Elizabeth (Haden) Pinkston (abt. 1797 - 1853)

Born about 1797 in Rowan County, North Carolina

Ancestors

Died 8 Sep 1853 at about age 56 in Davidson County, North Carolina

Biography

Abstracts of Deed Books 30-34 Rowan Co NC 1828-1840 James W. Klutz

1. 1236 DB 31, p.594

18 Aug 1832 Wm Pinkston and wife Elizabeth to Jesse Haden for $1000 during Haden's natural life, 229a n side of Yadkin adj Haden & Ellis. 7 Negroes: Caty, Mariah, young Mariah, Adderson, Adaline, Eveline, and Harriet Wit:; B. L. Beall, John March. Prvd by March on Aug Ct 1832

1. 1263 DB 31, p.627

18 Aug 1832 Jesse Haden, Casper Smith & wife Jane, Meshack Pinkston [would have been in right of his wife Rosanna, appartently deceased], Ira Fitzgerald & wf Nancy S., Charles F. Leopard & wf Lucinda, Wm Pinkston & wf Elizabeth to Franklin Haden for $500. 490a on Potts Crk. Meshack Pinkson signed for his son Jesse F. Pinkston Wit: B. L. Beall, John March. Prvd by March Aug Ct 1832

1. 1277 DB 31, p.643

18 Aug 1832 Bill of Sale. Jesse Haden to dau Elizabeth Pinkston, wife of William Pinkston for $100 the following Negroes. Same as listed above. Same wit, etc.

1. 1360 DB 31, p.776

18 Aug 1832 Jesse Haden, Casper & Jane Smith, Meshack Pinkston for son Jesse, Ira & Nancy Fitzgerald. Charles F. & Lucinda Leoppard who did not sign; Franklin W. Haden [signed as “Franklin W. Pinston - obviously an error on the part of the court clerk”] To Elizabeth Pinkston, daughter of Jesse Haden for $500. 229 a N side Yadkin adj Jesse Haden & Ellis. Wit: John March, B. L. Beall, Prvd by Beall Feb Ct 1833

Davidson Co NC WB 2:89,90. Elizabeth (X) Pinkston dated 6 Sep 1853. No probate date. Named brother Franklin W. Haden, sister Nancy S. Fitzgerald. Nephews: Ira Adison Fitzgerald & Jesse H. Hodges, sons of Nancy. Burgess F., Jesse Thomas & James H., son of Franklin W. Robert Leppard, son of my sister Lucinda Rice. No exr named. Wit: John Koonts, James Wiseman. Buried Fitzgerald/Haden Cemetery.

Elizabeth Pinkston had no children at the time she wrote her will. But there is a William F. Pinkston buried in Fitzgerald/Haden Cemetery. b. 13 Oct 1835; d. 1 Oct 1841.

1850 Census. Davidson Co NC Elizabeth Pinckston, age 50, b. NC - lived alone. But she was next door to her widowed sister, Nancy Fitzgerald, and Nancy's three Fitzgerald sons.

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