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Sally's great-great-great-great-Grandparents: John Drew Esq ca 1750 - 1819 | his parents& ca 1769 Winifred Blount Hunter ca 1750 -1810 | her parents of Salmon Creek, Bertie County, NC
This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!!
John Drew was born ca 1750 son of John Drew ca 1725 - ca 1772? and wife Patience Brewer. He died at Salmon Creek, Bertie County, 26 July 1819. His wife was Winifred Blount Hunter born circa 1750 daughter of Henry Hunter and Sarah Whitmel of Bertie Co. Winifred died 19 July 1810 at Salmon Creek. "William Drew and . . . John Drew shared the enthusiasm then prevalent in the Roanoke River section for breeding and racing thoroughbred stock. 'Solicitor,' bred by John Drew of Halifax County and foaled in 1783, "won upwards of one hundred races in Virginia and North Carolina." This horse was certified in 'the American Race Turf Register' by William Drew of Halifax Town in 1824. Another noted horse owned by John Drew, the imported 'Silver' was bred by the Duke of Grafton and foaled in 1789. It became the property of Lord Sackville who sold him to Drew." Claiborne T Smith Jr "Drew . . . owned stud horses, sailing ships to Barbados and London, and mercantile establishments in Halifax, Scotland Neck, and Louisburg. Advertisements from North Carolina newspapers offer sales of coffee, rum, sugar, molasses, and other commodities that arrived on brigs such as the Betsy, the Poll Carey, and the Jonathan Jacocks. Drew evidently offered young men the chance for apprenticeship in his business. Charles Harris arranged his brother, Robert, to work under Drew, and Dolphin Samuel Pete, the son of John Jr died of yellow fever in St. Bartholomew aboard his grandfather's ship. He also seems to have bought and sold vast tracts of land in Virginia and North Carolina. His educational interests are vague but according to the Harris letters, he gave $64 to the University of North Carolina up subscription in 1793/94." Ernest R Carter Jr References cited by
Carter and Smith: Children of John Drew & Winifred
Blount Hunter: 13/618 10 Oct 1777 Elisha Moore Wilson of Halifax Co. to John Drew
of same. For 100 pounds, 170 acres adj. Deep Creek, Indian Branch, and
Cane. Signed by Elisha Moore Wilson and Sara Wilson. 1782 Tax List, District 14 John Drew, 1020 acres on river, 22 Negroes, 20 horses/mules, 41 head of cattle 1784 Tax List, District 14 John Drew, 1160 acres, 21 Negroes 15/309 12 Feb 1785 William Gainer of Halifax Co. to John Drew of
same For 333 pounds, 6 shillings, 8 pence. 100 acres in Scotland Neck on
South side of Roanoke River, adj. Benjamin Fourman. 1785 Tax List, District 14 John Drew, 1260 acres, 23 black polls 16/67 1 Aug 1786 George Williams, planter of Bertie Co. to John
Drew, planter of Halifax Co. For 700 pounds, half of 640 acres that had
been obtained by Daniel McDaniel, 26 March 1723, and sold by him to John
Williams, and the said George Williams had inherited it from him, in
Scotland Neck on south side of Roanoke River, adj. Norfleet Harris. 1786 Tax List, District 14 John Drew, 1288 acres, 24 polls, 2 wheels Neighbors - Foreman 17/81 10 Dec 1788 Norfleet Harris of Halifax Co. to John Drew of
same. For 140 pounds, 60 acres that had been sold by Benjamin Fourman to
Sarah Hobgood on south side of Roanoke River. 17/93 10 Dec 1788 Norfleet Harris of Halifax Co. to John Drew of
same. For 28 pounds, 11 acres in Scotland Neck on south side of Roanoke
River, adj. W. Daniels (now John Drew), and Benjamin Foreman. 1788 Tax List, District 14 John Drew, 1683 acres, 21 black polls, 2 wheels 1790 Tax List, District 14 John Drew, 1750 acres, 28 black polls Census Halifax County 1790 John Drew 4 m 16+, 4 m -16, 3 f, 99 sl 17/222 8 Apr 1790 Benjamin Foreman and wife Amelia to John Drew for 108 pounds, 60 acres in Bertie County on north side of Roanoke River, adj. Nicholas Skinner. Wit. James Norfleet, William Drew, Dempsey Harrell 17/219 6 March 1790 Patience Webb of Edgecombe Co. to John
Drew of Halifax Co. For 112 pounds, 10 shillings, 75 acres on south side
of Roanoke River adj. Cain Branch, Patience Webb, William Boykin. 17/271 10 Aug 1790 George Williams as admr. of estate of
William Hollowell, deceased, and his heirs, of Bertie County, to John Drew
of Halifax County. For 81 pounds, 12 shillings, 34 acres in Scotland Neck
on south side of Roanoke River, adj. Norfleet, Drew. 17/343 27 Jan 1791 Thomas (X) Gainer to John Drew. For 200 pounds,
Negroes Hannah and Sal. 17/360 1 Mar 1791 John Drew of Halifax Co. to Halcott Briggs Pride
of same. For 150 pounds, 640 acres in Davidson County (Tennessee?) on
north side of Cumberland River, where old Mr. Wells now lives, near the
road from Nashville to Kentucke. Also another tract of 640 acres in
Davidson County on north side of Cumberland River adj. Goose Creek, Big
Baron River. 17/352 12 Mar 1791 John Drew of Halifax Co. to Halcott Briggs Pride,
Esq. of same. For 100 pounds, 640 acres in Sumner County (Tennessee?) on
north side of Cumberland River, adj. Elias Fort, Sampson Williams. Bertie Book P - 203 John Dodrill of Bertie to John Drew of Halifax Co. 23 April 1791. 250 pounds VA 200 acres which was part of a patent to John Blount Jr in 1720 & by several conveyances to sd. John Dodrill, on the north side of Roanoke River. Also signed by Elizabeth(x)Dodrill. Wit: Arthur Brown, Hezekiah Collum. May Ct 1791. Stevens Gray CC -- S E Bradley abstract 18/206 18 Dec 1791 John Drew of Halifax Co. to Jos. Hopkins and wife Mary Cary of Edenton. For 50 pounds, 80 acres in Scotland Neck that Drew had purchased from Patience Webb. Wit. Samuel Peete, William Drew 17/515 18 Feb 1793 Joseph Hopkins to John Drew. For 290 pounds, Negroes Caesar, Box, Deje, Esther, Mourning and her two children Gam and Hyson. Wit. W. Drew, A. Brown, Elisha dixon 17/665 ---- 1794 Blount Joyner to John Drew. For 500 pounds, 138
acres adj. Benjamin Foreman, Edess (or Joyner’s Corner), said John Drew,
Norfleet Harris, John Young, Thomas Joyner, deceased. 18/493 23 July 1794 John Drew of Halifax Co. to Polley Carey Hopkins, wife of Joseph Hopkins, and her daughter Margaret. Certain Negroes by deed 31 July 1793 and witnessed by James Williams and Thomas Anderson, but deed had never been recorded. Wit. A. Brown 17/906 17 May 1796 Elijah Wilkins and wife Pheribe to John Drew. For
500 pounds, 100 acres adj. John Blount. 18/108 Dec 1796 Articles of agreement between John Drew of Halifax Co. and William Rawls of same. Drew agrees to let Rawls have the Wilkins plantation, three Negoes, certain livestock, beginning 1 January 1797, to keep up the plantation where Robert Sandifer now lives, and said Rawls is to tend and keep and ride over the plantation of said Drew in Scotland Neck as often as twice a week. At the end of six years, Rawls is to receive certain livestock. Wit. John Whitehead 18/425 5 Oct 1798 George Scurlock to John Drew of Bertie Co. For 200 pounds, 100 acres adj. road from Halifax Town to Enfield Old Court House. Wit. John Drew, Jr., Good Davis 18/442 24 Oct 1798 Nicholas Branch to John Drew, Sr. For 150 pounds,
one Negro wench named Moll. 18/367 27 Oct 1798 John Drew, Sr. of Halifax Co. to Moses Matthews. For 242 pounds, 5 shillings, 100 acres adj. the road from Halifax Town to Enfield Old Court House. Wit. Thomas Hall, Dolphin Drew 1800 Tax List, District 14 John Drew, 2230 acres, 21 black polls
Census Bertie County 1800 John
Drew 5 m 0/10, 2 16/25, 1m 45+ 1 f 10/15, 1 f 26/45 25 sl Apprentice Bonds: Bertie Co, NC NCGSJ
VOL XVI-37... The Post Angel, or Universal Entertainment. Edenton Vol I,No 9, Wed Morning, Nov.
12, 1800, abstract by Fouts: 23/308 24 Dec 1800 Francis Young of Halifax Co. to John Drew Sr. of Bertie Co. Said Francis Young, as heir of his father John Young, deceased, had brought a suit of ejectment from said land against the said John Drew, Sr., claiming an undivided moiety in the land. This transaction settled the suit. Thus for $1201/2, 75 acres that was part of land claimed by said Francis Young under a grant to John young, 1 April 1763, in Scotland Neck, adj. John Young, Drew, Harris, and Fourman’s corner. Wit. John Drew, Jr., Ed Bailey 19/131 16 Mar 1801 John Bell Sr. to John Drew, Jr., both of Halifax Co. For 154 pounds, 16 shillings, 86 acres adj. Marmaduke Norfleet. Wit. Henry Baker, Lm. Murdaugh 19/148 3 Mar 1803 Peyton R. Tunstall to John Drew, Jr. both of Halifax Co. For 154 pound, 16 shillings, 86 acres adj. Marmaduke Norfleet. Wit. Wm. Rogers, Richard Whitaker NCGSJ-May 91 p102 abstract by Ransom McBride: Claims of British Merchants after the Revolutionary War; from report of Special Agent Robert H Jones -prepared about 1800-1803. Drew, John £25.19.2 p10 Claims of Gibson, Donaldson & Co. He moved from Scotland Neck in Halifax County to Bertie where he now lives eight miles from Edenton perfectly solvent. David Stone of same county can prove it. In Feb 1804 John Drew [Jr.], also a "marriner" and merchant, bought this property from the son and heir of Capt. Christopher Clark, "marriner" and merchant, who built the first part of the house, "five bays on the right" ca 1787. It was located on land that Gov. Gabriel Johnston widow Frances's heir, John Rutherford of New Hanover Co, had sold Clark in 1786 and the next year 1787 Clark bought an adjoining tract of land that had been confiscated from Duckenfield by the state of North Carolina after the Revolution. John Drew Jr's wife Lucy died in childbirth in March 1805 and in Nov 1805 John Drew Jr sold all this property for $10,000 to his brother in law, Stark Armistead 1785-1835, husband of sister Mary Cary Drew [ca1785-1820]. 1. died on the 26th ult at New York, Mr Dolphin Drew, son of John Drew, Esq. of Bertie County. Raleigh Register Mon 15 Apr 1805. Drew Extracts from the NCGS J VOL XI - 21/20 15 May 1807 John Drew Sr. of Bertie Co. to William Cherry of same. For 10,000 pounds, 2200 acres in Halifax County, adjoining the land where John Drew Sr. lived prior to when he moved to Bertie County. This deed appear to be a transaction to protect Jonathan Jacocks and William H. Green who had become securities in William Sutton vs John Drew, Sr. and John Drew Jr. Wit. John Drew, David Goodman Proved in Bertie County before David Stone. Apprentice Bonds: Bertie Co, NC NCGSJ
VOL XVI-37... 21/119 ---- 1808 John Drew Sr. and John Drew Jr. of Bertie Co. to David Clark of Washington County. For $40,000, 2000 acres, being all the land we hold in and about Scotland Neck, adj. Marmaduke Bell’s estate, William Boykin, the Kane Branch, John Young, Beaver Dam, Blount Joyner, Drew, Eli Harris, John Drew, Broad Bottom, William Drew, Eden, Norfleet Harris, the land John Drew bought from George Williams, McDonald, Foreman, James Norfleet, the land Drew bought from Hollowell’s estate, Smith, Rooty Tree Marsh, and James Smith. Wit. J. Anthony, William R. Smith 21/123 1 Feb 1808 William Cherry, Jonathan Jacocks, and William H. Green, all of Bertie County, to David Clark of Washington County. John Drew Sr. did by deed of trust 10 May 1807 sell to said William Cherry, and secured it with said Jacocks and said Green. It appears to have been defaulted for 2200 acres, being all the land bought by the said John Drew Sr. in and about Scotland Neck, and adj. Marmaduke Bell, William Boykin, the Kane Branch, John Young, Beaver Dam, Blount Joyner, Drew, Eli Harris, John Drew, Broad Bottom, William Drew, Eden, Norfleet Harris, the land John Drew bought from George Williams, McDonald, Foreman, James Norfleet, the land Drew bought from Hollowell’s estate, Smith, Rooty Tree Marsh, and James Smith. Wit. William R. Smith, J. Anthony 21/193 27 Apr 1808 John Drew Sr. of Bertie Co. to David Clark of Washington Co. For $40,000, 2000 acres in and about Scotland Neck, adj. Marmaduke Bell’s estate, William Boykin, the Kane Branch, John Young, Beaver Dam, Blount Joyner, Drew, Eli Harris, John Drew, Broad Bottom, William Drew, Eden, Norfleet Harris, the land John Drew bought from George Williams, McDonald, Foreman, James Norfleet, the land Drew bought from Hollowell’s estate, Smith, Rooty Tree Marsh, and James Smith. Wit. Thomas Burges, William Drew 21/423 10 Nov 1808 John Drew Sr. of Bertie Co. to David Clark of Washington Co. For $36,600, 1830 acres, which was all of said Drew’s land in Halifax County, in and about Scotland Neck, adj. Roanoke River, Thomas Jarrell, James Norfleet, Smith, Rooty Tree Marsh, Cane Marsh, John Drew, Sr., Frank Young, Blount Joyner, Williams, Thomas b. Hill, and Foreman. Wit. William Drew, George Outlaw, Thomas Burges
Bertie Co 1810 John Drew 1 m 16/25, 2 m 26/45, 1 m
45+ 1 f 0/10, 1 f 16/25, 1 free bl person, 79 sl
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