Hello all, I was the one who sent this information to Belinda. Actually, another family member who has researched this branch of the family sent it to me to pass on. I little explanation is needed on what we are trying to prove. In Richard Wooton's book, "John Wooten Sr. of Pitt Co, NC and his sons", the author states on page 69, " We must note that Shadrach was living in Pitt County at that time, and did not move to Dobbs until late 1788 at the earliest." The documents quoted below, show that Shadrach Wooten was in Dobbs County in 1776. The first list dated April 16, 1776 list the officers. The second document states that they were from Dobbs County. Note how many names, including Shadrach Wooten, are on both lists. Therefore, our conclusion is Shadrach Wooten WAS living in Dobbs county in 1776, long before the 1788 date that Richard Wooton determined. The reason we even bring up this point, is that our family's ancestor, Thomas Box Wooten, was born in 1783. If we went by Richard Wooton's research, then he must have been born in Pitt County. Going by the below documents that prove his father was already living in Dobbs County in 1776, then Thomas Box Wooten must have been born in Dobbs County. Regards, Jennifer Bell [email protected] >This information contains information on several WOOTEN family members. >Martha > >More info from another researcher. Belinda Melton Hughes > >Tuesday, April 16th, 1776 - The Congress met according to adjournment. >The several districts, by direction of the Congress, having nominated >sundry person as officers to the battalions directed to be raised in >this Province; the House taking the same in consideration, Resolved, >That the persons be, and they are hereby appointed accordingly, to wit: >Newbern > >Simon Alderson Captain >William Groves 1st Lieut. >John Custis 2nd Lieut. >James McKinnie Ensign >John Enloe Captain >George Suggs 1st Lieut >Henry Cannon 2nd Lieut >Shadrach Wooten Ensign >William Caswell Captain >Henry Darnell 1st Lieut >John Sitgreaves 2nd Lieut >John Bush Ensign >Reading Blount Captain >Benjamin Coleman 1st Lieut >John Allen 2nd Lieut >Thomas Blount Ensign >Benjamin Stedman Captain >Robert Turner 1st Lieut >John Eborn 2nd Lieut >Charles Stewart Ensign >(The Colonial Records of NC Vol X by William L Saunders, pp.517-518) > >The History of Greene County, [NC] >Two regiments of five hundred men were raised by Order of the Congress. >The County of Dobbs (Greene a part of) fell into the Second Regiment, >and the following officers were appointed: Robert Howe, Colonel; John >Patton, Major; Alexander Martin, Lieutenant Colonel; Dr. John White, >Captain; and Adjutant; Captains John Blount, John Armstrong, Charles >Crawford, Hardy Murfree, Henry Irwin Toole, Nathan Keais, Simon Bright, >Michael Payne, John Walker; Lieutenants John Gringer, Robert Smith, >John Heritage, Clement Hall, Edward Vail Jr., Joseph Tate, William >Genner, John Williams, James Gee, Benjamin Willimas; Ensigns Henry >Vipon, Whitmel Pugh, John Oliver, Philip Lowe, William Gardner, Benjamin > >Cleveland, James Cook, John Woodhouse, William Caswell, Joseph Clinch; >and Dr. William Partin the Chirurgeon. > >Four more regiments in addition ot the others already raised were >created, the officers of the battalions from Dobbs County were: Simon >Alderson and John Enloe, Captains; William Graves and George Suggs, >First Lieutenants; Mark McLainy and John McCan, Second Lieutenants; >James McKenny and Shadrach Wooten, Ensigns; William Caswell and Reading >Blount, Captains; Henry Darnell and Benjamin Coleman, First Lieutenants; > >John Sitgreaves and John Allen, Second Lieutenants; John Bush and Thomas > >Blount, Ensigns; Benjamin Stedman, Captain; Robert Turner, First >Lieutenant; John Eborn, Second Lieutenant; Charles Stewart, Ensign. > >The Field Officers for each county were appointed . . . from Dobbs >County >they were Lieutenant Colonel Martin Caswell, First Major William >McKinnie; and Second Major James Glasgow. > >Dobbs County quickly raised three companies of 68 men and four officers >each. Company “A” with officers Captain Jese Cobb, Lt. William Cobb, >and Ensign Richard Caswell the Younger, presented themselves for >services on September 23, 1775. Company “B” under Captain George >Miller, Lt. Benjmain Exum, and Ensign David Jernigan were formed >September 28, 1775; and Company “C” organized with Captain John Garland, > >Lt. William Kilpatrick, and Ensign John Grainger as officers entered >service on October 4, 1775. > >North Carolina with its organized forces sacrificed in defense of its >southern neighbors, its resources exhausted, and its people dispirited >and alarmed, would have been powerless to resist invasion if it had come > >then. But Cornwallis, perhaps overconfident, delayed the invasion of NC > >until the fall, and then again until the summer of 1780. His delay gave > >NC time to organize its resistance. The General Assembly resolved that >it would defend the state to the last extremity, and of February 7, >1780, appointed Richard Caswell Major General of the entire state >militia. (History of Greene Co., by James M. Creech, Rev. War Dobbs Co, > >p.192) > >Lenior county was formed in 1791. >Dobbs county was formed from Johnston, in 1758, in honor of Arthur >Dobbs, then the royal Governor of the Province. In 1791, Dobbs was >divided into Lenoir and Glasgow; the latter, in 1799, was changed into >Greene. It was called in honor of Gen. Willima Lenoir, of Wilkes >County, who was distinguished for his revolutionary and civil service. >It is situated in the eastern part of the state, and bounded on the >north by Greene, east by Pitt and Jones, south by Duplin and Jones, and >west by Duplin and Wayne Counties. Its capitol is Kingston, distant >eighty miles east of Raleigh. > >Members of the General Assembly from Lenoir County, from the formation >of the County to 1851. > >Years Senate House of Commons >1796 William White Shadrach Wooten, Robert Collier > >1801 Simon Bruton Shadrach Wooten, Benj. >Witherington >1808 Simon Bruton John Wooten, Wm. Branton >1809 Simon Bruton John Wooten, Lazarus Pierce >1829 Wm. D. Moseley Allen W. Wooten, Council Wooten > >1830 Wm. D. Moseley Allen W. Wooten, Council Wooten > >1831 Wm. D. Moseley Council Wooten, A. W. Wooten >1832 Wm. D. Moseley Council Wooten, A. W. Wooten >1835 Wm. D. Moseley Windall Davis, Council Wooten >1848 Edwin G Speight Council Wooten >(Historical Sketches of NC by John H Wheeler, pp. 223-224) > >Thirty Third Regiment - Company G >Officers: Robert Wooten, Captain; cm. November 1st, ‘61; >Cumberland Co; >r. July 2d ‘62 John W Wooten, 2d Lieut.; cm. July 2d, ‘63; Cumberland >Co.; p. >from Corporal. > (The Story of Fayetteville, by John A Oates, p. 385) > >405. Oliver, Sarah (CR.035.801.9) - 8 Oct 1836 - Jul Term 1838 - son >Francis five Shillings; heirs at law of Zilpha Kornegay one eighth part >of my estate; heirs at law of Sarah Wooten Viz. March byrd five cents, >Oliver Wooten on sixteenth part of my estate; heirs at law of Lucretia >Morris five shillings; Ann Willson one eight part of my estate; dau. >Rebecca Morris five shillings; son Benjmain one eighth part of my >estate; son John all the balance of my estate. Extrs: Son Benjamin, >John Carr. Wit: Danile Glisson, Wilson Bourden, signed Sarah Oliver >(Gen Abstracts Duplin Co. Wills 1730-1860, William L Murphy, p.130) >