North Carolina Will Abstracts, 1660-1790
Name Location Will Date Probate Date
Christopher Christian Montgomery County 29 Nov 1781 - Mar 1783
Will
Sons: John and James. Daughters: Patty and Lucy. Friend: Patty Colly.
Executors: John Mack, Nicholas Christian and William Mack.
Witnesses: Christopher Christian, Drury Collier, Thomas Bullock. Clerk of the Court: Geo. Davidson.
Name Location Will Date Probate Date
John Davison Bertie County 06 Aug 1752 - Oct 1756
Will
Son and Executor: John ("plantation whereon I now live"). Grandson: John Davison
(land on Chinkopin Creek). Granddaughter: Mary Davison.
Wife and Executrix: Mary Witnesses: John Freeman, Abram Harrill, Jacob Lasiter,
Thomas Harrill. Clerk of the Court: Benjn. Wynns.
John Davison Edenton, Chowan County 01 Nov 1773 09 Dec 1773
Will
Wife: Eleshea Christiana Davison. Brother and Executor: Robert Davison.
Friends and Executors: John Smith, Andrew Little.
Witnesses: John Rom Cough, Chas. Bondfield, Geo. Gray. Will proven before Jo. Martin.
John Hart Bertie Precinct 13 Nov 1741 - May 1746
Will
Sons: Benjamin (plantation "at Pattycasey"); Jesse (plantation on South side of Tarr River),
John (land on Town Creek), David ("plantation whereon I now live"). Daughters: Sarah and Luce.
Other legatee: Thomas Foxhall. Executors: Etheldred Ruffin and Robert Ruffin.
Witnesses: John Lamon, Howill Browne, John Davison. Clerk of Northampton Court: Rt. Forster.
Frances Oliver Chowan County 27 Feb 1754 - Oct 1756
Will
Son-in-law: John Davison of Edenton. Executor: John Davison.
Other legatees: Brothers and sister in Virginia, not named. Negroes emancipated.
Witnesses: Anthony Carteel, Elizabeth Flood, Leonard Cotton.
Clerk of the Court: Thomas Jones. Executor qualified before Peter Henley.
Transcribed by - Helen Satterfield
1838 Indian Removal--North Carolina Regiment
First Name Last Name Position Company
Albert C. Davidson 2nd Corporal A Buncombe
William F. Davidson 2nd Lieutenant A Buncombe
Mary 'Polly' Dickey (1759-1803) & William Davidson (1755-1803)
William Reese Davidson (1783-1844) & Charity McConnell (1791- 1879)
Elizabeth Davidson (-1830) & William Oliphant
Emeline Davidson & James Simmons or Symonds
Rachel Davidson* & John Thompson
Rachel Davidson* & William Self
John Davidson
Abner Davidson
Ephraim Allen Davidson (1802-1874) & Lucretia Stovall
Samuel Davidson
Melinda Penelope Davidson* & Elijah Marlin
Melinda Penelope Davidson & John Johnston (1774-1816)**
(Looking for descendants of Capt. John Dickey B. Londonderry Ireland 1724.
Settled in Rowan Co., NC (Iredell) mid 1700's. Also Grandparents of Rachel
Tanner (father Philip) and the Rebecca Patterson line ( James, Robert, John ))
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Person County, NC Letters of Attorney
27 October 1859....Alexander, Ann, Susan SEYMORE, children of Pullem
SEYMORE, deceased, late of Morgan Co. IL; William F. DAVIDSON and Mary his
wife; James ROBERTS and Sarah his wife; Samuel McCURLY, guardian of Susan
and James Pullem McCURLY, minor heirs of Elizabeth McCURLEY, deceased, all
of same county; John and Harriet HAYNES; Cullin CRESWELL and Lavina his
wife of Montgomery Co. IL; Mary DAVIDSON, Sarah ROBERTS, Harriet HAYNES,
Lavina CRESWELL, and Elizabeth McCURLY, deceased; being children of Pullem
SEYMORE; to Green WILLIAMS to receive from estate of James LONG.
ABSTRACT of the ARMY ACCOUNTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA LINE
- settled by the
commissioners at Halifax from the 1st September, 1784, to the 1st Feby, 1785
and at Warrenton in the year 1786, designating by whom the claims were
receipted for respectively.
No. Names and Rank By Whom Received Remarks
533 James Davidson H. Montfort for Davidson
3002 Thomas Davidson H. Murfree
3071 John Davidson Thomas Armstrong not receipted for
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