Posted By: Mary Wallace
Date Posted: Jun 11, 2010
Description: Land sale of William Shepherd to Jesse Lewellen--De. 16, 1795
Date Taken:
Place Taken: Anson Co., NC
Owner: Mary L. Wallace
Sue Cooper - Jun 14, 2010
Thanks so much for posting this deed placing Jesse in Anson Co. as early as 1795. Since he was already living on the plantation when he bought it, he was probably there even earlier.
The Jesse in Wake Co., NC purchased property there December 1797 and was still in Wake Co. in 1806 when he sold his property to Moses Roberts.
Mary Wallace - Jun 18, 2010
Yes, this separates the 2 Jesse Lewellens---Anson Co. & Wake Co. This document also seems to discount the connection some made in the past that they were one & the same, & the mar. record in Wake Co for Jesse Lewellen & Delpha Forgaty, Mar. 30, 1795, placed the 2 as the same person in Anson Co. There are so many named Jesse!
Billie Harris - Jun 19, 2010
Plus, it isn't as though Anson and Wake were right next to each other. The counties were a distance away. Anson, incidentally, is right on the South Carolina border but I can't seem to find anything putting this family in that state.