The John and Margaret BLACK PATTERSON Family:
The Years in Buncombe

Buncombe Co., NC Land Deeds (1790's - 1830's) & the 1810 Buncombe Census, Page 248:

Compiled originally by Wes Patterson, May 2002

Note:
This list of deeds was prepared by Wes Patterson in advance of a trip to Asheville, NC (Buncombe Co) using the book called Index to Buncombe Co NC Deeds. This book is not without error in that there were some duplicates, and also there were some transcription errors found, but that happens to the best of us. Also, that book does not list witnesses to the deeds, and the descriptions are very vague. I spent 4 hours looking up about 75 of these deeds at the county register of deeds in Asheville, and was encouraged at the level of detail I was able to find (and add) to this list. I tried to add better descriptions of the creeks and rivers and the lines and corners of the tract boundaries in order to show proximity to neighbors, etc. I also transcribed the witnesses, if any were listed. Sometimes there were one, two, or even three, and other times there weren't any.

As for the headings listed below, the "order" simply means the order of the deeds on the list that I took on my research trip which allowed me to keep my notes associated with the correct deed. The date of instrument means the date the deed was actually granted or sold, where as the date recorded is when it was actually filed at the county register of deeds. The grantee was the person receiving the land (by grant or by purchase), and the grantor was the one(s) selling or granting the land. The number of acres was not listed every time on a given deed. Any comments in () are comments by Wes Patterson and was not on the actual deed. Wes Patterson made copies of some of the deeds for future reference, as noted at the end of the descriptions by a "(PRINTED BY WES PATTERSON)" comment. References to "FBR" denote French Broad River.

The reason for searching the deeds of the individuals below was for the express purpose of finding more clues regarding the PATTERSON and BLACK families of Buncombe Co., NC. The 1810 census of Buncombe was preserved in the "visitation" order which allows us to see geographical relationships with relative accuracy. This can only help in trying to uncover kinships in certain families over a period of time. That's why I chose the families who lived near John Patterson in 1810 in Buncombe Co., NC. I looked for deeds from the 1790s to about 1830 or so, but there were many more deeds involving some of these individuals that I did NOT lookup, such as the Freemans and Davises, etc. In that case, I just focused on the deeds that had a reference to the FBR, Sandy Mush Creek, Newfound Creek, Jenkins Branch, and Turkey Creek. This area is just to the northwest of Asheville, NC which IS in fact modern day Buncombe Co NC.

Next I have included a listing of the families from page 248 of that census. Deeds of other families are included because of KNOWN kinships and PRESUMED kinships, such as the families from York Co., SC, eg. PONDER, HARRISON, SANDLIN, and others. I was definitely pleased to find that this approach bore positive results as I found Pattersons and Blacks listed as witnesses on deeds of these other families, as well as neighbors to the tract descriptions of these other families. This approach has paid off in ways that wasn't fully expecting.

Families listed on page 248 of the 1810 Buncombe Co., NC Census:
[ages: 0-9, 10-15, 16-25, 26-44, 45+]

Notes: (names in bold below are in this census listing above from 1810 Buncombe)
Reuben Black was born 1769-1771 near Gaffney, SC. This is another family from York Co SC, although during the 1750s-1780s that area was known by many different names, from Craven Co SC, to Anson, Mecklenburg, and Tryon Counties NC, to York Co SC. Roger Ford has been involved in a lot of research regarding these Blacks of York Co SC and Buncombe Co NC as he descends from this Reuben Black. He also descends from the Harrisons of that era and location. Reuben Black moved to Cocke Co TN in the late 1820s, where he died sometime after 1860. It has not yet been proved who Reuben's father was, but he was in Burke Co NC in 1800, but not as a head of household, though. There was a Matthew Black 3-1-2-0-1 and 0-1-2-0-1 in Burke in 1800 and a Robert Black also who appeared to be a son of Matthew as his household was 1-0-0-1-0 and 0-0-1-0-0. It appears that Reuben had a younger brother named Joseph, so Reuben and Joseph Black may have been the "2" in Matthew's household in 1800 in the 16-25 age bracket (Reuben was actually a little older than that, but that doesn't rule this out).

The Matthew Black that was in Burke Co NC in 1800 appears to have been the grandson of the Matthew Black of York Co SC. According to Keith Dull, Matthew and Mary Black of York Co SC had many children, some of whom were Gavin (Gowen, Goin), Robert (married Maggie Cravens), Janet or Jane, Joseph, etc. Robert and Maggie Cravens Black were the parents of the Matthew Black of Burke Co NC. Here in 1810 Reuben (son of Matthew of Burke) is living next to Joseph Patterson. The Matthew Black of Burke Co NC was born about 1750, and therefore could not have been the father of Margaret Black Patterson who was born ca. 1767. More on this below.

There were 4 PATTERSON households listed on this page in Buncombe in 1810. There were other Pattersons in the county that year, but they don't seem to be as closely related to this group, if at all. I (Wes Patterson) am the gggg-grandson of the John Patterson listed here. John was born ca. 1765 in SC. Enough credible evidence has come to light in recent years to convince me 100% that this John Patterson was the son of Thomas Patterson of York Co SC, who in turn was the son of Robert "R" Patterson who died in York Co SC in 1775 (his will was signed by James Dickey and Nathaniel Harrison). Some have said this older Robert Patterson of York died ca. 1790, but it has been proven that his widow died in 1790 and that's when Robert's will was entered into the court record, but he actually died in 1775 based on several facts that I won't bother to go into here.

Another comment about John Patterson listed here in 1810 Buncombe. I and others have seen several times on the Internet that some people list John's parents as John and Elizabeth Patterson. I have never been able to find any credible evidence to support that, and no one who claims it has been able to show me any evidence. Be careful with anything you find on the Internet. And that goes for anything that I put out there, too. We all need to check the sources for our selves to be for certain about these things.

That's why I made this trip to Buncombe to find more evidence linking the York Co SC families to my John Patterson. This John Patterson of 1810 Buncombe was born ca. 1765 in SC, and I believe in York Co SC. By the 1780s he was in Pendleton District, SC where he married Margaret BLACK, ca. 1788. They were recorded in Pendleton District SC census in 1790 on page 82. Their household was 1-1-1-0-0 (the middle "1" was their son Joseph B. Patterson, born 1789).

John & Margaret (J&M) were in Buncombe by the mid 1790s and showed up on the census there in 1800 (next to Thomas Patterson on the "P" page) and again in 1810. They were in Haywood Co NC in 1820. This Joseph Patterson listed here in 1810 was their oldest son. His name was Joseph B. Patterson, and I've always believed the "B" stood for Black. I used to believe that the Robert Patterson and James Patterson listed here in 1810 were younger brothers of John. I do still believe that this Robert Patterson was a younger brother of John, but the James Patterson appears to have been the son of the James Patterson who was recorded in Buncombe in 1800. That is not proven, but seems pretty apparent. The Alexander Patterson listed in 1800 may have been another brother of James here in 1810.

The question has been raised by Roger Ford as to whether or not Margaret Black Patterson was the sister of his Reuben Black. I think it's more likely that Reuben's father Matthew Black was a 1st cousin of Margaret Black Patterson. J&M's daughter Amey Jane Patterson was born ca. 1793 and she passed down to her descendants that the family was from Camden District, York Co., SC. Another note regarding Margaret Black; her sister was named Susannah Black, born in the early 1760s in York Co SC. She married James Kincaid who shows up on the records of York Co SC also. They eventually made it up to Buncombe Co NC as well.

The Robert Patterson listed here was in Buncombe in 1800 and 1810, and then in Haywood Co NC in 1820, which was the same pattern as John Patterson and his son Joseph B. Patterson. The James Patterson listed here appears to have been one of the sons of James of 1800. This 1810 James was in Haywood Co NC in 1820, and then in Cherokee Co NC in 1830 and 1840. He moved to Gilmer Co GA by 1850 where he died that same year. He was married to Sarah Marr.

This James Patterson was very involved in the Buncombe deeds with John and Robert Patterson as you can see in the deed records below. James also bought the land that had Thomas Patterson's improvement on it, from Caty Roberts in 1812, Caty having moved to Jefferson Co TN by then. According to the deed # 33 there was also an Andrew Patterson who was a witness on the 1802 purchase of land by John Patterson from Richard Morrow. I am currently trying to determine if the 1790 census record of Thomas Patterson in "Dorchester SC" (actually it was Charleston District, St Bartholomew Dorchester's Parish) was the same Thomas Patterson of Buncombe in 1800. That record lists 1 son over 16 (would be correct for Robert in the 1810 census above), and 2 sons under 16 (which would be correct for this James of 1810 and also this Andrew possibly), and 2 females (wife and daughter).

However, it seems this Andrew Patterson (and the younger John Patterson who witnessed an 1808 deed for John Patterson Sr.), were most likely younger brothers of James Patterson. At any rate, more research is to be done here and I will update you all if anything definite is found there. I believe this Robert Patterson of Buncombe 1810 and Haywood 1820 died in Rabun Co Ga between 1820 and 1822 according to court records there, and the relationship of that Robert to a Joseph B. Patterson. Notice that they (uncle and nephew) are living four households from each other here in Buncombe in 1810! And Joseph B. Patterson DID move into Rabun Co Ga in the early 1820's and was enumerated on that county's 1830 census. However, the Robert who died in Rabun "may" have been the younger brother of Joseph instead of his uncle. Too many Roberts...

Also take note of the many deed references below regarding Daniel Ponder and the Pattersons. Daniel Ponder married the daughter of Robert Patterson of York Co SC who died in 1775. That makes Daniel Ponder the brother-in-law of Thomas Patterson of York, and uncle of this John and Robert Patterson here in Buncombe in 1810. It's also important to note that this same Daniel Ponder was "tied" to Thomas Patterson and others from York Co SC on the deeds there. One such deed was in 1786 when Thomas Patterson sold his 60 acres in York Co SC to his younger brother Robert Patterson Jr of York. That deed was as follows:

B-277. 20 March 1786
Thomas Patterson of York County, to Robert Patterson of same for 35 pounds, 60 acres in York County on both sides of Clarks fork of Bullocks Creek, a survey of land granted to Thomas by patent dated 22 April 1767, adjoining Harrisons old line, Blacks old line.
Signed Thomas Patterson.
Witnesses: Peter Patterson, Benjamin White, Daniel Ponder.
Proved: 20 --- 1790 by Peter Patterson.
(This Thomas was the father of John Patterson of Buncombe in 1810, and Peter and Robert Patterson and Daniel Ponder were all uncles of John Patterson. I'm not yet sure who the Benjamin White was.)

?-??? 29 September 1813
Daniel Ponder of Buncombe County, North Carolina to Peter Galloway of York County, South Carolina for $1000.00, two different surveys both sides of Clark's Fork of Bullock's Creek, 100 acres granted to Edward Moorhead and conveyed from him to Ponder & part of a survey granted to Robert Patterson and conveyed from him to Thomas Patterson and from him to Daniel Ponder; 70 acres beginning at Peter Patterson's station on the crop trally? running thence n 23 back to the old line halfway to the corner thence straight across the paid land into the middle of the line between Peter Pattersons's corner and the upper corner of the said land thence down the said land to Peter Pattersons's corner thence along said Patterson's line to beginning.
Signed: Elizabeth Ponder (X) & Daniel Ponder. (This was Elizabeth Patterson Ponder, sister of Thomas Patterson)
Witnesses: John Wallace, Samuel Galloway & John Patterson.
Elizabeth Ponder, wife of said Daniel Ponder relinquishes dower.
(The fact that Daniel Ponder was in Buncombe Co NC and involved with many deeds with John Patterson of Buncombe during those years, I would find it hard to believe that this wasn't the same John Patterson of Buncombe acting as a witness for Daniel Ponder here.)

Another deed that ties Daniel Ponder to the John and Margaret Black Patterson family is one from York Co SC in 1787 involving a John Swann deed where James Kincaid and Daniel Ponder were the witnesses. We know that I'm declaring Daniel Ponder as John Patterson's uncle, but James Kincaid WAS a brother-in-law of John and Margaret Black Patterson. Margaret's sister Susannah Black married James Kincaid in York Co SC. Here is that deed:

D-454 30 August 1787
John Swann, son and heir to Robert Swann, deceased of Camden District to Wilkinson Turner, 200 acres on both sides of Bell's branch of King's Creek being a tract of land granted to Robert Swann, deceased.
Witnesses: James Donnelly, James Kinkead & Daniel Ponder.
Proved by James Donnelly 1 March 1789.
[Note by Patricia Saupe: Daniel Ponder's sister, Mary Polly Ponder married Nicholas Seahorn/Seehorn and their daughter Catherine b. 30 November 1770, married Samuel Swann 1790 York County, South Carolina. Further note by Deanna Ames: the Samuel Swann who married Catherine Seahorn was the brother of the above mentioned John Swann].

The following York Co SC deed regarding Daniel Ponder shows him associated with his brother-in-law Peter Patterson (brother of Thomas) and also with Buncombe Co NC.

G-527 22 January 1798
William and Robert Love of York County to Peter Patterson, Sr. of York County, 212 acres, which is on both sides of ----------- branch of Clarks fork of Bullock Creek. The land was granted to Robert Love, deceased, on the 18 October 1792.
Witnesses: Daniel Ponder, Elenor (x) Henry.
Proved 10 October 1815. Malcolm Holcomb J.P. of Buncombe County, North Carolina.

There are many more deeds involving Daniel Ponder and at least three of his sons, but these that I've listed are the main ones that show the proof of his ties to the John Patterson family, but even more so shows the ties between John Patterson of Buncombe and the Pattersons and Blacks of York Co SC (sometimes documented as Mecklenberg Co or Tryon Co NC or Craven Co SC or Camden District SC or York Co SC; in each case though, the key is that the land described on the deeds has something to do with "Clark's Fork of Bullocks Creek" and that is in modern day York Co SC).

Clem Davis was the son of Harmon and Pheobe Davis of Newberry District, SC. Clem was born 3-27-1755 in Newberry Co SC and died 10-29-1838 in Buncombe Co NC. He married Elizabeth Plemons/Fleming on 8-15-1785 in Lincoln Co NC. They were in Burke Co NC in 1800, as were Matthew Black and one Robert Black, most likely the son of Matthew Black.

Reason Davis was a son of Clem (Clement) Davis.

Joseph Harrison was a son of Nathaniel and Rachel Harrison of York Co SC. The elder Nathaniel Harrison died ca. 1783-84 in York Co SC. He had signed the will of Robert Patterson of York in 1775. That Robert Patterson was the grandfather of John Patterson on this census page. As for Rachel Harrison, she (and her son Joseph listed here) sold their York Co SC land (140 acres on both sides of Clarks Fork of Bullocks Creek) to Matthew Black, dated July 29, 1785. At that time, Rachel and son Joseph Harrison were living in Rutherford Co NC. This Joseph Harrison died in Buncombe Co NC in 1811. He had 3 sons and 4 daughters, two of which were Nathaniel and Jane Harrison. They are the ones noted in the Buncombe deeds below. As for the Thomas Harrison in the deeds below, he was an uncle of this 1810 Joseph Harrison. Thomas was in Buncombe in 1800, while Joseph was in Rutherford.

Betty Hulse has done extensive research on these Harrisons and has helped keep me straight on the many errors that have been published about this Joseph Harrison family. His wife was Margaret Hill, by the way. As for the York Co SC ties, Joseph's father Nathaniel Harrison had his 140 acres on both sides Clarks Fork of Bullocks Creek surveyed on 8-28-1765 by W Sims. This was along "Blacks line". The chain bearers (CB) were Thomas Harrison and Robert Black. This Robert Black was the husband of Maggie Cravens Black who most likely was a 1st cousin of Nathaniel and Thomas Harrison. A neighbor of Robert Black and Nathaniel Harrison of York Co SC was Thomas Patterson, son of Robert Patterson (1775 will). Thomas Patterson's 60 acres on both sides of Clarks Fork of Bullocks Creek had been surveyed and later issued to him on 4-22-1767, and it was adjacent to Robert Blacks and Nathaniel Harrisons lands. This Thomas Patterson was the father of a John Patterson, I believe to be one and the same as the John listed here in the 1810 Buncombe census. Thomas and John Patterson were next to each other in the 1800 Buncombe census.

As for Thomas Harrison, uncle of this 1810 Joseph Harrison, he was chain bearer (along with Robert Black) for Matthew Black's survey in York Co SC on 8-29-1765. This was 100 acres on both sides Clarks Fork of Bullocks Creek. As mentioned earlier, the Blacks of Burke Co NC and later Buncombe Co were from this Robert and Matthew Black of York Co SC. This same Thomas Harrison was also a chain bearer with John Countryman for Robert Swann's survey York Co SC on Bullocks Creek in 1766. There were Swan(n)s who came to Buncombe also, and some Countryman descendants were in Buncombe as well. Joseph Harrison seems to be mentioned one time in York Co SC as a chain bearer. Since this Joseph Harrison here in 1810 was born in 1735, he appears to be the same person. He was a CB along with James Chamberlain for a Robert Swann survey in 1771 along Floyds and Golds branch of Clarks Fork of Bullocks Creek...McKennys line...Joseph Clarks line... Again, this Joseph Harrison died in 1811 in Buncombe Co NC. His widow, Margaret Hill Harrison, died in 1842. Many of their descendants were in Buncombe and also some settled later in Campbell Co., Ga.

The Plemings are an interesting group. You will see their name spelled many different ways, including Plemons, Plemmons, Plimons, Fleming, Flemming, Pleming, etc. The Plemings were out of Va originally, and this group was definitely in Lincoln Co NC in the 1780s and 90s as part of the Peter Plimons family. They were in Burke Co NC in 1800, or at least some of them were. There were other Flemmings in York Co SC, such as John and Robert, but I haven't had the time to find out if they were close kin to these Buncombe Plemings or not. I believe they were, but they may not be the same individuals, though. I believe the John Pleming at the top next to the Hawkins and Freemans was a son of the John Pleming next to James Patterson.

Isaac Miles was the father of Levi Miles who was a witness to a deed mentioned below (#74) where Daniel Black was selling land to Mathew Black (the land that included Thomas Patterson's improvement). Isaac Miles died in 1835 in Buncombe Co NC. His wife was Sarah Doe (Miles). She died in 1850-51 in Union Co Ga (many of these families migrated to north Ga in the 1820s and 30s). Their son Levi Miles was born in 1787 in Va, married Sarah Matilda Poole in Buncombe Co NC about 1819, and he died in 1880 in Buncombe Co NC.

David Tumlinson was part of a large family out of SC. Their last name has been spelled about 700 different ways - that's a joke, by the way. Some spellings are Tumbleson, Tumblinson, Tumlinson, Tomlinson, etc., etc. David's father was named John Tumlinson, born 1755 in SC, who married Martha White, and both John and Martha died in Crawford Co., AR in 1826 and 1830, respectively. John Tumlinson had brothers named Nathaniel and Richard Tumlinson. David (son of John and Martha) had at least 4 siblings named Joseph, Peter, John Jackson, and James Stephen - all Tumlinsons, of course. John Jackson Tumlinson was born in 1776 in Lincoln Co NC. His wife was Lara Elizabeth Plemmons. She appears to be the sister of the John Pleming who was living next to David Tumlinson here in 1810.

Henry Wood was living next to John Patterson here in 1810. He was born 1767-1770 in the Scotts Creek area of the old Buncombe Co. He died about 1840 in Haywood Co NC. He was the son of James and Margaret Wood, both of whom were born ca. 1750. Henry Wood married Agnes York about 1790 and they had several chidren together before she died in 1810-1811. About 1812, just two years after this 1810 census, Henry remarried, this time to Margaret "Peggy" Bryson. Peggy was born on 4-14-1782 in the 96th District of SC. They married about 1812, in Haywood Co NC. Peggy was the daughter of James Holmes Bryson and Sarah Countryman (Bryson). They were married about 1767 in 96th District, SC. Sarah Countryman was the sister of John and Andrew Countryman of York Co SC. Both brothers were involved in a few deeds in York Co SC in the 1760s that were also connected with Robert Swann and Bullocks Creek. As mentioned earlier, John Countryman was a CB with Thomas Harrison on a Robert Swann deed in York Co SC in 1766. Marty Grant is another researcher who is a descendant of these Brysons and he has quite a bit of information on them on his web site at http://www.martygrant.com/gen/bryson.htm.

Ezekiel Sandlin was born in York Co SC in 1782. His parents were William Sandland/Sandlin and Massey Green (Sandlin). The Sandlins were from the Kings Creek part of York Co SC. Ezekiel's wife was named Martha, and they were married about 1800. Many of the Sandlins moved to Clay Co KY.

Buncombe Co., NC Land Deeds:

Compiled by Wes Patterson, May 2002

1 S1-2 417 10/19/1796 unknown
"Wood, Henry" from "Woodfin, Thomas" ?acres
"West side and west bank of French Broad River (FBR)… (not a duplicate) - (Henry Wood's wife was Margaret Bryson, niece of John Countryman of York Co SC)"
Nicholas Woodfin

2 S2-2 417 10/19/1796 unknown
"Wood, Henry" from "Woodfin, Thomas" ?acres
West side and west bank of French Broad River (FBR)… (not a duplicate)

3 S1-6 267 9/1/1800 4/12/1802
"Morrow, Richard"from State of NC #800 100 acres
"…large branch called Jenkin's Branch running into the FBR, …banks of the mouth of Newfound Creek…"

4 S2-6 267 9/1/1800 4/12/1802
"Morrow, Richard" from State of NC #800 100 acres
(exact duplicate of S1-6; not a separate tract of land)

5 A 383 1/?/1802 9/18/1807
"Morrow, Richard" from "Bryson, William" 790 acres
"Tuckaseigee River; also Book 9 pgs 258, 259, 260, 284 & Book 10 pg 440 - all Tuckaseigee River grants from state of NC totalling 650 more acres. (William Bryson was brother-in-law or uncle-in-law Henry Wood)"

6 A 509 12/1/1806 3/4/1808
"Plemons, John" from "Harrison, Thomas" 100 acres
"John Plemons paid Thomas Harrison $400…, ….beginning some distance from FBR, …east to…, ….near Richard Morrow's line (PRINTED BY WES PATTERSON)"
John Patterson & Clem Davis

7 B 17 1/16/1804 6/2/1808
"Roberts, Caty" from "Hughey, Joseph" 50 acres
"West side FBR, including Thomas Patterson's improvement, beginning at a white oak George Black's corner on a ridge and runs north 25 degrees west 70 poles to a stake, then south 29 degrees west 100 poles to a post oak then south 52 degrees east 88 poles to a pine, then north 70 degrees east 22 poles to a Spanish oak then north 9 degrees east 90 poles to the place of beginning containing 50 acres the same being part of a large tract of land originally granted to Thomas Davidson and Mark Mitchel... (PRINTED BY WES PATTERSON)"
Neily Patton & John Acton

8 B 197 11/27/1807 10/20/1809
"Freeman, Jesse" from State of NC #1650 100 acres
"Mouth of Turkey Creek on both sides of Sandy Mush, crosses Turkey creek."

9 B 224 8/29/1809 11/23/1809
"Davis, Reason" from "Davis, Clement" 100 acres
"…lower side, running south on Turkey Creek... (PRINTED BY WES PATTERSON) - (Clem Davis was most likely the father of this Reason Davis. Clem married an Elizabeth Plemons/Fleming. Clem was in Burke Co., NC in 1800. Clem and Reason were both next to Robert Patterson in Bunc. in 1810 census, and 4 households from Reuben Black, etc.)"
John Plemons & John Patterson

10 C 115 11/30/1809 9/27/1810
"Morrow, John" from State of NC #1807 150 acres
Branch of Jenkins Branch - Reuben Black's corner

11 C 133 10/5/1809 10/30/1810
"Morrow, John" from "John, Ezekiel" 116 acres
"Waters of Turkey Creek; John Dillard's corner, running north with said Dillard's line, …, east to a stake at John Harrison's corner…"
James Gudger & George Black

12 C 136 9/25/1809 10/8/1810
"Freeman, Aron Sr." from "Freeman, Jesse" 50 acres
"…lying on both sides of the Grassy Branch of Turkey Creek, on the west side of the French Broad River (FBR)…"
Joshua Freeman & Thomas Plemons

13 C 169 10/2/1810 11/26/1810
"Morrow, Joseph M." from "Allen, Hezekiah" 50 acres
"…on a branch of Newfound Creek running into the north side of said creek a little below Benjamin Gudger's land…, …west side of Gudger's land…"
John Hays & Daniel Pleming

14 C 177 10/2/1810 12/16/1810
"Morrow, Joseph M." from "Allen, Hezekiah" 50 acres
Newfound Creek

15 C 194 12/14/1810 1/10/1811
"Davis, Reason" from State of NC #1908 50 acres
"…east side of Turkey Creek, beginning at a spruce pine on the west bank of Turkey Creek, Harman Davises corner and runs north… (this Harmon Davis would have been Clem's brother, and Reason's uncle)"

16 C 269 6/16/1810 3/12/1811
"Morrow, James" from "Williams, Humphrey" 80 acres
"…on both sides of Newfound Creek…, David Roger's line, east to Joseph Sorrell's old line, …"
Jonathan Hicks & Robert Morrow

17 E 136 12/31/1810 8/5/1812
"Blact, Joseph" from "Patterson, Robert" 100 acres
"Lower in the deed it names grantee as Joseph BLACK; Turkey Creek, upper side of Turkey Creek, west side of FBR... (PRINTED BY WES PATTERSON)"
John Patterson & James Patterson

18 E 140 7/5/1812 8/6/1812
"Haley, Robert" from "Black, Joseph" 100 acres
(same land that Joseph Black bought from Robert Patterson on 12/31/1810)

19 E 154 12/8/1808 8/22/1812
"Patterson, James" from "Patterson, John" 20 acres
"West side FBR (deed signed by John Patterson "Senr"; this was John who married Margaret Black) - (this must be part of the 170 acres that John Patterson bought from Reuben Black on 4/15/1805) - (PRINTED BY WES PATTERSON)" John Plemons "John Patterson (a younger John Patterson, apparently John Marion Patterson. I believe that he was a younger brother of James Patterson, and that both of them were sons of the 1800 Buncombe James Patterson. This James Patterson was the one who married Sarah Marr about 1810. WP: 19 March 2004.)"

20 E 155 5/12/1807 8/22/1812
"Patterson, James" from "Sandlin, Ezekiel" 70 acres
"…Newfound Creek, joins George Black and Thomas Patterson's lands…, beginning on a ridge Black's corner running east to Thomas Patterson's corner… (the same property he sold to Reuben Black in 1816) - (PRINTED BY WES PATTERSON) - (Ezekiel Sandlin's father was William Sandlin of York Co., SC. John Love and Daniel Ponder were both from York Co SC also. I believe that this James Patterson was the one who married Sarah Marr.)"
John Love & Daniel Ponders

21 E 186 12/10/1803 10/21/1800(correction)1812
"Black, John" from "State of NC, #1280" 200 acres
"west side FBR, top of ridge, near Samuel King's line, both sides King's Creek… (grantees were John Black AND Jonathan Graham)"

22 E 211 10/14/1807 11/18/1812
"Black, George" from "Davidson, John" 50 acres
…Ragsdale's corner…
Jacob Keler & John Duncan (John Duncan was the husband of Jane Duncan and they were members of Newfound Baptist Church during this time, and were most likely the parents of Mary "Pollie" Duncan who married Joseph B. Patterson ca. 1810)

23 E 225 5/1/1807 11/26/1812
"Woodfin, Thomas" from "Wood, Henry" 100 acres
"Originally granted to Joseph Dobson, then to John Biffle, then Sandifar Cazesh (sp?), then Goldman Ingram, then Charles Pitts, then Henry Wood, now to Thomas Woodfin… ; …on Newfound Creek, west side of FBR, along Ingram & Pitts' lines, …"
Daniel Ponder & John Love

24 G 21 7/7/1812 12/4/1813
"Black, John" from "Hughey, Joseph" 50 acres
"West FBR beginning on a stake Robert Patterson's old line and runs west to a pine on said old line… then east… on the side of a hill, …east to … an old hollow, … west to a stake near a branch… west … near some large rocks…. - (PRINTED BY WES PATTERSON)"
Thomas Forster & William Forster

25 G 157 8/3/1812 5/12/1814
"Patterson, James" from "Roberts, Katie" 50 acres
"Katie (Caty) Roberts of Jefferson Co., TN to James Patterson of Buncombe, same tract she bought from Joseph Hughey on 1/16/1804, includes Thomas Patterson's improvement. - (PRINTED BY WES PATTERSON)"
Joseph Black & Jeremiah Holiday

26 H 3 11/21/1810 10/17/1815
"Black, Reuben" from "Warren, Joseph" 200 acres
"West side FBR beginning on the bank of said river, …then south, … then west… on the west side of a ridge, …then north to a stake at the said river near the mouth of Flat Creek then south… to the beginning… (proved in court by John Patterson) - (PRINTED BY WES PATTERSON)"
John Patterson & David Tumbleson

27 3 231 7/16/1799 unknown
"Black, George" from "Davidson, John" ?acres
"Between the mouth of Newfound & Sandy Mush on Jenkins Branch, west side of FBR… (PRINTED BY WES PATTERSON)"

28 3 363 1802 4/?/1802
"Black, Reuben" from "Black, George" 170 acres
"FBR & Newfound Creek, same land that Joseph Hughey sold to George Black on 10/20/1801 - (PRINTED BY WES PATTERSON)"

29 3 410 12/9/1806 12/2/1807
"Freeman, Jesse" from State of NC #1584 150 acres
Turkey Creek

30 4 331 8/31/1798 unknown
"Black, Robert" from "State of NC, #415" 150 acres
FBR

31 4 604 12/19/1800 unknown
"Black, John" from "State of NC, #894" 200 acres
Both sides FBR near John Spur's land…

32 4 645 8/19/1795 7/?/1803
"Black, George" from "Davidson, John" 100 acres
"west side FBR, south side of Newfound Creek, beginning on east side of the creek, on a ridge, runs west…, crossing the creek, ….then south…, east…, north…"

33 4 657 8/2/1802 7/?/1803
"Patterson, John" from "Morrow, Richard" ?100 acres
"West side FBR, between mouth of NewFound and Sandy Mush on Jenkin's Branch, runs north… (proven in court by Daniel Ponder) - (PRINTED BY WES PATTERSON)"
Daniel Ponder & James Morrow & Andrew Patterson
(Daniel Ponder was the uncle of John Patterson; James Morrow was possibly a son-in-law of John Patterson, but not proved; and I'm not sure who Andrew Patterson was, but he MAY have been an older brother of James Patterson - again not proved.)

34 7 78 10/20/1801 unknown
"Black, George" from "Hughey, Joseph" 170 acres
FBR & Newfound Creek

35 7 123 unknown unknown
"Black, George" from "Hughey, Joseph" 150 acres
"FBR, West"

36 7 205 2/19/1801 unknown
"Starkey, Joel" from "Black, John" 30 acres
"SE side of FBR, Spur's line…"

37 7 350 11/19/1801 unknown
"Freeman, Joshua" from "Hunter, William et al" 150 acres
"On main ridge between Sandy Mush and Turkey Creek, …big branch…"

38 7 438 12/19/1805 7/8/1806
"Woods, Henry" from State of NC #1463 520 acres
Both sides of Newfound Creek

39 7 600 12/9/1806 6/4/1807
"Freeman, Joshua" from State of NC #1583 50 acres
Sandy Mush Creek

40 8 180 7/17/1802 7/?/1804
"Ponder, Daniel" from "Hunter, William" ?acres
"West side FBR, between mouth of NewFound and Sandy Mush on Jenkin's Branch, …a tract of land that the said Ponders now lives on... (PRINTED BY WES PATTERSON)"
Jonathan Hicks

40a 7 80 10/16/1801 unknown
"Ponder, Daniel" from "Black, George" ?acres
"Probably the land George Black bought from John Davidson in 1799, but I'm not sure [WP] - (PRINTED BY WES PATTERSON)"

41 9 48 10/18/1803 unknown
"Freeman, Aaron" from "Freeman, Joshua" 75 acres
"West side FBR, between Sandy Mush & Turkey Creek, on south side of Big Branch…"
Abraham Davis

42 9 90 unknown 10/?/1803
"Davis, Clement" from "Ingram, Goldman" 100 acres
"Turkey Creek, lower side, runs south…"

43 9 150 9/1/1803 10/?/1803
"Wood, Henry" from "Ingram, Goldman" 100 acres
"south side Newfound Creek, Wood's line…, Biffle's line…"

44 9 161 8/31/1803 unknown
"Wood, Henry" from "Pitts, Charles" 100 acres
Newfound Creek

45 9 173 9/10/ unknown
"Black, George" from "Ragsdale, Polly" 50 acres
"Dicks Creek…, crosses Big Branch of Newfound Creek…"

46 9 261 12/10/1803 7/5/1805
"Morrow, John" from State of NC #1101 100 acres
FBR

47 10 55 4/15/1805 ?/?/1805
"Patterson, John" from "Black, Reuben" 170 acres
"Same land that Reuben Black bought from George Black in Book 3 page 363 in the year 1802; …originally granted to Thomas Davidson & Mark Mitchell on the west side of FBR, …west side of a stoney ridge on Davidson's & Mitchell's old line… - (PRINTED BY WES PATTERSON)"
John Crownover & Isaac Miles

48 10 83 ?/?/1805 unknown
"Patterson, Robert" from "Hughey, Joseph" 100 acres
"West side FBR, upper side Turkey Creek…"

49 10 166 10/3/1805 unknown
"Davis, Benjamin" from "Hughey, Joseph" 150 acres
Sandy Mush Creek

50 10 385 11/28/1805 unknown
"Freeman, Aaron" from "Hughey, Joseph" 25 acres
Turkey Creek

51 10 421 11/10/1805 unknown
"Freeman, Aron" from "Hughey, Joseph" 100 acres
"FBR, West"

52 11 26 8/31/?1811 6/22/1818
"Morrow, James" from "Plemmons, Thomas" 100 acres
"…small branch that empties into Newfound Creek, …Johny Williams' line…"
Johnathan Hicks & Joseph M. Morrow

53 11 52 2/22/1816 6/23/1818
"Cole, David" from "Morrow, James" 60 acres
"James Morrow of Haywood Co., NC; …both sides of Newfound Creek, …Rogers' line…"
James Gudger & Joseph Cole

54 11 53 11/3/1815 unknown
"Pence, Abram" from "Patterson, John" 49 acres
Sandy Mush Creek; (this would have to be part of the 170 acres that John Patterson bought from Reuben Black on 4/15/1805) - (DID NOT FIND THIS DEED YET…)

55 11 53 5/15/1815 6/24/1818
"Pence, Abram" from "Patterson, John" 100 acres
"Same land that John Patterson bought from Richard Morrow on 8/2/1802... Both men of Buncombe Co NC at this time… The deed was proven in open court during the July Session of 1817 by Daniel Ponder... (PRINTED BY WES PATTERSON) - (Abraham Pence was born about 1770, and his oldest daughter Cassay Pence married John Marion Patterson. This younger John was not a son of John, though.)"
Daniel Ponder & John Ponder (son of Daniel Ponder, and 1st cousin of John Patterson)

56 11 103 3/5/1816 unknown
"Black, Daniel" from "Patterson, James" 50 acres
"FBR, includes Thomas Patterson improvement…"
John Black & Rheuben Black

57 11 174 2/27/1814 10/12/1818
"Candler, Zechariah" from "Black, Reuben" 200 acres
"Flat Creek…, formerly owned by Joseph Warren, both Candler and Black are of Buncombe Co NC…"
Reubin Phillips & John Davis

58 11 268 11/25/1818 7/25/1819
"Black, Joseph" from "State of NC, #2344" 300 acres
Sandy Mush Creek

59 11 420 2/27/1817 9/6/1819
"Candler, Zechariah" from "Black, George" 150 acres
"West side FBR, both sides Jenkins Branch, including Reuben Black's old place…"
Reubin Phillips & Reubin Black

60 11 505 8/20/1812 9/30/1819
"Black, Robert" from "Hughey, Joseph" 50 acres
"Joseph Hughey of Buncombe to Robert Black of BURKE COUNTY, NC…, Both sides of Jenkins Branch, …Reubin Black's SW corner, then north…, then south…, west…, Walton's line…, east to Daniel Ponder's line, then north…, crossing said branch…, north to Nathaniel Randolph's line, SW to Reuben Black's line..."
Z. Candler

61 12 271 3/8/1816 unknown
"Black, Reuben" from "Patterson, James" 70 acres
(Probably same land James Patterson had bought from Ezekiel Sandlin in 1807.) - …Ridley Pence's corner…. (both men living in Buncombe at this time)
Nathaniel Harrison & Jane Harrison
(Nathaniel Harrison was the son of Joseph Harrison, and most likely the grandson of Nathaniel Harrison of York Co., SC)

62 12 351 3/1/1818 unknown
"Black, Reuben" from "Patterson, James" 60 acres
"Both of Buncombe…, west side FBR, included part of John Patterson's land…"
Nathaniel Harrison & Jane Harrison
(Nathaniel Harrison was the son of Joseph Harrison, and most likely the grandson of Nathaniel Harrison of York Co., SC)

63 12 444 11/30/1816 3/31/1821
"Black, John" from "State of NC, #2253" 150 acres
FBR

64 12 504 7/26/1819 8/7/1821
"Candler, Zechariah" from "Black, Joseph" 300 acres
"Forks of Sandy Mush and FBR, joining Jesse Freeman's line on the north and west and south, joins James Ensley on the north and east and south, including improvements made by Joseph Black, joins Robert Haley on the north…"
Joseph Patterson & John Ponder
(Joseph Patterson was the son of John & Margaret Black Patterson; his full name was Joseph B. Patterson)

65 12 518 7/7/1818 9/17/1821
"Black, Mathew" from Sheriff of Buncombe Co. 100 acres
Sandy Mush Creek

66 13 254 11/30/1824 5/10/1825
"Black, Reuben" from "State of NC, #2599" 50 acres
Spring Creek

67 13 334 11/11/1823 6/17/1824
"Ensley, James" from "Black, George" 150 acres
FBR

68 13 501 1/12/1819 4/3/1827
"Black, Reuben" from "Tate, Mary Admr. Et al" 200 acres

69 14 249 10/7/1822 10/3/1827
"Black, George" from "Philips, John Atty. Et al" 150 acres
"John Phillips of Lexington Co., KY representing David & Peggy McCluskey, to George Black of Buncombe…, West side FBR and Jenkins Branch…"
John Jarrett & Joseph Patterson

70 14 252 12/27/1817 10/3/1827
"Black, Reuben" from "Davis, Nathaniel" ?acres
Spring Creek
Harrison Davis & James Gudger

71 15 109 4/30/1819 8/26/1828
"Black, George" from "Black, Reuben" 200 acres
Jenkins Branch
Hedgeman Triplett & John Patterson

72 15 199 unknown 1/2/1829
"Plemons, John" from "Plemons, Thomas" 100 acres
Newfound Creek

73 16 456 4/6/1821 4/11/1832
"Miles, Levi" from "Black, Robert" 50 acres
"Jenkins Branch…, adjacent Daniel Ponder's old land…"
John Black & James Black

74 17 96 10/29/1817 12/18/1832
"Black, Mathew" from "Black, Daniel" 50 acres
"Both of Buncombe…, west side FBR, included Thomas Patterson's improvement…"
John Black & Levi Miles

75 19 45 12/7/1832 8/19/1833
"Sluder, Henry" from "Black, George" 100 acres
Jenkins Branch

76 20 89 3/30/1818 1/29/1836
"Black, Mathew" from "Black, Reuben" 20 acres
FBR
John Black & Joseph Black

77 20 89 3/30/1818 1/29/1836
"Black, Mathew" from "Black, Reuben" 70 acres
(Wasn't a good description on this one...)
John Black & Joseph Black

78 20 156 11/14/1834 4/6/1836
"Black, Mathew" from "Black, George" 100 acres
Candler Road
Joseph Slate & James Black

79 21 480 4/24/1820 5/30/1839
"Black, James" from "Patterson, John" 100 acres
"John Patterson of Haywood Co., NC to James Black of Buncombe, …FBR, …(this has to be part of the 170 acres that John Patterson bought from Reuben Black on 4/15/1805) - (the clerk of court then was Nathaniel Harrison, too) - (PRINTED BY WES PATTERSON)"
John Black & Matthew Black

80 21 496 3/9/1832 6/4/1839
"Black, James" from "Black, Robert" 87 acres
Beaver Branch
Luke Harrison & Matthew Black

81 22 16 2/4/1832 2/1/1840
"Cook, Obed" from "Black, Reuben" 100 acres
"both of Buncombe…, Meadow of Turkey Creek and Spring Creek…"

I will be adding more related information here as time goes on. I welcome feedback regarding any of these individuals and others that should be included but have not been. Thanks.

Wes Patterson, May 2002