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3:85a.
will of Bri.dget (X) Hadley, widow of Simon Hadley deed.
17 May 1803.
Sons Thomas & Simon each to have 1 English crown.
4 daus: Ann 1.acky, Patience
Baker, Margaret Martin, Ruth Marshall.
wit: William Hough, William Hinshaw, John stanfield.
prvd by
Exrs: son Thomas Hadley & son-in-law Joseph Marshall.
Hough & Hinshaw.
Rec. Feb. ct. 1808.
[Note: There are estates
papers at the NC ArChives.]
See 3:57, 155
3:86. will of'Joseph
(I) Keys, 12 Aug. 1805. Daus: Mary Box,
Rebecca Meredith, Jane Murrey, Esther Murrey, Ruth Hunneycutt,
Lydia.
Son Joseph to be exr.
wit: John Marshill, John Farmer.
prvd by Farmer.
Rec. May Ct. 1808.
3:87. will of Henry Norman, 17 June 1808.
Sons Thomas & Isaac.
Wife Anne who is exr.
Other children - not named.
wit: Daniel
Smith, John Marsh, Obed Snow.
Prvd by Marsh.
Rec. Aug. ct.
1808.
[Note: Land entry #186, 15 June 1778, Thomas Normang
enters 500 A in Surr.y Co. on Little Fisher River to include Ely
Normangs, Aaron Cempts & Henry Normangs improvements.
'£he 1786
Surry Co. tax list of Capt. Willis shows Thomas Norman with 300
A, 1 wp; Henry Norman with 1 wp; Henry Norman with 50 A, 1 wp
[sic].
The 1786 tax list of the same district
shows Henry
Norman with 200 A, 1 wp; Thomas Norman with 150 A, 2 wp.
SCDB
C:462, 27 Sept. 1787, Eli
Norman of Greenville
Co., SC, to
Cornelius
Keith, Jr., for 1.10, land on Nettles
Nab near VA
line, wit: Henry Norman, James (X) Steuart.
SCOB E:79, 14 Aug.
1790, Nathaniel
(X) Stuart & wife Mary (X) to Henry Norman for
1.75 VA currency,
150 A on little Fishers River, wit: william
Norman, George Keith, Joseph Holder.
Surry Co. minutes of the
Court of P & QS, 17 Feb. 1780, ordered Samuel Dyer have leave
to build a water Grist Millon
Little Fishes River below Henry
Norman's; 9 Nov. 1800, Thomas Norman & wife made deed to Henry
Norman and to William Norman.
1800 Surry Co. census, p. 711,
3 WM-10, 1 WM 10-16, 2 WM 16-26, 1 WM 45+, 1 WF-10, 1 WF 2645, 1 WF 45+.
1820 surry Co. census, p. 772, hh Thomas Norman,
Matthew Norman, Henry Norman, Ann Norman.
Isaac Norman
fought
in-War of 1812 from-surry Co~
1812 Surry tax-~ist, Capt. Wit--cher's Dist., shows Anny Norman with 175 A next
to Matthew
Norman with 80 A; Thomas Norman with 90 A is in Capt. Speer's
Dist; william Norman is in capt. Snow's District.]
3:87a. will of Jonathan
(0) Parker, 27 June 1808.
Sons william, John, Jesse & Joseph have already had their part, as have
daus. Sally & Betsey.
Sons Jonathan
& Spruce to split lands
& distillery.
Daus. Polly & Lettice.
Wife Letsy is exr. wit:
T. Moody, Nicholas Masters.
Prvd. by wit.
Rec. Aug. Ct. 1808.
[Note:
SCDB C:17, 10 Sept. 1783, John Grant to Jonathan Parker
of Rowan Co. for L80, 150 A on E side N fork of Hunting Creek
on the line between
Surry & Rowan, wit: Sam Mosby, Junr.,
Thomas Mosby, Moses Mitchell.
Surry Co. minutes of Court of P
& QS, Jonathan Parker exempted from paying the poll tax for the
future; 14 Aug. 1788, Jonathan
Parker made road overseer
instead of Lewis Elliott.
1800 census, p. 682, Jonathan
Parker
with 2 WM 16-26, 1 WM 45+, 3 WF 10-16, 1 WF 45+.]
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horse Buck.
Dau. Margaret
Whitlock
to have
1.20 VA currency.
Dau. Elizabeth Word to have 1.25 VA currency.
Children
of my dau. Mary Cox.
Sons - not named.
Exrs: sons
James & John Bryson, Thomas Whitlock.
Wit: Alexander
Bryson,
Mallory Smith, Elizabeth
(X) Smith.
Prvd by smiths.
Rec. Feb.
ct. 18013. [Note:
1800 Surry Co. census, p. 636, John Brison,
Sen., 1 WM 45+, 1 WF 26-45, 2 WF 45+, 4 slaves;
John Brison,
p. 637, 1 WM-I0, 1 WM 10-16, 1 WM 16-26, 1 WM 45+, 3 WF-10, 1
WF 10-16, 1 WF 16-26, 2 WF 26-45, 7 slaves.
SCDB 0:404, 20
Bryson to William Hill for LIDO,
Jan. 1789, James & Catherine
380 A on Fishers River south side main River, wit: John Bryson,
19 Dec. 1783, William
Hall of
Jr., Thomas Hill.
SCDB C:45,
Montgomery
Co., VA, to John Bryson Junr for 1.100, 150 A on both
sides Lovings Crk, middle fork of Arrarat River, it being a
Granv ilIa grant to Patrick Coil decd whose son James Coil sold
it to Jonathan
Osburn
in 1774, wit: Robert Harris,
Collins
Hamton, James Gittens.
SCDB C:258, 8 Feb. 1785, John Douglas
to John Bryson for 1.5, 2-1/2 A on E side Loving Creek, middle
fork of Arrarat River in sd Bryson's
line, wit: Wm Matthews
Cooley,
John Cooley, Junr.
The 1785 Surry Co. tax list of
Capt.
Humphr iss shows John
Bryson,
Sr., wi th 82 A, 1 wp;
Alexander
Bryson with 1 wp; James Bryson with 677 A, 2 wp; John
Bryson, Jr., 216 A, 1 wp, 1 bp.
Surry Co. minutes of Court of
P & QS, 13 Aug. 1794, Ordered
that John Bryson Senr be released from the payment of five poll taxes for the year 1793.
There are loose estates papers at the NC ArChives.]
3:85. Will of Richard Wooten, 12 Mar. 1803.
Daus: Rebecca
Wooten,
Mary Wooten,
Sucky.
Wife Mary to have 180 A homeplace.
Sons: Abraham, .John, Jonathon,
Moses, Aaron.
Exrs:
Wit: Thomas Wright.
Prvd by Wright.
wf Mary & son Abraham.
Rec. Feb. Ct. 1808.
[Note: Land entry #473, 10 Feb. 1779,
Richard Wooten enters 100 A on Skin Cabbin Creek including his
improvement,
entry withdr~,
money refunded.
SCDB 0:190, 31
Dec. 1787, Thomas Glover & wife Ann (X) to Richard Wooten for
"value received"
150 A on N fork of Hunting Creek adj James
Sanders and the line dividing Rowan and Surry, wit: James SanderS-;--Jr., Hardy Sander-so The1786
Surry Co. ta£listof
Capt.Sanders shows Richard Wooten with 1 wp, no acreage.
SCDB F:15,
8 Jan. 1793, RiChard Wooten & wife Mary (X) to Samuel Welch for
"value received"
150 A W of N fork of Hunting creekadj
James
Sanders and line dividing
Iredell & Surry, wit: John B. Hay,
Isaac
Johnson,
Edward
IX) Williams,
James
Williams,
John
1'empler.
Not on 1790 or 1800 NC census.
Surry Co. minutes of
Court of P & QS, 13 May 1788, Ordered that James Sanders, John
Anderson,
Thomas
& Edward
Clanton,
John
Williams,
Thomas
Gallion, Jr., George Hoppas, John Hoppis, Daniel Hoppis, Mathew
Markham,
Gabriel
Fender,
Elijah Carlton,
Jacob Miller,
John
Blaylock,
James Reavis, and Richard Wooten be a jury to view
a new road from the ridge near Christian
Weathermans
to next
ridge N side Deep Creek; 11 Aug. 1790, Richard Wooten apptd
overseer
of the road in room of Jonathan
Parker; 15 May 1800,
Richard Wooten on jury.
SCMB: John Williams to Rebekah Wooten
16 Mar.
1805, R. Wooten.
1812 Surry
Co. tax list: Aaron
Wooten,
80 A, 1 poll; John Wooten
215 A, no polls; Abraham
Wooten 100 A, 1 poll. There are loose estates papers at the NC
ArChives.]
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Whitehead and John Cretchf.ield. Wit: Robert Harris, John (p)
Gorden, Ths. Johnson.
Prvd by Johnson. Rec. Aug. ct. 1808.
[Note: The 1785 surry Co. tax list of Capt. Lovi1l shows Jesse
Bumps with 269 A, 2 wp. The 1786 tax list shows him with 467
A, no polls. SCDB E:118, 12 Aug. 1789, Joseph Ashley to Jesse
Bumps for L100, 200 A on N side Flat Shole Creek where John
Heard now lives, wit: John Heard, Rezia Jarvis. SCDB E:133,
9 May 1791, Jesse Bump to John Heard for LlOO, 200 A on Flat
Shole Creek incl the Mill Seat and incl the plantation where
sd Heard now lives, wit: Edward Lovell, Sarah (X) Peacock.
Surry Co. 1800 census, p. 634, Jesse Bumps with 1 WM 45+, 1 WF
10-16, 1 WF 26-45, 1 WF 45+.]
1788, William Selby to John Mar~h for LIDO, 150 A on FiShers
Creek, wit: Benjamin Bledsoe, Miner Mar§h, John Mar§h.
SCDB
F:201, 16 Mar. 1795, Miner (X) Mar§h & wife Ann (X) to John
Mar§h, Jr., for L50, 75 A on N side of Fishers River.
1790
Surry Co. census, p. 184, John Marsh with 3 WM 16+, 3 WM-16,
3 WF; John Marsh, Jr., 1 WM 16+, 1 WF; Minor Marsh, 2 WM 16+,
3 WM-16, 2 WF, William Marsh, 2 WM 16+ 3 WM-16 , 2 WF. SCMB:
Minor Marsh to Nelly Norton 1 July 1808; Thomas Marsh to
Rachael Summers 1 Sept. 1794. 1815 Surry Co. tax list of capt
Thompson: Minor Marsh with 200 A, 1 poll; Jeremiah Marsh with
175 A, 1 wp, Thomas Marsh with 256 A, 1 wp. There are loose
estates papers at the NC ArChives.]
3:89. will of Isaac Copeland, planter, 3 Dec. 1806. Wife,
Sahrey. Son Isaac to have 550 A on Little Bever Creek. Sons
Jesse, Lott & Samuel. Daus: Mary Atkins, Elizabeth Walker,
Sahrey cortly.
Exr: son Isaac. Wit: David P. Simer?, Henry
Cox, Deastin Holden. Prvd by Simer & Cox. Rec. Aug. ct. 1808.
[Note: 1790 census, Wake Co., NC, p. 105, Isaac Copeland: 4
other persons. The 1800 Surry Co. census, p. 643, Isaac Copeland: 1 WM 45+,1 WF 45+; Isaac Copeland, Jr., p. 640,2 WM10, 1 WM 10-16, 1 WM 16-26, 2 WF 16-26; Lott Copeland, p. 644,
3 WM-10, 1 WM 16-26, 1 WF 16-26; Samuel Copeland, p. 640, 1 WM10, 1 WM 16-26, 1 WF 16-26. Wake Co., NC, DB Q:154, 22 Mar.
1799, Isaac Copeland of Wake Co. to Walter Rand for LIDO, 200
A on E side of road adj Clifton and John Lewis, formerly
purchased from Ephraim Will.iams 26 Nov. 1793, wit: William
Cormack, Book Garner.
SCDB D:77 , 27 Oct. 1785, Michael
Reynolds of Wake Co., NC, to Isaac Copeland, farmer, for L160,
500 A on both sides of Little Beaver Creek granted Reynolds 3
Nov. 1784, wit: James Freeman, Charles Dudley. The Surry Co.
1785 tax list of Capt. Atkins shows Isaac Copeland with 500 A,
1 wp. The 1786 tax list of the same district shows him with
600 A, 1 wp.
SCDB 0:221, 20 Dec. 1791, NC grant to Isaac
Copeland for 200 A at head of little Beaver Creek of Fishers
-Riveradj-his
former-land.-SCOH-C::35,>9 July 1794, NC_grant_
to Isaac Copeland for IOU A Fish River. Surry Co. minutes of
Court of P & QS, 12 May 1794, Isaac Copeland, Jr., apptd
Constable in Horn's Dist. with Isaac Copeland & West Moseley
securities for L250 bond; 12 Nov. 1794, Ordered that Lott
Copeland pay unto Betsey Howard a further Sum of L6 to be
discharged quarterly for the purpose of raising a bastard child
of the said Betseys' begot by the said Copeland; 14 May 1799,
Lott Copeland records his (livestock) mark, to wit, a swallow
fork in the right and a slope on the underside of the left
ear.]
See 3:111
3:90. will of John (X) March, 13 Oct. 1807. Wife Mary to have
100 A homeplace. Daus. Elizabeth and Keziah. Sons: Minor,
John, Thomas, Daniel C., William. Dau. winefred to have 50 A
adj homeplace. Son Jeremiah to have 75 A on N side Fisher's
R. Exr: wf Mary. wit: Thos. Summers, David Thomason, Thos.
Marsh.
prvd by last two. Rec. May ct. 1809.
[Note: The
Surry Co. 1785 and 1786 tax lists of Capt. willis show John
Mar§h with 200 A, 2 wp. The 1789 Surry Co. tax list of Capt.
McAnally Ithe same area) shows Minor Marsh with 1 wp; John
Marsh, Sr., with 360 A, "of age". ~A fold in the page makes
illegible the name of another Marsh.) SCDB F:403, 20 Aug.
3:91. will of William Robinson, 9 Aug. 1809. Wf Milley. Son
William to care for his mother and to have homeplace + 200 A
+ 190 A Forguson tract. Son Thomas to have 200 A he formerly
lived on. Dau. Lucy Johnson. 7 children: Thomas, Elizabeth
Hunter, Mary Holcomb, Col Gentry, William, Nutte (?) Robers,
Lucy Johnson.
Exrs: son William, William Head, Isaiah Coe.
wit: Wm Leach, Jemima (X) Coe, Abraham (+) Vaun. Prvd by Leach
& Vaughan. Rec. Aug. Ct. 1809.
[Note: 'SCDB E:209, 23 Jan.
1792, John Thomas Longino to Robert Ferguson, Jr., for L16, 200
A on Dills Creek adj William Rob~son,
land surveyed for Rachel Sanders 12 May 1779, Wit: Thomas Longino, George.Smith. ]
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3:92. will of Philip Howard, 28 July 1808. 346 A homeplace to
be sold & money divided between 4 sons: samuel, John, Philip
& Benjamin. Son William. Wife - Sarah. Grandsons, children
of son William: James, John, Philip, William & David Hampton
Howard. Children of my decd dau. Betsy Bryan: Lewis Bryan,
Nancy Bryan. 6 daus. of my dau. Sally Holliman. 2 daus. of
my dau. Susannah Douthit.
8 children of Nancy Whitlock,
grandchildren of my present wife are to have $3 ea to be pd to
their father, James Whitlock. Daus. Sally & Sucky. Exrs: sons
Philip & Benjamin. Wit: Jo. Williams, Geo. Kimbrough, M.D.
Kimbrough. Prvd by wit.,-Rec•.Aug.-Ct. 1809. _[Note:_ This_is
a desc. of Cornelius Howard of MD via Norfolk, VA.
SCMB:
Jonathan Bryan to Elizabeth Howard 27 May 1794, wit: Jesse
Bryan; William HOlliman, Jr., to Sarah Howard 13 July 1795,
wit. William Holliman; James Douthit to Susannah Howard 8 Sept.
1802, wit: William Howard.
1782 Surry Co. tax list: Philip
Howard with 284-1/2 A. The 1786 and 1787 Surry Co. tax lists
of Capt. Mosby show Philip Howard with 285 A, 1 wp. The 1790
Surry Co. census, p. 184: Phillip Howard with 3 WM 16+, 3 WM16, 3 WF. 1800 Surry Co. census, p. 660. 2 WM 10-16, 2 WM 1626, 1 WM 45+, 1 WF 16-26, 1 slave.
1812 Surry Co tax list:
Benjamin Howard with 346-1/2 A, 1 wp; Philip Howard with 1
poll; William Howard 316 A, 1 wp, do for Benj, Howard, no
acreage, no polls. There are loose estates papers at the NC
Archives. ]
3:93a. will of Robert Harris, 10 July 1806. Son E,lijahto have
homeplace bought from Robert Lanier.
Sons: Tyree. Bezeleel
Brown, Bernice.
Dau. Lucretia.
Other children: Mourning
Burch, Nancy Boon, heirs of son Robert, Lucy Head, heirs of
patsy Tanner, heirs of Sarah Blackwell. My granddau: Milly
Harris. Exrs: sons Beze1ee1 and Eliiah. Wit: Joseph Forkner,
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SURRY COUNTY, MC, WILL ABSTRACTS
84A Will of John (x) Bryson, 8 Sept. 1804, Dau. Ann Bryson to have home plantation,
mare, Fanny. Dau. Sarah Bryson to have £50 VA currency, horse Buck. Dau. Margaret
Whitlock to have £20 VA currency. Dau. Elizabeth Word to have £25 VA currency.
Children of my dau. Mary Cox. Sons - not named. Exrs: sons James & John Bryson,
Thomas Whitlock. wit: Alexander Bryson, Mallory Smith, Elizabeth (X) Smith. prvd by
Smiths. Rec. Feb. Ct. 1808. [Note: 1800 Surry Co. census, p. 636, John Brison, Sen., 1
WM 45+, 1 WF 26-45, 2 WF 45+, 4 slaves; John Brison, p. 637, 1 WM-10, 1 WH 10-16,
1 WM 16-26, 1 WM 45+, 3 WF-10, 1 WF 10-16, 1 WF 16-26, 2 WF 26-45, 7 slaves.
SCDB D:404, 20 Jan. 1789, James & Catherine Bryson to William Hill for £100 380 A on
Fishers River south side main River, wit: John Bryson, Jr., Thomas Hill. SCDB C:45, 19
Dec. 1783, William Hall of Montgomery Co., VA, to John Bryson Junr for £100, 150 A on
both sides Lovings Crk, middle fork of Arrarat River, it being a Granville grant to Patrick
Coil deed whose son James Coil sold it to Jonathan Osburn in 1774, wit: Robert Harris,
Collins Hamton, James Gittens. SCDB C:258, 8 Feb. 1785, John Douglas to John
Bryson for £5, 2-1/2 A on E side Loving Creek, middle fork of Arrarat River in sd Bryson's
line, wit: Wm Matthews Cooley, John Cooley, Junr. The 1785 Surry Co. tax list of Capt.
Humphriss shows John Bryson, Sr., with 82 A, 1 wp; Alexander Bryson with 1 wp; James
Bryson with 677 A. 2 wp; John Bryson, Jr., 216 A, 1 wp, 1 bp. Surry Co. minutes of Court
of P & QS, 13 Aug. 1794, Ordered that John Bryson Senr be released from the payment
of five poll taxes for the year 1793. There are loose estates papers at the NC Archives. ]
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3:92. Will of Philip Howard, 28 July 1808. 346 A homeplace to be sold & money divided between 4 sons:
Samuel, John, Philip & Benjamin. Son william. wife - Sarah. Grandsons, children of son William: James,
John, Philip, William & David Hampton Howard. Children of my decd dau. Betsy Bryan: Lewis Bryan, Nancy
Bryan. 6 daus. of my dau. Sally Holliman. 2 daus. of my dau. Susannah Douthit. 8 children of Nancy
Whitlock, grandchildren of my present wife are to have $3 ea to be pd to their father, James Whitlock. Daus.
Sally & Sucky. Exrs: sons Philip & Benjamin. wit: Jo. Williams, Geo. Kimbrough. M.D. Kimbrough. prvd by
wit. Rec. Aug. ct. 1809. [Note: This is a desc. of Cornelius Howard of MD via Norfolk, VA. SCMB:
Jonathan Bryan to Elizabeth Howard 27 May 1794, wit: Jesse Bryan; William Holliman, Jr., to Sarah Howard
13 July 1795, wit. William Holliman; James Douthit to Susannah Howard 8 Sept. 1802, wit: William Howard.
1782 Surry Co. tax list: Philip Howard with 284-1/2 A. The 1786 and 1787 Surry Co. tax lists of Capt. Mosby
show Philip Howard with 285 A, 1 wp, The 1790 Surry Co. census, p. 184: Phillip Howard with 3 WM 16+, 3
WH16, 3 WF. 1800 Surry Co. census, p. 660. 2 WH 10-16, 2 WM 16-26, 1 WM 45+, 1 WF 16-26, 1 slave.
1812 Surry Co tax list: Benjamin Howard with 346-1/2 A, 1 wp; Philip Howard with 1 poll: William Howard
316 A, 1 wp, do for Benj, Howard, no acreage, no polls. There are loose estates papers at the NC Archives.