John Mace (1755 - aft. 1804)

Born 1755 in Anne Arundel County, Province of Maryland

Descendants

Died after 1804 after age 49 in Marion County, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

John Mace was a Maryland colonist.

Most likely was in the War of 1776 / Moved To Marion Co. After The War.

The 1st mention of John in Marion, SC is where he is a witness to deed on 30 Jul 1799.

John Mace was witness, Indentue, Right Bass & his wife Nancy of Liberty Co. 140 acres for £35 sterling to Levi Gibson. Other names mentioned; James Owens, Moses Bass, Daniel Leroach, Samuel Wilkerson, Stephen Owens. ^[1]

on 28 Sep 1799 he is again a witness:

For the Indenture. John Sanders & wife Elizabeth of Liberty Co., SC of 100 acres on North side of Pee Dee river. Other names mentioned, Levi Gibson, Mallachea Murfee, Jacob Buckholts, Thomas Neavil, Vinson Dulany, Benjamin Blackmon, Setphen Owens. ^[2]

07 Jan 1804

Mary purchased from Jonathan Tart 400 acres for $300 beginning near crossroads running towards Wattery branch ... towards Catfish Swamp, part of land granted to John Sanders, conveyed ti Christopher Dew to Jonathan Tart. Signed by Jonathan Tart. Witnesses Enos Tart, John Mace, Charles Stewart. Probated by John Mace before Robert Moody, Justice of the Quorum on 7 Apr 1804. Recorded 13 Apr 1808.

Research Notes

Verbal family history has it that coming with him to South Carolina were two brothers, named (this by rumor) Moses and Thomas. We have some evidence of "Moses" as so many of the earlier generation boys were so named. There is a Thomas buried Near Little Rock in Dillon County...our Thomas ????? We know that a Moses Mace served in the war at Charleston and was discharged " 5' 9", b Md". In St. James Parish, Anne Arundel, MD., the following children of a John and Jane Mace were born and christened:

JOHN MACE b 10/6/1734 --- c 4/20/1735

THOMAS MACE b 8/20/1737 ---c no date

RICHARD MACE b 1/3/1739 --- c 4/7/1740

JOSEPH MACE b 12/22/1741 --- c no date

MOSES MACE b 12/19/1743 --- c no date

I think this is very strong evidence of the factually of all we believed. First: John would have been age 42 , Thomas age 39 and Moses 33 in 1776, "time of the Revolution"

Second: It is rather unlikely that a Mace family in MD would have children so named UNLESS they are our ancestors. Lastly: The family lived in MD .. per Sellers account and records of Moses discharge. So ... the plot thickens. There is today an "Arundel, MD" very near Baltimore, but no "Anne Arundel". Note: St James Parish (also called Herring Creek Parish) took in all of Herring Creek Hundred and part of the West River Hundred. It basically took in the southern part of Anne Arundel County below West River and Muddy Creek. St James Church today is located on Rt 2.

Sources

1. ↑ Utley, Lucille. Marion County South Carolina Abstracts of DeedsVolume One Books A-E 1800-1811. Edited by Alita White Sutcliffe. Charlotte, NC: Forebears Press , 1996. page 100 (C355)
2. ↑ Utley, Lucille. Marion County South Carolina Abstracts of DeedsVolume One Books A-E 1800-1811. Edited by Alita White Sutcliffe. Charlotte, NC: Forebears Press , 1996. page 99 (C350)

See also:

• Sellers, W.W. History Of Marion County, South Carolina, From Its Earliest Time to the Present, 1901

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Rose Edwards for creating John Mace on 14 Feb 2018