Re: Mourning / Morning Moorman Hinson
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Re: Mourning / Morning Moorman Hinson
Joan Burr 9/30/05
I too am trying to verify more on our Mourning Moorman Hinson who md. Benjamin Hinson, said to have died after 1785 in Anson Co. NC per my data. As it is so difficult to reseach some ANSON CO. NC families I am posting all my data here and take this with caution as I am not sure that MOURNING MOORMAN is connected to parents ARCHELAS MOORMAN and wife ELIZABETH ADAMS though it looks as if there are files on an ARCHELAS / ARCHILLIS MOORMAN in ANSON. This will give everyone enough data on the line to do further research and verifications needed to establish the line for MOURNING MOORMAN HINSON who is my direct line in my FIELDS/ ROGERS families.
The children I have listed for Mourning Moorman and Benjamin Hinson are in my genealogy of Mourning Moorman and Benjamin listed below.Their daughter Sarah / Sally Hinson md James Fields in Anson Co. NC and they are my GGG Grandparents so Benjamiin Hinson and Mourning Moorman would be my GGGG Grandparents.I am unsure that Mourning is daughter of ACHILLIS / ARCHELAS MOORMAN but he had records in Anson Co. NC and some people have listed Mourning Moorman as dau. of ARCHILLIS MOORMAN who md. Elizabeth Adams and lived in Virginia ( listed below the MOURNING MOORMAN Genealogy of her husband and children is the file on ARCHELAS MOORMAN of ANSON CO. NC:
Descendants of Mourning Moorman
Generation No. 1
1.MOURNING2 MOORMAN(ACHILLES/ARCHELAS1) died Aft. 1785 in Anson Co. NC..She married BENJAMIN HINSON Abt. 1760, son of PHILLIP HENSON and MARY SANDERS.He was born 1740 in Virginia, and died 1816 in Anson County, North Carolina.
Notes for MOURNING MOORMAN:
Per Ancestry files of William L. Foster, Jr. and others :
Colonial English settlers named their Females CHILDREN for the Mothers side of the family : Please note Achilles married Eizabeth Adams whose mother was named Mourning .
Name: Achilles Moorman
Sex: M
Birth: 1
Death: BEF. 1 DEC 1785 in Campbell County, Virginia 2
Note:
From Marriages of Some Virginia Residents, 1607-1800, by Dorothy Ford Wulfeck - Marriages of Virginia Residents Vol II Part II Page 47 - Achilles Moorman, son of Charles Moorman and Elizabeth Reynolds, m. Elizabeth Adams, dau. of Robert and Mourning (Lewis?); res. Bedford Cty. Lynchburg, p. 116; Boddie-Hist. IV:22.
William Degge and Judith Haley
[click here for information on the Clark family of Louisa/Hanover CO., VA]
William Degge was the son of Marshall Degge that died in Louisa Co., Va before 1751. Judith was the daughter of John Haley and his wife may possibly be Agnes Clark; dau ghter of Francis and Cordelia Lankford Clark. William and Judith were married in a Quaker Meeting House (Cedar Creek MM) in Louisa Co.,, Va on Nov. 12, 1758 where these people were witness to their marriage there:
Benjamin Johnson, George Robinson, John Sanders, Thomas Moorman, George Bell, James Johnson, David Terrell, John Davis, Zachariah Moorman, Lucy Stone, and Sarah Haley. In 1767/68 they moved from Louisa Co., VA to Anson Co., NC. They had these children (Hinshaw VA and NC). The name changed sometime near 1800 from Degge to Diggs.
Sarah Diggs born about 1759 m March 6, 1779 Cane Creek MM, NC Thomas Ratliff; son of William Ratliff and his first wife Eleanor Burk (a Hall widow). They stayed in the Anson Co., Area.
Rebekah Diggs born about 1760 m May 3, 1783 John Moorman; unknown parents at this time but when this couple wed; they were disowned by the Quakers for marry too close of kin. They moved to Randolph Co., IN.
William Diggs born about 1762 m August 7, 1792 Fannie Crews died May 15, 1862 Randolph Co., IN. Fannie’s parents were Armsbee Crews and his wife Lucy (Clark) Stone
Pleasant Diggs born about 1764 married Elizabeth Hinson dau of Benjamin and Mourning Hinson. Pleasant died January 1842 in Henry Co., TN.
Agnes Diggs born about 1766 m Thomas Everett; moved to MS.
Marshall Diggs born about 1767 m Lydia Hinson; daughter of Benjamin and Mourning Hinson. He died in 1853 and is buried in the Diggs cemetery, Anson Co., NC.
John W. Diggs born about 1770 m Agnes Crews; daughter of Armsbee and Lucy (Clark) Stone Crews. He died Oct. 9, 1844. Several of his children are later found in Kemper Co., MS.
--------------------------------- -------------------------------------Posted by: Kat Vallish Date: September 25, 2001
I found this in the book Five Hundred First Families of America by Compiled and edited by Alexander DuBin, Fourth Edition, 1972-1973,The Historical Publication Society, One East Forty Second Street, New York, New York 10017, page 228.
Revolutionary Ancestor
The Moormans, who were Quakers, to escape persecution, left England.
Zachariah Moorman, his wife and three children, Thomas, Charles, and Sallie, came from the Isle of Wight Co.,1670 and settled in Nancemond Co.,Va.
Thomas Moorman,his wife Elizabeth and children, Mary, Andrew and Charles, moved, sometime before 1744, to Green Springs, Louisa Co., Va.
Charles Moorman, born 1684, died 1756, was a leading Quaker. He married in 1710, Elizabeth Reynolds, daughter of Christopher Reynolds. They had, Thomas, Judith, Ann, Achilles and Charles.
Thomas Moorman, born 1712, died 1766;patented land in Albemarle Co., Va near a stream which was called Moorman River. Moved to Bedford Co., Va. He married in 1730, Rachel Clark, daughter of Christopher Clark (Quaker lawyer and justice of the peace of Louisa Co., Va in 1742) and wife Penelope Bowling. They had 12 children of whom Charles was the 8th child.
Charles Moorman, born 1747, died 1803, Bedford Co., Va. He served in the American Revolution. Was wounded at the battle of Guilford Court House. Married 1782, Nancy Hancock, born 1762, died 1847, daughter of Simon and Jane (Flournoy) Hancock.
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Notes for BENJAMIN HINSON:
Per Tina Rogers Beller Files :
"Anson Co. NC :Abstracts of Early Records " by May Wilson McBee
" page. 73 :ABSTRACTS of COUNTY COURT MINUTES , 1771 -1777 : "
"Page 65 :13 October 1771 :"
" Present :John Colson, John Creawford, Wm. Blewett, Wm. Mask, Sam'l Parsons, Esquires.
"Page 67 :Ordinance Road from Mr. John Colson's ferry to Buffalow Road tbe divided . . . .
"Page 67 :The King Vs. John Smith, Carp.Jury sworn :Cornelius Robertson, Thos. Slay, Saml. Davis, Joseph White, John Hornbeck, BENJ. HINSON, Thos. Curtis, Nicholas White, Joseph Martin, Thos. Tallant, Bexley John Lambden and John Jenkins.Verdict :Not guilty.Wit :( for defendant ) Elizabeth White, Moses White, Isaac Belew, Abraham Belew, Jr., Shadrack Denson.For plaintiff, Daniel Murphy Richard James, Ann James, Wm. Bennet, Eliz. Higdon, Joseph Martin, Saml. Flake. "
"Claims made on County allowed.Chas Medlock, Esq. :John Colson, Esp:Chas. Robertson, Esq. :Thos. Gibson, Shadrack Denson, Abraham( Pg. 74 of book cont'd. ) Belew, John Crawford, Esq.Zachariah Smith, James Auld, clk;Samuel Snead, for 5 wolf scalps ;Chas. Medlock for 1 wolf Scalp; "
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Index listing for Benjamin Hinson's will in 1816 Anson Co. NC :
" HINSON, Benjamin 1816 2:60 "
Will of Benjamin Hinson probated Apr 1816, Anson, North Carolina
Mourning Hinson{wife}, Charles Hinson {son}, Bartlet Hinson, Benjamin Hinson, Obediah Hinson, Edward Harroid, John Hinson, Eliz. Diggs, Lydia Diggs, Sally Fields, Winniford Akins, Polly Gatherings, Mary Jonikin, Nancy Williams, Mourning Hinson, Brooks Hinson.
SALLY / SARAH HINSON b. abt. 1778 Anson Co. NC and died March 17, 1830 in Carroll Co. TN.She married JAMES FIELDS b. 1771 NC who died on Sept. 20, 1815 in Anson Co. NC, and then Sarah/ SALLY HINSON FIELDS moved to Carroll Co. TN with her adult children and their families.James Fields b. 1771 NC d. Sept. 20, 1815 was son of SMITH FIELDS b. 1740 either in Onslow Co. NC or BARBADOS and his wife ELIZABETH UNKNOWN.The FIELDS family had lived on Barbados since at least 1666 to about 1738-1740 when they are then in Onslow Co. NC.Smith Fields b. 1740 was son of RICHARD FIELD and ANN KIRTON who have St. Philip Parish Records in Barbados.The Field family is considered to be the Del A Field family of France to England and became FIELD family in England and in Barbados, and the name changed once again when RICHARD FIELD arrived in Onslow Co. NC and it changed to be FIELDS from then on.As I can find nothing to really verify that Benjamin and Mourning Moorman had a daughter named MERCY HINSON, I have not listed her but others have listed MERCY HINSON b. 1776 the daughter of Benjamin Hinson and Mourning Moorman as well.- Tina Rogers Beller, Aug. 28, 2006.
Children of MOURNING MOORMAN and BENJAMIN HINSON are:
2. i. CHARLES3 HINSON, b. June 1763, Marborough District SC; d. 1847, Anson County, North Carolina.
3. ii. BARTLETT HINSON, b. Abt. 1764, Anson County, North Carolina; d. 1839, Anson County, North Carolina.
4. iii. ELIZABETH HINSON, b. 1765, Anson County, North Carolina; d. Unknown, Henry County, Tennessee.
iv. OBEDIAH HINSON, b. 1768, Anson County, North Carolina; d. 1850, Henry County, Tennessee; m. MARY UNKNOWN.
Notes for OBEDIAH HINSON:
Per files by Chuck Speed, :
Obadiah Hinson b. abt. 1768 Anson Co. NC d. abt. 1855 in Henry Co. TN.He is buried in the ALLMAN / ALMOND CEMETERY, NE of Paris on Hwy 79 in Henry Co. TN.Notes per Chuck Speed for OBADIAH HINSON are following :
" In the 1850 U. S. Census for Henry Co. TENNESEE, Obidiah Hinson is shown ( age 82 ) living with his son HENRY HINSON, and his family.Also in the household it appears that Obidiah's wife, Mary ( age 69 ) is also living there. "
Per Chuck Speed's listing of Henry Hinson ( son of Obidiah and Mary Hinson ) :
"Henry Hinson b. 19 Dec. 1814, in Tennessee."
v. MOURNING HINSON, b. August 30, 1771, Anson County, North Carolina; d. Bet. 1847 - 1854, Anson County, North Carolina.
Notes for MOURNING HINSON:
ANSON CO. NC WILLS :
Last Will and Testament
of
MOURNING HINSON
Probated October, 1847
This document was transcribed verbatim from the handwritten original except for the paragragh breaks I have added for ease of reading. It was originally written as one long sentence.
In the name of God Amen-
I Mourning Hinson of the County of Anson and State of North Carolina being in common health and of perfect mind and disposing understanding thanks be given unto God calling into service the mortality of every body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it and my body I Recommend to the Earth to be buried in Christian decency as my Executors shall direct nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of god and as touching such worldly Estates where with it has pleased God to bless me within this life.
I give and devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form And first of all I give and bequeth to my son Brooke Hinson three negroes namely Nanny and all of her increase and Harbard and George
Item I give and bequeth to my granddaughter Mourning Hinson one feather bed and furniture
Item I give and bequeth to my daughter Winifred Haily and to the heirs of her body the property following one negro man named William also three female negroes namely Juda and Phebe and Jane and all their increase to be duly appropriated to my daughter Winifred and the lawful issue of her body
Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Winifred Haley all my little affects consisting of household and kitchen furniture
Item I also give and bequeath to my granddaughter Nancy Ann Haily one painted chest and lastly I nominate constitute and appoint my son Brooke Hinson and my son-in law John Haily sole Excutors of this my last will and testament and I do do hereby utterly revoke and make void all and every other will and testaments my me at any timemade ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the thirtyeth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three signed sealed and published and declared by the said Mourning Hinson as her last will and testament in the presence of we who in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names
William H Cox
John C Hinson
Benjamin Clark
State of North Carolina }
Anson County} Court of Pleas and Inarter(?)
Sessions October Term 1847
Then the foregoing will was duly proven in open Court by the oath of John C Hinson one of the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded whereupon Brooks Hinson and John Haily appeared in open Court and were duly qualified as Executors and obtained letters of Testamentory
vi. LYDIA HINSON, b. 1773, Anson County, North Carolina; d. 1851; m. MARSHALL DIGGS; b. Abt. 1767; d. 1853.
More About LYDIA HINSON:
Burial: Unknown, Diggs Cemetery, Anson County, NC ?
More About MARSHALL DIGGS:
Burial: Unknown, Diggs Cemetery, Anson County, NC
vii. BENJAMIN HINSON, b. Abt. 1775, Anson County, North Carolina; d. Unknown; m. MARY P. UNKNOWN; d. Unknown.
viii. JOHN HINSON, b. 1777, Anson County, North Carolina; d. Unknown; m. WINNIFRED HINSON; d. Unknown.
Notes for JOHN HINSON:
Per Tina Rogers Beller files :
This could be yet a different set of JOHN and CHARELES HENSON but will include this file also under this JOHN HENSON as we do know they were in ANSON CO. NC.As no date is listed we can't be sure which JOHN and CHARELES HENSON this might be in the following deed.
Anson County, NC wills and estates from N.C Archives C.R. 005.801.1
pp.264-266 (no date): Account of Sale of estate of Thomas TOMPKINS decd. Buyers: John PARSONS, Stephen PARKER, John HENSON, Richard FARR, Charles HENSON, Morgan BROWN, Nathaniel CURTIS, Elisha PARKER, Mary THOMKINS, Francis TOMKINS, Thomas TOMKINS, Stephen TOMKINS
5. ix. SARAH/SALLY HINSON, b. Abt. 1778, Anson Co. NC; d. March 17, 1830, Carroll County, Tennessee.
6. x. WINIFRED HINSON, b. Abt. 1780; d. Unknown.
xi. POLLY HINSON, b. Abt. 1782, Anson County, North Carolina; d. Unknown; m. GATHINGS, Bef. April 1813; d. Unknown.
7. xii. MARY HINSON, b. Abt. 1783, Anson County, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
xiii. EDWARD HARRIOD HINSON, b. Abt. 1784, Anson County, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
xiv. NANCY HINSON, b. Abt. 1784, Anson County, North Carolina; d. 1846, Anson County, North Carolina; m. (1) JAMES STUART SPEED; b. March 16, 1775, Anson Co. NC.; m. (2) UNKNOWN WILLIAMS, Bef. April 1813; d. Unknown.
Notes for NANCY HINSON:
Per files from Fields/ Hinson researchers we had the name of UNKNOWN WILLIAMS as the husband of NANCY HINSONthe daughter of BENJAMIN HINSON and MOURNING HINSON, so until further research on Nancy and her siblings to determine docuementations I am posting in notes on those we have no documentations to prove their spouses.- Tina Rogers Beller, Junly 27, 2005.
Per files by Chuck Speed, he listed that NANCY "Pan " HINSON the daughter of Benjamin Hinson and Mourning Moreman married James Stewart Speed b. Mar. 16, 1775 Anson Co. NC.Nancy married Speed abt. 1800 in Richmond Co. SC( Could this be Richmond Co. NC ? )They had daughter Katherine Speed b. Oct. 16, 1804 in NC and then per Chuck Speed the notes found written by Morgan Brown IV on March 12, 1825 and placed in the Brown bible are the following :
" In notes written by Morgan Brown IV on March 12, 1826 and placed in the Brown family bible, he mentioned that JAMES S. SPEED married a HINSON in ANSON COUNTY and moved with his family to Montgomery County, Tennessee near the mouth of the Red River.The Speed family bible has her name and birth recorded.AFter the death of her youngest son, CHARLES STUART SPEED, in 1856 Weakley County, Tennessee, Nancy went to live with her daughter, SARAH ANN SPEED, who had married her first cousin, HENRY HINSON, and lived near Paris, Tennessee in Henry County, Tennessee.Nancy is buried in the HINSON family plot next to her daughter SARAH, in the ALLMAN CEMETERY, northeast of Paris, Tennessee.Her great, great grandson, Homer Charles Speed, Jr. of Amarillo, Texas placed a stone marker on her grave in 2002 along with another stone marker over the graves of Nancy's brother, OBADIAH HINSON and his wife MARY, who are also buried there. "
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Per Tina Rogers Beller Files :
" Anson Co. NC :Abstracts of Early Records"by May Wilson McBee :
Other Moorman names listed in this book are :Andrew Moorman, Ann, Benjamin, Benjamin Jr., Catheren, Edward, John, Mary, Michael, Thomas, and Thomas Jr. , Zacheriah, and William Moorman, along with Archelas Moorman listed below :
MOORMAN, ARCHELAS pgs. 50, 70, 72, 79, 109, 119, 133 :
Page 50 :Abstracts of Deeds :
"Page 252 -- 9Nov. 1769.ARCHELAS MOOREMAN to Wm. Pratt, both of Anson, for 50 pounds, 300 acres patented 22 Dec. 1768, beg. near place where Jones and Hopkins Howell's lines interfere one with the other. "
Wit :Stephen Thomas( Prove. Jany. Term 1770 )
Stepehen Thomas, Jr.by Stephen Thomas Jr.
THOS. MOORMAN.
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Page 70 :Abstracts of County Court Minutes, 1771 - 1777 :
" July 12, 1771 :"
"Present :John Collson, John Crawford, and Samuel Snead, Justices. "
" ( p. 56 ) -- Ordinary License gr. John Coleson;bondsmen, John Crawford, and Samuel Snead. "
" William Haley appointed overseer of road from Charles Medlock's to Pedler's Cabbins, crossing Hitchcock's at Wm. Wade's Mill and that the hands be, to wit :John Wall, THOS. MOORMAN, ARCHIBALD ( ARCHELAUS ) MOORMAN, BENJ. MOORMAN, WIlliam Haley, Isham Haley, and George Matthews. "
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Page 72 :Abstracts of County Court Minutes, 1771 - 1777:
"11th Oct., 1771 :John Crawford and Ann Crawford to John Wall, pr. by ARCHILUS MOORMAN. "
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Page 79 :Abstracts of County Court Minutes, 1771 - 1777 :
" Thursday,16 July, 1772 :Present Chas. Medlock, Chas. Robertson, John Jackson, Justices "
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Ord. John Wall overseer in room of Wm. Haley from Chas. Medlock's to Pedler's Cabbin crossing Hitchcock ( p. 88 ) at Mr. Wade's Mill. Hands of THOS. MOORMAN, ARCH. MOORMAN, BENJ.MOORMAN, Wm. Haley, Isham Haley, George Mathis, Francis Clark, John Jones, James Williams, John Lee and Strickland's work on said road. "
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Page 109 :Abstracts of County Court Minutes, 1771 - 1777
April 1777 ( contd. )
Ord. George Andrews be overseer of road from C. H. to fork of Mask's ferry road and hands of Thos. Wade work under him, and that Henry Wm. Harrington keep road from Haley's __________ to Chas. Medlock's with own hands;also that following hands work on road whereof Thos. Vining is overseer from Pedlar's Cabbins into road below Solomon's Creek, viz :John Webb, Wm. Haley, Jr. , Silas Haley, BENJ. MOORMAN, BENJ. MOORMAN JR., JOHN MOORMAN, ARCHELUS MOORMAN, William Williams, the young man hwo lives at Mr. Wall's,ZACHARIAH MOORMAN, William Lewis, Wm. Webb. Wm. Jernigan, Walter Slaughter, Richard Leake, Wm. Parmer, and Mr. Wade's hands at the mill, also James Moore, William Haley, ANDREW MOORMAN, THOS. MOORMAN and THOS. MOORMAN, JR."
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Page 119 :Abstracts of Wills
"Will Book 2 - Page 2 -- Will of Henry Adcock, of Anson Co. ;low in health;two sons, John Adcock and Thomas Adcock my land whereon I now live;Henry Adcock $65.00 ;son James Adcock $65.00,$10.00of which to be paid out in schooling for him;dau. Elender;wife ;dau. Nancy Adcock;dau. Saphira Adcock;to my step-dau. Sarah Dawkins;sons John and Thomas exors. July 26, 1802.Henry ( X )Adcock. "
Wit :MARSHALL DIGGEOct. Session 1802 pr. by
Wm. WallWm. Wall
ARCHELAUS MOORMANTod Robinson, Clk.
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Page 133 :Petitions, 1770-1789
" Petition 1770 to Governor, Council and Assembly by Inhabitants of Anson County against the court at Salisbury, saying that they spent of necessity much gold and silver there which finds its way to Virginia and South Carolina from the Province of North Carolina ;asks that a court at Campbellton be established for Anson, Orange and Cumberland Counties.
Signed by many including these famliar names to Anson in our family :
Francis Jordan, BENJAMIN MOORMAN, ARCHELAUS MOORMAN, JOHN HENSON, Samuel Snead,
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Anson Co. NC Wills :
26 MAR 1798 - Will of Benjamin MOORMAN of Anson Co.
Heirs: Sons William, Benjamin, Michael (as they come of age).
Joseph CLARK and William MOORMAN executors.
wit: Charles Hinson, Marmaduke Crew
(DCT note: Benjamin's wife was Anne CLARK, daughter of Christopher and Elizabeth (Stone) Clark of Anson Co. Ben was the son of John and Tabitha (Clark) MOORMAN which made Ben and Anne first cousins and led to their being disowned by the Quakers in 1783. Ben was adopted by Benjamin and Lucy (Haley) MOORMAN. William MOORMAN, named an executor, was the oldest surviving son of Ben and Lucy.)
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Archelaus Moorman probably signed the REGULATORS PETITION in 1769 Anson Co. NC for the name is then spelled by Transcriber of this Petition as ARCHELAM MOORMAN and being that it is such a close match to ARCHELAUS/ ARCHILLIS MOORMAN's name, and there are few records in Anson in the name of ARCHELAM MOORMAN then I would have to believe it is ARCHELAUS/ ARCHILLIS MOORMAN b. 1713 VA.- Tina Rogers Beller.
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ANSON CO. NC Site :
Regulators Petition
Petition dated 9 October 1769.
"Mr. Speaker and Gen't of the Assembly.
Humbly Showeth:
That the Province in General labour under general grievances, and the western part thereof under particular ones; which we not only see, but very sensibly feel, being crouch'd beneath our sufferings and not withstanding our sacred privileges, have too long yielded ourselves slaves to remorseless oppression. - Permit us to conceive it to be our inviolable right to make known our grievances, and to petition for redress as appears in the Bill of Rights pass'd in the reign of King Charles the first, as well as the Act of Settlement of the Crown of the Revolution. We therefore beg leave at the Act of the Settlement of the Crown of the Revolution. We therefore beg leave to lay before you a specimen thereof that your compassionate endeavors may tend to the relief of your injured Constituents, whose distressed condition call aloud for aid. The alarming cries of the oppressed possibly may reach your ears; but without your zeal how they shall ascend the throne - how relentless is the breast without sympathy, the heart that cannot bleed on a view of our calamity; to see tenderness removed, cruelty stepping in; and all our liberties and privileges invaded and abridg'd (by as it were) domestickes; who are conscious of their guilt and void of remorse. - O how darling! how relentless whilst impending Judgements loudly threaten and gaze upon them, with every emblem of merited destruction. A few of the many grievances are as follows, (viz't)
1. That the poor inhabitants in general are much oppress'd by reason of the disproportionate Taxes, and those of the western Counties in particular; as they are geneally in mean circumstances.
2. That no method is prescribed by law for the payment of the taxes of the Western Counties in produce (in lieu of a currency) as in other Counties within this Province to the Peoples great oppression.
3. That Lawyers, Clerks, and other petitioners; in place of being obsequious Servants for the Country's use, are become a nuisance, as the business of the people is often transacted without the least degree of fairness, the intention of the law evaded, exorbitant fees extorted, and the sufferers left to mourn under their oppressions.
4. That an Attorney should have it in his power, either for the sake of ease or interest, or to gratify their malevolence and spite, or commence suits to what courts he pleases, however inconvenient it may be to the Defendants; is a very great oppression.
5. That all unlawful fees taken in Indictment, where the Defendant is acquited by his Country (however customary it may be) is an oppression.
6. That Lawyers, Clerks, and others, extorting more fees than is intended by law; is also an oppression.
7. That the violation of the King's Instructions to his Delegates, their artfulness in concealing the same from him; and the great injury the People thereby sustains: is a manifest oppression.
And for remedy whereof, we take the freedom to recommend the following mode of redress, not doubting audience and acceptance which will not only tend to our relief, but command prayers at a duty from your humble Petitioners.
1. That at all elections each suffrage be given by Ticket & Ballot.
2. That the mode of Taxation be altered, and each person pay in proportion to the proffits arising from his Estate.
3. That no future tax be laid in Money, until a currency is made.
4. That there may be established a Western as well as a Northern and Southern District, and a Treasurer for the same.
5. That when a currency is made it may be let out by a loan office (on land security) and a Treasurer for the same
6. That all debts above 60s (shillings) and under 10 pounds be tried and determined without lawyers, by a jury of six freeholders, impaneled by a Justice, and that their verdict be enter'd by the said Justice, and be a final judgement.
7. That the Chief Justice have no perquisites, but a Salary only.
8. That Clerks be restricted in respect to fees, costs, and other things within the course of their office.
9. That Lawyers be effectively Barr'd from exacting and extorting fees.
10. That all doubts may be removed in respect to the payment of fees and costs on Indictments whereas the Defendant is not found guilty by the jury, and therefore acquited.
11. That the Assembly make known the Remonstrance to the King, the conduct of the cruel and oppressive Receiver of the Quit Rents, for omitting the customary easie and effectual method of collecting by distress, and pursuing the expensive mode of commencing suits in the most distant Courts.
12. That the Assembly in like manner make known that the Governor and Council fo frequently grant lands to as many as they think proper without regard to Head Rights, notwithstanding the contrariety of his Majesties instructions, by which means immence sums has been collected, and numerous Patents granted, for much of the most fertile lands in this Province, that is yet uninhabited and cultivated, environed by great numbers of poor people who are necessitated to toil in the cultivation of bad Lands whereon they hardly can subsist, who are thereby deprived of His Majesties liberality and Bounty nor is there the least regard paid to the cultivation clause in said Patent mentioned, as many of the said Council as well as their friends and favorites enjoy large quanitities of Lands under the above-mentioned circumstances.
13. That the Assembly communicates in like manner the Violation of His Majesties Instructions respecting the Land Office by the Governor and Council, and of their own rules, customs and orders. If it be sufficiently proved, that after they had granted Warrants for some Tracts of Land, and that the same was in due time suvey'd and returned and the Patent fees timely paid into the said office; and that if a private Council was called to avoid spectators, and peremptory orders made that Patents should not be granted; and Warrants by their orders arbitrarily to have been issued in the names of other Persons for the same Lands, and if when intreated by a solicitor they refus'd to render so much as a reason for their so doing, or to refund any part of the money paid by them extorted.
14. That some method may be pointed out that every Improvement on Lands in any of the Proprietors part be proved when begun, by whom, and every sale made, that the eldest may have the preference of at least 300 acres.
15. That all taxes in the following Counties be paid as in other Counties in the Province (i.e.) in the produce of the County and that warehouses be erected as follows (viz), In Anson County at Isom Haleys Ferry Landing on PeeDee River, Rowan and Orange at Cambleton in Cumberland County, Mecklenburg at __?___ on the Catawba River, and in Tryon County at __?__ on __?__ River.
16. That every denomination of People may marry according to their respective mode Ceremony and customs after due publication or License.
17. That Doc't Benjamin Franklin or some other known patriot be appointed agent, to represent the unhappy state of this Province to his Majesty, and to solicit the several Boards in England.
John Snor-------------------Jonathan Gowers----------------Jason Meadow
Isaac Armstrong-----------Stokey Yeamons-----------------Robert Broadaway
William Thomson---------Thomas Harper------------------Samuel Tonehberg
Auth'd Hutchins----------- John Johnson------------------- Samuel Flake
Seamor Almond ----------- James Upton------------------- Thomas Balice
Isaac Falconberg -------- Jacob Watson------------------- John Preslie
Francis Smith--------------- Isham Belvin------------------- John Cartright
John Jeffrey------------------- Owen Slaughter------------------- Thomas Lacy
Neal French------------------- Thomas Wright------------------- John Jackson
Jero Miller------------------- Patrick Sanders------------------- Joseph French
Tiery Robinson------------------- John Ryle------------------- William Newberry
Gabrill Davis------------------- John Culpepper------------------- Leonard Webb
Aquila Jones------------------- John Jones, Sr.------------------- Julius Holley
Thomas Tallant------------------- Wm. Grifen Hogon-------------- John James Junr.
James Denson------------------- Robert Maner------------------- John James Senr
William Raiford------------------- John Watts------------------- Jimmey James
John I. Merree ------------------- John Davis ------------------- Jonathan Helms
George Wilson------------------- Richard Leak------------------- Tilmon Helms
Robert Webb------------------- Charles Hines------------------- James Sanders
Thomas Taylor------------------- James McIlvanilly---------------- John Bailey
David Smith------------------- Van Swearingen------------------- Samuel Gaylord
James Barker------------------- William Hore------------------- Richard Sands
John Mims----------------------- Joseph Martin------------------- Jason Irol Hinsinbru
John Brooks Junr---------------- Thomas Nelson---------------- Thomas Preslar
William C.B.Bond---------------- William Burns------------------- Thomas Culpepper
John Bond---------------------- John Leveritt---------------------- Daniel Culpepper
Moses M. Tallant---------------- Theofilis Williams------------------- John Snider
Benjamin Dumas ---------------- William Leveritt------------------- William Mims
Joseph White------------------ James Williams---------------------- Robert Smith
William Sidden----------------- John Coleman---------------------- Zachariah Smith
Silvannus Waker---------------- Meeagar Edwards------------------- John Smith
John Smith (Sandhill)----------- Anthony Mathis------------------- John Thomas
David Dumas------------------- Fagan Gring ------------------------- William Burt
Benjamin Smith------------------- Samuel Ratcliff------------------- Edward Smith
William Benton------------------- John Long-------------------------- Elijah Clark
William Coleman------------------- Charles Smith------------------- John Clark
Alexander McPherson-------------- James Bound (Bond?)-------- James Adams
E. Pickett ---------------------------- Abraham Pelyou------------------- Thomas Mason Junr
Thomas Gowers------------------- Jason Meadow Junr------------- John Bennet
Jonathan Turner------------------- Daniel Laws ----------------------- Thadwick Hogins
Barnabee Skipper------------------- Abraham Bellow------------------- Thomas Barrotz
George Skipper------------------- Thomas Donnor ------------------- James E. Arnet
John Jenkins----------------------- Joseph Hindes------------------- Thomas Trull
David Phelps----------------------- William Haley ------------------- William Cukpepper
John McNish ----------------------- Francis Clark------------------- John Thomas Suggs
Jonathan Lewellyn ---------------- Jeremiah Terrell ------------------- John Hornbeck
Leonard Franklyn------------------- Darass Burns------------------- William Dinkins
Edward Almond ------------------- Thomas Baley------------------- Thomas Dinkins
Thomas Mims------------------- Stephen Bush--------------------- Marverick Layn
John Stinkberry ------------------- Jacob Cockerham----------------- Waterman Boatman
William Leaton------------------- John Flowel --------------------- John Simmons
Luke Robinson------------------- Stephen Jackson---------------- Augustine Prestwood
John Webb----------------------- John Jones --------------------- Richard Downs
Andrew Griffin ------------------- Archelam Moorman---------------- Samuel Ratcliff Junr
George Estress------------------- William Digge------------------- Elisha Ratcliff
James Griffin--------------------- Bennakia Moorman ------------------- John Poston
William Estress------------------- William Haley Junr ------------------- John Poston senr
Stephen Bush--------------------- John Mathews ------------------- Ned Mathes
Joseph Burcham ------------------ James Mathews ------------------- Benjamin Bunt
Stephen Piecock------------------- Joseph Webb----------------------- Jowl Jormal
Robert Jarman ------------------- Andrew Falconbery ---------------- Yomond Lloyd
William Thredgill ------------------- Isaac Falconbert Junr----------- Thomas Lucas
Robert Lowery ------------------- Henry Falconbery ------------------- Wlliam Lucas
Denes Norlen---------------------- David Cox ------------------------ Christopher Butler
Lewis Lowery ---------------------- John Horback------------------- John Sowel
Edward Chambers---------------- Beaty Web----------------------- Edward Morris
Thomas Pickett------------------- Isaac Inceste ------------------- William Treneen
William Ussery ------------------- William Web------------------- John Williams
William Jowers------------------- Walter Gibson------------------- John Burcham
Shadrach Denson ---------------- Silvester Gibson--------------- William Sowel
Joseph Harrison----------------- Burlingham Rudd-------------- John Carpenter
Joseph Howelt------------------- John Murphy---------------------- Francis Jourden
Thomas Ussery------------------- John Liles ---------------------- Henry Burcham
John Thomas------------------- James Liles---------------------- William Morris
Benjamin Covington------------- Thomas Arrington------------------- John Morgan
Isam Haley ----------------------- Thomas Mackneih------------------- James Burcham
Silas Haley----------------------- Thomas Fox ---------------------- James Sanders
George Belvin------------------- Henry Stokes ---------------------- Joseph Morris
William Blewet ------------------- John Brooks Junr ------------------- Samuel Sowel
Charles Sowell------------------- William Lucas Junr ------------------- Welcome Ussery
James Gibson------------------- Joseph Allen ---------------------- Matthew Raiford junr
William Gibson ------------------- William Morris Junr------------------- Elisha Thomson
John Hunt-------------------------- Lewis Sowell--------------------- John Thompson
Richard Braswell------------------- John Skinner------------------- Goin C. Morgan
George Braswell ------------------- Jesse Wallas
Ref. Source: "Colonial Records", Vol. VIII, 1769-1771, pp. 81-82 and pp. 241-244, by Saunders; also: North Carolina History Told By Contemporaries," pp.87-93, by Lefler; also: "The War of The Regulators and The Battle of Alamance, May 16, 1771, by William S. Powell.
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