Treasure Chest Thursday ~ Dr. Fleet William Brock ~ Physician Killed in Auto Accident

PHYSICIAN KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT

Chief Engineer of Great Southern Company Hurt Seriously

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Bogalusa, La., Aug. 21---Dr. F. W. Brock, 42 years old, a member of the staff of the Elizabeth Sullivan Memorial hospital here, was killed, and Major J. H. Friend, chief engineer of the Great Southern Lumber Company injured seriously when an automobile in which they were riding from Slidell to Bogalusa overturned at 7:30 o'clock this evening at a curve in the road two miles from Talisheek. An ambulance from the local hospital brought the accident victims to Bogalusa, twenty miles from the scene of the smash.
Dr. Brock and Major Friend had been to New Orleans and returned by train to Slidell late today, then got in the automobile to complete their journey. The car turned over three times in rounding a curve. Dr. Brock's skull was crushed and Major Friend's shoulder and three of his ribs were broken.
Dr. Brock is survived by a wife [2nd Wife] and three children, also three brothers, Jap Brock, state bank examiner; Col. (J. Vol) Brock, district attorney, and Dr. J. L. Brock, coroner of Washington parish. He was a native of Franklinton and has been residing in Bogalusa for many years. Major Friend has been connected with the Great Southern Lumber Company, for a long period, but was absent during the war serving overseas..

Dr. Fleet William Brock was a son of Alexander B. 'Sandy Brock and Sarah Elizabeth 'Sallie' Williams and a grandson of James L. Brock and Elizabeth Purvis.

Dr. Fleet William Brock was a distant cousin. 








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[1] Dr. Fleet William Brock Killed in Auto Accident obituary, The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, 22 August 1923, Page 17, Col 5.

Wordless Wednesday~Hokitika | West Coast, New Zealand

Tombstone Tuesday~Nancy Copeland Thurman

Nancy Copeland Thurman

b. 7 June 1796

d. 17 Nov. 1843

bu. Boatwright Family Cemetery 

Tombstone Photo Courtesy of Julious Burr

There are many old tombstones located within Chesterfield County, South Carolina. Sadly, a lot of the older tombstones have degraded, just as the one above, over time. It’s very important that we document exiting tombstones and post their photos on-line with FindAGrave, BillionGraves or others to preserve them for posterity. They should also be maintained locally in genealogical and historical societies.

Nancy Copeland married William Aaron Thurman, son of John Thurman and Anne Perkins, about 1825. This marriage year is based on the birth of their first born, a daughter,  named Rosa Ann, born in 1826. 

After the birth of eight children, Nancy Copeland Thurman died on 17 November 1843 at the age of 47.






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[1] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 June 2014); Memorial page for Nancy Copeland Thurman; (7 June 1796–17 November 1843); Find a Grave memorial # 83556963, Citing Boatwright Family Cemetery; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.

Amanuensis Monday~Partition of the Real Estate of John C. Davis

Amanuensis Monday is a genealogy blogging theme. It was started by John Newmark who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog.

His definition of Amanuensis is:
Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.

Today’s subject is the Partition of the Real Estate of John C. Davis.

 

Transcription:

W. J. Hannah Clerk }
To }
I. J. Davis }     Deed

The State of South Carolina
To all Whom these Presents shall come or be made known Or whom the same may in anywise concern, I, W. J. Hannah Clerk of Court of the County of Chesterfield in the said State, Send Greeting:  Whereas J. F. Hunley and I. J. Davis on or about the 14th day of December in the year one thousand and eight hundred and eighty eight did exhibit their complaint in the court of Common Pleas in the County of Chesterfield and State aforesaid, against Jane Teal and others for Partition of the Real Estate of John C. Davis, deceased. And the cause, being at issue before the Honorable the court aforesaid, came on to be heard on the 9th day of February one thousand and eight hundred and eighty nine when the said Court, after a full hearing thereof, and mature deliberation in the premises, Did Order, Adjudge and Desire that the lands hereinafter mentioned and described should be sold at public auction by the Clerk of Court for Chesterfield County, on the terms and for the purpose mentioned in said Directed Order, as by reference thereto, on file in the said Court, will appear: And the said Clerk after having duly advertised the said lands for sale, by public outcry, on the 7th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty nine Did then, openly and publicly, and according to the custom of auction, sell and dispose of the said lands, below described, Unto I. J. Davis for one thousand and eleven dollars he being at that price the highest bidder for the same. Now Know All Men, That I, the said W. J. Hannah Clerk of Court as aforesaid in consideration of the premises, and also inconsideration of the the sum of Two Dollars paid me by the said I. J. Davis in the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, Have granted bargained, sold and released, and by these Presents Do grant, bargain, sell and release unto unto the said I. J. Davis and his Heirs and Assigns. All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate lying and being in the County of Chesterfield and State aforesaid, on the South side of the North prong of Bear Creek, containing three hundred acres, more or less and bounded as follows, to wit: on the north side side by the said Bear Creek, on the east side by lands of W. B. Davis, on the South side by lands of Louis Wadsworth and others, and on the West side by by lands formally owned by Niven Smith. Together with all and singular the rights, members, hereditaments and appurtenances whatsoever, to the said premises belonging or in anywise appertaining, and the reversions and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof; and also all the estate, right, title, interest, dower, possession, property, benefit, claim and demand whatsoever, both at law and in equity, of the said John C. Davis, and all of the parties to the said suit and all other persons rightfully claiming or to claim the same, or any part thereof, by from or under them, or either of them. To Have and To Hold the said premises with its hereditaments privileges and appurtenances unto the said I. J. Davis his Heirs and Assigns forever. In Witness Thereof I the said W. J. Hannah Clerk of Court as aforesaid under and by virtue of the said Decree have hereunto set my Hand and Seal at Chesterfield this 31st day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight nine and in the one hundred and fourteenth year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America.
Sealed and delivered}
In presence of}                                    W. J. Hanna (seal)
J. W. Elliott}                                            Clerk of Court
Robt Tucker}
The State of South Carolina}
Chesterfield County}
                                       Personally before came, W. J. Hanna, clerk of Court came Robert Tucker and made oath that he saw the within names W. J. Hanna sign, seal, and as his act and deed deliver the within Deed, and that he with J. H. Elliott witnessed the execution thereto.
Sworn to before me this 31st}  
Day of October 1889}                            Robt. Tucker
W. J. Hanna}
Clerk}
Recorded this 31st October 1889 in Book C, page 159, D. M. Barentine Auditor Chesterfield County.

Recorder 31st Oct. 1889

Isaac Jacob Davis is my 1st Cousin 4 times removed.







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[1] Chesterfield County, South Carolina, BEED BOOK 10: pages 138-140, Partition of the Real Estate of John C. Davis, deceased; Register of Deeds, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

Happy Birthday to My Princess

BIRTHDAY

To my

Wonderful and Loving Wife

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Image courtesy of Google Images. 

Its Family Time~The Alfred L. Rivers Family

Alfred L. Rivers was born about 1852 to John B. Rivers and Eliza Rivers. This is based on his age in the 1860 census; the 1900 Census claims he was born in Unk 1850 and his tombstone has the years 1846 engraved. He was a framer.

On 18 March 1877 he married Isabella Eddins, age 17, daughters of Rev. Andrew Jackson Eddins and Dorothy ‘Dollie’ Thurman.

Between 1877 and 1893, Alfred and Isabella would raise a family of six children; four sons and two daughters.

Alfred L. Rivers and Isabella Eddins had the following children:

i. Louis B. Rivers, born 25 Mar 1878, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Dessie O. Redfearn; died 27 Jan 1943, Wadesboro, Anson, North Carolina.
ii. Dora Belle Rivers, born 21 Aug 1881, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married John Gregory Hursey, 24 Nov 1903, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 28 May 1962, Rockingham, Richmond, North Carolina.
iii. John B. Rivers was born on 25 Sep 1882 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. He died in Jun 1883 at the age of 0 and was buried in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
iv. Eliza Beulah Rivers, born 21 Feb 1885, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married David Elijah Redfearn, 15 Jan 1908, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 7 Jan 1952, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
v. Robert Edgar Rivers, born 5 Feb 1887, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Minnie Lee Sanders, 28 Sep 1910, Pageland, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 19 Sep 1947, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
vi. Alfred Ray Rivers, born 9 Apr 1893, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Lela Clarice Clark, 4 Oct 1919, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 27 May 1971, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
Isabella passed away on 3 December 1909 and Alfred died on 24 December 1911. As stated on their FindAGrave Memorial “They were members of Pine Grove Baptist Church where they gave liberally of their time and money and where they are both buried in the cemetery.
They were honest and upright citizens who were interested in the forward movements of their town and community.”

Alfred L  Rivers is my 1st Cousin 4 times removed.




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1. 1910 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #0037, Page 145B; Line 53, Dwelling 337, Family 337, Household of Alfred RIVERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 30 August 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T624_1455.
2. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 August 2011); Memorial page for Alfred L. Rivers; (1846–24 December 1911); Find a Grave memorial # 18959681, Citing Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery; Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.
3. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) No Ed, Page: 116; Line 15, Dwelling 314, Family 313, Household of Eliza RIVERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 29 August 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm M653_1217.
4. 1880 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #5, Page 327D; Line 45, Dwelling 309, Family 309, Household of Alfred RIVERS; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 30 August 2011); citing National Archive Microfilm T9, Roll 1225.
5. 1900 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #21, Page 108A; Line 42, Dwelling 447, Family 455, Household of Alfred RIVERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 29 August 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T623_Roll: 1523.
6. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Isabelle Eddins Rivers (30 April 1859–3 December 1909), Memorial # 18959686.

John Pratt and his Children

The 1873 marriage licensee of John W. Deese to Harriett Sellers shows his father to be John Pratt. The death certificate of John W. Deese also shows his Father as John Pratt and his mother a Deese.



John Pratt was born about 1812 and his son John W. Deese was born 15 July 1839. John Pratt’s parents are believed to be Samuel Pratt and Clarinda Teal. John W. Deese mother was a Mary ‘Polly’ Deese born 1808 died about April 1888.

John Pratt married Mary Ann Adams on 26 March 1844 in Anson County. Mary Ann was the daughter of John Adams and his wife Sarah. 

John Pratt and Mary Ann Adams had 6 known children before his death on 2 December 1859 in Morven, North Carolina.

December 15, 1859 issue of North Carolina Argus
  224. Died at his residence, near Morven, in this county, on the 2d inst., John PRATT, aged about forty-seven.
http://www.genealogybuff.com/nc/nc-anson-mar2.htm

John Pratt and Mary Ann Adams can be found in the 1850 Census for Anson County.

1850 CENSUS: Sandy Point District, Anson, North Carolina, National Archives Film M432, Page 188A, John PRATT, age 38, born NC; Mary A. PRATT, Wife, age 25, born NC; Martha A. PRATT, Dau., age 5, born NC; William A. Pratt, Son, age 3, born in NC; Emeline PRATT, Dau, age 2, born NC; Unnamed PRATT, Son, age 2/12, born NC.

John Pratt and Mary Ann Adams had the following children:

i. Martha Ann Pratt was born about 1845.
December 6, 1860 issue, The ARGUS
333. Near Morven, in this county, on the 13th of November, by W.T. WILLIAMS, Esq., Mr. Elijah N. LILES, to Miss Martha Ann PRATT, all of this county.

ii. William Andrews Pratt, born 22 Jan 1847, Cairo, Anson, North Carolina; married Mary Eliza Parsons, 29 Jan 1868, Anson County, North Carolina; died 10 Apr 1921, Morven, Anson, North Carolina.

iii. Emeline Sarah Pratt, born 12 Jul 1848; married Charles Henry Ratliff; died May 1880.
iv. John Washington Pratt, born 16 Jul 1853, Anson County, North Carolina; married May Atkinson Faulkner, 9 Nov 1875, Morven, Anson, North Carolina; died 17 Jun 1930, Morven, Anson, North Carolina.

v. Eliza Jane Pratt was born in 1854.

vi. James Leonidas Pratt, born Apr 1859; married Lena Valetta Little, 1884; died 5 May 1924, Raeford, Hoke, North Carolina.

In the 1880 Census, a Mary Dees, age 72, is listed in the Household of John Deese and Harriett Sellers. She is also listed as his Mother.

1880 CENSUS: Morven, Anson County, North Carolina; Roll: 951; Family History Film 1254951; Enumeration District: 2; Image: 0483; Page 345D; Line 29, Dwelling 137, Family 151; John DEESE, Male, age 41, born in NC; Harriett A. DEESE, Wife, age 26, born in NC; Derette DEESE, Daughter, age 5, born in NC; Mary E. DEESE, Daughter, age 4, born in NC; Nizza L. DEESE, Daughter, age 2, born in NC; Minne E. DEESE, Daughter, age 2, born in NC and Mary DEESE, Mother, age 72, born in NC.  This census and the recording below suggest that  Mary Dees, the Mother of John W. Deese, died about March 1888.

Anson County Commissioner Proceedings Volume A page 327 - April 2, 1888 - Ordered by the Board of Commissioners that the treasurer pay John Dees two dollars 25 cents without interest for coffin for his mother Mary Dees (Source: Steve Bailey).


















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1. 1850 Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Sandy Point, Anson County, North Carolina, Page: 188A(stamped); Line 2, Dwelling 427, Family 427, Household of and John PRATT; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 5 June 2014); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 619.
2. Emma Goodwin, Type Talk I of Lilesville Township: Anson County, North Carolina (Charlotte, North Carolina: Herb Eaton Historical Publication, 1990), page 16.
3. 1850 Census, Anson County, North Carolina, Population Schedule, Sandy Point, Anson County, North Carolina, Page: 188A(stamped); Line 2, Dwelling 427, Family 427, Household of and John PRATT.
4. 1860 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina, Page: 294B(stamped); Line 7, Dwelling 1149, Family 1099, Household of Mary A. PRATT; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed` 5 June 2014); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 887.
5. North Carolina, Deed Book: Deed Book 16, page 155, Mary Ann Pratt Dower; Register of Deeds, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina.
6. 1880 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 2, Page 345D; Line 29, Dwelling 137, Family 151, Household of John DEESE; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 19 February 2013); citing National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 951.
7. 1850 Census, Anson County, North Carolina, Population Schedule, Sandy Point, Anson County, North Carolina, Page: 188A(stamped); Line 2, Dwelling 427, Family 427, Household of and John PRATT.
8. 1860 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, Population Schedule, Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina, Page: 294B(stamped); Line 7, Dwelling 1149, Family 1099, Household of Mary A. PRATT.
9. LDS Family History Library, SLC, UT FILM #018125,
Pages 110-124

Amanuensis Monday~Affidavit of William Rivers for Thomas Davis Revolutionary War Pension Application

Amanuensis Monday is a genealogy blogging theme. It was started by John Newmark who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog.

His definition of Amanuensis is:
Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.

Today’s subject is the Affidavit of William Rivers for Thomas Davis Revolutionary War Pension Application


Transcription:

State of South Carolina }
Chesterfield District }
Before me personally appeared William Rivers Sr. a resident of Chesterfield District aged 76 years the 25th last month, who being first duly sworn according to law says that he was intimately and personally acquainted with Thomas and Nancy Davis. Since his first recollection, that he was raised within one fourth of a mile from the said Nancy Davis, then Nancy Rivers, deponents aunt and well recollects the time they were married but was not present at the marriage and to the best of his knowledge and belief would say they were married about the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven or eight (1787 or 1788) that the said Thomas Davis lived the year before he was married with his deponents’ father and has known them as husband and wife ever since in which relation they were respectable members of the Methodist Church up to the time of his said Thomas Davis death and lived within two miles of deponent where his widow is still living and raises nine children and had ten issue of their said marriage the youngest of whom was born in the month of December 1812 which fact he knows from the birth of his own son Malachi who was born the 22nd day of August 1812 which record is now before him.
Sworn to and subscribed this 16th day of February 1852 in Open Court.
                                                                                William Rivers
J.C. Craig
Judge of the Court of Ordinary

Thomas Davis is my 4th Great Grandfather.




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[1] Affidavit of William Rivers for Thomas Davis Pension Application, compiled military record (5th Co. Capt. Thomas Hall, Marion's Regt. 1779), Rev. War Pension and Land-Bounty Application Files, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm publication M804, Roll 766.
[AFFIDAVIT from Thomas Davis Revolutionary War Pension File, W-8655.]  https://www.fold3.com/image/246/15484620

Sunday’s Obituary~Sarah Johnson McRae

Mrs. Sarah J. McRae.
Special to The State.
Chesterfield, Feb. 17 –Mrs. Sarah J. McRae of the Zoar section of the county died last Wednesday morning and was buried the next day at the Methodist church at McFarlane, N.C. , the funeral services being conducted by her pastor, The Rev. J. H. West of Morven, N.C., assisted by the Rev. J. L. Tyler.
Mrs. McRae was born in Chester county in 1835. Soon after her birth her parents moved to Anson county, North Carolina, where in 1865 she was married to Duncan McRae. Soon after their marriage they moved near McFarlane, N. C. Of this union eight children were born Mrs. Eliza Ratliff, Mrs. W. A. Stegall, Duncan McRae, W. G. McRae of McFarlane, N.C, J. H. McRae of Clio, the Rev. W. V. McRae of the North Carolina Conference, Methodist Episcopal church, South, stationed at Wilmington, N.C., Mrs. R. E. Rivers and Mrs. W. J. Tiller of Chesterfield. Mrs. McRae was a most estimable Christian woman.

Sarah Johnson, wife of Duncan McRae, was the daughter of Archibald & Sarah MacPHERSON Johnson.



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[1] The State, Columbia, SC, February 18, 1916, Page 3, Column 2.
[2] The Chesterfield Advertiser, Chesterfield, SC, 17 February, 1916. page 1, column 6.

It’s Family Time~The Allen McDaniel Page Family

Sometimes the unanswered questions leaves a big gap in our family histories. Such is the case of Allen McDaniel Page. I feel certain that Allen sudden death in 1854 caught all his family and friends off guard.

Allen McDaniel Page was born 14 August 1829, the first born child of  Sion Page and his wife Nancy.  Nancy‘s surname is unknown; some have her listed as Nancy Dove, others says she was Nancy Almond.

Allen grew up like many young men of that era as a farmer. On 8 December 1853, Allen married a young lady by the name of Sarah Huneycutt, daughter of Marcus I. ‘Mark’ Huneycutt and his wife Charity Dry.

Less than a year later Mark McDaniel Huneycutt has passed away. Allen Page's Probate folder, Stanly County, shows that he died prior to 13 October 1854 the date that Sarah Page petitioned the court to set aside a years provision and appoint 3 freeholders to inventory the estate.

Before his passing, Allen witnessed the birth of his daughter, Tabitha Irene ‘Bitha’ Huneycutt on 21 June 1854.

No tombstone has been found for Allen or his wife Sarah ‘Sallie’ Huneycutt Page. Sarah is found in the 1900 with her daughter and son-in-law Calvin Almond. No other record beyond this has been found.

This short marriage and duration as a family leaves a lot of unanswered questions. If you have any information about Allen and Sarah I would love to hear from you. 


Allen McDaniel Page is my 2nd Great Grand Uncle.






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1. 1850 Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, population schedule, Furr, Stanly County, North Carolina, Page: 38A(stamped); Line 16, Dwelling 533, Family 535, Household of Sion PAGE; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 21 July 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 645.
2. State of North Carolina, marriage no. Stanly, North Carolina, USA (8 December 1853), Allen Page and Sarah Huneycutt; https://www.ancestry.com, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.
3. 1850 Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, Population Schedule, Furrs, Stanly County, North Carolina, Page: 38B; Line 28, Dwelling 542, Family 545, Household of Mark HONEYCUTT.
4. 1860 U. S. Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, population schedule, Stanly County, North Carolina, Page: 9 (stamped); Line 30, Dwelling 113, Family 113, Household of Mark HUNEYCUTT; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : Viewed 31 July 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 914.
5. 1870 U S Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, population schedule, Furr, Stanly County, North Carolina, Page: 58A(stamped); Line 25, Dwelling 4, Family 4, Household of Cath [Charity Dry] HUNEYCUTT; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 11 November 2015); citing National Archive Microfilm M593, Roll 1160.
6. 1880 U. S. Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, population schedule, Furrs, Stanly County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 205, Line 17, Dwelling 265, Family 268, Household of Sarah PAGE; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 13 November 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 0982.
7. 1900 US Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, population schedule, Ridenhour, Stanly County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0127, Page: 8B/277 (stamped); Line 66, Dwelling 131, Family 133, Household of Calvin ALMOND; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 13 November 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm T623, Roll 1218.

Treasure Chest Thursday~Proof of Aaron Copeland Marriage to Mary Melton

Aaron Copeland and Mary ‘Polly’ Melton, daughter of Isham Melton, were married about 1784.

Aaron Copeland applied for a Revolutionary War Pension (R-2308) which was rejected. The file contains genealogical information pertaining to Aaron, Polly and his service.
Below is a portion of an affidavit submitted by (he says (Archibald)) the only surviving child, his son Archibald Copeland.

Partial Affidavit of Archibald Copeland: ¹



Transcription:
“this deponent further says that he has been informed and believes that his said Father intermarried with one Polly Melton deponents Mother and the daughter of one Isham Melton of the District and State aforesaid about the year 1784, that Aaron Copeland died about the years 1839 having survives his wife about six or seven years, leaving ten children of whom deponent is the Sole survivor, all which facts as to as to the Service of said Aaron will…”



Transcription:
South Carolina} ²
Chesterfield District} Personally appeared before me W. A. Mulloy a magistrate in and for said district John Evans & Edward Mulloy who being duly sworn saith that they were acquainted with Aaron Copeland in his life time that he inter married with Mary Melton daughter of Isham Melton and that said Aaron Copeland died in the year 1839. They further sate that they have no reason to doubt but that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war.
Sworn before me}                                                Jno. Evans
20^th May 1853}                                               Edward Mulloy
Wm. A. Mulloy, Mag.}

South Carolina}
Chesterfield District} I, J. C. Craig Clerk of the Court for said district do hereby certify that Wm. A. Mulloy before whom the foregoing affidavit was made was at the date thereof an acting Magistrate in & for said district duly qualified as such and that his signature thereto is genuine
                                    Given under my hand & seal of
                                    Office this 20th day of May 1853
                                                     J. C. Craig, Clk


NOTICE ³
MOSES COPELAND, Thomas Copeland, Elisha Copeland, James Copeland, Mary Swor, and Dolly Cook, children of Aaron Copeland late of Chesterfield District, South Carolina, are hereby notified that the said Aaron Copeland died leaving a Will by which a small legacy is given to each of the above named persons, which may be has upon application to
                                                                                RILAH SMITH
                                                                                                Executor

Chesterfield C. H., S.C.}
May 25th, 1840}
  







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[1] https://www.fold3.com/image/246/13001430
[2] Ancestry, "Revolutionary War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (http://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 3 June 2014), entry for Aaron Copeland, Revolutionary War Pension file of Aaron Copland; Image 9,; https://www.fold3.com/image/246/13001443.
[3] Farmers' gazette, and Cheraw Advertiser., May 29, 1840, Page 114, Image 2, column 6.

Records of the SC Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872

After the Civil War times were rough and the period between 1865 and 1877 was known as the reconstruction era.  Many women and children were left to fend for themselves having lost their husbands, fathers and sons during the war.
The Federal Government stepped in and provided rations for those who met the qualification.

Records of the field offices for the state of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872











https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9ZG-8CL7?i=848&cc=2127881

Monthly reports of the number of persons issued rations, medicines and clothing, Apr.-Nov. 1867; Registers of rations issued, v. 1-2, Apr.-Sept., no year listed. The year looked to be 1867.

Start with the hyperlink above and move forward. The Ration list is in alphabetical order.

This is page 1 of the ration list with 3 families listed; 1 white and 2 African American.

















The the family of Calvin Allen.

Calvin states that he lived in Oro, Chesterfield County. Oro, was a Post Office established in 1867. Oro was near the NC line between Pageland and Chesterfield.
 




The upper Corner shows his age as 38 which would indicate he was born about 1828 if these are indeed 1867 records. Census records confirmed he was borne 1828-1829.

He lives on the Lancaster highway and had 7 children; 3 males and 4 female. Their age is not shown but on many of the recordings age is shown.

The family was issued rations of Pork and Corn in both May and June 1867.

This file is well worth spending some time browsing through the individual listings.





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[1] https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9ZG-8CL7?i=848&cc=2127881

Amanuensis Monday~Last Will and Testament of Johan Martin Dry, 1836.

Amanuensis Monday is a genealogy blogging theme. It was started by John Newmark who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog.

His definition of Amanuensis is:
Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.

Today’s subject is the Last Will and Testament of Johan Martin Dry, 1836.



Page 305 & 306
Transcription:

Be it remembered that heretofore to wit: at a court of Pleas and quarters sefsions begun and held at the Court House in Concord on the Third Monday of January 1837 and in the Sixty first year of American Independence ---
Present the Worshipful
William Gilliaw}
John S. Beard}  Esq.
Levi Stope}
That at the Court aforesaid the following Wills Deeds and other instruments were recorded and ordered to be registered.
The last will and testament of Martin Dry was produced in open Court & duly proven by the Oath of P. Barringer a subscribing witnefs and the Executor there in named were qualified and received letters testamentary.
In the name of God Amen. I Martin Dry of the County of Cabarrus and State of North Carolina, being of sound mine and memory, but being weak in bodily strength and knowing as I do. That it is the lot of all men to die, do make & establish  this as my last will and testament viz: 1st I will and bequeath to my son John Dry the plantation whereon I now live lying on the east side of Dutch Buffalo Creek adjoining  Moses  Barrier, the lands of Andrew Dry Dec’d Owen Dry & George Dry containing one hundred and thirty nine and ¼ acres to him and his heirs forever, but the said John Dry is to pay to my Estate five hundred dollars at the end of twelve month after the death of me, and my wife Catherine Dry.
2nd I will and bequeath to my Son Peter Dry the plantation whereon he now lives adjoining George Dry, Esq, David Blackwelder and others containing containing one hundred and fifty acres, for which he has my deed by his paying twenty five dollars to his Brother John dry and twenty five dollars to his brother George Dry, after his mother’s death to him and his heirs forever-
3rd I will to Son John Dry the plantation whereon he now lives joining Daniel Peninger, Mike Stough and others containing ninety five acres to him and his heirs forever.
4th I will and bequeath to my Son George Dry the tract of land whereon he now lives for which he has my deed, containing two hundred and Fifty acres, joining Martin Hone, Henry Shod and others to him and his heirs forever.
5th I will and bequeath to my Son Martin Dry two hundred and fifty dollars it being money I have already advanced to him, two dollars I have neither note or receipt for and the other fifty dollars to be deducted our of a Hundred note I hold on him, these two hundred and fifty dollars I intend him in place of the lands I willed to my other Sons. the tract of land whereon he now lives for which he has my deed, containing two hundred and Fifty acres, joining Martin Hone, Henry Shod/Shoe and others to him and his heirs forever.
6th I will and bequeath to my son-in-law Mark Honeycutt the tract of land whereon he now lives lying on Meadow Creek joining Peter Teeter and others containing One hundred and fourteen acres but the said Mark Honeycutt must pay to my estate three hundred dollars. Then the Executor herein after names shall make him & his heirs a good and lawful deed, for the same, the money to be paid twelve months after the death of me and my wife Catherine Dry.
7th I will and bequeath to my son-in-law Jacob Kanoy the tract of land whereon he now lives containing two hundred and thirty three acres, adjoining George Eagle, Mathias Barringer and others on Bear Creek, but the said Jacob Canoy is to pay to my estate for said lands two years after the death of my wife the sum of three hundred dollars, to him and his heirs fore ever.
8th I will and bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth Seater wife of Peter Teeter one hundred dollars.
9th I will and bequeath to my Daughter Catherine Layton one hundred dollars wife of John Layton.
10th I will and bequeath to my Daughter Sally Kanoy wife of Jacob Canoy one hundred dollars.
11th I will and bequeath to my Daughter Catroul Huneycutt wife of Mark Honeycutt one hundred dollars.
12th I will and bequeath to my Daughter Esther Sides wife of David Sides one hundred dollars.
13th It is my will and desire that after my death that all the property I die seized of & possessed of both real & personal be sold by my executor hereafter named (Exception / such household furniture as my wife Catherine Dry may a lot for her use during her natural life} to the highest bidder, at a reasonable credit and the money arising from the same & my notes # first to pay cash of my Daughters before named each one hundred dollars willed them, the balance to be equally divided among all my children Viz Peter, Martin, John, George, Elizabeth, Catherine, Sally, Catroul, & Esther or their lawful heirs.
14th I now nominate, constitute and appoint to this my last will and testament as executor my son Peter Dry & my son in law David Sides hereby revoking all former wills by me made, in witness where of I have hereunto set my hand & Seal this 26th day of September in the year of our Lord as 1836 Signed Sealed & Subscribed in presence of us.
L. P. Barringer, Jr.                                                                    Martin Dry {seal}
Moses Barrier                   NB Dry signature in German in Will.

Johan Martin Dry is my paternal 4th Great Grandfather.




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[1] Cabarrus County Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1836, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, PQS 2/405- WILL of Martin Dry, NC State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina, C.016.30003.
Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Pleas & Quarter Sessions Minutes; C.016.30003,; Vol. 2, p. 405; Will of Martin Dry (PQS 2/405).

Chesterfield County SC Estates~Estate Folder #318– Pleasant A. Brock

Chesterfield County SC Estate Series:  This is a series of postings of selected Estate Folders from the Estate files of Chesterfield County. No known estates exist for the period before the Civil War. They were destroyed with the burning of the Courthouse. There are a few “Equity Records” in the State Archives. Do not overlook this valuable resource if you are looking for ancestors in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

Today’s subject is the Estate of  Pleasant A. Brock.

Pleasant A. Brock
Estate Folder #318
Image 1141 of 1448

URL: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-N39H-KY?cc=1911928&wc=MPP5-JWL%3A190567401%2C190561002%2C190567402%2C190840701

Pleasant A. Brock’s Estate Folder (#318) consists of 25 pages beginning at Image 1141 of 1448  and ending with image 1165 of 1448. The estate was well inventoried and precise with the Widow, Martha Horne Brock, serving as the estate administratrix.  

The court appointment of an administratrix shows that Pleasant A. Brock died intestate (without a Will).

I was amazed at the precise inventory by room of this estate and the penmanship of the person recording the estate contents. This is most certain the penmanship of Martha Horne Brock.

Martha petitioned the Court on 1 May 1873 to be granted Letters of Administration.

Transcription:

The State of South Carolina}
Chesterfield County} Court off Probate
To W. J. Hanna Esq. Judge of Probate for Said County
The petition of the undersigned sheweth that she is the Widow of Pleasant A. Brock late of this County deceased and is desirous of obtaining Letters of administration on his personal estate which is considerable.
She therefore prays that letters of administration may be granted to her.
May 1^st. 1873.
                                      



Mattie was granted letters to administer the estate and did so with the help of Attorney L. W. T. Prince. No mention of Pleasant's death date is made within the probate file but we know from his tombstone in the St. David's Episcopal Church cemetery that he died of 28 February 1873. His family Bible shows that Pleasant died from typhoid fever. Pleasant was a Merchant in the town of Cheraw.

Pleasant A. Brock was the son of Alsey Brock and Lucy Morris. He had one brother Charles A. Brock. 

After his death, Mattie Horne Brock married Thomas Alexander Gandy on  20 July 1875. When last reviewed the Family Bible was in possession of the Gandy family.

Pleasant and Martha had no children. Martha and Thomas A. Gandy did have four children; 2 sons and 2 daughters. 

Pleasant A. Brock is my 1st Cousin 3 times removed.





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1. P. A. Brock Family Bible Family Bible Holy Bible, (Oxford: University Press, 1865), BIRTH- 10 March 1839; P. A. Brock, Obtained from Gandy family by L. Cleveland, 2004.
2. 1850 U. S. Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 102A, Line 21, Dwelling #46, Family 46, Household of Alsey BROCK; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 23 July 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 851.
3. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 183A, Line 25, Dwelling #1238, Family #1239, Household of Lucy BROCK; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 23 July 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm M653_1217.
4. Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (http://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 2 September 2012), entry for Pleasant A. Brock, Private; Co A, 4th SC Cavalry; Confederate.
5. 1870 U. S. Census, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 252A; Line 7, Dwelling 48, Family 52, Household of P. A. BROCK; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 23 July 2011); citing National Archive Microfilm M593, Roll 1491.
6. P. A. Brock Family Bible Family Bible, DEATH - 28 Feb 1873 of typhoid fever, P. A. Brock.
7. James C. Pigg, Chesterfield County Cemetery Survey; Chesterfield County Genealogical Services, 1995, page 87. Tombstone of Pleasant A. Brock; 10 March 1839–28 February 1873, St. David's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
8. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 January 2012); Memorial page for Pleasant A. Brock; (10 March 1839–28 February 1873); Find a Grave memorial # 52861355, Citing Old Saint David's Episcopal Church Cemetery; Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.
9. Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Probate Files & Loose papers, Pleasant A. Brock; digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org: viewed 12 January 2012); Estate Folder #318, Pleasant A. Brock.

It’s Family Time~Roland R. Sellers

Roland R. Sellers, a son of Roland Sellers and  Margaret Eddins was born in 1821 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

On 25 December 1844, at the age if 23, Roland married the widow of Thomas Brooks, a young lady by the name of Sarah Pratt Brooks, daughter of Samuel Pratt and Clarinda Ann Teal of Anson County, North Carolina.

Roland and Sarah had two known children:

i. William A. D. Sellers was born about 1849 in Morven, Anson, North Carolina.  William A. D. Sellers apparently died before reaching the age of 10; he was listed in the 1850 census, but not in the 1860 census records.

1850 CENSUS, Morven, Anson County, Page 172B; Rolen SELLERS, age 30, farmer, his wife Sarah SELLERS, age 42 and their son, William A. D. SELLERS, age 8/12.

ii. Sarah Elizabeth Sellers was born about 1851 in Anson County, North Carolina. No further record of Sarah Elizabeth has been found.

When the Civil War broke out in January 1861, Roland left his farm and joined other Anson County boys serving with Company "K", 26th NC Regiment. Unfortunately, Roland did not return from the War. He was wounded in the intestines near Savannah, Georgia, on December 10, 1864. and passed away on 13 December 1864. He is buried in the Laurel Grove Cemetery (North); Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia.

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37497140

Roland’s wife, Sarah Pratt Brooks Sellers, passed away on 23 Nov 1871 in Anson County. No tombstone has been found marking her resting place.

Roland R. Sellers is my 1st Cousin 4 times removed.




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1. Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (http://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 9 June 2014), entry for Roland R. SELLERS, Private; Third Artillery, 40th State Troops; Comfederate.
2. North Carolina, Deed Book: DB 12, page 314, ALEXANDER S. W. ALPIN to ROLIN R. SELLERS; Register of Deeds, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina.
3. 1850 Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, Page: 172B; Line 12, Dwelling 203, Family 203, Household of Rolen SELLERS; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 19 March 2014); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 619.
4. Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Deed Book 6: pages 112 & 113, Rolin R. Sellers and Phillip A. Sellers to William R. Sellers Deed; 7 October 1850, Register of Deeds, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
5. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), "Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-Sept. 30, 1971," Microfilm Roll #: 92; Archive Publication #: M841, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 19 May 2014), Appointments of U. S. Postmasters,Morven, Anson, North Carolina; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Rolen R Sellers appointed 6 October 1854.
6. 1860 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Lilesville, Anson County, North Carolina, Page: 299A(stamped); Line 36, Dwelling 1217, Family 1167, Household of Rowland SELLARS; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 19 May 2014); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 887.
7. Ancestry,Military Service Records, database entry for Rolen R. SELLERS, Private; Company "K", 26th NC Regiment; Confederate.
8. Ancestry,Military Service Records, database entry for Rolen R. SELLERS, Private; Co. "C", 3rd Artillery (40th State Troops); Confederate.
9. Louis H. Manarin, North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865: A Roster (Raleigh, North Carolina: Office of Archives and History, 2013), Volume 1, page 716, Column 2, ROLAND R. SELLERS.
10. Ancestry,Military Service Records, database entry for Rolen R. SELLERS, Private; 3rd Artillery, (40th State Troops); Confederate.
11. Manarin, North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865, Volume 1, page 716, Column 2, ROLAND R. SELLERS.
12. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 June 2014); Memorial page for Roland R. SELLERS; (1841–13 December 1864); Find a Grave memorial # 37497140, Citing Laurel Grove Cemetery (North); Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA.
13. Anson County, North Carolina, North Carolina, Estate Files, 1663-1979, Sarah PRATT SELLERS; digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org: viewed 14 June 2015); NC Estate File -Sarah Sellers. Marriage date source.
14. North Carolina, Deed Book: Deed Book 16: page 62.
15. 1870 U S Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, Page: 395B (stamped); Line 15, Dwelling 83, Family 83, Household of S. [Sarah] SELLARS; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 19 May 2012); citing National Archive Microfilm M593, Roll 1122.
16. Anson County, North Carolina, Sarah PRATT SELLERS, NC Estate File -Sarah Sellers, Death date.
17. Anson County, North Carolina, Sarah PRATT SELLERS, NC Estate File -Sarah Sellers, nee Brooks.
18. 1870 U S Census, Anson County, North Carolina, Population Schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, Page: 395B (stamped); Line 15, Dwelling 83, Family 83, Household of S. [Sarah] SELLARS.

Mary Ann (Adams) Pratt Dower, 1860

Mary Ann Adams and John Pratt were married 26 March 1844 in Anson County. John was the son of Samuel Pratt and Clarinda Teal while Mary Ann Adams was the daughter of John Adams and his wife Sarah (LNU).

The below land deed was directed by the court to lay off a 1/3 portion of lands to Mary Ann Pratt from her deceased husband estate. Her husband, John Pratt,  had suddenly passed away on 2 December 1859 at 47 years of age leaving her and six children.

December 15, 1859 issue of North Carolina Argus
  224. Died at his residence, near Morven, in this county, on the 2d inst., John PRATT, aged about forty-seven.
http://www.genealogybuff.com/nc/nc-anson-mar2.htm

John Pratt, 47, died on December 2, 1859 - December 15, 1859 Newspaper - Recorded in Emma Goodwin Book "Type Talk of Lilesville Township, Anson County, N. C. page 16.

December 15, 1860 - Those indebted to J. J. Cox, as Administrator of JOHN PRATT, deceased, must make satisfactory arrangements soon-sooner-soonest. Lilesville, NC. Recorded in Emma Goodwin Book "Type Talk of Lilesville Township, Anson County, N. C. page 20.


Transcription:
Page 155
 
Mary Ann Pratt Dower
In obedience to an order of the Worshipful the County Court directing the Sheriff of said County to Summons twelve freeholders and lay off to Mrs. Mary Ann Pratt,widow of John Pratt dec’d one third of all the lands belonging to her said Husband dec’s and report to July Term 1860, pursuant to said order we the undersigned after being duly sworn by the Said have proceeded to lay off to her the said widow by such bounds as below named, first tract known as the Wm. H. Harrington tract, on Pee Dee River Beginning at Sherwood Liles corner sassafras one hickory & Mulberry pointers and ruins with his line, No 46 ¼ Wt. 85chs & 80 links to a red oak stump then with Said Liles other line, So. 44Wt. 19 chains to Little Creek, then up the various courses of Said Creek to the to the <sic> mouth of Stamping Branch,   thence up the various courses of said Branch 48 chs & 80 links to Riley Diggs line  No. 85 ¾ Et. 19 chs & 50 links to a Stone Diggs other corner. Then So. 7 1/8 Wt. 24 chs & 20 links to a stake 30 or 40 yards Et. To a long popular marked as a corner. Then So. 89 1/4 Et. 5 chs & 85 lks to a stake. Then So. 1 ½ Wt. 6 chs & 20 lks then So. 81 ½ Et.35 chs & 7 links to a stake, by 3 pines, red oak & white oak pts. Then So. 59 ½ Et. 41 chs to Pee Dee Rivers, thence down said Rivers 63 chains & 50 links to the beginning Containing five hundred and seventeen acres. Also one other tract known as the Diggs tract. Beginning at an Ashe on the East bank of Little Creek Diggs corner, and runs So. 49 Wt. 18 chs to a stake 2 pines pointers then So. 56 Et. 39 chains to a stake, on the East bank of said Creek in Pratts line. Then No. 40 Et. 2 chs & 50 lks to the old corner. Then No. 5 Wt 11 chs & 10 links to a popular Stump on the Bank of said Little Creek, one sweet gum pointer. Thence up the various courses of Said Creek to the Beginning Containing thirty four acres. Also another small tract adjoining the above tract, Beginning at a stake by 3 pines pointers on the Side of the Camden Road & runs No. 8 Wt. 4 chs & 60 links to a Stake by 3 pines Then Wt. 10 chs to a corner in Diggs line Then So. 40 Wt. 2 chs & 60 links to said Diggs corner Thence So. 8 Et. 2 chs & 70 links to a stake, then East 11 chains & 60 links to the Beginning Containing five acres and She the said Widow has this day relinquished all her claim right title or interest in all the Lands of her said Husband Dec’d except the portions herein described, all of which is respectfully submitted given under our hands and seals.    
This the 16th day of June 1860                            W. K. Streater {seal}
Attest. William Carpenter                                     Brooks Hinson{seal}
Or all except Eli M., H. M. Diggs                        George W. Mastin {seal}
Witnefs                                                                 J .B. Clark {seal}
As to Eli & H. M Diggs                                       Rich. Buchanan {seal}
        S. B. Threadgill                                            John W. Jarman {seal}
                                                                              Thomas Flowers {seal}
 



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[1] North Carolina, Deed Book: Deed Book 16, page 155, Mary Ann Pratt Dower; Register of Deeds, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina.

Amanuensis Monday~1881 Land Deed ~ Hannah Philips & Others to Wm. B. Little

Amanuensis Monday is a genealogy blogging theme. It was started by John Newmark who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog.
His definition of Amanuensis is:
Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.

Today’s subject is a 1881 Land Deed ~ Hannah Philips & Others to Wm. B. Little.

Hannah Philips & Others to Wm. B. Little
DB 21, pgs. 625-626
This Indenture made this the 21st day of Dec. in the years one thousand eight hundred and eighty one between Hannah Philips, Elizabeth Philips, M. A. Philips, Lively Philips, C. M. Tarlton & wife S. J. Tarlton, Joel Sellers & Rachel Sellers, of the county of Anson and State of North Carolina, of the one part, and W. B. Little of the county of Anson and State of North Carolina of the other part. Witnesseth, That the said parties of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of Eighty dollars, to the said party of the first part in hand paid – the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged  - hath sold and conveyed  and doth hereby sell and convey to the said party of the second part, all that tract or parcel pf land, lying in the County of Anson and State of North Carolina and bounded as follows; to wit: beginning at a stake in the center of the Wadesboro & Camden road and runs N. 87 Wt. 20.75 links to a stake formerly to a stake by a dogwood, thence S. 1 Wt. 11 chains to a stake by a large post oak stump, thence So. 87 Et.12.60 links to the center of the Wadesboro & Camden road, thence with said road to the beginning containing about fifteen acres be the same more or less.To have and to hold the same, with the appurtenances thereunto belonging, to the said party of the second part, and his heirs and assigns forever. And the said  party of the first part, for the consideration aforesaid, doth hereby covenant and agree to warrant and defend the premises aforesaid, to the said party of the second part his heirs,Executors, administrators, and assigns against the claim and entry of all persons whatsoever, and they doth further warrant that they are seized of the premises sin fee simple, and hath forever to make and convey such an estate by this Indenture, and hath  done the same by these presents to the said Wm. B. Little. In witness whereof, the said party of the first part hath hereunto set…hand and seal, the day and year above written.
Signed, sealed and delivered       Hannah X her mark Philips {seal}
In the presence of –                    Elizabeth X her mark Philips {seal}
Witness- W. J. Redfearn              M. A. X her mark Philips {seal}
                                                    Lively  X her mark Philips {seal}
                                                    C. M.  X his mark Tarlton {seal}
                                                    Sarah Jane  X her mark Tarlton {seal}
                                                    Joel X his mark Sellers {seal}
                                                     Rachel X her mark Sellers {seal}
 
 
State of North Carolina}
Anson County} I,  W. D. Webb, a Justice of the Peace, do hereby certify that Hannah Philips, M. A. Philips, Elizabeth Philips, Lively Philips, C. M. Tarlton & wife Sarah J. Tarlton, Joel Sellers &  wife Rachel Sellers personally appeared before me this day, and acknowledged the due execution of the foregoing deed of conveyance and  the said Sarah J. Tralton and Rachel Sellers, being by me personally examined, separate and apart from their said husbands, touching them voluntary execution of the same doth state that they signed the same freely and voluntarily, without fear or compulsion of their said husbands or any other person and that they do still voluntarily assent thereto. Witness my hand and seal this December 27th, 1881.
                                                                           W. D. Webb, J. P. {seal}
 
State of North Carolina}
Anson County} The foregoing certificate of W. D. Webb, a Justice of the Peace of Anson county, is adjudged to be in due form and according to law. Let the deed of conveyance with these certificates be registered. This the 14th day of January A. D. 1882.
                                                                 John C. McLauchlin
                                                                 Clerk of Superior Court
                                                                  and Judge of Probate
 
January 14th 1882, Then the foregoing Deed and Certificates came into my hands and were duly registered.
                                                                 P. J. Coppedge
                                                                 Register of Deeds
My interest in this land deed (DB 21:625-626) and another Anson County Land Deed (DB 21:615-616) is they contain proof that Joel Sellers married Rachel Phillips daughter of Reuben J. Phillips and his wife Hannah.
I,  W. D. Webb, a Justice of the Peace, do hereby certify that Hannah Philips, M. A. Philips, Elizabeth Philips, Lively Philips, C. M. Tarlton & wife Sarah J. Tarlton, Joel Sellers &  wife Rachel Sellers  (DB21:626)

to said land as heirs at law of Reuben Phillips deceased, and as heirs at law of R. J. Phillips deceased by virtue of a deed of conveyance from Reuben Phillips to R. James Phillips, dated December 1st., 1855, and registered on the registers Office of Anson County, in Deed Book No. 14, on pages 539 and 540. (DB 21:614 & 615)

Joel Sellers, son of Philip Sellers, Jr. and Mary E. Gulledge is my 1st Cousin 4 times removed.

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[1] North Carolina, Deed Book: Deed Book 21, Pages 625 and 626, Hannah Philips & Others to Wm. B. Little; Register of Deeds, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina.