Joseph UNDERWOOD

Abt 1729 - Abt 1835  (~ 106 years)

• Name	Joseph UNDERWOOD  [1]
  Born	Abt 1729
  Gender	Male
  Died	Abt 1835
  Person ID	I2071	Josh E. Taylor Jr. Tree
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Joseph UNDERWOOD
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Molly BROWN
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F51	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Unmarried; died in Buncombe county, N.C. aged 106 -- The Underwood family in America, p. 562 "JOSEPH UNDERWOOD REAL ESTATE BOOK A PAGE 20 PROBATE JUDGE'S OFFICE, PICKENS, S.C. "South Carolina "Pickens District) Personally appeared before me in the court of ordinary Thomas Fitzgerald who being duly sworn on his oath saith that he is well acquainted with the tract of land the late residence of Joseph Underwood Deceased and it is not worth one thousand Dollars. And further testifies that it would in his opinion be for the advantage of the Legatees to sell the same for distribution among the Heirs. Sworn to and subscribed before me the 7th day of October 1835 and signed by Witnessed by Thomas Fitzgerald Elisha King Jas. H. Dendy O.P.D. October 7, 1835. Benjamin King applicant vizt. John Davenport Elizabeth [Russell] Lewis (widow) of Charles Lewis Decd. Heirs of John Whitesides Deceased George Russell Mary Kelly Joseph King Samuel King Jonathan King Lettie Guffie or Griffin? or Heirs. Defendants "Bill for partition or sale of the Real Estate of Joseph Underwood Decd. Vizt. one tract of land situate in Pickens Dist. waters of Cane Creek, containing 500 Acres more or less, part of which was orginally granted to John C. Kilpatrick and the other part to Jesse Nevill. After advertizing 8 weeks in the Messenter for Absent Legatees all being absent and without the limits of our state and on due Examination it is ordered and decreed that the tract of 500 Acres of land as above described of which Joseph Underwood died seized & possessed, be sold by the sheriff of Pickens District on the first monday of January next or on such other sale day as shall be most for the advantage of the parties in Interest, on a Credit of Twelve months, the purchaser giving Bond and good security & a mortgage of the premises if deemed necessary, to the ordinary for the payment of the purchase money. December 7th 1835 Jas. H. Dendy O.P.D. (LS)" I am not sure that I have put the above document with the proper person. However, it would seem to be the only Joseph Underwood with which it would fit and whose heirs would be the people listed above. What was our Joseph Underwood who supposedly lived and died in North Carolina doing with property and house in South Carolina? The fact that he was unmarried would result in so many distant heirs. -- LKL

  
  

• Sources

  [S142] The Underwood Family in America, Underwood, Lucien Marcus, (Name: vol. 11, 1913;), p. 562.