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Montgomery County NC Wills, Estates #ncgenealogy #northcarolinapioneerscom

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Montgomery County Wills and Estates

The county was formed in 1779 from Anson County. It was named after Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War General who was killed in 1775 while attempting to capture Quebec City, Canada. Later, in 1841 the part of Montgomery County west of the Pee Dee River became Stanly County.
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Indexes to Probate Records
Wills and Estates 1868 to 1905
Images of Wills and Estates 1843 to 1868
Alexander, Robert |Andrews, Wilson |Batton, James |Blake, Joseph |Boles, Benjamin |Boyd, Robert |Brenton, William |Butts, William |Chisholm, Malcolm |Christian, John |Clark, Sarah |Crawford, William |Dell, Benjamin |Delmonte, Henry | Elliot, James |Elliot, NelsonGaines, James |Gaines, John |Green, Joel |Green, Robert |Hall, William | Harris, Elizabeth | Hicks, Joshua | Martin, Angus | McArthur, Martin | McCallum, Edward | McCallum, Malcolm | McCauley, John | McCauley, Kenneth | McLennon, Kenneth | McLennon, Roderick | McLeod, Christian | McRae, Alexander | McRae, Calvin | Merrett, Sally | Monroe, Daniel | Parker, Garret | Parker, Mary | Parson, Nancey | Pool, Colwell | Reynolds, Nicholas | Rush, Benjamin | Russell, Joseph | Simmons, James | Simmons, Pleasant | Smithson, Joseph | Steele, John | Taylor, Thomas | Thompson, Elisha | Wilson, Joseph | Wright, Edward | Yarborough, Joanna
Images of Wills and Estates 1868 to 1905
Baldwin, Hiram | Baldwin, Rebecca | Barringer, E. G. L. | Batten, Eliza Ann | Batten, James | Benton, David | Boroughs, John | Brown, John | Burton, James | Burkhead, John F. | Byrd, James | Cagle, Rhoda | Cagle, Sarah | Callicott, P. C. | Chambers, Mary | Chandler, C. W. | Chandler, Kendrick | Christian, Eliza | Christian, Wyatt | Clark, Sarah | Coggins, Abraham | Coggins, B. T. | Coggin, Nancy Cathrine Cook, John | Cornielson, Goodman | DeBerry, Benjamin | DeBerry, Margaret | DeBerry, Mima | DeBerry W. G. | Denton, Dison | Dunn, Juriah | Ellis, W. R. | Ewing, John | Ewing, J. W. | Frasier, Pleasant | Freeman, Amy | Gillis, Martin | Green, Jackson | Green, James M. | Green, Peter, colored | Green, Samuel | Halstead, John | Hamilton, I. J. | Hamilton, William | Hardiston, Ezekiel | Harper, Mary | Harris, Bansey | Harris, Mary | Harris, Wiley | Harris, W. T. | Haywood, William | Henley, Joshua | Hicks, Melissa | Hill, Eliza | Hill, William | Hudson, William | Hulin, Nancy | Human, Vicy | Kearns, C. S. | Kearns, Mary | Kellum, Elizabeth Ann | Lassiter, William | Ledbetter, Henry W. | Little, Benjamin F. | Livingston, E. T. R. | Lucas, Louisa | Ludwig, Martha | Mann, Edward | Martin, Angus | Martin, Daniel | Mason, John | McAulay, James | McCaskill, Hugh | McCaskill, Sarah | McCollum, Edward | McCollum, Neill | . . . more . . .

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Images of Moore County NC Wills, Estates #ncgenealogy #northcarolinapioneers

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Moore County Wills, Estates, Court Minutes

Moore County was formed in 1785 from Cumberland County. It was named after Alfred Moore, an officer in the American evolutionary War and associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Later, during 1907 parts of Moore County and Chatham County were combined to form Lee County.
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Court Minutes

August 1782

November 1784

February 1785

May 1785

August, 1785

November, 1785

May, 1786

August, 1786

February, 1787

May, 1787

Images of Moore County Wills and Estates, Volume A, 1783 to 1818
Alston, Phillip | Andrew, Adam | Barker, John | Barrett, William | Bettis, Elisha | Blue, Duncan | Brits, Benjamin | Bruce, Alexander | Buchanan, Susannah | Buice, Daniel | Cagle, Henry | Cagle, John | Cameron, Donald | Cameron, John | Campbell, Charles | Coles, James | Coles, Joseph | Coles, Martha | Coles, Thomas | Davis, Ralph | Davis, William | Dunn, Ruth | Dye, Nancy | Frazer, Josiah | Gilbert, Joseph | Gilchrist, Malcolm | Graham, Donald | Gunter, John | Hancock, Robert | Hancock, William | Harris, Joshua | Huckabee, John | Jackson, Christian Jackson, John | Johnson, Robert | Kannedy, Ellender | Kellen, Adam | Kellen, Sarah | Kelly, Hugh | Kennys, John | Lawfers, John | Lawrence, Patrick | Maples, Sarah | McCallum, Duncan | McDonald, Angus | McDonald, Daniel | McDonalds, John | McDugald, Donald | McGee, Joseph | McIntosh, Alexander | McIntosh, Duncan | MacKinnons, Charles | McLeod, Alexander | McLeod, Donald | McLeod, Nancy | McMillans, Alexander | McMillin, Angus | Merret, James | Moore, Edward | Morgan, John | Newton, Nicholas | Northington, John | Patterson, Daniel | Patterson, John | Patterson, Richard | Patterson, William | Pegram, William | Person, Samuel | Peters, John | Peterson, Duncan | Peterson, Malcolm | Phillip, John | Rammage, Darius | Ray, James | Reynolds, Thomas | Richardson, William | Riddle, James | Robeson, Elizabeth | Russell, Michael | Sexton, Peter | Shields, Benjamin | Shilling, John | Smith, Neil | Spink, Lewis | Street, Richard | Thomas, Leo | Thomas, Leonard | Tyson, Aaron | Tyson, Cornelius | Tyson, James | Tyson, Thomas | Watson, William | Wickers, Benjamin | Wickers, David | Williams, George | Williamson, John
Images of Moore County Wills and Estates, Volume B, 1818 to 1852
Arnold, Solomon | Baker, John | Bethune Allen Black, Archibald | Black, Daniel | Blue, Angus | Blacks, Hugh | Black, John | Brown, Mary Cameron, John | Carroll, John | Cheek, Joab | Cheek, Richard | Clark, Archibald | Cox, Henry | Curry, Archibald | Curry, Lachlin | Dalrympels, James | Dalrympels, John | Denson, Sarah | Drakes, Benten | Ducksworth, Hallah | Ferguson, Murdock | Fry, Thomas | Glascock Julius | Hancock, William | Harden, Abigail | Harrington, Thomas | Hight, Jonathan | James, Samuel | Johnson, Samuel | Judd, William | Kelly, Hugh | Kelly, James | Kidd, Moses | Lashley, Howell Lett, John | Love, Daniel | MacPherson, Martin | Maples, Thomas | Martin, John | Martin, Martin | Martin, William | McCaskill, Kinneth McCauley, William | McCollum, Duncan |

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Images of Nash Co. NC Wills, Estates #ncgenealogy #northcarolinapioneerscom

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Nash County Wills and Estates

Nash County was formed in 1777 from Edgecombe County. It was named after Brigadier General Francis Nash, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Germantown during the Revolutionary War. During 1855, parts of Nash, Edgecombe, Johnston, and Wayne Counties were combined to form Wilson County, North Carolina.

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Indexes to Wills, Estates, Inventories, Distributions, Annual Returns

1778 to 1867
1867 to 1897

Images of Nash County Wills and Estates 1778 to 1867

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New Hanover County NC Wills, Estates, Genealogy #ncgenealogy #northcarolinapioneerscom

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New Hanover County Wills, Estates, Maps

New Hanover county was formed in 1729 and known as the New Hanover Precinct of Bath County, being that portion taken from Craven County. During 1734 parts of the precinct became Bladen Precinct and Onslow Precinct. It was named for the House of Hanover. In 1750 the northern part of New Hanover County became Duplin County and during 1764 another part of New Hanover County was combined with part of Bladen County to form Brunswick County. In 1875 the separation of northern New Hanover County went to form Pender County.

New Hanover County Wills and other Records Available to Members of North Carolina Pioneers

Minutes of the Pleas and Quarter Sessions Court 1739-42; 1759-1769
Index to Minutes of the Pleas and Quarter Sessions Court 1739-42; 1759-1769

Maps

1733 New Hanover County Map
1738 New Hanover County Map
1770 Map of Settlers in New Hanover County

Images of Wills, Book C, 1747 to 1858

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Onslow County NC Wills, Estates #ncgenealogy #northcarolinapioneerscom

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Onslow County NC Wills and Estates

The first setters to his area were Europeans and English about 1713 when their original settlements were in what was originally part of the colonial precincts of Carteret and New Hanover. Onslow County was formed in 1734 and was named for the Honorable Arthur Onslow, Speaker of the British House of Commons. After a hurrican in 1752, the county courthouse was relocated from Town Point to Wantland Ferry; this settlement was eventually incorporated in 1842 and named Jacksonville after President Andrew Jackson.

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Wills

Abstracts of Onslow County Wills 1740 to 1760

Images of Onslow County Wills 1790 to 1836 from the Court of Common Pleas

Adamson, George H. - Ambrose, Daniel - Ashford, Butler Askew, Nathan - Askew, Sally - Averett, Jenkin - Averett, Parmela - Averett, Richardl - Barrow, Abraham - Basden, Cordil - Baisden, Jess - Ball, Moses - Barber, John - Barber, Mitchell - Barber, Thomas - Barbour, Nancey - Barefield, Moses - Barrow, Zachariah - Battle, Abner - Bender, Brice = Breec, Cornelius - Brinson, Elizabeth - Brinson, John - Bryant, Benjamin - Burk, Sarah -- Burns, Francis - Cahoon, Daniel - Cahoon, Mary - Capps, Thomas - Cary, John - Cary, Shadrack Cary, Thomas - Coston, Thomas - Cox, Josiah - Craft, Isaac Charles - Davenport, Isaac - Davis, Jeremiah - Davis, Mark - Dixon, Jonathan - Dosson, Robert -- Dudley, Edward - Dudley, Thomas - Dulany, Thomas - Eagerton, Janes - Ennett, Caty - Erexson, JoNathan - Eslick, Frances - Eubanks, Thomas - Farnel, Benjamin - Farnell, Dexter - Ferrand, William - Fields, Jacob - Fields, James - Fields, Moses - Fields, Rebekah - Fisher, John - Foster, William - Foy, James Sr. - French, W. - Gibson, John - Gibson, Thomas - Gibson, William - Giddens, Abraham - Gillespie, Archibald - Gipson, John - Glenn, Thomas - Goodwin, Drury - Grant, Reuben - Gurgamus, Jesse Sr. - Gurgamus, Mosley - Gurgamus, Zachariah - Guthery, Charles - Hadnot, Seth - Hammond, John - Hammond, Martin - Hancock, Zebedee - Hansley, John - Harrel, Wilson - Haskins, Ezekiel - Hawkins, Obediah - Hazard, George -- Henderson, Barnabas - Henderson, Barnabas Jr. - Hibbs, Jonathan - Hill, William - Hinson, F. George -- Hobbs,
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Perquimans County NC Images of Wills, Estates #ncgenealogy #northcarolinapioneerscom

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Perquimans County Genealogy Records

Perquimans was formed as early as 1668 as a precinct in Albemarle County. It is located in the northeastern section of the State and is bounded by Albemarle Sound and Chowan, Gates, and Pasquotank counties. In 1779 Gates County was formed in 1779 from Chowan, Perquimans, and Hertford. The dividing line between the counties of Chowan, Perquimans, and Gates was authorized to be established in 1805. Later, during 1814 a boundary line between Perquimans, Chowan, and Gates, was amended by naming a new commissioner, which indicated that the line had not been established at that date. Finally, in 1819 a dividing line was established between Chowan and Perquimans Counties.

Records Available to Members

Marriage Records 1785 to 1805
List of Miscellaneous 1710 to 1933
List of Criminal Actions 1861 to 1948
List of Estates 1873 to 1948; 1956

Perquimans County Images of Estates 1789 to 1827

Anders, Asa; Barrow, John; Boswell, Sarah; Bratten, Nathaniel; Branch, Job; Bunch, Hannah; Bunch, Joshua; Cale, Robert; Charle, Benjamin; Curry, Elizabeth; Curry, James; Elliott, Caleb; Fitterson, Joseph; Fletcher, Joshua; Foster, Mary; Habry, Frederick; Harvey, John; Harwood, Ann; Hatfield, Richard; Hollowell, Willis; Jackson Thomas; Johnson, Joshua; Jones, Ann; Kinyon, Joab; Lamb, Sarah; Mullin, Joseph; Newby, Elizabeth; Newby, Francis; Newby, William; Nixon, John; Parker, Elisha; Parker, John; Parker, William; Parks, Humphrey; Pearce, Joseph; Pearce or Pears, Joseph; Pearce, William; Perry, Benjamin; Perry, Jesse; Pointer, Henry; Price, Benjamin; Reddick, James; Reed, William; Roberts, Benjamin; Roberts, John; Robertson, Benjamin; Robins, Samuel; Rogerson, Janet; Rogerson, Parthena; Sanders, John; Spivey, John; Stafford, Thomas; Stanton, John; Stevenson, Hugh; Sutton, James; Swan, Henry; Thack, Leaven; Tucker, Sarah; Turdy, Joseph; Turner, Joseph; Upton, Thomas; Versry, Joanna; Webb, John; Webb, Penelope; Weeks, Thomas; Weeks, Wilson; Whedbee, Lemuel; White, Margaret; Williams, Nathaniel
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Person County NC WIlls, Estates, Inventories #ncgenealogy #northcarolinapioneerscom

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Person County Wills, Estates, Inventories, Administrations, Tax Digests

Person County was first part of Edgecombe County in 1746. Later it was part of Granville, Orange and Caswell Counties. Person County was named after Brigadier General Thomas Person, a Revolutionary War patriot, who was later a trustee of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The county was settled primarily during the 17th century by persons from Scotland, Ireland, England, France (Huguenots) and persons of German origin. Another famous person, Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Moore, Deputy Quartermaster General of the Hillsborough district, also served during the Revolutionary War as the commander of the Person County troops during the Battle of Camden; later taken prisoner and put onboard the prison ship Torbay. His home known as Mt. Tirzah was built ca 1778 and remains upon its original site.

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Indexes to Wills and Estates

1792 to 1797
1801 to 1805

Tax Returns by District

1794

Lawson District
St. James District
St. Lawrence District

1801

Capt. St. Lawrence
Capt. St. Luke
James District

1802

Capt. Gabriel Gunn
Capt. Lawson
Nash District

1803

Capt. Daniels
Capt. Elijah Daniels
Capt. Day
Capt. Gunn
Capt. Lawson
Capt. Witherson

1804

Capt. Atkinson
Capt. Henry Day
Capt. Daniels
Capt. Jones
Capt. William Lee
Capt. Long
Capt. Malery
Capt. Sargent

1805

Capt. Sargent
Capt. Morrow
Capt. Street

1806

Capt. Atkinson
Capt. Day
Capt. Hubbard
Capt. Malone
Capt. Paine
Capt. Sargent
Capt. Street

Images of Person County Wills and Estates 1792 to 1797

Images of Person County Wills and Estates 1797 to 1801

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Images of Pitt County NC Wills & Estates #ncgenealogy #northcarolinapioneerscom

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Pitt County Genealogy Records

Pitt county was formed in 1760 from Beaufort County and was named after William Pitt, the Elder, Secretary of State for the Southern Department and Leader of the House of Commons. William Pitt was an English statesman and orator, studied at Oxford University and in 1731 joined the army. Pitt led the young "Patriot" Whigs and in 1756 became Secretary of State, where he was a pro-freedom speaker in British Colonial government.

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1790 Census
Images of Miscellaneous Deeds and Surveys
List of Miscellaneous Records at North Carolina State Archives 1763 to 1924

Images of Wills and Settlements 1858 to 1868

Index to North Carolina Wills and Estates

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Randolph Co. NC Wills, Estates #ncgenealogy #northcarolinapioneerscom

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Randolph County Wills, Estates, Settlements, Guardianships, Deeds

Randolph County was taken from Guilford and Rowan Counties in 1779 and named for Peyton Randolph . It was the original location of present Duke University. A number of Quakers from England settled along the Haw, Deep and Eno Rivers.

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Indexes

Wills, Estates, Inventories 1773 to 1794

Land

Land Docket 1779 and 1780

Images of Wills, Estates, Inventories, Settlements, Guardianships, Deeds, Volume 1, 1773 to 1793

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Rockingham County NC Genealogy, Images of Wills, Estates #ncgenealogy #northcarolinapioneerscom

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Rockingham County Wills and Estates

Rockingham county was created in 1785 from Guilford County. It was named for Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, British Prime Minister from 1765 to 1766 and again in 1782. During the War Between the States the Searcy and Moore Gun Factory, which was located at Hogans Creek, a small village northwest of Greensboro, supplied weapons to the Confederacy. These rifles were known as the North Carolina Rifles The county seat is Wentworth.

Images of Rockingham County Wills 1804 to 1829 available to members of North Carolina Pioneers

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Rowan Co. NC Wills, Genealogy, Estates #ncgenealogy #northcarolinapioneerscom

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Rowan County Wills and Estates

The first Europeans to enter what is now Rowan County came with the Spanish expedition of Juan Pardo in 1567. They established a fort and a mission in the native village of Guatari, believed to be located near the Yadkin River and inhabited by the Wateree. At the time, the area was ruled by a female chief the Spaniards called Guatari Mico. Rockingham County was formed in 1753 from the northern part of Anson County. It was named for Matthew Rowan, acting governor of North Carolina from 1753 to 1754.During 1770 the eastern part of it was combined with the western part of Orange County to become Guilford County, North Carolina. In 1771 the northeastern part of what remained of Rowan County became Surry County. In 1777 the western part of Rowan County became Burke County. In 1788 the western part of the now much smaller Rowan County became Iredell County. In 1822 the eastern part of the still shrinking county became Davidson County. Finally, in 1836 the part of Rowan County north of the South Yadkin River became Davie County. Many of the Rowan County records, wills, estates, etc. are intact. It is usually researched in conjunction with Surry, Burke and Iredell Counties. Some of the earliest settlers were: Henry Aginder, Erasmus Allen, Thomas Braly, William Barr, Daniel Bates, Henry Bruner, William Bartholomew, Michael Cove, Alex Carruth, Nathan Dicks, Hannel Edwards, George Erwin, Peter Fox, Stephen Glandon, John Holmes, Robert Johnson, Peter King, Peter Lawrence, Andrew Maden, Joshua Nichols, William Ogburn, William Porter, David Rothera, and John Thompson.

Rowan County Wills and other Records Available to Members of North Carolina Pioneers

Miscellaneous Wills

Reid, Alexander, LWT (1775)
Reid, Samuel, LWT (1784)

Images of Wills and Estates, Book A, 1762 to 1780

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Images of Rutherford Co. NC Wills, Estates, Genealogy #ncgenealogy #northcarolinapioneerscom

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Rutherford County Wills and Estates

Rutherford County was formed in 1779 from the western part of the former Tryon County. It was named for Griffith Rutherford, leader of an expedition against the Cherokee in 1776 and a general in the American Revolutionary War. In 1791 parts of Rutherford County and Burke County were combined to form Buncombe County. In 1841 parts of Rutherford County and Lincoln County were combined to form Cleveland County. In 1842 additional parts of Rutherford County and Burke County were combined to form McDowell County. Finally, in 1855 parts of Rutherford County and Henderson County were combined to form Polk County.

Images of Deeds

Books A, E, EF, FG, G, I (1779 to 1786)
Books J to L (1793 to 1795)

Miscellaneous Wills

Camp, Crenshaw (1808), transcript
Camp, Joshua (1848), transcript
Camp, Stephen (1845), transcript
Camp, Thomas (1798), transcript

Probate Records

Minutes of the Pleas and Quarter Sessions Court 1780 to 1784; 1799-1802; 1804-1817

Digital Images of Wills 1823 to 1833

Index to North Carolina Wills and Estates

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Images of Sampson Co. NC Wills and Estates #ncgenealogy #northcarolinapioneerscom

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Sampson County Wills, Estates, Genealogies

Sampson County was organized in 1784 and taken from neighboring county of Duplin. Land from neighboring Wayne County and New Hanover counties would be annexed later. The settlers were Scotch-Irish immigrants from North Ireland, many of who came to the colony of North Carolina under the protection and inducements of Henry McCulloch, a wealthy London merchant. The community of Taylors Bridge, located about halfway between Clinton and Harrells in lower Sampson County (at the time Duplin County), was one of the earliest European settled areas of the county, with pioneer families living there as early as the 1730s or 1740s. The Swiss from New Bern came into this area during the mid-eighteenth century. The county was named after Lieutenant General John Sampson, the first mayor of Wilmington, North Carolina.

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Indexes to Wills and Estates

1821 to 1860

Images of Sampson County Wills and Estates

Bass, Joshua
Bell, Robert
Blackburn, William
Bradshaw, John
Brown, Arthur
Bunting, David
Buttar, Robert
Fisher, John
Frederick, James
Fryers, Jonathan
Gaines, Batholomew
Gates, John
Gates, Mary Ann
Godwin, Nathan
Gregory, Lott
Grigory, Lott

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Stokes County NC Genealogy, Wills, Estates #ncgenealogy #northcarolinapioneerscom

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Stokes County Wills and Estates

Stokes County was formed in 1789 from Surry County and was named for Capain John Stokes, who was wounded during the American Revolutionary War when the cavalry of British Colonel Banastre Tarleton almost destroyed the Virginia Regiment led by Colonel Abraham Buford in the Waxhaws region in 1780. After the war, Captain Stokes was appointed a judge of the United States district court for North Carolina. In 1849 the southern half of Stokes County became Forsyth County. The county seat is Danbury.

Stokes County Probate Records available to members of North Carolina Pioneers

Images of Wills, Inventories, Estates 1792 to 1800, Vol. 1

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Surry Co. NC Wills and Estates #ncgenealogy #northcarolinapioneerscom

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Surry County Wills and Estates

Surry county was formed in 1771 from Rowan County. It was named for the county of Surrey in England, birthplace of William Tryon, Governor of North Carolina from 1765 to 1771. In 1777 parts of Surry County and Washington District (now Washington County, Tennessee) were combined to form Wilkes County. In 1790, the county seat was moved to from Richmond to Rockford, then finally in 1853 to Dobson, North Carolina.

Surry County Wills and other Records Available to Members of North Carolina Pioneers

Images of Surry County Wills 1771 to 1783

Images of Surry County Wills 1783 to 1792

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Union County, NC Wills and Estates

Union County was formed in 1842 from parts of Anson and Mecklenburg Counties.

The county seat is Monroe. The first three will books are digitized here. Thus, the earliest surviving records begin in 1842. As reflected in the microfilming of old wills by the Secretary of the State of North Carolina, the ink on some wills was far too faded to read.

Among the early settlers wete the families of Marsh, MccCain, Phifer, Craig and Stewart.

Union County North Carolina Probate Records available to members of North Carolina Pioneers

Images of Union County Wills 1842 to 1858

Testators: Bass, Richard; Beasley, John; Bennet, Reding; Blackeney, Albert; Brooks, Mary; Burlison, Jonathan; Burnett, John; Burr, Stephen; Chaney, Noah; Chaney, Henry; Cherry, Joel; Clark, Burrell; Clark, John B.; Collins, Davis; Common, Julia M.; Criag, Elizabeth; Craig, Josiah; Crawford, C. J.; Crowell, Michael; Crowell, John; Cuthbertson, Moses; Davis, James; Deck, Edmund; Dozier, Samuel; Fincher, Lydia; Fincher, Silas; Gillam, William; Givens, Samue; Godfrey, Thomas; Griffin, Enoch; Griffin, Sarah; Griffin, Thomas; Harkey, Daniel; Harvey, Aaron; Hasley, James; Hasty, John; Helms, Gabriel B.; Helms, Hannah; Helms, Isaac; Heniger, Jacob; Houston, James; Howard, William; Jackson, Wiley; Jefferson, Enoch; Kirk, Edmund; Leonard, C. D.; Long, Jacob; Long, Johnl; Marsh, Simeon; Marsh, Solomon; Marshes, Solomon; Matthews, Isaac; McCain, Andrew; McCain, Hugh; McCain, John J.; McCain, W. E.; McCollum, Daniel; Moore, Jessie; Moore, William; Moors, Elijah; Morgans, James; Moses, Henry; Nisbet, Sarah; Norwood, E.; Osbourne, Alexander; Phifer, David; Phifer, Matthew; Phifer, Priscilla; Pott, William; Preston, Elias; Price, James; Price, William; Ren, John; Richardson, John; Richardson, Kinderic; Richardson, Sarah; Ritch, James M.; Rivens, James; Rogers, Elizabeth; Rogers, Thomas; Rushing, A. D.; Secrest, Andrew; Sikes, Hannah; Simpson, Irwin; Simpson, John; Sitts, Mary; Slitt, Jane; Smith, Cullen; Smith, John M; Stegall, George; Stevens, Squire; Stewart, A. H.; Stewart, Hugh; Stewart, Joseph; Stewart; Reuben; Stewart, Silas; Stills, Susannah; Thomas, John R.; Thomas, Osborne; Watkins, Robert; Whitley, Addison; Will, James; Wilson, Hugh; Wilson, Sarah; Winchester, Mary; Wolf, Jacob

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Wake Co. NC Genealogies, Wills, Estates, Guardianships #ncgenealogy #northcarolinapioneerscom

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Wake County Wills, Estates, Guardianships

Wake County was formed in 1771 from parts of Cumberland, Johnston and Orange Counties. The first court house was built at a village originally called Wake Courthouse, now known as Bloomsbury. In 1771, the first elections and court were held, and the first militia units were organized. Later on, in 1787 parts of Wake County were included in Franklin County, and in 1881, part went to Durham County. The county was named after Margaret Wake, the wife of colonial Governor William Tryon. Raleigh was established in 1791 on 1,000 acres of land and was named after Sir Walter Raleigh. During the colonial period, the State capitol was located in New Bern. Later, Raleigh became the capitol. The Battle at Morrisville Station was fought on April 13 to 15, 1865 in Morrisville, North Carolina during the War Between the States. It was the last official battle between the armies of Major General William T. Sherman and General Joseph E. Johnston. General Judson Kilpatrick, commanding officer of the Union cavalry advance, compelled Confederate forces under the command of Generals Wade Hampton III and Joseph Wheeler to withdraw in haste. They had been frantically trying to transport their remaining supplies and wounded by rail westward toward the final Confederate encampment in Greensboro, North Carolina. Kilpatrick used artillery on the heights overlooking Morrisville Station and cavalry charges to push the Confederates out of the small village leaving many needed supplies behind. However, the trains were able to withdraw with wounded from the Battle of Bentonville and the Battle of Averasboro. Later, General Johnston sent a courier to the Federal encampments at Morrisville with a message for Major General Sherman requesting a conference to discuss an armistice. Several days later the two generals met at Bennett Place near Durham on April 17, 1865 to begin discussing the terms of what would become the largest surrender of the war.

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Testators: Abbot, William, estate ;Alford, James, estate ;Allen, Young ;Alston, Hines, bond ;Atkins, John Jr. ;Aycock, Richard ;Babb, William ;Barbee, Christopher ;Barbee, Micajah, estate ;Barker, Joel ;Bass, Charles, petition ;Beddingfield, William ;Bell orphans ;Bell, Robert ;Belvins, Robert, estate ;Bird, Edmund ;Bird, Joab ;Blake, Benjamin, estate ;Blake, Joseph, estate ;Blake, John, estate ;Bohannon, Robert ;Bunch, Paul ;Cannon, John ;Cardin, William, estate ;Carter, George, apprentice ;Chaves, Paul, free negro, apprentice ;Cheves, Thomas Sr. ;Childers, James, prisoner ;Colbert, Nicholas, estate ;Conner, Terrence, orphan ;Dempster, John ;Dempster, John, bond ;Duck, Timothy of the Militia ;Dunn, John ;Earp, Edward ;Ferrells, Thomas, estate ;Flynt, David ;Griffin, Hardy, apprentice ;Guffey, John, estate ;Hall, John ;Hardy, Benjamin ;Harrell, Jesse, poor child ;Harriss, Daniel ;Harves, John ;High, John ;High, Michael, estate ;High, Likey and Moses Sugg, deed ;Hill, Sion ;Hines, Thomas, . . . more . . .

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Images of Wilkes Co. NC Wills and Estates 1778 to 1799 #ncgenealogy #northcarolinapioneerscom

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Alexander, Dolley
Alexander, Jesse
Bagby, John
Baldwin, Elisha
Baldwin, John
Barnes, John
Brown, Gabriel
Brown, George
Brown, James
Brown, John
Clayton, Henry
Cleveland, Benjamin
Coffee, Joel
Cornelius, Mary
Downey, James
Dodson, John
Dyer, Elisha
Edmonton, James
Fletcher, James
Foster, John
Freeman, James
Garrison, Isaac
Green, Ann
Glover, Benjamin
Gordon, Charles
Gray, John
Green, Joshua
Grier, John

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The Ragged Troops at Charlotte #ncgenealogy #northcarolinapioneerscom

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The Ragged Troops at Charlotte

In 1780 when General Greene was appointed to the command of the Southern Department, when he arrived at Charlotte, he found the Southern Army destitute of almost everything, viz: no artillery, baggage or stores. In a letter written to General Lafayette, he wrote:"Were you to arrive now, you would find a few ragged, half-starved troops in the wilderness, destitute of everything necessary for the comfort or convenience of soldiers." The situation seemed useless, and his only hope of success lay in a number of spirited and devoted officers who gathered around him, and the promise of reinforcements from the states he had passed through during his route. General Greene decided to remove to a place where subsistence and the means of transportation could be obtained, and marched to the Cheraw hills on the Pee Dee. General Morgan was detached to the west of the Catawba to cut off the left wing of the arm of Lord Cornwallis. This movement of General Morgan and his army alarmed the British from their posts. Colonel Tarleton was dispatched with a force to cut off and destroy him, but the victory belonged to the Patriots when the troops under Colonel Tarleton troops met their annihilation at the Cowpens. The news of this victory was a severe blow to Cornwallis. He acted quickly cut off the retreat of General Morgan with his prisoners, and prevent his joining the main army. But in this he was foiled; for, mistaking the route supposed to be taken by his enemy, Morgan was enabled to reach Greene in safety. . . . more . . .

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John Penn, NC Patriot #ncgenealogy #northcarolinapioneerscom

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John Penn, North Carolina Patriot

"The Solitude", home of John Penn. John Penn was born near Port Royal in Caroline County, Virginia, an only child of Moses Penn and Catherine Penn. He attended at common school for two years as his father did not consider education to be important. After the death of his father, when Penn was eighteen years of age he began to read law with his uncle, Edmund Pendleton and as a result, became a lawyer in Virginia in 1762. In 1774, Penn moved to the Williamsborough, North Carolina area, where he practiced law. At the onset of the American Revolutionary War, he was elected to the North Carolina Provincial Congress as well as to the Continental Congress in 1775 where he served until 1780. For the 1776 signing of the Declaration of Independence, he was part of the North Carolina delegation that included Joseph Hewes and William Hooper. In 1777, Penn was one of the signers of the Articles of Confederation. Penn also served on the Board of War until 1780, when he retired to practice law. He served as receiver of taxes for North Carolina in 1784. When Penn died in 1788, he was buried on his estate near Island Creek in Granville County. Penn was re-interred in Guilford Courthouse National Military Park in 1894, alongside fellow congressional delegate, Hooper. The remains of his home site in Granville County, with his . . . more . . .

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George Fox Dared to Go to Bennett's Creek #ncgenealogy #northcarolinapioneerscom

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George Fox Dared to Go to Bennett's Creek

In 1654, King Charles II granted eight proprietors authority over an immense region south of Virginia, and within a year had appointed a governor and six-man advisory council to the Albemarle River. This is how the province of North Carolina was born. Then, in 1672, a Quaker missionary by the name of George Fox borrowed a rotten canoe from a captain who resided on Edenton Bay and spent several days paddling to Bennett's Creek. George Fox was an English Dissenter and a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers or Friends. Fox traveled Great Britain expressing his religious views and was persecuted to the extent that he came to America and visited the low countries. . . . more. . .

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Nathaniell Batts House #ncgenealogy #northcarolinapioneerscom

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The Nathaniell Batts House on Salmon Creek

Nathaniell Batts was a fur trader who was employed by George Yeardley of the Lynnhaven River in Virginia to explore the Albemarle Sound (now in North Carolina). During 1653, Batt engineered an arrangement between Yeardley and Chief Kiscatanewh of the Pasquotank Indians for Yeardley to purchase a large tract of land at the mouth of the Pasquotank River. Part of the arrangement was that Yeardley would construct an English-style house furnished with English goods for Kiscatanewh. Hence, in 1655 Yeardley employed the carpenter, Robert Bodnam and five workmen to build this house. Also, they built a home for Nathaniell Batts in order for him to trade with the Indians. Bodnam spent five months in the Albemarle Sound and Yeardley died while the work was still in progress. A twenty foot log home for Nathaniell Batts was erected on the south side of Salmon Creek and, having two rooms and a chimney. Batts used the house mostly during fur-trading seasons. After 1655, he settled on the Lynnhaven River. Eventually, however, he resettled on the Albemarle Sound in Edenton where he owned land. Batts informed George Fox in 1672 that he was formerly a (proprietary) Governor in Carolina over a handful of settlers who occupied the land until they were driven off by the Tuscarora Indians. John Lawson visited the Batts log house on Salmon Creek in 1708. Source: A New Voyage to Carolina by John Lawson (1967); Nathaniell Batts: Landholder on Pasquotank River, 1660 by Elizabeth GHregory McPherson. . . . more . . .

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The Brave General Isaac Gregory of Fairfax Hall

It was General Isaac Gregory, one of the bravest officers who ever drew a sword, who protected the Albemarle region from the British during the American Revolutionary War. Before the long and bloody days began and he proved his worth as a soldier, he commanded a prominent place in the public affairs of his county. His name first appeared in the Colonial Records of North Carolina during 1773 when he was elected sheriff of Pasquotank. Then, in the same year he was appointed one of the trustees of St. Martin's Chapel in Indian Town (Currituck County), a settlement whose citizens were to serve bravely in the war. After the unsuccessful attempt of General Clinton to invade North Carolina in May of 1776, no further effort to place the State under British control was made until 1780. But during the intervening years the Carolina troops had not been idle. Their valor had been proved at Brandywine, Germantown and Stony Point, and during the winter at Valley Forge 1,450 of her soldiers shared with their comrades from the other States the hunger, cold and suffering that was the portion of the army of General George Washington throughout those dreary months. The North Carolina troops aided in the brave but unsuccessful attempt to drive the British from Savannah, 5,000 of her soldiers having been sent to prevent the capture of Charleston; but the patriot forces had been unable to repulse the invaders. Savannah fell, then Charleston, and by the last of May, 1780, both Georgia and South Carolina were in the hands of the enemy, and Cornwallis was threatening to invade North Carolina. Isaac Gregory, who in May of 1779, had been promoted to the office of Brigadier-General of the Edenton District, was ordered to join General Caswell in South Carolina. As soon as he could collect his men, Gregory marched towards the Piedmont section, en route to join the army of General Caswell; and by June he was with the Brigade of General Rutherford at Yadkin's Ford in Rowan. Near this place the Tories had collected, some 800 strong; and Rutherford hoped, with the assistance of General Gregory, to crush them. But to his disappointment, no opportunity emerged because General Bryan, the Tory leader, hearing of the defeat of the Loyalists at Ramseur's Mill a few days before, crossed the Yadkin River and united with General MacArthur, whom Cornwallis had sent on to Anson County. By July 31st, Gregory, with Rutherford and his brigade, joined General Caswell at The Cheraws, just across the South Carolina border. For several weeks there was much suffering among the men on account of the lack of food. Although corn was plentiful, the rivers were so high that the mills could not grind the meal. Meanwhile, the army of Lord Rawdon was stationed near Camden, South Carolina, and General Gates, who had joined Caswell on August 17th after having learned that the British general was daily expecting a supply of food and stores for his men, determined to intercept the convoy and capture the supplies for his own army. In the meantime Cornwallis, unknown to Gates, had joined Lord Rawdon. Gates, ignorant of this reinforcement of the troops of Lord Cornwallis, marched leisurely towards Camden to capture the coveted stores. The result of the historically wasted battle which followed is known only too well. The American militia, panic-stricken at the furious onslaught of the enemy, threw down their arms and fled and General Gates, after a vain attempt to rally his troops, lost courage and abandoned his forces and stores as well. As a result General . . . more . . .

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Squire Boone

Squire Maugridge Boone died Jan 1777, buried in Mocksville, Davie County, North Carolina (formerly Rowan County). He came to America in 1713 when eighteen years of age, having been sent along with two siblings to America by tgheir father, George Boone of the town of Bradninch near Exeter, England. Squire Boone is a name frequently used in the Boone families. They originally settled north of Philadelphia and were members of the Society of Friends. Another Squire Boone was found in the western portion of Virginia (Botetourt County) in the middle 1700s. This Squire Boone served in the militia and answered the call of Governor Dunsmore against the fierce Shawnee Chief, Cornstalk. Although all of the militia for the Colony had been called out, only two companies in Botetourt County answered the call. Chief Cornstalk awaited them at the falls of the Ohio River. A fierce battle was fought and many lives (on both sides) were lost. Although Cornstalk signed a Treaty after wards, he did not keep his word. This was about the that a cousin, Daniel Boone, was scouting through the mounts of western Virginia and Kentucky.
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