Obviously "So NC set aside a portion of the state's eastern section (which shortly became Tennessee) " should have read WESTERN section and "A Rev. Soldier could sell his warrant, pay a debt with it or travel east. . .". also should have been WEST. Dee All lookup requests will be permanently archived on the Bladen County Genweb site. For a detailed bibliography on the reference sources used for lookups refer to this Link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm -----Original Message----- From: gesjr@cinci.rr.com [mailto:gesjr@cinci.rr.com] Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 7:39 AM To: d7777@worldnet.att.net Subject: Re: RE: [SCCHARLE] Lookup requests (STOKELY, NEAL) Dee: THANK YOU your time and effort is appreshated. I like your comment "the long way around the barn". Thanks again. Gordon Stokely ----- Original Message ----- From: Dee Thompson <d7777@worldnet.att.net> Date: Sunday, August 26, 2007 8:46 pm Subject: RE: [SCCHARLE] Lookup requests (STOKELY, NEAL) To: gesjr@cinci.rr.com, sccharle@rootsweb.com, NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com > Hi Gordon, > > Five hours later I know an awful lot about this family but I know > absolutelynothing about the marriage or Nancy's last name. > I have 67 books on marriages in South Carolina (with various > approaches:parishes, implied, Scots, Native Americans, Catholic, > English, Irish, > German, Quaker, Baptist, registers of ministers, newspapers, etc.) > and there > is nothing there of any spelling. > I have encountered many variations of the spelling of > Stokeley/Stokely/Stockley/Stockeley and every time I found a different > spelling I went back over the books again to be certain that I > hadn't missed > anything. > I have very few Tennessee resources but I did find The Stokeley > Family of > Cocke County in Tennessee Cousins. In this entry, as I'm sure you > know,"Jehu, an English sailor who at a very early day (1747) came > to the port of > Charleston." I have just as many sources that say he was BORN then. > I have checked all emigration/immigration/ship records to > ascertain if any > other family members came with him, since a Stokely family is also > found in > PA and VA. > I found Jehu's military bounty land grant of 228 acres (July 15, > 1785) but > could find nothing on where it was or any record of warrants or > surveys.Keep in mind that at the end of the Revolutionary War, > North Carolina still > had not made good the pay accounts (paper vouchers) of the > Continental Army. > So NC set aside a portion of the state's eastern section (which > shortlybecame Tennessee) and issued land warrants there to satisfy > the debt of > military service. A Rev. Soldier could sell his warrant, pay a > debt with it > or travel east and locate vacant that he liked in the specified area, > present his warrant (or someone's) to a surveyor. The acres would be > surveyed, and the Military Land Grant would be issued and filed. > I really > labored over the idea that an English (or Wales) sailor landing in > Charleston would travel to Warren County, NC, serve in the > Continental Line, > and almost immediately move to Cocke County, Tennessee. That > seemed like > "the long way around the barn". The only thing that I'm sure of > is that his > land grant for military service would have been in eastern > Tennessee (about > halfway into the state as we now know it) if he exercised the warrant. > In other words - I can't help you at all! > Dee > > > All lookup requests will be permanently archived on the Bladen > County Genweb > site. For a detailed bibliography on the reference sources used > for lookups > refer to this Link: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: sccharle-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sccharle- > bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Gordon Stokely > Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 2:05 PM > To: sccharle@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SCCHARLE] Lookup requests (STOKELY, NEAL) > > Dee Thompson; > > > > My 6x Grandfather, Jehu Stokely and his wife Nancy Neal where > married in > Charleston South Carolina in the late 1700's, they later moved to > Warrencounty North Carolina (formerly Bute county) where their > family is listed in > the 1790 Census. They later moved to Cocke county Tennessee in the > late1790's (~1797). > > > > 1. Can you do a lookup to see if the land he was > granted from > the war was cashed-in in Bute/Warren County NC before they headed > west to > Tennessee? > > > > 2. Can you do a lookup to see when and where they > where married > and the correct spelling of her name? > > > > Thanks > > > > Gordon Stokely > > Mason Ohio > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCCHARLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > >