William Waddle (abt. 1755 - aft. 1820)

Descendants

Died after 1820 after about age 65 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

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Disputed pedigree

There is no documentary evidence that William's father was David Waddle of Abbeville District, South Carolina. The connection is based solely on oral history.

Biography

William was born about 1755. He passed away after 1820. His death date is based on the fact of his last appearance in a census record. No grave, will, or estate papers have been found for William.

This William is NOT the same as the William who served during the Revolutionary War from Pennsylvania. Pension records indicate that that William was still living in Pennsylvania in 1819.

It is not known if William had a son by the same name.

There is a William Waddell (an alternate spelling) that served on a jury for the January Session (1802) in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. (See Ferguson)

The July Session of 1803 indicates "A bond from William Waddell and James Owens to the Justices of the Court to Indemnify the County Form any Charge of Maintaining a Bastard Child begot on the Body of Jenny Waddell by Jas. Clark was lodged in Court My Michael McCleary, Esquire." (See Ferguson)

In the July Session of 1807: "William Waddell To John McKnitt Alexander, for 5 acres Datged the 19th day of August 1906, (proved) by John Simpson." (See Ferguson)

And for his last appearance, in the April Session of 1810: "A Deed (from) William Waddell & James Waddell to Samuel Irwin, for 53 acres of Land bearing date the 23d of April 1810, (proved) by John Bell." (See Ferguson)

For the four previous records see Ferguson in the sources.

The Catheys related to the Waddells lived in the Steele Creek section of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Some of them are buried there.

Notes

Marler, Kathleen, "Residents of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 1762-1790"^[1]

Waddle, William

-1778 - witnessed a deed, with Ephraim Brevard, from Thomas Polk to Samuel Lusk on the northwest branch of Twelve Mile Creek, bk 10, pg 202

-1779 - grant for 380 acres joining ? Miller, and John Cathey, bk 12, pg 4 (Pg 65. John Cathey Jr.)

-1783 - witnessed a deed, with John Belk, from Denis & Mary McFall to Joseph Wilson on McDowell's Creek, bk 12, pg 497 (Note pg 32 says "This could be John Bell instead of Belk. John Belk lived at the opposite end of the county and John Bell lived in the same township with Joseph Wilson and William Waddle.)

-1790 - 134 01 - twp 7 (Census Record)

-1800 - Mecklenburg County (Census Record)

Sources

1. ↑ Marler, Kathleen, "Residents of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 1762-1790". On Google Books

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch [[1]] : accessed 29 July 2018, William Waddle, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 362, 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 [[2]] : accessed 29 July 2018, William Waddle, Salisbury, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 560, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 33; FHL microfilm 337,909. NOTE: There is an error here. Salisbury is not in Mecklenburg County, but in Iredell. Since William was living in Mecklenburg both before and after this census, it should be clear that "Salisbury" is an error.

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch [[3]]: accessed 29 July 2018, William Waddle, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 175, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 84; FHL microfilm 162,800.

• Ferguson, Herman W. (transcriber), Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Volume II: 1801-1802 (Rocky Mount, NC: privately published, 1997), pp. 15, 35, 86, and 132.