Joseph married Katy Catherine ALLEN on 08 Dec 1874 in Cherokee County, Texas. Katy was born on 28 Jul 1859; died on 20 Nov 1875. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Susan C BLACK on 21 Aug 1878 in Cherokee County, Texas. Susan died in in Cherokee County, Texas?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thomas William SINGLETARY was born on 05 Mar 1882 in Alto, Cherokee County, Texas.

Joseph married Dasia POPE on 10 Feb 1894 in Cherokee County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Henry Singletary gave the land for the Popular Springs Primitive Baptist Church in the immediate neighborhood of his home on Lot 107, District 18 of then Thomas Co., GA, on the Old Singletary Road. He sold his land in Leon Co., FL. on May 18, 1836 and moved to Thomas Co., GA with his father Joseph.

Henry married Hannah SINGLETARY before 1837. Hannah (daughter of Thomas I SINGLETARY and Comfort Jane HESTER) was born about 1815 in Bladen County, North Carolina; died in 1889 in Cherokee County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Revolutionary Soldier Joseph E. Singletary, Pension # S47849.

In the fall of 1777, Joseph and his brother, Josiah, were recruited as substitutes into the Bladen County Militia commanded by Col. Thomas Brown (later General). Joseph was a substitute for William Harrison while Josiah substituted for their uncle, Benjamin FitzRandolph of which both had been drafted for an expedition against a force of Tories which had taken positions along the South Carolina state line in then Bladen CO., NC. After a months service they were disbanded and returned home.

In 1778, Capt. Jared Irwin raised a troop of light horse (cavalry) in Bladen Co., NC in which Joseph and Josiah became volunteers. In the same year, Col. Thomas Robeson also raised a troop of light horse in the County. The two companies of cavalry sometimes took the field together with Col. Robeson in command but generally they acted as separate units alternating time in the field. Both of these companies were involved in numerous skirmishes.

On June 6, 1781 both companies of cavalry under the command of Col. Robeson, became engaged with a large Tory force led by Col. Hector NcNeil at Stewart's Mill on Rockfish Creek. In the ensuing battle Joseph was "severly wounded by a broadsword in several places and disabled in one leg in consequence of having been trod upon by horse". It further states in his pension application "Said Singletary lay three or four months, severly wounded, at the house of the mother of this deponent". The deponent was either Susannah Harrison or Susannah McRee.

Joseph can be identified in the 1800 and 1810 Census in Bladen Co., NC. He is found in Leon Co., Flordia in 1830. The 7th of May, 1836 he sold his land in Leon Co., FL. On May 21, 1836,13 days after Joseph sold his Florida property, his son, Josiah Singletary, bought land in Thomas Co., Georgia.
There is no record of Joseph owning any land in Georgia. He lived with his daughter, Nancy, and son, Josiah, although Joseph is listed as head of household in the 1840 Census.

In June of 1837, Joseph's agent in Tallahassee, FL. informed the Commissioner of Pensions in Washington,D.C. of the change of address to Thomas Co. GA.
Joseph was a charter member and Deacon of the Popular Springs Primitive Baptist Church formed August 14, 1837 and whose Minister was his old friend the Elder William Hawthorn. Joseph and Elder Hawthorn were both past Ministers of the Big Swamp Primitive Baptist Church in Bladen Co., NC.
The church minutes give the date of his death as April 14, 1844. In the July 1844 term of the Inferior Court of Thomas County, Letters of Administation were granted to Josiah Singletary, his son, to administer the estate of Joseph. After an inventory and appraisal, the following items were sold:
1. one mare and colt.
2. one horse cart.
3. 3 cows, 3 yearlings, 1 calf.
4. 1 handmill.
5. 3 ploughs, 1 pr. trace chains and harness.
6. 1 feather bed, 2 chairs.
7. 1 pot, 1 oven, 1 spider, 2 kettles.
8. Jugs, 5 bottles, 1 churn, shoe box, etc.
9. 2 tin pans, 1 coffee pot, 1 dish, 4 plates, 1 candlestick.
10. 2 pitchers, 3 knives and forks, 1 looking glass.
11. 2 measures, half-bushel, candle moulds.
12. 1 lot of books.
13. 3 axes, 4 hoes, 1 hatchet, handsaw, square, drawing knife.
14. 5 barrels, 3 staves.
15. 1 grindstone.
16. 2 washing tubs, 1 pot stand.
17. 1 earthen bowl, 1 seive, 1 pr. cotton cards.

On February 13, 1845, the following were paid from the estate of Joseph E. Singletary:
Shadrack Posey, $5.00 ( son-in-law, husband of Sarah, daughter).
Mary Singletary, $5.00 ( daughter).
Nancy Singletary, $5.00 ( daughter).
Issac Boyett $5.00 (son-in-law, husband of Margaret, daughter).
Nathaniel Singletary $5.00 ( son).
Henry Singletary $5.00 ( son).
William I. Singletary $5.00 ( son).

RS married Nancy UNKNOWN about 1790 in Bladen County, North Carolina. Nancy died after 1840 in Jones, Thomas County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Will of Thomas Singletary of Bladen County NC: from Jerry Singletary on Singletary Family Genealogy Forum at <>

Will of Thomas Singletary of Bladen County, N. C.
Filed in Will Book Number 2, page 366, Bladen County North Carolina

IN THE NAME OF GOD "AMEN"

Knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, being weak in body but in perfect mind and memory, thank God for the same. As for what worldly goods it hath pleased God to bless me with, it is my wish to dispose of as follows, Viz:

First it is my wish that my funeral expenses and just debts be paid.

Item. I give and bequeath to my Son, John H. Singletary, with some exceptions hereafter named the one Mority of the land I now live on and the Cattle that was given to him by his Grandfather, John Hester. Also twenty five acres back of Wilkeson Lake.

Item. I give and bequeath to my Son, Ephriam Singletary, two hundred acres of land on the Rayford Swamp, and cattle given to him by his Uncle Ephriam Hester.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my Son Thomas Singletary two hundred acres of land on Harrison Lake, also twenty five acres back of where I now live.

Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Singletary a Negro boy named Lewis.

Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Hannah Singletary a Negro boy named Aleck.

Item. I give and bequeath to my Son, Daniel H. Singletary the one Mority of the land where on I now live, also twenty acres on the bank of Wilkesons Lake. My Son, John H. Singletary is to support and educate my Son Daniel Singletary until he arrives at the age of twenty one years, and after said John H. Singletary fails to comply with my Will, my Son Daniel is to be taken by my Executor from him, the said John H. Singletary and claim from him, the said John H. Singletary a sufficiency for his education and support.

All the property not Willed, or left as legacies to be sold by my Executors, and the money arising from the sale is to go to – viz: John H. Singletary, Thomas Singletary, Mary Singletary, Mary Singletary and Hannah Singletary. If any should remain to be equally divided between all my children, John, Ephriam, Thomas, Mary, Hannah and Daniel.

I constitute and appoint my worthy friend William Roberson, John Hendry and John H. Singletary, Executors of this my Last Will and Testament.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the 19th day of April, 1823.

His
Thomas + Singletary (SEAL)
Mark

J. Cain
Morris Plummer
Wm. Davis

STATE OF N. C., BLADEN COUNTY

I, Thomas Singletary, aforesaid, do make this Codicil to my Last Will and Testament which is to say:

Article First: I will and bequeath unto my wife, Jane Singletary, called Jane Wilson whom I have married since making the Will to which this Codicil is annexed: one cow and calf, ten Sows and pigs, together with all the property both real and personal that came to her by me, or my intermarriage with said Jane Wilson.

Article Second: I will and bequeath unto my Son, Thomas Singletary one hundred acres of land, it being the balance of the three hundred of which two more given to him in my preceding Will and Testament:

In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this the 9th day of December, 1825.

Thomas married Comfort Jane HESTER about 1803 in Bladen County, North Carolina. Comfort (daughter of RS John HESTER and Mary WICKSHAM, daughter of RS John HESTER and Comfort UNKNOWN) was born in 1783 in Bladen County, North Carolina; died in 1823 in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NOTE 1./ from Singletary tree:
There is no record of Joseph receiving Land Grants in North Carolina. However, he did own land in the vicinity of his brothers Richard's and William's lands that he received by Warrant dated May 28,1738. Certified October 1, 1738. Directed to Richard Hillyer, returned November 18, 1738. "500 acres on ye NW of Joneses Creek being about 2 miles above ye said Joneses Mill and running up both sides ye Creek for ye Compit". Ref Bladen Pct/CO., NC Surviving Land Warrants 1735-1749 & Surveys 1741-1761, by Miles S. Philbeck.

NOTE 2./ July 08, 2001 ; Singletary Family Genealogy Forum; Joseph Singletary of Bladen Co., N.C; posted by Patty Ramos; <>
In a book by Wanda S. Campbell titled "Abstracts of Wills Bladen County, North Carolina (1734-1900) published 1962;lists the following entry on page 81:
"JOSEPH SINGLETARY JULY 4, 1772. NOVEMBER COURT 1772.

WILL OF JOSEPH SINGLETARY

In the Name of God Amen the fourth Day of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Two, I, Joseph Singletary of the County of Bladen and Province of North Carolina being of perfect Mind and Memory and understanding do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament.

Imprimisses: It is my will and I do order that in the first place all my just debts and funeral charges be first paid and satisfied.

Item: It is my will and desire that my children shall be schooled out of my whole estate what ever my Executors hereafter mentioned shall think sufficient.

Item: It is my will and desire that my beloved wife Mary Singletery enjoy my whole estate both real and personal during her widowhood except the schooling of the children but in case she marryes that immediately after that she is to have one third part of all the remainder or my moveable or personal estate laid off to her by my Executors hereafter mentioned to her and her heirs and assigns forever.

Item: It is my will and desire the other two thirds of my personal estate likewise all my real estate be equally divided amongst my children when the youngest arrives to the age of fourteen years old.
But in case their mother is then living in widowhood then the real estate is not to be devided while she remains in that state to them their Heirs, Executors, Administrators and assigns forever.

And I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke and disannul all other former wills by me made, and I do declare this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament and I do hereby nominate, ordain and appoint my two brothers, Benjamin Fitzrandolph and Ithamar Singletary to be my true and lawful and whole Executors of this my last will and testament.

In witness where of I have hereunto set my hand and seal the Day and Year first within written.

Joseph Singletary
(Seal)

Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by the Testator to be his Last Will and Testament in the presence of the subscribers who subscribed our names in the presence of the Testator.

John Poynter
Mary Pounter
Brayton Singletary

North Carolina
Bladen County
November Court 1772

Be it remembered that the Execution of the original Will was proved in open Court by the oath of John Poynter who swore that he did see Joseph Singletary sign, seal, publish and declare this to be his last will & testament & at the same time Mary Poynter & Braton Singletary signed concurring evidence thereto.

Joseph married Mary FITZRANDOLPH about 1750 in Bladen County, North Carolina. Mary (daughter of MR FITZRANDOLPH, daughter of Benjamin FITZRANDOLPH and Elizabeth PRIDEMORE) was born on 29 Dec 1732 in Cape Fear, Bath, North Carolina; died in in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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James married Amelia KEMP about 1780 in Bladen County, North Carolina. Amelia (daughter of Joseph KEMP and Jane WHITE) was born about 1766 in Bladen County, North Carolina; died after 1850 in Jackson County, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NOTE 1./ Kemp of Williamsburgh, Craven Co., SC, Bladen and Anson Cos., NC and Wayne Co., GA compiled by Worth Shipley Anderson July 19, 1997
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Her nephew, Joseph Richard4 Kemp, wrote "The family of Amelia Kemp, my own aunt. She married long James Singletary he was so called from being tall. . . . Aunt Amelia was tall straight and only tolerable likely (verry [sic] high temper)

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NOTE 1./ Bladen County, NC - Court - Hilborn vs Hester <>

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N.C. Supreme Court, Hilborn vs Hester, Case No. 6678, includes John Hesters
Will made March 5, 1813.

At a Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions began and held for the County of Bladen at the Court House in Elizabeth Town on the first Monday in August 1819--present

William H. Beatty )
Thomas Smith ) Esqrs
James Cromartie )

The last Will and Testament of John Hester dec'd proved in open court by the oath of Thos. Hester Jr. one of the subscribing witnesses thereto, in the following words and figures to Wit:

In the name of God Amen. I John Hester of the state of North Carolina and the County of Bladen being in sound and perfect mind and memory Blessed be God this 5th day of March In the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred Thirteen make and publish this my last Will and Testament, manner following,
That is to say First I give and bequeath to my youngest Daughter Hannah a negro girl by the name of Clarycy, Secondly I give and bequeath to my son Ephraim Hester the plantation now live on also the Smith Land joining also a new entry joining that. Thirdly I give and bequeath to my son John Hester
the Kinlaw plantation. to my daughters Comfort, Sarah Mirium, Hannah, I give and bequeath the remainder of my land to be equally divided and the ballance of the negroes to be equally devided between all my children except Hannah. Also I give and bequeath to John McRee one cow and calf and the remainder of my property to be equally divided between all my children.

I also will that my wife Comfort shall live on the plantation her life time and also to have negro Gin to wate on her her life time and that she shall be maintained out of the whole of the property and I hereby make and ordain my other children Thomas Hester and John Hester and Ephraim Hester Executors of
this my last will and testament in witness whereof I the said John Hester have to this my last Will and Testament set my hand and Seal the day and year above written.

his mark
John W Hester Seal

RS married Comfort UNKNOWN. Comfort was born about 1755 in Bladen County, North Carolina; died on 06 Mar 1836 in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]