Descendants of John Bullock

Through Four Generations

Researched and Compiled by Glenda F. Dobbs

April 8, 2004

 

1.    John Sr. Bullock b. ca 1638, m. Unknown, d. bef 1709, Prob Calvert County, MD.  John died 1709, Calvert County, MD.  "Transportation papers dated 16-Dec-1659 to Calvert County, MD.  Will made Nov 1700 and probated 1709."  (Taken from Calendar of Wills by Jane Baldwin, Vol III/59, per C. Ray Stacy).

                        Children:

       +    2.    i     John (II) Bullock.

            3.    ii    William Bullock.

            4.    iii   Frances Bullock.

            5.    iv    Mary Bullock m. Unknown Adkey.

            6.    v     Eliza Bullock m. Unknown Allway.

 

                                                Second Generation

 

2.    John (II) Bullock (1.John1) m. Catherine Unknown, d. aft 1736.  John died 1736, St. Mary's County, MD.  "Will made 15-Oct-1736 and probated 16-Nov-1736 in St. Mary's County, MD.  His wife, Catherine, named executrix," per C. Ray Stacy.

                        Children:

       +    7.    i     James Bullock b. 1723.

            8.    ii    John (III) Bullock.

      9.   iii    George Bullock. There is a record of a George Bullock signing the Oath of Allegiance in St. Mary's County, MD on 04-Mar-1778 under the return of John Shanks.

 10.   iv    William Bullock. There is an Abstract of North Carolina Wills P/125, Granville County, which has a William Bullock 1796, Elizabeth (wife), William (son), James (gr-son), Frances Boyd, and James Lewis with a note handwritten, d/son Frances Boyd, Elizabeth Malin and stch. (stepchild?) James Lewis, gr-son James, son of dec'd son.

            11.   v     Richard Bullock.

            12.   vi    Margaret Bullock m. Unknown Griffin.

 

                                                Third Generation

 

7.       James Bullock (2.John2, 1.John1) b. 1723, St. Mary's County, MD,  m. 1749, in St. Mary's County, MD,1 Sarah (prob)       Webb, b. ca 1727, d. aft 1782. James died 1782, Granville County, NC.  

 

From C. Ray Stacy: "The Aaron Stacy line merges with the Bullock line of Granville County as follows: James Bullock's will of 06-Nov-1782 named wife, Sarah, and children, Jeremiah, Joshua, Charles, George, Samuel, James, Priscilla Cooke, and Nancy Bullock (she had been married three years but was named as Bullock in this will).  Nancy was bequeathed 2 shilling and 6 pence.  Probated 06-Nov-1782, Vol 1 PP/358-359.

 

"Jeremiah Bullock, the son named in the will above, made his will on 14-Feb-1812, probated May 1815, and named wife, Ellender, to whom he left land and slaves, and to the following brothers and sisters (Vol 7-505/7): James' heirs and his wife, Mary; George, Joshua, Samuel, and to Charles' heirs, sister Nancy Stacy, wife of Aaron Stacy, $300; to Aaron Stacey, a tract joining John Lyon, 300 acres, to be divided among his surviving children.

 

"To others not specified as to relationship: Richard Bullock, John Cooke of TN, Mary Cooke, daughter of R. O. Cooke, Elizabeth Cooke, Priscilla Landress, William and Isaac Phillips, and to friend, Thomas Webb.

 

"Wills were searched from Cross Index, Reel 161.  The only other will was for John Bullock, 29-Nov-1773, wife Catharine, who had a son named James under 21.  This was probably a young son of James Bullock of the will above.

 

"They moved to Granville County, NC about 1768.  Proof of Connection request for Revolutionary Pension S.9108.  Will BK 1/358 names wife, Sarah, and heirs.  Lived adjacent to the Stacys in Dutch District of Granville County, North Carolina." Sarah: of St. Mary's County, MD.  Sarah was named in her husband's will probated 1783 in Granville County, NC.

                        Children:

13.   I     Jeremiah Bullock b. 1749, St. Mary's County, MD,1  m. Ellender Unknown.  Jeremiah died 1815,       Granville County, NC. Apparently no children as evidenced by his will.  Jeremiah was named in his father's will probated in 1783 in Granville County, NC.

       +    14.   ii    Joshua (Ens) Bullock b. 1752.

       +    15.   iii   Priscilla Bullock b. 1753.

16.   iv    Samuel Bullock b. 1757, St. Mary's County, MD,1  d. aft 1783.  Samuel was named in his father's  will probated 1783 in Granville County, NC.

       +    17.   v     Charles Bullock b. 1759.

       +    18.   vi    Nancy Bullock b. 1763.

19.         vii   James Jr. Bullock b. 1769, Granville County, NC,1  d. ca 1828, Granville County, NC.1   James was   named in his father's will probated 1783 in Granville County, NC.

20. viii    George Bullock b. 1770, Granville County, NC,1  d. 22-May-1845.1   ch. Susan b. ca 1802, Thomas b. 1804, George Freeman b. ca 1810, Gideon Freeman b. 22-Mar-1814 d. 17-Feb-1869 in AR, Nancy b. ca 1816 d. in AR, Joshua b. ca 1818 d. bef 1850  in Henry County TN, Walter Alvis b. 1821.  "All born in Granville County, NC," per Nathan C. Wright.  George was named in his father's will probated 1783 in Granville County, NC.

 

                                                Fourth Generation

 

14.   Joshua (Ens) Bullock (7.James3, 2.John2, 1.John1) b. 1752, St. Mary's County, MD,1  m. 21-Jan-1781, in Granville County, NC,  Ann Cook, (daughter of Richard Cook and Elizabeth Ann Unknown). Joshua died 1815, Granville County, NC.1   Joshua was named in his father's will probated in 1783 in Granville County, NC.

                        Children:

            21.   i     Richard Joshua Bullock.

 

15.   Priscilla Bullock (7.James3, 2.John2, 1.John1) b. 1753, St. Mary's County, MD,1  m. Richard Donaldson Cook, (son of Richard Cook and Elizabeth Ann Unknown).Priscilla died aft 1783.  Priscilla was named in her father's will as Priscilla Cook, probated 1783 in Granville County, NC. Richard: (Children's names submitted by Nathan Carnell Wright).

                        Children:

            22.   i     Priscilla Cook.

            23.   ii    John Donaldson Cook.

            24.   iii   Elizabeth Cook.

            25.   iv    Mary Magdalene Cook.

            26.   v     Richard Henry Cook.

            27.   vi    Thomas Cook.

            28.   vii   Ann Cook.

 

17.   Charles Bullock (7.James3, 2.John2, 1.John1) b. 1759, St. Mary's County, MD,1  m. ca 1777, Rebecca Bailey, (daughter of Robert Bailey and Mary Unknown). Charles died 13-Oct-1841, Granville County, NC.1   Charles was named in his father's will probated 1783 in Granville County, NC.

                        Children:

29.   i     James (Captain) Bullock b. 1780, Granville County, NC,1  m. Jane E. Barclay, (daughter of James  Walter Sr. Barclay/Barkley and Virginia Ann Foster). James died ca 1848, Granville County, NC.1

            30.   ii    Nancy Bullock b. ca 1782,1  d. aft 1841.1

            31.   iii   Jeremiah Bullock.

            32.   iv    Joshua Bullock.

            33.   v     Susan Bullock.

            34.   vi    Frances Bullock.

            35.   vii   Sarah Bullock.

            36.   viii  Mary Bullock.

 

18.   Nancy Bullock (7.James3, 2.John2, 1.John1) b. 1763, St. Mary's County, MD,4  m. 13-Dec-1779, in Halifax County, NC,4  Aaron Stacy, b. 17-Mar-1760, St. Mary's County, MD,4  (son of Benedict Stacy/Stacey and Sarah Haskins/Hoskins) d. 17-Jun-1834, Silver Creek, Morganton (Burke), NC,  Bur. Gilboa Methodist Cemetery (Burke), NC, Other: Rev War.  Nancy died 31-Mar-1847, Morganton (Burke), NC,5  Bur. Gilboa Methodist Cemetery (Burke), NC. 

 

I have a copy of the original marriage bond dated 12-Dec-1779 of Aaron Stacy and Nancy Bullock, provided by C. Ray Stacy, transcribed by me as follows: Know all men by these present that we, Aaron Stacy and Charles Littlejohn, are held and firmly bound unto His Excellency, Richard Caswell, Esq. Governor of North Carolina, or his successor in office, the sum of five hundred pounds to the which payment will and truly be made, we bind ourselves, our kin jointly and severally firmly by these presents sealed with our seals, and dated this 12th day of December Anno Domini (1779) one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine.

 

The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas there is a marriage shortly expected to be solemnized and had between the above bound Aaron Stacy and Nancy Bullock.  Now if there be no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage for which said license was granted, then this obligation to be void, else to remain in full force Power and Virtue.  Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of William Steel and Charles Littlejohn.  Aaron (his x mark) Stacy (init).

 

North Carolina, Halifax County: I, James Simmons, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County, certify that the foregoing is a true and exact copy of the marriage bond of Aaron Stacy to marry Nancy Bullock taken from the Original filed in my office with the exception of the date, which is written in the above copy, but in the original is expressed in a fair legible figure then, Dec 12, 1779.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at the Office this in Halifax, this 17th day of May 1843.  Signed James Simmons.

 

"It seems that Aaron Stacy merely obtained the marriage bond in Halifax County, NC as he was 'unmarried or single' in the 1782 Tax List, and Nancy's father, James Bullock of Granville County, in his 1782 will, still called her Nancy Bullock.  The pension showed that Nancy and Aaron were married on 13-Dec-1779, so apparently they kept it a secret for a while.  In any event, the Bullocks are Granville County people, not Halifax County.  The Bullocks were associated with the Haskins family in St. Mary's County, MD and lived in the Hopewell Forest area.

 

"I have wondered if the record of sale of their land in Granville County, NC might not give us a list of all of Aaron's children," per C. Ray Stacy.

 

From 1978 McDowell County, North Carolina Newspaper by Evelyn R. Rabb: "Of English ancestry, Aaron Stacy, a son of Benedict and Sarah Stacy of Maryland was born Mar 1760, in St. Mary's County, MD.  The family moved to Brunswick County, VA by the year 1771, then to Granville County, NC by 1778.  There, they took up land on the 'Waters of the Ledge of Rock's Creek' in the Dutch District, southwestern section of the county.  Aaron Stacy, at age 18, entered the Revolutionary Service 1778 in Granville County under Captain Gilliam and Colonel William Moore.  In 1781, he enlisted again under Captain John Henderson and Colonel Malberly, and furnished his own horse and gun.  When that tour of duty was over, he enlisted (again 1781) under Captain Blackwell at Harrisburg, Granville County.  He was serving his fourth and last tour of duty when the Revolutionary War ended in American victory.

 

*Coming from a family very sympathetic to the Revolutionary cause, Aaron Stacy had seen his brother, Benjamin, support and aid the conflict, and had mourned the death of his brother, John Stacy, who served in the Tenth Regiment of Donohoo's Company.  As an old man, sitting in reminiscence in Jan 1833, he recalled actions and officers whom he had known during his service.  Actions: Bell's Mill on Deep River; Island Ford on the Yadkin; Battle of Guilford Courthouse; Ramsey's Mill, Deep River, Cross Creek, and Black River.  Officers: Captain Harrison, Colonel Pascely, Colonels Washington and Lee, General Wayne, General Rutherford, Captain Ward, Captain Blackwell, Colonel Maybin and General Greene.

 

"While serving in the Revolutionary Army, Aaron was married on Dec 13, 1779 to Nancy Bullock of Granville County.  Nancy was a daughter of James Bullock who lived on an adjoining plantation to the Stacys on Rock Creek.  A family of Scottish descent, the Bullocks had also moved to Granville from St. Mary's County, Maryland, and had taken up land in 1768.  They also supported the Revolutionary cause and Nancy's brother served in the Army.

 

"By the year 1790, Aaron and Nancy Bullock Stacy had moved to Lincoln County, NC, as had other members of the Stacy family.  They settled on the west side of the Catawba River and continued to reside in Lincoln County, except for a few years spent back in Virginia, until Sep 1820, at which time they sold their land and moved to Burke County, where they took up land on Ponie's Ford of Silver Creek.  It was here Aaron Stacy died on Jun 17, 1834 and his widow followed him in death on Mar 31, 1847."  (Written and submitted to newspaper by C. Ray Stacy).

 

C. Ray Stacy says descendants of Aaron Stacy, "include a noted American General, three college presidents, a number of pioneer preachers and religious leaders, four doctors, several attorneys, a nurse of exceptional international service, a number of educators, a state senator, a member of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the inventor of the air brake system, a holder of the U.S. Open Women's Golf Championship, a hero of the Vietnam Conflict, and a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina.  Aaron Stacy's contribution of service to the American Nation does, therefore, still continue."

     

P/4-B - The New Herald, Morganton, NC - "Wednesday 25-Oct-1978, at Old Gilboa Church: DAR marks REVOLUTIONARY GRAVE.  The Quaker Meadows Chapter of NC Daughters of the American Revolution conducted a ceremony Saturday at Gilboa Methodist Church Cemetery honoring AARON STACY, a patriot of the Revolution.  Twenty-six descendants of Aaron Stacy from Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina attended."  (Submitted to newspaper by C. Ray Stacy).

 

Excerpt from 1978 McDowell County, North Carolina Newspaper by Evelyn Rabb: "STACY FAMILY COMMEMORATION ALSO FEATURES FAMILY HISTORY.  The DAR Ritual began and included a history and his service record in the War of the American Revolution."

 

Thanks to W. D. Floyd for the Burke County Cemetery Web Site.  This cemetery can be reached two miles south of I-40 Highway US 64 toward Rutherfordton.  He says this is probably the oldest Methodist Cemetery in Burke County.

 

Have copy of original of the following provided by C. Ray Stacy and transcribed by me: State of North Carolina Court of Pleas and Quarter, Burke County Sessions, Jan Time 1833: On this 30th of Jan AD 1833, personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of said Court now sits Aaron Stacy a resident of said County and states aged seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed Jun the 7th AD 1832 in favor of Revolutionary Soldiers, that he entered the service of the United States under the following officers and served as herein stated. I commenced service in the year 1778 and served three months under Captain Gilliam and Colonel William More in the County of Granville, NC.  Our first march was to Bell's Mill on Deep River where we camped for the space of a week and repaired our arms that were deficient.  From there we marched to the Island Ford on the Yadkin and was sent as one of a detachment that was sent under the command of Captain Harrison and Colonel Parcely to surprise a band of Tories that had assembled at the shallow ford of the Yadkin.  We arrived near the ford just as the firing commenced between the Tories and a Company of which who had surprised them.  We arrived in time to see the results.  There were 19 Tories slain and the Captain who commanded the Whigs was killed in the engagement.  We then returned to the headquarters at the Island Ford.  From there we marched into South Carolina and camped at Waxaw Creek house whence we returned to the six mile creek where we formed the regulars, commanded by Colonels Washington and Lee, and General Warren.  We remained two weeks.  About this time Colonel Washington took a detachment, of which I was one, and marched to Rudesly's Mill where a group of Tories had assembled under the command of Colonel Rudesly.  We decided storming the fort and took one horse and five Tories and their Colonel.  I marched as one of the guards of said prisoner to Salisbury in North Carolina where they were confined.  My time of service had expired.  I was discharged and returned home.  My second term of service commenced a short time before the Battle of Guilford under Captain John Henderson and Colonel Malberly, who made a proposition that if each man would furnish his own horse and gun that there time of service of three month should expire at the termination of two months.  I excepted of the terms and furnished my own horse and gun.  At the time of the Battle of Guilford, I, with a few of the others, was sent to guard a public store at Ramsey's Mill on Deep River.  A few days afterwards joined the army again and was sent to the right as (?) under the command of Captain Ward.  We were sent to carry meals to General Green's camp.  On our way we inquired of an old man for General Green's camp who told us that it was near at hand, but we fortunately met with a woman who told us that Lord Cornwallis' Army was near us and we escaped to our own camp.  General Green arrived in a short time from the Battle of Guilford.  Shortly after General Green arrived, this old man who had given Captain Ward's detachment the information referred to, attempted to pass through our camp and was taken prisoner by the sentinels.  We were all called in as witnesses who identified him as the man who had attempted to sidewind us into the camp of Cornwallis.  He was executed on a limb and the army marched under him as he hung.  From there were sent in great haste to Cross Creek to remove a public store and by the time that we had completed the removal the British arrived and after firing a few times we concluded that it was most prudent to retreat.  Shortly afterward my time of service having expired, I was discharged.  The third time commenced shortly after the expiration of the first.  I volunteered for three months on the condition of the last time under Captain Blackwell at Harrisburg, Granville County North Carolina.  From there we marched to General Lee's and from there down towards Cross Creek under the command of Colonel Maybin to surprise the Tories who had assembled in that region.  After a considerable march we go with General Rutherford's army and I was sent with a party of (?) under Captain Simons in search of Tories that were committing depredations on Black River.  We found and took twelve Tories prisoners who informed us of a company of Tories that were concealed at Rafte Swamps.  We marched on immediately and surprised them. Killed three picket guards and four men.  I was afterward sent with Sergeant Boyd in search of deserters and my time having expired was discharged. Afterwards was drafted to serve a fourth tour and was marched to Colonel Burton and was stationed there until peace was ordered and was dismissed without a discharge.  I believe we was there three months, making my service in army about ten months as well as I can recollect.  I have no documentary evidence nor know of no person whose testimony I can secure who can prove my services as set forth in the foregoing declaration.  I do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any state.

 

1/Ques. Where and in what year were you born?  Ans. I was born in the County of St. Mary's in the State of Maryland in the year 1760.  2/Ques. Have you any record of your age?  Ans. I have not.  3/Ques. Where were you living when called into service? Where have you lived since the Revolution and where do you now live?  Ans. Lived in Granville County, North Carolina when called into service.  Part of the time I have lived in Virginia, but for the last twelve years have lived in the County of Burke in the State of North Carolina.  4/Ques. How were you called into service? Were you drafted or volunteered?  Ans. I was drafted in my first and last tour and volunteered in the second and third tours.  5/Ques. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect.  Ans. I have given the names of the principal officers under whom I served by the foregoing declaration as well as I could recollect.  6/Ques. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and by whom?  Ans. I received discharges at the expiration of each tour except the last, but have lost them.  7/Ques. State the names of persons to whom you are known and who can testify as to your character for virtuosity and good behavior.  Ans. I am known to the Court and various others.  Sworn to and subscribed this 30th day of Jan in open court in presence of the Justices of said court.  Signed Aaron Stacy (actual signature).

     

30-Jan-1833, J. Erwin, Clk: We, Richard Bird, a Clergyman residing in the County of Burke in the State of North Carolina, and Elisha Dorsey residing in the county and state aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Aaron Stacy who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration.  That we believe him to be seventy three years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.  Sworn to and subscribed this day and year above.  Sworn to life in open Court.  Signed R. Bird and Elisha Dorsey.

 

And the said courts do hereby declare these opinions: After the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the war department that the above name applicant was a Revolution Soldier and served as he states.  And find then that it appears to (?) that.  I, Richard Bird who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the county and state aforesaid and that Elisha Dorsey who has also signed the same is a resident in the said county and state and is a credible person and that this statement is entitled to credit.  Signed James Avery, Saml. (?), John K (?).

 

State of North Carolina, Burke County: I, James Erwin, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceeding in the matter of the application of Aaron Stacy for a pension.  In testimony whereof I have herewith put my hand and affixed the Seal of Office at Morganton this Feb 1833.  J Erwin, Clk.

                        Children:

37.   i     James Stacy. James added from record of Dennis Stacey.  Sharon Neill has him as Rev. James Stacy  who d. in Charleston, SC and m. Perlina.  Needs to be checked. Zachariah Stacy named a daughter Perlina?

38.   ii    Frances Stacy. Sharon Neill has Frances as daughter of Aaron and Nancy.  Dennis does not have.  Needs to be checked.

39.  iii    Joshua Stacy. Joshua added from record of Dennis Stacey.  Sharon Neill has Joshua as son of Aaron and Nancy.  Needs to be checked. Joshua signed the marriage bond for Lucretia and John Neill.  This may indicate he is a son of Aaron and Nancy.

40.  iv     Zachariah Bullock Stacy b. 1786, Brunswick County, VA,  m. 19-May-1814, in Lincoln County, NC,  Catherine Weidner/Whitener, b. 08-Jan-1793, Lincoln County, NC,6  (daughter of Daniel Weidner/Whitener and Mary Elizabeth Wilfong) d. 06-May-1868, Morganton (Burke), NC,7  Bur. Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.  Zachariah died 25-Mar-1857, Burke County, NC.6  

 

"John Stacy, Bondsman, and Vardry McBee, Witness to marriage.  The final resting-place of Zachariah is unknown to us.  He may have been buried on his own land, but the history of his family suggests that Zachariah was buried in consecrated ground.  Pleasant Hill Baptist Church was not founded until after the death of Zachariah.  A proposed new marker for his grave will read: Zachariah Bulloch Stacy, Esquire, Judge of the Lincoln County Court 1786 to 25-Mar-1857.  The court records in Lincoln County list numerous instances of Zachariah as Judge at court.  He witnessed many deeds, wills, and land sale transactions.  On at least one occasion, Zachariah was a defendant; 01-Oct-1827, Lincoln County, NC, Superior Court of Law, Zachariah Stacy in a disagreement with Polly Trafenstadt 'with a strong hand did enter the house and pull down part of the roof and the chimney, as well as part of the wall.'  Our Judge Stacy had lost his temper!  He was fined $13.84, with G. D. Wilfong as his security.

 

"Zachariah and his family moved from Lincoln County to Iredell County in the 1830's, and were in Burke County by the 1840 census.  Because of the burning of books and papers of the Burke County, NC Courthouse, which were set afire in the courthouse yard, we know little about the Stacy family, except that they settled in the area of Silver Creek.  (LDS Ancestral file and book, Through Four Generations, The Weidner Family by Anne W. McAllister).

 

"More about Zachariah Bulloch Stacy: Burial, probably with his parents at Gilboa Methodist Church Cemetery.  Notes for Catherine Whitener; Catherine grew up in her native community of what was then Lincoln County, NC, which was formed in 1799 from the former lands of Bladen and Anson County.  In 1842, this same land became known as Catawba County, NC.  Catherine was named for her grandmother, Catherina Mull Weidner.  Along with her four sisters and six brothers, they did household chores, tended the land and livestock, cleared the lands and made clothes for the family.  Life was very hard for them, but there were good times also, such as log rollings, barn raisings, quilting parties and dances.  When she married Zachariah, they moved to Burke County, where they settled down to raise their family of eleven children.  Zachariah was a schoolteacher and at that time, not paid much money, so they were also farmers.

 

"Catherine Whitener Stacy was a lovely, kind, Christian lady, for on her tombstone, the entire 23rd Psalm was carved by hand.  Sadly, only a piece of her tombstone still stands."  (From Margaret Williams Mills via Dennis Stacey's WebPage).

 

Z. B. Stacy witnessed the will of Jacob Wyke on 14-Feb-1835 in Lincoln County, NC Will Abstracts 1779-1910, BK 1 P/336 #1329.  Zacharia Stacy, named as husband of Catherine, in will of Daniel Whitener, Lincoln County, NC Will Abstracts 1779-1910 #1255, Daniel Whitener, 22-Sep-1831/Jan 1833.  Sons, John, Daniel, Henry, George, and David; daughters, Elizabeth, wife of Jacob Corpening; Maria, wife of John Settzer; Catherine, wife of Zacharia Stacy; Sally, wife of David Seitz; and Rachel, wife of David Killian.  Granddaughter, Polly Whitener, daughter of son, John.  Exec. None.  Wit: Absalom Miller and Henry W. Robinson, BK 1 P/169.  (From Betty McCollum 28-Aug-2003).  Catherine: At some point the name changed from Weidner to Whitener.  The Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery is in Enola, Morganton (Burke), NC.

41.   v     Jeremiah (Rev.) Stacy b. ca 1790,6  Occupation: Methodist Preacher, m. 28-Oct-1812, in Lincoln   County, NC,6  Nancy Southard, b.1795.  Jeremiah died 15-Mar-1846, SC.   Jeremiah was a pioneer Methodist Preacher at Gilboa Methodist Church in the 1820s. Nancy: Nancy Stacy was listed as HoH on the 1850 Burke County, NC Census: Nancy 55, Emily 24, Thomas 19, Julia 17, and Caroline 14.

42.  vi     Benjamin Stacy b. ca 1795, Lincoln County, NC,5  d. 01-Sep-1873, Burke County, NC,5  Bur. Gilboa Methodist Cemetery (Burke),NC. 

 

From Dennis Stacey: "Disposition of Aaron Stacy's land that had been conveyed to his son, Benjamin, before the War Between the States: The Federal Troops destroyed the Burke County Court records in Apr 1865, making it necessary to reestablish claim on the land during the Reconstruction Era in the South.  Be it known that the close execution of the forgoing instrument was duly acknowledged by the grantor named herein.  Therefore let the same with this certificate be registered 22-Aug-1874.  Registered 31-Aug-1874.  D. C. Pearson, Probate Judge and W. T. Harbison, Register of Deeds.

 

"Whereas Aaron Stacy, late of Burke North Carolina, did on the month of May 1834 execute and deliver to Benjamin Stacy of said county a deed of conveyance for the sum of four hundred dollars, one hundred and fifty acres of land lying on the waters of Ponies Fork of Sliver Creek in said county and state, and whereas the said deed of conveyance was duly proved at the April term of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of said County of Burke 1835 and properly registered in the Register's office of said county in BK 22/262 on the 7th day of Sep 1835.  And whereas the said deed of conveyance was in the month of Apr 1865, mutilated by the Federal Troops therein said county, so as to endanger the evidence of his title to said tant of land, and whereas the said Benjamin Stacy is desirous to reestablish the evidence of title.  Therefore know all men by these present that are Osborn Stacy, Daniel Stacy, Oliver Stacy, Betty Ann Carswell, Linda Hawkins, Isaac S. Stacy, A. G. Stacy, Thomas Beason Stacy, Doctor Conally and wife, L. M. Conally, John W. Clay and wife, Harriet, E. John Wilson and wife Ellenor, T Anna Stacy, George L. Stacy, Nancy E. Stacy, Jane Alice Stacy, and Pinkny Stacy, for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar to us in hand, paid by the said Benjamin Stacy, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledge do by these presents, grant, revise, release, and forever quit claim unto said Benjamin Stacy and his heirs, and assigns all our right, title, interest, and estate in and to a certain piece of land as conveyed to him by Aaron Stacy, lying and being in Burke County, NC on the waters of Ponies Fork of Sliver Creek, adjoining lands of J. N. Pearson, Rebecca Deal, the Harty Forest, and Gandy Benoy, and founded as follows.  Beginning on a double White Oak in the Harty line marked 'R.M.' and passes south 77 West thirty nine poles to a small Chestnut in my line, then south 20 East one hundred and six poles to a White Oak, thence south 55 West forty six poles to a stake at the creek, thence south 42 East sixteen poles up the creek to a stake, thence south forty four poles to a small Willow on the bank of a creek, then south 42 East 3 poles to a Black Oak, then south 13 West seventy poles to a Poplar, thence south 57 one hundred and thirty eight poles with Pearson's line to a Hickory in Pearson's original line, then north 45 East one hundred and eighty poles with the original line to a Black Oak, Aither Shotes Common now Rebecca Deal's, and twenty poles to the beginning containing one hundred and fifty five acres more or less.  To have and to hold the above released premises to him the said Benjamin Stacy, his heirs and assigns, etc., that the books of the Register's office of said County of Burke was destroyed during the war of the United States and the Confederate States so hat no record of said deed from Aaron Stacy to Benjamin Stacy can now be found.  In witness thereof we have hereunto set out hand and seals this 21st day of Oct 1874.  Wit: Henry England, F. D. Irvin, A. M. Stacy, Eli Cook, for N. L. and H. B. Hawkins, John Bumgarner, John W. Watson, J. W. G (?), N. H. (?), G. L. Stacy, Nancy Epily, Jane A. Stacy, J. P. Stacy, D. W. Stacy, E. A. Carswell, J. W. Carswell, N. L. Hawkins, H. B. Hawkins, Osborn Stacy, and James Epily." (Transcribed by Dennis Stacey).

 

The Gilboa Methodist Cemetery Records of Burke County, NC listed Benjamin, 78 years, died 01-Sep-1873.  He is buried next to Aaron and is Aaron's son.  Sharon Neill has Benjamin b. 1788.

           

43.   vii   Eleanor T. "Nellie" Stacy b. 1798,6  m. 04-May-1819,6  John Wilson.  Eleanor added from record of   Dennis Stacey.  Sharon Neill has Eleanor listed as daughter of Aaron and m. a Wilson.

    44.  viii   Lucretia Stacy b. ca 1805, NC,8  m. 1821/22, in Burke County, NC,  John Neill, b. NC, (son of  William Neill and Elizabeth Mackey) d. 01-Oct-1866, Polk County, TN.8   Lucretia died 16-Apr-1883, Marshall County, TN.8   From Sharon Neill: "Marriage bond for Lucretia Stacy and John Neill was signed by John Neill and Joshua Stacy.  It was issued 02-Jan-1821, but also signed on the back and dated 02-Jan-1822. (My note: These are bond dates, not a marriage date).  Not sure which year is correct but will assume 1822.  The bond was for the amount of 500 pounds, a substantial amount of money.  The copy of the bond I received from NC Archives and State Library is pretty poor and has been partially burned, ripped, and decayed.

 

"Lucretia was living with her son, Benjamin, in Marshall County, TN after the death of her husband.  She is listed on the 1880 census with his family.  She listed her place of birth as North Carolina and her parent's birthplace as Maryland.  (Sharon has provided a photo of Lucretia).

 

"In 1875/76, Lucretia was named with several of her siblings in a probate suit.  Her brother, Benjamin Stacy, died and his administrator was Isaac S. Stacy. (Isaac descended through Jeremiah, per C. Ray Stacy).  Apparently Benjamin did not have enough cash to pay his debts and charges of the administration.  Isaac had to bring suit to have Benjamin's land and property sold to settle all the accounts.  Lucretia, Oliver (not Aaron's son, per C. Ray Stacy), Aaron Greene Stacy (son of Jeremiah), and Thomas B. Stacy (son of Isaac, per C. Ray Stacy), were named in the suit, as they all would have inherited.  They also had to give permission for the land to be sold and they lived out of state.  Lucretia was living in Marshall County, TN and Aaron Greene, and I believe, Thomas, lived in South Carolina.  I have copies of the petitions obtained through NC archives;  many, many pages.  This was settled in Superior Court of Morganton (Burke), NC.  Quite a bit of inventory of property and the final settlement papers are included.

 

"1850 census, name listed as Lauretta and Lucrecy on 1860 census.  On 1880 census with son, Benjamin, in Marshall County, TN.  The family Bible shows name as Lucretia so presume this is correct.  The 16-Apr-1883 DoD info from the family Bible of John W. Neill, son."  Sharon says, "Lucretia is listed in the family Bible, which is in our possession.  Date of birth can only be estimated from census records."

 

My note: Since Aaron, Benedict's son, named a daughter Lucretia, this strongly suggests that the Lucretia we have listed as probable daughter of Benedict, is in fact, his daughter.  This would be a brother naming a daughter after his sister.

 

From Sharon Neill: "Transcription of notes from Polk County, TN Circuit Court 1866: all entries had the notation 'John Neill died or dec'd' next to entry.  P/67: 'Came into open court, Benjamin M. Neill, and suggested the death of John Neill, deceased and petitioned the court that an administrator be appointed.  Benjamin M. Neill was appointed administrator of said estate.'  P/68: 'Ordered by the court that A. B. Faw, Pendleton Jones, and William Hunter be appointed commissioners to lay off and set apart one year's support to the widow of John Neill, deceased.' (Sharon has other records pertaining to this from PP/82,83,85, and 303).

 

"1850, listed as John Neal in Polk County, TN.  All sons spell name Neill.  Both on 1850 and 1860 census records.  John Neill listed his place of birth as NC, as well as both parents.  1860 listed in Polk County, TN with $3000 in land, $1000 in personal property.  01-Oct-1866 DoD info from family Bible of John W. Neill, son.  Probate 1866; Son, Benjamin is administrator of estate.  John W. and Benjamin were the only sons alive at time of John's death."