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Subject: [BOZEMAN] Joseph Richardson of Edgecombe
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 05:10:40 EDT

Greetings to the Bozeman group:

I had mentioned in my message on =E2=80=9CJames Bozeman's=20
neighbors=E2=80=9D that I still wanted to give some additional=20
information on the neighbor Nicholas Sessums named=20
in the deed of 5 July 1755. These records are of=20
interest because they involved a Joseph Richardson,=20
as follows:

22 Jan 1745 - Nicholas Sessums of Edgecombe sells=20
to Joseph Richardson for 20 pounds current money=20
of Virginia 260 acres on the north side of the Tar=20
River in Bear Skin Neck.

17 July 1752 - Joseph Richardson of Edgecombe sells=20
to Lawrence Toole 266 acres on the north side of the=20
Tar River that was purchased from Nicholas Sessums.


We know that James Bozeman has lived on the north=20
side of the Tar River since he was granted land there=20
in 1745 and we know that his neighbor in 1755 was=20
Nicholas Sessums. In many cases where land was sold=20
by a person who continued to live in the same general=20
area what happened was that they sold only a part of=20
their original land grant and continued to live on the=20
remainder, as was the case of James Bozeman who =20
sold 100 acres in 1753 and another 50 acres in the=20
deed of 1755 in which Nicholas Sessums was named.=20
Therefore, without having verified that information=20
as yet, I am assuming that another Bozeman neighbor=20
between 1745 and 1752 was Joseph Richardson.

Knowing that Samuel Bozeman of Bladen Co. was=20
married to an Ann Richardson and that their first=20
son was named Joseph Bozeman adds considerable=20
interest to the information that a likely neighbor=20
of James Bozeman was Joseph Richardson. I have=20
not yet made a return trip to the library to see if=20
more can be learned about Joseph Richardson of=20
Edgecombe Co, but if we should be able to learn=20
that he had a daughter named Ann then the origin=20
of the wife of Samuel Bozeman of Bladen would be=20
rather firmly fixed, I would think.

This brings us to a discussion of some of the people=20
found in Bladen Co. who had connections to the=20
Bozeman families there and the fact that most of=20
them had earlier origins in Edgecombe Co.

Tax records are available for Bladen Co in the years=20
1768, 1769, and 1770, and the name Bozeman was=20
not found there. In 1771, however, there were two=20
households headed by a Samuel Bozeman. In a list=20
prepared by George Brown, there was a Samuel who=20
was the only taxable person in his household. In a=20
list prepared by John Smith there were two taxables=20
in a household headed by =E2=80=9CMaster=E2=80=9D Samuel Bozeman=20
and by =E2=80=9CFreeman=E2=80=9D David Mote. I am not certain if this=20
indicated some type of apprenticeship arrangement or=20
what.=20

In regard to David Mote, we know that on 6 Dec. 1748=20
he and John Newton served as chain carriers when a=20
409 acre tract was surveyed for Joseph Howell on the=20
north side of Town Creek. As I indicated in my previous=20
message, James Bozeman bought 200 acres of this land=20
on 15 Feb. 1758, and David Mote bought 100 acres on=20
19 April 1760. Mote sold 50 acres of this to James=20
Bozeman on 21 Feb. 1764, with Nicholas Sessums being=20
a witness, and the remaining 50 acres were sold to=20
Aquilla Sugg on 27 Aug. 1770. David, or his son, must=20
have left almost immediately to join Master Samuel=20
Bozeman in Bladen Co.=20

One of the two men named Samuel Bozeman was found=20
on the 1764 tax rolls of Pitt Co, NC, I believe, and also=20
found on the tax rolls there for both 1762 and 1763=20
were Joseph Burkett, Sr, and Joseph and John Burkett.
My gggg-grandfather, James Bullock, was also found on=20
those tax rolls of Pitt Co. He was the nephew of Samuel=20
Bozeman, Sr, of Isle of Wight, and I have wondered if that=20
might have had anything to do with a Samuel Bozeman being=20
there. Found on the 1770 tax rolls of Bladen Co. before a=20
Bozeman showed up there was a household of 3 taxables=20
made up of Joseph Birkett and his sons Joseph and John.=20
There seems to be little doubt that this was the same=20
family found in 1762/64 Pitt Co. I continue to wonder how=20
this family might have been connected to the John Birkett=20
who had a long-running law suit against Samuel Bozeman, Sr,=20
in Chowan Co, NC, between 1714 and 1719.

I will copy a record below from my previous message to=20
indicate that Joseph Burkit of 1762 Pitt Co. and 1770=20
Bladen Co. had his earlier origins in Edgecombe Co.

7 July 1760 - Thomas Boazman and Joseph Burkit were chain=20
carriers for a survey of land to Robert Dunbar on Conetoe=20
Pocoson in Edgecombe Co, adjacent to Richard Sessoms,=20
Noah Suggs, John Harrod, and John Rawls.

I will have a bit more to say about this Thomas Bozeman a=20
little later on in this message. First, continuing to look at the=20
tax records of Bladen Co, I do not believe that a Bozeman was=20
found there before 11 Nov. 1771 when Samuel Boseman=20
entered 200 acres in Bladen Co. on South River where Thomas=20
Bigg formerly lived. There was a James Biggs on the 1770 tax=20
rolls who might have belonged to this same family. On the 1772=20
tax rolls, the only Bozeman listed was on John Smith's list where=20
Samuel and David Moat were again found. In 1774, there were=20
again two households headed by a Samuel Bozeman, each with=20
two taxable persons. One of these would have been Samuel and=20
David Mote, most likely, and the other would have been the=20
Samuel married to Ann Richardson, whose eldest son Joseph=20
was about 18 and whose 2nd son Samuel must not have been=20
quite 16, which was the usual age followed at that time.=20
Speaking of the family of Samuel and Ann, if they did not come=20
to Bladen Co. before 1771 and if the Rev Bozeman had their=20
birth years about right, then the last three children would have=20
been the only ones born in Bladen Co: Winny in 1772, James on=20
27 March 1774, and Etheldred in 1776.

On the tax rolls of 1776 were found: (1) Samuel Boazman and=20
David Moat, a single person; (2) Samuel Boazman and Samuel, Jr,=20
and Joseph, both single taxable persons. This 2nd Samuel would=20
have been the one married to Ann Richardson, of course, and the=20
other Samuel was apparently married but had no son as old as 16.
Thereafter - in 1778, 1779, 1786, and 1787 - no Bozeman was=20
found, but we have previously learned that a refusal to swear an=20
Oath of Allegiance to the state of North Carolina during the=20
Revolutionary War forced the families to leave within 60 days of=20
receiving a Notice of Removal in 1777.

Until very recently, I have believed that the Samuel Bozeman=20
who had David Mote in his household was the son of James=20
Bozeman of Edgecombe and that the Samuel Bozeman married=20
to Ann Richardson was Samuel Bozeman, Jr, from 1735 Isle of=20
Wight, whom I have believed for some time to have been the=20
older brother of James Bozeman of Edgecombe. If this were=20
true, though, he would have been over 40 years of age when=20
he married a much younger Ann Richardson along about 1755,=20
and she would very likely have been a second wife. Part of my=20
reason for believing this was due simply to the fact that I did=20
not know to whom another adult Samuel Bozeman could belong=20
in 1771 when the two Samuel's appeared on the Bladen tax rolls.

Now that I have learned that a Joseph Richardson was probably=20
a neighbor of James Bozeman between 1745 and 1752, however,=20
I am beginning to lean more toward the idea that the Samuel=20
married to Ann Richardson was the son of James of Edgecombe.=20
I believe that Steve has suggested this possibility more than once=20
in the past. OK, then, who was the Samuel living with David Mote in=20
Bladen Co, between 1771 and 1776? I am considering two=20
possibilities: (1) the Samuel Bozeman who was named as the=20
master of David Mote, freeman, was a much older person and was=20
probably the Samuel, Jr, of 1735 Isle of Wight, who I believe to be=20
the brother of James Bozeman of Edgecombe, or (2) rather than=20
being another son of James Bozeman, who might have died before=20
James made his will in 1784, the Thomas Boazman who was working=20
with Joseph Burkit in 1760 Edgecombe as a chain carrier=20
was another brother of James Bozeman and the Samuel=20
living with David Mote was his son. Because Thomas had=20
worked with Joseph Burkit in Edgecombe in 1760, before=20
Birkett was found in 1762 Pitt Co, apparently, I am=20
thinking that the Samuel Bozeman found there in 1762=20
might have been there earlier and had just turned 16 in=20
1764, which would place his birth in about 1748.=20

I would like to add a 3rd possibility, as it would please me=20
to think about Samuel Bozeman, Sr, of Isle of Wight turning=20
up in 1774 Pitt Co. to visit with his nephew, James Bullock,=20
but I cannot bring myself to seriously consider such a=20
visit by a 90-year-old person who was having a court fight=20
with John Birkett in 1714-1719 Chowan Co. Still, though,=20
maybe by 1774 he had finally decided to settle up his=20
differences with Birkett descendants in Pitt Co. before=20
starting a new life in Bladen Co. However unlikely, this=20
thought does please me very much.

Well, this pretty much concludes my discussions on the=20
neighbors of James Bozeman. Sorry to have flooded you=20
with so much discussion all at once, but I needed to get=20
this committed to print before some of the possible=20
associations escaped my short memory.=20
My best regards, Ron=20

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