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| Will: 19 Feb 1805 Wilson Co., TN 1 4 |
| Burial: Unknown Unknown |
| Census: 1790 Wilkes Co., NC 3 |
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· On 19 Feb 1805 in Wilson Co., Tennessee, John Leach wrote his will;
Will Book 1802-1814 pp. 145-147:
In the name of God, Amen, I John Leech being of sound mind and memory but calling to mind the mortality of my aged body, do make and ordain this my last will and Testament, that is to say I will give and bequeath my soul to God who gave it and my body a decent burial at the discretion of my Executors, and as touching such worldly estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with, I will give and bequeath of in the following manner and form, Viz, Item, I will and bequeath unto my beloved daughter JEAN BOGAL six head cattle now in the possession of SAMUEL BOGAL to her, her heirs and assigns forever. Whereas I the above John Leech hath six hundred and forty acres of land in the State of North Carolina, Iredell County, I give will and dispose of the same in the following manner, Viz, Item, I will give and bequeath to my beloved son WILLIAM LEECH one hundred acres of the above land his heirs and assigns forever, Item, I will give and bequeath unto my beloved son THOMAS LEECH one hundred acres of the above land his heirs and assigns forever. Item, I will give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter MARTHA WITHERSPOON one hundred acres of the above land to her, her heirs and assigns forever. Item, I will give and bequeath to my beloved daughter MARGARET CROSS one hundred acres of the above land to her, her heirs and assigns forever. Item, I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter ELIZABETH BOYD one hundred acres of the above said land to her, her heirs and assigns forever. Item, I will give and bequeath unto my beloved grandson JOSEPH BOGAL son of Jean Bogal, Seventy acres of the above said land to him, his heirs and assigns forever. Item, I will give and bequeath unto my beloved grandson JOHN BOYD Son of ISABEL BOYD, Seventy acres of the above said land to him his heirs and assigns forever. Item I will give and bequeath unto my beloved son THOMAS LEECH all my stock, viz, my mare and two young mares and all the Residue and remainder of my cattle not willed, to him his heirs and assigns forever, likewise all my household furniture including pots, pewter, Bedding. Item, I will give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter ISABEL BOYD the sum of two dollars to her her heirs and assigns forever. Item, It is my further will and pleasure that all the remainder of my estate not willed to be sold by my executors and equally divided between my two sons WILLIAM & THOMAS LEACH and whereas I have ---- the hands of Edward Gennings of six hundred and forty acres It is my will that the said Warrant be the property of my sons WILLIAM & THOMAS LEACH and my son in law SAMUEL CROSS to be equally divided between them and lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint my son WILLIAM LEACH and my neighbor EZEKIAL ALEXANDER to be my sole executors of this my last will and testament renouncing all other wills, gifts, legacies, bequeathments by me or given ratifying this my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have set my hand and affixed my seal this 19th day of February 1805. Signed, John Leach (seal), Wit. Christopher Cooper, Joseph McCluskey, George McCluskey. The will was proven on 1 Dec 1807. Recorded in Bk. B:146. His estate was probated on 28 Oct 1809 in Wilson Co., Tennessee.
On 10 May 1762 in Rowan Co., North Carolina, John Leech was granted 226 acres in Rowan County on the E. Side of the Cataba River, including an Island in the Cataba River. John Leech signed. The witness was John Frohock. It was surveyed on 18 Mar 1762 and the chain carriers were Jacob Thomas and John Leech.
· Rowan County Court Minutes, 9 Dec 1764, II:614: Several men presented claims for woolfs, panthers, and cats, including John Leach.
· The 1778 Rowan County tax list of Capt. Falls District includes John Leach.
· On 14 Sep 1781 in Rowan Co., North Carolina, DB 9:187; John Leech to James Crawford, 226 acres on East side Catawba River including the island, granted by Granville in 1772, for 400L. Wits. James Kerr, Theophilus Simonton, Sarah Davidson. Prvd. Nov. 1782.
· On 28 Oct 1788 in Burke Co., North Carolina, John Leach bought 640 acres on the Muddy Fork of the Lower Little River, adjoining the land of Robert Boyd, from Samuel Woods.
· He appeared on the census of 1790 in Wilkes Co., North Carolina; in the fifteenth company. This entire area was actually part of Burke county which became Iredell county in 1790. He is listed with 2 males +16 and 3 females.
The seven known children of John1 Leach and Margaret Courtney were as follows:
+ 2 i. MARTHA2 LEACH, born circa 1757; married Alexander Witherspoon.
3 ii. WILLIAM LEACH was born on 6 Dec 1761 in Rowan Co., North Carolina. He died in 1852 in Carroll County, Tennessee.
+ 4 iii. ISABEL LEACH, born circa 1765 in Rowan Co., North Carolina; married William Boyd.
+ 5 iv. JANE LEACH, born circa 1767; married Samuel Bogle.
6 v. MARGARET LEACH was born circa 1770. She married Samuel Cross.
+ 7 vi. ELIZABETH LEACH, born 19 Dec 1773 in Rowan Co., North Carolina; married John Boyd.
8 vii. THOMAS LEACH .
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1. The Will of John Leach, 19 Feb 1805. Will Book 1802-1814 pp. 145-147.
2. Jo White Linn, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Rowan County, North Carolina 1753-1762 (Salisbury, North Carolina: Salisbury Printing Company, 1977), page 79.
3. Jo White Linn, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Rowan County, North Carolina 1763-1774 (Salisbury, NC: author, 1979), page 49.
4. Jo White Linn, Abstracts of Wills and Estates Records of Rowan County, North Carolina 1753-1805 and Tax Lists of 1759 and 1778 (Salisbury, NC: author, 1980), page 135.
5. Jo White Linn, Abstracts of the Deeds of Rowan County, North Carolina 1753-1785 (Salisbury, NC: author, 1983), page 151.
6. HEADS OF FAMILIES AT THE FIRST CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES TAKEN IN THE YEAR 1790 -- NORTH CAROLINA (Baltimore, MD.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1992, reprint), page 124.
09/09/2003 http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=llawhon&id=I22379
Robert Boyd & Eleanor McCullock Descendants
Entries: 4576 Updated: Thu Apr 24 16:57:02 2003 Contact: Linda Lawhon
ID: I22379
Name: John Leach
Sex: M
Change Date: 23 MAR 2002
Event: Note
Note:
JOHN LEACH was born circa 1730-1740. It is claimed he married Margaret Courtney. She has not been documented.
· On 10 May 1762 in Rowan Co., North Carolina, John Leech was granted 226 acres in Rowan County on the E. Side of the Cataba River, including an Island in the Cataba River. John Leech signed. The witness was John Frohock. It was surveyed on 18 Mar 1762 and the chain carriers were Jacob Thomas and John Leech.
· Rowan County Court Minutes, 9 Dec 1764, II:614: Several men presented claims for woolfs, panthers, and cats, including John Leach.
· The 1778 Rowan County tax list of Capt. Falls District includes John Leach.
· On 14 Sep 1781 in Rowan Co., North Carolina, DB 9:187; John Leech to James Crawford, 226 acres on East side Catawba River including the island, granted by Granville in 1772, for 400L. Wits. James Kerr, Theophilus Simonton, Sarah Davidson. Prvd. Nov. 1782.
· On 28 Oct 1788 in Burke Co., North Carolina, John Leach bought 640 acres on the Muddy Fork of the Lower Little River, adjoining the land of Robert Boyd, from Samuel Woods.
· He appeared on the census of 1790 in Wilkes Co., North Carolina; in the fifteenth company. He is listed with 2 males +16 and 3 females. This entire area had been the part of Burke county that became Iredell county in 1790.
Bibliography:
Bureau of the Census. HEADS OF FAMILIES AT THE FIRST CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES TAKEN IN THE YEAR 1790 -- NORTH CAROLINA (Baltimore, MD.:
Genealogical Publishing Company, 1992, reprint).
Huggins, Edith Warren, Burke County, North Carolina Land Records, I
(Reprint; Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1985).
Lawhon, Linda Boyd, "John Leach," in The Heritage of Alexander County North Carolina[:ITAL], Alexander County Genealogical Society,
Sara C. Allen, Editor, (Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Hunter Publishing Company) 1986.
Linn, Jo White, Abstracts of the Deeds of Rowan County, North Carolina 1753-1785 (Salisbury, NC: author, 1983).
Linn, Jo White, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Rowan County, North Carolina 1753-1762 (Salisbury,
North Carolina: Salisbury Printing Company, 1977).
Linn, Jo White, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Rowan County, North Carolina 1763-1774 (Salisbury, NC: author, 1979).
Linn, Jo White, Abstracts of Wills and Estates Records of Rowan County, North Carolina 1753-1805 and Tax Lists of 1759 and 1778 (Salisbury, NC: author, 1980).
Murray, Joyce Martin, Sumner County, Tennessee Deed Abstracts 1793-1805 (Wolfe City, Texas: Printed by Henington Publishing Co., 1988).
North Carolina. Iredell. Deed Records.
Partlow, Thomas E., Tax Lists of Wilson County, Tennessee, 1803-1807 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981).
Records and Research, Jim Boyd.
Records and Research, Joseph Bailey Witherspoon.
Records and Research, Margaret Miller. (Copy of MS to Linda Boyd Lawhon).
Stones River Presbyterian Church Session Record, 1816-1831.
Will of John Leach, 19 Feb 1805.
Will of Samuel Bogle, (1806), Wilson County Tennessee, Will Book 1802-04:
123-125.
Death: ABT 1807 in Wilson County, Tennessee
Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown
Children
Martha Leach
Margaret Leach
Thomas Leach
William Leach b: 06 DEC 1761 in Rowan County, North Carolina
Isabel Leach b: ABT 1765 in Rowan Co., North Carolina
Jane Leach b: ABT 1767
Elizabeth Leach b: 19 DEC 1773 in Rowan Co., North Carolina
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- Title: Leach Stuff-part 1
Author: Linda Boyd Lawhon
Publication: e-mail from Linda Boyd Lawhon to Vivian Boyd Goodman , Wed 02 Sep, 1998
Media: Electronic
Page: 1
- Note: e-mail from Linda Boyd Lawhon to Vivian Boyd Goodman, Wed 2 Sep 98, pg 1.
- Title: 1790 Wilkes Co. NC federal census
Author: National Archives
Publication: Series: M637 Roll: 7
Media: Census
Page: 167
- Title: Probate of Wilson Co., TN
Author: District Clerk Wilson Co., TN
Publication: Book G pg 271
Media: Official Document
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