Notes:

Note 1./
Benjamin Singletary, youngest son of Richard (d.1687) was a soldier under Lieutenant Swett in "King Phillip's War" which was brought to an end April 12, 1676 upon the death of King Phillip. On the 4th of April, 1678 he married Mary Stockbridge and settled in his native town of Haverhill, Mass. 1695, he left Mass. and migrated to the Province of South Carolina and settled at a place on the Ashby River called Red Bank near Summerville, SC in the ST. Thomas & ST. Denis Parish. Here, on July 8, 1699 he obtained a warrant for 300 acres of land.

Note 2./
Benjamin Singletary. Born April 4th,1656. Married Mary Stockbridge April 4th, 1678 and settled in his native town of Haverhill, MA. In 1695 he left MA and settled in South Carolina. The book I have shows that his descendants chose to spell their name "Singeltary". It also says that Bejamin became the founder and head of the So. Carolina branch of the Singletary family. It shows that all of his children were born in MA. They are: 1) Susanna(h)Jan. 27,1679; 2)Richard,Mar 16,1681; 3) Jonathon, Aug. 28,1683; 4)John, July 6, 1686; 5) Broughton,Mar 25,1689; 6)Joseph,Feb 9, 1692-3; 7)Mary. July 14,1695

Note 3./
What is known is that Benjamin, youngest son of Richard (d.1687), migrated to South Carolina in 1695. Benjamin's descendants are the origin of the family in North and South Carolina. Benjamin received a warrant for 300 acres of land near Red Banks,SC (Summerville,SC) on July 8, 1699. On November 4,1703, Richard Singletary, Benjamin's son, was granted a warrant for 500 acres of land in Berkeley Co. SC. Berkeley County is located in the ST. Thomas & ST. Denis Parish area.
South Carolina jury list for the years 1718 through 1783 include the following Singletarys from ST. Thomas & ST. Denis Parish: Benjamin 1744; Joseph Sr. and Jr. 1744; Jonathan 1744; Britian(Braton) 1720 & 1731; Jonathan 1720, 1731,1737, & 1740; Benjamin 1740,1751, & 1757; David 1751 & 1757; James 1731; Joseph Sr. 1737; Joseph Jr. 1740 & 1757; John 1757 & 1767; Richard 1720 & 1757; Thomas 1757.
Jonathan, (son of Benjamin who migrated to SC) and his sons Richard, William and Joseph migrated to Bladen Co., NC in the Cape Fear River Basin in the early 1700's. They were associated with James and Maurice Moore and the "Goose Creek Faction" in the Tuscarora Indian Expeditions of 1712 and 1713. Jonathan witnessed a deed in Chowan Co., NC (Deed Book #1, No. 1032) dated july 30,1716 between Edward Smithwick of Albermarie Co. conveying 200 acres of land adjoining Nathan Moore to William Lattimer. Jonathan's son, Richard was granted 2000 acres of land in October 1728 in Bladen Co., NC. Richard also witnessed for Maurice Moore the conveyance of Lot. No. 9 of Brunswicktown to John Martindale on September 7, 1735. Colonel Maurice Moore was a leader of the "Goose Creek Faction", settled Brunswicktown and built Orton Plantation which he later gave to his brother "King Roger Moore". Jonathan's son, William, received a grant for 1200 acres of land in Bladen Co., NC in 1738 adjoining to his brother Richards land. Also, Joseph ( Jonathan's son) held land adjoining to his brothers Richard and William in Bladen Co., NC. Between the years of 1820 and 1850 most of the Singletary families in Bladen Co., NC migrated to Georgia, Florida and Alabama. They continued to move for land was still cheap in Georgia and public land was available in Florida, Alabama and Mississippi.

In many instances, Thomas Co., GA, became the point of departure for those moving west before 1840.
Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to 1850. Farmer's Register, Vol. 4, p. 102.
Directory of Ancestorial Heads of New Eng. Families, Vol.4, Frank R.Holmes
First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodbridge Olde East New Jersey, Orra Eugene Monnette, Parts 2, 3, and 4.
Records for ST. Thomas and ST. Denis Parish, South Carolina.
The Singletary Family History 1599 - 1989, Yvonne Miller Brunton.
South Carolina Jury Lists, 1718 - 1783, Mary B. Warren.
Wills, Land Grants, Deeds, Census of 1790 - 1850.
Public Records of Bladen Co., North Carolina.
Public Records of Thomas Co., Georgia.
Public Records of Leon Co., Florida.
[Singletary Family .FTW]

Benjamin married Mary STOCKBRIDGE on 04 Apr 1678 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of John STOCKBRIDGE and Mary HATCH) was born on 29 Apr 1655 in Sictuate, Mass; died after 1696 in Red Bank, Summerville, SC; was buried in Red Bank, Summerville, SC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susannah married John STONE, Jr about 1693. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ November 4, 1703, Richard Singletary was granted a warrant for 500 acres of land in Berkeley Co., ST. Thomas & ST. Denis Parish, South Carolina, beside Wm. Capers.
1710 A Grant on Wando River near John Dunham was issued.

NOTE 2./ LAND OWNERSHIP <>

In Colonial South Carolina, land was granted under various laws and statutes as decreed by the King of England and/or the Lords Proprietors. Any free person could appear before the Council and petition for a survey to be granted land. The amount of land awarded depended upon a head of family status which at one time was valued at 100 acres for the head of household and 50 acres for all others of the household including slaves. This amount changed periodically depending upon the desire of the government to attract settlers to the colony. After the petition for a survey was submitted, the person appeared before the Council and petitioned for a grant to pass which authorized the surveyor to measure out the land.

The Lord's Proprietors were British nobles who were loyal to King Charles, II. of England and assisted him to return from exile and regain his throne. To reward them for their contributions, on March 24, 1663, the King gave them ownership of a large tract of land in the colonies. This was a very large segment of North America running from the Atlantic to the Pacific, lying between 36 degrees north latitude on the north and 31 degrees on the south. In 1665, the charter was amended to raise the north line 30 minutes and extend the south line by two degrees. Their claim, which was called Carolina, then included the part of North America that now includes the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, a small part of Missouri, most of Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, the southern half of California, the southern tip of Nevada, the northern part of Florida, and a part of northern Mexico.

This huge section of continent was granted entirely to eight men, to be financed by them for their profit, and to rule with the help or interference of any local government as they might permit. The Lords Proprietors were: the Duke of Albemarle, Lord Ashley, Lord Berkeley, Sir William Berkeley, Sir George Carteret, the Earl of Clarendon, Sir John Colleton, and Lord Craven. It was their names which were given to the early counties, districts, and which continue even now as names of counties and places. The most important of these was Lord Ashley (Anthony Ashley Cooper), who laid out the street plan for the new city of Charles Town, South Carolina. His secretary was the philosopher John Locke who wrote the Fundamental Constitution of Carolina.

In 1719, the Lords Proprietors gave up their claims to property in the Colony. This probably occurred because they failed to understand the value of their possessions which they found could not be managed well from so great a distance. Arrangements were finally made to return the Colony to the King of England in 1731. The land records were left in great confusion as a result of their withdrawal and lack of control of changes made during the interim. To determine ownership, an act was passed in 1731 called "The Memorials". This required land owners to file a brief statement of their ownership, known as a memorial.


Died:
St. Thomas

Richard married Sarah STEWART about 1709 in St.Thomas & St. Denis Parish, South Carolina. Sarah was born about 1685 in South Carolina; died after 1725 in South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ from The Descendants of Francis Singletary Compiled By Dorothy Courtney Saunders - 1997

Jonathan was associated with Governor James and Colonel Maurice Moore as members of the "Goose Creek Faction" in the Tuscarora Indian Expeditions of 1712 and1713 in North Carolina. He witnessed a deed of conveyance of 200 acres of land in Chowan Co., NC in 1716. His descendents established the North Carolina line of the Singletary family.

NOTE 2./ His wife died at Charleston SC on 25 Feb 1732.In St. Thomas & St. Denis Church records. Possible 2nd marriage to Hellena ? in Cape Fear area. Land grant in SC 16 Aug. 1705, was in Chowan Co. NC 31 Oct 1717. Lived in Winyah, SC in 1739 but gone before 1755.

The Descendants of Francis Singletary Compiled By Dorothy Courtney Saunders - 1997

Jonathon married Hel Len AH in 1704 in South Carolina. Hel was born about 1685; died on 25 Feb 1732 in St. Thomas & St. Denis, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
N C

Brayton married Deborah FEWELLING on 15 Dec 1711 in St.Thomas&St.Denis Parish, SC. Deborah was born in 1695 in Prince Frederick Winyaw, SC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married F. UNKNOWN about 1720 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. F. died after 1728 in South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married John DUNHAM about 1713 in St.Thomas & St.Denis Parish, SC. John (son of John DUNHAM and Mary SMITH) was born on 24 Dec 1695 in South Carolina; died about 1726 in St .Thomas St. Dennis Parish, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Margaret UNKNOWN after 1735. Margaret was born about 1715. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

EbenezerBenjamin married Hannah DARBY in 1736 in Charleston, South Carolina. Hannah (daughter of Michael DARBY and Mary WARNOCK) was born on 21 Sep 1718 in St.Thomas & St. Denis Parish, South Carolina; died on 18 Mar 1804 in Sumter District, Craven County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Hannah DUNHAM on 30 Mar 1745 in St Philips Parish, South Carolina. Hannah (daughter of John DUNHAM and Hannah SINGLETARY) was born on 07 Jun 1717 in South Carolina; died in 1749. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./
Was "of Winyah, SC" in 1739 but gone before 1755.
He had land grants on N.E. side of Cape Fear River. on tax list 1763 in Bladen Co.NC., although he was there by 1745. Will was witnessed by Thomas Robeson, Jr. and Mary Bartram Robeson.
SOURCE NOTES for Benjamin follow:
Will dated 22 Aug 1765 at Elizabethtown, Bladen Co., NC and is filed in Record of Wills Book no. 1, pp 5967.

NOTE 2./
Will of Benjamin Singletary of Bladen County NC, Genealogy.com Singletary Family Genealogy Forum at <>
Will of Benjamin Singletary of Bladen County N.C.

Filed in the Record of Wills, Book #1, pp 596-597
Bladen County, North Carolina

The 22nd day of August in the year of our lord 1765 I, Benjamin Singletary of Bladen County, Planter, being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given unto God for the same and calling to mind the mortality of my body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men to die, do make this my last Will and Testament, that is to say principally and first of all.

I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God, that gave it, and for my body I recommend it to the earth to be buried in a Christian-like and decent manner at the descretion of my Executors, nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty Power of God. And as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life. I give devise and dispose of the same in manner and form following that is to say in the first place.

I give and bequeath to Elizabeth my dearly beloved wife, while she lives the house and household goods and Plantation where I now live together with one Negro Wench named Flower. All my stock of horses, Cattle and hogs, to dispose of as she thinks proper, for the bringing up and schooling of the youngest children, and after her death the Plantation to be equally divided between my two youngest sons, Joseph and John. It is also, I give to my eldest son, Richard 320 acres of land joining the upper side of the Plantation I now live on and one Negro fellow named Cubben, to him, his heirs and assigns.

Also, I give to my son Benjamin 300 acres of land lying on the South West of the river opposite to the land I gave to my Son Richard and one Negro Wench named Clarender to him and his heirs its also. I give to my Son James 150 acres of land joining the back of the land I gave to my Son Richard and one Negro Wench Flora. After his Mothers death to him and his heirs its also to my Joseph, One Negro boy named Sippie to him and his heirs.

I likewise constitute make and ordain my beloved wife Elizabeth and my Son Richard my only Executrix and Executor of my last will and Testament, all and both of them by me, and I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke and disannul all and every other former Testament, Wills and Legacies, bequests and Executors by me in any way before the time named and bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and year above written.

Benjamin Singletary (SEAL)

Signed, sealed and
Published pronounced and
Declared by the said
Benjamin Singletary as his
Last Will and Testament in
The presence of us the
Subscribers.

Mitchell Eustace
Thomas Roberson Jun’r
Mary Robeson

Benjamin married Elizabeth JAMES about 1742 in Bladen County, North Carolina. Elizabeth (daughter of Governor William JAMES) was born about 1715 in Bladen County, North Carolina; died in 1806 in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./
Richard Singletary received a grant for 2000 acres of land in October 1728. This tract of land lay on both sides of the Cape Fear River and encompassed Elizabethtown in Bladen, Co., NC. The property was was conveyed in his will in parcels as "Strathbougie Plantation" and "Sugar Loaf". Richard witnessed the conveyance of a town lot in Brunswicktown for Colonel Maurice Moore in 1735.

NOTE 2./ BLADEN CO., NC DEED BOOK 1738-1779
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May 25, 1757: George RONALD of Glasgoe in North Brittain merchant who was surviving co partner of Charles HELPBURN both State of Brunswick on Cape Fear River in NC & John SMITH of Bladen, planter. 40 lbs. 320 A NE side of NW branch of Cape Fear River..sd tract granted to Richard SINGLETARY June 19, 1736..& conveyed to sd Geo. RONALD & Charles HEPBURN Feb 26, 1738...& the plantation whereon sd John SMITH lives..Wit: Jos.BURGWIN, Willm. BASTRAM. P.24-6

NOTE 3./ Will of Richard Singletary - 1773

In the Name of God, “Amen”
The 8th of March A. Domini 1773, I , Richard Singletary, Senior, of the County of Bladen and the Province of North Carolina, being sickly and weakly in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be unto God therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, that is to say principally and first of all, I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it and my body I recommend to be buried in a decent Christian burial at the discretion of my Executors not doubting but at the General resurrection I shall receive the same again by the Power of God, and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form:

Impremis: I give and bequeath to my well beloved son Benjamin Singletary, the heirs of his body forever three hundred and twenty acres of land, beginning at the lower corner of the Susan Camps or Strayboge land, then down the N.W. River to the store landing, then back the course of the survey likewise, two hundred acres adjoining being apart of my back survey likewise two hundred acres by survey in Plumb Branch, likewise I give to my son Benjamin my negro fellow called Old Pompy.

I give to my well loved son William Singletary and to the heirs of his body forever the plantation whereon I now live beginning at the store landing then down the N.W. River containing three hundred and twenty acres be it more or less, also I give my son William four hundred and forty acres joining the same part of my back tract on Harrison’s Creek, also my negro fellow called young Pompy.

I give and bequeath to my son Richard Singletary five hundred acres of land know by the name of Susan Camps or Straboge to him and the heirs of his body forever.

I give to my daughter Elizabeth Singletary, widow of John Singletary, my negro fellow named Charles.

I give to my son in law Elkanah Allen five shillings proclamation money.

I give to my well loved wife Joyce Singletary, my negroes Tom, Jimmy and Judge, during her life then I give Tom to my son Richard, Jimmy to and Judy to be divided between my sons William and Richard. I likewise give unto my wife Joyce my household furniture and stuff during her life the to be divided between my sons, Benjamin, William and Richard.

I do constitute, make and ordain my son William Singletary and my nephew William Salter my Executors of this my last Will and Testament, and I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke and disannul all and every other former testament, wills, legacies, rights and executors by me in any ways named, willed and bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal the day and year above written.
Richard Singletary (Seal)

Signed, sealed and pronounced and declared by the said Richard Singletary as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us.
Gainor Humphreys
Joseph Humphreys
Benjamin Humphreys

Will Book 2, Page 287, Bladen County, NC

Richard married Joyce UNKNOWN about 1730. Joyce died after 1773 in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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]

Notes:

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[Singletary Family .FTW]

William Singletary received a grant for 1200 acres of land in Bladen Co., NC in 1738 that adjoined his brother Richard's land.

Family/Spouse: UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married ThomasSr ROBESON about 1736. ThomasSr (son of Andrew ROBESON and Mary SPENCER) was born about 1698 in Greenwich Township, Glouster, NJ; died on 13 Nov 1773 in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Joseph Thomas RUSS in 1728. Joseph was born in 1705 in St Thomas & St Denis, Berkley, South Carolina; died in 1768 in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Eliza SINGLETARY about 1740. Eliza was born about 1720. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Will of Breyton Singletary <>

In the Name of God, "Amen"

I, Breyton Singletary of Bladen County, North Carolina being weak in body but perfect mind and memory and understanding do constitute my last Will and Testament and as touching my worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I devise and dispose of in the following manner and form, viz.

I give unto my beloved wife Mary Singletary all her possessions, real and personal that she was possessed of at the day of our marriage to dispose of it in what manner she thinks proper, and the remainder of my estate to continue in my wife’s possession until my son Joseph Singletary comes to be twenty one years of age then to be equally divided between my three children, Joseph Singletary, Deborah Singletary, Benjamin Singletary and for my wife to keep Benjamin’s part in her possession until he is twenty one years of age and if there should be a necessity to sell any of the negroes to pay my debts, let it be a negro girl named Amey and if she is sold it is in the powers of my Executors and Executrix to sell her or any of my property at public or private sale as they may think proper to pay my debts and I hereby constitute and appoint my brother, Benjamin Singletary and my beloved wife Mary Singletary, my Executor and Executrix of this my last Will and Testament.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 7th day of September, 1790.

Breyton Singletary (Seal)

Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and
Declared by the said Breyton Singletary,the
Testator as his last Will and Testament in
the presence of us the subscribers – all
intending before assigned.

Benjamin Singletary
Lucy Streety – X her mark
William Streety

Family/Spouse: Mary UNKNOWN. Mary died after 1790 in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ BLADEN CO., NC DEED BOOK 1738-1779

MAY 3, 1768 John WHITE of Bladen to his two sons, James WHITE & Griffeth WHITE
of same. 45 lbs. NE side of NW Branch of Cape Fear River. 200 A. Wit: Ithamer
SINGLETARY, Wm. SALTER P.268-9

Ithamar married Carolina FITZRANDOLPH about 1745 in Bladen Co., NC. Carolina (daughter of MR FITZRANDOLPH) was born in 1730 in Cape Fear, Bath, North Carolina; died in in Bladen Co., North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John JORDAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sarah UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Elizabeth JINKS about 1758 in South Carolina. Elizabeth was born about 1740 in Goose Creek, Berkley Co. SC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ann UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Cainhoy, SC is on the Wando River about twenty miles north of Charleston, SC

John married Sarah Mary WARNOCK about 1750 in Charleston , SC. Sarah (daughter of Joseph WARNOCK and Mary HAYES) was born about 1734 in St. Thomas Parish, SC; died on 25 Jun 1797 in Cainhoy, Charleston, South Carolina; was buried in McDowell Cemetery in Cainhoy, SC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Elizabeth GUERIN on 22 Feb 1759 in St Thomas & St Denis Parish, Berkeley, South Carolina. Elizabeth was born on 28 Feb 1744 in St Thomas & St Denis Parish, Berkeley, South Carolina; died on 05 Oct 1772 in St Thomas & St Denis Parish, Berkeley, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Esther GUERIN. Esther was born about 1730 in Charleston, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth CUTTINO before 1739. Elizabeth (daughter of PeterJr CUTTINO) was born in in South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Joseph SINGLETARY on 30 Mar 1745 in St Philips Parish, South Carolina. Joseph (son of Richard SINGLETARY and Sarah STEWART) was born on 14 Jun 1721 in St. Thomas Parish, South Carolina; died in in South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ebenezer married Frances COMMANDER on 20 Feb 1745 in Prince Fredrick Parish, South Carolina. Frances (daughter of Samuel COMMANDER and Elizabeth SCREVEN) was born after 1726 in South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert Dunnam and Susan Burn(e) migrated to Georgetown then up the Great Pee Dee River to Marion District where he developed a Plantation on the Pee Dee River, near Snow Island, at a place known to this day as Dunham's Bluff. During the American Revolution, Robert, John, and Ebenezer Dunnam, along with his brother in law, Andrew Burn(e), brother to Susan, gathered supplies for General Francis Marion, who quartered his troops during the Winter, on Snow Island. There are many Indents, dated around 1780-85, a form of receipt in the South Carolina Archives, giving evidence of their work. There are Indents for hogs, sheep beef, corn and other supplies.

Robert Dunnam is said to have lost his life trying to fly with a large pair of wings he had constructed. He jumped from a tall tree on his plantation at Dunham's Bluff into "Nigger Lake" and drowned. He was buried at the family plot on his plantation.

Robert married Susan BURNE in 1746 in Dorchester, South Carolina. Susan was born in 1730; died in 1800 in Marion County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Thomas RUSS in 1752. Thomas (son of Joseph Thomas RUSS and Mary SINGLETARY) was born in 1730 in St Thomas, Berkley County, South Carolina; died in 1795 in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Capt married Lydia MICHAU before 1789. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Capt married Sarah KELSEY before 1789. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sarah CANNON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth PERDRIAU. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

RS married Lydia Ann PERDRIAU about 1763 in South Carolina. Lydia (daughter of Benjamin PERDNAU and Mary UNKNOWN) was born about 1740 in St. James, Goose Creek, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

R.S married Martha UNKNOWN about 1770. Martha died after 1827 in Decatur County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married RS Samuel EADDY after Jul 1769 in South Carolina. RS (son of RS James EADDY and Sarah PARSONS) was born about 1754 in Lynches Creek, Craven County, South Carolina; died on 25 Mar 1827 in Williamsburg, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

RS married Agnes MCNEELY in 1778 in Kingstree, Williamsburg, South Carolina. Agnes (daughter of Henry MCNEALY and Mary UNKNOWN) was born in 1755 in Kingstree, Williamsburg, South Carolina; died in 1825 in Williamsburg, Sumter, South Carolina; was buried in Lee Cemetery, Kingstree, Williamsburg, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

RS married Margaret UNKNOWN about 1785 in Sumter, South Carolina. Margaret was born about 1770 in Sumter, South Carolina; died in 1827 in Sumter, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Alice MCCREE before 1793 in Bladen County, North Carolina. Alice (daughter of Robert MCCREE and Jane UNKNOWN) was born in 1765 in North Carolina; died between 1815 and 1827 in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Sarah UNKNOWN about 1760 in Bladen County, North Carolina. [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]

Family/Spouse: Nancy JAMES. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Salina MCKONKEY in 1764 in Bladen County, North Carolina. Salina was born in 1750 in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph"The married Susannah MCCREE on 25 Jul 1801 in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John SINGLETARY. John died before 08 Mar 1773 in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Will of Benjamin's Father, Richard Singletary - 1773

Impremis: I give and bequeath to my well beloved son Benjamin Singletary, the heirs of his body forever three hundred and twenty acres of land, beginning at the lower corner of the Susan Camps or Strayboge land, then down the N.W. River to the store landing, then back the course of the survey likewise, two hundred acres adjoining being apart of my back survey likewise two hundred acres by survey in Plumb Branch, likewise I give to my son Benjamin my negro fellow called Old Pompy.

Family/Spouse: Mary THOMAS. Mary was born in 1735; died in 1792 in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ William's Father Will: of Richard Singletary - 1773 Bladen County, NC

I give to my well loved son William Singletary and to the heirs of his body forever the plantation whereon I now live beginning at the store landing then down the N.W. River containing three hundred and twenty acres be it more or less, also I give my son William four hundred and forty acres joining the same part of my back tract on Harrison’s Creek, also my negro fellow called young Pompy.

NOTE 2./ Will of William Singletary 6-1-1785: Will Book 2, page 262, Bladen County, NC
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Will of William Singletary

In the Name of God, “Amen”

I, William Singletary of Bladen County, North Carolina being weak in body yet of sound and perfect understanding and memory praised be God do make this my last Will and Testament, as followoth: That my just debts and funeral charges be paid by my Executors hereafter named.

Impremis: I give to my beloved wife Mary the use of my plantation whereon I now live with negroes, stock and household stuff whilst she remains a widow or until my youngest son comes to the age of twenty one years, in case my wife Mary should die before my youngest son comes of age then I will that my Executors shall rent the same for the good of my children.

Item: I give to my son William Singletary two hundred and fifty acres of land known by the name of Singletary’s Bluff, eighty acres known by the name Old Pasture or Sugar Loaf Point, to his heirs or assigns forever.

Item: I give to my son Council Singletary the plantation which I now live on, when he is twenty one years old except my wife should now be with child of a son then in that case my plantation shall be equally divided between my son Council and the one not yet born, if a daughter then shall have an equal share of my personal estate with my other children.

Item: I give to my brother Richard Singletary all of my wearing clothes, my silver buckles and silver watch to him, his heirs and assigns forever.

I do hereby constitute, make and ordain James Council and Richard Lloyd, my sole Executors to this my last Will and Testament. I do hereby disallow, revoke and disannul all and every other former wills, legacies or Executors by me made or appointed.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 1st day of June in the year of our Lord, 1785.

William Singletary (Seal)

Signed, sealed, published and
Declared in the presence of us:

James Bradley
John Cowan
Benjamin Humphrey

William married Mary COUNCIL after 1768 in Bladen County, North Carolina. Mary (daughter of James COUNCIL and Mary ROBESON) was born about 1740 in Bladen County, North Carolina; died after 01 Jun 1785. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown Salter or Elkanah ALLEN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown Salter or Elkanah ALLEN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Notes for Richard Singletary:
Richard died at his residence in Bladen Co., He was in the 77th year of age. His death was awfully sudden, having fallen down in the yard, and died before his family could get him into the house. He was a soldieer in the Revolutionary War and fought at the battle of Stono. For the last 25 years, he has been an orderly member of the Baptist Church. He was an affectionarte husband and parent. ( from a newspater obit).

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

RS married Susannah HARRISON about 1790 in Bladen County, North Carolina. Susannah was born about 1760 in Bladen County, North Carolina; died after 1832 in Leon County, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married William BRYAN about 1778 in Bladen County, North Carolina. William was born on 14 May 1757 in Bladen County, North Carolina; died on 28 Jul 1838 in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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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]

Notes:

CENSUS OF PENSIONERS - 1841: State of North Carolina <>

Names of pensioners for revolutionary or military services, including ages and names of heads of families with whom pensioners resided June 1, 1840. This material was returned by the marshals of the several judicial districts under "The Act for Taking The Sixth Census", under the direction of the secretary of state. Printed in 1841 by Blair and Rives, Washington, DC.
BLADEN COUNTY
Josiah Singletary, 76

Family/Spouse: Sarah Sally REGAN. Sarah was born on 16 Apr 1779 in Robeson County, North Carolina; died on 01 Oct 1857 in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

RS married Sarah Ann HARRISON in 1780 in Bladen County, North Carolina. Sarah was born on 22 Mar 1759 in Bladen County, North Carolina; died between 1830 and 1833 in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jonathan married Sarah Ann HARRISON about 1802 in Bladen County, North Carolina. Sarah (daughter of Edward HARRISON, Jr) was born on 22 Mar 1781 in Bladen County, North Carolina; died on 09 Nov 1850 in Bladen County, North Carolina; was buried in Rising Cemetary at Bladen Co. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: UNKOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary DUNHAM. Mary died about 1827. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Sarah MCREE about 1781 in North Carolina. Sarah was born in in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Col. Thomas Robeson held the rank of Colonel in the War of the Revolution. An account of his war record can be found in the record of the "Battle of Elizabethtown, North Carolina", just after the record of Captain Peter Robeson (brother of Thomas). Robeson County North Carolina was named after Col. Thomas Robeson and his brother, Captain Peter Robeson, in recognition of their services during the Revolution

NOTE 2./ Robeson County, in the southeastern section of North Carolina, was established on Jan. 6, 1787, carved from Bladen, but settlers lived here before that. The earliest verifiable records show settlers as early as 1747, when Henry O'Berry applied for two tracts west of Raft Swamp, when the area was part of Bladen County.

The county bears the name of Col. Thomas Robeson, a hero from the Battle of Elizabethtown, fought in September 1781 during the Revolutionary War. According to Judge Henry McKinnon, a charter member of the Robeson County Historical Society: "Col. Robeson is said to have demanded that the new county be named for him as a condition for supporting its creation. But Robeson died in 1785, so he could not have had a final say. Robeson never lived in the area that bears his name."

Robeson County is bounded by the state of South Carolina and Scotland, Hoke, Cumberland, Bladen and Columbus counties

RS married Mary BARTRAM in 1763 in Bladen County, North Carolina. Mary (daughter of RS Colonel William BARTRAM and Elizabeth LOCK) was born about 1747 in Bladen County, North Carolina; died on 26 Oct 1799 in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: James COUNCIL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

RS married Elizabeth LORD about 1775. Elizabeth was born in 1758 in NC, American Colony; died on 22 Nov 1826 in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Hannah SINGLETARY in 1752. Hannah (daughter of Richard SINGLETARY and Margaret UNKNOWN) was born about 1731 in South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married John POYNTER about 1752 in Bladen County, North Carolina. John died in in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Jesse OLIPHANT in 1772. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nancy married David LLOYD in 1768 in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John SUTTON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married John SMITH in 1763 in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married George THOMAS in 1770 in Bladen County, North Carolina. George was born in in Bladen County, North Carolina; died on 10 Apr 1796 in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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No Issue

John married Deborah WILSON about 1791 in Bladen County, North Carolina. Deborah (daughter of Josiah WILSON and Sarah UNKNOWN) was born in 1755 in Bladen County, North Carolina; died in 1856 in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Sarah LEONARD(LOCKE) about 1815 in North Carolina. Sarah was born between 1790 and 1800 in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married James BRYANT about 1760 in North Carolina. James (son of James BRYANT and Sarah SWAIN) was born about 1740 in Reading, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John JORDAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

R.S married Mary WASHBURN about 1782 in Bladen Co., NC. Mary was born in 1767 in Bladen Co., North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ann Amie BRYAN. Ann was born about 1770 in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Walter GIBSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Colonel Joseph HARDIN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

R.S married Susannah FLANNIGAN about 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown BARROW. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John CRAWFORD. John was born about 1760 in South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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There is a possible missing link with this line. The issue might be their grandchildren

Thomas married Mary Susannah GILLANDEAU on 10 Jan 1785 in Charleston , South Carolina. Mary was born about 1770 in Charleston, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isaac married Elizabeth ATTMORE on 20 Apr 1786 in Charleston, South Carolina. Elizabeth was born in in South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

St. James, Goose Creek 1790 Census <>
Information and Article from "Historic Ramblin's Through Berkeley"
written by and used with permission of Mr. J. Russell Cross

Early settlements in this parish have been discussed, involving especially the areas around Goose Creek and Wassamassaw. The upper section of this parish was one of the less thickly populated parts of the State until after the Revolution, at which time names began showing up that were formerly found only in the lower parishes or areas where special groups had settled as in the case of John Jenks Singletary, Warnock, Luten and others that had appeared earlier in St. Thomas and St. Denis and Christ Church Parishes and names associated with Dorchester or the Peedee.

Family/Spouse: Sarah UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Richard CHESHIRE. Richard (son of Richard CHESHIRE and Eliza Jane UNKNOWN) was born about 1776 in Bladen Co., North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth TART. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Samuel WELLS in 1769. Samuel was born about 1750 in St. Thomas Parish, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Captain William BENNETT. Captain (son of John BENNETT and Margaret SWINTON) was born on 11 Feb 1752 in Charleston, South Carolina.; died in 1784 in St. Thomas Parish, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Major William CAPERS on 10 Sep 1783 in St. Thomas's Parish, Charleston, South Carolina. Major was born on 13 Oct 1758 in Charleston , St Thomas Parish, South Carolina; died in 1812. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married Rev Beverly Anthony ALLEN in Feb 1786. Rev was born in 1763 in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ann married Richard GREEN in 1824 in Georgetown District, Prince Frederick Parish, SC. Richard was born on 27 Apr 1757 in Georgetown District, Prince Frederick Parish, SC; died in 1827 in Wittersville, Horry, SC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./
John Peter Dunnam probably moved from Berkely County area to Georgetown where he lived for some time. While there in 1801 he signed the incorporation papers of the Baptist Church there. He married Elizabeth Cuttino. The Cuttino's were active Baptist there.

He is said to be a Doctor and in the sale of his property in 1815 after his death there medicines and equipment was sold. An the sale of items show that he had considerable Slaves and possessions. He move to Marion County S C where he received land and later to the county line between Marion and Marlborough County. His name appears on the 1820 Mills Atlas as owning a plantation on the county line. Both he and his wife died in October of 1815, perhaps in an epidemic of some sort.

His will is probated in in the County Court of Marlborough County, with his son John serving as Administrator. His son William lived in the area and died about 1817. Two of his sons, Ebenezer and John, left S C and came to Mississippi Territory, first to Monroe County, Al., then to Greene County, Ms around 1838.

NOTE 2./ Historical Note: The Year Was 1789

The year was 1789 and in the U.S. a young government was beginning to take shape. In its first nationwide election, the popular Revolutionary War general, George Washington, became the country's first president and was sworn in at the first capitol of the United States, Federal Hall in New York City.

In France, a rebellion was underway and with the storming of the Bastille prison, the French Revolution began. In its reporting on the subject, The Times of London, England had the following to say of the conflict:

The spirit of liberty which so long lay in a state of death, oppressed by the hand of power, received its first spark of returning animation, by the incautious and impolitic assistance afforded to America. The French soldier on his return from that emancipated continent, told a glorious tale to his countrymen--"That the arms of France had given freedome to thirteen United States, and planted the standard of liberty on the battlements of New York and Philadelphia." The idea of such a noble deed became a general object of admiration, the [facets?] of a similar state were eagerly longed for by all ranks of people, and the vox populi had this force of argument--"If France gave freedom to America, why should she not unchain the arbitrary fetters which bind her own people.

Later that year, the Marquis de Lafayette, with the advice of Thomas Jefferson who was at the time the American ambassador to France, drafted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. It was adopted by France's National Assembly in August and ratified by Louis XVI in October.

There was unrest in other parts of the world as well. Sweden and Russia were at war, and briefly, Norway had joined the conflict, although a peace treaty was signed in July 1789.

In a smaller, but well-known conflict, the mutiny on the H.M.S. Bounty was also in the year 1789. On April 28, part of the crew of the Bounty, led by Fletcher Christian, mutinied and set Captain William Bligh and eighteen crewmembers adrift. Bligh managed to get the boat some 3,600 miles to Timor. Some of the mutineers were captured and prosecuted--three were hanged, while others, including Fletcher Christian ended up on Pitcairn Island, where some of their descendants live to this day.

In 1789, there was an epidemic of influenza in New England, New York, and Nova Scotia, which resulted in many deaths due to secondary cases of pneumonia. The new president was among those who fell ill. He caught a cold while visiting Boston, and later, was affected more seriously with influenza, which was dubbed Washington Influenza.

John married Elizabeth MCCANTS on 03 Feb 1770 in South Carolina. Elizabeth (daughter of Unknown MCCANTS and Rachel COMMANDER) was born on 12 Dec 1749 in South Carolina; died in Oct 1815 in South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacob married Elizabeth BLACKWELL on 04 Aug 1778 in South Carolina. Elizabeth was born about 1760 in Georgetown, Georgetown, SC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jonah WOODBURY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susan married WilliamSr DAVIS in 1768. WilliamSr (son of Benjamin DAVIS and Rachel PORT) was born in Mar 1750 in Craven County, S C; died in 1824 in Marion County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ann married John Peter PORT in 1785. John was born in 1754. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert Commander Dunnam, Sr., the son of Robert Dunnam and Susan Burn(e) migrated through Georgia, with his wife Mary ann (Davis) where he settled in Baldwin District, Mississippi Territory, with his family. He probably made more than one trip from South Carolina to Baldwin County, for there are several land transactions in which he sold his property in Marion District, South Carolina.

His son, Robert Commander Dunnam, Jr., married Sarah Lewis March 22, 1910, in Randolph County, Georgia. He came on to Baldwin County, Mississippi Territory (now Baldwin County, AL.). Then to Monroe and Wilcox County, Alabama.

Along with Robert Commander Dunnam, Jr., came Rev. John Jenkins and Rev. James Jenkins. They married two of his sisters. Also some of the Lewises, related to Sarah Lewis, came and all settled in Wilcox County, Alabama, many are buried in the Jenkins Family Cemetery near Oak Hill, Wilcox County, Alabama.

In Baldwin County, Robert Commander Dunnam, Sr. wrote his will in which he lists all his children and names his "Trusty Friend", Samuel Ervin, as one of his Executors, along with his wife Ann; son, Robert Commander Dunnam, Jr.; and William Godfrey.

Some of Robert Commander Dunnam, Sr. children settled in Monroe County, Alabama. Others migrated to Shelby County, and one to Tippah County, Mississippi, and on to Texas. Some, however, settled in Wilcox County, and their descendants remain in the area to this day.

RobertSr married Mary Ann DAVIS in 1784 in South Carolina. Mary (daughter of Benjamin DAVIS and Rachel PORT) was born in 1762 in Marion District, S C; died before 1825. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: BenjaminJr DAVIS. BenjaminJr (son of Benjamin DAVIS and Rachel PORT) was born in 1754; died in 1802. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]