Fuschia color is tony L. Johnson, Peggy Johnson and Lee Johnson’s Relations mostly: Burton Farmer, Carter, Dale, Lound,Haile & Hatcher relations

James Graham

1756 January 24

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

Lord Granville To:______________

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

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

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

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

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

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

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17th day of October in the year of our Lord 1772. Witnesses present: Joseph Cloud, Jr, John Henderson, and John Lankford.  This will was proven in 1778 in Surry Co NC
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1780 Sept: Thomas LANKFORD Stokes and Surry County, North Carolina
Revolutionary War Pension Applications

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

Signed: Sarah (X) Lankford and James (X) Lankford
Witness: Thomas Ship and John Lankford
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Source:  Surry County, NC Deed Book B 1782 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~langford/timeline_nc.htm
pg. 44 B:20l"29 Nov. l782 Benjamin Isbell to Thomas Ship 24 pds Specie l7 acres N. side Dan River. Joseph Cloud James Gains s/Ben Isbell SURRY COUNTY, N.C. ABSTRACTS DEED BOOKS A, B, AND C, l770-l788, by Mrs. W. O. Absher, l992
1783 March Surry Co NC Bet. James Lankford and John Deathereage...50 shillings, VA. Money...15 Ac. N bank of Dan River in Deatherages line.

Signed: James (X) Lankford

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

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

Rebecca Enochs

#1757

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

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

Quantity: Other Copies: Related Materials: Arrangement:

Abstract:

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

View Abbreviated Scope / Contents Index Terms Subjects Indexes Wills

Personal Names Robert Johnson, Geographical Names Rowan County

Provenance Mars Mitchell Will Index Rowan County

1757- 1778 ROBERT JOHNSON, * A-70 ROWAN COUNTY, NC - WILLS - PROBATE: Index to Testators, Volume A (1757-1778) http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/rowan/wills/indexes/testators/v-a-1757-1778.txt

1757- 1778 THOMAS JOHNSTON, * A-71 ROWAN COUNTY, NC - WILLS - PROBATE: Index to Testators, Volume A (1757-1778) http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/rowan/wills/indexes/testators/v-a-1757-1778.txt

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

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

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

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

1758 A Michael Wall died in Brunswick Co.
17 November 1757, Benjamin Deason, 93 acres in Rowan County in the Parish of St. Luke's on the South side of Dan River, joining Tates corner, the mouth of a Branch on Tates land and the various courses of said river. Witnesses: W. Churton, Griffith Rutherford. Surveyed 1 March 1754, SSC Sworn chain carriers) Beverly Watkins, James Langford, W. Churton Surveyor.
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Source:  Rowan County Abstract of Land Grants, Secretary of State Land Grants, microfilm reel S108.255, Volume 3, page 53 and Margaret M. Hofmann, abstractor, The Granville District of North Carolina, 1746-1763 Abstracts of Land Grants  (1995)
Poldi Research Note: 1754 is the year that William Lankford witnessed the Thornton will in Granville. James is found later near William in Anson County area as Sheriff. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~langford/timeline_nc.htm

Benjamin Deason

Tates corner

W. Churton,

Griffith Rutherford

Beverly Watkins,

James Langford,

W. Churton

#1758

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

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

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

Mary CURTIS

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

Thomas Forbes b. 1/2/1760 d. 5/13/1779
John Ellis b. 4/1/1723 d. 1/26/1753
Eliza H. Johnson b. 1736 d. 12/28/1754 age 18 years.
There are 25 unmarked graves in this cemetery. http://boards.ancestry.ca/surnames.forbis/4.37/mb.ashx

Robert Forbis

1758 ERA The following is only the last part of a very lengthy document in which John Hatcher is a testator.
Ans I was born in Rowan N Carolina and lived there when I entered the service I have lived since the revolution in Chesterfield and Kershaw SCarolina in Blount in Tennessee and now live in Sevier in the latter State

John Hatcher

Publication Number: M804

Transcribed by: Robert DeLong

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ans Revd Elijah Rogers and John Hatcher Equire

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

Sworn to and Subscribed
In open court the day
& year aforesaid.

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

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

Elijah Rogers
John Hatcher

Sworn to & Subscribed

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

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

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

Signd Seald & Delivd John Hatcher

1824
according to the appointment of last meeting and reported that Eve Hatcher did have such objections against James Haggard, as would with her be a bar to his reception into the Church.

Friday before the 3rd Saturday of September 1825.
7th John Hatcher, (who had heretofore been excluded from this church, for having given to Ebenezer Leeth a certificate concerning a church record to be used by him, Leeth improperly, as the Church believed,) came forward, and made such acknowledgements, for sedaring, as was satisfactory to the Church. But because there were other complaints against him, the Church did not receive him into fellowship. See record of April meeting 1827.

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

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

December 3rd Saturday 1826.
2nd Inquired if the members were in fellowship. Answered that they were. And thereupon Sister Hatcher informed the Church that she was satisfied with the members with whom she was distressed at the last meeting.

April 3rd Saturday 1827.

August the 3rd Saturday 1827.

October 3rd Saturday 1828.

The above church records show us that John and Eve were in Sevier Co by 1802. John Hatcher's name was also listed as a delegate in 1807, 1813, 1814, and 1815. http://hatcherfamilyassn.com/getperson.php?personID=I24273&tree=WmTheIm

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

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

Son William was also identified through his children who inherited.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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