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	== Research notes ==		== Research notes ==
	William's land was between what was called, at the time, English Buffalo Creek and Coddle Creek in what eventually became Cabarrus County. Both of these creeks emptied into Rocky River. Just to the ~~west~~ of English Buffalo Creek, another [[William Ross Sr. of Rocky River\|William Ross]] owned land on Rocky River.		William's land was between what was called, at the time, English Buffalo Creek and Coddle Creek in what eventually became Cabarrus County. Both of these creeks emptied into Rocky River. Just to the east of English Buffalo Creek, another [[William Ross Sr. of Rocky River\|William Ross]] owned land on Rocky River.

	=== Disputed origins ===		=== Disputed origins ===

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	{{About\|\|the unrelated Rocky River family of Mecklenburg County\|William Ross Sr. of Rocky River}}		{{About\|\|the unrelated Rocky River family of Mecklenburg County\|William Ross Sr. of Rocky River}}
	{{About\|\|William Ross of the Yellow Creek area of southwestern Montgomery County\|William B. Ross of Palmyra}}		{{About\|\|William Ross of the Yellow Creek area of southwestern Montgomery County\|William B. Ross of Palmyra}}
	~~{{About\|\|William Ross of Montgomery and Stewart County, Tennessee\|William Ross Sr. (-c1811)}}~~
	{{Infobox Ross ancestor		{{Infobox Ross ancestor
	\| given_name = William		\| given_name = William

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{{SHORTDESC:Landowner of Mecklenburg/Cabarrus County, North Carolina}}
{{About||the unrelated Rocky River family of Mecklenburg County|William Ross Sr. of Rocky River}}
{{About||William Ross of the Yellow Creek area of southwestern Montgomery County|William B. Ross of Palmyra}}
{{About||William Ross of Montgomery and Stewart County, Tennessee|William Ross Sr. (-c1811)}}
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| spouses = {{partner|Elizabeth Unknown}};{{partner|Jean Unknown}}
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* [[Adam Ross]]
* [[Theodore Ross]]
* [[Samuel Ross]]
* [[Robert Ross]]
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'''William Ross''' was a landowner of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, later Cabarrus County, married to a woman named Jean. This page exists to record him as a distinct individual from [[William Ross Sr. of Rocky River|William Ross Sr.]] and [[William Ross Jr. of Rocky River|William Ross Jr.]] of Rocky River, the documented ancestors of this project's Rosses of Rocky River family, with whom he shares a name, a general place, and an era.

== DNA evidence ==

=== Y-DNA ===


=== Autosomal DNA ===


== Biography ==
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A William Ross is found being deeded land lying between English Buffalo and Coddle Creek in [[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina]], as early as June 25, 1764. In 1768, William Ross and his wife Elizabeth deed 56 acres between English Buffalo and Coddle Creek to James Ashmore. In early 1769 we find an additional deed from William and Elizabeth to Hezekiah James Balch for 88 acres on English Buffalo and Coddle Creeks.

No mention is found of him in deed records until a decade later when, on March 20, 1779, William Ross entered a grant for 250 acres on the fourth side of English Buffalow Creek. Several years later, in a deed dated May 19, 1783, William Ross and his wife Jean sold to Seth Rodgers 250 acres on English Buffalo Creek.

Are we looking at two separate William Rosses here? An early William married to Elizabeth and second William, potentially a son, married to Jean?

=== Ancestors ===
{{Ancestors & descendants chart
|descendants=
*'''William Ross'''
** m. before October 1768 Elizabeth
** m. before 19 May 1783 Jean
*** Adam Ross
*** Theodore Ross
*** Samuel Ross
*** Robert Ross
}}
No source located for this article documents this William Ross's own parents.

=== Marriage and children ===
William appears first in deeds with wife Elizabeth and later with wife Jean. It's possible that these are two different Williams with two different wives. Land transactions indicate that William had at least four sons - Adam, Theodore, Samuel, and Robert Ross. It's unclear which wife would have been the mother of these children.

=== Occupation ===


=== Military ===


=== Death & burial ===
William was dead before September 14, 1810, when Theodore Ross conveyed to Adam Ross 32½ acres on the west side of Coddle Creek, Cabarrus County, part of a 65-acre tract left to Adam Ross and Theodore Ross by the will of their father.

=== Timeline ===
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== Research notes ==
William's land was between what was called, at the time, English Buffalo Creek and Coddle Creek in what eventually became Cabarrus County. Both of these creeks emptied into Rocky River. Just to the west of English Buffalo Creek, another [[William Ross Sr. of Rocky River|William Ross]] owned land on Rocky River.

=== Disputed origins ===


== Common discrepancies ==

== Sources ==
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== Further reading ==


== External links ==


{{Disclaimer}}

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