Richard Woolley, bc.1730 South Carolina dc. 1800 in Chester Co, SC,
m. Elizabeth bc. 1731 and had children:
1. Shadrack Woolley bc. 1752 Fairfield Co, SC dc 1820 Edgefield Dist, Chester Co.
.....m. Margaret bc. 1753 had children:
.....a) Reason Woolley b.1771 m. Elizabeth Bates
.....b) Ezekiel Woolley b. 1775 m. Margaret Feaster
.....c) Basil Andrew Woolley b. 1777 m. Elizabeth Boyd b. 1788 Halifax Co VA
.....d) Minor Woolley b. 1787 Edgefield Dist, d. 1856 Choctaw Co, Alabama,
..........m. Margaret Adair bc.1786 SC, and had children:
................William Woolley, b. SC
................Epsey Woolley bc.1808 SC
................Reason Woolley, b. 2-6-1811, Edgefield Dist, Chester Co, SC
................Greenbury Woolley, b.1813
................Elizabeth Woolley, b. 6-5-1813
.................Hudla Woolley, b.1820
.................Joice R. Woolley, b. 10-7-1827, (Choctaw Co ?), AL.

re: James Adair, the author, & his attorney, James Parsons.
Shawn wrote:
Entry in SC Archives Index, Memorial for James Parsons, 21 Aug 1773 for 3 tracts in Long Cane Settlement, 96 Dist., one for 200 acres and two for 1,000 acres each. It included names of James Parsons, William Walker, John Stouxzenneger, and George Galphin - James Adair dedicated his book to George Galphin and two others.

Thanks Shawn.

Would Stouxzenneter also be spelt Sturzennegger, as noted in the Edgefield Co, SC, Minutes of the County Court 1785-1796. 14 Jan 1788. Present: Leroy Hammond, Benj. Tutt, Russell Wilson, John Moore, John Sturzennegger (Stouxzenneger ?).

Was James Adair a partner in land transactions with any of the above ? Thanks.

Shawn, I am not sure if there is anything useful re James Adair in the notes below :

James Adair & Col. Abraham Sheppard land connection.

James Adair was the father of Saraann McTyer.
Sara-ann and her husband William McTyer, on 5 Dec 1763,
signed a bond acknowledging a debt to her father, James Adair.

Also on 5 Dec 1763 James Adair made a gift to Sara-ann
of the remainder of his estate, Fairfields, in Dobbs County, NC,
who on 24 Nov 1764 sold the estate to Abraham Sheppard jnr.

James Adair began legal proceedings in the
South Carolina Court of Common Pleas to collect the debt from Sara-ann.
He was represented by James Parsons, and Robert Pringle was the judge.
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COLONEL Abraham Sheppard (of Fairfields)

There was a Jacob Shipman b. 1744 Brunswick County, Va.
He owned land on Sandy Run in Rutherford County.
He enlisted July 20, 1778, in Quinn's Co., 10th N.C. Regiment
with Col. Abraham Sheppard commanding.
He died sometime after November 1794, when he wrote his will.
His will was "proved" in Rutherford County in January 1795.
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March 4, 1775 Dobbs Coo, NC) Land Adjacent land owner Abraham Sheppard,
J. patents 500 acres in Dobbs on Contentney Creek, joining Pridgen's line,
Robert Reynolds, (a point) near Reave's corner, and Thomas Lane (now Williams's corner).
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Shadrack & Sands Stanley, of Dobbs County, (NC) served under
Captain Benjamin Sheppard and Colonel Abraham Sheppard.
These officers participated in the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge,
(Journal “A”, 109)
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On 27 Feb 1783 in North Carolina, 640 acres was surveyed for William Dykes.
It was land entered by Abraham Sheppard in 1778.
The land was described as being in North Carolina on Beech Creek
above Shoats Horse Stamp (Swamp ?) and bounded vizt.
Beg. at the cor of ........* Felix Walker.......at a White Oak,
along Walker's line West 28 poles to a Dogwood sapling,
then N 42 poles to a white oak on the side of Bays Mtn,
then along the mountain N 35 degrees east 26 poles to a white oak
then N 76 degrees E 28 poles to a Spanish oak
then N 57 degrees E 300 poles to a white oak
then from the mountain E 67 poles to a stake,
then S 362 poles to a stake
then W 334 poles crossing said Creek to a stake
then N 126 poles crossing sd Creek to the first station.

(*Felix Walker & James Adair at Rutherford County -
Land for Rutherfordtown Court House ?)
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The North Carolina Provincial Congress authorized the 10th Regiment in the Spring of 1777 as an afterthought and never provided sufficient funds to support, equip and/or train the troops. Their commander, Col. Abraham Sheppard, was not up to the task of command. The new recruits for the 10th were processed and sent north to join the main Continental Army, which was engaged in the defense of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There they were incorporated into other units as replacements. The general movements of the North Carolina 10th were noted in the pension records of soldiers Pvt. Joshua Adcock, Pvt. William Bryant, Capt. Caleb Mason, Maj. John Nelson and Col. Thomas Clark.

The 10th Regiment was authorized by the North Carolina Provincial Congress on 17 April, 1777 and placed under the command of Col. Abraham Sheppard, Col. Dozier and Major John Baptista Ashe.

The Regiment was organized at Kinston NC, 19 April - 1 July 1777 and consisted of 8 companies from N.E. of NC. Recruiters immediately fanned out across the state and beyond in search of new soldiers. One of those recruited 1 July 1777 was Thomas Brooks of Hyde Co. NC for 3 years, assigned to Capt. James Wilson's Company.

The pension record of Pvt. Joshua Adcock, "Invalid File No. 6467”, shows he was enlisted by Lt. John Low in May 1777, for 3 years to Capt. James Wilson's Company.
They were marched from Caswell Co to Kinston NC, on the Neuse River, where their company joined the 10th Regt of Infantry commanded by Col. (Abraham) Shepherd, Lt Col. Dozier, and Maj. Ashe. The Regiment then marched from Kingston, to Halifax, NC, and from Halifax to Georgetown, Virginia where nearly all the Regiment was inoculated with the small pox.

From Georgetown the Regiment marched to Valley Forge, PA which was winter headquarters for the main American army under the command of Gen. George Washington. Thomas Brooks and Joshua Adcock appear on the muster rolls of the soldiers encamped at Valley Forge. At Valley Forge the 10th Regiment was disbanded and attached to the first and second North Carolina Regiments.
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Hannah McIlwean b. 1727 posssibly m. Benjamin Sheppard
whose father may have been Abraham Sheppard.
Benjamin and Col. Abraham Sheppard of Rev. war, would be brothers..
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Francis McIlwean b.1720 d.1774 lived in the Kinston area at a plantation called "Old Ford" along the Contentnea Creek. He was brother-in-law of Gov. Richard Caswell, was first treasurer of Kinston, a Rep. in the Colonial Assembly, and also served in the General Assembly for Craven from 1770-1773.
He helped Richard Caswell in organizing the militia to fight for Independence .

Francis McIlwean married twice,
1stly to Elizabeth Stringer (dau of Dr. Francis Stringer & Hannah Shine of Dobbs Co), d.1760, children:
...John Stringer McIlwean (of Lenoir Co) b.1754, d.1796 bro of Hannah Emery
(ref. 7,000 acres and James Reed Emery) and bro of Hannah McClure wife of Wm.

Court House Records, New Bern
1757 Book 2, p.331 Deed to Francis McIlwean.
Francis Mackilwean from (Rev.) James Reed and wife Hannah
Land on which Francis McIlwean now lives,
formerly lands and inheritance of Francis Stringer, descd.,
late husband of Hannah Reed.
Witnesses: Eleanor Macilwean, Hannah Stringer, Mother, Richard Caswell, Esq.
Elizabeth Stringer.

Book 32-516-1790(or 96) John Stringer MACKILWEAN's will
"To Charles James parcel of land which had been bequeathed to J.S. Mackilwean
of Lenoir Co. by John Fowler in March 1773.
Executors: Winston Caswell and William White.
(Was John Fowler a relative of a James Adair ?)

and Francis McIlwean m. 2ndly to Mary Nixon, sister of Col. Richard Nixon

I am descended from Minor and Margaret (Adair) Woolley. Do you know who her parents were? Any information would be greatly appreciated!