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| Birth: | About 1690 in Isle of Wight, Virginia |
| Death: | About 1746 in Albermarle, Bertie Precinct, North Carolina |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | James (Byenam) BYNUM b. About 1666 in Surry County, Virginia |
| Mother: | Elizabeth MIZELL b. About 1666 in Surry County, Virginia |
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| Reference: Daltons Ancestors Keyword |
| Changed: 21 Aug 2003 5:50:55 |
| Reference: Cousins of Dalton J. Nix Keyword |
| Reference: Descendants of John (Baynham) Bynum Keyword |
| Reference: Descendants of Thomas Blow Keyword |
| Reference: Descendants of Luke Mizell Keyword |
| Reference: Descendants of William Larrence Keyword |
| Reference: Descendants of Mathais Marriott Keyword |
| Reference: Descendants of George Fort Keyword |
| Reference: Descendants of Richard I Jordon Keyword |
| Reference: Descendants of George Reynolds Keyword |
| Reference: Descendants of Anthony Mathews Keyword |
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| Mary FORT (Wife) b. 1705 in Surry, Virginia
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| Marriage: | ABT 1720 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia 30 Jun 2001 21:16:12 |
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 William BYNUM Jr. b. 1724 in Isle of Wight, Virginia
 James BYNUM b. About 1724 in Isle of Wright, Virginia
- Luke BYNUM b. 1730 in Isle of Wright, Virginia
- Mary Fort BYNUM b. About 1720 in Isle of Wight, Virginia
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Individual:
BOB'S GENEALOGY FILING CABINET
http://home.nc.rr.com/rwbaird/bynum/bynumwilliam1.html (Bob Baird)
William Bynum
(c1690 Ð 1746)
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William Bynum was evidently the eldest son of James and Elizabeth Bynum.Ê He is likely the William Bynum who witnessed several deeds in the area of his fatherÕs land beginning in 1713. [1] ÊÊ The earliest certain record of him is two deeds from William Bynum of Isle of Wight County to Edward Grantham and Robert Proctor dated 16 September 1723. [2] ÊÊThe land conveyed was the 460 acres granted in two patents to James Bynum in 1714. [3] ÊBoth deeds were signed by William Bynum and his wife Mary Bynum, and both appeared in court on 18 September when Mary relinquished her dower right in the land.Ê
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It seems likely that William Bynum was living at this time on his fatherÕs 1719 patent on Flat Swamp in the part of southern Isle of Wight County that eventually became Southampton County. [4] Ê On 3 January 1724 he witnessed a deed for nearby land in Isle of Wight. [5] Ê By early 1724, however, it appears he had moved south into what was then the Bertie Precinct of Albemarle County, North Carolina.Ê On 21 April 1724, as ÒWilliam Binam of the prcink of bartye in the province of North CarilinahÓ he sold to Joseph Franco that 100 acres on Flatt Swamp, describing it as land Ògranted by patent to James Bynum dectÓ in 1719. [6] Ê William Bynum appeared in the Isle of Wight court on 25 May 1724 to acknowledge the deed.
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On 3 August 1724 he witnessed a deed in Bertie Precinct from Arthur Davis to Richard Killingsworth.Ê The following day, Arthur Davis deeded William Bynum 200 acres in Bertie, probably in what later became Halifax County.Ê William Bynum sold this land to Richard Killingsworth on 14 February 1728 [7] and apparently moved onto a 595 acre parcel on the south side of the Moratock River which he patented on 1 February 1726. [8] Ê Following the sale, Arthur Davis sued William Bynum over a debt (possibly an unpaid mortgage on the land sold) but the case was dismissed by the July court later that year. [9]
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In the meantime, it was probably this William Bynum who witnessed the will of his father-in-law John Fort on 21 October 1724 back in Surry County.Ê In 1730, he also witnessed Mary FortÕs discharge of dower in land conveyed by her husband John Fort, Jr. to Davis Hopper in Bertie Precinct.
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William BynumÕs 595 acre patent on the Moratock (later called the Roanoke) River was located in the part ofÊ Bertie which became Edgecombe County in 1741 and Halifax County in 1758.Ê He was William Bynum Òof Edgecombe precinctÓ on 20 November 1733 when he sold 300 acres of it to Elizabeth Jenkins. [10] Ê (This land, incidentally, was located in what is called the Scotland Neck area of present-day Halifax County within a mile or two of the land his brother James Bynum purchased in 1733.)Ê William Bynum retained 295 acres of the land and his son William Bynum Jr. sold it forty years later.
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The 1735 Quit Rent roll for the Edgecombe precinct of Bertie County lists William Bynum with 240 acres and his brother John Bynum with 270 acres.Ê How William acquired this parcel is unknown, but it was apparently the same 240 acres on Looking Glass swamp and Panther poccosin Òwhere said Bynum now livesÓ which he sold to John and Robert Whittaker on 19 October 1744 [11] .ÊÊ This deed was executed by William Bynum and ÒMary his wifeÓ.Ê Looking Glass swamp was a creek of the Roanoke River located in the southeastern part of what is now Halifax County near the present site of the town ofÊ Spring Hill.
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A few months later on 3 December 1744, William Bynum bought from Thomas Drake 300 acres in Edgecombe County on the upper side of Fishing Creek. [12] Ê This was several miles west of Looking Glass swamp on the Halifax side of what became the border between Halifax and Edgecombe Counties.Ê He apparently lived on this land until his death.
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On 30 December 1745, William Bynum witnessed a deed from William Mearness to ÒWilliam Bynum Jr. of Fishing CreekÓ for land on the south side of Fishing Creek, the Edgecombe County side.Ê This is the last record for William Bynum, and the first record of his (apparently) eldest son.
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On 20 May 1746 the will of William Bynum was proved in the Edgecombe County court and the widow Mary Bynum was confirmed as executor.Ê Unfortunately, the will no longer exists, only the court minutes survive.Ê In fact, other than the court entry noting the proving of the will, I found only one surviving document, an inventory of the estate by the widow.Ê This is a loose, undated paper found in the North Carolina Archives. [13] ÊÊ The inventory is a lengthy list of the goods of a moderately well-to-do planter:Ê ÒÉsix Negroes, 40 head of cattle, 2 horses and 3 mares, 16 sheep, 6 feather beds and furniture, 4 bedsteads, 3 chests, 1 box, 2 tables, 6 chairs, 2 pails, 2 piggons, 1 tub, 2 spinning wheels, 6 pairs of casks, 1 lume, 5 sleys and harnesses, 3 plow hoes, 10 weeding hoes, 1 iron wedge, 1 grindstone,É12 bottles, 3 stone jugs, 1 butter pot, 2 vials, some shoemakers tools, some carpenters tools, 1 adds, [many other tools listed] É1 sword, 4 guns and one barrel of a gun,9 pounds of powder and 10 pounds of shotÉ [a long list of farm implements] ÉÒ117 pounds of cotton, 6 pounds of feathers, 51 pounds of wool, 89 pounds of pewterÉsome books (on) the duty of man and 3 testaments and one psalter.Ó Ê This paper is signed by Mary BynumÕs mark, the same mark she had used back in Virginia.
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Since the will itself no longer exists, we are forced to speculate about the children.Ê William Bynum Jr. seems to have inherited his fatherÕs land on Fishing Creek, which he later sold, as well as the Scotland Neck land granted in 1726, which he sold as Òson and heir of William BynumÓ.Ê WilliamÕs other children must be deduced.Ê If William Bynum Jr. were the eldest, which seems likely, the other children would have been born after about 1725.Ê This is also consistent with a marriage date in the mid 1720s.Ê His ownership of six feather beds suggests a large family.Ê It seems quite likely that there were several children, likely born in the mid-1720s through the 1730s.
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WilliamÕs wife, Mary Bynum, was almost certainly the daughter of John Fort and Elizabeth Jordan.Ê John Fort made his will on 21 October 1724 in Surry County.Ê It named his children, among them a daughter named Mary Bynum, and was witnessed by John Phillips, a son-in-law, and William Bynum.Ê John Phillips, who lived in Isle of Wight County, also witnessed the 1723 deed by William and Mary Bynum.Ê Further, most of the rest of John FortÕs children also migrated to Edgecombe County.Ê Two sons, John Fort Jr. and Elias Fort, lived on Looking Glass Swamp near William and Mary Bynum.Ê Another son, Richard Fort, made a will in 1746 in Craven County which named his sister Mary Bynum.Ê Finally, I note that, of William BynumÕs brothers and cousins, all their wives can be accounted for except for his first cousin John Bynum Ð whose wife was also named Mary.Ê Based simply on the much closer association with the Forts, I believe it is a near certainty that Mary Fort was WilliamÕs wife. (Coincidently, William BynumÕs first cousin, also named William Bynum, married Elizabeth Shugars Fort.Ê She was the young widow of Mary FortÕs first cousin, Elias Fort and the daughter of John Shugars.)
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There must have been several children, including:
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William Bynum (c1723 - ?)Ê He was likely the eldest son, and is the only one we can identifyÊ with certainty.Ê See separate page.
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James Bynum (1725/30 - ?)Ê He was probably another son, as in 1757 he sold 300 acres that had belonged to William Bynum Sr. to John Bynum, probably his uncle.Ê Oddly enough, the land was described as land where Edward Tatum lived Ð Tatum later showed up as a neighbor of Luke Bynum in Chatham County.Ê He was living on William Bynum Jr.Õs land whenÊ William sold him a portion of it in 1761.Ê It appears this was the James Bynum to whom William Bynum Jr. sold his Fishing Creek land in 1752 Ð his uncle James lived a few miles away on Deep Creek. James sold the land he bought from William Bynum three years later in 1764, to Edward Tatum.Ê In 1767 he bought 456 acres in the part of Orange County that became Chatham County, just south of William and Luke Bynum.Ê He appears in the Chatham County records through 1774 when he disappears from North Carolina.Ê It was apparently the same James Bynum who appeared on the 1772 militia roster of Elisha CainÕs company.Ê We have a deed from John Hatley Jr. dated 27 January 1772 of some household goods Òfor and in consideration of the love, good will and affection that I have and do bear towards my loving friend Elizabeth Bynum, daughter of James Bynum and RebeccaÓ.ÊÊ This implies James Bynum was old enough to have had a mature daughter who needed household goods.Ê James Bynum was one of the famous Regulators, a militant agitator against severe local government corruption.Ê In 1770, he was successfully sued for slanderÊ by Edmund Fanning, perhaps the most corrupt and hated local official in the area, and was a participant in the ÒHillsborough riotÓ later that year in which demonstrators seized the courthouse and conducted their own court; he was one of 50-odd people indicted by the governor for this riot in early 1771.Ê A fine of ú110 was assessed, he defaulted, and his land was sold by Sheriff Elisha Cain in late 1773.Ê Our last citation is his witness of a deed on 8 November 1774, after which he disappears from the local records.Ê What became of him and his family is a mystery.Ê I think he may have accompanied the others to Wilkes County, Georgia and later crossed the Savannah River county line into Abbeville County, South Carolina.Ê It seems likely he was the James Bynum who was granted land in Abbeville on the Savannah River in 1787, 1790, and 1798, and who witnessed a will in Abbeville in 1792.Ê He therefore was probably the ÒJames BinomÓ who appeared alone in the 1790 census of Abbeville County near a ÒJesse BinomÓ.Ê This James Bynum apparently died shortly thereafter.Ê The Jesse Bynum, probably his son, later moved into Pendleton where he lived with the children of William Bynum, and ended up in Blount County, Alabama.Ê He is the Jesse Bynum identified by Jasper E. Bynum (q.v.) as a ÒrelativeÓ.Ê I believe James Bynum had a son named James as well as Elizabeth and Jesse.
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Luke Bynum (c1730 Ð 1810)Ê This is purely speculative, but we canÕt identify any other likely candidates to be LukeÕs father.Ê Luke Bynum was on the 1755 tax list of Orange County (with two slaves which he may have acquired from his fatherÕs will), but not on the tithables list for that year.Ê He was enumerated in the part of Orange that had been carved out of Johnston County.Ê He was appointed to a grand jury for Orange in 1757 and again in 1760.Ê I was told many years ago that a correspondent had found a note in the court records of Luke Bynum selling land to Benjamin Clements, but I could not find this reference when I searched the records.Ê There is, however, a record of Luke Bynum registering a deed from Clements in 1762.Ê As noted above, Luke received a patent on 30 June 1762, recorded in 1763, which appears to adjoin the land William Bynum bought a year later.Ê Luke and William Bynum thus appear to have been neighbors from roughly 1763 through 1775 when William left the area.Ê Luke Bynum is a DAR line, on the strength of his having rendered Òpatriotic serviceÓ in the form of furnishing supplies.Ê A statement by his great-grandson, Alvis Jesse Bynum in 1893, says Luke Òimmigrated to this country [meaning Chatham County] from Pa. or Va. about 1750ÉHe had two brothers who immigrated with him; one went to Stokes Co. and the other to Edgecombe CoÉHe was of English or Irish descent, In religion a MethodistÉÓ [14] Luke BynumÕs descendants are among the best-researched Bynums.Ê He married Martha Patterson around 1760 and had children named Tapley, Mark, James, William, Sarah, Martha, Milly, and Edith. Luke died testate in Chatham County in 1809.
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Mary Bynum (c1725 Ð aft1792)Ê This is pure speculation.Ê Two sons of Richard Bell of Surry County, Virginia Ð William and Joseph Ð settled in Edgecombe County, NC.Ê One of them, Joseph Bell (1722-1792?) is said to have married a Mary Bynum about 1745.Ê They had a son, James Bell (1747-1809), who was later associated with William Bynum in Orange/Chatham Counties, and in Georgia, and who died in Wilkes County, Georgia.Ê Another son was named Thomas, who also settled in Chatham County.Ê A Bell family history gives the wifeÕs name as ÒMary Fort BynumÓ, and claims she was the widow of William Bynum Sr., not the daughter.Ê This is clearly an error.Ê It is obvious that Mary was far more likely to have been a daughter.Ê
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[1] Surry County Deed Book 6, p148 and p195 and p216.
[2] Surry County Deed Book 7, p477.
[3] Virginia Patent Book 10, p150 and p155.
[4] Virginia Patent Book 10, p424.
[5] Isle of Wight County Deeds & Wills., Vol. II, Part 1, p533 and p536
[6] Isle of Wight County Deeds & Wills, Vol. II, Part 2, p655
[7] Colonial Bertie County , Bell, p63
[8] North Carolina Land Patents 1663-1729 , Margaret M. Hoffman (1979 ), grant #2382. (Also described in deed of sale)
[9] North Carolina Higher Court Minutes 1724-1730 , Robert J. Cain (1981), p464 and p468
[10] Halifax County Deed Book 1, p46 (which inherited Edgecombe deeds)
[11] Halifax County Deed Book 5, p316 and p318
[12] Halifax County Deed Book 5, p343
[13] Edgecombe County Inventories, Accounts and Sales 1730-1747, NC Archives File Number 037.514.1 (loose papers in box)
[14] There are many old letters written among the descendants of Gray Bynum (a son of John III), those of Luke Bynum, and between the descendants of Gray and Luke, mostly after the turn of the century.Ê Although they are not consistent with regard to ancestry, they tend to assume that the Bynums who remained in North Carolina and gained prominence there were descended from brothers.Ê These people all were evidently unaware that these people were cousins, not brothers, and that large numbers of Bynums in every branch had left the area in the late 1790s and early 1800s.ÊÊ In the case of this 1893 letter, it seems likely that Luke had two brothers who came with him, but they almost certainly were not those implied.Ê I would note that this letter identifies the ÒoriginalÓ homestead of Luke Bynum incorrectly, and contains aÊ few other errors, so it should probably not be taken too literally with regard to Luke Bynum.
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Individuals from other files that are believed to be the same person:
 John William Bynum | of Norton etc |
| William BYNUM Sr | of LawlerMaster2003 |
| John William Bynum | of Kathy's Kinfolk |
| William Bynum | of Parrish Jarman |
| William Bynum (Sr) | of Bostick-Trahan & Allied |
| William Bynum | of Bostick-Trahan and Allied |
| William Bynum | of Wende Freeman & Family |
| William Bynum | of Jarrett, Peacock, Springfield, Brantley |
| William Bynum I | of Middleton Family File |
| William BYNUM | of Pickens7 |
| William Bynum | of Efird Yates and more tree |
| William Bynum I | of all012501 |
| William Bynum , Sr. | of Ellis, Teddleton, Tetterton |
| William Bynum , Sr. | of Ellis |
| William Bynum | of Fordham & Turner Family Tree |
| William Bynum | of Fordham & Turner Family Trees |
| William Bynum | of Millican-Watson |
| William BYNUM | of Washburn and Easter Family |
| William BYNUM Sr | of Lawler Master 2003 |
| William Bynum | of Linda's Ancestry |
| William Bynum , Sr. | of Meyer Family |
| William BYNUM Sr | of jdhaydon's file |
| William Bynum I | of jdhaydon's file |
| William BYNUM | of Smith/Howard and related families |
| William Sr. Bynum | of Sauls/Murphy/Bynum/Engle/Thomas |
| William, Sr. Bynum | of Sauls/Thomas/Engle/Murphree/Bynum |
| William Sr. Bynum | of My Data: Sauls/Murphree/Thomas/Matthews/ |
| William Sr. Bynum | of Sauls Geneology |
| William BYNUM | of Mark and Sherry Kirklen's family tree. |
| William, Sr. Bynum | of Fincher Family |
| William BYNUM Sr | of The Jack Atchley Family |
| William Bynum | of Simmons Family |
| William Bynum | of blankenm.ged |
| William Bynum | of Ancestors |
| William Bynum Sr. | of My Doyle Family |
| William Bynum | of Ancestors of Dennis Kelley |
| William BYNUM, Sr. | of Davis,Thompson,Wadsworth,Minyard,Lewis |
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