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| Birth: | About 1724 in Isle of Wight, VA. |
| Death: | 1781 in Pendleton County, S.C. |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | William, Sr. Bynum b. 1690 in Surry Co., VA |
| Mother: | Mary Fort b. About 1690 in Surry Co. VA. |
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Individual:
All: William , Jr. BYNUM-807 is the 4th great grandfather of Jabe Joseph FINCHER Jr.-1.
Will/other: .
BIOGRAPHY: He first appears as âÇúWilliam Bynum Jr. of Fishing CreekâÇù on 30 December 1745, buyi ng land in Edgecombe
County on the south side of Fishing Creek from William Mearness, with William Bynum Sr. a wit ness[1].
This places his year of birth at or before 1724. He was probably the eldest son, as he appea rs to have
inherited the remaining 295 acres of his fatherâÇôs 1726 grant.
BIOGRAPHY: By 1752 he was several miles west, in Johnston County, which was carved out of Cra ven County in 1746.
On 15 August 1752 âÇúWilliam Bynum of Johnston CountyâÇù sold to John Marcum 300 acres on the sou th side
of Fishing Creek in Edgecombe County, claiming he was sole owner owing to an âÇúestate of inher itance[2].
Unfortunately, the records of Johnston County prior to about 1760 were destroyed in a 1878 fi re in Lenoir
County, which had inherited the early Johnston County records. There is, however, a partia l index to
grantees and grantors. In that index, there is an entry for the 9 January 1761 recording o f a North Carolina
grant to William Bynum of 659 acres on both sides of Middle Creek[3]. Middle Creek was a tri butary of the
Neuse River located about 35 miles southwest of Fishing Creek. Interestingly, by the time th is grant was
recorded, William Bynum was apparently living in that part of Orange County, which had been f ormed from
the western part of Johnston in 1752. As âÇúWilliam Bynum of Orringe(sic) County, planterâÇù h e almost
immediately sold his patent in three transactions: 334 acres to Benjamin Clements and 175 acr es to John
Smith Sr. in March 1761[4], and 160 acres to William Gibson in June 1764[5]. There was no
relinquishment of dower noted to these transactions, though he was surely married by then. I n May 1761
he was named to a road jury in Orange County, again confirming his residence there[6]. The c onnection
with Benjamin Clements is interesting, as Clements sold Luke Bynum 105 acres in 1752 and Luk e Bynum
sold land to Clements in 1762[7]. Clements also sold land to James Bell, another presumed re lative of
William Bynum.
BIOGRAPHY: Orange County had been formed from the western part of Johnston, Granville and Bla den Counties, and
was one of the fastest-growing parts of the South at this time. In 1748 it was estimated the re were fewer
than 100 settlers in the area, which covered more than six present-day counties, The populat ion exploded
over the next several years. By its formation in 1752 there were estimated to be almost 4,00 0 residents,
and by 1767 it was the most populated of all North Carolina counties with about 16,000 reside nts.
Unfortunately, a unknown number of early deeds of Orange County were lost during the Revoluti on, but
many survive for William Bynum.
BIOGRAPHY: On 8 October 1761, William Bynum of Orange County sold an additional 300 acres o n the south side of
Fishing Creek in Edgecombe County in two pieces. One, of 100 acres, to James Bynum of Edgeco mbe
County was described as the land where James Bynum lived[8]. The other was 200 acres, also d escribed as
land âÇúwhere James Bynum now situateâÇù, to Nanny (sic) Bynum of Northampton County, with Jame s Bynum
a witness[9]. James Bynum was probably his younger brother, perhaps one who stayed in Edgec ombe
while his mother was still living. I have no idea who Nanny Bynum was; she may have been a s ister or
sister-in-law. I could not find further references to her in Northampton County.
BIOGRAPHY: On 25 October 1765 William Bynum âÇúof Orange CountyâǦson and heir of William Bynum l ate of Edgecombe
County deceasedâÇù sold to Cullen Edwards 290 acres in Halifax County âÇúâǦacross Elizabeth Jenkin s lineâǦpart
of a patent granted to my father Wm. Bynum for 595 acres dated [1 February 1726]âÇù[10]. Wh y did he wait
so long to transact this sale? I have no idea. Perhaps he was to wait until the death of hi s mother.
BIOGRAPHY: On 31 January 1763 William Bynum purchased two continuous tracts of land in the so utheastern part of
Orange County that became Chatham County in 1770. He bought 282 acres from John Hatley and 2 52
acres from John Falconer. This land appears to have adjoined a 700 acre grant Luke Bynum ha d obtained a
year earlier, thus supporting the speculation that Luke was a brother. He served on a peti t jury in Orange
County on 22 September 1768[11]
BIOGRAPHY: The entire tract of 634 acres was sold by William Bynum and his wife Mary to Jaco b Flowers on 15 February
1775[12]. Both appeared in court the same day to acknowledge the sale. There follows an eig ht-year
period when William Bynum is absent from the records of Chatham and Orange Counties and appar ently
owned no land there. It may not coincidental that this period overlaps the Revolutionary Wa r and that it
coincides with the disappearance of his presumed brother James Bynum.
BIOGRAPHY: I believe William Bynum moved to Wilkes County, Georgia along with a few others fr om Chatham County.
John Bynum, the son of William, enlisted in the militia in 1776 in Wilkes County. For a brie f time, James
Bell was also there, along with Daniel Murphree. It may be that they lived along the Savanna h River, which
was the border between Wilkes County, Georgia and the Abbeville portion of the old Ninety-Si x District of
South Carolina. Which side of the river they were on is unknown. Why did he move to Wilke s County? I
have no idea. Georgia had relatively few residents at the time of the Revolution and importe d most of its
militia and troops from other states. Wilkes County was the most populous of GeorgiaâÇôs count ies at this
time.
BIOGRAPHY: By 1783 William Bynum was back in Chatham County. On 31 July 1783 he bought 100 a cres in Orange
County just above the Chatham County line from John Hightower with James Bell a witness[13] . On 13
October 1789, as âÇúWilliam Bynum of Chatham CountyâÇù, he bought an adjoining 300 acres from th e same
John Hightower (then of Wilkes County, Georgia) with Benjamin Bynum and James Bell as witness es.[14]
William Bynum sold this 400 acres in two transactions, both dated 26 January 1791[15]. In bo th cases his
wife Mary relinquished her dower right to the land, and John Bynum appeared as a witness.
BIOGRAPHY: He appears in the Chatham County census for 1790, with two males under 16, himself , and two females.
His son Isaac appeared as head of his own household. I suspect there was another son or tw o occupying
the Orange County land; unfortunately, the 1790 census for Orange County was destroyed. Th e tax list for
1790 does survive, however, and a John Bynum is on it. Undoubtedly, this is WilliamâÇôs son, o ccupying his
land in Orange County since there is no record of John BynumâÇôs having acquired land of his ow n there.
BIOGRAPHY: William Bynum also bought land on Cubb Creek about two miles south in Chatham Coun ty, adjoining John
and Levi Murphree. This area is now largely under water as a result of the formation of Jord an Lake. He
bought 100 acres there from Jacob Flowers on 16 December 1784 and sold it on 7 November 1788[ 16].
He bought another 200 adjoining acres in Chatham county on 7 August 1786 and 20 acres on 7 Fe bruary
1787[17]. He sold these two remaining parcels in Chatham County on 9 May 1791 and 22 Septemb er
1791[18], thus leaving him with no land at all in North Carolina. There was no relinquishmen t of dower in
any of the three sales in Chatham County, but this appears to have been an oversight. I am c ertain he was
the only adult William Bynum in the area, and his wife relinquished dower in the Orange Count y sales of
1791. William BynumâÇôs children also disposed of all their lands in the 1790s. By 1800, th e only Bynums in
the Chatham/Orange area were Luke Bynum and his children.
BIOGRAPHY: William was in his late sixties by this time, yet he apparently moved into Pendlet on, South Carolina along
with his children and several other Chatham County families. Pendleton County was formed fro m Cherokee
Indian territory in 1789 and the availability of land there was evidently a powerful attracti on. Pendleton was
briefly reorganized as Washington District from 1791 to 1800, after which it became Pendleto n District
before being split into several counties several years later. A couple of dozen families fro m Chatham and
Orange Counties, including Murphrees, had moved to Pendleton in time to be enumerated in it s 1790
census. It appears that the entire William Bynum family moved in the early 1790s. A Willia m Bynum,
almost certainly ours, patented 1,000 acres on RiceâÇôs Creek in 1794.[19] This date may lag h is actual
occupation of the land. We also know that two of his sons, Isaac and John, were in Pendleto n by 1794,
Jesse Bynum was there by 1797, and so was his son-in-law James Powell.. There were also lite rally dozens
of former Chatham County residents who moved into Pendleton at about the same time. Unfortun ately,
many early deeds of Pendleton were never recorded or were lost. Some land was simply abandon ed and
never resold. Many deeds remain, but not enough to reliably follow the succession of land . Apparently the
same William Bynum bought 740 acres on Wolf Creek on 20 December 1799, with two Chatham Count y
Murphrees as witnesses[20]. The same William Bynum sold 540 acres of this land to Joseph Ste phens on
28 August 1801[21]. In the 1800 census of Pendleton (by then a county) we find John Bynum, B enjamin
Bynum, James Powell, and, adjacent to Isaac and Jesse Bynum, a William Bynum aged over 45 wit h a
female over 45 and one male 16-26. I assume this is âÇúoldâÇù William Bynum, still alive in 1800 . Four of his
sons are in their own households, so we conclude the male 16-26 in his household may be a fif th son.
BIOGRAPHY: William Bynum may have died shortly thereafter, but there is no sign of his deat h in the Pendleton records.
A William Bynum was a witness to deeds by Jesse Bynum in Pendleton County in 1802 and early 1 804.
Late in 1804 we find a âÇúWilliam Bynum Jr.âÇù witnessing a deed from John Bynum to Benjamin Bynu m[22].
Then on 20 January 1807 we find a William Bynum and wife Elizabeth Bynum selling to Joseph Gl over 128
acres on RiceâÇôs Creek that had been purchased in 1801[23]. If this is âÇúoldâÇù William Bynum, h e must have
remarried to Elizabeth before 1801. If this is a son, it would have to be the young male i n his 1800
household. Since most of his children migrated into Tennessee in that decade, it is possibl e âÇô if he was still
living - that old William did as well. There is no 1810 Tennessee census, but there is an 18 12 tax list for
Franklin County, Tennessee on which his son John Bynum appears along with someone who may b e a
âÇúWilliam BinonâÇù[24]. What became of him after this is unknown. I suspect, however, that h e died in
Pendleton or Franklin County, Tennessee. His presumed children spread out into Tennessee an d northern
Alabama within a few years.
BIOGRAPHY: I could not find any evidence of William BynumâÇôs death in North Carolina, South Ca rolina, Tennessee, or
Alabama. It appears all the citations above refer to him.
BIOGRAPHY: Who was Mary Bynum? We havenâÇôt a clue. He evidently married her around 1755 or s o, when he was
residing in Johnston County. We know that he was married to a Mary as early as 1763 and as l ate as 1791,
so it seems likely all the children were with a single wife.
BIOGRAPHY: William and Mary apparently had the following children. There are no records I ha ve found that give proof
of any of them, but we can eliminate most of the other contenders for their parents, and th e circumstantial
evidence is strong. It appears there was at least one additional son; he had two males unde r 16 in the
1790 census and one male 16-26 in the 1800 census. Based on the facts above, IâÇôve guessed th is son was
William Jr.
BIOGRAPHY: 1. John Bynum (c1757 âÇô 1841) John was probably the eldest son. He applied f or a Revolutionary War
pension in 1832[25] while living in Rutherford County, Tennessee, in which he stated he was b orn about
1757 [he actually said he didnâÇôt know his age but his parents told him he was 19 when Indepen dence was
declared.] in Chatham County, North Carolina, enlisted in 1777 while living in Wilkes County , Georgia, and
returned to Chatham County, North Carolina after concluding his service in 1780. He stated h e later moved
to South Carolina, then to Tennessee. He further stated he had married Elizabeth (Betty) Sea r. John and
Elizabeth show up in Pendleton District, South Carolina as witnesses to a will in late 1795 a nd he recorded a
grant on Wolf Creek in 1798 which adjoined William Bynum. He and Elizabeth apparently left t here after
selling off their lands in several transactions in March 1807. He evidently went, with his b rother Benjamin,
to Bedford County, Tennessee, apparently the part that became Franklin County. Both John an d Elizabeth
died in 1841 in Cannon County, Tennessee. They had provable children named William, George,
Pumphrey, Mila (Emiline?), Mary, and Elizabeth all born after 1785. The 1800 census shows hi m with three
males and one female, all under 10. It appears he married about 1785 in or around Chatham Co unty. I
found no Sear/Sears families living there, though. [As an interesting sidelight, he stated h e âÇúhas lost his
discharge papersâǦand he knows of but one person, if he is now living, by whom he can prove th e said
service, and that person now lives in the State of Alabama, and when he last heard from him h e was alive âÇô
he was an old man, about the same age or older than himself.âÇù Could this be a reference to h is brother
Isaac Bynum?
BIOGRAPHY: 2. Isaac Bynum (c1758 âÇô 1840s) See below.
BIOGRAPHY: 3. Jesse Bynum (c1772 - ?) Jesse Bynum was probably a younger son of this fa mily. He first appears
in the records when Jesse Bynum and James Powell witnessed the 1794 sale of land in Chatham C ounty by
Isaac Bynum . On 21 August 1797, Jesse Bynum purchased 640 acres in Pendleton County, South
Carolina. He sold this land in three parcels over the next several years to Solomon Murphree , Asa Bynum
and a James Bynum. The first of these sales, in 1804, included a release of dower by his wif e Elizabeth.
He seems to be in both the 1800 and 1810 census of Pendleton. He apparently moved to Tenness ee, then
to Jackson County, Alabama where he died about 1847, leaving a widow named Sarah and childre n named
William, John William, Martha, Mary, Elizabeth, and a daughter whose name is unknown but wh o married
Isaac Potter. He probably also had a son named Jesse G. Bynum and a daughter named Kezziah ( Mitchell)
who were not mentioned in the settlement of his estate. He apparently had children by both w ives. This
Jesse Bynum was quite close to James Bynum, a son of Isaac, in both Tennessee and Alabama..
BIOGRAPHY: 4. Benjamin Bynum (c1765 âÇô 1820s) He appears as a witness to William BynumâÇô s Chatham County
deed of 1787 and his Orange County deed of 1789, which was recorded in 1791 on BenjaminâÇôs oat h. This
indicates he had reached the age of 21 by 1787, thus placing his birth year at or before 1766 . That further
means he probably was not one of the males under 16 in WilliamâÇôs household in 1790. I suspec t Benjamin
was living on his fatherâÇôs land in Orange County in 1790, though the 1790 census there does n ot survive.
There is a Benjamin Bynum in the 1800 census of Pendleton County, South Carolina (although th e age is
listed incorrectly if this is him), but there is nothing in the deed records until 1804, whe n he purchased 240
acres in Pendleton from John Bynum with William Bynum a witness. In late 1809, as Benjamin B ynum of
Bedford County, Tennessee, he sold his own land in Pendleton. He appears to have died in Law rence
County, Tennessee (which was formed from Bedford County) sometime after 1820. He evidently h ad sons
named Enoch and William.
BIOGRAPHY: 5. William Bynum ?(c1775? - ?) It is possible there was a son named William , one of the two males
under 16 in William BynumâÇôs household in 1790, and the male 16-26 in WilliamâÇôs 1800 household . He does
not appear in any records of Chatham County. He may have been the William Bynum âÇúJr.âÇù who wi tnessed a
deed in Pendleton in 1804. He may have been the William Bynum who bought land in Pendleton i n 1801
and sold it in 1807 with a wife named Elizabeth relinquishing dower. I found no trace of hi m after 1807. If
he existed at all, he seems to have disappeared. No one in any subsequent stateâÇôs census see ms to be a
viable candidate to be him.
BIOGRAPHY: 6. Rebecca Bynum (c1770 - 1850) She was probably the extra female in William âÇôs household in
1790. A son of hers, George Powell, stated that his parents were Rebecca Bynum (c1770-1850 ) and James
Powell (1759-1855)[26]. (I believe the Rebecca Bynum, daughter of James Bynum, was significa ntly too
old to have been this person.) Their childrenâÇôs ages indicate they were married shortly afte r 1790. The
Blount County 1850 census shows she was born in North Carolina. Descendants have tracked the m back to
Pendleton District, South Carolina in 1800 âÇô from which they moved to Tennessee, then Alabama . George
Powell also stated that James PowellâÇôs parents were John and Alice Brewer Powell. I foun d a deed in
Chatham County dated 1795 from William Myrick to James Powell and a 1799 deed from James Powe ll to
Henry Brewer of land adjoining Brewer. In 1802, James Powell of Pendleton District, South Ca rolina gave a
power of attorney to his friend William Powell to discharge his debts in Chatham County. The refore, it
seems certain that this Rebecca Bynum was from Chatham County. Since she wasnâÇôt a daughter o f Luke
Bynum, and couldnâÇôt have been the same Rebecca as the daughter of James Bynum. I conclude sh e was the
daughter in William BynumâÇôs household in 1790.
BIOGRAPHY:
BIOGRAPHY: [1] Halifax County Deed Book 5, p439
BIOGRAPHY: [2] Halifax County Deed Book 4, p 292
BIOGRAPHY: [3] Entry states this was filed on 9 April 1761 in Johnston County Deed Book 14, p 191. The grant was
clearly earlier, as he sold the land in March.
BIOGRAPHY: [4] Johnston County Deed book A-1, p165 and p 167; both deeds recorded in Johnsto n County Court
Minutes, Vol. I, p62
BIOGRAPHY: [5] Johnston County Deed Book D-1, p168 and Johnston County Court Minutes, Vol. I , p188
BIOGRAPHY: [6] Abstracts of the Court of Pleas, Orange County
BIOGRAPHY: [7] Orange County Deed Index (the deeds do not exist, but they appear in the dee d index) The 1752 deed
was recorded by oath of Robert Patterson)
BIOGRAPHY: [8] Edgecombe County Deed Book E-1, p217
BIOGRAPHY: [9] Edgecombe County Deed Book E-1, p358
BIOGRAPHY: [10] Halifax County Deed Book 9, p304
BIOGRAPHY: [11] The Colonial Records of North Carolina, Vol. VII (1765-8)
BIOGRAPHY: [12] Chatham County Deed Book A, p3 (It was then described as 382 acres from Hatle y and 252 from
Falconer.)
BIOGRAPHY: [13] Orange County Deed Book 4, p411
BIOGRAPHY: [14] Orange County Deed Book 4, p406
BIOGRAPHY: [15] Orange County Deed Book 4, p605 and p649
BIOGRAPHY: [16] Chatham County Deed Book D, p83 and Book F, p210, respectively
BIOGRAPHY: [17] Chatham County Deed Book F, p72 and Book D p211, respectively, the latter wit nessed by Benjamin
Bynum and Joseph Bell.
BIOGRAPHY: [18] Chatham County Deed Book E, p158 and Book G, p442, respectively
BIOGRAPHY: [19] Settlement of Pendleton District, SC 177-1800, Frederick Van Clayton, 1930 , p 70 (this source gives a
date of 1794, but a summary of the plat book, Vol. 32, p265, shows a date of 1792)
BIOGRAPHY: [20] Pendleton Deed Book G, p18
BIOGRAPHY: [21] Pendleton Deed Book M, p216
BIOGRAPHY: [22] Pendleton Deed Book H, p481. William Bynum (no âÇúJr.âÇù) proved the deed thre e months later.
BIOGRAPHY: [23] Pendleton Deed Book I, p22
BIOGRAPHY: [24] I have seen two different transcriptions of this tax list. One contains thi s name and the other does not.
BIOGRAPHY: [25] Pension File No. S3111
BIOGRAPHY: [26] History of Blount County, George Powell, 1855 (Transcript provided by Dewel C . Lott)
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Individuals from other files that are believed to be the same person:
 William Bynum | of Norton etc |
| William BYNUM jr | of LawlerMaster2003 |
| William Bynum | of Parrish Jarman |
| William Bynum Jr. | of Wende Freeman & Family |
| William Bynum, Jr. | of Jarrett, Peacock, Springfield, Brantley |
| William Bynum | of Jarrett, Peacock, Springfield, Brantley |
| William Bynum II | of Middleton Family File |
| William Bynum | of Efird Yates and more tree |
| William Bynum II | of all012501 |
| William Bynum , Jr. | of Ellis, Teddleton, Tetterton |
| William Bynum , Jr. | of Ellis |
| William Bynum | of Fordham & Turner Family Tree |
| William Bynum | of Fordham & Turner Family Trees |
| William Bynum, Jr. | of MY ELLIS ANCESTORS |
| William Bynum | of Millican-Watson |
| William Bynum | of Washburn and Easter Family |
| William BYNUM jr | of Lawler Master 2003 |
| William Bynum , Jr. | of Linda's Ancestry |
| William Bynum , Jr. | of Meyer Family |
| William BYNUM jr | of jdhaydon's file |
| William Bynum , Jr. Jr. | of jdhaydon's file |
| William Bynum Jr. | of DAVIS--DENNIS--CORNELIUS--KILPATRICK |
| William BYNUM Jr. | of Smith/Howard and related families |
| William Jr. Bynum | of Sauls/Murphy/Bynum/Engle/Thomas |
| William Jr. Bynum | of Sauls/Thomas/Engle/Murphree/Bynum |
| William Jr. Bynum | of My Data: Sauls/Murphree/Thomas/Matthews/ |
| William Jr. Bynum | of Sauls Geneology |
| William BYNUM | of Mark and Sherry Kirklen's family tree. |
| William BYNUM Jr. | of Blount Dounty, AL: Nix Galloway, Washbur |
| William BYNUM Jr. | of Cousins of Dalton and Earlene |
| William Bynum | of Simmons Family |
| William Bynum | of blankenm.ged |
| William Bynum | of Ancestors |
| William Bynum Jr. | of My Doyle Family |
| William Bynum | of Ancestors of Dennis Kelley |
| William BYNUM, Jr | of Davis,Thompson,Wadsworth,Minyard,Lewis |
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