Tarver-Gen: Tarver Family Research http://www.tarver-genealogy.net ------------------ : PROBATE: Joseph Rogers, 1752/1752 ------------------ Northampton Co., North Carolina Legatees ~ 1. son, Aaron 2. son, Drury 3. son, Isom 4. son, John 5. son, Joseph 6. son, Michael 7. son, Reuben 8. daughter, Faith Rogers 9. daughter, Mary Lowry 10. daughter, Sarah Tarver Exrs.: sons, John Rogers and Joseph Rogers /s/ February 18, 1752 /p/ February Court, 1752 Wits.: Nathn. Williams, Ely Williams, Nathan Williams Jr. Clerk of the Court: I. Edwards --------------- State of North Carolina Northampton County LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JOSEPH ROGERS In the name of God amen, I Joseph Rogers of Northampton County in the province of North Carolina being sick and weak of body but of sound and perfect memory do make this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following viz. I give and bequeath to my son JOHN ROGERS five shillings. I give and bequeath to my son Joseph Rogers all that tract of land lying on Kirbys' Creek on both sides of the Great Branch it being three hundred acres. I give and bequeath to my son Aaron Rogers his riding horse, sadle and bridle and twenty shillings. I give and bequeath to my son Isom Rogers my riding black horse sadle and bridle and casing. I give and bequeath to my son Reuben Rogers my young grey mare and saddle and bridle out of my estate. I give and bequeath to my son Drurey Rogers my young sorrel mare and saddle and bridle. I give and bequeath to my son Michael Rogers my bay horse called Pinch and one Great bible. I give and bequeath to my daugher Faith Rogers six pounds cash. I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Tarver five shillings cash. I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Lowrey two Ewes and one Ram and one loom upon learning Faithey to weave well. My will and desire is that my Plantation and Land belonging to it be sold to be best advantage by the discretion of my Executors impowering them to make a good title to the buyer and for them to pay my debts with the money. And my desire is that all my household goods and stocks of cattle and hogs and sheep be sold and after my debts, legacies, and funeral charges be paid, the remaining money to be equally divided between Reuben Rogers and Drurey Rogers and Michael Rogers and Faith Rogers, and the remaining money of my land to be best owed on schooling my before mentioned children: Reuben and Drurey to go to School two years and Faith one year and Michael as long as possible he can, and if any money for my land remains after schooling my children my desire that it be divided among my before mentioned children and in case one or more of my before mentioned children should die before they come of age my desire is the remaining money shall be divided amongst the rest of the before mentioned children. I do likewise authorize and appoint my beloved sons John Rogers and Joseph Rogers the full and sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 18th day of February, 1752. Signed, sealed and acknowledged in the presence of Nathn. Williams, Ely Williams and Nathan Williams, Jr. /s/ Joseph Rogers {seal} Northampton County February Court 1752 The within written Will was entered into Court by the Executors therein named and was proved by the oath of all of subscribing witnesses thereto and at same time the executors were both qualified according to Law, which on Motion was ordered to be certified. Test. L. Edwards, Clerk ----------- REFERENCE ----------- Northampton Co., North Carolina WB?, pp. 33-34 NC Historical Commission, North Carolina Wills 1663-1789, vol. 27, 10. Grimes, J. Bryan, Abstracts of North Carolina Wills. Raleigh: NC Dept of State, 1910; reprint, Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1985, 318. See also: Belvin, Lynne and Harriette Riggs, Eds., The Heritage of Wake Co., No. Carolina, 1983, (Winston Salem: Wake Co. Gen. Society, Hunter Publishing Co., 1983). Davidson, Grace Gillam, Early Records of Wilkes County, Georgia, vol. 1, 1932a, (reprint, Baltimore: Geneal. Publ. Co. Inc., 1997 Old Albemarle and it's Absentee Landlordsa, (reprint, Baltimore: Geneal. Publ. Co., 1976 LOC 67-9767, call no. R Gen 929.3756. Rogers, Maurice. John Rogers Genealogy: From Jamestowne To Birminghama, (Birmingham; Birmingham Publishing Co., 1990 Stiponovich, Jean, Arkansas Family Historian, vol. 26, no. 4, (Arkansas Geneal. Society, Dec 1988). Surry County, Virginia Order Book 1741-1744. The Rogers Family of Wilkes County, Georgia, (in The Albemarle Parish Register, Albemarle Co., Virginia, Baltimore: Geneal. Publ. Co., 1976, pp. 643-647). Thompson, Tim, Arkansas Family Historian, vol. 27, no. 2, (Arkansas Geneal. Society, June 1989). -------- NOTES -------- Joseph Rogers was the father of Sarah Rogers, who married John Tarver of Johnston and Northampton Counties, North carolina. Joseph Rogers, son of William Rogers and Elizabeth Cartwright, was born about 1694 on the Rogers Plantation in the Lower Parish of Surry County, Virginia. A planter, he later married Mary Fargeson, daughter of Ann Stubbleson and John Fargeson, Sr. I have Joseph Rogers' wife as Mary FERGUSON, dau. of John FERGUSON and Ann STUBBLESON. Other sources identify Mary as Mary Malone or Mary Gilliam. Please refer to: http://www.tarver-genealogy.net/lineages/rogers/doc/maryfargeson.txt Joseph Rogers first appears in the records of Surry County on March 13, 1723/24 as a witness to a deed from Christopher Atkins of Isle of Wight County and Elizabeth, his wife, to Thomas Alsobrook of Surry. Thomas Alsobrook later deeded this land to Joseph's brother, Benjamin. In 1727, he is named in his father's will. See: http://www.tarver-genealogy.net/records/probate/va/va_wmrogers1727.txt Joseph and Mary Rogers remove to North Carolina, where he purchases land on May 6, 1741, on the southside of the Meherrin River in North Carolina from Thomas Moy and John Phillips. He is in Northampton Co., NC around 1743-1745 as indicated by a suit brought by Joseph Rogers against Thomas Clifton. On August 17, 1743, Clifton failed to appear for court and the court ruled in Joseph's favor. On October 19, 1743, Thomas Clifton sought action for a stay of execution against the judgement which Joseph Rogers had secured against him "August last for Thirty pounds and his costs, etc." On October 20, 1743, a case was before the court of William Gray, Gent., against Joseph Rogers, Defendant. The defendant, Joseph, was abated because he was not an inhabitant of the county. And on May 7, 1744, Thomas Clifton brought suit in chancery against Joseph Rogers. Some five years later, in 1749, Joseph is granted land in Northampton County. A deed dated February 20, 1751/52, from Joseph Rogers of Northampton County, NC, to Samuel Sands indicates the 182 acres were previously granted Joseph in 1749. Testators to this deed were Nathan William and Aaron Rogers. Joseph Rogers Jr. also is in Northampton at this time. As his father's will is probated in February Court 1752, this final transaction may have been that of Joseph Jr. Joseph Jr. served as a sergeant in the French and Indian War. Joseph remained in Northampton County, where his will /s/ September 20, 1788, and probated March 15, 1791, named his children Mark, Olive, Michael, John, and Mary. On May 28, 1754, John Rogers purchased from his brother Joseph Jr. 400 acres that originally had been sold to their father, Joseph Sr., by Phillips and Moy. John continued to live in Northampton Co. on his father's plantation, finally settling in Johnston Co., NC on the Neuse River before 1763. John appears to have moved to Wake County, NC around 1779, where he died. His will dated Oct. 2, 1779 probated Sept.15, 1783, named his children. See: http://www.tarver-genealogy.net/records/probate/nc/nc_jnrogers1783.txt Shortly after their father's death, in 1753 or 1754, sons Aaron, Isham, Drury, and Michael Rogers were recorded in the Great Muster of 1754 for the French and Indian War and served in James Wooten's Company, Johnston County, North Carolina Regiment. Isom, also recorded as Isham, was named as a drummer in Capt. Wooten's company. Drury was listed as a Sergeant. The muster proves their status as adults, and their relocation from Northampton to nearby Johnston Co. prior to 1753. Aaron served as a an ensign in Capt. James Wooten's Company, but by 1786, he was in Wilkes County, Georgia where he witnessed a land sale (02 Oct 1786. Ashfield-Alford transaction). Aaron, like his sister and brother-in-law, Sarah and John Tarver, operated a ferry across the Neuce River in Wake county, and later the Rogers owned a tarver at the junction of the north-south/east-west roads. Aaron is credited along with John Rogers as the parties establishing Rogers Crossroads in Wake County. The Court Minutes of Johnston County, NC prove Aaron's residence in the area for some years, at least through Aug 1772, but by 1786, Aaron was in Wilkes County, Georgia where he witnessed a land sale (02 Oct 1786. Ashfield-Alford transaction). Rogers Crossroads kept the name of Rogers Crossroads for over one hundred years and an historical old Baptist Church of Christ church was established at this place on land owned by one of the Rogers, according to church minutes. It appears from microfilm of the church history that two of Joseph's daughters, Sarah and Priscilla, were baptized into this church. Also, the slave, Surry, referred to in the will of Joseph Rogers, joined the church some few years after Joseph's death. Joseph's sons, Reuben and Drury moved from Johnston Co. to Georgia about 1773, where they served in the Revolution in Colonel Elijah Clarke's regiment of Wilkes County, Georgia. John Rogers, a grandson, also served in Georgia, as did Drury's three eldest sons: Drury Jr., Brittain and Burwell Rogers. Drury's move to Georgia is well documented. On October 15, 1773, Drury made an application for land before the Ceded Lands Commission in Georgia. In that application he stated that his family consisted of a wife, three sons, and five daughters and the children ranged in age from 1 year old to 13. He was granted 300 acres on the Ogeechee River between the mouths of Poplar Land or Camp Creeks on November 8, 1773. Drury's will probated in about 5 Feb. 1791 in Wilkes Co., Georgia. On the first Tax Digest of Wilkes County, abt 1790, Drury is listed as owner of 200 acres on the Ogeechee river. He also owned two tracts in Washington County, one comprising 287 1/2 acres and another of 487 1/2 acres. Drury's son, Britian Rogers, owned 575 acres and 287 in Washington County, Ga. Reuben, who died in Wilkes County at the age of 94, owned 350 acres in 1790. Reuben's property is presently the extreme northern part of Warren County. Drury's will, with a list of all his children, and his wife's will, also naming their children, document their family, while Reuben left a family Bible detailing his family's births, marriages and deaths. According to his family bible, Reuben was born Nov 01, 1735, making him 17 at the time of his father's death. Sarah Rogers Tarver, daughter Joseph & Mary Rogers, already was married to John Tarver at the time of her father's death, as indicated by his mention of her as Sarah Tarver in his will. Sarah and John Tarver lived first in Northampton County, and then in Johnston County, NC, where they both died. Sarah received a permit to operate a tavern on her plantation after John died in 1761. When Sarah died, their son Frederick operated the ferry. A younger son, John, chose Frederick to be his guardian. The younger children chose as guardians James and Faith Rogers Wooton. Faith was Sarah's sister. Sarah's brother, Aaron, and Mathew Lowery were security on a deed giving a slave, ... to Sarah's son, Samuel in Oct 1767. See Johnston Co., NC Court Minutes: http://www.tarver-genealogy.net/records/court/nc_tarver_rogers.html Faith, the youngest daughter of Joseph and Mary, was born Aug 20, 1740, her birth recorded in the Albemarle Parish Register. Albemarle and Surry, where Joseph was born, both later became part of Sussex Co., VA. Faith married James Wooten, as indicated in the guardianship of her sister's children, mentioned above. 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