John Love (abt. 1725 - bef. 1791)

Born about 1725 in Richmond Co., Va

Descendants

Died before 23 Jul 1791 before about age 66 in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Biography

John was born about 1720. John Love ... He passed away after July 1791. ^[1]

Name

John Love. ^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Born

1720

I do not believe John Love is the son of Alexander Love. There are many records which indicate that John Love came through Frederick Co., Va, then Surry Co., NC, to Mecklenburg Co., such as the following:

27 Nov 1749 Frederick Co., VA - John LOVE and Joseph ROBINS are witnesses for a lease between Landon Carter and Joseph Wilkinson.

11 Dec 1749 Frederick Co., VA - John LOVE and Joseph ROBINS are witnesses for a lease between Landon Carter and David Smith.

Dec 1758 Frederick Co., VA - Will of William Ramey, Sr., Executor was Thomas SHARP, Jr.

Jan 1762 - Frederick Co., VA - Will of Thomas SHARP, Jr., names daughters, Elizabeth NATION, Sarah LOVE, Mary RAMEY and others.

23 Jul 1762, Westfield MM notes: Thomas LOVE born, son of John and Sarah 1768 Rowan Co., NC - NC Tax List includes John LOVE, also John, Joseph, Christopher and Thomas NATION.

Nov 1773, Surry Co., NC - Joseph NATION buys 206 acres on Muddy Creek adjoining Wachovia Tract. 1774 NC - NC Tax List for Wachovia area lists John LOVE and son William LOVE - 2 polls

Mar 1776 - Joseph NATION sells 280 acres on Muddy Creek adjoining Moravian Creek

2 Jan 1779, Joseph Williams buys land or improvements from John NATION, William RAMEY, John LOVE and William LOVE

13 Feb 1780 Surry Co., NC - Court ordered John & William LOVE to view road to Salem Town.

Feb 1785 Surry Co., NC - Deed on Muddy Creek adjoins John LOVE, William RAMEY and Thomas RAMEY.

1788 Randolph Co., NC - Petition of Randolph Co., NC signed by John LOVE, Sr., Christopher NATION, Joseph, Moses, William and Isaac ROBINS and Thomas SHARP.

Jul 1788 Mecklenburg Co., NC - Thomas NATION purchases 150 acres on Paw Creek, Mecklenburg Co., NC

David Smith of the 1749 record came from Richmond Co., Va, and it appears that his step sister married a James Love, and they may be the parents of John Love. Lee Bain, ljbain @ fidnet.com

Early Tax List

1768

Rowan, North Carolina, USA.^[7]

Residence

1755

Currituck, North Carolina, USA.

1768

Rowan, North Carolina, USA.

1778

Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA. ^[8]

1780

Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA. ^[9]

1790

Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA.^{[10] [11]}

Between 1833 and 1849.

North Carolina, USA. ^[12][13]

Military

John Love served in the North Carolina, Salisbury Dist. His number was 3677. He was receiving his pension in 1832. ^[14][15]

Died

23 Jul 1791.

Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA. ^{[16][17][18] [19] [20]}

Mecklenburg Co., NC Will Book B:31 In the name of God Amen. The 23rd day of July in the year of our Lord 1791 I John Love of Mecklenburg County state of North Carolina being in a distressing weak State of body, but of perfect mind manner, Thanks be to God for his mercies calling to mind the mortality of my body that it is appointed unto all men once to die, Do make ordain this my last Will Testament that is to say principally first of all I recommend my Soul to Almighty God who gave it my body to the earth to be buried in a decent Christian manner at the discretion of of my Executors nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection I shall receive the Same again by the mighty power of God, And as Touching my Worldly Estate where with it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give devise dispose of in the following manner form. Impremis I give bequeath unto Sarah my well beloved wife all my est Real personal during her widowhood: I do give and bequeath at the death of my wife all my personal Estate Cows, Horses, Sheep Hogs household goods to be divided Equal among my Children Jane Reamy William Love John Love Mary Adamson Thomas Love Samuel Love Joseph Love Christopher Love Sarah Love And I do give bequeath to my well daughter Elizabeth [h-t-] Stewart Banks eight Shillings; And I do give bequeath to my well beloved Sons David Christopher Love the plantation whereon I now live to be enjoyed by them in full possession at the death of my wife; Joseph Todd James Neal I constitute appoint Executors of this my last Will Testament and I do hereby disallow Revoke disannul all any other former Wills, Testaments, Legacies, Bequests Executors by me in any way before named, willed Bequeathed, Satisfying confirming this no other to be my last Will Testament. In Witness thereof I have hereunto set my hand seal the day year first written. Signed Sealed Published Pronounced declared by the John Love as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us_ William McKinley Michael Stinson John Love John Canon

Note: Daughter, Jane, married a Reamy, not Wilson. Jane was born about 1758, and could not have married Wilson about 1760 in Ireland.

Sources

• Source M586. Roster of soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution ngIf: hasSecondaryHeader() ngRepeat: item in breadcrumbItems North Carolina Revolutionary Army accounts

• SourceM2106.Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury, 1818-1872

• Source: S328 1790 United States Federal Census: Census Place: Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 350; Image: 533; Family History Library Film: 0568147

• Source: S410 Ancestry.com South Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999; NOTESouth Carolina Census, 1790-1890

• Repository: R6 Ancestry.com

• Source: S529 Ancestry.com U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011; Repository: #R6 NOTECensus Publishing. <i>State Census Records</i>. West Jordan, Utah: Census Publishing, 2003-2009.

• Source: S531 Ancestry.com North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015; Repository: #R6 NOTENorth Carolina County, District and Probate Courts.

• Source: S621 Roster of soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution North Carolina Revolutionary Army accounts

• Source: S622 An Abstract of North Carolina Wills Mecklenburg County

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Rikki Love, May 27, 2012
2. ↑ Source: #S410 Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. North Carolina Census, 1790-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes. File @M2457@
3. ↑ Source: #S529 Original data: Census Publishing. State Census Records. West Jordan, Utah: Census Publishing, 2003-2009. Document: Series: General Assembly; Box: Apr - May 1778 [North Carolina State Archives]; Call Number: Folder: Petitions JP; Page Number: 2; Family Number: 54 Record for Jno Love File @M2874@
4. ↑ Source: #S328 Year: 1790; Census Place: Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 350; Image: 533; Family History Library Film: 0568147
5. ↑ Source: #S531 Wills; Author: North Carolina. Superior Court (Mecklenburg County); Probate Place: Mecklenburg, North Carolina File @M589@
6. ↑ Source: #M586 The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department File @M2106@
7. ↑ Source: #S410 Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. North Carolina Census, 1790-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes. File @M2457@
8. ↑ Source: #S410 Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. South Carolina Census, 1790-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes File @M2533@
9. ↑ Source: #S529 Original data: Census Publishing. State Census Records. West Jordan, Utah: Census Publishing, 2003-2009. Document: Series: General Assembly; Box: Apr - May 1778 [North Carolina State Archives]; Call Number: Folder: Petitions JP; Page Number: 2; Family Number: 54 Record for Jno Love File @M2874@
10. ↑ Source: #S328 Year: 1790; Census Place: Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 350; Image: 533; Family History Library Film: 0568147
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1790", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK1-1DJ : Wed Oct 04 19:59:40 UTC 2023), Entry for John Love, 1790. Mecklenbury, North Carolina
12. ↑ Source: #S621 Roster of soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution ngIf: hasSecondaryHeader() ngRepeat: item in breadcrumbItems North Carolina Revolutionary Army accounts File @M586@
13. ↑ Source: #M586 The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Depar File @M2106@
14. ↑ Source: #M586 The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Depar File @M2106@
15. ↑ Source:M586 Roster of soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution ngIf: hasSecondaryHeader() ngRepeat: item in breadcrumbItems North Carolina Revolutionary Army accounts
16. ↑ Source: #S622 An Abstract of North Carolina Wills Mecklenburg County File @M588@
17. ↑ Source: #S531 Wills; Author: North Carolina. Superior Court (Mecklenburg County); Probate Place: Mecklenburg, North Carolina File @M589@
18. ↑ John Love in the North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2435412:9061?tid=&pid=&queryId=6ef22ca5-ed1e-412b-89c6-a0550df32ea3&_phsrc=PQx195&_phstart=successSource
19. ↑ John Love in the North Carolina, U.S., Will Abstracts, 1760-1800 , Full Abstract 1791 Love, John, David, Christopher https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/6008:3945?tid=&pid=&queryId=f98b09f0-7429-44ae-85a6-77226ab463be&_phsrc=PQx199&_phstart=successSource
20. ↑ Mecklenbury County (NC) Wills, 1749-1976 https://archives.ncdcr.gov/mecklenburg-county-wills-i/open (John Love – 1791)

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