Hi again, Janet, I descend from Wiley (have also seen the name as JESSE Wiley Robertson), and his son Joseph A. Robertson, b. Robertson Co, TN, died in Williamson CO, IL. I have several different films of Rob Co TN for deeds and probates - possibly there is a mention for this group in the records of Rob Tn since they lived there, even though Peter Robertson was in NC. They might have assigned a power of attorney to settle their portion of the estate in NC, if in fact they received any of it. HI and thank you to Tommy also for the Robertson deed information. I know about a Stokely Robertson - if memory serves, he is also in Williamson IL in the 1850 census. I have no idea how or if he fits in with the group from NC or TN. Still trying to sort out the many Robertson families. Bonnie NCEDGECO-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > NCEDGECO-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 58 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [NCEDGECO] Re: Willis KNIGHT desce [Karmella Haynes <kh_art@yahoo.com>] > #2 [NCEDGECO] Re: Peter Robertson of [mjbiondo <mjbiondo@evcom.net>] > #3 Re: [NCEDGECO] Re: Peter Robertson [Clycolbert@aol.com] > #4 [NCEDGECO] Re: NCEDGECO-D Digest V ["Traci Thompson" <tracithompson@ho] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from NCEDGECO-D, send a message to > > NCEDGECO-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [NCEDGECO] Re: Willis KNIGHT descendants > Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 10:54:55 -0700 (PDT) > From: Karmella Haynes <kh_art@yahoo.com> > To: NCEDGECO-L@rootsweb.com > > Since I got back so many helpful responses, I will > address them all in this message... > > > From: Clycolbert@aol.com > > To: NCEDGECO-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [NCEDGECO] Willis KNIGHT descendants > > Karmella > > This doesn't mention where Willis lived but does > > name a couple of his > > slaves. Hope it helps. Have a couple of other > > deeds that mention him if you > > want them. > > Tommy > > ---I got your info. Thank you so very much. I will > contact you off-list to see if we can make > arrangements for you to send me a copy of the > documents you have. > > >From: Marleen Sue Van Horne <msvnhrn@jps.net> > >To: NCEDGECO-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [NCEDGECO] Willis KNIGHT descendants > > ...Carolina was one of the original colonies, they > used > > the metes and > > bounds method of describing property location, not > > section, range and > > township that was used in most of the westward > > expansion. Edgecomb > > county may have plat maps that will identify the > > property for you after > > you get the description. > > ---Thanks for this information. > > > From: "Elaine Young" <eyoung@ou.edu> > > To: NCEDGECO-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [NCEDGECO] Willis KNIGHT descendants > > > > NOTES: > > > > 1809: mentioned in father's will, platation bought > > of Allen HARDY with > > reversion to his son Jordon KNIGHT. > > > > 1819: Allen KNIGHT of Bedford TN deed to Willis > > KNIGHT (Edgecombe NC Deeds > > 17:25). > > > > 1825: division of the real estate of Jesse KNIGHT > > deceased among the lawful > > claimants Willis KNIGHT, Lewis KNIGHT, Arthur KNIGHT > > and Sylvia KNIGHT > > (Edgecombe NC Deeds 18:339). > > ---Thank you for this! I will contact you off-list to > discuss how i may obtain the full text of these > records you noted above. > > Thanks again to everyone. > ---Karmella Haynes > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 > a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [NCEDGECO] Re: Peter Robertson of Nash & Edgecombe > Date: Wed, 6 Jun 01 10:58:06 -0400 > From: mjbiondo <mjbiondo@evcom.net> > To: NCEDGECO-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi Bonnie, > > Thought your name sounded familiar. You'll have to refresh my memory. > I don't remember who you descend from. > > Sorry, but I do not have an administration for Peter Robertson's Will. > I would be most interested if you should find one. > > In those same deeds where you found Peter giving his sons, John and > Wiley, land, you'll find him also giving land to Simon Stallings, his > son-in-law. Simon Stallings married Peter's daughter, Susanna. > > I believe Peter's wife, Elizabeth's maiden name to be POWELL. She was > more than likely the daughter of William Powell of Edgecombe County, NC, > who died in 1792. > > All this is off the top of my head. I did not refer to my papers. > > Janet > > ============================================== > > >Subject: [NCEDGECO] Re: NCEDGECO-D Digest V01 #56 > >Sent: 6/5/20 2:23 AM > >Received: 6/6/1 10:08 AM > >From: Bonnie Schwarz, brs1@mediaone.net > >Reply-To: NCEDGECO-L@rootsweb.com > >To: NCEDGECO-L@rootsweb.com > > > >Hi Janet, > > > >We have spoken briefly in the past on the Robertson family. Have you ever > >found an > >administration for Peter Robertson's will? He did not mention Wiley's > >children in > >his will, even though he did mention the children of his other deceased son, > >Allen, and also to his daughter-in-law. I wonder if there were any > >provisions made > >during the probate process for Wiley and Winnie's kids. I just received my > >microfilm of Nash County deeds a couple of days ago, and found Peter > >deeding to > >sons John and Wiley in 1798/1799. > > > >Bonnie > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [NCEDGECO] Re: Peter Robertson of Nash & Edgecombe > Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 11:16:42 EDT > From: Clycolbert@aol.com > To: NCEDGECO-L@rootsweb.com > > Janet > Saw your query and found this in my deeds. Also have a deed for a Stokley > Robertson of Illinois. > Tommy Colbert > > Edge Co Db 12, page 205, date of deed 6 Oct 1806, date recorded Nov. Ct. > 1807, Wiley Robertson, Edge Co. to Kinshen Taylor, Nash Co. for $270, a tract > of land on the north side of Beach Run, beginning at a sweet gum on the north > side of said run and then nearly north to a corner hickory in Thomas > Manning's line then along said Manning's line nearly east to a post oak > Manning's corner on Reuben Ross' line then with Ross' line nearly south to a > corner hickory then along Ross' line nearly east to a forked hickory in > Manning's line then along Maner's line nearly southeast to a corner lightwood > stake in Maners line then along a line of marked trees to the head of > Bryant's Branch then along said branch, Maner's line to Beach Run then up > said run to the first station, containing 100 acres, signed Wiley > Robertson, wit. Dempsey Taylor, Reuben Taylor. Note: Manning and Maner seem > to have been used interchangeably. FHC film 0018889 > Edge Co Db 12, page 207, date of deed 28 Jan 1806, date recorded Nov. Ct. > 1807, William Thorn, Beady Pope, Winifred Robertson, Theophilus Thorn, Martin > Thorn, Taylor Thorn, Mary Pope, and Elizabeth Thorn, all of Edge Co. to > Kinchen Taylor, of Nash Co. a tract of land on the north side of Beach Run > beginning at a black gum in Beach Run then north to a white oak a corner then > east along a line of William Pope's and Thomas Manning's to a hickory in > Thomas Manning's line then south to a gum in Beach Run then up the said run > to the beginning, supposed to be 100 acres, signed William Thorn (X), Beady > Pope (X), Winney Robertson (X), Martin Thorn, Taylor Thorn, Mary Pope (X), > Elizabeth Thorn (X), Wiley Robertson (X), Hardy Pope (X), Dempsey Pope (X), > wit. Jonathan Price, Josiah Battle. FHC film 0018889 > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [NCEDGECO] Re: NCEDGECO-D Digest V01 #57 > Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 16:51:23 > From: "Traci Thompson" <tracithompson@hotmail.com> > To: NCEDGECO-L@rootsweb.com > > Karmella, > > I can offer an educated guess on this one. I'd say he was either in Upper > or Lower Conetoe township (and more likely upper) for the following reasons: > > 1.) Willis inherited land from his father, Peter. Here are two deeds > mentioning Peter (and Jesse): > > "James Cocks (Cox) of Edgecombe Co. to Jesse Knight of same. 8 Sept 1795. > 92 pounds, 10 shillings. 65 acres on Coneto Pocoson, joining Peter Knight, > Bee Island, Bee Island Branch, Joseph Pippin, Mayo. Wit: Walker Knight, > Saml. Wren. Proved Nov. Ct. 1795." > > "State Grant No. 673 to Jesse Knight. 20 Oct. 1798. 69 acres on the north > side of Tarr River in Caneto, joining Solomon Pippen, Peter Knight, Edward > Hall; warrent dated 1 Mar. 1798." (several other deeds mention Peter's land > as being "on the north side of Tar River" also.) > > Then there's this one: "James Jones of Edgecombe Co. to Peter Knight of > same. 10 May 1794. 475 Spanish milled dollars. 138 acres which was all > the patent granted to Robert Hudnal except for 100 acres sold to Benjamin > Pippin, joining Benjamin Pippin. Wit.: Samuel Wren, Joseph Pippin. Proved > May Ct. 1794." Then if one looks up Robert Hudnall's grant, the place is > still consistent: "Robert Hudnall 10 December 1760 238 acres in Edgecombe > County in the Parish of St. Mary, joining Conete Pocoson and a Pocoson at or > near Hogmore's line." > > Conetoe Pocoson (Swamp)is/was due east of Tarboro, as are the two townships > named for it (Upper Conetoe more so; Lower is more southeast.) The swamp, > and its placement in relation to Tarboro and the Tar River, is more evident > on 1700's maps than on more modern ones (on the 1905 map you can see Conetoe > Creek, which is about where the swamp is/was.) > > 2.) On the 1840 census, Willis Knight is living in Harrell's District, which > doesn't have a clear correllation to the townships (the townships hadn't > been "invented" in 1840.) A neighbor of his was Burrell/Burwell Shelton. On > the 1850 census, Burrell Shelton is (according to some land figuring by > David Gammon) living in the area east of Tarboro, including Speed. So, it > is likely that Willis and Harrell's District were also east of Tarboro, and > Conetoe Pocoson was east of Tarboro...you get the picture. > > Hope this helps. > > Traci at the Library > _____________________________________________________________ > > From: Karmella Haynes <kh_art@yahoo.com> > To: NCEDGECO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Willis KNIGHT descendants > > Greetings list, > > I am seeking information on the family of Willis > Knight (wife Mary/Polly). In his 1846 will, he sent > some slaves to his daughter Nancy Knight Mayo "now > living in Mississippi". This is a crucial clue that I > need to follow up on. I think one of those slaves was > my ancestor, but under a different name. > > I need help figuring out exactly where Willis Knight > resided (township) relative to the Sparta Township in > 1846. > > >From the will, I cannot figure out where his land was, > exactly. > > ---Were there townships in 1846? Were they the same as > in 1870 and 1880? > ---Can I use a census to figure out where he lived? > > Thanks, > ---Karmella > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com