Person:Henricus Steinseifer (1)

Records in Virginia

Pages 723-26. 5 Aug 1765. Henricus Stinesyfer and Katharine his wife of Bromfield Parish, Culpeper County, to Robt. Floyed of same. For £6 current money. 50 acres in aforesaid parish, being part of a tract which John Stinesyfer purchased of Robert Hutcheson joyning John Henry Tinesyfers [sic], John Haines and Elizabeth Stinesyfer on the main county road which [whole tract] is bounded... corner to John Sutton... near Jacob Manspoils line..

[Signed] Henricus Stinesyfer, Katharine (K) Stinesyfer

Wit: John (X) Allen, John (JT) Thomas

15 Aug 1765. Acknowledged by the parties. Catharine was first privily examined. [1]

Records in North Carolina

Wilkes Co., NC Land Entry Book 1778-1781

27 Oct. 1778 (also same on 20 Sept. 1779)

Henerous Stonecypher E. 100 ac. waters Lewis Fork near Calloways Mtn. or Absalom Wigins claim. :(Henerous Stonecypher marked out... Nicklis Angel written in-entry #481)

Wilkes Co., NC Court Min. 1778-1788

"Ord. Henericus Stonesypher be released from the forfeiture of his recognizance for which an Excuse is now issued to Rowan Co. ...to surrender body Jesse Gullet for whom he was bonded to Larkin Cleveland in discharge of his recognizance." 1786

Rowan Co., NC Land Grant, Deed Book 10, pg. 257

State of North Carolina, No. 59.

To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting Know ye That we, for and in consideration of the sum of fifty shillings for every hundred acres hereby granted paid into our Treasury by Henry Stonesypher have given & Granted and by these presents to give and grant until the said Henry Stonesypher a Tract of Land containing Two hundred and Ninety eight acres, lying in our County of Rowan in the forks of the Yadkin on the Great branch beginning at a pine Stephen Green's corner on Edmond Hays's line runs South twelve chains to a __ said Hays's corner East twenty five chains to a Black Oak on sd. Hays's line South fourty nine chains to a hicory West fifty four Chains to a post Oak North sixty one chains to a Chesnut tree East twenty nine chains to the first station as by the plat hereunto annexed doth appear together with all Woods, Waters, Mines, Minerals, Hereitaments and appurtenances to the said Land belonging or appertaining: To hold to the said Henry Stonesypher his heirs and assignes forever yielding {?} and paying to us such forms of money yearly or otherwise as our General Assembly from ___ to ___ may derict. Provised always that the said Henry Stonesypher shall cause this Grant to be registered in the registor's office of our said County of Rowan within twelve months from the state hereby otherwise the same shall be void and of no effect. In Testimony when of we have caused our Great seal to be hereunto affixed. Witness Richard Caswell Esq. our Governor & c. at Kingston the Twenty first day of May in the fourth year of our Independence and in the year of our Lord 1780. [Signed] R.C. Caswell, No. 59.

By His Excely's Comd.

Frank PeeLee

Henry Stonesypher 298 acres Rowan County recorded in the Suritary's Office. In Franck Prose.

Notes

◦From "Stonecipher Family" Fayette Facts, XVII No. 3, taken from "The Stonecipher Tree" by Mary Underwood:

"Henricus Stonecipher m. Katherine. They went to North Carolina in 1765-1770, lived in Surry Co., later to Wilkes Co., 1777 and Ash County, North Carolina in 1779."

[Citation: http://www.alabama-bound.info/getperson.php?personID=I0676&tree=family].

Henricus (Henry) Stonecipher