After sending this, I noticed that the posting that I mentioned has never posted.....Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Tutor" <badbichon@earthlink.net> To: <POYTHRESS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 10:28 PM Subject: Re: Follow-up re William Poythress of Bertie Co, NC from Heinegg's info > In the "life stories," I have mentioned that William Poythress, of Bertie > County, was probably the youngest son of John Poythress, Jr., as he is > shown with an Abington. An Abington married John Poythress, Junior's wife > after his death.........Mike > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barbara P. Neal" <bp_neal@earthlink.net> > To: <POYTHRESS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 4:06 PM > Subject: Follow-up re William Poythress of Bertie Co, NC from Heinegg's > info > > >> After my posting last night "Publish & update it when new info is found" >> mentioning Paul Heinegg's books, one of our List subscribers asked me: >> "When Heinegg said that he realized that William Poythress, of Bertie >> County, was white, did he happen to mention what became of William or who >> William's children were?" >> >> Heinegg didn't address any of that with me, but I'll recap here what I >> can glean about William Poythress from Heinegg's excellent books that >> I've seen. I'm sure there are more references to William Poythress of >> Bertie Co, NC than the this covers. >> >> In his book, Free African Americans of NC & VA Including the family >> histories of more than 80% of those counted as "all other free persons" >> in the 1790 & 1800 census (Baltimore: Clearfield Company, 1992) is the >> only place I found William (logically, since as Heinegg told me later, >> he later realized William was white, & he removed him from subsequent >> books). >> >> In that book, the info on William Poythress was as shown in the next >> paragraph. All counties Heinegg's paragraph mentions are NC counties; >> I'm using abbreviations for months and for "county" & I'll insert his >> source citations in brackets along with any comments I have. The >> parenthesis about Outlaw is Heinegg's parenthetical note. At the >> conclusion of his paragraph on William, Heinegg then indicated that >> "Perhaps his children were Rachel Outlaw; Odam, born about 1755; and >> Hardimon, born about 1757." Please note that this is the info corrected >> by Heinegg in his later volumes; later he indicated NO parent's name for >> Odam or Hardimon, and he had NO "Outlaw" listed. It seems to me that >> Rachel Outlaw was likely the daughter of his neighbor; perhaps she >> helped care for him at some point. >> >> Heinegg wrote: William Poythress of Bertie County purchased 100 acres on >> Jumping Run adjacent to John Harrell on 8 Sep 1753 [Bertie Co, NC DB H, >> p.42], and he and his wife, Sarah, sold this land three years later on >> 21 Oct 1756 [Bertie Co, NC DB H, p.387]. He was called William Poythress >> of Hertford Co on 9 Oct 1764 when he sold 140 acres in Bertie Co between >> the lines of William and Thomas Outlaw [Bertie Co, NC DB K, p.481]. He >> was ordered by the Feb 1764 Bertie Court to serve on the grand jury >> [Bertie Co, NC County Court Minutes Bk III, p.647], and the same court >> allowed him to keep a tavern at his dwelling house [Bertie Co, NC County >> Court Minutes Bk III, p.648]. He won a judgment for 6 pounds 5 shillings >> against William Bryan in the June 1765 Bertie Court [Bertie Co, NC >> County Court Minutes Bk III, p.710]. In Dec 1768 he made a Northampton >> Co deed of gift of household goods to Richard Outlaw for affection he >> had for (his daughter?) Rachel Outlaw [4:196 -- this probably indicates >> Heinegg was citing Northampton Co, NC Co DB 4, p.196, though I'm not >> sure since I neglected to get the full citation for this one]. He was >> taxed on 150 acres in Hertford Co in 1779 [GA 30.1 -- this is Heinegg's >> citation for the NC Archives holding for this 1779 tax list -- see below >> for more] >> >> = = = >> 1779 Hertford Co, NC tax list: this is the earliest preserved tax list >> for Hertford Co, which was formed in 759 from parts of Bertie, Chowan, & >> Northampton counties. An in NC Genealogy, Summer 1967 issue (Vol. XIII, >> No.2) listed only the names, with the caution that the original tax list >> showed additional info: # acres of land; # slaves; money on hand; # >> horses & cattle; and total amt of taxable property. In that abstract, >> the name "Wm Poythress" is in Hertford County's 4th District on p.71 of >> the tax list. >> >> >> ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== >> Poythress Genealogy Research Web >> www.poythress.net >> >> >