John Baldridge^[1]

1756 - 1834  (78 years)

• Name	John Baldridge
  Born	1756	Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  AFN	NWMZ-MR
  Died	1834	Rutherford County, North Carolina
  Buried	Rutherford County, North Carolina
  Person ID	I69110	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	29 Nov 1999

  
  

  Father	John Baldridge,   b. 1715, Coleraine, Ulster, Ireland ,   d. 16 Jul 1766, Martic Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania  (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Clark,   b. Abt 1720, Coleraine, Ulster, Ireland ,   d. 1 Jul 1823, Belwood, Cleveland County, North Carolina  (Age ~ 103 years)
  Married	1733	Coleraine, Ulster, Ireland
  Family ID	F25797	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1756 - Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Died - 1834 - Rutherford County, North Carolina Buried - - Rutherford County, North Carolina  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  James E. Wooley and Vivian Wooley, Rutherford County, NC Wills and Miscellaneous Records 1783-1868, ISBN 0-89308-413-1 Will book E, pg 10 10 Sept 1833 Recorded Jan court 1835 I, John Baldridge, being far advanced in life, but of sound mind & memory. I allow all lawful debts and funeral expenses be paid. I give unto my wife Sarah Baldridge the land I now live on, my negro Nance, one horse, two cows and calves, my hogs and sheep, and farming tools, household furniture, all crops during her natural life or widowhood. "Nance to take care of my silly daughter during her natural life that is Polly Clarke." I also allow my wife the property and negro girl Harriett that I received from her when we married. I allow my mill to be rented and my wife to receive the profits to assist in supporting the family. The balance of my property not herein mentioned to be sold and divided as follows: $50 to Little Brittain Church. I give my son-in-law William McGrove and my daughter Nancy, his wife, $10, they having receive their full share. I give to my dau. Rebecca and her son Samuel Baldridge, all my mechanical tools, except my smith tools. I give to my son-in-law William Porter, & my dau. Peggy, his wife, $500. I give to the children of my dau. Betsy, deceased and former wife of Thomas Smart, $500. At the decease of my wife I allow my plantation to be sold and at the death of my silly daughter, negro Nance and her issue, if any, to be sold, and the money divided as follows. Rebecca and her son Samuel one share, William Porter and his wife Peggy one share, the children of my dau. Betsy one share, my son John Baldridge one share. I give to the heirs of my son Doranton Baldridge one share. To my son William Baldridge one share. My son Joseph Baldridge one share.I appoint John Carson and Andrew Logan my executors. Witness: James Watson, William Allen, jurat. Signed John Baldridge

  
  

• Sources

  [S90] Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).