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Note: e son of Luke Waldrop. Jechonias may have used thenames Jack, John, and Richard and that his son John went by the nameRichard John. Jechonias Waldrop's will probated 26 Sep 1826 in RutherfordCounty NC. His wife Margaret's maiden name is not certain. MicrofischeRoll page 3, 197 for State of South Carolina Marriages and Births statesthat Margaret was born 1752 in Laurens County SC.
Ancestral File has Jechonias born in Amelia County VA.
See page 520, History of Clayton Co GA.
It appears that Jechonias Waldrop was sometimes called John even thoughhe had a brother whos given name was John. He was part of the Waldropsettlement in SC, and later removed to Rutherford Co NC, where he leftdescendants.
Will of Jechonias Waldrop, Sr. Rutherford County NC
I Jechonias Waldrop senr. being weakly in body but of sound mind, andknowing that it is apponited once to die, do make this my last will andtestament. First resing my Soul to God, and that my body be decentlyburied and that all my just debts be justly paid. then I give andbequeath unto my beloved wife Margaret Waldrop the house and plantationwhereon I now live, including three hundred acres of land more or lessall the tract or parcel of land except two hundred and fifty acresincluding the improvement where James Summerhill Junr. now lives and alsothe including the land round the meeting house land crossing the creek atthe old ford that led to the meeting house-- and up the north prong ofthe creek to where the hill shuts to the creek and then up the ridge untothe back line of said tract or parcel of land, which (patent) said landfirst above mentioned three hundred acres including the building more orless I give and bequeath unto my wife Margaret during her natural lifewith the of four of my children having their support on it by theirlabour and behavior and at my wife Margaret's death, to be Equallydivided among the four named as follows, Ricahrd, Mary, Mary Ann, andRebecca the two hundred and fifty acres above mentioned I give unto mytwo sons Luke & Jechonias by their paying one third part of the value ofsaid land, which third part shall be divided as follows, the the heirs ofmy son Joseph Waldrop, Robert and Zachariah Waldrop and to my daughterMargaret Peter, and five dollars to the children Heirs of my son JohnWaldrop--- I further State that my sons Luke and Jechonias shall have twoyears after they get possession of said Land before they shall pay up tothe other legatees-- as to the personal estate I give and bequeath to mybeloved wife Margaret during her natural life, except a cow and calf orthe value thereof to my three daughters Mary, Mary Ann, and Rebecca andthen to be divided as follows to Alfred Hester if he stays with the oldwoman until he is twenty one years old that he has a horse and saddleworth forty dollars, and what remains at her death to be sold at twelvemonths credit and the money divided among the heirs of my son Joseph,Robert & Zachariah and Margaret Peter -- I nominate and appoint my twosons Luke and Jechonias as executors to this my last will and TestamentGiven under my hand and seal as my last will and testament.
Signed in the presense of us: May ye 20th day 1826.
Terrell Wilkins (Jurat)
John Wilkins Jechonias Waldrop (SEAL)Certified with seal 17th day of March, 1961 by V.R. Price, Clerk,Superior Court. No date of probate shown.
Note: Deed Book "C", page 40 from Ambrose Hudgens to Joseph Blackerby statesthat Jechonias was th
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