patent land to Thomas Lord Fairfax for 200 pounds on 18 June 1762. Mary released her right of dower on 21 Jun 1762

Robert Forbes

Robert Forbes or a George Forbes is reported to have married Mary Curtis the daughter of Thomas Curtis and wife Mary Bryan daughter of Morgan Bryan and wife Martha Strode

Mary Forbes

Research Notes: Mary Forbes will the allied cousin families of Sarah Boone married to John McElyea

1762 Jul 22 John Cooper, married Lidia Johnston, in Rowan County, North Carolina Rowan Co. NC Marriages, 1756-1769 (so far)

before 21 Oct 1762, LINCOLN CO, NC: GASPER / CASPER KEENER, b ca 1700, d. before 21 Oct 1762, LINCOLN CO, NC: ROWAN CO, NC - Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions  - 21 Oct 1762 - Ordered that BARBARA KEENER have Letters of Administration on her deceased husband GASPER KEANER; Securities:  GEORGE SAYLOR  &  WILLIAM ARMSTRONG.

#1763

1763 died John Granville, who never saw his vast North Carolina lands, forcing his land offices to close. Bear Creek is northwest of Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, by about 20 miles in Davie County. An explanation is needed for these deeds. Consequently, it was not possible for a settler to obtain a land title between 1763 and 1778 within the Granville area. In 1778, this changed and a claim for land could be entered in county records, because British land rights ceased during the American Revolution.

John Granville,

1763 - John T. Nicks [Sr.] and wife Margaret Edwards James Denny of Longchester Co., for 220 pounds North Carolina money 650 acres on N. bank of N. fork of Buffalo Creek, including improvements of hisson-in-law Moses Short [Rowan Co. Deed Book, p. 63]

1756- Moses Short receives grant for 640 acres adjoining Thos. Donnell's plantation on N. Buffalo Creek. [Sec'y of State Land Grant Records, Granville Land Grants S108.255]

1763 - John T. Nicks [Sr.] and wife Margaret [Edwards] t James Denny of Longchester Co., for 220 pounds North Carolina money 650 acres on N. bank of N. fork of Buffalo Creek, including improvements of hisson-in-law Moses Short [Rowan Co. Deed Book, p. 63]

1763 Thomas HART- note this name appears with WILLIAM COPE 1763 Rowan , Thomas Hart VS William Cope.

Thomas Hart

Thomas Hart of Frederick CO VA also is listed here-

1743- Road to be cleared from Israel Robinson's gap to Nestal's/Vestal's ?

gap -Overseers- Andrew Campbell, Thomas HART and WILLIAM VESTAL- this William Vestal is on the 1715 Bradford, Chester CO PA tax list with JOHN COPE - William Veatal's mother Alice was a Baptist and he a Quaker.

1763 The purchase of 160 acres by William Hill on Rock House Creek from James Sims in 1763 (Rowan Co. Deed Book 5, p. 355). Rock House Creek is south of the Dan River, and empties into it.

William Hill

William Hill very quickly acquired the warrants #160, and #161 on Feb. 26, 1778. One was for 350 acres, and the other for 382 acres, both with his improvements (meaning a house or structure, which indicates he had been living there). Both were on Buffaloe Island Creek, one adjacent to Joseph Gibson, the other to Henry Scales. #161 was surveyed in July 1779 and the grant #298 was issued March 1, 1780. #160 was surveyed in 1779 and issued as grant #313 also on March 1, 1780. (Guilford Deed Book 2, p. 156, p. 165)

 

These were followed by:

 

Warrant #311 issued to Henry Grogan for 200 acres on both sides of Little Buffloe Cr., a branch of Matrimony Creek. This was surveyed for 150 acres in 1779 and grant issued March 1, 1780.

Warrant #879 issued to Gustavus Hill (brother to William?) on Dec. 1, 1778 for 200 acres on North fork of Buffloe Island Creek, with improvement, next to Winkfield Shropshire, William Hill, and Gibson on south. One of the chain carriers was Henry Grogan.

 

Warrant #1638 issued to Thomas Bridges (brother to Hannah Bridges Hill) for 350 acres on North side of Buffloe Island Cr. William Bridges was one of the chain carriers and the grant #760 was issued on Oct. 14 1783.

 

Warrant #2111 issued to Winkfield Shropshire (either brother or father of Catherine Shropshire Hill, wife of Thomas Hill) for 100 acres on Buffalow Creek. One of the chain carriers was St. John Shropshire, and the grant #816 was issued Oct. 14, 1783.

The Hills and Shropshires made plans to move away. William Shropshire received a land grant in the newly opened territory of Wilkes County, Georgia. Joseph Pain Johnson, married to William’s sister, Elizabeth, sold his Buffalo Cr. Land in 1786 to John Hill and moved to Georgia as well. Then William Hill sold his 382 acres in March 1788, and purchased land in nearby Surry County.

Rev. William Hill removed from Caroline County, Va. was a Baptist minister, a sterling patriot and an honest man. During the war of the Revolution his stirring appeals stimulated the Whigs of his section. He was a chaplain in the American army at the battle of Guilford Court House. His son William was then about eight years old, and he well recollected hearing the roar of the artillery being only four miles distant from the field of battle. He has been heard to relate that a short time prior to this battle, a band of Tories called at this father's house, where he and his mother were, and enquired for his father. On being told that he was not at home they departed, avowing their intention to hang him if they found him. He had incurred their hate by his devotion to the patriot cause. He was a member of the Convention that met a Hillsborough in August 1775, to improvise a system of government for the State. --the maiden name of his wife, the mother of the subject of this memoir, was Eliza Halbert. She was a native of Caroline county, Va."

The December 1928 issue of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly Magazine states that Rev. William Hill, Jr., came to NC a few years before his father, and owned land on the Dan River, in today's Rockingham Co., NC. His plantation was called "Popular Hill." The magazine article says Reverend William Hill lived there until his death.

1778 Aug 17 - Surry Co., NC - Land Entry #595 - William Hill Jr. enters 200 acres of land in Surry Co. on Ash Camp Creek the waters of Townfork adjoining Thomas Evan's claim and my own deeded land, including the above place from compliment. Warrant granted to C. M.

1778 Aug 17 - Surry Co., NC - Land Entry #596 - William Hill, Jr. enters 150 acres of land on Ash Camp Creek the waters of Townfork adjoining Thomas Heaths and my former including the above place for quantity. Warrant granted C. M.



James Sims

Rock House Creek

1763 ALICE ROBBINS, b. Abt., Rowan County, North Carolina; m. THOMAS CURTIS JR., 1785, Randolph County (Rowan County), North Carolina.

ALICE ROBBINS

ALICE ROBBINS (RICHARD3, ISAAC2, IAN1) was born Abt. 1734 in Wales, and died Abt. 1790. She married JOSEPH ROBBINS Abt. 1785 in Rowan County, North Carolina.

ALICE ROBBINS and JOSEPH ROBBINS

Sister ANNA ROBBINS, b. Abt. 1770, Rowan County, North Carolina; m. JOHN CURTIS, 1789, Randolph County (Rowan County), North Carolina

Children of ALICE ROBBINS and JOSEPH ROBBINS are:

i. MARY5 ROBBINS, b. Abt. 1752, Rowan County, North Carolina; m. RICHARD DODD, 1770, Rowan County, North Carolina.

ii. NANCY ROBBINS, b. Abt. 1754, Rowan County, North Carolina.

iii. RACHEL ROBBINS, b. Abt. 1756, Rowan County, North Carolina.

iv. ALICE ROBBINS, b. Abt. 1763, Rowan County, North Carolina; m. THOMAS CURTIS JR., 1785, Randolph County (Rowan County), North Carolina.

v. JOSEPH ROBBINS JR., b. Abt. 1765, Randolph (Rowan) County, North Carolina; d. Abt. 1789, Randolph (Rowan) County, North Carolina; m. HANNAH ROBBINS, 1789, Randolph County (Rowan County), North Carolina.

vi. ELEANOR ROBBINS, b. December 22, 1765, Rowan County, North Carolina; d. June 15, 1824, White River Township, Johnson County (buried at Lowe Cemetery, White River), Indiana; m. THOMAS LOWE, January 1788, Randolph County (Rowan County), North Carolina.

vii. JOHN ROBBINS, b. Abt. 1768, Rowan County, North Carolina; m. ANN OWENS, 1789, Randolph County (Rowan County), North Carolina.

viii. ANNA ROBBINS, b. Abt. 1770, Rowan County, North Carolina; m. JOHN CURTIS, 1789, Randolph County (Rowan County), North Carolina.

ix. WILLIAM ROBBINS, b. 1772, Randolph (Rowan) County, North Carolina; d. Aft. 1788.

1762 ERA: JOHN ROBBINS (RICHARD3, ISAAC2, IAN1) was born 1741 in Swansea, Wales, and died May 08, 1834 in Abington, Wayne County, Indiana. He married SARAH CURTICE 1762 in Randolph, North Carolina, daughter of SAMUEL CURTICE and LOVEY ?.

(Notes for JOHN & SARAH: Both are buried at Robbins Burial Grounds, now known as Locust Grove Cementery, Indiana)

Child of JOHN ROBBINS and SARAH CURTICE is:

i. MOSES5 ROBBINS, b. January 26, 1765, Franklin, North Carolina; d. 1850, Wayne, Indiana.

ANNA5 ROBBINS (ALICE4, RICHARD3, ISAAC2, IAN1 was born Abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina. She married JOHN CURTIS 1789 in Randolph County (Rowan County), North Carolina, son of JAMES CURTIS and NANCY MURRAY.

Children of ANNA ROBBINS and JOHN CURTIS are:

i. JOHN6 CURTIS II, b. 1791, Wilkes County, North Carolina.

ii. WILLIAM R CURTIS, b. Abt. 1794, North Carolina; d. 1865, Wayne County, Tennessee.

iii. REBECCA CURTIS, b. Abt. 1796, North Carolina.

iv. NANCY CURTIS, b. April 07, 1806, Wayne County, Tennessee; d. 1877.

v. SARAH GARNER CURTIS, b. December 19, 1812, Wayne, North Carolina; d. June 08, 1886, Wayne County, Tennessee.

THOMAS CURTIS JR

1763 - John T. Nicks [Sr.] and wife Margaret [Edwards] t James Denny of Longchester Co., for 220 pounds North Carolina money 650 acres on N. bank of N. fork of Buffalo Creek, including improvements of his son-in-law Moses Short [Rowan Co. Deed Book, p. 63]

Notes: N. Buffalo Creek

New Garden MM was on N.  Buffalo Creek which runs through current Forsythe and Guilford Counties.

1756- Moses Short receives grant for 640 acres adjoining Thos. Donnell's plantation on N. Buffalo Creek. [Sec'y of State Land Grant Records, Granville Land Grants S108.255]

Notes: Buffalo Creek is first found in Rowan Co. NC and it goes into Guilford Co NC and is in Rockingham Co NC deeds. It flows from Henry Co. Va. This is where Hudson Johnson was at in 1776-1780 era tithes Henry Co. Va.

Notes: Thomas Donnell

The first Donnells in central N.C. came as part of the Nottingham Company of Presbyterians who began to arrive in a predetermined area then in Anson Co. in 1750 Some 23,000 + acres had been set aside by agreement between the Nottingham Presbyterian Church, Chester, PA and land representatives of Lord Granville.

1768 Rowan County tax list of, Thomas Donnell's district.  This land was in an area that became part of Guilford County when it was created two years later in 1770 and started administrative operations in 1771.

In 1771 the area was broken up to form Guilford and in 1785 the northern part of Guilford was formed into Rockingham Co. In that final formation, some of the colonists wound up in Rockingham Co. These people established two principal churches ca. 1756, Buffalo (on North Buffalo Creek) and Alamance in the southern area, (lying on the waters of Big Alamance Creek).

1763-68 Records of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina show Andrew Hampton of Dutchman's Creek as Administrator of the John Wilson estate; a name shown earlier in Hampshire County with land adjacent to Phipps land. Whether related to the above entry or not, Rowan County, North Carolina records show one David Hampton getting 50 acres on the Dutchman's Creek on October 10, 1783, selling to James Wilson on September 15, 1785, about the same time that one David Hampton shows up in Kentucky married to Sarah Willison [Wilson?], said to be from South Carolina. Joseph Bryan was witness to the land transfers.

1763 Jan: William McConnell granted a license is Salisbury to operate a tavern next to Peter Johnson’s business on Main Street.

Researchers Note: About 1807 Anne McConnel married Jerimiah Johnson: possible daughter Alexander McConnell: Anne Johnson widow remarried one James Bell of Caburas Co. Two daughters reported from this Marriage Elvia Johnson who married Mcdonell Small in Muary County Tn in 1836 and one Elizabeth Sebrina Johnson who married John Watson Kilpatrick. Of note is Anne McConnell Johnson in 1811 Dec 26 sold her inheritance from Alexander of 80 acres on Dutchmans Creek to her Uncle James Holmes. After 1821 James Bell and Anne McDonnell Johnson Bell moved to Muary County Tn.

Dutchmans Creek

3 April 1763 Morgan Bryan Sr. died Rowan Co NC

Morgan Bryan Sr.

Morgan Byran Birth: 1671 in Denmark Death: 3 Apr 1763 in Rowan Co., NC

1691 King and Queen County formed from New Kent

1692 Essex County formed from old Rappahannock County

1710-1702 King William County formed from King and Queen County

1714 St. Georges Parish Formed When Spotsylvania Co was formed in 1720, St. George's went too

1720 Spotsylvania County formed from Essex, King William, King and Queen Counties

Morgan Bryan appeared on the personal property tax list of between 1720 and 1726 at Marlborough Twp., Chester, Pennsylvania; in the Pequea Creek District, where he owned a 137 acre farm.

In 1730, Morgan Bryan and his partner in pennsylvania, Alexander Ross, paved the way for the Opequuon Settlement in the northern Valley of Virginia.

1730 St. Marks Parish Formed from St. George's Parish.

When Orange Co was formed from Spotsylvania Co in 1734, St. Mark's Parish went too.

After Culpepper Co was formed from Orange Co in 1748, it served both counties.

In 1753, that part of St. Mark's Parish in Orange Co, was added to St. Thomas's Parish.

1734 Orange County formed from Spotsylvania County

1738-1745 Augusta County formed from Orange County

1738 Augusta parish was formed from St. Mark's Parish when Augusta Co was formed from Orange Co

1738 Frederick Parish Formed from St. Mark's Parish, when Frederick Co was formed from Orange Co

1738 Frederick County formed from Orange County

1740 St. Thomas Parish Formed from St. Mark's Parish. After Culpeper Co was formed from Orange Co, it served both counties. in 1752, that part of St. Thomas Parish in Culpeper Co was added to Bromfield Parish

January 11, 1744, Frederick County (a parent county of Berkley) was formed in 1738 and the records of that county show that Job Curtis was in the area at least as early as January 11, 1744, when he was a witness to a transfer of 1,020 acres of land from Morgan Bryan to Joshua Hedges, after whom the town of Hedgesville was named.

Mary Curtise daughter of Morgan Bryan wrote her will on 9 Jan 1741/42, and it was proven in Court 25 Feb 1742/41, leaving a riding horse and saddle to her mother, Martha Bryan, and to her daughter "Mary Curtiss" -- all the rest of stock and household goods, "and if she dies without any issue to be divided amongst my brethren": Joseph, Samuel, Morgan, John, William, James and Thomas Bryan and sister Ellinor Linvell. Her father Morgan Bryan and brother Joseph Bryan were named as executors.

26 Feb. 1741. O.S. page 105. On the order for viewing and laying off a road petitioned for by Hobson & Others Morgan BRYAN John FFROST (sic) and Arthur BUCHANNAN the persons ordered to lay of y s road made their return as followeth  In pursuance of an order of Court We hav viewed and laid off a road from Evan WATKINS fferry by a Course of Marked trees to the head of y ffaling Spring thence to Roger Turners thence to Edward Beasons over the Taskerora Branch tence to Joseph EVANS Springhead thence to the Middle Creek thence toNew Chappel Thence by the head of Evan THOMAS Spring head thence to a Corner White oak between the lands of John LiTTLER and John FFROSt thence along the said Line to ye orner S E thence to Seconrns Licks thence to Opecken Creek and Crossing the Same just above John NEILS Mill Branch thence to the Spout run by Edges CABBIN thence to the Kng's road that leads from Just HITES to Shennindo for  We also recommend Thomas Thornberry & John SHEARER to order the Clearing the said road from Evan WATKINS to the CHAPPELL & George HoBSON & John LITTLER from thence to conclude the Same which return being redd to the Court Its ordered that the said road be cleared according to the Viewers report & that all the tithables from Potomack between Opecken & the little Mt. That lyes on this Side the little Cape Capon and thence Southward as far as it includes James WRIGHTS near the Mountains and Joseph CARTERS on Opecken And for over Opecken & Between & Shennando all Such as Shall not exceed 3 miles from the said liad out road work thereon Under the aft Thomas THORNBERRY John SHEARER/: from Evan WATTs'' to the Chappell:/& Under George HOBSON & John Littler: from thence to the end of ye said Road; who are hereby appointed Overssers of the said roa  And its furhter ordered that the said Overseers with ye said Tithables clear the sid roa d & make bridges where they Shall be wanting to keep ye said Road when cleared in repair according to Law.

ORANGE CO Road Orders for 1734-1749, July 1984, by Ann Brush Miller, Research Hist for Orange Co Hist. Society, VA Highway & Trans Research Council, Charlottesville, VA

1748 an historic roadway was cut across Lunenburg's western lands from north to south, but was not done by court order. Morgan Bryan, a Pennsylvania Quaker, had led a body of settlers down into Virginia, along the Shenandoah. In 1748 Bryan decided to move his family to the Yadkin River in North Carolina. He made the journey down the Valley of Virginia, crossing the Blue Ridge Mountains through Maggoty Gap (near Boone's Mill), and continued across what is now Franklin and Henry Counties into North Carolina. With the aid of his sons, three months were required to cut and clear a way for the passage of his wagon. In 1753 the Moravian brethren travelled Bryan's road when they came from Pennsylvania to make their settlement in North Carolina, (now Winston-Salem).

They kept a diary of the trip, and noted that after crossing Smith River they came to John Hickey's store. The roadway became known as Morgan Bryan's Road, and was travelled by thousands who made their homes in the Carolinas.

In 1748, the Bryan clan established a settlement in Yadkin Valley, North Carolina, after losing a dispute with Lord Fairfax in Virginia. During the 1770s, members of the Bryan family opened Kentucky for settlement, and later Missouri

David Johnson, bought the farm of Morgan Bryan, sold it March 11, 1751 to Michael Warren, who owned it at the time the acknowledgement was secured in order to perfect the title

Vol. 3, page 340, September 27, 1753 - Commission to Edward Hughes, Squire Boone and James Carter to take acknowledgement of Martha, wife of Morgan Bryan, to deed, Bryan to David Johnson. Executed and returned May 20, 1754.

1768 Rowan County tax list of Morgan Bryan is found that Benjamin Bentley and Thomas Bentley are included at one poll each. Benjamin was most likely married at this time as he was living separately from his father. Benjamin Bentley, along with his parents, brother, and sisters lived in old Rowan (now Davie) County on Bear Creek, a few miles south of Mocksville.

1769, Botetourt was formed from Augusta Parish when Botetourt Co was formed from Augusta Co

1769 Berkley parish Formed from [1st.] St. George's Parish, which continued serving Spotsylvania Co.

1769 Beckford Parish was formed from Frederick Parish in 1769. When Dunmore Co was formed from Frederick Co, Beckford went with it. Dunmore Co was renamed Shenandoah Co in 1778

1769 Norborne Parish Formed from Frederick Parish, Frederick Co. Still mentioned in "Hening's Statutes" in 1777, so I suspect it went into Berkeley Co (now WV) when it was formed from Frederick in 1772

1772 Shenandoah County formed from Frederick (Originally Dunmore Co, renamed in 1778)

1777 Rockbridge Parish Formed, with Rockbridge Co, from parts of Augusta and Botetourt

1777 Rockingham Parish Formed, with Rockingham Co, from Augusta

From 1778 until his death 1800 (probate started), John Bryan (1) owned land and probably lived around eight miles southwest of where Morgan Bryan, Sr. last lived.  John Bryan, Sr. lived in an area of Rowan County, North Carolina that, in 1836, became west central part of Davie County, North Carolina.  Through numerous land transactions, it has been determined that John Bryan (1) lived in Rowan County, North Carolina from 1778 to 1800 and that he had the following neighbors (some deeds from the probate records):   Benjamin Gaither (1778 - 1803), Thomas Pennery (1778 - 1796), William Williams (1778 - 1787), Robert Luckey (1778 - 1787), John Van Eaton (1778), Valentine Huff (1783 - 1802), John Adams (1784), Mary Luckey (1784 - 1796), Ralph Vaneleave (1784), John Hughey (1784), George Wilcoxon (1784), John Bryan, Jr. (1787 - 1797), Daniel Sutherland (1787), John Pinchback (1787), Richard Speaks (1787), William Patrick (1787), Jacob Nichols (1787), Samuel Reed (1787), Jacob Trout (1796 - 1801), John Little, Sr. (1801), Beal Ijams (1801) and Jacob Coon (1802).   It is also known from these deeds that they all lived near the following Creeks:  Bear Creek (great majority of deeds), Hunting Creek and Dutchman’s Creek.

1797 ERA: The will of John Bryan was signed in 1797 and probated in 1801.  This will clearly establishes that the wife of John Bryan was named Sarah.  Land associated with this will clearly establish that this was the will of the John Bryan who lived on or near Bear Creek and Dutchman’s Creek (this is approximately eight miles southwest from where Morgan Bryan last lived).  Also, several children of John Bryan (1) are known to resided in this same area.  To date, this author has never seen any primary documentation that links John and Frances Bryan (or any of their known children) to the area around where Morgan Bryan last lived.

1797 ERA: The will of John Bryan was signed in 1797 and probated in 1801.  This will clearly establishes that the wife of John Bryan was named Sarah.  Land associated with this will clearly establish that this was the will of the John Bryan who lived on or near Bear Creek and Dutchman’s Creek (this is approximately eight miles southwest from where Morgan Bryan last lived).  Also, several children of John Bryan (1) are known to resided in this same area.  To date, this author has never seen any primary documentation that links John and Frances Bryan (or any of their known children) to the area around where Morgan Bryan last lived.

1836 Clarke County formed from Frederick

1836 Warren County formed from Frederick, and Shenandoah Counties

1836 Hawkins

County Tax List--

Civil District 10: Beginning at the mouth of Big Creek and running down the

river to the mouth of Crocketts Creek thence up said creek to the mouth of

the land that divides the lands of Lazarus Lawson and James McClure then

along said land to the stage road crossing the same and with the dividing

line of said Lawson and McClure to the top of Caney Creek Knobs then a

straight line to the mouth of the land that divides the land of Daniel Lipe

and Thomas Ingram then through said land crossing Caney Creek and following

the road and crossing the house where Orville formerly lived leaving said

house to the east and following the path that leads from Orville's to Wax's

plantation on Stock Creek where Henry Blevins formerly lived thence along

path to the Flag Pond until it intersects a path Orville Rice said Robert D.

Young opened to go to the Suplhur Spring, thence along said path to the road

that goes from Rogersville to the Sulphur Spring, thence with said road

crossing the stone!

  mountain to the Sulphur Spring on little poor valley creek, down said

creek to the saltworks gap in Pine mountain, through the gap to Powell's

saltworks thence with road to top of Clinch mountain at lick gap thence with

the top of the mountain east to the corner of District No. 9 to little war

gap road east of Spencer Acuff's house thence with road and line of District

9 crossing through Molsby's gap to the Stanley Valley road and with said

road to John Carmack's Spring Branch then down branch to Big Creek.

Election to be held in Rogersville.

Clinton ARMSTRONG; Clinton ARMSTRONG; William A. ALVIS; John ARMSTRONG (Big); John ALVIS; Thomas L. ALVIS; Samuel ARMSTRONG; Widow ARMSTRONG;

guardian of Widow ARMSTRONG; Haynes AMIS; Charles ANDERSON; Charles D. ALVIS; Rachel ARMSTRONG; Spencer ACUFF; Wm M. ALEXANDER; Joel ACUFF; Joseph BESHER; Samuel BROWN; Charles BESS; John BROWN; James BRADLEY; Martin BOAL;

Elisha BROWN; Wm C. BROWN; George C. BRADLEY; John BEAL SR; John BURNS;

George BEAL; Jacob BEAL; Abram BLEVINS; John D. BLEVINS; Christopher BENCH;

William BURNS; Morgan BRYANT; David BIGGS; James BROOKS; George BEAL (son of John); Reuben BRIANT; Michael BAUGH; William CARMACK; Edward COBB; John CARMACK; Robert C. CRAWFORD; Epps CARMACK; James Y. CRAWFORD; Carwell CRAWLEY; Robert CORDEN (sic); Daniel CARMICHAEL; Charles A. COFFIN; Daniel COFFIN; John COATNEY; Joel COATNEY; James CARMACK; COFFIN & McKINNEY;

Russell COATNEY; heirs of James CARDEN (sic); John A. CANSON; Wm E. COCKE;

Nancy DALZELL; F.S. DEWOLF; John DAWSON; F.B. EVANS; Daniel FLORA; Richard G. FAIN; Nicholas FAIN; ____FLETCHER;

Jacob FLORA; heirs of Jacob FLORA; P. R. FARRIS; John B. FINDLEY; Elijah FAULKNER; Jacob FRY; Wiat FARRIS (sic); Martha FARRIS; Joel GILLENWATERS;

William GARDNER; John GILLENWATERS; Thomas GILLENWATERS; Jacob B. GROVES;

John GROVES SR; John GROVES JR; Andrew GOULDY; William GALBREATH; Archabald GREEN; Daniel GREEN; David GILLENWATERS; Pleasant GILLENWATERS; heirs of Joel GILLENWATERS; Joel GILLENWATERS; Henry HAMBLIN; John HAGAN; Thomas A. HAGAN; heirs of James HAGAN; George HALE; Elizabeth HUNTER; Peter HART;

Richard HUMPHRIES; Philip J. HALE; Joseph HICKS; John HARLEN; Joseph HUFFMASTER; Robert & Noll JACKSON; George JOHNSON; James JOHNSON; Mary JOHNSON; Joseph JOHNSON (son of Mary; Jas JOHNSON (son of George); Thomas JOHNSON; Robert H. JACKSON; Abner JOHNSON; Isaac JOHNSON; Samuel JONES;

Edward JTSON (sic); Absolem KYLE; heirs of Wm KING; Rodham KENNER; Charles KING; Markham KINNER (sic); Jacob ! KLEPPER; Wm C. KYLE; John H. KESHNER; Robert KING; Malinda KINNER "err or in giving in"; William KLINE; Joseph LACKEY; G. & L.A. Rogers McCROW;

Willie . MITCHELL; Willie B. MITCHELL; Richard H. MITCHELL; Richard H. MITCHELL; John A. McKINNEY; John A. McKINNEY; Wm MOUNTCASTLE; James McCLURE;

George M. MERRYMOON; Oliver C. MILLER; Martin MURPHY; Robert MALLORY JR; S. D. & Willie B. MITCHELL; John C. McLIMORE; David MARSH; Wm MALSBEE JR; David MALSBEE; S. D. MITCHELL; James MURRELL; Eliza McCULOUGH; James K. NEILL;

NEILL & SIMPSON; Edward NUGENT; Haynes NUGENT; Jacob NUGENT; Robertson OWENS; heirs of Levi PANTER; Joseph PANTER; John PANTER; heirs of Joseph PARKS; Samuel POWEL; Thomas POWEL; George R. POWEL; James POINDEXTER; John PILANT; David PATTERSON; Wm PATTERSON; Thomas PHIPPS; Samuel PETTYBONE;

Riley PORTON; John M. REECE; Wiet M. REECE (sic); Allen RUSSELL; Charles M. RENEAU; Joseph RUSSELL; John A. ROGERS; Thomas ROGERS & heirs; Moses RICE;

Hiram SAMPULL; heirs of John H. SMITH; Joseph SEAVERS; James S. SIMMONS;

James G. SIMMONS; Richard SMITH; John STOKELEY JR; John STOKELEY, Esq.; George C. SPECK; David SENEABOUGH; David SENEABOUGH; Pleasant STARNES; Wm SINGLETON; George STOKELEY; Andrew SPIERS; James SCHROPSHER (sic); SPITRON/SPITSOR; G. W.THOMPSON; William THARP; John WHEELER; Wm O. WINSTON; John G. WINSTON JR;

Jacob WON; Aaron WILLIAMS; James WOODS; John WEST; S. D. WINTERBOWER; John WILSON; Reverend George WHITE; Wm A. WALKER; Hugh WALKER; Joseph WRIGHT;

George WHEELER; John WILLIAMS; George WILLHELM; Montgomery WOODS; Stephen WEAR.

Children of Martha Strode and Morgan Bryan are:

|  |  i. |Joseph Bryan was born Abt 1720 in Chester, Pennsylvania, and died Bet Nov 1804 and Mar 1805 in Floyd's Fork, |

| | |Jefferson, Kentucky, United States. He married Hester Simpson. He married Alice "Aylee" Linville Bef 1738, daughter of|

| | |John Linville. She was born Abt 1722 in Westminster, Virginia, and died Abt 1807 in Floyd's Fork, Jefferson, Kentucky,|

| | |United States. |

|  |  ii.|Elinor Bryan was born Abt 1722 in Chester, Pennsylvania, and died 1792 in Maadison, Kentucky. She married William |

| | |Linville in Orange, Virginia. He died 1766 in Killed By Indians On Hunting Expedition With His Son.. |

|  |  iii|Mary Bryan was born Bet 1722 and 1723 in Chester, Pennsylvania, , and died 1742 in Orange, Virginia,. She married |

| |. |George Forbes. She married Thomas Curtis 1740 in Orange, Virginia. He died Bef 7 Jan 1741 in Virginia, USA. |

|  |  iv.|Samuel Bryan was born Bet 1724 and 1725 in Chester, Pennsylvania, and died 15 Aug 1798 in Rowan, North Carolina,. He |

| | |married Elizabeth Margaret McMahan. She was born 1737 in Rowan, North Carolina,. He married Elizabeth Enochs. She was |

| | |born Aft 1730 in Swedesboro, NJ. |

|  |  v. |Morgan Bryan was born 20 May 1729 in PA, and died Bef 3 Jul 1804 in Fayette, Kentucky, USA. He married Mary Forbush. |

|22.|  vi.|John Bryan was born 9 Apr 1730 in Orange, Virginia, and died Bef 1801 in Rowan, North Carolina, He married Sarah |

| | |Unknown. She was born 1730 in Rowan, North Carolina, , and died Aft 1793. |

|  |  vii|William Bryan was born 10 Mar 1734 in Orange Or Frederick, Virginia, was christened 6 Mar 1734, and died 30 May 1780 |

| |. |in Elkhorn Creek, Fayette, Kentucky, United States. He married Mary Boone 1755 in Rowan, North Carolina, , daughter of|

| | |Squire Boone and Sarah Morgan. She was born 14 Nov 1736 in Exeter Twp, Berks, Pennsylvania, , and died 1819 in Bryan's|

| | |Station, Fayette, Kentucky, United States. |

|  |  vii|James Bryan was born Bet 1735 and 1736 in Orange, Virginia Will Book 1. Administered By Father And Brother, Joseph. |

| |i. |Names Same Siblings As Morgan Lists In His Will., and died 18 Aug 1807 in St. Charles, Missouri Terr., Missouri, |

| | |United States. He married Rebecca Enochs Nov 1756 in Rowan, North Carolina,. She was born 1732 in Prince George, MD, |

| | |and died 1768. |

|  |  ix.|Thomas Bryan was born Abt 1738 in Orange, Virginia, and died 1776 in North Carolina. He married Sarah Hunt. |



Researchers Notes: The Bryan Families came off North Mountain lands ( see Johnson and Allied familes of North Mountain) this is where the Seveir family came from that will own lands on Big Creek and with Thomas Flippen whose family is the McAdoo Families of Rowan Co NC that will be founding in Dickson Co. TN and in Humphreys Co. Tn

1763 May 12, Rowan County, NC, Deed book 5, pg. 361,: Enoch Conly of Halifax County, VA, - no wife - signs (lets) John Cox of Rowan County, NC, have 123(?) acres on the south side of Dan River, for £20, witnessed by Peter Perkins, Francis Cox & Samuel Ridgeway & proved in Oct. 1763 by John Frohock, C.C. (Also on October 12, 1763, deed from Enoch Coneley to John Cox for 12 acres bought May 12, 1763, proved by Peter Perkins. Fee £ ¾.) Enoch Conly has moved to Virginia.

Peter Perkins

Francis Cox

Samuel Ridgeway

John Cox

1763 Dec 5 DEED 5:417: Rebecca Mills to Jesse Johnson of Amelia County, 500 acres (in Rowan County) adjacent Henry Ballinger John Mills Jr. & Mordecai Mendenhall, granted by Granville 8 July 1761. Wits: Thos Beals, Nathan Dicks

Notes: (Horse Pen area)

Notes: Jesse Johnson is the brother of Gideon Johnson of Henrico Co to Amelia County to Granville Co. to Rockingham Co. NC to Williamson Co. Tn.

Notes: Henry Balligner

1766 July 1, DEED 6:250, Henry Ballinger and wife Hannah to John Payne , 81 ¾ acres on Horsepen Creek adjacent James Johnson, part of 640 acres granted 30 December 1753.

1767 December 15: DEED 6:401; Henry Ballinger to James Johnson for 120 p, 176 acres on Horse Pen Creek adjacent Joseph Uthank, part of two tracts granted John Cunningham 3 December 1753 & bought by Ballinger 12 July 1757. Hugh Forster, Wm. Folock, Thos. Brown. Prvd April Court 1767.

1768 May 5, DEED 6:576 John Payne & Wife Mary to Thomas Jesop , 81 ¾ acres on Horsepen Creek adjacent James Johnson.

Note: James Johnson had a son Joshua. (Proven by tax list) Records. Notes: It would be Rowan County. Present day Davie County. These guys were close neighbors with the Boones. All of the records are in the Rowan Deed Books that I have sent you.. I'm sure this came out of one of Zae Gwynns books. I have none of her deed books and we need them all.From: Wirelake

Researchers Notes: The Ballinger families will be related to Nacny Breidenthals research and also to the Matlock families of Big Creek Washington Co. NC now Hawkins Co TN

Notes: John Mills

Notes: Thomas Beals

Notes Nathan Dicks

1763 December 5; DEED 6:423: Jesse Johnson of Amelia County, Virginia to Edward Bond , 250 acres on Wolf Run on Deep River Adjacent John Johnson bought from Rebecca Mills 5 December 1763. Wits: Thos Elinor, Tarlton Johnson, Proved April 1767

Notes: It would be Rowan County. Present day Davie County. These guys were close neighbors with the Boones. All of the records are in the Rowan Deed Books that I have sent you.. I'm sure this came out of one of Zae Gwynns books. I have none of her deed books and we need them all. Records. From: Wirelake

Notes: Jesse Johnson is the brother of Gideon Johnson of Amelia County to Granville Co. to Rockingham Co. NC to Williamson Co. Tn.

Notes: Wolf Run

1769 Dec.6" ,DEED 7:276: Edward Bond and wife Ann to to Wm Thatcher for 250 acres on Wolf Run, Deep River that was bought from Jesse Johnson, 10 March 1767. Prvd Nov. 1770.

1765 March 30: DEED 6:169 Jesse Johnson to John Johnson of the same place , (Amelia County, Va. – BK) 250 acres on Wolf Run on Deep River which John (Jesse?) bought from Rebecca Mills 5 December 1763. Wits: James Johnson, Nathan Stanley, proved July 1763.

Notes: Edward Bond

Edward BOND b. 26 Sep. 1740 in Bucks Co. PA; d. 6 May 1821 in Wayne Co. IN; m 16 Aug. 1764 in New Garden in Rowan Co. NC. to Ann MILLS b. 7 May 1745 in Frederick Co. VA; d. 3 Apr. 1826 in Wayne Co. IN.

They were Quakers Notes his Sister Ann BOND m COHORN or COCHRAN.

Notes: Thomas Elinor

Notes Rebecca Mills

#1764

1764 March 1: Benj. Starratt to David Karr for £20 NC money, 547 A adj. John McAdoo granted by Granville 26 Aug 1762. Wit. James Carter, Hugh Forester.

Notes: 1759 John McAdoo on Rowan Co. Tax Lists, and in 1770 Guilford Co. will form from Orange and Rowan Co. NC

Notes: David Kerr or David Karr

Notes: "18th Nov., 1760, Robert Gray, of Rowan County, North Carolina, by John Tate, to James Craige, 5 shillings, 200 acres in Borden's tract, corner to tract sold by Francis Beaty on Flat Spring Run; corner Thomas Berry; conveyed by Borden, Jr., to David Kerr, and by David Kerr and Kathrine to Robert. Teste: Gabriel Madison, John Frogg, Luke Bowyer."

Notes: 10 Apr 1765: Benj. Starratt sold 200 A on n. side of Buffalo adj. to David Karr to Wm. Matthews.

Notes: 18 Apr 1765: David Karr to Benjamin Starratt a tract on S. Buffalo. Wit. Frances McBride, John Stuart, Ralph Gorrell.

Notes: 1766: David Karr witnessed sale from Benj. Starret to John Hall, Buffalo Creek.

Notes: 16 Jun 1768: David Karr and wife Catron (X) to Ralph Gorrell for £50 proc 300A adjacent William Matthews, Benjamin Starratt, John Karr

1782 Guilford Co. Deeds: David Kerr to James Starret, both of Guilford Co., 1782, £2,050, 100 acres of land "...lying on the North side of South Buffaloe in the County aforesaid, being a Part of a Tract of Land deeded to the sd David Kerr for six hundred and thirty seven Acres by Deed by John Earle Granville, the seventeenth day of September 1744. Beginning at a white oak runing thence East one hundred and one Poles to a Red Oak, thence South one hundred and fifty nine Poles in a Hickory in Ralph Gorrels line, thence West one hundred and Ten poles with Gorrels line, thence West one hundred and Ten poles to a stake, thence North one hundred and fifty nine Poles to the Beginning, containing one hundred Acres..." Etc. David Kerr (seal) Witness: William Clark

Notes: Ann Kerr. Born, circa 1764[194]. Died, after 1846, in Dickson Co., TN [194]. She married William Charles Wiley, circa 1785, in Guilford Co., Nc.

Notes: Capt John McAdoo was a Rev. War Veteran from NC

Notes: Benjamin Staratt

Notes: James Carter

Notes: Hugh Forester

Feb 14 1764 John Stewart did marry Hannah Boone ,

Hi Tony,

> Not much is known of the brother in law of Daniel Boone: John Stewart.  John Stewart was killed by Indians in what is now  KY abt 1769.  I believe a marriage bond was found in Rowan CO NC where John Stewart did marry Hannah Boone , Feb 14 1764.  All Boone researchers state Hannah and John only had girls.  But, we have a couple of people in the Stewart DNA project that claim John Stewart did have a son named William Boone Stewart born ca 1764-1769.  Wm Boone Stewart moved to the same county in KY that the Boone´s later move to.  Hannah Boone, relict of John Stewart was made admix of the estate of John Stewart. It must have been all personal estate, as John Stewart never owned land that I or anyone else could find. He may have lived with Hannah´s father on his farm,. who knows. Or he could have rented out land from someone else, but he would have still had to pay taxes on that leased land. I don´t have personal property or land tax lists for Rowan CO NC.   Oh, by the way, the personal estate of John Stewart was very small.   Hannah Boone Stewart, relict of John then marries Richard Pennington, see Wilkes CO NC census for 1790.  Most of all of her daughters with John Stewart marry, and if my memory serves me right, the OSBOURNE family intermarried with her daughter´s. Do not confuse this Osbourne line with the one from Henrico CO. They were from New Jersey.  It is still very much up in the air as to if Hannah and John Stewart had a son, like I said all the Boone researchers say, only daughters.  I don´t know who this John Stewart was, where he came from etc. nor do I know if he had siblings in Rowan CO. It is a very elusive line to research. He may have come down from PA, as many did from Rowan CO NC.  Teresa From: lilliebelle3@

2 Jul 1764 born William Johnson Sr was in Rowan Co, NC.

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|William Johnson Sr was the son of Henry Johnson and Rachel Holeman(born in 1743 in MA). They were married on 1763 in Lancaster |

|Co. PA. |

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|William Johnson Sr was born 2 Jul 1764 in Rowan co,NC. |

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|William married Diana Adams on 1 Apr 1783 in Rowan Co., NC. |

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|William and Diana were the parents of; Thomas(1784)(NC) * Rachel(1786)(NC)* Elizabeth(1788)(NC) * Henry H.(1790)(NC) * |

|Margaret(1792)(NC) * Nancy(1795(NC) * Mary Rebecca(1797(TN) * Dianna(1799)(TN) * Samuel"Sol"William(1799)(TN) * George |

|Albert(1801)(TN) * John Bailey(1803)(TN) * Walter William(1808)(TN). |

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|REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER 1764 - 1845 Marker PLACED BY DAVID HOLMES CHAPTER NSDAR 1986. |

|William Johnson also served in the WAR OF 1812. He was a private in Captain Charles Johnson's Company, under Col. A Cheatham's |

|Regt., West TN Militia Jan 28,1814 to May 23, 1814. |

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|On May 20,1796, a commission composed of William Johnson Sr. and four others selected the present site of Springfield as the |

|location of the county seat for Robertson County, Tennessee.   |

|Parents: |

|  Henry Johnson (1738 - 1815) |

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| Children: |

|  Rachael Johnson Olyer (1786 - 1867)* |

|  Henry H Johnson (1790 - 1862)* |

|  Margaret Johnson Huey (1792 - ____)* |

|  Mary Rebecca Johnson Woodward (1797 - 1881)* |

|  William Samuel Johnson (1799 - 1881)* |

|  Dianna Johnson Jones (1799 - 1856)* |

|  George Albert Johnson (1801 - 1862)* |

|  John Bailey Johnson (1803 - 1849)* |

|  Walter William Johnson (1806 - 1864)* |

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| Spouse: |

|  Dianna Adams Johnson (1767 - 1840)* |

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|Burial: |

|Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery |

|Little Rock (Newton County) |

|Newton County |

|Mississippi, USA |

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|Maintained by: phil r johnson |

|Originally Created by: JoAn Estes |

|Record added: Dec 27, 2005 |

|Find A Grave Memorial# 12801870   |

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Cave JOHNSON,  a Representative from Tennessee; born in Robertson County, Tenn., January 11, 1793; pursued an academic course and attended Cumberland College, Nashville, Tenn.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1814 and commenced practice in Clarksville, Tenn.; prosecuting attorney of Montgomery County in 1817; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1829-March 3, 1837); chairman, Committee on Private Land Claims (Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seventh, and Twenty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1845); chairman, Committee on Military Affairs (Twenty-sixth Congress), Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Twenty-seventh Congress), Committee on Indian Affairs (Twenty-eighth Congress); appointed Postmaster General of the United States and served from March 5, 1845, to March 5, 1849; judge of the seventh judicial circuit court in 1850 and 1851; president of the Bank of Tennessee 1854-1860; United States commissioner in settling the affairs of the United States and Paraguay Navigation Co. in 1860; during the Civil War was elected to the State senate but was not permitted to take his seat; died in Clarksville, Tenn., November 23, 1866; interment in Greenwood Cemetery.

Bibliography

Johnson, Clement L. “The Public Career of Cave Johnson.” Tennessee Historical Quarterly 10 (June 1951): 195-223.   

 

|Birth:  |Jan. 11, 1793 |

| |Robertson County |

| |Tennessee, USA |

|Death:  |Nov. 23, 1866, USA |

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|Trained as a lawyer, Johnson served in the U. S. Congress as a representative from Tennessee from 1829 to 1837 and again from |

|1839 to 1845. Appointed by President James Polk in 1845 to U. S. Postmaster General, he held that office until 1849. He was |

|president of the Bank of Tennessee from 1854 to 1860. |

| (bio by: Don Connelly)    |

Cave Thomas Johnson, born July 04, 1766 in Rowan, North Carolina; died March 1821 in Springfield, Robertson Co. TN. 

He was the son of  Henry Johnson and Rachel Holman. 

He married Mary Noel 1790 in Craig's Station Ky.

Mary Noel, born in Versaile KY;

died Abt. 1816 in TN7. She was the daughter

of  X Noel and  Mary Cave.

Children of Cave Johnson and

Mary Noel are:

Cave Johnson, born January 11, 1793 in Robertson Co., TN; died

November 23, 1866 in Clarksville,

Montgomery Co, TN; married ElizabethDortch February 20, 1838.

Henry Minor Johnson,

born 1795 in Robertson Co., Tn; married

Sallie Green.

Taylor Noel Johnson,

born 1797 in Robertson Co., TN; died 1818 in Springfield, TN.

Nancy Johnson, born November 19, 1798; died July 12, 1855 in

Springfield TN; married William Couts April 10, 1817 in Springfield, TN.

Willie Blount Johnson, born 1800 in Robertson Co.,

TN; married Catherine Dortch.

Joseph Noel Johnson, born September 1803 in Robertson Co., TN; married Margaret McClure.

Endnotes

1.  Nancy Couts letter to Cave Couts - May 10, 1855.

2.  Couts Web Site (bevans/barbara/pic.htm).

3.  Couts Web Site (bevans/barbara/pic.htm).

4.  Nancy Couts letter to Cave Couts - May 10, 1855.

5.  Nancy Couts letter to Cave Couts - May 10, 1855.

6.  Nancy Couts letter to Cave Couts - May 10, 1855.

Nancy Couts letter to Cave Couts - May 10, 1855.  

1764 July 13, II:533. James Patterson was sued. Justices: Morgan Bryan,

Jno Brandon, Jno Oliphant. (Jo White Linn's "Abstracts of the Minutes of the

Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Rowan County, NC, 1763-1774," v. 2)

The King vs James Patterson.

Evidence: Jno Witherspoon, Abel Armstrong, Jno Kilpatrick, Jas Stuart, Jas Irwin, Andrew Kerr for ? & Jno Brandon, Jas Stuart, Mat Kerr, M Johnson & Thos Gillispie for ?.

Jury: Wm McNight, Hugh Parks, Jno Burns, Jno Ellis, Daniel Hackett, Alexr Reed, Francis Taylor, Antho Hampton, Hugh McKnight, Jas Dobbins, Henry Horah, Peter Johnson. Not quilty.

Source: Jo White Linn. Abstracts Of The Minutes Of The Court Of Pleas And Quarter Sessions Written: July 13, 1764

James Patterson (1699-1815) –Emeline (McCorkle) Patterson (1718-after 1814)

1764 July 13, II:533. James Patterson was sued. Justices: Morgan Bryan,

Jno Brandon, Jno Oliphant. (Jo White Linn's "Abstracts of the Minutes of the

Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Rowan County, NC, 1763-1774," v. 2)

Morgan Bryan Jr,

1764 Aug 17 born Margaret Porter ; d. Mar. 2, 1819. Married May 6, 1786, Rowan Co., NC James GRAHAM (b. Jan. 29, 1757; d. Feb. 9, 1834.

Children of Margaret and James GRAHAM:

Abel married Mary Knox;

Jane S. married Moses Dickey KILPATRICK;

Matilda married Samuel BARR;

Margaret Foster married David RAMSAY;

William P. married Mary K. BARR;

Aly C. married Rufus JOHNSON;

Sally Hamilton married John N. ANDREWS.



01 Sep 1764 Rowan Co. NC Isaiah Stewart and Mary Coe were married.  Dinah Coe gave her consent to the Marriage, and Samual Stewart was Surety Aug 16, 1769, Isaiah was Surety on the marriage bond of Benjamin Stewart. from the Stewart Magazine: 

Researchers Notes:

Michael Israel.

1797 May Ord Mastin Durham, Lewis Demoss, William Demoss, George Hulme, William Hulme, Joseph Furguson, Owen Nujphry(sic)[Humphrey], James Stewa M Robert Epperson, Thomas Field, Jospeh Yarnell, Daniel Yarnell, Mordecai Yarnell, James Giddins, Eli Coffey, Ambrose Coffey, John Coffee, Senr., Thomas Coffey Senr., Michael Israel. James Epperson view road from road that goes up Buffalow beg bet Thomas Cottrell's plantation & William Landsdowns plantation; thence to Samuel Curtis's.

[Will have to find the deeds for Cottrell and Landsdowns to figure out which way on the Yadkin this crew was working, but it would seem since no men from the Warrior Creek area are mentioned that this crew was from Buffalo Creek to Richland.]

Sarah Graves (1) was probably born about 1736-40, based on the age of her husband. She may have been a sister of Mary Graves who married Col. Benjamin Cleveland and was a daughter of Joseph Graves who died in 1774. Joseph Graves was a brother of Thomas Graves who married Ann Davenport, and both Joseph and Thomas were sons of John Graves of genealogy 270.

Sarah married Michael Israel. He was born about 1736 and died in early 1820. His father was Solomon Israel and his mother was probably an Owenshire. He is assumed to have been at least 21 years of age in 1758 when he obtained an original grant, number 32, of 82 acres in Albemarle Co., VA.

In the midst of the Revolutionary War, in 1778 or 1779, Michael and Sarah Israel left Albemarle Co., VA and settled in Wilkes Co., NC. In 1805, when Michael was close to 70 years of age, he moved to Buncombe Co., NC.

Michael Israel died intestate, so the courts were involved in the settlement of his estate. In April of 1820, the court appointed Michael Israel, Jr., a son of Michael Israel, and William Israel, a grandson of Michael Israel, as administrators of his estate. Since the courts met quarterly, Michael Israel would have died between January 1820 and April 1820.

Sarah did not live long after 1822. It is not known exactly when she died, but it was before 11 Sept. 1824, when her legatees signed a bill of sale for Sarah’s slaves, Hannah and her child Trudy.

Both Michael and Sarah were buried in a family graveyard on a rolling hillside above the French Broad River on their plantation at Avery’s Creek, Buncombe Co., NC. All their children were born in Albemarle Co., VA, with the possible exception of the last, who may have been born in Wilkes Co., NC.

The similarity of this family to that of John Graves and Margery Harvey of Randolph Co., NC, is striking. The Gilliam and Watkins names are in both, and many members of both families moved to Missouri and Indiana. See also the comments with the record of Sarah Israel (3). (R-100)

Children - Israel

+2. Mary Israel, b. 1755, m. Thompson Epperson, 22 Sept. 1782, d. 6 Nov. 1843.

+3. Sarah Israel, b.c. 1763, m(1) ------ Ballew, m(2) Epaphroditus Gilliam.

+4. John Israel, b. 1765, m. Sarah Edmundson, 12 May 1795, d. 1837.

+5. Johnson Israel, b. 1767, m. Ann (or Anna) Hisaw, d. 1854.

+6. Jesse Israel, b.c. 1769, m. Mary Jones, d. 1806 or 1807.

+7. Solomon Israel, b. 1774, m. Nancy Alloway Strange, 27 Feb. 1797.

+8. Catey Israel, b.c. 1775, m. Robert Edmundson, 1798.

+9. Michael Israel, Jr., b. 1778, m. Sarah Coffey, 26 Feb. 1800, d. 1866.

+10. Isom Israel, b.c. 1780, m(1) Judy Alloway Strange, 22 Dec. 1801, m(2) Neaty Parr, 28 March 1823.

Now , Micheal ISRAEL is related to us through marriage  . This would be Lee´s direct line through my Stewart line.. Micheal Israel of Albemarle CO moved to Wilkes CO NC, along came a Ballowe/Ballou, Fields, Eppersons.   Michael Israel´s son Johnston Israel, had a daughter named Sarah, who married Edward Stewart born 1780, son of Nathaniel Stewart and Mary Bledsoe.  Edward had no issue. The Israel family moved to Buncombe CO NC by abt 1790, and we hook up with them about 1810. From  Teresa De Rios

My Notes: Colonel Benjamin Cleveland was the Officer of Capt. Sameul Johnson and William Johnson sons of Jeffery Johnson and wife Rachel Walker. Col. Benjamin Cleveland I think married into this Jeffery Johnson and Rachel Walker family?

Tony, the Sally Coffey that married Samuel Stewart is not my line, it has been proved by DNA.  Samuel father was James Stewart, now he may have been related to the John Stewart that married Hannha Boone. But I am just speculating here.  I know men who are from William Boone Stewart´s line do not match them though.  Elizabeth´s Field Berry´s son witnessed a land deed for my Stewart´s in Buncombe CO NC.  It´s that Israel-Coffey, Field, Gilliam, Strange, etc line that intermarry with Nathaniel Stewart Sr´s son Edward Stewart born ca 1780.  Edward married Sarah Israel, as I have stated before.  No issue though.

Teresa

Teresa, I also have this Stewart family in my tree. John and Isaiah Stewart were the sons of Samuel Stewart and Lydia Harrison.  As you wrote, John Stewart married Hannah Boone. John's brother Isaiah born 1731 married Mary Coe the daughter of Timothy Coe III and Dinah. 

 

From the Book "Coe Families" by Carl Coe:

Isaiah Stewart's brother John married Hannah Boone, sister to the famous Daniel Boone. Isaiah Stewart died in 1770 on the Kentucky River - where Frankfort, KY is now located, while on a hunting trip with Daniel Boone.

 

Also from the Stewart Magazine:  Isaiah Stewart and Mary Coe were married 01 Sep 1764 Rowan Co. NC.  Dinah Coe gave her consent to the Marriage, and Samual Stewart was Surety Aug 16, 1769, Isaiah was Surety on the marriage bond of Benjamin Stewart.  He was in Lydia's Will.

 

Timothy Coe III and Dinah were my mother's third great grandparents.  Hope there will be new information in the above.

 

Carolyn Mason Anderson From: CCA44@

Carolyn,

 

  These Coe's are tied into my Stewart line as well, though at a much later date.  My grandmother was Rena Coe Stewart from this line:

 

Generation 6.

James Abron Coe (James Wesley, William Newton, Vincent, Stephen, Edward)

 was born 12 Jan. 1886 in Polk Co. TN, and died 1952 in GA.  He married Louisa A. Kelley, daughter of Pearson Kelley and Sarah Simpson.  She was born 3 of Nov. in 1884 in McMinn Co. TN, and died 16 of Dec. 1934 in Polk Co. TN.

 

 Lee johnsondna (johnsondna@)

Hi Carolyn,

> I know Carl Coe, we corresponded back in the 1990´s about this Samuel Stewart who married Lydia Harrison line.  But, I am afraid Samuel and Lydia´s son John Stewart born ca 1734, married a widow named Susanna Bledsoe.  Susanna was the daughter of Frederick Fulkerson and married Thomas Bledsoe who died in an Indian Raid on the Dan River abt 1758-1759.  Shortly after his death, Susanna Fulkerson Bledsoe was given as a gift of deed by her father ,500 acres of land on the Tarart(Ararat) River near Mt Airy , Surry NC NC (today).  Susanna wasted no time marrying as most women did in those days, she had one son by Bledsoe: Loving Bledsoe.  See 1771-1772 Surry CO NC tithable list.  This John Stewart son of Samuel Stewart SR (born Sussex DE), moved to the Scott CO VA area on the Holstein River and died there.  John had a son named David and William, both Rev War soldiers. William left a pension and their half

> brother Loving Bledsoe served also. William on hos pension stated he spent one years with his Uncle in Surry CO NC, probably David. 

> I did a little work on the Coe´s years ago.  I am surprised Carl Coe wrote this, he is very aware of the Fulkerson family.  We have at least 5 males from Samuel and Lydia Stewart´s line tested and they all match including the line of John and Susanna Fulkerson Stewart.

> Teresa Stuart de Rios teresa stuart (lilliebelle3@)

From: Darel Coterel < dcoterel@>

Subject: [DNA] 25/25 Match with Different Surname but Surname is in person's proposed line

Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 17:14:36 -0800 (PST)

The test is taken through FTDNA.

Two surname projects are in place.

Cottrell Family and Hatcher Family.

Descendant tested claims to be a descendant of Thomas

Cotterell and Martha Hacher and they were married 1709

in New Kent County, VA, on of VA's infamous "burned"

counties.

The descendant matches the Hatcher family participants

on 25/25 markers in the Haplogroup R1b.

There are no docouments to show that Martha Hatcher was

a widow but who knows due to the fires that happened

in New Kent County, VA.

I know that there is always a possiblity of a "random"

match with someone that has a different surname but in

this case I have Hatcher families living near Cottrell

families from at least 1700 through 1835.

To me it looks like there was a case of infidelity or

undocumented adoption. Has anyone else ran into this

type of scenario?



Richard,

From: Darel Coterel < dcoterel@>

Subject: [DNA] 25/25 Match with Different Surname but Surname is in person's proposed line

Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 17:14:36 -0800 (PST)

The test is taken through FTDNA.

Two surname projects are in place.

Cottrell Family and Hatcher Family.

Descendant tested claims to be a descendant of Thomas

Cotterell and Martha Hacher and they were married 1709

in New Kent County, VA, on of VA's infamous "burned"

counties.

The descendant matches the Hatcher family participants

on 25/25 markers in the Haplogroup R1b.

There are no docouments to show that Martha Hatcher was

a widow but who knows due to the fires that happened

in New Kent County, VA.

I know that there is always a possiblity of a "random"

match with someone that has a different surname but in

this case I have Hatcher families living near Cottrell

families from at least 1700 through 1835.

To me it looks like there was a case of infidelity or

undocumented adoption. Has anyone else ran into this

type of scenario?



Richard,

I got the information from Stella Cotrill off of this website (Genealogy Forum). There are some parts that seem really grey to me, and even she admits it may not be 100% accurate. If I follow this correctly the paternal line is:

1. Richard Cottrell

2. Thomas Cottrell

3. Thomas Cottrell

5. John L. Cottrell

10. Daniel Cottrell

20. Asher R. Cottrell

38. John W. Cottrell (my great grandfather)

Let me know what you think. I concider you the expert on Cottrell genealogy, and have admired your work for years, so I truly value your opinion. I have cut and pasted Stella's ancestor chart that I used for this research:

1. RICHARD1 COTTRILL,SR. was born 1662 in New Kent County, Virginia, and died March 16, 1714/15 in New Kent County, Virginia. He married MARY ANDERSON 1684 in New Kent County, Virginia. She was born Abt. 1666 in New Kent County, Virginia, and died in New Kent County, Virginia.

Children of RICHARD COTTRILL and MARY ANDERSON are:

2. i. THOMAS COTTRILL,SR.,1ST HUSBAND, b. Abt. 1685, New Kent County, Virginia; d. April 22, 1718, New Kent County, Virginia.

ii. RICHARD COTTRILL,JR., b. Abt. 1687, New Kent County, Virginia.

Thomas Cottrell: 1737 ABT in Deep Run, Henrico County, Virginia death 1828 in Wilkes County, North Carolina reported married to Jane Allison ca 1750 To Thomas Cottrell married to Susanna Pattison then; LOL ; to Thomas Cottrell married to Martha Hatcher born Henrico Co. Va. She is reported daughter of Edward Hatcher and Mary Jamison then to Edward Hatcher married to Mary WARD;

Thomas Cottrell born : 11 APR 1690 in New Kent County, Virginia Married: 25 MAY 1709 in St. Peter's Parrish, New Kent Co, VA to Martha Hatcher: reported son of Richard Cottrell b: 1665 ABT in New Kent County, Virginia and Mary Anderson: The to Thomas Cottrell who arrived in 1656.

MARY ANDERSON

Mary Anderson reported daughter of Robert Anderson b: 1640 in VA, York County and wife Cecelia MASSIE grand daughter of Peter Massie and wife Cooper

Generation No. 2

2. THOMAS COTTRILL,SR.,1ST HUSBAND (RICHARD1) was born Abt. 1685 in New Kent County, Virginia, and died April 22, 1718 in New Kent County, Virginia. He married MARTHA HATCHER,1ST WIFE May 25, 1709 in New Kent County, Virginia. She was born 1690 in Henrico County, Virginia, and died Aft. 1748 in New Kent County, Virginia.

Children of THOMAS COTTRILL and MARTHA HATCHER are:

i. SUSANNA3 COTTRILL, b. April 1, 1710.

3. ii. THOMAS COTTRILL,JR., b. April 2, 1711, New Kent County, Virginia; d. 1763, Amherst County, Virginia.

iii. GILBERT COTTRILL, b. March 1, 1712/13.

iv. WILLIAM COTTRILL, b. Abt. September 1714.

v. ANNE COTTRILL, b. March 31, 1716.

Notes: A Benjamin Hatcher married to a Elizabeth GREENHAUGH is also in Henrico Co in this time period signing Wills and Inventory of John Watson 1707 Henrico Co Va. father in law of Michael Johnson of St. Peters Parish who died 1718-19. Ben Hatcher Sr and Jr both have a daughter named Martha Hatcher.

Generation No. 3

3. THOMAS COTTRILL,JR. (THOMAS2, RICHARD1) was born April 2, 1711 in New Kent County, Virginia, and died 1763 in Amherst County, Virginia. He married SUSANNA PATTERSON 1736 in Virginia, daughter of JAMES PATTERSON and 2ND UNKNOWN. She was born Abt. 1715 in New Kent County, Virginia, and died Aft. 1763 in Amherst County, Virginia.

Children of THOMAS COTTRILL and SUSANNA PATTERSON are:

4. i. THOMAS COTTRILL,3RD, b. 1737, Henrico County, Virginia; d. 1828, Wilkes County, North Carolina.

ii. GILBERT COTTRILL, b. 1739.

iii. WILLIAM COTTRILL, b. 1741.

5. iv. JOHN L. COTTRILL, b. 1743, Northumberland County, Virginia or Henrico County, Virginia; d. Tennessee or Northumberland County, Virginia or Henrico County, Virginia.

6. v. JAMES COTTRILL,SR., b. October 14, 1748, Albemarle County, Virginia; d. Abt. 1843, Jackson Township, Pike County, Ohio.

JAMES PATTERSON

James Patterson is reported to have been married to Martha Hatcher daughter of Benjaimn Hatcher and wife Elizabeth Greenhaugh. This Benjamin Hatcher is involved in the Estate of Michael Johnson of Tucakhoe Creek

Generation No. 4

4. THOMAS COTTRILL,3RD (THOMAS3, THOMAS2, RICHARD1) was born 1737 in Henrico County, Virginia, and died 1828 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. He married JANE ALLISON Abt. 1768 in Amherst County, Virginia. She was born Abt. 1752 in Amherst County, Virginia, and died in Wilkes County, North Carolina.

Children of THOMAS COTTRILL and JANE ALLISON are:

7. i. JOHN5 COTTRILL, b. Abt. 1769, Amherst County, Virginia; d. Wilkes County, North Carolina.

ii. SUSANNA COTTRILL.

iii. WILLIAM COTTRILL.

iv. EDITH COTTRILL.

v. ROSANNA COTTRILL.

vi. NANCY COTTRILL.

JANE ALLISON Abt. 1768 in Amherst County, Virginia

Jane Allison Death: 1825 in , Wilkes, North Carolina

Notes: Allison Surname

Jameston Hatcher : South Carolina Deed Abstracts 1773-1778

Books F-4 through X-4

Abstracted by Brent H. Holcombe, 1993,

Book P-4, Page 299-300

_____ 1775. John Pelot of St. Peter's Parish, planter, to James Peart, surveyor of land, for L100 SC money, tract of land on a branch of the north west branch of Long Cane called Penny's Creek adj. lands of Michael Dorman, James Liddle, Robert Black, Jemson Hatcher, David Hunter, Michael Blair, John Johnston, granted _____ 1775. John Pelot (LS). Wit: Susannah Thomas, George Allison. Proved by the oath of George Allison 10 Aug 1775 before Adrian Mayer. Recorded 26 Oct 1775. 

Notes: Allison Surname in Amherst Co Va.

5. JOHN L. COTTRILL (THOMAS3, THOMAS2, RICHARD1) was born 1743 in Northumberland County, Virginia or Henrico County, Virginia, and died in Tennessee or Northumberland County, Virginia or Henrico County, Virginia. He married

(1) MARTHA PRYOR,1ST WIFE Abt. 1764 in Northumberland County, Virginia or Henrico County, Virginia. She was born Abt. 1747 in Henrico County, Virginia, and died Abt. 1789 in Tennessee. He married

(2) MARY PEARSON,2ND WIFE Abt. 1789 in Northumberland County, Virginia. She was born Abt. 1749 in Northumberland County, Virginia, and died in Northumberland County, Virginia or Henrico County, Virginia.

Notes for JOHN L. COTTRILL:

1782 Tax List

John Cottrell

Northumberland Co, VA

History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin,

O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 624. [Scott County] [Stamping Ground Precinct]

JOHN L. COTRELL, farmer; P. O. Minorsville. Thomas, the father of this gentleman, was born in Virginia where he received his education, in 1801 he emigrated to Green County, Ohio, and soon afterward removed to Miami County, where he remained engaged in the milling business to the time of his death, which occurred in 1840, being sixty years of age.

His wife, the mother of our subject, was born in Culpepper [six] County, Va., and removed to

Green County, Ohio, about 1800, where she was married; she died in Miami County in 1835,

aged 35 years.

They were the parents of five children, our subject being the second child. He was born in Greene County, Ohio, April 3,1815,where he remained, receiving such an education

as the common schools of that county afforded. In 1835 he removed to Marion County, Ind., and in 1840 removed to Scott County, Ky., his present residence. He has during his life been a hard-working and industrious farmer, and by his honesty, industry and economy has succeeded in accumulating a good property; his is the owner of 350 acres of land, and is now one of Scott County's Magistrates, having held the office for eight years, to the entire satisfaction

of all.

In 1839, in Scott County, he married Mrs. Sarah E. Nelson, a native of Fayette County, and the daughter of John and Lucy (Sinclair) Reding; she was born in 1822.

They have been blessed with fifteen children, thirteen of whom are now living, viz:

Zerilda, James, Maria, Thomas, Benjamin F., Alvin, Alice, John S., Joseph, Stephen D., Willis,

Millie A. and Sally. Mrs. Cotrell and family are members of the Christi

Children of JOHN COTTRILL and MARTHA PRYOR are:

i. MARLANN5 COTTRILL, b. 1764, Henrico County, Virginia.

8. ii. SAMUEL 'LEMUEL' COTTRILL, b. 1765, Henrico County, Virginia Was in Hawkins County, Tennessee & Wilkes County, North Carolina after the War of Independence the Revolutionary War to Greene County, Ohio; d. Greene County, Ohio.

iii. MARY A. COTTRILL, b. Abt. 1767, Northumberland County, Virginia.

iv. JOHN COTTRILL, b. Abt. 1770.

v. PRYOR COTTRILL, b. 1776, Henrico County, Virginia.

vi. THOMAS COTTRILL, b. 1780, Henrico County, Virginia.

9. vii. HYRAM 'HIRAM' COTTRILL, b. 1784, Henrico County, Virginia Was in Hawkins County, Tennessee & Wilkes County, North Carolina after the War of Independence the Revolutionary War to Greene County, Ohio; d. Greene County, Ohio.

Child of JOHN COTTRILL and MARY PEARSON is:

10. viii. DANIEL5 COTTRILL, b. 1790, Tennessee; d. Aft. 1830, Chester, Clinton County, Ohio.

6. JAMES4 COTTRILL,SR. (THOMAS3, THOMAS2, RICHARD1) was born October 14, 1748 in Albemarle County, Virginia, and died Abt. 1843 in Jackson Township, Pike County, Ohio. He married LYDA CASH 1769 in Virginia. She was born 1752 in Albemarle County, Virginia, and died in Jackson Township, Pike County, Ohio.

Children of JAMES COTTRILL and LYDA CASH are:

11. i. JAMES5 COTTRILL,JR., b. 1770, Albemarle County, Virginia; d. Abt. 1840, Virginia.

ii. ANNA COTTRILL, b. 1775.

iii. SUSAN COTTRILL, b. 1778.

iv. ELIZABETH COTTRILL, b. 1783.

v. SARAH COTTRILL, b. 1787.

vi. THOMAS COTTRILL, b. 1789.

vii. STEPHEN COTTRILL, b. 1793.

MARTHA PRYOR,

MARY PEARSON,

LYDA CASH

Lydia Cash Death: 1821 in Bedford County, Virginia is reported daughter of Stephen Cash Death: 17 JUN 1799 in Amherst County, Virginia and wife Jemima Grinning:

Generation No. 5

Stephen Cash

Notes: In 1799 A Stephen Cash died in Amherst Co Va.

Jemima Grinning

7. JOHN COTTRILL (THOMAS4, THOMAS3, THOMAS2, RICHARD1) was born Abt. 1769 in Amherst County, Virginia, and died in Wilkes County, North Carolina. He married UNKNOWN Abt. 1790 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. She was born Abt. 1773 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, and died in Wilkes County, North Carolina.

Children of JOHN COTTRILL and UNKNOWN are:

12. i. RICHARD COTTRELL6 COTTRILL, b. Abt. 1791, Wilkes County, North Carolina; d. Abt. 1859, Blount County, Tennessee.

ii. WILLIAM COTTRILL, b. Abt. 1793, Wilkes County, North Carolina.

iii. ELIZABETH COTTRILL, b. Abt. 1795, Wilkes County, North Carolina.

13. iv. THOMAS COTTRILL, b. Abt. 1797, Wilkes County, North Carolina.

14. v. JOSHUA L. COTTRILL, b. Abt. 1801, Wilkes County, North Carolina.

15. vi. JACOB COTTRILL, b. Abt. 1803, Wilkes County, North Carolina.

vii. SARAH COTTRILL, b. Abt. 1805, Wilkes County, North Carolina.

viii. JANE COTTRILL, b. Abt. 1807, Wilkes County, North Carolina.

8. SAMUEL LEMUEL COTTRILL, MINISTER (JOHN L.4, THOMAS3, THOMAS2, RICHARD1) was born 1765 in Henrico County, Virginia Was in Hawkins County, Tennessee & Wilkes County, North Carolina after the War of Independence the Revolutionary War to Greene County, Ohio, and died in Greene County, Ohio. He married He married

(1) CATHERINE REEVES 1815 in Greene County, Ohio, daughter of ASHER REEVES and UNKNOWN. She was born Abt. 1785 in Greene County, Ohio, and died in Greene County, Ohio.

Notes for SAMUEL LEMUEL COTTRILL:

1820 Census; Beaver Creek, Greene County, Ohio

Lemuel Cottrell4 males property or land tax lists for Rowan CO NC.   Oh, by the way, the personal estate of John Stewart was very small.   Hannah Boone Stewart, relict of John then marries Richard Pennington, see Wilkes CO NC census for 1790.  Most of all of her daughters with John Stewart marry, and if my memory serves me right, the OSBOURNE family intermarried with her daughter´s. Do not confuse this Osbourne line with the one from Henrico CO. They were from New Jersey.  It is still very much up in the air as to if Hannah and John Stewart had a son, like I said all the Boone researchers say, only daughters.  I don´t know who this John Stewart was, where he came from etc. nor do I know if he had siblings in Rowan CO. It is a very elusive line to research. He may have come down from PA, as many did from Rowan CO NC. 

> As for the Ward line, yes, they intermarried at least 3 times with Stewart´s , going back to either very late 1600´s or early 1700´s, before 1710.   John Stewart and Susanna Tanner did have a daughter named Selah/Celia who married Benjamin Ward, half brother of Daniel Ward of Franklin CO VA.  Benj Ward and wife did move to what became Ashe or Watuaga CO NC by abt 1774 or 1775, they lived in the wilderness as this area was not populated by many white folks at this time.  Selah Ward Stewart had a sister named Mary Bomwan Stewart that married a Dr Ward and lived in TN, no issue from this marriage that I am aware of.   If you need more info on this Ward line in TN, I would contact Charles Ward, I have his email address if you need it. He is a very good WARD researcher and we have worked together before unraveling the Stewart lines.  I also have email address of the people from the William Boone Stewart line, but in my

> humble opinion, they have not researched Rowan CO NC, only KY .  I know William Boone Stewart did have a son named James Stewart that married Tabitha BRAINE in KY.  I am going on memory here, so some things my be a bit off.  One other thing, I don't think John Stewart "did much writing" in Rowan Co, that´s why there is little to nothing on his presence there. I believe his time was spent as a long hunter and explorer with the Boone family and others.  You are aware that Daniel Boone and family did live for a time in VA right? I believe it may have been the Frederick CO VA area of Shenandoah Valley.

> Teresa

>

> --- On Sat, 6/12/10, Tony Johnson wrote:

> Teresa From: lilliebelle3@

Notes: Yadkin River Baptist Church is where Thomas Fields was the recorder prior to the arrival of the Boones

Notes: The Wards, Hatcher, Tanner families all connect back to Wards Creek and are very intermarried: Of Note Ben Hatcher Sr. and Jr witnessed the will of John Watson in 1707 Henrico Co Va. John Watson is the father in law of Michael Johnson died 1718 on Tuckahoe Creek and Matching DNA to mine and Pegs Hudson Johnson of Barton’s Creek.

ANNA CURTIS is believed to have been born in 1771 to Joshua Curtis and Mary Sarah Clark of Wilkes County, NC. She is believed to have married DANIEL WARD, son of Benjamin and Selah Stewart Ward of Ashe County, NC, circa 1800, though no clear proof has been found to date though this researcher continues to search for one. Anna had eight children and forty-nine grandchildren. She spent her final years with her daughter, Phebe Ward Shull, and probably died 1850-1860 at Watauga County, NC.

Lennis Isaacs wrote in These My People - Wards of Watauga County the following: Daniel Ward: It is not known for sure but tradition has it that DANIEL WARD married ANNA CURTIS. This may well be true for there was a family of Curtiss' living here about that time. DANIEL moved to Powells Valley, according to the way LUTHER WARD remembered hearing his history, and made an herb doctor and lived to be 110 years old. He had a daughter, PHOEBE WARAD, that married PHILLIP SHULL and it may be that DANIEL came back to Watauga to live when he was old as some records show that DANIEL was in Watauga in 1850 and was 80 years old at that time."

A true list of Tax Payers in Wilkes County, 1797 by Ezekial Baird (from New River Notes)

Curtice, David 1797 1 Poll 630 acres

Custice, Joshua, Sr. 1797 1 Poll

Curtice, Samuel 1797 1 Poll

Ward, Benjamin 1797 1 Poll 333 acres

Ward, Joshua 1797

In 1810 DANIEL WARD was enumerated in Ashe County, North Carolina with 3 male children under age 10 born 1800-1810. Daniel was age 26-45 (born 1765-1844). Two female children under age 10 are in the household, and an adult female age 26-45. [Census Records, Ashe Co., NC, 1810] The adult female is probably his wife, ANNA CURTIS, daughter of JOSHUA CURTIS and MARY SARAH CLARK of Wilkes County, North Carolina. No marriage record has been found to date for Anna Curtis and Daniel Ward by this researcher.

NSDAR records for Joshua Curtis indicate that he had a daughter Anna Curtis who married a Mr. Ward. Family tradition supports that the Mr. Ward was Daniel Ward. In 1850 Anna Ward is enumerated with Daniel Ward's daughter, Phebe Shull, in Watauga County, North Carolina.] Joshua Curtis is a documented citizen of Wilkes County, North Carolina and a patriot of the American Revolution. His son, Samuel Curtis, lived near the Ward family in Ashe County.

In 1830 Daniel Ward sold land in Carter County, Tennessee to his son-in-law, Phillip Shull, with the stipulation that if either of his sons, John or William Ward, desired to repurchase the land when attaining age twenty-one that they would have the right to do so. Daniel Ward removed to Lee County, Virginia with his sons, Samuel, William, and daughter, Celia. Between 1840 and 1845 DANIEL WARD removed to Lee County, Virginia to live with his son, WILLIAM WARD, along with daughter, CELIA WARD. Anna Ward is not believed to have accompanied DANIEL, SAMUEL, WILLIAM, and CELIA WARD to Virginia. She presumably removed to Watauga County, NC to live with her daughter, Phebe Ward Shull, for reasons unknown at this time.

Notes: Lee County is a border County of Hawkins Co. Tn

ANNA WARD was found in the household of PHILIP and PHEBE SHULL on 3 October 1850 as indicated in the US Census for Watauga, Watauga County, NC that lists PHILLIP and PHEBE SHULL as residents in Household # 519 on page 71 as follows: PHILLIP SHULL, age 53, born 1797, NC, farmer with $1500 real property; PHEBE SHULL, age 48, born 1802, NC; MATILDA SHULL, age 26, born 1824, TN; THOMAS SHULL, age 22, born 1828, farmer with $100, born in TN; RODA SHULL, age 20, born 1830, TN; TEMPERANCE SHULL, age 19, born 1831, TN; SARAH SHULL, age 16, born 1834, TN; WILLIAM SHULL, age 16, born 1834, TN; CAROLINE SHULL, age 12, born 1838, NC; SIMON SHULL, age 9, born 1841, NC; JOSEPH SHULL, age 8, born 1842, NC; SOPHINA SHULL, age 4, born 1846, NC; and ANNA WARD, age 78, born 1772, NC, she could not read nor write. (No relations were given in this census record.)

ANNA WARD was not found in the 1860 US Census Records in Watauga, North Carolina, nor was she living with DANIEL WARD, SAMUEL WARD, WILLIAM WARD, or CELIA WARD in Lee County, Virginia according to census records in both counties, nor was she found living with any of her other children.

A family history of JOSHUA CURTIS of Wilkes County, North Carolina indicate that he was married to MARY SARAH CLARK (parents unknown). Joshua and his wife raised a large family in Wilkes County. Joshua Curtis removed from Wilkes County, North Carolina to Davidson County, North Carolina where he died in 1818. Joshua served as a Naval Officer, Ensign, and Lieutenant in the American Revolution according to NSDAR records. He had a large family: William Curtis married Edy Cottrell; Rebecca Curtis married Mr. Cottrell; Rachel Curtis; Mary "Polly" Curtis; Samuel Curtis married Susannah Cottrell (of Wilkes County, NC); Joshua Curtis, Jr. md Nancy Cottrell (removed to Indiana); Nancy Curtis md John Henry Stonecipher; Phoebe Curtis md Samuel Stonecipher; Susanna Curtis (died at Marion County, Kentucky) md Ezra Stonecipher (died at Illinois). The NSDAR records indicate that his daughter, ANNA CURTIS, married MR. WARD. The family history cited in the Heritage of Wilkes County confirms this information. However, the NSDAR disputes certain parts of this record.

Anna Curtis Ward is probably buried in Watauga County, North Carolina near her daughter, Phebe, and her family. DANIEL WARD in 1877 died at Rocky Station, Lee County, Virginia in the home of son, SAMUEL WARD, and was buried in what is now known as the Ward-Lawson Cemetery above present-Stickleyville on the SAMUEL WARD homeplace. His gravestone has been destroyed. Their 5th-great-granddaughter, Brenda Keck Reed, had a memorial stone crafted and placed in the Jonathan Ward Cemetery in his memory.

Nancy Curtis b: ABT 1766 in Ashe Co., NC reported to have married John Henry STONECIPHER , Jr In 1786 JOHN HENRY STONESIFER is listed in the Wilkes County, NC Tax List as having 1 poll and 640 acres of land. [Lenoir Family Papers # 426] reported son of John Henry STONECIPHER Also Married: 27 AUG 1781 in Wilkes Co., NC Elower BURCK

Phoebe Curtis b: ABT 1768 in Ashe Co., NC reported to have married Samuel STONECIPHER 11 OCT 1783 in Lewis Fork, Wilkes Co., NC Death: 26 AUG 1879 in Crooked Fork, Morgan Co., TN reported son of Joseph Marion STONECIPHER Birth: ABT 1760 in Culpeper Co., VA Death: 30 JUL 1847 in Morgan Co., TN reported wife is Salome ROSE Birth: 1 MAY 1784 in Buffalo Cove, Wilkes Co., NC Death: AFT 1847 in Morgan Co., TN Grandson of Johannes Henrick STINECIPHER and wife Ellen DORTCH

Susan Curtis b: 1 MAY 1784 in NC Death: 2 SEP 1803 in Marion Co., IL or Death: AFT 1840 in Morgan Co., TN married Ezra B. STONECIPHER Death: 1838 in Hopkinsville, Christian Co., KY

Rachel Curtis b: ABT 1786 in Ashe Co., NC Fact Never married.

Mary Curtis b: ABT 1788 in Ashe Co., NC Event: Fact Never married.

Notyes: This Curtis family is a DNA Match to Descendants of Eli Thomas Curtis of Humphrey’s Co Tn

Bridle Way

Notes; See above Bridle Way is associated with Warrior Gap, Rev. William Dodson Formed the Primitive Baptist Church on Warriors Creek- Warriors Gap. His family of Elijah Dodson will be found in 1837 living on Hurricane Creek of Humphreys Co. Tn. Where the matching DNA of Eli Thomas Curtis Lived, and Elijah Dodson and wife Sarah Dotson-Dodson lived 7 places from my Ann Johnson widow of John Johnson son of Hudson Johnson and wife Agness of Barton’s Creek, Dickson Co Tn.

Cove, Wilkes Co, NC

True List of Tax Payers by Ezekiel Baird

11-44: 21 May 1786, Elizabeth Denmam to Brarzilla Baird, both Rowan Co. NC, £235, 291-1/2 acres on both sides Pott's Creek adj. Henry Sloan's corner and line, part of grant to Elizabeth Denman; wit. Ezekiel Baird, William Denham; rec. on oath of William Denham Aug. 1787. (FHL film 313,547) (MAD: not Duncan)

State of North Carolina Ashe County At a county court begun and held for the county of Ashe on the Second Monday being the 8th day of May, A. D. 1809Present

Nathan Horton

Ezekiel Baird, Esqr

Elijah Pope

Ezekiel Baird was the son of John Baird,(John b 1665 in Scotland, came over on"Caledonia" in 1683, settled in the Jerseys). Ezekiel's brothers were Bedent, William, Samual, Abidiah, Borzilla and Jonathan. Ezekiel's mother was Mary Bedent. Before Ezekiel's father married Mary Bedent, he was married to Mary Hall; they had 3 sons: David, Andrew and Zebulon. Ezekiel married Sarah Susanna Blodgett and they had 2 sons: William, who went west and was lost track of, and Bedent E. Baird who is my gggg grandfather. Contact me for more info if you'd like.

Rowan Co., NC on Nov. 3 1764 Land records indicate the move occurred by 1764 because Gideon Johnson is shown as a resident of Rowan Co., NC on Nov. 3 1764 when he sold his home place of 249 acres on Saylor's Creek to Col. Thomas Tabb of Amelia Ashley Johnson and John Johnson Jr. as witnesses. (A deed disposing of the Lunenberg Co. land has not been located.)

1764-1765 Quaker MM’s sending people to Deep Creek MM

Caroline Meeting sent between 1764-65: Joseph Hoggatt, Jeams and Talton Johnson, William Lane, Joseph Sanders, John Sanders, Jr., Strangeman, Nathan and Zacharias Stanley. Anthony Hoggatt and wife transferred from Camp Creek in Va.

#1765

1765 Rowan County James Lankford purchased land in 1765 along Fagg's Creek

Generously contributed by: Marlene Shake

Source:  Land Map of Stokes County, North Carolina dated 1790. 

The Custom House put this together - 1977 date. Stokes Co., NC Historical Documentation. 

Lists 1790 tax listings. Colonial Roads, Indian Trails, Landgrants and various other records are posted on this map. It is like a plat, showing names of land owners and where the land was located.

Sarah Mills (b 8/17/1745 Va, m Tarleton Johnson 3/7/1765 at Deep River MM) In 1765 Deep River is in Rowan Co. NC

1807 August 4, Absalom Johnson, Tarleton Johnson and Isaac Johnson deed to Howell Lewis for land which was not willed by their father, James Johnson, decd., p. 120 Deed Book T Granville County, North Carolina 1806-1810

Notes: Henry MILLS was born 23 9th month 1720. He died 10 10th month 1810 at age 90 years according to the records of Center MM, NC. He married about 1740 probably at Hopewell MM, VA to Hannah THORNBURG (1725-1791) the daughter of Walter Thornburg. Their children included: Moses; Sarah m. Tarlton Johnson; Margaret; Aaron m. Charity Mendenhall; Hannah m. Manlove Wheeler; Hur; Charity m. Samuel Hoggatt; Joshua; Ruth m. James Johnson; Rebecca and Rachel.

Hannah THORNBURG born Abt. 1725; died March 27, 1791 in Guilford CO, N.C. She was the daughter of 106. Walter THORNBURGH and 107. Margaret BEESON.

Children of Henry MILLS and Hannah THORNBURG are:

i. Moses Mills, born November 04, 1743 in recorded in New Garden MM, N.C.; died August 1759 in recorded in New Garden MM, N.C.

ii. Sarah Mills, born August 17, 1745 in recorded in New Garden MM, N.C.; died November 01, 1825; married Tarlton Johnson March 17, 1765; born Abt. 1740; died May 05, 1821.

iii. Margaret Mills, born October 27, 1747 in recorded in New Garden MM, N.C.; died October 1759 in recorded in New Garden MM, N.C.

(Source: Paul Mills, Mills Family History: Quakers and Other Early Arrivals, (Compiled by Paul Mills).),

HUSBAND: James JOHNSON,

Birth date: 1763

Birthplace: St Peters Parish, New Kent Co, VA

Death date: Aft 1800

Place of death: Webster, Wayne Co, IN

Burial date:

Burial place: Webster, Wayne Co, IN

Other Spouse:

Father: Tarlton JOHNSON,

Mother: Sarah MILLS,

Marriage date: 27 Jan 1780

Marriage place: Deep River, Guilford Co, NC

WIFE: Ruth MILLS,

Birth date: 8  Sep 1763

Birthplace: Guilford Co, NC

Death date: Jun 1801

Place of death: Wayne Co, IN

Burial date: 1801

Burial place: Wayne Co, IN

Other Spouse:

Father: Henry MILLS,

Mother: Hannah THORNBURGH, Submitted by: Shirley Jackson at saj17@



By 1765 Col. Charles Ellis PERKINS   family was living in Rowan Co, NC that part that became Gulliford Co., and in 1785 Rockingham Co.

1739 MAR 26 born Peter Perkins died 1813: He is reported to been born on Tuckahoe Creek, Henrico Co. Father Nicholas Perkins and Betinia Hardin

Other Children of Nicholas Perkins and Betinia Hardin

26 MAR 1742 Tuckahoe Creek, Henrico Co., VA born Charles Perkins

7 JUL 1745 Tuckahoe Creek, Henrico Co., VA born Nicholas Perkins

20 NOV 1747 Tuckahoe Creek, Henrico Co., VA: Born Constatine Perkins

9 AUG 1752 Goochland Co., VA: Born Anne Perkins

3 MAY 1757 Halifax Co., VA Thomas Hardin Perkins



1)  Col. Peter PERKINS was born 26 Mar 1739 in Goochland County, VA. He died 12 Feb 1813 in Williamson County, TN.  Peter Perkins was an ardent patriot and during the Revolutionary War served first as a captain and later as colonel of the Pittsylvania County, Virginia Militia.  He also threw open his home, Berry Hill, to be used as a military hospital after the Battle of Guilford Court House, not so far away.   Peter married Agnes WILSON, daughter of Peter WILSON "The Immigrant" and Alcey, about 1760.    from 1783 to 1788, Peter and his brother Constantine Perkins owned the Troublesome Creek Ironworks in Rockingham County, N.C. Later, about 1795, Peter Perkins moved to Stokes County, N.C., and around 1805 or 1806, to Tennessee. Peter Perkins and his wife, Agnes Wilson, had one child, Alcey (1766-1814), who married the second son of Robert Hairston (d. 1783) and Ruth Stoval (d. 1808)

2) Bethenia PERKINS * was born 7 Jul 1743 in Goochland, Virginia. She died 1809 in Stokes County, NC.   She married  Absalom Bostick, who was one of Stokes County's most active early settlers. He was country treasurer, justice of the peace, tax lister, member of the House of Commons (1790-1795) from Stokes County. Before Stokes was created, from Surry County in 1798, he represented Surry County at the Hillsborough Convention in 1788 and at Fayetteville in 1789.   Their plantation in Stokes County was named “Shoebuckle.”    (Read more about Bethenia and Absalom  on the Bostick page.)

Col. Charles Ellis PERKINS  was born 6 Mar 1742/1743 in Goochland County, VA. He died about 1780 in Guilford Co.(Now Rockingham), North Carolina.   Charles married Mary TATE on 11 Aug 1760 in Pittsylvania Co., VA.   By 1765 the family was living in Rowan Co, NC that part that became Gulliford Co., and in 1785 Rockingham Co.. There are references in the Gulliford Co. deeds that indicate that Charles and Mary (Tate) Perkins lived on a portion of his father-in-law’s tract on land on Beaver Island Creek before moving to VA. The obituary of their third child Nicholas Tate Perkins, states that he was born in Gulliford Co., Dec of 1767 and moved at the age of ten (abt. 1777) to Pittsylvania Co., VA.  

Charles and Mary had  the following children:      

1)   Ella (dau of Charles) PERKINS (b.Abt 1763 d.1831) -  sp: Stephen LYON (m.11 Dec 1782)    

2) . Mary PERKINS  (b.1 Aug 1774-Gulliford Co.,NC d.1857-Christain Co.,KY.) - sp: (Mr.) KING   

3) . Anna PERKINS  (b.28 Jul 1765)  sp: James WALKER   

4) Nicholas Tate PERKINS  (b.29 Dec 1767-Rowan Co/Stokes Co.,NC d.6 Aug 1843)  sp: Ann PERKINS (b.10 Aug 1770 d.7 Jul 1839),   

5) Bethenia Hardin (dau of Charles) PERKINS  (b.1 Aug 1770-Rowan Co/Stokes Co.,NC d.17 Jul 1812)  sp: James SNEED (b.29 Dec 1764 d.20 Sep 1853)  6)  Micajah/Maaca PERKINS  (b.1 Jun 1772 d.1852-Tuscaloosa,AL),  sp: James MARLOW,  

7)  Elizabeth PERKINS  (b.26 Feb 1776-Gulliford Co.,NC) sp: Israel ROBINSON,  

8) Charles PERKINS (b.13 Mar 1778-Virginia d.14 Feb 1813-Stokes Co.,NC)

4)  Nicholas, Jr. PERKINS was born 7 Jul 1745 in Goochland County, VA. He died 8 Dec 1800 in Davidson County, TN.   Nicholas, married Leah PRYOR, daughter of John Henry PRYOR and Martha Gaines, on 26 Aug 1765. Leah was born 20 Nov 1747. She died 8 Feb 1810.  Their children were:     

1)  Maj. Nicholas (III) "BigBee" PERKINS (b.14 Mar 1779 d.6 Jan 1848-TN)  | sp: Mary Hardin PERKINS (b.1794 d.23 Apr 1840-Williamson Co.,Tn)  

2) Ann PERKINS (b.10 Aug 1770 d.7 Jul 1839)   | sp: Nicholas Tate PERKINS  (b.29 Dec 1767-Rowan Co/Stokes Co.,NC d.6 Aug 1843)   

3)  John Pryor PERKINS (b.Circa 1765-Perkins Ferry,Halifax County,Virginia) | sp: Elizabeth Camp HARRIS (m.25 Jun 1795)   

4)   Margaret (dau of Nicholas & Leah Pryor) PERKINS   

5)  Agatha PERKINS,  

6)  Elizabeth (dau of Nicholas & Leah Pryor) PERKINS,  

7) Constantine (son of Nicholas & Leah Pryor) PERKINS,

 8)  Peter (son of Nicholas & Leah Pryor) PERKINS,  

9)  Bethenia (dau of Nicholas & Leah Pryor) PERKINS,  

10)   Sarah PERKINS

Special Note:    Maj. Nicholas “BigBee” Perkins (pdf) was involved in the arrest Vice President Aaron Burr:   It’s a very interesting story!    I don’t know the names of all of his children.   

5) Maj. Constantine PERKINS was born 20 Nov 1747 in Goochland County, VA. He died about 1790 in Pittsylvania Co., VA.  “Bachelor’s Hall” was the home of Constant Perkins.  His land grant here was for 639 acres in 1770.  He ran a store here on the Berry Hill Road.  He was a major in the militia.   Peter and his brother Constantine Perkins owned the Troublesome Creek Ironworks in Rockingham County, N.C.   Constantine married Agatha MARR, daughter of Gideon and Sarah Miller Marr.

6)  Susannah PERKINS was born 20 May 1750 in Goochland County, VA. She died about 1815.   I show she had 3 husbands:   Susannah married

(1) Green PRYOR.  Susannah also married

(2) John Miller Marr (son of Alexander) MARR.   Susannah also married

(3) Col. Thomas (son of John & Dorothy Edwards) HARDEMAN. Thomas was born 8 Jan 1750. He died 3 Jun 1833.

7)   Anna G. PERKINS "Annie" was born 9 Aug 1752 in Goochland County, VA. She died 20 May 1829 in Henry County, VA.  Annie married Joseph H. SCALES on 8 Jan 1771.

8) Mary Hardin PERKINS was born 6 Aug 1754 in Goochland County, VA. She died 24 May 1798 in Davidson County, TN.   Mary married Col. Thomas HARDEMAN. (son of John & Dorothy Edwards Hardeman) Thomas was born 8 Jan 1750. He died 3 Jun 1833.

8) Lt.  Thomas Hardin PERKINS was born 3 May 1757 in Halifax County, VA. He died 15 Nov 1838 in Williamson County, TN.   Thomas Hardin Perkins built "Meeting of the Waters" in Williamson County, TN.   Ridley Wills, II and his wife, Irene, lived in this home.  As stated in the book, "Old Enough To Die" by Ridley Wills II:   The “home built between 1800 and 1809 by Thomas Hardin Perkins, a brother of Bethenia Perkins Bostick.  She was the wife of Absalom Bostick and the mother of John Bostick, who came to Williamson County about the time his uncle completed Meeting of the Waters.”   Thomas Harden Perkins (1757-1838) lived east of his father.  His father died when he was only five years old and left his half the home tract on the south side of the river.  In 1776, he was an ensign in the militia.  He later followed his brothers to Williamson County, Tennessee.   Thomas married (1) Mary Magdalena O'NEAL. Mary was born 4 Mar 1763. She died 28 Oct 1835 in Davidson County, TN   Thomas also married (2) Rachel TATE. Rachel died 24 Feb 1838 in near Clarksville, TN.

9)  Elizabeth PERKINS was born 1 May 1759 in Halifax County, VA. She died 7 Jan 1818.   Elizabeth married (1) Capt. William (son of Giles & Hannah Hughes) LETCHER, son of Giles LETCHER and Hannah HUGHES, on 20 Nov 1778 in Pittsylvania Co., VA. William died 2 Aug 1780 from /was murdered during Revolutionary War by a Tory.   Elizabeth also married (2) Col. George (son of Robert & Ruth Stovall) HAIRSTON, son of Robert HAIRSTON and Ruth STOVALL. George was born 1750. He died 1827 in Henry Co., VA.   George was a Captain in Col. Penn's Regiment in 1781. He later commanded the 3rd., 4th., 5th., and 6th. Virginia and 36th. North Carolina Regiments and was acting Brigadier General in the War of 1812.

1765 Gideon Johnson received an Original Land Grant six miles west of Wentworth NC: That same year his daughter Elizabeth Johnson married James Wray.

March 19, 1765, Gideon Johnson bought 250 acres on the south side of the Dan River from Peter and Agnes Wilson Perkins of Pittsylvania Co., VA for 120 pounds of English money.

1765 Rowan Co., NC records show Gideon Johnson witnessed a land deed from Perkins to Joel Warren, a distant relative of Ursula Allin Johnson, for 125 pounds VA money to sell 250 acres on the south side of the Dan River on the same day that Gideon Johnson bought his farm. Gideon Johnson's neighbors were James Gates and James Presnell of Orange Co., NC, who also bought land from Peter and Agnes Perkins in 1768.

1765 abt born Rowan Co. NC Catherine Hill; 1783 July 10 Married to Winkfield Shropshire in Surry Co. NC

1788 Born James Henry Shropshire Guilford County, Nc died 1859 in Yell County, Arkansas Married: 17 Dec 1805 in Greene County, Georgia to Sarah Eva “Sally” Henley 2nd wife or first Elizabeth Coalson

Children

1820 Nancy Shropshire in FRANKLIN CO. TN

1821 Sarah “Sally Eva Shropshire in Mississippi

1822 April 27 John M. Shropshire Monre Co. Mississippi

1825 William Shropshire born in Ten.

1833 June James Wesley Shropshire born in Tn

Notes: James Henry Shropshire is the son of Winkfield Shropshire abt 1761 Guilford Co. NC and Catherine Hill born 1765 in Rowan County NC: Married: 1783-07-10 in ,Surry, North Carolina, USA

Winkfield Shropshire died in Franklin Co. Tn. is the son of Winkfield Shropshire abt 1725 died 1798 in Oglethorpe,, Georgia, and Jane Jones born in Rowan Co. NC. She died 1834 in Franklin Co. NC

Notes: This is incorrect as Guilford Co. NC formed in 1770 from Orange and Rowan Co. NC,

Researcehrs Notes: This is the Uncle of Joel Shropshire married to Mary Polly Johnson daughter of Hudson Johnson and wife Agnes born 1740-50 died 1843 Dickson Co Tn on Bartons Creek

Notes: Catherine Hill

Notes: Jane Jones

1765 JOHN PILLOW was born in 1745 in Amelia Co., VA. He moved with the Gideon Johnson family to Rowan Co., NC, in 1765 and he married Ursula Johnson, daughter of Gideon Johnson.

In 1775, the farm became a part of GUILFORD Co.

In 1779, JOHN PILLOW bought a farm on Whetstone Creek.

In 1785, his farm was in Rockingham Co. He did not move,

the county line moved! Al Metts ametts@ 

 

1810 Era: William Allen Johnson arrived Williamson Co Tn his brother Abner Johnson and Sister Ursula Pillow are already living in the area. In 1812 the are on Fountain Creek and in 1823 William Allen Johnson is on the Tax Rolls.

William Allen Johnson was born 1749 Dec 27 and died 1830 Feb 8: He was married to 1773 March 4 to Sarah McLaren daughter of Daniel McClaren of thedan River, lands in Guilford NC and Rockingham NC.

Eliza Jane Pillow born 1823 Tn married Williamson Collier

1784 Jasper Pillow, the ancestor of the family, emigrated from England and settled in the colony of Virginia, about 1740. He had three sons, John, Jasper and William, all of whom were soldiers in the Revolutionary war, and continued in the service to its glorious termination, at Yorktown.

John Pillow emigrated to Cumberland in 1784. His wife was Miss Johnston, whose five brothers were soldiers of 1776. John Pillow settled near Nashville, where, with his two sons, William Pillow and Gideon Pillow, he encountered all the hardships, and perils, and privations of frontier life, and a constant conflict with the various Indian tribes, which, to the close of his life, infested and devastated the country.

Gideon Pillow, the father of Gen. Gideon J. Pillow, late of the United States Army, in Mexico, was an active soldier in the expedition against Nickajack, and swam the Tennessee River in the celebrated capture of that Indian fortress.

In the further Annals of Tennessee, Col. William Pillow will be frequently mentioned as a gallant officer under Gen. Jackson, at Taladega, and as a quiet, unobtrusive citizen, as amiable in private life as he was vigilant in camp and courageous in battle.

Nickajack and Running Water Towns, were the principal crossing places for the Creeks in their war excursions over



Jasper Pillow

Gideon Pillow

William Pillow

In the further Annals of Tennessee, Col. William Pillow will be frequently mentioned as a gallant officer under Gen. Jackson, at Taladega, and as a quiet, unobtrusive citizen, as amiable in private life as he was vigilant in camp and courageous in battle.

Pillow Families

1745 ERA JOHN PILLOW was born in in Amelia Co., VA.

He moved with the Gideon Johnson family to Rowan Co., NC,

in 1765 and he married Ursula Johnson, daughter of Gideon Johnson.

In 1775, the farm became a part of GUILFORD Co.

In 1779, JOHN PILLOW bought a farm on Whetstone Creek.

In 1785, his farm was in Rockingham Co. He did not move,

the county line moved! Al Metts ametts@ 

 

Eliza Jane Pillow born 1823 Tn married Williamson Collier

1771 Apr 16 William Dearen on sold 83 acres of land for 10 pounds on branches of Walnut Branch and Sand Creek to William Pillow adjoining the land of Aaron League, James League, William Mullins, Obediah Hendrick, Stephen Johnson and John Singleton. Witnesses to deed were John Jesse, William Mullins and Jasper Pillow. (Amelia Co., VA Deed BK 11 page 320)

Walnut Branch of Flat Creek which is in Southwest Amelia County near Nottoway County and Prince Edward

1778 Jan 22: John Singleton, of Amelia Co. Va to Isam Johnson of same, in consideration of 125 pounds for 125 acres in Amelia CO. on Head of Sandy Creek, adj. lines of Pillow, Stephen Johnson, Thomas Lester and crossing the main road from Prides to Beg. Deed Book 13 pg 261 Amelia Co: 

1778 June 25 in Consideration of 50 pounds for 50 acres in Amelia Co. adj. lines of John Dearin and Garrad ( garret?) Johnson south fork of Sandy Creek north fork of Sandy Creek and line of Isham Johnson: Witness John Balby, William Pillow, Augustine Bedell, Amelia CO. Deed Bk 14 Pg 366

1780 April 22: Isham Johnson and Ann his wife of Amelia Co. to Thomas Cardwell of same in consideration of 1200 pounds 125 acre reserving to Avis SIngleton her dower rights during her natural life. Land in Amelia Co. on Sandy Creek adj. lines of Pillow, Stephen Johnson, Thomas Holt, Thomas Lester the Creek and huckleberry pod crossing main road from Prides to beggining.: Amelia Co. Deed Bk 16 page 307

1787 March 13: Virginia Tax list B taken on 3-13 is listed Claiborne Foster, Robert Foster, James Hurt, William Jackson, John Johnson, John Johnson Jr, William Kennon, Robert Ligon, Benja Meadows, Joseph Nobles, Obadiah Nunnally, Thomas Osborne, William Pillow, Nicholas Vaughan, William Ward;



The First Families on Blue Creek have connections right back to the Gideon Johnson families of Dan River. These would be the Pillow Families and Abner Johnson either the brother or son of Gideon Johnson.

 

Where Gideon Johnson owned lands at is a disputed area between NC and Va.

The Smith Irvine River, Where we find the Murrells on Muster Creek and Our Hudson Johnson on Buffalo Creek these creeks will flow into this area of the Dan River. 

Now Matrimony Creek is also a Creek flowing out of Henry CO Va into this same Waterway. Matrimony Creek is where we find the Shropshire Families and a few others like the hill familes. Joel Shropshire son Seymore Samier Shropshire his Uncles families are in the first records of Matrimony Primitive Baptist Church.

Joel Shropshire married Marry Polly Johnson daughter of Hudson Johnson and wife Agness, whose off spring are in District 10 as Anne Johnson widow in 1837 by Elijah Dodson of Jeffery Johnson land owner in Stafford Co Va in 1720-1730 ERA.

1778 June 25 in Consideration of 50 pounds for 50 acres in Amelia Co. adj. lines of John Dearin and Garrad ( garret?) Johnson south fork of Sandy Creek north fork of Sandy Creek and line of Isham Johnson: Witness John Balby, William Pillow, Augustine Bedell, Amelia CO. Deed Bk 14 Pg 366

Research Note: Pillow is a Surname related to Gideon Johnston and Degraffenreid with Mary Hollands Research 

1778 Jan 22: John Singleton, of Amelia Co. Va to Isam Johnson of same, in consideration of 125 pounds for 125 acres in Amelia CO. on Head of Sandy Creek, adj. lines of Pillow, Stephen Johnson, Thomas Lester and crossing the main road from Prides to Beg. Deed Book 13 pg 261 Amelia Co: 

Note: Who is researching Isham Johnson: as an Isham Johnson is a known DNA Descendant of Micheal Johnson who died in 1718 of Tuckahoe Creek: Same DNA as Hudson Johnson-Johnston 

1780 April 22: Isham Johnson and Ann his wife of Amelia Co. to Thomas Cardwell of same in consideration of 1200 pounds 125 acre reserving to Avis SIngleton her dower rights during her natural life. Land in Amelia Co. on Sandy Creek adj. lines of Pillow, Stephen Johnson, Thomas Holt, Thomas Lester the Creek and huckleberry pod crossing main road from Prides to beggining.: Amelia Co. Deed Bk 16 page 307 Taken from va waterways

1780 circa Ursula Pillow was born in Whetstone Creek, Guilford (now Rockingham) Co., North Carolina, and died May 1854 in Davidson Co., Tennessee. She married Capt. William Rains on 09 Sep 1795 in Davidson Co., Tennessee, son of John Rains and Christiannah Gowen. He was born circa 1774 in Virginia, and died 09 Jun 1812 in Davidson Co., Tennessee.   Col. William Pillow was the bondsman for this marriage.    The only child I have seen for them was Hance Hamilton Rains. Notes From NC Matrimony Creek Johnson and Allied familes (This is the stronghold of Joel Shropshire married to Mary Polly Johnson daughter of Hudson Johnson and wife Agness)

In the further Annals of Tennessee, Col. William Pillow will be frequently mentioned as a gallant officer under Gen. Jackson, at Taladega, and as a quiet, unobtrusive citizen, as amiable in private life as he was vigilant in camp and courageous in battle.

April 14, 1793 John Rains was commissioned captain of a "company of mounted infantrymen called into service for the protection of the frontier of Mero District," according to Robert Hays, muster master. Capt. Rains wrote the names of the men included in his command. Among the 75 men enrolled for three months service were Sgt. William Pillow and privates William Gowen, John Gowen, John Shute, William Rains.

A John Pillow Sr. was killed by Indians near Nashville in May or June 1793, and his wife declined to administer the estate on July 9; that task fell to son William Pillow.

The Pillow family migrated into northern Williamson Co. at the turn of the century, but by 1808, most were relocating to Maury Co. with a few working south to Giles.

Among the Pillow children were:

Col. William Pillow (1772-1868, Maury Co., TN) who married second Portia Thomas of Williamson Co., TN in 1812;

Gideon Pillow Sr. (Sept. 31, 1774-Feb. 26, 1830, Maury) who married Annie Payne (Feb. 20, 1777-April 10, 1864);

Col. William Pillow gained a reputation as an Indian fighter, killing Chief Big Foot, serving under Gen. Andrew Jackson, and eventually settling in Columbia, Maury Co., TN.

Abner Pillow surveyed, owned and developed land across Middle and West Tennessee after serving as a major in the War of 1812.

Info Taken from NC DAn River Johnson and Allied Familes

See Rev. War Application of Abner Johnson Abner Johnson and wife Nancy R5649 NC Line: Soldier applied 1832 Sept 22: Muary Co. Tn age 73, he lived in Guilford Co NC at enlistment. Widow applied 1852 Oct 11 Maury Co. Tn. Soldier and widow had married 1783 March 14 and soldier died 1850 Oct 22: One Sarah Johnson widow of William Johnson a brother of Abner Johnson was of Maury Co. Tn age 77 in 1832 Pg 1840 . Abstract of Rev. War Pension Files Abstract of Rev. War Pension Files

Notes: This Pillow-Cotton families are in Matrimony Baptist Church with the Shropshire Hill families

Notes: Check with researcher on John Goen ( John Gowen)

April 14, 1793 John Rains was commissioned captain of a "company of mounted infantrymen called into service for the protection of the frontier of Mero District," according to Robert Hays, muster master. Capt. Rains wrote the names of the men included in his command. Among the 75 men enrolled for three months service were Sgt. William Pillow and privates William Gowen, John Gowen, John Shute, William Rains.

1780 circa Ursula Pillow was born in Whetstone Creek, Guilford (now Rockingham) Co., North Carolina, and died May 1854 in Davidson Co., Tennessee. She married Capt. William Rains on 09 Sep 1795 in Davidson Co., Tennessee, son of John Rains and Christiannah Gowen. He was born circa 1774 in Virginia, and died 09 Jun 1812 in Davidson Co., Tennessee.    Col. William Pillow was the bondsman for this marriage.     The only child I have seen for them was Hance Hamilton Rains. Taken from Johnson and Allied families of Matrimony Creek

Gideon Johnson Sr. had entered 250 acres of new land on the north side of Dan River - across the water from his original holdings -- in May 1780. In January 1787, he "sold" the property for a mere five pounds to son-in-law John Pillow. On Oct. 8, 1788 - after holding the property less than two years - Pillow sold the land to his brother-in-law William Allen Johnson for an unspecified sum.

Also on Oct. 8, 1788, Pillow sold another 640 acres that he had originally patented, also on the north side of Dan River, to William Johnson for 100 pounds.

An October start to the trip to Nashville corresponded to the norm for these early western moves. Families typically raised and harvested a crop, which was sold to provide the money for farm rental and supplies when they arrived at their new homes. Spring moves were avoided because they occupied precious weeks that prevented spring planting. An October trip to Nashville would have placed the Pillows and Johnsons past the mountains well before the passes closed with winter snow.

The Pillows decided to move to Nashville in 1788.

The Avery or Old North Carolina Trace opened Sept. 25, 1788 to allow more convenient transport for Revolutionary War veterans coming west to claim their bounty lands. The trace, however, was only 10-feet wide and too rugged for wagons, so settlers had to arrange for sending their household goods by water.

The Pillows and Abner Johnson's family located on Brown's Creek or near Brown's Station southwest of Nashville, where John Pillow bought a 50-acre tract from Samuel Barton on July 14, 1791. No record of his Revolutionary War grant has been found.

John Pillow Sr. was killed by Indians near Nashville in May or June 1793, and his wife declined to administer the estate on July 9; that task fell to son William Pillow.

The Pillow family migrated into northern Williamson Co. at the turn of the century, but by 1808, most were relocating to Maury Co. with a few working south to Giles.

Among the Pillow children were:

Col. William Pillow (1772-1868, Maury Co., TN) who married second Portia Thomas of Williamson Co., TN in 1812;

Gideon Pillow Sr. (Sept. 31, 1774-Feb. 26, 1830, Maury) who married Annie Payne (Feb. 20, 1777-April 10, 1864);

John Pillow (March 25, 1781-July 20, 1854) who married Mary Fitzpatrick and moved to Giles Co., TN;

Mordecai Pillow (1775-1828, Logan Co., KY) married Mary Baker Johnson, his cousin;

Abner Pillow (Jan. 23, 1784-Oct. 25, 1860) who married Mary S. Thomas, Portia's sister;

Ursula Pillow (1780-after 1836, Nashville) married Capt. William Rains;

Elizabeth Ann Pillow (1778-after 1860, Maury) married William Murray and Thomas Latchin Due;

Mary Pillow (Feb. 19, 1777-Jan. 13, 1867, Rutherford Co.) married Hartwell Miles; and Barbary (a) (possibly married a Johnson).

Col. William Pillow gained a reputation as an Indian fighter, killing Chief Big Foot, serving under Gen. Andrew Jackson, and eventually settling in Columbia, Maury Co., TN.

Abner Pillow surveyed, owned and developed land across Middle and West Tennessee after serving as a major in the War of 1812.

Not only did they become wealthy, but Gideon Pillow and Anne Payne Pillow, who are buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, TN, were parents to one of the most controversial American military commanders of the era -- Gideon Johnson Pillow Jr., who served as a major general in the Mexican-American War and brigadier general for the Confederacy.

Aspersions on Gen. Pillow's competence and courage in the Mexican War led to a major political feud because he was a close friend and political ally of President James Knox Polk.

Gen. Pillow (June 8, 1806-Oct. 8, 1878) married Mary E. Martin in 1831 and, after her death, widow Mary Dickson Trigg

The Pillows married into some of the most prominent families in Tennessee. Gen. Gideon Johnson Pillow's sister Cynthia Holland Pillow (1810-Sept. 16, 1892) wed, as a second husband, Tennessee Gov. Aaron V. Brown;

sister Narcissa Pillow (Jan. 17, 1811-April 28, 1883) married George W. Martin, a Giles Countian nominated for governor before his death in 1854;

and sister Amanda married Judge West H. Humphreys.

Ursula Johnson Pillow appeared to be living with her son William Pillow in the 1830 Maury census, but other sources report she died in1822.

Like his father, William Allen Johnson was a small-scale slaveholder. On the 1823 tax rolls, he listed three slaves to help him farm 272 acres on Fountain Creek. His eldest known son Alexander Johnson also listed three slaves for a smaller farm of 93.5 acres.

Alexander Johnson (April 14, 1782, Rockingham-Feb. 7, 1857, Maury) married Mary Jessaline "Polly" Ballanfant, the daughter of Frenchman Jean and Louisa "Lucy" Yeoman Ballanfant, on Aug. 6, 1805 in Rockingham Co. Alexander Johnson served several terms on the Maury Co. administrative court. With the Pillows, Alexander Johnson was among the leading Democrats in Maury County in the 1840s and often chaired political meetings in support of James Knox Polk, a neighbor, governor and finally the U.S. President.

Sessions Term 1832 [Robert Mack and William Pillow gave the standard supporting affidavit.]

State of Tennessee, Maury County: Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions September Term 1832 This day personally appeared in open court David Dobbins who made oath that he was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary war -- that he is well acquainted with Abner Johnston [sic] the present applicant -- that he has had much conversation with him upon the subject of his services in the revolutionary war -- that from many circumstances spoken of by him as having happened & occurred during the war & he entertains no doubt but that he was in the revolutionary war. He is well acquainted with him & would place full & entire confidence in his statements upon his oath. He thinks he served a tour in which he himself was & that this tour was 6 months long.

Sworn to September 1832 in open Court. S/ David Dobbins

S/ Thos. J. Porter, Clk

State of Tennessee, Maury County: Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Term 1832

Research Notes: This Abner Johnson is brother of Gideon Johnson who is in Williamson CO. Tn

Research Notes: Gideon Johnson is the families of Researcher Mary Holland who we have no DNA member at this time tested.

Rains-Pillow Families

May 1, 1707, James Salmon of Surry County, planter, deeded to Wm. Rains of Parish of Westopher, Prince George County for 40 shillings, 176 acres of land at Joans Hole & mouth of Ready Branch that runs between said Rains plantation and Capt. Mallory's plantation. Witnesses: Joshua Wynne, John Hamelin, and James Binford. Signed: James Salmon (X) and Mary Salmon (). On the back of this deed there was an endorsement making over to son, Richard Rains, one piece of farm land within deed, joining upon upper side of the Great Branch, I do make over to my son, Thomas Rains.

Research Notes: The Rains families are land owners by the fore fathers of General James Randolph Robertson on Jones Hole a State line area of NC and Va

Died 02 Jan 1765 SQUIRE BOONE Born 25 Nov 1696 (O.S.) Devonshire, England Died 02 Jan 1765 Rowan County, North Carolina.  Married Sarah Morgan 23 Sep 1720 (O.S.) Philadelphia County, PA Born 1700 Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Died 1777 Rowan County, North Carolina

Squire Boone

1751, Squire Boone Sr moved to the Yadkin River in North Carolina. He lived at the Dutchman’s Creek Settlement, at the “Forks of the Yadkin”, about 20 miles north of Salisbury. Here he obtained several square miles of land, which were portioned out to his children as they married. The Forks of the Yadkin was one of the main Brethren communities in the colonial Carolinas.

The 640 acres granted to Squire Boone in April 1753 also has been identified as being on Buffalo Creek and the other 640 acres, where he built his family home, was granted to Squire in December, 1753. The Boone house was described as typical of the more substantial border cabins of the time, being a single-storied, one-roomed structure about twenty feet square which was divided in two by a curtain for sleeping. Built of faced logs with a pitched roof, it had a deep fireplace and oak floors. [Note 43] The reference to land on Buffalo Creek apparently refers to Boone's tract on Grant's Creek since Buffalo Creek also is a tributary of Dutchmans Creek, a short distance upstream from the mouth of Grant's Creek. [Note 44]

This is the David Johnson, who bought the farm of Morgan Bryan, sold it March 11, 1751 to Michael Warren, who owned it at the time the acknowledgement was secured in order to perfect the title

Vol. 3, page 340, September 27, 1753 - Commission to Edward Hughes, Squire Boone and James Carter to take acknowledgement of Martha, wife of Morgan Bryan, to deed, Bryan to David Johnson. Executed and returned May 20, 1754.

Austin Cooper claims that Squire Boone Jr was put in the ministry by Elder John Hendricks one of the Brethren Elders at Dutchman’s Creek, who was central in the Pietist Eternal Restoration [Universalist] movement [possibly even the “John H” of the 1796 Annual Meeting Minutes ban that lost the Brethren churches of the Carolinas] and moved to the Drake’s Creek congregation south of Bowling Green KY). The Baptists claim Squire Boone Jr as the first Baptist minister in Kentucky and Indiana. George Boone is listed as an early minister of the Tate’s Creek Baptist Church, southeast of Lexington, just below the site of Boone Station. In his last days, George Boone is reported to have moved to the Indiana hills along the Ohio River, just west of Louisville, and lived as a Pietist Solitary (in the tradition of the Ephrata Cloisters PA).

Children of Squire and Sarah Morgan Boone are:

Sarah BOONE (1724-1815), married in Pennsylvania to John Wilsockson was not a Quaker. They lived on a land grant near the present Cooleemee, Davie County, NC. The family moved to Kentucky probably in 1779.

Israel BOONE (1726-1756) was buried near the present Mocksville, NC. He and his wife had four children, the two daughters died young. The two sons went to Kentucky probably in 1779.

Samuel BOONE (1728-1816?), lived on present Rowan County side of the South Yadkin River. All went to Kentucky, probably in 1779.

Jonathan BOONE (1730-1808?), married Mary Carter. This family also went to Kentucky around 1779.

Elizabeth BOONE (1732-1825), married William Grant about 1750. The family moved to Kentucky.

Daniel BOONE (1734-1820), married Rebecca Bryan. The family settled in Kentucky in October 1779. Additional links for Daniel Boone's family provided at the end of this narrative.

Mary BOONE (1736-1819), married William Bryan and moved to Kentucky.

George BOONE (1739-1820), married Ann Linville and moved to Kentucky.

Edward BOONE (1740-1780), married Martha Bryan and moved to Wilkes County. More info available at Click on Articles and then The Life & Death of Edward Boone Brother of Daniel.

Squire BOONE, Jr. (1744-1815), married Jane Van Cleave and moved with his family to Kentucky. More info available at Click on Articles and then Squire Boone Brother of Daniel.

Hannah BOONE (1746-1828), married John Stewart.

Mine and Peg Johnson’s connection to this family

George BOONE IV and Deborah HOWELL.

Hezekiah Boone, Sr. 1735-1823  mar. Rebecca Freelove

Sarah BOONE married John McElyea

Brethren communities

Morgan Bryan

1719 There is also new info found that Thomas Curtis who married Mary Bryan dau. of Morgan & Martha is the one listed 1719 West Nottingham, Chester CO PA tax list where Alexander Ross is listed partner of Morgan Bryan. All clues now lead to a possable finding for Morgan Bryan in these tax listings for Nottingham, PA.

In 1730, Morgan Bryan and Alexander Ross, both of Chester County, Pennsylvania, presented a colonization plan to Lieutenant Governor William Gooch of Virginia and his council. They succeeded in getting a grant of several thousand acres south of the Potomac River and west of Opequon Creek, extending to North Mountain

Morgan Bryan's brother, William, is mentioned in Spottsylvania County records:

Page 129, March 5, 1733 - William Bryan of Spottsylvania County to Philip Bourk of same county, 102 acres in St. Marks Parish - 800 pounds of tobacco

Mrs. Bernis Brien of the National Military Home, Dayton, Ohio reports that William Bryan was born 1685, died 1789, aged 104 years. His wife, named Margaret; about 1745, he removed to Staunton River in Roanoke County, VA. His son, William, married Margaret Watson, and he was known as William Bryan of Roanoke. William, Sr. had several son, viz:

William Bryan, Jr.

David Bryan

John Bryan

James Bryan

Robert Bryan

Morgan Bryan

The tax lists of Orange County for the year 1739 contain the name of Thomas Curtis

Thomas Curtis, 418 acres, probably in what is now Berkeley County, W. Va.

Frederick CO VA deed- 11 Nov 1747 - Morgan BRYAN to Samuel Bryan -250 acres , granted to Morgan Bryan 12 Nov 1733 - Wit: Samuel STRODE, JOHN and EVAN ELLIS

Note: On the Samuel Bryan will in Rowan CO NC are John and Margaret ELLIS –

A John Ellis married Margaret Bryan 11 Mar 1779 Rowan CO NC.

Samuel Strode is listed brother of Martha Strode who marr. Morgan Bryan (some list in Chester CO PA ca 1719 ).

The Orange County (Va.) records show that Mary Curtiss was appointed administratrix of the estate of Thomas Curtiss July 23, 1741, with Morgan Bryan and Joseph Bryan as bondsmen.

The will of Mary Curtiss was probated in Orange County, February 25, 1742. She makes bequests to her daughter Mary Curtiss, and mentions her father Morgan Bryan and her mother Martha Bryan [sic]. Her brother Joseph Bryan is named as executor.

Mary Curtise daughter of Morgan Bryan wrote her will on 9 Jan 1741/42, and it was proven in Court 25 Feb 1742/41, leaving a riding horse and saddle to her mother, Martha Bryan, and to her daughter "Mary Curtiss" -- all the rest of stock and household goods, "and if she dies without any issue to be divided amongst my brethren": Joseph, Samuel, Morgan, John, William, James and Thomas Bryan and sister Ellinor Linvell. Her father Morgan Bryan and brother Joseph Bryan were named as executors.

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1741 Mary Curtis Orphaned as an infant; raised by grandparents Morgan and Martha Bryan. Mentioned in his will, Mary Forbis

26 Feb. 1741. O.S. page 105. On the order for viewing and laying off a road petitioned for by Hobson & Others Morgan BRYAN John FFROST (sic) and Arthur BUCHANNAN the persons ordered to lay of y s road made their return as followeth  In pursuance of an order of Court We hav viewed and laid off a road from Evan WATKINS fferry by a Course of Marked trees to the head of y ffaling Spring thence to Roger Turners thence to Edward Beasons over the Taskerora Branch tence to Joseph EVANS Springhead thence to the Middle Creek thence toNew Chappel Thence by the head of Evan THOMAS Spring head thence to a Corner White oak between the lands of John LiTTLER and John FFROSt thence along the said Line to ye orner S E thence to Seconrns Licks thence to Opecken Creek and Crossing the Same just above John NEILS Mill Branch thence to the Spout run by Edges CABBIN thence to the Kng's road that leads from Just HITES to Shennindo for  We also recommend Thomas Thornberry & John SHEARER to order the Clearing the said road from Evan WATKINS to the CHAPPELL & George HoBSON & John LITTLER from thence to conclude the Same which return being redd to the Court Its ordered that the said road be cleared according to the Viewers report & that all the tithables from Potomack between Opecken & the little Mt. That lyes on this Side the little Cape Capon and thence Southward as far as it includes James WRIGHTS near the Mountains and Joseph CARTERS on Opecken And for over Opecken & Between & Shennando all Such as Shall not exceed 3 miles from the said liad out road work thereon Under the aft Thomas THORNBERRY John SHEARER/: from Evan WATTs'' to the Chappell:/& Under George HOBSON & John Littler: from thence to the end of ye said Road; who are hereby appointed Overssers of the said roa  And its furhter ordered that the said Overseers with ye said Tithables clear the sid roa d & make bridges where they Shall be wanting to keep ye said Road when cleared in repair according to Law.

ORANGE CO Road Orders for 1734-1749, July 1984, by Ann Brush Miller, Research Hist for Orange Co Hist. Society, VA Highway & Trans Research Council, Charlottesville, VA

1743- Morgan & Joseph Bryan admin. estate of Mary CURTIS ( wife of Thomas has been listed ) VS Thomas TURNER & John ELLIS.

Note: this Joseph Bryan should be the father of Rebecca Bryan who marr. Daniel BOONE.

Frederick County (a parent county of Berkley) was formed in 1738 and the records of that county show that Job Curtis was in the area at least as early as January 11, 1744, when he was a witness to a transfer of 1,020 acres of land from Morgan Bryan to Joshua Hedges, after whom the town of Hedgesville was named.

1748 an historic roadway was cut across Lunenburg's western lands from north to south, but was not done by court order. Morgan Bryan, a Pennsylvania Quaker, had led a body of settlers down into Virginia, along the Shenandoah. In 1748 Bryan decided to move his family to the Yadkin River in North Carolina. He made the journey down the Valley of Virginia, crossing the Blue Ridge Mountains through Maggoty Gap (near Boone's Mill), and continued across what is now Franklin and Henry Counties into North Carolina. With the aid of his sons, three months were required to cut and clear a way for the passage of his wagon. In 1753 the Moravian brethren travelled Bryan's road when they came from Pennsylvania to make their settlement in North Carolina, (now Winston-Salem).

They kept a diary of the trip, and noted that after crossing Smith River they came to John Hickey's store. The roadway became known as Morgan Bryan's Road, and was travelled by thousands who made their homes in the Carolinas.

In 1748 an historic roadway was cut across Lunenburg's western lands from north to south, but was not done by court order. Morgan Bryan, a Pennsylvania Quaker, had led a body of settlers down into Virginia, along the Shenandoah. In 1748 Bryan decided to move his family to the Yadkin River in North Carolina. He made the journey down the Valley of Virginia, crossing the Blue Ridge Mountains through Maggoty Gap (near Boone's Mill), and continued across what is now Franklin and Henry Counties into North Carolina. With the aid of his sons, three months were required to cut and clear a way for the passage of his wagon. In 1753 the Moravian brethren travelled Bryan's road when they came from Pennsylvania to make their settlement in North Carolina, (now Winston-Salem). They kept a diary of the trip, and noted that after crossing Smith River they came to John Hickey's store. The roadway became known as Morgan Bryan's Road, and was travelled by thousands who made their homes in the Carolinas.

In 1748, the Bryan clan established a settlement in Yadkin Valley, North Carolina, after losing a dispute with Lord Fairfax in Virginia. During the 1770s, members of the Bryan family opened Kentucky for settlement, and later Missouri

David Johnson, bought the farm of Morgan Bryan, sold it March 11, 1751 to Michael Warren, who owned it at the time the acknowledgement was secured in order to perfect the title

Vol. 3, page 340, September 27, 1753 - Commission to Edward Hughes, Squire Boone and James Carter to take acknowledgement of Martha, wife of Morgan Bryan, to deed, Bryan to David Johnson. Executed and returned May 20, 1754.

As of circa 1758, Mary CURTIS her married name was Forbes. As of circa 1758,her married name was Forbes. was born circa 1740 at Frederick Co Va

She is reported to have married Robert Forbes in Rowan Co NC

Researcher Notes: This is the granddaughter of Morgan Bran and wife Mary Strode thru their Daughter Mary Bryan anod husband Thomas Curtis who both died in 1741

Researcher Notes: Robert Forbis married Mary Curtis in 1761 (Morgan Bryans grand-daughter) daughter of Mary Bryan b. 1724 who married Thomas Curtis in Va.

Jonathan Forbis married Mary Bryan in 1787 dt. Of Thomas & Sarah Hunt Bryan another (Morgan

Bryan grand-daughter)

Joseph Forbis married Mary Bryan 9/13/1791 in Surry Co. NC. (could Joseph be Jonathan?)

Ellis-Forbis Cemetery earliest recorded burial in Yadkin County near Shallowford and Huntsville.

Thomas Forbes b. 1/2/1760 d. 5/13/1779

John Ellis b. 4/1/1723 d. 1/26/1753

Eliza H. Johnson b. 1736 d. 12/28/1754 age 18 years.

There are 25 unmarked graves in this cemetery.

I was born on the 15th of November, in the year 1760, in the County of Orange and State of Virginia. My father's name was William Johnson. He died when I was four or five years old. My mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Cave.

I had three brothers, Robert, the eldest, has been dead upward of thirty years; Benjamin, who has been dead nearly fifty years; and Valentine, the youngest, who now lives in Orange City, Va. I had five sisters, Nancy married Wm. Rogers; Mildred married John Sebree; who died at the siege of York in Virginia; Elizabeth married George Eve, who died at Elkhorn more than thirty years ago; Hannah married Robert Bradley, who died in Scott Co. some 40 years ago; Sallie married Laban Shipp, who died in the southern part of Kentucky. After the death of my father, I con- tinued with my mother and worked on the farm. What education I got was at country schools. I learned to read and write and arithmetic so far as to include the rule of three.

On the first day of April, 1779, my Brother Robert, myself and one other man (Wm. Tomlinson) set out from Orange county, Va. for a visit to Kentucky. There was then about two hundred miles of the road from the back settlements on Holston waters to Kentucky that was considered to be quite dangerous, traveling with so small a company as ours (only three); but we pushed on, and at the Cumberland River we overtook a company of several families of Bryants, from North Carolina, on their way to Kentucky, to settle the place since called Bryant's Station, on North Elkhorn. We joined the company and arrived first at Boonesborough where we obtained some little Indian corn, and then went on to North Elkhorn, where we arrived about the last of April. We, that is, Tomlinson and myself, assisted the Bryants in putting up some cabins. Robert Johnson left us and went to Lexington, which had just been settled from about Alleghaney and Monongahela. After viewing and exploring the country some weeks, he return to Virginia. Tomlinson and myself planted about four acres of corn, and after we had finished working it, in July we left for home.

And there I will mention an incident that happened on the way in the wilder- ness. A number, now, of Bryants and others, were along. One company was considerable as to numbers, and when in the wilderness, not far from the Cumberland River, we stopped to eat our dinners and noon it, as it was called and to let our horses graze. While we were stopped, a number of men took their guns and turned out to hunt, wishing to kill deer, and while they were out from camp, one man, Aquila White, shot and killed William Beamlett, mis- taking him for an Indian. Beamlett was a preacher, and one of our company, and there we buried him. Tomlinson and myself reached home in safety.

My brother Robert, having got somewhat acquainted while in Kentucky, with some of the military surveys that had been made by John Floyd, purchased two tracts, and in the fall of that year started with his family to Kentucky, to go by water. He got to Redstone or Brownsville, when the river got too low, and continued so until it froze up. He continued there until spring of the year when he took water and landed at the Falls of Ohio, and moved from there to Beargrass, upon John Floyd's land, where he raised a crop of corn, and sometime during that summer he went out with the expedition under Gen. Clark into the Miami country against the Indians.

And here I will mention another incident which occurred while he resided at Beargrass. The Indians had waylaid the trace that led from the settlement on Beargrass to the Falls, and had killed several people there. Having understood from the spies that were sent out to examine the neighborhood that they had discovered Indian signs, and that they apprehended they might be waylaying that trace, the inhabitants of the Falls and those of the Beargrass settlement raised a company and undertook to examine said trace. They divided into three companies. One marched along the trace, the other two marched through the woods on each side. They found the Indians, as they expected, lying in ambush near the road, and, coming on their backs fired on them, killing them on the spot and wounding one other that got off. The Indians, discovering the men on the trace, fired on them at the same time they were fired on, and wounded one of the white men badly. My brother Robert was one of the men who fired at the Indians. While Robert Johnson, with his family, continued at Beargrass, Richard M. Johnson was born.

I will now go back a little. In the year 1779, some time after our arrival at Bryant's Station , Col. Bowman, who lived on the south side of the Kentucky River, raised what force he could, and crossed the Ohio at the mouth of the Licking, and went up against the Indians where they lived on the little Miami, at old Chillicothe. They got to the town in the morning before daylight un- discovered, and attacked them. The Indians stuck to their houses and fought, and killed several of the best and most daring soldiers. The whites retreated, and the Indians followed them nearly to Ohio.

Robert Johnson moved from Beargrass to Bryant's Station , I think, in the fall of 1780. There he built some cabins, making part of the fort. I, then a young man, was part of his family. Buffalo being very plentiful in the woods, there was not much difficulty in obtaining meat for the families, except that of risking our scalps, from which danger we considered ourselves never absent when out.

The next years, 1781 and 1782, were disasterous for Kentucky. Captain Bird, a British officer from Detroit, with a large force of Indians, came over the Ohio, brought one field-piece (I suppose a six pounder), and captured Riddle's and Martin's stations on the Licking. The Indians also broke up Grant's sta- tion, on the waters of the Licking and killed a number of persons; also Estill's defeat, on the waters of the Licking. Captain Estill was considered on of our best defenders of the Indians. He raised and headed some twelve or fourteen men, said to be good soldiers, to fight Indians, and followed about the same number of Indians as he had men, overtook them and had a severe battle. Captain Estill himself was killed, and near one-half on each side were killed, and they made a draw battle of it.

Another incident I will mention here. Hunting in the woods for our meat being a dangerous business, twelve of us at Bryant's turned out for that purpose, all in company. When we got into the hunting woods, near where Georgetown now stands, we separated into three companies. Wm. Bryant, the head and principal man of the families and station at that time, headed one of the companies. Another of the Bryants headed the company that I belonged to. The agreement when we parted was that we were to meet at night at the mouth of Cane Run on North Elkhorn. Soon after we parted, the Indians, some twelve or fourteen in number, got on the trail of the company I belonged to, (for it was easy to track a single horse in the woods at that time). Our leader, Mr. Bryant had slighted from his horse to shoot a deer. The other three of us were sitting on our horses when the Indians came in sight. I was the first to discover them. We made out to get off before they fired on us, and having the heels of them, we made use of them, and not being strong enough to fight them, we went on to the station. On the next day, twelve or fifteen men of the sta- tion turned out and went to hunt Wm. Bryant and his company, who encamped at the mouth of Cane Run the night before, and were out the next day not far from Georgetown. He discovered the horse that was hobbled, and with a bell on him, that was on the other side of the creek from where he was. He dir- ected the other three of his company to remain where they were, while he should cross the creek and see what it meant. He got over, and when near the horse, the Indians who were in ambush fired on him and wounded him with three balls. His horse, however, carried him off. The company from the station who were on the hunt of him were in hearing of the guns when they fired on him. They rushed on to the place and found the Indians and a battle ensued. They killed one Indian and got his scalp and wounded several more. Five of the whites were wounded; one of them, David Jones, was shot through the middle of the breast, but none of them died except Mr. Bryant , whom the company found in the woods, badly wounded. He was taken to the camp where he died, much lamented.

Again during my residence at the station in 1781, we were in want of salt, and a company of us, about ten or twelve, got on our horses, with our rifles on our shoulders, and started for Bullitt's Lick, near the Falls of the Ohio, where salt was then made. We passed through Lexington, and a little trace to the Kentucky River to Leestown, as it was then called, situated about a half mile below Frankfort. The weather was warm, and we rode down the bank into the water; and while our horses were drinking, all near the bank of the river, a party of Indians that followed us, came on the bank, fired on us and killed one horse, that fell dead in the river. His rider pushed on across the river and the Indians crossed after him and took him prisoner. They wounded five men of our company, all of whom recovered. We gave up our trip and returned to the station.

And again while a man named Daniel Wilcoxen was plowing his corn, in full view of the station about 150 or 200 yards distant, and a man with his son watching as sentry for Indians, a small party crept up near enough and shot and killed him, and one of them with a tomahawk in hand, ran Wilcoxen toward the fort, and was very near getting him, when Wilcoxen jumped the fence, which saved him.

And again, a youth, by the name of Hickey Lea was out of the fort on a horse one morning, into the edge of the woods some 200 or 300 yards, for the pur- pose of grazing the horse, and while he was sitting on the horse, some Indians got near enough and shot the horse, which ran a short distance and fell. The Indians then killed the youth and scalped him.

In 1782, my brother, Robert Johnson, was elected a member of the General Assembly of Virginia, and went to Richmond. I was then also in Virginia. We did not return to Kentucky until after the defeat of the Blue Licks, therefore can say nothing of my own knowledge, as to that and the siege of Simon Girty and the Indians, at Bryant's Station.

About that time, or shortly after, General Clark carried on an expedition against the Indians in the Miami country. My brother, Robert, commanded the company from Bryant's Station, Jeremiah Craig and myself were subalterns. Every man fit for the campaign, except enough to take care of the fort were called out. Col. Benj. Logan was second in command. One wing of the army marched from the Falls, the other from Lexington and Bryant's. They met for general rendezvous on the ground now occupied by Cincinnati, where General Clark took command. We marched through old Chillicothe on the little Miami, on to the Indian town of Piqua on the Big Miami. We had one piece of cannon. The Indians fled and gave us no trouble. They did come back one dark night and fire on us, which caused us to extinguish our fires, but they kept at such a distance as to hurt none of us. Some scouting parties from our camp went out and killed a few Indians and took some prisoners and destroyed their corn fields and villages. We then returned, nearly on the same track we had gone out.

Very shortly after our return home, Col. Thomas Marshall, surveyor of Fayette, who had been waiting for our return of our army, opened his office in Lexing- ton for the entering and surveying of lands. A mighty movement then commenced among the people for entering and surveying. I got the appointment of Deputy Surveyor and commenced surveying, and was considerably in that business for several years. The next year, 1783, the people began to move and settle out on the lands. My brother, Robert, settled on the Big or Great Crossing on North Elkhorn. Captain John Craig settled on Clear Creek, where Payton Short afterwards lived.

Early in 1784 I got married and settled on Green Creek, near Versailles, where it now stands. I was then appointed and commissioned a Militia Captain, and notwithstanding peace was firmly established between England and the United States, yet the Indians continued to be troublesome.

In the year 1786, the government authorized General Clark to carry out another expediton against them, which he undertook, and raised a considerable force. Col. Levi Todd was selected to command Fayette troops, and Benj. Logan from the south of Kentucky; Col. Wm. Steele, Capt. Robert Sanders and myself were selected as Captains, with others whose names I do not recollect. In Col. Todd's regiment we rendezvoused at the Falls, where Gen. Clark took command. He sent his field piece by water down the Ohio and up the Wabash. The army marched by land, and on the way, before reaching Vincennes, the officers held a council of war, and sent Col. Logan back for the purpose of raising another army and marching into the Indian country on the Miami, presuming that the Indians were generally collected on the Wabash in order to meet our expedi- tion. We marched on to Vincennes where we remained a number of days waiting for our cannon, which was detained by low water, until we had eaten up near- ly all our provisions. When the cannon arrived, we marched on up the river about two days, when the regiment that Logan left, mutinied and refused to go further, alleging they had not sufficient stock of provisions, etc. I suppose losing their Colonel had its influence. General Clark was mortified. We returned home. Col. Logan with the command he had raised, went into the Miami country, and succeeded against the Indians fully up to expectations.

In 1789, Woodford County was formed, taken from Fayette, and when the courts were organized, I got the appointment of the County and Quarter sessions; and when Kentucky was made a state, and the courts were reorganized, I again got the appointment to the said courts, which I held until 1796, when I moved to North Bend, in what is now Boone County.

In 1798 an act was passed to establish the said County of Boone, and when the courts were orgainized, I was appointed Clerk of the County Court. Not long after, I was appointed and commissioned a Colonel of the Militia which I held until 1811, about which time I was appointed and commissioned a Justice of the Peace, which office I held until I was commissioned Sheriff of the said county in 1833. In 1813 I was elected a member of the Kentucky Legislature. I have held various other offices and appointments, and filled my stations; have all my life been a farmer and attached to the cultivation of the soil; have served my day and generation, and am now four score and ten, and feel that shortly I must be gathered to my fathers.

Reminiscences from the Life

of Col. Cave Johnson

Written by Cave Johnson, 1849, several months before his passing.

Published in the Ky Register, May 1922, Vol. 20, No.59

Reprinted in the Johnson Digest, by Robert R. & Louise Stracener Payne Private Printing, 1990

(Reminiscences copied from an old printed record in the possession of Mr. William Henry Johnson, Georgetown, Kentucky, January 16, 1922. Annie Payne Giffman)

1760 Nov15: Cave Johnson was among the most prominent early Boone County citizens. He was born 15 Nov 1760 in Orange Co., Va., and died in Boone County 19 Jan 1850. He spent service in the War of the American Revolution, then came to Kentucky in April of 1779 spending time at Bryant's Station near Lexington. He married in 1784 and moved to Woodford County. In 1786 he served with Gen. George Rogers Clark under Col. William Steele as Captain Cave Johnson. [See the roster of his company] He was clerk to the Quarter Sessions of the Woodford County County Court from 1789-1796. In 1792 he was one of the trustees appointed to lay off the town of Versailles. In 1796 he moved to the North Bend of the Ohio River in what was then Campbell County, and soon after united with the Baptist Church at Bullitsburg by letter. At some point he was appointed Colonel of Militia and he served in this post until 1819. About this time he became Justice of the Peace until 1833, when he became Sheriff of Boone County at the venerable age of 73. He was elected to the Kentucky Legislature in 1817. In 1819 he became a charter member of the Sand Run Baptist Church. Cave Johnson and Betsy Craig were married 1 Feb 1784. Betsy died 11 Mar 1833. Cave Johnson and his second wife, Sarah T. Keene, were married 2 Oct 1834. Sarah died 30 Sept 1835, at just over forty years of age. Cave Johnson and Margaret C. Keene were married 1 Dec 1836. She died in 1855, surviving him by five years. He died 19 Jan 1850, and was buried at Sand Run. He was ninety. Cave Johnson The Johnson family was prominent in political affairs. His older brother, Robert Johnson, was elected a member of the General Assembly of Virginia in 1782. Robert moved to Kentucky, and settled at Beargrass, now Louisville. His son, Richard M. Johnson, whom I have written about elsewhere, was vice president under Martin Van Buren (1837-1841). He was said to have killed Tecumseh in battle. Richard was noted as the founder of the Choctaw Academy near Georgetown, Ky., about 1819, taking advantage of his political clout to gain federal funds for the undertaking. He is spoken of in Col. Johnson's Memoirs.

Printed in Boone County Recorder 1 Feb 1877, p. 1 and 8 Feb 1877, p. 1. under the title "The Early Days of Kentucky"

Robert Forbis married Mary Curtis in 1761 (Morgan Bryans grand-daughter) daughter of Mary Bryan b. 1724 who married Thomas Curtis in Va.

Jonathan Forbis married Mary Bryan in 1787 dt. Of Thomas & Sarah Hunt Bryan another (Morgan

Bryan grand-daughter)

Joseph Forbis married Mary Bryan 9/13/1791 in Surry Co. NC. (could Joseph be Jonathan?)

Ellis-Forbis Cemetery earliest recorded burial in Yadkin County near Shallowford and Huntsville.

Thomas Forbes b. 1/2/1760 d. 5/13/1779

John Ellis b. 4/1/1723 d. 1/26/1753

Eliza H. Johnson b. 1736 d. 12/28/1754 age 18 years.

There are 25 unmarked graves in this cemetery.

3 April 1763 Morgan Bryan Sr. died Rowan Co NC

1764 July 13, II:533. James Patterson was sued. Justices: Morgan Bryan,

Jno Brandon, Jno Oliphant. (Jo White Linn's "Abstracts of the Minutes of the

Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Rowan County, NC, 1763-1774," v. 2)

12 Apr 1765 (Rowan County NC Deed Book 7. pages 90 & 91) "On the 12th April 1765, John HOWARD, innholder. sold William Todd LIVINGSTON of Orange County. N.C. 313 acres of land on the north bank of the Yadkin River below Mill Creek and Mullberry Fields bought of Morgen BRYAN, Junr. and John BRYAN: "adjoining Morgan BRYANT above Francis RENELD'S Improvement ." (Rowan County Deed Book 6, pages 265 & 266). In 1769, John HOWARD, innholder, sold Francis REYNOLDS 40 acres of land on both sides Yadkin River below Mulberry Creek adjoining said REYNOLDS'S Land ." Pioneers of Wilkes County, Mrs. W. O. Absher, p. 89) SW: REYOLDS

Notes: William Todd LIVINGSTON'S above land in Rowan became part of Surry, then Wilkes Co NC, and was located close to the lands of Edmond DENNEY whose (dau?) Ann, m RW Soldier George Combs of Wilkes Co NC. LIVINGSTON later left Wilkes Co NC for Washington Co VA where he was granted land on Moccassin Creek of the Holston River - where Combs also patented land (later in Russell, then Scott Cos, VA).

1768 Rowan County tax list of Morgan Bryan is found that Benjamin Bentley and Thomas Bentley are included at one poll each. Benjamin was most likely married at this time as he was living separately from his father. Benjamin Bentley, along with his parents, brother, and sisters lived in old Rowan (now Davie) County on Bear Creek, a few miles south of Mocksville.

1774 Aug. 8: CHAPTER IX THE SAFETY COMMITTEE Rowan County has the distinction of being the first county in North Carolina to organize a safety committee.1 This fact shows that the people were keenly alive to the cause of the colonies. The first committee met August 8, 1774. Its members were James McCay, Andrew Neal, George Cathey, Alexander Dobbins, Francis McCorkle, Matthew Locke, Maxwell Chambers, Henry Harmon, Abraham Denton, William Davidson, Samuel Young, John Brevard, William Kennon, George Henry Barringer, Robert Bell, John Bickerstaff, John Cowden, John Lewis Beard, John Nesbit, Charles McDowell, Robert Blackburn, Christopher Beekman, William Sharpe, John Johnston, and Morgan Bryan.

The records of the Rowan Committee of Safety have been preserved in Wheeler's "History of North Carolina" and in the Colonial Records and they give an insight into the opinions and purposes of the times. Though this committee began its administration before the Revolution its actions belong to the Revolutionary period, and will not be discussed in this sketch. 3 Caruthers, 30-31. 4 Bernheim, 260-261. 5 Rumple, 84-85. 6 Col. Rec., IX, xxxii. 7 Col. Rec., IX, 1024-1026; Rumple, 147. 52 James Sprunt Historical Publications

From 1778 until his death 1800 (probate started), John Bryan (1) owned land and probably lived around eight miles southwest of where Morgan Bryan, Sr. last lived.  John Bryan, Sr. lived in an area of Rowan County, North Carolina that, in 1836, became west central part of Davie County, North Carolina.  Through numerous land transactions, it has been determined that John Bryan (1) lived in Rowan County, North Carolina from 1778 to 1800 and that he had the following neighbors (some deeds from the probate records):   Benjamin Gaither (1778 - 1803), Thomas Pennery (1778 - 1796), William Williams (1778 - 1787), Robert Luckey (1778 - 1787), John Van Eaton (1778), Valentine Huff (1783 - 1802), John Adams (1784), Mary Luckey (1784 - 1796), Ralph Vaneleave (1784), John Hughey (1784), George Wilcoxon (1784), John Bryan, Jr. (1787 - 1797), Daniel Sutherland (1787), John Pinchback (1787), Richard Speaks (1787), William Patrick (1787), Jacob Nichols (1787), Samuel Reed (1787), Jacob Trout (1796 - 1801), John Little, Sr. (1801), Beal Ijams (1801) and Jacob Coon (1802).   It is also known from these deeds that they all lived near the following Creeks:  Bear Creek (great majority of deeds), Hunting Creek and Dutchman’s Creek.

1797 ERA: The will of John Bryan was signed in 1797 and probated in 1801.  This will clearly establishes that the wife of John Bryan was named Sarah.  Land associated with this will clearly establish that this was the will of the John Bryan who lived on or near Bear Creek and Dutchman’s Creek (this is approximately eight miles southwest from where Morgan Bryan last lived).  Also, several children of John Bryan (1) are known to resided in this same area.  To date, this author has never seen any primary documentation that links John and Frances Bryan (or any of their known children) to the area around where Morgan Bryan last lived.

1836 Hawkins

County Tax List--

Civil District 10: Beginning at the mouth of Big Creek and running down the

river to the mouth of Crocketts Creek thence up said creek to the mouth of

the land that divides the lands of Lazarus Lawson and James McClure then

along said land to the stage road crossing the same and with the dividing

line of said Lawson and McClure to the top of Caney Creek Knobs then a

straight line to the mouth of the land that divides the land of Daniel Lipe

and Thomas Ingram then through said land crossing Caney Creek and following

the road and crossing the house where Orville formerly lived leaving said

house to the east and following the path that leads from Orville's to Wax's

plantation on Stock Creek where Henry Blevins formerly lived thence along

path to the Flag Pond until it intersects a path Orville Rice said Robert D.

Young opened to go to the Suplhur Spring, thence along said path to the road

that goes from Rogersville to the Sulphur Spring, thence with said road

crossing the stone!

  mountain to the Sulphur Spring on little poor valley creek, down said

creek to the saltworks gap in Pine mountain, through the gap to Powell's

saltworks thence with road to top of Clinch mountain at lick gap thence with

the top of the mountain east to the corner of District No. 9 to little war

gap road east of Spencer Acuff's house thence with road and line of District

9 crossing through Molsby's gap to the Stanley Valley road and with said

road to John Carmack's Spring Branch then down branch to Big Creek.

Election to be held in Rogersville.

Clinton ARMSTRONG; Clinton ARMSTRONG; William A. ALVIS; John ARMSTRONG (Big); John ALVIS; Thomas L. ALVIS; Samuel ARMSTRONG; Widow ARMSTRONG;

guardian of Widow ARMSTRONG; Haynes AMIS; Charles ANDERSON; Charles D. ALVIS; Rachel ARMSTRONG; Spencer ACUFF; Wm M. ALEXANDER; Joel ACUFF; Joseph BESHER; Samuel BROWN; Charles BESS; John BROWN; James BRADLEY; Martin BOAL;

Elisha BROWN; Wm C. BROWN; George C. BRADLEY; John BEAL SR; John BURNS;

George BEAL; Jacob BEAL; Abram BLEVINS; John D. BLEVINS; Christopher BENCH;

William BURNS; Morgan BRYANT; David BIGGS; James BROOKS; George BEAL (son of John); Reuben BRIANT; Michael BAUGH; William CARMACK; Edward COBB; John CARMACK; Robert C. CRAWFORD; Epps CARMACK; James Y. CRAWFORD; Carwell CRAWLEY; Robert CORDEN (sic); Daniel CARMICHAEL; Charles A. COFFIN; Daniel COFFIN; John COATNEY; Joel COATNEY; James CARMACK; COFFIN & McKINNEY;

Russell COATNEY; heirs of James CARDEN (sic); John A. CANSON; Wm E. COCKE;

Nancy DALZELL; F.S. DEWOLF; John DAWSON; F.B. EVANS; Daniel FLORA; Richard G. FAIN; Nicholas FAIN; ____FLETCHER;

Jacob FLORA; heirs of Jacob FLORA; P. R. FARRIS; John B. FINDLEY; Elijah FAULKNER; Jacob FRY; Wiat FARRIS (sic); Martha FARRIS; Joel GILLENWATERS;

William GARDNER; John GILLENWATERS; Thomas GILLENWATERS; Jacob B. GROVES;

John GROVES SR; John GROVES JR; Andrew GOULDY; William GALBREATH; Archabald GREEN; Daniel GREEN; David GILLENWATERS; Pleasant GILLENWATERS; heirs of Joel GILLENWATERS; Joel GILLENWATERS; Henry HAMBLIN; John HAGAN; Thomas A. HAGAN; heirs of James HAGAN; George HALE; Elizabeth HUNTER; Peter HART;

Richard HUMPHRIES; Philip J. HALE; Joseph HICKS; John HARLEN; Joseph HUFFMASTER; Robert & Noll JACKSON; George JOHNSON; James JOHNSON; Mary JOHNSON; Joseph JOHNSON (son of Mary; Jas JOHNSON (son of George); Thomas JOHNSON; Robert H. JACKSON; Abner JOHNSON; Isaac JOHNSON; Samuel JONES;

Edward JTSON (sic); Absolem KYLE; heirs of Wm KING; Rodham KENNER; Charles KING; Markham KINNER (sic); Jacob ! KLEPPER; Wm C. KYLE; John H. KESHNER; Robert KING; Malinda KINNER "err or in giving in"; William KLINE; Joseph LACKEY; G. & L.A. Rogers McCROW;

Willie . MITCHELL; Willie B. MITCHELL; Richard H. MITCHELL; Richard H. MITCHELL; John A. McKINNEY; John A. McKINNEY; Wm MOUNTCASTLE; James McCLURE;

George M. MERRYMOON; Oliver C. MILLER; Martin MURPHY; Robert MALLORY JR; S. D. & Willie B. MITCHELL; John C. McLIMORE; David MARSH; Wm MALSBEE JR; David MALSBEE; S. D. MITCHELL; James MURRELL; Eliza McCULOUGH; James K. NEILL;

NEILL & SIMPSON; Edward NUGENT; Haynes NUGENT; Jacob NUGENT; Robertson OWENS; heirs of Levi PANTER; Joseph PANTER; John PANTER; heirs of Joseph PARKS; Samuel POWEL; Thomas POWEL; George R. POWEL; James POINDEXTER; John PILANT; David PATTERSON; Wm PATTERSON; Thomas PHIPPS; Samuel PETTYBONE;

Riley PORTON; John M. REECE; Wiet M. REECE (sic); Allen RUSSELL; Charles M. RENEAU; Joseph RUSSELL; John A. ROGERS; Thomas ROGERS & heirs; Moses RICE;

Hiram SAMPULL; heirs of John H. SMITH; Joseph SEAVERS; James S. SIMMONS;

James G. SIMMONS; Richard SMITH; John STOKELEY JR; John STOKELEY, Esq.; George C. SPECK; David SENEABOUGH; David SENEABOUGH; Pleasant STARNES; Wm SINGLETON; George STOKELEY; Andrew SPIERS; James SCHROPSHER (sic); SPITRON/SPITSOR; G. W.THOMPSON; William THARP; John WHEELER; Wm O. WINSTON; John G. WINSTON JR;

Jacob WON; Aaron WILLIAMS; James WOODS; John WEST; S. D. WINTERBOWER; John WILSON; Reverend George WHITE; Wm A. WALKER; Hugh WALKER; Joseph WRIGHT;

George WHEELER; John WILLIAMS; George WILLHELM; Montgomery WOODS; Stephen WEAR.

Children of Martha Strode and Morgan Bryan are:

|  |  i. |Joseph Bryan was born Abt 1720 in Chester, Pennsylvania, and died Bet Nov 1804 and Mar 1805 in Floyd's Fork, |

| | |Jefferson, Kentucky, United States. He married Hester Simpson. He married Alice "Aylee" Linville Bef 1738, daughter of|

| | |John Linville. She was born Abt 1722 in Westminster, Virginia, and died Abt 1807 in Floyd's Fork, Jefferson, Kentucky,|

| | |United States. |

|  |  ii.|Elinor Bryan was born Abt 1722 in Chester, Pennsylvania, and died 1792 in Maadison, Kentucky. She married William |

| | |Linville in Orange, Virginia. He died 1766 in Killed By Indians On Hunting Expedition With His Son.. |

|  |  iii|Mary Bryan was born Bet 1722 and 1723 in Chester, Pennsylvania, , and died 1742 in Orange, Virginia,. |

| |. |She married George Forbes. |

| | |She married Thomas Curtis 1740 in Orange, Virginia. He died Bef 7 Jan 1741 in Virginia,. |

|  |  iv.|Samuel Bryan was born Bet 1724 and 1725 in Chester, Pennsylvania, and died 15 Aug 1798 in Rowan, North Carolina,. He |

| | |married Elizabeth Margaret McMahan. She was born 1737 in Rowan, North Carolina,. He married Elizabeth Enochs. She was |

| | |born Aft 1730 in Swedesboro, NJ. |

|  |  v. |Morgan Bryan was born 20 May 1729 in PA, and died Bef 3 Jul 1804 in Fayette, Kentucky, USA. He married Mary Forbush. |

|22.|  vi.|John Bryan was born 9 Apr 1730 in Orange, Virginia, and died Bef 1801 in Rowan, North Carolina, He married Sarah |

| | |Unknown. She was born 1730 in Rowan, North Carolina, , and died Aft 1793. |

|  |  vii|William Bryan was born 10 Mar 1734 in Orange Or Frederick, Virginia, was christened 6 Mar 1734, and died 30 May 1780 |

| |. |in Elkhorn Creek, Fayette, Kentucky, United States. |

| | |He married Mary Boone 1755 in Rowan, North Carolina, , daughter of Squire Boone and Sarah Morgan. |

| | |She was born 14 Nov 1736 in Exeter Twp, Berks, Pennsylvania, , and died 1819 in Bryan's Station, Fayette, Kentucky, |

| | |United States. |

|  |  vii|James Bryan was born Bet 1735 and 1736 in Orange, Virginia Will Book 1. Administered By Father And Brother, Joseph. |

| |i. |Names Same Siblings As Morgan Lists In His Will., and died 18 Aug 1807 in St. Charles, Missouri Terr., Missouri, |

| | |United States. |

| | |He married Rebecca Enochs Nov 1756 in Rowan, North Carolina,. She was born 1732 in Prince George, MD, and died 1768. |

|  |  ix.|Thomas Bryan was born Abt 1738 in Orange, Virginia, and died 1776 in North Carolina. He married Sarah Hunt. |



|Birth* |Ann (Nancy) Curtis was born circa 1738 at Virginia; married Edward Morgan.1,2  |

|Married Name |As of circa 1758,her married name was Morgan.1  |

|Marriage* |She married Joseph Morgan circa 1758 at Frederick, Virginia.1  |

|NoteB* |Joseph served in the Rev War from Burke County, North Carolina; a family narrative says that he served with his |

| |wife's brothers, i.e., Thomas and Jonathan Curtis.  |

|Census* |Ann (Nancy) Curtis and Joseph Morgan appeared on the census of 1800 at Burke, North Carolina, page 770, 1 female |

| |under 10, 3 males 16-25, 1 male and 1 female over 45.3  |

| |  |

| |This again is mine and Pegs Boone lines which will marry McElyea families ( which will marry into the Eli Thomas |

| |Curtis Familes of Hurricane Creek) |

 

Researchers Notes: The Bryan Families came off North Mountain lands ( see Johnson and Allied familes of North Mountain) this is where the Seveir family came from that will own lands on Big Creek and with Thomas Flippen whose family is the McAdoo Families of Rowan Co NC that will be founding in Dickson Co. TN and in Humphreys Co. Tn

MARY BOONE (SARAH; MORGAN, EDWARD 1) was born November 03, 1736 in Berks Co., PA, and died 1819 in Bryan's Station, Fayette Co., KY. She married (1) CHARLES SMITH. 2nd to William Bryan

Notes for WILLIAM BRYAN:

He was with the party which explored the north fork of the Elkhorn River in Kentucky 1774-5 near where Bryan's Station was later located. He was one of the four Bryan brothers (with James, Morgan and Joseph) who brought their families to Byran's Station 1775-6. He was killed by Indians. He was a gunsmith. He was a member of the first Boone-Bryan expedition to Kentucky, Sept, 1773 and together with his brothers James and Morgan, founded Bryan's Station on Elkhorn Creek, scene of the siege which preceded the Battle of Blue Licks. Wm. and Mary had 10 children. One was Mary, b. 1777 who married Joseph Ingels, son of James Ingles and Catherine Boone DeHart of Harrison Co., KY

Children of MARY BOONE and WILLIAM BRYAN are:

i. WILLIAM BRYAN, d. 1780, KY.

ii. SAMUEL BRYAN, b. 1756, Rowan Co., North Carolina; d. March 04, 1837, Southport, Marion Co., IN.

iii. DANIEL BOONE BRYAN, b. February 10, 1758, Rowan Co., NC; d. February 1845, Fayette Co., KY.

PHEBE BRYAN, b. 1763.

HANNAH BRYAN, b. 1765.

JOHN BRYAN, b. 1768.

SARAH BRYAN, b. Abt. 1769.

viii. ELIZABETH BRYAN, b. 1771; d. 1810, Flat Gap, TN.

ix. ABNER BRYAN, b. 1772.

x. MARY BRYAN, b. January 07, 1777.



She married (2) WILLIAM BRYAN 1755 in Rowan Co., NC, son of MORGAN BRYAN and MARTHA/MARGARET STRODE.

Researcher Notes of Tony L .Johnson: Need to re check William Morgan 1560 who married Elizabeth Winter, as this is reported to be the lines of Ceciley Reynolds husband Samuel Jordan, and Joan Jordan who married Thomas Palmer ( Palmers are families of Middleton and Johnson) Ceciley Reynolds comes from the Norton families of Sir John Norton

Researcher Notes of Tony L .Johnson: 1776 Born Sarah Boone died Oct. 21, 1855 married in East Tennesee to John McElyea. Sarah's father, Hezikiah Boone was a first cousin of the famous Daniel Boone. John McElyea was a soldier from TN in the war of 1812.He and Sarah came to Orange Co IN in 1828 buying ground in section 31 in 1829. John and Sarah had 12 children

Researcher Notes of Tony L .Johnson: Hezekiah Boone born Jun. 2, 1735 Berks County

Pennsylvania, was the son of George Boone & Deborah Howell; and was a first cousin to Daniel Boone. 

James BRYANT,

James BRYANT, (probable Baptist from ex-Quaker family)(not on Draper's list)

James appears to be the son of John Bryan and Sarah/Elizabeth Frances Battle. John Bryan was born Opequon Creek, Frederick Co., VA and is the son of Morgan Bryan and Martha Strode. Thus, if this deduction is correct, the James Bryant on the Swift list is the first cousin of Daniel Boone's wife Rebecca Bryan.

Thomas Huey on the later Swift list is his brother-in-law. The Bryans are well-known to have been involved in the Regulator movement. The Bryans were originally a Quaker family, but like the Boones became Baptist in North Carolina. James' family is not on Worldconnect, if he had one. There are requests for information about people with this last name from Grayson Co., VA on the Genforum, but they have gone unanswered. Note a Mary Bryant m. the son of one of the non-Quaker Williams on the Swift musters. This Bryan family also had at least one prominent Tory leader in near-by North Carolina.

The Bryant family that came to Cane Creek MM from Carteret Co., NC and then is found in the Wesfield MM records should be investigated. There are no James in this family on Worldconnect, but this family does intermarry with the Davis and Lundy families of the Chestnut Creek community of Grayson County in the 1790s. The John Bryan (b. 1742, s/o Nicholas) from this line married Lydia Allen 1760 in Carteret County and they both die in Grayson County. Their daughter Hope m. John Simcock 1796 in Grayson County and in turn Rebecca Simcock b. 1815 married Mounce Gore, an ancestor of Vice President Al Gore.

To do: Examine pension applications of John Bryan (Wilkes), Reuben Bryan (Surry), Robert Bryan (Wilkes), Thomas Bryan (Surry)

Quaker Records: New Garden MM: John received from Carteret Co., NC; Garner Bryant, son of John, Surry Co., m. Hannah Davies dt. Thomas, Montgomery Co., VA, 30-10-1782, at Tom's Creek Mtg. Witnesses, John Bryant, Thos. Davis, Charles Davis, Caleb Sumner, Moses Grigg, Daniel Beales, Elizabeth Davis, Elizabeth Ballard, Sarah Beales, Phebe Sumner, Mary Sumner, Mary Ballard.; 1782 Rebeckah d/o John of Surry Co., NC m. Thomas Davis. Westfield MM: 1797 - Thomas Bryant of Grayson Co., VA (s/o John Bryant and Lydia) m. Priscilla Lunday, In 1789 a Lydia Bryant m. John Davis.

1767-1771 Regulator petitions: John Bryan

1782 Montgomery Co. tax list: 1 tithe, 0 slaves, 1 horse, 0 cattle. He has 3 horses and no blacks in 1793. He is not listed on the 1793 Wythe county land tax list (there is a John Bryant with 170 acres worth 17 pounds)

James Bryant was not fined by Capt. Swift for not participating in the militia company.

Thomas HUGHEY:

Thomas Huey m. Mary Bryan (daughter of John Bryan b. 9 April 1730 Opequon Creek, Frederick Co., VA, and she was a first cousin of Daniel Boone's wife.). This Bryan family was known to have participated in the Regulators. They were, like the Boones, originally Quaker, but had become Baptists in North Carolina. Thomas was the son of John Huey and Elizabeth Morgan. The Huey family is from Rowan Co., NC and married with the Bryan family that also intermarried with the Boones. The Hueys had come from the Opequon Creek, Frederick Co., VA area with the Bryans. It does not appear that the Hueys were Quakers, but they seem to associate with them. Some of this family migrate to Clinton Co., IL from Iredell Co., NC. Thomas' children were Elizabeth, Maria, John, Joseph, James, Samuel and Rebecca.

1782 Montgomery Co tax list: not present. 1793 Wythe list not present.

Thomas Curtis, son in law of Morgan Byran

There is also new info found that Thomas Curtis who married Mary Bryan dau.

of Morgan & Martha is the one listed 1719 West Nottingham, Chester CO PA tax

list where Alexander Ross is listed partner of Morgan Bryan. All clues now lead

to a possable finding for Morgan Bryan in these tax listings for Nottingham,

PA.

The tax lists of Orange County for the year 1739 contain the name of Thomas Curtis

Thomas Curtis, 418 acres, probably in what is now Berkeley County, W. Va.

The Orange County (Va.) records show that Mary Curtiss was appointed administratrix of the estate of Thomas Curtiss July 23, 1741, with Morgan Bryan and Joseph Bryan as bondsmen.

The will of Mary Curtiss was probated in Orange County, February 25, 1742. She makes bequests to her daughter Mary Curtiss, and mentions her father Morgan Bryan and her mother Martha Bryan [sic]. Her brother Joseph Bryan is named as executor.

1741 Thomas Curtiss Part of index to Orange County Wills and Administrations (1735-1800) p. 164-165. Adms. bond rec. 23 July 1741. p. 190-191. Inv. & appr. rec. 25 Feb. 1741 Will Book 1, 1735-1743 (Reel 23)

Richard Beeson is listed on the estates' of Mary Curtis and Thomas Curtis Orange/Frederick CO VA court.

Note: Isaac Beeson son of Richard Beeson & Charity who marr.

Phebe Strode dau. of Samuel Strode are on a 1761 Rowan CO NC tax list with Joshua CURTIS, Benjamin ELLIS, John ELLIS (wife Rachel) taxed with him are James and William ELLIS, Benjamin Beeson , Christopher Nation - he is on the Frederick CO VA deeds.

Thomas Curtis died on 23 July 1741 at Orange, Virginia; Mary Curtis was appointed administratrix of his estate with Morgan and Joseph Bryan Bondsmen. The inventory of his estate was returned to the court 25 Feb 1741/42 with a total valuation of 100 pounds, 18 shillings.

1741 Mary Curtiss Part of index to Orange County Wills and Administrations (1735-1800) p. 125. Accounts rec. 28 May 1748 Will Book 2, 1744-1728 (Reel 23)

The will of Mary Curtis in 1741 and the will of Morgan Bryan in 1763 both give the same list of children of Morgan. Mary names her brothers as: Joseph, Samuel, Morgan, John, William, James and Thomas and sister Ellinor Linville. Morgan lists the sons in the same order which leads me to believe that is their birth order. He also names daughter Ellinor Linville. I have seen reports of a Sarah and a Rebecca as children but can't find proof of a connection.

The will of John Hood, who lived near Thomas Curtis on the Potamac River, named Jonathan Curtis as executor and was witnessed by Thomas Curtis. [Orange County, Virginia Court Book 3, pages 166, 379, 448, quoted by O'Dell] The widow produced the will 22 July 1742, but no witnesses appeared. The will was not entered in the record book and no copy survived

IN 1748, Morgan Bryan took up new land in Lord Granville's extensive holdings in North Carolina. left behind permanently near Winchester were the graves of Morgan and Martha Bryan's daughter Mary and her husband Thomas Curtis. The young couple, married only a year or two, died in the early 1740s, leaving their infant daughter to be raised by grandmother Martha. Seven-year-old Mary Curtis was among several children who made the trek to North Carolina down the Great Wagon Road, a trip of approximately three months

Mary Bryan was born Bet 1722 and 1723 in Chester, Pennsylvania, and died 1742 in Orange, Virginia,. She married Thomas Curtis 1740 in Orange, Virginia. He died Bef 7 Jan 1741 in Virginia, did she marry George Forbes. Or was this the daughter Mary Curtiss that married him?

Martha Bryan

Grant's Creek

Michael Warren

Edward Hughes

James Carter

ALEXANDER MARTIN, ESQ.

Sold to

BARNARD CRYDER

ROWAN COUNTY, N.C.

DEED BOOK 17, Page 130

23 September 1799

This indenture made the twenty third Day of September in the year of our

Lord one thousand seventeen hundred and ninety-nine Between ALEXANDER

MARTIN, Esquire of the County of Rockingham in the State of North

Carolina of the one part; and Barnard Cryder of the town of Salisbury,

in the State aforesaid Taveron Keeper of the other part. Witnesseth that

the said Alexander Martin, Esq. for & in consideration of the sum of one

hundred pounds current money to him in hand paid by the said Barnard

Cryder at or before the sealing & Delivery of these presents hath given,

granted, bargained sold and conveyed and by these presents doth give,

grant bargain sell & convey unto the said Barnard Cryder his heirs and

assigns all that certain parcel of land being one fourth part of a lott

situate lying & being in the town of Salisbury in the State aforesaid

Known and distinguished in the plan of the said Town by the name of

Number One in the East Square thereof which said one fourth or a quarter

part of said Lott begins at the end of six poles down Corbin Street from

the West corner of said lot, and runs north East three poles along said

Street to the corner of Johnson’s late quarter, now said Cryders

aforesaid lot, thence with said John Johnsons or Cryders line South East

twelve poles to the line of the lott Number Nine, thence with the line

of said lott South West three poles to the corner of Paul Barringers

half of said lot. Number one now Richmond Pearson, Esq. thence with

said Barringers line North West twelve poles to the Beginning Containing

thirty six square poles which lot was granted by James Carter & Hugh

Forster Commissioners of said Town by Deed to James Bowers by the said

James Bowers to John Brevard, Esq. and by the said John Brevard to the

said Alexander Martin, reference to all which will more fully appear,

together with all & singular the appurtenances and all the Estate right

title interest property claim and Demand whatsoever of him the said

Alexander Martin of into or out of the same or any part thereof. To

have & to Hold the said land that is to say one fourth part or quarter

of a lot No. one hereby granted or meant mentioned or intended to be

granted with the appurtenances unto the said Barnard Cryder his Heirs &

Assigns to & for his and their only proper use benefit and behoof

forever, And the said Alexander Martin & his heirs, Execrs. And

Administrators covenant promise grant & agree to & with the said Barnard

Cryder & his heirs one fourth or quarter of lott number one and premises

against him the said Alexander Martin and all other persons whatsoever

claiming or to claim by from through or under them or either of them,

shall & will well & truly warrant and forever defend by these presents.

In Witness whereof the said First Party to these presents hath hereunto

set his hand and seal the day and year herein first before written.

Alex: Martin {seal}

Sealed and Delivered

In the presence of us} Henry Giles Conrad Gillam



David Johnson

Elder John Hendricks

1765 John FIELDS moved to Rowan County to that part which was later Rockingham

County, North Carolina, and enlisted September 20, 1775, as sergeant in

Captain John Armstrong's company in Colonel Alexander Martin's Second North

Carolina Regiment and was discharged September 20, 1776.

John FIELDS...from Hanover Co. VA These Revolutionary War soldiers settled or stayed for a short while in Rockingham County, NC.  They previously lived in Virginia as noted below.  Proven by their Miliatary Pension Records

The data which follows were obtained from papers on file in the pension

claim, W.2971, based on the Revolutionary War service of John Fields.

He was born April 3, 1752, in Hanover County, Virginia. The name of his

parents are not shown.

Feb. 13, 1765 Alexander Coulter first appeared in Rowan County, North Carolina as a witness to a deed made from Thos. Cook, tailor, to Wm. McConnell, inn-holder.

Alexander Coulter

July 1768 Alexander Coulter was also a witness on a deed in Mecklenburg County, when Wm. Byers purchased land on Bullock Creek, later recorded in Tryon County 1769

1778 Jan Page 179; Estate of John Johnson paid to Alexander Coulter 300 Pounds Records for Alexander Coulter in Tryon Co. NC. Courts of Tryon Co. NC

1 Alexander Coulter, Sr. 1730 - 1807 b: Abt. 1730 d: January 13, 1807 in Roane CO, TN

... +Mary Mary, widow of WILLIAM MOORE Deathabt Oct 1771, Tryon County, North Carolina Age: 36

m: 1771 in Tryon, CO, NC

....... 2 James Coulter 1772 - 1849 b: April 01, 1772 in Rutherford CO, TN d: 1849 in AR 1850

............. +Catherine "Caty" Tunnell 1777 - 1826 b: January 31, 1777 in 1794. d: 1826 m: July 06, 1792 in Rutherford CO, NC

3 Thomas Jefferson Coulter, Sr. 1795 - 1876 b: June 25, 1795 d: May 14, 1876 in Hamilton, CO, TN

...................... +Rebecca Parks 1796 - 1880 b: 1796 d: 1880 m: April 26, 1815

.......................... 4 Margaret Coulter

.......................... 4 Ruth Coulter

.......................... 4 Caty Coulter

.......................... 4 Robert Coulter

.......................... 4 John Jerome Coulter

.......................... 4 Milo Coulter

.......................... 4 Thomas Jefferson Coulter, Jr. 1816 - 1885 b: April 15, 1816 d: Abt. 1885

2 Thomas Coulter 1777 - 1826 b: October 20, 1777 in Rutherford CO, NC d: 1826 in Bledsoe, CO TN

............. +Louisa "Lucy" Johnston 1800 - m: January 27, 1800 in Knox, CO TN

....... 2 Elizabeth Coulter 1781 - b: 1781 in Rutherford CO, NC

....... 2 Delilah Coulter 1786 - 1860 b: May 01, 1786 d: March 19, 1860

............. +Jonathan Pope 1786 - b: 1786 m: Abt. 1808

....... 2 Alexander Coulter, Jr. 1775 - 1853 b: August 16, 1775 in Rutherford CO, TN d: March 28, 1853 in Walker CO, GA

............. +Margaret McReynolds 1786 - 1870 b: April 22, 1786 in VA d: October 06, 1870 in Walker CO, GA m: January 1804

................ 3 Delila J. Coulter 1809 - b: May 11, 1809 in Bledsoe CO, TN

................ 3 Samuel Woods Coulter 1811 - b: April 08, 1811 in Bledsoe CO, TN

................ 3 Alexander Washington "Wash" Coulter 1813 - b: October 09, 1813 in Bledsoe CO, TN

................ 3 James Jefferson Coulter 1815 - b: January 01, 1815 in Bledsoe CO, TN

................ 3 Thomas M. Coulter 1818 - b: July 28, 1818 in Bledsoe CO, TN

................ 3 William Mitchel "Mitch" Coulter 1823 - 1879 b: October 01, 1823 in Marion CO, TN d: July 24, 1879 in Cassandra, Walker CO, GA

...................... +Minerva Lawrence Sutton 1824 - 1895 b: April 10, 1824 in Habersham CO, GA d: April 13, 1895 in Cassandra, GA m: June 20, 1848 in Cassandra, GA



1.3.4 Hudson Johnson COULTER (Jan 16, 1815 - Apr 3, 1859) bd. Jan 16, 1815, Bledsoe Co., TN dd. Apr 3, 1859, Hamilton Co. TN brd. McDonald/Hutcheson Cemetery (at Sale Creek), Coulterville, Hamilton Co., TN m’d Elizabeth Agnes Clift, daughter of Col William Clift. His other daughter, America m’d Robert W Coulter. Robert is the son of Thomas and Rebecca Park Coulter

Estate of John Johnson

Wm. McConnell

Misc. information McConnell Surname crossed into Allied Johnson Files

1810 Era: William Allen Johnson arrived Williamson Co Tn his brother Abner Johnson and Sister Ursula Pillow are already living in the area. In 1812 the are on Fountain Creek and in 1823 William Allen Johnson is on the Tax Rolls.

William Allen Johnson was born 1749 Dec 27 and died 1830 Feb 8: He was married to 1773 March 4 to Sarah McLaren daughter of Daniel McClaren of thedan River, lands in Guilford NC and Rockingham NC.

1839 march 20 Patriot (Greensboro, NC) MARRIED, in Guilford County, recently, MR. CALVIN N. McADOO to MISS ISABELLA McCONNELL, daughter of COL. WALTER McCONNELL

Thos. Cook,

Coulter Rowan County, North Carolina

1765 Mar 7 New Garden MM on Tarlton Johnson, son of Charles, Amelia co, VA, marries Sarah Mills, dau of Henry, of Roan co, NC

Tarlton Johnson,

 

Cedar Creek MM, Caroline co,VA on 11 Feb 1764 Talton Johnson requests certificate

to New Garden MM, NC; cert delayed by failure of committee to report & now forwarded on 8 Sep 1764

 

New Garden MM, Guilford co, NC on 24 Dec 1764 Tarlton Johnson received on certificate from a MM in Caroline co,VA dated 8 Sep 1764 [Cedar Creek MM]

-Deep River MM set off from New Garden MM,NC in 1778

-Springfield MM set off from Deep River MM, NC in 1790

Death recorded at Springfield MM, NC; in his 82nd yr

1787 Tarleton Johnson, Early landowners of Guilford Co., NC,

1765 March 19 DEED 6:136: Peter Perkins of Halifax County, Virginia to Gideon Johnson, 250 acres adjacent Joel Walker on the south side of the Dan River.

Notes: Peter Perkins

Notes: Joel Walker

Notes: Gideon Johnson

This Gideon Johnson is the lines of researcher Mary Holland whose lines are brother Jesse Johnson of Amelia County now in Lands that are in Rowan County NC.

1765 March 19: Gideon Johnson bought 250 acres on the South side of Dan River from Peter and Agness Wilkins Perkins of Pittsylvania Co. Va. For 120 pounds English money.

researchers Notes

Gideon Johnson in Rowan Co NC records witnessed a deed from Perkins to Joel Warren a distatant relative of Ursla fro 125 pounds Va money to sell 250 acres on the Dan River on the same day Gideon Johnson bought his farm. Gideon Johnsons neighbors were James Gates and James Presnall of Orange Co NC who also bought lands from Peter and Agnes Perkins in 1768

1765 March 30: DEED 6:169 Jesse Johnson to John Johnson of the same place , (Amelia County, Va. – BK) 250 acres on Wolf Run on Deep River which John (Jesse?) bought from Rebecca Mills 5 December 1763. Wits: James Johnson, Nathan Stanley, proved July 1763.

Note: Due to the possible order of microfilming the deed book, I couldn’t find this deed.

Notes: Jesse Johnson is the brother of Gideon Johnson of Amelia County who went to Granville Co. to Rockingham Co. NC to Williamson Co. Tn.

Notes: Rebecca Mills

Notes: Nathan Stanley

Notes: Deep River

Deep River is a Quaker Community and Jesse Johnson of Amelia Co was a Quaker as was his fore father Benjamin Johnson and Margery Massie of Henrico MM

1765 March 30: DEED 6:169: Jesse Johnson to John Johnson of the same place, 250 acres on Wolf Run on Deep River which John (Jesse?) bought from Rebecca Mills 5 December 1763. Wits: James Johnson, Nathan Stanley, proved July 1763

Notes: Jesse Johnson is the brother of Gideon Johnson of Amelia County to Granville Co. to Rockingham Co. NC to Williamson Co. Tn.

Note: Due to the possible order of microfilming the deed book, I couldn’t find this deed.

12 Apr 1765 (Rowan County NC Deed Book 7. pages 90 & 91) "On the 12th April 1765, John HOWARD, innholder. sold William Todd LIVINGSTON of Orange County. N.C. 313 acres of land on the north bank of the Yadkin River below Mill Creek and Mullberry Fields bought of Morgen BRYAN, Junr. and John BRYAN: "adjoining Morgan BRYANT above Francis RENELD'S Improvement ." (Rowan County Deed Book 6, pages 265 & 266). In 1769, John HOWARD, innholder, sold Francis REYNOLDS 40 acres of land on both sides Yadkin River below Mulberry Creek adjoining said REYNOLDS'S Land ." Pioneers of Wilkes County, Mrs. W. O. Absher, p. 89) SW: REYOLDS

William Todd LIVINGSTON

Notes: William Todd LIVINGSTON'S above land in Rowan became part of Surry, then Wilkes Co NC, and was located close to the lands of Edmond DENNEY whose (dau?) Ann, m RW Soldier George Combs of Wilkes Co NC. LIVINGSTON later left Wilkes Co NC for Washington Co VA where he was granted land on Moccassin Creek of the Holston River - where Combs also patented land (later in Russell, then Scott Cos, VA).

1765 May 30: Asher Hiatt: Born New Garden, Rowan Co, Now Guilford Co, Nc died 16 Jul 1800, Grayson, Va married 1 Oct 1788 Mary Johnson b 1767 era in Rowan Co. NC

Notes: 1770 Guilford County formed from Orange and Rowan County NC, so this is note true it would have to be Rowan Co NC as Deep Creek is in Rowan Co. Deeds

1765 AUGUST 14 This Indenture made the fourteenth Day of August in the fifth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, etc.; and in the year of our Lord 1765 ~ Between William Harrison of the County of Rowan in the Province of North Carolina, Esq. of the one part and Alexander Martin of the County & province afsd., Esq. of the other part. Witnesseth that the sd. William Harrison for & in consideration of the sum of twenty pounds proclm. money to him in hand paid by the sd. Alexander Martin the receipt whereof he the sd. William Harrison doth hereby confress & acknowledge & for diverse other good causes & considerations him thereunto moving, he the sd. William Harrison hath granted bargained and sold aliened enfeoffed released & confirmed and by these presents doth grant bargain & sell alien enfeoff and confirm unto the sd. Alexander Martin his Heirs & Assigns forever all that Messuage Tenement and parcel of land situate lying & being in the Town of Salisbury in Rowan County aforesd. Beginning at the south corner of the Lot Number Five in the North Square of the sd. Town a reference being had to plan of the sd. Town will more fully & at large appear, running thence three poles Front, thence Twelve poles Back thence three poles to Water Street thence along sd. street twelve poles to the beginning, containing thirty six square poles, being one Quarter part of the sd. Lot and also all lands trees woods underwoods, common profits commodities advantages hereditaments ways waters and appurtenances whatsoever to the sd. Messuage Tenement & Lot of land belonging or in any wise appertaining: and also the reversion and reversions remainder & remainders, Rents & Services thereof, the Quit Rents that shall hereafter grow due to the Trustees of the sd. Town from the sd. Messuage Tenement & parcel of land being excepted & foreprized; and all the Estate Right Title Interest, Claim & Demand whatsoever from the sd. William Harrison of in & to the same premises and of in & to every part & parcel thereof to have and to hold the sd. Messuage Tenement & parcel of land & all & singular the premises above mentioned with the appurtenances unto the sd. Alexander Martin his Heirs & Assigns to the only proper use & Behoof of him the sd. Alexander Martin his Heirs & Assigns forever. And the sd. Willm. Harrison for himself his Heirs & Assigns, doth covenant & grant to & with the sd. Alexander Martin his Heirs & Assigns that the sd. William Harrison now is lawfully & rightfully seized in his own right of a good sure & perfect indefensable Estate in Fee Simple Inheritance of & in all & singular the sd. Messuage and premises above mentioned and of every part & parcel thereof with the appurtenances without any manner of condition mortgage of use or uses or other matter cause or thing to alter change charge or determine the same. And also that he the sd. William Harrison hath now good Right full power & Lawful Authority in his own Right to grant bargain sell & convey the sd. Messuage & premises above mentioned, with the appurtenances unto the sd. Alexander Martin his Heirs & Assigns to the only proper use & behoof of the sd. Alexander Martin his Heirs & Assigns forever, according to the true Intent & meaning of these presents. And also that he the sd. Alexander Martin his Heirs & Assigns shall & may from Time to Time & at all Times hereafter peaceably & quietly have hold occupy and enjoy all & singular the sd. premises above mentioned to be hereby granted with the appurtenances without the Trouble Hinderance Molestation Interruption & Denial of him the sd. William Harrison his Heirs or Assigns and of all & every other person & persons whatsoever claiming or to claim by from or under him them or any of them. And the sd. William Harrison for himself & his Heirs, the sd. Messuage Tenement & parcel of land & every part thereof against him & his Heirs and against all & every other person or persons whatsoever to the sd. Alexander Martin his Heirs & Assigns shall & will warrant & forever defend by these presents. In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal the Day & Year above written. Wm. Harrison {seal} Sealed and delivered in the presence of } Dan’l Little Robert Johnston North Carolina January Term 1767 Rowan County } This is to certify that the within Deed was entered in open court & recorded in the Clerk’s office according to Law Ordered to be Registered ~ Test John Frohock, C.C. DEED BOOK 6, PAGE 337

Notes: Daniel Little

Notes: William Harrison

Notes: Alexander Martin

Is this Colonel Alexander Martin, og Guilford Co NC and then Governor of NC ?

Robert Johnston

Pp. 450-454: 21 28 Sept 1765, THOMAS GILLASPIE of Anson Co., to

HENRY GILLASPIE of Rowan Co., (amt. not stated)...300A on S of Cateba Humphries Creek, and N fork of Fishing Creek between MOSES DEICKEYS L JOHN KUKENDALLS THOMAS GILLESPIE (SEAL), Wit: JAMES WYLLY, ROBERT HARRIS.

ROBERT HARRIS

Oct 1765 Pp. 455-458: 16,ROBERT TATE to JAMES HENRY, for L33...land on S side Cataba on S fork

Crowders Creek joining DAVID RANKINS survey 360A,granted to sd. TATE 31 Aug 1753 ... ROBERT TATE (SEAL), Wit: ROBERT HARRIS and WILLIAM REED.

1765 Sept 29: Elizabeth Johnson, married James Ray, in Rowan County, North Carolina Rowan Co. NC Marriages, 1756-1769 (so far)

Notes: James Ray

Oct 1765 James Cotton, born, Rowan CO. NC. married Nancy Jane JOHNSON 20 Dec. 1786 Rockingham, NC died 18 February 1838 Nancy Johnson is daughter of Gideon Johnson and wife

James Cotton,

1658 April 22 ,John "Berdi" Cotton born Queens Creek, York CO. VA, married #1. Martha ?, Married # 2. MARTHA GODWIN*, Died ca 1728, Queens Creek, York CO. VA Son OF JOHN COTTON, SIR, AND ANN HUTCHINSON: John Cotton, SIR, born 1625 England, married Ann Hutchinson, died 1691 VA.

John "Berdi" Cotton

CHILDREN OF JOHN COTTON, SIR, AND ANN HUTCHINSON:

1. John "Berdi" born 22 April 1658, Queens Creek, York CO. VA, married #1. Martha ?, Married # 2. MARTHA GODWIN*, Died ca 1728, Queens Creek, York CO. VA (THIS LINE BELOW)

2. William, born 1660, Queens Creek, York CO. VA. married Anne Hutchinson

3. Thomas, born 1662, married Mary ? died March 1717/8 Surrey CO. VA

4. Charles, born 1664 Queens Creek, York CO. VA.

5. Richard, born 1669, (nothing known)

6. Ann, born 1674 (nothing known)

7. Elizabeth, born 1676 (nothing known)

8. Robert, born 1678 (nothing known)

9. Jane, born 1680, married John Donelson

10. Walter, born ? (nothing known)



CHILDREN OF JOHN "BERDIE" COTTON AND SECOND WIFE, MARTHA GODWIN:

1. Alexander Sportswborn 21 December, 1700, South Quay, Nansemond CO.VA. md ca 1718 Ann Foster, died 1769 Barfield, Bertie CO. NC

2. Patience, born 1703, married John Spears, Capt., died 30 Nov. 1725

3.Susannah, born 1704, married Esan Blount

4. Joseph, born 1706, Nasemond, VA. married 1735 Talbora, Edgecumb CO. NC. To ELIZABETH ERVIN. (SEE THIS LINE BELOW)

CHILDREN OF JOHN 'Bertie" COTTON AND FIRST WIFE, MARTHA:

5.Thomas, born ca 1709, Bertie CO ( Now Hertford) NC md. #1.Mary ?; md #2. Patience "Sarah" Bridges, died 1771 Hardford CO. NC

6. James, born 1712, Nansemond CO. VA Md. #1. Sarah Lutan, md # 2 Sarah Bridges, died 1714 Nansemond, VA

7. Priscilla, born 1714, married #1. ---Leonard, #2. Francis Lee

8. Arthur C., born 9 Sept. 1716, Nansemond VA, md Elizabeth Mary Rutland.

CHILDREN OF JOSEPH COTTON AND ELIZABETH ERVIN:

1. WILLIE, BORN Edgecomb Co. NC, (Nothing known)

2. Abesella, born edgecomb, NC, married Robert Cotton

3. Mary,born Edgecomb, NC, married Thomas Dew

4. Lucretia, born Edgecomb NC, married Absolom Merritt

5. Patience, born Edgecomb Co NC, married John Rauls

6. Charity, born Edgecomb Co NC, married James Slaughter

7. Cealla, born Edgecomb Co NC, married Beniah Williams

8.Amos, born 1735, Edgecomb, NC. Married Zelpha WIMBERLY (SEE THIS LINE BELOW)

9. Joseph, born Edgecomb CO. NC, married Elizabet Ervin

10. Thomas, born Esgecomb CO. NC, married Ann ?

11. William H. born 1746, Edgecomb, NC. married Clarmond D. Chappell

EXCERPTS OF AMOS COTTON' S WILL

Amos COTTON, being weak in body...wife Zilpha, use of estate during her widowhood and bequeath one negro, Jude to wife..

Sons George COTTON and Wimberly COTTON, plantation where Davis Fountain now lives, Son George , Negro Peter, and one mare and Smiths tools.

Son Joseph, land where I now live adj. the spring branch, the creek field and patent line. It to be the deviding line to be made by George WIMBERLY and or Elias FORT, son Joseph, one Negro and one mare.

Son James COTTON, remaining part of my land, also Negro, Simon, and my still and worm,

Daughter, Sally COTTON,Negro Cate,

Daughter, Pheribe COTTON, negroes Green and Luke Daughter, Elisabet, negro Lettice.

Excutors : Friends

George WIMBERLY

Robert DIGGERS

Elias FORT

Witnesses:

John X Fountain

Solomon X Fountain

William X Elenor

CHILDREN OF AMOS COTTON AND ZELPHA WIMBERLY :

1. George, born NC (Nothing known)

2. Wimberly, Born NC (nothing known)

3. Joseph, born NC. (nothing known)

4. James, born Oct 1765, Rowan CO. NC. married Nancy Jane JOHNSON 20 Dec. 1786 Rockingham, NC died 18 February 1838 (SEE THIS LINE BELOW)

5. Sally, born NC. (nothing known)

6. Pheribe, born NC (nothing known)

7. Elisabeth, born NC (nothing Known)

CHILDREN OF JAMES COTTON AND NANCY JOHNSON- Johnston :

1. Peter Johnson, born 25 Dec. 1787 Rockingham CO NC, married Lavinia Tucker 20 may 1806, died Oct 1862. Tippah CO MS.

2. Mary, born 15 March 1792, (maybe TN) married John McCartney

3. Martha, born 19 May, 1796, TN. married #1. John A. Shworth, md # 2. samuel boulds Barrett, died 22 Nov. 1852, Madison CO.Al.

4. Tabitha, born 3 February, 1801, TN. married 23 Sept. 1819 Henry Lewis, died 1 May, 1877

5.Charles K. born 3 Oct. 1805 Smith CO. TN. married Rutha Elizabeth MAHAN, d/o Thomas MAHAN and Naoimi COX.10 August, 1828 Jackson CO. AL. Rutha was b. 7 Apr. 1806, Knox CO. KY. She died 27 Nov. 1878, Henderson CO. Texas.

CHILDREN OF CHARLES K. COTTON AND RUTHA MAHAN :

1. Tabitha Ann, born 7 Nov. 1830,AL. married James Arthur Mitchem 10 June 1852 , died 1 March 1906. Bd Athens City Cem, Henderson CO TX (See their children at the end of this page)

2. Polly Ann , born 2 January 1834, AL, married John M. Daniel, 5 June 1856, died in 1899 in Anderson Co. TX. bd Judson Cem.

3. Louisa Pairlee, born 4 November, 1833 Cossa CO. AL. married James Wesley (Wessie) JACKSON 27 August, 1853, Anderson CO. Texas, died 1910. Judson Cem. ( FOR THIS LINE SEE : JACKSON.

4. Clement Clay. born 7 Dec. 1835, Coosa CO. AL. Married Virgina W. Johnson 12 Nov. 1867, died 5 March, 1914, Anderson CO. TX. BD. Judson Cem.

5. James T. , born 29 Feb. 1837, Coosa Co. AL., md. Louise Williams 17 Feb. 1861, Anderson CO. TX.

7. Alexander Black, born 1 Jan. 1841, Coosa Co AL., Married 15 April 1869 to Elizabeth C. Burns, died April 1920, Coryell CO. TX.

8. David Crawford. Born 3 Nov. 1842, Coosa CO. AL., died 8 June 1863

9. Rile ., born 3 Nov. 1842, Coosa CO. AL. married Tabitha Cox 12 Dec. 1868, Anderson CO. TX., died 21 Feb. 1929 Hardman TX. but was shipped back to Anderson CO.

10. Charles M., born 3 August 1849 Coosa CO. Al. Married May, 1879 to Martha Eleanor Wallace Henderson CO. TX . Died 19 April 1922, bd. Willow Spring Cem. Henderson Co. TX.

11. William Clay, born ca 1851, B. AL or TX

12. Rutha E. , born 17 July 1851,, AL or TX Md. William D. Lee, 7 Feb. 1872 in Henderson CO. TX.

( SOME RESEARCHERS HAS ANOUTHER CHILD - WM. PLLEASENT, b. 1829 wh md Susan Anne Yeager )

Children Of Tabitha Allin Cotton & James Arthur Mitcham

1) Sarah Jane, b. 28 oct 1853, Anderson CO TX, Md. R.D. Melton 31 July 1872, died 6 May 1935, Athens

2) Mary E., born 4 June 1855, Henderson CO, TX, Md Levi Gilmore, 18 Sept 1905, died Henderson County TX

3) Martha E. born 6 Nov 1856, Henderson County, TX. Md W.T. Eustace, died Henderson CO TX

4) Arthur G. born 6 Nov 1856, Henderson Co, died 29 Apr 1877, Chatfield, Navarro CO, TX

5) Elizabeth L. born 28 Jan 1861, Henderson CO TX, md. As Miller

6) Charles H. Born 3 July 1863, Henderson County, TX, died 17 Dec 1865

7) Anna, born 6 March 1867, Henderson County TX, Md James Avriett 7 Dec 1887, Navarro CO TX Died 6 March 1922

8) James I. born 28 March 1875, Henderson CO TX, Died 31 July1883, Chatfield, Navarro CO TX

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CHILDREN OF JAMES COTTON AND NANCY JOHNSON: or Nancy Johnston

1. Peter Johnson, born 25 Dec. 1787 Rockingham CO NC, married Lavinia Tucker 20 may 1806, died Oct 1862. Tippah CO MS.

2. Mary, born 15 March 1792, (maybe TN) married John McCartney

3. Martha, born 19 May, 1796, TN. married #1. John A. Shworth, md # 2. samuel boulds Barrett, died 22 Nov. 1852, Madison CO.Al.

4. Tabitha, born 3 February, 1801, TN. married 23 Sept. 1819 Henry Lewis, died 1 May, 1877

5.Charles K. born 3 Oct. 1805 Smith CO. TN. married Rutha Elizabeth MAHAN, d/o Thomas MAHAN and Naoimi COX.10 August, 1828 Jackson CO. AL. Rutha was b. 7 Apr. 1806, Knox CO. KY. She died 27 Nov. 1878, Henderson CO. Texas.

CHILDREN OF CHARLES K. COTTON AND RUTHA MAHAN :

1. Tabitha Ann Cotton, born 7 Nov. 1830,AL. married James Arthur Mitchem 10 June 1852 , died 1 March 1906. Bd Athens City Cem, Henderson CO TX (See their children at the end of this page)

2. Polly Ann Cotton, born 2 January 1834, AL, married John M. Daniel, 5 June 1856, died in 1899 in Anderson Co. TX. bd Judson Cem.

3. Louisa Pairlee Cotton, born 4 November, 1833 Cossa CO. AL. married James Wesley (Wessie) JACKSON 27 August, 1853, Anderson CO. Texas, died 1910. Judson Cem. ( FOR THIS LINE SEE : JACKSON.

4. Clement Clay Cotton. born 7 Dec. 1835, Coosa CO. AL. Married Virgina W. Johnson 12 Nov. 1867, died 5 March, 1914, Anderson CO. TX. BD. Judson Cem.

5. James T Cotton , born 29 Feb. 1837, Coosa Co. AL., md. Louise Williams 17 Feb. 1861, Anderson CO. TX.

7. Alexander Black Cotton, born 1 Jan. 1841, Coosa Co AL., Married 15 April 1869 to Elizabeth C. Burns, died April 1920, Coryell CO. TX.

8. David Crawford Cotton. Born 3 Nov. 1842, Coosa CO. AL., died 8 June 1863

9. Rile Cotton ., born 3 Nov. 1842, Coosa CO. AL. married Tabitha Cox 12 Dec. 1868, Anderson CO. TX., died 21 Feb. 1929 Hardman TX. but was shipped back to Anderson CO.

10. Charles M. Cotton, born 3 August 1849 Coosa CO. Al. Married May, 1879 to Martha Eleanor Wallace Henderson CO. TX . Died 19 April 1922, bd. Willow Spring Cem. Henderson Co. TX.

11. William Clay Cotton, born ca 1851, B. AL or TX

12. Rutha E. Cotton , born 17 July 1851,, AL or TX Md. William D. Lee, 7 Feb. 1872 in Henderson CO. TX.

( SOME RESEARCHERS HAS ANOUTHER CHILD - WM. PLLEASENT, b. 1829 wh md Susan Anne Yeager )

Children Of Tabitha Allin Cotton & James Arthur Mitcham

1) Sarah Jane Cotton, b. 28 oct 1853, Anderson CO TX, Md. R.D. Melton 31 July 1872, died 6 May 1935, Athens

2) Mary E. Cotton, born 4 June 1855, Henderson CO, TX, Md Levi Gilmore, 18 Sept 1905, died Henderson County TX

3) Martha E. Cotton born 6 Nov 1856, Henderson County, TX. Md W.T. Eustace, died Henderson CO TX

4) Arthur G. Cotton born 6 Nov 1856, Henderson Co, died 29 Apr 1877, Chatfield, Navarro CO, TX

5) Elizabeth L. Cotton born 28 Jan 1861, Henderson CO TX, md. As Miller

6) Charles H. Cotton Born 3 July 1863, Henderson County, TX, died 17 Dec 1865

7) Anna, Cotton born 6 March 1867, Henderson County TX, Md James Avriett 7 Dec 1887, Navarro CO TX Died 6 March 1922

8) James I. Cotton born 28 March 1875, Henderson CO TX, Died 31 July1883, Chatfield, Navarro CO TX

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Research Notes: Check line of Stokley Donelson son of Col. John Donelson as a Thomas Cotton of this line came with James Randolph Robertson and Col. Donelson to found- settle Nashville.

COTTON FAMILIES IN THE MATRIMONY BAPTIST CHURCH

The Magazine of Migration"

VOLUME I -July Aug-1972- Revised 1975

Published by Yates Publishing Co.

( Virginia, No. Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri

and states further west)

JOHNSON SECTION

Excerpt from letter from E. Henry , Shelbyville, Ill to G. Buland

Sapulpa, Ok 10/21/1972

Gideon Johnson b. ca 1717 m. Ursula Allen, dau of William Allen & his

first wife, MARY OWEN. Lived Amelia Co. VA where their children were

born, then to Rockingham Co. NC then to Rowan Co. NC in 1766 10

children:

William Johnson m. Sarah McClaren,

Gideon Johnson Jr. m. Mary DeGraffenreid,

Nancy Johnson m. ---Cotton,

Elizabeth Johnson m.---Ray,

Judith m. ---Condon,

Ursula m. ---Pillow,

Naomi Johnson,

Mordiecia Johnson,

Pete Johnson, &

Abner Johnson.

KNOWN COTTON FAMILIIES IN WILKES CO. GA

Nancy Hill married to Col. William Johnson I have her parents as Henry Hill b. 1730 in Nansemond, Va. and his wife was Sarah Cotton b. 1764 in Wilkes Co., Ga. Henry's father was Abraham Hill b. abt 1697 Va Sincerely, Christine Johnson-Williams cwcritters@

Sarah Cotton is reported to be off these same Queens Creek Cotton Families as the Cotton families of Matrimony Creek:

Queens Creek is the home of Thomas Stegg Kinsman of the Byrd Families off Wards Creek:

Need to retrace this on LDS FAMILY SEARCH,

Verifiable “proof” is scarce until the birth of Abraham Hill in 1698. This Abraham Hill, (1698-1760) born in Virginia or North Carolina, married Sarah Judith Hinton, daughter of Col. John and Mary Hardy Hinton. Their son Henry Hill, Sr.(1730-1804) served as a private in the North Carolina Militia and married Sarah Cotton before moving from Chowan County, NC, to Washington, in Wilkes County, Georgia, with many of their close relatives and neighbors. Moving around 1774, some of the family served during the Revolution in Georgia, and some in Carolina.

At that time Wilkes County was quite large, including what later became Elbert, Oglethorpe, Coweta, and others of the later north Georgia counties. Among our Abraham Hill’s close relatives who came to Georgia with him were his cousin Tom and Tom’s sons –

Thomas Abraham Wylie Hill (-1848),

Middleton Milledge Meade Hill (1802-1850), and

Thomas Baytop Jefferson Hill (1814-1873).

They all started moving west from Washington, GA, within a few years. Thomas Hill, father of the three cousins who went to Texas, married Sarah “Sallie” McGehee, then moved to Marion County, AL, before later moving with his sons to Bastrop County, Texas.

Sarah Judith Hinton, daughter of Col. John Hinton and Mary Hardy

COLONEL JOHN HINTON (JAMES3, JOHN CHAPMAN2, THOMAS1) was born 1673 in ,England, and died June 06, 1731 in Precinct, Chowan, North Carolina, USA. He married MARY HARDY Abt. 1690 in of Precinct, Chowan, North Carolina,. She was born Abt. 1675 in Precinct, Chowan, North Carolina, , and died Aft. 1732.

Mary Hardy  (ca 1685-before 1744) was the daughter of John Hardy I , (born October 17, 1665, in Dorchestershire, England, died January 19, 1718, in Chowan County, North Carolina) and Charity O’Dyer  (born ca 1660, in England, died before 1719 in Bertie County, North Carolina).  John Hardy I  was the son of John Noble Worthington Hardy  (born ca 1638, Pembroke, Wales, died October 7, 1697, Chowan District, North Carolina) and Emily Parker . John Noble Worthington Hardy moved from Wales to England, and then sometime after 1677, to America. John Noble Worthington Hardy was the son of Anthony Hardy , born January 7, 1614, in Pembroke, Wales, and died there in 1655.

Sub notes: Hinton Families

Notes: On March 11, 1664/65, Francis Spike patented land in the Upper Parish of Nansemond County, Virginia at the head of Mathews Creek "butting on the land of William Eason." Some seven months later, on October 20, 1665, Wm. Eason patended 700 acres in the Upper Parish on Mathews Creek "for the importation of himself, wife and twelve other colonists to Virginia." No additional records have been located connected with this William Eason. He most likely died in Nansemond County, Virginia before 1704. It is probable that he left three sons because they appear on the 1704 Rent Roll of that county as land owners.

Notes: 1664 March 11: Nansemond Co: Francis Spike: 700 acres on the head of a creek Called Mathews Creek adjoining the land of William Eaton: Land Office Patents # 5, 1661-1666 vol 1 & 2 pg 205 on reel 5: Library of Virginia Archives Section

Notes: Descndancy Chart for Francis Speight Sr. who died in Nansmond Co. Va.

William Speight Capt. born Nansemond Co. Va. bef Feb 9 1696

Thomas Speight marrried Mary Hinton Born Nansemond Co. Va. died aft 1737 April 9 Bertie NC

Moses Speight married Mary: at Perquims NC, he was born in Va

Rachel Speight married Thomas Jordan at Nansemond Co. Va.

Ruth Speight married Joseph Jordan at Bertie NC she was of Bertie NC

Joseph Jordan and Ruth Speight children Sarah Jordan born 1739 Dec 13 Bertie Co. NC married William Armistead Sr. 1757 Sept 2, Bertie Co. NC she died aft 1818 Feb 12 in Bertie Co.NC

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Notes: Mathews Creek is the home of Henry Rowen the First husband of Alice who after his death re married John Watson and begat Sarah Watson who married Michael Johnson our DNA

Colonel John Hinton, son of John Hinton and Mary Hardy, and wife Grizelle Kimbrough, along with brothers James and David Hinton, came to the present county line area between Johnston and Wake Counties. They were great, great grandchildren of Sir Thomas Hinton, the largest investor to establish the Jamestown (VA) settlement. John Hinton’s first land record (1743) is the oldest known for what is now Wake County, for 138 acres on the west side of the Neuse River.

1767 State Militia

Military Collections

Troop Returns

1755-1773

Officers for which Commissions are to Issue

Johnston Regiment Rank

Samuel Smith Colonel

Benj Williams Lieut Colonel

John Hinton Major

Captains Lieutenants Ensigns

Benj Hardy [blank] [blank]

Nathl Williams Isaac Williams Thomas Lee

John Rogers John Hinton Mathew Lowry

David Hollyman John Hinnant Charles Wilkinson

James Wooten Malachi Hinton Aron Rogers

Nathl Kimbrough Swan Thomson Wm Thomson

Theophs Hunter Saml Pearson Ruben Hunter

John McCullers David Mims David McCullers

Needham Bryan John Stevens John Smith

Simon Turner Tea Atkins Hardy Sanders

Willm Bryan Needham Bryan Junr Sam Smith Junr

Nenry Reans

(m.o.)

1776 Sept. Members of Hinton Family that are in the Matrimony Creek Primitive Baptist Chruch Charlotte Hinton – suspended and Elizabeth Hinton – dismist

In June 1763 George Sims made his will in Brunswick Co. Virginia, naming sons Nathaniel Sims, Zachariah Sims, Bartlet Sims, Burwell Sims, and William Sims, and appointing his son Millington Sims his executor. This George Sims is purported to have married Martha Walton. George Sims is also purported to have been the brother of William Sims, a well known surveyor of Mecklenburg and Tryon counties. NC Files JOHNSON AND ALLLIED FAMILIES OF 2nd Broad Creek: Bartlett Sims is who Hudson Johnston and Agnes Settle by in Carters Valey of Big Creek

On 22 June 1761 Burwell Sims purchased 212 acres on the Meherrin River in Brunswick Co. from James Wall. On 24 Nov 1766 Burwell Sims sold this same tract to James Hinton. One of the witnesses to this last deed was Peter Freeman whose widow Faithy Freeman would later move in the 1790's to Rutherford Co. NC Files JOHNSON AND ALLLIED FAMILIES OF 2nd Borad Creek : Burwell Simms is the Cousin of Barlett Sims

15 Mar 1795: Richard Johnson married Lettice Hinton.  Bondsman: Jeremiah White.  Minister: Lazarus Dodson.[60]  Lazarus had also performed the marriage of George Pratley to Lydia Dodson with James Johnson as bondsman; and marriage of our James Johnston to Joyce Wells.  Lazarus was minister of the Leatherwood Primitive Baptist Church.  John Johnston, son of Hudson Johnson, supposedly resided next to Lazarus Dodson in Pittsylvania.  See also 22 Apr 1788 See Nancy's Thoughts on Genes and Genealogy ( NOT MY RESARCH TONY L. JOHNSON)

Burns' line

JOEL THOMAS

JESSE THOMAS

Susannah Fields b: 15 Dec 1765

I have that Susan was born in Rowan, NC. Please be carefull looking into this line it has took me in circles. I think that there is also some indain blood somewhere. Have you ran into that? I hope that help some.



1760 or so  Nathaniel Fields family settled on Mountain Run Cr Rockingham NC in

Nathaniel Fields

Nathaniel FIELDS, b abt 1730, Hanover Co, VA(?), d Apr 1, 1777, NC

+Mary, b abt 1730

Robert Nelson Pleasant FIELDS, Sr., b Feb 26, 1768

Ansel FIELDS, b unk

John FIELDS, b unk

Agathy FIELDS, b unk

William FIELDS, b unk

Elija FIELDS, b unk

Susanna FIELDS, b unk

Allen FIELDS, b unk

Robert Nelson Pleasant FIELDS, Sr., b Feb 26, 1768, Guilford Co, NC, d Feb 11, 1839, TN, m Dec 9, 1790, Rockingham Co, NC +Mary Polly DODD, b Aug 14, 1769, NC, d May 29, 1836, TN

Elizabeth FIELDS, b Oct 8, 1791

Ambrose FIELDS, b Oct 8, 1792

William FIELDS, b Apr 1, 1794

Allen FIELDS, b Nov 26, 1796

Robert Nelson Pleasant Fields, Jr., b Jul 3, 1798

Absalom FIELDS, b Jun 29, 1801

Matilda FIELDS, b Jun 22, 1803

Martha "Patsy" FIELDS RANKIN, b Jan 20, 1805

Mary "Polly" FIELDS, b May 3, 1807

Maacha FIELDS, b Sep 3, 1809

Martha "Patsy" FIELDS, b Jan 20, 1805, Rockingham Co, NC, d Sep 19, 1860, Weakley Co, TN

+George Hunt RANKIN, b Jun 24, 1798, NC, d Aug 28, 1844, Williamson Co, TN, m Oct 31, 1821, Williamson Co, TN

John Nelson RANKIN, b Dec 25, 1822

Sarah Robert RANKIN, b Jun 20, 1824

Mary RANKIN STILL, b Dec 2, 1825

George Ezra RANKIN, b Jul 2, 1828

Enoch Jones RANKIN, b May 18, 1830

Josephus William RANKIN, b Apr 5, 1832

Allen Dodd RANKIN, b May 10, 1834

Maacha Ann RANKIN, b Jul 26, 1836

Martha Elizabeth RANKIN, b Mar 13, 1837

James Still RANKIN, b Jun 2, 1839

Matilda Jane RANKIN ARNOLD, b Jul 31, 1841

Thomas Walton RANKIN, b Aug 31, 1843

Daniel Hunt RANKIN, b Dec 1, 1844



 

My line is Rankin. Hazel Townsend hazelt@ is the head of the Rankin family association and knows this line. We also have the Rankin Family Tree YDNA project that anyone can go onto..

Bev Conolly A White Oak DNA researcher

From: BRConolly@

 Susanna Fields b. 15 Dec. 1765 NC, d. 20 Sept. 1794. Married Wm. Lester 17 Sept. 1780. It is posted online that she died in Sumner Co., TN which is not correct. Susanna died after giving Wm. Lester six sons. Joshua, Presley, William III, Vincent, John & Thomas. Wm. married 2nd wife 10 Sept 1795 in Federal City (Washington DC). Wm. Lester did not come to wilson Co., TN until 1816. Two of his sons, Joshua and Presley came to Wilson Co. in 1801. Presley and Joshua were both Baptist ministers. One of the trees list Joshua b. Smith Fork TN. This is incorrect. He was pastor at Smith Fork Baptist church, Wilson Co., TN. I know vincent was in Wilson Co. His name appears in a Cainsville Store Ledger dated 1836-37. There is a William Lester b. VA on the US Fed. Census, Wilson Co.,TN for 1850. There is a marriage record for Wm. and Mary Jane Duffy.

I am not interested in a full tree on all the descendants of Nathaniel Fields and Mary as there are millions. I would like substantiated record of Nathaniel Fields. The internet trees list him b. 1725 Hanover co., VA, d. 1 Apr. 1777 Guilford, NC (according to one of the post I read on this forum it was in Revolutionary War battle). married Mary Allen 1747. b. 1726 Hanover, VA, d. 1797 Rockingham, NC.

Childen

Ansel Fields,

John A. Fields,

Agnes Fields,

Agatha Fields,

Wm. Fields

Obediah Fields

(Elijah Fields?)

Susanna Fields,

Robert N.P. Fields,

Allen.

If someone has correct dates for Susannas' siblings and perhaps their marriages I would be delighted to have it. Anyone interested in Susannas' offspring I will be glad to share my information on them. Thank you, Estelle Hall (Hallstree@)

I am also kin thourgh this line. My line is through Robert N.P. Fields bornFeb.26,1765 This is what I have Anselna Fields b: 5 Jan 1748/49

John Fields b:3 Apr 1752 in Hanover.Va

Agnus Fieldsb:1753

Elijah Fields b:1755

William b:1760

Susannah Fields b: 15 Dec 1765

Allen Fields b: 1770

I have that Susan was born in Rowan, NC. Please be carefull looking into this line it has took me in circles. I think that there is also some indain blood somewhere. Have you ran into that? I hope that help some.

 

Ansel FIELDS...from Hanover Co These Revolutionary War soldiers settled or stayed for a short while in Rockingham County, NC.  They previously lived in Virginia as noted below.  Proven by their Miliatary Pension Records. VA   

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THOMAS CARTER ~ Born c.1746 in MD, according to pension application. Private in Virginia Militia. Pension application (Series M805, Roll 167, Image 267, File S8150) states he was in Battle of Guilford Courthouse. Pension started 19 February 1833, at age 88. See also: . Mentioned in pension application of Ansel Fields (W-10021). Living in Rockingham County, NC, in 1840 federal census & 1841 NC census. Will in Rockingham Co. Old Wills Book, page 14. Rev. War Claim in NC State Archives dated 20 March 1843

John FIELDS...from Hanover Co. VA These Revolutionary War soldiers settled or stayed for a short while in Rockingham County, NC.  They previously lived in Virginia as noted below.  Proven by their Miliatary Pension Records

The data which follows were obtained from papers on file in the pension

claim, W.2971, based on the Revolutionary War service of John Fields.

He was born April 3, 1752, in Hanover County, Virginia. The name of his

parents are not shown.

In 1765 he moved to Rowan County to that part which was later Rockingham

County, North Carolina, and enlisted September 20, 1775, as sergeant in

Captain John Armstrong's company in Colonel Alexander Martin's Second North

Carolina Regiment and was discharged September 20, 1776.

After his service he settled within three miles of Spring Garden, Rockingham

County, North Carolina, where he continued to reside.

He was allowed pension on his application executed January 15, 1832, at which

time he lived near Spring Garden, North Carolina. He died September 1, 1833,

in Rockingham County, North Carolina.

This soldier married December 4, 1776, in Guilford County, North Carolina,

Mary Gibson, who was born December 24, 1754. She died October 24, 1844 in

Rockingham County, North Carolina.

In 1854 the pension that was due Mary Fields as the widow of John Fields was

allowed for the benefit of her only surviving child, Jeremiah Fields.

John and Mary Fields had the following children:

Anna born October 8, 1777, married December 24, 1795, Thomas Strong

Lydia born May 27, 1779, married December 11, 1796, Charles Harris

Susan born January 20, 1785, married March 14, 1811, Robert Strong, she died

August 20, 1821

Jeremiah born February 20, 1787, married October 31, 1811, Jane Scales

Nathaniel born May 6, 1789

Lucy born February 6, 1792, married January 27, 1814, John Scales, she died

November 3, 1820

John born May 23, 1794, married August 21, 1817, Lueacy Gibson

In 1853 one Richard E. Scales of Rockingham County, North Carolina, aged

forty-three, was administrator of the estate of the widow, Mary Fields,

relationship not shown.

There are no further data relative to soldier's family.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller

Executive Assistant

to the Administrator

Researchers Notes: It is appearing that this Nathan Fields is some how related to the ???? Fields that married Elizabeth Murrell, the Aunt of Rev. Thomas Murrell who lead my ancestor Hudson Johnson and wife Agness into Carters Valley of Washington CO NC now Hawkins Co Tn. Hudson Johnson and wife Agness's daughter Mary Polly Shropshire married Joel SHropshire off Seymore Samier Shropshire whose brother is Winkfield Shropshire.

1730 about in Hanover Co. Va Mary Shropshire was born. She died Sep 1806 in Amherst Co. Va. She married Joseph Smith on April 3 1745 in St. Pauls Parish.:

This indicates that Mary Shropshires father is in the area of Hanover County Va. in 1730 her father would be Winkfield Shropshire who was married to a Moore: (see Shropshire web site)

 Now Winkfield Shropshire's daughter Elizabeth Shropshire married Joseph Payne Johnson in Orange Co NC a land owner on Timber Tree Creek and Mountain Run, well this Nathan Fields owns lands in 1760 Orange CO NC on Timber Tree Creek.

Winkfield and Wiliam Shropshire in Orange CO NC are witness to Joseph Payne Johnson's deeds. Joseph Payne Johnson went with Winkfield SHropshire and the Hills to lands of Oglethorpe and Wilkes Co. Ga.

 

Now some of this Nathan Fields- Rankin Families appear to be involved in the Jackson Purchase which is Lands on the Duck River which is in Maury Co Tn, Williamson CO Tn, Giles Co Tn and in Humphreys CO. Tn.

The files NC Timber Tree Creek are on file at the JJJDNA site as my home computer is in the shop for a hard drive problem. I hope to get the NC Timber Tree Creek report out Sunday if I get my computer back. I sent it to the JJJDNA site so I would not loose it. Files on Johnson and allied families of Tn Duck River and Tn Blue Creek of the Duck River I also sent into the library.

#1766

1766-1767 Quaker MM’s Sending People to Deep Creek MM

From Cedar Meeting - Hanover Co., VA ca. 1766-67: David Brooks, Thomas Elmore, Obediah Harris, James Harris; Philipp Hoggatt, Robert, John and William Johnson, John Payne, Hezekiah Sanders and William Stanley. John Payne was the father of Dolly Madison, who was born at New Garden.

1766: I would like information regarding Isaac Johnson b. abt 1745 and his wife Elizabeth Holeman abt 1752. They married 1766 in Rowan, County NC. Isaac Johnson's place of Res. during the Revolutionary War was Mecklenburg Co. He was a Corporal in Lt. Colonel Campbells Company 9th VA Regiment commanded by Colonel John Gibson: posted by Jeane Roth: Sept 6 1998: searching for Johnson-Johnston-Holemans

Isaac Johnson & Elizabeth Holeman m 1766 in Rowan Co NC. He served in the Rev War in the 9th VA Reg (per DAR Patriot Index). They later moved to Jessamine & Anderson Co KY.

They had 11 children:

Mary Johnson abt 1767,

Rebecca Johnson 1768,

Elizabeth Johnson,

Nancy Johnson,

David Johnson, m Mary Burch & had a son Cave Johnson.

Isaac Johnson Jr 1776, m Elizabeth Thurman & had a son Cave Harris.

James Johnson 1786, m Mary Turner Keen (my line) and went to IN

Holeman Johnson abt 1788, m Catherine Murrain & went to . IN.

Lydia Johnson 1791,

Daniel Holman Johnson 1797, m Malinda Wilson & went to OH

John Johnson 1800. m Mary Campbell.

This family is the subject of "The Ancestry of Grafton Johnson".

Elizabeth Holeman

Notes the Holman families lived on Dutchmans Creek

1789 Dec 28: Rowan County Deed Book 12, pages 225, has an entry on December 28, 1789 that John Gwartney of Iredell Co. NC sold to George Wilkins of Rowan Co. NC the 300 acres State Grant # 1373 on the east side of Dutchmans Creek adjoining William Cook and Daniel Holman, for L100. The deed was proved by Henry Johnson at the Feb 1791 Court. Witnesses were Henry Johnson and William Holman.

Moses Bentley born 1766 Bear creek, Rowan Co., NC, died between May-October 1827 Burke (now Alexander) County, married Mary (Campbell?). Moses Bentley, son of Benjamin and Jane Bentley,

Moses Bentley

Notes: he DID NOT marry Mary Lowrance. The Moses Bentley who married Mary Lowrance was born in Mecklenburg Co., NC.

born bef. 6 Apr 1766 Margaret Cathey in Rowan Co, NC

died 7 Apr 1766 in Rowan Co, NC Alexander Cathey [6455] (John2, Cathey1), born 1707 in Ulster, Ireland;. He married bef. 1740 in DE, Elizabeth Pinkney died aft. 1768 in Rowan Co, NC.

 

Children of Alexander CATHEY and Elizabeth PINKNEY were as follows:

+ 48 i Alice Cathey [6462], born bef. 13 Sep 1742 in PA. She married (1) John Locke [8505]. She married (2) Benjamin Robinson [6463].

+ 49 ii John Cathey [6458], born bef. 13 Sep 1742 in PA. He married Mary Erwin [5704].

+ 50 iii William Cathey (Major) [6457], born 16 Jan 1747 in Anson Co, NC. He married Alice "Else" Hagan [6436]. He died 1827 in Sumner Co., TN.

51 iv Margaret Cathey [6461], born bef. 6 Apr 1766 in Rowan Co, NC.

+ 52 v James Cathey (Captain) [4350], born 1750 in Anson Co, NC. He married Jane Rutherford [4349].

+ 53 vi Richard Alexander 4 Cathey [6460], born abt. 1745/50 in Anson Co, NC. He married Elizabeth Giles [6464]. (R.A. CATHEY was a gunsmith and soldier)

 

NOTES:

 

E. H. Cathey (2002) writes that Alexander Cathey, born 1707, married Elizabeth Pinkney.

He appears in the Cumberland Valley in 1734.

EHC speculates that Alexander, an indentured servant, met and married Ms Pinkney when he and his master were located near Annapolis, MD.

Later, in the McFarland neighborhood on Conodoguinet Creek (near the present day Pennsylvania Turnpike, I-76), Alexander lived across the creek from his uncle James Cathey.

It is believed that Alexander left Lancaster Co., PA, for Virginia after his father’s death.

 

In 1753 Alexander Cathey was a Justice of the Peace in Salisbury, NC. He presided over the first courts of Rowan County which were held in 1755. He was a friend and neighbor of Squire Boone, father of the famous Daniel Boone. He is buried near Salisbury in the Thyatira Cemetery, formerly Catheys Meeting House; his monument states “Alexander Cathey who died 1766, age 59 years.”

Most of the Cathey clan migrated from Rowan to Mecklenburg County, NC, before the American Revolution.

 

Heritage of Rowan County, NC, Vol. 1, 1991: Alexander Cathey is described as “a typical Scots; he was loud, rowdy, hard-working, loved his family and liked a good drink and a good fight.”

“Maury County TN History and Families” (Turner Publ., 1998), p. 222: John Cathey, born in Ulster, Ireland, came with his family to Lancaster County, PA, where his will was recorded in 1742.

His son, Alexander, is the progenitor of the Maury County branch of the Cathey family.

Alexander (b. 1707 in Ulster, Ire.) married Mary Elizabeth Pinckney.

After his father’s death, his family traveled down the Great Wagon Road, stopping for a short time in Augusta County, VA, before they journeyed on to Rowan county, NC. ..

Alexander was a leader of the Cathey (Scots-Irish) settlement in Rowan County.

He died in 1766 and is buried in the Thyatira (Old Cathey Meeting House) Church cemetery in Rowan County.

The children of Alexander and Mary Elizabeth Pinckney were:

John Cathey,

James Cathey,

William Cathey,

Richard Cathey,

Margare Cathey t, and

Alice Cathey.

Nine years after the death of Alexander Cathey, the Revolutionary War started. This writer has not documented a service record for John Cathey, but William Cathey served as a Major and James Cathey served as a Captain during the war. Richard served in the NC Militia. William received a land grant for 4,000 acres of land on the south side of Duck River in Tennessee Territory, and James Cathey received 2,000 acres of land in West Tennessee.

Richard Cathey was also granted land in Tennessee.

Before James Cathey died in NC in 1791, he traded his land to his brother, William Cathey, for 2,000 acres of land on Duck River so that their children could be neighbors in the new land.

The Cathey brothers started disposing the land their father had left them and looked westward to Tennessee Territory. By 1800 there was but one Cathey family on the Federal Census for Rowan County. {Much of the Cathey data came from Boyt H. Cathey}”

General Thomas Johnson born July 4 1766 in Salisbury District of Rowan County NC

The State of Tennessee rallied around the death of their beloved SON Davey Crockett at the Alamo. Many Tennesseans went to Texas to fight after Davey Crockett’s death was announced, including my Kinsman coming of Brigadier General Thomas Johnson of the war of 1812. His family was married to Rebekah Crockett and lived on Hurricane Creek where John Johnson the son of Hudson Johnson and my fore great grand mother Agness lived near this Crockett family of Davey Crockett.

1839 District # 8: Humphreys County Tn Tax List

Waters of Hurricane Creek are in the 8th District.

Henry Crockett

John Crockett heirs

John Crockett on 1812 Capt. People’s Tax List of Humphreys Co. Tn.

John Crocket born 1769 Pa. married Elizabeth Johnson- Johnston Birth: 20 Nov 1770 in NC Death: 14 Jul 1847 in Humphreys County Tn daughter of Henry Johnson- Johnstron born 1736 and Rachel Homan b: 1743 in Maryland Death: 10 Mar 1815 in Springfield Robertson County Tn. Married: Mar 1763 in Lancaster Pa

Rachel HOLMAN daughter of Thomas Holman b abt 1717 and Mary Ann Thompson born abt 1727 in Maryland: Children of Henry Johnson and Rachel Holman

William Johnson born July 2 1764 Salisbury District of NC:

General Thomas Johnson born July 4 1766 in Salisbury District of Rowan County NC:

Henry Johnson born Oct 2 1768 in NC: Elizabeth Johnson born Nov 20 1770 in NC Isaac Johnson abt 1773 in SPringield on lands that become Robertson Co Tn: Joseph Johnson abt 1772 in NC: Jacob V. Johnson abt 1776 on Lands that become Springfield Robertson Co. Tn: Rebecca Johnson born 1778: Rachel Johnson abt 1782: Mary “Polly Johnson” abt 1782-1790 lands that become Springfield Robertson Co. Tn

Joseph Crockett

1766 July 1, DEED 6:250, Henry Ballinger and wife Hannah to John Payne , 81 ¾ acres on Horsepen Creek adjacent James Johnson, part of 640 acres granted 30 December 1753.

Noptes: Hannah Ballinger (Hannah Ballenger)

Notes: John Payne

James Johnson

Horsepen Creek

Notes: It would be Rowan County. Present day Davie County. These guys were close neighbors with the Boones. All of the records are in the Rowan Deed Books that I have sent you.. I'm sure this came out of one of Zae Gwynns books. I have none of her deed books and we need them all.

Note: Horsepen Creek rises in present day Guilford County (est. 1771) and flows North east into Reedy Fork Creek. Records. From: Wirelake

1766 July 16, Rowan County, NC, Deed book 6, pg. 495,: Patrick MULLINS Sr. - no wife signs lets his son, Thomas MULLINS (Both of Rowan County, NC.) have 120 acres on the south side of Dan river above the upper Charaw Town next the dividing line of Enoch Conely, then up the river to Punchin Camp, for £50, witnessed by Hugh Dennum & Beverly Watkins (?) & John Moore & proved on Oct. 13, 1767. (This is part of the Earl Granville Grant).

Charaw Town

Punchin Camp

Hugh Dennum

Beverly Watkins (?)

John Moore

1766 Nov 12: Robert Johnston married Mary Stone, in Rowan County, North Carolina Rowan Co. NC Marriages, 1756-1769 (so far)

Notes: Mary Stone

#1767

1767 Jan 29: Rowan County Deed Bk. 6, 493 PATRICK MULLINGS to WILLIAM JOHNSON for 35 pounds, 70 acres, N. side Dan River, part of 325 acres granted 15 March 1756. Witness: HUGH DENNUM, THOMAS ROGERS, WILLIAM MULLINGS. Proved Oct. Ct. 1767

PATRICK MULLINGS

WILLIAM JOHNSON

HUGH DENNUM

WILLIAM MULLINGS.

THOMAS ROGERS

1767 Jan. 29, Rowan County, NC, Deed book 6, pg. 493,: Patrick MULLINGS - no wife signs - lets William Johnson (both of Rowan County, NC) have 70 acres on the north side of Dan River at the mouth of Blackeys Branch, for £30, witnessed by Hugh Dennam, William MULLINGS, and Thomas Rogers & proved in Oct. 1767. (In notes: This is part of 320 acres that Earl Granville let MULLINGS have March 15, 1756.)

William Johnson

Blackeys Branch

Thomas Rogers

Hugh Dennam

William MULLINGS

1767 Feb. 2, Rowan County, NC, Deed book 6, pg. 492,: Patrick MULLINGS - no wife signs - lets Moses Damron (both of Rotan County, NC) have 60 acres on the north side of Dan River at the mouth of Blackeys Branch & on lower side to Dan River at Punchin Camp & on up the river, for £35, witnessed by Thomas Rogers, William MULLINGS & Hugh Dennum & proved on October 13, 1767. (Part of 325 acre grant from Earl Granville on Marcy 15, 1756.)

Patrick MULLINGS

Moses Damron

1767 Aug 11: Joseph Johnston, married Elizabeth Reed in Rowan County, North Carolina Rowan Co. NC Marriages, 1756-1769 (so far)

Notes: Elizabeth Reed

1767 August 14, Rowan County, NC, Deed book 6, pg. 491,: William Johnston - no wife signs - lets Moses Damron (both of Rowan County, NC) have 70 acres on the north side of Dan River, beginning at the mouth of Blackeys Branch on the upper side, going up it to a white oak & a black oak west to the said river, then down its various sourses to the beginning, for £35 current N.C. money, witnessed by Hugh Dennum & Noble Ladd & proved On October 12, 1767. (In the notes it states that this was part of 340(?) acres from Earl Granville granted on March 15, 1756, but no deed was found.)

William Johnston Rowan County, NC 1767

Moses Damron

Blackeys Branch

Hugh Dennum

Noble Ladd

1767 Oct. 10, Rowan County, NC, Deed book 6, pg. 494,: John Cox - no wife - lets William MULLINGS (both of Rowan County, NC) have 120 acres on the south side of Dan River, for £20, witnessed by Joel Walker, Jas. Coleman, & Chs. Gallaway, and proved in Oct. 1767. (October 14, 1767: Deed by John Cox to William MULLINGS for 220(?) acres October 10, 1767, proved by Charles Galway.

Joel Walker

Jas. Coleman

Chs. Gallaway

John Cox

1767 Oct 22 John Ashurst married Judith Johnson, on 22 Oct 1767 in Rowan County, North Carolina Rowan Co. NC Marriages, 1756-1769 (so far)

Notes: John Ashurst

1767 Nov 20: Thomas Johnson married Mary Elizabeth Whitacre, in Rowan County, North Carolina Rowan Co. NC Marriages, 1756-1769 (so far)

Notes: Mary Elizabeth Whitacre

Whitaker Surname Notes for Rowan Co. NC

Interesting to note that a Thomas Jones was neighbor of Mark Whitaker's son James Whitaker in 1764 Rowan Co., NC and a Thomas Jones was marriage bondsman (1780) for Mark Whitaker & Catherine Boone.

The Whitackers were from Baltimore MD and lived by Joseph Johnson families in 1712 ERA : 2 May 1712, Joseph Johnson, of Baltimore Co., Maryland to Thomas Bucknall, planter, of same, 3000 pounds of tobacco, 100 acres...Swan Creek. Signed Joseph Johnson. Wit. John Brown and George Wells.



1767 December 15: DEED 6:401; Henry Ballinger to James Johnson for 120 p, 176 acres on Horse Pen Creek adjacent Joseph Uthank, part of two tracts granted John Cunningham 3 December 1753 & bought by Ballinger 12 July 1757. Hugh Forster, Wm. Folock, Thos. Brown. Prvd April Court 1767.

Notes: Joseph Uthank

Notes: John Cunnigham

Notes: Hugh Forseter

Notes: Wm Folock

Notes: Thomas Brown

Records. From: Wirelake

Notes: Cunnigham’s this surname is married to General James Randolph Robertson Families;

#1768

1768 Rowan County tax list of, Thomas Donnell's district.  This land was in an area that became part of Guilford County when it was created two years later in 1770 and started administrative operations in 1771.

The first Donnells in central N.C. came as part of the Nottingham Company of Presbyterians who began to arrive in a predetermined area then in Anson Co. in 1750 Some 23,000 + acres had been set aside by agreement between the Nottingham Presbyterian Church, Chester, PA and land representatives of Lord Granville.

In 1771 the area was broken up to form Guilford and in 1785 the northern part of Guilford was formed into Rockingham Co. In that final formation, some of the colonists wound up in Rockingham Co. These people established two principal churches ca. 1756, Buffalo (on North Buffalo Creek) and Alamance in the southern area, (lying on the waters of Big Alamance Creek).

1768 Rowan County tax list of Morgan Bryan is found that Benjamin Bentley and Thomas Bentley are included at one poll each. Benjamin was most likely married at this time as he was living separately from his father. Benjamin Bentley, along with his parents, brother, and sisters lived in old Rowan (now Davie) County on Bear Creek, a few miles south of Mocksville.

Benjamin Bentley

Benjamin Bentley evidently moved his family to Iredell (now Alexander) County about 1784 as this is when he began selling his land on Bear Creek.

He had the year before on October 10, 1783 received Grant No. 457 for 150 acres as a

branch of the South Yadkin River near the "Cedar Knob" in Rowan County, about five

miles north of Taylorsville. As Iredell was formed in 1788, it is here that Benjamin begins

to appear in the court records.

20 Aug 1796, recorded 1 Aug 1798. Gasper Rowland of Rowan Co., NC, to Jacob Kellar of Rowan Co., NC, for 185 pounds current money of NC for 320 acres in Rowan Co. on Weaver’s Creek, bounded by BENJAMIN BENTLEY, John Johnson, Rudolph Neat’s corner. Signed Kasper Roland. Wit: John Keller his mark, John Hendrix. Rowan Co., NC, Deed Book 16, page 341, 1798-1799 (SLFHL 0019790.

20 Aug 1796 Rowan Co. on Weaver’s Creek, bounded by BENJAMIN BENTLEY, John Johnson, Rudolph Neat’s corner. Signed Kasper Roland. Wit: John Keller his mark, John Hendrix. Rowan Co.,

More About BENJAMIN BENTLEY:

Occupation: Bet. February 16, 1771 - February 07, 1772, Constable of "lower end of the

forks of the Yadkin" by order of Sheriff of Rowan County

Residence: 1815, Plantation was annexed from Iredell County to Wilkes County

Children of BENJAMIN BENTLEY and JANE UNKNOWN are:

7. i. ESQUIRE4 BENTLEY, b. 1770; d. 1851, Alexander Co, NC.

8. ii. BENJAMIN JR. BENTLEY, b. 1771.

9. iii. JAMES MARTIN BENTLEY, b. 1781, Irdell Co, North Carolina; d. Letcher Co, Ky.

10. iv. MOSES BENTLEY, b. 1766, North Carolina; d. 1827, Burke Co, NC.

11. v. DRUCILLA BENTLEY, b. 1772, Bear Creek, Rowan Co, NC. She married JOSEPH HARRISON. He was born 1790

vi. CATHERINE BENTLEY, b. 1773; m. UNKNOWN CAMPBELL; b. 1770.

vii. PATIENCE BENTLEY, m. UNKNOWN LEWIS.

viii. LYDIA BENTLEY, m. MESHACK DAVIS.

1768 William McBroom’s name appears on the 1768 Rowan County Tax

Thomas McBroom (I) is known to have had at least three sons, William McBroom, John McBroom, and Thomas McBroom, Jr. And, there is a convincing story that concerns a family Bible reference which notes that Thomas McBroom (I) died in the year 1783. Thomas McBroom’ son, William McBroom, might well be the William McBroom who lived on the wild frontier of Southwest Virginia during 1774 - 1777, part of which later became North Carolina then Tennessee. William McBroom’s name appears on the 1768 Rowan County Tax List, but not on the 1778 Tax List with his father, and brother’s John McBroom, and Thomas McBroom, Jr II. It is a good possibility that elements of this family might have begun to establish their homes on Big Creek, north of the Holston River in present day Hawkins County, Tennessee, before the last of them moved there immediately after the 1778 Tax List was recorded. This location might well be the place of McBroom’s Station, aka McBroom’s Fort, which is noted in numerous records of Revolutionary War soldiers, and in other references.

Thomas McBroom

William McBroom,

William McBroom’s name appears on the 1768 Rowan County Tax List, but not on the 1778 Tax List

Thomas McBroom, Jr

John McBroom,

McBroom’s Station

McBroom’s Fort

1768 Rowan Co Tax List Jacob Johnston

1768 Rowan Co. Tax List Alexander Johnston

1768: An Alexander Johnston is listed in a 1768 Rowan County Tax List prepared by William Millikan. Mrs. White states in her book that the people in that list were residents of present-day southern Guilford and Northern Randolph County.

1770: Alexander Johnston's name appears on a 1770 Guilford County Tax List.

Notes: 1768: An Alexander Johnston is listed in a 1768 Rowan County Tax List prepared by William Millikan. Mrs. White states in her book that the people in that list were residents of present-day southern Guilford and Northern Randolph County.

Notes: Alexander Johnston was taxed on a son named John. He is the only Johnston / Johnson in that district.

Notes: There are no more existing tax lists for Guilford County until 1815.

Notes: There is an not an Alexander Johns(t)on in the Guilford County 1790 Federal Census: There is an Alexander Johnson in the 1800 Federal Census in Guilford County but he is shown as between 25 – 35 years of age.

Notes: There are no Rowan County Deeds for these people.

Notes: This list was a list of people whose property was on the Little Alamance River and were in Old Rowan but fell into the newly created Guilford County in 1771. This document was sworn and turned in March of 1772.

Notes: William Millikan

1768 Rowan Co. Tax List Jacob Johnston

1768 Rowan Co. NC tax List John of Alexander Johnston

1768 Rowan Co. NC tax List Thomas Johnston

Notes: There are no 1770 Rowan County Deeds for these people, Ashley Johnson, Gideon Johnson, James Johnson as Gideon Johnston lands will go into Guilford County in 1770.

Gideon Johnson is researcher Mary Hollands lines coming off Benjamin Johnson and wife ? Massey, They are Quakers in Henrico Co.

County, NC tax list in 1768 Charles Hulsey (or Huddlesley) married to Hannah Witt (c1736' ' c1805) Married Charles Hulsey (or Huddlesley) 2 July 1756 according to the Douglas Register. Was in the Rowan County, NC tax list in 1768

and the Surry County tax lists of 1774 and 1775, all in an area south of the Dan River. They moved to Greenville County, South Carolina by 1790.

Children are reported to have been

James Hulsey (or Huddlesley) ,

Charles Hulsey (or Huddlesley) ,

Adonijah Hulsey (or Huddlesley) ,

Jesse Hulsey (or Huddlesley) ,

Adler Hulsey (or Huddlesley) ,

Parthenia Hulsey (or Huddlesley) , and

Elizabeth Hulsey (or Huddlesley)

Hannah Witt

John Witt evidently remained in Goochland County through at least 1757. The 'Douglas Register', essentially a sort of vestry book for St. James Northam Parish, contains marriage dates for several of the presumed children below.[10] This implies he was living north of the James, but on what land we don't know.

Presumably John Witt was still in Goochland when his daughter Judith (described as 'of this parish') married John Matlock in 1756 and his daughter Mary married John Bullington in 1757.

One of the John Witts in the 1748 tithables was also on the 1752 tithables list, but there is no further known record of him in Goochland or its vicinity.

Later records are presumed to have been of his son John Witt IV, whose children's births are recorded in the Douglas Register through 1766. In particular, a purchase in 1758 is assumed to be for John Witt IV.

It appears that he moved into Halifax (later Pittsylvania) County near some of his children.

The references to the various John Witts in Pittsylvania (later Henry) and Halifax counties are somewhat confusing, and I have not yet sorted them out.

It appears that John Witt IV did not move to this area, which should simplify things.

But the John Witt who was a son of Edward Witt, and various next-generation John Witts were in the area and it is not altogether clear which references apply to which persons.

However, the presence of Pittsylvania surveys by a John Witt 'Jr.' in 1768 and 1769 imply the presence of an older John Witt (though perhaps not his father), because none of the next-generation John Witts had reached majority by then.[12]

This John Witt who was a 'Jr.' in 1768 was plain John Witt when Thomas Harbour sold him and William Witt 140 acres on Blackberry Creek in 1763

Wayne Witt Bates thinks these were grandchildren of Thomas Harbour, but both the grandchildren were minors in 1763, and there is a reference to the land of William Witt in a 1762 survey.

This may be cleared up by future research. In 1773 Adjonijah Harbour sold land next to David Witt on Falls Creek in a different part of the county to a John Witt 'Sr.' who may have been him, as that John Witt later gifted this land, on which he lived at the time, to John Matlock and Jesse Witt in 1779[14], obviously the sons of John Witt III.

When and where he died is unknown, but this is the last reference to him that I've been able to find.

His wife's maiden name is unknown. He was evidently married to Elizabeth by 1731 when he filed his patent, else she would not have released dower at the sale of that land in 1734. His wife was still named Elizabeth in 1751, but she appears in no record thereafter. The fact that she used 'P' as her mark leads to speculation that her maiden name might have begun with that letter. A favored candidate of some researchers is Humphrey Parrish, who signed with a 'HP' mark. I'd propose an additional candidate: Sylvanus Pumphrey who was a neighbor on the Tuckahoe by 1729, and whose name would explain the son Sylvanus if he were misplaced as a son of John II.

The children are mostly deduced, since there is no definitive record proving their relationships.

1. Charles Witt (c1715' ' c1781) See below. Also see separate page for discussion of whether he is correctly placed as a son of John Witt III.

2. David Witt (c1720' ' 1810) He first appears on the 1746 tax list of Goochland County with an unknown Witt listed first in the household. He was clearly living at the time on the 1715 land of his grandfather.

He next appears patenting land near Thomas Harbour in 1756, which he sold in 1772 to David Harbour.

He surveyed land on Falls Creek next to Thomas Harbour with Palatiah Shelton in 1765 and patented the land two years later. In a deposition taken in a suit between William Murray and Adonijah Harbour in 1779, the clerk states that David Witt is 'aged about sixty-five years'.

That seems to have been overestimated, but can't be discounted.

There seems little doubt that he married Sarah Harbour (c1735-1819), the daughter of Thomas Harbour.

3. Jesse Witt (c1730' ' 1809) He is provably a son of John Witt by virtue of Sylvanus Witt calling him a 'nephew', and the deed of gift to him by John Witt in 1779. He witnessed the sale by John Witt III and William Witt in 1751. He married Martha Cheatham, daughter of Benjamin Cheatham.[15] On 10 June 1752, was overseer for Rev. Richard Douglas. By 1753 he was (barely) in Chesterfield County[16] and bought land there the following year bordering the Chesterfield county line with what is now Powhatan.[17] He was evidently still in Chesterfield county as late as 1771 when Sylvanus Witt made his deed of gift.[18] His will was probated on 25 September 1809 in Henry County, Virginia. He seems to have had three sons and three daughters: Joseph, David, Joel, Tabitha, Elizabeth, and Nancy.

4. Elijah Witt (' ' c1775') There are few citations for this man. He is assumed to be a son of John Witt by his later associations, probably a younger son. He first appears in early 1767 entering a survey for land on Marrowbone Creek in Halifax (later Henry) County a few miles from the Falls Creek land David Witt, Palatiah Shelton and Thomas Harbour were occupying at the time.[19] A month later, it was apparently he who witnessed deeds from Sherwood Walton to Charles Witt and Samuel Davis. It's not clear that there are any further references to him (see Elijah Witt son of Charles Witt below), and he does not appear on any tax or tithables lists for the area. It is thought that a Jane Witt mentioned twice in the records was his wife. In 1809 Sarah Witt, the widow of David, made a deed of gift to her sister Jane Witt of half her personal property.[20] This suggests that Jane Witt (if a literal sister) was a daughter of Thomas Harbor. Elijah Witt seems to be the most likely candidate to have been her husband.

5. John Witt (c1725-30' - ') Married Mary Bullington ca 1753 according to the Douglas Register. The births of five children from 1753 through 1766 in Goochland County are recorded in the Douglas Register. He apparently remained in Goochland County. He appears to be the John Witt in its 1787 state census.

6. Mary Witt (c1737' -') Married John Bullington on 4 September 1757 according to the Douglas Register.

7. Hannah Witt (c1736' ' c1805) Married Charles Hulsey (or Huddlesley) 2 July 1756 according to the Douglas Register. He is apparently the same person who was in the Rowan County, NC tax list in 1768 and the Surry County tax lists of 1774 and 1775, all in an area south of the Dan River. They moved to Greenville County, South Carolina by 1790. Children are reported to have been James, Charles, Adonijah, Jesse, Adler, Parthenia, and Elizabeth.

8. Judah Witt (c1736' - ') Married John Matlock 22 November 1756 according to the Douglas Register. Apparently also in Rowan County in 1768, and in Henry County afterward.

9. Elizabeth Witt ' (' ' 1810) A daughter named Elizabeth is theorized, as the wife of Thomas Smith, who had owned land near William Witt in Goochland. This Thomas Smith left a will in Rockingham County, North Carolina in 1797 naming his wife Elizabeth, and children Drury, Zachariah, Mary, Elizabeth (Mays or Mayo), Phoebe (Mayo),

1768 Rowan County is Judah Witt (c1736' - ') Married John Matlock 22 November 1756 according to the Douglas Register. Apparently also in Rowan County in 1768, and in Henry County afterward.

1768 ERA: Rowan Co., NC records show Gideon Johnson witnessed a land deed from Perkins to Joel Warren, a distant relative of Ursula Allin, for 125 pounds VA money to sell 250 acres on the south side of the Dan River on the same day that Gideon Johnson bought his farm. Gideon Johnson's neighbors were James Gates and James Presnell of Orange Co., NC, who also bought land from Peter and Agnes Perkins in 1768.

Researchers Notes: Gideon Johnson’s property was on the Dan River and Moses Creek

Researchers Notes: Parents Nicholas Perkins & Bethenia Hardin- Peter’s sister , Bethenia Perkins married Absolam Bostick (My great ? Grandparents) .  Robert Burton Allen of Ursella Allen family married our Johnson in-law Debra *Bedford Co Tn Johnson(fullerbb.johnson@)

Dan River

Moses Creek

1768. Phebe Hall who married Isaac Eaton Her father Samuel Hall gave written permission for the marriage. Isaac Eaton and Phebe were charter members of Eaton's Baptist Church, Rowan Co NC. Phebe Eaton is buried there, 1798. Isaac Eaton of Buncombe Co NC sold land to John Clifford, 1802. Phebe Hall Eaton's brother George Hall was one of the first settler's in Buncombe Co.

Gerri Ann

Isaac Eaton

Jan 17, 1779, Rowan Co NC, which shows Isaac Eaton on waters of Dutchman's Creek adjacent to Alexander, Isaac Johnson, George Wilcoxson and Jonathan Boone

Charles Hunt IS LISTED IN THE 1790 CENSUS AT HIS FARM ON CEDAR CREEK AND SHOWN BY EATON BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDS IN 1790 AS A CHARTER MEMBER ALONG WITHHIS WIFE "FRANCES". HIS BROTHER ANDREW AND THE LATTER'S WIFE LUCY, SARAH BRYAN (PRESUMABLY HIS SISTER, WIDOW OF THOMAS BRYAN), AND OTHER INCLUDING ISAAC EATON, GEORGE EATON, AND THOMAS ESTEB.

11 May 1792 notation from the Rowan County Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions read:

[pic]Ordered that Vachel Ijams, William Clark, Thomas Hughey, Isaac Eaton, John Pinchback, William Hadox, Richd Speaks, Peter Glasscock, John Beaman, George Stealman, William Stealman, and Solomon Jones be summoned a jury to lay off a road leading out of the main road, to go by Joppa Meeting house the best way to Surry lie.  John Pinchback Overseer of said road from Riddles Road to Captain Coxes and John Beaman from thence to the Surry line.

SOURCE: The History of the Stout Family by Captain Nathan Stout

I now bring forward David the third son of David.  He was born in the year 1695.  He married Anne, the daughter of William Merrill, and had by her only three children, viz: Nehemiah, Nathaniel and Rebecca.  Nehemiah married Rachel Stout, the history of whose family I have given under the head of John Stout, the son of Joseph.  Nathaniel married Charity Stout and Sarah Stout, daughters of Zebulon Stout, the son of Jonathan, the history of whose family I have given.  Rebecca married Isaac Eaton, a Baptist minister, who was pastor of the church of Hopewell more than twenty years and was truly a great man.

The information I have comes from "Benjamin Eaton and His Descendants" compiled by Pink Tatum, 1978. Her notes are in the Rowan Co. Library, Salibury NC. She writes:

Daniel Eaton, son of John and Elizabeth Eaton, Will Book C page 16, 1789. Daniel Eaton married Elizabeth Cantor, March 17, 1798, Bond signed by Daniel Eaton and Ebed Jones.

My ancestor is Phebe Hall who married Isaac Eaton, 1768. Her father Samuel Hall gave written permission for the marriage. Isaac Eaton and Phebe were charter members of Eaton's Baptist Church, Rowan Co NC. Phebe Eaton is buried there, 1798. Isaac Eaton of Buncombe Co NC sold land to John Clifford, 1802. Phebe Hall Eaton's brother George Hall was one of the first settler's in Buncombe Co.

Gerri Ann

1768 May 5, DEED 6: 576 John Payne & Wife Mary to Thomas Jesop , 81 ¾ acres on Horsepen Creek adjacent James Johnson.

Note: James Johnson had a son Joshua Johnson. (Proven by tax list) Records. Notes: It would be Rowan County. Present day Davie County. These guys were close neighbors with the Boones. All of the records are in the Rowan Deed Books that I have sent you.. I'm sure this came out of one of Zae Gwynns books. I have none of her deed books and we need them all.From: Wirelake

Notes: Mary Payne

Notes: Thomas Jesop

1768 Oct: Recorded: Joseph Luckie & wf Jean (J) to Thomas Dickie millright for £6.17, 135 A on S bank Fourth Crk. Robt. Johnson, John Luckie. Prvd Oct. Court 1768 (Linn, Jo White. Abstracts of Deeds of Rowan County NC 1753-1785, 7:28)

Joseph Luckie

Jean Luckie

S bank Fourth Crk.

Robt. Johnson,

John Luckie

Thomas Dickie

Thomas Dickey (d.1807) – Eleanor Hagen Dickey

#1769

By 1769 he was in Rowan/Surry Co NC. Jabez Jarvis was born around 1720 or 1730, perhaps in New Jersey. Sometime after 1750 he left New Jersey for Frederick Co Maryland where he rented land in 1763.

Jabez Jarvis

1777 Surry NC Tax Lists "Jabez JARVIS District" (Excerpted):

Charles DODSON

Henry HOLTSCLAW

Henry BURCH

Jabez JERVIS

Richard HORN

Bennett ROSE

John RICHARDSON

George GREEN

Eliphalet JERVIS

Moses JOHNSON

Richard WOOTON

Ephraim PAGET

Job BROUGHTON

Bartholomew MARIAM

John SUMMER

Joshua FREEMAN

Francis COOMS Improvements::0 Vallue: 0 Negros: 0 Value: 0 Horses: 2 Value: 24 Cattle: 3

Value: 9 0:7:8 Cash in Hand: 0 Money on "Interest"0

Joseph WOODRUFF

John JERVIS

William JOHNSTON

John MARIAM

*Isham THOMPSON

*West MOSELY

In different handwriting (includes):

Eliga SMALLW[OOD]

Joseph JONSEN(?)

David BURK

May 12, 1779 Superior Court Minutes, Surry County, North Carolina, Wednesday,. It was ordered that the following persons be appointed to lay off a road that leads from Richmond to Allen's Iron Work, crossing the Yadkin River at the White Rock into the road that leads from Richmond to Salisbury near Deep Creek. Persons appointed to lay off the road: Viz, Jabez, Jarvis, James York, Thomas Johnson, James Linzy, John Moore, AMOS LONDON, John England, Moses Baker, Robert Ayers, John Summers, Samuel Hagwood, Richard Childress, Joseph England, Wrightman Summers, Spencer Boiling, Thomas Carson, Thomas Giles, Aaron Speer, Phillip Holcomb and William Reden Jr.

05 Feb 1788 (Surry NC DBD:257) Nathaniel WOODRIFF to William COOK, 200 pds., 200 A South side Yadkin River below Joseph WOODRUFF (now John ALLEN). Witnesses W(illiam) MEREDITH, David RIGGS and Jabez HARVIS [JARVIS?] s/Nathaniel WOODRUFF

Notes: This land directly across the Yadkin River from land entered by Richard PACE 1791 (Surry NC Historical Map). On 20 Dec 1791, Edmond PACE recorded 200 acres described as on Fishers River adjoining Richmond PACE [sic] including his own improvement. (Surry NC DBE:72) The Surry NC Historical map also show Edmund PACE with a 1791 entry on Davenport Creek of the Fish River. near Jabez JARVIS and David THOMASON

Researcher Notes: The Pace familes is part of the William Johnson-Pace familes of Byrd Creek

22 Apr 1795 (Surry NC DBF:300) Jabez JARVIS, Senr. to James MEREDITH, 40 pds., 400 A Branch Codys Creek between Henry SNOW and West MOSELEY. Wits: William MEREDITH, John CRITCHFIELD, and Jabez JARVIS, Junr. s/Jabez JARVIS Sr.

1798 deed in Surry Co NC, Book H Page 95, that shows

Jabez, Sr. and wife Elizabeth to Hezekiah Bronson - 71 A. -

Forks of Yadkin and Fisher, a grant to Jabez Sr. #1620. Wit.

Abner Rose, Absolem Bronson, Thos. Rice.

1769 Dec.6, DEED 7:276: Edward Bond and wife Ann to to Wm Thatcher for 250 acres on Wolf Run, Deep River that was bought from Jesse Johnson, 10 March 1767. Prvd Nov. 1770.

Notes: 1765 March 30: DEED 6:169 Jesse Johnson to John Johnson of the same place , (Amelia County, Va. – BK) 250 acres on Wolf Run on Deep River which John (Jesse?) bought from Rebecca Mills 5 December 1763. Wits: James Johnson, Nathan Stanley, proved July 1763.

Notes: A Jesse Johnson is the brother of Gideon Johnson of Amelia County to Granville Co. to Rockingham Co. NC to Williamson Co. Tn.

Notes: Edward Bonds

Notes Ann Bonds

Notes: William Thatcher

Notes: Deep River

Deep River is home of a Quaker MM

1769 ERA WILLIM JOHNSON AND his father are in Rowan County this area will become Wilkes County NC

Notes: This William Johnson is the son of Jeffery Johnson listed above in the Rowan Co NC Tax list 1762

1832 Oct 31: State of North Carolina, County of Wilkes he came there from Loudon County Va and was born in 1751 April in Fauquier County Va.

On this 31st day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of the County of Wilkes and State of North Carolina, now sitting, William Johnson a resident of the County of Wilkes & State of North Carolina aged Eighty one years, who being first duly

sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to attain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832.

That he was born in the County of Fauquier in the State of Virginia on the 6th day of April 1751 (the record of which was entered in his Bible by direction of his father) where he continued to reside until he was about 15 or 16 years of age,(1766 sic) when he removed with his father to the County of Loudoun in the same State – where he lived about two years (1769 sic), when he again removed with his father to Rowan (now Wilkes) County in North Carolina.

In the spring of the year 1776, the Cherokee Indians were very troublesome on the Western side of the Blue Ridge [Mountains] in that part of the Country particularly now embraced in the limits of Ashe County N. C. and a requisition was made upon the militia of Wilkes County for a company to guard the frontier settlements on the Western side of the ridge from there depredations. This deponent among others volunteered himself in the latter part of May in the year 1776 in the said County of Wilkes, and joined the company of volunteers commanded by Captain Joseph Herndon, and marched

directly across the Blue Ridge near to where Ashe Court House now stands, where they found a number of the frontier inhabitants engaged in the erection of a fort – upon reaching that place, Captain Herndon endeavored to prevail upon the inhabitants to abandon the Country and remove to the Eastern side of the mountains, but this they declined to do – and after remaining there for some time in scouring the surrounding country, they returned home and was discharged. In this expedition this deponent believes he served about two weeks.

About the first of August following, this deponent again volunteered himself and joined Captain Benjamin Cleveland's company and rendezvoused near where Wilkes C.H. now stands, and as soon as the company could be properly organized, and the necessary arrangements made, they marched to the Pleasant Gardens in the County of Burke, where they joined the troops under General Rutherford [Griffith Rutherford]. In a few days after joining General Rutherford they marched direct to the Cherokee Towns of Cowee, Watauga, Oconoluflee [?] and some others not particularly recollected – at what was called the Middle Towns, (the troops being a good deal sickly from eating roasting ears & fresh beef) a proposition was made by General Rutherford for a thousand volunteers of the ablest and stoutest man to turn out and march to the Valley Towns – this deponent was one of the number, and as

soon as the requisite number was made up they marched immediately to the Valley Towns, a distance of about sixty miles – upon their arrival, they found a few straggling Indians (the balance having fled) whom they captured and kept prisoners – after burning the Towns and destroying their corn and all the property they could find, they returned again to the middle Towns, where they rejoined that portion of the Army they had left – After remaining a few days at the Middle Town until they rested and recruited, they set out upon their return to North Carolina, and after reaching the County of Wilkes, Captain Cleveland discharged his company & this deponent returned home, which place he reached about the last of October, having been gone about three months. From the time that the deponent returned from the Cherokee Nation until about the month of August 1780 embracing a period of nearly four years this deponent performed sundry short tours of duty against the Tories (who at that time were very troublesome) two of which were performed under Captain William Lenoir on the North Western side of the Blue Ridge – in these two tours this deponent believes he served about a month – and the particular periods of the other tours performed against the Tories cannot now be recollected – About the latter part of August 1780 information was received by Colonel Benjamin Cleveland, that Major Ferguson [Patrick Ferguson] of the British Army was supposed to be approaching North Carolina from

the South with a large number of British and Tories – upon which Col. Cleveland issued orders immediately for all the militia in the County of Wilkes to rendezvous at the Court House – this deponent immediately repaired thither and joined the company commanded by Captain William Lenoir – after remaining at Wilkes C. H. for some time until the troops could be organized, they set out upon their march to oppose Major Ferguson – upon the way they were joined by Colonel Campbell [William Campbell], with a Regiment from Virginia, as also by other troops from North Carolina – when they had advanced perhaps to the Cherokee ford on Broad River it was ascertained that Major Ferguson was endeavoring to post himself on King's Mountain – upon which it was proposed that all those who had horses or who could procure them, should proceed with all possible dispatch to engage with him – this

deponent having no horse, and not being able to procure one was necessarily left behind with the foot men, and did not reach the battle ground – the battle having been fought – and the Americans being on their return with their prisoners a short distance, when the foot men rejoined them – after rejoining the Army, this deponent was detailed by Colonel Cleveland with others to take charge of the wounded (among whom was a brother of this deponent) and after making what preparations they could, and administering to their wants as much as possible, they set out in advance of the Army and proceeded on until they reached Wilkes C H when Col. Cleveland directed this deponent to convey his brother home, as he was in a very helpless condition, and to remain with him until he should recover – which this deponent accordingly did – In this expedition, this deponent believes he was absent nearly 3 months, from the time that he rendezvoused at Wilkes C. H. until his return to that place – not counting the time that he remained with his brother after their return – though it was counted to him for a three months tour, and he drew pay for that length of time. -- In the spring of the year 1781 when Lord Cornwallis was marching through North Carolina, this deponent again volunteered himself and joined a company commanded by Captain Nathaniel Gordon -- the company to which this deponent belonged endeavored to form a Junction with General Greene's Army, which was supposed to be at that time somewhere on the waters of Dan River in the borders of Virginia – but before they had reached the Shallow Ford of the Yadkin, it was ascertained that Lord Cornwallis was ahead of them, and that he kept scouting and foraging parties constantly scouring the country so that they found it would be impossible to reach General Greene without running a great risk of falling into the hands of the enemy – they accordingly took post at a place in the County of Surry where the village of Jonesville now stands – and where they remained until they were discharged. -- In this expedition this deponent believes he served about two weeks.

This deponent has resided in Wilkes County ever since the revolutionary War, and resides there at this time – He never received any written discharge from the service, nor has he any documentary evidence to prove it – but refers to Mr. Elijah Vickes2 who served with him most of the time, whose affidavit is hereto annexed, as a witness who can testify to his service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and

declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.

S/ R. Martin C.W.C.C. S/ William Johnson

On the day and year aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before the Court aforesaid, Elijah Vickes who being first duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith, that he served with William Johnson the above applicant during the following tours of service –

to wit: first under Captain Joseph Herndon to the Western side of the Blue Ridge against the Cherokee Indians – secondly, under General Rutherford to the Cherokee Nation, and thirdly, under Colonel Cleveland to King's Mountain

and further, that the said three several tours of duty as set forth and specified in the foregoing declaration as having been performed by the said William Johnson, were performed by him – and that the remaining tour of duty set forth in the said declaration, he believes (from his knowledge of the character of said William Johnson) was performed by him. Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

S/ R. Martin C. W. C. C. S/ Elijah Vickes, X his mark

Notes: It is probable that Johnson's brother was Capt. Samuel Johnson (Johnston) FPA W5012 whose wife and son sought a pension. Moss states that Lt. Johnson was wounded in the abdomen during the battle at King's Mountain. Moss, Kings Mtn. Patriots, p. 137.

2 NPA W4368

Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements

Pension application of William Johnson S8764

Transcribed by Will Graves

My Notes Capt. Samuel Johnson below served under Col. Benjamin Cleveland and it was Col. Clevland that ordered William Johnson to take care of the wounded which included his Brother from Kings Mountain battle. Samuel Johnson is the son of Jeffery Johnson of Wilkes County NC

Notes: It now appears the Jeffery Johnson and his wife Moved from Halifax Co Va-Pittsylvania Co Va. to lands that were in Rowan County and the lands became Wilkes County. Jeffery Johnson lived and died on lands that were in Wilkes County NC. Two of the Sons of this Jeffery Johnson are William Johnson and Capt Samuel Johnson, both serving under Col. Cleveland in the Revolutionary War. We know that William Johnson moved from County of Fauquier in the State of Virginia, he was born on the 6th day of April 1751 (the record of which was entered in his Bible by direction of his father) where he continued to reside until he was about 15 or 16 years of age,(1766 sic) when he removed with his father to the County of Loudoun in the same State – where he lived about two years (1769 sic), when he again removed with his father to Rowan (now Wilkes) County in North Carolina. We also know that William Johnson married Mary Parks and he died in 1835 Wilkes County NC. William Johnson also served in the Revolutionary war with on Elijah Vickes of Wilkes County NC

We now know that Capt. Samuel Johnson was one of the youngest of Jeffery Johnson’s children and he died in Sept. 1835 he was married to a Mary Hammon was born abt 1760 she died in 1853 Jan. 21 and they had at least five children. Those known Children are Ambrose Johnson the 5th child, Mary Johnson who married a ? Bora and lived in Grayson Co. Va. Other sons are Lewis Johnson and John S. Johnson, of Wilkes Co. NC in. We know that Samuel Johnson was wounded at Kings Mountain serving under Col. Cleveland and that William Johnson of Wilkes County NC was ordered to attend to the wounded of King Mountain by Col. Cleveland and one of those wounded was his brother. We also know that James Martin acted with power of Attorney for Mary Hammons Johnson and drew up Legal documents for her. That Mary Hammons Johnson owned slaves in 1839 and after. Mary Hammons Johnson is some how connected to Sarah Hammons and a Baptist minister named William Hammons

It is now confirmed that William Johnson and Samuel Johnson’s sister Winifred Johnson married the Rev. William Dodson see 1789 Wilkes County Will of Jeffery Johnson who mentions his grandchildren in his will. Rev. William Dodson son in law Elijah Dodson ends up in Humphreys County Tn living by the widow Ann Johnson who I descend from.

John Dods TRAVEL PATTERNS OF HIS REPORTED OFF SPRING

John Dods, who departed London aboard the Susan Constant on December 19, 1606 along with Captain John Smith. The Susan Constant, along with her sister ships, the Discovery and the Godspeed, took the long route around the Canary Islands arriving on the Virginia coast on may 6, 1607. The ships were driven inland by a storm and they took refuge in the area that is now known as Hampton Roads, Virginia. They then sailed up the James River landing at Jamestown. John Dods was listed as an labouror on the passenger list for original 105 settlers of Jamestown. He was also a soldier in the expeditions against the Indians.

John was born in England in 1588 and was 18 years old when he arrived at Jamestown. He married Jane Dier, one of the 57 women sent to Jamestown from England aboard the ships Marmaduke, Warwick, and Tiger in 1621, as brides for the single males at Jamestown; Jane was the youngest of the women and was said to be 15 or 16 when she arrived in VA. (The source of the information concerning Jane Dier is from William & Mary College Quarterly, January 1991 by David R. Ransome, " Wives for Virginia, 1621")

John Dods is listed as a laborer in the original 105 settlers of Jamestown with Captain John Smith, and also a soldier in expeditions against the Indians.

1607-08 James City Parish Formed served James City County until 1785 One of the original shires & parishes . List of first settlers at Jamestown Island, Virginia, in 1607 as noted by Captain John Smith: Territory of Tappahanna.

John Dodds

The Tax List of James City 16 Feb 1623 lists John Dods and Mrs. Dods as living at the Neck of land near James City, now Chesterfield, Virginia .

Research Notes this is per the Living and Dead List also at Neck Of Land is ( See Johnson and Allied families file-report for more information)

1623 February the 16 List of Names of the Living in Neck of Land Virginia

|Neck-of-Land. Corporation of Charles Citty. |

|The MUSTER of the Inhabitant's of the Neck- of-Land in the Corporation of Charles Cittie in Virginia taken the 24th of January |

|1624. |

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|Luke Boyse aged 44 yeares arived in the Edwine in May 1619 |

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|Allice his wife arived in the Bona-Nova in Aprill 1622 |

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|Servant's |

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|Robert Hollam aged 23 yeares in the Bonaventure August 1620 |

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|Joseph Royall aged 22 yeares in the Charitie July 1622 |

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|The MUSTER of Josuah Chard |

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|Josuah Chard aged 36 yeares in the Seaventure May 1607 |

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|Ann his wife aged 33 yeares in the Bony besse August 1623 |

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|The MUSTER of John Dod's |

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|John Dod's aged 36 yeares in the Susan Constant Aproll 1607 |

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|Jane his wife aged 40 yeares |

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|The MUSTER of William Vincene |

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|William Vincene aged 39 yeares in the Mary & James |

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|Joane his wife aged 42 yeares |

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| |MUSTERS OF THE INHABITANTS IN VIRGINIA |203 |

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|Neck-of-Land. Charles Cittie |

|The MUSTER of Thomas Harris |

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|Thomas Harris aged 38 yeares in the Prosperous in May |

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|Adria his wife aged 23 yeares in the Marmaduke in November 1621 |

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|Ann Woodlase theire kinswoman aged 7 yeares. |

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|Servant's |

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|Elizabeth    aged 15 yeares in the Margrett & John 1620 |

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|The MUSTER of John Price |

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|John Price aged 40 yeares on the Starr in May |

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|Ann his wife aged 21 yeares in the Francis Bonaventure August 1620 |

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|Mary a Child aged 3 Months |

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|The MUSTER of Hugh Hilton |

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|Hugh Hilton aged 36 yeares in the Edwine in May 1619 |

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|The MUSTER of Richard Taylor |

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|Richard Taylor aged 50 yeares in the Mary Margrett September 1608 |

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|Dorothy his wife aged 21 yeares in the London Marchannt May 1620 |

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|Mary theire Child aged 3 months. |

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|Servant's |

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|Christopher Browne aged 18 yeares in the Dutie in May 1620 |

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|The MUSTER of Thomas Oage |

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|Thomas Oage aged 40 yeares in the Starr in May |

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|Ann his wife in the Neptune in August 1618 |

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|Edward theire sonn aged 2 yeares. |

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|204 |MUSTERS OF THE INHABITANTS IN VIRGINIA | |

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|Neck-of-Land. Charles Cittie |

|The MUSTER of Robert Greenleafe |

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|Robert Greenleafe aged 43 yeres in the Tryall August 1610 |

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|Susan his wife aged 23 yeres in the Jonathan May 1620 |

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|Thomas theire sonn aged 3 yeres |

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|Ann a daughter aged 22 week's |

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|The MUSTER of Henery Coltman |

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|Henery Coltman aged 30 yeres in the Noah August 1610 |

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|Ann his wife aged 26 yeres in the London Marchannt May 1620 |

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|The MUSTER of Hugh Price |

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|Hugh Price aged 35 years in the William & John January 1618 |

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|Judith his wife aged 24 yeres in the Marygold May 1619 |

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|John his sonn aged 2 yeres. |

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|The MUSTER of Thomas Farmer |

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|Thomas Farmer aged 30 yeres in the Tryall 1616 |

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|The MUSTER of Thomas Sheppey |

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|Thomas Sheppy aged 22 yeres in the Supply January 1620 |

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|The MUSTER of Allexander Bradway |

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|Allexander Bradway aged 31 yeres in the Supply January 1620 |

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|Sisley his wife 28 yeres in the Jonathan May 1620 |

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|Adria theire daughter aged 9 months |

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| |MUSTERS OF THE INHABITANTS IN VIRGINIA |205 |

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|Neck-of-Land. Charles Cittie |

|The MUSTER of William Sharp |

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|William Sharp aged 40 yeres in the Starr in May |

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|Elizabeth his wife aged 25 yeres in the Bonaventure August 1620 |

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|Isack his sonn aged 2 years |

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|Samuell his sonn aged 2 Months |

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|Servant's |

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|Richard Vause aged 20 yeres in the Jonathan May 1620 |

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John Dods was born in England 1588 and came to Jamestown in 1607 at the age of 18 years.

John married the Indian maiden Jane, daughter of Chief Eagle Plume of Colorado, of the Iroquois Indian Nation, and be came parents of William Dodson and Jesse Dodson. Jesse Dodson and William Dodson took brides from the Bride Ships about 1630.

1638 October 4: Richard Johnson: Henrico Co.: Bill of Sale: 30 acres lying at neck of land: Source Land Office Patents No. 1 1623- 1643 ( v. 1 & 2) p. 668 ( reel 1): Library of Virginia Archives Section

1638 Oct 14:Francis Derrick to Richard Johnson bill of sale 30 acs Oct 14, 1638 … land of George Cawcott dec’d sold to Derrick by John & Dorothy Baker per Henrico Co. Court Aug last CPv1 Linda Starrs research

In a bill of sale from Francis Derrick to Richard Johnson for 30 acres of land on On October 14, 1638, John Baker and Dorothy his wife, daughter of the late deceased Sergeant John Harris have surrendered as of August 27, 1638 unto land of Captain Francis Derrick all the right and title which they claim was the right of the late George Cawcott and witnessed by Lawrence Hulett and John Owell. Francis Derrick deeded 30 acres of land to Richard Johnson and mentioned that Dorothy Baker had been given this land by Mr. George Calwott of James City County. Cawcott had been in Charles Cittie in 1626 with a 100 acre patent. Johnson is important because he, Jonathan Baker and William Baker were head rights of William Farrar in Varinae on the James, and later made claim for a head right for William Mumms whose daughter married Hugh Baker, son of John Baker

1639, we also found a land patent in Henrico at the "Neck of Land" near John Baker by Richard Johnson for 350 acres including head rights for William Mumms

1639; Robt. Wiseman, by Richard Johnson, Henrico. hist11h.html

Notes: Robert Wiseman

1639 June 20: Richard Johnson: Henrico Co.: 350 acres at neck of land, butting Northerly upon the land of James Usher. Source Land Office Patents no 1 1623-1643 (v. 1& 2) p. 662 ( reel 1): Library of Virginia Archives section.

James Usher

1639 Francis Johnson by Richard Johnson The source for the copies is EARLY VIRGINIA IMMIGRANTS by George Cabell Greer. The date on the fly leave is 1978, but it appears to be a much earlier work. It covers immigrants from 1623 to 1666 From: A.E. Johnson [mailto:bigfoot@

Francis Johnson

1639 Elizabeth Johnson by Richard Johnson The source for the copies is EARLY VIRGINIA IMMIGRANTS by George Cabell Greer. The date on the fly leave is 1978, but it appears to be a much earlier work. It covers immigrants from 1623 to 1666 From: A.E. Johnson [mailto:bigfoot@

At this point in time we know that Richard Johnson wife is Elizabeth and he has a child named Francis Johnson

From this we know that Richard Johnson is married to an Elizabeth and has a son Francis Johnson now in the Colonies. Francis Johnson was not born in the colonies. Run Check thru LDS IGI

1639, a land patent by Richard Johnson at the "Neck of Land" adjacent to City Point for 350 acres included head rights for William Mumms. John Baker's land was also near "Neck of Land" on the upper James River.

1642 Oct: Abraham Wood Henrico Co. Oct 1642 E upon Sizemores Cr running towards Henrico Rivers & the S side butting upon Appamattocke Riv Richard Johnson 350 acs at Neck of Land June 1639 N. upon land of James Usher, E upon Main river, S towards Godspeeds Forte due per adv of his wife Elizabeth and son Francis CPv1 Lind Starrs research

1642 Nov The Elams were represented in Henrico as early as November 1642 in the person of Robert Elam who at that date had a patent for land above Bermuda Hundred, between the lands of Thomas Sheppy and Richard Johnson and among the headrights to the patent is the name of Ann Elam Henrico County, Virginia: Beginnings of Its Families: Part I William Clayton Torrence William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 24, No. 2. (Oct., 1915), pp. 116-142. Henrico County Virginia - Deeds & Wills, 1706-1845 Film #1697555 Family History Library

1652 Nov 20: Robert Elam: Henrico Co Va.; 503 acres on the south side of James River above Beroda Hundred between Thomas Shippey's land and Rich Johnson's: Land Office Patents # 3, 1652-1655 pg 114 on reel 2: Library of Virginia Archives Section:

13 October 1653. Gervase Dodson: Location: Westmoreland County. Description: 1300 acres in upper Machotick Neck adjoining Christopher Boyce, Mrs. Towneshand. &c. Source: Land Office Patents No. 3, 1652-1655, p. 14 (Reel 2).

Thomas Harris he received 600 acres in Lancaster Co. bounding northeast upon a branch of Corotoman River and upon land of one Hawkes, southeast upon land of William Thatcher, etc. This land was granted to Gervase Dodson on June 4, 1655, and sold by him to said Thomas Harris for 4800 lbs. of tobacco and cask. Gervas Dodson appointed Francis Hobbs attorney to acknowledge sale. In his will 1672 Thomas Harris left this land in Lancaster Co. to his oldest son John Harris.

1656 March 3: Edwin Conaway and Gervace Dodson: Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Related See also the following surname(s): Connaway, Conway. Note Location: Lancaster County. Grantee(s): Conaway, Edwin & Gervace. Dodson, Description: 1000 acres on a creek issuing out of Fleets Bay, commonly called Corotoman Creek, where the Corotomen Indians lately seated. Source: Land Office Patents No. 4, 1655-1664, p. 120 (Reel 4).

1656 March 3: Gervase Dodson . Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Related See also the following surname(s): Dobson, Dotson. Note Location: Lancaster County. Description: 600 acres on the south side of a creek issuing out of Fleets Bay called Corotoman Creek being the next creek Northerly to Hoddyways Creek. Source: Land Office Patents No. 4, 1655-1664, p. 119 (Reel 4)

1656 Marc h 3: John Burton: Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Note Location: Lancaster County. Description: 900 acres on the branches of Corotoman River, a branch of Rappahannock adjoining the land of Enoch Hawker and Thomas Harris. Source: Land Office Patents No. 4, 1655-1664, p. 121 (Reel 4).

Notes: Thomas Burton Born: ABT 1607 Died: ABT 1669 at: Rappahannock Co., Virginia Reported son of Robert Burton and Catherine Christian

This is researcher Mary Holland and Olen Lee Johnson Burton Families, this Burton family is connected to the Ward Creek Johnson and Allied families and to the Arrowhattock Johnson and Allied families.

Enoch Hawker

1657 Sept. 16: Gervase Dodson: Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Related See also the following surname(s): Dobson, Dotson. Note Location: Westmoreland County. Description: 5200 acres at and near the head of upper Matchotick River, adjoining land called Turners Land at Chetank Creek &c. Source: Land Office Patents No. 4, 1655-1664, p. 294 (Reel 4).

1657 Dec. 1: Charles King: Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Note Location: Lancaster County. Description: 40 acres on the north side of Rappannock River, near Corotoman River Mouth. Source: Land Office Patents No. 4, 1655-1664, p. 187 (Reel 4).

1658 August 27: Gervase Dodson: Gen. note At the foot of the record of the patent, there is a memo; by which it apps. that the patt. was assigned by M. Henry Corbin and by him made over to his daughter Alices Corbyn, Octr. 19. 1660. Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Related See also the following surname(s): Dobson, Dotson. Note Location: County location not given. Description: 2000 acres in Petomack Freshes above Capt. Brents. 1500 acres part thereof butt.g N.Easterly upon the land of Mrs. Benbage or Capt. Streater, S: Easterly upon Petomack River &c. the residue upon the land of Henry Vincent, &c. . Source: Land Office Patents No. 4, 1655-1664, p. 285 (Reel 4).

1658 Nov 29: Gervase Dodson: Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Related See also the following surname(s): Dobson, Dotson. Note Location: County location not given. Description: 500 acres near the head of a Creek issuing out of the bay being the next creek, northerLy from Haddawaies Creek which issueth out of Fleets Bay. Source: Land Office Patents No. 4, 1655-1664, p. 337 (Reel 4).

1658 Nov 29: Col. John Trussell and Gervase Dodson: Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Note Location: Northumberland County. Grantee(s): Trussell, Colo. John and Dodson, Gervase. Description: 1000 acres on the south east side of Chickacone River. Bounding N. westerly on the lands of Jacob Contancean and Colo. Mattron, decd. Source: Land Office Patents No. 4, 1655-1664, p. 339 (Reel 4).

1655 May: Henry Lawne 516 acs S side James River 1674 …350 acs granted to Richard Johnson 20 Jun 1639 & sold to sd Lawne 1 May 1655 CPv2 Linda Starrs research

Notes: Henry Lawne or Henry Lound

1659 Nov 29: Gervase Dodson: Gen. note (Renewed Jany. 28th 1662 in the name of Andw. Pettygrow who married the widow of said Dodson.) Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Related See also the following surname(s): Dobson, Dotson. Note Location: Westmoreland County. Description: 600 acres bounding northeasterly upon Matchotick River, southeasterly upon land of Mr. Barnett northwesterly upon land of Capt. Thos. Davis. Source: Land Office Patents No. 4, 1655-1664, p. 337 (Reel 4).

1662 Jan 28: Andrew Pattigrew: . Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Note Location: Westmoreland County. Description: 5200 acres at or near the head of the Upper Machotix River adjoining Gervase Dodson, Nathl. Jones, and Christopher Boyce. Source: Land Office Patents No. 5, 1661-1666 (v.1 & 2 p.1-369), p. 263 (Reel 5).

1662 March 10: John Haynie:. Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Note Location: County location not given. Description: 350 acres lying and being upon the head of Wicocomoco River, bounded S: and Et. upon the land of Gervase Dodson, decd: and H.y Wickers branch. Source: Land Office Patents No. 5, 1661-1666 (v.1 & 2 p.1-369), p. 113 (Reel 5)

1662 March 18: Sarah Jones, Margaret Jones, Judith Jones and Elizabeth Jones . Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Related See also the following surname(s): Joanes. Note Location: Westmoreland County. Grantee(s): Jones, Sarah; Jones, Margaret; Jones, Judith; and Jones, Elizabeth. Description: 100 acres bounding south easterly upon the Upper Machotix River, N. easterly upon the land of Christopher Boyce. Source: Land Office Patents No. 5, 1661-1666 (v.1 & 2 p.1-369), p. 173 (Reel 5).

1662 Dec 8: Major John Smith: Gen. note "The sd. land being formerly granted to Christopher Boyce, Nov. 28, 1653." Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Related See also the following surname(s): Smyth. Note Location: Northumberland County. Description: 602 acres So. Et. on upper Machotix River. Easterly on the land surveyed for Andrew Farmer. Source: Land Office Patents No. 5, 1661-1666 (v.1 & 2 p.1-369), p. 259 (Reel 5).

1680: Totuskey Creek; an Indian name of unknown meaning, is a big creek, with lots of branches. It arises near the Northumberland County line and flows northerly, then westerly, and finally southwest into the Rappahannock River. I walked along the banks for a ways and stood by the bridge where the Highway #3 crosses it on it's way to Lancaster County; and I thought of these ancestors who, three hundred and thirteen years ago, bought their first land on Totuskey Creek, fought the Indians, cleared the land by girdling the trees like the Indians, and planted their seeds in between the stumps like them. It is really peaceful there. No noise and no one is hurrying. Many families with names familiar to us here also lived along Totuskey Creek, and the Rappahannock River. Along with William Stone and Sarah Stone there was living in the Northern Neck of Virginia in 1680 William, Thomas and John Chandlor; John , William and James Creel; Robert, James and Henry Austin, who also lived on Totuskey Creek. There was Charles and Thomas Dodson; Charles, John, William, and Alexander Fleming; William, John, George, and Robert Taylor; Samuel Godwin, many Turners and Tunes, Many Colemans and Coles, and Pursells and others

Points of Interest: the Names Cross Creek also known as Totoskey Creek, Chucktuck Creek, Chickahominy River are associated with New Town Haven Creek.

William Dodson Publication 23 April 1688.. Related See also the following surname(s): Dobson, Dotson. Note Location: Henrico County. Grantee(s): William Dodson, and James Frankling,. Description: 360 acres in the Parish of Bristol, on the great branch of Swift Creek, begg. on the north side of sd. creek. Source: Land Office Patents No. 7, 1679-1689 (v.1 & 2 p.1-719), p. 655 (Reel 7).

1668 April 28: Mr. John Haney,1250 acs. Northumberland Co., N. side Gr. Wiccocomico Riv., 28 Apr. 1668 p. 165. On E. side of Whickars Br., to br. Dividing this from land of Jno Hughlett, adj. Nr. Jno. Mattrom, Mr. Wm. & Mr. Peter Presley, nigh Chiccacone horse path, adj. Rich. Nelms, Jervice Dodson, dec’d, &c. 350 acs. Part granted to him in Mar. 1662; 400 acs. from Jno. Hughlett & conteyned in part of 900 acs. granted sd. Hughlett in June 1663; 500 acs. for trans. of 10 pers: Tho. Lane, Eliz. His wife, Wm. Molins, Val. Menstoe (or Mensloe), Anne Morgan, Jane Le Bay, Jno. Barber, Jno. Howlett, Edw. Morris, Mary Cloud

1690 April 2nd   Deed [Henrico County VA Deeds 1677-1705, Compiled by Benjamin B. Weisiger III ©1986,  p. 142]  page 329    There is due to Henry WALTHALL (by assignment from his mother Mrs. Anne MORRIS) 650 acres, for importation of: William DODSON, George MIDDLETON, Sarah CROWTHER, John MACKDANIELL, John MACHELL, Elizabeth CARR, Mary FRANKLIN, Richard ELKINS, Thomas TOTTY and Tom and Moll (negroes) and Elizabeth PRATT and Joshuah PRITCHETT

George Middleton Birth: Abt 1660 Death: Bef 1704 in Surry Co., Va reported married to a Katherine had children

Jane Middleton and John Middleton : His father is reported to be George Middleton married to Sarah Short daughter of William Short and Elizabeth Symons: To Symon Symons

1704 Fortunatus Dodson, b. North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., Va., ..., d. North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., Va., 9 Sept. 1737  m. Richmond Co., Va., 9 Sept. 1726

1715 Aug 1 Died Charles Dodson, b. ... , Md., ... 1679, d. North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., Va., 1 Aug. 1715  m

1716 Tithables in Lancaster Co.SAINT MARYES WHITE CHAPPELL PARISH LIST OF TITHABLES.Capt Richard Ball's List

Charles Ewell 7 Wm Bell 2

Hen Stoneham 1 Hen ffleet jr. 4

Wm Dodson 3 Jno Cox 2

Jno Alderton 3 Jno Stanno 1

Theoph Morgan 1 Chas. Christy jr 1

George ffinch 2 Charles Kelly Jr 1

John Moll 5 George Home 1

Darby Dunaway 1 Edwd Mager 3

Danll Bryan 1 Wm Brush 2

John Crosted 1 Tho Davis 2

Wm Pittman 3 Tho Nutall 2

Jno Reeves 2 Alt. Butler 1

Wm Dodson 3 Wm. Martin 5

John Wilkinson 3 Isaac Currell 5

Wm Bertrand 6 Jno Killgore 1

Tho Carpenter 4 Mr Jno Turbervile 10

Edwd Jones 1 Rowland Cornelius 1

Peter Revier 1 Danll McRey 2

Geo. Downton 2 Gawin More 1

Wm ffrizell 2 James Plummer 2

Wm Robertson 2 Jno Hewes 2

Wm Delaney 1 Jno Hart 2

Darby Callahan 1 Murto Wood 1

Jno Callahan 1 Jno Bell Clerk 4

James Stott 2 Walter Heard

Rachel Walker b: Abt. 1725 in Westmoreland Co., VA d: Aug 1816 in Wilkes Co., NC

.....................+Jeffery Johnson III m: Abt. 1745 in Westmoreland Co., VA

.......................5 George Johnson b: Nov 25, 1749 in Prince William Co, VA d: Abt. 1832 in Wilkes Co., GA

.......................5 William Johnson b: Apr 6, 1751 in Fauquier Co., Virginia d: 1835 in Wilkes Co., GA

........................... +Mary Parks m: Abt. 1773 in Surry County (now Wilkes), North Carolina

.......................5 Samuel Johnson

.......................5 [8] Barbara Johnson b: Abt. 1765 in Fauquier Co, VA

........................... +John Shumate m: 1786 in Wilkes Co., GA

.......................*2nd Husband of [8] Barbara Johnson

........................... +Richard York m: Dec 26, 1812 in Wilkes Co., GA

.......................5 Benjamin Johnson b: in Fauquier Co, VA

.......................5 Jeffery Johnson b: Apr 3, 1768 in Fauquier Co, VA d: in Blount Co., Tennessee

........................... +Rebecca Chandler m: Jan 1, 1790 in Fauquier Co, VA

.......................5 Lewis Johnson b: Abt. 1761 in Fauquier Co, VA d: Aft. Mar 4, 1818 in Montgomery Co., AL

........................... +Susanna Chandler m: Dec 20, 1779 in Wilkes Co., GA

.......................5 Martha (or Mary) Johnson

.......................5 Winifred Johnson b: in Fauquier Co, VA d: Bef. 1754

........................... +(Rev) William Dodson m: Nov 30, 1763 in Fauquier Co, VA

.......................5 Rachel Johnson b: Abt. 1753 in Fauquier Co, VA d: May 4, 1834 in Franklin, Williamson Co., TN

........................... +John Parks, Sr. b: in Surry County, (now Wilkes Cty.)

.......................5 Chloe Johnson b: Abt. 1760

........................... +William Rutledge m: Apr 3, 1782 in Wilkes Co., GA

Thomas DODSON and Elizabeth ROSE were married on 3 April 1726 in Richmond County, Virginia. Elizabeth ROSE was born about 1706 in. She died in Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Sept 1728 William Dodson’s Brother is Thomas Dodson known as Second Fork born Sept 1728 in Richmond CO. Va. As he lived on the 2nd fork of Birch Creek. He owns lands in Pittsylvania County and in Halifax Co. Va. Thomas Dodson married Mary Neville the daughter of who lived in Prince William Co. Nov 11 1766 he arrived in Halifax County Va and was under the care of Birch Creek Church.

1730 ERA: Whereas William Lead son of William Lead of ye County of Charles City and Ursula Ellyson daughter of Gerard R. Ellyson of ye County of New Kente having published their intentions of taking each other in marriage before severall publick meetings of ye peopell of God called Quakers in Virginia according to ye good order used among them, whose peopell therein after a deliberate conhsideration there of with regard to the righteous law of God and I am ---- of his peopled recorded in ye scriptures of truth in that ----- ------ appeared by the sd meeting. They appearing cleare of all others and having consent of parents and friends concerned. Now these are to certifie all whome it may concern that for the full accomplishment of their sd intentions this tenth day of ye 12 month called February 1730. They the sd William Lead and Ursula Ellyson appearing in a publick of ye aforesd peopell have met together in the publick meeting at Black Creek in ye County of New Kent. And in a solemn manner he the said William Lad taking the sd Ursula Ellyson by the hand did openly declare as followeth – you are my witnesses that I doe this day take this my friend Ursula Ellyson to be my wife promising with the Lord’s assistance to be unto her a faithfull and loving husband till deth.

And then and there in ye sd assembly ye sd Ursula Ellyson did in like manner declare in like manner as followeth – you are my witnesses that I doe this day take this my friend William Lad to be my husband, promising to be to him a loving wife till deth. And the sd William Lad and Ursula Ellyson for a further confirmation thereof did then and their to these presents sett their h ands and wee whose names therein to subscribed being present at this ----- sd marriage and subscription in manner aforesaid as a witness here unto have also ------ to presents subscribed our names ye day and year above written.

William Lad

Ursula Lad

Elizabeth Chamberlain

Charles Massie

-------- Massie

-------Crew

------ Crew

----- Elmore

John Dodd

------- Elmore

Garet Robt Ellyson

William Ladd

William Ellyson

Thos Elmore

John Lad

James Lad

David Elmore

M--- Elyson

1738 abt Rev. William Dodson son of Thomas Dodsons Grandson of Thomas Dodson and Great Grandson of Charles Dodson is born, probably in Prince William County, now Fauquier Co. Va. He died 1832 May 6 in lands that were in Iredell Co. NC.

1741 ERA Greenham DODSON, born in Richmond Co., VA; died Aft. 1772; married Elinor HIGHTOWER Bef. 1741 in North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., VA.

May 1748 Book 2, page 34

Reference to page 377

Will of John Williams of Dale Parish

To son John, plantation where he lives, next to Henry Dance, Boyling Spring branch, and John Dod, being ½ of 270 acres.

Remainder of my land to my wife for life and then to my daughter Elizabeth; also items to said daughter

To daughters Ann Williams & Frances Williams, items

To son Richard, 1 shilling

All the rest to wife Elizabeth, and she to be executor

Dated 10 May 1747

Wit: Henry Vodin, Henry Dance, John Johnson

Probated May 1748 Colonial Wills of Henrico County, Virginia (2 book set)

book was Abstracted and Compiled by Benjamin B. Weisiger III

The following is a list of all of the Johnsons and Johnstons named in the above book.

It was typed by Marinell Johnson Reeves MarinellRe@

1751 ERA The Dan River flows through today's Stokes and Rockingham Counties, NC. It also enters Caswell County, NC. It flows into the southern part of Pittsylvania and ends in Halifax Counties, VA where it flows into the Roanoke (Staunton) River.

Contributor's Note: The following is the tithable (tax) list for residents on the Dan River in 1751 from the North Carolina State Archives. The Dan River flows through Stokes and Rockingham Counties in North Carolina. The spelling and punctuation of the original document are retained. 1751 Dan River Tax List Names Of INTEREST TO RESEARCHER TONY JOHNSON

Lamberd Dodson

Thos. Brumfield [entry crossed out

Joseph Cloud 

John Watson Sener

John Watson Juner

Thos Randolf

Timothy Carter

Samuel Carter

Rason Rutledge

Moses Watson

James Lankford

Wm Bowlling

John Bowling

Benajer King 

Johnson King

James Watkins & Negor

Lamberth Dodson b abt 1689 Richmond Co., Virginia died 1780 North Carolina:

Reported one of Charles Dodson and wife Ann Dodson, He was married to Sarah Harris:

Reported Grandson of Jessee Dodson and wife Judith Hager:

Great Grandson of Johns Dodson (John Dods) and Jane EAGLE PLUME:

Sarah Harris is reported daughter of Philip Harris and wife Mary Williams:

To Hugh Harris and wife Patience Miller

Judith Hager is reported daughter of John Hager and Alice Walker

Anne ElmoreDodson is reported daughter of Benjamin Dodson and wife Anne Symes or Simms, which Symes families?

Notes: This is the same Dodson families as Elijah Dodson of Humphreys Co. Tn

1760 Sep 2 : Moses Cornelius and wife Anne versus William Johnson and wife Anne.

Researchers Notes:  

This is probably William and Anne Brumfield Johnston.    There is, however, the possibility that the couple might be Ann Williams and William Johnson.  Plaintiff Anne Cornelius was born Ann Dodson.

August 06, 1753 WILLIAM DODSON - died bef August 06, 1753 (date that his will was probated). Married to Hannah Goad

HANNAH GOAD, daughter of Abraham Goad and Katherine Williams was born November 1695 in Richmond Co. VA (Source: Register of the North Farnam Parish, according to K. F. Haas), and died abt 1788 in Henry Co., VA (Source: Woody Hendrick She married (1) TOBIAS PHILLIPS 1712 in Richmond Co. VA. She married (2) WILLIAM DODSON. 

Children of Abraham Goad and Katherine Williams are:

WILLIAM GOAD, b. August 1693, North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., VA (Source: Register of the North Farnam Parish, according to K. F. Haas); d. January 18, 1731/32, North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., VA (Source: register of the North Farnham Parish, according to K. F. Haas); m. MARY, Bef February 13, 1712/13 (Source: Based on birth date of oldest child). 

HANNAH GOAD, daughter of Abraham Goad and Katherine Williams was born November 1695 in Richmond Co. VA (Source: Register of the North Farnam Parish, according to K. F. Haas), and died abt 1788 in Henry Co., VA (Source: Woody Hendrick She married (1) TOBIAS PHILLIPS 1712 in Richmond Co. VA. She married (2) WILLIAM DODSON. 

TOBIAS PHILLIPS, son of John Phillips and Elizabeth Tobias, was born January 12, 1686/87 in North Farnham Parish, Old Rappahonnack, Virginia and died April 07, 1740 in North Farnham Parish, Richmond Va Beside his and Hannah's children, Tobias also fathered children by a mistress. 

WILLIAM DODSON - died bef August 06, 1753 (date that his will was probated). 

JOHN GOAD, b. November 27, 1700, North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., VA ( d. July 23, 1771, Bedford Co, VA.; m. (1) KATHERINE (WILLIAMS?), Abt 1723; m. (2) ANN ISHAM, August 11, 1734, Brunswick Co., VA (Source: Sharon Minton Hill (1/21/97)). 

ELIZABETH GOAD, b. Abt 1705, North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., VA; d. 1799; m. JOHN DODSON (THOMAS DODSON?). 

ALICE GOAD, b. Abt 1707, North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., VA; d. September 07, 1767, North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., VA; m. (1) JOHN FOWLER; m. (2) FORTUNATUS DODSON, September 09, 1726, North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., VA. 

ABRAHAM GOAD, b. March 15, 1709/10, North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., VA; d. July 13, 1779, Pittsylvania Co., VA; m. JOANNA, 1730, Prince William County, VA. 

PETER GOAD, b. May 27, 1715, North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., VA; d. December 01, 1794, Richmond Co. VA

Researchers Notes: Rev. William Dodson married to Winnifred Johnson is forefather Elijah Dodson of Hurricane Creek Humphreys Co. Tn

Researchers Notes: one of these Dodson families is also involved in Big Creek Baptist church with my Agness Johnson wife of Hudson Johnson. As Mary Dodson-Mary Dotson is in the church of Rev. Thomas Murrell at Big Creek

Ann ISHAM 1 Nov 1700 - AFT 1771

1762 December 4th, HISTORY OF BROAD RUN BAPTIST CHURCH, Fauquier Co VA 1762-1987, John S. Moore, 1987

Chapter Two, p.13-15 Joseph Morrison dismissed to Halifax

Margaret Morrison dismissed to Halifax

John Creel dismissed to Halifax

Rhoda Creel dismissed to Halifax

Elisha Dodson dismissed to Halifax

Sarah Dodson dismissed to Halifax

Ann Edwards dismissed to Halifax

John Whitein dismissed to Halifax

Joseph Dodson/William Davis/John Davis/Lucy Davis/Katherine Rhodes dismissed to Halifax

Michael Owens dismissed to Halifax

On December 3, 1762, Broad Run Church was orgainized by David Thomas and John Marks with ten members who were: Edmund Hays, Peter Cornwell, Joshua Dodson, Thomas Dodson, William Stamps, Elizabeth Hays, Sarah Cornwell, Ruth Dodson, Elizabeth Dodson and Betty Bennett. ‘

All of these ten charter members except Elizabeth Dodson were listed on the Mill Creek Church roll. [Mill Creek was one of only 3 Regular Baptist Churches in VA prior to Broad Run.] HISTORY OF BROAD RUN BAPTIST CHURCH, Fauquier Co VA 1762-1987, John S. Moore, 1987

Chapter Two, p.13-15

DECEMBER 4TH 1762 /

WAS ADDED THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS BY BAPTISM

ABRAHAM DODSON DECEASED/

OBED CORNWELL DECEASE /

BARBARY DODSON CENSORED JUNE 1775/

JOHN BENNETT DISMISSED TO HALIFAX /

(PAGE 2) JOSEPH MORRISON DISMISSED TO HALIFAX /

MARGARET MORRISON DISMISSED TO HALIFAX /

JOHN CREEL DISMISSED TO HALIFAX /

RHODA CREEL DISMISSED TO HALIFAX

ELISHA DODSON DISMISSED TO HALIFAX /

SARAH DODSON DISMISSED TO HALIFAX /

ELIZH. CORNWELL EXCOMMUNICATED JAN 4 1777 /

MARY HIGGINS EXCOMMUNICATED AUG 24 1782 /

ANN EDWARDS DISMISSED TO HALIFAX /

WILLIAM MURPHY DISMISSED TO HALIFAX /

JOHN WHITEIN DISMISSED TO HALIFAX /

JOSEPH DODSON / WILLIAM DAVIS / JOHN DAVIS / LUCY DAVIS / KATHERINE RHODES

DISMISSED TO HALIFAX /

MICHAEL OWENS DISMISSED TO HALIFAX /



1763 APRIL THE 24TH THE FOLLOWING INFANTS / WERE RECEIVED INTO THE CARE OF THE CHURCH /

MARY CORNWELL DAUGHTER OF PETER CORNWELL/

NANCY CORNWELL DAUGHTER OF OBIDD CORNWELL /

PLUBY DODSON DAUGHTER OF JOSHUA DODSON

 JOSEPH CARTER SON OF WILLIAM CARTER/

JOHN BENNETT SON OF JOHN BENNETT/

MARY HIGGINS DAUGHTER OF ALEXR. HIGGINS /

BETTY DODSON DAUGHTER OF JOSEPH DODSON /

JAMES OWINGS SON OF JOSEPH OWINGS

EXCERTS FROM MINUTES OF

BROAD RUN BAPTIST CHURCH FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA

At the May Court of 1763 (Fauquier Minute Book, 1763-64, p.43) the names of 41 persons including 17 members of Broad Run Church were presented by the Grand Jury "for absenting themselves from the parish church within six months past." There were: David Thomas [the pastor], Thomas Dodson, Abraham Dodson, Elisha Dodson, Joseph Dodson, George Dodson, Edmund Hays, Peter Cornwell, Obed Conwell, William Davison (Davis?), John Davis, Timothy Stamps, William Stamps, John Bennett, Joshua Dodson, John Creel and Joseph Morrison.



Thomas Dodson

[Thomas, Abraham, Joshua & Elisha Dodson were brothers; Joseph and possibly George were sons of Thomas;. Timothy & William Stamps were brothers of the John Stamps who married Eleanor Dodson, dau of Elisha.]

1763 May 7th

was added the following members by Baptism

Timothy Stamps dismissed to Halifax

George Dodson gone to Halifax

Ann Dodson dismissed to Halifax

Elizabeth Dodson dismissed to Halifax

Sarah Ugelby dismissed to Halifax

Mary Wiatt dismissed to Halifax EXCERTS FROM MINUTES OF

BROAD RUN BAPTIST CHURCH FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA

1763 JULY I0TH /

WAS ADDED THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS BY BAPTISM /

NATHANIEL SANDERS DISMISSED TO ORANGE /

JOSHUA SCURLOCK GONE TO HALIFAX/

WILLIAM PICKETT DISMISSED TO LONDON/

MARGARET DODSON DISMISSED TO HALIFAX /

KATHERINE STAMPS DISMISSED TO HALIFAX /

1763 October 9th,

was added the following members by Baptism

Lazarus Dodson dismissed to Halifax

Alice Dodson dismissed to Halifax

Anne Dodson dismissed to Halifax EXCERTS FROM MINUTES OF

BROAD RUN BAPTIST CHURCH FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA

OCTOBER 9TH 1763 /

WAS ADDED THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS BY BAPTISM /

LAZARUS DODSON DISMISSED TO HALIFAX / ALICE DODSON

DISMISSED TO HALIFAX /BENJAMIN CHANDLER DISMISSED TO LONDON

ANNE DODSON DISMISSED TO HALIFAX/

1763 OCTOBER THE 9TH. THE FOLLOWING INFANTS / WAS RECEIVED INTO THE CARE OF THE CHURCH /

GEORGE DODSON SON OF LASAROUS DODSON /

TOLIVER DODSON  SON OF ROLY DODSON /

GEORGE STAMPS SON OF TIMOTHY STAMPS /

ELISHA DODSON SON OF ELISHA DODSON/

PRESLEY EDWARDS SON OF BENA. EDWARDS /

JANE LEE DAUGHTER OF STEPHEN LEE /

SALLY LEACHMAN DAUGHTER OF JO. LEACHMAN. /

EXCERTS FROM MINUTES OF

BROAD RUN BAPTIST CHURCH FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA

1763 Nov 23, Fauquier County Va. Reverend William Dodson was married his first time as Williamson Dodson to Winifred Johnson aka Winifred Johnston the Daughter of Jeffery Johnston and wife Rachel Walker of Fauquier CO. Va.

1763 Nov 23, Fauquier County Va. Reverend William Dodson was married his first time as Williamson Dodson to Winifred Johnson aka Winifred Johnston the Daughter of Jeffery Johnston and wife Rachel of Fauquier CO. Va.

1764 FEBRUAY 12TH THE FOLLOWING INFANTS / WAS RECEIVED INTO THE CARE OF THE CHURCH /

MOLLY CREEL DAUGHTER OF JOHN CREEL /

THOMAS DODSON SON OF GEORGE DODSON /

FRANCES DODSON DAUGHTER OF GEORGE DODSON/ (PAGE 187)

EXCERTS FROM MINUTES OF

BROAD RUN BAPTIST CHURCH FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA

________________________________________________________________________________

1764 MAY 13TH /

WAS ADDED THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS BY BAPTISM

WILLIAM DODSON EXCOMMUNICATED 1769 /

NEGRO ADAM BELONGING TO THOS DODSON / DISMISSED TO HALIFAX/

1765 JUNE 9TH THE FOLLOWING INFANTS / WAS RECEIVED INTO THE CARE OF THE CHURCH /

ANN DODSON DAUGHTER OF JOR. DODSON./

EXCERTS FROM MINUTES OF

BROAD RUN BAPTIST CHURCH FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA



1765 August 11th

were added the following members by Baptism

Thomas Dodson dismissed to Halifax

EXCERTS FROM MINUTES OFBROAD RUN BAPTIST CHURCH FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA

1765 AUGUST 11TH /

WERE ADDED THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS BY BAPTISM/

ROBT DANDERS ELDER MINISTER DISMISSED / JOHN FRAZIER DISMISSED TO ORANGE

FRANCES GRANT DISMISSED TO ORANGE/

THOMAS DODSON DISMISSED TO HALIFAX/

MOSES COOSENBERRY GONE

/* COOSENBERRY GONE /



1765 AUGUS 11TH THE FOLLOWING INFANTS / WAS RECEIVED INTO THE CARE OF  THE CHURCH /

SALLEY SPENCER DAUGHTER OF JAMES SPENCER /

JOEL HIGGINS SON OF ALEXR, HIGGINS. /

(SPACE -- ED.)    BENNETT DAUGHTER OF JON.BENNETT

RHODY DODSON DAUGHTER OF THOS. DODSON /

ALCE CREEL DAUGHTER OF JOHN CREEL./

EXCERTS FROM MINUTES OFBROAD RUN BAPTIST CHURCH FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA

26 May 1766 Fauquier Co VA DB 2, p.444 Thomas Dodson Sr & wife Elizabeth and Thomas Dodson Jr and wife Mary of Hamilton Parish to William Hunton ..400 acres on south run of Broad Run ...corner Joseph & George Dodson, Humphrey Brooks near REv. Mr. Stuarts line.

Thomas Dodson married Mary Neville the daughter of who lived in Prince William Co. Nov 11 1766 Thomas Dodson arrived in Halifax County Va and was under the care of Birch Creek Church.

Notes: 1766 Sept 22: Lazers Dodson Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Related See also the following surname(s): Dobson, Dotson. Note Location: Halifax County. Description: 400 acres on a branch of Sandy Creek. Source: Land Office Patents No. 36, 1764-1767 (v.1 & 2 p.557-1083), p. 1008 (Reel 36).

1767 May 21 on Dec 18 1766 Joseph Terry and Judith his wife to Thomas DODSON 400 acres on Both sides of Birches Creek : Witness John Creel Lazaruz Dodson, Raughley Dodson :: Deed book 6 page 363 of Halifax Co.

Note Lazaruz Dodson is paying tithable in Pittsylvania Co. Va ? info of Cass Johnson (Researcher of Dickson Co Tn now deceased)

Notes: I'm not a member of the Humphreys List - but, I've read your posting with great interest. I'm a descendant of: William Ingram who married Elizabeth Dodson (dau. of Rev. Lazarus Dodson), Garland Ingram and Johanna Mays, Talitha Isabella Ingram and David Price Thomas. ruthann@SawNet

Notes: When Hudson Johnson moved he moved to lands of Carters Valley Washington Co. NC sold to him by Stokley Donelson son of Col. John Donaldson-Donelson. Lands are between a William Ingram and a James Bartlett Simms. James Bartlett Simms Grandparents lived by Jeffery Johnson in Fauquier Co. Va.

1769 November 11th

The church being met agreed to dismiss Thomas Dodson Jur. and Joshua Scurlock as members under sencure to the church at Birch Creek to be under their care.  Monthly meetings to be the Friday before the second Sunday in every month. W. Stamps deceased and Nicholas Ware appointed Clerk 1773 EXCERTS FROM MINUTES OFBROAD RUN BAPTIST CHURCH FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA

NOVEMBER 11TH 1769/THE CHURCH BEING MET AGREED TO DISMISS

/THOMAS DODSON JUR . AND JOSHUA SCURLOCK AS / MEMBERS UNDER

SENCURE TO THE CHURCH AT / BIRCH CREEK TO BE UNDER THEIR

CARE. /MONTHLY MEETINGS TO BE THE FRIDAY / BEFORE THE

SECOND SUNDAY IN EVERY MONTH / W. STAMPS. DECEASED / AND

NICHOLAS WARE APPOINTED CLERK 1773 /

Pittsylvania Co. 1773 June It is unknown exactly when William Johnson moved to Halifax/Pittsylvania County Va area but he probably came with his Father IN Law Jeffery Johnson who was a witness to a bond and deed of Thomas Dodson and John Creel in Pittsylvania Co. 1773 June ( Pittsylvania Co. Deeds 3-361)

p.361 22 Jun 1773 Thomas Dodson to John Creel. 50£. Tract on both sides Burch Creek, 200 acres. Crossing the mill pond. Signed: Thomas Dodson Senr

Wit: Jeffery Johnson, David Dodson, Caleb Dodson

23 Sep 1773 Proved by oaths of wit Pittsylvania DB 3

p.362: 22 Jun 1773 John Creel bound for 1000 £ to provide a place for Thomas Dodson and wife to live during their lives which shall be the place whereon they now live or such place as shall content them. Signed: John Creel Wit: Jeffrey Johnson, David Dodson, Caleb Dodson Both deeds recorded on 23 Sep 1773. Pittsylvania DB 3

1774 July (Halifax CO.) Elisah Dodson on branchs of Toby's Creek adj. Joseph Terry, William Russell, John Waller, Christopher Johnson and John Maddin::Per Early Johnson Time lines::

Note Terry Surname has ties into Michael Johnson d. 1718 

1776-1785 ERA Moses Johnson and wife Nancy: W153 NC Line: Soldier lived in Surry Co. NC at enlistment. Soldier married there to Nancy (?) in 1779 at the home of John Branden ( relationship not stated) and soon after the Revolution he moved to Tn and he applied 1833 Sept 5 in Hawkins Co. Tn and he died there 1834 April 9. Widow applied 1842 March 11 Hawkins CO. Tn aged 84 however in Feb 1839 she gave her age as 92, a daughter Judith Liford or Lefor was aged 52 and referred to an older sister ( not named) In 1839 Judith lived in Hawkins CO. Tn and a Jacob Liford or Leford also lived there at that time. An Elizabeth Belcher of Hawkins CO. Tn in 1841 and in 1841 a Sarah Stapleton aged 79 of same County made afdts but their relationship to soldier family was not stated. Abstract of Rev. War Pension Files

[Methodology: Spelling, punctuation and grammar have been corrected in some instances for ease of reading and to facilitate searches of the database. Also, the handwriting of the original scribes often lends itself to varying interpretations. Users of this database are urged to view the original on and to make their own decision as to how to decipher what the original scribe actually wrote. Blanks appearing in the transcripts reflect blanks in the original.]

State of Tennessee, Hawkins County

Personally appeared on the 5th day of September 1833 before me William Babb one of

the Justices of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for said County & State Moses Johnson a resident of said County aged 93 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated --

That this declarant sometime in the month of August in the year 1776, while living in

Surry County North Carolina, joined the troops under the command of Colonel Williams of North Carolina as a volunteer under Captain Garvis [sic, Jarvis?], and marched to the Long Island of Holston River, (in Tennessee,) and at which place they formed a Junction with the Virginians under Colonel Christian, from the Long Island they were marched to the Cherokee Towns -- crossing the Holston River at the Great Island, and after remaining some days at the ample Springs on Lick Creek, they were joined by other troops from Watauga -- they afterwards crossed the French Broad River, on to the Tennessee River, then to Tamotbe [?] which they took possession of (an Indian town) from thence to the Great Island Town, and remained there about 20 days -- and then to [indecipherable name], Tellico, Chilhowee [?], which they burnt, also TusKegee [?] -- then they were marched to Chota, from thence returned to the settlements on the

Holston -- having continued in service 6 months, not being discharged until sometime in

February 1777 -- but whether he received a verbal or written discharge he cannot now remember.

That in the year 1780 sometime in the month of March he again volunteered for 9

months, in said County of Surry North Carolina, under a Captain Humphreys in the Regiment of militia commanded by Colonel Martin, as well as he now remembers, in the United States Service, and from Surry was marched to within a short distance of Camden South Carolina and during the battle, that took place about the middle of August -- this declarant was left guarding the baggage, -- after the defeat of General Gates this declarant was marched back to North Carolina and discharged -- in the month of December, but he does not now remember at what place -- but this he does remember that he served out his 9 months --

That again in the month of January 1781 he again entered the service of his country under

Captain Patrick, as a volunteer, and was marched to the Catawba River, where he came under the command of General Davidson, who was killed (in attempting to cross a ford on that River) by the troops under Lord Cornwallis, from thence he with the troops marched to Guilford Court House -- and this declarant states that he was in the battle of Guilford, where General Greene was obliged to retreat, from Lord Cornwallis, and from the Guilford this declarant was finally marched to Ramsey's Mills and from thence he with part of his company was marched home, in Surry, which place the troops did not reach until the month of July, but the exact time he does not recollect, having served 6 months that tour. He states furthermore that he was acquainted with General Rutherford of North Carolina while in service and with Generals Butler & Eaton -- and was General Greene who commanded at the battle of Guilford and many other officers both regular & militia whom he has now forgotten. He knows of no person, by whom he can prove his Services excepting Henry Blevins & John Dodson

On this night day of September 1833 Personally appeared before me Richard Mitchell --

a Justice of the peace in and for said County John Dodson a citizen of to Hawkins County, who being duly sworn according to law states that he is now a pensioner of the United States his name being on the Jonesborough Agency in East Tennessee. He states furthermore that he is well acquainted with Moses Johnson, whose declaration is hereto annexed, made out before of Hawkins County whose certificates he will obtain, should they be living. He has no documentary proof having lost all his discharges,

one sense -- He has no record of his age. He has been living in Tennessee, almost ever since the close of the revolutionary war, and still lives in said State as before stated.

There is no clergyman residing in his neighborhood. He is acquainted with James Long, Milam Davis & Jacob Lifer his neighbors who have testified to his reputation. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.

S/ William Babb, JP S/ Moses Johnson, X his mark

[James Long, Milam Davis & Jacob Lifer gave the standard supporting affidavit.]

[On March 11, 1842 in Hawkins County Tennessee, Nancy Johnson, 84, applied for a widow's pension stating that she was the widow of Moses Johnson a pensioner of the United States for his revolutionary services ; that she married him in 1779 and that he died April 9 1834 in Hawkins County [in 1839, she said she was then 92]; in 1841, Judith Liford or Leford, 52, daughter of Moses and Nancy Johnson, filed a supporting affidavit in which she states she had an unnamed older sister. In a filing dated February 12, 1841 in Hawkins County, Nancy Johnson, 83, states she married her husband in Surry County, NC in October 1769, that Sarah Stapelton now residing in Kentucky was her attendant and that her husband died May 9, 1834]

State of Tennessee, Hawkins County

1 Henry Blevins (Blevens) W1703

2 FPA S2518

William Babb Esquire -- that said Johnson served as he states in his declaration, 6 months against the Indians under Captain Garvis -- this affiant was with said Johnson on the same campaign in 1776 & 1777. He furthermore states that he has understood that said Johnson served over periods during the revolutionary war, and that seems to be the opinion of all said Johnson's acquaintances and this affiant concurs in that opinion, and he has the fullest reliance on the Statement made by said Moses Johnston and the declaration hereto annexed. Sworn to and subscribed before me the date above.

S/ Richard Mitchell, JP S/ John Dodson, X his mark

State of Tennessee, Hawkins County

Personally appeared before me Richard Mitchell a Justice of the peace in and aforesaid

County Henry Blevins a citizen of Hawkins County and a Pensioner of the United States of the agency of Jonesborough who being first duly sworn states that he was acquainted with a certain Moses Johnston in a campaign against the Indians in 1776 and 1777 when the troops marched from Holston to the Indian Towns, mentioned in the said Johnson declaration hereto annexed, and he believes that the said Moses Johnson now an applicant for a pension is the same person who served in that campaign -- and from that he high standing the said Johnson has for truth and integrity this affiant would place the utmost confidence in any statement he would make & further saith not.

Sworn to & subscribed before made this night day of September 1833

S/ Richard Mitchell, JP S/ Henry Blevins, X his mark

Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements

Pension application of Moses Johnson W153 Nancy fn55NC

Transcribed by Will Graves 10/24/08

1777 Pittsylvania Co. Va oaths of Alligance George Carters List: Matthew Cox, Elisha Dodson, George Dodson, Lazarus Dodson, Rolly Dodson, Thos. Dodson, Joshua Hardy, William hardy, William Ingram, JEFFERY JOHNSON< Elisha King,

1777 Oaths of Alligance list of Charles Kennons: Benjamin Burgess, Edward Burgess, David Dodson, Fortunas Dodson, George Dodson. Greenham Dodson, Hightower Dodson, Rolly Dodson, Thomas Dodson, William Dodson                                                                                                       

RESEARCH NOTE : John Johnson APril 28 1789 pd taxed in Pittysylvania Co. Va. with Fortunas Dodson 

1777 Surry NC Tax Lists "Jabez JARVIS District" (Excerpted):

Charles DODSON

Henry HOLTSCLAW

Henry BURCH

Jabez JERVIS

Richard HORN

Bennett ROSE

John RICHARDSON

George GREEN

Eliphalet JERVIS

Moses JOHNSON

Richard WOOTON

Ephraim PAGET

Job BROUGHTON

Bartholomew MARIAM

John SUMMER

Joshua FREEMAN

Francis COOMS Improvements::0 Vallue: 0 Negros: 0 Value: 0 Horses: 2 Value: 24 Cattle: 3

Value: 9 0:7:8 Cash in Hand: 0 Money on "Interest"0

Joseph WOODRUFF

John JERVIS

William JOHNSTON

John MARIAM

*Isham THOMPSON

*West MOSELY

In different handwriting (includes):

Eliga SMALLW[OOD]

Joseph JONSEN(?)

David BURK

Research Notes : Moses Johnson wil end up in Hawkins Co TN. Where a Dodson was a witness to his Militart Service during the Rev. War See below

1777  March 20 will of Will Russell wife is Anna dated March 7 1775l sons are Will Russell, Buckner Russell, George Russell, ABsalom Russell daughters are Ann LIGHT, Sara WALTERS, Lucreasy DODSON, ELiz. RUSSELL, Judith BENNETT:

Does this connect to the Light families of DIckson and Humphreys Co. Tn. ?

also which DODSON family is his branch?

1777 Nov 27 John Williams and wife Sarah of Pittsylvania Co., VA sold to to Daniel Dotson of Guilford Co. 404 acres on the west side of Cascade Creek [pittsyl Deed 4-435].

1778 Henry Co Tax

John Dodd: Double tax

Charles Dodson

Lambath Dodson

Will made on Aug 12, 1779, proved Oct. 21, 1783 [Pittsylvania Wills & Deeds, B11, p.133] names grandson Thomas, son of Joseph Dodson dec'd; sons Thomas, George, William; daughters, Sarah Nevil, Elizabeth Bennett, Else Dodson, Rhody Creel; wife Ellinor; and to the Baptists, use of the meeting house near John Creel's mill with 3 acres of land. Executors: Wife and son George.

1779 William Dodson received by will of his Father Thomas Dodson dated 1779, after the death of Thomas Dodson's wife " The plantation and tract of land whereon I now live( we have not located a record of the sale of this land.

 It was reported in the annual register of the Baptist Denomination, by John Asplund that William Dodson was the minister of Cascade Creek Church in 1780. Halifact by Dr. W.B. Barbeer Danville Va 1941).

1780 era Winifred Dodson has died and her Father Jeffery Johnson has moved on to Rowan County NC, where his lands will go into Wilkes CO NC.

JULY 29TH 1780 / THE CHURCH BEING MET TOGETHER IN ORDER TO

CONSULT AFFAIRS/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD; AND THE WELFARE OF

SION WM. CARTER/ BEING OFTEN ADMONISHED FOR CERTAIN

OMISSION OF DUTY/ ITS AGREED TO EXCLUDE HIM.

ALSO WINNY HARDING REQUESTS/ A LETTER OF DISMISSION, IS GRANTED,

ALSO ANN GARNER REMOVED/FROM CENSOR UPON ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

ALSO BROTHER ROBD. SANDERS APPOINTED TO GIVE OUR SISTER MARY LEACHMAN / NOTICE TO COME TO CHURCH MEETING TO ANSWER SOME/ OMISSIONS,

ALSO OUR BROTHER JOSEPH DRURY APPOINTED/ TO GIVE

OUR SISTER BARBARA DODSON TO COME TO OUR NEXT/MEETING TO

ANSWER TO HER CENSOR WHICH HAS LAID/ A LONG TIME.

ALSO THATOUR NEGRO BRETHREN WILL/ AND LEAMON STILL TO UNDER

CENSUR;

ALSO KEEP OUR / CHURCH MEETINGS THE FOURTH SATURDAY

IN EVERY / MONTH AND TO BE STRICTLY OBSERVED BY EACH MEMBER

TO/MEET AT 12 O'CLOCK SIGNED BY ORDER OF CHURCH N WARE CK /



1781 Feb 1: Jospeh Terry Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Grants A-Z, 1-124, reels 42-190; Virginia State Land Office. Grants 125- , reels 369-. Note Location: Pittsylvania County. Description: 400 acres on the branches of Sandy Creek and adjoining Lazarus Dodson &c. Source: Land Office Grants C, 1780-1781, p. 43 (Reel 44).

This is interesting as in 1766 Sept 22 Lazers Dodson filed his claim for lands on Sandy Creek in Halifax County then in 1781 Joseph Terry files his claim of land that borders Lazuras Dotson and this land is now in Pittsylvania Co. Joseph Terry was also in Halifax County when he bought his first lands and the Witness was Lazarus Dodson

1782 through 1792 - Daniel Dodson appears on the personal property tax lists of Pittsylvania County, Virginia  during which time two of his sons, Eli and Elijah, appear in his househol d. 

From: Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

William Dodson is probably shown on Halifax Co. Tax list from 1782 to 1789.

1782 Halifax Co. Head of House hold

Joseph Johnson 10 whites and 4 blacks

Research Notes: Neighbors are James Medley, James Stevens, Spencer Walten, William Water, Bartho Harris, William Wilson, Biby Bowman, Anne McDaniel ( note this is McDaniels line in 1793 John Johnson deed in Pittsylvania Co. with grandson Johnson Daniels) John Murphy, Charles Kennon, Benjamin Jordan, John Pankey, Elias Dejarnett, William Thompson, William Wright, Thomas Dodson ( ?  Birches Creek) Benjamin Edwards, Richard Horsely, James Horsely and Daniel Carter.

1782 Census of Pittsylvania Co. Va Ann Johnson 7 whites::

Archd Johnson 9 whites::

James Johnson 8 whites 11 slaves    Note: Fortunas Dodson, George Dodson, George Dodson Sr, Jesse Dodson, Joshua Dodson, Joshua Dodson, Rawley Dodson, Thomas Dodson, Zachariah Dodson on 1782 Census

1782 Oct 23: Page 131 State of North Carolina - Alexander Martin, Gov. to William Payne - Land Grant No. 44 - Date: October 23rd 1782 - for fifty shillings for every hundred acres, amount of land is 420 acres located in Sullivan County, North Carolina. A tract of land containing 420 acres lying and being in our county of Sullivan on the right hand fork of Dodsons Creek above Mitchells survey. Witness: Alexander Martin, Esq. by his Excellys Com’d J. Glasgow, Sec.

The entry book for John and Landon Carter, entry takers for Washington Co.,

NC, now Tennessee, shows a warrant, 1783, dated May 21 1779, directing the

surveyor of Sullivan Co to lay off for William Payne 150 acres on the

Holston River adjoining a tract of land known as the "burnt cabin". This

land was surveyed on Roberta Estes From: robertajestes@

A John Dodson & Elizabeth GOAD settled in Shenandoah Co, VA. Their son, Charles DODSON later settled in Greene TN. His son, John DODSON, lived in Greene Co, then later purchased land on Dodson Creek of Hawkins Co, TN, from a Mark Mitchell (See Next), but kinship, if any, to Jesse Dodson & Judah Combs of Halifax Co VA & White Co TN, unknown. Likewise, not known if kin to John DODSON, s/o Lambeth DODSON, who d in White Co, TN aged 100-110. (Primary Source: Dodsons of Northfarnum Parish, Rev. Silas Lucas & S. Underwood Williams, Southern Historical Press) 1840: John H. Miller, age 77 (1840 White Co, TNGenWeb Census-Revolutionary War Pensioners) Not found on 1835 TN Pension Roll

1783 May William Dodson's church activities in NC are noted in Johnson J. Haynes "The land of Wilkes 1962". Mr. Haynes says that "Among the arms of Flat Rock Church constituted in 1783 May, was Warrior Church constituted in 1799 May" and now called Zion Hill Church, located at Boomer on the waters of Warrior Creek, a Southern Branch of the Yadkin River which rises in the Brushy Mountains.

25 June 1783 Samuel Johnson (brother of Winnifred Johnson DODSON) married Mary daughter of Ambrose Hammons of Hammons Samuel Johnson and Mary Johnson W5012 NC Line. Soldier was a son of Jeffery Johnson who lived 9 miles below Wilkesboro in Wilkes County NC during the Revolutionary War and soldier lived there at enlistment. He received a disability pension for 1 Jan. 1809. Soldier married Mary daughter of Ambrose Hammons of Hammons on 25 June 1783 in Wilkes Co. NC, and soldier died there 15 Dec 1834 aged 77. Widow applied there on 224 Jan 1834 Wilkes CO NC aged 78 and widow there on 21 Jan 183_.

Children were Robert Johnson born 1783 Oct 25 he married a Miss Boran the sister of soldiers son in law Wm Boran

Nancy Johnson born 1783 Oct 3 she married a Mr. Gambill

Cloe Johnson born 1788 Oct 25

Samuel B. Johnson born 1790 May 18

Ambrose Johnson born 1792/93 May 15

Mary “Polly” Johnson born 1796 June 9. she married Wm. Boran

Rachel Johnson no birth date she married a Forrister (his name not clearly written)

Lewis Johnson born abt 1800 married prior to 1834 (wife not named)

John S. Johnson abt 1803 and in 1853 was referred to as Col. Johnson S. Johnson

Widow died leaving children Ambrose Johnson, Lewis Johnson, John S. Johnson, Mrs Clay GAMBILL or Cloy GAMBILL. Mrs. Nancy Cambill, Mrs Rachel Forrister all of Wilkes Co. NC and Mrs. Mary Boran of Grayson Co. Va. Soldiers nephew George was an office in Rev. and was the son of soldiers brother William Johnson. A John Johnson signed the marriage bond with soldier on Jan 24 1782 and in 1851 one John S. Johnson was a J.P. and a James S. Johnson was a J.P. ( All 3 men were in Wilkes CO. NC but no relationship was shown).

In 1853 Mrs. Nancy Gambill widow of Capt. Martin Gambill made affdt in Ashe Co. NC and a John Gambill was a J.P. in 1853 for Ashe CO. NC, A Robert Gambill was County Clerk of Ashe Co. NC and a John Gambill was a J.P. for Wilkes CO. NC, but their relationship to soldiers daughter is not state. Source 1856 Abstracts of Rev. War Pension From: Marie McKinney

1784: Johnston Co. North Carolina Census

William DODD,    

1 w m 21-60

5 w m u21/o60    

4 w f 0 b 12-50  

0 b u12/o50

John DODD, 

1 w m 21-60

5 w m u21/o60    

4 w f 0 b 12-50  

0 b u12/o50

: Research of B_bperry@

William Dodson is also credited with organizing Arbor Baptist Church in 1785, Halifact by Dr. W.B. Barbeer Danville Va 1941).

1785 Halifax Co. Va Census

Daniel Carter

James Horsely

Richard Horsely

Benjamin Edwards

Thomas Dodson

William Thompson

Elias DeJarnett

John Pankey

Benjamin Jordan

Joseph Johnson::::: Note is this the son of Isaac Johnson

James Medley

James Stevens

Spencer Walten

William Walten

Bartho. Harris

William Wilson

Bibby Bowman

Anne McDaniel:::: Owns property in Pittsylv.Co. and has a Grandson named Johnson McDaniels ( also known as Daniels)

John Murphy

CHarles Kennon

Phillip Taylor

John Caldwell

Robert Scott ::Note any relation  to John Scott  Atorney for John Johnson Brunswick CO. May 16 1740 

Thomas Lawson

Robert Chatham

Joseph Kirby

Joseph Kirby

William Watkins

Noell Woddell

1787 Rev. William Dodson in Iredell Co. NC

1787 April a Poll taken or a section of Delegates at Henry County Courthouse the 9th day of April for ABRAHAM PENN esq..:: # 58: Samuel Johnson::: #57 is John INGRAM:: #56 is James INGRUM:: #55 Elisha VINSON (disputed):: #53 Samuel CRUTHCER;; #52 James ELKINS:: # 51 Mathew Small:: #50 William ADAMS:: #49 VALENTINE MAYO ( note this is one of mine and Pegs MAYO LINES check for connections to Valentine Minge):: # 48 ANTHONY TITLE::: GOING HIGHER ON THE LIST: #59 John Day:: #60:: William WITT ( ???? De witt)  ( Which one of Mine and Peg’s Witt Familes) # 61:: George Waller:: #62::John Hayley or Hailey:: #63: Daniel Smith:: # 64 Robert Warden:: # 65: Joseph Bolling: #66 Phillip ANGLIN: # 67 George DODSON: # 68 Jesse Reynolds: #69: John Hutchens: # 70 Michael Watson

1787 Aug. Big Creek Baptist Church is formed at the home of Rev. Thomas Murrell: Present Thomas Murrell, Benjamin Murrell and wife Mary, Martha Murrell, Bartlett and Elizabeth SIMMs with Negro Sal, AGNES JOHNSON, Moses and Sarah Johnson, Mary Dotson and Others, per minutes of Bent Creek Baptist Church on 8-3-1787

Big Creek Baptist Church

Notes This Church is located 4 miles from Rogersville by George Gildersleeve

Benjamin and Mary MURRELL are found in the records of the Bent Creek Baptist church (then in Hawkins County, Tennessee) on the third Saturday of August in 1787, when the church minutes state: "The church met at Thomas MURRELS and after divine service proceeded to receive Mary MURREL by experience.

2nd Miciah BUNCH and Lydia his wife by letter

3rd. Jeffrey MURREL and Margaret his wife by recommendation.

4th Received Moses JOHNSON and Sarah his wife by letter and Thomas TONECANLEY by experience and baptism given up for constitution

Thomas MURREL, Benjamin MURREL, and Mary his wife, and Jeffry MURREL and Martha his wife, Bartlett SIMS and Elizabeth his wife, Negroe Sal, Agnes JOHNSON, Elisha WALLEN, Micahah BUNCH, Lydia BUNCH, Moses JOHNSON, Sarah JOHNSON, Mary DOTSON [DODSON], Elisha DEBUSK and Mary Williams." (Bent Creek, Journey into Century Three, by Glenn Alfred Toomey, 1988, Church minutes, p. 43)

April 28, 1787 for Rawleigh Dodson by Rawl Dodson,

deputy surveyor. The state of NC issued grants to Raleigh Dodson for two

tracts of 150 acres, both apparently entered before Hawkins Co. was created

from Sullivan in 1786, #1481 for 150 acres on the left fork of Dodson's

creek and 31489 for 150 acres on the south side of Holston River. Roberta Estes From: robertajestes@

Dodson's creek no doubt named by or for Raleigh Dodson is a branch of Holston River on the s side of the river and nearly opposite the town of Rogersville where

the power plant is located today. Near this site was Dodson's Ford where

the Great War Path and Trading Path crossed the river. The spot is marked

by a Tennessee Historical marker. The land around Dodson's Ford is some of

the most beautiful in E. Tennessee.

Raleigh Dodson was born in 1730 in North Farnham Parish outside of Richmond,

Va. to George and Margaret Dagord Dodson. His wife's name was Mary, although we have never determined a surname for her. By 1766 Raleigh was in Halifax County, Virginia and owned land that appeared to be on the border of Halifax and Caswell County in North Carolina. There was an entire group of Dodsons who moved to this area about this time. By 1782, Raleigh Dodson was in

Eastern Tn.

Roberta Estes From: robertajestes@

Millstone Baptist Church in 1789, both in Halifax County Va. (Halifact by Dr. W.B. Barbeer Danville Va 1941).

22 Apr 1788: The will of Jeremiah White named widow Jane and children William, Jeremiah, John, Hamilton, Robert, and Nancy, and sons-in-law Braxton Mabry, William Clark, James Hinton, and daughter Mary Hardaway.   It mentioned land on Lick Fork of Horsepen Creek in Charlotte County. 

Witnesses: Micajah Dodson and Tabitha Dodson.  

Jeremiah White, the son of Jeremiah Senior and Mary Clark Martin, also owned land on Sandy Creek in Pittsylvania adjoining Wisdon and Terry;

Sweeting Fork of Sandy Creek adjoining Thompson and Col. Robert Williams;

and Lick Fork of Horsepen Creek in Charlotte adjoining Joshua Chafing. 

Jeremiah's widow Jane White (nee Shelton) married James Johnson c. 1788. 

Richard and Letitia Johnson and James F. and Nancy Johnson, along with Jeremiah, William, John, Hamilton, and Robert White, sued William Clark and William White, co-executors of Jeremiah White, deceased.  Was Letitia a White?  See 15 Mar 1795.

before 1789 Winifred Johnson-Johnston DODSON evidently died before 1789 when her father died in Wilkes County NC, naming his grandchildren James, Rachel and Winifred Dodson in his will. In fact Winifred Johnson Dodson probably died several years earlier maybe in the 1770's.

 Rev William Dodson married a 2nd time but no record of this marriage has been found and the name of his 2nd wife is unknown. William Dodson is probably the William Dodson who became a member by Baptism of Broad Run Church of Fauquier Co. on 1764 May 13 and who was ex communicated in 1769.

April 28 1789 FORTUNAS DODSON AND John Johnson pd taxe on the same day

1789 April 29  Fortunas Dodson, Anderson Hailey, Ambrose Hailey, Joseph HIll, John Johnson, Charles Mcgloughlin, William Mays, Gardner Mays, David Mays, Bevrly Milner, Martin Palmer, Robert Scoot, Henry Terry, John Terry, David Terry, George Thompson, Charles Terry, Joseph Wood paid  there taxes. Information provided by Researcher Cass Johnson.

Note:: Terry and Wood names is a surname connected to off spring of Micheal JOhnson who died 1718 of Tuckahoe Creek Henrico Co.Va. ( Stephen wood married ? daughter of Joseph or Isaac Johnson?) 

1789 Dec 2 Sarah Dodson daughter of Rev. William Dodson and Winifred Johnson married Elijah Dodson in Halifax Co. Va

1789 Dec  2 -  Elijah Dodson married, Halifax Co., VA,    Sallie Dodson, daughter of Rev. William Dodson.

Source: Marriage Date: 02 Dec 1789 Marriage Location: Virginia, Halifax County, Spouse 1: Elijah Dodson, Spouse 2: Sally Dodson, Marriage Date: 02 Dec 1789, Marriage Location: Virginia  Virginia Marriages to 1800 Virginia Marriages to 1800, 

Source Information: Jordan Dodd, . Virginia Marriages to 1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1997. Original data: Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Virginia. Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

Abt 1790 - William Beverly Dodson / Dotson born, Halifax County, Virginia Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

Elijah Dodson purchased from James Horsley 138 acres in Halifax Co. adjoining the lines of Thomas Lawson and Car¬son. The deed was witnessed by Thos. White, William Brandon, Fleming Bates and Francis Lawson [Halifax deed 14¬616]. Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

1790 United States Federal Census - [Need to locate census] 

 NOTE:  from 1782 through 1792 - Daniel Dodson appears on the personal property tax lists of Pittsylvania County, Virginia during which time two of his sons, Eli  Dodson and Elijah  Dodson , appear in his household. Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

 

Abt 1790 - William Beverly Dodson / Dotson born, Halifax County, Virginia 

 Note: Aft 1792 - 1790-1795 - William is found on the tax list of Pittsylvania County, Virginia.  He lived on Cascade Creek near his son-in-law, Elijah Dodson (Dotson).  Cascade Creek us ub the extreme southwest part of Pittsylvania county and flows across the line into North Carolina. 

Source: The Dodson (Dotson) Family of North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, Volume 1 Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

1790 John Adams lived in Goblingtown Creek : William Adams lived in Goblintown Creek  IN 1790 other names on this List  John Holland was on this list with Hall Hudson, Obadiah Hudson, and Thomas Hudson, Daniel Hutcherson, John Hutchinson, ( note a David  Hutchinson  administered  the will of William Johnson who died  in  Charlotte Co. Va.  John Ingram,  Other names of Interest:: John Burgess:: Charles Dodson:: George Dodson Jr:: George Dodson Sr:: Thomas Mayo:::: Valentine Mayo Jr. and Valentine Mayo Sr:: ( Mayo's are one of my Blood lines)

MY NOTE the Sylvester Adams that came into Dickson Co Father is John Adams died 1782 in Halifax Co.Va He was married to a Susan WOOD  (? Stephen  Wood  married Anne Johnson a Joseph to Michael Johnson descendant) :::  Sylvester Adams 's brother William Adams was born on  Black Walnut and die s  there in 1839:: Now the Father of John Adams who died 1782 is  one  William Adams who died 1789 in Charlotte Co.Va .  NOTE IS THERE any connection to a Joseph Wood who payed his taxes on APril 28 1789 in Pitsylvania Co. with John Johnson 

1790 Hutson Johnson , on Voters list of Hawkins Co. Tn.

Note place other Johnson-Johnstons here Jno Johnston William Johnson Michael Johnson Michael Johnston Richard Johnston

Other names of Interest:: William Allen::Peter COCKE, Stephen COCKE:: John Craig::Thos. Dodson:: Obadiah Forgeson, THos. Forgeson, William Forgeson, Wm. Forgeson ( ?Fergeson) , Jacob Graft (? Craft) Hugh Gwin, Thomas Hutchings, James King, John King, Robert King, William King, John King Jr.: Hopkins Lee, James Lee, John Lee, John Lee, Thomas Lee, John Long, James Massey, Charles Matlock, Frederick Mayes, Wm. Mayes, Thos. Moss, Benja. Murrill, Jeffery Murrill, John Rice, Bartlett Sims, James Sims, Jno.Sims, Math. Sims, Edward Sizemore, Geo. Sizemore, James Thompson, John Thompson, Hardey Williams, Jas. Williams, Jas. Williamson, Jno Yeates (? Yates)

1790 Salisbury District of North Caroline: Guilford County

Benjamin Britton

William McGlauheny

Latham Donnal

John Perkins

Joseph Perkins

Joshua Johnston

James Johnston

Caleb Johnston

Joseph McDowel

Samuel Duck

Jere. Johnston

James McAdow

Howell Parker

William McGee

Barton Stone

Benjamin McRunnels

Richard Dodson

Samuel Hartgrove

Nathaniel Peeples

Andrew McGee

Daniel Dillon

Ambrose Chapple

Isaac Dillon

Alex Hilton

James Hilton

William Farrington

John Perry

Ebenezor Perry

William Gilbert

William Platfield

Rhodeham Martin

John Walker

John Gilbert

Partial List

1790: Following an Act of the General Assembly, the voters who voted for the two members to go to Congress are listed in the Cumberland County Deed Book for 1790. Maurice Langhorne

William Hobson

Peter Montague

Montague Surname

Josiah Thomson

William Maxey

Charles Allen

Allen Surname

William Ligon

Question descendant of Thomas Ligon ?

James Isham

How related to ? Isham married to William Randolph and to ?Isham married to Adam SYmes

Thomas Anderson

Drury Hatcher

Drury Hatcher is off William Hatcher b 1613 of Swift Creek

William Anderson

Cod'n Carrington

John Griffin

Caleb Hobson

Hugh Junior

Harrison Jones

John Holcomb

James Adams

Robert Smith

John Colquit

David Johnson

Jno Dodson

Dodson surname is a clue

Archibald Anglea

Nathan Womack

Womack is a Connecting Surname

Moses Hubbard

Hubbard Family ends up with the William Johnson homestead in Henry Co on Buffalo Creek

Stephen Robinson

Mayo Carrington

Carringtons are connected to William Hatcher and also my Mayo Lines

James Gilliam

Gilliam is a surname connector to Jonas Lawson and Rev. Thomas Murrell Families

Neighbors of James Gilliam Those mentioned in the 1763 processioning included: William Austin, Benoni Boatwright, Jeremiah Cannon, Robert Carter, George Carrington, Hezekiah Daverson, James GILLIAM, Phineas Glover, Joseph Griffin, James Johnson, Joseph Johnson, John Jones, Daniel Jones, Philip Mayo, John Meador, Burton Newton, John Parrish, David Preger, David Reynolds, James Robinson, William Rowland, Samuel Taylor, John Wayles, Drury Woodson.

John B. Cooper

Nath'l Carrington

Carringtons are connected to William Hatcher and too my Mayo Lines

John Nunnally

Benj'n Allen

Allen Surname

William Spears

Joseph H. Jenkins

William Bond

Miller Woodson

Woodson and families totally tied to Michael Johnson descendants

James Gates

James Thomas

R'd Richardson

Phinas Glover

William Walker

Thomas Hobson

Alexander Trent

Trent Surname connector to Hatchers

John Minter

Lewis Orange

Bernard Sims

Sims is a clue on James Bartlett Symes cousin of Capt. John Symes Half brother of Patrick Henry and Adam Symes marrie to Mary Isham

Hump Holland

Holland surname to Michael Holland of St. Pauls Parish descended from Hollands of Archers Hope

Vern Smith

Joseph Fuquay

John Winfree

Dudley Street

John Slaughter

Thomas Turpin, Sr.

Turpin surname connector to descendants of William Hatcher b 1613 land owner on Swift Creek and Appottomax River in Bermuda Hundred

Jesse Woodson

Robert Gilliam

Gilliam is a surname connector to Lawson and Rev. Thomas Murrell Families

Joseph Carrington

Carringtons are connected to William Hatcher and my Mayo Lines

Richard Webber

Philip W.7 Webber (Richard6, Tahpanes5 Ward, RICHARD4, SETH3, RICHARD2, SETH1, SethA, JohnB, SethC)859 was born 1 November 1792 in Cumberland Co., VA860,861, and died Aft. 1863. He married Susanna Murel Puryear 20 January 1830 in Amelia Co., VA

Joseph Taylor

William Russell

James Doss

Tho's Johns

William Hobson

Francis Armistead

Rob't C. Harrison

Dan'l Johnson

William Bagby

Hezh Colquit

William Macon

George Keeling

George Anderson

Theodorick Carter

surname tied to researcher White Oak Don Johnson and Researcher Mary Holland families

John Hill

Electing members to Congress:

For THOMAS EDMUNDS

Tucker Baughan

Jesse Boatright

James Farmer

Farmer is a surname connector to descendants of William Hatcher b 1613 of Swift Creek

Jno Duncomb

Stephen Woodson

Woodson and families totally tied to Michael Johnson descendants

Richard Allen

Harrison Jones

Jacob Johnson

Wright Bond

Henry Guthrey

Henry Skipwith

Skipworth is name tied to researcher White Oak Don Johnson and Researcher Mary Holland families

Charles Allen

Joshua Orange

John Holman, Jr.

John Woodson

John Woodson and families totally tied to Michael Johnson descendants

Sam'l Meton (?)

Josiah Cox

Cox surname is married to Burton who Alice Cox is married to Luke Boyce and Edloe

David Bradley

George Baskerville

Carter H. Harrison

Peter F. Trent

Trent is a surname connector to off spring of William Hatcher b 1613 of Appoppatox River

Sam'l Holliday

Elisha Weatherford

Job Johnston

John White



From 1790 to 1795 William Dodson is fond on the Tax Lists of Pittsylvania Co. He lived on cascade Creek near his son in law Elijah Dodson-Dotson. Cascade Creek is the extreme Southwest part of Pittsylvania County and flows across the State line into North Carolina

DOCUMENT: Granville Co., NC Will Book 2, page 326 - WILL of John Hargrove written 9 Nov 1790, probated November Court 1792:

To wife (not named) half my plantation on Little Nutbush Creek., etc.

To son John all lands he holds on south side of Dodsons Creek (except that given son William) and half land in Warren County on Great Nutbush Creek.

Other half to son William adj Leonard Sims, Henry Lyne.

To daughter Fanny Hanks land on Lower Great Fork adj Wm Dodson,Richard Hargrove, Argen Hanks.

To daughter Nancy Collins land adj Robert Galligher and Henry

Lyne.

To daughter Molley land adj Fanny Hanks at Taylors Ferry.

To daughter Amey rest of land, etc. "...if either dies without heirs, their part to the survivors and also if daughters die, that part to

survivors...". Executors Leonard Sims and sons John & William. No witnesses.

June 1791, Raleigh Dodson purchased a tract of 163 acres at a

sheriff's sale, formerly the John Honeycutt property, which adjoined the

property of Elisha and Lazarus Dodson.

Roberta Estes From: robertajestes@

3rd Sat. of March 1792 he Thomas Dodson is found in the records of Baptist Church on “ North Holston in Hawkins County” he is there with the following Thomas Dodson and Mary, Jesse Dodson and Ruth, Elisha Dodson and Rachel, Thomas Dodson, Nancy Dodson, Elizabeth Dodson, Utally Dodson, Alsey and Winifred Johnson. This church was located in Grainger Co. formed from Hawkins CO. and Knox Co. in 1796 very near the Hawkins Co. border.

1793 Halifax Co. Va Thomas Dodson’s son Jesse Johnson married Judith Combs in 1793 Halifax Co. Va. And they became members of Big Spring Baptist Church which was the parent Church of Rev. Thomas Murrell’s church.

In 1793 Rev. Jesse Dodson the brother of William Dodson and of Thomas Dodson is the minister of this Church.

Research Notes: In Rev. Thomas Murrell’s church is Agness Johnson the wife of Hudson Johnson

Raleigh Dodson wrote his will on July 20 1793. The date of probate is not known,

but indications are that he was alive in Nov. 1794 when he and his son James

sold tracts of 40 and 110 acres to Robert Brown (Hawkins deeds 2-328 and

2-329). This land may have involved the joint patent with Thomas Jackson

referred to in Raleigh Dodson's will, which land he left to his son James.

Raleigh Dodson does not name his wife in his will, but left to her his whole

estate both real and personal during her lifetime after which I leave to my

son Rawleigh the plantation on which I now live and another piece adjoining.

It was his patent land. Raleigh Dodson Jr, sold this land to James Breeden

on Jan 29 1806 and 'I, Mary Dodson, widow and relict of Raleigh Dodson,

decd, relinquish and quit claim my right, title and interest to this land."

(Hawkins deed 4-154)

The foregoing dower relinquishment proves that the widow of Raleigh Dodson

Sr. was named Mary. She may not have been his only wife although Mary also

signed when he sold his Caswell County, NC land before their journey to

Tennessee (then NC). It is possible that Raleigh Sr. also held title to

some property in Giles Co Tn. Court records there show that Mary Dodson,

widow of Raleigh, acted as administrator is some action (Giles Co court

minutes Sept 7 1815). The widow, Mary Dodson may have gone with her son

Raleigh Jr. to Alabama and then to Giles and Williamson Counties, Tn. It is

not known when or where she died, but she was dead by 1826.

Raleigh Dodson served in the Revolutionary War with his son Lazarus Dodson. The

North Carolina archives provided a roster of men who served from Washington

and Sullivan Counties which were then a part of North Carolina. Raleigh and

Lazarus were both listed as having served beginning August 16, 1782.

In 2008 and 2009, I visited Hawkins County and located the original land of

Raleigh Dodson on the Holston River. The land was subsequently owned by his

heirs, and a family cemetery with many unmarked graves lies in disrepair and

weeds today. I feel certain that this family cemetery that was located on

his land and is where his daughter Nellie and her husband John Saunders

lived, died and were buried as well is the final unmarked resting place of

Raleigh Dodson, Revolutionary War Patriot of Hawkins County, Tn.

Roberta Estes From: robertajestes@

John Dodson JOHNSON -ca 1794 VA Bef. 1832 (not named in father's will)

1794 Aug 24 Page 1. (A) Will of LEONARD SIMS. (Codicil 16 Feb. l794); Nov. Ct. 1804.

Wife SARAH, Extrx. ;

Sister SUSANNA SIMS (who has lived with him);

oldest sons JOHN RICHARD & SWEPSON,

Extrs.; Sons LEN HENLY, THOMAS, JOSEPH & HENRY (minors);

Dtrs: JANE JEFFERS SIMS & SARAH SIMS; child in esse (?). Land devised: 282Y2 A. bought fr. BRUMFIELD RIDLEY on NES Reedy Br. adj. WILLIAM DODSON, THOMAS SIMS, Widow WILLIAMS, ELISHA SIMS & his own land; 500 A. in home plantation; 1,513 A. on E & NE the Reedy Br, adj.

"my sister WILSON", JOHN HAREGROVES, WILLIAM SIMS, SIMON & ASHKENAS WILLIAMS; 189 A. on WS Nutbush Cr.

Wit: JAMES BULLOCK (Jurat), AGNESS BULLOCK (Jurat)& NANCY BULLOCK (Jurat). Codicil names Dtr. SUSANNAH SIMS (child in esse? & will written 1793?) & refers to land on Reedy Br. bought fr. RICHARD BULLOCK,

Extrs. of LEN. H. BULLOCK, dec'd. & HENRY PHIFER.

Wit: RICHARD BULLOCK (Jurat), JOHN HARE, WILLIAM SIMS (Jurat) & ELISHA SIMS.

Research Notes: This is the familes of Len Henley whose family will also be the Families of Terisha Johnston of Nutbush Creek Mecklenburg Co Va and NC. This Sims families is off the Adam Symes married to mary Isham, Or off Capt Symes whose ½ brother is Patrick Henry: Which is the Winston familes connected to Dr. John Woodson, These Symes familes are also found in Hawkins Co Tn by Hudson Johnson

after 1795  It is possible William Dodson was preaching in NC churches before he moved his residence there. ( To NC)

William Dodson moved to NC soon after 1795 as in April 1799 he entered 200 acres on the Bushy Mountains in Wilkes County NC and in

15 Mar 1795: Richard Johnson married Lettice Hinton.  Bondsman: Jeremiah White.  Minister: Lazarus Dodson. Lazarus had also performed the marriage of George Pratley to Lydia Dodson with James Johnson as bondsman; and marriage of our James Johnston to Joyce Wells.  Lazarus was minister of the Leatherwood Primitive Baptist Church.  John Johnston, supposedly resided next to Lazarus Dodson in Pittsylvania.  See also 22 Apr 1788.

Iredell Co. NC in 1797 The Rev. Elias Dodson in his manuscript said that Rev. William Dodson preached in Virginia for 30 years and then moved to Iredell Co. NC in 1797 and preached nearly all the time until he died in 1832. While the Rev. William Dodson may have died in Iredell Co. NC he spent a good many years as a resident of Wilkes Co. NC where he was on the census for 1810 and 1820. Rev. William Dodson died at the home of a daughter in Present Alexander Co. NC.

Charity Dodson JOHNSON, -1797 - 1798 VA? TN? JOHNSONS related to Jerry PACE in Williamson Co & Wilson Co, TN in file of Jackie@ashley– (5/Jan/2009) page #1

1797 Hawkins County, Tennessee DB2:466 [or 422?] Robert BROWN to Martin JOHNSON, dated 12/26/1797, recorded 12/26/1797, registered 1798 (March Session)

THIS INDENTURE, Made this 26th day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven BETWEEN Robert Brown of the County of Hawkins and State of Tennessee of the one part, and Martin Johnson of the County and State aforesaid of the other part, WITNESSETH that the said Robert Brown for and in consideration of the sum of ninety pounds to him in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, HATH, and by these presents DOTH grant, bargain, sell, assign, infeoff and confirm unto the said Martin Johnson his heirs and assigns forever, a certain Tract or Parcel of LAND, containing one hundred and fifty acres, be the same more or less, lying and being in the county of Hawkins on Dodsons Creek being the place where Miles Barret & Jno. Willis now lives on and holds by a deed from James Dodson and Raleigh Dodson in that bounds joining John Payne and Jacob Lauson with all and singular the woods, waters, water courses, profits, commodities, hereditaments, and appurtenances whatsoever to the said Tract of Land belonging or appertaining, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents and issues thereof, and all the estate, right, title, interest property, claim and demand of him the said Robert Brown his heirs, &c of, in and to the same and

every part and parcel thereof either in law or equity TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said one hundred and fifty acres of Land, with the appurtenances unto the said Martin Johnson his heirs and assigns FOREVER against the lawful title, claim and demand of all and every person or persons whatsoever, SHALL and WILL WARRANT and FOREVER DEFEND by these presents.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the said Robert Brown hath hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year first above written.

Signed, sealed and delivered s/Robert BROWN

in presence of

Jno PAYNE Jno. LAWSON [sp?]

(Transcribed by C. Hamet, 1995 from LDS Microfilm )

Jacob Lauson or Jacob Lawson

Notes The Lawson surname is a cousin line of Rev. Thomas Murrell and can be found by Thomas Murrell of Byrd Creek in era of 1730

Notes: Martin JOHNSON, s/o James & Elizabeth UNKNOWN Johnson (Murrell), m by 1797, Sarah Combs, ancestry unknown. The grantor was RW Robert BROWN, who later removed to Knox Co, TN, then later to Warren Co, TN (as did the Combs-Johnsons, except some directly and some by way of Jackson Co, TN). Miles BARRETT, John WILLIS and Jacob LAWSON were also Revolutionary War Pensioners, all having previously resided in Henry County, Virginia, as had, probably, the Rev. Thomas MURRELL of Hawkins Co, TN, step-father of Martin JOHNSON, Sr. Raleigh DODSON and Mary DODSON, formerly of Richmond and Pittsylvania Cos, VA, and Caswell Co, NC, were close associates of the Rev. Thomas MURRELL in east Tennessee. John PAYNE and William PAYNE are believed to have been brothers of

Daniel PAYNE, husband of Sylvia Combs, also later of Warren Co, TN.

Lazarus Dodson who died 1799 in Pittsylvania County is the son of George Dodson b 1702 and Margaret Dagrod ( Degord) of Farnham Parish in Richmond County Va.

1799 William Dodson's church activities in NC are noted in Johnson J. Haynes "The land of Wilkes 1962". Mr. Haynes says that "Among the arms of Flat Rock Church constituted in 1783 May, was Warrior Church constituted in 1799 May" and now called Zion Hill Church, located at Boomer on the waters of Warrior Creek, a Southern Branch of the Yadkin River which rises in the Brushy Mountains.

1799 April William Dodson moved to NC April 1799 he entered 200 acres on the Bushy Mountains in Wilkes County NC

d. 1799 ELIZABETH GOAD DODSON, b. Abt 1705, North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., VA;; m. JOHN DODSON (THOMAS DODSON?). 

1800 William Dodson entered 300 acres on Beaver Creek.

1800 William Dodson entered 300 acres on Beaver Creek.

1800-1810. William Dodson as Pastor also served as Pastor at King's Creek Church between ‘

1801 - Elijah Dotson bought 134 acres on Cloud's Creek, Rockingham Co., NC from Naman Roberts [Rockingham deed G-143]. 

1801 May 4th William Dodson sold 200 acres to Thomas Phillips (Wilkes Cou.. Deeds & grants 1797-1805 pg 4).

December 7, 1801, at which time the following magistrates were present: Isaac Lane, Joseph Webster, William Trent, James Chisum, Abraham Lenham, John Wallen, Matthew Sims, John Vanbibber, William Rogers, George Read, C. Newport, John Casey, Joseph Nations, and James Renfro. The oath of office was administered by Andrew Evans and Joseph Cobb, magistrate of Grainger County. Isaac Lane was chosen chairman; Walter Evans, clerk; Nathaniel Austin, ranger; Joseph Nations, corner; Ezekiel Croft, register; Luke Bowyer, attorney-general, and David Rogers, sheriff. The last named was unable to give bond, and John Hunt, Sr., was elected to fill the vacancy. The next term of the court was held at the house of John Hunt, who lived on the site of Tazewell. The grand jury empanelled was composed of the following men; John Hunt, William Grisum, Nathaniel Austin, Samuel Tate, Jacob Dobins, William Bowman, William Stroud, John Webster, Nimrod Dodson, Peter Neal, Thomas Gibbons, Peter Huffacker, William Rush, Thomas Jeffers, Hezekiah Jordan, Elisha Walling, Archibald McKinney and George Snuffer. The third term of the court was held at the house of Elisha Walling, and it was not until 1804 that a small frame courthouse was erected Goodspeed history of Claiborne Co Tn:

James Dodson JOHNSON -03 Nov 1803 TN JOHNSONS related to Jerry PACE in Williamson Co & Wilson Co, TN in file of Jackie@ashley– (5/Jan/2009) page #1

Wilkes County in 1805, William Dodson and his son William Dodson are on the tax lists for Wilkes County in 1805, taxed for 300 acres and 100 acres in Capt. John Carne's District.

1805 ERA I borrowed my brother James' pony and rode 40 miles to Uncle Thomas Gibbons, there being no Baptist Church nearer. He and Aunt Polly were members, father was there at the church meeting on Saturday, when the door was opened for anyone to come forward and join by telling an ex- perience of grace. I went forward immediately. The going forward was such a cross that I hardly knew what I was doing. I told what I had to tell. Only one question was asked me by Nimrod Dodson, who was the leading member of the church, namely, "Did you ever see that it was just in God to send you to hell?" I answered "yes" for I knew it would not do to say "no," although I knew at the time I had not any extraordinary view.Abner Hills’s Autobiography that appeared in Judge Joe Meredith’s Hill’s family book, A Family History: Hill, Meredith, Lowery, 1966.

21 Sep 1806 - Elijah Dodson was in Davidson Co., TN where he bought 120 acres on Stones River from Enoch Enochs on 21 Sept 1806 [Davidson deed G-87] and other tracts during the next few years Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

1807 - George C Dotson born, Davidson County, Tn., [This is the 3rd G Grandfather of Paul B Dotson].

1810 United States Federal Census -[Need to locate census] From: Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

Abt 1810 - Elijah Dotson, Jr. born, Davidson County, Tn.  Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

1811 - Elijah Dodson, is listed on the tax list for Davidson County, Tn.,

Source: Early Tennessee Tax List, Bryon and Barbara Sistler. From: Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

1811 Dec 9, William Dotson received a NC grant for 50 acres on the waters of Little Lower River, Burke County NC (Now Alexander Co NC) and on 1812 Nov 28, he received another grant for 50 acres on Lamberts Fork of Lower Little River ( Wilkes CO. Deeds G/H-394 and G/H-479 ( some of these might be for his son William Dodson).

m. 20 Dec 1811 in Franklin Co, VA Samuel Johnson, b. about 1782; d. Nov 1821 in Cooper Co, MO; m. 20 Dec 1811 in Franklin Co, VA to Matilda Brockman. Bondsman was John Dodd & her  mother Elizabeth consented.  They moved to Missouri & lived in that part of Cooper Co that was formed from Howard Co in 1818.  Samuel died by drowning while crossing the river in Cooper Co.  He left his young bride and a son:

          1. Samuel Johnson Jr, b. 1820; still living in 1883 in Charilton Co; was

named in last will of his grandfather, Micah Johnson Sr to receive his father's share when he became of age. Matilda & her son lived in Howard Co & Charilton Co where she remarried Thomas Cravens.  I suspect Matilda and Thomas were divorced as in 1850, Matilda Craven was listed in Prairie Twp of Charilton (Census p.168) & a Thomas Cravens was listed in Clay Co, Liberty Twp (p.309).

1811 Dec 20 Samuel Johnson mar Matilda Brockman dau of Elizabeth Surety by John Dodd

1812 July - Elijah  Dodson was living in Davidson County, Tn., in Captain Creel's Militia Company

Source: Davidson County, Tennessee Court Minute Book 1809-1813, pages 826-842, July Session 1812.  Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

 

1812 Abt- James J Dotson born, Davidson County, Tn. Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

Muster Rolls of the War of 1812 Detached from the Militia of NC 1812 AND 1814 Published in Pursuance Of the Resolutions of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY of JANUARY 28, 1851 and the Resolution of the General Assembly of  FEBRUARY 29, 1871. Under the Direction of The ADJUTANT  GENERAL RALEIGH   STONE AND UZZELL State Printers and Binders 1873; Copied and Indexed by:  

 SEVENTH REGIMENT EIGHTH COMPANY DETACHED FROM THE SECOND  MECKLENBURG  REGIMENT

ROBERT WOOD CAPTAIN

JACOB SHAVER LIEUTENANT

 PETER MAPE 2ND  LIEUTENANT

JOHN WILSON ENSIGN

 WM. FLENIGAN 1ST SERGEANT

JOHN  HOOKER 2ND SERGEANT

JOHN BARNES  3RD SERGEANT

 FIFTH REGIMENT STOKES COUNTY FIRST REGIMENT

SAM.MARTIN CAPTAIN 

THOS. SMITH  LIEUTENANT

NEWTON LADD ENSIGN

ELIJAH NELSON; THOMAS EVANS; JACOB  NELSON; JOHN  HARVEY; JEREMIAH CLOUD; JOHN HOOVER; JAMES LAWSON

 THOS. REDDICK; LARKIN BURGE;  HENRY SPAINHOUWER; JOEL KETCHUN; JAMES RIDLEY ; EDWARD YATES; JACOB WOLF

EZEKIEL COLLINS; JACOB HELSEPECK; WM. BLANCHET; JOHN BRABIN; BENJ. FRY ; JESSE BROWN ; JAS. G.  LYON ; JOHN EDWARDS WM. JOHNSON; JACOB FISCUS; THOMAS DOSS; JOHN PRATER; BARTLETT  SHIPP ; DAVID SPAINHOWER; JOSEPH MARTIN

 FREDERIC FULK ; WM. SHIPP ; WM. CHILDRESS ; JOHN COX ; SHEDRACK REDDICK; REUBEN TILLEY; JAMES MERRITT;

 LAMBERT DODSON; JOHN KANCES; WM.  STANLY; ISAAC GEORGE ; JAMES HUTCHENS

 JOHN HOOKER

BENJ. THOMAS; JACOB DENTON

1813 Mar 25 Mastin Johnson married Elizabeth Dodson in Pittsy. Co.

The name Zion Hill church was constituted in 1814 April with William Dodson as Pastor.

1815 Abt - David Gordon Dotson born, Davidson County, Tn. Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

1816 Abt - Joseph C Dotson born Davidson County, Tn. 

1818 Sep - After moving to Davidson Co., he sold in Sept 1818, for $600 to Robert Martin, Jr., 234 acres "on Dan River adjoining the lands of sd Martin, being the same land that was lately recorded of the heirs of Daniel Dodson by the heirs of Cyrus B. Roberts, it being a tract of land purchased by Elijah Dodson of Namen Roberts." Witnesses to the deed were William Murphey (X) and Lewis Dodson (X) [Rockingham deed S-187]. Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

1818 Sep - After moving to Davidson Co., he sold in Sept 1818, for $600 to Robert Martin, Jr., 234 acres "on Dan River adjoining the lands of sd Martin, being the same land that was lately recorded of the heirs of Daniel Dodson by the heirs of Cyrus B. Roberts, it being a tract of land purchased by Elijah Dodson of Namen  Roberts." Witnesses to the deed were William Murphey (X) and Lewis Dodson (X) [Rockingham deed S-187]. From: Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

1820 United States Federal Census Name: Elias Dotson  [Elijah Dotson]Township: Nashville  County: Davidson  State: Tennessee

Persons in household, numbers and ages:

Free White Males   

To age 10 = 3 DOB 1810-1820  [Abt1807 George C Dotson, 13 years of age]

                                     Abt 1810 [Elijah Dotson, Jr.]

                                     Abt 1812 [James J Dotson]

                              ;        Abt 1815 [David Gordon Dotson]

                                     Abt 1816 [Joseph C Dotson]

                             

26-45 years of age = 1 [Elijah Dotson, Sr.]

Free White Females

To age 10 = 1

16-18 years of age = 1

45 years of age & Above = 2

Source Citation: Year: 1820; Census Place: Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee; Roll: M33_122; Page: 93; Image: 104. From: Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

 

1820-  Elijah  Dodson  began selling his land in Davidson Co. in 1820 when he sold a ,tract of 50 acres to Charles Wright [Davidson deed 0-458]. According to the late Frank D. Fuller, Charles Wright married a sister of the wife of Timothy Dodson. Elijah Dotson is on the 1820 census of Davidson Co. From: Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

George DODSON, over 45 (b bef 1775), was on the 1820 Williamson census, but is not found in 1830 (perhaps in the household of another family?).

1821 Jun 19 - 1st Dotson found in the Dickson County Deed Books.

Daniel H. Williams, of Dickson County, Tn., sold to Elijah Dodson, of Dickson County, Tn., for the sum of $2000.00 dollars in hand, a parcel of land containing by estimation 284 acres of land, more or less, (it being a part of 2285 acres granted to Daniel H. Williams by the state of North Carolina.  Sale witnessed by Nehemiah Scott and Wm. B. Dotson

Source: Dickson County, Tn., Deed Book, 1821 From: Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

1821 Deed William Martin to Samuel Elton for $87.50, 35 acres whereon said Elton now lives, part of 150 acres deeded to Martin by William Woods, on waters of Robertsons Fork, adjoining Archibald Crockett's corner, adj. Joel Lane, Thomas T. Armstrong, Martin Armstrongs NC grant boundary. Wit. Jordan Dodson & Moses Patterson. Signed with a seal. Giles Co., TN Deed Bk. E1821, p 312. (I was not able to find the deed where William bought the land from Wm. Woods. MJM)

1822 Aug. 4. Fishing Creek Church located on old Highway 60, is about 4 miles East of Wilkesboro, and was constituted in an arm of Brier Creek church, the result of a  petition filed by members of Brier Creek church who lived some distance from the church. The Petition was signed by William W. Wright, clerk dated the first Saturday in March 1822 and was authorized by Brier Creek and its Pastor. William Dodson and William Gilliam formed the presbytery who constituted it on 1822 Aug. 4. These were Baptist Churches.

1823 Jan 1  Martha Johnson married James R. Dodson Pittsy. Co.

8 Sep 1824 Giles Survey. 57 - Entry 83 for Pressley BEALE, 50 A on waters of Blue Creek; adj. George DOTSON; Goodhope THARP; James LEITCH; S boundary line of Martin ARMSTRONG; 5000 A tract. Surv. Basil COMPTON & Robert GUTHRIE, C.C.

Notes Blue Creek is now part of Humphreys Co Tn

17 Nov 1826 Gilies Co, TN Deed Bk G, p 383/5. Deed of Trust to Jacob COCHRAN & Archibald CROCKETT, trustees, for benefit of Nancy BRIDGES, wife of Reubin BRIDGES, Nancy BRIDGES, wife of Reubin BRIDGES. Reg. 27 Feb 1828. "they have mutually agreed to live separate and apart from each other" certain tract of land on which he now lives lying in the county of Giles, on waters of Blue Creek of Richland containing 56 A. and 140 poles. Wit. James LEITCH and George DODSON. Reubin BRIDGES.( X his mark) Gi. Co., TN

1828 -  By 1828 Elijah  Dickson is in Dickson Co., TN where a number of land transactions are recorded in the deed books. One tract he purchased while in Dickson Co. was located on Hurricane Creek, Humphreys Co. [Dickson deeds D-485, D-521, D-646]. Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

1828 Sept 15 - Samuel Brown, of Dickson County, Tn., sold to Elijah Dodson, of Dickson County, Tn., for the sum of $400.00 dollars in hand, a parcel of land containing 90 acres, more of less, on the waters of Duck River.

Witnessed by, Hutson Johnson and William R. Light.

Source: Dickson County, Tn., Deed Book D Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

15 Dec 1828 - Elijah Dodson, of Dickson County, Tn., sold to Thomas S. Brown, of Dickson County, Tn., for a sum of $250.00 dollars, in hand, a parcel of land containing more or less 110 acres of land, being part of 2285 acre tract, grandted to Daniel Williams, by the state of North Carolina.

Witnessed by William R. Light and Hutson Johnson

Source: Dickson County, Tn., Deed Book D, page 521.  Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

 

15 Dec 1828 - Elijah Dodson, of Dickson County, Tn., sold to Samuel Brown, of Dickson County, Tn., for the suml of $1000.00, dollars in hand, a parcel of land containing more or less 125 acres, being part of the 2285 acres grandted to Daniel Williams, by the state of North Carolina.

Witnessed by Hutson Johnson and William R. Light.

Source: Dickson County, Tn., Deed Book D, page 522  Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

Samuel Dotson's first wife died before 1830 as that census shows no females in Samuel Dotson's household....." SAMUEL DODSON, JR. (Samuel-125, John-36, Lambeth-7, Chas-1). Samuel was bornc1774 in Virginia and died in Grainger Co., TN in 1860. [w.d. 21 Jan 1860; supplement d. 26 Jan 1860; w.p. 10 Mar 1860; Grainger Inventories & Wills 4-23]. Samuel was married three times. His first wife may have been Mary Dalton (Polly), daughter of Reuben Dalton, Sr. If this proves to be true, they were married during the early 1790's. 1782-1789 Montgomery Co., VA tax lists Records which originated with Alyse Morton, Knoxville, TN, give the following information on Reuben Dalton, Sr.: Reuben Dalton, Sr. and wife Elizabeth, of Grayson Co., VA to Grainger Co., TN - bought 200 acres in Grainger Co. on the north side of Clinch Mtn.; buried near Thornhill, TN; on.

Their children were: Hannah b. 1802, married Booker Shockley; Meredith b. 1790-1800, married Delphy Rucker on 3 Feb 1813; Enos b. 1772, married Rebecca; Timothy; Carter married Matilda Witcher; Polly married Dotson; Elizabeth married Rucker; Reuben d. before Jan 1822, married Nancy Shockley; Ann married Harville.

1830 United States Federal Census Name: Elijah Dotson County: Dickson  State: Tennessee 

Number of persons in household and ages:

Males

10-15 years of age = 1 DOB 1815-1820 [David Gordon Dotson or Joseph C Dotson]

15-20 years of age = 1 DOB 1810-1815 [James J Dotson]

20-30 years of age = 1 DOB 1800-1810 [Elijah Dotson, Jr.]

60-70 years of age = 1 DOB 1760-1770 [Elijah Dotson, Sr.]

Females

Under 5 years of age = 1 DOB 1825-1830

20-30 years of age = 1 DOB 1800-1810 [Female Dotson, ? married a Norman]

50-60 years of age = 1 DOB 1770-1780  [Sallie Dodson]

Foreigners not naturalized: View image

Source Citation: Year: 1830; Census Place:  , Dickson, Tennessee; Roll: 174; Page: 340. From: Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

1832/4/6 Voucher #7. Received $106.68 3/4, my distributive share. /s/ James COCHRAN. Sworn to by (NOTE: I believe the first 3 children of James and Jane COCHRAN were TRIPLETS, all born in TN and not in GA as reported on some census records. James' father William was on the 1812 Tax list of Giles Co. They had travelled together between TN and GA several times and it appears the entire William COCHRAN family came to TN when William sold out his land in GA

1833 ERA: Private, Virginia Militia, $26.66 Annual Allowance $79.98 Amount Received July 6 1833 Pension Started Age 89 (1835 Tn Pension Roll). Michael ROARK m Letitia GRIGSBY (RW Pension file abstract to be added). "Rogersville Review" Jan 30, 1896. "One Letitia Roark, 93, widow of Michael ROARK, lived on Dodson's Creek, South Fork, in the Roark and Louderback Neighborhood." (1840 RW Pensioners, Hawkins Co, TN article) See Combs &c. of the Revolutionary War: Michael ROARK and See also Combs &c. of Hawkins County, Tennessee

1835 Mary Johnson Boran is living in Grayson County Va.

The 1836 Giles Co, TN Tax List, District 16, included:

Geo. W DODSON, 300 acres 1 white poll

George DODSON, Sr 75 acres 0 polls

Isaiah DODSON, 0 acres 1 white poll

Willis DODSON, 100 acres 1 white poll

Jordan DODSON, 0 acres 1 white poll

1836 Giles Co, TN Tax List, District, 15 included

Asa DODSON, 1 white poll

Grunham DODSON, 125 0 white polls (over 50?)

Asa DODSON has not been identified, but presumably was not Elisha, who would have been over 50 also. District 15 is described as "Begins at the Ash Gap on top of the ridge dividing the waters of Roberson's Fork from those of Blue Creek and where the road leading from Robert Gordon's to Columbia Crosses sd ridge, thence west with sd ridge up to the east boundary of No. 13, thence northwest with sd boundary to the east boundary of No. 14, thence northwest with sd boundary to the Elk Ridge and Maury County line, thence east with sd line to the spur running south so as to include all the waters of the branch running through Daniel Usra's field to Roberson's Fork, thence down sd creek to the Columbia road, thence southeast with sd road to the beginning; elections to be held at McCaul's old store."

1837 Elijah Dodson in Humphreys Co. District # 10

1837 Elijah Dodson who was married to Sarah Dodson Grandaughter of Jeffery Johnson who is in Humphreys Co. Tn Dist. # 10.

Elijah Dodson is the neighbor of the widow Ann Johnson who in 1850 is the Aunt to Martha Dodson age 61, living on Ann Johnson's property.

In 1850 Anne Johnson is in HOUSEHOLD #714

ANN JOHNSON, AGE 80, BORN VIRGINIA: on her property

in HOUSEHOLD #713 MARTHA DODSON, AGE 61, BORN NORTH CAROLINA, CAN NOT READ OR WRITE

SARAH DODSON, AGE 9, BORN TN.,

[JAMES BURGESS, AGE 25, LABORER, BORN TN., CAN NOT READ OR WRITE

MARY BURGESS, AGE 73, BORN NORTH CAROLINA. Who is the husband of Martha Dodson?

1837 Feb -  The family was apparently in Humphreys Co., TN by Feb 1837 when a deed recorded that date in Davidson Co. shows that "Elijah Dotson of Humphreys Co., TN" sold 53 acres on stone River to Abner Cowgill. From: Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

1837 - Elijah Dodson [Dotson], is on the Humphreys County, District 10 tax list, for 90 acres and 100 school acres.

Source: Humphreys County Tax List 1837-1843 From: Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

Elijah Dodson who was married to Sarah Dodson Grandaughter of Jeffery Johnson who is in Humphreys Co. Tn Dist. # 10.

1837 Tax District 10 Humphreys Co. Tn

Elijah Dodson

1780 Born: Elijah Dodson Place of Birth - Virginia

Relationship to Paul B Dotson  (writer) - 4th Great Grandfather, & 2nd cousin 7 times removed, and 3rd cousin, of the wife, 5 times removed

Abt 1770 - ELIJAH DOTSON (Daniel-39, Lambeth-7, Chas-1). Elijah's  date and place of birth is not known, but he spent his youth in Pittsylvania Co., VA.

 1777  Nov  27  - Daniel  Dodson-Dotson , [Elijah  Dodson's  father:  Elijah  Dodson  would have been between 7 - 17 years of age, depending on what we accept for his date of birth ], first appears in Guilford Co., NC in 1777.

On 27 Nov 1777 John Williams and wife Sarah of  Pittsylvania Co., VA sold to to Daniel Dotson of Guilford Co. 404 acres on the west side of Cascade Creek [pittsyl Deed 4-435]. Cascade Creek enters Dan River in Rockingham Co., NC [which was created from Guilford Co. in 1785].

The known children of Elijah Dodson  and Sallie Dotson were:

William Beverly Dotson *

Lesneck Dotson [presumptive] - born c1789; lived near Elijah  Dodson  in Dickson Co. in 1830 with a family. He is a possible son, but there is no proof.

(Daughter) Dotson - born 1800-04; married a Norman.

George C. Dotson - born 1808 Davidson County, Tn.

Elijah Dotson - born 1810, Davidson Co., TN; living in Humphreys Co. in 1850;

md. 1832, Patsy Burgess; no issue known.

James J. Dotson *

David Gordon Dotson -

Joseph C. Dotson - born 1816, Davidson County, Tn., d. 1855, no issue

Source: The Dodson (Dotson) Family of North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia: A History abd Geneakigy of their descendants, Volume One, by Mrs Sherman Williams, Compiler and Editor.  The Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., Publisher.  Southern Historical Press, Inc. P.O. Box 738, Easley, South Carolina, 29641-0738, Chapter 1, 4th Generation,  pgs 81 & 82. Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

1837, George Moore Jr. was dead and the lawsuits involving his 2 sets of children had begun. A chancery suit regarding the division of land in Lansdown vs Lansdown provides us with a list of his and Rosanna’s children; James Moore, William Dodson and Elizabeth, Paul Marshall and Polly, and Rose Moore, 1/5 share (to be split among them). Further research gives us more information about his children.

Elizabeth W. Moore married William Dodson in 1826 in Pittsylvania County, so she would have been born before 1804. Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

in 1837 the Widow Ann Johnson is in Humphreys Co. Tn District # 10, living by Elijah Dodson who is married to the Daughter of Rev. William Dodson and Winifred Johnson. Winifred Johnson is the daughter of Jeffry Johnson and wife Rachel

1838 - Elijah Dotson [Dodson], is on the Humphreys County, District 10 tax list, for 90 acres and 100 school acres.

Source: Humphreys County Tax List 1837-1843 Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

1839 -  Elijah Dodson [Dotson], is on the Humphreys County, District 10 tax list, for 90 acres and 100 school acres.

Source: Humphreys County Tax List 1837-1843 Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

1840 - Elijah Dodson [Dotson], is on the Humphreys County, District 10 tax list, for 90 acres.

Source: Humphreys County Tax List 1837-1843 Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

1840 - Elijah Dotson is on the 1840 census of Humphreys Co. His wife, Sarah (Sallie), is absent from the enumeration, so she evidently died before 1840: 1 JUN  1840 United States Federal Census Name: Elijah Dotson Township: District 10  County: Humphreys  State: Tennessee 

Number of persons in household: 2

Ages of persons in household: Male 20-30 - 1 [Joseph C. Dotson ?]

                                             Male 60-70 - 1 [Elijah Dotson, Sr.]

Occupation information : 2 involved in agriculture, [farming]

Source Citation: Year: 1840; Census Place:  , Humphreys, Tennessee; Roll: 524; Page: 242. Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

 

1841 - Elijah Dotson [Dodson], is on the Humphreys County, District 10 tax list, for 90 acres.

Source: Humphreys County Tax List 1837-1843 Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

1842 - Elijah Dodson [Dotson], is on the Humphreys County, District 10 tax list, for 90 acres.

Source: Humphreys County Tax List 1837-1843  Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

1843 - Elijah Dotson [Dodson], is on the Humphreys County, District 10 tax list, for 90 acres.

Source: Humphreys County Tax List 1837-1843 Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

1845 Jan About - Elijah  Dodson died in Humphreys Co., TN 

1845 Feb - The will of Elijah Dotson was submitted to the February Court 1845 and proved [Humphreys Co. Probate Records, p. 143]. Letters testamentary were issued to William B. Dotson and Joseph C. Dotson. The actual record of the will was destroyed in a courthouse fire.

Source: The Dodson (Dotson) Family of North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia: A History abd Geneakigy of their descendants, Volume One, by Mrs Sherman Williams, Compiler and Editor.  The Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., Publisher.  Southern Historical Press, Inc. P.O. Box 738, Easley, South Carolina, 29641-0738, Chapter 1, 4th Generation,  pgs 81 & 82. Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

 

1845 Feb 3 -Elijah Dotson,  - Died before 3  Feb1845, when the will was entered.  William B. Dotson and Joseph C. Dotson were named executors.

"A paper purporting to be the last will and testament of Elijah Dotson, decd was produced in open court and proven by the oaths of David A. Massey and J.B. Wilson, subscribing witnesses thereunto and ordered to be recorded, thereupon William B. Dotson and Joseph C Dotson the executors therein named appeared in open court and together with david A Massey and George Washington William, their securities entered into and acknowledged their bond in the sum of six hundred dollars, conditioned as the law directs, whereupon it is ordered by the court that said William B Dotson and Joseph C. Dotson have letters testamentary on the estate of said Elijah Dotson dced."

Source: Tennessee Tidbits, 1778-1914, Volume I, (3rd Book on roll, item #143), Dickson County, Lib., Dickson, Tn. Paul Dodson: kathleendotson@ 

24 Oct 1845 Grainger Co. Wills Stephen Johnson Deeased. My Sons James Johnson 3 negors, Slyvia and Children and a boy named Dav> My son Hardy Johnson my daughter Polly Stubblefiedd and her 4 children 4 negros John Clara, the younger Mariah and ALlen. Disposition of Slaves Clara the Elder Negro man Arthur, George tubblefield husband of my Daughter Polly, Executor is my son Hardy Johnson, my NEphew Larkin Johnson, and Elisha Dodson squire. SIgned Stephen Johnson 24 Oct 1845 WItness John McAnall, Joseph F. Seaver

The Present Alexander Co. NC (formed 1846) where Elder William Dodson spent his latter years was composed of the older counties of Iredell, Wilkes and Burke. The Central portion of Alexander Co. has had a checkered history because the three older counties met there between 1789 to 1841 and the county lines between these three counties shifted back and forth.

1850 Humphreys Co TN Census  house # 714  Ann Johnson  age 80  born 1770 VA. with THomas Johnson age 33 born abt 1817 :::: research Note Anne would've been 52 years of age when Stephen was born, 50 when Joel was born and 44 when Thomas M. Was born house # 713 is  Martha  Dodson wife of Elijah Dodson: with  Mary  Burgess age 73   of NC  and a  James  Burgess age 25. Research Notes: Anne Johnson is the AUnt of Sarah Dodson?                    House # 715 is Ja. H. Mcadoo age 27 wife is Emily age 22, ELizabeth age 4 and Margaret age 3                                                                                 House # 715 is also Thomas Box age 14 and Louisa Baox age 11          Research Notes: See Box Families of Wards Creek for Travel Pattern to HumphreysCo. TN                                                                                                                  House # 716 is G.W. Williams age 45 with wife Charlotte age 38, son John age 17, son Felix age 14, daughter Mary age 13, Martha age 11, Son Stephen 10, son Joel age 9, daughter Sarah age 7, daughter Frances age 3, son Thomas age 2 with daughter Mirs age 2, son Washington 3 months, and daughter ELiza 3 months                                                                                                                                               House # 717 Thomas Holland age 24 wife ELizabeth age 24 son Benjamin, daughter Martha 5 months                                                                          House # 718 Wm. Johnson age 36 wife is Jane age 32 daughter Ann age 14, son BEnjamin age 12, daughter Martha Age 10, son Thomas age 8, daughter Matilda age 6    House # 712 is John McAdoo age 69 from NC wife is Hannah age 51 from SC son is John M age19,                                                                                                                                                           

1850 Census Part Four HumphreysCo

|Page# |H# |Names |Age |Sex |Occ |B.P. |

|115 B |322 |Turner, John T. |25 |m |1 |Tn |

|  |323 |Hatcher, Wm. F. |38 |m |1 |SC |

|  |  |Elizabeth |38 |f |  |Mi |

|  |  |Emanda |10 |f |  |Tn |

|  |  |Christopher |8 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Henrietta |6 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Rebecca |3 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Elizabeth, Jr. |1 |f |  |  |

|  |324 |Hooper, Catharine |65 |f |  |SC |

|  |  |Henrietta |30 |f |  |Tn |

|  |325 |Hatcher, James A. |28 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Charlotte |27 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Ritta Ann |6 |f |  |  |

|  |326 |Hatcher, Jno. L. |31 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Louisa |29 |f |  |  |

|  |  |John E. |9 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Sarah |7 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Nathan |6 |m |  |  |

|  |  |William |4 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Martha |2 mos |f |  |  |

|  |327 |Hudson, Anjeloo |27 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Martha |26 |f |  |  |

|  |328 |Curtis, Joshua |36 |m |1 |Ohio |

|  |  |Martha |36 |f |  |SC |

|  |  |Mary |14 |f |  |Tn |

|  |  |John |12 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Rebecca |9 |f |  |  |

|  |  |James |7 |m] |  |  |

|  |  |Eli |5 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Nathan |2 |m |  |  |

|  |  |William |3 mos |m |  |  |

|  |  |Adams, Caryann |10 |f |  |  |

|  |329 |Curtis, Jane |57 |f |  |Ohio |

|  |  |James |22 |m |1 |Tn |

|  |  |Martha |19 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Eli |18 |m |1 |  |

|  |330 |Hooper, James |33 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Nancy |26 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Louisa |9 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Mary |5 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Cyrus |2 |m |  |  |

|  |331 |Adams, J. B. |28 |m |17 |  |

|116 |  |Eliza |31 |f |  |  |

|  |  |William |7 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Mary |5 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Sarah |3 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Louisa |2 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Frances |3 mos |f |  |  |

|  |332 |Hooper, Nimrod |26 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Keziah |21 |f |  |  |

|  |333 |Bateman, Alfred |29 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Eliza |31 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Mary |4 |f |  |  |

|  |  |William |1 |m |  |  |

|  |334 |Hooper, James |50 |m |1 |Ga |

|  |  |Sarah |50 |f |  |Ky |

|  |  |Osmon |21 |m |  |Tn |

|  |  |Susan |19 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Lankford |11 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Sarah, Jr. |9 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Mary |5 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Dodson, Hervey |17 |f |2 |  |

|  |335 |Dodson, Thomas |28 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Martha |33 |f |  |  |

|  |  |John |17 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Elizabeth |13 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Hervey |9 |m |  |  |

|  |  |George |6 |m |  |  |

|  |  |William |3 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Nancy |1 |f |  |  |

|  |336 |Hooper, Wm |37 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Sarah |24 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Mary |9 |f |  |  |

|  |  |John |7 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Eliza |6 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Keziah |2 |f |  |  |

|  |  |William, Jr. |1 mo |m |  |  |

|  |337 |Hooper, John |71 |m |1 |SC |

|  |  |Mary |55 |f |  |NC |

|  |  |Zadoc |34 |m |1 |Ky |

|  |  |Clark |22 |m |1 |Tn |

|  |  |George |17 |m |  |  |

|  |338 |Hooper, Bailey |81 |m |1 |Va |

|  |  |Frances |78 |f |  |  |

|116 B |339 |Hooper, Demcy |38 |m |1 |Tn |

|  |  |Nancy |38 |f |  |Ky |

|  |  |Mary J. |13 |f |  |Tn |

|  |340 |Bateman, Edwin |54 |m |1 |NC |

|  |  |Rebecca |24 |f |  |Tn |

|  |  |Serry |20 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Bartlett L. |18 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Anne |17 |f |  |  |

|  |  |David C. |14 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Mary |12 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Edwin J. |9 |m |  |  |

|  |  |William |4 |m |  |  |

|  |341 |Bateman, J. |39 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Nancy |27 |f |  |  |

|  |  |William |7 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Richard |5 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Julia |3 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Misouri |1 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Parker, Julia |70 |f |  |Va |

|  |342 |Hooper, Wm. |57 |m |1 |Ky |

|  |  |Leah |52 |f |  |Va |

|  |343 |Hooper, L. K. |30 |m |1 |Tn |

|  |  |Ritta |22 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Richard |3 |m |  |  |

|  |344 |Turner, Isaac |30 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Josephine |27 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Georgeann |9 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Leah |7 |f |  |  |

|  |  |James |6 |m |  |  |

|  |  |William |4 |m |  |  |

|  |345 |Smith, James |33 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Lucinda |33 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Martin |10 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Rebecca |8 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Andrew J. |5 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Seraphina |2 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Lucinda, Jr. |11 |f |  |  |

|  |  |William |9 |m |  |  |

|  |346 |Coleman, Irena |42 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Richard |21 |m |4 |  |

|  |  |Elizabeth |18 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Calvin |16 |m |1 |  |

|117 |  |John |14 |m |  |  |

|  |  |George |12 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Martin |10 |m |  |  |

|  |347 |Winstead, Charles |64 |m |1 |NC |

|  |  |William |27 |m |1 |Tn |

|  |  |Charles, Jr. |18 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Rebecca |18 |f |  |  |

|  |348 |Winstead, Alexander |39 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Sarah |37 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Samuel |16 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Thomas |11 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Calvin |9 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Alex, C. |4 |m |  |  |

|  |349 |Winstead, David |40 |m |1 |NC |

|  |  |Rebecca |25 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Mary |4 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Theophilus |2 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Velery |1 |f |  |  |

|  |350 |Urley, Washington |28 |m |1 |NC |

|  |  |Margaret |27 |f |  |Tn |

|  |  |Nancy |10 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Elizabeth |8 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Alfred |6 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Martha |2 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Josephine |3 mos |m |  |  |

|  |351 |Trogdon, Ezekiel |50 |m |1 |NC |

|  |  |India |44 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Samuel |21 |m |1 |Tn |

|  |  |John |20 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Green |16 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Rebecca |15 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Alfred |13 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Lankford |7 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Frteedonia |5 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Kiziah |2 |f |  |  |

|  |352 |Adams, Sylvester |50 |m |1 |Va |

|  |  |Anno |42 |f |  |Tn |

|  |  |Josiah |21 |m |7 |  |

|  |  |Montgomery |19 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Boyd |16 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |John |11 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Cave |6 |m |  |  |

|117 B |  |Sylvester, Jr. |3 |m |  |  |

|  |353 |Simmons, Wm. D. |38 |m |32 |  |

|  |  |Rebecca |29 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Sarah |7 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Mary |4 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Martha |2 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Nancy |5 mos |f |  |  |

|  |354 |Smith, Jarvis |60 |m |1 |NC |

|  |  |Sarah |60 |f |  |SC |

|  |  |William |25 |m |1 |Tn |

|  |  |Sarah E. |22 |f |  |  |

|  |355 |Smith, Gibson |37 |m |1 |SC |

|  |  |Edy |36 |f |  |Tn |

|  |  |Eli |17 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Sarah |15 |f |  |  |

|  |  |John |13 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Catharine |12 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Wesley |10 |m |  |  |

|  |  |James |8 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Betsy |4 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Mary |4 mos |f |  |  |

|  |356 |Warrick, Denard |25 |m |1 |NC |

|  |  |Elizabeth |22 |f |  |Tn |

|  |  |John |2 |m |  |  |

|  |  |William |3 mos |m |  |  |

|  |  |Cooley, Elizabeth |19 |f |  |  |

|  |357 |Payner, John |28 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Mary |26 |f |  |  |

|  |  |James |4 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Robert |2 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Payner, Eleanor |71 |f |  |MD |

|  |  |Rachael |35 |f |  |Tn |

|  |  |Martha |32 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Luter, M. W. |24 |m |28 |  |

|  |358 |Edwards, Alfred |39 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Martha |36 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Alcey |16 |f |  |  |

|  |  |John |13 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Sarah |7 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Mary |3 |f |  |  |

|  |359 |Carney, Wesley |31 |m |1 |SC |

|  |  |Catharine |32 |f |  |Tn |

|118 |  |John |10 |m |  |  |

|  |  |William |8 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Sarah |6 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Mary |4 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Susannah |3 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Eliza |3 mos |f |  |  |

|  |360 |Hendrix, Elijah |87 |m |1 |NC |

|  |  |Ann |82 |f |  |SC |

|  |  |Judy |55 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Craig, Nancy |50 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Elijah |24 |m |1 |Tn |

|  |361 |Robins, Wm |30 |m |1 |  |

|  | |Evalina |26 |f |  |  |

|  |  |John |5 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Robins, Mary |65 |f |  |NC |

|  |  |Balthrop, Ferdinand |7 |m |  |Tn |

|  |  |Sarah |4 |f |  |  |

|  |362 |Hudson, Mithcell |33 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Mary |25 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Fredonia |6 |f |  |  |

|  |  |James |4 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Sarah |1 |f |  |  |

|  |363 |Balden, L. L. |23 |m |2 |  |

|  |  |Mahala |22 |f |  |  |

|  |364 |Hudson, Ezekiel |72 |m |1 |Md |

|  |  |Judah |58 |f |  |Va |

|  |  |William |37 |m |1 |NC |

|  |  |John |30 |m |1 |Tn |

|  |  |Nancy |27 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Eliza |6 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Misouri |4 |f |  |  |

|  |365 |Wildridge, Samuel |47 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Sarah |39 |f |  |  |

|  |366 |Payner, James |45 |m |1 |  |

|  | |Jane |40 |f |  |  |

|  |  |John |19 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Adam |17 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |William |15 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Amanda |12 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Robert |11 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Mary |7 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Joseph |6 |m |  |  |

|118 B |  |Sarah |4 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Albert |2 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Estes, Martha |22 |f |  |  |

|  |367 |Wiggins, Hugh |23 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Elizabeth |17 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Barns, Williams |9 |m |  |  |

|  |368 |Wiggins, Reuben |66 |m |1 |NC |

|  |  |Ruth |45 |f |  |SC |

|  |  |John |20 |m |4 |Tn |

|  |  |Thomas |18 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Harper, Henry |25 |m |1 |  |

|  |369 |Walker, J. B. |26 |m |3 |  |

|  | |Eliza |18 |f |  |  |

|  |370 |Walker, Sarah |54 |f |  |NC |

|  |  |Betsy |36 |f |  |Tn |

|  |  |Vienna |21 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Thomas |14 |m |  |  |

|  |371 |Smith, Matilda |36 |f |  |  |

|  | |Mary |10 |f |  |  |

|  |  |William |6 |m |  |  |

|  |  |Joel |4 |m |  |  |

|  |372 |Knight, J. Y. |41 |m |1 |Ky |

|  | |Elizabeth |28 |f |  |Tn |

|  |  |Margaret |17 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Rufus |15 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Cordelia |10 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Rebecca |7 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Keziah |5 |f |  |  |

|  |  |William |1 |m |  |  |

|  |373 |Cummins, James |69 |m |  |NC |

|  |  |Elizabeth |44 |f |  |  |

|  |374 |Brigham, Sarah |55 |f |  |Tn |

|  |  |Hervey |35 |m |5 |  |

|  |  |Elizabeth |31 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Louisa |26 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Russel |22 |m |1 |  |

|  |  |Ann |20 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Udora |16 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Mary |14 |f |  |  |

|  |  |James, Jane |30 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Sarah |3 |f |  |  |

|  |  |Pain, William S. |24 |f |3 |  |

                                     

1853 August 4 Will of Martha Dodson: called Patsy Dodson of Hawkins Co. Tennesse. CHildren are Penelope Mays, wife of Beverly Mays, Eliza Dodson, Thomas L. Dodson, William E. Dodson, James H.Dodson, Sanford Dodson, and George DOdson. Identied her late Father as on THomas Johnson as slave were left to her in his will Will is acknowledge by Testee Wm. F. Lee and Thos. Johnson. Testee?

Martha DODSON in HAWKINS CO. whose father was Thomas Johnson who died 1853 or 1856 left a Will           

1858 June 17 Minerva T. Johnson to Ely Dodson

10-27-1886, Maury or Giles Co., WILLIAM JEFFERSON COCHRAN, b. 06-07-1811, Giles Co., TN; d. 10-27-1886, Maury or Giles Co., TN, bur. Dodson/Cannon Cem..

This William Cochran families in 1830 era are having lands dealings with Elisha Dodson and Josiah Johnson

                                                                        

Of Note is the marriage of the Shelton Families to my Matlock families and to the families of Patrick Henry whose families will marry into the Dodson families and his Half Brothers family are those coming off Capt. John Symme-John Simms whose cousin is Adam Symes and Wife Mary Isham and this line goes to Bartlett Simms of Washington Co NC, in what lands are now in Hawkins Co. Tn. The neighbor of our Hudson Johnson

Patrick Henry’s first wife also connects back to the Shelton- Matlock lines and to the Dodson Lines of Colonial Virginia. Patrick Henry’s half brother is Capt. John Symes. He is also related to the Colonial Darby Families of Virginia

SPECIAL NOTE OF INTEREST: SIR JOHN NORTON CONNECTING TO A DODSON

At the outbreak of the Civil War, Miles Dodson, in common with most of the local gentry, sided with the King, though he managed somehow to escape punishment and the confiscation of his property.

In July, 1648, he and Francis Steele, of Barrowby, were indicted for that they had acted as Commissioners of Array and had collected moneys for the Earl of Newcastle, and had also ridden in his army.

These charges they confuted, and on the 11th January, 1650, they were dismissed. But Dodson's sympathy, if not very truculent, was decidedly for the Royal cause, and he was implicated in the charges brought by Sir Richard Hawksworth, of Hawksworth, in the parish of Otley, against Sir John Goodrick of Ribston, his brother-in-law Sir John, who was a Colonel in the King's army, had in October, 1642, sent one of his Captains with a squadron of horse to Hawksworth Hall to arrest Sir Richard. The latter thereupon was taken to York and kept a prisoner for nearly two years. Sir Richard had married a sister of Sir John Goodricke, from whom he was separated, and Miles Dodson, it was stated, had been active in fomenting the feeling of animosity that existed between the Goodrickes and Sir Richard Hawksworth. He had persuaded Lady Hawksworth to live apart from her husband, who seems to have been a man of peculiar temper, and contrary to every tradition of his house, had taken up arms against the King. It was further stated that Miles Dodson and others had been party to the appropriation of lands, &c., at Mitton in Craven, belonging to Sir Richard Hawksworth, and that they had compelled the tenants to pay their rents to them during the time of the hostilities, and moreover it was affirmed they had been to Hawksworth Hall and carried away all the deeds and writings appertaining to the above property.* These charges were wholly denied, and although Hawksworth recovered the property, yet Sir Richard and his wife were never reconciled. Let us hope, however, that the character borne by Miles Dodson was justified by the terms of his epitaph in the church, I quoted, that he was " a peace-maker amongst his neighbours." At any rate the verdict of the Commonwealth judges was in his favour. He died in 1658, and his will, a copy of which I append, was proved in London before the Judges for Probate, 20th May, 1658, by Lucie Dodson, hiswidow. This was during the Commonwealth.

The cousin, Thomas Dodson, mentioned in the will, married a

Norton of Langthorne, in the parish of Bedale, of the same family

who, purchased the manor of Kirkby Overblow in the time of Queen Elizabeth. In 1667 Thomas Dodson of Kirkby Overblow, and Ellen his wife, obtain leave to bring an action to recover money due to the said Ellen by a settlement made by her father, Thomas Norton, late of Langthorne, in 16 48. There are three daughters recorded of the marriage, Dorothy Norton, Katherine Norton, and Ellen Norton, and the last mentioned was married, apparently, to a kinsman, Edward Dodson.

William Goodricke, of Skidby and Walton Head, was a colonel in the Parliamentary army. A long account of him will be found in Mr. Goodricke's valuable history. He was concerned in the disputes with Sir Richard Hawksworth and his wife, the friend of Miles Dodson, of Kirkby Overblow (see page 80). Colonel Goodricke married Sarah, daughter of Mr. William Bellingham, of Bromby, in the parish of Frodingham, co. Lincoln, by his wife Frances, only daughter of Alex. Amcottes, of Aisthorp, co. Lincoln, Esq., and sister of Rich. Bellingham, Esq., who became Governor of Boston, New England. By indenture, dated 20th August, 1613, Sir Henry Goodricke, of Ribston, settled upon William Bellingham, Esq., Sarah's younger brother, and Sir Francis Baildon, as co-trustees, a moiety of the manor of Walton Head for the use of Sarah Goodricke during her life. Col. Goodricke died in January, 1663-4, at the age of 80, and in his will describes himself as of Walton Head, in the county of York. Apparently he resided there during the latter years of his life.

Notes Goodricke- Goodrich will be found on Tuckahoe Creek and are families of Sir John Norton and his allied familes of Sir Thomas Mith, Sir Thomas Middleton, Sir Thomas Johnson and Alderman Robert Johnson

Notes Re Check Walton Head as this is in Sir? And his property at one time. Waltonhed-Walton Head

Home of Sir Thomas Johnson then home of his son Henry Johnson married to Elizabeth Norton daughter of Sir John Norton and wife Suzanne De Neville

WALTON HEAD.

WALTON Head is the range of high land lying to the east of the turnpike road between Harewood Bridgeand Harrogate. Near Buttersyke Bar (3 miles from Harrogate), there is a guide-post at Dawson Lane end (1½ miles from Kirkby Overblow), and in the perambulation of 1577 mention is made of two stones standing in this lane, the spot being now marked by one stone bearing the letters and date, " K. F., 1767," on that side of the stone next to the lands of the Forest. Mention is also made of " ye Wynd Mill at Walton Head, adjoining upon ye common of Swindon." Following this lane (in the perambulation of 1767 stated to be " the church-way from Rigton to Kirkby Overblow "), we pass in half-a-mile the solitary farm of Walton Head, the representative of the capital mansion of the manor of Walton mentioned in Domesday. It is now the property of the Earl of Harewood, and is known as Low Sneap House. The original mansion has apparently stood within a piece of moated ground situated on the south side of the existing homestead. The space encompassed by the moat measures about 100 yards by 8o yards, and there is also a smaller area of about 45 yards by 30 yards, similarly enclosed by a broad ditch and inner rampart formed by the soil thrown out of it.

At the period of the Reformation a family named Pool was living here, and one Henry Pooll of Walton Head, died in 1550, and his will was proved August 7th. It was doubtless a member of this house who became rector of Kirkby Overblow in 1496.

In the 16th century the estate was held by Sir Thomas Johnson, Kt., of Lindley, one of whose daughters married Richard Fawkes, of Farnley, who died in 1587, and was brother of Anthony, whose widow married Philip Bainbridge of Scotton, kinsman of Guy Fawkes.

Henry Johnson inherited large properties from his father,* most of which he sold during the troublous times of the Catholic conspiracy that led to the great northern rebellion in 1569. Joining the insurgents, he was in consequence attainted, and his lands forfeited. Subsequently however, he obtained a pardon and his lands were recovered. See Surtees Soc., vol 106, page 205.

#1770

1770 Guilford County formed from Orange and Rowan County NC

1770 Surry County was formed from the northeastern part of Rowan.

Surry County was created in 1770 and began administrative jurisdiction over its territory in 1771.  It was created out of a northwestern corner of Old Rowan County, which covered the whole northwest quadrant of the state at one time. 

1770 Squire Bentley, born Bear creek, Rowan Co., NC, died 1851 Alexander Co., NC, married Sarah Hines

Squire Bentley

Sarah Hines

1770 November Robert Bell of Rowan to Samuel Bell of Guilford, seventy two pounds, 360 acres, on waters of Sugar Tree waters of Haw R., joins John Nix & John McNight, begin at a forked black oak on Nix's cor., E 80 ch. to a post oak on Nix's cor., N 45 ch. to 2 post oaks, W 80 ch. to a white oak, to beginning, Granville to Robert Bell 10 May 1762; signed; Robert Bell; witness: William Hamilton, Francis Bell, John Walker; proved February 1773 by Hamilton.P. 215, 25 Guilford County Deed Book One, Edited by William D. Bennett, C.G., Privately Published, Raleigh, North Carolina 1990.

Samll. Bell;

1778 November 17 Guilford County, Deed Book One, p. 459 , Robert Bell of Guilford to Christopher Ziglar of Culpeper County, Virginia, two hundred fifty pounds, 330 acres, begin at a red oak, S 80 ch. to a red oak, E 40 ch. to a white oak, N 40 ch. to the center of 3 white oaks, W 40 ch. to first station, Granville to Patrick Hays; signed Robt. Bell; witness: John Robertson, Samll. Bell; acknowledged November 1779 Term; Mary wife of Robert Bell relinquished her right of dower. Guilford County Deed Book One, pp. 65-66, edited by William D. Bennett, C.G., Privately Published, Raleigh, North Carolina 1990.

1781 August 22 Guilford County, Deed Book Two, page 132, James Bell of Guilford to Francis Bell of same, one hundred pounds, three hundred and sixty acres (said land being granted to Robert Bell 10 May 1762 and by him deeded the same to Samuel Bell [torn] Estate of sd. Samuel Bell deceased) 360 acres on the waters of Sugartree Creek of Haw River joining land of John Nix and John McNight’s, begin at a forked black oak on ad. Nix corner, E. 80 ch. to a post oak on sd. Nix corner, N. 45 ch. to two post oaks, W 80 ch. to a white oak, to the beginning. Signed: James Bell; witness: John Hamilton, George Denny, Robert Craige; proved August Court 1781 by Robert Craige. Guilford County, Deed Book Two, 1779-1784, p. 44, Edited by William D. Bennett, C.G., Privately Published, Raleigh, North Carolina 1990.

1770 Feb 1 born Eleanor Turner in Yadkin, Rowan, North Carolina Married: William Johnson 14 Feb 1793 in Madison Co., Kentucky

Reported child of Thomas Turner and Catherine Smith

Deed Book part 2 page 326-328 Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina 20 & 21 Jan 1765. Thomas Turner of Rowan county to John Armstron of meck., (lease s 5, release b 35 land on S side of Cataba, adj Thomas Robinson survey...granted to sd Thomas Turner or his father John Turner 30 Aug 1765.. Thomas Turner (Seal), Wit. William Moore, Andrew McNabb, John Fleet

1770 May 1: Samuel Luckie & wf Ann to Joseph Luckie for £18, 63 A on Beaver

Dam branch on S side Yadkin River adj Robert Tate, part of tract granted Sam.

Luckie, John Luckie & Joseph Luckie 21 Dec. 1761. Thomas Dickey, Robt

Johnston, Michael Anderson. Prvd May Court 1770.

Samuel Luckie

wife Ann Luckie

Joseph Luckie

Robert Tate

Michael Anderson

Beaver Dam branch on S side Yadkin River

Nov. 14, 1770 ELIZABETH DICKEY (JOHN 8, GEORGE 7, THOMA6, WILLIAM 5, JOHN III4, JR. DICKEY3 JOHN, JOHN2 DICKEY, ROBERT1) was born July 12, 1750 in Londonderry, Ireland, died Nov.19, 1803, Lancaster, South Carolina. Married WM. JOHNSTON Nov. 14, 1770 in Rowan Co., North Carolina, son of ROBERT JOHNSTON and ELIZABETH SMILEY.

Children of ELIZABETH DICKEY and WM. JOHNSTON are:

145. i. RACHEL10 JOHNSTON, b. Jan. 11, 1772;

d. Oct. 22, 1839, Tipton Co., Tennessee.

146. ii. JOHN JOHNSTON, b. Aug. 10, 1774; d. Aug. 29, 1816,

Rowan Co., North Carolina.

147. iii. AGNES 'NANCY' JOHNSTON, b. September 15, 1776,

Lancaster, South Carolina.

148. iv. ROBERT DICKEY JOHNSTON, b. November 30, 1779;

149. v. d. 1841. WILLIAM SMILEY JOHNSTON, b. Sep. 16, 1782;

d. September 03, 1853, Western, Tennessee.

150. vi. SAMUEL (LEMUEL?) DICKEY JOHNSTON, b. June 02, 1785.

151. vii. JESSE JOHNSTON, b. Mar. 03, 1788; d. Third Creek

Presby. Church, Rowan Co., North Carolina.

viii. MARY 'POLLY' JOHNSTON, b. June 11, 1792;

d. Tennessee; m. HENRY MORRISON.



GEORGE DICKEY

1780 May 2: Died: GEORGE DICKEY was born 1743, and died May 02, 1780 in Honor Creek, Rutherford Co., North Carolina. Married MARTHA JOHNSTON 1768, reported d/of ROBERT JOHNSTON and LILLIAS CORBETT. (JAMES Dickey8, GEORGE7, THOMAS6, WILLIAM5, JOHN III4, JR. DICKEY3 JOHN, JOHN2 DICKEY, ROBERT1)

Children of GEORGE DICKEY and MARTHA JOHNSTON are:

i. ROBERT10 DICKEY, b. Abt. 1772.

135. ii. GEORGE JR. DICKEY, b. April 26, 1776, Rutherford

Co., North Carolina; d. September 15, 1842,

Fannin Co., Georgia.

136. iii. MOSES DICKEY, b. 1780, Rutherford Co., North

Carolina; d. Abt. 1840, Walker Co., Georgia.

His reported brother is ANTHONY DICKEY (JAMES8, GEORGE7, THOMAS6, WILLIAM5,

JOHN III4, JR. DICKEY3 JOHN, JOHN2 DICKEY, ROBERT1) was born

November 29, 1745, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, died Aft. 1832,

Rutherford Co., North Carolina. He married SARAH JOHNSTON,

daughter of ROBERT JOHNSTON and LILLIAS CORBETT.

Children of ANTHONY DICKEY and SARAH JOHNSTON are:

137. i. ROBERT JOHNSTON DICKEY, b. 1770, Rutherford Co.,

North Carolina; d. Bef. 1846, Hickman Co.,

Tennessee.

138. ii. CATHERINE DICKEY, b. Apr.13, 1771, Ritherford Co.,

North Carolina; d. Jan. 1850, Rutherford Co.,

North Carolina.

iii. GEORGE DICKEY, b. Aft. 1775.

139. iv. MARY DICKEY, b. Abt. 1776; d. Bef. 1852,

Rutherford Co., North Carolina.

v. JAMES DICKEY, b. Abt.1779; d.1808, Rutherford Co.,

North Carolina; m. CATHERINE ??.

140. vi. SARAH DICKEY, b. Abt. 1782, Rutherford Co.,

North Carolina; d. Aft. 1870.

vii. ANTHONY H. DICKEY .(HUET?), b.Abt.1785,Rutherford Co.,

North Carolina; d. Aft. 1830, Roane Co., Tennessee.

viii. MARTHA DICKEY, b. Bef. 1790, Rutherford Co.,

North Carolina; m. JAMES ALLEN, Sep. 29, 1816.

141. ix. MOSES DICKEY, b. Aft. 1791, Rutherford Co.,

North Carolina; d. Bef. 1870, Yancey Co.,

North Carolina.

Reported sister is ELIZABETH DICKEY (JOHN8, GEORGE7, THOMAS6, WILLIAM5,

JOHN III4, JR. DICKEY3 JOHN, JOHN2 DICKEY, ROBERT1) was

born July 12, 1750 in Londonderry, Ireland, died Nov.19, 1803,

Lancaster, South Carolina. Married WM. JOHNSTON Nov. 14, 1770

in Rowan Co., North Carolina, son of ROBERT JOHNSTON and

ELIZABETH SMILEY.

Reported children of ELIZABETH DICKEY and WM. JOHNSTON are:

145. i. RACHEL10 JOHNSTON, b. Jan. 11, 1772;

d. Oct. 22, 1839, Tipton Co., Tennessee.

146. ii. JOHN JOHNSTON, b. Aug. 10, 1774; d. Aug. 29, 1816,

Rowan Co., North Carolina.

147. iii. AGNES 'NANCY' JOHNSTON, b. September 15, 1776,

Lancaster, South Carolina.

148. iv. ROBERT DICKEY JOHNSTON, b. November 30, 1779;

149. v. d. 1841. WILLIAM SMILEY JOHNSTON, b. Sep. 16, 1782;

d. September 03, 1853, Western, Tennessee.

150. vi. SAMUEL (LEMUEL?) DICKEY JOHNSTON, b. June 02, 1785.

151. vii. JESSE JOHNSTON, b. Mar. 03, 1788; d. Third Creek

Presby. Church, Rowan Co., North Carolina.

viii. MARY 'POLLY' JOHNSTON, b. June 11, 1792;

d. Tennessee; m. HENRY MORRISON

Honor Creek

1770 Nov 30: born Rebecca JOHNSON Rowan Co NC died 14 JUL 1847 in Hurricane Creek, Humphreys, Tennessee married John Crockett b: 1769 in Carlisle, Cumberland County, PA married 26 MAY 1794 or 1792

Notes: Need to recheck but she comes off Senator Cave Johnson lines off Brig. Thomas Johnson and the Holeman Families.

Reported children of Henry Johnson and Rachel Holman

i William JOHNSON

ii Thomas JOHNSON

iii Henry JOHNSON

iv Elizabeth JOHNSON

v Isaac JOHNSON

vi Joseph JOHNSON

vii Jacob V. JOHNSON Dr. was born in NC. He died 1863 in Allsborough, AL.

Jacob married Sallie JARMAN.

viii Rebecca JOHNSON

ix Mary "Polly" JOHNSON was born 1801 in NC. She died in Robertson Co., TN.

Mary married Jacob FREY.

x Rachel JOHNSON

Accompanied by his brother Isaac, Henry Johnson (1738-1815) came to America from Ireland (County Antrim) as a small child. He served as a private from 1777-1780 during the

Revolutionary War. He resided in Pennsylvania, NC., and finally settled in Robertson County, Tenn. Rachel Holman (1743-1815) was from Massachusetts, the daughter of Isaac Holman, a soldier during the Revolutionary War, and Mary Elizabeth Thompson. She married Henry Johnson in Pennsylvania in 1763 and is buried beside him in Tennessee.

He Came to America before 1763, lived in PA; Moved near forks of the Yadkin River in Rowan Co., NC, NC Military service; Private in 2nd NC Battalion (drummer and fith in Capt. Clement Hall's Co. Revolutionary War Soldier. He came to America with his Brother Issac, Had an uncle that came to America in 1690. to St. Leonards, MD. Thomas & Mary Baker Moved to NC,

near the town of Salisbury &the Yadkin River in 1796 He moved to Robertson Co., TN. Land grant #217, 640 Acres in Davidson C., TN. 3-7-1786.

Henry Johnson was buried in Family Cemetery, Holman farm, Springfield,

Robertson Co., TN 73 Abstract pf Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, V

P. Serial: Volume Ancerstry .com

Page 289 Cave Johnson Family Clarksville, Tenn. January 10th, 1863 - To my sons, Hickman, Dickson

and Polk: You will desire to know something of your family relations, and I have concluded to gratify

you with all the information I possess as derived from the various members of the family with whom I have

met. Henry Johnson, my grandfather, removed from Pennsylvania to North Carolina during the Revolutionary war, in which he served as a private, under what command or in which of the campaign I know not. He settled near the forks of the Tadkee, a few miles from Salisbury, where he resided until the year 1796, when he removed to Robertson county and settled at a place now belonging to the family of Ben Porter, deceased, tow and a half miles east of Springfield.

He afterwards purchased on Karr's Creek, about three miles south of Springfield, where he died in

1815. His place was sold lately to Walter Bell. His wife was Rachel Holman. Of her family I knew nothing, except her brother Dave Holman, who lived many years in Robertson county near the Cross plains,

where he died, leaving a large family of sons and daughters. She died about the time of her husband, leaving the following children:

William,

Thomas,

Henry,

Issac,

Joseph,

Jacob V.,

Rebecca,

Mary, and

Rachel.

Rachel died before she became of age and unmarried. All of them moved from North Carolina and settled in

Robertson county, with their families, except Thomas, who had settled there in 1789.

William Johnson, first son, married Diana Adams; had a large number of children, of whom

I knew Thomas, Henry, and Elizabeth, afterwards married to James Burton. Thomas removed with

Morgan and settled in Carroll county, Tennessee, and afterwards to Arkansas, where his family still

resides. Henry removed with his father and family to Green county, Alabama, where William and

wife both died. Henry and most of the family afterwards removed to Mississippi, where they

now reside. Dianna and William are buried at Beulah Church in Newton Co., MS.

Thomas Johnson, second son, settled in Robertson county s a surveyor in 1789, when to

Kentucky the next year, and was married to Mary Noel at Craig's Station, near Versailles, Ky, and

brought her to Robertson county in 1790, then Davidson county. He was actively engaged as

a captain of a company in suppressing Indian hostilities, and rendered much service to the

frontier settlers, and went with the company to Nick-a-Jack on the Tennessee River and was

in the battle. He and his company were compelled to cross the river by swimming on logs and surprised

the Indians and killed a great many. After the treaty of peace with the Indians made at Greenville in 194,

he engaged in surveying, was elected Colonel of his county, and was a member of the convention which

famed the State Constitution in 1796. After the organization of the State, he was elected the Clerk

of the County Court of Robertson county, and in 1800, he was elected Brigadier-General in preference

to Colonel John Shelby, of Montgomery, when it was apprehended that we should be involved in a war with

France, if not a civil war with the Federal party, then headed by John Adams and Alexander Hamilton.

He was the active, decided and efficient friend to Jefferson, and warmly and zealously opposed to

the doctrines, as well as the leaders, of the Federal Party. Contact: DARLA COLLINS

Notes: Thomas Johnson Reported to have died 1826 in Perry County Tn History of Tennessee The Volunter State on

Notes: William Johnson died 13 JUL 1845 in Newton Co, MS buried 1845 Beulah Cemetery, Little Rock, MS Contact: will jones

Notes: John Crocket born 1769 in Carlisle, Cumberland County, PA died 1826 in Hurricane Mills, Humphreys, Tennessee,

My notes need to check with Mary Holland but I believe her Hiram Johnson with wife Margaret are on Hurricane Mills lands.

1770 Dec 13, Surry County, Deed book A, pg. 98,: Moses Damron - no wife - signs over (lets) Hugh Dennum (both of Rowan County, NC) have 50 acres on the north side of Dann River above the upper Charraw Town next a Puncheon Camp on Blackeys Branch on to Dann River, for £20, witnessed by William MULLINS & Stephen Clayton, Jr., proved by the latter in Nov. 1774. (This is part of the Earl Granville Grant).

Stephen Clayton, Jr

1770 Dec. 31, Surry County, Deed book A, NC, pg. 31,: Moses Damron - no wife - signs (lets) Samuel Dunlap (both of Rowan County, NC) have 70 acres, in Rowan County, Blackeys Branch and on Dan River, for £50, witnessed by William MULLENS, Stephen Clayton, Jr. & Hugh Dennum & proved by the land named in Feb. 1773. (This is part of the Earl Granville Grant).

Moses Damron

Samuel Dunlap

#1771

1771 Rowan County Petition Attached List; List of Tyths in our Settlement on Dann River, Peters Creek, the Grat Creek, Double & Elk Creek, Snow Creel- John Deatherage. 

James Langford, John Langford, Thomas Langford, William Langford, John Langford (does not say Jr. or younger and is in the second column of of three on list as published in book. Note: The names are recorded in the same hand as John Deatheage's name.[spellings are as in book]

Generously contributed by: Poldi Tonin

Source: Jo White Linn, Rowan County North Carolina Tax Lists (1995) p. 111

1771 January, Griffith Rutherford, a member of the Assembly from

Rowan, introduced a bill for ascertaining the boundary line between Rowan

and the counties of Mecklenburg and Tryon, which lay to the south.47 This

measure was expedient because the settlers on the borders of the three

counties refused to pay their taxes in any of them. Lord Granville's

line had never been surveyed so far westward. Thomas Neal, Thomas Polk,

Matthew Locke, Griffith Rutherford, and Peter Johnston were appointed to

run the line, and the inferior courts of the three counties were

authorized to levy a tax sufficient to defray the expense.48 At the same

session the General Assembly recognized the urgent necessity of setting up new

counties within the vast territory embraced by Rowan. A bill was passed

establishing Guilford County and Unity Parish in the region lying between

Salisbury and Hillsboro.49 (Guilford, which was named for Francis North,

Earl of Guilford, and father of Lord North, Prime Minister of George III

during the Revolution, was composed of territory taken from Rowan and Orange.

The portion taken from Rowan was that which now makes up the counties of

Guilford, Rockingham, and Randolph.

Unity Parish

1771 Era: William Johnson and his father are in Rowan Co NC, their lands will go into Surry Co. NC

William Johnson and his Father moved to Johnston Co. NC which will go into Wake Co. NC: William Johnson: S7095 NC Line: 1832 Oct 31 applied in Wilkes Co. NC. Soldier was born 1754 July 28 in Amelia Co. Va and moved with his father to Johnston Co. NC the part that is now Wake Co. NC. When he was very small & at age 17 he moved with his father to Rowan CO. NC (now Surry Co. NC) he lived there at enlistment and after the revolution he moved to Wilkes CO. NC. Abstract of Rev. War Pension Files

William Johnson: S7095 NC Line: 1832 Oct 31 applied in Wilkes Co. NC. Soldier was born 1754 July 28 in Amelia Co. Va and moved with his father to Johnston Co. NC the part that is now Wake Co.NC. When he was very small & at age 17 he moved with his father to Rowan CO.NC (now Surry Co.NC) he lived there at enlistment and after the revolution he moved to Wilkes CO. NC. Abstract of Rev. War Pension Files

[Methodology: Spelling, punctuation and grammar have been corrected in some instances for ease of reading and to facilitate searches of the database. Also, the handwriting of the original scribes often lends itself to varying interpretations. Users of this database are urged to view the original and to make their own decision as to how to decipher what the original scribe actually wrote. Blanks appearing in the transcripts reflect blanks in the original.]

State of North Carolina, County of Wilkes

On this 31st day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of

Pleas & Quarter Sessions of the County of Wilkes & State of North Carolina now sitting, William Johnson Esquire a resident of the County of Wilkes & State of North Carolina, aged 78 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832.

That he was born on the 28th day of July 1754 in the County of Amelia & State of

Virginia, (the record of which is entered in his family Bible) where he lived until his father removed to Johnston County (now Wake) North Carolina, at which time he was very small. He lived in said County until he was about 17 years of age, when he removed with his father to the County of Rowan (now Surry) in the same State, where he lived until he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in the month of February 1776 in a company of volunteers commanded by Captain Hamblin, and marched forthwith to Cross Creek or Fayetteville, with a view of suppressing the Scotch Tories who were at that time committing great depredations in that section of the Country -- before how were they reached the scene of their expected operations, an engagement had been fought between the Tories, under command of General McDonald, and the Americans under General Moore, Colonel Caswell & Colonel Lillington at a

bridge on Moore's Creek, in which the former were defeated & taken prisoners. After the

engagement was over the prisoners were brought to Fayetteville where this deponent was

stationed as one of the guard for a considerable time and until the prisoners were sent off -- this deponent was one of 12 persons detailed from Captain Hamblin's Company to form part of the guard to convey the prisoners to Halifax, but for some reason unknown to this deponent they did not go, and after being detained there some time after the principal part of the troops were discharged, they were also discharged and returned home, which place this deponent reached some time in the month of April, having been in service about 2 months and a half –

In the month of July or August following the deponent again volunteered himself as an

Ensign in the company of Captain Samuel Mosby, under a commission given him by Governor Caswell, and rendezvoused near old Richmond in the said County of Surry, where they remained about a week, making preparations for their intended expedition, and thence marched across the Blue Ridge to Fort Chissel near the Lead mines in Virginia, where they remained a few days and thence marched direct to the Long Islands of Holstein [sic, Holston River] where they joined the Virginia troops under ColonelChristie or Christian, and after remaining there about 2 weeks,

they marched as direct as they could to the Cherokee Nation -- upon arriving at the Cherokee Towns they found that most of the Indians had fled and abandoned the Towns; & after destroying their towns, corn and such other property as they could find, they marched back as far as the Tennessee River where they were halted until they received their rations to carry them home, and then set out for home which place this deponent reached about 19 November -- having been in service during this tour from 3 to 4 months

-- From the time that this deponent returned from the Indian nation until the Spring of the year 1780, (at which time this deponent removed into Wilkes County) he performed several tours of duty against the Tories in various parts of the County but the length of each and the particular circumstances connected therewith, he cannot now after a lapse of so many years pretend to recollect --

In the month of March 1781 directly after the battle of Guilford, this deponent was drafted for a short tour, to oppose Lord Cornwallis who was supposed intended to return to South Carolina, and rendezvoused at Hamblin’s old store where he joined the company of Captain John Cleveland (son of Colonel Cleveland) and marched direct to the old trading Ford on the Yadkin [River] near Salisbury, with a view of opposing the passage of Lord Cornwallis -- and after being stationed there for a short time, it was ascertained that Lord Cornwallis had marched for Wilmington, when there being no longer any necessity for their services, they were discharged and returned home, having been in service during this expedition about 3 weeks --

This deponent has resided in the County of Wilkes ever since the revolutionary war, and

resides there at this time –

He has no documentary evidence to prove his services, the commission given him as Ensign by Governor Caswell having been lost or mislaid for many years –

He has no discharges, nor has he any recollection of ever having received any -- nor does he know of any person living whose testimony he can procure, who could testify to his service, but refers to Colonel William P. Waugh and Samuel F. Patterson as persons to whom he is well-known and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution --

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present,

and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid

S/ R. Martin, Clk S/ William Johnson Senior

[Wm P. Waugh and Saml. F. Patterson gave the standard supporting affidavit.]

Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements

Pension application of William Johnson S7095 fn12NC

Transcribed by Will Graves 10/27/08

Captain Hamblin

Captain Samuel Mosby,

Hamblin’s old store

Captain John Cleveland

Colonel William P. Waugh

Samuel F. Patterson

1771 April 1 ~ Original Guilford County began administrative operations over the area that would eventually become Guilford, Randolph, and Rockingham counties.

1771 May 28 DEED 7:320, John Swaim to Ashley Johnston for 40 p, improvements on Muddy Creek. Robert & Thomas Johnston, John Buller. Proved Aug 1771.

Notes: Gideon Johnson, Jesse Johnson above have a sibling named Ashley Johnson ( See Amelia Co. Va Records) They are the children of Benjamin Johnson and Margery Massie of Henrico Co. Va ( See Quaker Records Henirco Co.Va)

Notes: John Swaim

Notes: Muddy Creek

Notes: John Buller

Note: Is this one of the Robert & Thomas Johnston’s down at Salisbury? These two appear on no Northern lists.

NOTE: John Swann Sr. & Jr. were in present day Guilford County in 1768. (Or area)

John Bulla was a resident of the Guilford area in 1761

Note: Muddy Creek rises in present Forsythe County and flows S. into Davidson County where it enters the Yadkin River Records. From: Wirelake

1771 Dec 11 - John Johnson married Isbell Erwin 11 Dec 1771, Rowan Co., NC;

Joseph Erwin, Bondsman;  Thomas Frohock, witness.

John Johnson

(their daughter, Judith Johnson married Isaac Sellers Sr., son of James T.   Sellers & Patience of Chatham Co., NC)

Isbell Erwin

Joseph Erwin

Thomas Frohock,

#1772

1772 Drucilla Bentley, born Bear creek, Rowan Co., NC., died about 1865 Caldwell Co., NC, married about 1792 Cedar Run/Black Oak Ridge, Iredell Co., NC to Joseph Harrison, born 1768.

Drucilla Bentley,

Joseph Harrison,

April 02, 1772 Johnson WELBORN, born in Rowan Co., NC; died March 30, 1847 in Wilkes Co., GA  

William WELBORN, Jr. (WILLIAM 2, EDWARD 1) was born October 25, 1734 in St. Georges Parish, Baltimore Co., MD, and died February 11, 1792 in Wilkes Co., GA. He married Hepzibah STEARNS 1757 in Wilkes Co., NC, daughter of Isaac STEARNS and Rebecca JOHNSON. She was born 1737 in Franklin Co., VA (probable p of b) [possibly near Sandy Creek, NC], and died November 30, 1818 in NC  

 

William W. WILBURN4 WILBOURN WELBORN (Thomas WELBORN, Jr., Thomas 2, EDWARD1) was born 1766 in NC, and died Aft. 1822 in Union Co., SC. He married Susannah GIBBS December 06, 1799 in VA, daughter of James GIBBS and Ann JOHNSON. 

James Johnson WELBORN, born March 17, 1808 in Wilkesboro, Wilkes Co., NC; died November 24, 1829. He married Elizabeth WILLIAMS.

Johnson4 WELBORN (William3, WILLIAM2, EDWARD1) was born April 02, 1772 in Rowan Co., NC, and died March 30, 1847 in Wilkes Co., GA. He married Sarah "Sallie" RENDER in NC, daughter of Joshua RENDER and Susanna DICKIE.

Samuel Johnson PICKETT/PIGGOTT, born July 03, 1812 in Rowan Co., NC; died September 22, 1872 in Davidson Co., NC. He married Asenith Hunt MONTGOMERY Abt. 1843 in NC; born 1824; died July 19, 1886 in Davidson Co., NC

The March 1772 Rowan County ordered John Luckey, Robert Johnson, Samuel Luckey, William and James and Morgan Bryan, John Wilcocks, James Brown, Theops Morgan, Thomas and Will Willson and Luke Lee to lay off a road from the road leading from Salisbury to the shoals of the Yadkin River. Then they were to do the same between Second and Third Creek with this road running towards Renshaw’s Ford on the South River, then along the dividing ridge between Rocky and Hunting Creek, until it intersected Hunting Creek, and from the head of the creek to the next ford above Widow Backis on the main Yadkin River, known as Samuel Bryant’s Bottom.

John Luckey,

Robert Johnson,

Recorded: October 1768 Joseph Luckie & wf Jean (J) to Thomas Dickie millright for £6.17, 135 A on S bank Fourth Crk. Robt. Johnson, John Luckie. Prvd Oct. Court 1768 (Linn, Jo White. Abstracts of Deeds of Rowan County NC 1753-1785, 7:28)

Samuel Luckey,

William Bryan

James Bryan

Morgan Bryan,

John Wilcocks,

James Brown,

Theops Morgan

Thomas Willson

Will Willson

Luke Lee

Eleanor Jones

Basil Gaither

William Ellis Jr. to Ann Riddle, March 27, 1792

Bondsman: Jas Johnson Witness: Basil Gathier

John GAITHER mar Susannah JOHNSON 17 Feb 1795

#1773

After 1773 Jeffery Johnson was born in Prince William Co these lands go into Fauquier Co. Va This Jeffery Johnson is married to Rachel Walker: Please take note of a Jefery Johnson on 1761 Tax List in this same area

Jeffery Johnson will travel to Loudon Co Va, then onto Halifax and Pittsylvania Co. in 1773 era then into Rowan Co. NC, Jeffery Johnson’s lands will go into Wilkes Co. NC.

Jeffery Johnson of Fauquier Co. Va

Jeffery Johnson owned lands by Capt. Hooper, a Washington and a Robertson: See Fauquier Co. Johnson files

Research Notes: This Jeffery Johnson married to Rachel Walker will have the daughter Winiifred Johnson who will marry rev. William Dodson in this report

Research Notes: 1780 era Winifred Dodson has died and her Father Jeffery Johnson has moved on to Rowan County NC, where his lands will go into Wilkes CO NC.

Research Notes: 1789 Jeffery Johnson died in Wilkes Co. NC

1773 Mar 11 Thomas Hudson married Eleanor Johnson, Rowan County, NC - County Index to NC Marriages Database

Notes: Thomas Hudson

Eleanor Johnson

20th May 1773 "A List of sundry Surveys or Tracts of land lying in the Counties of Anson, Guildford, & Rowan . . . left for Sale in the hands of Thomas Frohock esqr. his Attorney . . . with the lowest prices affixed to each Tract at which he is impowered to dispose of the same, Rowan County 20th May 1773";

Memorials concerning losses in N.C.; schedule "of the Particulars of Mr. McCulloh's Landed Property in North Carolina, with the Valuations thereof"; schedule of his personal property there; "A List of sundry Surveys or Tracts of land lying in the Counties of Anson, Guildford, & Rowan . . . left for Sale in the hands of Thomas Frohock esqr. his Attorney . . . with the lowest prices affixed to each Tract at which he is impowered to dispose of the same, Rowan County 20th May 1773"; depositions of James Hamilton, late of Rowan Co.; list of McCulloh's credits in account current with Messrs. Allen Marlar & Boyd; copy of letter from Willie Jones, Halifax, 30 Dec 1784, to Archibald Hamilton; abstracts of McCulloh's original title deeds to lands in Rowan, Guilford, Anson, Orange, Granville, Johnston, Duplin, and Mecklenburg counties; accounts of various lands sold; account of quitrents due on his lands; lists of various plans, surveys, etc.; abstract of lands confiscated by State of N.C.; certification by Richard Caswell, with great seal of N.C. attached; abstract of confiscated lands sold by state of N.C.; extract from minutes of Duplin Co. court, July, 1782; order in council (original) of 19 May 1737 granting 1,200,000 acres in N.C. to Murray Crymble and James Huey; deposition by Felix Kenan, 1767, and William Brummell, 1785; copy of order in council, 11 Jan 1769; extract from proceedings in court of chancery, N.C., 1770-73, in William Adair et al v. McCulloh et al; letters to McCulloh from: Willie Jones, Halifax, 1 July 1783 Marmaduke Jones, Wilmington, 28 Sept 1783 Thomas Polk, Wilmington, 26 Dec 1773 Michael Holt, 17 Jan 1774; 15 March, 21 Aug 1775; 24 Nov 1784 Thomas Frohock, 20 Jan, 19 July 1774 Felix Kenan, 12 Jan 1774 James Iredell, Edenton, 7 Jan 1778; 7 July 1783; 3 March, 15 June 1784; 6 Jan 1785 Cornelius Harnett, Philadelphia, 20 Dec 1778 W. Brummell, Farleigh, 17 Nov 1782 William Johnston, Orange Co., 28 Apr, 25 Sept 1783 B. McCulloh,, Elk Marsh, 20 June 1783; 9 June, 1 Dec 1784 Griffith Rutherford, 22 July 1783 (addressed to James Karr) James Cotton, Marylebone, 1 Oct 1783 Benjamin Booth Boote, Paddington St., 20 Sept 1783 Archibald Maclaine, Wilmington, 22 Jan 1785 Brook Watson, Manchester Bldgs., 17 May 1785 Robert Palmer, 9 July 1786; 24 Apr 1788 Copy of letters from McCulloh to William Eden, 16 Sept 1778; 17 Sept 17__; John Forster, 4 May 1785; Charles Munro, 5 July 1785; Commissioners for American Claims, 5 July 1785; William Forster, 5 Aug 1788; extract from VIRGINIA GAZETTE, 23 Nov 1782; certificates from William Tryon, Griffith Markelyn, Wm. Eden; note concerning intercepted letters from McCulloh to Harnett and others, opened by order of Gen. Clinton at Cape Fear, 1776; fragment of NORTH CAROLINA GAZETTE, 6 Jan [1785]; memorial of William and Alexander Adair; copy of VIRGINIA GAZETTE, 23 Nov 1782; two copies of act of N.C. Assembly, 1784, "An Act directing the Sale of Confiscated Property"; THE VIRGINIA GAZETTE AND PETERSBURG INTELLIGENCER, 27 Dec 1787, 3 Jan 1788; account of McCulloh's lands confiscated and sold, by county; letter from Thomas Person to Col. Lytle, 9 March 1788; abstract of McCulloh's titles to lands; "A Summary of H. E. McCulloh's Conduct during the late War"; power of attorney, McCulloh to Thomas Frohock, 1773; questions to be put to Mr. McKnight concerning "certain letters of Mr. McCulloh's stopt & returned to him in 1775"; list of witnesses for McCulloh, with addresses; account of lands sold since June, 1773.

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1774: RICHARD HENDERSON AND THE TRANSYLVANIA COMPANY

 

I happened to fall in company, and have a great deal of conversation with

one of the most singular and extraordinary persons and excentric geniuses

in America, and perhaps in the world. His name is Richard Henderson.

--J. F. D. Smyth: A Tour in the United States of America.

 

Early in 1774, chastened by his own disastrous failure the preceding

autumn, Boone advised Judge Henderson that the time was auspicious for

opening negotiations with the Cherokees for purchasing the trans-Alleghany

region." In organizing a company for this purpose, Henderson chose men of

action and resource, leaders in the colony, ready for any hazard of life

and fortune in this gigantic scheme of colonization and promotion. The new

men included, in addition to the partners in the organization known as

Richard Henderson and Company, were Colonel John Luttrell, destined to win

laurels in the Revolution, and William Johnston, a native of Scotland, the

leading merchant of Hillsborough.

 

Meeting in Hillsborough on August 27, 1774, these men organized the new

company under the name of the Louisa Company. In the articles then drawn

up they agreed to "rent or purchase" a tract of land from the Indian

owners of the soil for the express purpose of "settling the country." Each

partner obligated himself to "furnish his Quota of Expenses necessary

towards procuring the grant." In full anticipation of the grave dangers to

be encountered, they solemnly bound themselves, as "equal sharers in the

property," to "support each other with our lives and fortunes."

Negotiations with the Indians were begun at once. Accompanied by Colonel

Nathaniel Hart and guided by the experienced Indian-trader, Thomas Price,

Judge Henderson visited the Cherokee chieftains at the Otari towns. After

elaborate consultations, the latter deputed the old chieftain, Atta-kulla-

kulla, a young buck, and a squaw, "to attend the said Henderson and Hart

to North Carolina, and there examine the Goods and Merchandize which had

been by them offered as the Consideration of the purchase." The goods

purchased at Cross Creek (now Fayetteville, North Carolina), in which the

Louisa Company "had embarked a large amount," met the entire approval of

the Indians--the squaw in particular shrewdly examining the goods in the

interest of the women of the tribe.

 

On January 6, 1775, the company was again enlarged, and given the name of

the Transylvania Company-the three new partners being David Hart, brother

to Thomas and Nathaniel, Leonard Henley Bullock, a prominent citizen of

Granville, and James Hogg, of Hillsborough, a native Scotchman and one of

the most influential men in the colony. In the elaborate agreement drawn

up reference is explicitly made to the contingency of "settling and voting

as a proprietor and giving Rules and Regulations for the Inhabitants etc."

Hillsborough was the actual starting-point for the westward movement, the

first emigrants, traveling thence to the Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga.

In speaking of the departure of the settlers, the first movement of

extended and permanent westward migration, an eye-witness quaintly says:

"At this place [Hillsborough] I saw the first party of emigrant families

that moved to Kentucky under the auspices of Judge Henderson. They marched

out of the town with considerable solemnity, and to many their destination

seemed as remote as if it had been to the South Sea Islands." Meanwhile,

the "Proposals for the encouragement of settling the lands etc.," issued

on Christmas Day, 1774, were quickly spread broadcast through the colony

and along the border." It was the greatest sensation North Carolina had

known since Alamance; and Archibald Neilson, deputy-auditor and naval

officer of the colony, inquired with quizzical anxiety: "Pray, is Dick

Henderson out of his head?" The most liberal terms, proffered by one quite

in possession of his head, were embodied in these proposals. Land at

twenty shillings per hundred acres was offered to each emigrant settling

within the territory and raising a crop of corn before September 1, 1775,

the emigrant being permitted to take up as much as five hundred acres for

him self and two hundred and fifty acres for each tithable person under

him. In these "Proposals" there was no indication that the low terms at

which the lands were offered would be maintained after September 1, 1775.

In a letter to Governor Dunmore (January, 1775), Colonel William Preston,

county surveyor of Fincastle County, Virginia, says "The low price he

[Henderson] proposes to sell at, together with some further encouragement

he offers, will I am apprehensive induce a great many families to remove

from this County (Fincastle) & Carolina and settle there." Joseph Martin,

states his son, "was appointed entry-Taker and agent for the Powell Valley

portion" of the Transylvania Purchase on January 20, 1775; and "he (Joseph

Martin) and others went on in the early part of the year 1775 and made

their stand at the very spot where he had made corn several years before.

In speaking of the startling design, unmasked by Henderson, of

establishing an independent government, Colonel Preston writes to George

Washington of the contemplated "large Purchase by one Col. Henderson of

North Carolina from the Cherokees . . . . I hear that Henderson talks with

great Freedom & Indecency of the Governor of Virginia, sets the Government

at Defiance & says if he once had five hundred good Fellows settled in

that Country he would not Value Virginia."

 

Early in 1775 runners were sent off to the Cherokee towns to summon the

Indians to the treaty ground at the Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga; and

Boone, after his return from a hunt in Kentucky in January, was summoned

by Judge Henderson to aid in the negotiations preliminary to the actual

treaty. The dominating figure in the remarkable assemblage at the treaty

ground, consisting of twelve hundred Indians and several hundred whites,

was Richard Henderson, "comely in person, of a benign and social

disposition," with countenance betokening the man of strenuous action"

noble forehead, prominent nose, projecting chin, firm-set jaw, with

kindness and openness of expression." Gathered about him, picturesque in

garb and striking in appearance, were many of the buckskin-clad leaders of

the border--James Robertson, John Sevier, Isaac Shelby, William Bailey

Smith, and their compeers--as well as his Carolina friends John Williams,

Thomas and Nathaniel Hart, Nathaniel Henderson, Jesse Benton,and Valentine

Searcy.

 

Little was accomplished on the first day of the treaty (March 14th); but

on the next day, the Cherokees offered to sell the section bargained for

by Donelson acting as agent for Virginia in 1771. Although the Indians

pointed out that Virginia had never paid the promised compensation of five

hundred pounds and had therefore forfeited her rights, Henderson flatly

refused to entertain the idea of purchasing territory to which Virginia

had the prior claim. Angered by Henderson's refusal, The Dragging Canoe,

leaping into the circle of the seated savages, made an impassioned speech

touched with the romantic imagination peculiar to the American Indian.

With pathetic eloquence he dwelt upon the insatiable land-greed of the

white men, and predicted the extinction of his race if they committed the

insensate folly of selling their beloved hunting-grounds. Roused to a high

pitch of oratorical fervor, the savage with uplifted arm fiercely exhorted

his people to resist further encroachments at all hazards--and left the

treaty ground. This incident brought the conference to a startling and

abrupt conclusion. On the following day, however, the savages proved more

tractable,agreeing to sell the land as far as the Cumberland River. In

order to secure the additional territory watered by the tributaries of the

Cumberland, Henderson agreed to pay an additional sum of two thousand

pounds. Upon this day there originated the ominous phrase descriptive of

Kentucky when The Dragging Canoe, dramatically pointing toward the west,

declared that a DARK Cloud hung over that land, which was known as the

BLOODY GROUND.

 

On the last day, March 17th, the negotiations were opened with the signing

of the "Great Grant." The area purchased, some twenty millions of acres,

included almost all the present state of Kentucky, and an immense tract in

Tennessee, comprising all the territory watered by the Cumberland River

and all its tributaries. For "two thousand weight of leather in goods"

Henderson purchased "the lands lying down Holston and between the Watauga

lease, Colonel Donelson's line and Powell's Mountain" as a pathway to

Kentucky -the deed for which was known as the "Path Deed." By special

arrangement, Carter's Valley in this tract went to Carter and Lucas; two

days later, for two thousand pounds, Charles Robertson on behalf of the

Watauga Association purchased a large tract in the valleys of the Holston,

Watauga, and New Rivers; and eight days later Jacob Brown purchased two

large areas, including the Nolichucky Valley. This historic treaty, which

heralds the opening of the West, was conducted with absolute justice and

fairness by Judge Henderson and his associates. No liquor was permitted at

the treaty ground; and Thomas Price, the ablest of the Cherokee traders,

deposed that "he at that time understood the Cherokee language, so as to

comprehend everything which was said and to know that what was observed on

either side was fairly and truly translated; that the Cherokees perfectly

understood, what Lands were the subject of the Treaty . . . ." The amount

paid by the Transylvania Company for the imperial domain was ten thousand

pounds sterling, in money and in goods.

 

Although Daniel Boone doubtless assisted in the proceedings prior to the

negotiation of the treaty, his name nowhere appears in the voluminous

records of the conference. Indeed, he was not then present; for a

fortnight before the conclusion of the treaty he was commissioned by Judge

Henderson to form a party of competent woodmen to blaze a passage through

the wilderness. On March l0th this party of thirty ax-men, under the

leadership of Boone, started from the rendezvous, the Long Island of

Holston, to engage in the arduous labor of cutting out the Transylvania

Trail.

 

Henderson, the empire-builder, now faced with courage and resolution the

hazardous task of occupying the purchased territory and establishing an

independent government. No mere financial promoter of a vast speculative

enterprise, he was one of the heroic figures of the Old Southwest; and it

was his dauntless courage, his unwavering resolve to go forward in the

face of all dangers, which carried through the armed "trek" to a

successful conclusion. At Martin's Station, where Henderson and his party

tarried to build a house in which to store their wagons, as the road could

be cleared no further, they were joined by another party, of five

adventurers from Prince William County, Virginia." In Henderson's party

were some forty men and boys, with forty packhorses and a small amount of

powder, lead, salt, and garden-seeds. The warning freely given by Joseph

Martin of the perils of the path was soon confirmed, as appears from the

following entry in Henderson's diary:

 

"Friday the 7th. [April] About Brake of Day began to snow. About 11

O'Clock received a letter from Mr. Luttrells camp that were five persons

killd on the road to the Cantuckie by Indians. Capt. [Nathaniel] Hart,

uppon the receipt of this News Retreated back with his Company, &

determined to Settle in the Valley to make Corn for the Cantucky people.

The same Day Received a Letter from Dan. Boone, that his Company was fired

uppon by Indians, Kill'd Two of his men--tho he kept the ground & saved

the Baggage &c."

 

The following historic letter, which reveals alike the dogged resolution

of Boone and his reliance upon Henderson and his company in this black

hour of disaster, addressed "Colonel Richard Henderson--these with care,"

is eloquent in its simplicity

 

"Dear Colonel: After my compliments to you, I shall acquaint you of our

misfortunes. On March the 25 a party of Indians fired on my Company about

half an hour before day, and killed Mr. Twitty and his negro, and wounded

Mr. Walker very deeply, but I hope he will recover.

 

"On March the 28 as we were hunting for provisions, we found Samuel Tate's

son, who gave us an account that the Indians fired on their camp on the

27th day. My brother and I went down and found two men killed and sculped,

Thomas McDowell and Jeremiah McFeters. I have sent a man down to all the

lower companies in order to gather them all at the mouth of Otter Creek.

 

"My advice to you, Sir, is to come or send as soon as possible. Your

company is desired greatly, for the people are very uneasy, but are

willing to stay and venture their lives with you. and now is the time to

flusterate their [the Indians'] intentions, and keep the country, whilst

we are in it. If we give way to them now, it will ever be the case. This

day we start from the battle ground, for the mouth of Otter Creek, where

we shall immediately erect a Fort, which will be done before you can come

or send, then we can send ten men to meet you, if you send for them.

 

"I am, Sir, your most obedient Omble Sarvent Daniel Boone.

 

"N.B. We stood on the ground and guarded our baggage till day, and lost

nothing. We have about fifteen miles to Cantuck [Kentucky River] at Otter

Creek."

 

This dread intelligence caused the hearts of strong men to quail and

induced some to turn back, but Henderson, the jurist-pioneer, was made of

sterner stuff. At once (April 8th) he despatched an urgent letter in hot

haste to the proprietors of Transylvania, enclosing Boone's letter,

informing them of Boone's plight and urging them to send him immediately a

large quantity of powder and lead, as he had been compelled to abandon his

supply of saltpeter at Martin's Station. "We are all in high spirits," he

assures the proprietors, "and on thorns to fly to Boone's assistance, and

join him in defense of so fine and valuable a country."

 

Laconically eloquent is this simple entry in his diary: "Saturday the 8th.

Started abt. 10 oClock Crossed Cumberland Gap about 4 miles met about 40

persons Returning from the Cantucky, on Acct. of the Late Murders by the

Indians could prevail on one only to return. Memo Several Virginians who

were with us return'd."

 

There is no more crucial moment in early Western history than this, in

which we see the towering form of Henderson, clad in the picturesque garb

of the pioneer, with outstretched arm resolutely pointing forward to the

"dark and bloody ground," and in impassioned but futile eloquence pleading

with the pale and panic-stricken fugitives to turn about, to join his

company, and to face once more the mortal dangers of pioneer conquest.

Significant indeed are the lines:

 

Some to endure, and many to fail, Some to conquer, and many to quail,

Toiling over the Wilderness Trail.

 

The spirit of the pioneer knight-errant inspires Henderson's words: "In

this situation, some few, of genuine courage and undaunted resolution,

served to inspire the rest; by the help of whose example, assisted by a

little pride and some ostentation, we made a shift to march on with all

the appearance of gallantry, and, cavalier like, treated every insinuation

of danger with the utmost contempt."

 

Fearing that Boone, who did not even know that Henderson's cavalcade was

on the road, would be unable to hold out, Henderson realized the

imperative necessity for sending him a message of encouragement. The bold

young Virginian, William Cocke, volunteered to brave alone the dangers of

the murder-haunted trail to undertake a ride more truly memorable and

hazardous than that of Revere. "This offer, extraordinary as it was, we

could by no means refuse," remarks Henderson, who shed tears of gratitude

as he proffered his sincere thanks and wrung the brave messenger's hand.

Equipped with "a good Queen Anne's musket, plenty of ammunition, a

tomahawk, a large cuttoe knife [French, couteau], a Dutch blanket, and no

small quantity of jerked beef," Cocke on April l0th rode off "to the

Cantuckey to Inform Capt Boone that we were on the road." The fearful

apprehensions felt for Cocke's safety were later relieved, when along the

road were discovered his letters in forming Henderson of his arrival and

of his having been joined on the way by Page Portwood of Rowan. On his

arrival at Otter Creek, Cocke found Boone and his men, and on relating his

adventures, "came in for his share of applause." Boone at once despatched

the master woodman, Michael Stoner, with pack-horses to assist Henderson's

party, which he met on April 18th at their encampment "in the Eye of the

Rich Land." Along with "Excellent Beef in plenty," Stoner brought the

story of Boone's determined stand and an account of the erection of a rude

little fortification which they had hurriedly thrown up to resist attack.

With laconic significance Henderson pays the following tribute to Boone

which deserves to be perpetuated in national annals: "It was owing to

Boone's confidence in us, and the people's in him, that a stand was ever

attempted in order to wait for our coming."

 

In the course of their journey over the mountains and through the

wilderness, the pioneers forgot the trials of the trail in the face of the

surpassing beauties of the country. The Cumberlands were covered with rich

undergrowth of the red and white rhododendron, the delicate laurel, the

mountain ivy, the flameazalea, the spicewood, and the cane; while the

white stars of the dogwood and the carmine blossoms of the red-bud, strewn

across the verdant background of the forest, gleamed in the eager air of

spring. "To enter uppon a detail of the Beuty & Goodness of our Country,"

writes Nathaniel Henderson, "would be a task too arduous . . . . Let it

suffice to tell you it far exceeds any country I ever saw or herd off. I

am conscious its out of the power of any man to make you clearly sensible

of the great Beuty and Richness of Kentucky." Young Felix Walker, endowed

with more vivid powers of description, says with a touch of native

eloquence:

 

"Perhaps no Adventurer Since the days of donquicksotte or before ever felt

So Cheerful & Ilated in prospect, every heart abounded with Joy &

excitement . . . & exclusive of the Novelties of the Journey the

advantages & accumalations arising on the Settlement of a new Country was

a dazzling object with many of our Company .. . . As the Cain ceased, we

began to discover the pleasing & Rapturous appearance of the plains of

Kentucky, a New Sky & Strange Earth to be presented to our view . . . . So

Rich a Soil we had never Saw before, Covered with Clover in full Bloom.

the Woods alive abounding in wild Game, turkeys so numerous that it might

be said there appeared but one flock Universally Scattered in the woods .

. . it appeared that Nature in the profusion of her Bounties, had Spread a

feast for all that lives, both for the Animal & Rational World, a Sight so

delightful to our View and grateful to our feelings almost Induced us, in

Immitation of Columbus in Transport to Kiss the Soil of Kentucky, as he

haild & Saluted the sand on his first setting his foot on the Shores of

America."

 

On the journey Henderson was joined in Powell's Valley by Benjamin Logan,

afterward so famous in Kentucky annals, and a companion, William Galaspy.

At the Crab Orchard they left Henderson's party; and turning their course

westward finally pitched camp in the present Lincoln County, where Logan

subsequently built a fort. On Sunday, April 16th, on Scaggs's Creek,

Henderson records: "About 12 oClock Met James McAfee with 18 other persons

Returning from Cantucky." They advised Henderson of the "troublesomeness

and danger" of the Indians, says Robert McAfee junior: "but Henderson

assured them that he had purchased the whole country from the Indians,

that it belonged to him, and he had named it Transylvania . . . . Robt,

Samuel, and William McAfee and 3 others were inclined to return, but James

opposed it, alleging that Henderson had no right to the land, and that

Virginia had previously bought it. The former (6) returned with Henderson

to Boonesborough." Among those who had joined Henderson's party was

Abraham Hanks from Virginia, the maternal grandfather of Abraham Lincoln;

but alarmed by the stories brought by Stewart and his party of fugitives,

Hanks and Drake, as recorded by William Calk on that day (April 13th),

turned back.

 

At last the founder of Kentucky with his little band reached the destined

goal of their arduous journeyings. Henderson's record on his birthday

runs: "Thursday the 20th [April] Arrived at Fort Boone on the Mouth of

Oter Creek Cantuckey River where we were Saluted by a running fire of

about 25 Guns; all that was then at Fort . . . . The men appeared in high

spirits & much rejoiced in our arrival." It is a coincidence of historic

interest that just one day after the embattled farmers at Lexington and

Concord "fired the shots heard round the world," the echoing shots of

Boone and his sturdy backwoodsmen rang out to announce the arrival of the

proprietor of Transylvania and the birth of the American West.

James Robertson,

John Sevier,

Isaac Shelby,

William Bailey Smith,

John Williams,

Thomas Hart

Nathaniel Hart,

Nathaniel Henderson,

Jesse Benton,

Valentine Searcy

Jacob Brown,

Thomas Price,

Mr. Luttrells

Mr. Twitty

Samuel Tate

Thomas McDowell

Jeremiah McFeters

Otter Creek.

Virginian William Cocke,

Page Portwood of Rowan.

Michael Stoner

Martins Station

Carter and Lucas;

1774 Rowan Co. Jacob BECK deed of which he purchased land on Dutchman's Creek from Michael BEAM.

Jacob BECK

Jacob BECK wrote a will in 1775; it was probated in 1777. His will lists the following heirs:

Wife: Catrina or Catherine

Sons: Jacob and Ludwick (in later records Ludwick seems to be spelled Ludwig or Lewis)

Daughter: Catherine James.

Michael BEAM

On August 7, 1774, a Jane Glasscock became a member of the Dutchman's Creek Baptist Church. I assume that she was the second wife of this Gregory; thus he had apparently moved to Rowan County by 1774.

Gregory Glasscock

1778 Gregory Glasscock also entered 400 acres on the south side of Dutchman's Creek in 1778.

1774 Aug. 8: CHAPTER IX THE SAFETY COMMITTEE Rowan County has the distinction of being the first county in North Carolina to organize a safety committee.1 This fact shows that the people were keenly alive to the cause of the colonies. The first committee met August 8, 1774. Its members were James McCay, Andrew Neal, George Cathey, Alexander Dobbins, Francis McCorkle, Matthew Locke, Maxwell Chambers, Henry Harmon, Abraham Denton, William Davidson, Samuel Young, John Brevard, William Kennon, George Henry Barringer, Robert Bell, John Bickerstaff, John Cowden, John Lewis Beard, John Nesbit, Charles McDowell, Robert Blackburn, Christopher Beekman, William Sharpe, John Johnston, and Morgan Bryan.

The records of the Rowan Committee of Safety have been preserved in Wheeler's "History of North Carolina" and in the Colonial Records and they give an insight into the opinions and purposes of the times. Though this committee began its administration before the Revolution its actions belong to the Revolutionary period, and will not be discussed in this sketch. 3 Caruthers, 30-31. 4 Bernheim, 260-261. 5 Rumple, 84-85. 6 Col. Rec., IX, xxxii. 7 Col. Rec., IX, 1024-1026; Rumple, 147. 52 James Sprunt Historical Publications

James McCay, Andrew Neal, George Cathey, Alexander Dobbins, Francis McCorkle, Matthew Locke, Maxwell Chambers, Henry Harmon, Abraham Denton, William Davidson, Samuel Young, John Brevard,

John Brevard Birth: 1715 in Elk River Cecil Co., MD Death: 15 Sep 1790 in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina married Jean McWhorter Birth: Abt 1726 in Pencader Hundred New Castle, DE Death: 25 Mar 1800 in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina

George Combs enlisted in Captain BREVARD’s company of Regulars in the North Carolina line sometime in the month of May in the year 1780 or 1781

ALEXANDER MARTIN, ESQ.

Sold to

BARNARD CRYDER

ROWAN COUNTY, N.C.

DEED BOOK 17, Page 130

23 September 1799

This indenture made the twenty third Day of September in the year of our

Lord one thousand seventeen hundred and ninety-nine Between ALEXANDER

MARTIN, Esquire of the County of Rockingham in the State of North

Carolina of the one part; and Barnard Cryder of the town of Salisbury,

in the State aforesaid Taveron Keeper of the other part. Witnesseth that

the said Alexander Martin, Esq. for & in consideration of the sum of one

hundred pounds current money to him in hand paid by the said Barnard

Cryder at or before the sealing & Delivery of these presents hath given,

granted, bargained sold and conveyed and by these presents doth give,

grant bargain sell & convey unto the said Barnard Cryder his heirs and

assigns all that certain parcel of land being one fourth part of a lott

situate lying & being in the town of Salisbury in the State aforesaid

Known and distinguished in the plan of the said Town by the name of

Number One in the East Square thereof which said one fourth or a quarter

part of said Lott begins at the end of six poles down Corbin Street from

the West corner of said lot, and runs north East three poles along said

Street to the corner of Johnson’s late quarter, now said Cryders

aforesaid lot, thence with said John Johnsons or Cryders line South East

twelve poles to the line of the lott Number Nine, thence with the line

of said lott South West three poles to the corner of Paul Barringers

half of said lot. Number one now Richmond Pearson, Esq. thence with

said Barringers line North West twelve poles to the Beginning Containing

thirty six square poles which lot was granted by James Carter & Hugh

Forster Commissioners of said Town by Deed to James Bowers by the said

James Bowers to John Brevard, Esq. and by the said John Brevard to the

said Alexander Martin, reference to all which will more fully appear,

together with all & singular the appurtenances and all the Estate right

title interest property claim and Demand whatsoever of him the said

Alexander Martin of into or out of the same or any part thereof. To

have & to Hold the said land that is to say one fourth part or quarter

of a lot No. one hereby granted or meant mentioned or intended to be

granted with the appurtenances unto the said Barnard Cryder his Heirs &

Assigns to & for his and their only proper use benefit and behoof

forever, And the said Alexander Martin & his heirs, Execrs. And

Administrators covenant promise grant & agree to & with the said Barnard

Cryder & his heirs one fourth or quarter of lott number one and premises

against him the said Alexander Martin and all other persons whatsoever

claiming or to claim by from through or under them or either of them,

shall & will well & truly warrant and forever defend by these presents.

In Witness whereof the said First Party to these presents hath hereunto

set his hand and seal the day and year herein first before written.

Alex: Martin {seal}

Sealed and Delivered

In the presence of us} Henry Giles Conrad Gillam



Children of John Brevard and Jean McWhorter

Nancy Brevard Death: Abt 1781 in Head Of Catawba River, NC mar John Davidson

Ephraim J P Brevard Death: 1781 in Charlotte Town, Mecklenburg Co., NC mar Martha Mary Polk 17 Nov 1779 in Rowan (Iredell) Co., NC

Benjamin Brevard Spouse: Mary WINSLOW b: 11 Aug 1758

John Brevard Death: Abt 1826 Spouse: Hannah THOMPSON Marriage Date: December 22, 1783 Rowan County, North Carolina

Elizabeth (Mary) Brevard Burial: Hopewell Presb.Church Mecklenburg NC Spouse: Robert HARRIS

Hugh Brevard Birth: 1748 in Orange Of Anson Co., NC Death: 30 Jun 1781 in Burke Co., N.C. mar Jean (Jane) Young

Adam Brevard Birth: Mar 1753 in Rowan (Iredell) Co., NC , mar Mary Winslow

Alexander Brevard Birth: 17 Apr 1755 in Iredell (Now Alexander) Co., NC Death: 1 Nov 1829 in Mount Tizah, Lincoln Co., NC

Jane Brevard mar Ephraim Davidson

Joseph Brevard Birth: Abt 1766 in Iredell (Now Alexander) Co., NC Death: 11 Oct 1821 in Camden, SC Rebecca Kershaw

Rebecca Brevard wife of John Jones,, died in Giles Co. TN and is buried along side her husband in the Hopewell Cemetery.

William Kennon, George Henry Barringer, Robert Bell, John Bickerstaff, John Cowden, John Lewis Beard, John Nesbit, Charles McDowell, Robert Blackburn, Christopher Beekman, William Sharpe, John Johnston, and Morgan Bryan.

Johnston,  80, 

Although the English Parliament repealed the “Stamp Act,” they did not abandon

their claim to tax the colonies, but directly asserted it. And so in 1767 another Act, not less an invasion of colonial liberty, was adopted. This was the famous “Bill” imposing a tax on glass, paper, painters’ colors, and tea, imported into the colonies.

This Act being resisted was followed by other Acts of unfriendly legislation, such

as the suspension of the Legislative Assembly of New York, and closing the port

of Boston. In consequence of this, the “General Court” of Massachusetts sent a

circular to the other colonies, asking their co-operation in devising some method ofobtaining a redress of grievances. This circular was laid before the General

Assembly of North Carolina, in November, 1768, by Col. John Harvey, the

Speaker of the House, but no decisive steps appear to have been taken. In fact, theGovernor kept his watchful eye upon the Assembly and stood ready to prorogue itssessions at the first indication of the spirit of union and independence. Thus it happened that North Carolina was not represented in the first Provincial Congress of the Colonies, nor indeed until the General Congress assembled in Philadelphia, in September, 1774. The way the “Provincial Congress” of North Carolina came into existence at the last was as follows: In 1773, the House of Burgesses of Virginia resolved upon establishing committees of correspondence between the several colonies, and sent forth circulars to the various Provincial Legislatures. The Virginia “Circular,” as well as letters from some of the other Provinces, was laid before the North Carolina Assembly by Speaker Harvey in this same year, and the Assembly seized the opportunity to appoint a committee to watch the proceedingsof the English Parliament and to=2

0concert with the other Provinces measures for the general defense. The committee appointed consisted of Speaker Harvey, Richard Caswell, Samuel Johnston, Hewes, Vail, Harnett, Hooper, John Ashe, and Howe.

When the Virginia House of Burgesses proposed the holding of another General

Congress, after the closing of the port of Boston, Governor Martin intimated that

he would repeat Governor Tryons old trick of proroguing the North Carolina

Assembly, and thus prevent the Province from being represented in that Congress.

1774 Aug. 27 On the third day of their session, the Congress adopted twenty-five resolutions, that embody the principles of independence and resistance to tyranny. These resolutions prudently affirmed a loyal regard for the British constitution, and devotion to the House of Hanover, but at the same time declared that allegiance should secure protection; that no person should be taxed without his own consent, either personal or by representation; that the tax on tea was illegal and oppressive; that the closing of the port of Boston, and sending persons to England to be tried for acts committed in the colonies, were

unconstitutional; and that it was the duty of our people to cease all trade with the

mother country, or any Province that refused to co-operate in measures for the

general welfare. They also approved the movement for a General Congress in

Philadelphia, in September following, and appointed William Hooper, Joseph

Hewes, and Richard Caswell to represent this Province in said General Congress.

After authorizing Moderator Harvey, or in case of his death Samuel Johnstone, to

call the Congress together, if occasion should require it, the body adjourned. In the Spring of the year 1775, the Provincial Congress met again in Newbern, and

Rowan sent as deputies Griffith Rutherford, William Sharpe, and William Kennon.

At subsequent meetings of this Congress, at Hillsboro and Halifax, Rowan was

represented by Matthew Locke, James Smith, and John Brevard.

82 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY From: johnnylumen@

Aug. 10, 1774; JOHN JOHNSTON, b. d. Aug. 29, 1816, Rowan Co., North Carolina. Reported child of ELIZABETH DICKEY and WM. JOHNSTON

#1775

1775. Minyard Harris and Sarah Johnson married in Charlotte County VA in 1764 and moved to Rowan County in 1775.

Records and Information Wilkes County , North Carolina Land Records

According to my records, Minyard (b. 1742, d. October 7, 17 80) married Sarah Johnson, sis of Mary ("Polly") Johnson (who had married Minyard's brother, Edward).

It appears that Minyard and Sarah were both from Lunenburg and Charlotte Counties in Virginia.

I have a copy of a deed for land they purchased on Twitty's Creek there.

Lunenburg was originally a parent of many counties, including Halifax and Charlotte Co unties.

It seems that Minyard and Sarah Johnson Harris married in Charlotte County VA in 1764 and moved to Rowan County in 1775.

That area of Rowan County later became Burke County and still later, became McDowel l Co.

"V.Mann" vmann@ From: PatCLARE@

1775 Rowan/Salsbury Dist, N.C The youngest son of Darby Henley(3), Jeremiah was born

Descendants of Darby Henley Jr. by Debbie Johnson contact at: From: Debra Johnson

Generation No. 1

1. DARBY HENLEY JR. (DARBY3, HENRY2, RICHARD1) was born 18 Jul 1701 in Island Creek, Calvert, Maryland, 1, and died 1785 in Caswell Co., N.C..

He married (1) MARY M. ELLIOT 1730 in Baltimore, Md., daughter of WILLIAM ELLIOTT and ELEANOR. She was born 1705 in Calvert, Maryland, , and died in Calvert, Maryland, .

He married (2) MARY M. ELLIOT 1730 in 1730 in St.John's par,Baltimore,Md, daughter of WILLIAM ELLIOTT and ELEANOR. She was born 1705 in Calvert, Maryland, and died in Calvert, Maryland,

Notes for DARBY HENLEY JR.:

Just before 1760 Darby Jr. and his two unmarried daughters had gone to the Province of North Carolina by wagon train with other families from the same location across the mountains in search of

fertile land and probably to be rid of the "London Merchants" who had the settlers in debt to them.

Land Grant book No 14 of Orange Co. NC. we find Derby Henly-640 acres, Aug 4, 1760 lying on both sides of Millstone creek. Soon after receiving the Land Grant Darby applied for and got permission to

build a grist mill at the head of Millstone creek. With the help of his slaves and indentured servant or two, the mill was built of logs: a two storied structure that would serve his family and the surrounding

area with flour, cornmeal and bran for the livestock.

In the newly laid out town of Hillsborough, N.C. Darby bought 2 lots, one acre each in size, and built a "Mansion House" on each for his family.

In 1760 Darby Henley , Jr. left Maryland for North Carolina. Darby Henley (his son) stayed with his family in Baltimore, Md. He served in the French and Indian War as Lieutenant. He moved his family into Baltimore Town to live by buying a lot from Christopher Carnan in 1763. From MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY MAGAZINE 9:362 : Darby Henley of Baltimore County, paid 2/10.7 1/2 for quartering soldiers of Capt. Joshua Beall's Co. of Prince George's County, Md. Militia. (no date); also from MARYLAND HISTORICAL MAGAZINE (French and Indian War) Darby Henley's name appears on Capt. Stansbury's Muster Roll for payment by the Province of Maryland in 1767.

Information from: Land Records Of Baltimore Co., Md. Vol B # L pg. 308-312

Desperate debts due estate of James Heath, listed: Thomas Lucas and Darby Henley 30 April 1765

He was an "Inn Keeper Ordinary"

TAVERN AND ORDINARY LICENSES IN BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND 1755-1763 written by Lillian Bayly Marks pgs 326-339 Maryland Historical Magazine Vol 78, No. 4, Winter 1983

Darby Henly is listed as Ordinary of an Inn in Hartford County, Md. He paid taxes on this Inn for the year 2763

By 1769 the family was in the Province of North Carolina, Orange Co. Town of Hillsborough. Later in Salsbury.

The youngest son of Darby Henley(3), Jeremiah was born in 1775 Rowan/Salsbury, N.C. Elizabeth the wife of Darby Heley(3) was living during the Revolutionary War. She died sometime between the year 1775 and 1787 which was about 12 years. The war lasted 7 years but Darby was away fighting for long periods of time from the time they arrived in Orange co, N.C. She was one of the innocent victims of the Revolution like so many others that starved or was harrased by Indian raids and Tories alike. Her family survived and began moving out to the other parts of the country.

Darby Henley(3) was a carpenter, a very good one. He traveled everywhere, in the state of Georgia and North Carolina to help in building. It seems that he was renting while in Georgia as he does not seem to have owned any land while there. When the new county of Jackson was created out ot Wilkes County, Georgia it threw the Henley family into Jackson County where they lived in Capt. Alexander Morrisons Company District,( Darby Henly pd.31-1/2 cents tax; no tax for land so he must have been renting.) On 4 Feb 1799 Darby Handley served as juror in Jackson County, Georgia.

The 1803 Tax List for Jackson County, Georgia list; (Georgia Pioneers Magazine)

Henly, Darby and Henly, Jere

Darby (3) and his wife, Mary Young Henley lived in Rowan Co, N.C. for about 4 years after their marriage; 11 years in the state of Georgia so at least one of their children was born in Rowan, Co. N.C. and the majority of their children were born in Jackson and Wilkes Co, Georgia between 1792 and 1803 (they lived 4 years in Wilkes Co before Jackson Co. was cut from Wilkes Co, Ga. From 1796 to 1803 equals 7 years in Jackson Co, Ga.

They probably went in a large group of people from Rowan County, N.C. including families of Radford Ellis and Richard Rogers and other in-laws. Darby is found making a living by carpentry in Washington, Georgia. He was well known as a builder and moved about quite often. from "The Story of Wilkes Co., Georgia" by Bowan pg 67.

Later that year a new county by the name of Jackson was cut from Wilkes county, Ga. throwing the family of Darby into Jackson county, Ga. where in the Records found there Darby Henley is listed a number of times.

In the GEORGIA PIONEERS MAGAZINE we find on the 1803 Tax List of Jackson COunty, Ga. listed: Darby Henly and Jere Henly. In all the family of Darby Henley lived in Wilkes and Jackson counties, Ga. at least fifteen years; 4 years in Wilkes and eleven years in Jackson county, Ga. They were in the Miss. Terri (Spanish Territory) by 1804-1805. Darby and Jeremiah Henley listed on the Tax List of claiborne Co., Miss. in 1805. THE AMERICAN STATE PAPERS early inhabitants of the Natchez Dist by Gillis shows; Darby Henley 1810 Tax list for Claiborne and Warren Co. Miss. The 1816 Hancock Co, Miss tax list shows: Burrell Perry and Jeremiah Henley.

By Sept 1811 we find Darby Henley as one of a long list of Petitioners of the Mississippi Territory to the Govenor. Payment is coming due on their land and their cotton is not being shiped overseas because of the War of 1812. (All shipments to Britian had been stopped) The planters were given more time to make payments on their land.

Darby the son of Darby and Elizabeth Chamberlain Henley had returned to Rowan County, N.C. by 1795 and his first child, John was born in Rowan COunty, N.C. that same year.

The children of Darby and Mary Young were born in Georgia. There were seven.

Darby died in Claiborne Co. Mississippi ca 1822. They left the state after he died in thet year (no will found)

Child of DARBY HENLEY and MARY ELLIOT is:

2. i. JOHN5 HENLEY, b. 20 Jul 1739, Baltimore Co., Md.; d. Mar 1802, Washington, Ga..

Children of DARBY HENLEY and MARY ELLIOT are:

ii. DARBY5 HENLEY, b. 04 May 1733, Baltimore Co., Md..

iii. JAMES DUNBAR HENLEY, b. Abt. 1725, MD; d. May 1816, Person Co. NC.

Notes for JAMES DUNBAR HENLEY:

The births of Darby and Mary Thatcher's children were in the Christ Church Parish. Baltimore Co. MD.

He married Martha Lytle, dau. of Lt.Col. Archibnald Lytle (Rev.War Soldier who fought under the command of Richard Caswell in NC.

iv. ANNE HENLEY, b. Abt. 1725.

v. MARY HENLEY, b. Abt. 1728, Baltimore Co., Md..

Generation No. 2

2. JOHN5 HENLEY (DARBY4, DARBY3, HENRY2, RICHARD1) was born 20 Jul 1739 in Baltimore Co., Md., and died Mar 1802 in Washington, Ga.. He married (1) MARGARET CHAMBERLAIN 12 Apr 1757 in Joppa, Baltimore, Md., daughter of JOHN CHAMBERLAIN and MARGARET GITTINGS. She was born 28 Feb 1744 in Joppa, Baltimore, Maryland, USA1, and died 1785 in Caswell, North Carolina, USA1,2. He married (2) KATHARINE Abt. 1785 in Wilkes Co., Ga..

Notes for JOHN HENLEY:

Soon after arriving in Orange Co. NC, John, James Dunbar, Darby Edmond and William became members of the "Loyal Regulators Association of NC". They were the sons of Darby Henley of Baltimore Co,Md. who had been granted 640 acres of land in Orange Co. Province of NC in

1760. (Land Grant No. 163, Book No. 14,p415 File No.658). The boys joined the local Militia in a Company formed by Thomas Thaxston, one of the directors of the town of Hillsborough. Records

show that Darby and John Henley; also James Thaxston, witnessed against the Insurgents at New Bern in March 1771. They received 4 pounds for this service. (State Records Vol.16,p.428.)

When it came to the Rev., our John would not join. He was in Hillsborough NC.

On the 17th of Aug. 1776, John Henley is found at a meeting of the Safety Council in Hillsborough, NC. complaining against impressment into service. (from Colonial Records of NC. Saunders Vol.

10-785); Proceedings of Safety Council, in Orange Co. in Hillsborough on Tuesday 27 Aug. 1776. John Henly appeared before the Com, & complained upon oath that a certain Doctor Edward Bryan, Lt. of Light Horse lately appointed by Brig. Gen. Person to attend Militia under Col. Ramsey, did come to his home with eight of his men on Friday the 23rd of Inst. & there having procured an order signed by Capt. John Moore & Archibald Murphey, 2 members of this Com. empowering them to press SD. John Henly, John Barnet; that sd. Henly having found means of escape...sd. Bryan did with abusive Language demand Ten Pounds from thee wife of sd Henly as a fine for his refusal. Sd. Bryan has advertized a reward for apprehending sd. Henly dead or alive; for which reason he demands protection of this Com.

Resolved this Com. have utter abhorence to every attemp to force a free man into the service...John Henly ought and will be protected. Com. to order comdg., officer of Militia which marched on the Indian expedition from Hillsborough Brigade to send sd. Bryan to this Board. John Hogan Ch'n.

THE WILL OF JOHN HENLEY, SENR. WILKES CO GA.

copied from the original will in Washington, Ga. dated July 19, 1801/ Probated July 24 1806

1st and for the better maintenance and education of my children by my present wife Katharine, I do give and dispose of tuition to custody of them to my wife Catharine until such time as they and

either of them respectively continue unmarried and under the age of 21 years and that my wife remains my widow but if my wife die or marry: during the decease or marriage of any of my children I gave them

____her tuition and custody of such of my children as remain unmarried or under age of 21 years at marriage or death of my wife to Thomas Terrell,Junr. and Wm. Prince John McLowd whom I do constitute and appoint as trustees to my said children

2ndly I also do give and devise all those Freehold Lands tenements heredetaments lying and being in the town of Washington or elsewhere with rents___ and profits of all the singular premises I

likewise give to my said wife the use of my negroes during her natural life or while she remains unmarried excepting a negro girl named Nancy with the household furniture and all debts that may now be due or hereafter became due excepting one bed and Furniture to the lone use and behalf of my said wife and children.

3rdly I give and bequeath to my daughter Sukey Henly a negro girl by the name of Nancy to be delivered to her at the age of 6 with one bed and furniture at the time of marriage of Sukey with 50 dollars at the death or marriage of my wife which ever shall first happen.

ITEM to my son John Henly I give the sum of five dollars and John Henly the son of said John I give the sum of fifty dollars.

ITEM to son Philip Henly I give the sum of one Hundred Dollars.

ITEM to my son Edmund Henly the sum of fifty Dollars.

ITEM to my son Wm Henly the sum of fifty Dollars.

ITEM to my son James Henly the sum of one Hundred Dollars.

ITEM. to my son Darby Henly the sum of one Hundred Dollars

ITEM to my son Elijah Henly I give the sum of one Hundred Dollars.

ITEM to my son Micajah Henley the sum of five Dollars.

It is to be understood the above sums of money are not to be paid to the Legatees at the death or marriage of my wife which ever shall first happen but that the Legacies are to be kept in the hands of the Trustees of my Estate and children as above appointed until All my children become of age and in Fair Sale thus made of my remaining Property to be sold to the highest bidder and credited with good security such as my trustees shall approve of. I likewise Will that at the decease or marriage of

my wife and when my children come of age the negro Betsy with her offspring except Nancy as above directed and the monies arising from such Sale be equally divided among all my children.

I also Will that the Lands and Tenements Heredetaments and with Household Furniture that may then remain on the decease or marriage of my wife and when my children come of age to be sold as above directed and the money arising from such sale (when collected shall first be

applied to the discharge of the Legacies Here-to-fore given by this Will and the Remainder)to be Equally between my son Abner by my present wife and the rest of her children that is Abner to have one half and the other Half to be equally divided between my present wife's children. I likewise Will that my Negro fellow James to be given to my son Abner. I further declare all Wills Power of Attorney

Here-to-fore made to be Revoked and declare them to be nul and void to all tents and purpose whatever. This I declare to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have this nineteenth day of July in presence of ___my hand and Seal in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and One. Codicil to the above Will

It is understood that the above sums of money are not to be at the decease or marriage of my wife but until all my children come of age and not until then shall the sales be made the Signing and

acknowledging of this day will the following words towit, when collected shall first be applied to this Will and Remainder were interlined between the Second and 3rd lines of this concluding page.

Signed Sealed and acknowledged in the presence of us.

Francis Willis

Abram Tyson John Henley, Senr.

Wm Prince

Recorded July 24 1806 Wilkes Co., Ga.

His Will was made 19 July 1801 Probated 24 July 1806 He was born in St. John"s Parish.

John and his wife Margaret arrived in Orange County,N.C. just prior to 1769-1770. John is listed in 1770 as member of the" North Carolina Loyal Regulators Association" the local Militia, serving under two Govenors, Tryon and Josias Martin. They fought against the Cherokee Indians in 1771 and in the Regulator uprising. In 1772 John Henley bought a lot in the town of Hillsborough, N.C. (Orange County); he built a Mansion House for his wife Margaret and children (Orange, Co, N.C. Deeds and Grants: 16 Mar 1772 Bk.3,p.474)

In 1777 they were living in the new county of Orange/Caswell , N.C. town of Hillsborough. The family moved to the Province of Georgia in 1783 with a group of other settlers, where they settled in Wilkes County, Town of Washington, Georgia. His youngest son, Micajah Henley is said to have been born in Georgia ca. 1783 (Lincoln County, Georgia) 1850 census. A deed for the disposal of the lot in Hillsborough, N.C. has not been found.

In the Will of Darby Henley , Caswell County, N.C. written 1784 John was not mentioned so it is thought that John recieved his inheritance while in Hillborough prior to leaving for Georgia. The Henleys were fairly well to do, I expect John received money for his share of inheritance as his brothers received the land in N.C.

When the county of Person was cut from Caswell Co, N.C. in 1792 Darby Henley and John Henley remained in Caswell County. James Denbar and his family; Edmund and his wife; Lettice Wetherale Henley were cut into Person County, N.C. where they remained till their deaths. "The Court Clerk buried the records as Cornwalis approached Hillsborough and failed to dig them up. Later he notified the current clerk but when the records were located most of the had rotted."

John Henley wrote his Will on 19th of July in 1801 / Probated in WIlkes County, Ga. 24 July 1806 Town of Washington (WIll Book 1806-1808 page 39 WIlkes Co., Ga.

The only mention of Henley in Caswell County, N.C. Will Book 1777-1814 (by KKK) is for John Henley as witness to Will of John Lea, written Aug. 17 1778. Lea lived northeast of the present town of Leasburg, just across the line of Person County of today. (p7).

In Caswell County deeds are found the following: Ann Neal, researcher

He married Katharina in the Spring or before 25 May 1787. On June 26, 1790 they were living in the Town of Washington, Georgia. John had acquired a fine home and several town lots. He was a "Merchant", a distiller of liquor pos. had a tavern or store in town. He was known to have been a carpenter also. From "Early Tax Returns of Georgia 1794 Wilkes County" we find: Col. William Bailey's Regiment, Capt William Spruce's Co. listed John Hendley, Senr 1 wm 2 slaves $200 value of lots.

From the "Story of Wilkes County, Georgia" by Bowen we read this story.

IT seens that a number of the merchants and local citizens of the vicinity of Washington, Georgia made whiskey and sold it with or without a license. "Often prominent merchants" were yearly "guests" of the court on this charge. For example, in 1790 the following were charged: John Henley, Ferdinand Phinizy, James Goolsby, William Reynolds, Thomas Walton, Cillin Reed, Fearick Sims, Mr. Rossear, Anthony Poullain, Charles McDonald, Peleg Green, Felix Gilbert, John Rice, Thomas Duke, and William Allen. Exasperated with the frequency of such cases, the jury attemted to curb these offences with the recommandation "that the law respecting retailing Spiritous Liquors be revised in such a manner as to permit Merchants and shop keepers to sell not less than a quart to a customer." There was a lot of speculation going on buying land and selling it hoping to profit by it in the town of

Washington. Money was scarce during the Revolutionary War, in face, tabacco was used for money for years. Every man tried to work his way up the ladder of material success by speculating on the land. It is not surprising that John Henley had bought land and several lots in Washington, Ga. He does not seem to have laid up a whole lot but they lived quite well for the times. His children were educated and married into some of the wealthiest families in the area of the Broad River in Franklin, Co., Georgia.

From the Original Papers from Wilke's Co., Georgia- Washington p. 234 - Will of John Henley, dec'd est. Abner Henley Admr.

Returns for 1818'

paid Fanny Henley certain sums

paid Peggy Henley " "

paid Polly Henley " "

Returns for 1822:

paid Sarah Farnesworth $96.00

paid Jas. C. Henley $100.00

paid John Henley 120.00

paid Peggy Henley 320.00

paid Polly Henley 326.00

Returns for 1823:

paid Wm Robinson, Admr. of Abijah Henley, dec'd $492.00

paid Darby Henley per order and Receipt of Thomas King $220.00

By 1800 cemeteries were beginning to be placed by the Churches instead of burying in family plots as had always been the custom. There were two cemeteries in the town of Washington, Ga. and as John died in 1802 it is supposed that he was buried in one of these; also Abijah, John,Jr., Abner and others.

After the death of John Henley, Senr. Katharine continued living in the town of Washington as guardian of her daughters. This would have been prior to 1818 as all the children had to be of age or married before the property and goods could be sold. It is not known whether she remarried of when or where she died.

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GRANTORS:

A: 100 Darby Henley to Abram Childres

C: 43 Edmond Henley to Benjamin South

E: 244 James D. Henley to Joseph Gold

GRANTEES:

A: 72 Darby Henley, Sr. from Darby Henley, Jr.

A: 327 James D. Henley from A. Chambers

A: 431 Edmond Henley from North Carolina (Land Grant)

D: 83 James D. Henley from N.C.

D: 291 James D. Henley from N.C.

KKK abstracts of land grants for Caswell County, N.C.

p. 11--Edmund Henley 200 ac. June 8, 1779 on Henley Mill Creek

James Dunbar Henley 285 ac. Jan. 11 1779 on South Hico Creek

James Dunbar Henley 200 ac. Oct. 1, 1778 on Henley Mill Creek

Darby Jr. James D. and John are listed in St. Lawrence District, which was then the Northwestern quarter of todays Person County. John was also listed as guardian for J. Ball. Edmund must have been a merchant or some kind of tradesman.

Grantor Index : Henley deeds Person County, N.C.

1793 James d Henley sold 100 ac. on Henley Mill Creek A: 115

1793 James D. Henley sold 17 ac. on South Hyco A:121

1798 James D. Henley sold 6 ac. on S. Hyco C:34

1798 James D. Henley sold 100 ac. on Henley Mill Crek C:49

1821 Estate of James D. Henley sold land to Lewis Amis, a deed promised to him before he died, for 224 ac. on Hyco Creek.

The executor was Cary Williams.

P.4- The Dec. 1795 Probate of WIll of Daivd Vanhook shows that his Will was witnessed by James D. Henley

Tax List of Caswell County, N.C.

1789 St. Lawrence District (now Northwestern Person County)

Edmund Hendley 2 white polls 140 ac.

James DBar Henley 1 white poll 306 ac.

Notes for MARGARET CHAMBERLAIN:

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HISTORY OF THE CHAMBERLAIN FAMILY

THOMAS CHAMBLERLAIN was born ca 1682. and died 1720 in St. John's Parish, Baltimore Co., Md., at the age of 38. He married MARY ab 1705.

Thomas first appeared in Baltimore Co. Md. records ca 1700. He is thought to have come as an indentured servant ca. 1699-1700. He and Mary are known to have had 3 children. 1. JOHN married MARGARET GETTINGS, bapt. 17 Dec 1713. 2. THOMAS bapt.May 7, 1717 and 3 GEORGE bapt. 27 Dec. 1720. Their names were taken from DAR library Washington, DC Source: St. John's Parish, Baltimore Co., Md 1696-1788 pg 36.

Thomas Chamberlain appears in the household of Israel Skelton, n. side Gunpowder Hundred in 1700, 1701,1702, 1703, 1704 and was head of household himself in 1705 & 1706 in n. side Gunpowder Hundred. Thomas died 1720 leaving no will. Mary his wife married Henry Wetherall 20 Dec 1722. In the same book Dec 20 1724 Henry and Mrs Ellen Presbury were married.

#1. John Chamblerlain married Margaret Gittings in Joppa, Md. 31 Oct 1737. John and Margaret lived on "the Manor" all his live. He and Margaret 's home seat known as "Avondell" (Avondell is listed as one of the Historic land marks in Baltimore Co., Md.)

Margaret's will of LongGreen, Baltimore Co. Will Book 6 393 Probated 4-29-1801

John's will was probated 1775.

Children of John and Margaret were 1. Elizabeth b.10-12-1738 Long Green, Md. married Darby Hernley (Jr) son of Darby 2nd and Mary Elliot. 2. Thomas b. 2-14-1739: Mar. 12-9-1764 to Elizabeth

Wilkinson. 3. Mary b. 7-17-1743: mar.3-2-1762 to Rev Thomas Lucas. 4. Margaret b. 1-23-1744 d. ca 1783-85 NC. Mar. ca 1760 to John Henley son of Darby 2nd. 5. Phillip b. 122-12-1746 6. John married an Elizabeth. 7. James 8. Priscilla m. 3-6-1783 to Elisha Green. 9. Cassandra m. 1773 to Charles Millerman. 10. Rachel. 11. Susanne m. 10-8-1768 to Abraham Standiford. 12. Samuel d. Aug 1776. He had married Elizabeth Heathcote 24-10-1771

From JOURNAL OF FRANCIS ASBURY, METHODIST CIRCUIT RIDER

11-12 1772 preached at John Chamberlain's at 6 p.m to many people.

12-30-1772 Many people at Chamberlain's: 1-21-1773 Chamberlain's

2-10-1773 Chamberlain's "This may be the last time, for it is a disorderly house."

3-2(?)-1773 Chamberlain's "but found the old man too much of a Quaker in principal. He objects against prayer in his family and greatly discourages his daughter, who strives to live in the fear of

God."

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HISTORY ON THOMAS GITTINGS ESQ AND ELIZABETH REDGRAVE[BO::BO]

THOMAS ESQ was b. 1681 d. Jun 1760 in Balt. Co. Will box 10 Fld 3 (L,folio 862 athe the age of 78.

He married Elizabeth Redgrave in Kent Co., Md 3 Apr 1719 She was b. Shresbury Parish, Kent Co. Md. 3 Mar 1703. She was the daughter of ABRAHAM REDGRAVE. Elizabeth died 1731-1734 in Long Green, Md., Buried in the St John's Parish, Balto. Co.

THOMAS GITTINS,(Later Gittings) according to tradition came to Md. ab 1684.

All these records of William B. Marye.

In the year 1715 Thomas Gittings was sued by Col Nathaniel Hynson for a debt of four pounds sterling and another debt of 5562 pounds of tobacco valued at 23 lbs,3 shillings and 6pence (Kent Co. Court). He was aquitted. In the proceedings of this suit he is twice styled "planter" also "gent"

I attach considerable significance to this title of "gent" or gentleman. At that time, in Maryland, office holders of the grade of Justices of the Peace and upwards, and men of wealth, who did not

practice a trade , were so styled. A gentleman who was in business was not called "gent" but "merchant". Thomas was not an office holder, neither was he a man of substance when he lived in Kent Co. He was generally called "planter" and occasionally "carpenter". Why was he styled "gent"? I believe that it must have been maintained that he was a "gentleman" either by virtue of gentle birth, or because he could prove his right to a Coat of Arms or for both reasons. Otherwise, I cannot account for his being so styled (taken from the Manuscript "To Whom It may Concern, Origin of the Gittings (Gittins) Family of Long Green, Baltimore Co., Md. by the late William G. Marye)

Thomas married twice. Second was to Hannah Clark. Their children were: Clark, Benjamin, John, Jesse, Hannah Sarah, Susannah who married a Mr. Goe and went to western Pa.

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Children of JOHN HENLEY and MARGARET CHAMBERLAIN are:

i. ABIJAH6 HENLEY2, b. 1762, Hillsboro, Orange, North Carolina, USA2; d. 1826, Washington, Wilkes, Georgia, USA2.

ii. JOHN HENLEY, b. Abt. 1765, Md.; d. 18 Jul 1824, Washington Co. Ga..

iii. EDMUND HENLEY2, b. 1770, Hillsboro, Orange, North Carolina, USA2; d. Feb 1833, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA2; m. JEANETTE WILLIAMSON GORHAM.

Notes for EDMUND HENLEY:

Edmund was Justice of Inferior Court in Franklin Co., Ga. and Tscaloosa Co., Al.

3. iv. WILLIAM HENLEY, b. 1772, Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, USA; d. 1832, Maury, Tennessee, USA.

v. PHILLIP HENLEY2, b. 1773, Hillsboro, Orange, North Carolina, USA2; d. 1821, Lincoln, Georgia, USA2.

Notes for PHILLIP HENLEY:

He mar. Lucy ____by 1795 (1794 Phillip was at least 21 but owned no land) Tax List of Wilkes Co., Ga. He was a fine carpenter all of his life in the town of Lincolnton, Ga.(Lincoln Co.)

vi. JAMES C HENLEY2, b. 1775, Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, USA2; d. 1854, Lincoln, Georgia, USA2.

Notes for JAMES C HENLEY:

James lived with his brother Micajah on the 1850 census. He was a Lawyer. He and Micahjah disappeared after Taxes in 1854.

vii. DARBY HENLEY2, b. 18 Dec 1777, Caswell, North Carolina, Virginia, USA2; d. 31 Oct 1849, Pickensville, Pickens, Alabama, USA2.

viii. MICAJAH HENLEY2, b. 1783, Wilkes, Georgia, USA2; d. Wilkes, Georgia, USA2; m. (1) ELIZABETH W. LEE, 29 Feb 1820, Lincoln Co., Ga.; m. (2) ELIZABETH W. LEE, 29 Feb 1820, Lincoln Co., Ga; b. 1804.

Notes for MICAJAH HENLEY:

He was 18 years old in 1801 "Indenture" Wilkes Co., Georgia. He became a lawyer, lived in Lincolnton, Ga.

He was a veteran of War of 1812. from Wilkes County Papers by Davis, p 107 1801--Indenture of John Griffin, 2 Feb 1801, Micajah age 18 is bound by his father John Henley to Griffin Attorney at law for three years.

The Census of 1850 Lincoln County, Ga. Lincolnton, Dist 52, lists 3 other children with no names born 1820, 1822, and 1828.

He married Elizabeth Lee and they lived in Lincolnton where he had a thriving law practice from 1796 to 1854. He served in the War of 1812, Marshall of District 188 in 1850 and was a planter and attorney-at-law. After the year of 1854 all of the Henleys removed to other parts, whether to another state or just another county in Ga. is not known. The children of Micajah and Elizabeth were born in Lincoln County, Ga. In the Census of 1850 they lived in Lincolnton, Ga. Dist, 52.

4. ix. SUSANNAH HENLEY, b. 10 May 1785, Washington, Wilkes ? Georgia, USA; d. 22 Nov 1855, Walnut, Tippah, Mississippi, USA.

MARRIED WILLIAM P. JOHNSON B. 1785 NC

Child of JOHN HENLEY and KATHARINE is:

x. ABNER6 HENLEY, b. Abt. 1785, Wilkes Co., Ga..

Notes for ABNER HENLEY:

After the decease of his father in 1802, Abner began buying up the inheritance from the heirs, one by one, The property also included 4 slaves. There is a lot of court records Washington Co. Ga.

on that as The slaves came from Margaret Chamberlain's father to her then to her heirs. and Abner was not her child.

Generation No. 3

3. WILLIAM HENLEY (JOHN5, DARBY4, DARBY3, HENRY2, RICHARD1)2 was born 1772 in Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, USA2, and died 1832 in Maury, Tennessee, USA2. He married MARY A WILLIAMSON Abt. 1796 in Franklin Co. Ga.. She was born 07 Feb 1778 in Bedford Co., Va., and died 09 Jun 1860 in Greene Co., Mo. Jackson Twp..

Notes for WILLIAM HENLEY:

According to the Meek connection William was a teacher around Chapel Hill, TN. before he died. He had studied Law and practiced it in Ga. according to Ruth Henley Harvey. Marshal Co. was made with part of Maury and Bedford Co. We have a Caleb Henley on record as early as 1809 in Maury Co., TN.

Mary Henley Meek's great granddaughter wrote me. These names are what her mother had said were the Henley family. I have not found a David. I think there were more children. Jesse and Burton could be two more brothers. Burton was in Dade Co. with our William and Wm's son Richard named one of his children Richard Burton.

Henley, Russell, Allen and Williamson's were all in the same area in TN in early 1800.

NEW NOTE: we have just found 11-20-0=2001 that Robert Williamson was born 1814. about the time of Micajah and Elizabeth was an older sister b. on the 1820 census (between 10-16 years old). We have an older brother to find and Sally.

Elizabeth had married to John Sims Green and took Robert with him and in1832 went to Pennsylvania and stayed.

Also from Mike Beardsley, he found where Elisha Green (lived 13 houses from William Henley on the 1820 census Bedford Co. TN) had married Priscilla Chamberlain sister of Margaret Chamberland, wife of John Henly

Also I have found where John's middle name was Edmund.

Notes for MARY A WILLIAMSON:

We found Mary (mother) on the 1850 Census with son Micajah (Jackson Twp. Green Co., Mo.) On the 1860 Census Green Co. Mo. She was living with her grandson's family, Leonidas. They were the

next person to Micajah. On her headstone in Old Fair Grove Cem. Green Co. Mo. was born 7 Feb 1778 died 9 Jun 1860 ag 82y 4m 2d w/of Wm.

HISTORY ON THE WILLIAMSON FAMILY

All the family history I have on this family from J.Peter Williamson back is from David Williamson. He has proof of it all through Wills, Land records , Landon C. Bell's book (Old Free State), records from England and a lot of hard work and long time search. I am very much indebted to David for sharing this wonderful family.

Wilkes Co. Washington, Ga. Persons Entitled to Draw in 1807 was Micajah Williamson (son of Wm.Williamson) as trustee for the orphan of Wm. Williamson 1 draw.

FIRST GENERATION

is Thomas Williamson Married Ann (unknown) and they had 4 children all born in London, Middlesex, England.

1. George b. Ab. 1589, 2. Elizabeth b. Ab. 1591, 3. OUR Richard b. Ab. 1593-94, 4. William b. Ab. 1595 all b. London.

The will of Nathaniel West, citizen and mercer of London, England, Proved Sept. 8, 1630, mentions his Uncle and Aunt, Thomas and Ann Williamson and also mentions cousins: George, Elizabeth, Richard, and William Williamson

Research Notes : Nathaniel West is a Sir. John Norton descendant family

SECOND GENERATION

is Richard Williamson, b. 1593-94 and died 1659 in Isle of Wight, Va. He married Margaret Sherwood. Margaret married John Jarrett after Richard died.

There is proof that Richard was in Va. (Isle of Wight) 1640. He was a witness to a deed of Cap. John Upton 1640 and also witness to deed of William Yarnett 1646 a well known Quaker in America. Richard

signed as Richard Sr.

Richard Williamson was Imported by Lt. John Upton; 1638. John Upton came to Va. 1624.

Richard Williamson went back to England 1640 and was imported by Ambrose Bennet 1641 with a new wife, Margaret Sherwood.

He had a plantation called Codham Hall on the Pagan River across the James River from Jamestown Va. in what is now Surry Co. Va.(this is the word of Landon C. Bell)

There were also records of Kent England an estate called Codham Hall owned by Sir Joseph Williamson. Sec. of State for King George 2nd.1680's according to Landon C. Bell's Book (Old Free State) (He married a Williamson.) Proven

Children of Richard and Margaret are 1. Dr James b. 1621 d. 1656 Old Rappahannock Co. Va. m. Ann Underwood 2. Our Robert (Later) 3.John b. 1624 d. Henrico Co. Va. 4. Henry b. 1628 d. Henrico Co. Va. 5. Richard Jr. b. 1629 . All the children were born in England.

THIRD GENERATION

Dr. Robert b. Ab 1623 England. Will probated 16 Feb 1669, his wife Joane Allen Williamson; was granted the lifetime use of the home-plantation of 850 acres on the branches of Pagan Creek.(River)

Joane was the daughter of Col Arthur Allen of Surry Co. Va.,who built the first brick mansion south of the James River known in History as Bacon's Castle of Bacon's rebellion. After Robert died, Joan married Robert Burnett by 1678.

The children of Robert and Joan are Robert (oldest and heir), Our George, then Arthur and Frances.

FOURTH GENERATION

George Williamson b. Isle of Wight, Va. 6 Feb1654 and died in Isle of Wight, Va 28 Oct 1721. George married Easter Bridger, daughter of Col Joseph Bridger and wife Hester Pitt. Known children

are 1. George M. m. Frances Davis, 2. Robert (moved to Henrico Co. Va.), 3.Thomas m. Olive Exum 4. Patience m Robert Exum 5. Elizabeth m. ? Jaynes. 6 Juliana unmarried 7. Anne m. Jacob Darden and 8.John m. Susan Lowe. (Ours)

FIFTH GENERATION

John Williamson b. 1694, Isle of Wight. He married Susannah Lowe probably Buckingham Co. Va. 1723. Susannah was b. Charles City, Co. Va. 1699. She was the daughter of Michael Lowe and Mary Perry (dau. of Micajha Perry of London England). Micajha Perry Jr. was Lord Mayor of London. In one of Jr.s records in London speaks of his sister's (Mary Lowe) Grandsons "Col. Micajha, Lt. William and Peter Williamson in the Rev. against England".

Susannah Lowe had siblings Mary and Micajha. Micajha Perry a wealthy London merchant and ship owner. Headed the firm of Perry, Land & Co. Records of that period along with the college of Wm. & Mary, has the Perry and Lane Co. bequeathed considerable sums toward the establishment of this College. Susannah and Mary Lowe are mentioned in a will of this Micajha Perry. (Uncle to Susannah,

brother to Mary Lowe. Susannah was not married at the time) received 10,000 Pounds. In 1728 Micajah Perry (son of the above) was Lord Mayor of London. It is in his History record & rsquo:s William, Micajha and Peter are the Grandchildren of Michael and Mary Lowe.

John and Susannah's children are 1. William (ancestor of our friend David) b. Buckingham Co. Va. 14 Dec 1745. Wm married Molly Terrell (Terrill), Bedford Co. Va. and d. 27 Mar 1801 Wilkes Co. Ga.

Wm. sold land in Campbell Co. Va. 1785. Stopped in Mecklenburg Co. NC for a year with brother James. Was in Wilkes Co. 1787 purchased 1336 acres from Micajha 1787 with the same $300. he got in Campbell co. for land sold there. Lived 9 miles west of Washington. There are copies of his will. His children are William T., Elizabeth Betsy m. James Mercer Jr. Claybrook m. Mary Callaway, James, Lydia, Robert, Thomas, Micajha m. Eliz? d. after 1850 Randolph Co. Al., and Jonathan b. 1783 Va. d. 1843. He m Margaret Hudson (dau. of Lemach Hudson) in Mecklenburg, NC. (this is Davids line)

2. J.Peter (more later) b. 1737 probably Buckingham Co. Va. d. between 4 Jun-17 Jul 1798 Franklin Co. Ga.

3. Micajah b. Buckingham Co. Va. 28 Jul 1744 m.Sarah Gilliam 28 May 1765. Sarah b. Henrico Co. Va. ab. 1735. There is a lot on Micajah. He was Lt.Col of Geo. troops in the Am. army during the

Rev.War. His children are 1. Charles m. Mary Clarke,dau of Gen. Elijah Clarke, 2.Micajah Jr., 3. William: b. 2 Apr 1766 Va. and was hung Jul 1778 at 12 yrs. old by Tarlaton, British Com. for refusing to betray Gen Francis Marrion, 4, Peter B. b. 1772 m. Rebecca McAlpin, 4. Nancy m. John Clarke who became Gov. of Ga., 5. Sarah m. Judge John Griffin, after his death m. Judge Charles Tait, US Senator 1809-1819., 6. Susan m. Dr. Thompson Bird, Martha m. Thomas Fitch, 7. William Washington

who was in the 1st graduating class at the Univ. of Ga. , 8. Elizabeth m. Peterson Thweat, 9. Jefferson and last is 10. Mary m. Duncan G. Campbell. He at one time was member of the House of Rep (Their son became Justice of the Supreme Court of the US)

SIXTH GENERATION

J. Peter was b. 1737 Bedford Co. Va. He died between 4th Jun-17 Jul 1798 in Franklin Co. Ga. He married Elizabeth (some say Peters) b. ab 1745

Georgia, Wilkes Co. Personally appeared Peter Williamson Lately from the State of Virginia with a sufficant caretor before us and made Oath that he hath a wife seven children and one negro and himself which he never hath taken any land on their head Rights in this State Sworn before us this 6 day of Apr 1784 Signed Peter Williamson

Witness - Wm. Downs, J.P., J. Gorham, J.P., M. Williamson

Your Petitioner prays for a warrent of Survey for six hundred acres of land in Washington Co. on the within mentioned head wrights...Peter Williamson

There is also a list of 54 Rev. soldiers due certain sums of money on April 12, 1784. Peter was one of these.

I have warrants for 660 acres of land 1790,bought another 1000 acres in 1891, and 950 acres in 1887.

---PETERS WILLIAMSON'S WILL----

In the name of God Amen-J.Peter Williamson of the State of aforesaid and county aforesaid. planters, being sick and weak in body, but of sound memory, blessed be to God for his mercies do make and publish this to be my last will and Testament, first I recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it and my body to the discreation of my Executors, to be burried in a decent manner at the expense of my estate, and as touching my worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with. I dispose of in the following manner, that is to say first-I give & bequeath to my beloved wife Elizabeth Williamson all my real estate to be disposed of as she may think proper. I also give her four negroes to wit Frank, Sam, Luce & Rachel. I also give her all my stock and Cattle, horses, hog and sheep and Goats, together with my household furniture and plantation tools &c-

I also give to my son Robert Williamson one negro boy named Walker,

I also give to my son Richard Williamson one negro boy named Lewis.

I also give to my daughter Elizabeth, wife of Richard Allen one negro girl named Silvey.

I also give to my daughter Patsey wife, of Josiah Prickett five dollars.

I give to Thomas Gorham one negro boy named Ruben.

I also give to my daughter Jennett Henby the sume of five dollars.

I also give to daughter Mary wife of William Henby one negro girl named Mary, one sorrel Mare one feather bed and furniture.

I also give to my daughter Fanny Williamson one negro woman named Hannah.

I also give to my daughter Nancy a negro girl name Cloe.

I also give to my daughter Sally one negro named Clarissa.

I also give to my son Peter Griffin Williamson a negro boy named Jack,

I also give to my son John one negro boy named Sterling. I also give him three hundred dollars to be

raised out-of my estate.

I appoint and leave my wife, Elizabeth Williamson whole the sole Executor of this my last will and testament whereof I have herunto set my hand and affixed my seal the 4th Day Jun 1798.

Signed in presents of James Terrell, Jo s Dabbs, and Jos. Chandler

Proved 17 Day of July 1798 by Joseph Chandler R. Probates

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Children of WILLIAM HENLEY and MARY WILLIAMSON are:

i. SALLY7 HENLEY.

ii. ELIZABETH HENLEY, m. JOHN SIMS GREEN.

Notes for ELIZABETH HENLEY:

Elizabeth (Betsy) and Husband John Green left TN about 1832 for PA. They also took Robert, brother of Betsy with them. I assume William the father had died by then.

iii. JOHN C. HENLEY, b. 1801, Ga.; d. Aft. 1880, Prob. Ky.; m. LYDIA A.C, 1818, Tn..

Notes for JOHN C. HENLEY:

John and Lydia on 1850 census also had Sarah 20.

John C. had a second wife in 1880 named Docia. She was 76 b. Ky.

He was 79 b. Ga. Father b. MD. and Mother Va. William P. was 73, with his father b. NC. and Mother Va.

5. iv. WILLIAM PHILLIP HENLEY, b. 21 Jul 1806, Ga.; d. 22 Jan 1888, Toronto, Ks. Woodson Co..

6. v. MICAJAH P. HENLEY, b. Abt. 1815, Tn..

7. vi. MARY HENLEY, b. 25 Jul 1816, Maury Co. Tn.; d. 17 Feb 1887, Weakley Co., Tn..

8. vii. ROBERT WILLIAMSON HENLEY, b. 17 Apr 1814, SC; d. 09 May 1890, PA.

4. SUSANNAH6 HENLEY (JOHN5, DARBY4, DARBY3, HENRY2, RICHARD1) was born 10 May 1785 in Washington, Wilkes ? Georgia, USA3, and died 22 Nov 1855 in Walnut, Tippah, Mississippi, USA3,4. She married WILLIAM PRESTON JOHNSON5 Abt. 1803 in Athens, Clarke, Georgia, USA6, son of UKN and UKN. He was born 1785 in North Carolina, USA6,7, and died 05 Dec 1868 in Tippah, Mississippi, USA8,9.

Notes for SUSANNAH HENLEY:

THE WILL OF JOHN HENLEY, SENR. WILKES CO GA.

copied from the original will in Washington, Ga. dated July 19, 1801/ Probated July 24 1806

1st and for the better maintenance and education of my children by my present wife Katharine, I do give and dispose of tuition to custody of them to my wife Catharine until such time as they and

either of them respectively continue unmarried and under the age of 21 years and that my wife remains my widow but if my wife die or marry: during the decease or marriage of any of my children I gave them

____her tuition and custody of such of my children as remain unmarried or under age of 21 years at marriage or death of my wife to Thomas Terrell,Junr. and Wm. Prince John McLowd whom I do constitute and appoint as trustees to my said children

2ndly I also do give and devise all those Freehold Lands tenements heredetaments lying and being in the town of Washington or elsewhere with rents___ and profits of all the singular premises I

likewise give to my said wife the use of my negroes during her natural life or while she remains unmarried excepting a negro girl named Nancy with the household furniture and all debts that may now be due or hereafter became due excepting one bed and Furniture to the lone use and behalf of my said wife and children.

3rdly I give and bequeath to my daughter Sukey Henly a negro girl by the name of Nancy to be delivered to her at the age of 6 with one bed and furniture at the time of marriage of Sukey with 50 dollars at the death or marriage of my wife which ever shall first happen.

ITEM to my son John Henly I give the sum of five dollars and John Henly the son of said John I give the sum of fifty dollars.

ITEM to son Philip Henly I give the sum of one Hundred Dollars.

ITEM to my son Edmund Henly the sum of fifty Dollars.

ITEM to my son Wm Henly the sum of fifty Dollars.

ITEM to my son James Henly the sum of one Hundred Dollars.

ITEM. to my son Darby Henly the sum of one Hundred Dollars

ITEM to my son Elijah Henly I give the sum of one Hundred Dollars.

ITEM to my son Micajah Henley the sum of five Dollars.

It is to be understood the above sums of money are not to be paid to the Legatees at the death or marriage of my wife which ever shall first happen but that the Legacies are to be kept in the hands of the Trustees of my Estate and children as above appointed until All my children become of age and in Fair Sale thus made of my remaining Property to be sold to the highest bidder and credited with good security such as my trustees shall approve of. I likewise Will that at the decease or marriage of

my wife and when my children come of age the negro Betsy with her offspring except Nancy as above directed and the monies arising from such Sale be equally divided among all my children.

I also Will that the Lands and Tenements Heredetaments and with Household Furniture that may then remain on the decease or marriage of my wife and when my children come of age to be sold as above directed and the money arising from such sale (when collected shall first be

applied to the discharge of the Legacies Here-to-fore given by this Will and the Remainder)to be Equally between my son Abner by my present wife and the rest of her children that is Abner to have one half and the other Half to be equally divided between my present wife's children. I likewise Will that my Negro fellow James to be given to my son Abner. I further declare all Wills Power of Attorney

Here-to-fore made to be Revoked and declare them to be nul and void to all tents and purpose whatever. This I declare to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have this nineteenth day of July in presence of ___my hand and Seal in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and One. Codicil to the above Will

It is understood that the above sums of money are not to be at the decease or marriage of my wife but until all my children come of age and not until then shall the sales be made the Signing and

acknowledging of this day will the following words towit, when collected shall first be applied to this Will and Remainder were interlined between the Second and 3rd lines of this concluding page.

Signed Sealed and acknowledged in the presence of us.

Francis Willis

Abram Tyson John Henley, Senr.

Wm Prince

Recorded July 24 1806 Wilkes Co., Ga.

More About WILLIAM PRESTON JOHNSON:

Residence: 1850, Division 3, Tippah, Mississippi10

Children of SUSANNAH HENLEY and WILLIAM JOHNSON are:

9. i. DOVIE MARTHA7 JOHNSON, b. 1803, GA; d. 1903, Tennessee, USA.

10. ii. LEVI C JOHNSON, b. Abt. 1810, GA; d. MS.

iii. ELIZABETH JOHNSON11, b. 1811, Georgia, USA11; d. Ms.

11. iv. BARTLETT (BARTLEY) JOHNSON, b. 15 Apr 1813, GA; d. 15 Sep 1871, Fayette Co.Tennessee.

12. v. HENRY BLUEFORD JOHNSON, b. 1816, Athens, Clarke, Georgia, USA; d. 25 Oct 1863, Alton, Illinois, USA. Family is unsure of proof of this individual as son of Wm. P. Johnson

13. vi. JOSEPH WINN JOHNSON, b. 08 Jun 1822, Tennessee, USA; d. Erath Co., TX.

14. vii. DARBEY HENLEY JOHNSON, b. 1824, Tennessee, USA; d. 1868.

Generation No. 4

5. WILLIAM PHILLIP7 HENLEY (WILLIAM6, JOHN5, DARBY4, DARBY3, HENRY2, RICHARD1) was born 21 Jul 1806 in Ga., and died 22 Jan 1888 in Toronto, Ks. Woodson Co.. He married (1) REBECCA ALLEN RUSSELL 27 Dec 1827 in Maury Co., Tn.. She was born 08 May 1811 in Tn., and died 21 Aug 1860 in Humbolt, Ks.. He married (2) MARY ANN HEART 05 Mar 1862 in Church of Christ, Allen Co. Ks.. He married (3) ELEANORE JANE GIBBS 07 Dec 1864 in Allen Co. Ks.. She was born Abt. 1832 in Oh..

Notes for WILLIAM PHILLIP HENLEY:

On 1850 Dade Co. Mo. census shows Wm. born in S.C. also on the Kansas Territorial 1860 shows him born in S.C. and coming to Kansas from Mo. There was a Jessie Henley in Dade Co. Mo. 1850 also born in S.C. (1803) 3 years older than Wm. He went to Ky. then Mo. Also on the 1850 census Dade Co. Mo. was a Burton Henley, Blacksmith, born 1810 TN. Our Richard Henley named his son Richard Burton. Jessie was in Mo. about 2 years before Wm. and Burton. I am sure these people are all relation but don't know how. Part of the family was in eastern NC early and on the Mo. Census lots of them were those coming to Mo.

1860 Allen Co. Ks. has Wm. born Ga. all the rest have TN.

Book B page 74 has Wm. P. Henley of Co. of Marshall, TN. selling land on the 9th of Dec. 1837. He sold it for $350. located on the waters of Wilson Creek a North Branch of Duck River bounded as

follows. Beginning at an Elm and Oak Hills Corner on Samuel Wilson's line Running East one hundred and eighty eight poles and eleven links to a stake thence south twenty two poles to a stake on Hills line thence East fifteen poles to a cedar and oak thence north seventy six poles to an ash on Grays line thence west one hundred and ninty three poles to a Hickory thence south fifty six poles to the beginning containing sixty acres more or less.

About 1838 William was in Mo. near Greenfield. He owned 40 acres of land.

William shows on the census of 1857 with right to vote, near Humbolt, Ks. According to papers from the grandchildren of Eleanore Gibbs, in Humbolt she married a (Merchant) named Henley.

By 1870 they were in Woodson Co. Ks. William P. in 1869 bought 58 acres and 84 acres from the Gov. Francis (Grandpa) bought the 80 acres from his father 1890. and it was not sold until after Grandma died.

William went back to Mo. to his grandchildren after he divorced Eleanore. When he become ill Frank went after him and he died in Woodson Co. We have all three of his marriages amd record of his one

divorce certificate.

More About WILLIAM PHILLIP HENLEY:

Burial: Big Sandy Cem., S.of Toronto, Ks.

Notes for REBECCA ALLEN RUSSELL:

Rebecca was a daughter of Richard Russle (Russell) and ?.

RICHARD RUSSLE (RUSSELL)

Richard b. about 1780. Died 1821 Maury Co. TN. He was married to a woman before 1799, I think would be Allen as Rebecca's name is Rebecca Allen. Rebecca named Edmund -Russell. Richard's first wife died before 1815 as Richard married Cathy Moore 26 Nov. 1815 in Maury Co. TN.

I found a Miles M. Russell in Dade Co. Mo. 1850 when Wm and Rebecca were there. He was b.1809, 2 years older than Rebecca. He named one of his sons Miles Allen Russell (this is also why we think

Richard's 1st wife was an Allen) b.1852. Wife was Sarah 30 Probably 2nd wife, and Children 1850 were Julian 12, Samuel 9, John 7, Arena 5, Columbus 4, Francy 2, Sarah Jene 6/12 then 1860 was Miles 8, Martha 6, Rober 4, Flora 2, and Mary 5/12.

A deed in Maury Co. DB G, p462 has 27 Aug 1817 Morgan Fitzpatrick and Peter Young convey to Richard Russell.

Marshall and Maury Co. TN Deed books show Rebecca as legatees of Richard Russell deceased. 25 Nov 1836, this should mean both his wives are deceased. signing this transaction to sell the property was W. P. Boatright and wife Juliann, Horatio Wade and wife, Mary M., Wm. B. (P) Henly and wife Rebecca, Peter Aldridge and wife, Martha and James Russell. These would be brother and sisters. I also have a land record of James Russell stating his father Richard Russell was desc.

This land was bought 1814. Deed book F, page 73 - Nicholas Perkins, Jr., of Williamson Co. to Morgan Fitzpatrick, Peter Young and Richard Russell of Maury, Co. TN. for $l000, 1000 acres on Globe

Creek, west of 5000 acre grant by the State of N.C. to William T. Lewis, being the tract conveyed by Thomas Hardeman and Thomas Hardis Perkins to Nicholas Perkins. Hardeman had purchased the tract from Michael Troy and Troy from William T. Lewis

Wit: William Alexander, Will Bradshaw. Dated Nov. 21, 1814. N.

Perkins.

April 23,1821 Will book page 437: Philip Anthony, John Bills and Willis Bobo were appointed to lay out a year's provision for Catharine Russel. (2nd wife). Then Cathy died around 1836 Marshall Co. We know this by the children having to sell the land. Maury Co. changed to

Marshall Co. in that area in 1836.

I found in Oct. a census 1820 Maury Co. TN. of David Russle 2 boys under 10, he was 26/45, Girls 2 under 10, l-10/16 and 1-16/45.

Richard Russle next to him on the census. boys-l under l0, 3-10/16, l-16/18, 1-16/28 and 1 26/45, Girls 3 under 10, 3-10/16, and 1-26/45

Could be brothers.? It is the only Richard I have found in Maury Co. except land records. He and Rebecca fit the time slot on the census and Richard died the next year.

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Notes for MARY ANN HEART:

Ruth Snyder, descendent of William Henley, states Mary Ann and Wm. parted in June 1862. I don't doubt that but I couldn't find a Divorce. She could have gone to another Co. for that.

Children of WILLIAM HENLEY and REBECCA RUSSELL are:

i. EDMUND RUSSELL8 HENLEY, b. 18 Nov 1829, Tn; d. 13 Jun 1860, Humbolt, Ks.; m. PRISCILA MASTERS, Apr 1850, Mo..

Notes for EDMUND RUSSELL HENLEY:

Ed was a farmer.

In Allen Co. courthouse probate has papers of land transactions. His name is not on it but the first record Saline Co. Mo. had land of Jonathan Milsap of Capt. Jones Co. war 1812 (Deceased) Nov. 1852 sold to Smith Campbell Chariton Co. Mo. record sold it to George Wilson 28Nov 1860. Geo. sold it to William W. Saling. all in Carrol Co. Mo. This was in Ed's probate box.

He also had a doctor bill for medicine and treatment for $59. May and June 1860. One paper has Ed owing Wm. Chambers for schooling, two dollars and fifty cents. Mar. l, 1861.

On Ed's inventory was Humbolt twp. Other names on the papers were Anderson Wray, Wm. Chambers, M. Neal, Hugh Hamlin and Fannie. Lots of these names were also in TN.

Notes for PRISCILA MASTERS:

I found in Iola courthouse where Priscila married a John Tripp 28 Aug 1860 after Ed died. She divorced him a couple months after that. He was Adm. of Ed's estate. She later married a man named Donohue and had 2 more children.

ii. MARY E. HENLEY, b. 15 Oct 1831, Tn; d. 15 Feb 1870; m. (1) UNKNOWN COPELIN; m. (2) GEORGE KELLY, 07 Mar 1855, Lawrence Co. Mo., Cumberland Pres., Church.

More About UNKNOWN COPELIN:

Record Change: 06 Jul 1996

iii. JOHN C HENLEY, b. 20 Oct 1832, Tn; d. Aft. 1895, California.

iv. MARGARET A HENLEY, b. 25 Oct 1834, Nashville, Tn.; d. 27 Jul 1902, Champaign Co. Il; m. (1) JOHN WALKER, 22 Jul 1851, Greenfield, Lawrence Co., Mo.; m. (2) ROBERT OSBORN, 13 May 1858, Iola, Allen Co., Ks..

Notes for MARGARET A HENLEY:

According to Margaret's obituary from the Curtis line, when a mere child she moved to Dade Co. Mo. near Greenfield. The next year after she and Osborn were married, they went to Champaign Co., IL. 6

miles southeast of Mansfield where they resided until they moved into town about 11 years ago. For nearly 3 years, she has been a widow.

She also had 3 daughters - Mrs. C.J. Gillespie, Mrs. C.M. Dauberman, and Mrs. U.G. Norman. 15 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.

Margaret later joined the Methodist church and for half century she has been an earnest worker for the Lord she loved so well and to whom she dedicated her children in infancy.

More About MARGARET A HENLEY:

Burial: Mansfield, Il.

v. SARAH W. HENLEY, b. 09 Jan 1837, obituary says, Dade Co., Mo.; d. 03 Mar 1865, Lucas Co. Iowa; m. ALFRED CURTIS, 13 Nov 1856, Mt. Vernon, Lawrence Co., Mo.; b. 17 Aug 1824, Clinton Co. Oh.; d. 24 Sep 1884, Lucas Co. Iowa, Hit by train.

More About SARAH W. HENLEY:

Burial: Old Douglas Cem.

vi. MARTHA E. HENLEY, b. 23 Feb 1839, Dade Co. Mo.; d. Abt. 1920, Myton, Ut.Duchesne Co.; m. ROBERT J. STEWART, 04 Sep 1860, Humbolt, Ks.Allen Co..

vii. ELIZA REBECCA HENLEY, b. 10 Mar 1841, Dade Co. Mo.; d. 10 Sep 1921, Hooker, Ok., Tx. Co.; m. JAMES HAMLIN, 29 Jul 1860, Humbolt, Ks.Allen Co., Christian Church; b. 06 Jun 1836, Cumberland Gap, Whitley, Ky.; d. 07 Mar 1917, Hooker, Ok., Tx. Co..

Notes for ELIZA REBECCA HENLEY:

Eliza Henley Hamlin wrote this in a book now in the hands of Nedra Maxine Dudley, her granddaughter Left Barber Co. Ks August 28, 1905 got to mead Co. Kansas Sep the 3 1905 Moved in our new house November 2 day eat our first meal

More About ELIZA REBECCA HENLEY:

Baptism (LDS): Christian Ch., then 7th Day Adv

Notes for JAMES HAMLIN:

There was a Hugh and Fannie Hamlin west of Humbolt 1860. They owned several acres of land. They were at Ed Henley's sale of estate 1860.

Eliza Rebecca's Granddaughter Nedra Maxine Dudley has Hugh Hamlin b abt 1813 Ky m. Francis (Fannie)Colavan abt 1812 Ky. Hugh's father is John and Mother is Dudah Cummins. Francis (Fannie) Colavan's father is James and mother Nancy Stow.

viii. L.D. HENLEY, b. 15 Feb 1843, Dade Co. Mo.; d. 13 Dec 1843, Dade Co. Mo..

ix. SUSAN MATILDA (TILDA) HENLEY, b. 08 Mar 1845, Dade Co. Mo.; d. 1887, Glen Rose, Tx. Clark Co.; m. JOHN FAULKNER, 01 Jan 1861, Humbolt, Ks.Allen Co..

x. MILES M. HENLEY, b. 31 May 1847, Dade Co. Mo.; d. 25 Apr 1864, Springfield Mo., Hospital.

Notes for MILES M. HENLEY:

Miles died during the Civil War with Measles.

More About MILES M. HENLEY:

Burial: Springfield Natl, Cem. Sec. 20, Grave 1099

xi. RICHARD MCCLINGAN HENLEY, b. 17 Aug 1849, Greenfield, Dade Co.Mo.; d. 29 Mar 1913, White Bird, Idaho Co. Id.; m. (1) MARGARET DUDLE, 07 Sep 1867, Humbolt, Ks.Allen Co.; d. Abt. 1870, Woodson Co. Ks.; m. (2) MARTHA JANE STRICKLER, 14 Jan 1875, Deer Creek, Allen Co., Ks.; b. 25 Oct 1852, Rockville, Park Co. In.; d. 27 May 1934, Grangeville, Idaho Co. Id..

Notes for RICHARD MCCLINGAN HENLEY:

According to Dora Hobbs, from and Idaho Co. History, Richard and family left Kansas in 1880 and crossed the plains in wagons to Buena Vista, Ca. Guess they didn't like it as 3 years later they came back to Kansas.

From the obituary - another pioneer departed

Richard attended Manhattan University, graduating with honors at age of 16. He followed the buying and selling of stock for 6 years. He had a mercantile business in Neodesha and Parsons, Kansas.

Suffering financial losses during the panic of 1873 he entered the United States Marshall's office. He served both in Kansas and Colorado. Mr. Henley served as deputy sheriff of Idaho Co.

He came to Idaho county in June 1885. Built the first telephone line extending from Mt. Idaho to Lewiston.. During the Buffalo Hump excitement. He was engaged in the mercantile business and also served as the first post master of that camp.

Mr. Henley was buried in the I.O.O.F. cemetery which he had been a member of for about 35 years.

More About MARTHA JANE STRICKLER:

Burial: 29 May 1934, Grangeville, Idaho Co. Id., Prairie View Cem

xii. FRANCIS MITCHEL HENLEY, b. 10 Jan 1854, Dade Co. Mo.; d. 12 Jan 1924, Toronto, Ks. Woodson Co.; m. SARAH ELIZABETH HARP, 24 Dec 1876, Woodson Co. Ks.; b. 12 Aug 1858, Bates Co., Mo.; d. 19 Jul 1938, Wilson Co., Ks. N., of Coyville, Ks..

Notes for FRANCIS MITCHEL HENLEY:

The Henley family came from Dade Co Mo in 1857 to Humbolt, Ks. then moved to Woodson Co. to do farming. Francis stayed there and we still have cousins in the area.

A story handed down has Francis courting Sarah and another man wanted her hand. He called for a duel with Grandpa, but he didn't show up, giving Grandpa and open field.

In the Toronto Republican newspaper was the following: 25 Years Ago items taken from the Yates Center News. Oct. 3 1913.

Frank Henly was in town Saturday carrying around a harness tug and looking for the editor. He merely wished to pay his subscription, however. Frank had just sold over $l000 worth of cattle and hogs and said if he could sell two or three teams of horses and mules he'd be dad-binged if he didn't spend the winter in Arkansas.

Frank belonged to the Grange close to where he lived and also to the Knights of Pythais in Yates Center.

There are pictures in the back showing different times the Henley family hayed for other people with large operations.

More About FRANCIS MITCHEL HENLEY:

Burial: Big Sandy Cem., S. of Toronto, Ks.

Notes for SARAH ELIZABETH HARP:

Sarah is a Daughter of Absolum and Nancy Jane (Clemens) Harp

The Harp family came to Kansas in 1864 from Barry Co. Mo.,

Grandma Henley was well liked and know all over the Big Sandy area as Aunt Sis.

Zoe told stories that Grandma Sarah and their family went to White river area (probably southern Mo.) to buy cows. They drove them to Kansas on foot.

Grandpa Henley and Aunt Lela died the same day so Uncle Curt moved in with Grandma.

Floyd said Grandma told about sending the dogs up what was then called Harp Hallow, just above their home. They came back bringing deer. The Harp's would shoot them and that was their meat. They lived just south of Big Sandy school right near the Woodson and Wilson Co. line.

Grandma was a very sweet little lady. She was liked by all. You can tell this by the number that came to her birthday party. Article in back of this book. She was a good cook. I can remember her always cooking or out with the chickens and garden. She would kill a chicken and we had it that day for dinner. Of course there was no iceboxes in those days.

Ella Mae remembers the hollyhocks, garden and chickens. Also a red stone rock made into a game near the kitchen steps, little yellow sticky roses, and gooseberries.

Grandma made jelly out of anything wild. I can remember her simmering Apple peelings from a pie and making Jelly.

Floyd told about my Dad (Wm Wilson)and his Dad (Uncle Curt) picking a basket of wild grapes. They were thick on the creek. They were going to make wine, but Grandma had them in jelly by the time

they came back. Uncle Curt and Daddy got more and made their drink.

Ella Mae also tells about Grandma's pantry and wanting a piece of her good chocolate cake with white icing, but knew she would get into trouble. Cecil told her to cut a thin piece clear across the pan and Grandma wouldn't know. It worked.

Ella Mae also remembers the long lane to the house and the path to river. She wondered how her mother ever got down there to ice skate. Of course, Zoe was raised in this house and Marie was born in this house.

Uncle Curt told me they moved the house to near Coyville, Ks. and when they tore it down it was all made of walnut. It was a small 3 room house with a curtain between beds in the bed room. Now all our

grandchildren have to have a bedroom of their own.

More About SARAH ELIZABETH HARP:

Burial: Big Sandy Cem., S.of Toronto, Ks.

6. MICAJAH P.7 HENLEY (WILLIAM6, JOHN5, DARBY4, DARBY3, HENRY2, RICHARD1) was born Abt. 1815 in Tn.. He married ELIZA M WILLIAMSON 19 Dec 1838 in Marshall Co. Tn..

Notes for MICAJAH P. HENLEY:

Grandma Sarah Henley wrote to Iowa, We have the letter, saying "Frank had an Uncle Cagey Henley". We know this is him with Mother Mary living with him as we also have land records of 1855 Marshall Co. TN. they sold 80 acres book O pg 320 with him living in Green Co. Mo.

1830 Census has Micajah Henley in Bedford Co.,This is not our immediate Micajah as ours was only 17 at the time. 1840 census has him married and in Marshall Co. He moved to Green Co., Mo. in 1850 according to the census. He was still in Green Co. in 1860 Census.

In 1843 & 1846 has Micajah a member of the Chapel Hill Pleasant Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church TN.

At the Old Fair Grove Cem. there was a stone beside James M. Henley with no information also one beside Mary A Henley with no information.

Children of MICAJAH HENLEY and ELIZA WILLIAMSON are:

i. LEONIDAS W.8 HENLEY, b. Abt. 1839, Marshall Co., Tn.

Notes for LEONIDAS W. HENLEY:

Leonidas Married Nancy Ramey 7 Dec 1859. On 9June 1881 He Married S.E. Briton. His Grandmother Mary Wilson lived with him in l860.

ii. JAMES M. HENLEY, b. 23 Dec 1841, Marshall Co., Tn; d. 09 Aug 1882.

Notes for JAMES M. HENLEY:

James stone had dates plus son of M.P. and Eliza M. on it. Note that the stone was broken

More About JAMES M. HENLEY:

Burial: Jackson Twp., Greene Co., Mo.

iii. WILLIAM NEWTON HENLEY, b. 12 Jun 1842, Marshall Co., Tn; d. 18 Mar 186.

Notes for WILLIAM NEWTON HENLEY:

He was buried by Mary (his Grandmother) On the stone b.12 Jun _18 d. Mar 186_ s/o M.P. & E.M. Fs WNH

iv. MARY FLORILLA HENLEY, b. Abt. 1847, Marshall Co., Tn.

v. SARAH FLETA HENLEY, b. Abt. 1850, Marshall Co., Tn.

vi. LUCIAN HENLEY, b. Abt. 1853, Greene Co., Mo. Jackson Twp..

7. MARY7 HENLEY (WILLIAM6, JOHN5, DARBY4, DARBY3, HENRY2, RICHARD1) was born 25 Jul 1816 in Maury Co. Tn., and died 17 Feb 1887 in Weakley Co., Tn.. She married JAMES MEEK 08 Dec 1836 in Maury Co., Tn.. He was born 21 Mar 1816 in Bedford Co. Tn., and died 23 Feb 1877 in Weakley Co., Tn..

Notes for MARY HENLEY:

Land sold 13 Oct. 1837 Marshall Co. TN. was Mary Meek to James Meek. Wit. M.P. Hemby (Henley) and John C. Hemby (Henley). 38a $108 on the S. side of Duck River. (Duck River runs through Bedford Co. on through parts of Maury and Marshall Co.) Beg. at an elm on the SE corner of the 1000 a grant, N. 114 poles,W. 54 poles, S. 114 poles to the original line, E. 54 poles to the beg. (Marshall Co., TN. Book B p45.)

A G.G.G.Granddaughter of Mary told of Mary having sisters Sally and Betsey and brothers John, William, David and McCagey. This was Charlene Kelems of Mi. Her ancestor was Pleasant A. All of Mary and James Meek's children were born in Marshall and Weakley Co.s TN.

Mary and James had 11 children. William b.1837, died 1864 in the Civil War, Mary L. b.1838, married J.E. Leffler 1877, Rufus 1839, died 1855, Sarah I. b.1840, John Wilson b.1841, died 1866 in the Civil War. Franklin (James) b.1843, died 1856, Susan O. b.1848, died 22 Feb 1885, married Wm. Haggard 1871. Felix McCager b.1850, died 15 Mar 1928, married Temperance C. Atkinson, Pleasant A. b. 30 May 1852, Parlee b.1855, married James Mahon, 18 Dec 1879, died 20 Nov 1943 and Madison

b. 14 Sept. 1858. married A.C. Jackson 1878, died 11 Sep 1889.

Child of MARY HENLEY and JAMES MEEK is:

i. PLEASANT8 MEEK, b. 30 May 1852, Weakley Tn.; d. 07 Mar 1937.

Notes for PLEASANT MEEK:

Pleasant married Clementine Mahon 1877. This was Charlene's great grand father

Clementine Mahonn' Parents were Jacob and Sarah E. Henley. Sarah E.'s parents were John C. Henley b. 1801 Ga. and Lydia A.C. b. 1802 Ga.

8. ROBERT WILLIAMSON7 HENLEY (WILLIAM6, JOHN5, DARBY4, DARBY3, HENRY2, RICHARD1) was born 17 Apr 1814 in SC, and died 09 May 1890 in PA. He married SARAH ANN LOPES. She was born 08 May 1815 in NJ, and died 28 Mar 1884.

Notes for ROBERT WILLIAMSON HENLEY:

After John Edmund

William Henley b: 1772 Hillsborough, Orange County, NC d: 1832 Maury, Tn. married Molly Mary Williamson b. 1778 d. 1860

Robert Williamson Henley b. Apr. 17, 1814 in South Carolina, d. May 9, 1890 in PA. married Sarah Ann Lopez b. May 8, 1815 in NJ, d. March 28, 1884

Green Henley b. 1844 in PA. d. 1929 Bradford, PA married Caroline Pritchard b. May 13, 1847 in NY, d. Feb. 1893

George Franklin Henley b. January 10, 1873 d. 1954-55, married Retta Alice Snell b. 1883 d. ?

Delaus Arthur Henley b. August 19, 1903 Ernest, PA, d. September 27, 1957 Freedom, PA, married Alta Grace Cramer, b. February 14, 1905 in Reynoldsville, PA, d. March 27, 1939 in Freedom, PA ** my grandfather

Allen Deloin Henley b. May 11, 1932 in Sykesville, PA , still living, married Shirley Mae McClure (on June 28, 1952) b. Jan. 11, 1936 in Freedom, PA , still living. ** my father

if you have any questions or are looking for any moe info check out the Henley family tree on .

Please keep in touch, I'd like to figure out just how we are related.

Sherry Mihelic in PA

Child of ROBERT HENLEY and SARAH LOPES is:

i. GREEN8 HENLEY, b. 1844, PA; d. 1929, Bradford, PA; m. CAROLINE PRITCHARD; b. 13 May 1847, NY; d. Feb 1893.

9. DOVIE MARTHA7 JOHNSON (SUSANNAH6 HENLEY, JOHN5, DARBY4, DARBY3, HENRY2, RICHARD1) was born 1803 in GA, and died 1903 in Tennessee, USA11,11. She married SAMUEL SUTTON Jun 182311. He was born 1790 in Pennsylvania, USA11, and died in Tennessee, USA11.

Children of DOVIE JOHNSON and SAMUEL SUTTON are:

i. BARTLEY JOHNSON8 SUTTON11, b. 1855, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA11; d. 1882, Moscow, Fayette, Tennessee, USA11; m. MARTHA EVA HAMPTON, 04 Sep 1865, Moscow, Fayette, Tennessee, USA11; b. 08 Apr 1847, Moscow, Fayette, Tennessee, USA11; d. Abt. 1882, Fayette Co. TN.

More About MARTHA EVA HAMPTON:

Record Change: 06 Jun 2006

ii. JOHN W SUTTON11.

iii. SAMUEL J SUTTON11.

iv. ARMANDA E SUTTON11.

v. NARCISSUS EMALY SUTTON11, b. 1837, Shelby Ville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA11.

vi. RUFUS F SUTTON11.

vii. DOVEY SUTTON11.

viii. MARTHA S SUTTON11.

ix. WILLIAM SUTTON11.

x. CALIDONA SUTTON11.

xi. FRANCIS A SUTTON11.

xii. JOHNSON SUTTON11, d. 1882, Moscow, Fayette, Tennessee, USA11.

10. LEVI C7 JOHNSON (SUSANNAH6 HENLEY, JOHN5, DARBY4, DARBY3, HENRY2, RICHARD1)11 was born Abt. 1810 in GA, and died in MS. He married ELIZABETH NASH11. She was born Abt. 1812 in Bedford, Tennessee, USA11.

Children of LEVI JOHNSON and ELIZABETH NASH are:

i. GRANVILLE C8 JOHNSON11, b. 1838, Bedford, Tennessee, USA11.

ii. WILLIAM T JOHNSON11, b. 1840, Bedford, Tennessee, USA11.

iii. ALBERT S JOHNSON11, b. 1842, Bedford, Tennessee, USA11.

iv. THOMAS LEVI JOHNSON11, b. 02 Mar 1844, Bedford, Tennessee, USA11; d. 18 Aug 187111.

v. JAMES JOHNSON11, b. 1851, Bedford, Tennessee, USA11.

11. BARTLETT (BARTLEY)7 JOHNSON (SUSANNAH6 HENLEY, JOHN5, DARBY4, DARBY3, HENRY2, RICHARD1)12,13 was born 15 Apr 1813 in GA, and died 15 Sep 1871 in Fayette Co.Tennessee14,15. He married ELIZA B. (BOSTICK) HAMPTON 1846 in 25 November, daughter of HENRY HAMPTON and MARY HAMPTON. She was born 15 Aug 1830 in NC, and died 17 Sep 1888 in Fayette Co. TN.

Notes for BARTLETT (BARTLEY) JOHNSON:

Bartlett (Bartley) Johnson b: ABT. 1813 Married Eliza B. Hampton fullerbb@ Debra Lynn Johnson Descendent

Married—On the 25th of November, by O. GRIFFIN, Esq., Mr. B. JOHNSON to Miss Eliza B. HAMPTON, of Fayette county, Tenn. Tri-Weekly Memphis Enquirer, Thursday, 12/3/1846.

Children of BARTLETT JOHNSON and ELIZA B. (Bostick) HAMPTON of the Wade Hampton family [Aunt of

Martha Eva Hampton who married Bartley Johnson Sutton (son of sister Dovie)

i. MARY ALICE JOHNSON, b. 1854. Married "Walker", 2 sons Bob & Lonnie (Dad's notes)

ii. ARMSTEAD JOHNSON, b. 1849. (married Annie Turner-Dad's notes)-not in census'-died?

iii. JOHN B JOHNSON, b. 1848. Never married (Dad's notes)

iv. WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSON, b. 13 Dec 1847, Marshall Co MS; d. 27 Nov 1898, Hot Springs AR.

married Luella Florence Hughes from Collierville TN

daughter of Dr. John Hughes by 2nd marriage-9 children

(Dad's notes)

v. SUSAN JOHNSON, b. 1852. (married "Abernathy"-Dad's notes-no children)

vi. SIDNEY S. JOHNSON-Married Cousin Maggie (Margaret Thomas Tiller) Mother was

Sallie Fitzhugh Thornton + cousin Albert Horner Thornton

[Thornton line of Wm Thornton Gloucester Immigrant VA]

Maggie's Father was Thomas Tiller-second marriage

2. vii. DR. ALBERT JOSEPH JOHNSON, b. 1859, Fayette County TN.

married Marianna Mildred Thornton-Daughter of

Sallie Fitzhugh Thornton + cousin Albert Horner Thornton

[Thornton line of Wm Thornton Gloucester Immigrant VA]

1860 census

Bartlett JohnsonDistrict 12, Fayette, TN 45 1814

Eliza JohnsonDistrict 12, Fayette, TN30 1829

1. Wm H Johnson + HughesDistrict 12, Fayette, TN13 1846

2. J D Johnson John B never marriedDistrict 12, Fayette, TN11 1848

3. A C Johnson Armstead District 12, Fayette, TN10 1849

4. S C Johnson Susan District 12, Fayette, TN7 1852

5. M A Johnson Mary Alice(Walker) District 12, Fayette, TN5 1854

6. M J Johnson Mattie? Married BriggsDistrict 12, Fayette, TN3 1856

7. J A Johnson Dr. Albert Joseph Albert Joseph married Marianna Mildred Thornton 1st. & 2nd, Lucy Ella Williams

8. Sidney S.

FOUND! : Sidney S. Johnson m. Maggie Tiller District 12, Fayette, TN10.12 Daughter of Sallie Fitzhugh Thornton through second marriage to Thomas Tiller. Maggie is Marianna Mildred Thornton’s ½ baby sister.

Hobson, Rupert C., Earl L., Laverne B., Sidney S. [found 1910, 20, 30 census

1860 census

Bartlett JohnsonDistrict 12, Fayette, TN 45 1814

Eliza JohnsonDistrict 12, Fayette, TN30 1829

1. Wm Henry Johnson + HughesDistrict 12, Fayette, TN13 1846

2. J D Johnson John B never marriedDistrict 12, Fayette, TN11 1848

3. A C Johnson Armstead District 12, Fayette, TN10 1849

4. S C Johnson Susan District 12, Fayette, TN7 1852

5. M A Johnson Mary Alice(Walker) District 12, Fayette, TN5 1854

6. M J Johnson Mattie? Matilda Jane Married BriggsDistrict 12, Fayette, TN3 1856

7. J A Johnson Dr. Albert Joseph Albert Joseph married Marianna Mildred Thornton 1st. & 2nd, Lucy Ella Williams

8. Sidney S.

Children of William preston Johnson & Susannah Henley

Dovie Martha Johnson b: 1803 in Georgia Samuel Sutton Dalina Stevens dtsbws@

Bartley Johnson Sutton m. Martha Eva Hampton

Doney Johnson b: 1805 in Georgia

Jane Johnson b: 1807 in Georgia

Mary Johnson b: 1809 in Georgia Allen Newsom b: 1811 in Tennessee doris_sanders@ Doris Sanders &

1. Martha S. Newsom b: 1 FEB 1833 in Tennessee

2. Nancy J. Newsom b: 1835 in Tennessee

3. Elissa Elizara Newsom b: 1836 in Tennessee

4. Joseph G. Newsom b: 1837 in Tennessee

5. Wesley D. Newsome b: MAR 1839 in Tennessee

6. Mary C. Newsom b: 1840 in Tennessee

7. William S. Newsom b: 1842 in Tennessee

8. Amanda M. Newsom b: 1843 in Tennessee

9. Eliza Harriet "Tine" Newsom b: 8 FEB 1845 in Tennessee

10. Julia Ann Newsom b: 1847 in Mississippi

11. John A. Newsom b: 1850 in Mississippi

12. James B. Newsom b: 1852 in Mississippi

Elizabeth Johnson b: 1811 in Georgia Elizabeth Maddox b: 1820 in Athens, Clarke, Georgia

1. Jesse Jackson Johnson b: 12 Jun 1837 in Near Athens, Clarke, Georgia

2. Thomas Johnson b: 1840 in Athens, Clarke, Georgia

3. Green Johnson b: Abt 1841 in Athens, Clarke, Georgia

4. Mary A. Johnson b: 1842 in , , Georgia

5. Lewis Johnson b: 1843 in Nr Athens, Clarke, Georgia

6. John Tyler Johnson b: 1845 in Near Athens, Clarke, Georgia

7. David Johnson b: Abt 1847 in Nr Athens, Clarke, Georgia

8. Polly Johnson b: 1848 in Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi

9. Carmilla Francis Johnson b: 20 May 1849 in Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi

10. Jane Johnson b: 1849 in , , Georgia

11. Jane Elizabeth Johnson b: 15 Apr 1850 in Falkner, Tippah, Mississippi

12. James Lafayette Johnson b: 6 May 1855 in Nr Athens, Clarke, Georgia

13. Lovey Ann Johnson b: 31 Jul 1856

Barkley Johnson b: ABT. 1813 Married Eliza B. Hampton

Bartlett Johnson

District 12, Fayette, TN 45 1814

Eliza Johnson

District 12, Fayette, TN 30 1829

Wm H Johnson + Hughes

District 12, Fayette, TN 13 1846

J D Johnson John B never married

District 12, Fayette, TN 11 1848

A C Johnson Armstead

District 12, Fayette, TN 10 1849

S C Johnson Susan

District 12, Fayette, TN 7 1852

M A Johnson Mary Alice(Walker) District 12, Fayette, TN 5 1854

M J Johns on Mattie? Married Briggs District 12, Fayette, TN 3 1856

J A Johnson Albert Joseph

Missing: Sidney S. m. Maggie Tiller Prob born last. District 12, Fayette, TN 10.12

Henry Blueford Johnson b: 1814 in Athens, Clark Co., Georgia Elizabeth Maddox b: 1820 in Athens, Clarke, Georgia

14. Jesse Jackson Johnson b: 12 Jun 1837 in Near Athens, Clarke, Georgia

15. Thomas Johnson b: 1840 in Athens, Clarke, Georgia

16. Green Johnson b: Abt 1841 in Athens, Clarke, Georgia

17. Mary A. Johnson b: 1842 in , , Georgia

18. Lewis Johnson b: 1843 in Nr Athens, Clarke, Georgia

19. John Tyler Johnson b: 1845 in Near Athens, Clarke, Georgia

20. David Johnson b: Abt 1847 in Nr Athens, Clarke, Georgia

21. Polly Johnson b: 1848 in Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi

22. Carmilla Francis Johnson b: 20 May 1849 in Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi

23. Jane Johnson b: 1849 in , , Georgia

24. Jane Elizabeth Johnson b: 15 Apr 1850 in Falkner, Tippah, Mississippi

25. James Lafayette Johnson b: 6 May 1855 in Nr Athens, Clarke, Georgia

26. Lovey Ann Johnson b: 31 Jul 1856

Bettie Johnson b: 7 Mar 1859 PROBABLY A REPEAT OF NAMES

Levi Johnson b: ABT. 1815 in Tennessee Married Mrs. Sol Street & moved to TX

Joseph Winn Johnson b: 8 JUN 1822 in Tennessee

Darvey H. Johnson b: ABT. 1824 in Tennessee (Went by Henley) BanC36@ Barbara

William Johnson b: ABT. 1826 in Tennessee PROBABLY A REPEAT OF NAMES

Zilly Ann 1860 Census

Name: Zilly Ann Johnson

Age in 1860: 35

Birth Year: abt 1825

Birthplace: Tennessee

Home in 1860: Northern Division, Tippah, Mississippi

Gender: Female

Post Office: Jonesborough

Value of real estate: View image Household Members: Name Age

Joseph Johnson

38

Zilly Ann Johnson

35

Mary E Johnson

16

M A E Johnson

13

D A Johnson

9

Julia A Johnson

7

Ellen Johnson

3

Infant Johnson

2.12

1880 census all on same page"- I don't think all ages are exact

Eliza Johnson 53 Bartlett is deceased

John 27

Armstead 25

Susan 23

More About BARTLETT (BARTLEY) JOHNSON:

Residence: 1850, Northern Division, Marshall, Mississippi16,17,18

Children of BARTLETT JOHNSON and ELIZA HAMPTON are:

i. WILLIAM HENRY8 JOHNSON, b. 13 Dec 1847, Marshall Co MS; d. 27 Nov 1898, Hot Springs AR.

ii. JOHN B JOHNSON, b. 1848, Marshall Co MS.

iii. ARMSTEAD JOHNSON, b. 1849, Marshall Co. MS; d. Tn.

iv. SUSAN JOHNSON, b. 1852.

v. MARY ALICE JOHNSON, b. 1854, Marshall Co MS; m. WALKER.

vi. DR. ALBERT JOSEPH JOHNSON, b. 1859, Fayette County TN; d. 1941, Fayette Co. TN; m. MARIANNA MILDRED THORNTON; b. 08 Feb 1867, Fayette Co. Tn; d. TN.

vii. SIDNEY S. JOHNSON, b. Abt. 1862, Fayette Co. TN; m. MARGARET (MAGGIE) TILLER; b. 1880, Fayette Co. TN19.

More About SIDNEY S. JOHNSON:

Residence: 1930, District 12, Fayette, Tennessee19

More About MARGARET (MAGGIE) TILLER:

Residence: 1930, District 12, Fayette, Tennessee19

12. HENRY BLUEFORD7 JOHNSON (SUSANNAH6 HENLEY, JOHN5, DARBY4, DARBY3, HENRY2, RICHARD1)20 was born 1816 in Athens, Clarke, Georgia, USA20, and died 25 Oct 1863 in Alton, Illinois, USA20,20. He married ELIZABETH L MADDOX20 1836 in Athens, Clarke, Georgia, USA20. She was born 1816 in Athens, Clarke, Georgia, USA20.

Children of HENRY JOHNSON and ELIZABETH MADDOX are:

i. JAMES LAFAYETTE8 JOHNSON20, b. 06 May 1855, Nr Athens, Clarke, Georgia, USA20; d. 04 Aug 1917, Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi, USA20.

ii. JESSE JACKSON JOHNSON20, b. 12 Jun 1837, Athens, Clarke, Georgia, USA20; d. 28 Jun 1898, Saulsbury, Hardeman, Tennessee, USA20.

iii. DAVID JOHNSON20, b. 1847, Nr Athens, Clarke, Georgia, USA20; d. 1899, Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi, USA20.

iv. ELIZABETH JANE JOHNSON20, b. 15 Apr 1849, Falkner, Tippah, Mississippi, USA20; d. 17 Aug 1915, Paris, Logan, Arkansas, USA20.

v. CARMILLA FRANCIS JOHNSON20, b. 20 May 1849, Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi, USA20; d. 07 Mar 1922, Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi, USA20.

vi. JANE JOHNSON20, b. 1849, Georgia, USA20; d. 185020.

vii. LEWIS JOHNSON20, b. 1838, Nr Athens, Clarke, Georgia, USA20; d. 1909, Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi, USA20.

viii. LOVEY ANN JOHNSON20, b. 31 Jul 185620; d. 02 Nov 194820.

ix. POLLY JOHNSON20, b. 1848, Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi, USA20; d. Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi, USA20.

x. GREEN JOHNSON20, b. 1841, Athens, Clarke, Georgia, USA20; d. Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi, USA20.

xi. THOMAS JOHNSON20, b. 1840, Athens, Clarke, Georgia, USA20; d. Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi, USA20.

xii. JOHN TYLER JOHNSON20, b. 1845, Athens, Clarke, Georgia, USA20; d. Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi, USA20.

xiii. BETTIE JOHNSON20, b. 07 Mar 185920; d. 08 Apr 193020.

xiv. MARY A JOHNSON20, b. 1842, Athens, Clarke, Georgia, USA20.

13. JOSEPH WINN7 JOHNSON (SUSANNAH6 HENLEY, JOHN5, DARBY4, DARBY3, HENRY2, RICHARD1)20 was born 08 Jun 1822 in Tennessee, USA20, and died in Erath Co., TX20,20. He married (1) ZILLY ANN SOWELL 1842. She was born Abt. 1820, and died 13 Nov 1862 in Tippah Co., MS.

Notes for JOSEPH WINN JOHNSON:

Joseph Winn Johnson b. 8 Jan 1822 TN d. 15 May 1916 Erath Co., TX bur Pecan Cem., Purvis, Erath Co., TX m.1 5 Aug 1841 Zilley Ann Sowell b. abt 1820 d. 13 Nov 1862 bur Mt. Hebron Cem., Tippah Co., MS

Their children:

Mary E. Johnson b. abt 1844

Margaret Johnson b. abt 1846

Susan J. Johnson b. abt 1847

D. A. Johnson female b. abt 1851

Julia A. Johnson b. abt 1853

Ellen Johnson b. abt 1856

another female b. abt 1860

George Washington Johnson b. 1862 d. 1929 bur. Pecan Cem., Purvis, Erath Co., TX m. Lauren F.

I have Joseph's d.c. and his family is on the 1850 and 1860 census Tippah Co., MS

1870 Tippah Co., J. W. Johnson age 49 is with Martha Johnson age 31, E. A. age 13 (female) and G. W. age 8 and J. W. Struck age 13 assumed to be the child of Martha.

by Doris Barfield Sanders

Dovie Martha Johnson b: 1803 in Georgia Samuel Sutton Matilda? Jane Johnson b: 1807 in Georgia *

Mary Johnson b: 1809 + Allen Newsom b: 1811 in Tennessee

Elizabeth Johnson b: 1811 in Georgia

Bartlett (Bartley) Johnson b: ABT. 1813 TGA Married Eliza B. Hampton NC 1830

Henry Blueford Johnson b: 1814 in Athens, Clark Co., Georgia Elizabeth Maddox b: 1820 in Athens, Clarke, Georgia

Levi Johnson b: ABT. 1815 in Tennessee Married Mrs. Sol Street & moved Tx Joseph Winn Johnson b: 8 JUN 1822 in Tennessee

Darbey Henley Johnson b: ABT. 1824 in Tennessee m. 1853 in TX Polly Susan Douthit widow of John Wilkinson Sherwood. Darby d. 1901 in TX

Zilly Ann Johnson 1825 TN married Joseph Johnson to Tippah MS

More About JOSEPH WINN JOHNSON:

Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 6, Erath, Texas21

Child of JOSEPH JOHNSON and ZILLY SOWELL is:

i. GEORGE W8 JOHNSON21, b. 1863, Mississippi21; d. Tx; m. LAUREN FRANCES MCKENZIE22, 14 Jun 188822; b. 18 Feb 1868, Madison City, Texas, USA22; d. 1950, Purves, Erath, Texas, USA22,23.

More About GEORGE W JOHNSON:

Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 6, Erath, Texas24

Children of JOSEPH WINN JOHNSON are:

ii. MARY E8 JOHNSON25, b. 184325.

iii. ELLEN JOHNSON25, b. 185725.

iv. SUSAN J JOHNSON25, b. 184725.

v. D A JOHNSON25, b. 185125.

vi. JULIA A JOHNSON25, b. 185325.

vii. MARGARET A JOHNSON25, b. 184525.

viii. INFANT JOHNSON25, b. 186025.

14. DARBEY HENLEY7 JOHNSON (SUSANNAH6 HENLEY, JOHN5, DARBY4, DARBY3, HENRY2, RICHARD1)25 was born 1824 in Tennessee, USA25, and died 186825. He married POLLY SUSAN DOUTHIT25 1850 in Texas, USA25. She was born 10 Dec 1831 in Red River Township, AR, Texas, USA25, and died 1901 in Erath, Texas, USA25.

Children of DARBEY JOHNSON and POLLY DOUTHIT are:

i. HOWELL8 JOHNSON25, b. 1855, Erath, Texas, USA25; d. 1900, Texas, USA25.

ii. AILSEY ANNA JOHNSON25, b. Jul 1861, Hillsboro, Hill, Texas, USA25.

iii. HENLEY ETTA JOHNSON25, b. Feb 1864, Hillsboro, Hill, Texas, USA25.

ABT. 1775 John WESTERMAN born in Dutchman's Creek, Rowan County, North Carolina. Married: 8 Nov 1795 in Madison County, Kentucky Lydia KNIGHT Birth: 1773 in Virginia He was the son of Charles WESTERMAN Death: 1820 in Booneville, Bedford County, Tennessee wife Eleanor CLIFFORD

John WESTERMAN

Lydia KNIGHT

#1776-1783

1776-1783 ERA Constructed History Of Captain John Leak

JOHN COOK-“

The nineteenth day of July 1776, I entered the service of the United

States as a volunteer, under Captain JOHN LEAK, Lieutenant JOHN DAVIS, THOMAS

OWENS was our major. General RUTHERFORD commanded. I started from Guilford,

North Carolina. We went through Salisbury and up to the head of Catawba near a

fort called Cathey’s Fort, from that fort we crossed the mountain and went down

the Swamano River, thence to the Indian towns upon the Tennessee and its

waters, and destroyed sixteen of their towns. I remained three months in that

tour, and returned home.”

In an addendum-“That he volunteered into the service of the United

States for three months as a private on the nineteenth day of July in the year

1776, in Guilford County, NC, his place of residence at that time, under

Captain JOHN LEAK and Lieutenant JOHN DAVIS, in a detachment commanded by

THOMAS OWENS, all commanded by General RUTHERFORD. Joined his regiment at

Guilford in the state of North Carolina, marched from thence through Salisbury

in the state of North Carolina to the head of the Catawba River near a fort

called Cathey’s, from the fort crossed the mountains and went down the Swamano

River, thence to the Indian towns upon the Tennessee River and its waters, and

destroyed sixteen Indian towns and after serving three months as a private was

discharged from the service of the United States in the month of October 1776.”

THOMAS COOK-“I entered the service in the revolutionary war as a volunteer in

the year 1776, in July, under Capt. JOHN LEAK in Guilford County, North

Carolina, first lieutenant in said company, JOHN DAVIS, said company belonging

to Col. MARTIN’s regiment of said county and state. We joined the main army

under Gen’l RUTHERFORD in Rowan County, State of North Carolina and from said

county marched to the Cherokee nation where we burned and destroyed sixteen

towns and villages together with as many of the Indians as we could get hold

of. I then returned home which was on about the first of Nov. in said year

(1776), being out four months.

In an additional addendum-“In July the tenth, 1776, I entered the service as a

private soldier in Capt. JOHN LEAK’s company (Guilford militia), North

Carolina, Guilford County, Col. JAMES MARTIN’s Regiment, GRIFFITH RUTHERFORD,

General. Marched to the Cherokee Nation to suppress the Indians, burnt their

towns and destroyed as many of the Indians as we could get of; remained in the

nation as long as we could get provisions, and was compelled to return back

again. On the 25th of Nov. landed at our starting point, being out four months

& fifteen days. 4 months + ½. This was known by the Cherokee expedition. This

service was in an embodied corps called out by competent authority, the state

of North Carolina.”

“On the 1st of September, 1777, I was elected first lieutenant of a

company in MARTIN’s Regiment, company commanded as before by JOHN LEAK and

attached to the said brigade, commanded by the same General (GRIFFITH

RUTHERFORD). The intention of this service was to scout the country thereabouts

for the Tories was very mischievous ____ in the lower part of the state

alongside the seaboard. We were raised as the protectors of our state. MCCLOUD

[MCLEOD] was the Tory General who headed the Tories in the Scotch settlements

as aforesaid. In this service aforesaid, I was out three months, when we

returned back to our county & home. This was known in that day as the Scotch

expedition [per Heitman, actually called Moore’s Creek Bridge-February 27,

1776].”

“About Christmas or the first of January 1778, we were ordered out as before to

the lower part of the state to hunt for the same Tory commander (MCCLOUD), for

the Tories, as soon as we had left that particular section commenced their

mischief. Some time in the winter of [unreadable] upon MCCLOUD in the Scotch

settlements at a bridge (name of bridge not recollected) [Betty’s or Beattie’s

Bridge] but near to a swamp called Drowning [Swamp] when we had a fight, and

killed several of the Tories and caused MCCLOUD to flee with the balance. Col.

PAISLEY commanded our regiment at this time, Col. MARTIN, with some of the men

remaining in the upper part of the state. We consumed the whole of this year as

we did the latter part of the former, backward and forward continually. This

was likewise known as the Scotch expedition, making the whole in this kind of

service fifteen months. I was commissioned by Governor CASWELL.”

And in yet more additions-THOMAS COOK does say: “That in the month of July,

1776, he volunteered as a private soldier in the company of Captain JOHN LEAK,

in Guilford County, North Carolina, which company belonged to the regiment

raised in said county under the command of Col. JAMES MARTIN, which regiment,

with others, assembled at Salisbury, North Carolina, under the command of Gen’l

___RUTHERFORD, which Christian name he thinks (but is not certain) was GRIFFIN-

they marched over the mountains to the Cherokee country on the waters of the

Tennessee River, where they burned sixteen Cherokee towns, deponent was in this

expedition which lasted at least four months.”

“Shortly after, in the beginning of the year 1777, deponent was elected

lieutenant in the company of the aforesaid Captain JOHN LEAK, and was

frequently engaged for several weeks at a time, in scouting for Tories, the

number of different services not recollected by deponent among the events of

that year. He recollects that he was in the battle fought at a bridge near

Cross Creek tour, in which battle MCCLOUD, a Scotch General & a Tory, was

defeated [per Heitman, February 27, 1776].”

JAMES P. BARNETT-“That he served a tour of three months under Captain JOHN

LEAK, a man by the name of MARTIN, he thinks was the Colonel, and JOHN JONES

was the Lieutenant. That he served in the year 1780 in the winter he thinks.

That it was the duty of the company in which he was, to guard a public magazine

in Guilford County, North Carolina, pursuant to the command of General GREENE,

to preserve it from the Tories. That there was no regular officers or regiments

stationed near them. That they marched only from one part of Guilford County to

another in which they were stationed. That there was no regular discharge in

writing, but they were relieved at the expiration of their term of duty at the

public magazine. That he was in no battle.”

“That he served as a substitute for his father, JOHN BARNETT, and that he was

under the command of Captain JOHN LEAK, and that he served a tour of three

months as guard over the public magazine in Guilford County, North Carolina,

which she thinks was in the year 1780.”

WILLIAM COTTON-“In the month of March 1780, he volunteered and served for six

months under General SUMTER, Col. MARTIN, (major forgotten) and Capt. JOHN

LEAK, the rest of the company officers he has forgotten. He left the service in

the month of Sept. same year, after serving faithfully for six months, when he

was discharged by Col. MARTIN.”

“He then afterwards, in the month of November, same year, volunteered a

second time for six months and served out the full length of his tour under

General RUTHERFORD, Colonel MARTIN, Major CANADA [Major KENNEDY?], Captain JOHN

LEAK, (Lieutenant forgotten), and Ensign WALKER. He left the service this

second tour in the month of May 1781, after first being duly discharged by

Colonel MARTIN. This in addition to his former made the term of one year. This

second tour he was in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina. He

then in the month of July 1781, volunteered a third time and served under

General SUMTER, Colonel MARTIN, Major CANADA [KENNEDY?], Captain JOHN LEAK and

Ensign WALKER.”

“During his first tour he was in the Battle of Cross Creek [per

Heitman, Feb. 27, 1776, Moore’s Creek Bridge] in North Carolina, where the

Americans defeated the British, and in his second tour, was in the Battle of

Guilford Courthouse [per Heitman, March 15, 1781], NC. During his first tour,

he marched from Dan River to Guilford Courthouse, from thence to Sandy River,

from thence to Cross Creek, where the engagement took place, from thence he

marched back to Guilford Courthouse, where he remained stationed as a guard

until he was discharged in September 1780. During the second tour he marched

from Dan River to Guilford Courthouse, from thence to Blue Creek, from thence

to the waters of PeeDee, from thence (after remaining there for some time), he

marched to the swamps, from thence up the D___ling roads, from thence to the

Crossroads, from thence to Guilford Courthouse, where he was engaged in the

Battle, from thence to the Crossroads, and here he was discharged. During his

third and last tour, he marched against the Cherokee Indians and passed across

the Mayo, from thence to French Broad, from thence to Nolachucky, from thence

to the Cherokee towns, for many miles in the wilderness where he served for

about three months, when he was marched home to Guilford County, by the way of

the waters of PeeDee, from thence across the River Dan, from thence he marched

to Guilford Courthouse, where he was discharged. Applicant thinks it his duty

to state to the Department that the marches may not be exactly correct, but in

consequence of his extreme bodily infirmity and consequent mental imbecility he

cannot be more exact. During all of his tours there were many regular soldiers

with the troops where he served, but he cannot remember the particular

regiments or companies to which they belonged. There were also other militia

regiments and companies than the one to which he belonged.

PETER CURTIS-“In the spring 1778, he enlisted again at Guilford, North

Carolina under Captain JOHN LEAK, in the 3rd North Carolina regiment, and

transferred to Captain WILLIAM’s in Colonel PAISLEY’s regiment and served out

his time, which was nine months faithfully, and was discharged at Monck’s

Corner in South Carolina near Charleston by Colonel DONOHO, but he has lost his

discharge. During the service, he was in the Battle of Stono [Per Heitman, June

20, 1779], of Camden [per Heitman, August 16, 1780], and Guilford [per Heitman,

March 15, 1781] and Eutaw [per Heitman, September 8, 1781]; and in pursuance of

the act of 1st March 1820, etc.”

ANSEL FIELDS-“Sometime in the month of July 1780 [The Cherokee Expedition

actually took place in August to October, 1776], (he does not remember the day

of the month), he entered said service as a volunteer of the militia and was

sergeant during all his service, of the company to which he belonged.) He

resided then in Guilford County, North Carolina. The officers of his company

was Captain JOHN LEAK, Lieutenant GEORGE PEAY, Ensign JAMES LEAK. Claimant

himself was the sergeant of the same, to which office he was elected

immediately after he volunteered and before the company marched. He does not

remember the number of his company, nor of the regiment to which it was

attached. The latter was called the Guilford Regiment, and was commanded by

Colonel JAMES MARTIN and Major ROBIN RALSTON. He was under the command of

General RUTHERFORD.”

“After his company was formed and their officers elected, they assembled at

Spring Garden in Guilford County, NC, from which place they marched to Guilford

Courthouse, on their way to which place they met with another company, which

joined them and they marched together to the courthouse. There they met the

army of the militia, consisting, he thinks, of three thousand men. He thinks

there were among them, no regulars.”

“From Guilford Courthouse they marched southward against the Indians who had

been committing depradations on the whites. The first important point at which

they arrived was Salisbury in North Carolina, about ninety miles from

claimant’s residence at that time, thence they marched to Camden in South

Carolina, at least one hundred miles farther, thence they marched about two

hundred miles to an Indian town, lying on the Tennessee River, he thinks, in

the state of Tennessee. He does not know the name of this town, but thinks it

belonged to the Cherokee nation.”

“This town they destroyed and burned the houses. They then marched thirty miles

farther among the Ter??? Nation and took a white man called SCOTT, who had

married an Indian woman. They were out of provisions, and returned home, where

they arrived sometime in the month of October 1780. He there received a written

discharge from his colonel which he has lost. He served during this engagement

just three months. He was during this time, in no battle except at the

destruction of the Indian town and a skirmish at the taking of SCOTT. He was

with none of the regular forces, and thinks they were stationed at Cross Creek,

now called Fayetteville, North Carolina. He does not recollect the names of any

of the regular officers except Lieutenant BARNES, with whom he had been

acquainted at home.”

“While crossing a stream on their march, an officer of the Rowan Troops took up

a soldier on his horse behind him, and there being a great number of reeds

growing about the edge of the stream, the lock or trigger of the private’s gun

caught among the reeds and was fired off. The load passed through the body of

the officer [possibly ?] and produced his immediate death [is he referring to

the death of Major LEWIS or JOHN BRAWLEY?].”

“He received no commission as sergeant, and is now under the impression that

the sergeant was at that time, a non-commissioned officer.”

“About the last of November 1780, he again volunteered in the militia.

His company elected the same officers [JOHN LEAK, GEORGE PEAY, JAMES LEAK] as

before, he being reelected sergeant in which capacity her served during the

whole of this, his second engagement, of course under the same officers as in

his first engagement. He, at this time, resided at the same place as when he

first entered. He does not remember the number of his company nor that of the

regiment to which he belonged. The officers of the regiment were the same as

before. His general was the same also.”

“As before, his company assembled at Spring Garden in Guilford County, NC, and

he marched to Guilford Courthouse where they joined the main army. They then

marched one hundred and twenty miles to Cross Creek or Fayetteville, under the

expectation that the enemy would invade that place. Here some of the regular

army was stationed. Here they remained about a week during which time the

regular army marched to Purysburg.”

“After remaining at Cross Creek a week, claimant’s company and the rest of the

army consisting, he thinks, of three thousand, marched to Salisbury, about two

hundred miles from Fayetteville, were stationed there one month, and then

marched to Camden, in South Carolina, where they stayed one week guarding

Tories in the prison and awaiting the approach of the enemy. They then, upon

the enemy’s arriving within three miles, retreated for the purpose (as claimant

thinks) of leading them farther into the interior of the country. The British

pursued them at various distances on their return to Guilford Courthouse.”

“Shortly after their return to that place the enemy came up and a battle was

fought [per Heitman, March 15, 1781], in which there was considerable loss on

both sides. The Americans fought in an old field and the British in a wood.

Claimant thinks both parties were beaten, as both retreated, the Americans

having spent the ammunition. This battle took place sometime in March 1781.

After this battle, the army was scattered. Claimant’s company scouted around in

a circuit of fifty miles after the Tories.”

“At length they returned to Salisbury, where they were stationed about a month,

at the end of which time claimant received from the colonel a written

discharge, which he has lost. This discharge was about the last of August 1781.

He does not remember the precise day of the month on which he entered or left

the service, either in this or the previous engagement. In this engagement he

served just nine months as a sergeant of the volunteers of North Carolina. He

received no commission as sergeant.”

“When they retreated from Camden, they took the Tories from the jail with them,

and lodged them in the jail at Guilford County, NC. He does not know the name

of any other officers, either of the militia volunteers or regular army. During

this or the former engagement, except those mentioned and Lieutenant BARNES,

with whom as before stated, he was acquainted at home. During this engagement

he was in no battle except that at Guilford Courthouse.”

ALEXANDER LEMONDS-“That he volunteered as a militiaman for the term of nine

months sometime in the spring of 1779 as near as he can recollect, in the

company commanded by Captain JOHN LEAK, that the whole company to which he

belonged all volunteered at the same time at their company muster near Spring

Gardens, in what is now the County of Rockingham, (then Guilford). That he

marched first to Salisbury, from there to South Carolina to the Savannah River

at a place called Purysburg, or some such name. That he remained there a while

under the command of Colonel HAL DICKSON [or DIXON], that he, with a small

detachment, marched to Charleston and remained there about two weeks.”

“That he returned from Charleston to headquarters at a place as well as he

recollects called the PonPon Roads. That this was about a month before the

Battle of Stono. That after his return, he was attached to a scouting party and

on the night before the Battle of Stono, his party was out upon a scout. That

he did not return to camp until late in the morning, when he found that the

army had all gone out to battle. That the firing commenced shortly after his

return to the encampment. That he was not in the battle, but was on the

battlefield the next morning.”

“That his term of service expired in a month or thereabouts after the battle.

That he received his discharge and brought it home with him, but it is now

lost. He does not recollect the name of the officer who gave him his discharge…

That he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to

his service except one SNEED STRONG, who was present when he volunteered. He is

also acquainted with one NICHOLAS MCCUBBIN with whom he has often conversed

about his tour of service, and knows from the circumstances he relates, that

they were in service together, but they were not acquainted at that time, he

was in a different regiment. That Mr. JAMES OLIVER also states that he knows of

his service, having met him at his return…”

August 1832-“SNEED STRONG…he is well acquainted with ALEXANDER LEMMONS…

that he was present at the muster in 1779, as well as he recollects the year,

when said ALEXANDER LEMMONS together with his whole company under the command

of Captain JOHN LEAK, volunteered for the term of nine months. That he knows

said LEMMONS marched to the south with his company and did not return until

after his term of service had expired…”

August 1832-“JAMES OLIVER…he has been acquainted with ALEXANDER LEMMONS…

ever since his infancy…that he knows that he volunteered under Captain JOHN

LEAK for nine months. That he saw him on his return near ?Holgen’s Creek in the

County of Rockingham, about ten miles from his place or residence…”

ALEXANDER LEMMONS-“That said allowance is for nine months service by

himself, the affiant, in the company of Captain JOHN LEAK in the company

commanded by Captain JOHN LEAK in the regiment of Continental line of North

Carolina, commanded by Colonel DICKERSON, which service was performed in the

year 1779. That he does not now remember whether he claimed for additional

services or not in his application made for pension some twenty years since,

but that he did perform an additional service of three months in the militia of

the state of North Carolina in the following manner and under the following

circumstances:

“About the 15th day of April in the year 1781, a man by the name of JACOB

JAMES, having enlisted or having been drafted and having become tired of the

service, and did about three months before the expiration of his term, with the

consent of, and agreement of his officers, employ him, the declarant to serve

as his substitute for the remainder of his term, and that he the declarant, did

about the 15th day of April in the year 1781, in the County of Guilford, now

Rockingham and state of North Carolina, enter the said company as a substitute

for said JACOB JAMES and with the rank of a private, did serve the remaining

three months of said JACOB JAMES term and was at the end thereof, disbanded at

a place called Guilford Old Courthouse…

“That he was at the time while a substitute for JACOB JAMES, a teamster

and was in company with a guard transporting provisions to a town called

Charlotte in Mecklenburg, in the state aforesaid, and upon his return from the

point at which he deposited his stores, and by a called court martial, was

disbanded and returned home.”

“…That he has not heretofore made application for an allowance for the term of

service for the following reasons; that he was not aware that substitutes

received any pay from government; that he was given a fine rifle by the said

JACOB JAMES and a cow and a yearling. I state this because I have a distinct

recollection of what I was to receive over and above the monthly pay, which he

was to receive, and that he does now adduce the best proof in his power to

establish what he herein sets forth, and trusts at this late day when all his

officers and comrades are dead or removed beyond his reach, the said proof will

be satisfactory to the accounting officers of the Government…”

GEORGE PEAY-“That in January or February 1776, I joined the army of the United

States as a volunteer in Guilford County, NC, under Captain JOHN LEAK and

Colonel JAMES MARTIN. We rendezvoused at Guilford Courthouse and marched thence

to Cross Creek where Fayetteville now stands. This expedition was against the

Highland Scotch and Tories who had rebelled against the government. Governor

CASWELL having defeated them before we arrived at Cross Creek [per Heitman,

February 27, 1776], we in a day or two returned home and stayed there two

weeks. Then we were called out again to go to Wilmington and when we had

marched to Rocky River in Chatham County, an express met us stating the British

had left Wilmington and hove out of sight. We then returned home, having been

absent these two trips, three months. Colonel ALEXANDER MARTIN commanded a

regiment of regular troops and we lay at the Cross-Roads in Randolph County

with his regiment nearly four weeks during the first trip.”

That about the 20th of June, 1776, I joined as a volunteer Captain JOHN

LEAK and Colonel JAMES MARTIN, General GRIFFITH RUTHERFORD being our brigadier

General. In the county of Rowan in the town of Salisbury, we rendezvoused and

marched thence to the head of the Catawba River near Cathey’s Fort, which is at

a place called Pleasant Gardens, where we remained near four weeks until

General RUTHERFORD and the balance of his army joined us. We marched thence

against the Cherokee Indians across the Blue Ridge and stopped on the Tennessee

River in the Cherokee nation where we remained four weeks, the Indians having

been subdued by the Southern Army commanded by General WILLIAMSON. We returned

home after an absence of about three months and a half, no battle having been

fought this expedition.”

That about the 20th of June 1778, I joined the company of Captain JOHN

LEAK as a volunteer, which company belonged to the regiment called New Levees

commanded by Colonels ARCHIBALD LYTLE and HENRY DIXON. We rendezvoused about

that time at Guilford Courthouse in Guilford County, and our two companies from

Guilford, one commanded by Captain LEAK, the other by Captain GEORGE HAMILTON,

marched thence to David Logan’s, 4 miles from Guilford Courthouse, where we lay

four weeks until the balance of said regiment commanded by said Colonels LYTLE

and DIXON, joined us.”

“We marched thence to Dixon’s Ferry on Dan River in Virginia, on our

way towards the north, where we met an express which caused us to return into

North Carolina, our services not being needed in the North. We marched thence

to Moore’s Creek in Caswell County, NC, where we remained about a month.”

RICHARD VERNON for GEORGE PEAY-. I was acquainted with GEORGE PEAY in

the state of North Carolina in the County of Guilford in the year 1776, at

which time an insurrection was raised by a set of people called Scotch Tories,

and about the first of February 1776, the militia was called to arms.”

“Mr. PEAY, along with myself and many others, turned out as volunteers and

marched to Guilford Courthouse on the fifteenth of February 1776, and there

formed a regiment under the command of Colonel JAMES MARTIN and Captain JOHN

LEAK (I acted his subaltern) and at that period, Guilford County was in the

western part of North Carolina in a district called Salisbury, which was

commanded by Brigadier General RUTHERFORD, who at that time had all the militia

of said district in arms.”

“Then marching down to the lower part of the state were these Tories were

embodied, our regiment joined General RUTHERFORD and then marched and proceeded

with him to a town on Cape Fear River, at that time was called Cross Creek,

where we understood for certain that the Tories were defeated by Colonel

CASWELL [Moore’s Creek Bridge, per Heitman, 27 February, 1776] near Wilmington

in said state, we were then sent back home, excepting a regiment of regular

troops that had marched down with us under the command of Colonel ALEXANDER

MARTIN.”

“In about fifteen days after we returned home, a general alarm took place

throughout the state, caused by the British vessels appearing in the Capes

adjacent to said state, at which time we were all called to arms. Mr. GEORGE

PEAY with myself and many others volunteered again, under our former officers

and marching in military order to Wilmington, and the only transaction that

took place was an express that came to Colonel MARTIN stating that a party of

Tories were embodying in front of us to make an attack. We advanced near them.

Myself and 13 others were sent to discover their situation. We proceeded to the

place in the night and discovered a large encampment. Their sentinels fired at

us and we returned to our regiment. All preparation was made by us to advance

and attack them the next day. Accordingly, we met and prepared for action. We

then discovered they were our friends who had drove the Tories the evening

before.”

“We then proceeded on our march for Wilmington and were met by an express from

the executive of the state, stating that the British vessels had left the Capes

contiguous to North Carolina. We were all remarched back to our homes where we

remained until the month of June in the same year 1776.”

“The Cherokee Indians broke out and was committing great depradations upon the

frontier settlements of North and South Carolina. On which occasion a general

call for the militia in the district of Salisbury took place about the month of

June 1776. Then Mr. GEORGE PEAY and myself volunteered again under the command

of said officers RUTHERFORD, MARTIN and LEAK. So we marched north, a determined

resolution to destroy the Indian settlements on Tennessee and Hiwassee, which

we affected by entering wilderness on the 9th day of September 1776. About the

25th November following, we were discharged.”

SAMUEL RAYL-“At his company muster ground, at the house of CHARLES

BRUCE in Guilford County near Guilford Courthouse, the declarant, together with

many others, volunteered under Captain JOHN ?ALLUMS [?ELMS] in the month of

July, day not recollected, in the year 1776, for the purpose of marching

against the Cherokee Indians who had attacked the frontiers a short time before

and had murdered some women and children and some men. Declarant had been

elected ensign in Captain ELMS company of militiamen more than a year before,

and still was the ensign of the company. Declarant received his commission as

ensign from the hands of Colonel ALEXANDER MARTIN, who commanded the regiment.

HEZEKIAH RHODES was the lieutenant, as declarant believes, though he is not

certain. JAMES DELAY was the orderly sergeant, as he believes, though he is not

certain. The other sergeants and the corporals are not recollected.”

“At the same place and time another company volunteered under Captain LEAK, so

pronounced. The place of rendezvous was Guilford Courthouse and on the 13th day

of July 1776, this declarant reported there and within sight of Guilford

Courthouse, a large body of men, many companies, number not recollected, were

collected. Colonel ALEXANDER MARTIN commanded them. This declarant was ensign

in Captain JOHN ELMS company. Captain FORBIS was one of the captains. Declarant

does not now recollect any other captains’ names. There were no regular

officers or soldiers.”

“Many of the men being unprepared with guns and provisions and clothing, had to

return to their homes to make ready. They were ordered to make ready and return

immediately. This declarant returned home, prepared himself, and returned in

three or four days to Guilford Courthouse. Thence we were marched under Colonel

ALEXANDER MARTIN towards the Cherokee towns. We marched a few miles only the

first day, encamping the first night four or five miles from Guilford

Courthouse. The third or second day, we reached Salisbury, within sight of it.

Thence in four or five days, we marched to Cathey’s Fort, crossing on our way

the Catawba River at the Root Bridge Branch. Here we remained several days

(three or four) waiting for reinforcements.”

“From Cathey’s Fort, in a few days (five or six), we marched to Cowee Town, a

Cherokee town on the Hiwassee River, crossing on our way, the mountains between

North Carolina and what is now east Tennessee. We crossed the French Broad and

Little Pigeon Rivers, and the Little Tennessee River. When we reached Cowee

Town, it was deserted by the Indians. We burned the town. Here we found corn,

fresh meat, hogs and chicken, and sweet potatoes, and we remained here several

days, number not recollected. A considerable body of men from Georgia joined us

at Cowee Town.”

“While we were at Cowee, the Over-Hill Cherokees we were informed, were coming

upon us and 400 of our men were sent in two divisions and ordered to take

different routes. This declarant was not in either division, though desirous of

going, he was prevented by his captain on account of his having an attack of

inflammatory rheumatism, brought on by wading French Broad. One of the

divisions that took the right hand [position] met the Over-Hill Cherokees who

were coming on. About two miles from Cowee, our men engaged with and routed

them, killing nine of the Indians with a loss on our part of two or three men.

From Cowee Town, we marched to a town, the name of which is not recollected,

not far from Cowee, which we also burned. We also burned several towns not far

from Cowee that were attached to Cowee Town, the names of which, if they had

any, not recollected.”

“We returned to Cowee Town on Hiwassee River after having destroyed the towns

and provisions of the Indians near the Cowee Town, and thence returned home the

same route we had gone on. We started in July, day not recollected, and

returned the latter part of October, day not recollected, making a service of

three months and twelve days. This declarant received no written discharge, and

never applied afterwards for a written discharge, never thinking it would be of

any service to him to get one.”

“This declarant received pay for three months and twelve days service in this

way. There was a sale at Cowee Town of property taken in the Indian towns.

Declarant purchased a horse and his account was an offset against his pay.”

“In the month of March 1777, day not recollected, declarant volunteered at his

company muster grounds at CHARLES BRUCES’s house under his Captain JOHN ELMS,

for the purpose of marching against the Tories on Cross Creek, who had been

committing many outrages upon the Whig families in that and adjacent sections

of country. THOMAS MCCRORY was lieutenant in this tour, declarant believes,

though he is not certain from the impaired state of his memory. Declarant was

ensign, sergeant or corporals not recollected.”

“At Guilford Courthouse, we collected together and thence we were marched under

Colonel ALEXANDER MARTIN towards the Cross Creek settlement about seventy miles

from Guilford Courthouse. Captain LEAK was one of the captains. There were

several companies, number unknown to declarant, as they joined us on our way

from different sections. We marched in a southerly direction towards Cross

Creek, waiting for reinforcements. We got into a settlement of Tories eight or

ten miles before we reached Cross Creek. About ten or twelve miles from

Guilford Courthouse, we crossed Deep River. We delayed for some time in going

to Cross Creek. The Tories were collecting in a body under CONNER DOWD. On our

approach, they dispersed.”

“All the Tories we could catch were compelled to take the oath of allegiance to

the state of North Carolina, and to support and maintain the independence of

the United States against George 3rd, or any other king or foreign power. After

doing this and destroying the property of those Tories who had been committing

outrages upon Whig families, and had been aiding and abetting the British

power, we returned home. We took some prisoners and had them tried at the

townhouse of the country, name of the town and county not recollected. These

Tories were suffered to go unpunished after taking the oath as above, which

they did. When we had finished the destruction of the property of such Tories

as had been committing outrages, their trial and had compelled all that we

could take to swear the oath of allegiance to the state, we returned to our

respective homes, and this declarant was discharged verbally by his Captain

JOHN ELMS at Guilford Courthouse after a tour of three months…Declarant

volunteered in this expedition in the month of March 1777 and returned and was

discharge in the month of June 1777, day not recollected.”

JAMES SCALES-“On one occasion under an Act of the General Assembly of

our state, [a class of] 8 men were permitted to furnish one man for twelve

months by which they were exempted for one term of service. Myself and 7 others

hired a man for a term of 12 months for ___ hundred dollars for the service and

surrendering him up to Captain LEAK, the commanding officer…”

NATHANIEL SCALES-That he entered the service of the United States in June 1777

[probably 1776], he thinks about the 10th day, as a private soldier in the

company commanded by Capt. JOHN LEAK and Lt. JOHN DAVIS, in the regiment

commanded by Col. JAMES MARTIN. That they marched from Salisbury, North

Carolina under the command of General RUTHERFORD against the Chickasaw

[probably Cherokee] nation of Indians. That in that campaign the army under

General RUTHERFORD destroyed thirteen Indian towns besides destroying their

corn and carrying off their horses. This applicant thinks that this campaign

lasted six months. This applicant will here state that he has always been under

the impression that he enlisted for 12 months as a private soldier because he

got ten dollars when he entered the service. He enlisted at the Rocky Springs,

North Carolina.”

“This applicant further states that after they had subdued the Indians in the

early winter, they were discharged. This applicant thinks he got a discharge

but does not recollect who signed it, but he well recollects that Colonel

MARTIN returned home with them. He also recollects that Captain LEAK ordered

all those who had enlisted to be in constant readiness for active service,

should they be called on. The other Colonels who served in this campaign were

Colonel PAISLEY, Colonel GRIMES and Colonel ALEXANDER and the adjutant of that

army was ROBERT MARTIN, brother of our Colonel.”

ISHAM SHARP-“That he entered the service of the United States in the

Revolutionary War as a drafted militiaman in the year 1779 [Cherokee Expedition

was in 1776] in the County of Guilford, state of North Carolina, for three

months under Capt. LEAK, Lt JOHN DAVIS. He does not recollect the name of the

ensign. He was…put under Gen. RUTHERFORD and marched to the Cherokee nation, in

which tour he faithfully served three months and was honorably discharged and

returned home.”

“January 1834-“He states that in the early part of 1779 he was drafted

for three months in Guilford County, state of NC. He then belonged to Capt.

LEAK’s company. That he immediately entered the service of the United States as

a private drafted militiaman under said Capt. LEAK, JOHN DAVIS, Lt. He was

immediately attached to Col. MARTIN’s regiment, Maj. HUNTER’s battalion.

Marched to Salisbury where they stayed a short time and joined Gen.

RUTHERFORD’s brigade. They then marched up the Catawba River to its head where

they remained for some short time, when they marched on the Cherokee nation

where they burned several villages, killed two or three Indians and after

remaining in that region some time, was marched on homewards and after reaching

home he was honorably discharged by his captain.”

“He has, in his former declarations, called this a tour of three months and

that in the time he was drafted for, but he positively states that from the

time he was drafted and entered the service and took up the line of march, it

was five months before he reached home and received his discharge. It was early

in the year when he was drafted, and it was in the latter part of the summer or

fall before he reached home, and therefore he can with certainty say…that on

this tour, he faithfully served five months instead of three…”

WILLIAM THOMAS-“In the month of August 1778, he volunteered in Guilford

aforesaid, and under Capt. JOHN LEAK, and Cols. PAISLEY and MARTIN, and was

marched to near the head of the Catawba, where we remained a month waiting for

reinforcements, and then marched to the Cherokee nation and helped to burn

seventeen towns cut down corn and returned here after serving three months

tour. Was a volunteer except nine months when he enlisted. The first three

months he served as a substitute for his brother, ____ Thomas.”

“And enlisted in Guilford aforesaid in the Continental Army for nine

months, he thinks which month of August or September under Col. [probably

mistaken about LEAK being a colonel] JOHN LEAK, and was marched by him to

Purysburg and placed under Lieut. LEWIS, Capt. RALPH CHAPMAN, and Col LYTLE,

Continental officers. Wintered at Purysburg, and marched in the spring up to

near Augusta, Georgia, where deponent was taken sick and placed in a hospital

and was furloughed to go home and when he was recovered, he returned home and

was not again called upon.”

“That he entered the service of the United States in the militia of the state

of North Carolina in the month of April 1777, in Guilford County, as a

volunteer under Capt. JOHN LEEK (or LEAK), Col. JAMES MARTIN commanded. The

regiment was marched to Guilford Courthouse, thence to Cross Creek (now

Fayetteville) and defeated the Scotch at that place, returned to Guilford and

then marched after the Tories to Little River. They had dispersed, and we were

discharged having served three months, and”

“In the month of August 1778, he volunteered in Guilford County under Captain

John LEEK (LEAK) and Cols. JOHN PAISLEY and MARTIN and was marched to near the

head of the Catawba where we remained a month waiting reinforcements and then

marched to the Cherokee Nation and he helped to burn seventeen towns, cut down

corn ___ and returned home after serving a three months tour.”

“And enlisted at Guilford Courthouse aforesaid in the Continental Army for nine

months, he thinks, which month of August or September under Captain JOHN LEAK

and was marched by him to Purysburg and placed under Lieutenant LEWIS, Captain

RALPH CHAPMAN, and Colonel LYTLE, Continental officers, wintered at Purysburg,

and marched in the spring up to near Augusta, Georgia, where deponent was taken

sick and placed in a hospital and was furloughed to go home and when he

recovered, he returned home and was not again called upon.”

ISAAC VERNON-“That he entered the service as a volunteer…in the year 1777 in

the first of the month of January under the command of JOHN LEAK and Colonel

ALEXANDER MARTIN in Guilford County in the state of North Carolina. That he was

in Captain LEAK’s company and by him, marched to Anson County [he named wrong

county, and date, if this was the Battle at Moore’s Creek Bridge, per Heitman,

February 27, 1776] in NC, to fight some Scotch Tories and to join General

CASWELL’s forces. Before Colonel MARTIN joined Governor CASWELL, he, Governor

CASWELL defeated the Tories. He then sent an express to Colonel MARTIN to

inform him of the defeat and to disband his forces, amounting in number to

about three thousand, when the army under Colonel MARTIN was accordingly

disbanded and the troops returned home, having been out in this service three

weeks…”

RICHARD VERNON-“I first entered the service of the United States about the 15th

February, 1776, while living in Guilford County, NC, as lieutenant in Captain

JOHN LEAK’s company, which was attached to the militia of Guilford County

commanded by Colonel JAMES MARTIN from Guilford on an expedition against the

Scots Tories near Fayetteville [Moore’s Creek Bridge, per Heitman, February27,

1776], where we were under the command of ALEXANDER MARTIN, colonel of the 1st

regiment of N.C. troops and General RUTHERFORD. This part of my service is

proved by the certificate of Colonel MARTIN M___ and who resides in NC, Stokes

County.”

“Immediately after my return from this tour, there being a call for men

to go to Wilmington, near which, in the Capes the British having appeared, I

entered Captain LEAK’s company as a lieutenant, Colonel JAMES MARTIN commanding

again, and we marched to Wilmington, but before we arrived, the British having

continued down to Charleston, we halted and returned. I was 30 days in service

in this expedition which, added to my first tour, made a little more than three

months.”

“I next volunteered about the first of August 1776 (being there in the

first division in consequence of my first tour of service) in Captain LEAK’s

company and served as lieutenant. This expedition was against the Cherokee

Indians. We marched about the above date from Guilford under Colonel JAMES

MARTIN to Salisbury, where we fell under the command of General RUTHERFORD.

From thence we marched thro’ the wilderness to Indian nation and after having

destroyed a number of their towns and villages, we returned.”

[Certificate A-“I do hereby certify that I was Colonel Commandant of

the militia of Guilford County in this state during the War of the Revolution.

That RICHARD VERNON formerly of the said County of Guilford and now a citizen

of the state of Tennessee, served under my command in the expedition against

the Cherokee Indians in the year 1776. That said RICHARD was a lieutenant in

Captain LEAK’s company in said expedition. That in said rank of lieutenant, he

likewise served under my command in an expedition against the Scots-Tories near

Fayetteville and in several other excursions against the Tories in the south

part of the County of Randolph in this state.”

“That Captain LEAK’s company having become too large, it was divided

into two, and the said RICHARD VERNON appointed by me a captain of one of the

two companies. JAMES MARTIN, Sen. Commandant of the Guilford militia.”]

GEORGE PEAY for RICHARD VERNON-“The deponent and RICHARD VERNON

volunteered in 1776 sometime in the month of February as private soldiers under

Captain JOHN LEAK and joined the regiment commanded by Colonel JAMES MARTIN at

Guilford Courthouse and marched on an expedition to Cross Creek against the

Highland Scots and Tories and was accredited and paid for a three months tour.

In the same year in June following, under the same officers, we marched to

Salisbury. We then marched on near Pleasant Gardens on the Catawba River, and

there awaited the arrival of General RUTHERFORD with the balance of the troops.

From there we marched on to the Cherokee nations of Indians on the Tennessee

River. We destroyed several towns, cut down their corn, remained there several

weeks. We then returned home in October and was accredited and paid for four

months.”

“A Memorandum of military services of RICHARD VERNON, __known to have

been written by him, having no signature to it.”

“I here mean to memorialize the service that I performed in the

Revolutionary War:

“Vizt, I went into service about the 15th of February 1776 under

Captain JOHN LEAK and Colonel JAMES MARTIN after the Scotch Tories in the lower

part of North Carolina, and continued in service with a 2nd call which

completed a tour of three months.”

“Item second- I volunteered about the 1st of July 1776 and went to the

Cherokee nation of Indians under the aforesaid Colonel MARTIN and was

discharged about the first of November, something more than 3 months. This was

a hard tour for I had 4 horses in the pack service and on our return to a place

called Cathey’s Fort, I took the 3 sick men in Captain LEAK’s company and

conducted them home. Imputed to be about 220 miles.”

“The next tour, I volunteered in the capacity of Lieutenant to go to Charleston

in South Carolina on the 23rd of February, 1780, and got to a town called

Monck’s Corner, and there were defeated by the British. We retreated back over

Santee River and waited till Brigadier General CASWELL came on from North

Carolina. We then formed a regiment and was commanded by him. Charleston

surrendered. We then retreated into North Carolina and about the ninth of June

we was dismissed.”

WILLIAM COTTON

GEORGE JOYCE, -lived on his father’s plantation in Guilford County at

enlistment. Did not write down all of his officers names. Served under Capt.

JOHN LEAK, Major JOSEPH CLOUD in the Cherokee expedition.

Additional Comments:

Constructed History is my term for a soldier who did not file for a pension

himself, but about whom there is enough evidence from other soldiers to form an

equivalent to a pension application. Most of the testimony comes from other men

mentioning the officer or non-comm. officer, but in some cases, the actual

soldier himself testified on behalf of other men, thus revealing his own

history.

File at:

WILLIAM COTTON

The Cotton families are married into the Gideon Johnson families f Amelia Co to Granville Co to Guilford to Rockingham Co NC

GEORGE JOYCE

Major JOSEPH CLOUD

1776-1783 Era Capt. John Johnson, company commander, Rowan Co. NC Militia. Co New Order of Battle based upon Battle of Camden Pension Statements (thru 01-03-04) by Charles Baxley

Note: The primary source of this order of battle is pension affidavits given over fifty years after the battle. Many Revolutionary War leaders went on to distinguished military service and the ranks given in those affidavits are often those achieved years after the Battle of Camden.

1776-1783 Era John Johnson S30512 NC Line soldier was born in 1760, he lived in Burke CO NC at enlistment. He applied 1834 June 2 in Pike Co. KY having moved there from Tn. Abstract of Rev. War Pension Files

[Methodology: Spelling, punctuation and grammar have been corrected in some instances for ease of reading and to facilitate searches of the database. Also, the handwriting of the original scribes often lends itself to varying interpretations. Users of this database are urged to view the original on and to make their own decision as to how to decipher what the original scribe actually wrote. Blanks appearing in the transcripts reflect blanks in the original.]

[The handwriting of the scribe is very challenging—use this transcript with great care and

circumspection. The handwriting got worse the more the scribe wrote. THIS IS A VERY

POOR TRANSCRIPTION, LARGELY DUE TO THE EXTREME DIFFICULTY OF

DECIPHERING THE HANDWRITING OF THE SCRIBE.]

State of Kentucky, County of Pike

On this 2nd day of June 1834 personally appeared before the County Court of Pike

County, John Johnson, a resident of Pike County and State of Kentucky, aged 74 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and

served as herein stated.

He was drafted for 6 months in the State of North Carolina in the year 1777 under

Captain Samuel Henry, Colonel John Sevier in Burke County North Carolina he was the first Sergeant in his Company -- he marched over to the Cherokee Nation, crossing French Broad [River], he was marched down to the South West Point, commonly called “Sow West Pint” he was in no battles during this 6 months, after arriving at “Sow Wes Pint” he used to scout, as did many, from the block houses, he states that many scalps were taken, and he was in several brushes, himself went out a scouting. The country through which he marched was all then North Carolina, and Tennessee being formed out of the same. He states that he was in no battles, only in skirmishes, There was no Continental regiments that served with him during the period aforesaid. McDowell's Regiment came from Quaker Meadows, he states he was at Big Pigeon

[River], this was shortly after Christy [sic, William Christian’s] & Pickens [Andrew Pickens’] Campaign. He knew Colonel Cocke [could be Locke], Captain Jamieson, Lieutenant Caleb Wallace and many other militia officers that was out.

And the next spring 1788 [sic, 1778], he entered for a 6 months Tour as a volunteer and

served out his tour under Colonel Cocke, Captain Samuels, and this was also in Burke County North Carolina, he thinks it was April, about the 10th of that month, and he was marched down to the Tennessee [River] after crossing the mountains [indecipherable word, looks like ‘drunding’] the Tennessee waters from Catabee [Catawba] River. The Indians had killed several families and they [the?] State of North Carolina had to Kich futs [keep forts?] all along on the Catawba during the summer season of that year [indecipherable word or words] fort at this place as the head of the same he remained during the summer of 1778. He states that the scouts from the Fort killed several Indians in the period of his last engagement. He does not know certainly that he ever did kill any Indians, The Tories had approached before this to the same place and the Whigs had burnt it up in August 1778 there were several families killed and they were chiefly all women and children.

In October the Indians most all left the County for the Indian Nation the country through which he marched was then North Carolina the Cherokee Indians had made peace before but there was one [indecipherable word] there who did not like the old Chiefs and could not be prevented [?] from plundering and burning.

He served with no Continental officers and he never did as he did. Joe White from Rowan [County] was killed up on the Catawba [River] [indecipherable word]. This year he knew Colonel Cleveland, Myer Jones [Major Jones?], Capt. John Harris Captain Black, Captain Fisher and many officers during his last service. He believes Colonel McDowell was a regular officer. He served out his term of 6 months in the left the service.

He served another tour of 6 months as substitute for one John Clarke in the year 1780 on the 15th day of March under Colonel Ware [? War Dept. interpreted this as Wau], Captain Blair and served with [one or more indecipherable words] November [one or more indecipherable words] at 9 miles [one or more indecipherable words] at the station down the French Broad, he served there till April, and [indecipherable word] scouting and protecting the North Carolina frontier during the whole of that summer, but [several indecipherable words] was done during that year's service and no battles were fought he scouted from the 1st of May (the bushes in that County about that time were all full-grown until the fall, each day no Indian disturbance worth a mention occurred during that year and he does not believe the Indians done anything but steal horses, but few men could be spared out of Rowan whilst the frontier and the forts on French Broad and Catawba [Rivers] had to be kept up.

He marched directly to the Fort and there remained until he was discharged in September or about the first of October 1780. He left the service for each of the tours of service aforesaid he received a written discharge. He knew Colonel Ollaw [?], Major Harrow, Capt. Speight, Lieut. Privel [?could be Privet], but he served: as an Indian scout and was not after the British or Tories, and he states he has always lived in the mountains and never saw a Continental Regiments, he knows of no particular circumstances to mention unless it is to name the persons who was killed by the Indians, which he can do, he states he can establish this claim by living witnesses. He was very young when he entered the service and it being so long since he cannot remember all-- as to what has become of his discharges, he has no idea and therefore can only say they have been long since lost in fact he never took any care of them. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, Sworn to

and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

S/ John Johnson, X his mark

[William Tackitt, a clergyman, and Thomas May gave the standard supporting affidavit.]

His answers to the Questions –

1. He was born [indecipherable word] in the year 1760.

2. He has it only by the count of the family.

3. In Burke County North Carolina and then moved to Tennessee and then to this state.

4th He was drafted for 6 months in North Carolina Burke County for 6 months, the 2nd tour was

as a volunteer for 6 months -- the 3rd tour for 6 months as a substitute.

5th He knew but few officers -- Captain Blair Colonel McDowell Captain William Nelson, A. Lofton Captain, Colonel Ware & Colonel Sevier and Colonel Otlaw [Outlaw?] who lived at the end of French Broad for many years afterwards -- he states that he served 3 tours of 6 months each against the Cherokee Indians during which time many were killed, and some few whites were massacred by the Indians, he was never in any battles of any particular. The hardest fighting was some way the year of our first served.

6. He received his discharges & they were all given by his Captain As he now remembers, but what has become of them nobody knows and they are all not among his papers.

7. There is Thomas May Esquire, General Ratliffe, Rev.d James Roberts, Rev’d William Tuckitt, Samuel Hall, George Tuckitt, Henry Newson and Hart Newson.

[Thus ends the horrible handwriting—hallelujah!]

[In a letter dated July 9, 1935, the War Dept. personnel interpreted some of the names in the application as follows: Captain Samuel Henry, Colonel John Sevier, Captain Samuel; Colonel Cocke, Captain Blair and Colonel Wau (?).]

Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements

Pension application of John Johnson S30512 fn24NC

Transcribed by Will Graves 10/23/08

1776-1783 GIDEON JOHNSON served from Rowan Co NC

State of Tennessee, Williamson County

On this 2nd day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Worshipful Wright Stanley Joseph Crockett and Jabez Owen and George Shannon Esquires composing the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Williamson County now sitting at Franklin, Tennessee, Giddeon Johnson [sic] aged seventy eight years 7th November 1832 who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an Act of Congress passed

June 7th, 1832.

That I enlisted in the army of the United States some time in the last of the month of July 1776 for the term of twelve months under Capt. John Armstrong from Surry County, Lieutenant Joseph Tate from Guilford County in North Carolina. I resided in Guilford County N.C. at that time and joined the army in the County at a place called Spring Garden. Capt. Armstrong’s company joined the Second Regiment of the Continental line at Salisbury shortly after my enlistment, as well as I can recollect, which regiment was commanded by Col. Alexander Martin. We lay at Salisbury about three months when we marched thence to a place near Hollisworth [sic, Hollingsworth?] mills on Duncan’s Creek which I think is a branch of the Catawba River. Receiving information that there was a body of Tories collected either on Rabin's Creek or Duncan’s Creek about fifteen miles distant. We were marched thither in the night and surrounded them near day break when we were fired on by their sentinels and our men closed in upon them and took, as was reported, 100 prisoners whom we marked to headquarters on Duncan’s Creek where we guarded them two days when they were sent to Charlestown [sic, Charleston], South Carolina.

Shortly after that we rendezvoused at Salisbury, I going by home by furlow [sic, furlough] whence I, in the company of Capt. Samuel Martin who had recruited a company of 50 men with some delinquents, marched to Charleston, S.C., where we joined the main army the latter part of the summer 1777. I in the meantime having been employed in assisting Capt. Samuel Martin in recruiting men, he being a recruiting officer of the U.S. army, and in scouting after the Tories

in N.C. On account of the sickness of the troops in Charleston we left that place, where I took sick, and was hauled to Campden [sic, Camden] in a wagon, where we lay 8 or 10 days. From that place the army marched towards Salisbury, N.C., and I being too sick to travel further was left at the Widow Sutton’s on Seven Mile Creek under the care of Sergeant Reuben Curtis. At the end of ten days I went to Charlotte, N.C., where I met with Capt. Samuel Martin with whom I traveled to Salisbury where I arrived about the last of October 1777 where I think I received a discharge signed by Col. Alexander

Martin, which I have lost not thinking it would ever be important to me.

Some years after this when Col. Alexander Martin was chosen Governor of North Carolina, the year I cannot recollect, it being necessary for him to have a life guard, I was chosen by him as one of his life guard and became such in Guilford County and marched with him thence to a place called Nutbush in Granville County where we, after remaining some time, were dismissed and returned home after an absence of about four weeks. Captain Josiah Gates commanded this company of Life Guards. It was represented to us when acting as his guard that that tour should answer as a three months’ tour but whether I got a discharge for the same I do not now recollect.

In Dec. 1778 or winter of 1779, I carried an express from Col. James Martin of the County of Guilford to the western part of the state into Birk [sic, Burke], Burkum [sic, Buncombe], and Wilks [sic, Wilkes] counties and delivered the same to Col. and Maj. Ervin, Col. and Maj. McDowell and to Mr. Greenlea of Buncombe County. In this expedition I underwent much hardship on account of inclement weather and high waters and returned home after having been absent about four weeks.

I was born, as I have been informed by my father, in Amelia County, Virginia, on the 7th day of November 1754. I have a record of my age now with me which I got from my father and in his own handwriting. I lived in Guilford County, North Carolina, when I was called into service. Sometime after the Revolutionary War the County of Rockingham was taken off the north part of Guilford, in Rockingham I resided until 1819, when I removed to Davidson County, Tennessee, where I resided till

the year 1826 when I removed to Williamson County, where I have ever since resided.

I know of no person, except Abner Johnson and John W. Crunk, by whom I can prove my services personally, all my other companions in arms whom I have known in this country having departed this life. Neither have I any documentary evidence by which I can prove any said services.

I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

S/ Gideon Johnson

Sworn to in open Court 2nd October 1832

S/ Thos. Hardeman, Clk.

State of Tennessee, Williamson County: Circuit Court January Term 1840

On this twenty second day of January 1840 personally appeared in open Court before the

Circuit Court of Davidson County now sitting, Gideon Johnson a resident of Davidson County and State of Tennessee; aged eighty six years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers; and served as herein stated.

He entered the service in the month of June 1775, he thinks in the 7th Regiment of the

Continental line of North Carolina as a regular soldier under the command of Colonel Alexander Martin, in which there were four companies;

First company commanded by Captain John Davidson of Rowan County,

Second company and to which defendant belonged, commanded by Captain John Armstrong of Surry County,

Third company commanded by Captain __ [blank in original] Picket of Anson County,

Fourth company commanded by Captain John Bell of Guilford County, which four companies composed said Regiment.

Defendant states that he first turned out as a volunteer under Lieutenant Joseph Tate; who was Lieutenant under his Captain, John Armstrong, at Spring Garden, Guilford County, North Carolina, for a term of (he thinks) twelve months; rendezvoused in the latter end of the same month at Salisbury and (he thinks) left Salisbury in September following. While at Salisbury a dissatisfaction arose amongst the troops and a second enlistment became necessary and was proposed by Colonel Alexander Martin for a term of eighteen months for which time said defendant volunteered, he thinks about the last of July or first of August 1775.

The troops when leaving Salisbury were ordered south; kept headquarters at Hollingsworth’s Mills on Enoree River about four weeks after which the troops were ordered south on a meandering route to the Hickory Camps, he thinks, near the borders of South Carolina. From thence he thinks in the month of January following; they were informed there was a company of Tories collected on Duncan’s Creek, to which place the troops were ordered and marched under the guidance of our informants. On

our arrival at said Duncan’s Creek we had a small skirmish with the Tories – they fled, save 300 prisoners we took and marched back to Hickory Camp, guarded them there two days and nights, thence they were sent to Charleston, South Carolina, under a guard of militia. From Hickory Camp we marched south in the direction of Ninety Six through the country watered by Tiger [sic, Tyger] river, Congaree, Wateree [River] &c, falling down below Ninety Six. There we bent towards Bell’s Mills on Deep river in the direction of Fayetteville in North Carolina; thence we returned to Salisbury where we

stayed five or six weeks, and where many of the troops were furloughed for a small space of time.

We were from there marched to Charleston, through the swamps of Santee River, and arrived at Charleston some time in August just in time to see the British embark, when they evacuated Charleston or Sullivan’s Island, near Charleston, where we continued until (I think) the latter end of October following, occupying the old British Barracks, from which place we were then ordered to march in consequence of the bad health of the troops, of whom many had died. On our first or second days marched at night going towards Camden on Goose Creek, deponent for the first time was taken sick

and put in a waggon, he thinks, about twenty miles from Charleston; and hauled from there to Camden, he thinks, 130 or 140 miles – there in consequence of sickness of the troops we lay about three weeks, some two or three men died there. From there we marched to Seven Mile Creek at Widow Suttle’s. Deponent was given out for dead and left in the care of Sergeant Reuben Curtis for an attendant. Deponent thinks he lay here about three weeks, from whence defendant started alone, leaving his gun,

shot bag, and belt, not being able to carry them, has never heard of them since. He pursued the army alone (having left Sergeant Curtis sick) to Charlotte in North Carolina; where he stayed with Samuel Martin, about two weeks.

From thence by the assistance of the said Samuel Martin, he went to Salisbury, where he joined the remaining fragment of his Regiment, he thinks, some time in the month of November 1776. After remaining at Salisbury a short time defendant, by permission of Colonel Alexander Martin, left for his home in Guilford County, being very weak; arrived there he thinks in November; near the latter end. He afterward saw Colonel Martin who gave him a discharge, his term of

eighteen months being ended.

Some time in the month of January or February in the year 1777 or 1778 declarant was engaged by Colonel James Martin of the Militia of the County of Guilford to bear some expresses, he thinks to Joseph and Charles McDowell living in Wilkes County, North Carolina, both bearing commissions in the United States service, and to Major Alexander Erwin and Major Green Lee living he thinks in Burke County and state aforesaid, for which service Colonel James Martin gave him a discharge for a

term of three months served as a militiaman.

Deponent thinks in the month of May, June, or July 1779 he again volunteered as a life guard to Colonel Alexander Martin, to guard and convey him to Wilmington, he being appointed Governor of the State of North Carolina to fill the place of __ [blank in original] Governor who was taken prisoner by the British; in consequence of some express which Col. A. Martin met, we did not escort him quite to Wilmington. Josiah Gates being Captain we marched back to Guilford, for which service declarant

got from (he thinks) Colonel Martin a certificate for a three month term of service as a militiaman.

Deponent further states that he was at home plowing in his field, when he heard the firing of the cannon and plattoons at the battle of Guilford on the 15th of March, he thinks, 1781 or 1782. He immediately took out his horses, seized his gun and hastened hither, though not at that time in service himself he had a substitute (Elise Curray). He met the baggage waggons near Guilford making their way to a safe place out on Dan River. He turned around and led them on till he knew they could not mistake the way. He then hastened to the place of action and joined his country men in that engagement. It having nearly ended, reconnoitered and assisted in burying &c for about nine days. This

service was voluntary for which deponent has no receipt; nor did he expect, demand or wish any.

Deponent had been previous to this summoned as a guard to the Legislature at Salem in North Carolina in which service he was engaged about three or four weeks. The receipt from Colonel James Martin and the lost receipt from Colonel A. Martin making in all a term of two years service. He viewed said documents as being of entirely useless to him and he thinks he destroyed the same in the year 1819 when he left Carolina to remove to Tennessee in Davidson County where he now lives and has lived ever since.

Deponent further states that his name is already on a pension roll of the agency of the State of Tennessee, was placed there on the 20th day of August 1833 and receives a pension of fifty dollars payable semiannually; that said pension is not proportionate to his term of Revolutionary services for the want of living testimony to the facts herein before stated. That he has since making application before found living witnesses of whom he did not know, which accompanies this declaration. Many

things have also come to his own recollection since, which are true and not named in his former declaration.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is listed on the pension roll of an agency of the state of Tennessee in the amount

stated above. S/ Gideon Johnson

State of Tennessee, Rutherford County: September 13, 1832

This day came John W. Crunk before me one of the acting justices of the above mentioned County and made oath that in the year of 1776 he was intimately acquainted with Gideon Johnson in the Continental Army and further saith that he knew him to be a regular soldier in the revolutionary war in the second Regiment of the North Carolina troops commanded by Colonel Alexander Martin in Captain John Armstrong's company and he further saith that he (Crunk) and the said Johnson both belonged to the same company at the same time and he further saith that in consequence of sickness

that he (Crunk) was separated from the Regiment and sent home and that he never returned to the Regiment again, the time for which he enlisted having expired recovered from his sickness. But that said Johnson continued in the Army for a long time and returned home to Guilford County honorably discharged. The time for which he enlisted being 18 months. He further adds that they were both on and raised in the same neighborhood.

Sworn to and subscribed to before me the day and date above written.

S/ Joseph Mason, JP S/ John W. Crunk

State of Tennessee, Maury County

This day personally appeared before me James Walker an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County Abner Johnston who after being duly sworn according to law says that he is now in his 74th year – that he cannot from infirmity & great inconvenience attend the courts of Williamson County. That he was himself a soldier of the Revolutionary War – that he served one tour as a Guard for the Governor of North Carolina to Nutbush with Gideon Johnston [sic] that he knows the fact that the said

Gideon Johnston [sic] was a soldier of the Revolution – that he is well acquainted with Gideon Johnston [sic] & knows that he has always been reputed to be a soldier of the Revolutionary War and is of undoubted veracity. He has reason to believe that the said Gideon Johnston [sic] served at least 12 months as regular or Continental soldier in South Carolina.

And sworn to before me this 22nd of September 1832. S/ Abner Johnson

S/ James Walker, JP

State of Tennessee, Williamson County

On this 29th day of January A.D. 1840 Personally appeared before me Gilbert Marshall one of the acting Justices of the Peace for the County of Williamson in the State of Tennessee aforesaid Richard Vernon aged about 86 years and made oath in due form that he has been acquainted with Gideon Johnson for upwards of 70 years, first in the State of North Carolina & then in this State – that he was present when said Johnson enlisted into the Regular Army or Continental service with Lieutenant Joseph Tate of Captain John Armstrong's company, Colonel Alexander Martin's Regiment,

that the troops to which he belonged marched to the South as he then understood, that about the time his enlistment expired he returned to his father's house where deponent visited him and found him reduced almost to a skeleton of sickness, that said enlistment was for 12 or 18 months – that he knows Colonel James Martin sent expresses to some persons in Wilkes County North Carolina but does not recollect who was the bearer of them – he knows also that Colonel Alexander Martin when he was appointed Governor of North Carolina had a Guard to escort him on his way to Wilmington & that

Isaiah Gates was Captain of that Guard but he does not recollect who composed the guard & that said Johnson served as one of the guard to the Legislature at Salem. Said deponent also states that he was personally acquainted with Colonel Alexander Martin, Col. James Martin, Captain John Armstrong, Lieutenant Joseph Tate & Joseph & Charles McDowell. He also states that during the revolutionary War & afterwards said Johnson was considered a good Whig and a true friend to his Country & was frequently engaged in active service during the War. He also further states that he was acquainted with

Walt Crunk and would believe him on his oath, and that he would believe what said Johnson would state on oath, and further this deponent saith not. S/ Rich. Vernon

S/ Gilbert Marshall, JP

Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements

Pension application of Gideon Johnson S4456 fn48NC

Transcribed by Will Graves

He had a substitute (Elise Curray).

John W. Crunk

Richard Vernon

Capt. Samuel Martin

John W. Crunk,

Sergeant Reuben Curtis.

1776-1783 ERA

Constructed History Of Sergeant Reuben Curtis

PETER CURTIS-“This petitioner states on oath that he served as a regular soldier in the revolutionary war, under three several enlistments, for the period of about five years and six months. That he first enlisted together with three of his brothers, at Guilford County Courthouse in North Carolina, under Captain JOHN ARMSTRONG a short time before Christmas in the year 1775, for the term of one year, and was attached to the second North Carolina regiment on the

Continental line, commanded by Colonel ALEXANDER MARTIN, and marched to Wilmington, and from there to Charleston, and continued there until the term

was out.”

“In the spring of the year 1777, he and his brothers enlisted again at Camden, to go to the northward for three years, that they were furloughed to go home, that he was taken sick & was ordered on to the southward, when recovered, in the New Levy, serving for nine months, and was attached to the 1st regiment, commanded by Colonel JAMES CLANTON?, that he was with GATES at the Defeat at Rugeley Mills [per Heitman, August 16, 1780-although he said the battle was at Rugeley’s Mill, it was somewhat closer to Camden, and is commonly referred to

by Camden.]

“That he (the said PETER CURTIS) enlisted for the term of twelve months on the __ day of February 1776 in the State of North Carolina, in the company commanded by Captain JOHN ARMSTRONG, in the regiment commanded by Colonel ALEXANDER MARTIN in the line of the state of North Carolina on the North Carolina Continental establishment. That he continued to serve in the said corps until November of that year, when he was furloughed from said service in Wilmington in North Carolina and remained at home longer than was proper, as he

has been since informed, he being entirely deranged during his absence, but before the expiration of his term was restored sufficiently to return to the service which he did.”

GIDEON JOHNSON-“That I enlisted in the army of the United States in the last of the month of July 1776 for the term of twelve months under Captain JOHN ARMSTRONG from Surrey County, Lieutenant JOSEPH TATE from Guilford County, in North Carolina. I resided in Guilford County, NC at that time and joined the army in that county at a place called Spring Garden. Captain ARMSTRONG’s company joined the second regiment of the Continental line at Salisbury, shortly after my enlistment as well as I can recollect, which regiment was commanded by Colonel ALEXANDER MARTIN. We lay at Salisbury about three months when we marched thence to a place near Hollisworth Mills on Duncan’s Creek, which I think is a branch of the Catawba River. Receiving information that there were a body of Tories collected either on Duncan Creek about fifteen miles distant, we were marched thither in the night and surrounded them near daybreak, when we [were] fired on by their sentinels and our men closed in upon them and took, as was reported, one hundred prisoners, whom we marched to headquarters on Duncan’s Creek, where we guarded them two days when they were

sent to Charleston, South Carolina. Shortly after this, we rendezvoused at Salisbury, I going by home by furlough.”

“On account of the sickness of the troops in Charleston, we left that place where I took sick and was hauled to Camden in a wagon, where we lay 10 days. From that place the army marched towards Salisbury, NC and I being too sick to

travel further, was left at the Widow Sutton’s on Seven-Mile Creek under the care of Sergeant REUBEN CURTIS. At the end of ten days I went to Charlotte, NC where I met with Captain SAMUEL MARTIN, with whom I traveled to Salisbury.”

“This day came JOHN W. CRUNK…that in the year of 1776 he was intimately acquainted with GIDEON JOHNSON in the Continental Army and further saith that he knew him to be a regular soldier in the Revolutionary War, in the second

regiment of the North Carolina troops commanded by Colonel ALEXANDER MARTIN and Captain JOHN ARMSTRONG’s company and her further saith that he (CRUNK) and the said JOHNSON both belonged to the same company at the same time, and he further saith that in consequence of sickness that he (CRUNK) was separated from the

regiment and sent home and that he never returned to the regiment again, the time for which he enlisted having expired before he recovered from his sickness.”

“Personally appeared, GIDEON JOHNSON…that he entered the service in the month of June 1775, he thinks in the second regiment of the Continental line of North Carolina as a regular soldier, under the command of Colonel ALEXANDER MARTIN, in which there were four companies: First company commanded by Captain JOHN DAVIDSON of Rowan County, second company commanded by Captain JOHN ARMSTRONG of Surrey County, third company commanded by Captain ___ PICKET of Anson County, fourth company commanded by Captain JOHN BELL of Guilford County, which four companies composed said regiment.”

“Deponent states that he first turned out as a volunteer under Lieutenant JOSEPH TATE, who was Lieutenant under his Captain JOHN ARMSTRONG, at Spring Garden, Guilford County, North Carolina for a term of (he thinks) of twelve months; rendezvoused in the latter end of said month at Salisbury, and (he thinks) left Salisbury in September following. While at Salisbury, a dissatisfaction arose amongst the troops and a second enlistment became necessary and was proposed by Colonel ALEXANDER MARTIN for a term of eighteen months, for which time said declarant volunteered, he thinks about the last of July or first of August 1775.”

“The troops, when leaving Salisbury, were ordered south, kept headquarters at Hollingsworth Mills on Enoree River, about four weeks, after which the troops were ordered south on a meandering route, to the Hickory

Camps, he thinks near the borders of South Carolina, from thence, he thinks, in the month of January following, they were informed, there was a company of Tories collected on Duncan’s Creek, to which place the troops were ordered and

marched under the guidance of our informants. On our arrival at said Duncan’s Creek, we had a small skirmish with the Tories. They fled, save three hundred prisoners we took, and marched back to Hickory Camp. Guarded them there two

days and nights. Thence we were sent to Charleston, South Carolina under a guard of militia. From Hickory Camp we marched south in the direction of Ninety-Six through the country watered by Tyger River, Congaree, Wateree Rivers,

falling down below Ninety-Six. Thence we went towards Bell’s Mills on Deep River in the direction of Fayetteville in North Carolina. Thence we returned to Salisbury, where we stayed five or six weeks, and where many of the troops were

furloughed for a small space of time.”

“We were from thence marched to Charleston, through the Swamps of Santee River and arrived at Charleston some time in August, just in time to see the British embark, when they evacuated Charleston, or Sullivan’s Island near Charleston, where we continued until (I think) the latter end of October following, occupying the old British Barracks. From which place we were then ordered to march in consequence of the bad health of the troops, of whom many had died. On our first or second days march at night, going towards Camden, in Goose Creek, deponent for the first time was taken sick and put in a wagon, he thinks about twenty miles from Charleston, and hauled from thence to Camden, he thinks 130

or 140 miles. There, in consequence of sickness of the troops we lay about three weeks. Some two or three men died there, and from thence we marched to Seven-mile Creek at Widow Suttle’s. Deponent was given out for dead and left in

the care of Sergeant REUBEN CURTIS for an attendant. Deponent thinks he lay here about three weeks, from whence deponent started about, leaving his gun and shot bag and belt? bit? not being able to carry them, has never heard of them

since.”

“He pursued the army alone (having left Sergeant CURTIS sick) to Charlotte in North Carolina, where he stayed with SAMUEL MARTIN, about two weeks."

Additional Comments:

Constructed History is my term for a soldier who did not file for a pension himself, but about whom there is enough evidence from other soldiers to form an equivalent to a pension application. Most of the testimony comes from other men

mentioning the officer or non-comm. officer, but in some cases, the actual soldier himself testified on behalf of other men, thus revealing his own history.

File at:

MY NOTES: GIDEON JOHNSTON is first found in Rowan County Tax Records, his lands go into Guilford County NC and then into Rockingham Co NC. This Gideon Johnson comes off the lines of Benjamin Johnson and Margey Massie Quakers in Henrico Co. Va, then to Amelia Co Va.

Gideon Johnston families will move from lands in Rockingham Co NC to lands in 1818 that are in Williamson Co. Tn. He has family in Humphreys Co. Tn, thru the research of Mary Holland

Notes: Captain John Armstrong

John Armstrong (1735– c. 1784) was an American soldier and land speculator from Surry County, North Carolina. During the American Revolutionary War he led units of the Surry County militia, advancing to the rank of Lt. Colonel. He was in command of the 2nd North Carolina regiment at the Battle of Eutaw Springs in September of 1781.

After the war he became a land registrar for North Carolina and was active in converting war service patent rights into land grants. He originated the survey and plat layout that became the town of Clarksville, Tennessee

John Armstrong’s office (office located in Hillsborough, NC): this office was suppose to handle claims almost anywhere in Tennessee except for land still claimed by Indians. Because the office was open for about 9 months (Oct. 1783 and May 1784) you had to be ready to record your claim without delay; for this reason this was called the great land grab. Land was located in Tennessee, the description was recorded in Hillsborough, a warrant was issued, a survey was done, a grant issued, and the grant was recorded in the county were the land was. The office was closed (for several reasons) in 1784. In the same year a law was passed authorizing surveys for the claims that had been recorded. For the purpose of these surveys, Tennessee was divided into three districts: (a) Eastern District--Greene County to Cumberland Mountains, (b) Middle District--Cumberland Mountains to Tennessee River, & (c) Western District--Tennessee River to Mississippi River. The borders of Greene County were very vague in many of the claims; some claims on the Mississippi River indicated the land was in Greene County. So, the borders of Eastern District could have been vague and were sometimes considered to be the North Carolina border to Cumberland Mountains. Also, in 1784, the military district was created in North central Tennessee or northern part of Middle District. The military district was open to military bounty warrants and preemption warrants and warrants from John Armstrong’s office weren’t suppose to be used there. Many surveys in the three districts also mention a county which might help in identifying the location of the land today. Most of the original entry book for John Armstrong’s office survives in the North Carolina Archives. A transcription of the whole book (made about 1804) is in the Tennessee Archives. Loose warrants, loose surveys, & grant books are in the North Carolina Archives. Some warrants were later used to obtain grants from Tennessee; this material is in the Tennessee Archives. Mrs. Irene Griffey has published John Armstrong’s entry book (Ref. 6). Additional information about the operation of this office can be found in my book on John Armstrong’s office (Ref. 12). This office had about 22% of the warrants used for grants (issued by North Carolina) for land in Tennessee.

Pension Application Of Peter Curtis, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 719, Application # W3005

PETER CURTIS-Garrard Circuit Court, Kentucky, 1818:

“This petitioner states on oath that he served as a regular soldier in the revolutionary war, under three several enlistments, for the period of about five years and six months. That he first enlisted together with three of his

brothers, at Guilford County Courthouse in North Carolina, under Captain JOHN ARMSTRONG a short time before Christmas in the year 1775, for the term of one year, and was attached to the second North Carolina regiment on the Continental line, commanded by Colonel ALEXANDER MARTIN, and marched to Wilmington, and

from there to Charleston, and continued there until the term was out.”

“In the spring of the year 1777, he and his brothers enlisted again at Camden, to go to the northward for three years, that they were furloughed to go home, that he was taken sick and was ordered on to the southward, when

recovered, in the New Levy, serving for nine months, and was attached to the 1st regiment, commanded by Colonel JAMES CLANTON?, that he was with GATES at the Defeat at Rugeley Mills [per Heitman, August 16, 1780-although he said the battle was at Rugeley’s Mill, it was somewhat closer to Camden, and is commonly referred to by Camden.]. His time being nearly out he again enlisted about three weeks before the Battle of Guilford for the term of 18 months, that he

was with General GREENE at the Battles of Guilford [Per Heitman, March 15, 1781] and Eutaw Springs [per Heitman, September 8, 1781], that he was on a detachment against some Tories when the news came that CORNWALLIS was taken. He states that he obtained three discharges for the above terms of service, which he has lost, that he resides in this county, that he is in his fifty-ninth year, that he is very frail and infirm, and in indigent circumstances.”

The amended declaration of PETER CURTIS:

PETER CURTIS, a resident of Lincoln County, Kentucky, filed in 1824, aged sixty-

three years:

“That he (the said PETER CURTIS) enlisted for the term of twelve months on the __ day of February 1776 in the State of North Carolina, in the company commanded by Captain JOHN ARMSTRONG, in the regiment commanded by Colonel ALEXANDER MARTIN in the line of the state of North Carolina on the North Carolina Continental establishment. That he continued to serve in the said corps until November of that year, when he was furloughed from said service in Wilmington in North Carolina and remained at home longer than was proper, as he has been since informed, he being entirely deranged during his absence, but before the expiration of his term was restored sufficiently to return to the service which he did, and served out his time in Captain WILLIAM’s company, Colonel DONOHO’s regiment, and General SUMTER’s brigade. He was deranged when furloughed, as he has been informed, and believes, for he has no recollection of it personally.”

“In the spring 1778, he enlisted again at Guilford, North Carolina under Captain JOHN LEAK, in the 3rd North Carolina regiment, and transferred to Captain WILLIAM’s in Colonel PAISLEY’s regiment and served out his time, which

was nine months faithfully, and was discharged at Monck’s Corner in South Carolina near Charleston by Colonel DONOHO, but he has lost his discharge. During the service, he was in the Battle of Stono [Per Heitman, June 20, 1779],

of Camden [per Heitman, August 16, 1780], and Guilford [per Heitman, March 15, 1781] and Eutaw [per Heitman, September 8, 1781]; and in pursuance of the act of 1st March 1820, etc.”

“I had been told that I had been returned as a deserter during my first service. I now declare on oath that I never deserted and that if there be such return, it must have been produced by the absence occasioned by my mental

derangement as aforesaid, etc.”

File at:

Constructed History Of Captain John Leak

JOHN COOK-“The nineteenth day of July 1776, I entered the service of the United States as a volunteer, under Captain JOHN LEAK, Lieutenant JOHN DAVIS, THOMAS OWENS was our major. General RUTHERFORD commanded. I started from Guilford, North Carolina. We went through Salisbury and up to the head of Catawba near a fort called Cathey’s Fort, from that fort we crossed the mountain and went down the Swamano River, thence to the Indian towns upon the Tennessee and its waters, and destroyed sixteen of their towns. I remained three months in that

tour, and returned home.”

In an addendum-“That he volunteered into the service of the United States for three months as a private on the nineteenth day of July in the year 1776, in Guilford County, NC, his place of residence at that time, under

Captain JOHN LEAK and Lieutenant JOHN DAVIS, in a detachment commanded by THOMAS OWENS, all commanded by General RUTHERFORD. Joined his regiment at Guilford in the state of North Carolina, marched from thence through Salisbury in the state of North Carolina to the head of the Catawba River near a fort called Cathey’s, from the fort crossed the mountains and went down the Swamano River, thence to the Indian towns upon the Tennessee River and its waters, and destroyed sixteen Indian towns and after serving three months as a private was

discharged from the service of the United States in the month of October 1776.”

THOMAS COOK-“I entered the service in the revolutionary war as a volunteer in the year 1776, in July, under Capt. JOHN LEAK in Guilford County, North Carolina, first lieutenant in said company, JOHN DAVIS, said company belonging

to Col. MARTIN’s regiment of said county and state. We joined the main army under Gen’l RUTHERFORD in Rowan County, State of North Carolina and from said county marched to the Cherokee nation where we burned and destroyed sixteen towns and villages together with as many of the Indians as we could get hold of. I then returned home which was on about the first of Nov. in said year (1776), being out four months.

In an additional addendum-“In July the tenth, 1776, I entered the service as a private soldier in Capt. JOHN LEAK’s company (Guilford militia), North Carolina, Guilford County, Col. JAMES MARTIN’s Regiment, GRIFFITH RUTHERFORD, General. Marched to the Cherokee Nation to suppress the Indians, burnt their

towns and destroyed as many of the Indians as we could get of; remained in the nation as long as we could get provisions, and was compelled to return back again. On the 25th of Nov. landed at our starting point, being out four months & fifteen days. 4 months + ½. This was known by the Cherokee expedition. This service was in an embodied corps called out by competent authority, the state of North Carolina.”

“On the 1st of September, 1777, I was elected first lieutenant of a company in MARTIN’s Regiment, company commanded as before by JOHN LEAK and attached to the said brigade, commanded by the same General (GRIFFITH RUTHERFORD). The intention of this service was to scout the country thereabouts

for the Tories was very mischievous ____ in the lower part of the state alongside the seaboard. We were raised as the protectors of our state. MCCLOUD [MCLEOD] was the Tory General who headed the Tories in the Scotch settlements

as aforesaid. In this service aforesaid, I was out three months, when we returned back to our county & home. This was known in that day as the Scotch expedition [per Heitman, actually called Moore’s Creek Bridge-February 27,

1776].”

“About Christmas or the first of January 1778, we were ordered out as before to the lower part of the state to hunt for the same Tory commander (MCCLOUD), for the Tories, as soon as we had left that particular section commenced their

mischief. Some time in the winter of [unreadable] upon MCCLOUD in the Scotch settlements at a bridge (name of bridge not recollected) [Betty’s or Beattie’s Bridge] but near to a swamp called Drowning [Swamp] when we had a fight, and

killed several of the Tories and caused MCCLOUD to flee with the balance. Col. PAISLEY commanded our regiment at this time, Col. MARTIN, with some of the men remaining in the upper part of the state. We consumed the whole of this year as we did the latter part of the former, backward and forward continually. This was likewise known as the Scotch expedition, making the whole in this kind of service fifteen months. I was commissioned by Governor CASWELL.”

And in yet more additions-THOMAS COOK does say: “That in the month of July, 1776, he volunteered as a private soldier in the company of Captain JOHN LEAK, in Guilford County, North Carolina, which company belonged to the regiment raised in said county under the command of Col. JAMES MARTIN, which regiment, with others, assembled at Salisbury, North Carolina, under the command of Gen’l ___RUTHERFORD, which Christian name he thinks (but is not certain) was GRIFFIN- they marched over the mountains to the Cherokee country on the waters of the

Tennessee River, where they burned sixteen Cherokee towns, deponent was in this expedition which lasted at least four months.”

“Shortly after, in the beginning of the year 1777, deponent was elected lieutenant in the company of the aforesaid Captain JOHN LEAK, and was frequently engaged for several weeks at a time, in scouting for Tories, the

number of different services not recollected by deponent among the events of that year. He recollects that he was in the battle fought at a bridge near Cross Creek tour, in which battle MCCLOUD, a Scotch General & a Tory, was

defeated [per Heitman, February 27, 1776].”

JAMES P. BARNETT-“That he served a tour of three months under Captain JOHN LEAK, a man by the name of MARTIN, he thinks was the Colonel, and JOHN JONES was the Lieutenant. That he served in the year 1780 in the winter he thinks. That it was the duty of the company in which he was, to guard a public magazine in Guilford County, North Carolina, pursuant to the command of General GREENE, to preserve it from the Tories. That there was no regular officers or regiments stationed near them. That they marched only from one part of Guilford County to another in which they were stationed. That there was no regular discharge in writing, but they were relieved at the expiration of their term of duty at the public magazine. That he was in no battle.”

“That he served as a substitute for his father, JOHN BARNETT, and that he was under the command of Captain JOHN LEAK, and that he served a tour of three months as guard over the public magazine in Guilford County, North Carolina,

which she thinks was in the year 1780.”

WILLIAM COTTON-“In the month of March 1780, he volunteered and served for six months under General SUMTER, Col. MARTIN, (major forgotten) and Capt. JOHN LEAK, the rest of the company officers he has forgotten. He left the service in the month of Sept. same year, after serving faithfully for six months, when he

was discharged by Col. MARTIN.”

“He then afterwards, in the month of November, same year, volunteered a second time for six months and served out the full length of his tour under General RUTHERFORD, Colonel MARTIN, Major CANADA [Major KENNEDY?], Captain JOHN LEAK, (Lieutenant forgotten), and Ensign WALKER. He left the service this second tour in the month of May 1781, after first being duly discharged by Colonel MARTIN. This in addition to his former made the term of one year. This second tour he was in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina. He

then in the month of July 1781, volunteered a third time and served under General SUMTER, Colonel MARTIN, Major CANADA [KENNEDY?], Captain JOHN LEAK and

Ensign WALKER.”

“During his first tour he was in the Battle of Cross Creek [per Heitman, Feb. 27, 1776, Moore’s Creek Bridge] in North Carolina, where the Americans defeated the British, and in his second tour, was in the Battle of

Guilford Courthouse [per Heitman, March 15, 1781], NC. During his first tour, he marched from Dan River to Guilford Courthouse, from thence to Sandy River, from thence to Cross Creek, where the engagement took place, from thence he

marched back to Guilford Courthouse, where he remained stationed as a guard until he was discharged in September 1780. During the second tour he marched from Dan River to Guilford Courthouse, from thence to Blue Creek, from thence

to the waters of PeeDee, from thence (after remaining there for some time), he marched to the swamps, from thence up the D___ling roads, from thence to the Crossroads, from thence to Guilford Courthouse, where he was engaged in the

Battle, from thence to the Crossroads, and here he was discharged. During his third and last tour, he marched against the Cherokee Indians and passed across the Mayo, from thence to French Broad, from thence to Nolachucky, from thence

to the Cherokee towns, for many miles in the wilderness where he served for about three months, when he was marched home to Guilford County, by the way of the waters of PeeDee, from thence across the River Dan, from thence he marched to Guilford Courthouse, where he was discharged. Applicant thinks it his duty to state to the Department that the marches may not be exactly correct, but in consequence of his extreme bodily infirmity and consequent mental imbecility he cannot be more exact. During all of his tours there were many regular soldiers with the troops where he served, but he cannot remember the particular regiments or companies to which they belonged. There were also other militia

regiments and companies than the one to which he belonged.

PETER CURTIS-“In the spring 1778, he enlisted again at Guilford, North Carolina under Captain JOHN LEAK, in the 3rd North Carolina regiment, and transferred to Captain WILLIAM’s in Colonel PAISLEY’s regiment and served out his time, which was nine months faithfully, and was discharged at Monck’s Corner in South Carolina near Charleston by Colonel DONOHO, but he has lost his discharge. During the service, he was in the Battle of Stono [Per Heitman, June 20, 1779], of Camden [per Heitman, August 16, 1780], and Guilford [per Heitman,

March 15, 1781] and Eutaw [per Heitman, September 8, 1781]; and in pursuance of the act of 1st March 1820, etc.”

ANSEL FIELDS-“Sometime in the month of July 1780 [The Cherokee Expedition actually took place in August to October, 1776], (he does not remember the day of the month), he entered said service as a volunteer of the militia and was sergeant during all his service, of the company to which he belonged.) He resided then in Guilford County, North Carolina. The officers of his company was Captain JOHN LEAK, Lieutenant GEORGE PEAY, Ensign JAMES LEAK. Claimant himself was the sergeant of the same, to which office he was elected immediately after he volunteered and before the company marched. He does not remember the number of his company, nor of the regiment to which it was

attached. The latter was called the Guilford Regiment, and was commanded by Colonel JAMES MARTIN and Major ROBIN RALSTON. He was under the command of General RUTHERFORD.”

“After his company was formed and their officers elected, they assembled at Spring Garden in Guilford County, NC, from which place they marched to Guilford Courthouse, on their way to which place they met with another company, which

joined them and they marched together to the courthouse. There they met the army of the militia, consisting, he thinks, of three thousand men. He thinks there were among them, no regulars.”

“From Guilford Courthouse they marched southward against the Indians who had been committing depradations on the whites. The first important point at which they arrived was Salisbury in North Carolina, about ninety miles from

claimant’s residence at that time, thence they marched to Camden in South Carolina, at least one hundred miles farther, thence they marched about two hundred miles to an Indian town, lying on the Tennessee River, he thinks, in

the state of Tennessee. He does not know the name of this town, but thinks it belonged to the Cherokee nation.”

“This town they destroyed and burned the houses. They then marched thirty miles farther among the Ter??? Nation and took a white man called SCOTT, who had married an Indian woman. They were out of provisions, and returned home, where they arrived sometime in the month of October 1780. He there received a written

discharge from his colonel which he has lost. He served during this engagement just three months. He was during this time, in no battle except at the destruction of the Indian town and a skirmish at the taking of SCOTT. He was

with none of the regular forces, and thinks they were stationed at Cross Creek, now called Fayetteville, North Carolina. He does not recollect the names of any of the regular officers except Lieutenant BARNES, with whom he had been

acquainted at home.”

“While crossing a stream on their march, an officer of the Rowan Troops took up a soldier on his horse behind him, and there being a great number of reeds growing about the edge of the stream, the lock or trigger of the private’s gun caught among the reeds and was fired off. The load passed through the body of the officer [possibly ?] and produced his immediate death [is he referring to the death of Major LEWIS or JOHN BRAWLEY?].”

“He received no commission as sergeant, and is now under the impression that the sergeant was at that time, a non-commissioned officer.”

“About the last of November 1780, he again volunteered in the militia. His company elected the same officers [JOHN LEAK, GEORGE PEAY, JAMES LEAK] as before, he being reelected sergeant in which capacity her served during the whole of this, his second engagement, of course under the same officers as in his first engagement. He, at this time, resided at the same place as when he first entered. He does not remember the number of his company nor that of the regiment to which he belonged. The officers of the regiment were the same as before. His general was the same also.”

“As before, his company assembled at Spring Garden in Guilford County, NC, and he marched to Guilford Courthouse where they joined the main army. They then marched one hundred and twenty miles to Cross Creek or Fayetteville, under the expectation that the enemy would invade that place. Here some of the regular army was stationed. Here they remained about a week during which time the regular army marched to Purysburg.”

“After remaining at Cross Creek a week, claimant’s company and the rest of the army consisting, he thinks, of three thousand, marched to Salisbury, about two hundred miles from Fayetteville, were stationed there one month, and then

marched to Camden, in South Carolina, where they stayed one week guarding Tories in the prison and awaiting the approach of the enemy. They then, upon the enemy’s arriving within three miles, retreated for the purpose (as claimant

thinks) of leading them farther into the interior of the country. The British pursued them at various distances on their return to Guilford Courthouse.”

“Shortly after their return to that place the enemy came up and a battle was fought [per Heitman, March 15, 1781], in which there was considerable loss on both sides. The Americans fought in an old field and the British in a wood.

Claimant thinks both parties were beaten, as both retreated, the Americans having spent the ammunition. This battle took place sometime in March 1781. After this battle, the army was scattered. Claimant’s company scouted around in

a circuit of fifty miles after the Tories.”

“At length they returned to Salisbury, where they were stationed about a month, at the end of which time claimant received from the colonel a written discharge, which he has lost. This discharge was about the last of August 1781.

He does not remember the precise day of the month on which he entered or left the service, either in this or the previous engagement. In this engagement he served just nine months as a sergeant of the volunteers of North Carolina. He

received no commission as sergeant.”

“When they retreated from Camden, they took the Tories from the jail with them, and lodged them in the jail at Guilford County, NC. He does not know the name of any other officers, either of the militia volunteers or regular army. During

this or the former engagement, except those mentioned and Lieutenant BARNES, with whom as before stated, he was acquainted at home. During this engagement he was in no battle except that at Guilford Courthouse.”

ALEXANDER LEMONDS-“That he volunteered as a militiaman for the term of nine months sometime in the spring of 1779 as near as he can recollect, in the company commanded by Captain JOHN LEAK, that the whole company to which he belonged all volunteered at the same time at their company muster near Spring Gardens, in what is now the County of Rockingham, (then Guilford). That he marched first to Salisbury, from there to South Carolina to the Savannah River

at a place called Purysburg, or some such name. That he remained there a while under the command of Colonel HAL DICKSON [or DIXON], that he, with a small detachment, marched to Charleston and remained there about two weeks.”

“That he returned from Charleston to headquarters at a place as well as he recollects called the PonPon Roads. That this was about a month before the Battle of Stono. That after his return, he was attached to a scouting party and

on the night before the Battle of Stono, his party was out upon a scout. That he did not return to camp until late in the morning, when he found that the army had all gone out to battle. That the firing commenced shortly after his

return to the encampment. That he was not in the battle, but was on the battlefield the next morning.”

“That his term of service expired in a month or thereabouts after the battle. That he received his discharge and brought it home with him, but it is now lost. He does not recollect the name of the officer who gave him his discharge…

That he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service except one SNEED STRONG, who was present when he volunteered. He is also acquainted with one NICHOLAS MCCUBBIN with whom he has often conversed about his tour of service, and knows from the circumstances he relates, that they were in service together, but they were not acquainted at that time, he was in a different regiment. That Mr. JAMES OLIVER also states that he knows of his service, having met him at his return…”

August 1832-“SNEED STRONG…he is well acquainted with ALEXANDER LEMMONS…that he was present at the muster in 1779, as well as he recollects the year, when said ALEXANDER LEMMONS together with his whole company under the command of Captain JOHN LEAK, volunteered for the term of nine months. That he knows

said LEMMONS marched to the south with his company and did not return until after his term of service had expired…”

August 1832-“JAMES OLIVER…he has been acquainted with ALEXANDER LEMMONS…ever since his infancy…that he knows that he volunteered under Captain JOHN LEAK for nine months. That he saw him on his return near ?Holgen’s Creek in the County of Rockingham, about ten miles from his place or residence…”

ALEXANDER LEMMONS-“That said allowance is for nine months service by

himself, the affiant, in the company of Captain JOHN LEAK in the company commanded by Captain JOHN LEAK in the regiment of Continental line of North Carolina, commanded by Colonel DICKERSON, which service was performed in the

year 1779. That he does not now remember whether he claimed for additional services or not in his application made for pension some twenty years since, but that he did perform an additional service of three months in the militia of

the state of North Carolina in the following manner and under the following circumstances:

“About the 15th day of April in the year 1781, a man by the name of JACOB JAMES, having enlisted or having been drafted and having become tired of the service, and did about three months before the expiration of his term, with the

consent of, and agreement of his officers, employ him, the declarant to serve as his substitute for the remainder of his term, and that he the declarant, did about the 15th day of April in the year 1781, in the County of Guilford, now

Rockingham and state of North Carolina, enter the said company as a substitute for said JACOB JAMES and with the rank of a private, did serve the remaining three months of said JACOB JAMES term and was at the end thereof, disbanded at a place called Guilford Old Courthouse…

“That he was at the time while a substitute for JACOB JAMES, a teamster and was in company with a guard transporting provisions to a town called Charlotte in Mecklenburg, in the state aforesaid, and upon his return from the point at which he deposited his stores, and by a called court martial, was disbanded and returned home.”

“…That he has not heretofore made application for an allowance for the term of service for the following reasons; that he was not aware that substitutes received any pay from government; that he was given a fine rifle by the said JACOB JAMES and a cow and a yearling. I state this because I have a distinct recollection of what I was to receive over and above the monthly pay, which he was to receive, and that he does now adduce the best proof in his power to

establish what he herein sets forth, and trusts at this late day when all his officers and comrades are dead or removed beyond his reach, the said proof will be satisfactory to the accounting officers of the Government…”

GEORGE PEAY-“That in January or February 1776, I joined the army of the United States as a volunteer in Guilford County, NC, under Captain JOHN LEAK and Colonel JAMES MARTIN. We rendezvoused at Guilford Courthouse and marched thence to Cross Creek where Fayetteville now stands. This expedition was against the Highland Scotch and Tories who had rebelled against the government. Governor CASWELL having defeated them before we arrived at Cross Creek [per Heitman, February 27, 1776], we in a day or two returned home and stayed there two weeks. Then we were called out again to go to Wilmington and when we had marched to Rocky River in Chatham County, an express met us stating the British had left Wilmington and hove out of sight. We then returned home, having been absent these two trips, three months. Colonel ALEXANDER MARTIN commanded a regiment of regular troops and we lay at the Cross-Roads in Randolph County with his regiment nearly four weeks during the first trip.”

That about the 20th of June, 1776, I joined as a volunteer Captain JOHN LEAK and Colonel JAMES MARTIN, General GRIFFITH RUTHERFORD being our brigadier General. In the county of Rowan in the town of Salisbury, we rendezvoused and marched thence to the head of the Catawba River near Cathey’s Fort, which is at

a place called Pleasant Gardens, where we remained near four weeks until General RUTHERFORD and the balance of his army joined us. We marched thence against the Cherokee Indians across the Blue Ridge and stopped on the Tennessee River in the Cherokee nation where we remained four weeks, the Indians having been subdued by the Southern Army commanded by General WILLIAMSON. We returned home after an absence of about three months and a half, no battle having been

fought this expedition.”

That about the 20th of June 1778, I joined the company of Captain JOHN LEAK as a volunteer, which company belonged to the regiment called New Levees commanded by Colonels ARCHIBALD LYTLE and HENRY DIXON. We rendezvoused about that time at Guilford Courthouse in Guilford County, and our two companies from

Guilford, one commanded by Captain LEAK, the other by Captain GEORGE HAMILTON, marched thence to David Logan’s, 4 miles from Guilford Courthouse, where we lay four weeks until the balance of said regiment commanded by said Colonels LYTLE and DIXON, joined us.”

“We marched thence to Dixon’s Ferry on Dan River in Virginia, on our way towards the north, where we met an express which caused us to return into North Carolina, our services not being needed in the North. We marched thence to Moore’s Creek in Caswell County, NC, where we remained about a month.”

RICHARD VERNON for GEORGE PEAY-. I was acquainted with GEORGE PEAY in the state of North Carolina in the County of Guilford in the year 1776, at which time an insurrection was raised by a set of people called Scotch Tories, and about the first of February 1776, the militia was called to arms.”

“Mr. PEAY, along with myself and many others, turned out as volunteers and marched to Guilford Courthouse on the fifteenth of February 1776, and there formed a regiment under the command of Colonel JAMES MARTIN and Captain JOHN LEAK (I acted his subaltern) and at that period, Guilford County was in the western part of North Carolina in a district called Salisbury, which was commanded by Brigadier General RUTHERFORD, who at that time had all the militia

of said district in arms.”

“Then marching down to the lower part of the state were these Tories were embodied, our regiment joined General RUTHERFORD and then marched and proceeded with him to a town on Cape Fear River, at that time was called Cross Creek, where we understood for certain that the Tories were defeated by Colonel CASWELL [Moore’s Creek Bridge, per Heitman, 27 February, 1776] near Wilmington in said state, we were then sent back home, excepting a regiment of regular troops that had marched down with us under the command of Colonel ALEXANDER

MARTIN.”

“In about fifteen days after we returned home, a general alarm took place throughout the state, caused by the British vessels appearing in the Capes adjacent to said state, at which time we were all called to arms. Mr. GEORGE

PEAY with myself and many others volunteered again, under our former officers and marching in military order to Wilmington, and the only transaction that took place was an express that came to Colonel MARTIN stating that a party of

Tories were embodying in front of us to make an attack. We advanced near them. Myself and 13 others were sent to discover their situation. We proceeded to the place in the night and discovered a large encampment. Their sentinels fired at us and we returned to our regiment. All preparation was made by us to advance and attack them the next day. Accordingly, we met and prepared for action. We then discovered they were our friends who had drove the Tories the evening before.”

“We then proceeded on our march for Wilmington and were met by an express from the executive of the state, stating that the British vessels had left the Capes contiguous to North Carolina. We were all remarched back to our homes where we remained until the month of June in the same year 1776.”

“The Cherokee Indians broke out and was committing great depradations upon the frontier settlements of North and South Carolina. On which occasion a general call for the militia in the district of Salisbury took place about the month of

June 1776. Then Mr. GEORGE PEAY and myself volunteered again under the command of said officers RUTHERFORD, MARTIN and LEAK. So we marched north, a determined resolution to destroy the Indian settlements on Tennessee and Hiwassee, which we affected by entering wilderness on the 9th day of September 1776. About the 25th November following, we were discharged.”

SAMUEL RAYL-“At his company muster ground, at the house of CHARLES BRUCE in Guilford County near Guilford Courthouse, the declarant, together with many others, volunteered under Captain JOHN ?ALLUMS [?ELMS] in the month of July, day not recollected, in the year 1776, for the purpose of marching against the Cherokee Indians who had attacked the frontiers a short time before and had murdered some women and children and some men. Declarant had been elected ensign in Captain ELMS company of militiamen more than a year before, and still was the ensign of the company. Declarant received his commission as ensign from the hands of Colonel ALEXANDER MARTIN, who commanded the regiment. HEZEKIAH RHODES was the lieutenant, as declarant believes, though he is not

certain. JAMES DELAY was the orderly sergeant, as he believes, though he is not certain. The other sergeants and the corporals are not recollected.”

“At the same place and time another company volunteered under Captain LEAK, so pronounced. The place of rendezvous was Guilford Courthouse and on the 13th day of July 1776, this declarant reported there and within sight of Guilford Courthouse, a large body of men, many companies, number not recollected, were collected. Colonel ALEXANDER MARTIN commanded them. This declarant was ensign in Captain JOHN ELMS company. Captain FORBIS was one of the captains. Declarant does not now recollect any other captains’ names. There were no regular

officers or soldiers.”

“Many of the men being unprepared with guns and provisions and clothing, had to return to their homes to make ready. They were ordered to make ready and return immediately. This declarant returned home, prepared himself, and returned in three or four days to Guilford Courthouse. Thence we were marched under Colonel ALEXANDER MARTIN towards the Cherokee towns. We marched a few miles only the first day, encamping the first night four or five miles from Guilford

Courthouse. The third or second day, we reached Salisbury, within sight of it. Thence in four or five days, we marched to Cathey’s Fort, crossing on our way the Catawba River at the Root Bridge Branch. Here we remained several days

(three or four) waiting for reinforcements.”

“From Cathey’s Fort, in a few days (five or six), we marched to Cowee Town, a Cherokee town on the Hiwassee River, crossing on our way, the mountains between North Carolina and what is now east Tennessee. We crossed the French Broad and Little Pigeon Rivers, and the Little Tennessee River. When we reached Cowee Town, it was deserted by the Indians. We burned the town. Here we found corn, fresh meat, hogs and chicken, and sweet potatoes, and we remained here several days, number not recollected. A considerable body of men from Georgia joined us

at Cowee Town.”

“While we were at Cowee, the Over-Hill Cherokees we were informed, were coming upon us and 400 of our men were sent in two divisions and ordered to take different routes. This declarant was not in either division, though desirous of

going, he was prevented by his captain on account of his having an attack of inflammatory rheumatism, brought on by wading French Broad. One of the divisions that took the right hand [position] met the Over-Hill Cherokees who

were coming on. About two miles from Cowee, our men engaged with and routed them, killing nine of the Indians with a loss on our part of two or three men.

From Cowee Town, we marched to a town, the name of which is not recollected, not far from Cowee, which we also burned. We also burned several towns not far from Cowee that were attached to Cowee Town, the names of which, if they had any, not recollected.”

“We returned to Cowee Town on Hiwassee River after having destroyed the towns and provisions of the Indians near the Cowee Town, and thence returned home the same route we had gone on. We started in July, day not recollected, and

returned the latter part of October, day not recollected, making a service of three months and twelve days. This declarant received no written discharge, and never applied afterwards for a written discharge, never thinking it would be of

any service to him to get one.”

“This declarant received pay for three months and twelve days service in this way. There was a sale at Cowee Town of property taken in the Indian towns. Declarant purchased a horse and his account was an offset against his pay.”

“In the month of March 1777, day not recollected, declarant volunteered at his company muster grounds at CHARLES BRUCES’s house under his Captain JOHN ELMS, for the purpose of marching against the Tories on Cross Creek, who had been committing many outrages upon the Whig families in that and adjacent sections of country. THOMAS MCCRORY was lieutenant in this tour, declarant believes, though he is not certain from the impaired state of his memory. Declarant was ensign, sergeant or corporals not recollected.”

“At Guilford Courthouse, we collected together and thence we were marched under Colonel ALEXANDER MARTIN towards the Cross Creek settlement about seventy miles from Guilford Courthouse. Captain LEAK was one of the captains. There were several companies, number unknown to declarant, as they joined us on our way from different sections. We marched in a southerly direction towards Cross Creek, waiting for reinforcements. We got into a settlement of Tories eight or ten miles before we reached Cross Creek. About ten or twelve miles from Guilford Courthouse, we crossed Deep River. We delayed for some time in going to Cross Creek. The Tories were collecting in a body under CONNER DOWD. On our approach, they dispersed.”

“All the Tories we could catch were compelled to take the oath of allegiance to the state of North Carolina, and to support and maintain the independence of the United States against George 3rd, or any other king or foreign power. After

doing this and destroying the property of those Tories who had been committing outrages upon Whig families, and had been aiding and abetting the British power, we returned home. We took some prisoners and had them tried at the

townhouse of the country, name of the town and county not recollected. These Tories were suffered to go unpunished after taking the oath as above, which they did. When we had finished the destruction of the property of such Tories

as had been committing outrages, their trial and had compelled all that we could take to swear the oath of allegiance to the state, we returned to our respective homes, and this declarant was discharged verbally by his Captain

JOHN ELMS at Guilford Courthouse after a tour of three months…Declarant volunteered in this expedition in the month of March 1777 and returned and was discharge in the month of June 1777, day not recollected.”

JAMES SCALES-“On one occasion under an Act of the General Assembly of our state, [a class of] 8 men were permitted to furnish one man for twelve months by which they were exempted for one term of service. Myself and 7 others hired a man for a term of 12 months for ___ hundred dollars for the service and surrendering him up to Captain LEAK, the commanding officer…”

NATHANIEL SCALES-That he entered the service of the United States in June 1777 [probably 1776], he thinks about the 10th day, as a private soldier in the company commanded by Capt. JOHN LEAK and Lt. JOHN DAVIS, in the regiment

commanded by Col. JAMES MARTIN. That they marched from Salisbury, North Carolina under the command of General RUTHERFORD against the Chickasaw [probably Cherokee] nation of Indians. That in that campaign the army under General RUTHERFORD destroyed thirteen Indian towns besides destroying their corn and carrying off their horses. This applicant thinks that this campaign lasted six months. This applicant will here state that he has always been under

the impression that he enlisted for 12 months as a private soldier because he got ten dollars when he entered the service. He enlisted at the Rocky Springs, North Carolina.”

“This applicant further states that after they had subdued the Indians in the early winter, they were discharged. This applicant thinks he got a discharge but does not recollect who signed it, but he well recollects that Colonel MARTIN returned home with them. He also recollects that Captain LEAK ordered all those who had enlisted to be in constant readiness for active service, should they be called on. The other Colonels who served in this campaign were Colonel PAISLEY, Colonel GRIMES and Colonel ALEXANDER and the adjutant of that army was ROBERT MARTIN, brother of our Colonel.”

ISHAM SHARP-“That he entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War as a drafted militiaman in the year 1779 [Cherokee Expedition was in 1776] in the County of Guilford, state of North Carolina, for three months under Capt. LEAK, Lt JOHN DAVIS. He does not recollect the name of the ensign. He was…put under Gen. RUTHERFORD and marched to the Cherokee nation, in which tour he faithfully served three months and was honorably discharged and

returned home.”

“January 1834-“He states that in the early part of 1779 he was drafted for three months in Guilford County, state of NC. He then belonged to Capt. LEAK’s company. That he immediately entered the service of the United States as a private drafted militiaman under said Capt. LEAK, JOHN DAVIS, Lt. He was immediately attached to Col. MARTIN’s regiment, Maj. HUNTER’s battalion. Marched to Salisbury where they stayed a short time and joined Gen.

RUTHERFORD’s brigade. They then marched up the Catawba River to its head where they remained for some short time, when they marched on the Cherokee nation where they burned several villages, killed two or three Indians and after

remaining in that region some time, was marched on homewards and after reaching home he was honorably discharged by his captain.”

“He has, in his former declarations, called this a tour of three months and that in the time he was drafted for, but he positively states that from the time he was drafted and entered the service and took up the line of march, it

was five months before he reached home and received his discharge. It was early in the year when he was drafted, and it was in the latter part of the summer or fall before he reached home, and therefore he can with certainty say…that on this tour, he faithfully served five months instead of three…”

WILLIAM THOMAS-“In the month of August 1778, he volunteered in Guilford aforesaid, and under Capt. JOHN LEAK, and Cols. PAISLEY and MARTIN, and was marched to near the head of the Catawba, where we remained a month waiting for reinforcements, and then marched to the Cherokee nation and helped to burn seventeen towns cut down corn and returned here after serving three months tour. Was a volunteer except nine months when he enlisted. The first three

months he served as a substitute for his brother, ____ Thomas.”

“And enlisted in Guilford aforesaid in the Continental Army for nine months, he thinks which month of August or September under Col. [probably mistaken about LEAK being a colonel] JOHN LEAK, and was marched by him to Purysburg and placed under Lieut. LEWIS, Capt. RALPH CHAPMAN, and Col LYTLE, Continental officers. Wintered at Purysburg, and marched in the spring up to near Augusta, Georgia, where deponent was taken sick and placed in a hospital and was furloughed to go home and when he was recovered, he returned home and

was not again called upon.”

“That he entered the service of the United States in the militia of the state of North Carolina in the month of April 1777, in Guilford County, as a volunteer under Capt. JOHN LEEK (or LEAK), Col. JAMES MARTIN commanded. The regiment was marched to Guilford Courthouse, thence to Cross Creek (now Fayetteville) and defeated the Scotch at that place, returned to Guilford and then marched after the Tories to Little River. They had dispersed, and we were discharged having served three months, and”

“In the month of August 1778, he volunteered in Guilford County under Captain John LEEK (LEAK) and Cols. JOHN PAISLEY and MARTIN and was marched to near the head of the Catawba where we remained a month waiting reinforcements and then marched to the Cherokee Nation and he helped to burn seventeen towns, cut down

corn ___ and returned home after serving a three months tour.”

“And enlisted at Guilford Courthouse aforesaid in the Continental Army for nine months, he thinks, which month of August or September under Captain JOHN LEAK and was marched by him to Purysburg and placed under Lieutenant LEWIS, Captain RALPH CHAPMAN, and Colonel LYTLE, Continental officers, wintered at Purysburg, and marched in the spring up to near Augusta, Georgia, where deponent was taken sick and placed in a hospital and was furloughed to go home and when he recovered, he returned home and was not again called upon.”

ISAAC VERNON-“That he entered the service as a volunteer…in the year 1777 in the first of the month of January under the command of JOHN LEAK and Colonel ALEXANDER MARTIN in Guilford County in the state of North Carolina. That he was in Captain LEAK’s company and by him, marched to Anson County [he named wrong county, and date, if this was the Battle at Moore’s Creek Bridge, per Heitman, February 27, 1776] in NC, to fight some Scotch Tories and to join General CASWELL’s forces. Before Colonel MARTIN joined Governor CASWELL, he, Governor CASWELL defeated the Tories. He then sent an express to Colonel MARTIN to inform him of the defeat and to disband his forces, amounting in number to about three thousand, when the army under Colonel MARTIN was accordingly

disbanded and the troops returned home, having been out in this service three

weeks…”

RICHARD VERNON-“I first entered the service of the United States about the 15th February, 1776, while living in Guilford County, NC, as lieutenant in Captain JOHN LEAK’s company, which was attached to the militia of Guilford County commanded by Colonel JAMES MARTIN from Guilford on an expedition against the Scots Tories near Fayetteville [Moore’s Creek Bridge, per Heitman, February27, 1776], where we were under the command of ALEXANDER MARTIN, colonel of the 1st regiment of N.C. troops and General RUTHERFORD. This part of my service is

proved by the certificate of Colonel MARTIN M___ and who resides in NC, Stokes County.”

“Immediately after my return from this tour, there being a call for men to go to Wilmington, near which, in the Capes the British having appeared, I entered Captain LEAK’s company as a lieutenant, Colonel JAMES MARTIN commanding again, and we marched to Wilmington, but before we arrived, the British having continued down to Charleston, we halted and returned. I was 30 days in service in this expedition which, added to my first tour, made a little more than three months.”

“I next volunteered about the first of August 1776 (being there in the first division in consequence of my first tour of service) in Captain LEAK’s company and served as lieutenant. This expedition was against the Cherokee Indians. We marched about the above date from Guilford under Colonel JAMES MARTIN to Salisbury, where we fell under the command of General RUTHERFORD. From thence we marched thro’ the wilderness to Indian nation and after having destroyed a number of their towns and villages, we returned.”

[Certificate A-“I do hereby certify that I was Colonel Commandant of the militia of Guilford County in this state during the War of the Revolution. That RICHARD VERNON formerly of the said County of Guilford and now a citizen

of the state of Tennessee, served under my command in the expedition against the Cherokee Indians in the year 1776. That said RICHARD was a lieutenant in Captain LEAK’s company in said expedition. That in said rank of lieutenant, he

likewise served under my command in an expedition against the Scots-Tories near Fayetteville and in several other excursions against the Tories in the south part of the County of Randolph in this state.”

“That Captain LEAK’s company having become too large, it was divided into two, and the said RICHARD VERNON appointed by me a captain of one of the two companies. JAMES MARTIN, Sen. Commandant of the Guilford militia.”]

GEORGE PEAY for RICHARD VERNON-“The deponent and RICHARD VERNON volunteered in 1776 sometime in the month of February as private soldiers under Captain JOHN LEAK and joined the regiment commanded by Colonel JAMES MARTIN at Guilford Courthouse and marched on an expedition to Cross Creek against the Highland Scots and Tories and was accredited and paid for a three months tour. In the same year in June following, under the same officers, we marched to Salisbury. We then marched on near Pleasant Gardens on the Catawba River, and

there awaited the arrival of General RUTHERFORD with the balance of the troops. From there we marched on to the Cherokee nations of Indians on the Tennessee River. We destroyed several towns, cut down their corn, remained there several weeks. We then returned home in October and was accredited and paid for four

months.”

“A Memorandum of military services of RICHARD VERNON, __known to have

been written by him, having no signature to it.”

“I here mean to memorialize the service that I performed in the

Revolutionary War:

“Vizt, I went into service about the 15th of February 1776 under Captain JOHN LEAK and Colonel JAMES MARTIN after the Scotch Tories in the lower part of North Carolina, and continued in service with a 2nd call which

completed a tour of three months.”

“Item second- I volunteered about the 1st of July 1776 and went to the Cherokee nation of Indians under the aforesaid Colonel MARTIN and was discharged about the first of November, something more than 3 months. This was

a hard tour for I had 4 horses in the pack service and on our return to a place called Cathey’s Fort, I took the 3 sick men in Captain LEAK’s company and conducted them home. Imputed to be about 220 miles.”

“The next tour, I volunteered in the capacity of Lieutenant to go to Charleston in South Carolina on the 23rd of February, 1780, and got to a town called Monck’s Corner, and there were defeated by the British. We retreated back over

Santee River and waited till Brigadier General CASWELL came on from North Carolina. We then formed a regiment and was commanded by him. Charleston surrendered. We then retreated into North Carolina and about the ninth of June

we was dismissed.”

GEORGE JOYCE, -lived on his father’s plantation in Guilford County at enlistment. Did not write down all of his officers names. Served under Capt. JOHN LEAK, Major JOSEPH CLOUD in the Cherokee expedition.

Additional Comments:

Constructed History is my term for a soldier who did not file for a pension himself, but about whom there is enough evidence from other soldiers to form an equivalent to a pension application. Most of the testimony comes from other men

mentioning the officer or non-comm. officer, but in some cases, the actual soldier himself testified on behalf of other men, thus revealing his own history.

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Captain Josiah Gates

Lieutenant Joseph Tate

Capt. John Armstrong

Col. Alexander Martin

Captain John Bell

Captain John Davidson

Capt. Pickett

Abner Johnson

Notes this is brother of Gideon Johnson above

1776-1783 Era Abner Johnson and wife Nancy R5649 NC Line: Soldier applied 1832 Sept 22: Muary Co. Tn age 73, he lived in Guilford Co NC at enlistment. Widow applied 1852 Oct 11 Maury Co. Tn. Soldier and widow had married 1783 March 14 and soldier died 1850 Oct 22: One Sarah Johnson widow of William Johnson a brother of Abner Johnson was of Maury Co. Tn age 77 in 1832 Pg 1840 . Abstract of Rev. War Pension Files Abstract of Rev. War Pension Files

1776-1783 Era: Abner JOHNSON, Private, North Carolina Militia, $36.66 Annual Allowance $109.98 Amount Received April 16 1833 Pension Started Age 75, Maury County, Tennessee. (1835 Tn Pension Roll) Abner JOHNSON, Private, 39th Regiment U S Infantry, $96.00 Annual Allowance $542.13 Amount Received September 5 1816 Pension Started, $24.00 Annual Allowance, $336.00 Amount Received, March 4 1820 Pension Started, Maury County, Tennessee (1835 Tn Pension Roll). Abner JOHNSON (Pension R5649) served in the NC Line, applied 22 Sep 1832 Maury Co, TN, aged 73, had lived in Guilford Co, NC at enlistment. His widow, Nancy, applied 11 Oct 1852 in Maury Co, TN, declaring that they had married 14 Mar 1783, and that he had died 22 Oct 1850. One Sarah JOHNSON, widow of William JOHNSON, a bro of Abner JOHNSON, was of Maury Co, TN, aged 77 in 1832. See also Gideon JOHNSON of Davidson Co, TN.

Pension Application Of Abner Johnson, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 1418, Application #R5649

ABNER JOHNSON, a resident of Maury County, Tennessee, aged 73:

“In the year 1777 (and as well as he can remember) [It appears from the battle description that the year was 1778-79] in the month of October of that year, volunteered in Guilford County, North Carolina under Captain JOHN NELSON, who was a captain in his neighborhood, and when the men were called for, all who did not volunteer to make up the number wanted were to be drafted, this deponent volunteered, and so did all the rest, except one who was drafted. The name of the lieutenant was CHARLES HUGHES and the name of the ensign was GEORGE PARKS, and this deponent and one ALLEN WALKER were sergeants of the company. His company belonged to Colonel PAISLEY’s regiment, which together with Colonel SAUNDERS regiment from Granville County, NC were under the command of General

RUTHERFORD.”

“The place of rendezvous was Guilford Courthouse, and after Colonel SAUNDERS regiment got to that place, they all marched to South Carolina, and on the march they passed through the towns of Salisbury and Charlotte in NC (as he supposes) and Camden in SC to a place called Smokey Camp, near a little village called Purysburg (as deponent recalls), from which, after some time, they were marched to a place called the Black Swamp, and then to a place called the Two

Sisters and several times changed this camp.”

“Whilst he was out on this campaign, General LINCOLN commanded the regulars in that part of the country. During the same campaign General ASHE was defeated at Briar Creek [per Heitman, March 3, 1779]. During the time he was out, they were a part of the time in the country between Augusta and Savannah on the Savannah River and served occasionally on the Georgia side. He was in no battle, but there were some little skirmishes with the British and Tories. The length of this service, he cannot state with positive certainty. He knows it was more

than five months and he thinks he was absent from home more than six months.”

“He knows that after he volunteered in October, they were marched a few days after the 7th of November. He remembers a particular circumstance that took place on the 7th and he knows it was two or three days afterwards that the troops were under way, and that their time was out either on the 10th of April or the 10th of May following. He cannot after as great a lapse of time be

positively certain which. When the time was out, the troops were discharged and he came home with his captain, who was Captain JOHN NELSON, and who lived in the same neighborhood with him, and whether he received a written discharge or not he cannot now remember. He knows he served out the time and was dismissed with the other troops…”

“After this campaign was over, but the precise date or year he cannot remember with certainty, he was again engaged in the public as follows: He lived in the same county (Guilford County, NC) with Governor MARTIN, who was governor of the state. There was a call for men to guard the governor against the Tories and British, from his residence to a place called Nutbush where the assembly was to meet, and this service was to stand as he now believes, as a three months tour of duty. This deponent volunteered in this service, as they were requested to do by the governor, and went with him to the place where the assembly was to meet, where they remained some time, but in consequence of the times being troublesome, a sufficient number of members did not meet to make an assembly, when they were dismissed and returned home.”

“After this term was over, he again volunteered and went with the governor to a place called the Moravian Town or Salem, where the assembly was to meet, and after getting there and waiting some time, a sufficient number of members failed to attend to make a house. They were again dismissed and went home. This tour was also to stand as another tour of duty of three months, as the governor told them. These were the only regular tours of duty which he performed during the Revolutionary War, except in scouting parties, in several

of which he was engaged against the Tories.”

From SAMUEL CARUTHERS pension application-“That he entered the service in the County of Guilford and state of North Carolina wherein he then resided, as a volunteer in the militia service under Captain JOHN NELSON, Lieutenant CHARLES HUGHES and Ensign LOVETT REED and attached to Colonel WILLIAM? [probably supposed to be John] PAISLEY’s regiment for five months. He cannot recollect the date but is very certain that it was the same year that the battle was fought at Stono [per Heitman, 1779], that from Guilford Courthouse he marched under the before mentioned officers to Salisbury, from thence to Charlotte Courthouse, where he joined General RUTHERFORD’s brigade, and Colonel ___ LOCK. From Charlotte, we marched on to Purysburg in South Carolina. We joined General LINCOLN on the Savannah River, that he was stationed at Purysburg for ___ weeks. In his first tour he recollects ALLEN WALKER, JAMES HAYES, ABNER JOHNSTON and ____ ALLEN and JOB BAKER in? his? mess.”

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Notes: Captain JOHN NELSON,

Notes: SAMUEL CARUTHERS

Notes: Allen Walker

Notes James Hayes

Notes: Allen Baker

Notes: Job Baker:

ABNER JOHNSON

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State of Tennessee, Maury County: Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions September Term 1832

On this 22nd day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Maury County Tennessee now sitting Abner Johnson a resident of said County of Maury and State of Tennessee, Aged 73 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832.

He entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated -- In the year 1777 (and as well as he can remember in the month of October of that year) he volunteered in Guilford County North Carolina under Captain John Nelson who was a militia Captain in his neighborhood, -- and when the men were called for all who did not volunteer to make up the number wanted were to be drafted, -- this deponent volunteered -- and as did all the rest, except one who was drafted -- the name of the Lieutenant was Charles Hughes & the name of the Ensign was George Parks, -- and this deponent & one Allen Walker were sergeants of the company; -- his company belonged to Colonel Paisley's Regiment -- which together with Colonel Saunders’ Regiment from Granville County NC were under the command of General Rutherford. The place of rendezvous was Guilford Court House, and after Colonel

Saunders’ Regiment got to that place -- they all marched to South Carolina, -- and on the March they passed through the towns of Salisbury & Charlotte (as he supposes) N.C. and Camden in S.C. to a place called Smokey Camp near a little village called Purrysburg on Savannah River, from which after some time, they were marched to a place called the black swamp and then to a place called the Two Sisters [ferry] -- and several times changed this camp. Whilst he was out on this campaign General Lincoln commanded the Regulars in that part of the Country. During the same campaign General Ashe was defeated at Briar Creek; -- during the time he was out they were a part of the time in the country between Augusta & Savannah on the Savannah River, -- and were occasionally on the Georgia side; he was in no regular battle, -- but there were some

little skirmishes with the British & Tories. The length of this service he cannot state with

positive certainty, -- he knows it was more than 5 months, -- and he thinks he was absent from home more than 6 months, -- he knows that after he volunteered in October -- they were marched a few days after the 7th of November, he thinks about the 10th of November; he remembers a particular circumstance that took place on the 7th and he knows it was 2 or 3 days afterwards that the troops were rendezvoused. And his time was out either on the 10th of April or the 10th of May following & he cannot after so great a lapse of time be positively certain which. When the time was out the troops were discharged and he came home with his Captain who was Captain

John Nelson and who lived in the same neighborhood with him, -- and whether he ever received a written discharge or not he cannot now remember. He knows he served out the time and was dismissed with the other troops, and if he received a written discharge he does not know what has become of it. --

After this campaign was over, but the precise date or year he cannot remember with

certainty, -- he was again engaged in the public service as follows; -- he lived in the same County (Guilford County NC) with Governor Martin who was then Governor of the State. -- There was a call for men to guard the Governor against the Tories and British, from his residence to a place called Nutbush where the assembly was to meet, and this service was to stand as a 3 months tour of duty as he now believes; This deponent volunteered in this service -- as they were requested to do by the Governor, and went with him to the place where the assembly was to meet, where they

remained some time, but in consequence of the times being troublesome a sufficient number of members did not meet to make an assembly -- when they were dismissed & returned home.

After this term was over he again volunteered & went with the Governor to a place called the Moravian Town or Salem where the assembly was to meet, -- and after getting there waiting some time a sufficient number of members failed to attend to make a house. They were again dismissed & sent home. This last tour was also to stand as another tour of duty of 3 months, -- as the Governor told them. These were the only regular tours of duty which he performed during the revolutionary war; -- except in scouting parties in several of which he was engaged against the Tories.

He states that he has no documentary written evidence of his services; and that he knows

of no other person whose testimony he can procure, except that of David Dobbins,1 Gideon Johnson 2 & Sarah Johnston whose testimony of companies this declaration.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present,

and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.

S/ Thos. J. Porter, Clerk S/ Abner Johnson

[Robert Mack and William Pillow gave the standard supporting affidavit.]

State of Tennessee, Maury County: Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions September Term 1832 This day personally appeared in open court David Dobbins who made oath that he was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary war -- that he is well acquainted with Abner Johnston [sic] the present applicant -- that he has had much conversation with him upon the subject of his services in the revolutionary war -- that from many circumstances spoken of by him as having happened & occurred during the war & he entertains no doubt but that he was in the revolutionary war. He is well acquainted with him & would place full & entire confidence in his statements upon his oath. He thinks he served a tour in which he himself was & that this tour was 6 months long.

Sworn to September 1832 in open Court. S/ David Dobbins

S/ Thos. J. Porter, Clk

State of Tennessee, Maury County: Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Term 1832

1 FPA S1805

2 Gideon Johnson S4456

This day personally appeared in open Court Gideon Johnston [sic] a resident of

Williamson County who made oath that he was in the Revolutionary War with Abner Johnston [sic] the above applicant -- that he knows the fact that the said Abner was also a Soldier of the revolution -- that Affiant entertains no doubt but that Abner Johnston served as a Soldier in the revolutionary war at the least is long as he and his declaration has stated. This affiant was with the said Abner in the tour with the Governor to Nutbush. He has heard the above declaration of

Abner Johnston read & believes it to be substantially true. He is well acquainted with said Abner & knows that he has always been reputed to have been a soldier of the Revolution where he lived. This Affiant is now in his 78th year.

Sworn to in open court September 22, 1832.

S/ Thos. J. Porter, Clk S/ Gideon Johnson

State of Tennessee, Maury County

Came personally before me, Alexander Johnson, a Justice of the peace in and for said

County Sarah Johnson, widow of William Johnson, now in the 77th year of her age, & infirm, too much so to attend to Court with convenience; who being by me Examined touching her Recollection of Abner Johnson's Serving as a Soldier in the Revolutionary war, in Substance deposeth and saith -- that the said Abner Johnson, a brother of her deceased husband, William Johnson, was a single man, and living immediately in the neighborhood of deponent & her husband, on Dan River, Rockingham County (then Guilford County) North Carolina, was much, & often at the house of Deponent, during the Revolutionary war; that she distinctly Recollects that the said Abner Johnson was absent, & said to be, & she has no doubt was in the Service of his Country. She never then, nor since, has ever heard it called in Question but that the same Abner Johnson, took an active part in defense of his Country; during that war; but cannot recollect how many tours, nor how long he served. Further deponent saith that she having long

been acquainted with said Abner Johnson, unhesitatingly can say, that his general character is, and has been, that of a man of undoubted truth. Further this deponent saith not.

[September 17, 1832] S/ Sarah Johnson

S/ Alex: Johnson, JP

[On October 11, 1852 in Maury County, Tennessee, Nancy Johnson, widow of Abner, filed for a widow’s pension stating that her husband was a pensioner of the United States for his revolutionary services; that she married him on March 14, 1783; that he died October 22, 1850 and that she has remained a widow ever since]

Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements

Pension application of Abner Johnson R5649A Nancy fn27NC

Transcribed by Will Graves 10/20/08

David Dobbins,

Gideon Johnson

Sarah Johnston

William Pillow

The Pillow familes are the IN Laws and Cousins of Gideon Johnson, Abner Johnson , Mordecai Johnson and William Johnson

Joseph McDowell.

Charles McDowell.

1776-1783 ERA Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements

Pension application of Benjamin Murrell R7527A Mary fn51NC [sic, VA]

Transcribed by Will Graves 6/4/09

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State of Tennessee Weakley County: Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions -- October Term 1832

On this 9th day of October personally appeared in open Court, before the Justices of the

Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions, now sitting in the courthouse in the town of Dresden in said

County of Weakley Benjamin Merrill a resident of State of Tennessee and County of Weakley

aged 72 years next November the 13th day according to the register of his parents, who being

first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following Declaration, in order to

obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and

served as herein stated. In the year 1780, when he was about the age of 20 years, then a resident

of Henry County, and the State of Virginia he entered the service as a volunteer on horseback,

under Captain Owen Ruble, under the apprehension that the British and Tories were about to

plunder and destroy the property of our citizens. This Declarant states that the entire company in

which he went against the British and Tories were volunteers, who had furnished themselves

with arms and ammunition, and horses, to protect the defenseless women & children from the

insults of the enemies of the Country -- From Henry County in Virginia, we marched into Rowan

County in North Carolina, where we met about 300 regular soldiers, who had preceded us in

dispersing the British and Tories, we then continued stationed at Rowan County about 2 months,

and received a discharge for a tour of 3 months -- which discharge I have, from the great length

of time, and not expecting it ever to be of any utility to me, lost or mislaid -- This discharge was

given by Captain Owen Ruble, and was dated, as well as can be recollected, about the close of

the summer of 1780, for his services 3 months as a volunteer -- About the first of March 1781 as

well as I can now recollect I again volunteered a 2nd time, on horseback, having furnish myself

with a horse and arms, under Captain Samuel Harston A report of the British and Tories being

about to plunder the country having reached our neighborhood. Captain Samuel Harston raised a

volunteer company of cavalry, to skirmish with and disperse the British and Tories & I became

one of the company. All volunteers were aonerated [?] from being enlisted until it came to their

term to serve by division, under this regulation I preferred volunteering, and accordingly done

so. From Henry County in Virginia, we proceeded, in search of the enemy, to the edge of

Guilford County in North Carolina, where we learned that but few British and Tories were

plundering in that part of the Country, & that those few, before we reached Guilford, had been

dispersed -- We then returned home, to Henry County in Virginia, with orders to keep ourselves in readiness at a moment's warning, to supply any call for men that a sudden emergency might

require -- I then received a second discharge, for a tour of 3 months service as a volunteer, from Captain Samuel Harston, which was dated, I think, according to the best exertion of my frail recollection, about the first of June in the year 1781. This discharge I am also unable to produce, from the circumstance of my considering it a paper of little value, and consequently not taking that care in the preservation of it, which would have been necessary to have kept it for so great a length of time. In the fall of 1781 I came out of the County of Washington, now part of the State of Tennessee, then a frontier Country in North Carolina, settled on the Watauga River, a branch of the Holston.

The next March after my arrival in Washington County, which was in the Spring of 1782, there was a rendezvous, at the mouth of big Creek on Holston, in the Western part of Sullivan County now Hawkins County East Tennessee, where I volunteered, together with many others, to go on a campaign against the settlement of Cherokee Indians, called the Chickamauga Towns. These Indians, it was supposed, were in league with the British, and whenever an opportunity offered, would steal horses and other property from the whites, and massacre our men, women and children. At this rendezvous, on big Creek on Holston River, there was about the number of 300 men, and the officers present to whom the command was to be entrusted, refused to enter the campaign with a less number than 500 men. The officers consisted of

Colonel Isaac Shelby from the State of Virginia, who was afterwards Governor of the State of Kentucky -- Major Lewis (his given name not now recollected) also from Virginia. The names of the subordinate officers, this declarant does not now remember. -- the men present at this meeting dispersed without organizing themselves into companies, on account of Colonel Shelby & Major Lewis being unwilling to enter a campaign of such importance with so few men. The object of the meeting thus failing Captain Robert King was appointed by Colonel Shelby to raise a volunteer company of horse to range along the Western frontiers for the purpose of protecting the white settlements. This company was to serve for the space of 3 months. I joined this company and we ranged from one station to another on the frontier, from 40 to 50 miles apart, down the Rivers Holston and French Broad for 3 months. At the end of this term of service our Captain Robert King gave us discharges. My discharge, I think, from the best of my recollection was dated about the last of May or the first of June 1782. This discharge, owing to the lapse of time, I have also lost. This Declarant states that he has no documentary evidence whatever, of his service, that not expecting ever to have any call for his several discharges, he was careless in keeping them, and have consequently lost them all. He knows of no person in this part of the country by whom he can prove his services, but thinks it probable that there may be a number of persons in the State of Virginia, and East Tennessee, who can testify to the same.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll in the agency of any State.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

S/ Wm H. Johnson, Clerk S/ Benj. Murrell

[Thomas Ross, a clergyman, and William Taylor gave the standard supporting affidavit.]

1st Question by the Court -- Where and in what year were you born?

Answer -- I was born in Lunenburg County in the State of Virginia, in the year 1760, as I have

been informed by my parents.

2nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?

Answer -- I have no record of my age, but I recollect to have seen it in our family record, in my

father's Bible, about 20 years ago.

3rd Where were you living when called into service: where have you lived since the

Revolutionary War and where do you now live?

Answer -- I. lived in Henry County in the State of Virginia when I first entered the service, from

there I moved to the County of Washington in the Western part of the State of North Carolina,

now part of the State of Tennessee -- and then I moved to Hawkins County in the State of North

Carolina, now Tennessee sometime in the year 1784. In the year '88 or thereabouts I left

Hawkins and went to Jefferson County in what is now called East Tennessee, where I lived 17

years; from thence I moved to Limestone County in the State of Alabama where I lived, as well

as I can now recollect about 20 years -- from thence I moved to Hardeman County in the Western

District of the State of Tennessee where I lived about 4 years -- from thence I moved to the

County of Weakley & State of Tennessee in December 1830 -- and settled in the northern part of

the County near the Kentucky line, where I now live --

4th How were you called into service; were you drafted; did you volunteer or were you a

substitute, and if in substitute, for whom?

Answer -- I served three three-months tours, or nearly so, and volunteered every time.

5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served,

such Continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of

your service.

Answer -- the foot troops were commanded by Colonel George Woler of the State of Virginia. The name of my first Captain in our expedition against the British & Tories was Owen Ruble and my 2nd Captain was Samuel Harston. Colonel Isaac Shelby afterwards Governor of Kentucky, and Major Lewis of Virginia were to command the campaign intended against the Cherokee Indians, as I have before stated in my Declaration we were not attached to either a Continental or Militia Regiment during my service, and the circumstances of my services I have particularly detailed in my Declaration -- The Captain under which I served my last tour of 3 months service was Captain Robert King.

6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what

has become of it?

Answer -- I received 3 discharges; the first from Captain Owen Ruble, dated about the close of the summer of 1780 and as well as I can remember. The 2nd was signed by Captain Samuel Harston & dated I think about the first of June 1781 -- the 3rd and last was given by my Captain Robert King & dated I think about the last of May or the first of June 1782. Each of my discharges was for 3 months service as a mounted volunteer, all of which I have lost not deeming it of any importance that I should keep them.

7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief in your services as a soldier in the revolution.

Answer -- Parson Thomas Ross, William, Inman and Chapman Taylor & James Hornback have all been acquainted with me for a considerable length of time, and will all testify to my veracity & respectability, and also that I am reputed to have been a soldier in the American Revolution.

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family record Marriages

Benjamin Murrell and Mary his wife was married in the year of our Lord 1783, September the 30 day

Betsey Murrell was married to Joseph Routh, in the year while Lord 1804, November the __day.

Richard Murrell son of Benjamin & Mary was married to Rachael Hodges, in the year of our Lord 1809, June the 22 day.

John S. Murrell, son of Benjamin & Mary, was married to Sarah Clack, in the year of our Lord 1818, April the 16th day.

Lemuel Murrell and Alis, his wife was married in the year of our Lord 1828, November the 15th day

William Murrell and Nancy his wife, was married in the year while Lord 1829 October the 22nd day

Births

Benjamin Murrell was born in the year while Lord 1760 the 13th day

Mary Murrell, his wife, was born in the year while Lord 1764, November the 30th day

Betsey Murrell was born in the year of our Lord 1784, October the 30th day

Jefferson Murrell was born in the year of our Lord 1786, November the 23rd day

Richard Murrell was born in the year while Lord 1788, November or December the 15th day.

Isaac Murrell was born in the year of our Lord 1789, April the 29th day.

Nancy Murrell was born in the year while Lord 1792 April the 26th day

Sarah Murrell was born in the year of our Lord 1793, December the 28th day

Mary Murrell was born in the year of our Lord 1795 December the 22nd day

John Sims Murrell was born in the year while Lord 1798, February the 13 day.

Matilda Murrell was born in the year of our Lord 1799 November the 17th day

Charlotte Murrell was born in the year of our Lord 1801, October the 26th day

Lucy Murrell was born in the year of our Lord 1804, June the first day

Gemimy Murrell was born in the year while Lord 1805, March the 10th day.

Lemuel Murrell was born in the year of our Lord 1809, April the 2nd day

[obliterated] something occurred in December 97, December -- day

Richard Decatur Murrell was born in the year while Lord 1818, December 30 day

Thomas Jefferson Murrell was born in the year while Lord 1820, November 18th day

Artemicy Francis Murrell was born in the year while Lord 1822, February 10th

Deaths

Benjamin Murrell departed this life in the year while Lord 1835, made the 25th day

Mary Murrell, wife of Benjamin Murrell, departed this life in the year while Lord 1843, July the 26th day

Rachel Murrell, wife of Richard Murrell, departed this life in the year of our Lord 1816, October the 21st day

Sarah Murrell, wife of John S. Murrell, departed this life in the year while Lord 1823, June the 14 day

[fn p. 13: On June 22, 1841 and Weakley County Tennessee, Mary Murrell, 77, filed for a widows pension under the 1838 act stating that she is the widow of Benjamin Murrell, a pensioner of the United States for his services in the revolution; that they were married on September 30, 1783; that her husband Benjamin Murrell died May 25 1835 and that she remains his widow.]

[fn p. 15: On November 19, 1853 in Hardeman County Tennessee, William Murrell, 44, son of Benjamin Murrell and Mary his wife filed a claim for pension due his mother; he filed a claim on behalf of himself and Jeffrey, Richard, John, Lemuel, Mary Gragg, Nancy Slaughter, Lucy Cunningham, Jeremiah Hyde, and Charlotte Murrell, all of whom are living, and Isaac, Elizabeth Routh and Sarah Smith, Matilda Slaughter, having departed this life.]

[fn p. 22: William Murrell, 45, filed another affidavit in which he states Jeffrey Murrell resides in Fayette County, Tennessee, Richard Murrell resides in Weakley County Tennessee, John S. Murrell resides in Weakley County Tennessee, Lemuel Murrell resides in Missouri; Nancy Slaughter lives in Tipton County Tennessee, Mary Gragg lives in Washington County Arkansas; Charlotte Murrell resides in Weakley County Tennessee; Lucy Cunningham resides in the state of Missouri, Jeremiah Hyde lives in Limestone County Alabama; he also says he has 4 siblings who are deceased they are Isaac Murrell, Betsy Ruth, Sarah Smith and Matilda Slaughter.]

1776-1783 Era JOHN JOHNSON served in the North Carolina Line, having enlisted in Rowan County (where he resided at the time). He applied for his pension on 27 Apr 1836 at Pickens County, Alabama, aged 74, stating that he had moved to Rutherford Co TN about 1817, then moved to Lauderdale County, Alabama and about 1830 to Pickens County, Alabama. He stated he was born 2 Jan 1762 in Halifax County, North Carolina. (Extracted from Virgil D. White, Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Abstract Files, which states that no Pension File No. was on the file's jacket, but the #30782 was on the card)

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State of Alabama, Pickins [Pickens] County

On this 27th day of April in the year of our Lord 1836 -- personally appeared before

Samuel Bolton (Judge of the County Court) but at the applicant's own house John Johnson aged about 74 years, a resident of the County of Pickens and State of Alabama, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath take the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he was drafted for the term of 12 months, He was drafted in February 1782, as well as he now recollects, by the State of North Carolina as State Troops where he was raised. He does not now recollect who was the

drafting officer. In March following he went into service. He joined the troops in Salisbury Rowan County. The troops were commanded by Major Joel Lewis. He does not recollect the Adjutant; his Captain was named Charles Gordon: does not recollect the lieutenants. His first Sergeant was James Haskin. When the troops first met at Salisbury, there was but one Company. Lewis marched this Company to widows Rees’ where it was joined with some other Companies.

He does not know how many; but he recollects some of the captains names. They were Captain Trouton, Captain Christmas. He does not recollect any other officers of these troops. The troops stayed at Salisbury until about June before they marched to the widow Rees’. He was furloughed while there 4 or 5 days, was taken sick with the mumps, and did not join his company until they arrived at the widow Rees’. He was about 6 days going from Salisbury to the widow Rees’: who live somewhere in the Sand Hills, in Chatham or more County. They marched from widow Rees’ through widow Dawes’ Thence they marched to Hillsboro. They remained there one day, and were furloughed for 5 days. They returned back to Salisbury and were discharged by order from the Governor of North Carolina. He does not recollect the Country through which

he marched. It was mostly in the Sand Hills. He recollects of being at Chatham Courthouse & at Hillsboro. He was discharged in March, 12 months from the time he went into active service. He was in no battles. Had some inconsiderable skirmishes with the Tories, which mostly consisted in taking them prisoners.

Previous to his enlistment he served about 3 months in the militia. Though of this service he has no proof that he knows of, except his own declaration. In this service he volunteered for 3 months at Wilkes Court-house. His Colonel here was Benjamin Cleveland. His Captain was Abram De Moss, Garrett Smithey was his Lieutenant; His head commander was Campbell. In this 3 months tour, he marched from Wilkes to King's Mountain, on the top of which they fought a battle with the British & Tories, who were commanded by Forgusson [Ferguson]. Ferguson was killed. He was not in the battle himself: but was 20 miles from the place guarding the sic, of which there were about 20. The sick were left on the other side of Broad River. Before the battle came on an order was sent to this guard, of which he was one, to join the other troops, leaving a few to guard the sick. The sick guard immediately marched off towards the mountain, but met the flag of victory on the part of the patriots, not far from the Cherokee Ford on Broad River. The guard then went on and met the American Army about 10 miles from the Mountain. They were then marched back to Wilkes Court house; thence they were marched to Moravian Town, in Surry [County] he believes, and there they were relieved by other troops, and discharged: having been in actual service 3 months lacking 19 days.

He applied once before for a pension, but stated in his declaration that the 12 months

service was in the militia; this he did, not knowing the difference between the State troops & Militia. He sends also here with annexed the testimony of Andrew Carnahan, with whom he was acquainted in the revolutionary war. He first became acquainted with him at Salisbury, about the month of March 1782. He was in the same company with declarant, until sometime in July, when the Captain was arrested, and Carnahan went off as guard with him to be Governor, and declarant saw no more of him until about 25 years since, when he became acquainted with him again, in Rutherford County Tennessee; where said Carnahan now lives, and is drawing a pension from the government, for his revolutionary services. Declarant moved into Rutherford County about 25 years since, where he lived about 15 years; since which time (about 10 years) he has been living in this County.

1 FPA W8577

2 FPA W25689

He has no papers, commissions, or discharges, by which he can prove his services. He

obtained discharges both times, but has lost them. He knows of no other witness, besides

Carnahan, by whom he can prove his services -- except it may be one John McCrory, who lives somewhere in Tennessee, he knows not where, and who was in the same company with him.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, or annuity, except the present,

and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any State or Territory.

Sworn to, and subscribed the day & year aforesaid –

S/ John Johnson, X his mark

[attested by Sam B. Moore, Judge]

[William Harris, a clergyman, and Josiah Carver gave the standard supporting affidavit.]

To the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, & 7th Interrogatories propounded by the foregoing Judge of the County Court to the applicant he answers in substance that he was born in Halifax County North Carolina A.D. 1762 on the 2nd day of January: That he has a record of his age in his house, taken from some old entries in an old family Prayer book. That he was living in Rowan County North Carolina when called into Service. That since the Revolutionary war he has lived in Rutherford County Tennessee, Lauderdale County Alabama & now in this (Pickens) County where he has lived for the last 4 or 5 years: That he was drafted in the State Troops as already mentioned for the term of 12 months: and one tour volunteered for 3 months; does not recollect the name of any of the regular officers, or of any of the Continental or militia regiments. That he received a written discharge from Captain Gordon for the 12 months Tour, and for the 3 months Tour he got a written discharge from Colonel Benjamin Cleveland, both of which have been long since lost:

That he never received any commission: He states that the Reverend William Harris and Josiah Carver are well acquainted with him and can testify to his character for truth & veracity & also to the reputation of his having been a soldier of the Revolution.

Sworn to & subscribed before me 27 April 1836. S/ John Johnson, X his mark

S/ Sam B. Moore, Judge State of North Carolina, Secretary of State's Office

I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid, do certify, that it appears from the muster rolls of the Continental line of this State in the revolutionary war, that John Johnston a private in Captain Mills’ Company of the 10th Regiment, entered the service on 1 January 1782 for the term of 12 months, that nothing more is said of him on said rolls.

Given under my hand this 28th May 1836.

S/ Wm Hill

State of Tennessee -- Rutherford County

This day personally came before me John W. Conly an acting justice of the peace for the

County & State aforesaid Andrew Carnahan at his own house, aged 76 years who is infirm, but of sound mind, and who being sworn upon the holy evangelist of Almighty God the truth to speak, and nothing but the truth touching the revolutionary services of John Johnson and being by me thereupon question answers as follows;

Question 1st : Are you acquainted with John Johnson, if so, state when you became

acquainted with him, and what you know, if anything, of his military services during the

revolutionary War.

Answer I am acquainted with John Johnson I became acquainted with him in the year

1782 at Salisbury in the State of North Carolina in the County of Rowan he joined the State Troops at Salisbury sometime in the spring of 1782 and remained there until sometime in the summer of the same year.

State the officers he served under Joel Lewis was Major that John Johnson served under Charles Gordon was the Captain over the Company that I am John Johnson served in, and further this deponent saith not this 21st of November 1835.

S/ John W. Conly, JP S/ Andrew Carnahan

Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements

Pension application of John Johnson BLANK (NC10 assigned by me) fn27NC

Transcribed by Will Graves 10/22/08

Captain was named Charles Gordon

First Sergeant was James Haskin

Captain was Abram De Moss,

Garrett Smithey was his Lieutenant

Andrew Carnahan

John McCrory,

William Harris, a clergyman,

Josiah Carver

Andrew Carnahan

1776-1783 ERA Nathaniel JOHNSON, private, Infantry and Cavalry North Carolina Militia, $48.33 Annual Allowance $96.66 Amount Received February 28 1833 Pension Started Age 78, Bedford County, Tennessee (1835 Tn Pension Roll) Nathaniel JOHNSON OR JOHNSTON (Pension S1841) served in the NC Line, applied 10 Aug 1832, Bedford Co, TN, was born in 1756 in Rowan Co, North Carolina, and in 1823 moved to Bedford Co, TN (Extracted from Virgil D. White's Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files by C. H ammett)

1776-1783 Era John Johnson NC Line and no # given on jacket but the #30782 was on the card. He applied 1836 April 27 Pickens CO. Ala. aged 74. Soldier lived in Rowan Co. NC at enlistment and later moved to Rutherford Co. Tn about 1811 then moved to Lauderdale CO. Ala and about 1830 he moved to Pickens CO. Ala. Soldier was born 1762 Jan 2 in Halifax Co. NC. Abstract of Rev. War Pension Files

1776-1783: Francis Johnston and wife Hannah: W13585 and rej.#5614 NC Line: soldier was born in 1761 in Bute Co. NC and he lived in Rowan Co. NC at enlistment. Soldier applied 1834 March 19 Ashe Co. NC age 73, in 1834 Jan. Widow applied. 1853 June 30 Schuyler Co. Mo. Age 72. Soldier and widow had married 1807 Dec 22 in Wilkes Co. NC and soldier died 1846 Sept. 22 Pg 1861; 1855 Abstract of Rev. War Pension Files

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State of North Carolina, County of Ashe: Superior Court of Law Spring Term 1834

On this the 19th day of March 1834 personally appeared in open Court, before His Honor Robert Strange Judge of the Court now sitting for the said County of Ashe, Francis Johnson [sic], a resident of the said County aged 73 years in January last, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, A.D. 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers &

served as herein stated.

That he first entered the service of the United States as a volunteer militia man for a tour

of 3 [months?], in the County of Rowan in North Carolina, in the latter in the year 1778 -- under Captain John Sloan, Lieutenant Walter Sharpe, under Colonel Rutherford of Rowan -- the militia organized at Charlotte in Mecklenburg County NC whence they marched to Camden in South Carolina, thence to the vicinity of Charleston in the early part of the year 1779 -- and after some time marched towards Savannah in Georgia, the British being there posted at that time, and a few days were marched back towards Charleston, on account of Tories doing mischief -- remained a few days at a small town called Dodgester [sic, Dorchester] near Bacon's Bridge on Ashley River

-- where his first tour of service expired he having served during the whole of the said tour of 3 months as orderly Sergeant.

That he immediately again entered the service as volunteer for 6 months, near Charleston

under a Continental Captain whose name was Michael McQueen, Lieutenant James Clark, under the command of Colonel William Montell who was employed in directing fortifications at that place. This was in the Spring of 1779 -- There being a Regiment of NC militia Commanded by Colonel Archibald Litles [Lytle] of Hillsboro NC -- who was a regular officer as this applicant believes: -- having served till the beginning of September, when Count d'Estaing landed his forces and joined General Lincoln -- and laid siege to Savannah -- where Count Pulaski fell -- General Lincoln then marched to Charleston, where General Huggins with his Regiment from the North joined him -- Sir Henry Clinton arrived and landed his forces in the vicinity of Charleston in February 1780 about which time or not long before, the 6 months tour for which this applicant had engaged expired -- during the whole of which service this applicant served as a

private, and continued with the Army until the landing of Clinton as aforesaid -- at which time Captain George Lowman from Salisbury NC and Captain Barnet Pullum from Granville County NC (both said captains having been of Colonel Lytle's Regiment -- most of the militia being then discharged) beat up for volunteers -- each raised a company for 3 months service, in order to see the event of the siege of Charleston then expected -- this applicant volunteered then and there under the said Captain George Lowman for 3 months -- received the appointment of sergeant major in which capacity he served until Charleston fell into the hands of the Enemy. This applicant in the capacity aforesaid and under the said General Lincoln was stationed in Charleston when Governor Moultrie -- then acting as Colonel with his brave comrades defended the Fort of Sullivan's Island against the attack of the British Squadron, when the British ship Action was blown up.1 On the 30th day of March Clinton fronted [?] Charleston by land between Ashley & Cooper rivers & commenced Blockading the town -- then a detachment of

800 [could be 300] men was ordered up Cooper River to a placed called Hobcoy point [sic, Hobcaw or Lampriers Point], to guard said place in order to secure an opening to the town -- this applicant was sent with said detachment, commanded by Captain William Hughes & Major Johnson this was in April 1780 -- the said detachment defended the place aforesaid as long as could be done the Enemy having demanded a surrender of the fort -- which was refused and an engagement ensued which resulted in a repulse of the enemy, but the next evening the British Army being close at hand & threatening to take the little fort by storm, the defendants, abandoned the place for Charleston in small boats on Cooper River -- the boat containing this applicant and 75 others of the detachment aforesaid, fell into the hands of the enemy that night, and was conveyed to the British fleet and held as prisoners of war on board the Renown a 50 gun Ship of the said fleet -- thence taken across the Bay to John's Island & on by land 16 miles to Stono Harbor where the British Squadron then lay -- where this applicant -- was put on board a

prison ship and detained until after the surrender of Charleston, on 11 of May 1780 [sic, May 12, 1780] -- In June he was taken to Charleston then in possession of the foe at that time most of the militia prisoners were paroled, and this applicant also applied for a parole but was refused in consequence of his being an officer & that he was not in the capitulation, he being prisoner before -- he was there detained as prisoner until some time in July when he effected his escape from Charleston & came home to Rowan County North Carolina. -- After the battle at Guilford C. H. N. C. in March 1781 -- there being a call for volunteers -- This applicant again volunteered for 3 months -- in the month of June 1781 under Captain Richard Dowel , & Colonel Francis Lock [sic, Francis Locke] -- in Rowan County marched on to South Carolina & put under the command of Colonel Malmedei [sic, Malmedy] a Frenchman -- joined the Army under General Green [sic, Nathanael Greene] in the first of August -- in this tour I served as a private until the

8th of September, when this applicant was appointed Lieutenant -- & was immediately marched to front [?] the Enemy’s lines at the Eutaw Springs -- where the battle commenced -- between the British under General Stewart & the Americans under General Greene in the said battle this applicant was wounded by a shot in the left elbow -- which wound has ever since deprived him of the use of his left arm he was then conveyed to the Hospital in Camden thence sent home to Rowan County NC and was confined in consequence of his wound for more that [than] 12 months --

This applicant from great age and the consequent loss of memory cannot precisely state

the whole of his service -- but swears that they he served as above stated at least –

3 months first tour -- as orderly Sergeant

6 months 2nd do -- as private

5 do 3rd do -- including in imprisonment as Sergeant major

3 months -- 4th tour as private

1 Applicant is confusing Moultrie’s defense of Sullivan’s Island which occurred when the British first attempted to

take Charleston in the summer of 1776 with the later siege of Charleston in the late winter and early spring of 1780.

1 day as Lieutenant

In all 17—1 day

besides the time and the Hospital &c in consequence of his wound --

Answer to 1 Question -- I was born in Bute County NC in the year 1761

2 do -- I had a record of my age made in my father's Bible, which Bible is now in possession of a niece of this applicant and a copy of the said record is in my possession at my house

3 do I lived in Rowan County NC when first called into service, since the Revolutionary War I lived in the same vicinity until the year 1815 when I removed to Ashe County NC where I am now reside.

4 I volunteered every time

5 besides the officers already mentioned I knew General Marion, Pickens, Sumpter [sic, Thomas Sumter], Colonels Campbell, Williams, Lee, and Anderson, William Washington of the Lt. Horse -- all officers of the line -- and as this applicant believes that most of these were with him in the battle at the Eutaw Springs –

6. -- I never received a written discharge except one given by Colonel William Montell at

Charleston -- which discharge is lost or mislaid long ago –

I received no commission as Lieutenant being wounded & disabled the day after

appointment to that office

I did receive from Colonel Lytle a commission or some writing confirming the office of

Sergeant major -- which writing is also lost or mislaid

My service were [sic] proven in Salisbury Rowan County North Carolina, by those who served with me at Eutaw Springs -- and as to my services at Charleston & other places I know of no person now living by whom I can prove the same except by my own oath --

I first obtained a state pension of $3 per month on account of my wounds -- which

pension in 1822 was transferred to the Gen. Government, and I am now on the pension Roll of the agency of North Carolina as per Certificate in my possession which was given at the war office of the United States on the 3rd of December 1822 registered in Book B Vol. 9 Page 12 – at $4.80/100 per month --

He relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that

his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state territory or district except as above mentioned on the rolls of the North Carolina agency -- which he does not relinquish if he can consistent with the laws of his country claim that in addition to the present claim --

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year first above written

I am well known to Colonel George Bower and John Gambill persons of my

neighborhood who can & citizens of my neighborhood who will testify as to my veracity & their belief of my services.

Test. S/ Francis Johnston

S/ R. Gentry, Clk

[George Bower & John Gambill gave the standard supporting affidavit.]

[On February 1847 in Ashe County, North Carolina, Hannah Johnston, widow of Francis

Johnston, filed stating that her husband died September 22, 1846 in the 86th year of his age a pensioner of the US at the rate of $4.80/month; that she married her husband on December 22, 1807 in Wilkes County, NC by Wm. P. Waugh, JP.]

[On June 30, 1853 in Schuyler County Missouri, Hannah Johnston, 72, made claim for a widow's pension stating that she is the widow of Francis Johnston a pensioner of the United States; that she married him December 22 1807; that her husband died September 22, 1846.]

Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements

Pension application of Francis Johnston (Johnson) S13585 Hannah fn37NC

Transcribed by Will Graves 10/28/08

Colonel George Bower

John Gambill

1776-1783 Robert Johnston or Robert Johnson: S15482 NC and SC Lines: Soldier lived near Camden SC at first enlistment and he lived in Rowan Co. NC and 2nd enlistment. In 1781 soldier had married and was living on the Catawba River in Burke Co. NC where he also enlisted and in 1783 he moved to KY. Applied 1834 March 10- Nelson Co. KY age 84. Pg 1864 Abstract of Rev. War Pension Files

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State of Kentucky, Nelson County court

Be it remembered that upon this 10th day of March in the year 1834, personally appeared

in open court Robert Johnson aged 84 years a citizen of Nelson County Kentucky and in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the United States passed in the year 1832, granting pensions & further benefit of certain officers and soldiers of the Revolution and being sworn upon his oath makes the following declaration.

That in the year 1775, he was a citizen of South Carolina and resided near Camden. That in the fall of the year 1775, he cannot state the precise day but believes it was in the month of September and the last of the month he entered the service as a private Militia man for a tour of duty of 3 months in the company commanded by Captain Drakeford and the first Lieutenant was John Landing, our principal commander was Colonel Richardson. The troops were marched up on Reedy River and near a large Cane break on said River we took some Tories prisoners who had joined the King, these Tories were called Scofle Ites. The troops to which he was attached continued their services in different sections of the country in suppressing and dispersing the Tories for the full term of 3 months at the termination of which time this affiant was discharged

And he states that although he cannot remember the precise day he entered into the military service of the United States or quit it under this engagement he states positively that he served for the full period for which he entered and that was for 3 months. After this tour the affiant moved to Roan [sic, Rowan] County State of North Carolina and in the year 1776 in the fall of that year and after he had raised his crop, to wit on the first of September as near as he can recollect for he will not be positive as to the precise day, he again entered the public service as a private Militia man in the company commanded by Samuel Young our company was under the command of General Griffin Rutherford [sic, Griffith Rutherford] of said County of Rowan, the troops to which he was attached during this War was stationed upon the Catawba River and remained there some time to guard the frontier against the Indians and we were afterwards marched into the Cherokee Country against the said Cherokee Indians the troops marched as far as the Over-hill towns, we destroyed the corn and other property of the Indians in this tour and

that other places After destroying the Indian towns and property the troops returned and were discharged, this affiant returned to the County of Rowan having faithfully served upon this tour Scofolite, Scoffelites, Scopholites, Scovelites or Coffelites (Joseph Coffell): before period of 3 months as a private in the manner stated.

In the year 1781, he was still a resident of North Carolina, he had moved and resided on the Catawba River when he was called upon by his Country again to enter her service and he United himself under the command of Captain Walker, and was marched from his residence in Burke County in Stationed at a Fort situated above the Quaker Meadows near the Blue Ridge.

There were 30 men stationed at this Fort as a guard under Walker and this affiant remained in the military service of his country upon this tour for the full period of 3 months, the time for which he entered and was honorably discharged from the service on the termination of each tour but he has lost his discharge having long since lost or mislaid the same, nor has he any written evidence of his service nor does he know that he can prove the fact of his actual service by any living witness.

He moved to Kentucky in the fall of 1783 and has resided here ever. He is known personally to many of the citizens of Nelson County to wit the Honorable Benjamin Hardin now a member of Congress C. A. Wickliffe formerly a member of Congress, John Rowan Esquire & others and also to James and William Settles. He states that he served in all 3 tours of duty of 3 months each, and in all 9 months as a private soldier in the militia of the United States. That he is not upon the pension Roll of any State or of the United States and hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension other than the one now claim.

Signed Robert Johnston

[Alexander Hunter, James Settle, William Settle, and Stanislaus Hayden gave the standard supporting affidavit.]

[Isaac Taylor at the clergyman, gave the standard supporting affidavit.]

Researchers Notes: A name given to white Tories who dressed up like Indians when attacking patriot fortifications in the hope of deflecting their neighbors' animosity away from themselves and onto the Cherokees who constituted a constant threat to the frontier settlers prior to and throughout the period of the Revolutionary War. The name derived from Joseph Scoffel, a Tory, who was active in the loyalist cause from an early period of the war.For an excellent discussion of the "Scoffol Lights," see, Rachel N. Klein, "Frontier Planters and the American Revolution: The South Carolina Backcountry, 17751782,” in Ronald Hoffman, Thad W. Tate and Peter J. Albert, eds., An Uncivil War: The Southern Backcountry During the American Revolution, (Charlottesville: United States Capitol Historical Society by The University Press of Virginia, 1985), 37-

69.

Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements

Pension application of Robert Johnston (Johnson) S15482 fn13NC[SC]

Transcribed by Will Graves 10/30/08

Captain Drakeford

First Lieutenant was John Landing

Samuel Young

Captain Walker,

Benjamin Hardin

C. A. Wickliffe

John Rowan

Alexander Hunter,

James Settle,

William Settle,

Stanislaus Hayden

Isaac Taylor a clergyman,

Capt. John Johnson, company commander, Rowan Co. NC Militia. Co New Order of Battle based upon Battle of Camden Pension Statements (thru 01-03-04) by Charles Baxley

Note: The primary source of this order of battle is pension affidavits given over fifty years after the battle. Many Revolutionary War leaders went on to distinguished military service and the ranks given in those affidavits are often those achieved years after the Battle of Camden.

In Estill County, Kentucky, on November 19, 1832, before John W. Moore, Nicholas

Merrill and Sampson Walters, Justices of the Peace, Jesse Noland, resident of

said county, age 71 years, made oath; That he entered service in the

Revolutionary War as a volunteer in 1780 in Rowan County, North Carolina, in the

Militia and served a term of 3 months. John Johnson was Captain. Shortly

afterward he was appointed to Major General Rutherford was commander. That he

was marched to near Camden, S.C. That he was in the Battle when Gates was

defeated but was detailed to take charge of the baggage of the company to which

he belonged. After the battle was over and the troops collected we were

assembled in Muhlenberg County, North Carolina and was there attached to the

company again which he was commanded by Captain Locke. Frank Locke was the

Colonel. We continued in Muhlenberg County till I was discharged. That he then

returned to his residence in Rowan and the Tories, becoming to powerful, that he

with his Mother, then a widow, moved to Virginia. The British then marched up

into Muhlenberg County and after the British and Tories were driven back in the

Fall of 1781. He returned again to Rowan County. That in the summer of 1781, he

again volunteered and served a tour of 3 months in the Militia and went from

Rowan County. Gabriel Enix was his Captain, Smith was Colonel and General

Rutherford again commanded. He marched down to Wilmington or near to it, served

out his two months and was discharged near Wilmington. He heard of the surrender

of Cornwallis about the time of his discharge. He further states that he was

born in Charles County, Maryland, in 1761. That he moved from Maryland to Loudon

County, Virginia; from there to Rowan County, North Carolina, thence to

Kentucky, in 1784, where he has resided ever since. That he was resided in

Estill County for 30 years.

James Noland of Estill County, Kentucky, aged 92 years, made oath; that he

recollects that his brother, Jesse Noland was serving as a volunteer in the

militia during the Revolutionary War, as he stated.

Samuel Kelly, clergyman, and Samuel Tipton, both residents of Estill County,

Kentucky, made certification that they are acquainted with Jesse Noland that he

is of honest and respectable character, and to their belief in his statements.

Jesse Noland of Estill County, Kentucky, who was a private in the company

commanded by Colonel Locke in North Carolina Line for 6 months from 1780 was

inscribed on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency to commence on the 4th of March

1831. Certificate of the pension was issued January 16, 1833.



1776 Era Born: Walter SHROPSHIRE Rowan Co NC married Charity JARRELL (Jarrett) b:1793, Wilkes Co GA; M:(16 Apr 1807 Wilkes Co GA)

Charity JARRELL

Charity JARRELL (Jarrett) b: 1793, Wilkes Co GA; M:(16 Apr 1807 Wilkes

Co GA) Walter SHROPSHIRE.  Walter SHROPSHIRE b: circa 1776, Rowan Co NC; M:(16 Apr 1807 Wilkes Co GA) Charity JARRELL (Jarrett);

child of Winkfield SHROPSHIRE and Jane JONES.



Walter SHROPSHIRE

1776- 1798 ROBERT JOHNSTON, * B-22 ROWAN COUNTY, NC - WILLS - PROBATE: Index to Testators, Volume B (1776-1798)

6 Feb 1776 Benjamin Davis - Isabell Holland 6 Feb 1776 Rowan Co., N.C.

married 2- Sarah Shamel 1 Nov 1787 Jackson Co., N.C.

married 3- Mary Johnston 24 Oct 1800 Rowan Co., N.C

BENJAMIN DAVIS

1806 April 10: This Indenture made this 10th day of April in the year of our Lord 1806, between John Baber of the County of Rutherford and State of North Carolina of the one part and BENJAMIN DAVIS of the said County and state of the other part Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds to him in hand paid by the said DAVIS at and before the sealing and Delivering of these presents the rect. and payment whereof is hereby Acknowledged hath granted bargained sold and aliened enfeoff, convey, confirmed and by their presents for himself his heirs Exrs and Admrs, etc. doth bargain sell convey and confirm unto the sd BENJM DAVIS his heirs and assigns forever a Certain tract of land Situate lying and being in the County of Rutherford on both sides of 2nd Broad River beginning at a stooping post oak on the Wt side of the River the So 120 poles to a pine then Et, 134 poles crossing the River and then down the said River with the meandering of River to a Hickory Corner at the lower end of a small bottom against the upper end of a field known by the name of Shafers old field then No 38 Et 6 poles to a Hickory then No Et 36 poles to a P. Oak thence No 43 Et 20 poles to a pine on Charles Hills Pine then nearly Wt sith sd line to the old Root corner then No & Et 160 poles to P. Oak in Isaac Sutly line then No & Wt 50 poles to a P. Oak then No 10 Wt 170 poles to a stake thence to the Beginning--Containing 150 acres to be the same more or less with all Mines Minerals and appurtenances thereunto belonging To have and to hold the sd land and premises as directed to all and singular with the appurtency unto the sd DAVIS his heirs and assigns forever in fee Simple on Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed my seal the day and year above written Signed Sealed and Delivered in Presence of

By his Joel Sutten X John Baber Seal mark

Her Polly Fox X mark

John Baber

Polly Fox

Joel Sutten

about the 25th of June, 1776 Major Forney first entered the service, as one of the drafted militia in Capt.James Johnston's company, and Col. William Graham's regiment

Major Forney

Jacob Forney first settled on the creek near the present town of Denver, the scene of his Indian troubles. This farm passed to his son, Capt. Abraham Forney, a soldier of the Revolution, and yet belongs to his descendants. Gen. Peter Forney, son of the pioneer, was a patriot soldier, member of the House, Senate, and Congress. As presidential elector, he voted for Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and Jackson. He erected a forge at his home and Madison furnace on Leeper's Creek, that was afterwards owned by J.W. Derr. He obtained possession of valuable ore beds, and commenced building his iron works in 1787, and recorded that he produced hammered iron in his forge 26th August, 1788.

Gen. Peter Forney, second son of Jacob Forney, Sr., was born in Tyron county (now Lincoln) in April, 1756. His father was the son of a French Huguenot, and his mother Swiss. His origin is thus traced to a noble class of people whose heroic bravery, unparalleled suffering and ardent piety are closely connected in all lands where their lots have been cast with the promotion of civil and religious liberty.

Gen. Forney was one of the earliest and most unwavering Whigs of the revolutionary struggle. He first entered the service about the first of June, 1776, in Capt. James Johnston's company and Col. William Graham's regiment. The command marched to Fort McFadden, near the present town of Rutherfordton, and found that the greater portion of the inhabitants had fled for protection against the Cherokee Indians. After remaining a short time at the fort, he joined a detachment of about one hundred men in pursuit of the Indians, under Captains Johnston, Cook and Hardin. They marched about one hundred miles, and not being able to overtake them, the detachment returned to the fort.

Major Abram Forney, youngest son of Jacob Forney, Sr., was born in

Tryon county, (now Lincoln) in October, 1758. His father was a

Huguenot, and his mother Swiss. His origin is thus connected with a

noble race of people who were driven into exile rather than renounce

their religious belief under the persecutions which disgraced the

reign of Louis XIV, of France. Major Forney first entered the service

about the 25th of June, 1776, as one of the drafted militia in Capt.

James Johnston's company, and Col. William Graham's regiment. His

company was then ordered to reinforce the troops at Fort McFadden,

near the present town of Rutherfordton, and remained there until about

the 1st of August, when he returned home to prepare for the expedition

against the Cherokee Indians. The militia of Mecklenburg, Rowan,

Lincoln and other counties were called out by orders from Gen.

Rutherford, who marched to Pleasant Gardens, where he was joined by

other forces. From that place Major Forney marched into the Nation

with a detachment under Col. William Sharpe as far as the Hiwassee

river, where they met with a portion of Gen. Williamson's army from

South Carolina. The expedition was completely successful; the Indians

were routed, their towns destroyed, a few prisoners taken, and they

were compelled to sue for peace. The prisoners and property taken by

Gen. Rutherford's forces were turned over to Gen. Williamson, as

falling within his military jurisdiction. The expedition then left the

Nation, and he reached home on the 13th of October, 1776.

William Johnston, a physician, married Nancy Forney, and located at Mt. Welcome, General Forney's homestead. His five sons were gallant confederate Soldiers. William H., Robert D. and James F. entered into service in the Beatty's Ford Rifles, which was mustered into service as Company K, 23rd Regiment; William H. and James F. won captains commissions; while Robert D., by promotion became a distinguished Brigadier General; Joseph F., late governor of Alabama and now United States Senator from that state, was Captain of company A., 12th Regiment; Bartlett S. Johnston served in the Confederate States Navy. Dr. William Johnston was a son of Col. James Johnston, a soldier of the Revolution, one of the heroes of King's Mountain, the first Senator from Lincoln, and elder at Unity. When Gaston County was set up from Lincoln, Colonel Johnston's homestead on the Catawba fell in Gaston county. Dr. C.L. Hunter was a scientist and historian. He was the son of Rev. Humphrey Hunter, a soldier in the Revolution. Mary, daughter of Gen. Peter Forney, married Christian Reinhardt, a planter, and they migrated west.

General Peter Forney_, (sketch of his life previously given)

married Nancy, daughter of David Abernathy, of Lincoln county. He had

twelve children:

1. Daniel M. Forney married Harriet Brevard, of Lincoln county.

2. Mary Forney married Christian Reinhardt, of Lincoln county.

3. Moses Forney, (died in Alabama unmarried.)

4. Jacob Forney married Sarah Hoke, of Lincoln county,

5. Joseph Forney (died comparatively young.)

6. Eliza Forney married 1st, Henry T. Webb, Esq., of North Carolina,

and 2nd, Dr. John Meek, of Alabama.

7. Susan Forney married Bartlett Shipp, Esq., of Lincoln county.

8. Lavinia Forney married John Fulenwider, of Lincoln county.

9. Nancy Forney married Dr. William Johnston, of Lincoln county.

10. Caroline Forney married Ransom G. Hunley, of South Carolina.

11. Sophia G. Forney married Dr. C.L. Hunter, of Lincoln county.

12. J. Monroe Forney married Sarah Fulenwider, of Cleaveland county.

13. _Major Abram Forney_, (sketch of his life previously given,)

married Rachel Gabriel, of Lincoln county. He only had two children:

Bartlett Shipp, who married Susan Forney

Susan Shipp married V.Q. Johnson, Esq., of Virginia

Descendants of Ransom G. Hunley and Carolina Forney, were:

1. Richard R. Hunley married Martha S. Johnston, of Lincoln county.

2. Col. Peter F. Hunley married Margaret Johnston, of Lincoln county.

#1777

1777 Burke County Formed from Rowan County

1827 DEC 23 JAMES Bailey NC,BURKE CO married ELIZABETH CURTIS

1829 FEB 05 JESSE Bailey NC,BURKE CO married MILLIE CURTICE

1777 Wilkes County was taken from western Surry which was formed in 1770 From Rowan Co. NC

1777 or just before Joseph Haden, son of Anthony, was living in Rowan Co, NC b

Joseph Haden

Notes: 1786.  Sept. 19, Joseph Johnson & Mary his wife to Tunstal Quarles for 100 pounds land on waters of Phillis Creek, 261 acres. Bounded by William Payne, Jr. William Basket, Samuel Richardson, Robert Furbush & Stephen Lile.  Wit: J. Haden, William Barnet, P. Napier.  Signed: Joseph Johnson  Mary Johnson.  Oct. 9, 1786 Private exam and dower relinq by Mary Johnson.  Prov. June 7, 1787 by Joseph Haden, William Burnet, Patrick Napier (Flu. DB#2, 174).   By Bonnie Flythe

The Joseph Haden in this 1786 record, would be Joseph, born about 1752, son of John & Jean Moseley Haden, who married Mary Peatross.  He is the only available Joseph in the area of an age to create records.  He died, still in Fluvanna Co, 1820.

Joseph Haden, son of Anthony, was living in Rowan Co, NC by 1777; he was an uncle to Joseph who married Mary Peatross.

Here is an interesting exchange that contains three of the names in the above deed from Bonnie:

From the CALENDAR OF VIRGINIA STATE PAPERS & OTHER MANUSCRIPTS, Jan 1, 1782 to Dec 31, 1784.  Preserved in the Capitol at Richmond.  Arranged & Edited by Wm P. Palmer, MD.  Vol.III, p.24

1782, Jan'y 15th, Fluvanna Co

J. Haden, magistrate, to the Executive, referring to a "malicious complaint" to be lodged against him &c, by which he is to be deprived of his place without a hearing -- Begs no action may be taken, until he may be summoned to answer the charges, when he will clear up all matter to the satisfaction of all unprejudiced minds. I'm happy to answer any questions. From: Kay Haden

Vol. V, p.553-554

1792, May 20th, Columbia

Sir,

Col Hall will hand you the recommendation from the Court of Fluvanna for a Major of the Militia.  I am informed Capt Wm Payne has already furnished you with the same, with objections to my being commissioned. I am not acquainted with the objections he makes, but have been informed one is on account of being Inspector at Rivanna.  Its true I am, but that don't clear me of the Militia only in time of peace, but am subject to the Militia Laws in case of an invasion &c.  Therefore I consider myself as one of the Militia.  Another I suppose is informing you he is the oldest Capt'n, &c.  For this I refer to Col. Tunstall Quarles, who is now in Richmond.  I was a Capt of the Militia in the County of Albemarle before the division fo the County took place & after the division was commissioned in Fluvanna & performed my duty through the whole of the last war as a Captain.  When there Was Commissioners appointed agreeable to an Act of Assembly for recommending Officers, I was again commissioned, which I resigned a few years past.  In fact, I am the oldest officer in the County.  In another instance it may probably have been signified to you that there was not a full Court at the time I was recommended.  The truth of that is I was recommended without any solicitation.  There is only Nine acting Magistrates in the County, & six of them present.  There was not a dissenting voice amongst them & no other person proposed, the Magistrates present were also the senior Magistrates in the County. For the truth of my assertions I refer you to Col. T. Quarles, and also I refer to him and Mr. David Ross.  Respecting the whole matter, my general conduct & fitness to fill the office to which I stand recommended, & upon getting fully acquainted with the matter from them, I doubt not but you'll forward me a commission by Colo. Hall. I am, Sir,   Y'r mo. Ob't Serv't.

David Ross to the Governor

Richmond, May 26, 1792

Sir,

I am informed that Capt. Jos. Haden of the County of Fluvanna has referred to me for information relative to his appointment as a militia officer.  I believe he has been a Capt. in the Militia since the first establishment of the county of Fluvanna & long before it was separated from Albemarle [1777].  Some years ago, I was app'd one fo the commissioners to nominate proper persons to the Executive as Militia officers for that county.  The Commissioners were unanimous in recommending Mr. Haden as a proper person for Captain; I had then & still have, full conviction in my mind that he's as well qualified for the duties of a Militia officer as most men in the county.

I have the honor to be with great regard & Esteem,    Y'r Hum Serv't

At a Court held for Fluvanna County on Thursday the 3rd day of May, 1792.

Present, the Justices of the sd County, to wit:  John Ware, John Napier, John Thompson, Wm. Oglerly, Duncan McLaughlin, James Payne, Gentlemen.  This Court doth nominate to his Excellency the Governor, Joseph Haden, Gent., as a proper person to execute the office of a Major in the militia of this County.

A copy:    John Timberlake, C.F.C. I'm happy to answer any questions. From: Kay Haden

#1778

Male1778 Tax List. Captain John Johnston's District Rowan County.

Jno Johnston property (Capt.)

David Johnston property (Sr.)

Jacob Johnston property (Notes: Unknown)

Isaac Johnston property (Notes: son of David Johnson?)

Robert Johnston property (Notes: son of Capt. John Johnson)

Charles Johnston poll (Notes: Possibly from Orange)

Notes: In one list (1778) Capt. John Johnston listed Charles Johnson as a Tory. In another list he listed Charles Johnson Sr. & Jr. I do think they are their own separate and distinct family. I do wonder if he is the Charles Johnson that was in Granville, then Orange, now Rowan. It appears that he (Charles Johnson) left, not to return during the war. (In fact, the two are only are on the 1778 lists) (2 lists of Capt. John Johnston)

John Lops District

David Johnson poll

Notes: Probably, Isaac, Charles & David are sons of David.

1778-1815 Era: One more comment. My grandfather, Francis Johnston was in the Rowan, Iredell area from at least 1778 through 1815. He shows up on 1 marriage bond (1784), 1 state grant (1794) the 1790 & 1810 census. The 1800 & 1810 tax roll. So, even though Rowan has a good set of records, there is a lot missing.

Notes: I also learned that a County Clerk burned the Iredell Co. NC Marriage Records. From: Wirelake

1778 Rowan CO NC tax list of Capt. Johnson has

Evan Ellis SR,

John Ellis

William Ellis and has

Elenor Linville with the Willcocksons' ect.

Researchers Notes: Ellis families connect to Bryan Families married to Boones and cross married to Curtis Families of Orange-Frederick Co Va on North Mountain

1778: John Vandeveer appeared on the Rowan County, North Carolina tax list in Captain Johnston's District. His tax assessment was 1 pound, 18 shillings.

John Vandeveer

1783 January 23, recorded November 3, 1784:

John Vandeveer was granted 100 acres in Surry County, North Carolina on Forbisher Creek for 50 shillings. {Land Grant 774, Survey 631, Deed Book G, Page 122.}

Researchers Notes: This is Forbes Creek

August 8, 1778: John Vandeveer had neglected or refused to appear before the Justice of Captain Johnston's District and take the oath of affirmation or allegiance to the State.

1778 Rowan County Tax List of Capt. Reed's District

William Grant £2271-16-8

John Bryan £823-12-0

Jonathan Parker £200-0-0

John Van Eton £1438-14-0

Thomas Parker £174-2-0

1778 Jesse Glascock & his brothers Gregory & Peter are listed in the tax lists of Rowan County, North Carolina

Jesse Glascock was born ca. 1748 in Loudoun County, Virginia and remained

there for a time.

1783 Peter GLASCOCK wrote his will in 1783 in North Carolina. It was when this will was discovered in North Carolina in the 1950's that all of Peter's sixteen children were finally accounted for and the genealogical charting of this large branch of the family began to be possible. Apparently old Peter died shortly after his will was written, in 1784.

His will divided his plantation of 320 acres as follows: (1) "120 acres of land where I now live including the plantation" to his wife Mary;

(2) "100 acres of land part of the same tract I live on to be laid off on that side of the land adjoining Cedar Creek" to his son Charles; and

(3) "100 acres of land to be laid off on that side the land on Dutchman's Creek" to his son Moses.

Peter GLASCOCK

Jesse Glascock was born ca. 1748 in Loudoun County, Virginia and remained

there for a time. In 1778 he & his brothers Gregory & Peter are listed in the tax lists of Rowan County, North Carolina. There he volunteered to serve in the

North Carolina militia when Cornwallis invaded the south & his pay voucher is in the North Carolina records. Family tradition relates that while in the militia he fought at the Battle of King's Mountain, South Carolina in 1780.

At about the close of the war he apparently returned to Loudoun County,

Virginia, & was married to a Miss Adams (said to be related to the President) for his first son was born in Loudoun County in 1781. In 1782 his father moved to North Carolina & settled on Dutchman's Creek in Rowan County. However

Jesse is shown on the 1782 Loudoun tax list with 1 white poll and 1 Negro slave. He received only 1 shilling in his father's 1783 North Carolina will. (Most of the property went to Peter's 2nd wife & her children in North Carolina, while the children of his first wife back in Virginia received 1 shilling each. Perhaps they had received an inheritance from him earlier, or when he married the 2nd wife, as was often the custom.).

In 1791 the Loudoun Court ordered Amos Dunham to pay Jesse 25 pounds of

tobacco for service as a witness. In 1795 he was again a witness in Loudoun

Court. Then in 1801 his son Enoch migrated from Loudoun County to Kentucky.

His father & family followed, probably a few years later, and in 1810 he is listed in the Hardin County, Kentucky, census -- age over 45, wife 26-45, 1 son 26-45 & 1 daughter 10-16. (The children are probably his younger children Abraham & Faner.) His older sons Enoch and Peter are listed in the Breckenridge County census of 1810.

Peter Glascock, Jr. was born ca. 1744 & went to Rowan County, North Carolina

at the time his father moved there. He married Elizabeth Madden, daughter of

Scarlett Madden (and granddaughter of John Madden & Bridget (Helm). The

Rowan census shows Peter the head of a family of 12 whites, comprised of 3

males over 16, 4 males under 16 & 5 females. Peter Sr.'s 1783 will specified

that his son Peter was to share in the division of his Negroes, live stock & other estate at the death of his wife, Mary. In 1798 Peter had a state land grant on Howard's Branch of Dutchman's Creek and another in 1799. In 1801 he deeded part of this land to Scarlet Glascock.

Gregory Glascock was born 21 Jan 1732. He moved to Rowan County, North

Carolina and died there in 1790, will proved 1790. He is probably the "Trusty

friend" of Peter's 1783 will. He married (1) ca. 1753-1755 a Rector or Fishback. and (2) Jane ----. He had a grant of 400 acres on the South side of Dutchman's Creek in Rowan County. He had large grants of land in Kentucky, possibly as a result of Revolutionary service. He remained all his life in Rowan County and died there in 1790.

There are a number of other records of Glascocks living in the area before 1800. Some of the early ones include:

1774 --Jane Glasscock joined Dutchman's Creek Baptist Church

1778 --George Glasscock lived on Dutchman's Creek.

1778 --Peter Glasscock entered 200 acres on Elijah's (Elisha's) Creek, a

tributary of Dutchman's Creek.

1778 --Gregory Glascock's 400 acres on south side of Dutchman's Creek

adjoin Christopher Booe, Hugh Montgomery and Henry Railsback.

1778 --Gregory, Jesse and Peter listed as taxable persons in Capt.

Johnson's District.

1783 --Peter's will filed. Has his signature "Glasscock"

1784 --Will of Peter Glasscock proved by Oliver Hendren, Basil Gaither

and Stephen Noland. "On the resignation of Gregory Glasscock,

letters issued to Mary and Spencer Glasscock."

1784 --Peter Glasscock ordered to oversee the road from Dutchman's

Creek to Elisha Creek with hands of the adjacent and to build a

bridge over Dutchman's Creek. (Must be Peter.)

1794 --Mary, widow of deceased Peter Glasscock of Rowan County, North

Carolina to their sons William, Wharton and Elijah. Wits. Basil

Gaither & Thos. Prather.

1797 --Spencer Glascock to Charles Glascock of Fauquier County,

Virginia 100 acres of land on waters of Dutchman's Creek left to

Charles by his father's will, adjoining Spencer.

1804 Spencer Glascock (then living in Tennessee) sold 127 acres on

both sides of Dutchman's Creek adjoining Gregory.

So it appears that at least some members of the family had migrated south to

North Carolina before or during the war. The route was down the Shenandoah

Valley between the mountains -- a natural migration route. From the records, it

is apparent that Glasscocks, Adamses and several other families from the

Piedmont in northern Fauquier County may have gone south at about the same

time. Some of them retrned to the north -- as did Jesse to live after the war -- while others stayed in the south.

From: [pic]michaelg@

Subject: Glascocks of North Carolina

Date: 3 Oct 2005 19:48:07 -0600

1778 ERA Peter Glascock, Jr. was born ca. 1744 & went to Rowan County, North Carolina at the time his father moved there. He married Elizabeth Madden, daughter of Scarlett Madden (and granddaughter of John Madden & Bridget (Helm). The Rowan census shows Peter the head of a family of 12 whites, comprised of 3 males over 16, 4 males under 16 & 5 females. Peter Sr.'s 1783 will specified that his son Peter was to share in the division of his Negroes, live stock & other estate at the death of his wife, Mary. In 1798 Peter had a state land grant on Howard's Branch of Dutchman's Creek and another in 1799. In 1801 he deeded part of this land to Scarlet Glascock.

1778 ERA Gregory Glascock was born 21 Jan 1732. He moved to Rowan County, North Carolina and died there in 1790, will proved 1790. He is probably the "Trusty friend" of Peter's 1783 will. He married (1) ca. 1753-1755 a Rector or Fishback. and (2) Jane ----. He had a grant of 400 acres on the South side of Dutchman's Creek in Rowan County. He had large grants of land in Kentucky, possibly as a result of Revolutionary service. He remained all his life in Rowan County and died there in 1790. From: [pic]michaelg@

Subject: Glascocks of North Carolina

Date: 3 Oct 2005 19:48:07 -0600

1778 in Rowan CO ? Elizabeth CHANEY b: November 15, 1755 See Chaney Moore material married Jonathan DAVIS m: September 1, 1776 Pittsylvania CO, VA b: Pattie McD.; 1778 in Rowan CO? d: July 1831 Roane CO, TN

Chaney Moore 1767 ERA: is definitely a relative of my mary Moore b ca1767 SC who lived on French Broad River of TN when daughters Margaret and Lucy Byerley married Watkins brothers.  For anyone interested, I can send notes on Chaney Moore.  If anyone knows more about a Chaney/Moore connection, do let me know.  Doris

I suspect that these folks are related to Chaney Moore:

Descendants of Elizabeth chaney

1 Elizabeth CHANEY b: November 15, 1755 See Chaney Moore material

. +Jonathan DAVIS m: September 1, 1776 Pittsylvania CO, VA b: Pattie McD.; 1778 in Rowan CO? d: July 1831 Roane CO, TN

. 2 John DAVIS

. 2 William DAVIS

. 2 [3] James DAVIS b: 1789 VA d: 1876 Roane CO, TN

..... +Nancy WOODS m: December 24, 1812 d: 1827

.... 3 Martha DAVIS b: 1813

.... 3 Alexander H. DAVIS b: 1815

........ +Sarah LILES m: 1832 Roane CO, TN

.... 3 [1] William DAVIS b: 1817

........ +Lucy J. JOHNSTON m: 1836 b: 1821

.... 3 Nathan DAVIS b: 1818 or William Nathan Davis

........ +[2] Cynthia Ann CUNNINGHAM Father: Valentine Cunningham Mother: Frances b: 1823 d: 1896 Craig Co, OK

. .... 3 Polly Ann DAVIS b: 1820

........ +Franklin B. NELSON m: 1846 Roane CO, TN Father: John E. Nelson Mother: Mary Polly Daley/Dayton b: ABT 1823

.... 3 John DAVIS b: 1822 d: 1862 OH.

........ +Lucinda CUNNINGHAM m: 1843 Father: Valentine Cunningham Mother: Frances b: 1825 Morgan CO, TN d: 1907 KS

.... 3 Nancy DAVIS b: 1827

........ +Lenzey LILES m: 1858 Roane CO, TN

.... 3 Isabella DAVIS b: 1825

........ +Alexander (FENCH) FRENCH m: 1823 Roane CO, TN b: 1824  (The French family were also neighbors of the Byerley/Moore family on French Broad River when Watkins brothers married their daughters Lucy and Margaret.)

*2nd Wife of [3] James DAVIS:

..... +Rebeka FREDRICK m: 1828 b: 1810 NC d: 1862

.... 3 Emaline Angeline DAVIS b: 1830

........ +John M. PHILLIPS m: 1852 Roane CO, TN Father: Thrower Phillips Mother: Rosannah b: 1825 d: 1888

.... 3 Louisa J. DAVIS b: 1835

.... 3 James richard DAVIS b: 1838

........ +Cinda Elizabeth COKER m: 1862 Roane CO, TN b: 1843 see

.... 3 Lucinda DAVIS b: 1842

William Watkins is the son-in-law of Mary Moore Byerley b ca 1767 SC who is in French Broad River of TN by 1820's when daughters married Watkins brothers.

1778 Feb 8 As early as February 5, 1778, John Correll (318) entered a claim for 350 acres of land on the waters of Dutch Buffalo Creek in what is now the China Grove section of Rowan County. Since there were a number of John Corrells it is difficult to be sure of where he was born, but probably he was one of five brothers who came from Berks County (Near Reading) Pennsylvania and all of them bought land near each other in Rowan County, N. C. in the 1790's Mary Ann Correll was born in January of 1795 She married Jacob Keever and she was the daughter of John and Mary Ann TOWNSEND

1778 May 6: To the SURVEYOR of the said County, Greeting

You are hereby required, as soon as may be to lay off and survey, for James

Dickey a Tract or Parcel of Land, containing Six hundred Acres, lying in the

County aforesaid, situate and lying on Beaver Dam branch the waters of fourth

Creek bounded by the lands of Michael Anderson, George Niblock, Thomas

Johnston, James and Charles Bailey and John Dobbins, including the Improvement between the above mentioned Lands for Complement

Plat

No. 96

North Carolina

Rowan County

This plan represents a tract of Land lying on Beaver Dam branch the Waters of

fourth creek surveyed for James Dickey. Beginning at a pine on John Dobbins

line runs South twenty three degrees West sixty chains to a White oak on

Thomas Johnstons Line west nineteen chains to a white oak said Johnstons

corner south forty six chains to a Post oak West forty eight chains to a White

oak, Robert Hugheys corner North sixty three chains to a black Jack said

Dickeys corner North twenty one Degrees East nineteen chains to a black oak

east seven chains to a black oak North fifty seven Degrees East ninety chains

to a Black Oak said Dobbins corner. Thence East to the beginning Surveyed

July 15 1778 by me James Bealey Griffith Rutherfords ? James Dickey

James Dickey

Thomas Johnstons

Robert Hugheys

June 30, 1778 Benjamin Bentley entered a claim for 640 acres of land on Bear Creek in Rowan County. The state of North Carolina on March 21, 1780 granted him this land by Grant No. 97. It sold for fifty shillings every 100 acres and joined the lands of William Frohock, Anthony Peeler, Thomas Bentley, and Abraham Welty.

William Frohock,

Anthony Peeler,

Thomas Bentley

Abraham Welty

1778 August 5. John Van Etton, 530 acres on waters of Bear Creek, being the improvement called William Grant's old place, adjoining John Bryant, PettiPool, and George Smith and Daniel Adams' line for compliment.

John Van Etton

William Grant's

John Bryant,

PettiPool

George Smith

Daniel Adams'

5 Dec 1778 Mary Bentley, born Bear Creek, Rowan Co., NC, died 23 Sept 1855 Alexander Co., NC, married 23 Sept 1797 Iredell Co. to William Hines, born 1764, died 27 Feb 1859 Alexander Co.  Both are buried Hines cemetery, State Rd. 1422, Alexander Co., NC.

Mary Bentley,

William Hines,

From 1778 until his death 1800 (probate started), John Bryan (1) owned land and probably lived around eight miles southwest of where Morgan Bryan, Sr. last lived.  John Bryan, Sr. lived in an area of Rowan County, North Carolina that, in 1836, became west central part of Davie County, North Carolina.  Through numerous land transactions, it has been determined that John Bryan (1) lived in Rowan County, North Carolina from 1778 to 1800 and that he had the following neighbors (some deeds from the probate records):   Benjamin Gaither (1778 - 1803), Thomas Pennery (1778 - 1796), William Williams (1778 - 1787), Robert Luckey (1778 - 1787), John Van Eaton (1778), Valentine Huff (1783 - 1802), John Adams (1784), Mary Luckey (1784 - 1796), Ralph Vaneleave (1784), John Hughey (1784), George Wilcoxon (1784), John Bryan, Jr. (1787 - 1797), Daniel Sutherland (1787), John Pinchback (1787), Richard Speaks (1787), William Patrick (1787), Jacob Nichols (1787), Samuel Reed (1787), Jacob Trout (1796 - 1801), John Little, Sr. (1801), Beal Ijams (1801) and Jacob Coon (1802).   It is also known from these deeds that they all lived near the following Creeks:  Bear Creek (great majority of deeds), Hunting Creek and Dutchman’s Creek.

#1779

1779 Rutherford Co. NC formed from Burke and Tryon

1779, part of Rutherford was created from Rowan & Tryon was discon't Rutherford Co., North Carolina was created in 1779 from the larger Burke & the old Tryon County. It consisted of all the area west of the old Mecklenburge Co. and "west" to the present state boundary.

Old Tryon Co,, NC, which later became part of SC.

1779 Randolph County Formed from Guilford Co. NC

Randolph County was established from the lower half of Guilford Co NC in 1778 (Guilford from Rowan & Orange Cos in 1770).

probably in 1779. Samuel BOONE (1728-1816?), lived on present Rowan County side of the South Yadkin River. All went to Kentucky, probably in 1779.

1 Jan 1779 Patrick HAMILTON and Margaret, his wife, of Rowan Co, NC, convey 300 a. to Benjamin ADAMS, Sr., of Tryon Co, NC, for œ35. Sd land granted by patent to sd Patrick HAMILTON bearing date 15 May 1777 in Tryon Co, NC, on both sides of Mount Cr of 2nd Broad River.

Signed: Patrick HAMILTON, Margaret HAMILTON.

Wit: Benjamin ADAMS, Jr., Jas COOK, Mumford WILSON Deed Book AD p 41 FHL 019,912 RUTHERFORD COUNTY NC DEEDS

Patrick HAMILTON

Margaret HAMILTON

Benjamin ADAMS, Sr

Mount Cr

Jan 17, 1779, Rowan Co NC, which shows Isaac Eaton on waters of Dutchman's Creek adjacent to Alexander, Isaac Johnson, George Wilcoxson and Jonathan Boone

Isaac Eaton

Charles Hunt IS LISTED IN THE 1790 CENSUS AT HIS FARM ON CEDAR CREEK AND SHOWN BY EATON BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDS IN 1790 AS A CHARTER MEMBER ALONG WITHHIS WIFE "FRANCES". HIS BROTHER ANDREW AND THE LATTER'S WIFE LUCY, SARAH BRYAN (PRESUMABLY HIS SISTER, WIDOW OF THOMAS BRYAN), AND OTHER INCLUDING ISAAC EATON, GEORGE EATON, AND THOMAS ESTEB.

11 May 1792 notation from the Rowan County Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions read:

[pic]Ordered that Vachel Ijams, William Clark, Thomas Hughey, Isaac Eaton, John Pinchback, William Hadox, Richd Speaks, Peter Glasscock, John Beaman, George Stealman, William Stealman, and Solomon Jones be summoned a jury to lay off a road leading out of the main road, to go by Joppa Meeting house the best way to Surry lie.  John Pinchback Overseer of said road from Riddles Road to Captain Coxes and John Beaman from thence to the Surry line.

SOURCE: The History of the Stout Family by Captain Nathan Stout

I now bring forward David the third son of David.  He was born in the year 1695.  He married Anne, the daughter of William Merrill, and had by her only three children, viz: Nehemiah, Nathaniel and Rebecca.  Nehemiah married Rachel Stout, the history of whose family I have given under the head of John Stout, the son of Joseph.  Nathaniel married Charity Stout and Sarah Stout, daughters of Zebulon Stout, the son of Jonathan, the history of whose family I have given.  Rebecca married Isaac Eaton, a Baptist minister, who was pastor of the church of Hopewell more than twenty years and was truly a great man.

The information I have comes from "Benjamin Eaton and His Descendants" compiled by Pink Tatum, 1978. Her notes are in the Rowan Co. Library, Salibury NC. She writes:

Daniel Eaton, son of John and Elizabeth Eaton, Will Book C page 16, 1789. Daniel Eaton married Elizabeth Cantor, March 17, 1798, Bond signed by Daniel Eaton and Ebed Jones.

My ancestor is Phebe Hall who married Isaac Eaton, 1768. Her father Samuel Hall gave written permission for the marriage. Isaac Eaton and Phebe were charter members of Eaton's Baptist Church, Rowan Co NC. Phebe Eaton is buried there, 1798. Isaac Eaton of Buncombe Co NC sold land to John Clifford, 1802. Phebe Hall Eaton's brother George Hall was one of the first settler's in Buncombe Co.

Gerri Ann

adjacent to Alexander

Isaac Johnson,

(Date missed, about 1787) State of North Carolina grant #1252 to Ruth Wilcoxon, a tract of land 107 acres in Rowan County on the waters of Dutchman's Creek...on John Johnson's line on the west...to said Thomas Thompson line...to Isaac Johnson's line. Rowan County Deed Book, Volume 11, 688-689

George Wilcoxson

From 1778 until his death 1800 (probate started), John Bryan (1) owned land and probably lived around eight miles southwest of where Morgan Bryan, Sr. last lived.  John Bryan, Sr. lived in an area of Rowan County, North Carolina that, in 1836, became west central part of Davie County, North Carolina.  Through numerous land transactions, it has been determined that John Bryan (1) lived in Rowan County, North Carolina from 1778 to 1800 and that he had the following neighbors (some deeds from the probate records):   Benjamin Gaither (1778 - 1803), Thomas Pennery (1778 - 1796), William Williams (1778 - 1787), Robert Luckey (1778 - 1787), John Van Eaton (1778), Valentine Huff (1783 - 1802), John Adams (1784), Mary Luckey (1784 - 1796), Ralph Vaneleave (1784), John Hughey (1784), George Wilcoxon (1784), John Bryan, Jr. (1787 - 1797), Daniel Sutherland (1787), John Pinchback (1787), Richard Speaks (1787), William Patrick (1787), Jacob Nichols (1787), Samuel Reed (1787), Jacob Trout (1796 - 1801), John Little, Sr. (1801), Beal Ijams (1801) and Jacob Coon (1802).   It is also known from these deeds that they all lived near the following Creeks:  Bear Creek (great majority of deeds), Hunting Creek and Dutchman’s Creek.

Jan 17, 1779, Rowan Co NC, which shows Isaac Eaton on waters of Dutchman's Creek adjacent to Alexander, Isaac Johnson, George Wilcoxson and Jonathan Boone (Edward’s brother).

Jonathan Boone

SQUIRE BOONE Born 25 Nov 1696 (O.S.) Devonshire, England Died 02 Jan 1765 Rowan County, North Carolina.  Married Sarah Morgan 23 Sep 1720 (O.S.) Philadelphia County, PA Born 1700 Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Died 1777 Rowan County, North Carolina.

Ebenezer Frost was the son of William Frost, born in Morristown, NJ. His tombstone inscription provides the date of his birth on November 23, 1746, and the date of his death on January 7, 1824. He is buried in the family cemetery near Mocksville, Davie Co., NC. The grave was located in 1972. Indisputable proof of the father-son relationship between William and Ebenezer Frost is found in the record of a real estate transaction which took place many years after William Frost's death. On July 20, 1805, Ebenezer Frost and wife Elizabeth Frost sold to George Boone ".... a tract or parcel of land lying in Rowan County on waters of Bear Creek, beginning.........William Nelson's corner........Jones line.....William Moore's line..... Walter Gaither...... containing two hundred acres being a part of a tract of land containing four hundred and eighty four acres which descended to said Ebenezer from his father William Frost....." (Rowan County Deed Book 19, p. 381). A similar description of this land was used on January 5, 1815, when George Booe sold it to John Boone for $700.00. This land seems to have included what later became known as the "Old Frost Burying Ground." In all probability William Frost and his daughter-in-law Sarah Fairchild Frost were buried in this family cemetery but without inscribed tombstones to mark their graves.

The marriage bond for Ebenezer Frost and his first wife, Sarah Fairchild, was dated December 5,m1769, and was signed by Ebenezer Frost, Jonathan Boone, and Dan C. Little. A photocopy of the bond shows that Thomas Frohock, Rowan County Court Clerk, misspelled Sarah's name. The error has been copied as Sarahy" Fairchild by many who did not notice the correct spelling by Sarah's father. Attached to the marriage bond is this note from Ebenezer Fairchild:

Jonathan BOONE (1730-1808?), married Mary Carter. This family also went to Kentucky around 1779.

(Edward Boone’s brother).

Dutchmans Creek

31 August 1793, the Bear Creek Baptist Church ordained both Solomon Johns and Jhon Beaman as deacons.  Almost four months later, Solomon received 300 acres of land as state grants on Dutchmans Creek next to Vachel Stockstill on the east, John Beeman and Peter Glasscock on the west, and lying on Howards Branch Creek [Rowan County Deed Book 14:237].

28 February 1801, John Beaman, Brumly Coker, and Solomon Jones were appointed to help a sister church at Eatons Meeting House.  Eaton's, formerly Dutchmans Creek Baptist Church and today known as Eaton Baptist Church, was started in 1772, long before Bear Creek Baptist Church.  On Eaton's records of March 7th, Solomon Jones was mentioned along with Coker and Beeman as helpers from "Bare Crick" Church.  By this time Solomon and his family were probably acquainted with the Thomas Estep family who lived further north next to the borderline of what would become Yadkin County.  The Esteps were upstanding members of Eatons Meeting

#1780

1780-1807 WILLIAM JOHNSON, * C-50 ROWAN COUNTY, NC - WILLS - PROBATE: Index to Testators, Volume C (1780-1807)

1780-1807 JOHN JOHNSTON, ROCKINGHAM, NC C-315 ROWAN COUNTY, NC - WILLS - PROBATE: Index to Testators, Volume C (1780-1807)

1780-1807 THOMAS JOHNSTON, * C-218 ROWAN COUNTY, NC - WILLS - PROBATE: Index to Testators, Volume C (1780-1807)

1780-1807 WILLIAM JOHNSTON, * C-302 ROWAN COUNTY, NC - WILLS - PROBATE: Index to Testators, Volume C (1780-1807)

1780 John Johnson Appointed Capt. Of a Miltia from Rowan Co. NC

In Estill County, Kentucky, on November 19, 1832, before John W. Moore, Nicholas

Merrill and Sampson Walters, Justices of the Peace, Jesse Noland, resident of

said county, age 71 years, made oath; That he entered service in the

Revolutionary War as a volunteer in 1780 in Rowan County, North Carolina, in the

Militia and served a term of 3 months. John Johnson was Captain. Shortly

afterward he was appointed to Major General Rutherford was commander. That he

was marched to near Camden, S.C. That he was in the Battle when Gates was

defeated but was detailed to take charge of the baggage of the company to which

he belonged. After the battle was over and the troops collected we were

assembled in Muhlenberg County, North Carolina and was there attached to the

company again which he was commanded by Captain Locke. Frank Locke was the

Colonel. We continued in Muhlenberg County till I was discharged. That he then

returned to his residence in Rowan and the Tories, becoming to powerful, that he

with his Mother, then a widow, moved to Virginia. The British then marched up

into Muhlenberg County and after the British and Tories were driven back in the

Fall of 1781. He returned again to Rowan County. That in the summer of 1781, he

again volunteered and served a tour of 3 months in the Militia and went from

Rowan County. Gabriel Enix was his Captain, Smith was Colonel and General

Rutherford again commanded. He marched down to Wilmington or near to it, served

out his two months and was discharged near Wilmington. He heard of the surrender

of Cornwallis about the time of his discharge. He further states that he was

born in Charles County, Maryland, in 1761. That he moved from Maryland to Loudon

County, Virginia; from there to Rowan County, North Carolina, thence to

Kentucky, in 1784, where he has resided ever since. That he was resided in

Estill County for 30 years.

James Noland of Estill County, Kentucky, aged 92 years, made oath; that he

recollects that his brother, Jesse Noland was serving as a volunteer in the

militia during the Revolutionary War, as he stated.

Samuel Kelly, clergyman, and Samuel Tipton, both residents of Estill County,

Kentucky, made certification that they are acquainted with Jesse Noland that he

is of honest and respectable character, and to their belief in his statements.

Jesse Noland of Estill County, Kentucky, who was a private in the company

commanded by Colonel Locke in North Carolina Line for 6 months from 1780 was

inscribed on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency to commence on the 4th of March

1831. Certificate of the pension was issued January 16, 1833.



JOHN JOHNSON Capt;

Capt. John Johnson, company commander, Rowan Co. NC Militia. Co New Order of Battle based upon Battle of Camden Pension Statements (thru 01-03-04) by Charles Baxley

Note: The primary source of this order of battle is pension affidavits given over fifty years after the battle. Many Revolutionary War leaders went on to distinguished military service and the ranks given in those affidavits are often those achieved years after the Battle of Camden.

George Redman b. 24 March 1757 in Virginia, d. 5 April 1837 in Edgar Co., IL

November 10, 1778 - George Redmon served two weeks as private in Captain Nichols' North Carolina company, after which he was transferred, on the road between Charleston, South Carolina, and Purrysburg on the Savannah River, and served as wagoneer under wagoneerter, Richardson, in the South Carolina troops and continued until April 10, 1779.

April 1779 - George re-enlisted and served three months as private in Captain John Johnston's company, part of Colonel Davidson's North Carolina Regiment.

August 1780 - George Redmon enlisted and served one month as private in Captain Chapman's North Carolina company.

At some point George migrated to Rowan Co., NC. While there, he served in the American Revolutionary War as a Private Wagoner. He served one year under Captain Nichols, one year under Captain John Johnson and one year under Captain Chapman, all of whom were from Rowan Co. George and Henrietta then settled in Shelby Co., Ky, and moved to Edgar Co., IL, in 1831. They are buried in the Green Cemetery on the Stewart farm south of Paris, IL, with a Revolutionary War Marker on his grave.

Jessee Noland Pvt., Rowan Co. NC Militia, Capt. John Johnson's Co. Guarded baggage. Pension statement: S 14039 N.C

9 January 1780, Warrant. Entry #2295. John Wilcockson is granted 640 acres on both sides of Bear Creek, in Rowan County, adjacent Benley’s corner and Thomas Mansfield’s corner. North Carolina Grant #959, surveyed 22 February 1783, and signed John Wilcockson (signed with a “J”).

John Wilcockson

9 October 1779. #2328. John Wilcockson has a land entry request for 640 acres on Bear Creek, including his improvement and the old survey run by James Cailer (Koller?). This is probably State of North Carolina land grant #342, granted 10 October 1788.

Apparently, the original log cabin of John and Sarah Wilcockson, thought built between 1752 and 1756 on south end of Bear Creek, has survived in Davie County, and over the years has been incorporated into newer sections of a larger private home. The original part of the house was a 17 x 33 foot room with floor planks three inches thick and over 1 foot wide, with a narrow staircase to the attic. The location of the house was not given, and is not open to the public. (From “Salisbury Sunday Post, 1B, 3 August 1975, article by Gordon Tomlinson, courtesy of Pat Frunzi)

Thomas Mansfield

21 Mar. 1780 ROWAN COUNTY, NC Bk 9 p. 277. .  State Grant #97 @ 50 shillings the 100 acres to Benjamin Bentley, 640 acres on Bear Creek adjoining Wm. Frohock, Carson, Anthony Peeler's claim and Abraham Welty's claim.

Benjamin Bentley

29 June 1778, Bk. D, p. 148 IREDELL COUNTY, NC .  Entered registered 15 May 1801.  Grant #329 to Benjamin Bentley lying in Iredell Co. near the head of the South Yadkin,....Solomon Davis' corner

Bk 9, p. 589.  10 Oct 1783.  State Grant #457 @ 50 shillings the 100 acres to Benjamin Bentley, 150 acres on branch of the S. Yadkin River near the Cedar Nobs.  [This land would later be in Iredell Co., NC., and later in a portion of Iredell which was cut off and added to Wilkes County, NC, and then added to Alexander County when it was formed in 1847

7 July 1794 IREDELL COUNTY, NC Bk. 82, p. 282.  State Grant #72.  Pursuant to a warrant to Rowan now Iredell county No. 1546 transferred from William Bartlet Surveyed for Benjamin Bentley 110 acres on Bentley branch of So. Yadkin.   "In consideration of Ten pounds I so hereby convey all my claim and title to the within mentioned land and warrant to Benjm Bentley his heirs and assigns forever Given under my hand & seal this 20th of November 1792.  William Bartlet.  Test: Wm Sharpe."

Bk. B, p. 470. 3 Sept 1795. IREDELL COUNTY, NC Richard Bell, planter, of Iredell to Benjamin Bentley, planter, of Iredell, 50 acres for 50 pounds State of N.C. money.  Originally granted to Uriah Davis 8 Oct 1783 and then by Davis by deed of 1786 to Adam Hall and then by Hall's deed of 1790 to Richard Bell and then by Bell to Bentley.  Recorded August Sessions of Iredell Court 1796.  Richard Bell (seal), Witnesses: Aaron Freeman, Solomon Davis (his mark) Jurat.

Bk. B, p. 309.  State Grant #72 IREDELL COUNTY, NC @ 50 shilling the 100 acres to Benjamin Bentley, 110 ac for 75 shillings, on Bentley's Branch of the South Yadkin.  Entered 7 July 1794, granted 9 Nov 1795.

Bk. B, p. 231.  19 Jan. 1796. IREDELL COUNTY, NC Daniel Meadows of Iredell to Benjamin Bentley of Iredell Co., 150 ac lying in Iredell Co. head of the little south fork of the South Yadkin. [Note: This document is smeared and hard to read.]  Daniel (his mark) Meadows.  Witnesses: Wm Sharpe, Jurat; (Andw?) Meadows.  Recorded 2 Feb 1797.

 

Bk. D, p. 432.  10 Aug 1796. IREDELL COUNTY, NC State Grant #272 @ 50 shillings every 100 acres to Benjamin Bentley, 50 acres lying in Iredell Co. on the South side of the Rocky Faced Mountain...Hendrick's corner..Wasson's last line, then along the Rocky face to a stake, then to beginning.  Registered 13 Feb. 1802.

 

Bk. C, p. 495.  20 Dec 1796. IREDELL COUNTY, NC State Grant #155 @ 50 shillings every 100 acres to Benjamin Bentley, 100 acres lying in Iredell Co. on branch of the South Yadkin River.  Recorded 18 Nov 1799.

 

18 Dec 1797.  State Grant #194 IREDELL COUNTY, NC to Benjamin Bentley, 100 acres on South Yadkin and haw branch, Beginning four paces from the beginning of Uriah Davis....stake in Adam Hall's line....Uriah Davis line.

Bk. F, p. 49.  18 Nov 1805.  Benjamin Bentley of Iredell Col. to William Hines of Iredell Co. 120 acres for 50 pounds, lying in Iredell Co. on the head branch of the South Yadkin River....Solomon Davises corner....  This land being part of a 340 acre tract originally granted to Benjamin Bentley on the first day of September 1800 In Iredell Co.. deed book D page 148 May 13th 1801.  Benjamin Bentley (seal), Witness: Francis Johnston.

Notes: 20 Aug 1796 Rowan Co. on Weaver’s Creek, bounded by BENJAMIN BENTLEY, John Johnson, Rudolph Neat’s corner. Signed Kasper Roland. Wit: John Keller his mark, John Hendrix. Rowan Co.,

 

Bk. O, p. 63.  27 Mar 1829.  Benjamin Bentley, Senr. of Iredell Co. to James Bentley of Wilkes Co., NC, and William Hines of Iredell Co., NC 194 3/4 acres for $500.  Lying in Iredell Co. on the headwaters of South Fork of South Yadkin River....Meadow's line...along conditional line between Bentley and Jno. Baker...down meanders of said branch to a stake in said Bentleys other survey...old original corner of Danl Meadows Senr. old survey....to a black oak Bentley Harrison corner....originally granted to Daniel Meadows Senr. 4 Jan 1791 and by Meadows to Benjamin Bentley 14 Jan 1800.  Benjamin (his mark) Bentley, Senr (seal)  Witnesses: James Thompson, Jurat; John Bentley.  Recorded August term of Court 1829.

 

Bk. P, p. 165.  Benjamin Bentley, Senr. of Iredell Co. to Bentley Harrison of Iredell Co., 142 acres for $300, lying in Iredell Co. on the water of the South Fork of the South Yadkin River.....old line...Daniel Meadows corner.... Benjamin (his mark) Bentley, Senr. (seal)  Witnesses:  Joseph Harrison, Squire (his mark) Bentley, jurat.  recorded 7 Mar 1831

Bk 9, p. 208.  21 Mar 1780.  State Grant #85 @ 50 shillings the 100 acres to Daniel Lewis, 200 acres on Bear Creek adjoining Benjm Bentley [Benjamin], Abraham Wiltey, John Wilcockson and John McElhaney

#1781

Diana Adam born 6 JUN 1781 in Salisbury,Rowan,NC, daughter of Matthew Adams and Elizabeth. She was born 22 JAN 1767 in ,VA, and died 18 APR 1840 in ,Newton,MS.

CAVE JOHNSON-Holeman

| |Rachel Holeman (Thomas Holeman4, Daniel Holeman3, Nancy Moreland2, Moreland1) was born ABT 1743 in ,,MD, and died 10 MAR 1815 |

| |in Springfield,Robertson,TN. She was buried AFT 10 MAR 1815 in ,Robertson,TN. She married Henry Johnson MAR 1763 in |

| |,Lancaster,PA. He was born 1738 in ,,Ireland,Great Britain, and died 1815 in Springfield,Robertson,TN. He was buried 1815. |

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| |Children of Rachel Holeman and Henry Johnson are: |

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| |  i. |

| |William Johnson was born 2 JUL 1764 in Salisbury,,NC, and died 13 JUL 1845 in ,Newton,MS. He married Diannah (Diana) Adams 6 |

| |JUN 1781 in Salisbury,Rowan,NC, daughter of Matthew Adams and Elizabeth. She was born 22 JAN 1767 in ,,VA, and died 18 APR 1840|

| |in ,Newton,MS. |

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| |  ii. |

| |Thomas Johnson was born 4 JUL 1766 in ,Rowan,NC, and died 1826 in Springfield,Robertson,TN. He married Mary Noel 1790 in |

| |Versailles,,KY. She was born 1766, and died AFT 1789. He married (Cockerel) Roberts 1823. |

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| |  iii. |

| |Henry Johnson was born 2 OCT 1768, and died 12 SEP 1856 in ,Robertson,TN. He married Polly Kerr or Harden 1793 in ,,TN. |

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| |Isaac Johnson was born 1770/1780, and died 1840/1850 in ,Overton,TN. |

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| |  v. |

| |Joseph Johnson was born 1774, and died in ,Robertson,TN. He married Elizabeth Cuthbert in ,,SC. |

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| |  vi. |

| |Jacob V Johnson was born ABT 1776 in ,,NC, and died in ,,AL. He married Sally Jarman. |

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| |  vii. |

| |Rebecca Johnson was born 1778, and died in ,Robertson,TN. She married Sampson Mathews in ,,NC. |

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| |  viii. |

| |Elizabeth Johnson was born 1780, and died in ,Humphreys,TN. She married John Crockett. |

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| |54 |

| |  ix. |

| |Mary (Polly) Johnson was born 1782 in ,,TN, and died in ,Robertson,TN. She married Jacob Frey in ,Robertson,TN. He was born in |

| |,,NC, and died 1848 in ,Robertson,TN. |

| | |

| |  |

| |55 |

| |  x. |

| |Rachel Johnson was born 1784, and died in ,Robertson,TN. |

| | |

 

|7.|Rachel Holeman (Thomas Holeman4, Daniel Holeman3, Nancy Moreland2, Moreland1) was born ABT 1743 in ,,MD, and died 10 MAR 1815 |

| |in Springfield,Robertson,TN. She was buried AFT 10 MAR 1815 in ,Robertson,TN. She married Henry Johnson MAR 1763 in |

| |,Lancaster,PA. He was born 1738 in ,,Ireland, Great Britain, and died 1815 in Springfield,Robertson,TN. He was buried 1815. |

|  |  |

| |Children of Rachel Holeman and Henry Johnson are: |

| |  |

| |46 |

| |  i. |

| |William Johnson was born 2 JUL 1764 in Salisbury,,NC, and died 13 JUL 1845 in ,Newton,MS. He married Diannah (Diana) Adams 6 |

| |JUN 1781 in Salisbury,Rowan,NC, daughter of Matthew Adams and Elizabeth. She was born 22 JAN 1767 in ,,VA, and died 18 APR |

| |1840 in ,Newton,MS. |

| | |

| |  |

| |47 |

| |  ii. |

| |Thomas Johnson was born 4 JUL 1766 in ,Rowan,NC, and died 1826 in Springfield,Robertson,TN. He married Mary Noel 1790 in |

| |Versailles,,KY. She was born 1766, and died AFT 1789. He married (Cockerel) Roberts 1823. |

| | |

| |  |

| |48 |

| |  iii. |

| |Henry Johnson was born 2 OCT 1768, and died 12 SEP 1856 in ,Robertson,TN. He married Polly Kerr or Harden 1793 in ,,TN. |

| | |

| |+ |

| |49 |

| |  iv. |

| |Isaac Johnson was born 1770/1780, and died 1840/1850 in ,Overton,TN. |

| | |

| |  |

| |50 |

| |  v. |

| |Joseph Johnson was born 1774, and died in ,Robertson,TN. He married Elizabeth Cuthbert in ,,SC. |

| | |

| |  |

| |51 |

| |  vi. |

| |Jacob V Johnson was born ABT 1776 in ,,NC, and died in ,,AL. He married Sally Jarman. |

| | |

| |  |

| |52 |

| |  vii. |

| |Rebecca Johnson was born 1778, and died in ,Robertson,TN. She married Sampson Mathews in ,,NC. |

| | |

| |  |

| |53 |

| |  viii. |

| |Elizabeth Johnson was born 1780, and died in ,Humphreys,TN. She married John Crockett. |

| | |

| |  |

| |54 |

| |  ix. |

| |Mary (Polly) Johnson was born 1782 in ,,TN, and died in ,Robertson,TN. She married Jacob Frey in ,Robertson,TN. He was born in|

| |,,NC, and died 1848 in ,Robertson,TN. |

| | |

| |  |

| |55 |

| |  x. |

| |Rachel Johnson was born 1784, and died in ,Robertson,TN. |

| | |

| |Rachel Holeman (Thomas Holeman4, Daniel Holeman3, Nancy Moreland2, Moreland1) was born ABT 1743 in ,,MD, and died 10 MAR 1815 |

| |in Springfield,Robertson,TN. She was buried AFT 10 MAR 1815 in ,Robertson,TN. She married Henry Johnson MAR 1763 in |

| |,Lancaster,PA. He was born 1738 in ,,Ireland,Great Britain, and died 1815 in Springfield,Robertson,TN. He was buried 1815. |

| |  |

| |Children of Rachel Holeman and Henry Johnson are: |

| |  |

| |46 |

| |  i. |

| |William Johnson was born 2 JUL 1764 in Salisbury,,NC, and died 13 JUL 1845 in ,Newton,MS. He married Diannah (Diana) Adams 6 |

| |JUN 1781 in Salisbury,Rowan,NC, daughter of Matthew Adams and Elizabeth. She was born 22 JAN 1767 in ,,VA, and died 18 APR 1840|

| |in ,Newton,MS. |

| | |

| |  |

| |47 |

| |  ii. |

| |Thomas Johnson was born 4 JUL 1766 in ,Rowan,NC, and died 1826 in Springfield,Robertson,TN. He married Mary Noel 1790 in |

| |Versailles,,KY. She was born 1766, and died AFT 1789. He married (Cockerel) Roberts 1823. |

| | |

| |  |

| |48 |

| |  iii. |

| |Henry Johnson was born 2 OCT 1768, and died 12 SEP 1856 in ,Robertson,TN. He married Polly Kerr or Harden 1793 in ,,TN. |

| | |

| |+ |

| |49 |

| |  iv. |

| |Isaac Johnson was born 1770/1780, and died 1840/1850 in ,Overton,TN. |

| | |

| |  |

| |50 |

| |  v. |

| |Joseph Johnson was born 1774, and died in ,Robertson,TN. He married Elizabeth Cuthbert in ,,SC. |

| | |

| |  |

| |51 |

| |  vi. |

| |Jacob V Johnson was born ABT 1776 in ,,NC, and died in ,,AL. He married Sally Jarman. |

| | |

| |  |

| |52 |

| |  vii. |

| |Rebecca Johnson was born 1778, and died in ,Robertson,TN. She married Sampson Mathews in ,,NC. |

| | |

| |  |

| |53 |

| |  viii. |

| |Elizabeth Johnson was born 1780, and died in ,Humphreys,TN. She married John Crockett. |

| | |

| |  |

| |54 |

| |  ix. |

| |Mary (Polly) Johnson was born 1782 in ,,TN, and died in ,Robertson,TN. She married Jacob Frey in ,Robertson,TN. He was born in |

| |,,NC, and died 1848 in ,Robertson,TN. |

| | |

| |  |

| |55 |

| |  x. |

| |Rachel Johnson was born 1784, and died in ,Robertson,TN. |

| | |

| |Rachel Holeman (Thomas Holeman4, Daniel Holeman3, Nancy Moreland2, Moreland1) was born ABT 1743 in ,,MD, and died 10 MAR 1815 |

| |in Springfield,Robertson,TN. She was buried AFT 10 MAR 1815 in ,Robertson,TN. She married Henry Johnson MAR 1763 in |

| |,Lancaster,PA. He was born 1738 in ,,Ireland,Great Britain, and died 1815 in Springfield,Robertson,TN. He was buried 1815. |

| |  |

| |Children of Rachel Holeman and Henry Johnson are: |

| |  |

| |46 |

| |  i. |

| |William Johnson was born 2 JUL 1764 in Salisbury,,NC, and died 13 JUL 1845 in ,Newton,MS. He married Diannah (Diana) Adams 6 |

| |JUN 1781 in Salisbury,Rowan,NC, daughter of Matthew Adams and Elizabeth. She was born 22 JAN 1767 in ,,VA, and died 18 APR 1840|

| |in ,Newton,MS. |

| | |

| |  |

| |47 |

| |  ii. |

| |Thomas Johnson was born 4 JUL 1766 in ,Rowan,NC, and died 1826 in Springfield,Robertson,TN. He married Mary Noel 1790 in |

| |Versailles,,KY. She was born 1766, and died AFT 1789. He married (Cockerel) Roberts 1823. |

| | |

| |  |

| |48 |

| |  iii. |

| |Henry Johnson was born 2 OCT 1768, and died 12 SEP 1856 in ,Robertson,TN. He married Polly Kerr or Harden 1793 in ,,TN. |

| | |

| |+ |

| |49 |

| |  iv. |

| |Isaac Johnson was born 1770/1780, and died 1840/1850 in ,Overton,TN. |

| | |

| |  |

| |50 |

| |  v. |

| |Joseph Johnson was born 1774, and died in ,Robertson,TN. He married Elizabeth Cuthbert in ,,SC. |

| | |

| |  |

| |51 |

| |  vi. |

| |Jacob V Johnson was born ABT 1776 in ,,NC, and died in ,,AL. He married Sally Jarman. |

| | |

| |  |

| |52 |

| |  vii. |

| |Rebecca Johnson was born 1778, and died in ,Robertson,TN. She married Sampson Mathews in ,,NC. |

| | |

| |  |

| |53 |

| |  viii. |

| |Elizabeth Johnson was born 1780, and died in ,Humphreys,TN. She married John Crockett. |

| | |

| |  |

| |54 |

| |  ix. |

| |Mary (Polly) Johnson was born 1782 in ,,TN, and died in ,Robertson,TN. She married Jacob Frey in ,Robertson,TN. He was born in |

| |,,NC, and died 1848 in ,Robertson,TN. |

| | |

| |  |

| |55 |

| |  x. |

| |Rachel Johnson was born 1784, and died in ,Robertson,TN. |

| | |

| |Rachel Holeman (Thomas Holeman4, Daniel Holeman3, Nancy Moreland2, Moreland1) was born ABT 1743 in ,,MD, and died 10 MAR 1815 |

| |in Springfield,Robertson,TN. She was buried AFT 10 MAR 1815 in ,Robertson,TN. She married Henry Johnson MAR 1763 in |

| |,Lancaster,PA. He was born 1738 in ,,Ireland,Great Britain, and died 1815 in Springfield,Robertson,TN. He was buried 1815. |

| |  |

| |Children of Rachel Holeman and Henry Johnson are: |

| |  |

| |46 |

| |  i. |

| |William Johnson was born 2 JUL 1764 in Salisbury,,NC, and died 13 JUL 1845 in ,Newton,MS. He married Diannah (Diana) Adams 6 |

| |JUN 1781 in Salisbury,Rowan,NC, daughter of Matthew Adams and Elizabeth. She was born 22 JAN 1767 in ,,VA, and died 18 APR 1840|

| |in ,Newton,MS. |

| | |

| |  |

| |47 |

| |  ii. |

| |Thomas Johnson was born 4 JUL 1766 in ,Rowan,NC, and died 1826 in Springfield,Robertson,TN. He married Mary Noel 1790 in |

| |Versailles,,KY. She was born 1766, and died AFT 1789. He married (Cockerel) Roberts 1823. |

| | |

| |  |

| |48 |

| |  iii. |

| |Henry Johnson was born 2 OCT 1768, and died 12 SEP 1856 in ,Robertson,TN. He married Polly Kerr or Harden 1793 in ,,TN. |

| | |

| |+ |

| |49 |

| |  iv. |

| |Isaac Johnson was born 1770/1780, and died 1840/1850 in ,Overton,TN. |

| | |

| |  |

| |50 |

| |  v. |

| |Joseph Johnson was born 1774, and died in ,Robertson,TN. He married Elizabeth Cuthbert in ,,SC. |

| | |

| |  |

| |51 |

| |  vi. |

| |Jacob V Johnson was born ABT 1776 in ,,NC, and died in ,,AL. He married Sally Jarman. |

| | |

| |  |

| |52 |

| |  vii. |

| |Rebecca Johnson was born 1778, and died in ,Robertson,TN. She married Sampson Mathews in ,,NC. |

| | |

| |  |

| |53 |

| |  viii. |

| |Elizabeth Johnson was born 1780, and died in ,Humphreys,TN. She married John Crockett. |

| | |

| |  |

| |54 |

| |  ix. |

| |Mary (Polly) Johnson was born 1782 in ,,TN, and died in ,Robertson,TN. She married Jacob Frey in ,Robertson,TN. He was born in |

| |,,NC, and died 1848 in ,Robertson,TN. |

| | |

| |  |

| |55 |

| |  x. |

| |Rachel Johnson was born 1784, and died in ,Robertson,TN. |

| | |

1781 era Robert Johnston or Robert Johnson: S15482 NC and SC Lines: Soldier lived near Camden SC at first enlistment and he lived in Rowan Co. NC and 2nd enlistment. In 1781 soldier had married and was living on the Catawba River in Burke Co. NC where he also enlisted and in 1783 he moved to KY. Applied 1834 March 10- Nelson Co. KY age 84. Pg 1864 Abstract of Rev. War Pension Files

[Methodology: Spelling, punctuation and grammar have been corrected in some instances for ease of reading and to facilitate searches of the database. Also, the handwriting of the original scribes often lends itself to varying interpretations. Users of this database are urged to view the original and to make their own decision as to how to decipher what the original scribe actually wrote. Blanks appearing in the transcripts reflect blanks in the original.]

State of Kentucky, Nelson County court

Be it remembered that upon this 10th day of March in the year 1834, personally appeared

in open court Robert Johnson aged 84 years a citizen of Nelson County Kentucky and in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the United States passed in the year 1832, granting pensions & further benefit of certain officers and soldiers of the Revolution and being sworn upon his oath makes the following declaration.

That in the year 1775, he was a citizen of South Carolina and resided near Camden. That in the fall of the year 1775, he cannot state the precise day but believes it was in the month of September and the last of the month he entered the service as a private Militia man for a tour of duty of 3 months in the company commanded by Captain Drakeford and the first Lieutenant was John Landing, our principal commander was Colonel Richardson. The troops were marched up on Reedy River and near a large Cane break on said River we took some Tories prisoners who had joined the King, these Tories were called Scofle Ites. The troops to which he was attached continued their services in different sections of the country in suppressing and dispersing the Tories for the full term of 3 months at the termination of which time this affiant was discharged

And he states that although he cannot remember the precise day he entered into the military service of the United States or quit it under this engagement he states positively that he served for the full period for which he entered and that was for 3 months. After this tour the affiant moved to Roan [sic, Rowan] County State of North Carolina and in the year 1776 in the fall of that year and after he had raised his crop, to wit on the first of September as near as he can recollect for he will not be positive as to the precise day, he again entered the public service as a private Militia man in the company commanded by Samuel Young our company was under the command of General Griffin Rutherford [sic, Griffith Rutherford] of said County of Rowan, the troops to which he was attached during this War was stationed upon the Catawba River and remained there some time to guard the frontier against the Indians and we were afterwards marched into the Cherokee Country against the said Cherokee Indians the troops marched as far as the Over-hill towns, we destroyed the corn and other property of the Indians in this tour and

that other places After destroying the Indian towns and property the troops returned and were discharged, this affiant returned to the County of Rowan having faithfully served upon this tour Scofolite, Scoffelites, Scopholites, Scovelites or Coffelites (Joseph Coffell): before period of 3 months as a private in the manner stated.

In the year 1781, he was still a resident of North Carolina, he had moved and resided on the Catawba River when he was called upon by his Country again to enter her service and he United himself under the command of Captain Walker, and was marched from his residence in Burke County in Stationed at a Fort situated above the Quaker Meadows near the Blue Ridge.

There were 30 men stationed at this Fort as a guard under Walker and this affiant remained in the military service of his country upon this tour for the full period of 3 months, the time for which he entered and was honorably discharged from the service on the termination of each tour but he has lost his discharge having long since lost or mislaid the same, nor has he any written evidence of his service nor does he know that he can prove the fact of his actual service by any living witness.

He moved to Kentucky in the fall of 1783 and has resided here ever. He is known personally to many of the citizens of Nelson County to wit the Honorable Benjamin Hardin now a member of Congress C. A. Wickliffe formerly a member of Congress, John Rowan Esquire & others and also to James and William Settles. He states that he served in all 3 tours of duty of 3 months each, and in all 9 months as a private soldier in the militia of the United States. That he is not upon the pension Roll of any State or of the United States and hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension other than the one now claim.

Signed Robert Johnston

[Alexander Hunter, James Settle, William Settle, and Stanislaus Hayden gave the standard supporting affidavit.]

[Isaac Taylor at the clergyman, gave the standard supporting affidavit.]

Researchers Notes: A name given to white Tories who dressed up like Indians when attacking patriot fortifications in the hope of deflecting their neighbors' animosity away from themselves and onto the Cherokees who constituted a constant threat to the frontier settlers prior to and throughout the period of the Revolutionary War. The name derived from Joseph Scoffel, a Tory, who was active in the loyalist cause from an early period of the war.For an excellent discussion of the "Scoffol Lights," see, Rachel N. Klein, "Frontier Planters and the American Revolution: The South Carolina Backcountry, 17751782,” in Ronald Hoffman, Thad W. Tate and Peter J. Albert, eds., An Uncivil War: The Southern Backcountry During the American Revolution, (Charlottesville: United States Capitol Historical Society by The University Press of Virginia, 1985), 37-

69.

Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements

Pension application of Robert Johnston (Johnson) S15482 fn13NC[SC]

Transcribed by Will Graves 10/30/08

Captain Drakeford

First Lieutenant was John Landing

Samuel Young

Captain Walker,

Benjamin Hardin

C. A. Wickliffe

John Rowan

Alexander Hunter,

James Settle,

William Settle,

Stanislaus Hayden

Isaac Taylor a clergyman,

Born 1781, NANCY HARMON.

Alias Nancy Curtis (BEF 1822) Rowan (now Randolph Co.), NC

Died Thursday 31 July 1856, , Watauga CO, NC Buried Curtis Cem, Watauga Co., NC

Nancy Curtis

Thomas Curtis: Alias Tom Born May 1776, , , Wilkes CO, NC

Died Thursday 9 February 1860, , , Watauga CO, NC

Buried Curtis Cem., Watauga Co., NC

Fact Tom's Knob was named for him

Occupation: 1850, Farmer

Residence: 1850, Watauga Co., NC

12/24/1839 Reuben Mast, married Jane Curtis, witnesses

David Curtis G. M. Bingham

REUBEN MAST (JOSEPH7, JOHN SR6, UNKNOWN5, HANS4, ULI3, PETER2, HANS1) was born April 27, 1794 in Watauga Co, NC, and died April 18, 1862 in Nacogdoches, TX.

He married (1) NANCY WEEL WEBB Cir. 1820, daughter of BENJAMIN WEBB and JANE COFFEY.

He married (2) JANE CURTIS December 24, 1839 in Ashe Co, NC, daughter of THOMAS CURTIS and NANCY HARMON.

11 AUG 1842 John GRAGG Birth: 1813 in Watauga Co, NC Father: John D. GRAGG Mother: Elizabeth MAJORS Married: Malinda Morris CURTIS on 11 AUG 1842 in Ashe Co, NC Malinda Morris CURTIS born 1817 in Rowan Co, NC Thomas CURTIS, father of Malinda Morris Curtis Nancy HARMON, mother of Malinda Morris Curtis

John Gragg married Malinda Curtis 8/11/1842 Witnesses David Curtis

1781 June 30. Thomas Parker enters 100 acres in Rowan County on waters of Bear Creek bordering his last line, includes his barn and other parts of his improvement.

Thomas Parker

7 AUG 1781 died in Dutchman's Creek, Rowan County, North Carolina Caleb OSBORNE was born 1726 in Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia,. He married Hannah HOWARD1755 in Russell County, Virginia, daughter of John HOWARD and Elizabeth GASSAWAY. She was born 1735 in Virginia.

Caleb OSBORNE

John HOWARD

Elizabeth GASSAWAY

1781-82 Thomas PARKER, Sr., b. ca. Rowan Co NC, d. aft 1860 probably Davie Co NC married Ann Olivan,  (Nancy Olivan)d. aft 1860 NC

son Thomas PARKER, Jr. married Rebecca Johnson

Thomas PARKER, Jr

Rebecca Johnson

#1782

1782 abt Born Elizabeth Harmon Rowan (now Randolph Co.), NC

Died ABT 1824

Buried Old Harmon Cem., Sugar Grove, Cove Creek Twp., Watauga Co.,

1776 Born Thomas Curtis:

Alias Tom

Born May 1776, , , Wilkes CO, NC

Died Thursday 9 February 1860, , , Watauga CO, NC

Buried Curtis Cem., Watauga Co., NC

Fact 1: Parentage not proven

Fact 2: Tom's Knob was named for him

Occupation: 1850, Farmer

Residence: 1850, Watauga Co., NC

Married BEF 1800, NC Elizabeth HARMON {F} = Duke Ward {M} [Elizabeth HARMON:

Duke Ward:

Born ABT 1773, Washington Co, TN or Wilkes Co, NC

Died ABT 1772, Clinton Co., IL

Born bet 1772-1775Cause of Death: killed in wrestling match

Fact 1: Abt. 1830, Moved to Clinton Co., IL

Years: c1783 Title, Thomas Johnson Creator: Languages: Call Number: WB-C/218

Location: MARS Id: 5200.85.1303 (Folder) Other Ids: Physical Description: Quantity:

Other Copies: Related Materials: Arrangement: Abstract: Scope / Contents: View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Recorded Copy Reference: WB-C/218 (WB = WillBook)

Original: AR (The original will is in the North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.) Location where will was filed and probated: Rowan County

View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Index Terms Subjects

Indexes Wills Personal Names Thomas Johnson,

Geographical Names Rowan County Provenance

Mars Mitchell Will Index Rowan County

1782-'84. p926 Vol. XIX --

To his Excellency Thomas Burke, Esqr., Captain General, Governor, Commander ?in-Chief in and over the State of North Carolina, &c.The Petition of John Crouse humbly sheweth that your Petitioner of the Society of Dunkards, Haven bought a piece of Land in Rowan County Lying on the Waters of Bear Creek, and by a man a Near Nabor, Thomas Maxwell, who has Entered the Sd. Land and has forewarned your humble Petitioner and forewarned him from tiling the land, and is Determined to Drive him from the Sd. Land. And your Humble Petitioner being a Poor, Harmless and inoffensive man, having bought sd. land at a very dear rate; whereas, aforetime said Thomas Maxwell pretended no right nor Claim to said land, your humble Petitioner being a poor Dunkard and past Common Slow, both in words and axtions, but more expecially he was he acknowledges was too slow, for when the land office was first opened the aforesaid Thomas Maxwell being of a cruel and Coveting disposition goes amedately and enters aforesd. land, and your humble Petitioner what through Ignorance and what through being too slow he neglected either entering his land or entering a Cavit against the man that had entered it, till the first three months wer out that was alowd for every one to Cavit in, that had any Ocation; therefore your humble Petitioner does humbly beg that your Excellency might be pleased to point out some way wherein he might be redrest and come to the right of his land again and he will ever think himself in duty bound to be thankfull to your Excellency for the Same.

We the subscribers hereof, do know asshuredly the right of the said land belongs to the above named John Crouse and we have known sd. Crouse a long time and we are satisfied that he is but a simple and very honest man.

Joseph Renshaw, Jacob Cellare [Kellar],

Joseph Roland, John Hendricks,

Michel Beam, Daniel Lewis,

John James, John Williakson [Wilcockson],

Isaac Renshaw, Willis VanCleave,

Samuel Doriah, Ralph VanCleave,

Jacob Rethly, Aaron VanCleave,

Abraham Wellty, Benjamin VanCleave,

Thos. Bentley, Thomas Stapleton,

Abraham Renshaw, Jun., Gasper Roland,

Christian Gros., James Hendricks,

Isaac Anderson, William Willesson,

Abrm. Renshaw, Senr., Samuel Williakson [Wilcockson].

Elijah Renshaw

Many of the subscribing witnesses to Jacob Crouse’s petition, who were living in the Forks of the Yadkin area, share a Frederick County, Maryland, connection; some also lived in the Great Pipe Creek area where Thomas Bentley owned land before moving to the “Forks” area.

Joseph Renshaw,

Jacob Cellare [Kellar],

Joseph Roland,

John Hendricks,

Michel Beam,

Daniel Lewis,

John James,

John Williakson [Wilcockson],

Isaac Renshaw,

Willis VanCleave,

Samuel Doriah,

Ralph VanCleave,

Jacob Rethly,

Aaron VanCleave,

Abraham Wellty,

Benjamin VanCleave,

Thos. Bentley,

Thomas Stapleton,

Abraham Renshaw, Jun.,

Gasper Roland,

Christian Gros.,

James Hendricks,

Isaac Anderson,

William Willesson,

Abrm. Renshaw, Senr.,

Samuel Williakson [Wilcockson].

Elijah Renshaw

1782 April 3: married: Wilkes Co. NC : Mrs. C. Rutledge no dates inscribed. (Chloe Johnson Rutledge, wife of William Rutledge, a Rev. War Vet. from Rowan County, NC.) She married William Rutledge April 3, 1782, in Wilkes County, NC. She was the daughter of Jeffrey Johnson and Rachel Walker They moved to Maury County, Tennessee about 1795. Chloe died about 1825 in Maury County, DOOLEY CEMETERY, COLUMBIA, MAURY COUNTY TENNESSEE

Known Walker Kin in Muary Co Tn.

(Rev) Jeremiah Walker b: Jun 28, 1746 in Fauquier Co, VA d: Sep 20, 1792 in Elbert Co., GA

........................... +Milly Unknown

.......................*2nd Wife of [3] (Rev) Jeremiah Walker

........................... +Mary Jane Graves

..............................6 Mary (Polly) Walker b: Jun 30, 1767 in GA d: in Maury Co., TN

..................................+John Coleman

....................................7 Elizabeth Coleman

....................................7 Narcissa Coleman

....................................7 Melinda Coleman

My Notes: This Family ties to Jeffery Johnson 3rd born in Fauquier Co Va and Rachel Walker

Rachel Walker b: Abt. 1725 in Westmoreland Co., VA d: Aug 1816 in Wilkes Co., NC

.....................+Jeffery Johnson III m: Abt. 1745 in Westmoreland Co., VA

1782 July 8: THOMAS Durham b July 8 1782 Rowan Co,NC d 1856 DeKalb CoTn M Nov 2 1802 Rowan Co., NC Sally Haden wife #2 Elizabeth Chiles Johnson 2 wife of Thomas -Elizabeth Chiles Johnson daughter of Allen Johnson and Mary "Polly" Hutchinson :Thomas Durham and Elizabeth marr. Apr 30 1816 Rutherford Co,Tn

Sally Haden

THOMAS Durham

THOMAS DURHAM b 1760 NC d Oct. 4 1823 Smith Co.,Tn.married 1780 to

REBECCA ALLEN b 1762 NC, daughter of Thomas Allend May 2 1827 Smith Co., Tn.

#1783

1783 After Rev. War: Adam Simonton who came with his wife, Margaret Johnson Simonton, dau of Thomas Dobbins Johnson and wife Mary.

Adam received land in GA, for Rev War service.

He also brought with him his widowed Mother, Margaret Gaston Simonton ?. They all came from Rowan/Iredell Co NC, around the Statesville area

Thomas Dobbins Johnson and wife Mary ?

Their dau Margaret Johnson m. Adam Simonton.

Adam Simonton and wife Margaret came to Wilkes/Greene Co GA

after the Rev War. Adam received land in GA as payment for the Rev WAr. Adam d. prob Wilkes Co. GA.

Adam Simonton

Thomas Dobbins Johnson

Mary Johnson

Margaret Gaston Simonton ?

1783 Oct: Sarah Johnson was born 1765, and died October 24, 1854 in Cow Creek, Owsley Co., Ky. She married Thomas Stapleton, Jr. on October 1783 in Rowan Co., NC son of Thomas Stapleton, Sr. and Sarah Crook.

Children of Sarah Johnson and Thomas Stapleton, Jr. are:

i. Edward Stapleton, b. 1785, Rowan Co., NC d. date unknown.

ii. +William Stapleton, b. 1787, Rowan Co., NC d. date unknown, Owsley Co., Ky

The declaration of Joshua Stapleton a resident of Johnson County, State of Kentucky, to be read as evidence in favour of Sally Stapleton the widow of Thomas Stapleton, deceased, who is an applicant for a pension.

The deponent being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is seventy seven years old in December, 1844.

That he is the brother-in-law of Sally Stapleton. That he became acquainted with her about the time of her marriage with his brother Thomas Stapleton, deceased. The said Thomas Stapleton and the said Sally Johnson was married in the County of Rowan, North Carolina near the Big Adkin River in what was called the horse shew not far from what was called the shallow ford in the fall of the year 1783 one thousand and seven hundred and eighty three to the best of his recollection. He knows that they were married previous to the year 1785.

The deponent was at the weding and seen them married and further this deponent saith not. July 31th 1844

HIS

Joshua Stapleton X

Researchers Notes: One bit of evidence linking the Johnsons and Russell Co. Va. comes from the deposition of Thomas Johnsons son-in-law Thomas Stapleton who married Sarah Johnson. Thomas Stapleton states that he was a citizen of Russell Co. Va. when he entered into the revolutionary services against the Indians in about 1781 or 1782. He also states that he was a resident of Rowan Co. N.C. when he first entered into the Revolutionary War in 1780.

The Vital Records of the known children of Thomas & Sarah Johnson also contain items of interest; First for Sarah Stapleton who died in Owsley Co Ky in 1854, the information given about her states that she was born on the Adkin (sic) River, N.C. Her sister Amy, who married Elder William Tackitt, is listed along with her husband on the 1850 Pike Co Ky census and both are shown to be born in N.C. Their brother Thomas Johnson gives Va as the state of his birth on the 1860 Breathitt Co Ky census (this has always puzzled me). And finally for Robert Johnson who died in 1858 in Laurel Co Ky. His state of birth was given as S.C., which at first I assumed to be wrong but after carefully examining other clues it appears that Robert was indeed born in S.C. Again, this will be discussed later.

After taking into account all of the above evidence it does appear that Thomas & Sarah Johnson did live in Rowan Co N.C. for a period of time. How do we determine what time span they lived there? If we take Sarah Johnson Stapleton's info from the vitals as correct and that she was born in N.C. then 1765 would be a year that would first come to mind as a birth year for her, give or take a few years. We can also make a good guess as to when they left Rowan Co N.C. by following the migration of the Stapleton Clan. It does appear that Thomas & Sarah Johnson followed close on the heels of Thomas Stapleton Sr, Edward Stapleton and Thomas Stapleton Jr. when they relocated to Washington Co (later Russell Co) Va. Edward was the first to arrive in Washington Co in 1783 and by 1787 Thomas Stapleton Jr. & Sr. are living in the newly formed county of Russell. So, from these few clues I would have to theorize that Thomas & Sarah Johnson were out of Rowan Co N.C. and in Russell Co Va well before 1790 and that leaves us with a span of less than 25 years in which the Johnson clan lived in N.C. (1765 - 1790) In conclusion I would like to add that I have not found any hard evidence in the records of North Carolina of our Thomas & Sarah Johnson. I did however make a rather serendipitous find just recently that puts the couple in another state.



Thomas Johnson was born 1744 and married to Sarah __?__ about 1764.

• 1.a. Sarah Johnson - born 1765 and married in Oct. 1783 to Thomas Stapleton, died 24 Oct. 1854 on Cow Creek, Owsley Co. Ky.

o 1.a.1. Edward Stapleton - born 1785 Rowan Co NC and died Owsley Co Ky.

o 1.a.2. William Stapleton - born 1787 Russell Co Va and died Owsley Co Ky

• 1.b. Thomas T. Johnson Jr. - born 1771 in Va and married Mary (Polly) __?__ died 1866 and buried at the Jesse Johnson Cemetery near highway 30 on Turkey Creek, Breathitt Co. Ky.

o 1.b.1. Jesse Johnson - born 1793/4 Sullivan Co TN and died after 1860 Breathitt Co KY

o 1.b.2. Martha "Patsy" Johnson - born 1796 Sullivan Co TN

o 1.b.3. Elisha "Red Headed Lish" Johnson - born 10 Dec. 1802 Hawkins Co TN and died 26 Oct 1886 Breathitt Co KY

o 1.b.4. Mary "Polly" Johnson - born 1803/4 Hawkins Co TN and died after 1887 in Breathitt Co KY

o 1.b.5. Isaac Johnson

o 1.b.6. William "Bill" Johnson

o 1.b.7. James Madison Johnson

o 1.b.8. George Johnson

o 1.b.9. Samuel Johnson

o 1.b.10. Thomas Johnson Jr

• 1.c. Amy Johnson - born 1775 in NC and married Elder William Tackitt, died 12 Sept. 1857 in Pike Co. Ky.

o 1.c.1. Martha "Patsy" Tackitt - born 13 Oct 1802 Hawkins Co TN and died 26 Oct 1886

o 1.c.2. George Tackitt - bron 1803 Hawkins Co TN and died 9 Aug 1852

o 1.c.3. Rebecca Tackitt - born 20 Sept 1805 Hawkins Co TN and died 5 March 1845

o 1.c.4. William "Buckey" Tackitt - born 4 March 1809 Hawkins Co TN and died 27 May 1894

o 1.c.5. Sarah Tackitt - born 22 June 1813 Knox Co (now Bell) Co KY and died 30 Aug 1904

• 1.d. Robert R. Johnson - born 1778 in SC and married Rachel Helton, died 16 Jan. 1858 in Laurel Co. Ky.

o 1.d.1. James Johnson - born 1804 Hawkins Co TN & died 1876 Breathitt Co KY

o 1.d.2. John S Johnson - born 1805 Hawkins Co TN

o 1.d.3. Shadrack Johnson - born 1807 Hawkins Co TN

o 1.d.4. Jesse Johnson - born 1809 Knox Co (now Bell) Ky and died Jackson Co Ky

o 1.d.5. Mary "Polly" Johnson - born 1815 Knox Co (now Bell) KY and died after 1880 Breathitt Co KY

o 1.d.6. Amy Johnson - born 1816 Knox Co (now Bell) KY

o 1.d.7. Elliot E Johnson - born 1818 Clay Co Ky

o 1.d.8. Rachel Johnson - born 1819 Clay Co Ky and died 11 June 1883

o 1.d.9. Robert R Johnson Jr - born 1819 Clay Co KY

o 1.d.10. Priscilla Johnson - born 1823 Clay Co KY

o 1.d.11. Paschal Johnson - born 1824 Clay Co KY

• 1.e. William Payne Johnson - born 1784 in Rowan Co NC and married first to Sarah Tackett, sister to William Tackett, and married second to Lucy Ann Ayers.

o 1.e.1. Payne Johnson - born 2 May, 1807 in Sullivan Co. Tenn. and married 29 March, 1834 in Perry Co. Ky. to Margaret Bates, died 5 March, 1882 in Pike Co. Ky. and was buried in the Johnson Cemetery in Pike Co. Ky.

o 1.e.2. Robert Johnson - born 12 May, 1809 on Puckett's Creek in old Knox Co. Ky. and married Esther Branham on 11 May, 1842 in Pike Co. Ky., died 17 Jan. 1895 in West Va.

o 1.e.3. Nathaniel Johnson - not much is known about Nathaniel but it is said that he moved to Laurel Co. Ky.

o 1.e.4. Polly Johnson There is much confusion as to when Polly was born and she could possibly be the first-born of William and Sarah. She married Booker Mullins.

o 1.e.5. William Johnson Jr. - born ca. 1810 on Puckett's Creek and married on 13 May, 1830 in Pike Co. to Matilda Mullins, the daughter of Solomon and Sarah Greenfield Cathey Mullins, died 25 Aug. 1897 and is buried at Etty, Ky.

o 1.e.6. Jacob Johnson - born ca. 1811 in Ky. There is a chance that Jacob is a son of William and Sarah but it has not been Proven as of this time. He was married 3 times to the following women; Gincie Mullins Newsome, Elizabeth Osborne and finally Dicey Roberts.

o 1.e.7. Nancy Johnson - born ca. 1813 on Puckett's Creek and married on 8 April, 1830 to Isaac Burke.

o 1.e.8. Elizabeth Johnson - born ca. 1815/17 probably in old Floyd Co. Ky. and married on 10 March, 1836 in Pike Co. to William Hall, died in 1873.

o 1.e.9. Pleasant Johnson - born Feb. 1819 in Pike Co. and married to Anna Burke on 15 Feb. 1848 in Pike Co., died 1901.

o 1.e.10. Bailey Johnson - born 1821 in Pike Co. and married on 14 Aug. 1841 to Rebecca Johnson, the daughter of Elisha and Martha Tackett Johnson (were cousins).



Notes: Several of the Stapleton families of Hawkins Co Tn will be found in Russeel and Washington Co Va as the North side of Clinch Mt will fall into Tn (Grainger and Hawksin Co) after Walker Lines are established.

#1784

1784 before was in John Couts , (Sr.): Rowan Co NC in

Notes for John Couts , (Sr.):

From 1780 to 1792, Indians waged a sniper type warfare upon the early settlers. On January 13th 1790, John Sr. was paid by voucher for service against the Chicamauga Indians.

More About John Couts , (Sr.):

Fact 1: Farmer - corn, cotton, sheep

Fact 2: Owned as many as 15 slaves

Fact 3: No formal education - used "x" as signature

Fact 4: Made sour mash whiskey

Fact 5: Built early grist mill

Fact 6: Member of Tenn Grand Jury for 30 years

Fact 7: Capt in Tenn militia

Fact 8: Paid for service against Chicamauga indians

Fact 9: School Commissioner for 10th Civil Dist

Fact 10: Slave Kizzie cared for children and sick

Fact 11: Came from Rowan Co NC in 1784

Fact 12: Buried on the James Armstrong Farm 10th District

Fact 13: May have been born in 1759

More About Leah Stark:

Fact 1: Possible TB Carrier - Many family deaths

Fact 2: From Sumner Co.

Fact 3: Maybe born is South Carolina102

       Children of John Couts and Leah Stark are:

|  | |i. |  |Mary Couts, born 1792 in Springfield, Robertson Co TN; died 1812 in Springfield, Robertson Co|

| | | | |TN; married James A. Appleton 1812 in Robertson Co., Tn. |

|  | |ii. |  |Nancy Couts, born Abt. 1793 in Robertson Co., Tn; died in Dade Co., Missouri; married John |

| | | | |Boyden 1814 in Robertson Co., Tennessee. |

|  |More About John Boyden: |

| |Fact 1: Or John Byrd (Bird) |

|  |74 |iii. |  |William Couts, born March 05, 1795 in Springfield, Robertson Co TN; died December 23, 1849 in|

| | | | |Robertson Cty TN; married Nancy Johnson April 10, 1817 in Springfield, TN. |

|  | |iv. |  |John Franklin Couts , (Jr), born September 12, 1798 in Springfield, Robertson Co TN; died May|

| | | | |02, 1868 in Springfield, Robertson Co TN; married Henrietta B. Owen Abt. 1825 in Near Owens |

| | | | |Chapel Church, Robertson Co, Tn. |

|  |More About Henrietta B. Owen: |

| |Fact 1: Name may have been Owens |

|  | |v. |  |Sally Couts, born Abt. 1800 in Springfield, Robertson Co TN; died 1819 in Springfield, |

| | | | |Robertson Co TN; married John McConnell Abt. 1819 in Springfield, Robertson Co TN. |

|  | |vi. |  |James Robertson Couts, born August 12, 1803 in Springfield, Robertson Co TN; died 1890 in |

| | | | |Livingston, Ark or Weatherford Tx; married Mary (Polly) Johnson October 03, 1822 in Robertson|

| | | | |Co., Tn. |

|  |More About James Robertson Couts: |

| |Fact 1: 1834, Moved to Randolph Co, Arkansas |

| |Fact 2: 1858, Moved to Texas |

|  | |vii. |  |Archer Couts, born Abt. 1806 in Springfield, Robertson Co TN; died 1850 in Springfield, |

| | | | |Robertson Co TN; married Nancy Johnson 1825 in Springfield, Robertson Co TN. |

|  |More About Archer Couts: |

| |Fact 1: May have died in 1833 |

|  | |viii. |  |Jackson Couts, born Abt. 1809 in Springfield, Robertson Co TN; died March 18, 1846 in |

| | | | |Springfield, Robertson Co TN; married Priscilla Daughon Abt. 1828 in Springfield, Robertson |

| | | | |Co TN. |

|  |More About Jackson Couts: |

| |Fact 1: May have died in 1846 - Couts Cem list |

| |Fact 2: At least 3 of children died of TB |

| |More About Priscilla Daughon: |

| |Fact 1: May be Draughon |

| |Cause of Death: Died of Tuberculosis |

|  | |ix. |  |Robertson Couts, born Abt. 1811 in Springfield, Robertson Co TN; died 1830 in Springfield, |

| | | | |Robertson Co TN. |

|  |More About Robertson Couts: |

| |Fact 1: Died with consumption - TB |

| |Fact 2: Never married |

| |Cause of Death: Died of Tuberculosis |

born 1784 William Payne Johnson - in Rowan Co NC and married first to Sarah Tackett, sister to William Tackett, and married second to Lucy Ann Ayers.

William Payne Johnson

Thomas Johnson was born 1744 and married to Sarah __?__ about 1764

Notes See Tacket families married to the Stapleton and Johnson Families of Rowan Co Nc to Long Island to

1784: John Correll and wife Mary received a 350 acre grant on Dutch Buffelow Creek from the State of North Carolina in 1784. Three years later they sold the 350 acres in two parts, one 180 acre piece to Michael Overcash and the other 170 acres to Jacob Caster Sr. (8,9)

Michael Overcash

Jacob Caster Sr

John Correll, along with wife Mary, sold the first tract in 1793 to Jacob Castor Sr (5).

This indenture made the 4th day of October in the year of our Lord 1793 Between John Correll & Mary his wife of the County of Rowan & State of North Carolina of the one part, and Jacob Caster Sen'r of the County & State aforesaid of the other part, Witness that the John Correll & Mary his wife for & in consideration of the sum of one hundred & ten pounds...all that tract or part of a tract of three hundred & fifty acres of land (which was granted unto the said John Correll by patent bearing date the 4th day of Nov'r 1784...) situate lying & being in the County of Rowan & on one of the head branches of Dutch Buffalow beginning at a post oak Overkirsh's corner & runs along the division line east forty four & an half ch's to a heap of stones Overkirsh's corner standing on John Eagle's line thence with said Eagle's line north thirty chains to a pine his corner thence north fourteen chains & eighty links to a stake thence west seventy four & half chains to a stake thence south to Robert Wood's corner along his line south to the beginning containing by estimation 170 acres of land...

[signed] John Correl (seal)

            Mary Correll (her M mark) (seal)

[witness] Robert Linn, Peter Barringer (his X mark)

John and Mary were in the census of 1800 in Iredell County. He left a will in Iredell County in 1829, naming "my worthy friend William Correll Executor". His family has been well researched.

4th day of October in the year of our Lord 1793 Between John Correll & Mary his wife of the County of Rowan & State of North Carolina of the one part, and Jacob Caster Sen'r of the County & State aforesaid of the other part, Witness that the John Correll & Mary his wife for & in consideration of the sum of one hundred pounds...all that tract or parcel of land situate lying & being in the County of Rowan & on the head waters of a branch of Dutch Buffalow Creek (being a tract of land granted unto the said John Correll by Patent bearing date the 25th day of October 1786)...beginning at a large pine formerly William Phillip's corner on Reubin Philip's line and runs along said William Phillip's line (& past his corner six chains and seventy links) south thirty seven chains & seventy links to a stake on s'd Correll's line of another tract thence along his line west thirty five chains and fifty links to a black oak near said Correll's corner thence north thirty seven ch's and seventy links to a post oak on said Reuben Phillip's line thence along his line east thirty five and a half chains to the begining containing by estimation 133 acres of land...

[signed] John Correl (seal)

            Mary (her F mark) Correll (seal)

[witness] Robert Linn, Peter Barringer (his X mark)

This indenture made the first day of August in the year of Our Lord 1794 between John Correll of the County of Iredell and State of North Carolina on the one part and Barbara Wensell of the County & State aforesaid of the other part...for and in consideration of the sum of 14 pounds...being a parcel or part of a tract of land containing one hundred and thirteen acres granted to said Correll by letter pattent twenty fifth day of  October 1786...situate on head waters of a branch of Dutch Bufallo Creek at a pine in John Eagle's line & thence to Jacob Caster Sen'r & runs along Eagle's line east 26 chains to his corner a small hicory & continues the same course in all 36 chains & 60 links to a stake about 5 feet south of a blazed black oak on the north side of a branch thence south 20 ch's & 25 links to a stake on George Rosemans line near which stand a blazed hicory & a pine thence along Rosemans line east four chains & 40 links to a stake and stone said Rosemans corner thence north 38 ch's & 50 links to a hicory thence west unto George Henry Bergers corner & along his and William Phillips line in all 46 ch's to a line then south to Jacob Castor Sen'r & along his line to the beginning...

John Correll and wife Mary received a 350 acre grant on Dutch Buffelow Creek from the State of North Carolina in 1784. Three years later they sold the 350 acres in two parts, one 180 acre piece to Michael Overcash and the other 170 acres to Jacob Caster Sr. (8,9)

1784 March 4 James Tayler enters 150 acres in Rowan County on head waters of Bear Creek, bordering entry he bought from Samuel Sherbet and Thomas Parker's entry.

James Tayler

Samuel Sherbet

16 Mar 1784 Bk 10, p. 22. . Rowan Co:  Benjamin Bentley (his X mark) to John Piery for 100 pds., 100 acres on Bear Creek, part of State Grant #97.  Witnesses: Richmond Pearson, Joseph Williams.  Proved in Nov Court 1784.

John Piery

Richmond Pearson,

Joseph Williams.

1784 NOV 17: 921. P. 743. ASA ADKINS/ADKIND, PLANTER, TO THOMAS DAVIS FOR 285 POUNDS, 332 A ON E SIDE OF YADKIN RIVER ADJ THIS GRANTEE, ROBERT SHIPTON, DANECKBORN, AND DAVIS CREEK. WIT: JAS DANIEL, JOHN JOHNSTON, CHRISTOPHER STOKES, JNO VARNER. FRANKY ATKINS ALSO SIGNED. PRVD BY STOKES AT AUG CT 1789. ABSTRACTS FROM ROWAN COUNTY, NC DEED BOOKS 1786-1797 BY JAMES W, KLUTTZ

Notes: Asa Adkins

Notes: Thomas Davis

Notes: Robert Shipton

Notes: Daneckborn

Notes: Davis Creek

Notes: James Daniel

Notes: Christopher Stokes

Notes: Jonathan Varner

Notes: Franky Atkins:

#1785

1785 Rockingham County Formed from Guilford Co. NC

1785, Edward Stapleton, b. Rowan Co., NC d. date unknown.

1785 Sept. 22 Elizabeth Idel Johnson born at Rowan County, North Carolina

Died: 10 Nov 1858 at Washington County, Indiana

Father: Archibald Johnson

Mother: Mary Idol

HUSBAND Name: Josiah SpurgeonMale Note Born: 13 Nov 17771777-11-13 at Rowan County, North CarolinaRowan County, North Carolina Married: Died: 15 Jan 18571857-1-15 at Washington County, IndianaWashington County, Indiana [4]

Father: William Spurgin Jr.,col. Mother: Jane Sellars Welborn

Josiah Spurgeon

Archibald Johnson

1808 Nov 9 John Johnson was born on 9 Nov 1808 in Rowan Co, Nc. He died on 4 Sep 1888 in Burr Oak, Jewel Co, Ks. He married Nancy Coffin on 12 Jan 1828 in Washington Co, In.

Nancy Coffin was born on 9 Oct 1809 in Tennessee. She died on 10 Apr 1866 in Iowa. She married John Johnson on 12 Jan 1828 in Washington Co, In.

Reported Father is Archibald Johnson was born on 18 Jun 1763 in Rowan Co, Nc. He died on 13 Feb 1822 in Washington Co, in. He married Mary Idol (Eytel) in 1782.

Reported Mother is Mary Idol (Eytel) was born on 17 Jun 1764 in Bucks Co, Pa. She died on 21 Sep 1845 in Washington Co, in. She married Archibald Johnson in 1782.

Archibal Johnson and Mary Idol of Mary Eytel had the following children:

|  | |F |i |Elizabeth Idell Johnson was born on 18 Nov 1785. She died on 15 Sep 1825. She married Josiah Spurgeon in 1803 in |

| | | | |Stokes, Rowan Co, Nc. |

|  | |M |ii |Henry Johnson was born about 1787 in North Carolina. |

|  | |F |iii |Hannah Johnson was born about 1791. She died in 1837. She married William Spurgin. |

|  | |F |iv |Chloe Johnson. |

|  | |F |v |Grace Johnson was born on 16 Jan 1794. She died on 26 Jul 1866. She married Reuben Shields. |

|  | |M |vi |Archibald Johnson was born on 2 Sep 1802. He died on 27 Dec 1880. He married Mary Rose. |

|  | |M |vii |John Johnson was born on 9 Nov 1808. He died on 4 Sep 1888. |

|  | |M |viii |Francis Johnson. |

|  | |F |ix |Sarah Johnson. |

|  | |F |x |Martha Ann Johnson was born on 16 Nov 1806. She died after 1860. She married Sampson Hensley on 16 Jan 1822 in |

| | | | |Washington Co, in. |

|  | |F |xi |Mary Johnson ? Fleener married her |

|  | |F |xii |Nancy Johnson ? Fleener married her |



Mary Idol

William Spurgin Jr.,col.

Jane Sellars Welborn

ABEL SHIELDS (JOHN4, DELIGHT3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born February 07, 1746/47 in Sussex Co, Del, and died May 07, 1833 in Kernersville, Rowan Co, NC.  He married GRACE FREEMAN September 23, 1773 in Sussex Co, Del.  She was born September 22, 1750 in Sussex Co, Del, and died May 20, 1830 in Kernersville, Rowan Co, NC.

    

Children of ABEL SHIELDS and GRACE FREEMAN are:

    i.    GRACE6 SHIELDS, b. January 20, 1793.

    ii.    DEBORAH SHIELDS, b. October 18, 1789.

    iii.    RACHEL SHIELDS, b. February 19, 1783.

    iv.    JOHN SHIELDS, b. February 20, 1775.

    v.    SARAH SHIELDS, b. May 18, 1799.

    vi.    ANN SHIELDS, b. May 28, 1786.

    vii.    ELIZABETH SHIELDS, b. July 07, 1781.

    viii.    RHEUBEN SHIELDS, b. December 21, 1788, Rowan Co, NC; d. 1868, Washington Co, IN; m. GRACE JOHNSON, Rowan Co, NC; b. Abt. 1790, VA.

    ix.    MARY SHIELDS, b. December 22, 1776, Rowan NC; m. JOHN HAISLEY.

Children of RHEUBEN SHIELDS and GRACE JOHNSON are:

30.    i.    JOHN SHIELDS, b. January 08, 1811, Rowan Co, NC; d. 1889, Washington Co, IN.

    ii.    DAVID SHIELDS, b. January 26, 1821, Washington Co, IN; d. 1879, Scott Co, IN; m. NIXON; b. Abt. 1825.

    iii.    SARAH SHIELDS, b. January 30, 1819, Washington Co, IN; d. Washington Co, IN; m. WINSLOW.

    iv.    WILLIAM SHIELDS, b. January 31, 1823, Washington Co, IN; d. 1879, Holt Co, MO; m. ELIZABETH GOODMAN; b. Abt. 1827, Holt Co, MO.

    v.    ARCHIBALD SHIELDS, b. October 03, 1817, Rowan Co, NC; d. 1894, Washington Co, IN; m. (1) SPURGEON; b. Abt. 1821, Rowan Co, NC; m. (2) WESTON; b. Abt. 1821, Rowan Co, NC.

    vi.    MARY SHIELDS, b. October 10, 1813, Rowan Co, NC; d. 1892, Washington Co, IN.

    vii.    CLOAH SHIELDS, b. April 05, 1833, Washington Co, IN; d. Washington Co, IN.

31.    viii.    ABEL SHIELDS, b. May 05, 1812, Rowan Co, NC; d. 1879, Washington Co, IN.

32.    ix.    MILTON SHIELDS, b. May 05, 1836, Salem, Washington Co, IN; d. February 12, 1929, Stuart. Smith Co, Kansas.

    x.    CASWALENDER SHIELDS, b. May 18, 1837, Washington Co, IN; d. Washington Co, IN.

    xi.    REUBEN SHIELDS, b. July 21, 1827, Rowan Co, NC; d. 1827, KY.

    xii.    WESLEY SHIELDS, b. September 05, 1830, Washington Co, IN; d. 1914, California.

    xiii.    NANCY SHIELDS, b. November 09, 1828.

    xiv.    JACOB SHIELDS, b. November 15, 1824, Washington Co, IN; d. Holt Co, MO; m. ELIZABETH NELSON; b. Abt. 1828, Holt Co, MO.

    xv.    ELIZABETH SHIELDS, b. November 19, 1838, Washington Co, IN; d. August 16, 1919, Washington Co, IN; m. ALBERT MILEY FLEENOT; b. 1855, Washington Co, IN.

    xvi.    RACHEL SHIELDS, b. December 21, 1814, Rowan Co, NC; d. Holt Co, MO; m. JAMES HOPKINS.

    xvii.    AQUILLA SHIELDS, b. December 22, 1834, Washington Co, IN; d. Washington Co, IN.

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1787 Sept 14: Will of James McMahan, , Rowan Co. NC Will Book "D" p. 220 Rowan County, NC

In the name of God Amen! I James McMachan of Rowan County in N. Carolina, be in a tolerable good state of health thanks be to God calling to mind the mortalite of the Body, knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and test:

Principally & first I recomend my soul into the hands of God: & my body to the earth to be decently buried nothing doubting as at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again. And as such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give devise & dispose of the same in the following manner,

first I give & bequeath to Susanna my beloved wife all my household goods & all my black cattle & sheep also I give to my sons Samuel & Willm Mcmachan all my land to be equally divided betwixt them beginning at the middle of the west line & run straight to the east & Samuel shall have the south side & William the north & I also appoint the Samuel McMachan & William McMachan to executors of this my last will & test: & further my will is that sd executors shall pay as soon as convenient they can twenty five pounds apiece to the rest of my beloved children to John & Thomas, Elizabeth, & James & Mary of which same I appoint William to pay one hundred pounds & Samuel twenty five pounds & to my son William all my ______ of _____ with I give my bay horse & young mare & waggon - and I will that my beloved wife have comfortable living on the place as long as she lives - I confirm this to be my last will in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 14 day of September 1787

Signed, sealed, declared in presence of us, Lazarus Whitehead jun

David Johnson X James McMachan seal

Submitted by Bev Schonewolf 4bevswolf@mail2.

Lazarus Whitehead jun

David Johnson

James McMachan

1785 Oct 10 Ralph Van Cleave of Rowan Co NC to Isaac Jones of Arundell Co MD 300 acres on Bear Creek ½ of lands owned by Daniel Boone 10:469

Ralph Van Cleave

Isaac Jones Arundell Co. MD

#1786

11-44: 21 May 1786, Elizabeth Denmam to Brarzilla Baird, both Rowan Co. NC, £235, 291-1/2 acres on both sides Pott's Creek adj. Henry Sloan's corner and line, part of grant to Elizabeth Denman; wit. Ezekiel Baird, William Denham; rec. on oath of William Denham Aug. 1787. (FHL film 313,547) (MAD: not Duncan)

State of North Carolina Ashe County At a county court begun and held for the county of Ashe on the Second Monday being the 8th day of May, A. D. 1809Present

Nathan Horton

Ezekiel Baird, Esqr

Elijah Pope

Ezekiel Baird was the son of John Baird,(John b 1665 in Scotland, came over on"Caledonia" in 1683, settled in the Jerseys). Ezekiel's brothers were Bedent, William, Samual, Abidiah, Borzilla and Jonathan. Ezekiel's mother was Mary Bedent. Before Ezekiel's father married Mary Bedent, he was married to Mary Hall; they had 3 sons: David, Andrew and Zebulon. Ezekiel married Sarah Susanna Blodgett and they had 2 sons: William, who went west and was lost track of, and Bedent E. Baird who is my gggg grandfather. Contact me for more info if you'd like.

1786 Oct 25: State of N Carolina N'o 1289...for and in consideration of the sum of 50 shillings for every hundred acres hereby granted paid into our Treasury by John Correll have given & granted, & by  these presents do give & grant unto the said John Correll a tract of land containing 113 acres lying & being in our County of Rowan on the head waters of Buffalow Creek begining at a large pine William Phillip's corner on Reubin Phillip's line & runs along said William Phillip's line and past his corner 6 ch's & 70 links south 37 ch's & 70 links to a stake on said Corrells line of another tract thence along his line west 35 ch's & 50 links to a black oak near said Correls corner thence north 37 ch's & 70 links to a post oak on said Rudolph [sic] Phillips's line thence along his line east 35 & half ch's to the beginning...at Kinston the 25th day of October in the 11th year of our Independence A. D. 1786.

William Phillip's

Reubin Phillip's

Rudolph Phillips's

John Correll

John Correll was enumerated in 1790, as were a Jacob Correll, Adam Correll, and Peter Corl:

    1790 US Census, Salisbury District, Rowan County, NC

    p. 174

        Jacob Correll    1mo16, 2mu16, 2f [Cold Water Creek]

        John Correll      1mo16, 5mu16, 2f [Dutch Buffelow Creek]

    p. 177

        Adam Correll    1mo16, 1mu16, 4f  [Buffelow Creek]

        Peter Corl         1mo16, 2mu16, 4f [Dutch Second Creek]

John, along with wife Mary, sold the first tract in 1793 to Jacob Castor Sr (5).

The Rowan County Corrells were prominent in the organization of Mt. Zion German Reformed Church between China Grove and Landis in Rowan County. But the family of John Correll became tied up with Liberty Methodist Church in their community (a church seemingly situated on their land). As Mary Correll Keever's children grew up, every one of them became members and usually they were among the leaders. Jacob Keever's name does not appear on the rolls until just before he left with his son for Arkansas. During his wife Mary's life he may have belonged to a German church of some kind. The Corrells continued in the area for some time, but as with many families, they eventually went to other parts of our country in search of the elusive "better life."

1786 Oct 25: State of North Carolina N'o 1445....for & in consideration of the sum of 50 shillings for every hundred acres hereby granted paid into our Treasury by John Correll have given & granted, & by these presents do give & grant unto the said John Correll a tract of land containing 133 acres lying & being in our County of Rowan on the head waters of Buffalow Creek beginning at a pine on John Agles line said Correls corner of another tract and runs along said Agles's line east 26 ch's to a hicory said Agles's corner along his line south 17 ch's to a hicory near said Agles's corner thence east 15 ch's to a stake & stone thence north 38 ch's & 50 links to a hicory thence west to William Phillip's corner & runs along his line in all 41 ch's to a pine thence south to said Correls corner & along his line to the beginning...at Kinston the 25th day of October in the 11th year of our Independence A. D. 1786.

John Agles

1786 June 27 Rachel Johnson born to William Johnson Sr. she will marry Jonathan Oyler in Robertson Co. Tn.

Notes:

Henry H. Johnson 1790-1862 and Annie Lovy Jones b?-d 1840. He was the son of William Johnson 1754-1845 and Diana Adams and the brother of Rachel Johnson 1786-1866. Henry Johnson's son Sterling S. Johnson 1819-1867 married Mary Duvall 1821-1867

1787 Nov 6: This indenture made the 6th day of Novem'r, in the year of our lord 1787 between John Correll & Mary his wife of the County of Rowan & State of North Carolina of the one part and Michael Overkirsk of the County & State af'd of the other part Witnesseth...all that tract or parcel of land situate lying & being in the County of Rowan afs'd, & on the waters branches of the waters of Dutch Buffaloe Buffalow Creek joining to lands of Robert Wood's Adam Correll John Eagle & other lands of said John Corrells Begin'g at a white oak on Robert Woods line & runs along his line south 41 ch's & 5 links to a persimmon thence along John Eagles line east 38 ch's & 50 links to a stake on his line thence north 40 ch's to a black jack thence east 6 ch's to a black oak sapling thence north one chain & 50 links to a stake thence to the begining containing by estimation 180 acres of land be the same more or less it being part of a tract of land granted by the State of No Carolina unto the said John Correll by patent bearing date the 4th day of Nov'r A.D. 1784...

[signed] John Correll (seal)

                Mary Correll (seal)

Robert Wood's

John Eagle

HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY

gregation. The following is a translation from the records of the church-book, and

in the translation the German orthography of names is preserved, and the present

English orthography thrown in parentheses.

TRANSLATION

In the year A.D. 1774, the following members of our congregation commenced to

build the so-called Organ Church, viz.:

Georg Ludwig Siffert (George Lewis Sifford), Wendel Miller, Peter Edelmann

(Eddleman), Johannes Steigerwalt (John Stirewait), Philip Gruss (Philip Cruse),

Peter Steigerwalt (Stirewalt), Michael Guthmann (Goodman), Christoph Bless

(Christopher Pleas), Leonhard Siffert (Sifford), Jacob Klein (Cline), Anton J. Kuhn

(Anthony J. Koon), Georg Heinrich Berger (George Henry Barger), Christoph

Guthmann (Christopher Goodman) Johannes Rintelmann (John Rendleman),

Johannes Eckel (John Eagle), Bastian Lenz (Bostian Lentz), Jacob Benz (Bentz),

George Eckel (George Eagle), Franz Oberkirsch (Francis Overcash), Johannes Jose

(John Josey), Heinrich Wenzel (Henry).

A majority of the aforementioned members united in the year 1772, and resolved

to solicit for themselves a preacher and schoolteacher from the Hanoverian

Consistory in Germany. For in their time, North Carolina, together with all the

other now free American States, were under the King of England, who was

likewise Elector of Hanover. Christoph Rintelmann (Christopher Rendleman) and

Christoph Layrle (Christopher Lyerly), were sent to London as deputies from the

congregation, from which place they journeyed to Hanover, and through Gotten,

the counselor of the Consistory, obtained a preacher and school-teacher, viz.: as

preacher, Adolph Nussmann; and for school-teacher, Gottfried Ahrend. Both

arrived safely in America in the year 1773. At this time there was but one common

church for Reformed and Lutherans equally, the so-called Hickeri (Hickory)

Church. One year the new pastor preached in this church, but some disharmony

arose, and a majority of the Lutherans resolved to build for themselves an own

church, and thus organized Organ Church. But before this church was built,

Nussman left the congregation and devoted himself to Buffalo Creek. Whereupon,

the congregation, which before had one church and one schoolteacher, but now no

preacher, procured the aforementioned Gottfried Ahrend to be ordained to the

office of preacher in the year 1775. He served the congregation until 1785, when

he devoted himself to Catawba River, residing in Lincoln County until the close of

his life. For two years Nussmann served the congregation again, but he left the church for the second time. From 1787 to 1788, the congregation had no

preacher. Gottfried Ahrend came once in a while. In 1788, at the desire and

petition of Nussmann, a preacher, viz.: Charles Augustus Gottlieb Storch, was sent

from Germany, who, according to Nussmann’s assignment, was to go to Stinking

Quarter, in Orange County. Various circumstances transpired that he did not wish

to go to Stinking Quarter, but resolved to take charge of the congregation at Organ

Church and the one in the town of Salisbury. He entered his services in the former

on the twenty-sixth day of October, 1787, i.e., the twenty-third Sunday after

Trinity; and in the town the second Sunday of November, i.e., the twenty-fourth

Sunday after Trinity in the same year. The congregation at Organ Church promised

their preacher a yearly salary of forty pounds (£4O), North Carolina currency

#1787

1787, William Stapleton, b. Rowan Co., NC d. date unknown, Owsley Co., Ky

before January 1, 1787 Sill Johnson, Jr. was born before April 1744, and died before January 1, 1787.  He married Elizabeth (?) and located in Rowan County, NC. 

Sill Johnson

1775 Aug. Johnston County Court ordered Sill Johnson to be overseer of road from Wake line to Britt's old bridge on n/s of Swift Creek and that all hands above White Oak that belong to the road work crew , also, John Britt and...assist in building a bridge over Swift Creek where Britt's Bridge formerly stood.

Silvanus "Sill" Johnson

Harnett County Heritage Book

 

        Many Johnsons in eastern Harnett County are the descendants of Silvanus Johnson who died between September 13, 1763 and October 1763 and Elizabeth Carrell who died in 1769.  Sill may have been born in Lancaster County, Virginia.  A Sill Johnson acquired land in Prince Edward and Amelia Counties in Virginia.  His brother Richard Johnson and he acquired land in Johnston County, North Carolina in 1748.  John Carrell, brother of Elizabeth Carrell Johnson, deeded land on Swift Creek to Sill Johnson.  This acreage was part of a grant to John Carrell from the Earl of Granville in 1752.  In 1760, a petition was made to the county court for Sill Johnson to build a gristmill on White Oak Swamp.  In 1761, the State of North Carolina granted Sill Johnson 450 acres on the White Oak Swamp.  Sill granted 225 acres on the south side to Henry Johnson and 225 acres on the north side to Sill Johnson, Jr.  On September 13, 1763, Sill Johnson wrote his will leaving his wife Elizabeth Carrell Johnson the manor plantation and his son a reversional interest in his plantation.  Abasalon Johnson was to receive the remainder of sill's estate.  Sill must have died prior to October 19, 1763, because his widow and son Henry presented the will of Sill Johnson in court that date.  Henry Johnson exhibited in court an inventory of the Sill Johnson estate on July 16, 1765.

        Sill Johnson, Jr. was born before April 1744, and died before January 1, 1787.  He married Elizabeth (?) and located in Rowan County, NC.  Henry Johnson was born before April 1744, and died between October 11, 1807 and November 1807.  Henry married Sealy West, daughter of Robert West.  Benjamin, the Harnett County forebearer, was born after April 1744 and died after 1820.  He married Mary (?).  He left Johnston County to live in Wake County, but later settled in Cumberland County (later Harnett).  Absolon was born after April 1744, and located in Robeson County.

        Ben Johnson and his wife Mary sold 40 acres on the south side of Swift Creek to a Richard Apperson.  Later on February 17, 1775, Benjamin of Wake County deeded 150 acres in Johnston County on the north side of Swift Creek to Benjamin Clements of Wake County.  This tract of land earlier belonged to John Carrell and Sill Johnson.  Ben Johnson is found on records in Cumberland County, NC in 1801.  Three hundred acres on a branch of Black River were deeded by Benjamin Johnson, Sr. to Sill Johnson.  Sill Johnson and Benjamin Johnson show up on the same 1820 census of Cumberland County.  Benjamin sold land to Sill in 1831.  Benjamin's issues are Benjamin Johnson, Jr., who was born before 1775 and died after 1834 in Cumberland County, and Sill Johnson who was born about 1786.  Other than the 300 acres he acquired in 1801, he received 100 acres via grant on Panther Branch in Cumberland County from John Green.  Benjamin, Sr., later deeded other tracts of land to Sill in 1831.  Sill was twice married.  First, he married Edith (?) who died between the 1850 and 1860 census count.  A second wife Sarah (Sally) is listed as 64 years of age on the 1860 count.  Sill and Edith had six children. 

        Hugh A. Johnson was their first child being born on April 30, 1816., and dying between 1870-1873.  He married Angelina Barnes who was born on February 5, 1819, and died after 1894.  Angie was the daughter of David and Bethania Newsom Barnes.  Hugh's sister was born about 1831, married Lewis Bryant Barnes, born about 1815.  Angie and Lewis were siblings.  Lewis died before 1870.  Morrella Johnson, another sister of Hugh's, was born about 1820.  John Johnson, a brother to Hugh, was born 1829; Lucy Johnson was born in 1832 and died October 12, 1899.  She married Neil Barnes who was the son of John and Sarah McLeod Barnes.  Rufus and Lucy Johnson were both 17 on the 1850 census indicating that they were twin siblings of Hugh.

On this same 1850 census of Cumberland County listed Hugh Johnson as age 35 with real estate value of $200; Angelina was listed as age 29.  In the 1860 Harnett County census records, Hugh's real estate increased to $1600 and he had twelve living children residing in the Hugh A. Johnson dwelling.

        These children were Mary Johnson (November 15, 1841), Lewis (January 1843- he died before the next census), Louise E. "Lucy" (January 25, 1844), Elizabeth D. (August 20, 1845), William C. (October 14, 1846, civil Ann (April 8, 1848), David H. was born May 26, 1849 and died March, 1908.  "Hen" married Lena Weaver. Edy Winifred Johnson  (August 4, 1850), Benjamin Franklin (May 5, 1852- May 7, 1820) married Mary Alice Johns(t)on (August 4, 1857-April 5, 1938). She was the daughter of Amos Greene Johns(t)on and Mary Alice Sutton of Johnston County.  Sarah A. (January 14/1854), Martha M. (November 29, 1855), Thomas J. was born August 20, 1858 and married Effie Parrish, Hanna (March 6, 1859) married Robert L. Johns(t)on - brother of Mary Alice.  John A. (September 25, 1860 - September 26, 1813) married Mary Gregory.

 

Sources:  Mark Valsame notes.  Family Bibles.  U.S. Census Records

 

By:  Gayle Johnson Sorrell

Pg 266-267 From: Carmen M. Johnson

 

 Children of Silvanus JOHNSON are:

        8                 i.    Richard JOHNSON, born Bet. 1730 - 1740 in VA; died Bef. Nov 1769 in Johnston Co., NC; married Phereby.

                          ii.    Silvanus "Sill" Johnson, Jr., born Bet. 1730 - 1740 in Johnston Co., NC; died Bet. 1770 - 1780 in Johnston Co., NC; married Elizabeth "Betty".

                         iii.    Henry Johnson, born Abt. 1742; died Abt. 1807; married (1) Sealy West; married (2) Martha Beasley.

 From: Carmen M. Johnson

MY Researchers NOTES WE HAVE A DNA ON SILL JOHNSON WHAT IS THE COLOR

1787 Jan 20 Henry Riddle married Mary Johnston (dau of Jn) Rowan County Marriage Records - Riddle thru Scott - 1768-1844

1787, Rowan Co. NC Will of James McMahan

In the name of God Amen! I James McMachan of Rowan County in N. Carolina, be in a tolerable good state of health thanks be to God calling to mind the mortalite of the Body, knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and test: Principally &

first I recomend my soul into the hands of God: & my body to the earth to be decently buried nothing doubting as at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again. And as such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give devise & dispose of the same in the following manner,

first I give & bequeath to Susanna my beloved wife all my household goods & all my black cattle & sheep also

I give to my sons Samuel & Willm Mcmachan all my land to be equally divided betwixt them beginning at the middle of the west line & run straight to the east & Samuel shall have the south side & William the north &

I also appoint the Samuel McMachan & William McMachan to executors of this my last will & test: & further my will is that sd executors shall pay as soon as convenient they can twenty five pounds apiece to the rest of my beloved children to John & Thomas, Elizabeth, & James & Mary of which same

I appoint William to pay one hundred pounds & Samuel twenty five pounds & to my son William all my ______ of _____ with I give my bay horse & young mare & waggon - and I will that my beloved wife have comfortable living on the place as long as she lives -

I confirm this to be my last will in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 14 day of September 1787 Signed, sealed, declared in presence of us, Lazarus Whitehead jun David Johnson X James McMachan seal

Notes: Lazuras Whitehead

Notes: James McMahan

1787 Henry Rutherford married Mary Johnston Rowan County, NC - County Index to NC Marriages Database

Notes: Henry Rutherford

Mary Johnston

(Date missed, about 1787) State of North Carolina grant #1252 to Ruth Wilcoxon, a tract of land 107 acres in Rowan County on the waters of Dutchman's Creek...on John Johnson's line on the west...to said Thomas Thompson line...to Isaac Johnson's line. Rowan County Deed Book, Volume 11, 688-689

1787 Rowan court records: -Salisbury, NC. Thomas Johnson served on Jury. Also Thomas Johnston l787 two times on Jury

1787 July 10, In the name of God, Amen

I William Bone of the County of Rowan and State of North Carolina, being

in perfect mind and memory, blessed by God, do this tenth day of July in the

year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven, make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner following, that is to say, first---

I give, bequeath and devise unto my son William all that tract or parcel

of land with my mansion house and all the improvements where I now live, in

fee simple, upon this express condition that my said son William pay or cause

to be paid, the following mentioned sums of money unto the several persons

herein next mentioned, within twelve months after my decease, namely to my son James twenty pounds.

To my son Thomas twenty pounds.

To my son John twenty pounds.

To my daughter Esther Brotherton twenty pounds.

To my daughter Susanna (?) McCursy (?) twenty pounds.

The residue of my estate I give and bequeath to my fours sons only James,

Thomas, William and John to be sold and equally divided among them.

And I make and ordain my son William Bone and my trusty friend (?) Andrew

Killpatrik the whole and sole executors of this my last Will and Testament

utterly disallowing revoking and disannulling all former Wills legacies and

bequests by me heretofor made, ratifying and confirming this and no other to

be my last Will and Testament.

In witness whereof I the said William Bone have to this my last Will and

Testament set my hand and seal the day and year above written.

Signed, sealed published and William Bone x

pronounced in the presence of

Andrew Killpatrick

Francis Johnston

William Bone



William Bone

Francis Johnston

Andrew Killpatrick

Leonard Killian

14 Sept. 1787 Will Book "D" p. 220 Rowan County, NC JAMES MCMACHAN..

In the name of God Amen! I James McMachan of Rowan County in N. Carolina, be in a tolerable good state of health thanks be to God calling to mind the mortalite of the Body, knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and test:

Principally & first I recomend my soul into the hands of God: & my body to the earth to be decently buried nothing doubting as at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again. And as such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give devise & dispose of the same in the following manner, first I give & bequeath to Susanna my beloved wife all my household goods & all my black cattle & sheep also I give to my sons Samuel & Willm Mcmachan all my land to be equally divided betwixt them beginning at the middle of the west line & run straight to the east & Samuel shall have the south side & William the north & I also appoint the Samuel McMachan & William McMachan to executors of this my last will & test: & further my will is that sd executors shall pay as soon as convenient they can twenty five pounds apiece to the rest of my beloved children to John & Thomas, Elizabeth, & James & Mary of which same I appoint William to pay one hundred pounds & Samuel twenty five pounds & to my son William all my ______ of _____ with I give my bay horse & young mare & waggon - and I will that my beloved wife have comfortable living on the place as long as she lives - I confirm this to be my last will in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 14 day of September 1787

Signed, sealed, declared in presence of us, Lazarus Whitehead jun David Johnson X James McMachan seal

prb. 1799. Wife Susanna to have maintenance on the place. Sons Samuel and William to have all the land. Sons John, Thomas, and James each to have 25 pounds. Daus. Elizabeth and Mary to have 25 pounds. Exrs: sons Samuel and William. Wit: Lazarus Whitehead, David Johnson

24 September 1787 Rowan County, North Carolina: John Wilcockson Senior of Rowan County deeded to Abraham Weltey, deceased, his heir, executors, adminstators, and assignees of the other part for 300 pounds, a parcel of land in Rowan County on the waters of Bear Creek...to a red oak near Thomas Maxfield Farm. (Signed: John Willcoxson (x). Witnesses: Benjamin Hodgens, Joseph Roland, Samuel Willcockson.

1787 Oct 11 Married in New Garden Monthly Meeting, Guilford,North Carolina, Caleb JOHNSON born Nov 1764 in New Garden Mm, North Carolina Rowan Co. died 24 Apr 1848 in Mill Creek, Hendricks, Indiana Elizabeth RAYLE born 1 Feb 1767 in New Garden Mm,Guilford,North Carolina died Dec 1839 in Mill Creek,Hendricks,Indiana Contact: Kathleen

Reported parents are James Johnson died 18 Apr 1809 in New Garden Mm, Guilford, North Carolina Married: 20 Feb 1748 in New Garden Mm,Chester,Pennsylvania, Margaret Cook Death: 1 Mar 1781 in Guilford,,North Carolina

Her reported parents are: George Rayle b: 6 May 1738 in E Marborough, Chester, Pennsylvania and wife Jane Brown

Will Book "D" p. 220 Rowan County, NC JAMES MCMACHAN. 14 Sept.

1787.

In the name of God Amen! I James McMachan of Rowan County in N.

Carolina, be in a tolerable good state of health thanks be to God

calling to mind the mortalite of the Body, knowing that it is

appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last

will and test:

Principally & first I recomend my soul into the hands of God: & my

body to the earth to be decently buried nothing doubting as at thgeneral resurrection I shall receive the same again. And as such

worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this

life I give devise & dispose of the same in the following manner,

first I give & bequeath to Susanna my beloved wife all my household

goods & all my black cattle & sheep also I give to my sons Samuel &

Willm Mcmachan all my land to be equally divided betwixt them

beginning at the middle of the west line & run straight to the east

& Samuel shall have the south side & William the north & I also

appoint the Samuel McMachan & William McMachan to executors of this

my last will & test: & further my will is that sd executors shall

pay as soon as convenient they can twenty five pounds apiece to the rest of my beloved children to John & Thomas, Elizabeth, & James &

Mary of which same I appoint William to pay one hundred pounds &

Samuel twenty five pounds & to my son William all my ______ of

_____ with I give my bay horse & young mare & waggon - and I will

that my beloved wife have comfortable living on the place as long

as she lives - I confirm this to be my last will in witness whereof

I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 14 day of September 1787

Signed, sealed, declared in presence of us, Lazarus Whitehead jun

David Johnson X James McMachan seal

Lazarus Whitehead

BAPTIST CHURCH ON BEAR CREEK, DAVIE CO., NC. Extracts copied from the original manuscript church book (sp as in record) Baptist Church on Bear Creek (started) on March the 30th, year 1792 by a Grant from Brother Pety's Church to become a Constutition. Brother Pety and Brother Whitehead appointed to Constitute Brother Josep Murphy Entertained the Congregation with a Sermon Preached from the 1 Peter 26th 5 v (?) after Sermon the Church took their seats After examination by the Prisbatery to it Brother Wm. Pety Lasures Whitehead Joseph Murphy Peater Haten Apointed Tom (?) Beaman, John Revis as Prior elders and Solomon Jones Decon after Examination of the Weight of Duty John Beaman and John Revis as prior Elders adn Solomon Jones as Decon they ____them in full _____ as a /Gospel Church of Christ into all the preveleges of Such Constitution...we whose names is heare inroled Male: Jacob Segler Dismised, Solomon Jones Dismised, John Moor Dismised George Moor Dismised John Beamon Dismised, Thomas Parker Ded, Ameriah Gerton Ded Azekiah Crankfield Ded John Reavis John Garner Excom Vachiel Stockstill Sephiniah Swan leter Shadrick George Moor Jun Letter Enoch Edwards Letter James Beaman Letter William Rutledge AEn's Campbell(?) letter

William Edwards L Edward Reavis Richard Grevet Ex Howel Barker E Thomas Wiles E George Weeb Ex Jesse Revice Joseph Ranard David Revice L George Steelman L John Segler L Mycal Evin Robt Marlow Negrow George Tho. Holt L James Revis William Steelman E Abraham Eaton L Daniel Cain Benjamin Belt L John Ervin L(these names very difficult to read/B)

Females Lucy Holdman Susannah Stockstill Elizabeth Jones Letter Elizabeth Haddox Dismisse Sarah Stockstill Sarah Revas L Ded 1876 Mary Rutledge Elizabeth Cook Pashert Brothers L Ann Moor L Saphariah Runerd L Jannah McCannon L Ann Runard D Lewcy Rutledg Ruth Moor L Ann Revice L Mary Beaman L Prudence Revice Rebecah Edwards L Penelpy Weeb L Rebecah Herrin L Mary Swan D Sabine Belt L Ruth Revice L Elizabeth Hall L Elisabeth Steelman L Magrit Holman L Ann Sigler Elisabeth Steelman D Caterenah Holeman L Rebeccah Johnson L Margett Glascock (crossed out) Elizabeth Glascock (Crossed out) Elizabeth Stokesale L Priscilla Belt E Ann Dyson L Martha Revis L Mary Revis L Margaret Beaman

Male: Isam Hubbard L John Homes Gustavus Boswel E Negro Abraham E James Homan Negro Charles Negro Charles William Patrick D Brumbly Coker D William Coker

Females: Elisabeth Patrick D Debolah Stinsong Mary Reavis Negro Sookey Negro Let E Clary Campbell Negro Nell D Negro Sarah Rebecah Coker Ruth Jones

Volume 2 1787-1791 Davidson County

John Johnson # 277 Rowan County NC.:#933,395,733,835,843

Volume A 1784--1787

#243, 975

Volume B 1787-1791

#41

Volume C 1791-1796

#131,754,1552

Volume D 1796-1798

#389,1255,1291,1295

Volume E 1798-1802

#471,797,1102(John Sr.) 1586 John & Elizabeth)

#1788

1788 Iredell County Formed from Rowan County

2 Feb 1788, recorded 1 Aug 1788. Abraham Wiltey dec’d heirs and Jacob Crouse, executor, of Rowan Co., NC, to John Roland, of Rowan Co., NC, for 200 pounds current money of NC for 150 acres on Bear Creek; land part of a parcel purchased by Abraham Wiltey from John Wilcockson Sen. Signed Jacob Crouse. Wit: Joseph Roland, Daniel Hendricks. Rowan Co., NC, Deed Book 11, page 490, 1775-1789 (SLFHL 0019784).

Daniel Hendricks.

Jacob Crouse.

1788 Mar 1 John Eccles married Mary Johnston, Rowan County, NC - County Index to NC Marriages Database

Notes: John Eccles

Mar. 03, 1788; Died JESSE JOHNSTON, b.;Third Creek Presby. Church, Rowan Co., North Carolina. Reported child of ELIZABETH DICKEY and WM. JOHNSTON

1788 Oct 1: Married Asher Hiat born 1765 May 30: New Garden in Rowan Co. NC which is now Guilford Co: died 1800 July 16: Married Mary Johnson born abt 1767

#1789

1789, Stokes Co NC formed from from Surry which was formed from Rowan Co. NC

David WATKINS m: 1789 Rowan CO, NC or Rutherford CO, NC

Father: Peter Watkins Mother: Hannah (Renuls) Reynolds b: 1760 Berkley CO, SC;Ruth. CO,NC/1795 deed to Peter Watkins d: March 23, 1810 Pendleton, SC;

Lois:  David Watkins (d.1810/SC) was well-documented.   His wife was Temperance "Tempe" Camp/Kemp (absolutely, positively NOT Campbell), believed dau. of Edward Camp.   She is listed as head of household in 1820 (?) census record in SC.   No known connection to my own Watkins line, altho in same county in early 1800s.   David's father was Peter, grandfather was Evan, great-gf was Peter, listed in and I am aware of Tempe because my mother's  maiden name was Camp and I also did research from that standpoint on Tempe...........    Thanx.    Lee Preston

1789 May 18: Rowan Co. NC - Adam Grimes, Land Grant State of N. Carolina No 1892 To all to whom this present come greeting shall Know ye that in for and in consideration of the sum of fifty shillings for every hundred acres hereby granted hold paid Into our Treasury by Adam Grimes a Tract of land containing Six hundred and ninety acres lying and being in our county of Rowan on both sides of abbotts Creek beginning at a Sweet gum the north East of a survey formerly made for William Raper on the East side of Abbotts creek running a line west sixty two ch[ains] to _Oak on Jacob Longs line thence along it south thirteen ch and fifty Links to a stake Longs corner thence west fifteen ch to a hickory Grub thence South twenty Eight ch & fifty links to a stake thence East seventy seven ch to stake thence north, the beginning as by the plat hereunto amend doth appear Together with all wood, waters mines minerals hereditures & appurtenances to the said Adam Grimes his heirs and assigns forever Entering and paying to such sum of money yearly or otherwise as our general assembly from time to time Direct Provided Always that the said Adam Grimes shall caus this grant to be registered in the Registrars office of our said County of Rowan within twelve month from the date hereof otherwise the same shall be void and of no effect In Testimony where we have cause that our letters to be made in patent and our grant seal to be here unto affixed Witness Samuel Johnston Esq at Edenton the 18th Day of May in the XIII year of our Indenture in the year our lord. 1789 By His Excellency Com G Sasgow (?) Secretary Sam Johnston Adam Grimes 690 Acres Rowan County Recorded in the secretarys office P Collier Chaincarriers: John Charles Grimes and Hartman Livengood

Notes: Adam Grimes

Notes: Abbotts Creek

Notes: William Raper

Notes: Jacob Long

1789 May 18 Rowan CO, NC:1179. p 110. 18 May 1789. State Grant 1762 @ 50 sh per 100 A to Wm. Macay, 144 A on Buffalo Shole (sic) Crk adj Adam Johnston, John McCLEAN, James Thomison, & John Macay.

Adam Johnston,

John McCLEAN,

James Thomison

John Macay

Wm. Macay

1789 Dec 28: Rowan County Deed Book 12, pages 225, has an entry on December 28, 1789 that John Gwartney of Iredell Co. NC sold to George Wilkins of Rowan Co. NC the 300 acres State Grant # 1373 on the east side of Dutchmans Creek adjoining William Cook and Daniel Holman, for L100. The deed was proved by Henry Johnson at the Feb 1791 Court. Witnesses were Henry Johnson and William Holman.

William Holman

Henry Johnson

John Gwartney

George Wilkins

Dutchmans Creek

William Cook

Daniel Holman

#1790

1790 census Yadkin Valley, Rowan Co. NC, on Bear Creek, lives John Wilcoxson Sr. next door is John Jr. then a neighbor, and widow, Rachel Miller. This is John’s daughter the widow Rachel (Wilcoxson) Mylar who lost her husband a year before. Rachel could not read or write her name therefore Mylar was pronounced Millar. In Rachel’s family are 2 males under 16 years & 2 females.

John Wilcoxson Sr

Otis Jett, “The Widow Rachel Wilcoxson lived across Bear creek from her mother and sister in law.”

widow, Rachel Miller.

1790 ERA Thomas Stapleton and wife Sarah Johnson of Rowan Co. NC are living on the Holston River at Long Island,

Researchers Notes: These lands on Holston River and Long Island in this time era were claimed by Washington Co NC-State of FranklinWashington CO Va

STATE OF KENTUCKY - COUNTY OF OWSLEY

Before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said county personally appeared Edward Stapleton aged 66 years resident in said county who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is the lawful son of Thomas Stapleton and Sarah Stapleton.

That his said father was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $24 & 66ct per annum at the time of his death. And that his said father died in the county of Clay & state aforesaid on the fifteenth day of November in the year eighteen hundred & thirty five (1835) and that his mother the aforesaid Sarah Stapleton has remained a widow ever since to the present period.

HIS Edward Stapleton X MARK Sworn to & subscribed the 15th day of April, 1851

before me Samuel Johnston J P 0 C

I certify that the above named affiant is a man of sound mind and a creditable virtness.

Samuel Johnston J P 0 C

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State of Kentucky County of Owsley

On the 15th day of April, 1851, personally appeared before me the undersigned, Samuel Johnston, a Justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid, came Sarah Stapleton, a resident citizen of the county aforesaid, aged 84 years, who, being first duly sworn, as required by law, upon her oath, made and subscribed to the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress.

This deponent saith that she is the widow of Thos Stapleton, deceased, but a resident of Clay County, State of Kentucky, a Revolutionary Soldier and a pensioneer of the United States at the rate of 24 dollars & 66 cents per annum.

That the said Thos Stapleton died on the 15th day of November in the year eighteen hundred and thirty five (1835).

This deponent further states that her maiden name was Johnson and that she was married to the said Thos Stapleton in the month of October in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three (1783) at the residence of Thos Stapleton at the forks of the Big & Little Yadkin River, Roan County, in the state of North Carolina by a Justice of the Peace, whose name she does not recollect, and that from the time of said marriage to the period of the death of the said Thomas Stapleton, she lived with him in lawful wedlock and had 2 children born as the fruits of said marriage before 1794 whose names are as follows viz: Edward Stapleton and William Stapleton.

This deponent states that she has no ??? of any ??? of the aforesaid marriage ??? and further states that since the death of Thomas Stapleton that she has not again married.

Sarah Stapleton (Her "X" Mark) Samuel Johnston J.P.O.C.

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State of Kentucky County of Owsley

I hereby testify that by reason of old age & bodily infirmation the aforenamed declarant is unable to appear in open court, and I further certify that satisfactory evidence was ???? before me , that the aforenamed Thomas Stapleton died on the 15th day of November, 1835.

And that the aforenamed declarant has not again intermarried but remained the widow of the said Thomas Stapleton.

Samuel Johnston J.P.O.C. State of Kentucky County of Owsley

I, William Williams, Clerk of the County Court of said county - certify that Samuel Johnston, Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration was made is & was at the time of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such in said county and that the foregoing signatures prepirting to be his are genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said county this 15th day of April, 1851.

William Williams Clk Owsley County Court

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Know all men by these present that I Sally alias Sarah Stapleton of the County of Owsley and State of Kentucky have appointed and by these present do constitute and appoint Stephen T. J. Trabue my true and lawful attorney for me irrevocably for me and in my to prosecutor name to prosecute and to receive from the United States the Pension Certificate now pending before the Department of the Commissioner of Pensions and the same presented to the said Department by Norton & Owen (alias A.P. Norton & Morris Owen) of the city of Pittsburgh. Hereby revoking and recalling all the power vested in them by my power of attorney made in my name and confirming and vesting the same in my said attorney Stephen T.J. Trabue. Hereby confirming and ratifying whatsoever my attorney Stephen T. J. Trabue shall do touching the premises in and about the prosecution of my claim for a pension as the widow of Thomas Stapleton a Revolutionary Soldier and further sworn hereby ratifying and confirming my said attorney or an attorney under him may do or perform touching the premises aforesaid and delegating and giving to him all power to make such attorney and to do all acts and deeds as though I were personally present myself and acting in my own proper person.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand seal this twenty second day of August, 1857.

Acknowledged and subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Owsley and State of Kentucky this twenty first day of August, 1857.

S. Johnston J.P.O.C. State of Kentucky County of Owsley SS

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I William Williams Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above mentioned do certify that Samuel Johnson, whose genuine signature affirm to the foregoing Power of Attorney is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid. Duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.

Given under my hand and seal of Office at my office in Boonville, Owsley County, this twenty second day of August, 1857

William Williams, Clk

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Sarah Stapleton widow of Thomas Stapleton who died on the (1835) -- who was a private in the line for REVOLUTION.

Inscribed on the Roll of Louisville at the rate of 24 dollars 66 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of June, 1853 and sent to J.J. Crowler, to the present.

Revolutionary Claim - Act July 7, 1838 Recorded by R.W. Reid ?? Book D, Vol. 1, Page 377

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Sarah Stapleton Act 7th July, 1838 Direct to L.M. Drury Command Adjutant

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State of Kentucky County of Knox

Before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally appeared James Crank, aged seventy two years, resident in said county, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with Thomas Stapleton, deceased, late of Clay County and state aforesaid. That he is also acquainted with Thomas Stapleton's wife, Sarah Stapleton, now a widow and a resident of Owsley County & state aforesaid. That he first became acquainted with the said Thomas & Sarah Stapleton on the Holston River in the State of Virginia about the year seventeen hundred & ninety or seventeen hundred and ninety one. That he recollects well the time of his first acquaintance with the said Thomas & Sarah Stapleton as it was three or four years prior to Genl. Anthony Wayne's victory over the Indians in the Battle of the Miami Rapids (Ohio). That the said Thomas and Sarah Stapleton were reputable people and lived together as man & wife and were reputed as such and at the time affiant first became acquainted with the said Thomas and Sarah Stapleton they had two children born whose names are Edward and William Stapleton - and that he afterwards was well acquainted several years with the said Thomas & Sarah Stapleton in the County of Clay & State of Kentucky, aforesaid, prior to and up to the time of the death of the said Thomas Stapleton.

James Crank (His X Mark) Sworn to and subscribed this 1st day of May, 1851.

Before me Daniel Baker, J.P. I testify that the above named affiant is a man of sound and a creditable witness Daniel Baker, J.P.

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State of Kentucky County of Knox

I James H. Ballinger, Clerk of the County Court of said county, certify that Daniel Baker, Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is and was at the time of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such in said county and that the foregoing signatures preperting to be his are genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said county this 1st day of May, 1851

James H. Ballinger, Clerk

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State of Kentucky County of Breathitt

Before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Thomas T. Johnson, aged eighty years, resident in said county, who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith. That he was well acquainted with Thomas Stapleton, late of Clay County and state aforesaid and a pensioner of the United States. That he is also intimately acquainted with his wife Sarah Stapleton, now a widow and a resident of Owsley County and state aforesaid. That the deponent recollects well when the said Thomas and Sarah Stapleton went to be married. That the said marriage was in the month of October, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three (1783) and took place in Roan County in the State of North Carolina, and that said marriage was at the time the common talk of the neighbors and that no person appeared to doubt said marriage. That the said Thomas and Sarah Stapleton were reputable people and lived together as man and wife and were reported as such and that they lived the first five or six years after their said marriage on a farm belonging to this deponents father in the aforesaid county of Roan & state of North Carolina - And that deponent afterwards lived near neighbour to the said Thomas & Sarah Stapleton in the County of Sullivan and State of Tennessee. And that he was well acquainted with the said Thomas & Sarah Stapleton in the County of Clay and State of Kentucky for twenty years and upwards prior to and up to the time of the death of the said Thomas Stapleton.

Thomas T. Johnson (His X Mark)

Sworn and subscribed this 23rd day of April, 1851, before me Curtis Jett, J.P.

I certify that the above named affiant is a man of sound mind and a creditable witness.

Curtis Jett, J.P.

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State of Kentucky County of Breathitt

I, A.B. Patrick, Clerk of the County Court of said County, certify that Curtis Jett, Esqr., before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is and was at the time of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such in said county and that the foregoing signatures perporting to be his are genuine.

In testimony I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said county this 23rd day of April, 1851.

A.B. Patrick, Clerk Breathitt County Court

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State of Kentucky County of Breathitt

Before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Robert R. Johnson aged 75 years, resident of said county, and being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with Thomas Stapleton, late of Clay County and State aforesaid and a pensioner of the United States, and that he is also well acquainted with said Thomas Stapleton's wife, Sarah Stapleton, now a widow and a resident of Owsley County and State aforesaid. That he recolects when the said Thomas & Sarah Stapleton went to get married that it was in the fall of the year seventeen hundred and eighty three (1783). That said marriage occurred in the County of Roan & State of North Carolina. And that the said Thomas and Sarah Stapleton were reputable people, that they lived together as man and wife and were reputed as such. And that the said Thomas & Sarah Stapleton lived several years immediately after their said marriage on a farm belonging to deponents father within one mile of deponent in the aforesaid County of Roan & State of North Carolina. That he afterwards lived neighbour to the said Thomas & Sarah Stapleton in the County of Sullivan & State of Tennessee for several years and that he lived neighbour to the said Thomas & Sarah Stapleton and was well acquainted with them in the County of Clay & State of Kentucky twenty years and upwards prior too and up to the time of the death of the said Thomas Stapleton.

Robert R. Johnson (His X Mark)

Sworn to and subscribed the 23rd day of April, 1851, before me Jesse Boling, J.P.B.C.

I certify that the above named affiant is a man of sound mind and a creditable witness.

Jesse Boling, J.P.B.C.

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State of Kentucky County of Breathitt

I, A.B. Patrick, Clerk of the County Court of said County, certify that Jesse Boling, Esqr., before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is and was at the time of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such in said county and that the foregoing signatures perporting to be his are genuine.

In testimony I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said county this 23rd day of April, 1851.

A.B. Patrick, Clerk Breathitt County Court

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North Carolina Rowan County

I, John Giles, clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Session for Rowan County aforesaid do hereby certify that I have examined the Records of my Office and that they show no evidence of the marriage of Thomas Stapleton and Sally Johnson, nor is there a marriage bond for the same person on file in my office, - I further certify that the record of my office in no case furnish evidence of a marriage which was performed by a publication of Bans, And that the bond given on an application for a license is the only kind of evidence that the record of my Office show in any case of marriage.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Office the second day of July A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty four.

John Giles, Clk by John H. Hadre, D.C.

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No 8128 Dec 28, 1841 Ken

Sarah Stapleton Oct 1838

Jas L. Edwards Com. of Pensions Washington City, D.C.

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Lexington, Ky. Dec 20, 1841 Col. J.L. Edwards Com. of Pensions

Sir:

The enclosed papers were this day rec'd by me from Mrs. Sarah Stapleton of Clay County, with a request that I would forward them to you, for the purpose of processing a Pension; as widow of Thos Stapleton dec'd - If a pension is granted her, forward me a certificate to this place.

Respectfully yours, James S. Hickman

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Sally or Sarah Stapleton Power of Attorney

Direct to Washington immediately T.J. Nolen

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Boonville, Aug 22, 1857

Please enter S.T.J. Trabue as my attorney in place of yourself for the prosecution of my claim for a pension as a widow and to deliver to his charge all papers of my own in your possession or under your control in any course to enable him to accomplish what you were authorized to do by my Power of Attorney to you - which power I have revoked.

Yours respectfully Sally Stapleton

Test S. Johnston To Norton & Daven Pension Agents - Pittsburgh, Pa.

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Paintsville, Ky Aug 3 183 Charles Chinn Harradsburgh ????

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State of Ky. Johnson county Sct

Personally appeared before me, Shadrick Preston, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county & state aforesaid, Molly Dorton, and swore to & subscribed to the foregoing deposition & I further certify that the said Molly Dorton is a woman of truth & veracity. Given under my hand this 31st day of July, 1844.

Shadrick Preston, J.P.J.C.

State of Kentucky, Johnson County, Sct.

I, John Howse, clerk of the court of Johnson County certify that Shadrick Preston is a Magistrait as above and that the foregoing signature perporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my private seal having no seal of office.

John Howse

Clerk of the court of Johnson County

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Sarah Stapleton wid of Thomas rec'd evidence J.T. Corin??

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State of Kentucky, County of Owsley, SCT

On this fourteenth day of March A.D. 1853, Robert Baker personally appeared before me, Abel Pennington, Judge of the Owsley County Court in and for the county aforesaid, who being by me duly sworn as the law directs, declares & saith that he is seventy nine years of age. That he knew Thomas Stapleton in his life time, and that he was the identical Thomas Stapleton who was a pensioner or drawing a yearly pension from the United States government. That Sally Stapleton who is the present applicant for pension as his widow is the identical Sally Stapleton who was his wife and is now his widow. That said Thomas Stapleton died about seven years ago and left the said Sally Stapleton as his widow and select, and that he believes the said Sally Stapleton was the wife of the said Thomas Stapleton from the fact that they lived together as man and wife and were commonly reputed as such, and that they openly acknowledged each other as husband and wife. That he knew them forty odd years ago or during the years 1810 and 1811. That they then lived in the County of Clay in the State of Kentucky. That he was at that time Sheriff of said County of Clay and they were at that time reputed as husb and wife, recognized each other as such and were reputed and recognized as such from that time until the death of the said Thomas Stapleton. That the said Sally Stapleton has since the death of the said Thomas Stapleton been recognized & reputed as his widow & select. That the said Thomas & Sally Stapleton had only two children that he ever knew. The name of the oldest child was / is Edward Stapleton. That he knew him the said Edward Stapleton upwards of forty years ago. That from the appearance of him the said Edward Stapleton he supposes him to be more upwards of thirty years of age, that the said Edward Stapleton was married and had a family and children at that time. That the name of the other and youngest child was William Stapleton upwards of 35 years ago and that he supposes he was at that time upward of 25 years of age. That if ever the said Thomas Stapleton and S. Stapleton had any other children he never knew them and never heard of any others. That the said Sally Stapleton still remains and has remained a widow since the death of her husband the said Thomas Stapleton.

Robert Baker

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year

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aforesaid and I further certify that the said Robert Baker is a person to me well known and that he is entitled to full faith and credit when on oath. I further certify that the said affidavit was interlined before signing. And that from my personal knowledge of the said Robert Baker and from his appearance he is a man of the age set forth.

Abel Pennington, P.J.O.C.C.

State of Kentucky, County of Owsley, SCT:

On this fourteenth day of march A.D. 1853 personally appeared before me, Abel Pennington, Judge of the County Court in and for the County & State aforesaid, John Combs a resident of Owsley County & State aforesaid, who being by me duly sworn declares and saith that from the very best information he is able to get he is now aged sixty seven years. That he knows and has known Sally Stapleton since he was a small boy. That she was then the reported wife of Thomas Stapleton and has always been so reported and considered. That when he first knew the said Thomas Stapleton & Sally Stapleton they resided at what was then called the Long Island on Holstein River in what is now the State of Tennessee. That he never knew of said Thomas & Sally Stapleton having but two children, that the oldest was by the name of Edward Stapleton. That the said Edward Stapleton is older than the affiant and he supposes the said Edward to be sixty eight years old. That the other child is by the name of William Stapleton. That the age of the said William is about sixty five years. That he feels confident of this from his own age, as he is a little older than the said William Stapleton. That Thomas Stapleton & Sally Stapleton were always refuted and considered as husband and wife. That he knew the said Thomas & Sally Stapleton in the State of Kentucky upwards of thirty years ago. That he has frequently heard his father & mother say that the said Thomas Stapleton married Sally Johnson (now Sally Stapleton) at the forks of the river Yadkin in the State of North Carolina but does not now recollect the time they said they were married. That the said

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Thomas Stapleton & Sally Stapleton once lived a short time in the same house with his father and mother during the time they lived at Long Island. That my best recollection is that they lived in the same house about four months. That the said Thomas Stapleton has been dead about sixteen or seventeen years. That Sally Stapleton still remains a widow and is commonly reputed and known as the widow of Thomas Stapleton.

John Combs (His X Mark)

John Combs further saith that Sally Stapleton is the identical person who was the wife of Thomas Stapleton now deceased and who was the wife of the said Thomas when he first knew her and that she is the identical person who has applied for pension in the in the right of her husband and is the identical person who remained the widow of Thomas Stapleton and is the identical person alluded to in the declaration of Robert Baker, which is hereto annexed.

John Combs (His X Mark)

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid. And I certify that the said John Combs is a person to me well known and that he is entitled to full faith and credit when on oath and that from his general appearance and my personal knowledge I believe him to be a person of the age stated in his affidavit.

Abel Pennington, P.J.O.C.C.

State of Kentucky, County of Owsley, Sct:

On the fourteenth day of March A.D. 1853 personally appeared before me Abel Pennington Judge of the County Court in and for the County aforesaid Luther Brawner who being by me duly sworn declares and saith that he knew & was acquainted with Thomas Stapleton & Sally Stapleton about twenty years ago and that from common reputation they were man & wife. And that they were recognized & reputed as such throughout the neighborhood where they resided. That Thomas Stapleton died about seventeen years ago . That Thomas Stapleton in his lifetime drew a pension & said that Sally Stapleton the present applicant is the identical person who was his wife and is now the widow. That said Thomas Stapleton has been dead about seventeen years and that the said

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Sally Stapleton still remains thus unmarried, a widow since the death of the said Thomas Stapleton. That he never knew of but two children born to the said Thomas & Sally Stapleton and that their names are Edward & William Stapleton. That he does not know the age of the said Edward & William Stapleton but that they are both old men and that the children of each of them are grown.

Luther Brawner

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid and I further certify that the said Luther Brawner is a person to me well known and is entitled to full faith & credit when oath.

Abel Pennington P.J.O.C.C.

State of Kentucky, County of Owsley, Sct:

I William Williams clerk of the County Court in and for the County aforesaid do certify that Abel Pennington Esquire whose genuine signature affixed to the foregoing affidavit is and was at the time of signing the same Judge of the County Court in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith & credit. I further certify that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of record.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office. Done at Boonville in the County aforesaid this 14th day of March A.D. 1853

W. Williams

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(44) May 11, 44 Ky. ??? Carter Hon G. Davis

Hon J.H. Peyton Colo. J.L. Edwards Pension Bureau

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Hon'd of Rep, 10th May, 1844

J.L. Edwards Esqr.

Dear Sir,

Will you be so kind as to furnish me with a copy of all the forms connected with the application for pensions while your office affords.

???? you a letter from me for and in Baron?? will you tell me intent is the reason in relation to the several claims to which he refers?

Your attention to this will oblige.

??? ???, Garrett Dann ??

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Frankfort, Ky. Sept. 5, 1857 Jas. E. Heath Esq. Comm of Pensions

Sir,

Herein I enclose you a Power of Attorney from Sally Stapleton revoking all authority hereunto given to Owen & Norton of Pittsburgh or any one else in reference to her application for a pension, & restricting correspondence alone with me.

The Certificate of Pension you will please enclose me if upon examination the evidence be sufficient to authorize the allowance.

I am sir

Yours L.T.J. Trabue

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Washington, June 27th, 1853

Sir:

I have just received the enclosed extraordinary letters in the case of Sarah Stapleton, widow of Thomas.

The claim is for a pension under the Act of 1838, and as her husband was a pensioner the only fact to be proved is, the marriage prior to 1794. As it is shown that there is no record, public or private, of said marriage in existence, a foundation has been fairly laid for hard evidence.

The hard evidence fully and conclusively proves (if it is possible to from any fact by purot??) - not only that the marriage took place prior to 1794, but more than ten years prior to that date!

Yet the examiner who wrote the enclosed letters, says that the date of the marriage has not been proved - and that some of the witnesses have shown what circumstance it is

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fixed in their recollection.

Now sir, I only ask you to look at the brief made by this examiner himself, to see that this objection is totally unfounded in fact.

1st - To the testimony of James Crank, as stated in said brief - He was well acquainted with said Thomas and Sarah Stapleton from the year 1790 or 91 - at which time they had two children. He is enabled to fix the time of his first becoming acquainted with them, because it was 3 or 4 years prior to Wayne's defeat. Is not here a circumstance, by which the fact of marriage prior to 1794 is fixed in the recollection of the witness?

2nd - Thomas T. Johnson - (aged 80 years in 1851) has a personal recollection of the time that said Thomas and Sarah went to be married in Oct. 1783.

3rd - Joshua Stapleton was at the marriage. Thinks it took place in

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1783 - Knows that it was prior to 1785, because he was at the wedding and saw them married. Is not this a circumstance to fix the fact in the recollection of this witness?

4th - Molly Dorton aged 84, was also present at the marriage, in the fall of 1783.

5th - The depositions of Robert Baker, Abel Pennington, Luther Brawner, and John Combs, show clearly that the two sons of said Thomas and Sarah Stapleton were born prior to 1794. Abundant "circumstances" are mentioned by these witnesses, by which they are enabled to come at the fact, that these sons were born prior to 1794.

In short, I think I never have seen in any case, stronger or more conclusive penol evidence of marriage prior to 1794, that we have in this case. Will you please examine it -

Very Respectfully

J.T. Trabue

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Pension Officer - June 24th, 1853

Sir:

The additional evidence in the case of Sarah Stapleton widow of Thomas dec, of Kentucky has been received and filed with the Original application.

The date of the marriage of Thomas and Sarah, has not been proved. Several of the witnesses testify to a particular date, but have not shown by what circumstance it is fixed in their recollection.

Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant

J.S. Maldo?? Commissioner

J.J. Coombs, Esqr. Present

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Washington, 22nd Fby, 1834

Sir:

The enclosed declaration of Thomas Stapleton. I must ask you to examine as early as your convenience will allow, & report to me the results.

Yours with ??? ???

R.P. Letcher

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Washington, March 24, 1853

Sir:

Enclosed please find additional evidence in support of the claim of Sarah Stapleton, widow of Thomas, of Kentucky under Act of 1838, and continuing acts.

This evidence I have no doubt you will find perfectly satisfactory to establish the claim. Her husband was a pensioner under the act of 1832, at $24.66.

On file you will find a certificate of the clerk of Rowan Co. N.C. (where the marriage took place,) stating that there is no record of the marriage and that the marriage records of that date are defective.

Also, the deposition of Joshua Stapleton, who was present at the marriage in Rowan Co. N.C. previous to 1785.

I now present the depositions of Robert Baker and John Combs clearly showing that the two children of said Sarah and Thomas Stapleton were both born long prior to 1794.

Thomas Stapleton claimed in his declaration for two years additional service in 1781 & 82. I have written to Raleigh to endeavor to obtain additional evidence

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of this service. If I do not get any additional evidence, I shall only claim for the widow the amount of pension received by her husband.

I am, very respectfully Your obt servt J.J. Coombs

Hon P. Waldo, Esq Comm of Pensions

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Brief in the case of Sarah Stapleton, widow of Thomas dec'd, Owsley County and State of Kentucky. Act 7th July, 1838

Claim, Original Proof exhibited, By rolls;

Thomas Stapleton was pensioned for seven months and twelve days service as a private under Act 7th June, 1832.

Recved proof that Thomas & Sarah intermarried previous to 1794.

Recvec proof that Thomas died 15th Nov. 1835.

Recved proof that Sarah is now a widow.

Charles H. Rhett Examining Clerk

J.J. Coombs, Esq Washington D.C.

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Harrodsburgh (Ky) 12th August

Dear Sir:

Enclosed you have the declaration of Mrs. Sally Stapleton widow of Thomas Stapleton deceased for a pension.

Which I shall be pleased to hear from you as soon as it will be at your convenience

Your obt humble servt

Chs Chinn Col J.L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

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Sarah Stapleton

widow of Thomas dec'd

Kentucky

Admitted

Act 7th July, 1838

7 months & 12 days private

at $24.66 per annum

from the 4th March, 1836

Except two years

Pay

Sarah Stapleton widow

Certificate to:

J.J. Coombs, Esq

Washington D.C.

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Brief case

Sarah Stapleton

and Thomas

Ky.

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Brief case Sarah Stapleton wid of Thos

Sarah Stapleton - (21st Oct. 1841 before J. Peace) aged 74 yrs. declares she is widow of Thomas a private in war dec - Married Thos in June, 1788 - Thomas died 15th Nov. 1835. Married prior to 1794 - knows of no documentary evidence of marriage. Unable to appear in Court from infirmity.

Same - (15th Apl, 1851), declares she is widow of Thos - Thos died 15th Nov. 1835 - Married to Thos in Oct. 1783 - had 2 children born prior to 1794 - knows of no record public or private of marriage - since Thos death has not married.

Edwd Stapleton - (15th Apl, 1851), Says he is the lawful son of Thos & Sarah. Thos died 15th Nov. 1835 - Sarah now a widow.

Jas Crank - (1st May, 1851), was well acquainted with Thos Stapletons wife Sarah (now a widow) about 1790 or 91 - recollects well the time of his first acquaintance with Thos & Sarah, as it was 3 or 4 yrs prior to Waynes defeat of Indians. * (20th April, 1794) At time of first acquaintance they had 2 children, Edwd 7 Wm.

Thos T. Johnson - (23rd Apl, 1851), aged 80 yrs., was well acquainted with

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Thos a pensioner & Sarah his wife (intimately with) - recollects well when Thos & Sarah went to be married - marriage was in Oct. 1783 - & was at the time common talk of the neighbours. They lived as man & wife - lived on dept fathers farm after said marriage - dept afterwards lived near neighbour to them - knew them 20 yrs prior to Thos death.

Robt R. Johnson - (23rd Apl, 1851 ), aged 75 yrs - same as above.

Joshua Stapleton - (31st July, 1844), aged 77 yrs; says he is brother in law of Sally - became acquainted with her about the time of her intermarriage with his brother Thos which was in the fall of 1783 - to best of his recollection; knows they were married previous to 1785 - was at the wedding & saw them married.

Molly Dorton - (31st July, 1844), - aged 84 yrs. - was well acquainted with Thomas & Sally before their marriage - married in fall of year 1783 - does know they were lawfully married for she was present.

Clk Court Rowan Co. - certifies there is no record of marriage nor a bond - the only general evidence in his office.

Robert Baker - (14th March, 1853) aged 79 yrs. - says he knew Thos in his lifetime - identical person who was a pensioner - Sally applicant is identical

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who was wife & now widow of Thos. - Thos died about 17 yrs ago & left Sally & believe Sally was his wife from the fact that they lived as man and wife & were commonly reputed & acknowledged each other as such - That he knew them in 1810 & 1811 - Dept was sheriff at that time - Sally since Thos death has been recognized and reputed his widow - they had only 2 children - Edwd supposed by him when he first knew him (about 40 yrs ago) to have been upwards of 30 yrs ago - was married and had a family of children at that time - knew Wm upwards of 35 yrs ago, supposes he was at that time over 25 yrs ago. Sally still a widow.

Abel Pennington - (14th March, 1853) - says from the best information he is able to get he is 65 yrs old - has known Sally since he was a small boy. She was then the reputed wife of Thomas - & has always been so considered. Edwd & Wm only children - Edwd older than dept - Supposes he is 68 yrs old - Wm about 65 yrs old. Confident of this from his own age, he being a little older than Wm - Has frequently heard his mother & father say Thos married Sally at the forks of the Yadkin in N.C. - does not

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recollect the date. Thos & Sally lived in same house with his father & mother at Long Island. Thinks about 4 months. Thos been dead about 16 or 17 years - Sally a widow and commonly reported and known as Thos' widow.

Luther Brawner - (20th march, 1853) - says he was well acquainted with Thos & Sally about 20 yrs ago - reputed man & wife - Thos died about 17 yrs ago; was a pensioner. Sally applicant is identical person who was his wife - now his widow - Edwd & Wm old men & each have grown children.

Power Atty - to Stephen L. J. Trabue, 7th Aug. 1851. Thos a pensioner at $24.66, Act 7th June, 1832. Thos & Sarah married previous to 1st Jany, 1794. Thos died 15th Nov. 1835 - Sally now a widow.

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(62) 9396 Kentucky Sarah Stapleton widow of Thomas

who was a private in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 24 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of June, 53 and sent to J.J. Coombs, Mist.

Acts of march 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844

Recorded in Book C Vol 2 Page 186

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Sarah Stapleton of Thomas

Kentucky Suspended

J.L. Hickman, Jan 7 / 42

C. Chinn, Oct. 25 / 44

S.L.J. Trabue, Apl 3 / 52

L.M. Drury, June 26 / 52

J.J. Coombs, 24th June, 1853

Act 7th July, 1838

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No 14-895 Sarah Stapleton widow of Thomas Ky

Letter to, J.L. Hickman, Jany 7th, 1842

C. Chinn, Oct 25th, 1844

S.L.J. Trabue, Apl 3rd, 1852

L.M. Drury, June 26th, 1852

J.J. Coombs, 24th June, 1853

Act 7th July, 1838

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Reg Widow, &c.

File No. 9320

Sarah Stapleton

Wid of

Thomas Stapleton

Pvt. Rev. War

Act Feby 3rd, 1848

Index - Vol ??6, Page 242

[arrangement of 1870]

My: Notes: James Crank he knew them when Sarah Johnson Stapleton and Thomas Stapleton lived on the Holston river in 1790-1791 era State of Virginia

Notes: 1851: State of Kentucky County of Breathitt

Notes: Thomas T. Johnson, aged eighty years, resident in said county, he knew Sarah Johnson before she married Thomas Stapleton when they lived in Rowan Co. NC and Sarah Johnson and Thomas Stapleton livd on Sarah Johnson’s fathers farm from 1783-1788 or 1789. Thomas T. Johnson also knew them while he was living in Sullivan Co. Tn as a Neighbor to Thomas Stapleton and Sara Johnson Stapleton: So he was born abt 1770-1771: So in 1790-1791 ( age abt 18-20)

Notes: 1851 State of Kentucky County of Breathitt

Robert R. Johnson aged 75 years, resident of said county: He too was in Rowan CO. NC in 1783 : SO born abt 1776: SO He to was a neighbor of Thomas Stapleton and Sarah Johnson Stapleton abt 1790-1791 ( age abt 14 to 15)

Notes: Molly Norton 1844 Johnson Co. KY Molly Dorton aged 84, was also present at the marriage, in the fall of 1783 in Rowan Co. NC ( age 84 in 1844 so in 1783 she was born 1760 era)

Notes: Robert Baker 1853 State of Kentucky, County of Owsley know them from 1810 and 1811. That they then lived in the County of Clay in the State of Kentucky

Notes: John Combs 1853 State of Kentucky, County of Owsley: Long Island on Holstein River in what is now the State of Tennessee heard his father & mother say that the said Thomas Stapleton married Sally Johnson (now Sally Stapleton) at the forks of the river Yadkin in the State of North Carolina. Thomas Stapleton & Sally Stapleton once lived a short time in the same house with his father and mother during the time they lived at Long Island

1790 ROWAN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA FEDERAL CENSUS

Name 1 2 3 4 5 Order_of_entry_#

" John CARRIGAN," 1 2 2 0 3 6

" William YOUNG," 1 1 3 0 1 9

" Christopher ERWIN," 3 3 4 0 8 10

" Isaac ANDERSON," 2 4 5 1 8 13

" William COWIN," 1 3 1 0 0 16

" Samuel WILKINSON," 1 1 3 0 0 17

" William HEMPHILL," 1 0 1 0 3 19

" Richard LUCKEY," 1 0 3 0 0 20

"Thomas HUGHELL, " 1 3 4 0 0 21

" Robert PORTER," 4 2 5 0 0 22

"William BYERS, " 2 3 5 0 0 24

" Alexr. ENSLEY," 1 0 1 1 0 29

" Able ARMSTRONG," 1 2 4 1 2 28

"McCRACKEN, Samuel" 1 0 1 0 0 30

" John CANNADAY," 1 2 4 0 0 34

" Joseph GARWOOD," 1 1 4 0 0 37

"William JOHNSTON", 2 4 3 1 5 38

" Benjamin BRANDON," 1 1 2 0 1 41

" Robert BRANDON," 1 1 1 0 5 42

"Elizabeth JOHNSTON, " 0 0 1 0 1 43

" William BRANDON," 1 0 1 1 2 44

" Henry HUGHEY,, Ser." 1 0 0 0 6 46

" Henry HUGHEY,, Jur." 1 3 4 0 0 47

"William BROWN, " 1 1 3 1 0 49

" Elizabeth GRAHAM," 0 0 3 0 2 55

" Samuel LUCKEY," 5 0 2 0 2 59

" Thomas CLARKE," 1 1 2 0 0 62

" William RENSHAW," 1 1 3 0 0 65

" William SMITH," 1 1 2 0 0 66

"John LEWRANCE, " 2 2 3 0 1 67

James FITZPATRICK," 3 1 1 0 0 68

", John FITZPATRICK" 1 0 3 0 0 69

" William BAILEY,, Ser." 1 4 3 0 0 70

" Joseph HORTON," 1 3 3 0 0 73

" Samuel STEELE," 1 1 3 0 0 75

" John SALISBURY," 2 2 4 0 0 76

" Thomas DICKEY," 1 3 5 0 6 78

" Thomas PARKER," 3 4 3 0 0 83

" Jeremiah PATRICK," 1 2 1 0 0 84

"Henry JOHNSTON, " 1 3 4 0 0 85

"William STEELEMAN, " 1 1 2 0 2 86

"George STEELEMAN, " 1 1 4 0 2 87

", Elijah BEDWELL" 1 2 5 0 0 88

" Shadrick HERIN," 1 1 2 0 0 89

" Richard SPEAKS," 2 3 4 0 0 90

" David HENDRICKS," 1 2 2 0 0 91

, Sarah STOGDALE" 1 0 3 0 0 92

" Vachel STOGDALE," 1 1 1 0 0 93

" Aquillah BEACH," 1 2 4 0 0 94

"RENOLDS, Henry" 1 2 1 0 0 96

"William PATRICK, " 3 0 2 0 0 97

" Zebediah STOGDALE," 1 3 4 0 0 98

"Hezekiah WEST, " 1 1 1 0 0 101

"Elizabeth WEST, " 1 2 2 0 0 102

" Thomas STOGDALE," 1 2 1 0 0 104

"John HUDSON, " 1 2 4 1 0 207

"Simmons MOTT, " 1 2 3 0 0 208

" John LARD," 1 1 2 0 0 209

" William HOWARD," 3 3 5 0 1 210

" Nehemiah HURLEY," 1 2 3 0 0 211

"Joseph ROBISON, " 1 3 2 0 0 212

"Andrew TEGART, " 1 3 5 1 0 213

"Daniel WEBB, " 1 5 2 1 2 214

" Abraham TENESON," 3 2 3 0 4 215

" James MAGUIRE," 1 2 4 0 0 216

" James McMURREY," 1 3 2 0 0 217

" John HUGHES," 2 1 0 0 0 218

" Peter COLEMAN," 1 2 4 0 0 219

" Bazil GARTHER," 3 2 2 1 4 220

" Benjamin GARTHER," 1 5 6 0 2 221

"John ECKLES, " 1 0 1 2 1 222

"Jacob JOHNSTON, " 1 2 4 0 0 223

"Vachel JAMS, " 1 0 0 0 1 224

" Beal JAMS," 1 0 1 0 0 225

" John NICHOLS," 2 1 2 0 5 226

"CLIFFORD, John" 1 1 5 0 0 227

Ebenezer "EATON," 1 4 2 0 0 228

"John JOHNSTON, " 2 4 4 0 0 229

James "SMITH," 1 0 1 0 0 230

Daniel "EATON," 1 0 2 0 0 231

Evan "ELLIS, " 5 0 3 0 0 232

Joseph "SMITH," 3 0 1 0 0 233

Elizabeth "STOCKDALE," 0 0 2 0 0 234

John "ELLIS, " 5 2 4 1 1 235

Valentine "HOLDERFIELD," 2 1 4 0 0 236

Daniel "CALL," 1 0 1 0 0 237

Masheck "STOCKDALE, " 1 0 1 0 0 238

Thomas "THOMPSON," 1 3 3 0 0 255

Stephen "NOLAND," 2 2 4 0 0 256

Benjamin "TURLEY," 1 2 1 0 0 257

William "WHITAKER,, Ser." 2 1 7 0 0 258

John "WHITAKER," 1 4 1 0 0 259

Wm. "WHITAKER,, Jur." 1 1 3 0 0 260

John "BILES, " 1 0 1 0 0 261

Samuel "McMAHAN," 2 4 4 0 0 262

James "McMAHAN," 3 0 2 0 0 263

James "PENINGTON," 1 0 3 0 0 264

Michael "SHAW," 1 1 1 0 0 265

Simon "WILLIAMS," 1 3 6 1 0 266

Walter "ETCHERSON," 1 0 4 0 0 267

Harmon "GLASCOCK" 2 1 7 0 1 268

Frederick "KEFFER," 1 2 2 0 0 269

"David JOHNSTON, " 2 3 4 1 0 270

Henry "CALL, " 1 2 3 0 0 271

Gallent "LANE, " 1 3 4 0 0 272

Joseph "DIAL, " 1 4 1 0 0 273

John "HUMPHREY," 2 0 1 0 1 274

Henry "ETCHERSON," 1 0 2 0 0 275

George "BAKER, " 1 0 1 0 0 276

George "EATON," 2 0 2 0 0 277

David "JONES," 3 5 2 0 0 278

Daniel "NOLAND," 1 0 3 0 0 279

"Majr. John JOHNSTON, " 3 1 5 0 6 280

Francis "WILLIAMSON, " 1 0 0 0 0 281

Henry "RICH," 1 1 1 1 0 282

James "READ," 1 2 6 0 0 283

George "HALL," 1 0 2 2 0 284

Samuel "HALL," 1 0 1 0 0 285

Samuel "DEAVER," 1 1 1 0 0 286

James BOLAND," 2 0 3 0 0 287

Sarah "VENABLE," 1 0 7 0 0 288

John "ALEXANDER," 2 1 2 0 0 289

Cornelius "WOOD," 1 1 3 0 0 290

Henry "RALISBECK," 2 1 5 0 0 291

Lidia "McKNIGHT," 2 1 4 0 0 292

Jeremiah "HUGHES," 0 1 5 0 0 293

John "SAIN," 1 0 4 0 0 294

David "MILLS," 1 0 2 0 0 295

Rudolph,"NEAT, Jur." 1 2 4 0 1 458

Jean "TATOM," 1 3 4 0 0 459

Laurance "TATOM," 0 1 6 0 0 460

John "BUCKNER, " 1 1 2 0 0 461

Samuel "LASTEP," 1 6 4 0 0 462

John "MARCH," 1 3 6 0 0 463

George "MARCH" 1 4 5 0 0 464

Jacob "HENLINE," 1 4 2 0 1 465

John "BANKS," 1 3 5 0 0 466

David "BUCKNER, " 1 0 2 0 0 467

Isaac "HENDRICKS," 1 0 3 0 0 468

James "DEFI," 2 0 4 0 0 469

Samuel "WALLIS, " 1 1 1 0 0 470

"Carnie ROBERTS" 1 0 1 0 0 471

"Joseph JOHNSTON, " 1 1 2 0 0 472

" John ALLIN," 2 1 3 0 0 473

" Samuel BRACKEN," 1 0 1 0 0 474

"BRACKEN, Samuel" 1 0 1 0 0 475

" James McCULLOCH," 1 1 2 0 1 476

" Thomas BIRD," 1 2 4 0 0 477

" Thomas WHITE," 1 4 3 0 0 478

"Samuel DOBBIN, " 1 0 1 0 0 479

"Samuel BAILEY, " 2 4 3 0 31 480

" Mary HAILS," 0 1 1 0 0 481

" Andrew MOCK," 2 1 6 0 1 482

"Jacob KENATZER, " 1 0 2 0 0 483

"Jacob BOOE, " 1 2 3 2 0 484

" George BOOE," 1 1 1 0 0 485

" William BARTLISON," 1 0 4 0 0 486

" Jacob COONE," 2 1 3 0 0 487

"John NAIL, " 2 3 5 0 0 488

" Zacriah BARTLISON," 1 3 4 0 1 489

" John LANGFORD," 1 2 2 1 0 490

" JacobTROUT," 1 0 5 0 0 491

" Lucy FORSTER," 2 0 3 0 5 492

" Robert FOSTER," 2 1 6 0 3 493

William ILES," 1 0 1 0 28 494

Richard ROGERS, " 1 3 3 0 0 495

" Elijah OWENS," 1 1 6 0 0 496

"John OWENS, " 1 1 1 0 0 497

" Normon OWENS," 1 0 1 0 0 498

" Lazarus ROBERTS," 1 0 1 0 0 499

"William WALKER" 1 3 4 0 0 500

" John WOOD," 1 2 1 0 0 501

" Jeremiah POTTS," 1 2 3 0 1 502

" Henry BUCKNER," 2 3 2 0 0 503

"William JOHNSTON, " 12 4 0 2 504

" Ezekel DEDMON," 1 1 2 0 0 505

" Sarah DEDMON," 2 0 6 0 0 506

"Peter HUDSON, " 2 0 3 0 0 507

"Joseph JOHNSTON," 1 0 3 0 0 508

" Thomas SMART," 1 1 1 0 0 509

" John BAILEY," 1 2 1 0 2 510

" Ann ARRIWOOD," 0 1 3 0 0 511

" Charles WILLIAMS," 1 0 4 0 0 512

" Henry SROCK," 1 3 5 0 0 513

"Humphry MARSHAL, " 2 1 4 0 0 514

"George WILLIAMS, " 2 5 1 0 7 515

" Moses LINSTER," 2 4 6 0 8 516

"John HOWELL, " 1 1 3 0 2 517

" Joseph ANDREW," 1 2 2 0 0 518

" James WILLIAMS," 2 0 4 0 1 519

"Josiah DANIEL, " 1 2 4 0 0 520

"Nicholas CLICK" 1 4 4 0 0 521

" Richmond PERSON," 1 5 0 5 101 522

"John PERSON, " 2 5 2 0 6 523

" Burch WALKER," 1 0 1 0 0 554

"John MOCK, " 1 0 1 1 0 555

" Lewis LITTLE," 1 1 3 0 0 556

" Edward STONESTREET," 2 2 4 0 1 557

" Edwd. Villers HARBEN," 2 0 2 1 4 558

"Sarah BRYAN, " 2 2 3 0 1 559

" Nathen SHEPPERD," 1 4 7 0 5 560

"Reason HARBEN, " 1 3 2 0 0 561

", Richard LITERAL" 1 1 4 0 0 562

" Elisha ADAMS," 1 4 3 0 0 563

"Henry BAILEY" 1 1 2 0 1 564

"Thomas EASTERS," 2 6 6 0 4 565

" Ebednego McCATHE," 2 1 3 0 0 566

"John McBRYAN," 1 2 5 0 0 567

"Harmon SPILMON," 2 0 1 0 0 568

"Robert JOHNSTON, " 1 5 5 0 0 569

" Rodrick JINKINS," 2 2 5 1 0 570

" Elijah PHILLIPS," 1 1 4 0 0 571

"Thomas COWMAN," 2 2 4 0 0 572

"John PHILLIPS, " 2 1 1 0 0 573

"Mary PHILLIPS, " 0 0 1 0 0 574

"UPDEGROVE, Isaac" 1 1 3 0 0 575

"Charles HUNT," 4 4 6 0 0 576

"Jonathan DAGLEY, " 1 2 2 0 0 577

" William HOGES," 1 1 0 0 0 578

"Thomas EASTEB, " 3 2 4 0 0 579

"Stephen HOWELL" 1 3 3 1 0 580

" Thos. HORN,, Jur." 1 3 2 0 0 581

"John HUMPHREYS, " 1 1 1 0 0 582

"Tobias TUCHES," 1 0 0 0 1 583

"Samuel BRIAN," 1 2 4 0 0 584

"FRY, Daniel" 1 0 2 0 0 679

"FRY, Joseph" 1 1 2 0 0 680

"FISHER, Michael" 1 2 3 0 1 681

"GILES, Richard" 1 1 2 0 0 682

"GOLSBEY, Wade" 1 2 1 0 0 683

"GAINER, John" 1 2 1 0 0 684

"GRIST, William" 3 2 6 0 0 685

"GILES, Absalom" 1 1 2 0 0 686

"GESS, Jacob" 1 1 2 0 0 687

"GOLSBEY, Drury" 1 1 1 0 0 688

"GILLIM, Conrad" 1 1 3 0 0 689

"HENLY, William" 2 1 4 0 0 690

"HOGES, Joseph" 1 2 3 0 0 691

"HARRIS, Jesse, Ser." 2 1 2 0 1 692

"HARRIS, Jesse, Jur." 1 2 3 0 1 693

"John (B.D.)" JOHNSTON, 1 4 5 0 0 694

"John JOHNSTON, " 1 2 4 0 0 695

"JONES, Else" 1 2 3 0 0 696

"KINNEY, William" 1 5 4 0 0 697

"LOFLAND, Daniel" 1 2 7 0 0 698

"LOFLAND, Richard" 1 4 4 0 0 699

LOFTEN, Lewis" 1 3 5 0 8 700

"LENAIR, Clemment, Jur." 1 1 1 0 0 701

"LENAIR, Clement, Sr." 3 5 2 0 3 702

"LOW, Frederick" 2 1 6 0 0 703

"LOFLAND, John" 1 3 4 0 0 704

"LEDWELL, William" 1 2 4 0 0 705

"MILLS, Jonathan" 1 3 7 0 0 706

"MASH, Joseph" 1 2 3 0 0 707

"MILLS, George" 2 4 6 0 0 708

"MORGAN, James" 1 1 2 0 0 709

"MORRIS, John" 1 0 3 0 0 710

"HOWARD, Stephen" 1 0 2 0 0 1163

"HINKLE, John, Jur." 1 0 2 0 0 1164

"HOWARD, Mikajah" 4 3 4 0 0 1165

"HARRIS, John" 1 2 4 0 0 1166

"HOWARD, John" 1 2 1 0 0 1167

"HINKLE, Nathan" 1 1 3 0 1 1168

"HINKLE, Anthony" 1 1 3 0 0 1169

"HINKLE, Wendle" 1 2 4 0 1 1170

"HARMON, Adam" 2 0 7 0 0 1171

"HOUK, Jacob" 1 1 2 0 0 1172

"HINKLE, Casper" 2 2 4 0 0 1173

"HENEGER, Conrad" 1 5 4 0 0 1174

"HARRON, Richard" 2 0 0 0 0 1175

"HINKLE, John" 1 2 1 0 0 1176

"HARMON, Valentine" 1 0 1 0 0 1177

"Archabeld JOHNSTON, " 1 2 3 0 0 1178

"IDLE, George" 3 2 3 0 0 1179

"IDLE, Elizabeth" 2 1 2 0 0 1180

"JONES, Ebenezer" 1 4 1 0 1 1181

"JONES, Isaac" 1 2 3 0 0 1182

"JONES, Joseph" 1 3 5 0 0 1183

"KESTLER, Jacob" 3 2 3 0 0 1184

"KLINART, Phillip" 2 0 1 0 4 1185

"KIMBROUGH, Thomas" 1 1 5 0 2 1186

"KLINART, Peter" 1 1 5 0 0 1187

"KLINART, Daniel" 2 0 2 0 0 1188

"KAMP, Abraham" 1 1 2 0 0 1189

"LEDFORD, William" 2 1 1 0 11 1190

"LEDFORD, Thomas" 1 2 5 0 2 1191

"LEWIS, Walter" 1 0 2 0 0 1192

"LEWIS, Thomas" 1 0 1 0 0 1193

"COOPER, Samuel" 1 2 1 0 0 1362

"COOPER, Thomas" 3 1 1 0 0 1363

"COOPER, William" 1 1 4 0 0 1364

"DOBBINS, David" 1 2 2 0 1 1365

"DUNNEVAN, Mathew" 1 1 1 0 0 1366

"EAGLE, George" 1 1 4 0 0 1367

"FRAZER, John" 1 1 3 0 0 1368

"FINTEN, John" 1 0 1 0 0 1369

"GRAHAM, Fergus" 1 1 6 0 0 1370

"HILL, Thomas" 2 0 2 0 0 1371

"HILL, Abraham" 4 1 3 0 0 1372

"HAYS, Joseph" 3 0 2 0 0 1373

"HAYS, John" 1 0 0 0 0 1374

"HAYS, David" 1 1 2 0 0 1375

"HARTMAN, Michael" 1 3 5 0 0 1376

"Nathaniel JOHNSTON, " 2 2 2 0 2 1377

"LETAKER, John" 1 3 2 0 0 1378

"LOCK, Mathew" 3 2 2 0 27 1379

"LOCK, Richard" 1 1 1 0 3 1380

LOCK, Mathew, Jur." 1 3 2 0 1 1381

"LOCK, John" 1 0 1 0 8 1382

"LOCK, Alexander" 1 3 2 0 2 1383

"LOCK, Francis" 3 1 2 0 14 1384

"LAMB, James" 1 3 1 0 0 1385

"LAMB, John" 1 4 2 0 0 1386

"LAUGHREN, Lawrence" 3 1 3 0 0 1387

"MEANES, Frederick" 1 1 1 0 0 1388

"MAY, John" 1 0 0 0 0 1389

"MAHON, Dennis" 1 6 4 0 0 1390

"MARSHALL, Thomas" 1 0 0 0 0 1391

"McFEETERS, Daniel" 3 0 2 0 1 1392

"HAYE, Lazarus" 1 1 1 0 0 1475

"HAMPTON, Ephraim" 3 5 7 0 7 1476

"HOPPER, Thomas, Sr." 1 0 2 0 0 1477

"HOPPER, Charles" 1 2 2 0 0 1478

"HOOZER, Jacob" 1 0 1 0 0 1479

"HICKMAN, William" 1 0 1 0 0 1480

"HOPPER, Thomas, Jur." 1 0 1 0 0 1481

"HILL, James" 1 5 3 0 0 1482

"HALLIN, William" 1 3 2 0 0 1483

"HARTMAN, Adam" 2 0 3 0 0 1484

"HARTMAN, James" 1 1 2 0 0 1485

"HARTMAN, Mary" 1 0 4 0 0 1486

"HARINGTON, Jonathan" 1 2 4 0 0 1487

"JAMES, Nicholas" 1 3 2 0 0 1488

"JARVIS, Elijah" 1 1 3 0 0 1489

"James JOHNSTON, " 1 2 3 1 0 1490

"JARVIS, Zadock" 1 3 4 0 0 1491

"JARVIS, James" 1 0 2 0 0 1492

"KOONS, George" 1 1 1 0 1 1493

"KENT, John" 1 1 2 0 0 1494

"KENT, James" 1 0 0 0 0 1495

"KEHELY, Christopher" 1 2 3 0 0 1496

"KNOWS, Joseph" 1 2 6 0 0 1497

"LATHERMAN, Jonas" 1 1 2 0 1 1498

"LINK, William" 1 3 4 0 0 1499

"LYNN, Alexander" 1 1 2 0 0 1500

"LATHERMAN, John" 1 4 1 0 0 1501

"McKNIGHT, George, Jur." 1 2 1 0 0 1502

"MILLER, John" 1 2 3 0 0 1503

"MILLER, Valentine" 1 2 3 0 0 1504

"MARKLAND, Jonathan" 1 1 2 0 0 1505

"WASNER, Mathias" 1 0 2 0 0 1560

"WESNER, Jacob, Jur." 1 2 1 0 0 1561

"WILLIAMS, Francis" 1 1 4 0 2 1562

"WELCH, Samuel" 2 3 1 0 0 1563

"WELCH, John" 1 2 3 0 0 1564

"WINSKOT, John" 2 4 4 0 0 1565

"WHITE, James" 1 0 3 0 0 1566

"WHITE, Isaac" 1 1 2 0 0 1567

"WOSLEY, William" 1 4 1 0 0 1568

"WOOD, Thomas" 1 0 1 0 1 1569

"WILSON, James" 1 1 1 0 0 1570

"WEAVER, Jacob" 2 2 2 0 0 1571

"WILSON, Robert" 1 0 4 0 1 1572

OINGS, Thomas" 1 3 3 0 0 1573

"JONES, Michael" 1 2 1 0 0 1574

"James JOHNSTON, " 2 2 2 0 0 1575

"CROSS, Asel" 3 2 5 0 0 1576

"MICHAEL, Barney" 1 1 1 0 0 1577

"HELSLEY, Jacob" 1 5 4 0 0 1578

"HARTMAN, Mary" 0 1 2 0 0 1579

"FISHER, Michael" 1 0 2 0 0 1580

"ELROD, Samuel" 1 2 1 0 0 1581

"ELROD, Peter" 1 1 3 0 0 1582

"ELROD, Jeremiah" 1 1 3 0 0 1583

"CREASEMAN, Adam" 2 2 5 0 0 1584

"SHULL, Joseph" 1 3 3 0 0 1585

"STUART, Josiah" 1 0 3 0 0 1586

"STUART, Joseph" 1 0 3 0 0 1587

"HICKMAN, John" 2 3 3 0 0 1588

"HUFFMAN, Jacob" 1 6 4 0 0 1589

"RUCKMAN, Josiah" 1 1 5 0 0 1590

Fields: NAME -- Head of the household 1 -- Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of famil= ies 2 -- Free white males under 16 years 3 -- Free white females including heads of familes 4 -- All other free persons 5 -- Slaves Order of entry -- Order in which the names were transcribed =0D (Note: This is a tab-delimited file. If you edit out all the text above t= he field names, you can import this data into a database with the appropriat= e import filter.)

2  DATE 1790 2  PLAC Rowan Co., N.Carolina Census-John Pinchback is owner of 6 slaves.

John Pinchback

1787 State Land Grant Number 1532 was issued to Benjamin Gaither for “303 acres on Hunting Creek and Bear Creek next to Robert Luckey, John Bryan, Sr., William Williams, Daniel Sutherland, John Pinchback, Richard Speaks, William Patrick, John Bryan, Jr., Jacob Nichols and Samuel Reed.”

 This implies that John Bryan, Jr. had a plantation and owned land near John Bryan (1) in 1787.  

2  DATE 8 MAY 1789 2  PLAC "Abstracts of Deed Bks 1757-1797"Daniel Sutherland to John Pinchback, 150 ac.

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2  DATE 1790 2  PLAC Rowan Co., N.Carolina Census-John Pinchback is owner of 6 slaves.

2  DATE 27 SEP 1792  PLAC "Abstracts of Deed Bks 1757-1797",John Pinchback to Edwrd Fitzpatrick, 150 ac.

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DATE 27 SEP 17902  PLAC "Abstracts of Deed Bks 1757-1797",Jacob Johnson to John Pinchback, 200 ac.

1790 March 15 Isaac Jones to Gilbert Nowell both of Rowan Co NC 31 acres next to John Adams 16:306



Isaac Jones

1776 March 5 Isaac Jones and wife Elenor to Basil Gaither 320 acres on Bear Creek 17:31

1790 Dec 1 James Hibbetts married Agnes Johnson, Rowan County, NC - County Index to NC Marriages Database

Notes: James Hibbetts

Agnes Johnson

December 8, 1790 in Rowan County, North Carolina.   Assuming that James Bryan was between twenty years of age and thirty years of age when Jesse Bryan was born, results with James’ birthdate being between 1760 and 1770. James Bryan may have married Margaret Johnson on December 8, 1790 in Rowan County, North Carolina.   John Johnston was the bondsman for this marriage (note that John “Johnston” later was a guardian for one of the sons of James Bryan which strengthens this connection).   Another supporting document can be found in Williamson County, Tennessee.   In the estate records of John Johnston / Johnson which was probated in April, 1816, “the heirs of James Bryan” are mentioned in the estate records.   Although this marriage to Margaret Johnson is very plausible, it should still be considered speculative as there were several men named James Bryan living in Rowan County, North Carolina.   According to the loose estate papers, James Bryan was the father of at least two sons:

James Bryan (1.2) may have lived and died in Davidson County, Tennessee.  There is will of James Bryan, dated 1797 in Davidson County, Tennessee.   It states: “Being in weak and low state of health but of perfect mind and memory . . . do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament.”   This will later states: “I give to my well beloved wife Marget Bryan, the tract of land I live on.”   It assigns Marget Bryan as executor (sic) of the estate.   It should be noted that this author only has a partial copy of this will and may be missing critical information.   In 1797, James Bryan is listed in his father’s (John Bryan) will in Rowan County, North Carolina.   It lists “James (his heirs get 200 acres of the old improvement).”  James Bryan died in 1798 or 1799 as indicated in the Loose Estate Papers of James Bryan in Rowan County, North Carolina.   In 1805, Joseph Orton became the guardian of Jesse Bryan and John Bryan.   In 1808, John Little, Jr. became the guardian of Jesse Bryan and John Bryan in Rowan County, North Carolina.  In 1810, John Johnston was appointed the guardian of John Bryan

1790-1791 ERA: Brother Joshua Stapleton present at brother Thomas Stapletons marriage to Sarah Johnson

1790-1791 ERA: Thomas T. Johnson, aged eighty years, resident in said county, he knew Sarah Johnson before she married Thomas Stapleton when they lived in Rowan Co. NC and Sarah Johnson and Thomas Stapleton livd on Sarah Johnson’s fathers farm from 1783-1788 or 1789. Thomas T. Johnson also knew them while he was living in Sullivan Co. Tn as a Neighbor to Thomas Stapleton and Sara Johnson Stapleton: So he was born abt 1770-1771: So in 1790-1791 ( age abt 18-20)

1790-1791 ERA: Robert R. Johnson aged 75 years, resident of said county: He too was in Rowan CO. NC in 1783 : SO born abt 1776: SO He to was a neighbor of Thomas Stapleton and Sarah Johnson Stapleton abt 1790-1791 ( age abt 14 to 15)

1790-1791 ERA: Molly Norton 1844 Johnson Co. KY Molly Dorton aged 84, was also present at the marriage, in the fall of 1783 in Rowan Co. NC ( age 84 in 1844 so in 1783 she was born 1760 era)

1790-1791 ERA: John Combs 1853 State of Kentucky, County of Owsley: Long Island on Holstein River in what is now the State of Tennessee heard his father & mother say that the said Thomas Stapleton married Sally Johnson (now Sally Stapleton) at the forks of the river Yadkin in the State of North Carolina. Thomas Stapleton & Sally Stapleton once lived a short time in the same house with his father and mother during the time they lived at Long Island

1790-1791 ERA: Thomas Stapleton and wife Sarah Johnson are living on the Holston River

Stapleton, Thomas - Sarah or Sally

N.C.

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STATE OF KENTUCKY CLAY CIRCUIT & COUNTY SCT

On the 28th day of October, 1833, personally appeared in open before Joseph Eve, Judge of the Clay Circuit Court now setting, Thomas Stapleton a resident citizen in the County of Clay and State of Kentucky aged 75 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.

He states that he was a citizen of Rowan County State of North Carolina. That he entered into the Revolutionary Army as a private soldier, a volunteer, and was united to a Company commanded by Capt. Thomas Cowin and the regiment to which Capt. Cowin's Company was attached was commanded by Col. Lack.

That he entered the Revolutionary Service in the month of June, 1780 as he believes (he is now old & infirm in body & mind) in the county of Rowan, N.C. and was marched to the forks of Adkin, thence to Charlotte, and there joined other troops stationed at that place and was employed in guarding British prisoners there in the bull pen taken at the hanging rock. From thence was marched back to the forks of Adkin, thence to Solam(?) and there recieved his discharge for six months service in the revolutionary army.

He states that a short time after his discharge aforesaid, (in the fall or spring) he again volunteered and entered the revolutionary service in Rowan County North Carolina in a company of Volunteer Cavalry commanded by Capt. James Pierson and the troop was marched from the forks of Adkin to the shallow ford of big Adkin, crossed and marched in a direction for the Moravian Towers in pursuit of a company of about 300 tories commanded by a Capt Briant and between the shallow ford and the Moravian Towers the mounted troop had a smart scrimage with the tories and the tories were routed and fled, were persued and 5 or 6 killed. We lost one man only. Thence we marched to the Moravian Towers, thence we reconnoitered the country round about in pursuit of tories and then was marched to the three forks of the Adkin and was discharged having served in this tour only six weeks.

He states that he was a citizen of Russell County, Virginia again entered into the revolutionary service against the indians as he believes in 1781 or 1782. He entered the company commanded by Capt. William Dortin and Lieutenant Richard Lang and was marched to Bushes Station on Clinch River and was employed in building Orsburns Station, in defense of the frontier.

From thence was marched in pursuit of the indians to Glade Hollow, thence to New Guardian thence to L. Guardian thence to the Maiden Forks of Clinch River, a frontier of fifty miles and was employed in reconnoitering and defending the frontier against the depredations of the indians two years and was then discharged.

He states he has no vouchers in his possession. That he knows of no person by whom he could prove his services.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state and if any only on that of the agency of the State North Carolina and Virginia.

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

HIS

Thomas X Stapleton

MARK

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War Department, 25 Feb. 1834 regarding the service of

Thomas Stapleton.

Statement showing service of Thomas Stapleton:

1780 - 6 months under Capt. Cowin & Col Locke in Rowan Co. N.C.

1781 - 1 month, 12 days under Capt Pierson in Rowan Co. N.C.

- 2 years under Capt. Dorton in Russell Co. Va.

It is believed that the last service performed by the applicant in defending the frontier against the indians was performed after the termination of the Revolutionary War and that the service performed by him was protection to the frontier settlers and of old a character as not to entitle these who performed said service to the benefits of the act of June 7, 1832. Unless it can be satisfactorily shown that the said service was not and as above stated the applicant will only be allowed a pension for 7 months and 12 days.

I am respectfully, your obedient servant,

James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

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STATE OF KENTUCKY - CLAY COUNTY

On the 21th day of October 1841, before me, one of the Commonwealth Justices of the peace in and for said county personally appeared Mrs. Sarah Stapleton. A resident of the County of Clay and State of Kentucky, aged about seventy seven years, who duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress. Passed the 7th July, 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows.

That she is the widow of Thomas Stapleton who was a private in the army of the Revolution and served as shown by the evidence on file in the War Department on which a Pension Certificate was granted him allowing him a pension of Twenty four dollars and sixty six cents per annum (under the act of June 7th 1832) which certificate is now in her posession, numbered 26,604, bearing date at the war office on the 5th day of April, 1834 and signed by Lew Cap ?, Secretary of War.

She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Stapleton on the __ day of June, one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight and that her husband the said Thomas Stapleton died on the 15th day of November, 1835

That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety four. viz: at the time above stated.

She knows of no documentary evidence within her reach by which she can prove her marriage, living as she does a considerable distance from the courthouse.

She declares her inability from age and bodily infirmity to attend court.

Sworn & subscribed on the day and year first above mentioned Anderson D. Clark J P

Sarah Stapleton, Her X MARK

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The declaration of Joshua Stapleton a resident of Johnson County, State of Kentucky, to be read as evidence in favour of Sally Stapleton the widow of Thomas Stapleton, deceased, who is an applicant for a pension.

The deponent being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is seventy seven years old in December, 1844.

That he is the brother-in-law of Sally Stapleton. That he became acquainted with her about the time of her marriage with his brother Thomas Stapleton, deceased. The said Thomas Stapleton and the said Sally Johnson was married in the County of Rowan, North Carolina near the Big Adkin River in what was called the horse shew not far from what was called the shallow ford in the fall of the year 1783 one thousand and seven hundred and eighty three to the best of his recollection. He knows that they were married previous to the year 1785.

The deponent was at the weding and seen them married and further this deponent saith not. July 31th 1844

HIS

Joshua X Stapleton

MARK

State of Kentucky - Johnson County Sct.

Personally appeared before me Shaderick Preston a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, Joshua Stapleton and sworn to & usbscribed to the above deposition and I certify that the said Joshua is a man of truth & veracity.

Given under my hand this 31th day of July, 1844.

Shaderick Preston J P

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STATE OF KENTUCKY - COUNTY OF OWSLEY

Before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said county personally appeared Edward Stapleton aged 66 years resident in said county who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is the lawful son of Thomas Stapleton and Sarah Stapleton.

That his said father was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $24 & 66ct per annum at the time of his death. And that his said father died in the county of Clay & state aforesaid on the fifteenth day of November in the year eighteen hundred & thirty five (1835) and that his mother the aforesaid Sarah Stapleton has remained a widow ever since to the present period.

HIS

Edward X Stapleton

MARK

Sworn to & subscribed

the 15th day of April, 1851

before me Samuel Johnston J P 0 C

I certify that the above named affiant is a man of sound mind and a creditable virtness.

Samuel Johnston J P 0 C

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State of Kentucky

County of Owsley

On the 15th day of April, 1851, personally appeared before me the undersigned, Samuel Johnston, a Justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid, came Sarah Stapleton, a resident citizen of the county aforesaid, aged 84 years, who, being first duly sworn, as required by law, upon her oath, made and subscribed to the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress.

This deponent saith that she is the widow of Thos Stapleton, deceased, but a resident of Clay County, State of Kentucky, a Revolutionary Soldier and a pensioneer of the United States at the rate of 24 dollars & 66 cents per annum.

That the said Thos Stapleton died on the 15th day of November in the year eighteen hundred and thirty five (1835).

This deponent further states that her maiden name was Johnson and that she was married to the said Thos Stapleton in the month of October in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three (1783) at the residence of Thos Stapleton at the forks of the Big & Little Yadkin River, Roan County, in the state of North Carolina by a Justice of the Peace, whose name she does not recollect, and that from the time of said marriage to the period of the death of the said Thomas Stapleton, she lived with him in lawful wedlock and had 2 children born as the fruits of said marriage before 1794 whose names are as follows viz: Edward Stapleton and William Stapleton.

This deponent states that she has no ??? of any ??? of the aforesaid marriage ??? and further states that since the death of Thomas Stapleton that she has not again married.

Sarah Stapleton (Her "X" Mark)

Samuel Johnston J.P.O.C.

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State of Kentucky

County of Owsley

I hereby testify that by reason of old age & bodily infirmation the aforenamed declarant is unable to appear in open court, and I further certify that satisfactory evidence was ???? before me , that the aforenamed Thomas Stapleton died on the 15th day of November, 1835.

And that the aforenamed declarant has not again intermarried but remained the widow of the said Thomas Stapleton.

Samuel Johnston J.P.O.C.

State of Kentucky

County of Owsley

I, William Williams, Clerk of the County Court of said county - certify that Samuel Johnston, Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration was made is & was at the time of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such in said county and that the foregoing signatures prepirting to be his are genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said county this 15th day of April, 1851.

William Williams

Clk Owsley County Court

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Know all men by these present that I Sally alias Sarah Stapleton of the County of Owsley and State of Kentucky have appointed and by these present do constitute and appoint Stephen T. J. Trabue my true and lawful attorney for me irrevocably for me and in my to prosecutor name to prosecute and to receive from the United States the Pension Certificate now pending before the Department of the Commissioner of Pensions and the same presented to the said Department by Norton & Owen (alias A.P. Norton & Morris Owen) of the city of Pittsburgh. Hereby revoking and recalling all the power vested in them by my power of attorney made in my name and confirming and vesting the same in my said attorney Stephen T.J. Trabue. Hereby confirming and ratifying whatsoever my attorney Stephen T. J. Trabue shall do touching the premises in and about the prosecution of my claim for a pension as the widow of Thomas Stapleton a Revolutionary Soldier and further sworn hereby ratifying and confirming my said attorney or an attorney under him may do or perform touching the premises aforesaid and delegating and giving to him all power to make such attorney and to do all acts and deeds as though I were personally present myself and acting in my own proper person.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand seal this twenty second day of August, 1857.

Acknowledged and subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Owsley and State of Kentucky this twenty first day of August, 1857.

S. Johnston J.P.O.C.

State of Kentucky

County of Owsley

SS

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I William Williams Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above mentioned do certify that Samuel Johnson, whose genuine signature affirm to the foregoing Power of Attorney is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid. Duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.

Given under my hand and seal of Office at my office in Boonville, Owsley County, this twenty second day of August, 1857

William Williams, Clk

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11.517

KENTUCKY

Sarah Stapleton widow of Thomas Stapleton who died on the (1835) -- who was a private in the line for REVOLUTION.

Inscribed on the Roll of Louisville at the rate of 24 dollars 66 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of June, 1853 and sent to J.J. Crowler, to the present.

Revolutionary Claim - Act July 7, 1838

Recorded by R.W. Reid ??

Book D, Vol. 1, Page 377

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Sarah Stapleton

Act 7th July, 1838

Direct to

L.M. Drury

Command Adjutant

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State of Kentucky

County of Knox

Before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally appeared James Crank, aged seventy two years, resident in said county, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with Thomas Stapleton, deceased, late of Clay County and state aforesaid. That he is also acquainted with Thomas Stapleton's wife, Sarah Stapleton, now a widow and a resident of Owsley County & state aforesaid. That he first became acquainted with the said Thomas & Sarah Stapleton on the Holston River in the State of Virginia about the year seventeen hundred & ninety or seventeen hundred and ninety one. That he recollects well the time of his first acquaintance with the said Thomas & Sarah Stapleton as it was three or four years prior to Genl. Anthony Wayne's victory over the Indians in the Battle of the Miami Rapids (Ohio). That the said Thomas and Sarah Stapleton were reputable people and lived together as man & wife and were reputed as such and at the time affiant first became acquainted with the said Thomas and Sarah Stapleton they had two children born whose names are Edward and William Stapleton - and that he afterwards was well acquainted several years with the said Thomas & Sarah Stapleton in the County of Clay & State of Kentucky, aforesaid, prior to and up to the time of the death of the said Thomas Stapleton.

James Crank (His X Mark)

Sworn to and subscribed this 1st day of May, 1851.

Before me Daniel Baker, J.P.

I testify that the above named affiant is a man of sound and a creditable witness

Daniel Baker, J.P.

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State of Kentucky

County of Knox

I James H. Ballinger, Clerk of the County Court of said county, certify that Daniel Baker, Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is and was at the time of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such in said county and that the foregoing signatures preperting to be his are genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said county this 1st day of May, 1851

James H. Ballinger, Clerk

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State of Kentucky

County of Breathitt

Before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Thomas T. Johnson, aged eighty years, resident in said county, who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith. That he was well acquainted with Thomas Stapleton, late of Clay County and state aforesaid and a pensioner of the United States. That he is also intimately acquainted with his wife Sarah Stapleton, now a widow and a resident of Owsley County and state aforesaid. That the deponent recollects well when the said Thomas and Sarah Stapleton went to be married. That the said marriage was in the month of October, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three (1783) and took place in Roan County in the State of North Carolina, and that said marriage was at the time the common talk of the neighbors and that no person appeared to doubt said marriage. That the said Thomas and Sarah Stapleton were reputable people and lived together as man and wife and were reported as such and that they lived the first five or six years after their said marriage on a farm belonging to this deponents father in the aforesaid county of Roan & state of North Carolina - And that deponent afterwards lived near neighbour to the said Thomas & Sarah Stapleton in the County of Sullivan and State of Tennessee. And that he was well acquainted with the said Thomas & Sarah Stapleton in the County of Clay and State of Kentucky for twenty years and upwards prior to and up to the time of the death of the said Thomas Stapleton.

Thomas T. Johnson (His X Mark)

Sworn and subscribed this 23rd day of April, 1851, before me Curtis Jett, J.P.

I certify that the above named affiant is a man of sound mind and a creditable witness.

Curtis Jett, J.P.

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State of Kentucky

County of Breathitt

I, A.B. Patrick, Clerk of the County Court of said County, certify that Curtis Jett, Esqr., before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is and was at the time of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such in said county and that the foregoing signatures perporting to be his are genuine.

In testimony I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said county this 23rd day of April, 1851.

A.B. Patrick, Clerk

Breathitt County Court

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State of Kentucky

County of Breathitt

Before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Robert R. Johnson aged 75 years, resident of said county, and being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with Thomas Stapleton, late of Clay County and State aforesaid and a pensioner of the United States, and that he is also well acquainted with said Thomas Stapleton's wife, Sarah Stapleton, now a widow and a resident of Owsley County and State aforesaid. That he recolects when the said Thomas & Sarah Stapleton went to get married that it was in the fall of the year seventeen hundred and eighty three (1783). That said marriage occurred in the County of Roan & State of North Carolina. And that the said Thomas and Sarah Stapleton were reputable people, that they lived together as man and wife and were reputed as such. And that the said Thomas & Sarah Stapleton lived several years immediately after their said marriage on a farm belonging to deponents father within one mile of deponent in the aforesaid County of Roan & State of North Carolina. That he afterwards lived neighbour to the said Thomas & Sarah Stapleton in the County of Sullivan & State of Tennessee for several years and that he lived neighbour to the said Thomas & Sarah Stapleton and was well acquainted with them in the County of Clay & State of Kentucky twenty years and upwards prior too and up to the time of the death of the said Thomas Stapleton.

Robert R. Johnson (His X Mark)

Sworn to and subscribed the 23rd day of April, 1851, before me Jesse Boling, J.P.B.C.

I certify that the above named affiant is a man of sound mind and a creditable witness.

Jesse Boling, J.P.B.C.

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State of Kentucky

County of Breathitt

I, A.B. Patrick, Clerk of the County Court of said County, certify that Jesse Boling, Esqr., before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is and was at the time of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such in said county and that the foregoing signatures perporting to be his are genuine.

In testimony I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said county this 23rd day of April, 1851.

A.B. Patrick, Clerk

Breathitt County Court

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North Carolina

Rowan County

I, John Giles, clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Session for Rowan County aforesaid do hereby certify that I have examined the Records of my Office and that they show no evidence of the marriage of Thomas Stapleton and Sally Johnson, nor is there a marriage bond for the same person on file in my office, - I further certify that the record of my office in no case furnish evidence of a marriage which was performed by a publication of Bans, And that the bond given on an application for a license is the only kind of evidence that the record of my Office show in any case of marriage.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Office the second day of July A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty four.

John Giles, Clk

by John H. Hadre, D.C.

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No 8128 Dec 28, 1841

Ken

Sarah Stapleton

Oct 1838

Jas L. Edwards

Com. of Pensions

Washington City, D.C.

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Lexington, Ky. Dec 20, 1841

Col. J.L. Edwards

Com. of Pensions

Sir:

The enclosed papers were this day rec'd by me from Mrs. Sarah Stapleton of Clay County, with a request that I would forward them to you, for the purpose of processing a Pension; as widow of Thos Stapleton dec'd - If a pension is granted her, forward me a certificate to this place.

Respectfully yours,

James S. Hickman

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Sally or Sarah Stapleton

Power of Attorney

Direct to Washington immediately

T.J. Nolen

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Boonville, Aug 22, 1857

Please enter S.T.J. Trabue as my attorney in place of yourself for the prosecution of my claim for a pension as a widow and to deliver to his charge all papers of my own in your possession or under your control in any course to enable him to accomplish what you were authorized to do by my Power of Attorney to you - which power I have revoked.

Yours respectfully

Sally Stapleton

Test

S. Johnston

To Norton & Daven

Pension Agents - Pittsburgh, Pa.

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Paintsville, Ky

Aug 3

183

Charles Chinn

Harradsburgh

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State of Ky. Johnson county Sct

Personally appeared before me, Shadrick Preston, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county & state aforesaid, Molly Dorton, and swore to & subscribed to the foregoing deposition & I further certify that the said Molly Dorton is a woman of truth & veracity. Given under my hand this 31st day of July, 1844.

Shadrick Preston, J.P.J.C.

State of Kentucky, Johnson County, Sct.

I, John Howse, clerk of the court of Johnson County certify that Shadrick Preston is a Magistrait as above and that the foregoing signature perporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my private seal having no seal of office.

John Howse

Clerk of the court of Johnson County

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Sarah Stapleton

wid of Thomas

rec'd evidence

J.T. Corin??

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State of Kentucky, County of Owsley, SCT

On this fourteenth day of March A.D. 1853, Robert Baker personally appeared before me, Abel Pennington, Judge of the Owsley County Court in and for the county aforesaid, who being by me duly sworn as the law directs, declares & saith that he is seventy nine years of age. That he knew Thomas Stapleton in his life time, and that he was the identical Thomas Stapleton who was a pensioner or drawing a yearly pension from the United States government. That Sally Stapleton who is the present applicant for pension as his widow is the identical Sally Stapleton who was his wife and is now his widow. That said Thomas Stapleton died about seven years ago and left the said Sally Stapleton as his widow and select, and that he believes the said Sally Stapleton was the wife of the said Thomas Stapleton from the fact that they lived together as man and wife and were commonly reputed as such, and that they openly acknowledged each other as husband and wife. That he knew them forty odd years ago or during the years 1810 and 1811. That they then lived in the County of Clay in the State of Kentucky. That he was at that time Sheriff of said County of Clay and they were at that time reputed as husb and wife, recognized each other as such and were reputed and recognized as such from that time until the death of the said Thomas Stapleton. That the said Sally Stapleton has since the death of the said Thomas Stapleton been recognized & reputed as his widow & select. That the said Thomas & Sally Stapleton had only two children that he ever knew. The name of the oldest child was / is Edward Stapleton. That he knew him the said Edward Stapleton upwards of forty years ago. That from the appearance of him the said Edward Stapleton he supposes him to be more upwards of thirty years of age, that the said Edward Stapleton was married and had a family and children at that time. That the name of the other and youngest child was William Stapleton upwards of 35 years ago and that he supposes he was at that time upward of 25 years of age. That if ever the said Thomas Stapleton and S. Stapleton had any other children he never knew them and never heard of any others. That the said Sally Stapleton still remains and has remained a widow since the death of her husband the said Thomas Stapleton.

Robert Baker

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year

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aforesaid and I further certify that the said Robert Baker is a person to me well known and that he is entitled to full faith and credit when on oath. I further certify that the said affidavit was interlined before signing. And that from my personal knowledge of the said Robert Baker and from his appearance he is a man of the age set forth.

Abel Pennington, P.J.O.C.C.

State of Kentucky, County of Owsley, SCT:

On this fourteenth day of march A.D. 1853 personally appeared before me, Abel Pennington, Judge of the County Court in and for the County & State aforesaid, John Combs a resident of Owsley County & State aforesaid, who being by me duly sworn declares and saith that from the very best information he is able to get he is now aged sixty seven years. That he knows and has known Sally Stapleton since he was a small boy. That she was then the reported wife of Thomas Stapleton and has always been so reported and considered. That when he first knew the said Thomas Stapleton & Sally Stapleton they resided at what was then called the Long Island on Holstein River in what is now the State of Tennessee. That he never knew of said Thomas & Sally Stapleton having but two children, that the oldest was by the name of Edward Stapleton. That the said Edward Stapleton is older than the affiant and he supposes the said Edward to be sixty eight years old. That the other child is by the name of William Stapleton. That the age of the said William is about sixty five years. That he feels confident of this from his own age, as he is a little older than the said William Stapleton. That Thomas Stapleton & Sally Stapleton were always refuted and considered as husband and wife. That he knew the said Thomas & Sally Stapleton in the State of Kentucky upwards of thirty years ago. That he has frequently heard his father & mother say that the said Thomas Stapleton married Sally Johnson (now Sally Stapleton) at the forks of the river Yadkin in the State of North Carolina but does not now recollect the time they said they were married. That the said

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Thomas Stapleton & Sally Stapleton once lived a short time in the same house with his father and mother during the time they lived at Long Island. That my best recollection is that they lived in the same house about four months. That the said Thomas Stapleton has been dead about sixteen or seventeen years. That Sally Stapleton still remains a widow and is commonly reputed and known as the widow of Thomas Stapleton.

John Combs (His X Mark)

John Combs further saith that Sally Stapleton is the identical person who was the wife of Thomas Stapleton now deceased and who was the wife of the said Thomas when he first knew her and that she is the identical person who has applied for pension in the in the right of her husband and is the identical person who remained the widow of Thomas Stapleton and is the identical person alluded to in the declaration of Robert Baker, which is hereto annexed.

John Combs (His X Mark)

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid. And I certify that the said John Combs is a person to me well known and that he is entitled to full faith and credit when on oath and that from his general appearance and my personal knowledge I believe him to be a person of the age stated in his affidavit.

Abel Pennington, P.J.O.C.C.

State of Kentucky, County of Owsley, Sct:

On the fourteenth day of March A.D. 1853 personally appeared before me Abel Pennington Judge of the County Court in and for the County aforesaid Luther Brawner who being by me duly sworn declares and saith that he knew & was acquainted with Thomas Stapleton & Sally Stapleton about twenty years ago and that from common reputation they were man & wife. And that they were recognized & reputed as such throughout the neighborhood where they resided. That Thomas Stapleton died about seventeen years ago . That Thomas Stapleton in his lifetime drew a pension & said that Sally Stapleton the present applicant is the identical person who was his wife and is now the widow. That said Thomas Stapleton has been dead about seventeen years and that the said

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Sally Stapleton still remains thus unmarried, a widow since the death of the said Thomas Stapleton. That he never knew of but two children born to the said Thomas & Sally Stapleton and that their names are Edward & William Stapleton. That he does not know the age of the said Edward & William Stapleton but that they are both old men and that the children of each of them are grown.

Luther Brawner

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid and I further certify that the said Luther Brawner is a person to me well known and is entitled to full faith & credit when oath.

Abel Pennington P.J.O.C.C.

State of Kentucky, County of Owsley, Sct:

I William Williams clerk of the County Court in and for the County aforesaid do certify that Abel Pennington Esquire whose genuine signature affixed to the foregoing affidavit is and was at the time of signing the same Judge of the County Court in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith & credit. I further certify that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of record.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office. Done at Boonville in the County aforesaid this 14th day of March A.D. 1853

W. Williams

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May 11, 44

Ky.

??? Carter

Hon G. Davis

Hon J.H. Peyton

Colo. J.L. Edwards

Pension Bureau

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Hon'd of Rep, 10th May, 1844

J.L. Edwards Esqr.

Dear Sir,

Will you be so kind as to furnish me with a copy of all the forms connected with the application for pensions while your office affords.

???? you a letter from me for and in Baron?? will you tell me intent is the reason in relation to the several claims to which he refers?

Your attention to this will oblige.

??? ???, Garrett Dann ??

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Frankfort, Ky.

Sept. 5, 1857

Jas. E. Heath Esq.

Comm of Pensions

Sir,

Herein I enclose you a Power of Attorney from Sally Stapleton revoking all authority hereunto given to Owen & Norton of Pittsburgh or any one else in reference to her application for a pension, & restricting correspondence alone with me.

The Certificate of Pension you will please enclose me if upon examination the evidence be sufficient to authorize the allowance.

I am sir

Yours L.T.J. Trabue

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Washington, June 27th, 1853

Sir:

I have just received the enclosed extraordinary letters in the case of Sarah Stapleton, widow of Thomas.

The claim is for a pension under the Act of 1838, and as her husband was a pensioner the only fact to be proved is, the marriage prior to 1794. As it is shown that there is no record, public or private, of said marriage in existence, a foundation has been fairly laid for hard evidence.

The hard evidence fully and conclusively proves (if it is possible to from any fact by purot??) - not only that the marriage took place prior to 1794, but more than ten years prior to that date!

Yet the examiner who wrote the enclosed letters, says that the date of the marriage has not been proved - and that some of the witnesses have shown what circumstance it is

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fixed in their recollection.

Now sir, I only ask you to look at the brief made by this examiner himself, to see that this objection is totally unfounded in fact.

1st - To the testimony of James Crank, as stated in said brief - He was well acquainted with said Thomas and Sarah Stapleton from the year 1790 or 91 - at which time they had two children. He is enabled to fix the time of his first becoming acquainted with them, because it was 3 or 4 years prior to Wayne's defeat. Is not here a circumstance, by which the fact of marriage prior to 1794 is fixed in the recollection of the witness?

2nd - Thomas T. Johnson - (aged 80 years in 1851) has a personal recollection of the time that said Thomas and Sarah went to be married in Oct. 1783.

3rd - Joshua Stapleton was at the marriage. Thinks it took place in

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1783 - Knows that it was prior to 1785, because he was at the wedding and saw them married. Is not this a circumstance to fix the fact in the recollection of this witness?

4th - Molly Dorton aged 84, was also present at the marriage, in the fall of 1783.

5th - The depositions of Robert Baker, Abel Pennington, Luther Brawner, and John Combs, show clearly that the two sons of said Thomas and Sarah Stapleton were born prior to 1794. Abundant "circumstances" are mentioned by these witnesses, by which they are enabled to come at the fact, that these sons were born prior to 1794.

In short, I think I never have seen in any case, stronger or more conclusive penol evidence of marriage prior to 1794, that we have in this case. Will you please examine it -

Very Respectfully

J.T. Trabue

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Pension Officer - June 24th, 1853

Sir:

The additional evidence in the case of Sarah Stapleton widow of Thomas dec, of Kentucky has been received and filed with the Original application.

The date of the marriage of Thomas and Sarah, has not been proved. Several of the witnesses testify to a particular date, but have not shown by what circumstance it is fixed in their recollection.

Very Respectfully

Your Obedient Servant

J.S. Maldo??

Commissioner

J.J. Coombs, Esqr.

Present

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Washington, 22nd Fby, 1834

Sir:

The enclosed declaration of Thomas Stapleton. I must ask you to examine as early as your convenience will allow, & report to me the results.

Yours with ??? ???

R.P. Letcher

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Washington, March 24, 1853

Sir:

Enclosed please find additional evidence in support of the claim of Sarah Stapleton, widow of Thomas, of Kentucky under Act of 1838, and continuing acts.

This evidence I have no doubt you will find perfectly satisfactory to establish the claim. Her husband was a pensioner under the act of 1832, at $24.66.

On file you will find a certificate of the clerk of Rowan Co. N.C. (where the marriage took place,) stating that there is no record of the marriage and that the marriage records of that date are defective.

Also, the deposition of Joshua Stapleton, who was present at the marriage in Rowan Co. N.C. previous to 1785.

I now present the depositions of Robert Baker and John Combs clearly showing that the two children of said Sarah and Thomas Stapleton were both born long prior to 1794.

Thomas Stapleton claimed in his declaration for two years additional service in 1781 & 82. I have written to Raleigh to endeavor to obtain additional evidence

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of this service. If I do not get any additional evidence, I shall only claim for the widow the amount of pension received by her husband.

I am, very respectfully

Your obt servt

J.J. Coombs

Hon P. Waldo, Esq

Comm of Pensions

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Brief in the case of Sarah Stapleton, widow of Thomas dec'd, Owsley County and State of Kentucky. Act 7th July, 1838

Claim, Original

Proof exhibited, By rolls;

Thomas Stapleton was pensioned for seven months and twelve days service as a private under Act 7th June, 1832.

Recved proof that Thomas & Sarah intermarried previous to 1794.

Recvec proof that Thomas died 15th Nov. 1835.

Recved proof that Sarah is now a widow.

Charles H. Rhett

Examining Clerk

J.J. Coombs, Esq

Washington D.C.

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Harrodsburgh (Ky) 12th August

Dear Sir:

Enclosed you have the declaration of Mrs. Sally Stapleton widow of Thomas Stapleton deceased for a pension.

Which I shall be pleased to hear from you as soon as it will be at your convenience

Your obt humble servt

Chs Chinn

Col J.L. Edwards

Commissioner of Pensions

Washington City

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Sarah Stapleton

widow of Thomas dec'd

Kentucky

Admitted

Act 7th July, 1838

7 months & 12 days private

at $24.66 per annum

from the 4th March, 1836

Except two years

Pay

Sarah Stapleton widow

Certificate to:

J.J. Coombs, Esq

Washington D.C.

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Brief case

Sarah Stapleton

and Thomas

Ky.

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Brief case Sarah Stapleton wid of Thos

Sarah Stapleton - (21st Oct. 1841 before J. Peace) aged 74 yrs. declares she is widow of Thomas a private in war dec - Married Thos in June, 1788 - Thomas died 15th Nov. 1835. Married prior to 1794 - knows of no documentary evidence of marriage. Unable to appear in Court from infirmity.

Same - (15th Apl, 1851), declares she is widow of Thos - Thos died 15th Nov. 1835 - Married to Thos in Oct. 1783 - had 2 children born prior to 1794 - knows of no record public or private of marriage - since Thos death has not married.

Edwd Stapleton - (15th Apl, 1851), Says he is the lawful son of Thos & Sarah. Thos died 15th Nov. 1835 - Sarah now a widow.

Jas Crank - (1st May, 1851), was well acquainted with Thos Stapletons wife Sarah (now a widow) about 1790 or 91 - recollects well the time of his first acquaintance with Thos & Sarah, as it was 3 or 4 yrs prior to Waynes defeat of Indians. * (20th April, 1794) At time of first acquaintance they had 2 children, Edwd 7 Wm.

Thos T. Johnson - (23rd Apl, 1851), aged 80 yrs., was well acquainted with

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Thos a pensioner & Sarah his wife (intimately with) - recollects well when Thos & Sarah went to be married - marriage was in Oct. 1783 - & was at the time common talk of the neighbours. They lived as man & wife - lived on dept fathers farm after said marriage - dept afterwards lived near neighbour to them - knew them 20 yrs prior to Thos death.

Robt R. Johnson - (23rd Apl, 1851 ), aged 75 yrs - same as above.

Joshua Stapleton - (31st July, 1844), aged 77 yrs; says he is brother inlaw of Sally - became acquainted with her about the time of her intermarriage with his brother Thos which was in the fall of 1783 - to best of his recollection; knows they were married previous to 1785 - was at the wedding & saw them married.

Molly Dorton - (31st July, 1844), - aged 84 yrs. - was well acquainted with Thomas & Sally before their marriage - married in fall of year 1783 - does know they were lawfully married for she was present.

Clk Court Rowan Co. - certifies there is no record of marriage nor a bond - the only general evidence in his office.

Robert Baker - (14th March, 1853) aged 79 yrs. - says he knew Thos in his lifetime - identical person who was a pensioner - Sally applicant is identical

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who was wife & now widow of Thos. - Thos died about 17 yrs ago & left Sally & believe Sally was his wife from the fact that they lived as man and wife & were commonly reputed & acknowledged each other as such - That he knew them in 1810 & 1811 - Dept was sheriff at that time - Sally since Thos death has been recognized and reputed his widow - they had only 2 children - Edwd supposed by him when he first knew him (about 40 yrs ago) to have been upwards of 30 yrs ago - was married and had a family of children at that time - knew Wm upwards of 35 yrs ago, supposes he was at that time over 25 yrs ago. Sally still a widow.

Abel Pennington - (14th March, 1853) - says from the best information he is able to get he is 65 yrs old - has known Sally since he was a small boy. She was then the reputed wife of Thomas - & has always been so considered. Edwd & Wm only children - Edwd older than dept - Supposes he is 68 yrs old - Wm about 65 yrs old. Confident of this from his own age, he being a little older than Wm - Has frequently heard his mother & father say Thos married Sally at the forks of the Yadkin in N.C. - does not

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recollect the date. Thos & Sally lived in same house with his father & mother at Long Island. Thinks about 4 months. Thos been dead about 16 or 17 years - Sally a widow and commonly reported and known as Thos' widow.

Luther Brawner - (20th march, 1853) - says he was well acquainted with Thos & Sally about 20 yrs ago - reputed man & wife - Thos died about 17 yrs ago; was a pensioner. Sally applicant is identical person who was his wife - now his widow - Edwd & Wm old men & each have grown children.

Power Atty - to Stephen L. J. Trabue, 7th Aug. 1851. Thos a pensioner at $24.66, Act 7th June, 1832. Thos & Sarah married previous to 1st Jany, 1794. Thos died 15th Nov. 1835 - Sally now a widow.

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9396

Kentucky

Sarah Stapleton

widow of Thomas

who was a private

in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 24 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of June, 53 and sent to J.J. Coombs, Mist.

Acts of march 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844

Recorded in Book C Vol 2 Page 186

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Sarah Stapleton

of Thomas

Kentucky

Suspended

J.L. Hickman, Jan 7 / 42

C. Chinn, Oct. 25 / 44

S.L.J. Trabue, Apl 3 / 52

L.M. Drury, June 26 / 52

J.J. Coombs, 24th June, 1853

Act 7th July, 1838

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No 14-895

Sarah Stapleton

widow of Thomas

Ky

Letter to,

J.L. Hickman, Jany 7th, 1842

C. Chinn, Oct 25th, 1844

S.L.J. Trabue, Apl 3rd, 1852

L.M. Drury, June 26th, 1852

J.J. Coombs, 24th June, 1853

Act 7th July, 1838

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Reg Widow, &c.

File No. 9320

Sarah Stapleton

Wid of

Thomas Stapleton

Pvt. Rev. War

Act Feby 3rd, 1848

Index - Vol ??6, Page 242

[arrangement of 1870]



#1791

1791 Bunscombe Co formed from Rutherford and Burke Co. NC

1791 Eli PARKER, b Rowan Co NC, d 1856 Rhea Co TN married Prudence Johnson, b. c 1808, d aft 1889 Greene Co MO

Prudence Johnson,

Eli PARKER,

#1792

Years: c1792 Title William Johnson, Creator: Languages: Call Number: WB-C/50

Location: MARS Id: 5200.85.1304 (Folder) Other Ids: Physical Description: Quantity:

Other Copies: Related Materials: Arrangement:

Abstract:

Scope / Contents: View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Recorded Copy Reference: WB-C/50 (WB = WillBook) Location where will was filed and probated: Rowan County View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Index Terms Subjects Indexes Wills

Personal Names William Johnson, Geographical Names Rowan County

Provenance Mars Mitchell Will Index Rutherford County

1792 Jan 1: Rachel JOHNSTON married James Hall Rowan Co.

1792 Jan 9 James Hall, married Rachel Johnston, Rowan County, NC - County Index to NC Marriages Database

Notes: James Hall

1792 March 27: Certificate No.: Bond # 0001254548 William Ellis Jr. to Ann Riddle, Bondsman: Jas Johnson Witness: Basil Gathier

Additional Comments: William Ellis Jr

William Ellis is named executor in Benjamin Martin will in 1807 Wilkes, NC

Jas Johnson

Basil Gathier

11 May 1792 notation from the Rowan County Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions read:

[pic]Ordered that Vachel Ijams, William Clark, Thomas Hughey, Isaac Eaton, John Pinchback, William Hadox, Richd Speaks, Peter Glasscock, John Beaman, George Stealman, William Stealman, and Solomon Jones be summoned a jury to lay off a road leading out of the main road, to go by Joppa Meeting house the best way to Surry lie.  John Pinchback Overseer of said road from Riddles Road to Captain Coxes and John Beaman from thence to the Surry line.

#1793

1793 Will of Henry Rich, Rowan Co. NC Will Book D, pages 108-109 In the name of God amen! I Henry Rich of the County of Rowan & State of N Carolina being in a weake & low state of health but of perfect mind & memory, calling to mind the mortality of my body do make & ordain this to be my last will & testament Therefore I give my soul to God who gave it my body to be buried ["in" crossed out] at the discretion of my executors & as to what estate I am owner of, I give & bequeath as follows:

Item I give & bequeath unto my beloved wife Ann Rich my home plantation during her natural life then to decend to my grandson John Rich, likewise all my house furniture plantation tools wagon & gears, all my stock of horses, cattle, hogs, sheeps & all my property of every sort & after her death to be equally divided between my grandchildren John Rich, Sarah Rich, Ann Rich

also to my grand daughters Sarah Rich, Ann Rich my track of land bought of John Rutledge to be equally divided between them & I give five pound for the finishing Tossa meeting house to be made out of my stock and all my just debts to [be] paid by money arising from my stock, which is to be sold by my executor & in case my widow should alter her condition then she is to have nothing, but what the law allows her

I likewise allow John Isbel to live on that plantation four years, provided he keeps the house in order & so that he not lose the story the timber by cutting cole wood [sic ?] & I do hereby these presents constitute & appoint my well beloved wife Ann Rich my whole & sole executor with full power to sell either at public or privat[e] sale & I acknowledge this as my last will & testament revoking all others in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this 6 Day of April in the year of our Lord 1793. Signed, sealed & published & pronounced in the presence of John Johnston Henry Rich {seal} Thomas Thompson John Brown {his mark}

Notes: Henry Rich

Notes: Thomas Thompson

Notes: John Brown

John Johnston

Researchers Notes Tony and Nathan.....this was in your last update on Rowan Co., N.C.....this is a good possible that we will have to look at closely.

The reason I say this is the JOHN JOHNSTON that witnessed his will.....may just be a coincidence, but no son is mentioned just grandchildren named "Rich".  Rowan Co. is also in the mountains of N.C.....not a lot , but some, and that would fit with the story Nathan's Dad told him.  Joe and I were in Guilford Co.,N.C. for a reunion on his McCuistion family and did some research in Rowan and Guilford.....together we have 6 or 7 lines out of those 2 counties. 

Will see what I can find on this one, and Tony....PLEASE keep up your good work, maybe we will sort out ole Hiram's Dad yet !!!! Tony if you have access to the marriage records see if there is a Johnson girl married to a Rich guy.

Love to you both

Mary

1790 ROWAN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA FEDERAL CENSUS

Name 1 2 3 4 5 Order_of_entry_#

 

Henry "RICH," 1 1 1 1 0      282

Fields: NAME -- Head of the household 1 -- Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of famil= ies 2 -- Free white males under 16 years 3 -- Free white females including heads of familes 4 -- All other free persons 5 -- Slaves Order of entry -- Order in which the names were transcribed =0D (Note: This is a tab-delimited file. If you edit out all the text above t= he field names, you can import this data into a database with the appropriat= e import filter.)  From: mmholland@

31 August 1793, the Bear Creek Baptist Church ordained both Solomon Johns and Jhon Beaman as deacons.  Almost four months later, Solomon received 300 acres of land as state grants on Dutchmans Creek next to Vachel Stockstill on the east, John Beeman and Peter Glasscock on the west, and lying on Howards Branch Creek [Rowan County Deed Book 14:237].

Solomon Johns aka Soloman Jones

Jhon Beaman

28 February 1801, John Beaman, Brumly Coker, and Solomon Jones were appointed to help a sister church at Eatons Meeting House.  Eaton's, formerly Dutchmans Creek Baptist Church and today known as Eaton Baptist Church, was started in 1772, long before Bear Creek Baptist Church.  On Eaton's records of March 7th, Solomon Jones was mentioned along with Coker and Beeman as helpers from "Bare Crick" Church.  By this time Solomon and his family were probably acquainted with the Thomas Estep family who lived further north next to the borderline of what would become Yadkin County.  The Esteps were upstanding members of Eatons Meeting House.

1793 Oct 4: This indenture made the 4th day of October in the year of our Lord 1793 Between John Correll & Mary his wife of the County of Rowan & State of North Carolina of the one part, and Jacob Caster Sen'r of the County & State aforesaid of the other part, Witness that the John Correll & Mary his wife for & in consideration of the sum of one hundred & ten pounds...all that tract or part of a tract of three hundred & fifty acres of land (which was granted unto the said John Correll by patent bearing date the 4th day of Nov'r 1784...) situate lying & being in the County of Rowan & on one of the head branches of Dutch Buffalow beginning at a post oak Overkirsh's corner & runs along the division line east forty four & an half ch's to a heap of stones Overkirsh's corner standing on John Eagle's line thence with said Eagle's line north thirty chains to a pine his corner thence north fourteen chains & eighty links to a stake thence west seventy four & half chains to a stake thence south to Robert Wood's corner along his line south to the beginning containing by estimation 170 acres of land...

[signed] John Correl (seal)

            Mary Correll (seal) (her M mark)

[witness] Robert Linn, Peter Barringer (his X mark)

Robert Linn,

Peter Barringer

1793 Oct 4: 4th day of October in the year of our Lord 1793 Between John Correll & Mary his wife of the County of Rowan & State of North Carolina of the one part, and Jacob Caster Sen'r of the County & State aforesaid of the other part, Witness that the John Correll & Mary his wife for & in consideration of the sum of one hundred pounds...all that tract or parcel of land situate lying & being in the County of Rowan & on the head waters of a branch of Dutch Buffalow Creek (being a tract of land granted unto the said John Correll by Patent bearing date the 25th day of October 1786)...beginning at a large pine formerly William Phillip's corner on Reubin Philip's line and runs along said William Phillip's line (& past his corner six chains and seventy links) south thirty seven chains & seventy links to a stake on s'd Correll's line of another tract thence along his line west thirty five chains and fifty links to a black oak near said Correll's corner thence north thirty seven ch's and seventy links to a post oak on said Reuben Phillip's line thence along his line east thirty five and a half chains to the begining containing by estimation 133 acres of land...

[signed] John Correl (seal)

            Mary Correll (her F mark) (seal)

[witness] Robert Linn, Peter Barringer (his X mark)

The other tract was sold by John (Mary was not mentioned) in 1794, subdivided between John Eagle (13 acres) and Barbara Wensell (113 acres). John was identified as being in Iredell Co., NC (6,7).

Mary Correll

Robert Linn,

Peter Barringer

#1794

1794 February 5, Thomas Whitaker enters 200 acres in Rowan County on head of Bear Creek in fork of Yadkin River, bordering Thomas Parker and Benjamin Gaither on north side of said lands.

Thomas Whitaker

1794 February 5, Thomas Parker enters 100 acres in Rowan County on head waters of Bear Creek, bordering Isaac Holman, Thomas Whitaker, & his own line.

1794 May 27 DEED 2464: 13:845 James Coles to John Johnston for 250 pounds for 200 acres on both sides of Spaughs Creek adjacent Stokes County, the Wachovia Line Adam Spaugh Sr., Hartman, Peter Sehnor, and George Smith. Wit: [A German Signature] Joseph Fry. Acknowleged at February Court 1795.

Notes: James Cole

Notes: Spaughs Creek

Notes: Wachovia Line

Notes: Adam Spaugh Sr.

Notes: Hartman

Notes: Peter Sehnor

Notes: George Smith

Notes: It would be Rowan County. Present day Davie County. These guys were close neighbors with the Boones. All of the records are in the Rowan Deed Books that I have sent you.. I'm sure this came out of one of Zae Gwynns books. I have none of her deed books and we need them all.

Note: This could possibly be Major John Johnston of the Yadkin. Records. From: Wirelake

1794 July: This indenture made this sixteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & ninety four between John Correl of the County of Iredell and State of North Carolina of the one part and John Eagle of the County of Rowan and State aforesaid of the other part Witnesseth that the said John Correl for & in consideration of the sum of ten pounds...all that piece or parcel of land, situate lying & being in the County of Rowan and on the headwaters of a branch of Dutch Buffellow Creek being a part of a tract of one hundred and thirteen acres of land granted to the said John Correll by letters patent bearing date the twenty fifth day of October Anno domini one thousand seven hundred and eighty six...Beginning at a hicory said Correls corner and runs thence north with said Eagles line twelve chains and twenty five links to a small hicory sapling said Eagles corner, thence east ten chains and sixty links to a stake about five feet south of a blazed black oak on the north side of a branch, thence south twelve chains and twenty five links to a stake on George Rosemans line on which is a blazed hicory and a pine, thence west ten chins and sixty links to the beginning containing by estimation thirteen acres of land...

[signed] John Corrall (seal)

[witness} George Roseman, Jacob Overkirsh (his G mark)

George Roseman

Jacob Overkirsh

Eagles corner

John Eagle's

1794 Dec 18: Born DAVID WILCOCKSON, Rowan Co., NC; d. Howard Co., MO; m. NANCY JOHNSON, June 10, 1821, Howard Co., MO.

DAVID WILCOCKSON

NANCY JOHNSON

#1795

1795 Feb 17 John Gaither married Susannah Johnson, Rowan County, NC - County Index to NC Marriages Database

Notes: John Gaither

#1796

1796 Rowan Co. Will Book B: Evan Ellis Will In the name of God amen. I Evan Ellis of Rowan County in the state of North Carolina being weak in body, but in perfect mind and memory thanks be given to Almighty God for his mercies and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, Do make and ordain this my last will and Testament, Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it to me and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in a Christian like manner at the desecration of my friends and Executors nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such worldly goods as it has pleased God to bless me with I give demise and dispose of in manner and form as follows-

Item I will that all my just debts be paid by my Executors,

Item I will and bequeath unto my son James Ellis the tract of land whereon I now live containing four hundred and eleven acres to him and his heirs forever, and also my black horse, and one wagon and four ----- of gears belonging thereunto, one cow and calf his choice, and one three year old heifer, two feather beds, bed steads and furniture his choice, and the remaining part of stock of hogs, one plow and plow tackling, one set of mail rings, one iron wedge, one mattock, and a piece of full cloth.

Item: I will unto my cousin William Ellis my great coat.

Item : I will that what remains of my stock and all other of my estate , except what is before mentioned , and my wearing apparel be valued by three men chosen by my children and all debts due me be equally divided among my children, John, Evan, William, Isaac, and James, and I do hereby constitute make and ordain my trusted sons John Ellis & Evan Ellis Executors of this my last will and testament and I do hereby disallow and disanul all other wills and bequest by me made or done heretofore, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eighth day of December In the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety six.

Signed sealed published and pronounced in the presents of Thomas Brewer (X) Matthew Johnston Joshua Jones by Evan Ellis Recorded Rowan Count Will Book B Transcribed by Bob & Linda Ellis, Duluth Ga. File at:

Notes: Evan Ellis

Notes: William Ellis

Notes: Thomas Brewer

Notes Matthew Johnston

Notes: Joshua Jones

#1797

1797-1819 JOHN JOHNSON, * G-101 ROWAN COUNTY, NC - WILLS - PROBATE: Index to Testators, Volume G (1797-1819)

Title John Johnson, Years: 1797 Creator: Languages: Call Number: WB-C/315

Location: MARS Id: 5200.85.1297 (Folder) Other Ids: Physical Description: Quantity: Other Copies: Related Materials: Arrangement:

Abstract:

Scope / Contents: View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Recorded Copy Reference: WB-C/315 (WB = WillBook)

Original: AR (The original will is in the North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.)

Location where will was filed and probated: Rowan County

View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Index Terms Subjects

Indexes Wills Personal Names John Johnson,

Geographical NamesRowan County

Provenance Mars Mitchell Will Index

Rowan County

1797-1819 JOHN JOHNSTON, * G-445 ROWAN COUNTY, NC - WILLS - PROBATE: Index to Testators, Volume G (1797-1819)

1797-1819 MARY JOHNSTON, * G-236 ROWAN COUNTY, NC - WILLS - PROBATE: Index to Testators, Volume G (1797-1819)

1797-1819 ROBERT JOHNSTON, * G-391 ROWAN COUNTY, NC - WILLS - PROBATE: Index to Testators, Volume G (1797-1819)

1797 March 13: Married Charles Hinkle, born January 18, 1777; died September 21, 1843 in Shelly Co., Ky. He married Susanna March May 13, 1797 in Rowan County, North Carolina (Davidson Co., N.C.).

He was the son of Charles Hinkle and Elizabeth Johnson.

    

#1798

26 February 1798. John Willcockson, of Rowan County, North Carolina, deeded to William Willcockson of Rowan County, for 525 pounds a parcel of land containing 165 acres on both sides of Bear Creek...part of tract of 640 acres granted unto Jacob Koller, conveyed by J. Koller to John Willcockson and now by John Willcockson to William Willcockson. Witnesses were Samuel Wilcockson and Squire Willcockson. Signed: John Willcockson. (x) (Rowan County Deed Book 19, page 254)

26 February 1798. John Willcockson of Rowan County, North Carolina deeded to William Willcockson for 250 pounds, estimation of 160 acres on Bear Creek including John Rowland’s line, now Edward Parkers to Jacob Keller corner. Witnesses were Samuel Willcockson and Squire Willcockson. Signed John Willcockson. (x) (19:256

Edward Parkers

John Rowland

Jacob Keller

1798 March 6: Married Strangeman Johnson: was born on 28 Sep 1772 in, Henrico, Virginia. He died on 4 Sep 1841 in, Henry, Indiana. He married Mary Whitaker on 6 Mar 1798 in, Rowan, North Carolina. Mary Whitaker was born about 1776 in , Rowan, North Carolina. She married Strangeman Johnson on 6 Mar 1798 in, Rowan, North Carolina.

Strangeman Johnson

1770, 4, 15: John Johnson son of Ashley Johnson of Amelia County married in Cedar Creek MH, Hanover County to Lydia Hutchins daughter of Strageman Hutchins. Of Goochland Co. Cedar Creek MM: Hinsah Encyclopedia of American Quaker Records. Volume 6: copy’s sent in by S.M. Boone

Children :

1771 3, 13: Jonathan Johnson born to John Johnson son of Ashley Johnson of Amelia County wife is Lydia Hutchins

1772, 9, 28: Stangeman Johnson born to John Johnson son of Ashley Johnson of Amelia County wife is Lydia Hutchins

1774, 3, 26: Benajmin Johnson born to John Johnson son of Ashley Johnson of Amelia County wife is Lydia Hutchins

177-, 11, 21 Agatha Johnson born to John Johnson son of Ashley Johnson of Amelia County wife is Lydia Hutchins

1780, 1, 15 Ashley Johnson born to: John Johnson son of Ashley Johnson of Amelia County wife is Lydia Hutchins

 

John Johnson was born on 19 Dec 1747 in, Henrico, Virginia. He died on 5 Aug 1823 in. Indiana. He married Lydia Hutchins on 15 Apr 1770 in Cedar Creek Mtg, Hanover, Virginia.

Lydia Hutchins was born on 15 Feb 1752 in, Goochland, Virginia. She died on 7 Apr 1791 in, Yadkin, North Carolina. She was buried on 7 Apr 1791 in, Surry, North Carolina. She married John Johnson on 15 Apr 1770 in Cedar Creek Mtg, Hanover, Virginia.

They had the following children:

Jonathan Johnson was born on 13 Mar 1771 in, Henrico, Virginia. He died on 9 Mar 1851 in, Surry, North Carolina. He married Sarah Low on 8 Jul 1802 in, Surry, North Carolina. Sarah Low was born about 1774 in , Henrico, Virginia. She married Jonathan Johnson on 8 Jul 1802 in, Surry, North Carolina

Strangeman Johnson was born on 28 Sep 1772 in , Henrico, Virginia. He died on 4 Sep 1841 in, Henry, Indiana. He married Mary Whitaker on 6 Mar 1798 in, Rowan, North Carolina. Mary Whitaker was born about 1776 in , Rowan, North Carolina. She married Strangeman Johnson on 6 Mar 1798 in, Rowan, North Carolina.

Benjamin Johnson was born on 26 Mar 1774 in , Henrico, Virginia.

Agatha Johnson was born on 21 Nov 1777 in, Henrico, Virginia. She married Mr. Adams

Ashley Johnson was born on 15 Jan 1780 in, Henrico, Virginia. He married Elizabeth Brown on 19 Oct 1807 in , Surry, North Carolina. Elizabeth Brown was born on 3 Jun 1788 in , Surry, North Carolina. She died before 1850. She married Ashley Johnson on 19 Oct 1807 in, Surry, North Carolina.

Elizabeth Johnson was born in 1782 in , Henrico, Virginia. She died about 1803 in, North Carolina. She married Joseph Beeson on 6 Mar 1802 in, Surry, North Carolina: Joseph Beeson was born on 11 May 1771 in , Surry, North Carolina. He died on 24 Jun 1850 in, Ohio. He married Elizabeth Johnson on 6 Mar 1802 in, Surry, North Carolina

Lydia Johnson was born about 1784 in, Henrico, Virginia.

Died 15 Aug 1798 Samuel Bryan was born Bet 1724 and 1725 in Chester, Pennsylvania, and died 15 Aug 1798 in Rowan, North Carolina,. He married Elizabeth Margaret McMahan. She was born 1737 in Rowan, North Carolina,. He married Elizabeth Enochs. She was born Aft 1730 in Swedesboro, NJ.

#1799

1799 ERA Maried in Yadkin Rover, Rowan Co., NC. SARAH "SAREY" PENNINGTON: Date born 2: October 24, 1776, Ashe Co., NC Burial: 1817, Johnston Cemetery, Buckhorn, Perry Co., KY married SAMUEL JOHNSTON, SR.:Burial: 1861, Johnston Cemetery, Buckhorn, Perry Co., KY

Children of SARAH PENNINGTON and SAMUEL JOHNSTON are:

i. JAMES4 JOHNSTON, b. July 13, 1800, Yadkin River, Rowan Co., NC (VA); d. December 22, 1889, Buckhorn, Perry Co., KY; m. (1) JUDY RILEY, May 06, 1820, Clay Co., KY; m. (2) MARGARET GAY, 1822, Perry Co., KY; b. 1810, KY; d. November 02, 1891, Buckhorn, Perry Co., KY.

More About JAMES JOHNSTON:

Burial: December 1889, Johnson Cemetery, Perry Co., KY

Census 1: 1850, Perry Co., KY, Dist. 1, Pg 412, Fam #213

Census 2: 1880, E.D. 14, Crocketsville, Breathitt Co., KY, Pg 592 B

More About MARGARET GAY:

Date born 2: 1802

Burial: November 1891, Moore's Creek Cemetery, Moore's Creek, Jackson Co., KY

Census 1: 1850, Perry Co., KY, Dist. 1, Pg 412, Fam #213

Census 2: 1880, E.D. 14, Crocketsville, Breathitt Co., KY, Pg 592 B

ii. JOHN JOHNSTON, b. May 18, 1802, NC or VA; d. 1884, MO; m. NANCY HADDIX, November 14, 1822, Clay Co., KY; b. Abt. 1804.

More About JOHN JOHNSTON:

Burial: 1884, Johnson Cemetery, Perry Co., KY

iii. JANE OR JENNIE JOHNSTON, b. April 01, 1805, Grayson Co., VA; d. December 15, 1858, Longs Creek, Breathitt Co., KY; m. JOHN "GENTLEMAN JOHN" J. RILEY, May 09, 1820, Clay Co., KY; b. July 13, 1805, VA; d. June 23, 1887, Breathitt Co., KY.

More About JANE OR JENNIE JOHNSTON:

Burial: December 1858, Old Riley Cemetery, Morris Fork, Breathitt Co., KY

Census: 1850, Breathitt Co., KY, District 1, Pg 39, #314

More About JOHN "GENTLEMAN JOHN" J. RILEY:

Burial: June 1887, Old Riley Cemetery, Morris Fork, Breathitt Co., KY

Census 1: 1850, Breathitt Co., KY, District 1, Pg 39, #314

Census 2: 1880, E.D. 14, Crocketsville, Breathitt Co., KY, Pg. 598 A

iv. WILLIAM JOHNSTON, b. June 02, 1806, NC or VA; d. 1888, Perry Co., KY; m. ELIZABETH TURNER, September 24, 1826, Perry Co., KY; b. 1816, KY; d. 1898, Perry Co., KY.

More About WILLIAM JOHNSTON:

Burial: 1888, Johnson Cemetery, Perry Co., KY

More About ELIZABETH TURNER:

Burial: 1898, Johnson Cemetery, Perry Co., KY

Census: 1850, Perry Co., KY, Pg 413, Family #216

v. SAMUEL JOHNSTON, JR., b. October 25, 1808, KY or VA; d. August 20, 1902, Jackson Co., KY; m. (1) RACHEL PENNINGTON, January 23, 1832, Clay Co., KY; b. December 25, 1817, KY; d. April 04, 1884, Jackson Co., KY; m. (2) MARY WISE, May 04, 1887, Jackson Co., KY.

More About SAMUEL JOHNSTON, JR.:

Burial: August 1902, Johnson Cemetery, Perry Co., KY

Census: 1880, E.D. 50, Pond Creek, Jackson Co., KY, Pg. 520 D

More About RACHEL PENNINGTON:

Burial: April 1884, Moore's Creek Cemetery, Moore's Creek, KY

Census: 1880, E.D. 50, Pond Creek, Jackson Co., KY, Pg. 520 D

vi. CAMPBELL "CAMEL" JOHNSTON, b. February 06, 1811, NC; d. November 19, 1898, Buckhorn, Perry Co., KY; m. SARAH ANN TURNER, August 12, 1836, Clay Co., KY; b. April 10, 1820, KY; d. November 21, 1899, Perry Co., KY.

More About CAMPBELL "CAMEL" JOHNSTON:

Burial: November 1898, Johnson Cemetery, Perry Co., KY

Census 1: 1850, Perry Co., KY, District 1, Pg 412, Family #207

Census 2: 1880, Perry Co., KY, Pg. 532 A

More About SARAH ANN TURNER:

Burial: November 1899, Johnson Cemetery, Perry Co., KY

Census: 1880, Perry Co., KY, Pg. 532 A

vii. ISRAEL JOHNSTON, b. August 06, 1813, NC; d. 1895, Perry Co., KY; m. FUGATE.

More About ISRAEL JOHNSTON:

Burial: 1895, Johnson Cemetery, Perry Co., KY

viii. ELIZABETH JOHNSTON, b. April 10, 1816, Buckhorn, Perry Co., KY; d. 1895; m. JESSE BARGER, October 06, 1831, Clay Co., KY; b. November 06, 1811, Perry Co., KY or Wise Co., VA; d. 1899, KY.

More About ELIZABETH JOHNSTON:

Census 1: 1850, Perry Co., KY, District 1, Pg 406, Family #126

Census 2: 1880, Perry Co., KY, Pg. 528 B

More About JESSE BARGER:

Census 1: 1850, Perry Co., KY, District 1, Pg 406, Family #126

Census 2: 1880, Perry Co., KY, Pg. 528 B

ix. THOMAS JOHNSTON, b. Abt. 1821, KY.

More About THOMAS JOHNSTON:

Census: 1850, Perry Co., KY, District 1, Pg 412, Family #207

 Betty Tannahill Johnson or Carmen M. Johnson

Research Notes: I think this is Carmen M. Johnson’s families and should be color coded to her colors off President Andrew Johnson.

1799 September 23 This indenture made the twenty third Day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seventeen hundred and ninety-nine Between ALEXANDER MARTIN, Esquire of the County of Rockingham in the State of North Carolina of the one part; and Barnard Cryder of the town of Salisbury, in the State aforesaid Taveron Keeper of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Alexander Martin, Esq. for & in consideration of the sum of one hundred pounds current money to him in hand paid by the said Barnard Cryder at or before the sealing & Delivery of these presents hath given, granted, bargained sold and conveyed and by these presents doth give, grant bargain sell & convey unto the said Barnard Cryder his heirs and assigns all that certain parcel of land being one fourth part of a lott situate lying & being in the town of Salisbury in the State aforesaid Known and distinguished in the plan of the said Town by the name of Number One in the East Square thereof which said one fourth or a quarter part of said Lott begins at the end of six poles down Corbin Street from the West corner of said lot, and runs north East three poles along said Street to the corner of Johnson’s late quarter, now said Cryders aforesaid lot, thence with said John Johnsons or Cryders line South East twelve poles to the line of the lott Number Nine, thence with the line of said lott South West three poles to the corner of Paul Barringers half of said lot. Number one now Richmond Pearson, Esq. thence with said Barringers line North West twelve poles to the Beginning Containing thirty six square poles which lot was granted by James Carter & Hugh Forster Commissioners of said Town by Deed to James Bowers by the said James Bowers to John Brevard, Esq. and by the said John Brevard to the said Alexander Martin, reference to all which will more fully appear, together with all & singular the appurtenances and all the Estate right title interest property claim and Demand whatsoever of him the said Alexander Martin of into or out of the same or any part thereof. To have & to Hold the said land that is to say one fourth part or quarter of a lot No. one hereby granted or meant mentioned or intended to be granted with the appurtenances unto the said Barnard Cryder his Heirs & Assigns to & for his and their only proper use benefit and behoof forever, And the said Alexander Martin & his heirs, Execrs. And Administrators covenant promise grant & agree to & with the said Barnard Cryder & his heirs one fourth or quarter of lott number one and premises against him the said Alexander Martin and all other persons whatsoever claiming or to claim by from through or under them or either of them, shall & will well & truly warrant and forever defend by these presents. In Witness whereof the said First Party to these presents hath hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year herein first before written. Alex: Martin {seal} Sealed and Delivered In the presence of us} Henry Giles Conrad Gillam

Notes: Alexander Martin

This appears to be Colonel Alexander Martin of the Rev. War

Notes: John Brevard

This appears to be Capt. John Brevard of the Rev. war who served under Col. Alexander Martin, who is a cousin to Adam Brevard Hudson.

Notes: The Brevard surname they are cousin’s to Adam Brevard Hudson and Ezekeil Hudson. Adam Brevard died in Adams County Mississippi

Notes: Barnard Cryder

Notes Henry Giles

Notes: Conrad Gillam

Notes: Paul Barringer

Notes: James Bowers

Notes: Richmond Pearson

Notes: James Carter

Notes: Hugh Forster

#1800

24 OCT 1800 Mary JOHNSON b 31 MAR 1784 Guilford NC d 25 MAR 1859 Maury Co TN m Benjamin DAVIS 24 OCT 1800 Rowan NC b 28 JUL 1778 VA d 22 NOV 1845

Benjamin DAVIS

Mary JOHNSON

1773 MAR 4 Sarah McLAREN b 25 JAN 1755 NC MARRIED. William JOHNSON Guilford Co NC 27 DEC 1749 d 8 FEB 1830 TN

Son of Gideon JOHNSON Sr & Ursula ALLEN

both bur Johnson-Amis Cem Maury Co TN

CHILDREN................ 1.Joseph JOHNSON b ca 1773

2.Celia JOHNSON b 25 OCT 1776 Guildford Co NC

m John SANDERS bef 1796 Guilford Co NC

removed to Maury Co TN

1.Mary'Polly'SANDERS

m James P.KENNEDY

2.Alexander McClaren SANDERS

3.William Johnson SANDERS

m Elizabeth BELLENFANT

4.Duke SANDERS

5.Sarah McClaren SANDERS

6.James SANDERS

7.Joseph SANDERS

3.Vesula(Ursula)JOHNSON b ca 1778

4.Alexander JOHNSON b 14 APR 1782 Guildford Co NC

d 7 FEB 1857 Maury Co TN

m Mary Jessaline BALLANFANT 6 AUG 1805 Rockingham Co NC

b 29 MAR 1787 VA d 3 JAN 1875 TN

both bur Johnson-Amis Cem Maury Co TN

dau of Jean BALLANFANT/Louisa'Lucy'YEOMAN

1.Cosby Duke JOHNSON Martha Ann CHEATHAM 9 JUL 1835 Maury Co TN

b 12 FEB 1821 d 20 FEB 1903 Maury Co TN

dau of John CHEATHAM/Elizabeth AMIS

2.John Bellenfant JOHNSON m Elizabeth Ann BAIRD 9 OCT 1835 Maury Co TN

3.Louisa Yeomans JOHNSON b 11 OCT 1812 d 4 AUG 1886

4.William R.JOHNSON b 1 OCT 1814 d 1 SEP 1830 Johnson-Amis Cem Maury Co TN

5.Sally McClaren JOHNSON b 11 MAY 1817 d 7 JUN 1867 m Robert R.GILL 26 APR 1832

6.Mary Ann JOHNSON m Stephen C.NOLEN 12 FEB 1834

7.Joseph Alexander JOHNSON b 13 SEP 1821 d 2 MAR 1881 8.Elizabeth Jane JOHNSON b 25 MAY 1824 d 21 FEB 1902 Wilkes Cem Maury Co TN m1 unk MARTIN m2 Rev.Wm.H.WILKES

9.Ruth Allen JOHNSON b 31 OCT 1826 d 2 JAN 1889 m1 Albert BOOKER 18 OCT 1843 m2 William Stuart FLEMING 8 FEB 1860

10.Amanda Malvina JOHNSON b 5 JAN 1829 d 3 MAR 1897

5.Mary JOHNSON b 31 MAR 1784 Guilford NC d 25 MAR 1859 Maury Co TN

m Benjamin DAVIS 24 OCT 1800 Rowan NC b 28 JUL 1778 VA d 22 NOV 1845 m Wilmuth H.MALONE 11 NOV 1847 Maury Co TN

1.Sarah DAVIS b 1801

2.Edward DAVIS b 1802

3.Wiley DAVIS b 1803

4.Ephraim Johnson DAVIS b 22 JAN 1804

5.Jeremiah M.DAVIS b 1805

6.Woodson DAVIS

7.Johnson DAVIS

8.Mary DAVIS

9.Eliza M.DAVIS

6.John JOHNSON b ca 1783 d aft 1850 Maury Co TN m1 Elizabeth ARNOLD

9 children m2 Mary BEAVER 18 JAN 1843 Maury Co TN

7.William Allen JOHNSON b 1789 d 1852 McNairy Co TN m Mary GRIFFIN

8.Abner JOHNSON b ca 1791 m Polly MOBLEY 12 NOV 1818 Maury Co TN

9.Gideon JOHNSON b aft JUL 1800

notes: Guilford Co NC Marriage Records

Rev War Records

Williamson Co TN Court Records

1823 Maury Co TN Tax Rolls

-William Johnson,3 slaves,272 acres on Fountain Creek

-Alexander Johnson,3 slaves,93.5 acres on Fountain Creek

1830 Maury Co TN Alexander,Gideon Johnson

Boddie, Historical Southern Families vol 3 p.10

Rodenbough, Heritage of Rockingham County p.147

Alexander Johnson Family Bible

Alexander Johnson McLAREN b 5 MAY 1816 d 5 OCT 1870 ( Family of Williamson Co Tn) Parents: Franklin S.McLAREN b 6 JAN 1791 NC d 11 JUN 1853 TN m Corinne Mourning BELLENFANT 5 APR 1815 Williamson TN

1830 Feb 8: Died William JOHNSON,, 27 Dec 1749 - 8 Feb 1830 (80-01-12.) "To the Memory of William Johnson. born Dec the 27th 1749 & departed this life on the 8th of Feb 1830. Aged 80 years 1 month & 12 days." this stone is peeling away at the bottom. Won't be long before the inscription will begin to peel away. William & Sarah's stone sits on the western side of the area inside the rock wall with Williams on our left and Sarah's stone on the right. The two stones face east. They are about five paces from the edge of the rock wall. Photo & info by Wayne Austin 11-15-03.

Notes: Sarah Johnson

Sarah JOHNSON, d. 2 Sep 1835 (79-08-08.) ‘Saran Johnson Survived her husband Wm Johnson, 5 years and a half died Sept the 2nd 1835, at the age of 79 years 8 mont-hs & 8 days."Photo & info by Wayne Austin 11-15-03.

1773 MAR 4 Sarah McLAREN b 25 JAN 1755 NC MARRIED. William JOHNSON Guilford Co NC 27 DEC 1749 d 8 FEB 1830 TN

Son of Gideon JOHNSON Sr & Ursula ALLEN

both bur Johnson-Amis Cem Maury Co TN

CHILDREN................

1.Joseph JOHNSON b ca 1773

2.Celia JOHNSON b 25 OCT 1776 Guildford Co NC m John SANDERS bef 1796 Guilford Co NC

removed to Maury Co TN

1.Mary'Polly'SANDERS m James P.KENNEDY

2.Alexander McClaren SANDERS

3.William Johnson SANDERS m Elizabeth BELLENFANT

4.Duke SANDERS

5.Sarah McClaren SANDERS

6.James SANDERS

7.Joseph SANDERS

3.Vesula(Ursula)JOHNSON b ca 1778

4.Alexander JOHNSON b 14 APR 1782 Guildford Co NC d 7 FEB 1857 Maury Co TN m Mary Jessaline BALLANFANT 6 AUG 1805 Rockingham Co NC b 29 MAR 1787 VA d 3 JAN 1875 TN

both bur Johnson-Amis Cem Maury Co TN

dau of Jean BALLANFANT/Louisa'Lucy'YEOMAN

1.Cosby Duke JOHNSON Martha Ann CHEATHAM 9 JUL 1835 Maury Co TN

b 12 FEB 1821 d 20 FEB 1903 Maury Co TN

dau of John CHEATHAM/Elizabeth AMIS

2.John Bellenfant JOHNSON m Elizabeth Ann BAIRD 9 OCT 1835 Maury Co TN

3.Louisa Yeomans JOHNSON b 11 OCT 1812 d 4 AUG 1886

4.William R.JOHNSON b 1 OCT 1814 d 1 SEP 1830 Johnson-Amis Cem Maury Co TN

5.Sally McClaren JOHNSON b 11 MAY 1817 d 7 JUN 1867 m Robert R.GILL 26 APR 1832

6.Mary Ann JOHNSON m Stephen C.NOLEN 12 FEB 1834

7.Joseph Alexander JOHNSON b 13 SEP 1821 d 2 MAR 1881 8.Elizabeth Jane JOHNSON b 25 MAY 1824 d 21 FEB 1902 Wilkes Cem Maury Co TN m1 unk MARTIN m2 Rev.Wm.H.WILKES

9.Ruth Allen JOHNSON b 31 OCT 1826 d 2 JAN 1889 m1 Albert BOOKER 18 OCT 1843 m2 William Stuart FLEMING 8 FEB 1860

10.Amanda Malvina JOHNSON b 5 JAN 1829 d 3 MAR 1897

5.Mary JOHNSON b 31 MAR 1784 Guilford NC d 25 MAR 1859 Maury Co TN

m Benjamin DAVIS 24 OCT 1800 Rowan NC b 28 JUL 1778 VA d 22 NOV 1845 m Wilmuth H.MALONE 11 NOV 1847 Maury Co TN

1.Sarah DAVIS b 1801

2.Edward DAVIS b 1802

3.Wiley DAVIS b 1803

4.Ephraim Johnson DAVIS b 22 JAN 1804

5.Jeremiah M.DAVIS b 1805

6.Woodson DAVIS

7.Johnson DAVIS

8.Mary DAVIS

9.Eliza M.DAVIS

6.John JOHNSON b ca 1783 d aft 1850 Maury Co TN m1 Elizabeth ARNOLD

9 children m2 Mary BEAVER 18 JAN 1843 Maury Co TN

7.William Allen JOHNSON b 1789 d 1852 McNairy Co TN m Mary GRIFFIN

8.Abner JOHNSON b ca 1791 m Polly MOBLEY 12 NOV 1818 Maury Co TN

9.Gideon JOHNSON b aft JUL 1800

notes: Guilford Co NC Marriage Records

Rev War Records

Williamson Co TN Court Records

1823 Maury Co TN Tax Rolls

-William Johnson,3 slaves,272 acres on Fountain Creek

-Alexander Johnson,3 slaves,93.5 acres on Fountain Creek

1830 Maury Co TN Alexander,Gideon Johnson

Boddie, Historical Southern Families vol 3 p.10

Rodenbough, Heritage of Rockingham County p.147

Alexander Johnson Family Bible



Alexander Johnson McLAREN b 5 MAY 1816 d 5 OCT 1870 ( Family of Williamson Co Tn) Parents: Franklin S.McLAREN b 6 JAN 1791 NC d 11 JUN 1853 TN m Corinne Mourning BELLENFANT 5 APR 1815 Williamson TN

1800 Dec 13: Rowan Co., NC Heritage Book which listed the following: Book 17, pg. 417: Dec. 3, 1800, John Johnston of Williamston Co., TN--no wife signs--lets Benjamin Burch Walker of Rowan Co., NC have 179 acres on Mill Creek next Ebenezer Jones & Levin Ward for $447.00, witnessed by John Johnston & Robert Johnston& proved by the latter in Feb. 1801

John Johnston of Williamston Co., TN

Benjamin Burch Walker of Rowan Co., NC

Mill Creek Rowan Co Nc

Ebenezer Jones Rowan Co Nc

Levin Ward Rowan Co Nc

Robert Johnston

#1801

Died Bef 1801 John Bryan was born 9 Apr 1730 in Orange, Virginia, and died Bef 1801 in Rowan, North Carolina, He married Sarah Unknown. She was born 1730 in Rowan, North Carolina, , and died Aft 1793.

1801 March 10: Rowan County Court Records show a deed recorded on March 10, 1801 in Blount Co. and witnessed by Andrew Richey. The records the sale of 270 acres of land bordering the Holston River, sold by John Johnston, Michael Montgomery, Amos Edwards and Jusius (sp?) Danforth to Thomas Richey. Thomas Richey purchased the land for $275.00. The property bordered that of his brother in law, Archibald Trimble. James Lacky was the attorney who handled the transaction.

1801 Sept 23 Isaac Jones of Surry Co NC to William Graham of Rowan 100 acres on Sedar Creek 18:384



#1802

1802 Aug 26: Jno Patterson married Charlotte Caudle :Saml Johnson was the bondsman and A. L. Osborn D. C. the witness

This is from Rowan County Marriages 1753-1868 by Brent H. Holcomb.

#1803

#1804

#1805

1805, Zenas Johnston, Rowan Co. Born died 1824. University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Dialectic Society

Years: c1807 Title John Johnson, Sr. Creator: Languages: Call Number: WB-G/101

Location: MARS Id: 5200.85.1298 (Folder) Other Ids: Physical Description:

Quantity: Other Copies: Related Materials: Arrangement:

Abstract:

Scope / Contents: View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Recorded Copy Reference: WB-G/101 (WB = WillBook)

Original: AR (The original will is in the North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.)

Location where will was filed and probated: Rowan County

View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Index Terms SubjectsIndexesWills

Personal Names John Johnson, Sr.

Geographical NamesRowan County

Provenance Mars Mitchell Will Index Rowan County

1805 July 20:, Ebenezer Frost and wife Elizabeth Frost sold to George Boone ".... a tract or parcel of land lying in Rowan County on waters of Bear Creek, beginning.........William Nelson's corner........Jones line.....William Moore's line..... Walter Gaither...... containing two hundred acres being a part of a tract of land containing four hundred and eighty four acres which descended to said Ebenezer from his father William Frost....." (Rowan County Deed Book 19, p. 381).

A similar description of this land was used on January 5, 1815, when George Booe sold it to John Boone for $700.00. This land seems to have included what later became known as the "Old Frost Burying Ground." In all probability William Frost and his daughter-in-law Sarah Fairchild Frost were buried in this family cemetery but without inscribed tombstones to mark their graves.

Ebenezer Frost

Ebenezer Frost was the son of William Frost, born in Morristown, NJ. His tombstone inscription provides the date of his birth on November 23, 1746, and the date of his death on January 7, 1824. He is buried in the family cemetery near Mocksville, Davie Co., NC. The grave was located in 1972. Indisputable proof of the father-son relationship between William and Ebenezer Frost is found in the record of a real estate transaction which took place many years after William Frost's death. The marriage bond for Ebenezer Frost and his first wife, Sarah Fairchild, was dated December 5,m1769, and was signed by Ebenezer Frost, Jonathan Boone, and Dan C. Little. A photocopy of the bond shows that Thomas Frohock, Rowan County Court Clerk, misspelled Sarah's name. The error has been copied as Sarahy" Fairchild by many who did not notice the correct spelling by Sarah's father. Attached to the marriage bond is this note from Ebenezer Fairchild:

North Calinah Roan County In the year of our Lord 1769 Desembour the 3 Day pleas to grant Ebenezer Frost lisens to marry Sarah Fair Child and in so doing you will a blige your friend. (Signed) ebeneser fair Child

At the time of his marriage to Sarah Fairchild, Ebenezer Frost was twenty-three, Sarah was probably younger than eighteen, since her parents are thought to have married in 1750 and since her father's consent was attached to her marriage bond. How long Sarah lived after her marriage is not known; nor is the exact dates of the births of any of her children. Her death probably occurred a few months before Ebenezer Frost's second marriage on November 2, , 1775

#1806

#1807

1807 Feb 23: Miss Johnson to John Wright Rowan Co. Notice of Marriage Published Marriage and Death notices from Raliegh Register and NC State Gazette 1799-1825 compiled by Carrie L. Broughton: Baltimore Publishing Co. 1966

#1808

1808 Died Isaac Holman was born in 1725. He died in 1808 in Rowan County, North Carolina. Note #2: Damaris Knobe (Source #1, p. 81) states that Isaac and his wife,

Mary, both signed a deed when they sold some property in 1782. Only Isaac

signed in similar circumstances in 1798, so it is assumed that Mary died

between 1782 and 1798. Knobe also mentions that Isaac and his wife belonged

to the Bear Creek Baptist Church. (See Holeman/Holman Newsletter, Volume

II, Issues 1 and 2, for some of these church records.)

On p. 108 of A History of the Holman Family of Johnson County, Indiana,

Dorothy Shank Hunter states that "The Holman family of Johnson County,

Indiana, never had any doubts as to her maiden name. Her maiden name is

said to have been 'Mary Benton'. Family tradition appears to be correct

because the name 'Benton' re-occurs many times among the descendants of

Isaac Holeman (the first)." This note was provided by: Merry Ann Malcolm

Isaac Holeman will--Rowan Co., NC, Book G, p. 93; written 15 Aug 1807,

probated 3 May 1808.

He was married to Mary Benton in 1746 in Wilkes, Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Children were: Daniel Holman, Elizabeth Holman, William Holman, Isaac Holman, Reuben Holman, James Holman, Patience Holman, Thomas Holman, John Holman, Absalom Holman, Mary Holman, Jacob Holman, David Holman.

Henry C. Holman was born in 1841 in Davie Co., NC. Parents: J. Isaac Holman and Mary Neely.

He was married to Sarah E. Ward on Dec 3 1861 in Davie Co., NC. J. M. Johnson, JP; Eph Gaither, clk. Children were: Walter Holman, Mary V. Holman, Maud Holman.

William Holman was born in 1753. He died in 1820 in Rowan County, North Carolina. Parents: Isaac Holman and Mary Benton. He was married to Elizabeth Johnson

Children were: Patience Holman .



#1809

#1810

1810 Death: Cecelia Elmore Johnson in Rowan Co.,NC 1808 MAY Death: Robert Johnson in Stokes Co.,NC  19 NOV 1758 Married in Hanover Co., VA  Robert Johnson married to Cecelia Elmore Birth: 15 MAY 1737 in New Kent Co., VA Title: Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books Author: National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution

1789 May 21 Died Hezekiah Sanders

15 Nov 1757 Hezekiah SAnders PRCF Cedar Creek MM VA.to m Martha

her father David Johnson sent a letter of consent EQG 

1758, 1, 12: Robert Johnson married Cicely Elmore: Cedar Creek MM: Hinshaw Encyclopedia of American Quaker Records. Volume 6: copy’s sent in by S.M. Boone

 Name: Hezekiah SANDERS Birth: 28 Aug 1734 in Virginia Death: 21 May 1789 in Deep River, Guilford, North Carolina

 

Hezekiah Sanders

Oct 1766 Hezekiah &w & ch REC from Cedar Creek MM VA dtd 14 Apr 1766

 

3 Dec 1757 Hezekiah RMT Martha Johnson

 

9 Sep 1758 Hezekiah & John Stanley had a dispute concerning some building: matter settled by MM

12 Apr 1766 Hezekiah & w Martha & ch GCT New Garden MM

 

Martha Johnson Sanders

1 Apr 1758 Martha con misconduct.rem to to the

(Cedar Creek MM)

19 NOV 1758 Married in Hanover Co., VA  Robert Johnson Death: MAY 1808 in Stokes Co.,NC to Cecelia Elmore Birth: 15 MAY 1737 in New Kent Co., VA Death: 1810 in Rowan Co.,NC Title: Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books Author: National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution

1758, 1, 12: Robert Johnson married Cicely Elmore: Cedar Creek MM: Hinshaw Encyclopedia of American Quaker Records. Volume 6: copy’s sent in by S.M. Boone

John Sanders II, b 1706, (parents John and Martha Sanders) and his wife Jane Crew, b. 1703 (parents John and Sara Crew of New Kent, Va.). Two of Jane's siblings married into the Stanleys. John and Jane had the following children:

Elizabeth Sanders, b. 1730, m. John Moore Jr.;

Hezekiah Sanders, b 1734, m. Martha Elmore Johnson;

Sarah Sanders, b 1739, m. David Brooks;

Priscilla Sanders, b. 1740 m. Phillips Hamm;

Ann Sanders, b. 1743, m. Thomas Elmore Jr.;

Joel Sanders, b. 1745 m. Mary Elmore;

Jemima Sanders, b. 1747, m. John Baldwin;

my line is John Sanders III, (b1733) who married Susanna Ravenett, dau. of William.

Their children were Jesse (m. Sarah Ruddick),

Martha (m. ? Hubbard);

John IV, Forris (Forrest),

Joseph (m. Hannah Eyres),

Hezekiah; and

James (my line) who married Phoebe Beeson, dau. Issac and Pheobe Straud Beeson, in 1788.

1810 Feb 8 The Star Married On Thursday the 18th in Rowan County, Mr. John Johnson, planter, to Miss Lydia Elrod, daughter of Adam Elrod, late of Salem

Adam Elrod,

Mr. John Johnson

1810 Nov. 29Thurs. SHERIFFS SALE 158 acres, returned by SAMUEL JOHNSON, in CAPT. PEARSON’S Company, for the tax of 1808

SAMUEL JOHNSON

CAPT. PEARSON

#1811

#1812

War of 1812

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|Johnson |William | |6th Regt. |3rd Regt. |Rowan Co. |

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|Johnston |Abram | |7th Regt. |2nd Co. |Detached From The 2nd Rowan Regt. |

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|Johnston |Baker | |7th Regt. |3rd Co. |Detached From The 3rd Rowan Regt. |

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|Johnston |James | |6th Regt. |2nd Regt. |Rowan Co. |



Years: 1812 Title Mary Johnson, Creator: Languages: Call Number: WB-G/236

Location: MARS Id: 5200.85.1299 (Folder) Other Ids:

Physical Description: Quantity: Other Copies: Related Materials: Arrangement:

Abstract:

Scope / Contents: View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Recorded Copy Reference: WB-G/236 (WB = WillBook) Original: AR (The original will is in the North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.) Location where will was filed and probated: Rowan County

View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Index Terms Subjects

IndexesWillsPersonal Names Mary Johnson,

Geographical NamesRowan County

Provenance Mars Mitchell Will Index Rowan County

1812 Jan 1 Married New Garden Monthly Meeting Rowan North Carolina Rachel Johnson 1 Mar 1794 in Guilford,,North Carolina, Death: Oct 1849 to Azael HUNT 15 Sep 1790 in ,Guilford,North Carolina died 7 Apr 1868 in Spring,MH,Indiana

reported daughter of 1787 Oct 11 Married in New Garden Monthly Meeting, Guilford,North Carolina, Caleb JOHNSON born Nov 1764 in New Garden Mm, North Carolina Rowan Co. died 24 Apr 1848 in Mill Creek, Hendricks, Indiana Elizabeth RAYLE born 1 Feb 1767 in New Garden Mm,Guilford,North Carolina died Dec 1839 in Mill Creek,Hendricks,Indiana Contact: Kathleen

Reported parents are James Johnson died 18 Apr 1809 in New Garden Mm, Guilford, North Carolina Married: 20 Feb 1748 in New Garden Mm,Chester,Pennsylvania, Margaret Cook Death: 1 Mar 1781 in Guilford,,North Carolina

Her reported parents are: George Rayle b: 6 May 1738 in E Marborough, Chester, Pennsylvania and wife Jane Brown

1812 John Johnson Rowan Co assigned to 6th Regiment:

July 03, 1812 in Samuel Johnson PICKETT/PIGGOTT, born Rowan Co., NC; died September 22, 1872 in Davidson Co., NC. He married Asenith Hunt MONTGOMERY Abt. 1843 in NC; born 1824; died July 19, 1886 in Davidson Co., NC

#1813

#1814

#1815

1815 Rowan County, Tax List of Capt. Tabb's Compy for the Year 1815

St. John Freeling 1 WP 3 BP 751 acres Bear Creek

Edward Parker 1WP 3BP 369 acres Bear Creek

Josiah Daniel 1 WP 1BP 300 acres adjoining Stokes Quarter

John Daniel 1 WP 1BP 189 acres [adjoining Stokes Quarter]

Zadok Daniel

Alexander Daniel 1 WP 215 acres adjoining Freeling

Drury Daniel 1 WP

Thomas Hughes 1WP 2BP 179 1/2 acres adjoining Freeling [married 1804 Susannah Parker]

Miles Parker 1 WP [married 1806 Anny Murray]

L. Peter Parker 1WP 1 BP [married 1809 Sally Hendren]

David Parker 1WP 2 BP 155 acres adjoining Forman heirs

David Parker 1 Tavern



St. John Freeling

Edward Parker

In addition to Edward Parker, there was a Thomas Parker (relationship to Edward is unknown) on Bear Creek. Thomas Parker and May Bostin filed a marriage bond on 9 July 1767 in Rowan County. They also had a daughter named Susannah Parker (20).

#1816

Aug. 29, 1816, Rowan Co., North Carolina. died JOHN JOHNSTON, b. Aug. 10, 1774; ( See above Johnson and Smiley)

1816 Nov: Probated: Source: Rowan County Nc Will Book G, Pp. 445-6

Written: August 20, 1816

John Johnston (1774-1816) Will (Rowan County NC, Will Book G, pp. 445-6)

November Session 1816

Be is known to all whom it may concern to know that I John Johnston of the

County of Rowan & State of No Carolina being afflicted in body, but in my

usual state of mind, calling to mind my own mortality, do make & ordain this

as my last will and Testament & direct that my property be disposed of in the

following manner viz.

1st I give and bequeath to my wife Malinda Penelope Johnston my Negroe man

Frank & his wife Clary as her property during life if they should have any

more children those to be equally divided among all my children - also the

household furniture beds and beding together with all the kitchen furniture -

also the whole of the stock of horses, Cows, sheep & hogs to be kept on the

plantation for the use and as the common property of the family or to be

disposed as my Executors & her shall think most to the benefit of the family.

2nd I give and bequeath to my son Lee Johnston my Negroe boy Joe.

3rd I give & bequeath to my son Reece Johnston my negroe boy Frank.

4th I give & bequeath to my Son Moses D. Johnston my negroe boy Anthony.

5th I give & bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Malissa Johnston my negroe

girl Eliza.

6th I give & bequeath to my daughter Adeline Johnston my negroe girl Margaret.

7th I give & bequeath to my daughter Polly Serena Johnston my negroe girl

Zilla.

8th I give & bequeath my three Sons already named all my lands now in

possession both that on which I live and that purchased from John Hall & John

Graham to be equally divided among them (viz) my sons Lee, Reece & Moses D.

Johnston.

9th I direct and wish my waggon gears, all the farming utensils and black

smith to remain on the plantation as the common property & for the use of the

family. My still and vessels with any other property not already named to

some heir, to be sold and equally divided among my children.

Finally I appoint my wife and my brother Robert Johnston as the Executors of

this my last will & Testament, hereby revoaking and disannulling every other

will or Testament before made & confirming this & this only as my last will &

Testament in Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal in presence

of Robert Johnston, Wm S. Johnston, Wm Kilpatrick

This 20th of August 1816 John Johnston

File at:

Joseph H. Howard jhhoward@ May 4, 2007, 4:05 pm

This file has been created by a form at

#1817

1817, William TRIVETT, m. Lydia LATHAM Rowan County

William TRIVETT

William TRIVETT, m. Lydia LATHAM 1817, Rowan County

Thomas TRIVETT, m. Polly WAYMAN? before 1820

John TRIVETT Jr., m. Sarah ELROD, daughter of Adam ELROD

Lazarus TRIVETT, m. Sarah CRANFIELD

David TRIVET, m. Rachel GREER

Solomon TRIVETT, m. Elizabeth HARMON?

Owen TRIVETT, m. Rhodicy (Dicy) WILCOX

Samuel TRIVETT, m. Rebecca NORRIS

Fanny TRIVETT, m. Thomas JOHNSTON

Honor (Onar) TRIVETT, m. Nathan CRANFIELD

Lyddy TRIVETT, m. Berea RAY

These are some of the children of two brothers, John and Richard TRIVETT.

Both John and Richard were born in 1760s, probably in Pennsylvania.

John was mentioned in the will of Solomon Jones, 1804, as his stepson.

Richard was married to a lady named Margaret, John was married to a lady named Elizabeth.

Seven of these sons belong to John and one belongs to Richard.

Does anyone know which son is Richard's?

DAWN PETERS 

1817 Malinda Morris CURTIS Married: John GRAGG Birth: 1813 in Watauga Co, NC Father: John D. GRAGG Mother: Elizabeth MAJORS married on 11 AUG 1842 in Ashe Co, NC Malinda Morris CURTIS born 1817 in Rowan Co, NC Thomas CURTIS, father of Malinda Morris Curtis Nancy HARMON, mother of Malinda Morris Curtis

Our Eli Thomas Curtis DNA who died Humphreys Co. Tn is a DNA Match to Curtis's in

Randolph Co. NC

Wilkes County NC:  this is where the Off Spring of Rev. William Dodson of Prince William-Fauquier Co. Va and Jeffery Johnson are at Families of Elijah Dodson of 1837 Humphreys Co. Tn.

ASHE CO NC

 

I will be running land deeds to see where these folks owned lands an who their neighbors (kinsman were)

Naman Curtis born 1782-1826 in Randolph Co NC

Thomas Curtis Jr 1747-1813 in Randolph Co. NC

Joseph Curtis 1750-1796 Randolph Co. NC

Samuel Curtis 1748-1812 Randolph Co. NC

Samuel Curtis 1720-1775 Randolph Co. NC

 

David Curtis 1745-1816 Wilkes Co. NC

David Curtis 1745-1816 Wilkes-Ashe Co. NC

Joshua Curtis 1735-1810 Wilkes Ashe Co. NC

Joshua Kel Curtis 1785 NC

It can be found at the address below. Lee Olen Johnson

Thanks a bunch



#1818

1818: William Patrick (1740 -1818) probated in Rowan Co. and listed 10 children - one named Robert.

[Anson-1750s]

|Samel Cobrin, Captain |Solomon Hooser |

|Thaoms Betty, Lieutenant |Henry Sides |

|John Kuykendal, Insin |Jacob Forney |

|Hendry Jonston, Sergen |Boston Best |

|George Heger, Sergen |Lenard Kilen |

|Abraham Kuykendal, Corpl. |John Rorite |

|Adam Dick, Corpl. |John Camp |

|Robert Leeper/ Philip Rude??? |William Raehford |

|Robart Patrick, Corpl. |Felty Taliner |

|William Hendry |John Semerman |

|Andrew MacNab |Cristen Sumirman |

|James Kuykindal |Watson Feral Junior |

|Peter Kuykindal |Watson Feral Senor |

|Wiliam Hagirty |Joseph Green |

|Andrew Hemton |Peter Eaker |

|John Moore |Adams Sides |

|William Moore |  |

|William Adeare |  |

|Thomas Stone |  |

|John Langham |  |

|George Rutledge |  |

|William Pleghorn |  |

|Samel Willson |  |

|John Nellson |  |

|Thomas Ranils |  |

|Richard Ranils |  |

|David Stanley |  |

|John Watkins |  |

|Charles Macfators (?) |  |

|Edward Hogin |  |

|Robart Brank |  |

|Fredrick Hambright |  |

|Hendry Richards |  |

|Peterer Hoyl |  |

|Peter Bumgardnor |  |

|Peter Oyster |  |

|Peter Club |  |

|Michael Rudeseele |  |

|William Heger |  |

|(On the back of the previous page is written) |  |

|  |  |

|A list of the Young Men |  |

|John Tufts |Guns Wanting 18 |

|John Armstrong |  |

|William Armstrong |  |

|John Doughart |  |

|John Kilen |  |

|John Richman |  |

|Jacob Hoyl |  |

|Joseph Seler |  |

|William Little |  |

|Archibald Little |  |

|William Patrick |  |

|John Patrick |  |

|Michel Oyster |  |

|William Fronebery |  |

|Peter Bumgarnor |  |

|Thomas |  |

|James |  |

|Isaac Cobren |Capt. Cobrin |

|Adam Dick |Married Men 48 |

|Jacob Simerman |Young Men 30 |

|Cristel Eaker |Guns Wanting 18 |

|Mickel Selor |  |

|John Dick |  |

|Hendry Ramsour |  |

| Ivey |  |

| Ramsour |  |

|David Ramsour (?) |  |

|Alixander Ramus |  |

|John Ramus (?) |  |

|William Pell (?) | |



#1819

Apr, 1819 - Moses A. Locke -- no wife signs-- lets Tenneson Cheshire (both of Rowan Co., NC) have 208 acres on Bear Creek next Isaac Linster and Samuel Frost, for $110.00, acknowledged in May, 1819. (This is part of a State Grant to Joseph Hughes, which after his death, was allotted to his son, Epps Hughes, then was sold by the Sheriff to the said Moses A. Locke. The original tract was for 402 acres, granted in Oct, 1786, next to Huff, Frost and Gaither.

Moses A. Locke

Tenneson Cheshire or Tenneson Chesser

1800 - Tenneson Chesser married Mary Gray, (no mo. or day.) 1800, Wilkes County, North Carolina. Wit: Benjamin Johnson and Wm. B. Lenoir

Sep., 1845 - G. H. Johnson to M. G. Richards for $1 in mortgage deed of trust, personalty to pay debt to Tenison Cheshier and Philip Seaford. Witness: E. M. Chehier (Emily Melissa?)

Isaac Linster

Samuel Frost

#1820

#1821

1821 August: Rowan County By _ _ _iance to an order of the worshipful court of said county of August Session 1821, We the subscribers after being duly qualified agreeable to act of assembly in such case made and provided have provided to set off the dower of Elizabeth Robinson, widow of Tully Robinson, dec'd out of the above plan. Beginning at a dogwood one of his original corners running South thirty chains to a red oak sapling thence East fourteen chains and twenty four links to a red oak thence North thirty chains to a Stone, on original line of the old track thence to the first location, containing forty two and one third acres ~ Surveyed October the 10th 1821 by John Little, D.S. (signed by 12 men) J. Henderson Eliphet Smoot, Sr Thos. Cole Daniel Ratledge (crossed out) Scarlet Glascock John Taylor Warner Brown Daniel J. Smoot Nathaniel Comer Baker Johnson Joseph Beale Richard Anderson Charles Anderson Next sheet . . . two scraps of paper - writing still legible . . . Rowan County August 1821 Ordered by the Court that Charles Anderson Esquire, Daniel Rutledge, Warner Brown and Scarlett Glascock act as a Committee to lay off one years provision for the widow and family of Tully Robinson. Rowan County - August Session 1821 Ordered by the Court that the Sheriff Summon a jury of good and lawful men to lay off by metes and bounds the Dower of Betsy T_mey in the lands of her late Husband, Tully Robinson.

Elizabeth Robinson, widow of Tully Robinson, dec'd

Henderson Eliphet

Smoot, Sr

Thos. Cole

Daniel Ratledge (crossed out)

Scarlet Glascock

John Taylor

Warner Brown

Daniel J. Smoot

Nathaniel Comer

Baker Johnson

Joseph Beale

Richard Anderson

Charles Anderson

#1822

1822 Davidson County formed from Rowan County

Researcher NOTES: 1809 Elizebeth Leonard Married Danial Johnson were both from Guilford Co. and Lived in Guilford Co. But we found their Marrage and other Records in Davidson Co.

Elizebeth Leonard Married Daniel Johnson were both from Guilfford Co. and Lived in Guilford Co. But we found their Marrage and other

Records in Davidson Co. Valentin Leonhadt came to old Rowan Co. in The 1700's . 1753-1754

The Leonhardt's Church in Davidson Co. was established (a German Reformed Church now called Pilgrim) the family traces back to him

#1823

#1824

#1825

1825 Sept 6: Dovey Johnston to Reverend Jas. Stafford: Published Marriage and Death notices from Raliegh Register and NC State Gazette 1799-1825 compiled by Carrie L. Broughton: Baltimore Publishing Co. 1966

#1826

#1827

#1828

Years: 1828 Title Mary Johnson, Creator: Languages: Call Number: WB-H/417

Location: MARS Id: 5200.85.1300 (Folder) Other Ids: Physical Description:

Quantity: Other Copies: Related Materials: Arrangement:

Abstract:

Scope / Contents: View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Recorded Copy Reference: WB-H/417 (WB = WillBook) Original: AR (The original will is in the North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.)Location where will was filed and probated: Rowan County

View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Index Terms Subjects

Indexes WillsPersonal Names Mary Johnson, Geographical Names Rowan County

Provenance Mars Mitchell Will Index Rowan County

1828 Aug 29: John Washington Johnston married Eliza Webb Rowan County, NC - County Index to NC Marriages Database

Notes: Elizabeth Webb

John Washington Johnson

according to the 1850 census, he was born somewhere in NC about

1802....quite possibly in Rowan County or around there, as that's where

he was for his 1828 marriage to Eliza Webb, and that's where he died in

1852. All six of his children were born there.

With a name like John Johnson, of course, I nearly despair of ever

finding who his parents/siblings are....

His children's names were:

Caleb Webb Johnson 1829-1899, m. Mary Elizabeth Dixon

James C. Johnson 1832-?, m. Sarah C. McKnight

John W. Johnson 1833-bef 1850....

Mary Jane Johnson 1835-?, m. D. H. Bost, also a Mr. Kent

William Locke Johnson 1841-1928, m. Jane Foster Bowman, also Mary Gray

Joseph Dempsey Johnson 1844-1860

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#1829

1829 Dec 30 Johnson Swink & Eliza Weant, ; Geroge M. Weant, bondsman; Jno. H. Hardie, wit.

Notes: Johnson Swink

Notes: Eliz Weant

Notes George M. Weant

Notes: Jno Hardie

#1830

Years: 1830 Title Walter Johnson, Rowan County Creator: Languages: Call Number: WB-B/30 Location: MARS Id: 5200.84.367 (Folder) Other Ids: Physical Description: Quantity: Other Copies: Related Materials: Arrangement:

Abstract:

Scope / Contents: View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Recorded Copy Reference: WB-B/30 (WB = WillBook) Original: AR (The original will is in the North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.)

Location where will was filed and probated: Rockingham County

View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Index Terms Subjects

IndexesWills Personal Names Walter Johnson,

Geographical Names Rockingham County

Mars Mitchell Will Index Rowan County

#1831

#1832

1832 Sept 5: Pension of William Rutledge Revolutionary War - North Carolina - #S4171 State of Tennessee } September sessions of the County Wayne County } Court of said County for the year 1832 On this 5th day of Sept. 1832 personally appeared in open court before the justice of said county now sitting, William Rutledge, a resident of said County and State aged seventy six years since June last, in his being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath swear the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That is to say, He volunteered and entered the above-named service in Rowan County in the state of North Carolina early in the Revolutionary War, under the command of Capt. David Caldwell in General Griffin Rutherford's Brigade. He marched on this tour down on Cross Creek in North Carolina for the purpose of keeping down the Scotch Tories in that quarter. He was then discharged at the expiration of his term of service which was three months. He next volunteered and entered the service in said County of Rowann for the term of three months. He was marched through Burke County over the mountains and crossed near the head of the Catawba River, and from thence over to the head of (the) Tennessee River against the Cherokee Indians under the command of Captain Joseph Dickerson in General Rutherford's Brigade. On this expedition the troops with which applicant was associated drove the Indians from their settlements and towns, burnt their towns, huts, and wigwams and destroyed everything before them. He was then marched back to Rowann County where he was discharged at the end of his term of service. He next volunteered and entered the service, again for the term of three months under Capt. Joseph Dickerson, who was the highest officer in Command on this expedition. He marched down to Pinetree in South Carolina for the purpose of quelling and keeping down the Scotch Tories, and was again marched home and discharged at the end of his term of service, which was one of three months. Applicant then went to live up in Wilkes County, State of North Carolina where he went again into service as a volunteer under Major Micajah Lewis, and marched near to Haw River, thirteen or fourteen miles from Guilford Courthouse, where he and his associate troops defeated the Tories under the Command of Col. Piles. They killed in this engagement a number of the Tories, in full nearly all that were in the action and took no prisoners. Col. Perkins was their General on this occasion on the side of the United States troops. Col. Lee was also in this engagement. About this time the said Applicant was sent in Company with Capt. Robert Cleveland with an express from the Moravian towns to General Green at Guilford Courthouse. Which express was to inform Gen. Green that the British were at the shallow ford on the Yadkin River advancing towards his quarters. This was a short time before the battle fought at Guilford Courthouse. This was the last service that applicant performed except being afterwards engaged in several scouting parties. He has no documentary evidence and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except Col. John Witherspoon of said County of Wayne State of Tennessee. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name in not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Sworn to and subscribed in open court the date first above written, Test. Wm. Bennett, Clerk. Wm. Rutledge (signed)

Questions put by the War Department: Question 1: Where and in what year were you born? Answer: I was born in the State of Pennsylvania near the town of Carlisle in the year 1756.

Question 2: Have you any record of your age and if so where is it? Answer: I think I have at home a record of my age on a small piece of paper in my father's own handwriting.

Question 3: Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since, and where do you now live? Answer: When first called into service I lived in Rowann County, N.C. But afterwards in Wilkes County during the Revolutionary War. I came from Wilks County N.C. to Tennessee something like forty years ago to Williamson County where I resided until I moved to Maury County where I lived until three years last since which time I have resided in Wayne County, Tennessee, where I now live.

Question 4: How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom. Answer: I volunteered in all the expeditions set forth in my declaration.

Question 5: State the name of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service. Answer: This question I have answered as well as I am able in the above declaration.

Question 6: Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it? Answer: I received four discharges, one from Capt. Caldwell, two from Capt. Dickson, and another from Maj. Micajah Lewis, but I have lost or mislaid them all.

Question 7: State the names of the persons to whom you are acquainted in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution. Answer: I am known to Squire Henry Rayburn, Gen. John Rayburn, Col. John Witherspoon, Robert Thompson, Col. Gallaher, Lewis Johnson, and Samuel Johnson, and others, all of whom can testify both as to my character for veracity and the reputation of my being a Revolutionary soldier in the neighbourhood where I now live.

He further states that he was under General Rutherford at the battle fought at Ramsour Mill, where Capt. Gillespie was killed, where the United States troops and the Tories had a very considerable engagement. A number were slain on both sides, but the Tories were completely routed, some taken prisoners and the rest driven from the field. He also states that the said Maj. Lewis was mortally wounded in the engagement at Whiteside Mill on Rudee fork of Haw river and that he was carried off the field and died the next day. Sworn to and subscribed in open court the date first above written

Test. William Bennett, Clerk. William Rutledge (signed) And the said Court do hereby declare... after the investigation of the matter and after putting the questions prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as stated... and the said court further states and certifies that it appears to them that William Baker, who has signed the preceeding Certificate, is a clergyman in said county and state, and that Henry Rayburn, Esq., has signed the same is a resident in the said state and county, and is a creditable person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. Isaac G. Grimes (signed) Holloway Prater (signed) William B.T. (signed) J.P.s Certification by William Barnett, clerk of the court of pleas and quarters sessions of Wayne County, dated 28 Sept. 1832.

We, William Baker, a clergyman, residing in said county and state, and Henry Rayburn, residing in the same county and state, hereby certify that we are all well acquainted with William Rutledge, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy six years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion, and that we have often heard him speak of his services in the Revolution before the first of June last. William Baker (signed) Henry Rayburn (signed) State of Tennessee } September sessions of the County Wayne County } Court of said County for the year 1832

This day being the 27th day of Sept. 1832, personally appeared in open court before the justices of said county John Witherspoon, aged about 67 years next October, & after being duly sworn according to law, on his oath made the following statement: That he was personally acquainted with William Rutledge, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration in the Revolutionary War, that he knew the said Rutledge was in the United States service during said War, and he states he also knew the said Rutledge when he was in the service under Maj. Micajah Lewis at the defeat of Col. Piles, and that he well remembers that said Rutledge was at those engagements. He has known the said Rutledge ever since the Revolution, both in N. C. and Tennessee, in Williamson county, & also in Wayne County, and that he has no doubt that the said Rutledge performed the service in said War as stated in his declaration, & that he has always been believed & reputed in the neighbourhood where he now lives, to be a soldier of the Revolution, and that the said Rutledge is a man of veracity. John Witherspoon (signed) State of Tennessee } Wayne County }

March the 11th, 1834, on this day personally appeared before William Hawk, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said County and state aforesaid, William Rutledge, aged about seventy seven years who being duly sworn, deposeth & saith that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise truth of his service, but according to his best recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below & in the following grades for nine months, as mentioned in his former declaration including the three first terms of service mentioned in said declaration, he served as a private soldier in the militia, he thinks he served two weeks as a private soldier in the militia in the scouting parties mentioned in said declaration, his service making in all nine months and two weeks & for such service he claimed a pension. William Rutledge (signed)

William Rutledge

1782 April 3: married: Wilkes Co. NC : Mrs. C. Rutledge no dates inscribed. (Chloe Johnson Rutledge, wife of William Rutledge, a Rev. War Vet. from Rowan County, NC.) She married William Rutledge April 3, 1782, in Wilkes County, NC. She was the daughter of Jeffrey Johnson and Rachel Walker They moved to Maury County, Tennessee about 1795. Chloe died about 1825 in Maury County, DOOLEY CEMETERY, COLUMBIA, MAURY COUNTY TENNESSEE

#1833

Feb, 1833 - Andrew Baggerly --no wife signs-- lets Thomas Cheshire, (both of Rowan Co., NC) have 300 acres on the waters of Bear Creek, beginning on the line of Al--- Hadgaan at a chestnut and going east 47 chains to an alder in the line of Hablin Hays, north 20 chains to a black oak, east 1 chain and 50 links to a black oak, north 5 chains to a black oak, east 21 chains and 50 links to a post oak, north 50 chains to a chestnut, west 15 chains and 37 links to a black oak on the corner of William Stephens, south 24 chains and 40 links to a stone on the corner of said Stephens, west 35 chains and 58 links to a stone on the line of Joseph Jones, south 28 chains and 30 links to a white oak on the corner of said Jones, west 20 chains to a hickory on the corner of said Jones, then south to the beginning, for $262.00. Witness: S L. Howell and Will F. Kelly and proved by the latter in Feb court of 1833.

Andrew Baggerly

Al--- Hadgaan

Hablin Hays,

William Stephens

Joseph Jones

S L. Howell

Will F. Kelly

#1834

#1835

1835 ERA Rowan Co. NC, Ephraim GAITHER married Sarah JOHNSON, 1850 in Davie County Census

Ephraim GAITHER

Sarah JOHNSON,

#1836

1836 Davie County Formed From Rowan County

#1837

1837 ROBERT JOHNSON, I-121 ROWAN COUNTY, NC - WILLS - PROBATE: Index to Testators, Volume I (1837-1845)

[NOTE: THIS DECLARATION IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO READ: USE THE FOLLOWING TRANSCRIPTION WITH CARE AND SHEPTICISM]

State of North Carolina, County of Wilkes

On this 24th day of January 1839: Mary Johnson a resident of the aforesaid County, personally appeared before me James Martin one of the acting justices of the County aforesaid who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838, entitled an act granting half pay and pension to certain widows - That she is seventy eight years of age and that she is the widow of Samuel Johnson who was an invalid pensioner and that proof of his services has already been made when he was placed on the pension roll of the United States. She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Johnson on the 25th day of June in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one, that her husband, the aforesaid Samuel Johnson died on the 15th September 1834, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, and at the time above stated and that she has not been married

since. She has no more written evidence.

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before.

S/ James Martin, JP

S/ Mary Johnson, X her mark

State of North Carolina, County of Wilkes

On this 24th day of January 1839 personally appeared before the subscriber of the County aforesaid Sarah Hammons a resident of the County aforesaid aged seventy years who first being duly sworn according to law, saith that she lived near the above applicant Mary Johnson before she was married and knew her and her husband Samuel Johnson before and after they were married as she understood but was not at their marriage, but knew them from that time until the death of her husband Samuel Johnson, and their marriage was never disputed. She further saith that she has often heard a Baptist preacher by the name of William Hammons say that he married them, and she believes it was in

the month and year stated by the above applicant.

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before.

S/ James Martin, JP

S/ Sarah Hammons, X her mark

State of North Carolina, Wilkes County

On this 2nd day of May A.D. 1854 personally appeared Ambrose Johnson, Admt. of Mary Johnson, decd., late of Wilkes County, State of North Carolina and made the following declaration, an oath before the said Worshipful and the County court of the County and State aforesaid.

To wit - That he is the son of the said Mary Johnson, Decd., late of said County and of Captain Samuel Johnson Decd. late of said County and State. He states that his said father, the said Captain Samuel Johnson Decd. was in his lifetime an invalid pensioner of the United States on account of his, the said Captain Samuel Johnson's Revolutionary Services -- That he died in the month of Sept A.D. 1834 and that his said mother, the said Mary Johnson now Decd. - after the death of his said father, the said Capt. Samuel Johnson also drew a pension from the United States on account of the Revolutionary Services of her said husband, the said Capt. Samuel Johnson. He states that his said mother, the said Mary Johnson died in Wilkes County State of North Carolina on or about the 21st day of January A.D. 1853. The said Ambrose Johnson, Admt. as aforesaid states that he is the fifth child of his said parents - the said Capt. Samuel Johnson and Mary Johnson - that he is now in this present month of May A.D. 1856 sixty one years old. He further states that his said father, the said Capt. Samuel Johnson, Decd., always said that he had been a soldier in the war of the revolution, that he first

went into the service of his country as a volunteer, a private under Capt. Benjamin Cleveland (afterward Colonel Cleveland). In the expedition against the Cherokee Indians in the summer of the year 1776 - under the command of General Rutherford and he states most positively that his said father, the said Samuel Johnson, always declared that he served thusly the whole of the war of the Revolution first as a private and then as a Captain - until the close of the war except such time as he was sick or when wounded and unable to serve, his said father always said that he served minus pay - with the

exception of those inconsiderable interruptions - all of which the applicant surely believes - and what was always said and believed in the whole County - so far as he ever heard or believes - and as he always heard stated by many of the old soldiers who at times during the said war - the precise date he does not now recollect - but that he knows that it was sometime before the close of the war, and he entertains no doubt but that his father did continue in the service after his marriage to said mother who was Mary Hammons and lived at the time in Wilkes County and was the daughter of one Ambrose

Hammons- he states that he has heard his said father speak of many expeditions on which he went during said war - which he can not now recount the names of places &c and that he was in the expedition and Battle of King's Mountain - in which battle he was severely wounded being shot through the abdomen, that he has many times seen the scars - he states that his father, the said Captain Samuel Johnson always said that he had no doubt but that said shot would have killed him had it not been for the fact that his bowels were entirely empty - That he had been for some three days previous to

said Battle without eating anything except that him and three of his men that was with him ate one small terrapin, he being on a scouting and observing expedition - They having orders from the commanding officer to fire no guns, so that they could get no game, nor nothing else to eat. He further states that his said father, the said Samuel Johnson was placed on the pension rolls of the United States as an invalid pensioner without his own knowledge and without any application on his part. This he well recollects that it was done by the late Governor Jesse Franklin who was at the time a senator in the Congress of the United States - and he further states that his said father was so very indifferent about it at the time and during the time - that for some two or three years at one time he declined drawing the pension and then again upon solicitation resumed it again. He states that the said Jesse Franklin was an intimate acquaintance of his said father and was with him in the Battle of King's Mountain and that he

was a nephew of Colonel Benjamin Cleveland. He states that his said father served under the command of Colonel Cleveland -- General Rutherford, Col. Campbell & others. He further states that his father the said Captain Samuel Johnson was a most intimate and confidential friend and officer of Col. Cleveland's and that as a mark of high esteem and approbation of his said father by Col. Cleveland. That after the War of the Revolution that Col. Cleveland presented to his said father the said Capt. Samuel Johnson, his True battle sword and this applicant states that he now has in his possession and

care the identical sword - that the said sword by some accident in the lifetime of his said father, the Capt. Samuel Johnson, got broken across near the middle of the blade - and that he saw his said father in his own work shop draw a shank to the point end of said sword and fasten it into the previous [?] same handle guard and mounting and that it is now about one half of its original length though otherwise is in a good State of preservation - that the said sword is silver mounted guard &c and Buck horn handle - and if it was not for the reason of its mutilation he would with great pleasure present it to the United States. He further states that he never heard of any Captain Johnson of anywhere except his said father, the said Captain Samuel Johnson having been in this section of the State during the war of the Revolution nor has he ever heard nor does he believe that there was any other Samuel Johnson in this County or section of County at that time - he states that his grandfather's name, the father of the said Capt. Samuel Johnson was Jeffrey Johnson, that he lived and died in Wilkes County and that he was a man quite advanced in years in the time of said war and never took any part in said war that he ever heard, he being too old - that his said father, the said Capt. Samuel Johnson was among the youngest of the family of children of his said father the said Jeffrey Johnson - he does not think that there was more than one other of the said family of his said grandfather younger than his said father, the said Samuel Johnson. He further states that some years after the death of his father, the said Samuel Johnson that his widow the said Mary Johnson who was very old and feeble both in body and mind began to show evident and rapid loss of mind and memory, that sometime about the dates of 1838, 39 or 40 - he thinks that his said mother had most violent spell or paragsis [?] of convulsions which held her for some 24 hours or more as he was informed by the family - which seemed to have been induced from a great affright given her on account of a violent storm which occurred at the time in her neighborhood and that after that time her mind seemed to fail more rapidly and at times would be worse until finally for some time before her death it could not be said that she had any mind at all. So great was the decline of her mind and memory for many years before her death that at many times she would not know her nearest neighbors or even her own children. This applicant states - as a circumstance - confirmation of this - that on one occasion - a good many years before the death of his said mother, the said Mary Johnson, that he went to see her as he frequently did - that on meeting with her she shook hands as usual with him but did not seem to recognize him or name him as usual - which he noticed at the time and that she went away to one of the servants and asked who he was - that the servant told her that it was Master Ambrose and that then and not before did she know him. And this applicant verily believes that his said mother, the said Mary Johnson before her application for a pension had become so much impaired in mind and memory that she most likely to him did not remember the rank or services of her said husband or at least very little about it with any degree of certainty or distinctness and that as he thinks or believes had no competent person to advise her of her

rights or interests and that when she had been in her right mind that she was - although a good and most excellent woman and mother, without education, lived in a remote part of the country, knew nothing of law, or anything of her rights or claims under it.

S/ Ambrose Johnson

Admt. of Mary Johnson, dec.

Sworn to and acknowledged in open court the day and year above written - and I do hereby

certify that the said Ambrose Johnson is a respectable resident of this County of Wilkes, State of North Carolina well known to me and in every way worthy of belief.

S/ M.S. Stokes, JP

and Clerk of Court

State of North Carolina, Wilkes County

I W. Masten, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Wilkes in the State aforesaid do certify that M. Stokes is a magistrate as above and Chairman of the Court and that the foregoing signature purporting to be true is genuine and further that the foregoing acknowledgment

and attestation was taken in open court.

Given now in my hand the seal of said court and office May 6,1854

S/ W. Masten, Clk

State of North Carolina, County of Wilkes: Summer Session Wilkes County Court

On this 2nd day of Aug. A.D. 1854, personally appeared in open court Lewis Johnson and John S. Johnson, Sons of the late Capt. Samuel Johnson and Mary Johnson, now decd. of said County, and made the following declaration on oath: To wit: That the said Lewis Johnson is now in his 55th year of age and the said John S. Johnson in his 51st year of age, that their said father, Capt. Samuel Johnson, late of said County, was an invalid pensioner of the United States and that after his death his widow & their mother the said Mrs. Mary Johnson, also drew a pension on account of the Revolutionary service of her husband the said Capt. Samuel Johnson. They State that their said father always stated - evidence their earliest recollection - that he had been an officer & soldier in the Revolution, that he had served six years of said war—that the balance of said war that he did not serve was taken up with a long illness he had on his return from the Cherokee expedition under Capt. Cleveland and General Rutherford in 1776 and the loss of time from his wound at King's Mountain Battle, and some other small losses of time, making about one year out of the six years continued of said war, that he always

said that he served to the close of said war. They State most positively that they have many times heard both their said parents speak of a particular occurrence in his said service after their marriage: that one Sabbath they were attending church at the Roaring River Meeting House in their neighborhood when a messenger arrived from the west of the Blue Ridge informing of some depredations of Tories, that their said father immediately summoned such of his men as was at hand, armed, and hastened on the expedition and left their said mother to go home by herself, that they came up with the Tories, had battle, routed them &c and that they have heard their said father often speak of several like expeditions against the Tories; in that direction west of the Blue Ridge about the Peach Bottom Mountain and about the edge of Virginia, that he always spoke of those expeditions as having occurred late in the war and after his marriage with their mother.

They both State that in passing from their residence in Wilkes County to Grayson County, Va. with their said father where they had a sister living (Mrs. Mary Bora) that their father has pointed out to them the spot at Cox's ford on the Big River in Grayson County, Va. on the north side of said river at the Peach bottom where they had a camp in one of his expeditions spoken of, all which they fully believe to be true, together with many incidents connected with said expeditions and service too tedious to mention. They are of the opinion that these terms of service was each of short duration, perhaps not longer than ten days each, but were quite hazardous and dangerous, and they here again State most emphatically on their oaths that from what their father always said in his lifetime and what was also said by their said mother whilst in her proper mind and what was always said by all the old people, the said Capt. Samuel Johnson, did continue in active service to the close of the war of the Revolution and did serve much after his marriage with their mother the said Mrs. Mary Johnson.

The said Lewis Johnson states that he was married before the death of his said father and lived near him within about 3/4 mile and the said John S. Johnson that he lived with his mother all the time up to her death. They State that she died at her residence in Wilkes County, N.C. about the 21st day of Jany A.D. 1853, that the said John S. Johnson states that he made a record of her death and is correct. They both State that soon after the death of their father they think about the Christmas following came a year that their said mother was taken ill with a kind of spasm or fits, that those spells gradually grew worse in her and it was soon perceptible to them that her mind and recollection was failing her and that sometime about the year of 1838 or 9 as they think to the best of their recollection on the occurrence of a very violent storm in their neighborhood that she had a most violent attack of fits, that for some 24 Hours her life was despaired of and that after that her mind always seemed much worse until a total State of imbecility of mind and memory occurred. They State that for many years before her death that she was scarcely ever so that she knew anything and seemed to have no recollection at all - would not know her nearest neighbors and very often not her own Children, not truly her said son the said John S. Johnson—who was constantly with her who for many years before her death was scarcely absent from her a whole day at a time and scarcely even of a night &c.

They both State that they never knew what this said mother, the said Mary Johnson, stated in her declaration bearing date the 24 day of Jany A.D. 1839 until a copy of said declaration was lately shown to them by Dr. James Calloway. That neither of them was present when said declaration was made, that had they been present that they would have known that the statement therein made "That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service" was incorrect. That this statement is contrary to what she always stated when she was of sound mind and memory as also did their said father the said Capt. Samuel Johnson. They State upon their oaths that at the time and date if this declaration that they do not believe that she was of sufficient mind and memory by any means to make a correct statement or declaration in the premises—And that further that they do not believe that at any time in her life she would have comprehended the meaning of this passage in her declaration unless it had been explained to her—That she was an unlearned woman raised in the backwoods and frontier of the County—and was all her life used to have spoken the language in its most plain and simple words— That the word 'prior' was a word quite unusual to be spoken in her neighborhood and time and we have no hesitation in stating that we do not believe that she understood—the meaning of this declaration—if at the time she was in her mind sufficient to know anything correct which we do not believe. We further State that the said James Martin, Esq., who drew up said declaration and witnessed it lived about 20 miles from her - that he was not to our knowledge or belief in the habit of filing up pension claims nor do we believe that he is at all well qualified so to do - that he was a man of good common sense—a Justice of the peace –and plain farmer. And we further state that after her pension was allowed that the said James Martin Esq. continued as long as he lived to regularly fill up her powers of attorney to draw her pension and that for many years before the death of the said Mary Johnson that his gave us direction "That when she made these powers of attorney that it was entirely unnecessary for her to be sworn—that she could not comprehend the meaning or obligation of an oath and only to let her make her mark to these papers—which [?] the [?] and we further state that the said James Martin Esq. is now dead—That he died at his residence in Wilkes County, N.C. we think about eight years ago or thereabouts - That we have no doubt but that if the said Martin was now living that he would fully substantiate the fact of her entire incapacity to make a correct statement at the time she made the declaration.

We State that our said Father, the said Saml Johnson served under the command of Col. Cleveland and that after the Close of said war that Col. Cleveland presented him with his fine Service Sword, which Sword has remained ever since in the possession of the said Capt. Saml Johnson to the time of his death and is now in the possession of his son, Ambrose Johnson of Wilkes County, N.C., though unfortunately was broken by accident. And we further State that to the best of our recollection and belief that the said James Martin Esq. acted as agent for our said Father Capt. Saml Johnson in drawing his pension for him as well as for several other of the old pensioners—and that we suppose that that was the way and reason that he happened to draw up the declaration for our said mother Mary Johnson and which we here again declare that we believe to be totally correct as to the aforesaid statement of [?] & [?] as thus stated as

[?] stated by us in this paper.

S/ Lewis Johnson

S/ John Johnson

the day and year above written

Sworn to and subscribed in open court and I do hereby certify that the above Lewis Johnson & John S. Johnson are respectable residents of the County and State aforesaid and are well known to me and I do certify that they are highly respectable and worthy men and men of exhibited good behavior - for truth and accuracy - an oath as otherwise and good citizens.

S/ M.S. Stokes, JP, {}

Chief of the Court

Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements

Pension Application of Samuel Johnson (widow's claim) W5012

Transcribed by Will Graves

My Notes Capt. Samuel Johnson below served under Col. Benjamin Cleveland and it was Col. Clevland that ordered William Johnson to take care of the wounded which included his Brother from Kings Mountain battle. Samuel Johnson is the son of Jeffery Johnson of Wilkes County NC who came from Faquier Co Va.

Notes: It now appears the Jeffery Johnson and his wife Moved to lands that were in Rowan County and the lands became Wilkes County. Jeffery Johnson lived and died on lands that were in Wilkes County NC. Two of the Sons of this Jeffery Johnson are William Johnson and Capt Samuel Johnson, both serving under Col. Cleveland in the Revolutionary War. We know that William Johnson moved from County of Fauquier in the State of Virginia, he was born on the 6th day of April 1751 (the record of which was entered in his Bible by direction of his father) where he continued to reside until he was about 15 or 16 years of age,(1766 sic) when he removed with his father to the County of Loudoun in the same State – where he lived about two years (1769 sic), when he again removed with his father to Rowan (now Wilkes) County in North Carolina. We also know that William Johnson married Mary Parks and he died in 1835 Wilkes County NC. William Johnson also served in the Revolutionary war with on Elijah Vickes of Wilkes County NC

We now know that Capt. Samuel Johnson was one of the youngest of Jeffery Johnson’s children and he died in Sept. 1835 he was married to a Mary Hammon was born abt 1760 she died in 1853 Jan. 21 and they had at least five children. Those known Children are Ambrose Johnson the 5th child, Mary Johnson who married a ? Bora and lived in Grayson Co. Va. Other sons are Lewis Johnson and John S. Johnson, of Wilkes Co. NC in. We know that Samuel Johnson was wounded at Kings Mountain serving under Col. Cleveland and that William Johnson of Wilkes County NC was ordered to attend to the wounded of King Mountain by Col. Cleveland and one of those wounded was his brother. We also know that James Martin acted with power of Attorney for Mary Hammons Johnson and drew up Legal documents for her. That Mary Hammons Johnson owned slaves in 1839 and after. Mary Hammons Johnson is some how connected to Sarah Hammons and a Baptist minister named William Hammons

#1838

1838 Feb died Cutliff Harmon: Born 1748, PA or Rowan Co, (now Randolph Co.), NC Died February 1838, Cove Creek Twp., Ashe Co. (now Watauga Co.), NC

Cutliff Harmon:

Fact 3: 1791, Came from Randolph Co., NC and bought 522 acres of land on Cove Creek in presnet-day Watauga Co., NC from James Gwyn to whom it had been granted on August 6, 1791

Cutliffe HARMON, b: 1748 in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina d: February 1838 in Cove Creek Township, Ashe County, North Carolina Reported son of, George HARMON, Jr. b: 1746 in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina d: Aft. 1790

and wife, Barbara LOPP b: Abt. 1746 m: in Rowan County, North Carolina

#1839

#1840

1840 OCT 12 BENJAMIN ELLIS Bailey NC, ROWAN CO married JANE M JOHNSON

#1841

1841 Caldwell County Formed from Burke and Wilkes County NC

1841 Cleveland County Formed from Rutherford and Lincoln Co. NC

1841 Sept 6 born William Locke Johnson Rowan Co., NC, married Jane Emmaline Foster b. 22 May 1833, Wilkes Co., NC,

William Locke Johnson

Jane Emmaline Foster

#1842

1842 McDowell County formed from Burke and Rutherford Co. NC

1842 Jan 17: James Rufus Swink, & Nancy Kinney; Charles A. Weant, bondsman; J.S. Johnston, wit.

Notes: James Rufus

Notes: Nancy Kinney

Notes: Charles A. Weant

#1843

#1844

#1845

1845-1866 RUFUS D. JOHNSTON, * K-313 ROWAN COUNTY, NC - WILLS - PROBATE: Index to Testators, Volume K (1845-1866)

1845-1866 SAMUEL D. JOHNSTON, * K-90 ROWAN COUNTY, NC - WILLS - PROBATE: Index to Testators, Volume K (1845-1866)

#1846

#1847

1847 Alexander County Formed from Iredell, Caldwell, and Wilkes

#1848

#1849

21 May 1849; Johnson Swink, & Mary Ann Sanders, Wm. A. Swink, bondsman

Notes: Johnson Swink

Notes: Mary Ann Sanders

Notes: William A. Swinks

#1850

1850 Yadkin Co NC formed from lands of from Surry

1850 CENSUS YR: STATE or TERRITORY: NC COUNTY: Rowan DIVISION: Gold Hill District No. 44 PAGE NO: 117A

REFERENCE: 233 24th July 1850 Enumerated by E.A. Austin

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LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. VAL. BIRTHPLACE MRD. SCH. R/W DDB

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1 86 89 STEARNS Caroline 9 F NC

2 86 89 STEARNS Henry 6 M NC

3 86 89 STEARNS William 4 M NC

4 86 89 STEARNS James 2 M NC

5 87 90 MOSELEY James 27 M Labourer NC X

6 87 90 MOSELY Nancy 35 F NC

7 87 90 MOSELY Elisabeth 8 F NC X

8 87 90 MOSELY William 6 M NC X

9 87 90 MOSELY Sarah Ann 2 F NC

10 87 90 LEERS Moritz 25 M NC

11 87 90 ADDERTON Richard L. 18 M NC

12 88 91 WOOLWORTH Aaron 46 M Silversmith NC

13 89 92 ELWOOD James 37 M Labourer NC

14 89 92 ELWOOD Sophia 31 F NC X

15 89 92 ELWOOD Sarah A. 13 F NC X

16 89 92 ELWOOD Mary C. 9 F NC X

17 89 92 ELWOOD Thomas 6 M NC X

18 89 92 ELWOOD John M 1 M NC

19 90 93 JONES Calvin 24 M Labourer NC

20 90 93 JONES Mary 22 F NC

21 90 93 JONES James 5 M NC

22 91 94 JOHNSON James 35 M Labourer NC

23 91 94 JOHNSON Jane 32 F NC

24 91 94 JOHNSON Richard M. 12 M NC

25 91 94 JOHNSON David A. 10 M NC

26 91 94 JOHNSON James M. 8 M NC

27 91 94 JOHNSON William L. P. 6 M NC

28 91 94 JOHNSON Rufus W. D. 4 M NC

29 91 94 JOHNSON Mary A. 11/12 F NC

30 92 95 GALLAMORE Bezal 22 M Labourer NC X

31 92 95 GALLAMORE Rachel 25 F NC X

32 93 96 MASK Susan 40 F NC X

33 93 96 MASK Marian 14 M NC

34 93 96 MASK Horry 12 M NC

35 93 96 MASK Nancy 10 F NC

36 93 96 MASK Dudly 8 M NC

37 94 97 JONES John 19 M Labourer NC

38 94 97 MASK Amanda 18 F NC

39 95 98 BEAVER Benjamin 41 M Labourer NC X

40 95 98 SIDES Sanson 19 M Labourer NC X

41 95 98 SIDES Catharine 21 F NC X

42 95 98 CULP Mary E 2 F NC



CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: NC COUNTY: Rowan DIVISION: Gold Hill District No. 44 PAGE NO: 118A

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LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. VAL. BIRTHPLACE MRD. SCH. R/W DDB

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1 104 108 NOAH Susanna 10 F NC

2 104 108 NOAH Adaline 8 F NC

3 104 108 NOAH Mary C. 6 F NC

4 104 108 NOAH Margaret C. 6 F NC

5 104 108 NOAH Rebecca E 4 F NC

6 104 108 NOAH John W. 1 M NC

7 104 108 NOAH James C. 2/12 M NC

8 104 108 NOAH Margaret 40 F NC X

9 105 109 JOHNSON Tabitha 24 F NC X

10 105 109 JOHNSON William 6 M NC

11 105 109 JOHNSON George W. 3 M NC

12 106 110 LAMB William A. 22 M NC X

13 106 110 LAMB Sarah J. 28 F NC X

14 106 110 LAMB Calvin 9 M NC

15 106 110 LAMB Nancy 8 F NC

16 106 110 LAMB Mary Ann 2 F NC

17 106 110 RIGGINS Adaline 24 F NC X

18 107 111 SIMPSON Mary 44 F NC

19 107 111 SIMPSON Elisabeth 21 F NC X

20 107 111 SIMPSON Jacob 13 M NC X

21 107 111 SIMPSON Miles 15 M NC

22 107 111 SIMPSON Catharine 9 F NC X

23 107 111 SIMPSON Green M. 7 M NC

24 108 112 LUDWICK Daniel 26 M Miner NC

25 108 112 LUDWICK Martha M 32 F NC

26 109 113 LISK William J. 33 M Labourer NC X

27 109 113 LISK Temperance 35 F NC

28 109 113 LISK Henry 14 M NC

29 109 113 LISK Thomas 12 M NC

30 109 113 LISK Cornelius 11 M NC

31 109 113 LISK Starlin L 9 M NC

32 109 113 LISK Margaret E. 6 F NC X

33 109 113 LISK Susan F. 2 F NC

34 110 114 WEANT John H. 48 M Shoemaker NC

35 110 114 WEANT Delilah 58 F NC X

36 110 114 WEANT George W. 14 M NC X

37 110 114 WEANT Sarah E. 13 F NC X

38 110 114 WEANT Hugh A. 2 M NC

39 110 114 PENEE Christianna 34 F NC X

40 111 115 DRIVER Burten 24 M Labourer NC

41 112 116 NASH Wilson 22 M Labourer 450 NC

42 112 116 NASH Jane 20 F NC



#1851

#1852

#1853

#1854

#1855

1855 Polk County Formed from Rutherford and Henderson Co. NC

#1856

#1857

#1858

1858 Dec 21 James C. Johnston married Sara McKnight, Rowan County, NC - County Index to NC Marriages Database

Notes: Sarah McKnight

#1859

#1860

#1861

1861 Mitchell County formed from Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Watauga and Yancey

#1862

FORTY-NINTH REGIMENT

COMPANY C

Private

Johnson, William; en. March 19, 1862; a. 21. From: johnnylumen@

FORTY-SIXTH REGIMENT

COMPANY B

Private

Johnson, William; en. April 13, 1863; a. 28; d. of d. 1863. From: johnnylumen@

# 1863

#1864

#1865

#1866

1925 Nov 29: Died Ridley Johnson Jones - b June 15, 1836 - d Nov 29, 1925 w/o C. B. Elizabeth United Methodist Church Cemetery, Cleveland Township

Location: On Cleveland Road, Left side of road. Take Hwy 210 west out of Smithfield,

fork left onto SR 1010 (Cleveland Road ). Approx. 7 Miles from Smithfield. Well kept,

several unmarked graves

NOTES:

# Jo Linn White, ROWAN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA TAX LISTS 1757-1800, page 93.

(He is on page 95.).

# Ibid

# Ibid, page 376.

# Ibid

# 1800 Federal Census: “Andrew Johnson”, Guilford County, North Carolina, page 872 or stamped 622.

(2-0-0-1-0*2-0-0-1-0-0) A Thomas Johnson is above him. (0-0-2-0-1*2-0-0-1-1-0-0) Thomas is older. From: Wirelake

Third Creek Church sent out a number of useful ministers, among whom were

Abner and Josiah Kilpatrick, sons of Rev. Joseph P. Kilpatrick;

William H. Johnson,

B. S. Krider,

William A. Wood, and

R. Z. Johnston.

Among the ministers born in Back Creek, were Silas Andrews, J. Scott Barr, John A. Barr, and R. W. Shive of Mississippi.

The Presbyterian Churches of Rowan have been served by more than fifty different ministers, and have sent out probably not more than twenty-five or thirty into the work, and not more than a half-dozen of these who have served her churches have been natives of Rowan County. From: johnnylumen@

Third Creek Church

William H. Johnson,

B. S. Krider,

William A. Wood, and

R. Z. Johnston.

Back Creek

Silas Andrews,

J. Scott Barr,

John A. Barr, and

R. W. Shive of Mississippi.

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RESEARCH INFORMATION ON ROWAN CO NC

Genealogical records of early German and other families that settled in the area of North Carolina, of Alamance, Chatham, Guilford, Randolph, Rowan cos.  Offman, David Isaiah

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1. Walter Brian Cisco, "Wade Hampton...Confederate Warrior, Conservative Statesman" (Brassey's Inc.; Washington, DC).

2. Most notes are in the notes field, and sources are identified.

3. "Olden Times of Colbert & Franklin Counties in Alabama"

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