RS James SINGLETARY

Male Abt 1746 - 1810  (64 years)


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  • Name RS James SINGLETARY 
    Born Abt 1746  Bladen County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 10 Feb 1810  Will, Bladen County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 20 Feb 1810  Bladen County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6351  Bob-Millie Family Tree
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 

    Father Benjamin SINGLETARY
              b. Abt 1705, Bladen County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 22 Aug 1765, Bladen County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth JAMES
              b. Abt 1715, Bladen County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1806, Bladen County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married Abt 1742  Bladen County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2860  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Nancy Ann MCCALEB
              b. Abt 1750, Bladen Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 19 Apr 1823, Bladen Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married Abt 1773  Bladen County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. James Thomas Singletary (THE SHORT)
              b. Abt 1791, Bladen County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 26 Jan 1851, Walker County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)  [natural]
     2. Nancy SINGLETARY
              b. Abt 1793, Bladen County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     3. Benjamin SINGLETARY
              b. Abt 1794, Bladen County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     4. Samuel SINGLETARY
              b. Abt 1795, Bladen County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1846, Abbeville, Henry County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)  [natural]
     5. Mary SINGLETARY
              b. Abt 1796, Bladen Co. NC. Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 
    Family ID F2858  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Nancy JAMES 
    Children 
     1. James SINGLETARY  [natural]
     2. Samuel SINGLETARY  [natural]
     3. Nathaniel SINGLETARY
              b. 1802, Bladen County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 10 Mar 1870, Thomas County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)  [natural]
     4. Thomas I SINGLETARY
              b. Abt 1781, Bladen County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 19 Apr 1826, Bladen County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)  [unknown]
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 
    Family ID F3117  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1746 - Bladen County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Abt 1773 - Bladen County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 20 Feb 1810 - Bladen County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
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  • 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 <<http://genforum.genealogy.com/singletary/messages/589.html>>

      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.