1755-1814?
The 1790 census of Dobbs Co. NC gives Jacob Jr. with 1 male and 1 femaleand 4 slaves.
This may be the same Jacob that married Argent Phillips. She was livingin 1792 when her father John Phillips mentioned her in his will but by1807 when her mother Elizabeth died, Argent was also deceased. Martha M.Marble said Argent was born sometime between 1750-1760.
If this is the Jacob she married, then by 1800 he has remarried and has 3children because that census in Greene Co. Page 606 shows Jacob 26-45, 2males under 10, 1 female under 10, 1 female 16-26 and 1 female 26-45.This female age 16-26 can't be Argent's daughter Elizabeth or they failto show her in the 1790 census. It is my understanding that by 1793Elizabeth was dead also as given in deed below.
Book 33 Craven Co Deeds
P 378 (pl63-MJPM) - 6 Nov l793 - Jacob Lassiter, husband of Argent of
Glascow Co. (now Greene) (Grantor) John Phillips (grantee) - landformerly belonging to John Phillips Sr. - Argent was dec at this time andland then belonged to daughter Elizabeth who was also dec., l00 ac l00lbs adj John Phillips Sr., Smith's garden, Thomas' line - WIT JnoPatrick, Silas Lassiter - signed
Book 16 Lenoir County Grantee Index 1794-1795
from William Campbell to Jacob Lassiter, Jr. page 97
Book 17 Lenoir Grantee Index 1796-1798
Jesse Lassiter to Jacob Lassiter Jr. page 81
Dobbs Co. was formerly Johnston(1745) and then in 1791 Lenoir was createdand Dobbs abolished. The records from 1745 to 1878 burned in one fire,exception was the Grantor or Grantee Index and in 1880 another fire, soall that is left of those records are the index and whatever may havebeen filed in another county or kept at home.
Jacob Lassiter is listed on the Greene Co. NC Voters Record for 1793(Greene Co. Archives web pages)
1761-1820
DAR records give his birth in 1761 and his sons Store Ledger records hisdeath as 7 September 1820. DAR# 149714 gives his marriage to Nancy as 9Nov. 1784 and Nancy's dates as 1768-1838.
Stephen is listed in 1790 Newbern District, Dobbs County, North Carolinawith himself over 16, 1 male under 16, 3 females and 3 slaves. (the Dobbson line census shows 6 slaves)
In 1800 census, page 132, Lenoir County, he has 5 males under 10, 1 male5-10 and 1 Male 16-26, 1 female 5-10 and 1 female 16-26. One of thefemales listed in 1790 may have been one of their mothers or otherrelatives or a daughter has died.
1810 census of Lenoir Co. Stephen is over 45 with 3 M under 10, 1 M 10-16and 1 female 26-45.
1820 census of Lenoir he is over 45, 1 male 10-16, 1 M. 16-18, 2 M 16-26and 1 F 26-45 and 23 slaves.
There is also Jesse, Nathan and Silas Lassiter mentioned in these grants.
In the Old Dobbs Land Deeds records available there is a Robert Lassiterwho sold land to Jacob Lamb in Book 5 page 301. Date of this book is fromApril 1757-April 1758. Stephen has a grandson Robert born to UzzleLassiter in 1813.
Stephen's son Uzzell lives next to him. He is age 26-45 as is his wifeand they have 3 males -10; 1 male 10-16 and 1 daughter under 10.
Silas is also listed and same age grouping as Uzzell but doesn't have asmany children. His wife is in 16-26 bracket and they only have 2daughters under 10.
Stephen has 23 slaves in 1820 and their ages given as 3 M-10; 4M 10-24;1M 24-36; and 1M 36-55. 1F-10; 2 F 10-24; 4 F 24-36; 1F 36-55. Uzzell has1 male slave over 45 and 1 F -14.
In the Lenoir History it is mentioned Isham and Silas Lassiter served inthe War of 1812.
Uzzle, Silas and Jesse are listed in Lenoir and Greene in 1830 (Jesse islisted in Lenoir, near Nancy) Isham does not appear on any of the NCcensus, but neither does Thomas Uzzell Lassiter who is reputed by IolaGetchell to be a son of Stephen. She says he left NC and went to AL andthen to New Orleans.
Old Dobbs Grantee Index
Book 13 1784-1789
from William Lewis to Stephen Lassiter page 255
Book 14 1789-1792
from Isham Uzzell to Stephen Lassiter page 496
Book 15 1792-1794 Lenoir Co.
from Isham Uzzell to Stephen Lassiter page 158
DAR application #149714 of Iola Getchell gives Stephen and Nancy'schildren in the following order. Susanna, Uzzell, Sally, Jacob and Nathan(who are not in Lenoir Co. when grown) , Isham, Stephen (can't find),Jesse, Thomas J. (where is he?) Thomas Uzzell and Nathan, 2nd (where ishe?).
The info originally from Elizabeth Louise B. Richardson to other Uzzellfamily members does not give this Sally listed above but between thebirth of Uzzell (1787) and Jacob (1791) there is room for another child,perhaps dying in infancy also. The other children Iola Getchell givesduplicate those of E.L.B. Richardson.
These notes below are from her contact with other Uzzell descendants andfound by me on the genforum.genealogy.com/Uzzell/ on 31 Dec. 1999.
Stephen Lassiter was born in 1763 in Bertie and moved by his father whenonly 5 to Greene Co. NC. He learned the tailor's trade which he followeduntil about 50 years old in connection with his mercantile business atSpring Hill, where he died Sept. 7 1820. His son Jesse continued with themercantile business. The account books of Stephen and Jesse, owned byMrs. Lidie Lassiter Lipscomb of Richmond, VA are full of local historicalinterest. The names of many old families are shown therein, and the itemsvery interesting, such as charges against some of the Whitfields of tencents for postage on letters to their sons at Chapel Hill. The cost ofNancy's coffin and charges against her for "spirits" brought up from NewBern are shown. The items of most local interest, however, are referencesto Joseph Elliott, a Yale man, who taught a "Latin School" in Spring HillAcademy and prepared boys for college. Spring Hill store and school seemto have been the center of the community.
Nancy was said to have inherited the Uzzell size and pugnacity, it beingrelated that she thrashed some of her boys after they were grown.
Susannah Uzzell was a twin sister to Nancy. They were born at NaturesBeauty on December 30, 1768. She married Burrell (Burwell) Westbrook,lived in Greene Co. and died there in1853, age 85 years. One son Geary(Gray) is known and living near Jackson TN in 1862 aged about 73 years.Her daughter Zilpha named after her half sister, married Isom Lassiter,her first cousin. The ledger gives the birth dates, marriages though notdates of most of them of all Stephen and Nancy's children.
(Gray's grandson's Bible says he died 14 March 1861 as well as giving 19May 1767 as Susanna's birth date and also gives her death date as March1847)
end of Mrs. Richardson's notes.....
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