Person:Moses Cranor (1)

1790 census for Guilford Co; 1 white male over 16; 1 female. "Moses Cranor is appointed Constable in Mr Garret's district" p. 6 Aug 1781

Aug 1781 Guilford Co Plea and Quarter Session

1. 6 Moses Cramer CON (constable) (Gorell). Gorell was a registrar

18 Nov 1782 #46 Edward Ryan CON iro (in room of, instead of) Moses Cramer

17 Feb 1783 #58 Jury to lay road fromHigh Rock fd on Haw R to county line at Elisha Mendenhall's Mill: Col John Peasley, Col John Gillaspie, John Forbes, Wm Kerr, Thomas Wiley, John Foster, Thomas Landrith, Moses Cramer, Andrew Wilson & John McAdow.

21 Nov 1787 Guilford Pleas and Quarter Session Robert Doak O R (Overseer of Road) (Ralph Gorrel to Edward Millis iro Moses Cranor)

Benjmin Thompson proved a deed from Mathew Macy and wife to Thos. Cranor for 191 and 3/4 acres of land. p. 143 May, 1787

Ordered that Moss Cranor be appointed overseer of the road in the room of Edward Millis. p. 128 Feb 1787

Guilford Co, North Carolina Court Minutes Aug 1781-May 1788 (75.662 H646c High Point Library N.C.) Peters 325 Robert Brattin provides a deed from Moses Crainor to James Frzer for 50 acres of land. May 1788.

Land Grants Guilford Co. Land Grants Comp Elizabeth Bailey Cat # 975.662 B155 File # 1631 Cranor Moses Grant 1571 Entry 1951 Entry date 17 Mar 1780

1. 1402 " 1360 2405 27 Jan 1783
2. 44 " 44 184 4 July 1778

1626 " 1566 412 26 Oct 1778 Additional Land grants for Moses Crainer

• Issued date 21 Mar 1789 Bk 70 Pg 36 Acres 146 Location Wtrs South Buffaloe (Thomas Majors, James Frazier)
• Issued date 16 May 1787 Bk 65 Pg 113 Acres 135 S Buffaloe & Polecat (Henry Porter "near a road"
• Issued date 16 Dec 1778 Bk 33 Pg 44 Acres 235 Wtrs Nelsons Creek of S Buffaloe (Isham Harris)
• Issued date 21 Mar 1789 Bk 70 pg 34 Acres 100 Waters South Buffaloe (Henry Porter-Frazier line.

Moses Cranor land as it appears on map (my description) "Between Center Road New Garden Road, closest to latter. South of south of Buffaloe Creek 1778 Section E-4 In Rowan County. Jamestown in this county. N of Randolph, East of Orange Guilford Ctrhouse to the north." Near intersection of Cape Fear Rd (north and south) and Moravian Town Road. to the west of Cape Fear Rd and north of Moravian Town Road.

"Ordered that Col. John Peasley, Col. John Gillaspie, John Forbes, Wm Kerr, Thomas Wiley, John Foser, Thomas Landrith, Moses Craner, Andrew Wilson, & John McAdow be a Jury to lay out a road from the High rock ford on Haaw river to the County line at Elisha Mendenhalls mill and make report thereof to next Court." Aug. 1782 "Minute Packet of The Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1782-1788 " p. 58

1815 Tax list of Guilford Co NC p.20 Land 140 Valuation 500 1 white poll tax On James Millis' list (enumerator?)

Will of Moses Cranor Recorded Marlboro County, South Carolina, Book A pg. 1 Box 6

"In the Name of God Amen. I Moses Cranor of Marlborough County in the State of South Carolina being Weak in Body but of Desposing Mind and Memory and calling to Mind the mortality of my Body and that it is appointed for all men once to Die, Do make and Ordain This my last Will and Testament. That is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my Soul into the hand of almighty God that gave it, and my Body I recommend to the Earth to Buried in decent Christian Buriel at the discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God, and as Touching my worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me with in this Life I give Devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form------

"First, Itim I give and Bequeath to my Beloved Daughter Sarah Listor One Hundred and Eighty Acres of Land (more or less) being the land I purchased of William Morres to be by her or her Heirs or Assigns freely possessed and Enjoyed also One black Horse and all the Cattle and sheep she my said Daughter hath now in possession Likewise One Three year old Bull now running at the plantion whereon I now live also One Pewter Dish, Twenty pounds of Feathers, Four two year old Hogs-----Itim, I give and Bequeath to my well Beloved Son Moses Cranor his Heirs and Assigns forever the Plantation and lands where on I now live consisting of Four Hundred Acres Also Twenty Dollars in Cash, One Handsaw and Drawing knife and One Smoothbore Gun and One Note of Hand on John Mendenhall for Twenty seven pounds Eight shillings in hard money-------my said beloved Son Moses Cranor to pay to Jyse Cook Ten pounds prock to be paid in Trade------Itim, I give and Bequeath to my beloved Daughter Prudence Cook One large Grey Mare and one Cow and Calf apiece to each of her two little Daughters, viz. Prudence and Phebe-----Itim, I give and Bequeath to my son in law Henry Ford Two Notes of Hand on John Mendenhall One for Twenty Eight pounds nineteen shillings, the other for Thirty pounds Eleven shillings hard money-------Item, I give and Bequeath to my well beloved son Thomas Cranor his heirs and Assigns forever Three Hundred and Seventy three Acres of Land lying at the double Meadows in Marlborough County, Item, I give and Bequeath all the remainder of my Stock of Hogs to be equally Divided among Sarah my dearly beloved wife my Sons Thomas and Moses Cranor and Henry Ford----All the Remainder of my Estate I give and Bequeath to be equally divided Between my said dearly beloved wife and my well beloved Son Thomas Cranor he paying to Henry Ford Ten Pounds proclamation money of North Carolina in trade.

"I likewise make and Ordain My well beloved Son Thomas Cranor my Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament And I Do hereby utterly disannul Revoke and make Void all and every other former Wills Testaments Executor my me before this time made, Ratifying this and no other to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Seal this Twenty Second Day of June in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Three-------------Moses Cranor"

"Signed Sealed published pronounced and Declared by the said Moses Cranor to be his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and in the presence of each other have Subscribed our names Edw'd Feagin Joseph Maswell Solomon Dawson", , , , , , , , ,, , , , , , , , ,

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11. ↑ 1735 source 267