Elizabeth Hunter, daughter of Henry Hunter and Sarah (Whitmell) his wife, was born on January 5, 1740

Thomas Whitmell, Jr. son of Thomas Whitmell and Mary his wife was born in 1688 and departed this life 1735, November 24th.

Thomas Whitmell,III son of Thomas Whitmell and Elizabeth (Hunter Bryan) his wife was born December 29th, 1709

Mary, daughter of Thomas Whitmell and Elizabeth (Hunter Bryan) his wife was born February 14, 1715/16. She departed this life October 23, 1728. (this was the first of two Marys born to them)

Elizabeth Whitmell (married 3rd to William Williams) daughter of Thomas Whitmell and Elizabeth (Hunter Bryan) his wife was born February 28, 1717/1718 . She departed this life July 5, 1794

Sarah, daughter of Thomas Whitmell and Elizabeth (Hunter Bryan) his wife was born January 5, 1720/21

Martha, daughter of Thomas Whitmell and Elizabeth (Hunter Bryan) his wife was born February 20, 1722/23

Anne, daughter of Thomas Whitmell and Elizabeth (Hunter Bryan) his wife was born March 15, 1724 . She departed this life February 4, 1727/28.

Jennet, daughter of Thomas Whitmell and Elizabeth (Hunter Bryan) his wife was born June 5, 1727. She deparated this life April 26, 1730

Winnifred, daughter of Thomas Whitmell and Elizabeth (Hunter Bryan) his wife was born December 25, 1729

Lewis, son of Thomas Whitmell and Elizabeth (Hunter Bryan) his wife was born January 31, 1731/32. He departed this life December 11, 1739

Mary, daughter to Thomas Whitmell and Elizabeth (Hunter Bryan) his wife was born February 20, 1733. She married Francis Pugh February 26, 1754

William, the son of Thomas Whitmell and Elizabeth (Hunter Bryan) his wife was born September 21, 1735. He departed this life February 8, 1737

Martha, daughter of Thomas Whitmell and Elizabeth (West) his wife was born January 9, 1740

Mary Thompson (m. 1st Francis Pugh, then Hezekiah Thompson) daughter of Thomas Whitmell and Elizabeth (Hunter Bryan) his wife departed this life August 7, 1807

Lewis Thompson, son to Hezekiah Thompson and Mary (Whitmell Pugh, his wife), departed this life April 8, 1814

Elizabeth Hunter, daughter of Lewis Bryan and Elizabeth his wife was born September 15, 1694 and departed this life January 18, 1753

Thomas Whitmell Pugh, son to Francis Pugh and Mary his wife was born August 6th 1755. He departed this life September 2, 1794.

Francis son to Francis Pugh and Mary his wife was born December 19th, 1757

Philip Alston son to Philip Alston and Winnifred his wife was born January 11, 1748/9

Martha daughter of Thomas Whitmell and Elizabeth his wife was born January 9, 1740

Sarah Thompson, daughter of Thomas Thompson and Mary his wife was born December the 11th day 1802. She departed this life January 4th, 1808, aged 5 years and 24 days

Mary Thompson, wife of Thomas Thompson departed this life July the 13th day of 1817

Thomas Whitmell Thompson, son of Thomas Thompson departed this life November the 3rd 1824, aged 19 years, 10 months, 12 days

Thomas Thompson,, son of Hezekiah Thompson and Mary his wife, departed this life on the 16th day of June 1827, about l o'clock in the morning aged 56 years, 2 months, and 22 days

Hezekiah Thompson, son of Thomas Thompson and Mary his wife, died on the 28th day of Feburary in the year 1836

Mary Thompson (wife of Hezekiah Thompson) the daughter of Thomas Whitmell and Elizabeth (Hunter Bryan) his wife departed this life August the 7th day 1807

Thomas Whitmell Thompson, son of Thomas Thompson and Mary (Bond) his wife was born December the 22nd day 1804

Hezekiah Thompson son of Thomas Thompson and Mary (Bond) his wife was born August the 29th day 1807

Lewis Thompson, son of Thomas Thompson and Mary (Bond) his wife was born October the 9th day 1809

Mary Eliza the daughter of Thomas Thompson and Mary (Bond) his wife as born October the 16th day 1814

Burgess Urquhart and Mary Bond Thompson were married on Sunday night the 6th day of June in the year of our Lord 1871 at Grace Church in Bertie County, North Carolina by the Rev. Edward Wootten

Pattie Thompson Urquhart and Dr. Clifton Whitehead were married November 1907

Burgess Urquhart, Jr. and Emily Mizell were married October 21, 1920 by Rev. Bethea.

Burgess Urquhart son of Dr. Richard A. and Mary N. Urquhart was born in Isle of Wright County, Virginia on April 5, 1847

Mary Bond Thompson, daughter of Lewis and Margaret A. Thompson was born in Bertie County, North Carolina on October 13, 1847

Thomas Whitmell son to Thomas Whitmell and Mary his wife was born September 16, 1688 and departed this life November 24th 1735 aged 47 years and two months.

Francis Pugh, son of Francis Pugh and Mary his wife was born December 19th, 1757.

John Pugh, son of Francis Pugh and Mary his wife was born May the 1st 1760. He departed this life 17th day of February, 1792

Hezekiah Thompson, son of Hezekiah Thompson and Mary his wife was born October the 2nd, 1766

Lewis Thompson, son of Hezekiah Thompson and Mary his wife was born September the 20th day, 1768

Thomas Thompson, son of Hezekiah Thompson and Mary his wife was born March the 24th 1771

Martha, the daughter of Ruth Blancett was born November 22, 1783

WILSON, William HARRINGTON and Janet Mrs Mar 17 1747

Deed - 23 November 1787-Know all men by these presents that I, Drewry HARRINGTON, of the State of South Carolina, Lancaster County, son of Thomas HARRINGTON deceased of Halifax County, North Carolina, for and in consideration of the sum of £60 current money to him in hand paid by Zachariah Harman all that my part or share of all the personal Estate of the late Drewery HARRINGTON deceased of Halifax County, North Carolina of which I am intitled to as Heir at Law or otherwise likewise all the part and share of John Ashley of Winton County, South Carolina in the right of his wife Sarah Whitmel ASHLEY, formerly Sarah Whitmel HARRINGTON the daughter of Said Thomas HARRINGTON, deceased, of which the said John ASHLEY is intitled to as Heir at Law or otherwise in right of his said wife Sarah WHITMELL ASHLEY. Wit: Philimon (x) HARRINGTON, Drewry (X) HARRINGTON, John Harman. [NOTE: The Thomas HARRINGTON, deceased, referred to in this deed was the one born about 1716 in Anson County, North Carolina, and died before 23 November 1787. He was the son of Thomas and Mary Whitmell HARRINGTON. This Thomas was the one who married Hannah HAYNIE. The Drewery HARRINGTON, deceased, of Halifax County, North Carolina, was the one born about 1722 and died 29 October 1785 Halifax County, North Carolina, who married Lewrania HILL and died without issue. This Drury was the brother of the Thomas above, born 1716, and also son of Thomas and Mary Whitmel HARRINGTON.]

Deed - 23 Nov 1787-Know all men by these presents that I James HUTCHENS of the State of North Carolina, Richmond County, am the son of James HUTCHENS and Mary HUTCHENS his wife who are both deceased. My mother Mary HUTCHENS was daughter of Thomas HARRINGTON, deceased, who was brother to Drewry HARRINGTON, deceased, of Halafax County, State aforesaid -hath bargained sold assigned and set over unto the said Zachariah Harmon -- all that part or share of the Estate of said Drury HARRINGTON, deceased, of Halafax County, North Carolina of which James HUTCHENS my father above mentioned in right of his said wife Mary HUTCHENS would have been intitled to as Heir at Law or otherwise was he the said James HUTCHENS now living to the proper use and behoof of him said Zachariah Harmon. Wit: Philamon (x) HARRINGTON, James (X) HUTCHENS

Power of Attorney - 23 November 1787-Know all men by these presents that I, James HUTCHENS, of Richmond County, State of North Carolina, do by these presents constitute and appoint Zaca. Harman of the County of Chatham state aforesaid my true and lawful attorney to ask demand sue for recovery and receive all that part and share of the personal estate of Drury HARRINGTON deceased of Halafax County, State aforesaid of which my Father James HUTCHENS would have been in titled too in right of his wife Mary HUTCHENS formerly Mary HARRINGTON and Acquittances and other discharges to give and in all things for my said attorney to Act and do as if myself were there present. Given under my hand and seal this 23rd day of November 1787. Wit: Philamon (x) HARRINGTON, John Harmon, James (x) HUTCHENS

7 Jan 1765. Anson County, North Carolina, p. 173: John COLSON of Anson, to John Culpepper of same, planter, for £40 proclamation money. 200 acres on Brown Cr, S side PD. John COLSON {seal}, Wit: Elijah Gibson, John Presler, Chas. HARRINGTON.

John COLSON was a friend of the famous Tory, David Fanning, and was arrested as a Loyalist sympathizer, but pressure from family, friends and neighbors seems to have changed his mind.

"From the Journal of the Provincial Congress at Hillsboro, 20 August 1775, it appears John COULSON, an individual of some considerable influence in this county was brought before Congress and solemnly recanted his political opinions and promised to aid, support and defend the just right of America." From Historical Sketches of North Carolina, John Hill Wheeler, p. 25.

The land that John owned at the Great Pee Dee and Rockey River (present day Stanley County, North Carolina) was confiscated by the Continental Congress because of John's support of the British during the revolution, and a complaint was brought before the Provisional Government of North Carolina around 1786. John Claimed he had given the land to his son William COLSON, already dead, and William had passed the land on in his will to his son John. The land was returned to the younger John COLSON (6 Jan 1787).

Loyalists in the Southern Campaign, volume I - John COLSON listed several times.

05 November 1787. 400 acres belonging to John COLESON confiscated and sold on this date to William Wood for £303?

The following is copied from the State Records of North Carolina, vol. 21, 1788:

26 April 1790, Anson County, North Carolina, Receipt No. 568, to Stephen HIDE £503 for land sold as confiscated land as per resolve of the Assembly: (on back) "Anson County son-in-law John COLSON"; £503 + £188.12.9 (interest) = £691.12.9 (total); (on a second line;) £503 + £125.14.11 (interest) = £628.14.11 (total)

22 September 1786 sold 400 acres to William Wood for £303, No. 10; on both sides of Brown Cr; formerly John COULSON's property; border: Ben Smith's first line, Denson, & John Cheek; (signed) Charles Bruce

John COLSON's land was confiscated and sold because he was a Tory. His son-in-law Stephen HYDE repurchased the land.

From ANSON COUNTY HERITAGE - NORTH CAROLINA:

According to an article in Historical Book of Anson County, John COLSON was a magistrate at the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions. He served as a juror and was active in civil affairs until he was accused of being a Tory.

From Robert Ellis COLSON:

Will of John COLSON:

Following transcribed by John Norwood:

North Carolina:. At an assembly Held at New Bern in November & December, 1771:

These may certify that Charles HARRINGTON, a wounded Soldier in ---- Battle of Allamance against the Insurgents, was allowed the Sum of Twenty Pounds per Annum during the time he shall Continue disabled, and that the Public Treasures for the time being or either of them pay him the same, provided he once a year produce a Certificate from the Inferior Court of the County where he resides that he still Continues disabled and is a proper object of Public Bounty, as P'r report of the Special Committee for Settling and allowing the accounts on the late Expedition, Concurred with by the Governor, Council and Assembly.

Testator: James. Green, Jun., CIK

The Regulators' Petition

9 October 1769

Mr. Speaker and Gen't of the Assembly.

Humbly Showeth:

That the Province in General labour under general grievances, and the western part thereof under particular ones; which we not only see, but very sensibly feel, being crouch'd beneath our sufferings and not withstanding our sacred privileges, have too long yielded ourselves slaves to remorseless oppression. - Permit us to conceive it to be our inviolable right to make known our grievances, and to petition for redress as appears in the Bill of Rights pass'd in the reign of King Charles the first, as well as the Act of Settlement of the Crown of the Revolution. We therefore beg leave at the Act of the Settlement of the Crown of the Revolution. We therefore beg leave to lay before you a specimen thereof that your compassionate endeavors may tend to the relief of your injured Constituents, whose distressed condition call aloud for aid. The alarming cries of the oppressed possibly may reach your ears; but without your zeal how they shall ascend the throne - how relentless is the breast without sympathy, the heart that cannot bleed on a view of our calamity; to see tenderness removed, cruelty stepping in; and all our liberties and privileges invaded and abridg'd (by as it were) domestickes; who are conscious of their guilt and void of remorse. - O how darling! how relentless whilst impending Judgements loudly threaten and gaze upon them, with every emblem of merited destruction. A few of the many grievances are as follows, (viz't)

1. That the poor inhabitants in general are much oppress'd by reason of the disproportionate Taxes, and those of the western Counties in particular; as they are geneally in mean circumstances.

2. That no method is prescribed by law for the payment of the taxes of the Western Counties in produce (in lieu of a currency) as in other Counties within this Province to the Peoples great oppression.

3. That Lawyers, Clerks, and other petitioners; in place of being obsequious Servants for the Country's use, are become a nuisance, as the business of the people is often transacted without the least degree of fairness, the intention of the law evaded, exorbitant fees extorted, and the sufferers left to mourn under their oppressions.

4. That an Attorney should have it in his power, either for the sake of ease or interest, or to gratify their malevolence and spite, or commence suits to what courts he pleases, however inconvenient it may be to the Defendants; is a very great oppression.

5. That all unlawful fees taken in Indictment, where the Defendant is acquited by his Country (however customary it may be) is an oppression.

6. That Lawyers, Clerks, and others, extorting more fees than is intended by law; is also an oppression.

7. That the violation of the King's Instructions to his Delegates, their artfulness in concealing the same from him; and the great injury the People thereby sustains: is a manifest oppression.

And for remedy whereof, we take the freedom to recommend the following mode of redress, not doubting audience and acceptance which will not only tend to our relief, but command prayers at a duty from your humble Petitioners.

1. That at all elections each suffrage be given by Ticket & Ballot.
2. That the mode of Taxation be altered, and each person pay in proportion to the proffits arising from his Estate.
3. That no future tax be laid in Money, until a currency is made.
4. That there may be established a Western as well as a Northern and Southern District, and a Treasurer for the same.
5. That when a currency is made it may be let out by a loan office (on land security) and a Treasurer for the same
6. That all debts above 60s (shillings) and under 10 pounds be tried and determined without lawyers, by a jury of six freeholders, impaneled by a Justice, and that their verdict be enter'd by the said Justice, and be a final judgement.
7. That the Chief Justice have no perquisites, but a Salary only.
8. That Clerks be restricted in respect to fees, costs, and other things within the course of their office.
9. That Lawyers be effectively Barr'd from exacting and extorting fees.
10. That all doubts may be removed in respect to the payment of fees and costs on Indictments whereas the Defendant is not found guilty by the jury, and therefore acquited.
11. That the Assembly make known the Remonstrance to the King, the conduct of the cruel and oppressive Receiver of the Quit Rents, for omitting the customary easie and effectual method of collecting by distress, and pursuing the expensive mode of commencing suits in the most distant Courts.
12. That the Assembly in like manner make known that the Governor and Council fo frequently grant lands to as many as they think proper without regard to Head Rights, notwithstanding the contrariety of his Majesties instructions, by which means immence sums has been collected, and numerous Patents granted, for much of the most fertile lands in this Province, that is yet uninhabited and cultivated, environed by great numbers of poor people who are necessitated to toil in the cultivation of bad Lands whereon they hardly can subsist, who are thereby deprived of His Majesties liberality and Bounty nor is there the least regard paid to the cultivation clause in said Patent mentioned, as many of the said Council as well as their friends and favorites enjoy large quanitities of Lands under the above-mentioned circumstances.
13. That the Assembly communicates in like manner the Violation of His Majesties Instructions respecting the Land Office by the Governor and Council, and of their own rules, customs and orders. If it be sufficiently proved, that after they had granted Warrants for some Tracts of Land, and that the same was in due time suvey'd and returned and the Patent fees timely paid into the said office; and that if a private Council was called to avoid spectators, and peremptory orders made that Patents should not be granted; and Warrants by their orders arbitrarily to have been issued in the names of other Persons for the same Lands, and if when intreated by a solicitor they refus'd to render so much as a reason for their so doing, or to refund any part of the money paid by them extorted.
14. That some method may be pointed out that every Improvement on Lands in any of the Proprietors part be proved when begun, by whom, and every sale made, that the eldest may have the preference of at least 300 acres.
15. That all taxes in the following Counties be paid as in other Counties in the Province (i.e.) in the produce of the County and that warehouses be erected as follows (viz), In Anson County at Isom Haleys Ferry Landing on PeeDee River, Rowan and Orange at Cambleton in Cumberland County, Mecklenburg at __?___ on the Catawba River, and in Tryon County at __?__ on __?__ River.
16. That every denomination of People may marry according to their respective mode Ceremony and customs after due publication or License.
17. That Doc't Benjamin Franklin or some other known patriot be appointed agent, to represent the unhappy state of this Province to his Majesty, and to solicit the several Boards in England.

See Colonial Records, vol. VIII, 1769-1771, pp. 81-82 and pp. 241-244, by Saunders; also: North Carolina History Told By Contemporaries, pp.87-93, by Lefler; also: The War of The Regulators and The Battle of Alamance: May 16, 1771, by William S. Powell.

ALAMANCE BATTLEGROUND
[http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hs/alamance/alamanc.htm]

"He gave the Regulators a choice—to return peacefully to their homes or be fired upon. They had one hour to decide. After the hour was up Tryon sent an officer to receive their reply. 'Fire and be damned!' was their answer. The governor then gave the order, but his men hesitated. Rising in his stirrups, he shouted, 'Fire! Fire on them or on me!' The militia obeyed, the Regulators responded in kind, and the battle of Alamance was on."

—from The War of the Regulation and the Battle of Alamance
by William S. Powell

Formation of the Regulators

During the years preceding the American Revolution many North Carolina people experienced strong feelings of discontent with the way the provincial government conducted the affairs of the colony. Their quarrel was not with the form of government or the body of laws but with abuses by government officials.

Grievances affecting the daily lives of the colonists included excessive taxes, dishonest sheriffs, and illegal fees. Scarcity of money contributed to the state of unrest. Those residing in the western part of the province were isolated and unsympathetic with the easterners. It was in those frontier counties that the War of the Regulation began.

Minor clashes occurred until the spring of 1768, when an association of "Regulators" was formed. Wealthier colonists considered them to be a mob. The Regulators never had an outstanding leader, though several men were prominent in the movement; including James Hunter, Rednap Howell, William Butler, and Herman Husband. Husband, a Quaker and disciple of Benjamin Franklin, circulated political pamphlets seeking to effect peaceful reform.

Violent Resistance

Discouraged over failure to secure justice through peaceful negotiations, the reformers took a more radical stand. Violence, lawlessness, and terrorism reigned. When punitive measures were taken against them, the Regulators defiantly refused to pay fees, terrorized those who administered the law, and disrupted court proceedings.

It fell to royal governor William Tryon to bring the backcountry revolt to a speedy conclusion. In March 1771, the governor's council advised Tryon to call out the militia and march against the rebel farmers.

Volunteers for the militia were mustered. When the expedition finally got under way, Gen. Hugh Waddell was ordered to approach Hillsborough by way of Salisbury, with Cape Fear and western militia at his command. Tryon and his army proceeded more directly toward Hillsborough. Waddell, with a force of only 284 men, was accosted on his way by a large body of Regulators. Since he was outnumbered, the general elected to turn back. On May 11, Governor Tryon and his forces left Hillsborough intending to go to Waddell's rescue. After resting on the banks of Alamance Creek in the heart of Regulator country, Tryon gathered his army of approximately one thousand men. Five miles away, the army of Regulators, about two thousand strong, had assembled.

The Battle of Alamance

The battle began on May 16 after the Regulators rejected Tryon's suggestion that they disperse peacefully. Lacking leadership, organization, and adequate munitions, the Regulators were no match for Tryon's militia. Many Regulators fled the field of battle, leaving their bolder comrades to fight on.

The rebellion of the Regulators was crushed by military defeat. Nine members of the militia were killed and sixty-one wounded. The Regulator losses were much greater, though exact numbers are not known. Tryon took fifteen prisoners, of whom seven were executed later. Many Regulators moved on to other frontier areas beyond North Carolina. Those who stayed were offered pardons by the governor in exchange for pledging an oath of allegiance to the royal government.

The War of the Regulation illustrates the dissatisfaction of a large segment of the population during the time before the American Revolution. The boldness with which reformers opposed royal authority provided a lesson in the use of armed resistance, which revolutionaries employed a few short years later in the War for Independence.

May 1785 - Administration is granted to Laurilla HARRINGTON on the estate of Drury HARRINGTON, her deceased husband, with Wm. R. Davie and Thomas HILL security in the sum of £10,000. Inventory of the estate of Drury HARRINGTON, deceased, returned.

August 1785 - Account Sales of the estate of Drury HARRINGTON, deceased, returned by John Jones Admr. On petition of Laraney HARRINGTON ordered that a writ for alloting her dower issue.

Halifax County Deed Book 15, 1457 - (1487) Writ of Dower of Lurany HARRINGTON, wife of Drewery HARRINGTON deceased 29 October 1785. Witness: Lunsford Long, Deputy Clerk. The widow's third was 306 acres, joining Jacket Swamp, Peter Daniel, Thomas ARRINGTON. (This Thomas ARRINGTON is Thomas HARRINGTON). November Court 1785.

August 1788 - Ordered that the administrators of Drury HARRINGTON, deceased, sell one negro girl belonging to the said estate to satisfy the debts.

November 1788 - Commissioners are appointed to divided the estate of Drury HARRINGTON, deceased.

Deed Book 18: 547-(445) William C. HILL of Halifax County to John Branch of same. 18 April 1799. £30, 60 acres which 1/8 of 183 2/3 acres, the other 7/8 now held by said John Branch & the widow Larany HARRINGTON, on both sides of Jacket Swamp, said tract having been owned by Drury HARRINGTON, deceased. Wm. C. HILL. May Court 1799.

Son Thomas WHITMELL, plantation where I now live on the Kesia (Cashie) River, containing 360 acres as by reference to a deed to me by Gardner, also 320 acres on Buck Swamp, part of a survey by patent dated April 1726, half my stock of horses, etc., negroes Jupiter, Catoe, Peter and half of the stock used in Indian trade.

Wife Elizabeth WHITMELL, all household furniture.

Daughter Martha WHITMELL, £15 at her marriage or when she is of age, also half my trading stock used in the Indian trade, as well as the labor of negroes Mingoe, Bess, and Peter.

Second son Lewis WHITMELL, 150 acres adjacent land devised to my son Thomas and lands of John GRAY, 320 acres on Buck Swamp, being the other half of land devised to my son Thomas, also negro Bristoll, one fourth of the increase of negro Bess and one fourth part of negroes Phillis and Penney.

Infant son who shall be baptized William, one fourth part of negro Bess and Negroes Phillis and Penney.

Daughter Elizabeth POLLOCK, one shilling

Daughter Sarah WHITMELL, £30

Wife, negro Bess.

Daughter Martha, negro Mingo, one fourth of negroes Phillis and Penney, one fourth of the increase of Bess.

Daughter Mary WHITMELL, the first child of Negro Bess and one fourth part of negroes Phillis and Penney

Executors: Wife, son Thomas, John GRAY

Witnesses: Simon Gale, Gerrard Van Upstall, Mary Cannady

Proven before Gabriel Johnston

Marriage: 11 June 1695, Perquimans County, North Carolina, British North America
Spouse: Elizabeth DAVIS (18 February 1678/79, Henrico County, Virginia, British North America - 1732, Edenton, North Carolina, British North America)

Child 1: Mary BLOUNT [F]: m. Jonathon JACOCKS (Sr.) (1686, Perquimans County, North Carolina, British North America - 1735, Scotch HALL, Bertie County, North Carolina, British North America), 15 March 1674

Child 2: John BLOUNT III [M]: m. Sarah VAIL

Child 3: Martha BLOUNT (1702 - ?) [F]: m. Thomas WEST

Child 4: Capt. Thomas BLOUNT (1708, Chowan County, North Carolina, British North America - 1 September 1745) [M]: m. Elizabeth WHITMELL (28 February1717/18 - 5 July 1794), 24 February 1735/36

+ + + + + + + + + + + +

Samuel WILLIAMS
Birth: 1698, Chowan County, North Carolina, British North America
Death: AFT 24 October 1753 and BEF February 1754, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, British North America

Marriage: ABT 1725
Spouse: Elizabeth ALSTON (ABT 1708, Chowan County, North Carolina, British North America - AFT 1758, Halifax County, North Carolina, British North America)

Child 1: Col. William Williams WILLIAMS (ABT 1725, <Martin County>, North Carolina, British North America - AFT 22 December 1778, Martin County, North Carolina) [M]: m. Elizabeth WHITMELL (28 February1717/18 - 5 July 1794), 2 October 1746

Child 2: Capt. Solomon WILLIAMS (ABT 1730, Warren [or Edgecombe] County, North Carolina, British North America - AFT 28 July 1794 and BY 23 August 1794, Warren County, North Carolina) (Rev. War vet) [M]: m. Temperance BODDIE (BEF 1736, North Carolina, British North America - 11 May 1784, North Carolina)

Child 3: Col. Joseph John WILLIAMS (6 June 1723, Warren County, North Carolina, British North America - 18 September 1818, Halifax County, North Carolina) [of "Rock Hill" Plantation, western Halifax County] [M]: m1. Rosannah CONNER, ABT 1774, Halifax County, North Carolina, British North America: m2. Elizabeth Matilda ALSTON (3 November 1753 - ?), 1770, Halifax County, North Carolina, British North America

[NOTE: Elizabeth Matilda ALSTON, the second wife of Col. Joseph John WILLIAMS, was the daughter of Philip ALSTON and Winifred WHITMELL.]

Sons: Henry HUNTER, Moses HUNTER

Daughters: Sarah DOCTON, Mary GORDON, Judith PERRY, Susannah BENTON

Daughter-in-law: Elizabeth WILLIAMS, wife of William WILLIAMS, property of my late wife Elizabeth WHITMELL

Executor: Thomas WHITMELL [III]

Witnesses: John HILL, John Slatter, O(w)en Slatter, Littleton Slatter, Keziah Slatter, William Apperson

[Sources: A combination of the abstracts by J. R. B. Hathaway and John Bryan Grimes. (Hathaway, North Carolina Register, vol. 1, p. 47, originally published January 1900; Grimes, Abstracts of North Carolina Wills; originally published 1910.]

BERTIE County, North Carolina WILL HUNTER, ROBERT - 1753 Will of Robert HUNTER, Bertie County, North Carolina, 1753. [Source: North Carolina Division of Archives and History; Secretary of State Wills. Transcribed and Contributed by Elizabeth Ross.] North Carolina, Bertie County. In the Name of God, Amen. I Robert HUNTER Being Sick and Weak in Body But of Perfect Memory & Judgement thanks be given Unto God. Therefore Calling unto Mind the Mortallity of my Body and Knowing that it is appointed Once for all men to die, do Make and Ordain this to be my last will & Testament, that is to say Principally and first of all I give and Recomend my Soul into the Hands of God that Gave it and my Body to the Earth to be Buried in a Decent and Christian Like Burial at the Discretion of my Executors: and as Touching such Worldly Estate as it has plased God to Bless me with in this life I give Demise and Dispose of in the Manner & form Following Impremiss I Give and Bequeath to My Loving Daughter Sarah DOCTON Ten Pounds Current mony of Virginia to be paid to her heirs or assigns by my Executors Twelve Months after my Death &----------- 2dly I Give and Bequeath to my Loving Son Henry HUNTER Eighteen Black Cattle to be in Cows Calves and Young cattle to be paid Out of my Stock of Cattle that Runs on the Indian Lands & also One Mare & one Year Old Colt that Ranges at & about the Indian Town, further my will is that my sd Son Injoy One Negroe Man Named Sam White as his Own Property and is now in his Possession he having paid to me a Valueable Consideration for the Negroe &----------- 3dly I Give and Bequeath to My Loving Daughter Mary GORDON one Negro Woman and her Increase which is now in my sd Daughters Possession (the Negroe womans name being Venus) and One Young Horse Named Jockey to her & her her and Assigns forever &------------ 4thly I Give and Bequeath to my Loving (daughter) Judith PERRY Ten Pounds Current Mony of Virginia to be paid to her & her heirs or Assigns Eighteen months after my Death by my Executors &c----------- 5thly I Give and Bequeath to my Loving Daughter Susannah BENTON Ten Pounds current Mony of Virginia to be paid to her her heirs or assigns Eighteen months after my Death by me Exetrs &----------- 6thly I Give and Bequeath to my Loving Daughter in law Elizabeth WILLIAMS (the wife of William WILLIAMS) one Negroe woman named Venus (which sd Negroe woman formerly belonged to the Estate of Elizabeth WHITMELL My Late Wife) to her the said Elizabeth WILIAMS her heirs & assigns forever &c-------------- 7thly I Give and Bequeath to My Loving Son Moses HUNTER all my Land & Plantation that I am Now Possessed of (Viz) one Plantation Lying on the south side of Rockquest Swamp Joyning on Henry Hunters Land & one Tract of Land Lying on Cashy and Willis Quarter Swamps which said Land, I bought of Coll. Robt. WEST & Michael HILL this Land I Give to the sd Moses his heirs and assigns for Ever I also Give to my sd son Moses Two Negroe men named Sam & Seasar Three Negroe Boys named London Mingo & York Two negroe women named Phillis & Lucy and two Negroe Girls named Phillis & Venus and After the Paying of My Just Debts and Legacies which I have Given in this will all the residue of my Estate both Real & Personal and of what kind whatsoever I Give and Bequeath to my Son Moses HUNTER to him his heirs & assigns forever Lastly I Constitute and Appoint my Loving son Moses HUNTER and my Loving Friend Thos. WHITMELL Joynt Executors to this my last will and Testament and I do hereby Revoke & Disanull all former Wills by me made and Acknowledge this to be my last will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & _____ [torn] Signed Sealed Pronounced & Declared Robert HUNTER to be Robt. HUNTERs Last Will & Testament By the said HUNTER Before us Called as Witnesses--------- her I wit Jn. Hill Oen SLATTER I wit Keziah (+) SLATTER mark his his I wit John SLATTER Littleton (X) SLATTER William (X) Apperson mark mark _______________ Bertie County August Court 1753 The last Will & Testament of Robert HUNTER, deceased, was exhibited into Court by Moses HUNTER on of the Executor appointed by the said Will and was proved by the Oaths of John HILL John SLATTER & Keziah SLATTER three of the Evidences there to And on motion it is Ordered that the same be Certified and that Letter Issue accordingly------------- At the same Time the said Executor qualifyed himself as an Executor by taking the Oath appointed by Law for that Purpose Test. Samuel Ormes CC _______________ Reverse side: Robert HUNTER's Will Letrs Issued 23d August 1753 Recorded in the Secr Office in Book N. page 10_ [illegible] ----- ------------------------End Will-------------------

Tom Blunt's Successor Was James Blunt
(by Teresa Morris)

This is a message posted at the Tuscaroras.com discussion forum by Teresa Morris <t e r e s a @ t u s c a r o r a s . c o m> on February 26, 1998.

3rd Tuesday, June 1739 James Blunt became successor to Tom Blunt.

1732 Thomas POLLOCK Esquire got his papers in order to protects his rights regarding land on the Roanoke River whenever the Indians shall remove or quit their pretended Claims. In 1752, Bishop August Gottlieb Spargenberg remarked the Indians were unpredictable and seemed to be tired of living on the reservation. He suggested that it would be smart to secure from Lord Granville a grant of Tuscarora land with clear understanding when they leave of their own accord or sell their improvements or give their consent in consideration of a present, the Moravian Brethren (his followers) shall take possession. People kept waiting for them to leave. In 1803, 86 years about it had been set apart people were still waiting.

James Blunt was elected at a village called Rehorsesky or Rasewtokee. Governor Gabriel Johnson approved the choice. It is passed on that although James shared the Blunt name it is not know if he was a son of the former king. At this time the Tuscarora matrilineal custom favored selection of a sister's son and keeping the office in the BEAR clan even though the Indians may have "adopted" English rule of patrilineal descent. This new head man received to real hats off by the white governments. It was recorded that in 1752 Spargenberg remarked this nation had a captain not a king. In the English records little mention is of James. After 1766 his name drops from the tribe's great men. Whitmel TUFDICK is the head man recognized of the Tuscarora nation. Recorded notes state he is a weak leader. He joined his aging buddies in signing away large areas of the reservation for English trifles. Sources say TUFDICK was not a direct descendant of Tom Blunt. It is believed he took his English name from Thomas WHITMELL, an Indian trader and interpreter. His territory was the west bank of the Cashie River . . .1724. TUFDICK could also be the son of the interpreter and an Indian mother. He was the only one of the reservations men who signed his name to public documents. Others used marks and designs. History lists Samuel Smith as helping the northern emissaries make plans for those wishing to go on the migration to New York in 1803. He however did not go but died the year before.

Bishop Spargenberg in 1752 recorded the Tuscaroras in Bertie County are in great poverty and oppressed by the whites. WHITMELL the interpreter took him to visit the reservation. His host had been a trader among them and known as a very rich man, one of the richest in the neighborhood. He was greatly respected and knew an acceptable bit of the Tuscarora language.

By 1759 the land was being grabbed from land hungry whites. Unfortunately for the Tuscaroras they had lost part of it due to their kind had secretly leased it in a "CLANDESTINE" manner to John McGaskey. The North Carolina General Assembly commissioned William Taylor and John Hill to look into it. When the report was in the assembly ordered McGaskey to quit his claim. Humphrey Bates fought like hell to retain 300 acres which was a part of the 600 acre tract given to William Charlton by King Tom Blunt in 1723. This had been sold to him by Charlton's heirs. November 29, 1758 the attorney general ordered Bates be prosecuted if he did not quit the land. Bates kept hold on but a year later action for expulsion was entered.

When 1764 rolled around a lot of the Tuscaroras had grown tired of the whites scheming. The Tuscarora Council approved the sale of part of the reservation to Thomas WHITMELL, longtime friend and interpreter, Thomas PUGH, William WILLIAMS, John Watson. Bill of authorization was received with sympathy by the General Assembly and finally was rejected by the House.

Communication between North Carolina and New York Tuscaroras were kept open. May 17, 1766, one Diagawekee, sachem of New York Tuscaroras and 8 Indians of the 6 Nations arrived in North Carolina. Diagawekee left his buddies at the Tuscarora Reservation and traveled on to the home of Governor Tryon at the Cape Fear River (Brunswick). He presented his papers from Sir William Johnson, superintendent of Indian affairs in the Northern colonies and said he had come to lead all the Tuscaroras "AS WERE WI LLING TO QUIT THIS PROVINCE, and march to join the SIX Nations." At this time he was very sick with mumps. Tryon ordered a doctor to look after him. In about a week he was better and said to be more civilized. He even was invited to eat at Tryon's table. Diagawekee was so pleased by Tryon's hospitality that he honored him with his name. It was promised that from hereafter, among the Tuscaroras, the title Diagawekee would remain to all future Governors of North Carolina.

Later a letter was received by Tryon from Mr. Stuart, superintendent of Indian affairs for the Southern district telling that the Tuscarora removal was in process and met Johnson's approval.

The Governor promised that on October 30 when the General Assembly convened that as much of the land as necessary to pay for traveling expenses would be permitted to be sold. This would be too late because Diagawekee promised to return up north by seven months from the date he left. Tryon gave permission for removal and for Robert Johnes, William WILLIAMS and Thomas PUGH to advance £1500 for purchasing wagons, provisions on credit on some of their lands till the General Assembly can cover the costs. During the 1st week in August, Diagawekee led 155 Indians northward leaving 104 behind in this area. This band of Indians arrived in New York December being granted safe passage through Virginia under protection of Governor Fauquir. But they were robbed of horses, equipment valued at £55 in Paxton, Pennsylvania.

North Carolina Assembly was sympathetic with the Tuscarora removal. A bill was introduced on November 10, 1766 to confirm a lease made by the Tuscarora Indians to Jones, WILLIAMS, PUGH for about 8,000 acres. The 104 Tuscaroras remaining in this part of North Carolina were left about half the tract of land allotted to them by Act of Assembly 1748.

On November 11, 1766, eleven of the Tuscarora men that were elderly men appeared before Governor Tryon with a present of deerskins and requested confirmation of the lease and redress of their grievances. "Poverty must excuse the smallness of our present, for we are mostly old men, unable to hunt, OUR YOUNG MEN having gone to the Northward with the Northern Chief, Tragaweha. We are by education and custom, unable to acquire a livelihood otherwise than by hunting and as ill natured persons frequently take away and break our guns and even ship us for pursuing game on their Land, we beg your Excellency to appoint COMMISSIONERS TO HEAR OUR COMPLAINTS AND REDRESS OUR GRIEVANCES. We entreat your Excellency to dispatch our business with all convenient speed for those Indians who we have left at home are old men and CHILDREN , INCAPABLE OF PROVIDING FOR THEMSELVES IF COLD WEATHER SHOULD COME ON. After the Revolutionary War more Tuscarora land was being sought. The protective act of 1748 was ignored. On February 20, 1777 Zedekiah Stone, father of Governor David Stone acquired a certain quantity of land with the token provision it be cleared and returned to the Indian nation in an improved conditon at 99 years. On March 28, 1777, Thomas PUGH, Sr. got a 99 year lease on 100 acres for £8 proclamation money yearly. On April 7, 1777 William King acquired a 99 year lease on Caesar's Neck Plot for the labor of of clearing the land. On July 7, Titus Edwards entered into a 99 year lease for 60 acres on Toruth Branch.

On March 18, John Johnson acquired an estimated 200 acres adjoining Head Chief Whitmel TUFDICK's field under a 99 year lease for annnual payments of £10 proclamation and the Indians be allowed to have their grain ground as his meal under the same terms as any other person.

On February 26, John McKasky agreed to pay £8 proclamation yearly rent on a tract on the Roanoke River at Chocaweneh Gut.

[Note: August Gottlieb Spargenberg was the Moravian bishop of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.]