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| John Coor Pender |
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| Born: Before 1755 Wayne Co., NC
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"John Core Pender" over 45 in 1800 census Wayne Co., NC | ||
| Married: 02 Feb 1784 Johnston Co., NC | John Core Pender Bride: Theney Stevens Bond Date: 02 Feb 1784 Bond #: 000069284 Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 ImageNum: 007643 County: Johnston Record #: 01 165 Bondsman: William Fellow Witness: Wm Warde |
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| Died: Aug 1816 Wayne Co., NC | WILL OF JOHN C. PENDER see actual Will below In the name of God amen. I John C. Pender of North Carolina and Wayne County being of perfect mind and memory blessed be God for it. Do make and ordain that my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following this 1st day of May in the year of our Lord 1814 Item. I give to my wife Bethany Pender one Negro Woman ?????? and one home, one Feather Bed, ?????furniture and one large chest ? and her Bridle and Saddle. Land to my wife Bethany one half my ??? furniture and one half of stock of cattle and one Forth part of my Hoggs and all my ???? the tolls of all kind the paper Black mare and Little sorrel mare to support my children until they are Raised and Amos and his Wife all their children and Ned and his Wife and all their children to support my Children, and Wife under the Direction of my Executors and not to be took our of their ???? and profession and my Beds and furniture is to for my children now named. I give Lewis C. Pender one feather Bed and furniture and Charlotte one Feather bed and Furniture and Pherebee one Feather bed and Furniture and the Balance of the Beds and Furniture I give to my son J. C. Pinder theyre all to Receive their Bed and furniture when they are Married. I give to them silver to housekeeping which I lend to my wife ??? under Care of my Executors. during her Widowhood I also lend to my Wife the plantation on whereon I now live called the Waldin Land and What Land I bought of Thomas Coor Junior and the Barley Field land all 220 acres for them to support when provided my Executors think proper of it. Item 1 I give to my son Lewis C. Pender all the lands on the North side of Little River Road including My old plantation Where my son Edmund Deceased that is to say the lands between Richard Coors land the Road From ???? to Smithfield and ajoinding George ??? Jernigans and the Fellan Lands, Which I give to him and his Lawful Heirs and in case that he the son Lewis C. Pender should have no Lawful Heir then my son John C. Pender should heir the land before ???? which I give him and his heirs for Ever and Lewis should have a Lawful heir then to him and His heirs for Ever. I give to my son John C. Pender the younger My Lands and Plantation whereas I now Live. My ???? Lands, the thomas Coor Lands and all the land Bought of Thomas Pollock in the roundabouts and all the land I Bought of Wm Coor of my brother Fleet Coor Est Ded and my Mill and Charles Branch that is to say all the Lands over Charles Branch fords toward sasfers and beginning at the mouth of the Cuttail branch and ????? of the branch to the Wilcat pond and with the pond to my Back Line and with that Line to the ???? not Branch and down to the Wm Coor Land including all the Lands Between the Pond and Percosan. I give to him and his heirs for Ever if a Lawful Heir which and after at and Dies I give to my son Lewis and heirs for Ever. I also give John C. Pender my son Amos and ???? and all their children Ben, Bob, Milley, Will and all there ??? and Joe Whilis child to him and his heir for Ever.. others than to what mentioned afterwards and one Feather bed and furniture. I give to daughter Charlotte C. Pender the Lands Described as follow the Hedgeneth Lands including the fork of Charles branch and the percosan branch and beginning at ???? in Charles branch below the old dam at the mouth of a small Branch and runs a strait line to my corner near the head of the Near prong of the Cattail Branch the Beginning Corner of the Hedgeneth Land and then with the Line of ???? 190 acre ?? dating to my father old Patent Line and with that fence so as to include all the Lands I own No of that line to Little River Road. I give three Negros Dick Rose and Daisy one Feather Bed and furniture. I give to my daughters Whirlee Pender all the rest of my lands not before giving away and Charles Branch and the Eth waters of it including all the Lands between the Cattail Branch that lead to the Wilcat Pond and the Lands given to Charlotte Pender which I give to her and her heirs for Ever provided she should Die without a Lawfull Heir then her Brother John C. Pender should have her land and Negros to Ned and his Wife ??? and one Feather bed and Furniture. The balance of my Estate not Expressly Named I leave to be sold by my executor Lewis C. Pender and Jess Slocum. I constitute my ??? my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following. Henry Coor J. C. Pender Hornerful Manly By my Will and ???? is that John Ammons nor my daughter Elizabeth should not have one cent of my Estate nor What I have give my Children. J. C. Pender |
FATHER
unknown
MOTHER
WIFE
CHILDREN
1. Apsilla Coor Pender b. Abt 1785
2. Lewis Coorpender b. 1786
4. Edmund Coor. Pender b. 1787-1794
5. Elizabeth Pender b. Abt 1799
6. John Coor Pender Jr. b. abt 1808
7. Pherebe C Pender b. 1809
It appears that after the death of his father, John Coor Pender was raised by his Uncle, Thomas Coor Sr. In a deposition by Arthur Howell on Dec 15, 1800 in a law suit of Thomas Cox vs William Coor, Arthur Howell refers to a scene happening about 20 years earlier in which, "John Coor Pender came down to where they were at work and Thomas Coor Sen said to John Coor Pender do you think Richard Cox a damned old longnosed Son of a Bitch hath not forewarned me from cutting or clear a saline place here for it was his land from Micajah Cox to Tolar's old lines and the said Thomas Coor Sen, said that eh would have a saline place for the River was as free for one man as another and the said John Coor Pender said daddy here me unless you have right you must not concern with it." This deposition was found in the Estate Papers for Thomas Coor, Sen.
In his will written in 1814 John Coor Pender refers to his brother, Fleet Coor. Clearly, John Coor Pender thinks of Thomas Coor, Sen as his father.
John C. Pender signed the four documents noted below. They appear to be made by the same person, showing that the signature of the son of Grace C Pender is the same signature as the John C, Pender who died in 1816.
| The will of Grace Coor as witnessed by J C Pender in May 1803  |
The promisory note of John C. Pender, dated May
1815. as found in the settlement of his estate |
The signature of J C Pender as witness to
the will of Thomas Coor. February 1794 |
The signature of J C Pender from his own will dated May 1814 |
| John Coor Pender seems to have been involved with the American Revolution. The State of North Caroline with Richard Caswell, Jun. as Entry Officer of Claims for Lands in the County of Dobbs ordered a survey for John Coor Pender in 1779. However, military land warrants were only given for service in the Continental Line and not for militia duty. Soldiers had to serve a minimum of two years in the Continental Army to receive military land grants and these grants were for acreage of at least 640 acres. So this survey was not a result for military service in the Continental Army. However, John Coor Pender did act as an officer for land claims in March of 1782 |
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John Coor Pender acquired a lot of land between 1779 and his death in 1814. He had several small children and grandchildren in his care at the time of his death. In his estate papers which are on file at the Archives of North Carolina in Raleigh there are references to some orphans. John Coor Pender had been the guardian for Solomon Pope, son of his daughter, Apsilla.at the time of his death. Hopton Coor is appointed guardian to Bethany C Pender a minor orphan in May of 1819. Hopton Coor was also guardian for John C Pender, Jr.. Stephen Cooke, Guad, is suing estate in the November term of 1818, no known orphan connected. Pherebe C Pender, daughter of John C. Pender, has at least three guardians before she comes of age, namely Calvin Coor, Hopton Coor and finally Stephen Boyte. (married to Clarissa Coor - daughter of Hopton Coor). In the estate settlement of Bethany C. Pender we found this court record. Feb Term 1829. "The petition of Lewis C. Pender, Calvin Coor and wife Pherby Coorpender by her guardian Stephen Boyette and Solomon Pope humbly complaining showeth unto your worships that some time in the year 1825 Bethana C Pender died intestate leaving your petitioners, John C. Pender, William McKenny and wife Sally - David McKennie and wife Bethena her heirs at law - Solomon Pope, Sally wife of William and Bettana wife of David all now being the children of (left blank) who was the daughter and heir of Bethana C. Pender. That either at February or May Term 1825 Joshua Hastings administered upon her estate, who has since died - that John C. Pender has since taken out letters of administration de Bonis non . Your petitioners all edge that this intestate was possessed in her own right of two negroes Cato and Philis - that there are no debts to satisfy they therefore pray your worships will appoint John Kennedy, John W Sasser and John C Crawford commissioners to divide said negroes and all other property in the hands of the administrator (leaving a sufficiency to defray debts if any arrise in future) among your petitioners that a coppy of this petition be served upon John C Pender the administrator and your petitioners as in duty bound I will ever pray." This seems to imply there were other grandchildren.
In the deposition of Calvin Coor in 1823 in the supreme court case of Toler vs Toler, Calvin Coor is asked "What relation are you to the defendants?" He replies, "Blaney Coor is my brother and Stephen Boyte and John C. Pender are my brothers-in-law." It is not apparent how Calvin Coor is related to John Coor Pender., Jr.
The State Records of North Carolina XXI pg 871-872
At a General Assembly begun and held at Fayetteville, on the first day of
November, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety, and in
the fifteenth year of the independence of the United States of America; Being
the first session of this Assembly. The returning officers for the several
counties certified that the following persons were duly elected to represent the
same in this house, to wit: === Wayne: -- John Coor Pender
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is assumed this John Coor Pender is the same John C. Pender who was murdered
in 1816.. There is not mention of a Paul Pender in the will of John Coor
Pender, His son, Edmund predeceased his father. John C. Pender
Jr. is young enough to need a guardian. However, there is a Paul Pender
involved in a lawsuit over the murder in 1816. |
From an article entitled "Life in Old Waynesborough"
published in the Goldsboro News-Argus, Goldsboro, North Carolina, on Sunday,
Nov 16, 1975 "John Coor-Pender had been sheriff of the county and also member of the General Assembly. He was murdered while driving from his home to the county seat. The assassin who was well known, fled and was not apprehended. Later Paul Coor-Pender, a son, learned that the murderer had taken refuge among the Seminole Indians in Florida. He took off alone in search of the murderer and found him. He demanded of the Indian Chief his release for trial. The Chief surrendered the prisoner to young Pender who brought him back to Waynesborough and delivered him to the new sheriff. The man was tried and found guilty and executed." However, there is a lot of doubt that this article is correct. We have no evidence and doubt very much that Paul was a son of John Coor Pender. |
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As an aside: NC Supreme Case # 485 Pipkin vs Coor. James Pipkin had several children: Joseph, Elisha, Challes, James and Ruth Pipkin. His unknown wife brought to the marriage a son named John Coor. When the son James Pipkin died in 1795 without issue his estate was distributed to his siblings with the question of whether a half brother was entitled. This John Coor was purchasing a cow and a calf from the inventory of John Coor Pender in 1816.
Stephen Coor was also purchasing goods; a gun and a pot. In the deposition of B Robin Hood in 1812 in the suit of Stephen Coor vs John Coor Pender, Hood says that "seventeen or eighteen years ago he was running land for Old Thomas Coor Father of the present plaintiff and the sd Thomas Coor shewed a red oak corner somewhere near the line where Hood was running from the river out." Stephen Coor is not mentioned in the will or estate settlement of Thomas Coor. However, this Thomas Coor was raising John Coor Pender, son of his sister Grace, and Harfrey and Jonathan Coor Pender, sons of his sister Elizabeth. He may have taken in another family who had a son named Stephen Coor.
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In Fall Term 1816 three people were called as witnesses in the murder of John Coor Pender: Paul Pender, Polly Bradbury and Blake Jernigan vs David Jernigan over the murder of Sheriff John Coor Pender.