James McCullough Genealogy

Record modified: 2023-01-11
This is my ancestor 10 generations back.

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Born: about 1705-00-00
Died: 1757-12-00 Rowan Co, North Carolina USA
Marriages:
1. Elizabeth (unknown)
Children of James McCullough and Elizabeth (unknown):
Alexander McCullough b. 1733-00-00
*John McCullough b. about 1734-00-00
William McCullough b. 1735-00-00
Samuel McCullough b. 1737-00-00 d. about 1771-00-00
James McCullough b. about 1738-00-00

Notes:

other children from genforum message 1607

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genforum message 1651:
last name spelled McCulloch? may have died in Chester/York Co SC, which is on the NC border.

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from RootsWeb:
In the book "Carolina Cradle", author Robert Ramsay states that a James McCullough settled in Fallowfield Township, Chester Co., Penn. by 1739 or 1740 and went to North Carolina after 1747. (ref: tax lists) James recieved a land grant from Lord Granville on February 1, 1755, for 386 acres on the Catawba River in the Davidson Creek area. His two sons, Alexander and John, recieved grants in the Fourth Creek region March 25, 1752. Some of the grants were surveyed as early as 1749. James McCullough died in December 1757 and his will was probated in January 1758. His wife Elizabeth and son Alexander were named executors. He left land to sons Alexander, Samuel, John, and William, mentioning his grandson Matthew. Samuel received the homeplace, dying about 1771 intestate without heirs, so Alexander as the eldest brother then inherited the land.

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NC Archives

Record ID: SR.12.8.3.002
Anson Co NC Land Entries, Warrents, and Plats, James McCullough
Plat 1753-02-12; 640 acres, Descriptive references for land: Davisons Creek, George Davison, John McConnal.

Record ID: 12.14.107.427
Rowan Co NC Land Grants, James McCullough
Grant #171 1755-02-01; Book 6 p193; 386 acres, Beg. at Andrew Allison's line

Record ID: SR.12.8.3.002
Anson Co NC Land Entries, Warrents, and Plats, James McCullough
Warrant 1752-04-03; 600 acres, Catawba River, George Davison.
Deed 1761-01-10

[Davidson's creek is now covered by Lake Norman. It was just west of the town of Davidson.]

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North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998
p55

1757-12-08
I, James McCulloch
of ye county of Rowan in ye province of North
Carolina... do make & publish this my last
will and testament...
First I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved wife
Elazebith McCulloch the third of all my goods & chattels
and the third of the plantion on which I live or hir
mintanence while shee lives or while shee remains
a widdow or seese cause to live on sd place
also I give all the plantesion on which I live to my
son Samuel McCulloch it being situate on ye weast of
George Davison Senior & consisting of three hundred
& eighty six acres of land to him and his heirs for ever.
I give to my son William McCulloch three hundred
acres of land situate on ye west of the plantion on which
I live & on the south of his brother Alex McCulloch
& also two Cows & calves
also all ye ____________ dollars(?) and
personal estate whatsoever _____ be eqully
devided betwixt my well beloved sons Alex McCulloch
John McCulloch & Samuel McCulloch
menorunden(?) before ye ensealing hereof I alow that
forty shilings shal be savied of ye above remaining
two parts of my estate and given to my grand son
Mathew McCulloch.
and also I make and ordain my wife Elezabit McCulloch
and Alex McCulloch whole and sole executors of this my
last will
In witness wherof I ye sd James McCulloch
have to this my last will and testament set my hand
and seal, ye day and year above written.
Witness
James Templeton (mark)
James Alexander
Alex McCulloch
Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 1971
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