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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}} | ||
{{Infobox Ross ancestor | {{Infobox Ross ancestor | ||
| given_name = William | | given_name = William | ||
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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 | 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 === | ||
Latest revision as of 01:57, 7 September 2026
William Ross | |
|---|---|
| Died | bef. September 14, 1810 |
| Residence | • Mecklenburg County, North Carolina • Cabarrus County, North Carolina |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Unknown Jean Unknown |
| Children | |
| Family | Rosses of English Buffalo Creek |
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. and 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
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
- 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
- June 25, 1764 - Deed from Arthur Dobbs and Justina Dobbs to William Ross for 144 acres lying on ridges between English Buffilow and Coddle Creek in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.[1]
- October 1768 - Deed from William Ross of Mecklenburg County and Elizabeth his wife to James Ashmore for 56 acres in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, between English Buffalo and Coddle Creek.[2]
- 30 March 1769 - Deed from William Ross and Elizabeth his wife to Hezekiah James Balch for 88 acres on English Buffilow & Coddle Crks in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.[3]
- April 7, 1769 - Receipt between William Ross and Hezekiah James Balch, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.[4]
- March 20, 1779 - William Ross entered a grant for 250 acres on the fourth side of English Buffalow Creek beginning at a white oak in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina[5]
- 1 January 1780 - Deed from William Penny of Mecklenburg County to William Ross of Mecklenburg County for 327 acres in on Coddle Crk in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.[6]
- April 1782 - Deed from William Penny of Mecklenburg County to William Ross of Mecklenburg County for 327 acres in on Coddle Crk recorded in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.[7]
- October 22, 1782 - Grant #195 from State of North Carolina to William Ross for 250 acres on English Buffalow Crk in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.[8]
- 19 May 1783 - Deed from William Ross and Jean his wife of Mecklenburg County to Seth Rodgers for 250 acres on English Buffalo Creek in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.[9]
- July 1783 - Deed from William Ross and Jean his wife of Mecklenburg County to Seth Rodgers for 250 acres on English Buffalo Creek recorded in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.[10]
- January 14, 1785 - William Ross entered a grant for 34 acres on the waters of Coddle Creek in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina[11]
- March 12, 1785 - William Ross entered a grant for 90 acres on the West side of Coddle Creek in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina[12]
- August 3, 1787 - William Ross was granted the 90 acres in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina he entered in 1785[12]
- August 7, 1787 - Grant from State of North Carolina to William Ross for 90 acres in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, #563 Coddle Crk.[13]
- August 7, 1787 - Grant from State of North Carolina to William Ross for 34 acres in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, #561 Coddle Crk.[14]
- December 31, 1792 - Part of Mecklenburg County lost to the creation of Cabarrus County[15]
- September 14, 1810 - Deed of conveyance from Theodore Ross, late of Wilson County, Tennessee, to Adam Ross of Cabarrus County, North Carolina, for £50, conveying 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, William Ross, itself part of a 90-acre tract patented to William Ross on August 7, 1787. Witnessed by C. A. Alexander, Adam Alexander, and Joseph Sharp; proved in open court on the oath of Adam Alexander and ordered registered at January Term 1819.[16]
- March 14, 1816 - March 14, 1816 - Deed of conveyance from Samuel Ross and Robert Ross, both of Cabarrus County, North Carolina, to Adam Ross of the same county, for $42, conveying their part of a 90-acre survey on Coddle Creek that had been left to them by the will of their father, William Ross, deceased. The remaining part of the same tract had been left to Adam Ross and Theodore Ross, under a patent bearing date August 7, 1787. Witnessed by John Stepenson and Abraham Beals; proved in open court on the oath of John Stepenson and ordered registered at January Sessions 1819.[17]
- November 23, 1820 - Processioner's certificate for a tract on the west side of Coddle Creek, Cabarrus County, reversioned and devised among the legatees of William Ross, deceased, to Adam Ross, one of the legatees, by consent of the other legatees, Samuel Ross and Robert Ross. The tract combines 60 acres willed to Adam Ross and Theodore Ross with 75 acres held by warranty through Samuel Ross and Robert Ross, surveyed and marked off together as one tract by consent of all parties. Beginning at an old corner (a pine stump) at Stevenson's and Wall's line, the boundary runs with Fleming's line to a hickory on Fleming's corner, with Samuel Ross's line and then Robert Ross's line to a hickory in a creek bottom, down the creek to a gum on Robert Ross's corner at Dickson's line, then with McCaleb's land back to the beginning -- 89 acres by calculation, as marked off by consent of both parts. Certified by John Stinson and John Wall as chain carriers, and James Queary as processioner.[18]
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 east of English Buffalo Creek, another William Ross owned land on Rocky River.
Disputed origins
Common discrepancies
Sources
- ↑ Mecklenburg County (North Carolina). Register of Deeds 1963, 1946, book 2 p. 9.
- ↑ Mecklenburg County (North Carolina). Register of Deeds 1963, 1946, book 4 p. 777.
- ↑ Mecklenburg County (North Carolina). Register of Deeds 1963, 1946, book 4 p. 485.
- ↑ Mecklenburg Co. bk. 4 p. 487
- ↑ "Mecklenburg Co. File no. 3090, William Ross". North Carolina Land Grant Images and Data. North Carolina Historical Records Online – via State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh NC, microfilm call # S.108.841.
- ↑ Mecklenburg County (North Carolina). Register of Deeds 1963, 1946, book 11 p. 111.
- ↑ Mecklenburg County (North Carolina). Register of Deeds 1963, 1946, book 11 p. 112.
- ↑ Mecklenburg Co. bk. 12 p. 51
- ↑ Mecklenburg County (North Carolina). Register of Deeds 1963, 1946, book 11 p. 290.
- ↑ Mecklenburg County (North Carolina). Register of Deeds 1963, 1946, book 11 p. 291.
- ↑ "Mecklenburg Co. File no. 3479, William Ross". North Carolina Land Grant Images and Data. North Carolina Historical Records Online – via State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh NC, microfilm call # S.108.843.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Mecklenburg Co. File no. 3481, William Ross". North Carolina Land Grant Images and Data. North Carolina Historical Records Online – via State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh NC, microfilm call # S.108.843.
- ↑ Mecklenburg Co. bk. 13 p. 272
- ↑ Mecklenburg Co. bk. 13 p. 271
- ↑ "North Carolina". Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry.
- ↑ Cabarrus Co. bk. 9 p. 187.
- ↑ Cabarrus Co. bk. 9 p. 186.
- ↑ Cabarrus Co. bk. 11 p. 180.
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