Here's what I have on Hardiman Poythress. He is our stumbling block for the Northampton County group of Poythress. Head of a Northampton County household of 3 free males and 2 free females in Captain Williams' District of the state census and 5 "other free" in 1790 [NC:72]. **************************************************************************************************************************** Jesse Mitchell was granted administration on his estate by the Northampton County court on only 50 pounds bond [Minutes 1792-96, 219]. **************************************************************************************************************************** Revolutionary War Records Col. W.L. Davidson’s Co 1779 Left at Hospital Hardy Poythress Bertie County minutes. Order book of Sgt. Isaac Rowell 9th Regiment Hardy Poythress, Lewis Poythress Pay Accounts Hardyman Poythress 2nd Regiment 3rd NC Regiment **************************************************************************************************************************** Estate Records 1787 Hardyman Poythress – James Sexton (Northampton County) 1789 Hardyman Poythress – Ransford Flowers (Northampton County) 1791 Hardyman Poythress – Ransford Flowers (Northampton County) *********************************************************************************************** State of North Carolina Northampton County Know all men by these presents, the we Hardimon Poythress and Seth Peebles are held and firmly bound unto his Excellency…..(illegible)……, Esq., Captain-General and Commander in chief in and over the said State, in the sun of fifty pounds, current money to be paid to said Governor, his sucessors or assigns. To the which payment, well and truly be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals and dated this (?) day of September, 1792. The condition of the above obligation is such, that if the above bounded Hardimon Poythress, administrator of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of John Poythress, deceased, do make, or cause to be made a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of the deceased, which have or shall come to the hands, knowledge or possession, of the said Hardimon Poythress or into the hands or possession of any person or persons for him and the same so made, do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited to the Court of the county aforesaid within ninety days from the date of these presents and the same goods, chattels and credits ……….(illegible)……….. Said Hardimon Poythress or into the hands or possession of any person or persons for him do well and truly administer according to law; and further do make or cause to be made a true and just account of ...Lis(?)… said administration within two (?) months after the date of these presents and all the rest and residue of the said goods, chattels and credits, which shall be found remaining upon the said administrat account, the same being first examined and allowed by the court of the said county, shall deliver and pay unto such person or persons, respectively, to which the same shall be due, pursuant to the true intent and meaning of the act in that case made and provided; and if it shall appear that any will or testament was made by the said deceased and the executor or executors therein named do exhibit the same into court, making request to have the same allowed and approved of accordingly, if the said Hardimon Poythress above bounden, being thereunto required, do tender! the said letters of administration (approbation of such testament, being first had and made in the said court) then this obligation to be void and no effect, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue. Signed and sealed in presence of his ? Joyner Hardimon (X) Poythress Mark Seth Peebles *Seth Peebles married Julie Ann Peters. **************************************************************************************************************************** Poythress Estate records Estate of John Poythress, Northampton County, North Carolina (c. 1779) Mentions: Mary Poythress, Nanny Portress, Temperance Poythress, Hardimon Porthress C the Worshipful the Justices of Northampton County Court The Petition of Mary Poythress, Nanny Portress, Temperance Poythress, Edmund Hathcock & Anritta his wife & Newman Hathcock & Winifred his wife humbly sheweth that John Poythress the husband of your petitioner Mary & Brother of your Petitioners Temperance Anritta, Nanny & Winifred being entitle to pay as a Soldier from the public to the amont value of one hudred pounds & upward departed this live some time in the year 1778 or 1779 Intestate His Brother Hardimon Porthress of the said County obtained Letters of Administration of his Estate in your Worships Court about June Court Last past whereby he became intitled to and has actually received from the public the pay and arrages (?) of pay due to the intestate as aforesaid, and notwithstanding Your Petitioners have frequently in a friendly manner requested the said administrator to pay and deliver to them their respective parts. & shares of the said Estate so received by him as aforesaid to wit one half to your petioner Mar! y the widow & one seventh part of the residue thereof to each of your other Petitioners the said intestate having left no chid & seven Brothers & Sisters, Yet the said administrator has always evaded or refused to comply with such reasonable requests. Wherefore as your Petitioners are without redress except before you Worships agreeably to the Act of the General Assemly in such case made proided. May it lease your Worship to grant to your petitiners your Writ of Subpeoena summoning the said Hardimon Poythress before your Worships to answer upon his Corporal Oath the promises (?) as fully as if the same were herien again particularly interrogated (?) & refuted (?) And that your Petitioners may have such releif in the prim(?) the Equity and Justice of their Case may intitle them to & they will pray so B. Baker Att for pett **************************************************************************************************************************** -----Original Message----- >From: Michael Tutor <badbichon@earthlink.net> >Sent: Feb 8, 2006 3:45 PM >To: POYTHRESS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Hardiman Poythress > >The following seems to be the only records that have been found for the >several Hardiman Poythress men. There is so little information that we will >have to wait until further records are located to identify any relationship >between them and other relatives. > > >Hardiman Poythress (-c. 1810) > >The following Hardiman Poythress died in or around about 1810 and Elizabeth >Poythress, the widow of William Poythress (c. 1765-c. 1810), evidently cared >for his orphaned children. > >Note: Only heads of households were named in the censuses before 1850. The >following censuses are a version of "virtual censuses" naming the >individuals that should have been in the household based upon available >information and family records, etc. > >Betey Poythress, 1810, Prince George Co., Va., p. 542, 3 m under 10, 1 m >10-15, 2 m 16-25, 1 f 10-15, 1 f 26-44. >(Virtual census): >Elizabeth Bland Poythress b. 1766-1784 b. March 29, 1770 (widow of William >Poythress 1765-c. 1810) >Joshua Poythress b. 1785-1794 b. abt. 1784 (possibly >son of Wm. & Mary Gilliam Poythress) >Thomas E. Poythress b. 1785-1794 b. abt. 1785 (possibly son >of Wm. & Mary Gilliam Poythress) >Mary Poythress b. 1795-1800 b. August 3, 1793 (possibly >daughter of Wm. & Mary Gilliam Poythress) >William Poythress b. 1795-1800 b. abt. 1794 (possibly >son of Wm. & Mary Gilliam Poythress) >3 M under 10 b. 1800-1810 >(possibly children of Hardiman Poythress) > >In November, 1811, in the Prince George County Court, Nathaniel Marks, >Administrator of Hardiman Poythress, deceased, was to pay Elizabeth >Poythress for benefit of the infant children of said Hardiman Poythress. > > >Hardiman Poythress, of Greene County, Georgia > >The following Hardiman Poythress was too old to have been one of the orphans >living with Elizabeth Poythress in the 1810, Prince George County, Virginia, >census. By about 1785, Thomas Poythress, Sr., and Francis Poythress (-d. >bef. 1807) were living in Greene County, Georgia. This Hardiman Poythress >(b. bef. 1795-d. aft. 1838) was first mentioned in 1812, in Georgia, and >Joseph Poythress (1789-1853) was mentioned in 1814 in Warren County, >Georgia. Joseph Poythress named one of his sons John Hardiman Poythress >(1826-1846). > >In the War of 1812, Hardeman Paythress/Portress, was on a roster of the 2nd >Regiment (Thomas'), Georgia Militia. > >On June 27, 1826, in the Georgia Journal, Milledgeville, Georgia, "On the >first Tuesday in August next, will be >sold at the court-house in the town of Greenesborough, Greene County...the >following property, to wit: >Three negroes...all levied on as the property of Daniel Wagnon, to satisfy a >fi fa in favor of Reuben Ransom, >Sr., for the use of Jesse Perkins vs. Daniel Wagnon and John Mallery >security on stay. One bay horse, levied >on as the property of Hardaman Poythress, to satisfy a fi fa in favor of >James Woodruff & Co. (Signed) >Nicholas Howard, D. Sheriff. > >Hardiman, with its various spellings, was a Poythress given name. This >Hardiman may have been from Virginia or had a namesake there. Hardiman did >not appear in the Thomas Poythress line. > >The 1832 or "Sixth" Georgia Land Lottery was an umbrella term to cover what >was in reality the last "two" lotteries, the Cherokee land lottery and the >Gold Lottery. While legislation for these two lotteries was passed in 1830 >and 1831, both drawings were held in 1832. In the Cherokee Land Lottery, the >lands available in this lottery eventually become the counties of Cass, >Cherokee, Cobb, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Murray, Paulding, and Union. Land >lot sizes were 160 acres. The grant fee for registering the land in order to >sell it or move to it was $18.00. In the 1832 Gold Lottery, lands available >were the remaining part of original Cherokee County but was that area deemed >to have a potential to be "gold" land instead of "farm" land. The lot sizes >were fixed at 40 acres. The grant fee was the same as the land lottery: $18. >Name County Military District >District/Section/Lot Land Drawn Type >Poythress, Joseph (soldier) Troup Tally's >7/4/14 Cherokee Land >Poythress, Joseph (soldier) Troup Tally's >2/3/7 Cherokee Gold >Poythress, Hardimend Greene 143 >2/2/752 Cherokee Gold >Poythress, Sarah E. (orphan) Screven 34th >6/3/204 Cherokee Land >Poythress, Meredith Sr. Screven 36th >16/2/1078 Cobb Gold >Poythress, Meredith Jr. Screven 36th >3/3/76 Cobb Gold >Poythress, Sarah M. (widow) Chatham 1st 16/2/471 >Cobb Gold > >Joseph Poythress (1789-1853), of Troup County, is well known although his >ancestor is not. The Hardimend Poythress, of Greene County, should not be >confused with John Hardaman Poythress (1826-1846), the son of Joseph and >Mary King Poythress, of Troup County. John Hardaman Poythress would not have >met the age requirement to participate. Hardimend Poythress' winning draw >for "gold" was taken up December 22, 1835. > >On Thursday, March 14, 1833, in the Greene County, Georgia Superior Court >Minutes, in the case of John Chew versus Albert T. Green, It appearing to >the court that the property levied upon by the above attachment is of a >perishable nature, it is on motion of counsel ordered that the property be >sold and the proceeds be deposited to the clerk's office to wait the further >order of the Court. Signed: Augustus Wallace, Silas Burns, etc. etc., >Hardiman Poythress, etc. (petit jurors for the case). > > >John Hardiman Poythress (1826-1846) was the son of Joseph Poythress and Mary >King. > >John Hardiman Poythress had a younger brother named Francis Andrew >Poythress. The Francis Poythress (-d. bef. 1807), of Greene County, Georgia, >later of Hancock County, Georgia, was alive in 1805 but deceased by 1807. It >seems very likely that there was a close family relationship between Francis >Poythress and Hardiman Poythress, of Greene County, Georgia, and with Joseph >Poythress, of Warren County, Georgia, later of Troup County, Georgia. > >Joseph Poythress appeared in the 1820 census. John Hardiman would have been >at home in the 1830 and 1840 censuses. Francis Andrew Poythress would have >been at home in the 1840 census. > >Joseph Poythress, 1820, Warren Co., Ga., p. 305, 1 m under 10, 1 m 16-25, 1 >m 26-44, 1 f 16-25, 3 m slaves under 14, 1 m slave 14-25, 1 m slave 26-44, 1 >f slave 14-25. >(Virtual census): >Joseph Poythress b. 1776-1794 b. c. 1789 >Mary Poythress b. 1795-1804 b. June 30, 1798 >1 M 16-25 b. 1795-1804 >William B. Poythress b. 1810-1820 b. abt. 1818 >[Joseph and Mary married April 24, 1814, in Warren County, Georgia]. > >Joseph Poythress, 1830, Troup Co., Ga., p. 35, 2 m under 5, 1 m 10-14, 1 m >20-29, 1 m 40-49, 1 f under 5, 1 f 5-9, 1 f 30-39, 3 m slaves under 10, 3 m >slaves 10-23, 5 m slaves 20-35, 2 f slaves under 10, 1 f slave 10-23, 3 f >24-35. >(Virtual census): >Joseph Poythress b. 1781-1790 b. c. 1789 >Mary Poythress b. 1791-1800 b. June 30, 1798 >1 M 20-29 b. 1801-1810 b. 1800 >William B. Poythress b. 1816-1820 b. c. 1818 >Mary Ann E. Poythress b. 1821-1825 b. c. 1822 >Russell K. Poythress b. 1825-1830 b. c. 1823 >John Hardaman Poythress b. 1825-1830 b. c. 1826 >Sarah Jane Poythress b. 1825-1830 b. c. 1828 > >Joseph Poythress, 1840, Troup Co., Ga., p. 344, 1 m under 5, 2 m 10-14, 1 m >20-29, 1 m 40-49, 1 m 50-59, 1 f under 5, 1 f 5-9, 1 f 40-49, 1 m slave >under 10, 3 m slaves 10-23, 2 f slaves under 10, 2 f slaves 10-23, 1 f slave >24-34. >(Virtual census): >Joseph Poythress b. 1781-1790 b. abt. 1789 >Mary Poythress b. 1791-1800 b. June 30, 1798 >1 M 40-49 b. 1791-1800 b. 1800 >William B. Poythress b. 1811-1820 b. abt. 1818 >Russell K. Poythress b. 1826-1830 b. abt. 1823 >John Hardaman Poythress b. 1826-1830 b. abt. 1826 >Sarah Jane Poythress b. 1831-1835 b. abt. 1828 >Francis Andrew Poythress b. 1835-1840 b. April 4, 1836 >1 F under 5 b. 1835-1840 > > > >==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== >Poythress Genealogy Research Web >www.poythress.net >