Person:Job Meadors (2)

m. Bet 1728 and 1730
  1. Lewis MeadorBet 1729 & 1731 - Bef 1800
  2. Jason MeadorAbt 1734 - Bet 1790 & 1800
  3. Job MeadorsAbt 1736 - 1822
  4. Thomas MeadorBet 1736 & 1738 - Bef 1826
  5. Drucilla Meadors1738 - 1781
  6. Mariah MeadorsAbt 1743 - 1783
Facts and Events
Name[1] Job Meadors
Alt Name[1] Job Meadows
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3][18] Abt 1736 Virginia, United States
Residence[1] 1752 Lunenburg, Virginia, United Stateson tax list
Marriage to Elizabeth Moberly
Property[1] 1760 Craven, South Carolina, United Statesreceived grant of land in what is now Fairfield County
Property[9] 8 Sep 1761 Bedford, Virginia, United Statesresident of Anson County, North Carolina
Property[14] 4 May 1762 Anson, North Carolina, United Statespurchased 50 acres from Jacob Carter
Property[15] 13 Apr 1767 Anson, North Carolina, United States sold land purchased May 1762
Residence[4] 1770 Anson, North Carolina, United Statesreceived land grant; signed petition
Census[12] 9 Apr 1770 Anson, North Carolina, United StatesLand grant for 400 acres on branches of Thompsons Creek
Residence[6][11] 1771 Anson, North Carolina, United StatesOn road creation crew
Residence[6][11] 1772 Anson, North Carolina, United StatesOn road creation crew
Other[7] 1772 Anson, North Carolina, United Statesproved will of John Jackson in court
Other[5] 23 Mar 1774 Anson, North Carolina, United Statesnamed in father's will
Property[8] 10 Jun 1776 Anson, North Carolina, United Stateswith brothers Lewis and Jason, mother Elizabeth, brother-in-law Abraham Rushing, sold property inherited from father.
Property[16] 8 Oct 1777 Anson, North Carolina, United Stateswith wife Elizabeth, sold land from origina Patent
Other[17] 18 Feb 1778 Anson, North Carolina, United Stateswith brother Lewis signed bond to Jepthath Vining re: sale of father's land
Property[1] 14 May 1781 Craven, South Carolina, United States purchased land from Samuel Mobley (land in what became Fairfield County)
Property[13] 14 Sep 1786 Anson, North Carolina, United Stateswith brother Lewis sold property of deceased faher which was held by their mother during her lifetime
Residence[13] 14 Sep 1786 South Carolina, United States
Military[3] Revolutionary War
Other[1] 5 Dec 1789 Fairfield, South Carolina, United Stateswitnessed deed of sale from Eleazer Mobley to Thomas Burns
Death[1][2][18] Oct 1822 Fairfield, South Carolina, United States
Burial[2] Feasterville, Fairfield, South Carolina, United StatesMobley Cemetery
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Hill, George Anderson. Hill & Hill-Moberly connections of Fairfield County, South Carolina. (Ponca City, Oklahoma: Hill, c1961)
    pp. 236, 205, 222, 227.

    p. 236
    In 1752, Job is listed with his father Jason on the tax list for Lunenburg County, Virginia, implying that he was living in the same household as his father, and that he was between the ages of 16 and 21 [estimated birth date of 1731-1736]. He did not appear on the tax list for 1750, although both his father and two older brothers (Jason Jr. and Lewis) did, suggesting that he turned 16 sometime between 1750 and 1752 [estimated birth date of 1735-36].
    p. 222
    14 May, 1781 - Samuel Mobley, planter to Job Meador. Whereas a grant bearing date 24 Jan 1770 was made to Thomas Meador for a tract containing 200 acres in Fairfield Co. on a branch of Beaver Creek and whereas 160 acres of it was conveyed from said Thomas Meadors to s. Samuel Mobley 21 pounds being paid by said Job Meadors, therefore a deed is executed. Wit: Thomas Meador -- Jason Meador. Book I, p. 442 [Fairfax County, South Carolina]
    p. 227
    Job Meador lived in Lunenburg Co., VA with the Moberleys. He is said to have died October 1822, age 101, in Fairfield County, SC [estimated birth date of 1721]. He received a land grant of 150 acres on Beaver Creek dated 17 Mar 1760.
    He was shown on the 1790 census of Fairfield District as Job Meadows 1 male over 16 years, 2 under and four females. He was one of the Bondsmen in the settlement of the estate of Elijah Beam in 1798.

  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Job Meador, in Find A Grave
    accessed 17 Aug 2014.

    Job Meador
    Birth: 1736, Essex County, Virginia, USA
    Death: Oct., 1822, Fairfield County, South Carolina, USA
    Burial: Mobley Cemetery , Feasterville, Fairfield County, South Carolina, USA

    Son of Jason & Elizabeth "Stone" Meador. Husband of Elizabeth Mobley (He was 103 years old)
    Spouse: Elizabeth Mobley Meador (1741 - 1838)

  3. 3.0 3.1 Meador, Victor P. (Victor Paul), and Bernal M. Meador. Our Meador families in colonial America: as found in the records of Isle of Wight, Lancaster, (old) Rappahannock, Richmond, Essex and Caroline Counties, Virginia. (Independence, Missouri: V.P. Meador, 1983).

    Job Meador b. ca. 1736, VA; m. Elizabeth Moberly; served in the Revolutionary War; d. ca. 1839

  4. Hieronymus, Goldie Smith. Descendants of Nathaniel Smith, Knox/Whitley County, Kentucky: son of Elijah Smith, Revolutionary War patriot from New Jersey and Virginia. (Arlington, Virginia: G.S. Hieronymus, 1982)
    p. 82.

    Land grants in Anson County, NC for Jason Meadors Sr., Lewis Meadors, Jason Meadors Jr and Job Meadors are dated 1769 and 1770
    A petition to the Governor dated 1770 with ref to moving County Court was signed by Jason Sr., Lewis, Jason Jr., Job and Thomas

  5. CREEKMORE-L Archives, DeeDee Shackelford, 9 Jan 2001, Will of Jason Meadows, in RootsWeb Archiver
    acessed 17 Aug 2014.

    Will Book, pg 16, Anson County, N.C.
    Will of Jason Meador:
    . . . .
    I give unto my Eldest son Lewis five shillings sterling & also Duama Marion and Thomas one Shilling Sterling each.
    Item it is my Will that at the decease of my wife Elizabeth that my plantation and Land and other substance be equally Divided amongst several Children herein named
    Lewis Jason Job and Mariah to them & their heirs and assigns forever
    Lastly I do constitute and appoint my Beloved wife Elizabeth my son Lewis & Jobe sole Executors of this my last Will & Testament. . . .
    Witness my hand & seal this Twenty Third Day of March Anno Domini one Thousnad Seven hundred & Seventy four
    Witnesses: Willim Evess, Job Meador, Charles Bath [ could be Ball], Jason Meadors

  6. 6.0 6.1 Abstracts of County Court Minutes, 1771-1777, in McBee, May Wilson. Anson County, North Carolina abstracts of early records. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1985)
    pp. 72, 74.

    10 [October] 1771
    Ord. Abraham Rushing, Thomas Creet[?], Job Meadows, Lewis Meadows, Joel Chivers, Wm. Johnson, Wm. Rushing, James ___, Charles Booth, Thomas Huntley, John Jackson, ___ Bales lay out road from Province line at the end of Cheraw road.
    -----
    (16 Oct 1772)
    Ord. road to be laid out from Province line bet. head of Brown Cr. and Hills Cr. to the County line, directly towards Salisbury. Wm. Johnson, Wm. Rorey, Joseph White, Jr., Thomas Chivers, Nathl. Holly, Wm. Holley, Wm. Rushing, Wm. Wilson, Job Meadows, Lewis Meadows, James Lowery, Willis Smith, Stephen Jackson, Thos. Lacey, Jesse Ball, John Pelham, Chas. Booth, Abraham Rushing,, Thos. Shelton, to lay out same.

  7. Abstracts of Wills, in McBee, May Wilson. Anson County, North Carolina abstracts of early records. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1985)
    p. 118.

    Will Book 1, p. 66
    John Jackson'sWill, of Anson Co; sick; daus. Eliz., Mary, Sard and Rebeccah, each 5 sh; my lands and all my movable best. to be sold to the best advantage and the money to be paid as follows: to daus. Phoebe, Jeremiah and Hannah to have it equally div. bet them. Stephen and John Perkins, extra. 15 Apr. 1768
    Wit: John Meadow, John May, Charles Booth
    Oct. Term 1772, Anson Ct. pr. by Job Meadow and Charles Booth

  8. North Carolina. County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (Anson County), and North Carolina. Superior Court (Anson County). Anson County deeds, 1749-1926; indexes, 1748-1962, 1749-1962. (Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, 1962)
    Vol. 4, p. 266 (Image 562 on FamilySearch).

    Heirs of Jason Meador Dec'd to Mal Watts
    Indenture 10 June 1776
    Between Lewis Meador, Job Meador, Elizabeth Meador wife of Jason Meador Sr. Dec'd and Abraham Rushing of Anson County and Province of North Carolina of the one part
    and
    Malachi Wats of said county and province of the other part
    who paid 20 pounds proc money
    for land in Anson County on the middle prong of Jones Creek [metes and bounds] containing 200 acres granted to Jason Meador D'ced on 24 Dec 1770
    Signed Lewis Meador, Jason Meador, Job Meador, Elizabeth x her mark Meador, Abraham x his mark Rushing
    Witnesses William Rorie, John Miller, Reuben Rorie
    Recorded Oct 1784

  9. Virginia. County Court (Bedford County), and Bedford County (Virginia). Clerk of the County Court. Deed books, 1754-1901; general indexes, 1754-1929. (Richmond [Virginia]: Virginia State Library, 1976-1977)
    Vol. 1, p. 359 (Image 543 on FamilySearch).

    Indenture 8 Sep 1761
    Between John Williams of Bedford county and Job Meador of Anson County, North Carolina
    Job Meador was paid 14 pound and 15 shillings Current money of Virginia
    and Warrents and grants to John Williams and his heirs and assigns forever
    land on the south side of Oter River in Bedford County containing 70 acres more or less
    beginning at a corner at the mouth of a branch
    thence [nen lines] S42W 82 poles to a white oak
    S70E 124 poles to a red oak
    N45E 22 poles to a [plum] tree on said river
    thence up same as it meanders to the first station
    Signed Job I his mark Meador
    Witnes Thomas Pullin, Jas Roberson, Giles Williams Sen, Giles Williams Jr.

  10.   Fairfield, South Carolina, in United States. 1790 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M637)
    p. 163, Image 10 of 56, FamilySearch.org.

    Job Meadows, 2 males uder 16, 1 male 16+, 7 females

  11. 11.0 11.1 Minute docket 1771-1776, in North Carolina. County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (Anson County). Minute docket, 1771-1777, 1848-1858, 1868. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1942).

    p. 61, Image 60, FamilySearch.org, Oct 1771, road crew
    p. 98, Image 97, FamilySearch.org, Oct 1772, road crew
    p. 97, Image 96, FamilySearch.org], Oct 1772, Will of John Jackson

  12. North Carolina, United States. North Carolina Land Grant Images and Data: images and associated data provided by State Archives of North Carolina. (David M. McCorkle, 2014)
    File 2620.

    Grant 53
    Issued 9 April 1770
    to Job Meadows
    400 acres on the branches of Thomsons Creek

  13. 13.0 13.1 Vol. H, pp. 219, 224, 226 (Images 263, 266, 267) on FamilySearch.org), in North Carolina. County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (Anson County), and North Carolina. Superior Court (Anson County). Anson County deeds, 1749-1926; indexes, 1748-1962, 1749-1962. (Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, 1962).

    p. 219
    Indenture 14 Sep 1786 Between Lewis Meador of North Carolina and Job Meador of South Carolina, planters
    and Richard Odam of Anson County, North Carolia, who paid 200£ for 200 acres of land in Anson County
    on the West side of the Pee Dee river, Beginning at 2 pines on rhw North side of the South fork of Jones Creek and runs N40W 16 poles crossing a Drean of Pas Branch to a maple
    then S50W 200 poles crossing Pats Branch and the Poplar Branch to a black gum
    then S40E 160 poles crossing the Poplar branch down to a white oac
    then N50E 20 poles crosing the poplar branch and Pats Branch to Beginning
    as by the Plat with Patent annexed
    signed Lewis Meador, Job Meador, Witnesses George Wallace, Uz: Williams
    Proved Oct 1786
    ---
    p. 224
    Indenture 14 Sep 1786 Between Lewis Meador of North Carolina and Job Meador of South Carolina planters
    and Richard Odom of Anson County, North Carolina who paid 100£ for 100 acres of land in Anson County
    on a branch of Jones Creek, beginning at a spanish oak in his own line near the SW side of a mill pond, and runs with that line N50E one chain [sic] 90 links
    then N40W 31 chains 63 links to a stake by a black oak
    then S50W 31 chains 63 links to a stake among 4 pines
    then S40E 31 chains 63 links
    then to beginning, as shown by Plat with Patent annexed
    signed Lewis Meador, Job Meador, Witnesses George Wallis, Uz Williams, Proved Oct 1786
    ---
    p. 226
    Indenture 14 Sep 1786
    Between Lewis Meador of North Carolina and Job Meador of South Carolina Sr planters
    and Richard Odom of Anson County, North Carolina, who paid 100£ for 100 acres of land in Anson County, North Carolina
    Beginning on the South side of Patts branch of Jones Creek at a white oak in Jason Meaders North line of an old survey and runs N22W 127 poles to 2 black Jacks and a pine pointer near the great road
    then S22E 127 poles
    then to beginning, as by Plat and Patent annexed
    Signed Lewis Meador, Job Meador; Witnesses George Wallis, Uz Williams; proved Oct 1786

    See Person:Jason Meador (8) for further information regarding original land patents, conditions of will

  14. North Carolina. County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (Anson County), and North Carolina. Superior Court (Anson County). Anson County deeds, 1749-1926; indexes, 1748-1962, 1749-1962. (Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, 1962)
    Vol. 3, p. 15, Image 179 on FamilySearch.org.

    https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9Z1-F74Y?i=388&cat=330384Indenture 4 Mlay1762
    Between Jacob Carter of Anson County, North Carolina
    and Job Meador of same place
    who paid 10£ for land in Anson County
    Beginning at a pine on the east side of Thompsons creek
    then S80W to a creek
    then up the creek to the thoroughfare
    then along the thoroughfare to the said Creek again
    then up the creek to a row of marked trees
    then along the said marked trees to a white oak in the line of the said marked white oak in the line of the said Patent [sic -- transcription appears to have mixed up a couple of lines]
    then S4W to Beginning
    Being part of land Patented by William Rushing 2 Feb 1757
    Signed Jacob G(?)C his mark Carter
    Witnesses Benjamin Jackson, William Rushing

  15. North Carolina. County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (Anson County), and North Carolina. Superior Court (Anson County). Anson County deeds, 1749-1926; indexes, 1748-1962, 1749-1962. (Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, 1962)
    Vol. H1, p. 51, Image 389, FamilySearch.org.

    Indenture 13 April 1767
    Between Job Meadors of Anson County, North Carolina
    and William Rushing of same place
    who paid 8£ Proclamation money for land in Anson County
    containing 50 acres more or less
    Beginning at a pine on the east side of Thompsons Creek
    then S80W and to the Creek
    then up the Creek to the thoroughfare
    then along the thoroughfare to the Creek again
    then up the Creek to a row of marked trees
    then to a white oak in said Rushings line
    then S4W to beginning
    being part of a tract granted to said William Rushing by Patent dated 21 Feb 1757
    Signed Job Meador
    Witnesses John Jackson, Malachi Watts
    proven Jul 1767, registered 17 Sep 1767

  16. North Carolina. County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (Anson County), and North Carolina. Superior Court (Anson County). Anson County deeds, 1749-1926; indexes, 1748-1962, 1749-1962. (Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, 1962)
    Vol. H, p. 344, Image 335, FamilySearch.org.

    Indenture 8 Oct 1777
    Between Job Meador and Elizabth Meador his wife, of Anson County, North Carolina
    and
    Thomas Miers of same place
    who paid 25£ for land in Anson County Southwest of the PeeDee on a prog of Thompsons Creek know as Dead Fall fork
    Beginning at a black oak in a gut on the hillside south of Dead Fall prong of said Crek Lewis Meadors beginning corner
    and runs N70deg20minE 51 chains 50 links to a stake amongst an ash hickory and white oak pointers said to be Jno Jacksons Sr corner
    then N20E 63 chains 25 links to a stake 2 Turkey oaks pointers
    then N20W 54 chains 78 links to a Spanish oak Phil Mays beginning corner
    then as his line S65W 54 chains 78 links by a small oak his other corner
    then S41__40 minW 58 chanins 40 links Lewis Meaders Lind
    then S85E to beginning
    containing 400 acres more or ess as appears in Patent dated 19 April 1770 to Job Meador
    signed Job Meador, Elizabeth x her mark Meador
    Witnesses Samuel Miers, Reuben Rorie, John Miller
    proved Oct 1787

  17. North Carolina. County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (Anson County), and North Carolina. Superior Court (Anson County). Anson County deeds, 1749-1926; indexes, 1748-1962, 1749-1962. (Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, 1962)
    Vol. 7, p. 148, [1] Image 587 FamilySearch.org.

    Lewis Meador and Job Meador of Anson County, NC
    bound unto Jeptheth Vining of same place
    for 1000 __ good and lawful money of NC to be paid to Jeptheth Vining
    The Condition being that if Lewis and Job Meador execute a good and lawful deed to certain tracts of land formerly belonging to Jason Meador dec'd and will to his wife during her life time the land being on Jones Creek containing 400 acres in three patents
    we do bend ourselves to execute the same Jepthath Vining and that on the first day of January 1780 without fraud or further delay
    then this present obligation to be void and of no effect or else to stand remain in full force.
    Signed 18 February 1778, Lewis Meador, Job Meador
    Witnesses Thomas Bullock, Rebekeh x her mark Carrell, Mary x her mark Bullock
    Proved Oct 1779

  18. 18.0 18.1 There is a persistent family story that Job lived to be over 100, dying at the age of 103. While the story no doubt honours his longevity, it is grossly exaggerated.
    If Job died in 1822 or 1823, for example, at the age of 100 or 101, he would have been born about 1722 or 1723, before his parents married.
    Estimated birth dates based on records when people are still young (and closer to the actual time of birth) are usually more reliable, as age was less likely to be exaggerated, and events like first tax payments more likely to be accurate. (See Hill for a calculation of estimated birth.)
    Based on Job's estimated birth date, which is consistent with early records, he would have been about 87 when he died.