Jacob DICKINSON & Mourning THOMAS

The North Carolina booklet: great events in North Carolina history, Volume 18 By Mrs. E. E. Moffitt
In 1776 the Convention established "An ordinance for appointing Justices of the Peace, Sheriffs and Constables for the several counties in this State, for erecting County Courts for the purposes of holding sessions of the Peace, and putting into execution the laws relative to Orphans, Guardians, and highways until provisions shall be made by the General Assembly for the same." Jonas Johnston was appointed a "Justice for keeping the Peace in Edgecombe. The other J. P.'s appointed for Edgecombe at the same time were: Aquila Sugg, Edward Moore, Samuel Ruffin, Duncan Lamon, Elisha Battle, William Haywood, Sherwood Haywood, Henry Erwin, Joseph Williamson, John Thomas, Matthew Drake, Noah Sugg, Robert Bignall, Nathan Bodie, Exum Lewis, William Hall, Isaac Sessums, Jacob Dickinson, Arthur Arrington, and Joseph Pender, Esquires."
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1777 Sep 12 - Jacob POPE and wife, Elizabeth (X) POPE, of Edgecombe Co.
to ROBERT DEGGES of same, for 600 pds Proc. money a tract of 200 ac on the
SOUTH bank of SWIFT Creek adjoining Loveless SAVAGE.
Wit: Rich'd BELL, PILGRIM POPE, George WIMBERLEY, Elias FORT, Jacob DICKINSON.

Nash County, NCGenWeb
Batchelor Land Grants, 1761 – 1827
BEFORE 1777, THE DATE FOR THE CREATION OF NASH COUNTY, THE PROPERTY THAT EVENUALLY IS LOCATED IN NASH IS LOCATED IN EDGECOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.
Nash County, NC. 3 January 1782. DB1, pages 179 – 180. JACOB DICKINSON and wife MOURNING to WILLIAM BATCHELOR [spelled Bacheler]. 200 acres on north side of Crooked Branch adjoining JACOB DICKINSON. Witnesses: JOHN BONDS and THOMAS HUNTER.
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Edgecombe County North Carolina County Court of Pleas 1784-1800
November Court, 1784
Tuesday
Ordered that the Sheriff sell the Estate of West Pope Decd
An Inventory of the Estate of West Pope Dec'd
Wednesday
George Wimberly, William Dancy and Jacob Dickinson are appointed to divide the Estate of West Pope between the proper persons and report thereof make to next Court.
August Court 1786
Tuesday August 8, 1786
Etheldred Philips, Esq. Jacob Dickinson and Jacob Battle are appointed to divide the personal estate of West Pope decd between the proper representatives.
November Court 1786
Tuesday November 2, 1786
Etheldred Philips, Esq. Jacob Dickinson and Jacob Battle are appointed to divide the personal estate of West Pope decd between the proper representatives of said decd and make return to next Court.
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As published in Abstracts of Wills of Edgecombe County by David B. Gammon

Will of George Wimberley
Dated 23 Mar 1790
Probated May Ct. 1790

Son Joseph Wimberley - plantation where he now lives, containing 324 acres, which I bought of James Robards. Son Joseph - land I leased to Josiah Murphee, being the plantation the said Murphee now lives on. Son Joseph - Negroes Sam, Dick and Rose. Son George Wimberley - part of the tract of land where I now live, containing 344 1/2 acres and adj. the Eiland Old Field and the river bank, also give him Negro Old Dick. Son Jonathan Wimberley - the remaining part of the land I have not given my son George, containing 344 1/2 acres and adj. the river bank, but this land shall be rented out until Jonathan is of age. If Jonathan should die underage this land will fall to my son George. Daughter Mourning Wimberley - land where my Negro man Toney now lives in Nash County on the north side of Pigg Basket Creek containing 80 acres. Toney shall have his freedom from servitude for his lifetime, and he shall have the labour of a Negro woman named Moll, whom he claims for his wife, and he may stay on the land for his lifetime.

Ex. friends Elias Fort, Jacob Dickinson, sons Joseph and George
Wit. William Broadrib, John Murphee, Noah Woodard
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Edge. Co. Db 6, page 207, deed date 12 Oct 1791, recorded Nov Ct 1791,
George Cotton, planter, Edge. Co to Jacob Dickenson, county aforesaid
for 150 pounds, a Negro man named Dick, about 24 years old, signed
George Cotton, wit (John Speed), John Lackey (mark). Abstracted 11-23-
04, NCA film C.037.40007, CTC.

Edge. Co. Db 6, page 370, deed date 15 Feb 1792, recorded Feb Ct 1792,
Jacob Dickinson, Edge. Co, planter to Thomas Witfield for 120 pounds, a
Negro man named Jack, about 28 years old, signed Jacob Dickinson, wit
Redmun Bunn, ( ) Ruffin. Abstracted 12-16-04, NCA film C.037.40007,
CTC.

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http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/manuscripts/findingaids/68-203.pdf
State of Tennessee, Department of State
Tennessee State Library and Archives
403 Seventh Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0312
FORT FAMILY PAPERS, 1710-1962
Processed by: Mary Washington Frazer
Archival Technical Services, Accession Number: 1968.203
Date Completed: August 26, 1968, Location: V-K-3
Microfilm Accession Number: 1065, MICROFILMED
One volume in the collection is the family Bible which originally belonged to John Thomas (1710-1776) and in the 1750’s was carried from Nansemond County, Virginia to Edgecombe County, North Carolina, and about 1791, traveled onward to Robertson
County, Tennessee. Before being given to the Manuscript Section of the Tennessee State Library and Archives, it was the property of Miss Jane M. Fort, Adams, Tennessee.
There are 18 documents covering the years 1770-1879, which include bills of sale, land deeds, promissory notes, indentures, and the marriage bond, 1770, of Jacob Dickinson and Mourning Thomas. Included are 10 copies of family wills dating from 1761 to 1824....
Jacob Dickinson (1751-1816), a forebear of the Forts, who built a Baptist Meeting House on the road from Nashville to Goodlettsville, Tennessee, which now bears his name, erroneously spelled “Dickerson.”
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CONTAINER LIST
Microfilm Roll #1
Box 1
1. Dickinson-Fort Family Bible, 1710-1822 (original owner, John Thomas, 1710- 1776)
Box 2
1. Bible records – Dickinson and Thomas families