Frederick Tyson (abt. 1754 - abt. 1833)

Born about 1754 in Beaufort County, Province of North Carolina

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Died about 1833 at about age 79 in Washington County, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Based on census records for him, Frederick was born between 1756 and 1760. His birthplace of Beaufort County, North Carolina is based on where his parents were living at the time.

Frederick is found in Pitt County, North Carolina records from 1782 when he got a land grant there (Job and Jacob Tison were chain carriers on the survey) through at least Oct 1802 when he sold 150 acres to Willis Hodges that had been granted to John Tison in 1782, was conveyed to Sabra Tison by his deed of gift and conveyed to her legal heirs by her death.

This was the last record so far found for him in Pitt County. He wasn't found in the 1810 census though he was on the census there in 1790 and 1800, which suggests that he may have migrated to Georgia soon after 1802 as the first three censuses for Georgia - 1790, 1800 and 1810 - have not survived.

He was issued a survey warrant for 350 acres in Washington County in Aug 1818 on his headrights but the survey done on 17 Aug 1818 and the grant dated 21 Sep 1826 were for 161.9 acres. The land was on the waters of the Big Ohoopie and Noah Tison was one of the chain carriers on the survey.

Frederick remained in Washington County and apparently died there after the 1830 census was enumerated (whatever estate records may have been created did not survive the 1855 courthouse fire). He registered for the 1821 land lottery in Capt. Jenkins' district, drawing Lot 42, District 3 in Henry County and Lot 201, District 13 in Dooly County - research has not yet been undertaken to determine the disposition of this land.

As Frederick Tison Senior his last tax appearance was in 1828 when he had no polls and returned 139 acres of land in Washington County. By then he would no longer have been subject to a head tax due to his age so his absence from later tax lists would indicate he owned no land or other taxable personal property.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2M-4BG : accessed 19 April 2018), Frederick Tyson, Pitt, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 455, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 568,147.
• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR8-B1B : accessed 19 April 2018), Frederick Tison, Greenville, Pitt, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 267, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 32; FHL microfilm 337,908.
• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBN-BF1 : 7 September 2017), Fredrick Tison, District 91, Washington, Georgia, United States; citing p. 214, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 53; FHL microfilm 7,048.
• "North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-GLVP : accessed 19 April 2018), Fredrick Tyson, 10 Dec 1783; citing New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, United States, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh.
• Ancestry Tree, no id.

Pitt County, North Carolina deed records

Census records

Headright land warrant, survey and grant records, FamilySearch.org

Paul K. Graham, Georgia Courthouse Disasters

Georgia, Property Tax Digests, 1793-1893, Ancestry.com

Acknowledgments

• Tyson-485 was created by Dawn Griffis through the import of Griffis Ragland Alsford Wrighton Family Tree_2014-01-29.ged on Jan 29, 2014.