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Halifax Co., VA

1760 witness Halifax Co., VA court (Newsletter)

1762 March 18 - Richd. Sullins of Halifax Co. to John Sullins of same, for "L" 50, 400 acres on C;hildree Cr. beg. at a white oak thence new lines south... crossing two branches... All woods, underwoods.. Signed: Richd. (R) Sullins No wit. Recorded 18 March 1762 (page 256 of Deed Book 2)

1764 28 NOV . voted for Mr. Hamp. Wade (Wade lost)

11 Oct 1764. Micajah Watkins and Mary Boyd, dau. of Margaret Armstrong.  Sur. John Armstrong.  Wit. George Boyd, Jr., Isabel Wade and John Sullins.  John Armstrong m. Margaret Boyd (widow) 1 Jan. 1759.  Married by the Rev. Alexander Gordon, Rector of Antrim Parish.  p. 1

1766 buys 200 a., Sugar Tree Cr. from Joseph GILL (Newsletter)

1769 buys 164a, Mayo Cr. (Newsletter)

1770 buys 40 a., Mayo Cr. (Newsletter)

1771 appointed executor of RICHARD SULLENS estate. (Newsletter)

1772 buys on Mayo Cr. (Newsletter)

1773 January 31 - Will of Josiah Sullens: "...sick & weak in body but of sound & perfect memory..." To my wife household goods, etc. what is left after debts are paid, the land whereon I live during her widowhood or 'til my youngest son comes of age, and then to be sold and the money to be equally divided between my three sons, Zachariah, Jesse, and Joseph and my wife, Lavenia. Exr. my brother John Sullins. WD 31 January 1773 s/ Josiah (X) Sullens Wit: Solomon King, John Carmichel, Duncan Carmichel (X). WP 19 Aug 1773. Presented by John Sullins, the Exr. & proved by wit. Sec. Nathan Sullins, John Carmichael & Duncan Carmichael. (Page 20, Will Book 1)

1774 March 29 - from John Sullins of H, to John Baird of Prince George County, for 12 "L" 18 shillings 1.25 pence, a certain tract of land of 200 acres on Mayo Cr, being the land Sullins now lives on, as a deed from Joseph Gill Sr to Sullins will mre fully describe. Also 3 Negroes named George, Will, and Jeany, 2 mares (a bay and a gray), 12 cattle marked with a crop and a slit in the right and overkeel in the left, 40 hoggs with the same mark. To have and to hold, upon trust that Baird shall sell the estate, and from the money arising from the sale, discharge the debt and related expenses. The overplus, if any, goes to Sullins. Signed - John Sullins. Wit - Joseseph (his mark) Gill, Sr, John Anjus, David Watt, William Gresham. This deed of trust was recorded Feb 18, 1773. Recorded May 19, 1774 (Page 292, Deed Book 9)

1774 The Virginia Gazette of 5 May 1774 carried an advertisement to sell 164 a of land in Halifax Co., VA (Newsletter)

1774 sells 200a., Burches Cr. (Newsletter)

1777 JOHN SULLENS was paid for the wagons he leased to the government for use during the Cherokee Expedition (Newsletter)

1778 Jul 16 - from John Sullins of H, to Francis More (Moore) Petty of Charlotte County, for 100 "L", about 400 acres in H, and bounded by (trees). This land that was patented to Richard Sullins on Mar 3, 1760. Signed - John Sullins. Wit - none. Recorded Jul 16, 1778. (Page 78, Deed Book 11)

1779 Two of JOSIAH SULLENS' sons ZACHARIAH and JESSEE, were adopted by JOHN SULLENS from the Antrim Parrish orphanage. (Newsletter)

1779 sells 363 a. Mayo Cr (Newsletter)

1779 sells 40 a. Mayo Cr (Newsletter)

1779 sells 1 a. Mayo Cr. to Baptist Communion

1782 Halifax Co., VA tax records show JOHN SULLENS head of the hshld; 10 persons (Newsletter)

1783 Sometime in late 1782 or early 1783 JOHN SULLENS moved his family to Rutherford Co., NC and purchased 300a of land. (Newsletter)

1785 Jan 11 - from John Sullins, executor of the will of Josiah Sullins, decd, and also for himself, of Rutherford County, NC, to James Johnston of H. sd Josiah Sullins, by his will dated Jan 31, 1773, devised the land whereon he then lived, lying in H on the north side of the South fork of Miry (Miery) Cr to be sold, & the money arising therefrom to be divieded among his children. This deed therefor witnesses that sd John Sullins, for 75 "L", sells to sd James Johnson, all the afd tract of land in H, and containing about 147 acres, and bounded by Jones, Davis. Signed - John Sullins. Wit - Henry Goare, Haromon Miller, William Hamlett Jr, Nathan Sullins, Edward (+ his mark) Henderson. Recorded Jun 16, 1785. (Page 199, Deed Book 13)

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Rutherford Co., NC

1790 census of Rutherford Co., NC shows JOHN SULLENS hd of hshld of 4 males and 3 females. (Newsletter)

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St. Louis Co., MO

1799 JOHN SULLENS moved his family to what is now St. Louis Co., MO (Newsletter)

1808 At JOHN SULLENS death, court record show the division of his land to his children as stated in his will. The children were: Edward, Reuben, Richard, John, Peter, Nathan, Sarah m. Abraham A HILDERBRAND, Elizabeth m. Uri MUSICK. (Newsletter)