Here are some notes on a Jeter family of Granville Co., NC. Mrs. Jeter, if I remember correctly, was a Dudley, a sister to Mrs. Samuel Snead [Jane Dudley] of colonial Granville Co., NC and later of Person Co., NC. Jane (Dudley) Snead is probably my ancestress, based on preponderance of evidence. Her husband made a deed of gift to my ancestor, Samuel Farrar Williams, whose first wife was Hannah Snead. The deed of gift named eight children, omitting the name of a ninth child, who is probably my ancestor. That is where the preponderance of evidence comes in, based on research of Henderson Co., KY where my ancestor migrated ca 1806 (according to his rejected Rev War pension). In: Granville Co. Wills, Estates, Bk. 4, this deed of gift appears: "Samuel Sneed of Person County, NC to Samuel Farrar Williams of Granville Co., for 5 pds, 6 negroes, cattle and furniture for the use of his children: William, John, Alfred, Dudley, Peggy, Nancy, Betsy, and Ginsey Williams, for rearing and educating them and only for that purpose. Aug 1, 1796. Wts; Reuben Morse, Thomas Jordan." (Zae Hargett Gwynn, Abstracts of the early deeds of Granville County, North Carolina, 1746- 1765) If you use this information in your genealogies, or webpages, please cite the sources. This is expected of ALL genealogists (amateur or professional) these days. SAMUEL JETER (d. by 1802) There are variant spellings of the surname Jeter, including Jeator, which is found in Caroline Co. VA in 1760. (Ambrose, John, and Thos. are found in Caroline Co., VA Order Book, 1759-1763. This has not been read as of 2/99.) The surname Jeter is found in 1760 in these Virginia counties: Amelia, Lunenburg, Halifax, Onslow Co., NC, Essex. The full name, Samuel Jeter, is found in these two counties: Caroline, Essex. The name William Geter [Jeter] is found in Lunenburg Co. (DB 3-416) (Source: TLC Genealogy, VIRGINIA IN 1760; A RECONSTRUCTED CENSUS [Miami Beach: TLC Genealogy, 1996]) Samuel Jeter was the husband of Mary Dudley, sister of Jane Dudley Sneed, wife of Samuel Sneed, and sister of Elizabeth Dudley Lea, wife of Andrew Lea, believed to be later of Caswell Co., NC. Is this the Jeter to whom reference is made in the land patent of Lydall Bacon, Lunenburg Co., VA, in 1768? (No Dudleys are listed in the Lunenburg Co. patent books. 1746-1916. However, William Dudley, brother-in-law of Samuel Jeter, married in Lunenburg Co. in 1784. Therefore, the Jeters and the Dudleys may have lived in adjoining counties.) Patent Bk 37-276, 643 A [Lunenburg Co., VA] 20 July 1768, Lydall Bacon on branches Meherrin R & Meadow Cr., adj Jeter, Walker, Tucker. (Adapted from TLC Genealogy, LUNENBURG COUNTY, VIRGINIA LAND PATENTS, 1746-1916 [Miami Beach: 1990], p. 77) A William Jeter, Jr. received Virginia Patent D-541, 1 Feb 1761, for 401 A on branches of Little Creek [Lunenburg Co.]. (Ibid., p. 81) As late as 1770, a Samuel Jeter was purchasing land in Lunenburg Co. It is unknown whether this was his residence. Lunenburg Co. DB 11-423 [condensed from abstract] 13 Dec 1770, Joseph Gentry in North Carolina, Agness Gentry, his wife, Allen Gentry, Mary Gentry, his wife of L and Cumberland Parish, to Samuel Jeter of Lunenburg... lower side of ready [Reedy] Cr etc. /s/ Joseph (X his mark) Gentry, Allen (A his mark) Gentry. Wit: Wm Jeter, Francis Degrafenreidt, Wm. Jeter Jr. Rec Dec 13, 1770; Mary relinquished her right of dower. (Adapted from TLC Publ., LUNENBURG COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEEDS, 1764-1771 [Miami Beach: 1990], p. 91) Earlier deeds in DB 10-16 indicate that William Jeter was a neighbor of Capt Degrafinrad [sic] and that Jeter's wife Margaret relinquished her dower rights. At one time Samuel Jeter lived in Halifax Co., NC as indicated in Granville Co. DB G-221: Jacob Gray and Jane his wife of Granville Co., NC to Samuel Jeter of Halifax Co., NC 10 May 1764, for 100 pds.... land on water of Flat Creek.. Harris Gillum's con., across Fishing Creek, Jordan's corn. tree... 148 acres of land. Jacob Gray, Jane Gray. Wit: Samuel Snead, Christmas Ray, Drury Kimbell. Granville Co. Ct. 1764 (adapted from Timothy W. Rackley, GRANVILLE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA DEEDS 1763-1766 [Kernersville, NC: Privately published, 1999], p. 42) Some Possible Children of Samuel Jeter Marriage record of Granville Co. Augustine Davis Jr. to Mary Jeetor. Bond dated: Sept. 2, 1777- (2?). Signed by Aug'n Davis Jr. & Sam'l Jeter [sic] Wit: Reuben Searcy. (Thomas McAdory Owen, HISTORY AND GENEALOGIES OF OLD GRANVILLE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, 1746-1800 [Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1993] p. 75) Philip Sneed, son of Samuel and Jane Snead had his marriage bond of 1788 secured by himself and Barnet Jeter, his probable maternal cousin. Possibly another son of the Jeters was Dudley Jeter, who was a witness to a deed of James Willis to John Hogan, 8 Feb 1775 (DB K-241) near Reedy Branch. (Timothy W. Rackley, GRANVILLE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA DEEDS 1772-1778 [Kernersville, NC: Privately published, 2001], p. 54) Approximate Death Date of Samuel Jeter From "Claims of British Merchants after the Revolutionary War": "Jeter, Samuel. Granville Co. L1.11.2. 1 May 1776. Died about the Year 1793 or 1794. Left considerable property which was divided among his children, vizt. - Dudley, now in Wake County; Robert, now in Granville County; Abner, now in Georgia; and two daughters who are all at this time in good circumstances. He was solvent at the Peace and until his death. Informant: William Hicks Jr. of Granville Co. (56)" The original number of the claim (on microfilm) is in parenthesis. (Ransom McBride, "Claims of British Merchants after the Revolutionary War," NORTH CAROLINA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY JOURNAL, Aug 1993, p. 154.) That Samuel was deceased by 1802 seems to be indicated by the entry in Granville Co. court minutes, November court 1802: Robert Jeter proved deed from Samuel and Jones [must be Jane] Sneed and Mary Jeter to Robert Dudley for land in Nottoway County, VA dated 25 Jan 1802. (Source: Z. H. Gwynn, COURT MINUTES OF GRANVILLE CO., NC 1746-1820, p. 199). Stephen Sneed (whose mother was the former Jane Dudley), acted as his father's attorney in the settlement of the estate of William Dudley of Nottoway Co, VA. Robert Dudley is believed to have been the son of William Dudley, deceased, and his probable wife, Rachel Dudley. Possibly he was a brother. The name of Samuel Jeter appears on the 1769 list of Granville Co. taxables. Granville Co. Deed P-179 [incomplete] shows Jeter made a deed of gift to his grandchildren, Caty Davis and Augustine Jeter Davis, daughter and son of Augustine Davis, late of the State .... Jeter appears in the 1786 census of Granville Co., Ragland's District. Samuel Jeeter [sic] 1-2-1-7-3-14 1st figure - white males 21 to age 60 2nd figure - white males under 21 and over 60 3rd figure - white females of every age 4th figure - blacks of each sex from 12 to 50 5th figure - blacks upwards 50 and under 12 6th figure - no. of inhabitants (total no. in each household) ("Granville Co.:-1786 Census (140 Families Left Out of 1790 Census of Granville Co." NORTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY, VOL. XIV, No. 3) A deed abstracted by Zae Hargett Gwynn in KINFOLKS OF GRANVILLE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, gives names of some of the male children: Dudley Jeter of Wake Co., NC Barnett Jeter of Georgia Robert Jeter of Granville Co., NC Mary Jeter of Wake Co., NC deed to Thomas Satterwhite of Granville Co., land whereon the late Samuel Jeter lived, 8 Jan 1797. (p. 142) Apparently the widow Jeter nee Mary Dudley was residing with or near her son Dudley Jeter of Wake Co. Submitted by E.W.Wallace