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Granville County Wills and Estates
Granville
County was form in 1746 from Edgecombe County and was named after John
Carteret, the second Earl Granville, an heir to one of the eight
original Lord Proprietors of the Province of North Carolina claimed in
the charter of 1665.
In 1752 parts of Granville County, Bladen County, and Johnston County
were combined to form Orange County. In 1764 the eastern part of
Granville County became Bute County. Finally, in 1881 parts of Granville
County, Franklin County, and Warren County were combined to form Vance
County.
Granville County Wills and other Records Available to Members of North Carolina Pioneers
Miscellaneous Wills
- Abstracts of Granville County Wills 1707 to 1760
Digital Images of Loose (unrecorded) Wills 1749 to 1771
Testators:
Anderson, George | Arendell, Richard | Bell, Thomas | Benson, Thomas |
Bledsoe, Abraham | Bradford, Richard | Bridger, William | Bullock,
David | Cooper, Benjamin | Daniel, John | Draughton, Robert | Elwick,
Darwin | Fowler, Richard | Goodloe, John | Griggs, Minor | Hargrave,
Richard | Harris, Sherwood | Hicks, Absalom | Hightower, Joshua |
Holmes, Frederick | Howard, Alexander | Hunt, Henry | Jones, Edward |
Jordan, George Sr. | Jordin, Sarah | Langston, Solomon | Linsey, Dennis
| McMillan, Alexander | Mershaw, John | Miers, Mathias | Mitchell,
Robert | Moore, William | Moss, William | Olliver, William | Parlic,
Benjamin | Patterson, Francis | Person, Mary | Phipps, Isaiah | Priddey,
Robert | Priddy, Robert | Rieves, William | Robeson, George | Rose,
William | Shearon, Joseph | Smith, John | Spivey, Littleton | Taylor,
Philip | Veazey, Edward | Wallace, John | White, Richard Sr. | Williams,
Daniel | Williams, Thomas | Wilson, Ebenezer | Winston, Isaac | Wood,
John | Wright, Joseph
Stono River to the Left.
Your Real Story
By Jeannette Holland Austin
Tracing ancestors is more than just charts of names. And it is not a
picture of a leaf, or tree, but rather real people who existed. Many
people trace their ancestry to patriots of the American Revolution and
to the first Colonists to America. But there is one thing certain:
somewhere, someone immigrated to this country and began writing the
story of their lives. It all begins in county records, where the first
land grant was acquired or deed filed of record. Then taxes were paid
and recorded on tax digests. Sons and daughters were given in marriage
and these certificates filed. Later on, people died, leaving estates to
be dealt with. Wills, inventories, sales, receipts and annual returns
surrounded this process, all filed in the county court house.
Oftentimes, business was conducted in a Tavern.
It is where the genealogist begins to unravel the details of a story
somewhat inconsistent with family legends and tales. It is the truth.
In essence, it is a gift bequeathed to all of the heirs going forward.
By that, I mean that the eyes of your descendants will have privy to the
information hundreds of years into the future. For this reason, it is
also your story.
Perhaps now is a good time to discover the details of the dreams of your
ancestor, the love which he bore his children, and the heritage
bequeathed to you.
Planting the Crop and Soldiering During the Revolutionary War
By Jeannette Holland Austin
Among those who enlisted in the Revolutionary War for 3-month periods
was Elisha Dyer. During planting and harvesting, it was necessary to
return home. Dyer first enlisted in 1778 when he was sixteen years old
and went to Brier Creek where he skirmished with the British at Stono,
South Carolina. He re-entered the war about two weeks before the defeat
of Gates near Camden (1780). His father sent Jesse Gaskins to serve out
his tour as "it was the sickly season". The following year he entered
the North Carolina Miitia and participated in the battle of Guilford.
Entered the war again at Hillsboro under Capt. Frederick Dubois from
Caswell County during 1782 and was stationed as guard to the Legislature
then sitting. Altogether, this soldier served twelve months.
John Penn, North Carolina Patriot
By Jeannette Holland Austin
"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
[Taylor] 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 eight3en 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
original grave and a nearby slave cemetery, are maintained by the local
DAR chapter.
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