William Line

1762 - 1830  (68 years)

• Name	William Line
  Birth	1762	Rowan Co, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Possessions	11 Mar 1816	Jefferson Co, Tennessee
  	William Line sold a slave Sally, a Negro women of about 30 years three or four years of age and being of sound mind and healthy on March 11, 1816 for $300. to George Gordon. Source of Bill of sale book: The Lines Families of Eastern Tennessee by Felix Lin
  Property	5 Mar 1821	Jefferson Co, Tennessee
  	from Lee Bain, email 10/14/2015: Jefferson Co. Bk E, pp. 307-308, 5 Mar 1821/May 1823 William Line to William Smith This Indenture made this fifth day of March in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and twenty one Betwixt William Line of the County of Jefferson and State of Tennessee of the one part and William Smith of the County of Grainger and State aforesaid of the other part. Witnesseth that for the consideration of forty dollars to him in hand paid the Receipt is hereby acknowledged the said William Line hath Bargained and Released all the Right title interest claim and demand unto William Smith his heirs and assigns to that part & parcel of land lying and being in the County of Grainger and State aforesaid which part or parcel of land said Line bought of said William Smith Beginning on a white oak and black oak the Beginning Corner of the tract of Land on which John Smith died on Running South forty five East one hundred and twenty poles to a stake, thence South forty five West to the middle of Panther Creek thence down the middle of the said Creek so far as turning North forty five east as will strike the Beginning Corner it being a tract of twenty acres of Land be the same more or less it being a part of a tract of land granted to William Spurgeon by the State of North Carolina and by him conveyed to John Smith and by him to William Smith and by him to William Line To have and to hold... the day and year above written signed sealed and delivered in the presence of John Denniston Nathaniel Line William Line May Session 1823 Then was the foregoing deed of conveyance acknowledged in open Court by William Line the Bargainor was admitted to record and ordered to be registered. John Cocke Clk by his Deputy Wm D. Cocke
  Death	16 Aug 1830	Warren Co, Tennessee
  Person ID	I87281	Roots
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	John Line, (immigrant),   b. 15 Dec 1726, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 10 Nov 1784, Rowan Co, North Carolina (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Sarah Robinson,   b. Abt 1847   d. Aft 1775, of, Rowan Co, North Carolina
  Marriage	11 Jan 1787	Rowan Co, North Carolina
  Family ID	F28855	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eleanor H. Wiseman,   b. 1766, Rowan Co, North Carolina d. 1827 (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	13 Dec 1787	Rowan Co, North Carolina
  Divorce	1821	Jefferson Co, Tennessee
  	William filed for divorce from his wife due to unfaithfulness. He still provided for her in his will.
  Children	+ 1. Nathaniel Line,   b. 2 Apr 1790, Rowan Co, North Carolina d. 14 Dec 1862, Jefferson Co, Tennessee (Age 72 years)   2. William Line, Jr.,   b. 22 Feb 1792, Salisbury, Stokes Co, North Carolina d. 1840, Hamilton Co, Tennessee (Age 47 years)   3. Elizabeth Line,   b. 31 Jan 1794, Salisbury, Stokes Co, North Carolina d. 1866, Redding, Jackson Co, Indiana (Age 71 years) + 4. Eda Line,   b. 1797, Tennessee d. Aft 1860, of, Grainger Co, Tennessee (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F28843	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Possessions - 11 Mar 1816 - Jefferson Co, Tennessee Divorce - 1821 - Jefferson Co, Tennessee Property - 5 Mar 1821 - Jefferson Co, Tennessee  = Link to Google Earth