Name |
John Cole |
Birth |
9 Nov 1728 |
Chester, Chester Co, Pennsylvania |
Christening |
09 Nov 1728 |
Chester, Chester Co, Pennsylvania |
Gender |
Male |
Residence |
1756 |
Anson Co and Bladen Co, North Carolina |
Death |
1797 |
North Carolina |
Will |
03 May 1802 |
Richmond Co, North Carolina |
- The following is John Cole's will taken from will Book I, pp.90-91, Richmond Co., NC it is dated 3 May 1802, with a follow up indenture between his executers and Neil McPherson, dated 23 Dec 180 2. John Cole's will reads:
In the name of God Amen, I John Cole Senior, of the County of Richmmond and State of North Carolina, being of perfect mind and memory and calling to mind the uncertainty of this transitory life and that all men must yield unto death when it please God to call and for the better disposition of my worldly estate and such goods and chattels as it has pleased the Almighty God through his great mercy to bestow on me in this life, Do after paying all of my just debts make sign and publish and declare this to be my last will and testament in manner and form following that is to say Imprimis I recommend my soul to God Almighty the giver and disposer of all things with a sure and certain hope through the merits of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ I shall inherit everlasting life and my body to be decently interred by my Executers hereafter mentioned.
Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Jane Cole during her natural life all the plantation whereon I now live with all the tools thereunto belonging and all my stock of horses, cattle, hogs etc. Also all my household furniture which furniture is to be at her own disposal. Also four negroes (viz) Jack, Judy, Julus and Bob. At the decease of my wife two of the above negroes with their increase (viz) Jack Cole together with the plantation stock and tools of all kinds is to be sold to the highest bidder, Also a tract of land lying on Cartilages Creek that Jesse Cole bought of Morris Blewit containing one hundred acres more or less, all the monies arising from those sales together with eight hundred dollars due from Jesse Cole for land I gave and sold him is to be divided as followeth. (viz) four hundred dollars to my son James Cole. One hundred dollars to Betsy Jane Cole. One hundred dollars to my two twin granddaughters Martha and Nancy Cole. The balance to be equally divided between my remaining ten children (viz) Martha Wall, Stephen Cole, John Cole, Nancy Sneed, William Cole, Martha Cole, Jesse Cole, Peter H. Cole, Reuben Cole and Samuel Cole.
It is my express will that the above negroes (Jack Cole) their increase shall not be sold out of my family.
Item: I give and bequeath to my son James Cole two negroes (namely) Abram and Dinah to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Martha Wall one negroe (namely) Buca to her and her heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my son Stephen Cole two negroes namely Cuff and Amy to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my son John Cole two negroes namely Hannah and Harry to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Nancy Snead two negroes (namely) young Judy (daughter of Cordery) and old Judy at the death of my wife to her and her heirs forever
Item: I give and bequeath to my son William Cole two negroes (namely) Cordere and Moses to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my son Marke Cole two negroes (namely) Captain and Mary also my Sandhill plantation where he now lives including the mill containing two hundred and fifty acres more or less, also the stock of cattle he has in his possession except ten head of beef which ten head is for the use of my wife to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my son Peter H. Cole two negroes (namely) Chester and Julius at the death of my wife to him and his heirs forever.
Item I give and bequeath to my son Reuben Cole three negroes (namely) Bob, Pol, and Philadelphia to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my son Samuel Cole (namely) Joand Pleasant to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my twin granddaughters Martha and Nancy Cole one negroe named Lucy to them and their heirs forever.
I further enjoin it on Peter H. Cole to sell that land Jesse bought of Morrie Blewitt for five hundred dollars, if he gets any over he may have it provided there is no defect in the title.
Lastly I appoint my sons, (viz) James Cole, Stephen Cole, William Cole, Peter H. Cole and John Cole Executors to this my last will and testament hereby disanulling and revoking all former wills be me made and confirming this to be my last will and testament signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us. May 3, 1802
Chas Carrol John Cole, Senr. (SEAL) Gilbert Gibson
Daniel McKenan (his mark)
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Notes |
- In 1753, after he and his brothers had migrated to Bedford County, Virginia, John met and married Jane Bounds. Jane was a sister to Elener Bounds who married John's cousin, Stephen Cole.
In 1756, John and Jane led the family in setting out for Anson and Bladen Counties, North Carolina. Family tradition says, "Jane rode horse-back with baby James, from Bedford County to settle in Anson County, North Carolina." We can only guess as to why they wanted to leave Bedford County, Virginia. It would most likely seem to be the lure for land.
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Much of the wonderfully researched data was sent to us in Oct 1982 by Ruth Patterson. we are indebted for her excellent work.
John Cole, son of Stephen Cole Jr. and Martha Hunter Cole, was born 9 Nov 1728, will 3 May 1802, Richmond Co. NC. John served seven years as an apprentice to a boot-maker, then moved to Bedford Co., VA, where in 1753, he married Jane Bounds.
The DAR Patriot Index on p.#144 shows John Cole who married Jane Bounds, as having served as a Lieutenant in Virginia during the Revolutionary War, but land grants and deeds show him to have been in the area of Drowning Creek in then Anson Co., NC as early as 1867.
Capt. W.I. Everett, in his sketches of Richmond Co. says that Jane Bounds had two brothers, in Bedford Co., VA James and John Bounds, and that she married John Cole 27 Jul 1853. Sometime after they had their first child, James Cole, "they moved to this county, she riding a filly, carrying the child in her lap, while her husband walked.
They settled on Drowning Creek, at a place that is now known as 'Blues Bridge' for years known as Cole's Bridge', this was on the great or much travelled road leading from the western part of the state to the head of navigation on the Cape Fear River, then known as Cross Creek, now Fayetteville. They opened an ordinary, or hotel, for the convenience of the travelling public as well as for their own welfare. At a later date they moved to the vicinity of Rockingham. It is said that he built the first frame building that was erected in that county.
The records show that on 18 Apr 1767, John Cole received a grant for 100 acres from His Majesty, through William Tryon, "lying on the road leadi ng from Raiford's Bridge to where John Crawford lived on Falling Creek, on a branch called Bostic's Creek". This is signed by William Tryon, John London, Secy.(grant no. 431)
29 Aug 1769, William Raiford and his wife Mary sold 100 acres to John Cole which had been granted to Robert Raiford by his Majesty 26 Sep 1766, on the southwest side of Drowning Creek (Anson County Deed Book 7, p.26 7- The Land Grant Office in Raleigh has the plat)
John Cole also got land from David Clarke.
Feb 1770, John Covington buys a tract of land from John and Jane Cole, in Anson Co., which land had been granted to Edmond Cartlage and William Blewitt 11 Jul 1757.
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Person ID |
I15572 |
Roots |
Last Modified |
9 Jan 2012 |