Joseph George ca (1728 — 1795)

Joseph George likely was born before 1728. His parents have not been identified, and his place of birth is uncertain. Before 1748, Joseph George married Ellenor; her parents have not been identified. The Joseph George family may have migrated to Orange County, North Carolina after tax list was created in 1753. A son James George was born before 5 Oct 1748. At least seven additional children were born to Joseph and Ellenor George: Ambrose George, Jesse, William, Isaac George; and daughters Mary, Catherine, and Peggy George.

Joseph George was in Orange County, North Carolina by about 15 Dec 1763 when he made a bond to the Estate of Charles Foosch for 132 pounds, 8 (245, Page 222).

On 14 Feb 1770, Joseph George made a Will in Orange County, North Carolina (289). He named his wife Ellenor; sons Ambrose George, Daniel Pegg George, William George, Isaac George, James George, and Jesse George; and daughters Mary (George) Hinsford, Catherine (George) Riddle, and Peggy George. The Will names sons Ambrose George, James George, and wife Ellenor as executors. James Younger and John Page, Jr. witnessed the Will. (Source: Will Book A, Orange County, Georgia, Page 125)

In Apr 1770, Joseph George and Ellenor George conveyed 80 and one-half acres of land to James George for 10 pounds (291). The land is described as beginning at 3 small hicories on old line north and south on the east side, along old former line north to corner red oak and hicory, west along the former line to a corner post oak, south along a line of marked trees to a post oak corner, east to first station, plantation whereon James George now lives. John Page and Ambrose George witnessed the deed, which was recorded during the April Term 1770 by Page.

Also during Apr 1770, Joseph George and Ellenor George conveyed 150 acres of land for 10 pounds to Ambrose George described as beginning at an oak stump in the upper corner of the plantation, along old line to a corner post oak and two small hicories, east following a line of marked trees five outs to a corner small stooping hicory and white oak in the Low Ground, north a line of marked trees to a corner post oak & small hicory on the former line, along line to first station, includes plantation whereon Joseph George now lives (292). John Page and James George witnessed the deed, which was proved in the April Term 1770 by Page.

On 17 Aug 1770, Joseph George and wife Ellen conveyed land on Robertson’s Creek to James Petty. James Younger and William Petty, Jr. witnessed the deed.

Joseph George likely died in Chatham County, North Carolina before 4 Aug 1771, when his sons, Ambrose George and James George, sold land held by his Estate.

Probate of the Estate of Joseph was recorded in Chatham County, North Carolina on 19 Feb 1772 (290).

Notes and Comments

The date of the birth of Joseph George is uncertain. Assuming that his son, James George, Sr., was at least age 21 years when he sold land on 5 Oct 1769, then James was born before 5 Oct 1748. If James George, Sr. was their first child, then Joseph and Ellenor George likely married before 6 Jan 1748, and assuming he was at least 20 years of age at marriage, Joseph George was born before Jan 1728.

Although Joseph George was in Orange County, North Carolina by about 15 Dec 1763 when he made a bond to the Estate of Charles Foosch, he does not appear on an Orange County tax list for 1752-1753, suggesting that the Joseph George family may have migrated to Orange County after 1753 and before 1764.

Orange County, North Carolina was created in 1752 from Bladen, Granville, and Johnston Counties.

Chatham County, North Carolina was created from parts of Orange County on 1 Apr 1771. Apparently, land held in the Estate of Joseph George was within that part of Orange County that fell within Chatham County after 1 Apr 1771.

The Orange County, North Carolina court house burned in 1789.

Sources

245. Shields, Ruth H. Abstracts of the Minutes of the Inferior Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions: Of Orange County, N.C. 1777–1788. Southern Historical Press, Greenville, South Carolina, 1900.

294. Orange County, North Carolina Tax List, 1752-1753. (Images of a transcription on file.)

293. Shields, Ruth Herndon. Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County in the Province of North Carolina: September 1752 through August 1766. Published personally. Page 222.

289. “Will of Joseph George,” Orange County, North Carolina, 14 Feb 1770, Orange County, North Carolina, Will Book A, Page 125.

291. “Deed by Joseph George and Ellener George to James George,” 10 Feb 1770, Chatham County, North Carolina, Chatham County, North Carolina Deed Book 3, Page 208, Abstract, Poe Family Research, URL: http://poegen.net/NC/PoeNorthCarolina.htm.

292. “Deed by Joseph George and Ellener George to Ambrose George,” 10 Feb 1770, Chatham County, North Carolina, Chatham County, North Carolina Deed Book 3, Page 209, Abstract, Poe Family Research, URL: http://poegen.net/NC/PoeNorthCarolina.htm.

290. “Estate of Joseph George,” 19 Feb 1772, Chatham County, North Carolina, Chatham County, North Carolina , North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina, (Images: FamilySearch).

Will of Joseph George (289)
Orange County, North Carolina, USA
14 Feb 1770

In the Name of God Amen I Joseph George being weak in Body but of Sound & perfect Sense and memory thanks be to God for the Same & knowing it is appointed once for all men to & having a Desire to Settle my worldy affairs and Estate as it hath Pleased God to Endow me with I put in my hand as manner and form following ___ First I give to my well beloved Son Ambros George his Choice of my Feather Beads & furniture then I give to my well beloved Daughter Peggy George the next Choice of my feather Beads and furniture also I do will out all of my Estate to be left in the hands of my two Male Exs. four pounds left to school her first Born son Jesse ___ Item I ____ unto my well beloved Son William George all my Waring apperell ___ Item I ___ unto my well beloved Son Isaac George Twenty Shillings and no more. Item I ___ all the Rest of my Estate in the Care of my well beloved wife Ellenor George during her Widowhood as follows house hold goods Horses Hogs Cattle & negroes with all the working tools for the Plantation use and after the marriage or Decease of my well beloved wife Ellinor George that then the Negroes House hold Goods Horses and Hogs Cattle and whatsoever of my Estate then Remaining to be Sold and Equally divided amongst my children then living and if my Son Ambrose George should decease with out issue Lawfully Begotton of his body that then his Part Equally to be divided amongst the Rest of my Children then Living as follows William George James George Jesse George and Mary Hensford Cathrine Riddle and Peggy George ___ also I leave in the hands of my two Male Ex. 411 Acres of Land which power to sell and make a Right to the Same if not sold before my decease and after discharging all my Lawful debts the Remaining Part of the Money to be Equally divided amongst the Rest of My Children then Living Excepting my Son Isaac George and this concludes my Last will and Testament Revoking and denying all other wills here to fore by me made as witness I have here unto Set My hand & fixed my Seal this fourteenth day of February One Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy assigned in presents of appointing my well beloved sons Ambrose George and my son James George with my well beloved wife Ellinor George my ___ and Sole Ex. of this my Last will and testament assigned in presents of ___

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Transcribed from an image of the original document by William R. Emanuel, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. Mar 2015

Joseph George does not appear on a 1752-1753 tax list for Orange County, North Carolina. (Source: “Land Grants to First Settlers in Old Orange County, North Carolina.” Unpublished manuscript. FamilySearch.
URL: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2110671?av...milySearch%20Library .) Document as PDF file: GenealogyData/George/George_Joseph/Orange_NC_TaxList_1752-1753.pdf

Joseph George, 1790 federal census of Chatham County, North Carolina

Probate of the Estate of Joseph George in Chatham County, North Carolina
occurred on 19 Feb 1772. The Joseph George who appears on the 1790 federal
census of Chatham County was a different person.

The wife of Joseph George, Ellenor, may have been Ellenor Dunston (no evidence).

Sharma George Brown maintains a Public Family Tree on Ancestry.com: The Paper Trail. Joseph George is included at:
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/71418272/person/34251622289 .

George Surname DNA & Genealogy Study:
http://home.usaa.net/~dracalpha/GEORGE/George-Reconstruction.html

John Paul Baremore maintains a family tree on Ancestry.com entitled “An Ancestry” The profile for Joseph George is at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/3983119/person/-972294866 .

George, Keith H. George Genealogy. H & H Printers, Kingman, Arizona, 1991. This book focuses solely on New England families.