Sarah EDWARDS

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Sarah married Dempsey POPE on 17 May 1807 in Charlotte, Wake, North Carolina. Dempsey was born on 16 May 1777 in Wake County, North Carolina; died on 17 Dec 1853 in Blue Mound Twp, Macon, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Zachariah married Tabitha SPEIGHT on 21 Jul 1788 in Wake County, North Carolina. Tabitha (daughter of William SPEIGHT and Penelope MCLENDON) was born about 1767 in Wake County, North Carolina; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• resided: 1812, Dickson County, Tennessee

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WIlliam Speight (Died 1809) son of William and Abigail, is confirmed by connections in will to William Lane (rel. to Lydia Speight/Lane) and Issac Hunter (rel to Sarah Speight/Hunter), brother in-laws.

From the Dickson County Handbook:
In April Christopher Robertson, and Minor Bibb were permitted to keep ordinaries and William Parker was given permission to operate a house of entertainment. In July William Speight and William Ward were given permission to have ordinaries at their dwelling houses.

Will Dated 8 Jan 1809
William Speight's will written January 8, 1809 and proved in the Wake County, NC courts May, 1809, Will Book 9, pp. 45-47. His bequests were as follows: First, I give and bequeath to my dear and beloved wife, Penelope, one black horse, one sorrel (ditto, got by Mark Anthony, five feather beds and furniture, fifty four geese & one filly one walnut (ovel?) table, six chairs, all my Pewter and Earthenware, two cotton wheels, two flax ditto, one flax hackle, all my case knives and forks, one Cart and work Stears, two Iron Pots, one dutch Oven, my Tub, Pails, and Pigions (?), and all my plantation utensils of every kind (except what is herein thereafter bequeathed) two flat Irons all my stock of Hogs, six head of sheep and twenty head of Cattle to her and her Heirs or Assigns forever. I likewise lend to my beloved wife Penelope during her natural life all my land and improvements on the north side of Swift ? creek above the Road leading to Raleigh including the Plantation whereon I now live (except twenty acres including a House built for my son James. Also the following Negroes (to wit), Luke Ned, Rachel, Flora, Cherry and Sarah, and after her decease to descend to the Legatees as herein and hereafter mentioned. I also give and bequeath to my Grand children (viz the children of my daughter Rhody Strickland the following negroes with all their future increase (to wit) Flora, Cherry and Sarah, to be equally divided among them after my wife Penelopes decease, to them their Heirs & assigns forever. I also give to my grandson Burrel Edwards one hundred Acres of Land including the plantation whereon Zachariah Edwards now lies. The same being surveyed by Nathaniel Jones WP. to him his Heirs & assigns forever. I give and bequeath to my grand children (viz) the children of my daughter Tabitha Edwards the following negroes, (to wit, Mary, Daniel, Milley, Rachel and Sam, to be and remain in the care and possession of my sd. daughter Tabitha (at the will of my Executors) during her natural life wholy & solely for the benefit of her children and after her decease to be equally divided among them all to them their Heirs and Assigns forever. I give and bequeath to my son William four hundred Acres of Land whereon he now lives, Also the following Negroes after his mothers decease (towit, Luke, Ada and Rachel, and also at my death the following Negroes, Cate and Lettice, also my still, one brass kettle, one bed and furniture one walnut chest, and one whip saw to him his Heirs and assigns forever. I give and bequeath to my son James all the land and improvements whereon I now live it being part of several surveys and containing by estimation eighteen hundred and twenty eight Acres, Also the following Negroes, with all their further inrease (to Wit, Sam, Willis, Ben & Amy. all my Blacksmith Tools, three beds and furniture, one cross cut saw one desk, one Walnut chest, one Walnut Table, six chairs, one sorrel Horse got by Raven, one Mare got by Flemnap? two head of cattle all my capenters Tools, and Books to him his Heirs and assigns forever. My further will and desire is that all my property not yet bequeathed shall be sold and the money arising therefrom together with my ready Money Notes and Book accounts be equally divided between my two sons, William & James after paying all my Just debts. I do also hereby nominate, consitute and appoint my two sons, William and James and my trusty friend Matthew McCullers Executors to this my last Will and Testament, revoking all former Wills and Execu__ by me heretofore made or appointed. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eighth day of January A.D. One thousand eight hundred and nine. William Speight (Seal) Signed Sealed published and declared by the said William as his last Will & Testament in presence of us. Wm. Lane } Interlined before assigned Isaac Hunter } the words fifty geese and one Filly. Levi Jones } Stephen Segraves (X his mark) Wake County, May Term 1809 The execution of this Will was in open Court duly proven by the oaths of Levi Jones & Stephen Seagraves who are subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. Recorded 14th June 1809. W. H. Wm. Hill, clk.

resided:
From the Dickson County Handbook: In April Christopher Robertson,
and Minor Bibb were permitted to keep ordinaries and William Parker
was given permission to operate a house of entertainment. In July
William Speight and William Ward were given permission to have
ordinaries at their dwelling houses.........

William married Penelope MCLENDON. Penelope (daughter of Jacob MCLENDON and Martha TRAVIS) was born about 1739 in Wake County, North Carolina; died in 1821 in Wake County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Wake County, NC - Will & Estate Records File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Norma N. Diggs In the Name of God Amen I Penelope Speight of the county of Wake and State of North Carolina widow being in perfect health of body and mind and memory thanks be given to almighty God but calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will & Testament in manner & form following, Imprimus I bequeath my body to the earth to be buried in a descent Christian like manner and my soul I recommend into the hands of almighty God not doubting but that I shall by his almighty power receive the same again at the General Resurection and as to what Worthy estate that hath pleased God to bless me with in this life I dispose of thru manner & form & all owning. Item, I bequeath to my daughter Tabitha Edwards the stock of cattle which she has of mine in her possession to her and her heirs & assigns for ever also one Ginnea (?). Item, I give and bequeath to my Grand daughter Penelope Edwards one Feather Bead now in the possession of Uriah Edwards o her & her Heirs for Ever. Item, I give and bequeath to my son James Speight one bay mare one cart and work glass one bead and Furniture to him and his heirs forever. Item, I bequeath to my grand daughter Rebecah Speight one Gray year old Colt to her and heirs forever after. I give and bequeath to my Grand Daughter Polly Rose my riding Saddle to her & her heirs forever Item, I bequeath to my Grand Children that is the surviving children of my son wiliam Speight all the rest of my property of every kind after paying my just debts to be sold and equally divided among them and their heirs and assigns for ever. I do hereby appoint my truste friend Matthew McCullers and my son James Speight Executors to this my last will and Testament Revoking all other wills by me here to fore made in Testamony whereof I the said penelope speight have hereunto set my hand and seal the 2nd day of December one thousand Eight hundred and twenty one. The word Children Interlined before assigned. Signed sealed and acknowledged in the Penelope Speight {Seal} presence of us Her mark "H" (unusal, looks like a wide italic capital) G. Huckabee Jos. Huckabee

Cannot confirm parents at present... lots of erroneous stuff on ancestry.com that is not possible.

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• FamilySearch ID: L5GD-K43
• Name: Wm SPEIGHT
• _UID: FF7EE377D6A44EED9CE21B2D22F2B0C2D84D
• Will: 22 Jun 1774, Wake County, North Carolina

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William was the son of John Speight and wife Elizabeth. The proof of this can be found in the will of William Powell of Isle of Wight Co, VA, Bk 4, p. 85. John Speight and brother William Speight were the executors of William Powell's will dated 13 Sep 1747, pr 12 Nov 1747. William Speight of Edgecombe Co, NC sold 75 acres in Isle of Wight Co, VA given to William Speight by the last will & testament of William Powell, dec'd. William Powell gave a deed of gift to his dau-in-lw Elizabeth Speight now the wife of John Speight 70 acres in Lower Parish of Isle of Wight during her natural life land on the western branch in Isle of Wight. Bk 4, p. 200 deeds, 1732. Deed BK 4, p. 230 to my loving kinsman John Speight and his wife Elizabeth 50 acres adj. Richard Hutchins & Jacob Powell (1733). William Speight & Abigail sold land in Edgecombe (Halifax deed Bk 8, p. 431 stating he was of Johnston Co, NC. Wake formed in 1771 from Johnston Co, NC.

On 18 November 1760, William Speight requested his brother John's patent of 300 acres be transferred to him since John had recently been killed (Colonial Records of North Carolina, Vol. 6, p. 341).

NOTES BY DORIS SCOTT: William Speight was probably born in Virginia as the Speights were in Nansemond County, Virginia, in the late 1600?s and early 1700?s before migrating to North Carolina through Perquimans and Chowan Counties and settling in Craven County in the section that became Johnston County in 1746 and then part of Wake County in 1770. Several land grants are recorded for William Speight in Craven County from 1751 to 1765. William Speight served as a captain in the Johnston County Militia in the French and Indian Wars in 1754.

SPEIGHT, William will R. 22 June 1774 p40
In the Name of GOD Amen this Second day of July in the Year of Man's Redemption One thousand Seven hundred Seventy and three I William Speight of Wake County in the Province of North Carolina planter, being Sick, and weak, in Body but of perfect mind and Memory do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament in the following manner and form
Imprimis,
I lend unto Abigail my Well beloved Wife the use and profit of the Plantation whereon I live with the Land in that Tract thereunto Adjoining being by Estemation two hundred and forty Acres and two Negroe Men both Named Dick and One Negroe Woman Named Sarah, and two feather Beds and furnitures thereto belonging and Six Cows and their Calves two Steers and three Yearlings and three Mares One Rhoan One Bay & One Black in Coular and One black Horse or Gelding and all my Hogs raised at the said Plantation One Iron pot and One third part of my Pewter and One side Saddle, and my Plantation Tools, & Casks and Six Chairs and One Disk and One Small walnut Table and One pine Do and One linin Wheel and One Woollen Do and One washing Tubb and One water pail and One piggin, which use or lent of the above said things to my abovesaid Wife I desire may be and remain for and during her Widowhood or Natural Life and no longer.

Item, I give unto my Daughter Winifred Speight and to her heirs and assigns forever One fether bed and furniture and One Chest that was my Mothers and five Chairs and four Cows and their Calves, and two Steers and One Rhoan Coulared Horse or Gelding and One side Sadle and One third part of my Pewter, and as soon as the above lent of the Negroe Man Dick which was my Mothers is Expired to my said Wife either by the Marriage or Death of my said Wife for him to revert to my said Daughter Winifred as & in manner of the other things above given.

Item I give to my Daughter Patience Speight and to her Heirs and Assigns forever the Revertion of the other Negro Man Dick above lent to my said Wife after the Expiration of the said lent and One feather bed and furniture One Ovill Table and five Chairs and One black Walnut Chest and One third part of Pewter and four Cows and their Calves, and four two Year old Cattle-

Item I give unto my Son William Speight and to his Heirs and Assigns forever my Cooper Alembick or Still One Whip Saw and One Crosscutt Saw, and the Reversion of the Land and Plantation above lent to my said Wife after the Expiration of the said lent.

Item it is my further desire in Case any of my said Children theretofore or hereafter Named should depart this life without issue for the Reversion of their Estate to be Distributed in equal Degree among my Surviving Children or their Representatives Except in Case of the Death of Either of my Maiden Daughters above said Winifred or Patience should as afore said die without issue. that before such distribution the Survivor of the two may Inheritt the Negroe Man above given if left alive at the time of the Death of the other Sister and that the same two Maiden Daughters may Inherett an Equal Moiety of the Money That the Negro Woman Sarah above lent to my said Wife shall sell for at fair Sale after the lent to my Wife is Expired,

Item I give to Reuben Hunter Junr my Grandson and to his Heirs and Assigns forever the Survey of Land whereon William _______ Now lives and ten pounds proclamation Money to pay for the taking out or the Issuing a Deed for the Same at the Opening of the Propriators Land Office, and my Negroe Boy Named Pompey and four heifers three Years old each,and One Grey Horse and One New Small Gun, and in case He should depart this life without issue and under the Age of


SUMMARY: Wife Abigail: plantation wheron I now live; two negro men, both named Dick; one negro women named Sarah; household goods; livestock; plantation tools. Daughter Winifred SPEIGHT: furniture; livestock; negro Dick to come to her at remarriage or death of wife. Daughter Patience SPEIGHT: other negroDick at decease of wife; furniture; livestock. Son William SPEIGHT: home plantation after death of wife. Grandson Reuben HUNTER, Jr: land whereon William SIMMONS now lives; negro Pompey; livestock. If grandson should die without issue or before 21, revert to his brother Dempsey HUNTER. Daughter Mary MIATE: negro Sam. Son-in-law Silius GREEN to get right to land surveyed for William BROWN, Jr., and sold to Abner LEEGATT and by him sold to me. Rest equally divided among my 8 children: son William SPEIGHT, daughters Sarah HUNTER, Lydia LANE, Charity GREEN, Betty TURNER, Mary MIATE, Winifred SPEIGHT, Patience SPEIGHT. 2 July 1773. Executors: Wife Abigail and son William. Witnesses: William UTLEY, Isham (x) UTLEY, Jesse LANE.

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SPEIGHT, William will R. 22 June 1774 p40
In the name of God, Amen. Wife Abigail: plantation wheron I now
live; two negro men, both named Dick; one negro women named Sarah;
household goods; livestock; plantation tools. Daughter Winifred
SPEIGHT: furniture; livestock; negro Dick to come to her at remarriage
or death of wife. Daughter Patience SPEIGHT: other negroDick at
decease of wife; furniture; livestock. Son William SPEIGHT: home
plantation after death of wife. Grandson Reuben HUNTER, Jr: land
whereon William SIMMONS now lives; negro Pompey; livestock. If
grandson should die without issue or before 21, revert to his brother
Dempsey HUNTER. Daughter Mary MIATE: negro Sam. Son-in-law Silius
GREEN to get right to land surveyed for William BROWN, Jr., and sold
to Abner LEEGATT and by him sold to me. Rest equally divided among my
8 children: son William SPEIGHT, daughters Sarah HUNTER, Lydia LANE,
Charity GREEN, Betty TURNER, Mary MIATE, Winifred SPEIGHT, Patience
SPEIGHT. 2 July 1773. Executors: Wife Abigail and son William.
Witnesses: William UTLEY, Isham (x) UTLEY, Jesse LANE.

William married Abigail SCARTH about 1740-1744 in Johnston County, North Carolina. Abigail was born about 1724 in Johnson Co., (Wake Co.) North Carolina; died on 17 Jan 1781 in Wake County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Abigail Scarth O'ROURKE
• Name: Abigail SCARTH O'ROURKE
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• war: Est 1780, Wake County, North Carolina
• Will: 17 Jan 1781, Wake County, North Carolina

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Abigail is said to have aided the war effort of the revolution by furnishing beef to the continental army.
SPEIGHT, Abigail will R. 15 Sep 1783 p146 In the name of God Amen. Daughter Lydia LANE: furniture and horse. Daughter Charity GREEN: furniture. Son William SPEIGHT: furniture. Daughter Mary MYATT: saddle. Patience GREEN: horse and furniture. Susana McGUFFEY: furniture. Granddaughter Winnifred TURNER: horse. Winifred HUNTER: spinning wheel. 17 Jan 1781.
Abigail (x) SPEIGHT, Executors: Son William SPEIGHT, James LANE, Wits: Joel LANE (Jurat), Sarah (S) LANE, John (x) RENCH. SPEIGHT, William Estate sale R. Sep 1774 p45 Farm implements; houshold goods; livestock. (Buyers unnamed). Deputy Sheriff: Jas. JONES.

war:
Abigail is said to have aided the war effort of the revolution by
furnishing beef to the continental army.

Will:
SPEIGHT, Abigail will R. 15 Sep 1783 p146
In the name of God Amen. Daughter Lydia LANE: furniture and horse.
Daughter Charity GREEN: furniture. Son William SPEIGHT: furniture.
Daughter Mary MYATT: saddle. Patience GREEN: horse and furniture.
Susana McGUFFEY: furniture. Granddaughter Winnifred TURNER: horse.
Winifred HUNTER: spinning wheel. 17 Jan 1781. Abigail (x) SPEIGHT,
Executors: Son William SPEIGHT, James LANE, Wits: Joel LANE (Jurat),
Sarah (S) LANE, John (x) RENCH.
SPEIGHT, William Estate sale R. Sep 1774 p45
Farm implements; houshold goods; livestock. (Buyers unnamed). Deputy
Sheriff: Jas. JONES.

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Jacob married Martha TRAVIS in 1741 in Macon, Bibb Co, Georgia. Martha (daughter of John TRAVIS and Nancy Copeland) was born in 1721 in Dawson, Georgia; died in 1752 in Dawson, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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