Person:John McKissack (2)

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John McKissack
b.Abt 1720
Facts and Events
Name John McKissack
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1720
Marriage to Rebecca Simmonds
Residence[1] 1744 Edgecombe, North Carolina, United StatesPaid "12 pounds 10 shillings current money of Virginia" for 300 acres
Residence[2] 1749 Granville, North Carolina, United StatesBoarded
Residence[2] 1752 Franklinton, Franklin, North Carolina, United States225 acres on Taylor's Creek
Military[3] 1754 Enisgn of a state militia company
Purchase[2] 1757 Purchased first slave, Nan; she remained with the family until at least 1799
Military[3] 1758 Lieutenant in North Carolina State Militia
Death[2] 1799 Person, North Carolina, United States
References
  1. Halifax County, North Carolina Public Registry, Deed Book 5
    275.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 McKissack, David. The Life and Times of Some Decendents of John and Rebecca McKissack, 1740-1940
    64, 75, 83, 85, 90, 93, 103-5, 108, 178.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Account of the Battle of Ramsour's Mill, by General Joseph Graham, published in the Catawba Journal, February 1, 1825, contained in Historical Sketches of North Carolina, Wheeler, 1964
    227.