Notes:

[2011205.ged]

1850 WALKER CO, GA Taylors Ridge Valley REEL NO: M432-85 p 391B
Enumerated on September 7,1850 by A B Reid

1 680 680 Singleterry William 32 M Blacksmith N C
REMARKS: Handwritten page 781
2 680 680 Singleterry Didamy 32 F N C -- Demony Proctor
3 680 680 Singleterry Emily E 12 F N C
4 680 680 Singleterry Joseph A 10 M N C
5 680 680 Singleterry James * 6 M N C
REMARKS: Initial is either I or J
6 680 680 Singleterry Dilly A 4 F N C md Geo Washington Cross
7 680 680 Singleterry Mary 2 F N C
8 680 680 Procter Polley 65 F N C -- Mary Polly Dedmon

NOTE: Mary Polly Dedmon d/o Mark Dedmon / Hannah Bailey. Polly md:
John Herbert Proctor and had Demony, Louvina, & Mark G Dedmon Proctor.

Dilly A. Singletary is Adeline "Dilly" Singletary

William married Demony PROCTOR about 1835 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Demony (daughter of John Herbert PROCTOR and Mary Polly DEDMON) was born on 14 Feb 1812 in Rutherford County, North Carolina; died after 1880 in Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

[2011205.ged]

JAMES SINGLETARY"SHORT', (James5, Benj.4, Jona.3, Benj.2, Rich.1), b.1790-94, Bladen Co., N.C., m. 1816, to SARAH PRUDENCE CHESHIRE, dau. of RICHARD CHESHIRE, b. 1757, d. Jan. 26,1851.
Pension application of PRUDENCE CHESHIRE, as a Revolutionary War widow Feb. 6, 1854.
James' mother's name was Nancy Ann McCaleb.
James was living beside Richard Cheshire in 1810 Bladen Co., N.C. census.
James was in Bladen County in 1815.
James called "Short" in deed 1816, Bladen Co., also in The Robeson Accounts.
James buys land in Rutherford Co., N.C. from William White, 4 Nov. 1818.
Rec. May 15,1821, Deed Bk. 32/33 p. 393-4.
James was listed in the1820 Rutherford Census.
James state land grant entered 1834, Rec. Nov. 2, 1836.
On March 22, 1839, Mark R. Dedmon writes in his will, "for love and affection" To my granddaughter Demony Singletary, and to my daughter Mary Polly Dedmon Proctor and John Proctor, lifetime use of the place.
Recorded March 17,1840 Bk. 44, p. 3, Rutherford Co., N.C.
James was listed in1840 Walker Co. Census: Drury 17 and Elizabeth, still at home.
There is apparently truth in the Indian tradition; that some descendants applied for government land as such.
ISSUE:
1.F. ELIZA N. SINGLETARY, b.1810?, Bladen Co., N.C., n.m. in 1840, d.1894, Ga.
2.F. NANCY ANN SINGLETARY, b.1810-1820, Bladen Co., N.C., m. 6 Mar. 1832, to JOHN L. DEDMON, Rutherford, NC.
3.F. Others being born 1810-1820
4.M. WILLIAM SINGLETARY, b.1818, Rutherford Co., N.C., m. before 1839 DEDMANY PROCTER
5.M. REV. JOSEPH WILSON SINGLETARY, b. May 20,1819, Rutherford Co., N.C., m. to SUSANNAH DICKEY, d. July 24,1911
6.M. DRURY DOBBIN SINGLETARY, b. 1822, Rutherford Co., N.C., m. to ELIZABETH (1st), and RACHEL (2nd), d. 1897, Ga.

James married Sarah Prudence Cheshire (LITTLE FOX) about 1810 in Bladen County, North Carolina. Sarah (daughter of Richard CHESHIRE and Prudence Bryant (SLY FOX)) was born in 1792 in Bladen County, North Carolina; died on 30 Jan 1851 in Walker County, Georgia; was buried in Feb 1851 in Walker County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./
Was called Prudence Cheshire, Thought to be "Little Fox" by some. Supposedly full blood Cherokee Indian. Said to be related to "Crazy Wolfe" . Mary Polly Dedmon and him, had 2 children. Jacob & Michael. Crazy Wolfe was said to have been killed by the "British" in the war?

John married Mary Polly DEDMON in 1801 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Mary (daughter of Marcus Richard DEDMON and Hannah BAILEY) was born on 13 Nov 1786 in Greenville, South Carolina; died on 03 Feb 1826 in Brushy Creek, Rutherford Co. NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Per DAR Patriot Index - He was a Rev. Sol, in SC. James Singletary born ca. 1750, died 1810, married Nancy. James' will was dated 2/18/1810, Bladen Co., NC.

NOTE 2./ Will of James Singletary of Bladen County NC, Geneaogy.com, Singletary Family Genealogy Forum at <>

Will of JAMES SINGLETARY of Bladen County N.C.
Filed in Bladen County, North Carolina

IN THE NAME OF GOD “AMEN”

I, James Singletary Senr. In the County of Bladen in the State of North Carolina, being of sound mind and memory, thanks be to God for the same, yet being weak of body and reflecting it is appointed for all men once to die do therefore make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in Manner following, Viz:

FIRST: I desire to resign my soul to Almighty God that gave it, in happy resurrection.

SECONDLY: I desire my body to be returned to its Mother Earth and buried in a Christian manner at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named.

THIRDLY: I desire that all my just debts be paid punctually by and necessary dispatch.

FOURTHLY: I give and bequeath to my heir or heirs of my last Nancy McCaleb, deceased, twenty Schillings to be paid on demand.

FIFTHLY: I desire that the remainder of my Estate both real and personal be agreeable to law, be divided amongst my surviving heirs via: - My wife Nancy, my Sons, Thomas, James and Samuel.

SIXTH: I constitute and appoint my friend Bartram Robeson together with my two Sons, Thomas and James my Executors of this my last Will and Testament.

In witness whereof I sign, seal and confirm the same this the 20th day of February 1810.

James Singletary (SEAL)

WITNESS: -
W. R. Dunham
Richard Richardson

NOTE 3./

Will, dated 2oth Feb 1810, for James Singletary of Bladen County NC. In it he mentions the "heir or heirs of my late Nancy McCaleb, deceased," and "my surviving heirs via: - my wife Nancy, my Sons, Thomas, James, and Samuel." He names friend Bartram Robeson and sons Thomas and James as executors. In the Will of Nancy/Ann Singletary, widow of the Late James Singletary, she names a granddaughter Elizabeth Moore McCaleb, and sons Thomas, James, and Samuel. Her will was proved in August term 1816 in Bladen County, NC. Obviously James and Ann Singletary had a son Thomas as well as a son James and a son Samuel and a daughter Nancy who married a McCaleb.

RS married Nancy Ann MCCALEB about 1773 in Bladen County, North Carolina. Nancy was born about 1750 in Bladen Co., North Carolina; died on 19 Apr 1823 in Bladen Co., North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./

Will, dated 2oth Feb 1810, for James Singletary of Bladen County NC. In it he mentions the "heir or heirs of my late Nancy McCaleb, deceased," and "my surviving heirs via: - my wife Nancy, my Sons, Thomas, James, and Samuel." He names friend Bartram Robeson and sons Thomas and James as executors. In the Will of Nancy/Ann Singletary, widow of the Late James Singletary, she names a granddaughter Elizabeth Moore McCaleb, and sons Thomas, James, and Samuel. Her will was proved in August term 1816 in Bladen County, NC. Obviously James and Ann Singletary had a son Thomas as well as a son James and a son Samuel and a daughter Nancy who married a McCaleb.

Richard married Prudence Bryant (SLY FOX) in 1790 in Bladen County, North Carolina. Prudence was born in 1769 in Stokes County, North Carolina; died on 30 Jan 1851 in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marcus married Hannah BAILEY on 07 Nov 1785 in Rowan County, North Carolina. Hannah was born about 1764 in Baltimore, Baltimore Co. MD; died about 1850 in Brushy Creek, Rutherford Co. NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]