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John Poston

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John Poston (son of Daniel Poston and Hannah Stroup).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Daniel Poston was born in 1769 (son of Jonathan Poston and Mary Lynn); died in Apr 1807 in Lincoln County, NC.

    Notes:

    Received state grant for 100 acres in Rutherford Co. NC Archives CR26901.1 File# 17368. Daniel sold 100 acres to William Polk. File #17366

    Daniel married Hannah Stroup on 22 Feb 1788. Hannah (daughter of Reuben Travis and Mary R. Lafone) was born in in Lincoln County, NC; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Hannah Stroup was born in in Lincoln County, NC (daughter of Reuben Travis and Mary R. Lafone); and died.
    Children:
    1. 1. John Poston


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Jonathan Poston was born about 1742 in Maryland (son of Thomas Poston and Mable Unknown); and died.

    Notes:

    Land Records
    5:389 2 Dec 1762 101 acres Abbots Creek Rowan Co. from Freerick Michal & wife Christen for 12 pounds. (This is now Davidson Co)
    7:63 13 Feb 1769 101 acres Abbots Creek Rowan Co. Jonathan Poston & wife Mary to Felix Clotfelter for 39 pounds 10 pense. (Same land as above)

    Minutes in the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, Rowan Co.
    1773-1795 14 Jul 1763 Jonathan Poston on petit jury.
    13 Oct 1763 Lease and release from Frederick Michael & wife Chrisrina to Jonathan Poston for 101 acres
    13 April 1763 prvd by William Lynn**
    16 Feb 1769 Lease and release from Jonathan Poston & wife to Felix Clotfelker for 101 acres
    13-14 Feb 1769. (Deeds of lease and release were common in Colonial times to circumvent tax on the transfer of real property.)

    Will probated April 1779 in Mecklenburg Co.
    James Lynn of Agusta Co., Va. dated 17 Feb 1779 leaves wife Sarah; sons James, John, Adlai, William Miller; Daus Eleanor, Sarah, Prudence, Elizabeth, Jane Pritchard, MARY POSTON, Catherine Gillespie, Margaret Wallace.

    Tax Receipts:
    1761 Authur Oneal's district.
    1763 Authur Oneal's district . Rowan County (now Davidson County area). This was signed by William Massery who was sheriff od Rowan County. (Madge Mauney Harris has found the origional tax receipt.)

    Marriage Bond:
    1790 John Poston Sr and John Poston Jr signed marriage bond for John Poston Jr and Rebecca Baldridge in Lincoln Co.

    Jonathan poston was a chain carrier for surveyer John Frohock in Rowan County noted in a Granville Grant to Henry Sluder dated 28 Aug 1762 on Farmers Creek, a fork of Abbotts Creek.

    From Rowan Co. court Records, 16 Nov. 1769: John Poston to help layout road from Salisbury Road to John Batey's ford on the Catawba River. Todays Beattie's Ford Road goes to this ford. Seems that Jonathan's surveying experience was called on to help with this road.

    Jonathan married Mary Lynn before 1759. Mary (daughter of William Lynn and Sarah) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Lynn (daughter of William Lynn and Sarah); and died.
    Children:
    1. Ann Poston was born on 2 Mar 1759; and died.
    2. John Poston was born on 23 Mar 1761; died on 22 Aug 1819 in Buncombe County, NC.
    3. Poston was born in Jun 1763; and died.
    4. Samuel Poston was born on 8 Oct 1765; died in 1819 in Rutherford County, North Carolina.
    5. Rachael Poston was born about 1767; and died.
    6. 2. Daniel Poston was born in 1769; died in Apr 1807 in Lincoln County, NC.

  3. 6.  Reuben Travis was born in 1829 (son of William Pope and Susan Adline Pope); died in 1917.

    Reuben married Mary R. Lafone. Mary (daughter of William Pope and Susan Adline Pope) was born in 1833 in North Carolina; died on 15 Jul 1919 in Saint Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery, Conover, Catawba County, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Mary R. Lafone was born in 1833 in North Carolina (daughter of William Pope and Susan Adline Pope); died on 15 Jul 1919 in Saint Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery, Conover, Catawba County, North Carolina, USA.
    Children:
    1. Noah Pinkney Travis was born on 15 Jan 1863 in Catawaba, Co., NC; died on 22 May 1955 in Catawaba, Co., NC; was buried in Bethel Lutheren Church LCMS Cemetery, Catawba County North Carolina.
    2. 3. Hannah Stroup was born in in Lincoln County, NC; and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Thomas Poston was born in 1716 in Charles County, Maryland (son of John Poston and Susannah Mary Baldridge); died on 19 Mar 1777 in Loudoun, VA.

    Notes:

    From Katherine Mock:
    Thomas Posten of Charles Co., MD sold his inheritance of "Poverty", 82 1/3 acres more or less, to Edward Davis of Charles Co., on Aug 13 1746 for 5000 pound of tobacco. Thomas' wife Mabel was named as waving all dower rights.
    On Aug 15 1750, Thomas sold all of his household goods, animals, ect. to Phillip Keys for 6327 ponds of Tobacco. No wife was named in this.

    1744 Made his mark on the inventory of his father's estate.
    1759 Rowan County Tax list
    1760 John Dickey's Store account
    1761 Tax list, Capt Kerr's Company, Rowan County.
    1761 John Dickey's Store account

    Thomas married Mable Unknown. Mable and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Mable Unknown and died.

    Notes:

    She was named in a deed in 1746 and 1750 in VA

    Children:
    1. 4. Jonathan Poston was born about 1742 in Maryland; and died.

  3. 10.  William Lynn died in 1779 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.

    Notes:

    Will probated April 1779 in Mecklenburg Co. James Lynn of Agusta Co., Va. dated 17 Feb 1779 leaves wife Sarah; sons James, John, Adlai, William Miller; Daus Eleanor, Sarah, Prudence, Elizabeth, Jane Pritchard, MARY POSTON, Catherine Gillespie, Margaret Wallace.

    William married Sarah. Sarah and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Sarah and died.
    Children:
    1. 5. Mary Lynn and died.
    2. James Lynn and died.
    3. John Lynn and died.
    4. Adlai Lynn and died.
    5. William Lynn and died.
    6. Miller Lynn and died.
    7. Eleanor Lynn and died.
    8. Sarah Lynn and died.
    9. Prudence Lynn and died.
    10. Elizabeth Lynn and died.
    11. Jane Lynn and died.
    12. Catherine Lynn and died.
    13. Margaret Lynn and died.

  5. 12.  William Pope was born in May 1809 (son of John Emanuel Bagwell and Elizabeth Constance Jackson); died on 22 Apr 1862 in Bethel Lutheren Church LCMS Cemetery, Catawba County North Carolina.

    William married Susan Adline Pope. Susan (daughter of Reggie Dean Childress and Tammy Misty Marie Coleman) was born in 1810; was buried in Bethel Lutheren Church LCMS Cemetery, Catawba County North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Susan Adline Pope was born in 1810 (daughter of Reggie Dean Childress and Tammy Misty Marie Coleman); was buried in Bethel Lutheren Church LCMS Cemetery, Catawba County North Carolina.
    Children:
    1. 6. Reuben Travis was born in 1829; died in 1917.
    2. Candace Maude Pope was born on 5 Nov 1848 in USA; died on 11 Jun 1932 in USA; was buried in Bethel Lutheren Church LCMS Cemetery, Catawba County North Carolina.
    3. 7. Mary R. Lafone was born in 1833 in North Carolina; died on 15 Jul 1919 in Saint Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery, Conover, Catawba County, North Carolina, USA.
    4. Bertha A. Dellinger was born in 1889; died in 1979.
    5. Noah Pinkney Travis was born on 15 Jan 1863 in Catawaba, Co., NC; died on 22 May 1955 in Catawaba, Co., NC; was buried in Bethel Lutheren Church LCMS Cemetery, Catawba County North Carolina.
    6. Troy Lee Mathis, SR was born on 7 Apr 1911 in Catawaba, Co., NC; died on 18 May 1973 in Gaffney, Cherokee County, SC; was buried in Draytonville Baptist Church, Cherokee County, SC.
    7. Minerva Catherine Mathews was born on 18 Mar 1872 in Catawaba, Co., NC; died on 28 Apr 1940 in Catawaba, Co., NC; was buried in Bethel Lutheren Church LCMS Cemetery, Catawba County North Carolina.
    8. Jonas Mathews was born in 1852; died in 1925.
    9. Sara Jean McAbee was born on 4 Aug 1943 in Gaffney, Cherokee County, SC; died on 10 Oct 2007 in Cherokee County, South Carolina.


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