Monday, May 9, 2016

A Tory Threatens to Hang A Patriot - Greenville Co. SC Wills, Estates - #genealogy #southcarolinapioneers.net

Tory Threatens to Hang Patriot
By Jeannette Holland Austin

Reuben Harrison served with Colonel Richardson Owens during the Revolutionary War. He was sent from Flower Gap in Surry County, North Carolina by Colonel Owens with a letter to Colonel Benjamin Cleveland advising Cleveland when he would advance upon the Tories. Enroute, he was captured by the Tories and mistreated. They threatened to hang him. A Tory by the name of George Roberts took him into his arms and shaking him, told him that he would be hanged if he did not disclose his business. But his step-son, a young man, interceded that persuaded the Tory to release Harrison because of his youth. He had hidden the letter in the crown of his hat, and although the Tories removed it, did not see it. Therefore, Harrison was released and went on to deliver the letter to Colonel Cleveland before returning to Flower Gap.

Revolutionary War Pensions provide a great deal of personal information about the soldiers as well as battles. They are certainly worth studying and using to piece together family puzzles.

Greenville County Probate Records

Greenville County originally belonged to the Cherokee Indians, until 1777 when they ceded their lands to the state and English and Scotch-Irish settlers began settling. Greenville District was created in 1786, but from 1791 to 1800 it was part of the larger Washington District. The county seat was originally named Pleasantburg, but in 1831 the name was changed to Greenville. Early settlers: Arnold Russell, William Henry Lyttleton, Frederick Winter, Jesse Saxon, John Robinson, Evan Thomas, George Salmon, Wiat Anderson, John Holland, General Nathaniel Greene (1742-1786) and others.

Greenville County Probate Records available to members of South Carolina Pioneers

Images of Greenville County Wills 1787 to 1818

Arnold, Benjamin, LWT

Ayres, John

Barrett, Reubin (1812)

Benson, Elizabeth

Benson, Prue, LWT

Bots, Moon, LWT

Bradley, Abraham, LWT

Chastain, Abraham, estate (1845)

Chandler, Joel, LWT

Collins, John, LWT

Cooley, Jacob

Cox, John, LWT

Crain, Judith, LWT

Crayton, Thomas, LWT

Darrach, Hugh, LWT

Dill, John, LWT (1807)

Dill, Stephen, LWT (1839)

Duncan, Sally, LWT

Dunn, Benjamin

Dyer, Samuel, LWT

Edwards, John, LWT

Edwards, Sally

Fisher, Nicholas, LWT

Ford, Mary, LWT

Ford, John, LWT

Forest, Jeremiah, LWT

Forrester, James, LWT

Foster, John, LWT

Gaston, William

Goodlett, David, LWT

Goodlett, Hiram, LWT

Goodlett, Robert

Grace, Joel

Hackson, William

Hanes, Henry

Harrison, John, LWT

Hawkins, Eaton

Hawkins, Joshua, LWT

Hethcoth, Isaac

Howard, Edward, LWT

Howard, John, LWT

Hunt, William, LWT

Jackson, Elizabeth

Janes, Joseph, LWT

Jenkins, Micajah, LWT

Johnson, Hannah

Kelly, Samuel

Kemp, Richard, LWT

Kilgore, James

King, Edward

Kirby, Francis, LWT

Landrith, John

Langley, Carter, LWT

Langston, John, LWT

Lester, Archibald, LWT

Loveless, Isaac, LWT

Machen, Henry, LWT

Martin, George

Mathers, William, LWT

McClanahan, William, LWT (1802) transcript

McCleland, James

McCrary, James, LWT

McDaniel, John

McVicar, Adam, LWT

Moon, John, LWT (1839), transcript

Moon, William, LWT (1835), transcript

Morgan, Isaac, LWT

Nelson, Robert

Owens, William, LWT

Payne, Isaiah, LWT

Payne, Thomas, LWT

Peden, John, LWT

Peden, John Sr., LWT

Peden, William, LWT

Pickett, Micajah, LWT

Pike, Lewis, LWT, transcript, 1819

Praytor, Middleton

Reece, Travace

Roberts, Hardy, LWT

Roe, James, LWT

Rogers, John, LWT

Sammons, John

Seaborn, George

Ship, William

Simmons, John

Sims, Drury, LWT

Smith, Alexander, LWT

Smith, Abner, LWT

Smith, Reubin, LWT

Sparks, Jesse, LWT

Stone, Mary LWT

Stone, Jonathan

Tarrant, Benjamin, LWT (1808)

Tarrant, John, LWT

Taylor, John, LWT

Thomas, William

Thompson, John, LWT

Thompson, Josiah

Thackston, William, LWT

Thrasher, Thomas, LWT

Turner, William

Vinson, Ezekiel

Waddill, Charles

Waddill, Edmund, LWT, image (1850)

Walker, Sylvanus

Welch, William, LWT

Wells, Samuel, LWT

Wickliff, Isaac, LWT

Wolfe, George

Wynne, Matthew, LWT

Yeargin, Andrew

Yeargin, Orgin

Young, John, LWT

Young, William, LWT

Digital Images of Inventories and Appraisements 1825 to 1829

Avery, Charles

Benson, Robert

Bradford, Philemon

Brooks, George

Brown, William

Clark, William

Cole, Ira

Cook, Nancy

Cooley, Jacob

Cowan, Francis

Crayton, Samuel

Croft, Frederick

Farr, James

Foster, Robert

Goldsmith, John

Hall, Merry

Loveless, Isaac

McClemons, Hugh

McCreary, Andrew

McJunkin, Daniel

Montgomery, Alexander

Moon, Samuel

Morgan, Jesse

Moseley, James

Nabors, Samuel

Nelson, Elisha

Pegalot, William

Ponder, James

Pool, Irvin P.

Rae, James

Rea, William

Rector, Lewis

Sloan, Alexander

Smith, Jeremiah

Sowel, Deadamia

Stoke, Levi

Stokes, Thomas

Stone, Mary

Sullivan, Charles

Taylor, John

Terry, Burksdale

Thurston, David

Towns, Samuel

Waddill, Charles

Welch, William

Westfield, John Jr.

Westmoreland, John

Young, William

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