NOTE: WILLIAMS FAMILIES SHOULD READ THIS! Janice, My "database" consists of a number of books on North Carolina, mostly dealing with the early years of Duplin and Bladen Counties. I live in Dunwoody, Georgia, a northern suburb of Atlanta. Trust me, the knowledge is not mine, it's merely copied - albeit with interest and admiration. 560. WILLIAMS, JOHN (CR.035.801.12/A-503) 16 Jun 1790 - Jul Term 1790 wife PRESELLA the maner plantation whereon I now Live, negroes Moll, Santee, Charles, Jack & Jinnea if they prove Ordaly & submittive & if not to Be hired out & the profits to Raise & School my Children, use of negro Rotch until son JOHN is twenty one, three horses, two Cows & Calves, five Steares, five Sows & pigs, all the Sheep & Geese, fore feather Beds & furniture, all the plantation tools, Twenty five pounds in money to Give my youngest Son fore yeares Schooling & my Three youngest Daughters Two Years Schooling Each; dau. EASTER QUINN negro Beck; dau. ZILPHA negro Arthur. Eight pounds, five Cows & Calves, one feather Bed and furneture; dau. JURASA negroes Little Dinah & Tony, fifteen pounds money; dau. PRUDENCE negroes Hannah & Major; dau. SEANEY negroes Frank & Luce; dau. PATIENCE negroes Cheals & Lonnon; son JACOB Land & plantation where THOMAS QUINN Now Lives, every part and percil of Land I at this time posses in Onslow County, all the plantation tools, the Blacksmith tools, negroes Rose, Abraham & Tom, Six Cows & Calves, One young mare, Saddle & bridle, use of negroes Cesar, Bob, Tone, Charles, Jack & Green for six months to Build a Mill & finish of Complett also negro Dick; son LEWIS all and Every part & percil of Land that I possess at this time in Wake County, land I perchased forom LOTT GREGORY, negroes Jeen, Amey & Ginna, five Cows & Calves, One young horse, Bridle and Sadle, a Suit of Aparrel to the price of ten pounds; son JESSE the manor plantation that I now Live on with all the Land that I at this time possess in Duplin County with all the plantation tools thereon, negroes Bob & Nathan, one young hors, Bridle and Saddle, a suit of Apparel to the amount of ten pounds price; son FOUNTAIN Every part & percell of Land that I at this time possess in Jones County with all the plantation tools there unto, negroes Cesar and Big Dinak, one young horse, Saddle & Bridle, a Suit of apperrel to the amount of ten pounds price; son JOHN the Land that I Bought of LUTSON STROUD and RICHARD PRESCOAT, negroes Rotch & George, one young horse, Saddle & Bridle; son in law WILLIAM HEATH negro Catoe; personal estate Sold and Mony Equally Divided Between my Five Sons extrs: son JACOB, Brother in law ARCHELUS BARNS wit: WILLIAM HUBBARD, THOS. SHELTON signed: John Williams I'm sorry there isn't more Dee -----Original Message----- From: Appraiseca@aol.com <Appraiseca@aol.com> To: Dee Thompson <d7777@worldnet.att.net> Date: Thursday, November 11, 1999 8:08 AM Subject: Do you have any info on Benjamin Joel Heath? >My g-g-grandfather was Benjamin Joel Heath. He was from the Lenoir and >Duplin County area. Benjamin Joel served in the civil war. He married my >g-g-grandmother, Hepsie Smith. Their daughter, Martha, married my >g-grandfather Eli Brinson. > >Benjamin Joel deserted his family and deserted from the Civil War. His >mother was listed as Barbary Heath and she was the head of the household in >1850. > >Also, Martha Heath married Eli Brinson. Eli was the illegitimate son of >Marinda "Marina" Brinson. I don't know who his father was. Family gossip >indicates that the man may have been a Jackson. > > My grandmother, Nora Brinson Edens, was Benjamin Joel's granddaughter. In >fact my grandmother had a cup (that she passed down to my aunt) that Benjamin >Joel gave her for winning a foot race as a child. > >Per grandma Benjamin Joel served in the Civil War. I confirmed this in >research I did years ago at the New Hanover County Library. However, the >records indicate that he was a deserter. Apparently Benjamin Joel was >somewhat of a scoundrel because grandma said that when he came back from the >war he deserted Hepsey and the children and took up with another woman. He >allegedly married the woman without first obtaining a divorce. Grandma said >that in later years he became a circuit riding preacher. > >The 1850 census lists Benjamin Joel as living with his mother "Barbary." She >was listed as head of household so his father must have died prior to 1850. >A search of marriage bond records show a Barbary Williams marrying a William >Heath. I assume that they are Benjamin Joel's parents however they married >in the late 1700's. I guess it is possible they are his parents but the >timeline does seem rather long. > >You seem to have a large database regarding this area of NC. How did you >accumulate it? Where do you live? I am fascinated by individuals as >knowledgeable as you are. > >I do so hope that you can help with my "missing link." Thanks. Janice >Cavenaugh >