John married Phebe Parker, abt. 1758, at Stump Fort, Washington VA. Their marriage was blessed with eleven children.
John was a soldier in both the French & Indian War, and the Revolutionary War.
In 1780, he fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain, South Carolina.
Will of John Franklin, Senior, Burke County, North Carolina, 1813.
In the name of Good, Amen - I John Franklin Senior of the County of Burke and State of North Carolina being perfect health, and of sound disposing mind and memory (thanks be to God his mercies) do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament and doe herby disallow, disannul and revoke all other and former wills and testaments by me made heretofore. After recommending my soul to God through Jesus Christ His Son and my Savior, my will is, and I do hereby direct my body to be buried in a decent orderly and Christian like manner as my executor hereafter to be named may think proper and fit. My will is and I do hereby devise and bequeath unto my well beloved wife, Phebe Franklin all my household furniture entire (one feather bed and furniture excepted) my stock of cattle, one sheep, some hogs, one horse creature to her heirs forever. My will is and I do devise and bequeath unto my son John Franklin a tract of two hundred acres of land heretofore conveyed to him by deed, this being intended to confirm to him and his heirs forever the said land. My will is and I do devise unto my son David Franklin one hundred acres of land being the same I purchased of my son John Franklin, let the same be more or less to him my son and his heirs forever. My will is and I do devise and bequath unto my son Moses Franklin one hundred acres of land to the same I purchased to Tindall Sutherland lying on lower creek to him and his heirs forever. My will is and I do devise and bequeath unto my son Johnathan Franklin, a tract of land containing two hundred and twenty one acres being part of two grants originally granted to me from the state and by me conveyed to the said Johnathan on the first day of the present month to be the same more or less this bequest being intended to confirm the said deed of conveyance and everything there from the life state in the said land which was conveyed by the said Johnathan to my wife, Phebe Franklin and myself on the second day of this present month. I do devise and bequeath unto my said son Johnathan Franklin all my farming tools and the residue of my estate which may or shall not be willed to him and his heirs forever. My will and I do devise and bequeath unto my son Samuel Franklin one hundred acres off the west side of the three hundred and twenty acre tract on which I reside and which was on the first day of this month surveyed and laid off by William W. Erwin. Beginning on a hickory the southwest coner of the tract and joining said Erwin's line and running east 108 poles to a white oak on the side of a hill then north 150 poles to two sourwoods close by the roadside going to James Kincaid then west 108 poles to a pine the northwest corner of the old survey thence to the beginning to be the same more or less to him and his heirs forever. My will is and I do devise and bqueath unto my daughters Jemima, Phebe, Ann, Lydia, Mary and Rachel two dollars and fifty centers ($2.50) each to be paid tp them and each to them and their heirs forever. My will is and I do devise that my executor pay ll my just debts the expenses of my burial and the lagacies which are to be paid in money to the legates and out of any monies that may be upon hand debts due and owing to me and to be made out of property not willed that he pay the balance of any out of the Chattel estate willed him. My will is and I do hereby nominate and appoint my son Johnathan Franklin my sole executor of this my last will and testament.
In testimony of which I have hereto set my hand and affixed my seal this the fourth day of June Anno Domini 1813.
John Franklin Seal January 1819 Executed Father: David Franklin
Be sure to read "A Mystery Story: The Case Of the Origins of John Franklin, Sr.
(1729-1819 of Burke County, North Carolina" at http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ffru/genealogy/Docs/FFRU_back/vol06.pdf∼John Franklin (Senior) had 100's of acres of grant property just north of the present day Burke County Landfill.
Most of what was his property is now North Carolina Game Lands owned by the NC Wildlife Commission.
In the early to mid 1800's, much of his land was purchased by Col John Sudderth, who later owned the plantation now occupied by the Burke County Landfill.
John was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. He married Phoebe Parker who was most likely born in Connelly Springs, Burke County, NC. His children were: Samuel, John, Jr., Jemima Catherine, David, Moses, Sally Anna, Lydia, Mary, Rachel B., Phoebe, and Jonathan.
Son Samuel gained most of the area around present day Linville Falls through land grants. His holdings included present day Linville Caverns and the northern end of Linville Gorge including Linville Falls. He was considered to be the "original pioneer" of Linville Falls.
John was a soldier in both the French & Indian War, and the Revolutionary War.
In 1780, he fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain, South Carolina.
Will of John Franklin, Senior, Burke County, North Carolina, 1813.
In the name of Good, Amen - I John Franklin Senior of the County of Burke and State of North Carolina being perfect health, and of sound disposing mind and memory (thanks be to God his mercies) do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament and doe herby disallow, disannul and revoke all other and former wills and testaments by me made heretofore. After recommending my soul to God through Jesus Christ His Son and my Savior, my will is, and I do hereby direct my body to be buried in a decent orderly and Christian like manner as my executor hereafter to be named may think proper and fit. My will is and I do hereby devise and bequeath unto my well beloved wife, Phebe Franklin all my household furniture entire (one feather bed and furniture excepted) my stock of cattle, one sheep, some hogs, one horse creature to her heirs forever. My will is and I do devise and bequeath unto my son John Franklin a tract of two hundred acres of land heretofore conveyed to him by deed, this being intended to confirm to him and his heirs forever the said land. My will is and I do devise unto my son David Franklin one hundred acres of land being the same I purchased of my son John Franklin, let the same be more or less to him my son and his heirs forever. My will is and I do devise and bequath unto my son Moses Franklin one hundred acres of land to the same I purchased to Tindall Sutherland lying on lower creek to him and his heirs forever. My will is and I do devise and bequeath unto my son Johnathan Franklin, a tract of land containing two hundred and twenty one acres being part of two grants originally granted to me from the state and by me conveyed to the said Johnathan on the first day of the present month to be the same more or less this bequest being intended to confirm the said deed of conveyance and everything there from the life state in the said land which was conveyed by the said Johnathan to my wife, Phebe Franklin and myself on the second day of this present month. I do devise and bequeath unto my said son Johnathan Franklin all my farming tools and the residue of my estate which may or shall not be willed to him and his heirs forever. My will and I do devise and bequeath unto my son Samuel Franklin one hundred acres off the west side of the three hundred and twenty acre tract on which I reside and which was on the first day of this month surveyed and laid off by William W. Erwin. Beginning on a hickory the southwest coner of the tract and joining said Erwin's line and running east 108 poles to a white oak on the side of a hill then north 150 poles to two sourwoods close by the roadside going to James Kincaid then west 108 poles to a pine the northwest corner of the old survey thence to the beginning to be the same more or less to him and his heirs forever. My will is and I do devise and bqueath unto my daughters Jemima, Phebe, Ann, Lydia, Mary and Rachel two dollars and fifty centers ($2.50) each to be paid tp them and each to them and their heirs forever. My will is and I do devise that my executor pay ll my just debts the expenses of my burial and the lagacies which are to be paid in money to the legates and out of any monies that may be upon hand debts due and owing to me and to be made out of property not willed that he pay the balance of any out of the Chattel estate willed him. My will is and I do hereby nominate and appoint my son Johnathan Franklin my sole executor of this my last will and testament.
In testimony of which I have hereto set my hand and affixed my seal this the fourth day of June Anno Domini 1813.
John Franklin Seal January 1819 Executed Father: David Franklin
Be sure to read "A Mystery Story: The Case Of the Origins of John Franklin, Sr.
(1729-1819 of Burke County, North Carolina" at http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ffru/genealogy/Docs/FFRU_back/vol06.pdf∼John Franklin (Senior) had 100's of acres of grant property just north of the present day Burke County Landfill.
Most of what was his property is now North Carolina Game Lands owned by the NC Wildlife Commission.
In the early to mid 1800's, much of his land was purchased by Col John Sudderth, who later owned the plantation now occupied by the Burke County Landfill.
John was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. He married Phoebe Parker who was most likely born in Connelly Springs, Burke County, NC. His children were: Samuel, John, Jr., Jemima Catherine, David, Moses, Sally Anna, Lydia, Mary, Rachel B., Phoebe, and Jonathan.
Son Samuel gained most of the area around present day Linville Falls through land grants. His holdings included present day Linville Caverns and the northern end of Linville Gorge including Linville Falls. He was considered to be the "original pioneer" of Linville Falls.
John married Phebe Parker, abt. 1758, at Stump Fort, Washington VA. Their marriage was blessed with eleven children.
John was a soldier in both the French & Indian War, and the Revolutionary War.
In 1780, he fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain, South Carolina.
Will of John Franklin, Senior, Burke County, North Carolina, 1813.
In the name of Good, Amen - I John Franklin Senior of the County of Burke and State of North Carolina being perfect health, and of sound disposing mind and memory (thanks be to God his mercies) do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament and doe herby disallow, disannul and revoke all other and former wills and testaments by me made heretofore. After recommending my soul to God through Jesus Christ His Son and my Savior, my will is, and I do hereby direct my body to be buried in a decent orderly and Christian like manner as my executor hereafter to be named may think proper and fit. My will is and I do hereby devise and bequeath unto my well beloved wife, Phebe Franklin all my household furniture entire (one feather bed and furniture excepted) my stock of cattle, one sheep, some hogs, one horse creature to her heirs forever. My will is and I do devise and bequeath unto my son John Franklin a tract of two hundred acres of land heretofore conveyed to him by deed, this being intended to confirm to him and his heirs forever the said land. My will is and I do devise unto my son David Franklin one hundred acres of land being the same I purchased of my son John Franklin, let the same be more or less to him my son and his heirs forever. My will is and I do devise and bequath unto my son Moses Franklin one hundred acres of land to the same I purchased to Tindall Sutherland lying on lower creek to him and his heirs forever. My will is and I do devise and bequeath unto my son Johnathan Franklin, a tract of land containing two hundred and twenty one acres being part of two grants originally granted to me from the state and by me conveyed to the said Johnathan on the first day of the present month to be the same more or less this bequest being intended to confirm the said deed of conveyance and everything there from the life state in the said land which was conveyed by the said Johnathan to my wife, Phebe Franklin and myself on the second day of this present month. I do devise and bequeath unto my said son Johnathan Franklin all my farming tools and the residue of my estate which may or shall not be willed to him and his heirs forever. My will and I do devise and bequeath unto my son Samuel Franklin one hundred acres off the west side of the three hundred and twenty acre tract on which I reside and which was on the first day of this month surveyed and laid off by William W. Erwin. Beginning on a hickory the southwest coner of the tract and joining said Erwin's line and running east 108 poles to a white oak on the side of a hill then north 150 poles to two sourwoods close by the roadside going to James Kincaid then west 108 poles to a pine the northwest corner of the old survey thence to the beginning to be the same more or less to him and his heirs forever. My will is and I do devise and bqueath unto my daughters Jemima, Phebe, Ann, Lydia, Mary and Rachel two dollars and fifty centers ($2.50) each to be paid tp them and each to them and their heirs forever. My will is and I do devise that my executor pay ll my just debts the expenses of my burial and the lagacies which are to be paid in money to the legates and out of any monies that may be upon hand debts due and owing to me and to be made out of property not willed that he pay the balance of any out of the Chattel estate willed him. My will is and I do hereby nominate and appoint my son Johnathan Franklin my sole executor of this my last will and testament.
In testimony of which I have hereto set my hand and affixed my seal this the fourth day of June Anno Domini 1813.
John Franklin Seal January 1819 Executed Father: David Franklin
Be sure to read "A Mystery Story: The Case Of the Origins of John Franklin, Sr.
(1729-1819 of Burke County, North Carolina" at http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ffru/genealogy/Docs/FFRU_back/vol06.pdf∼John Franklin (Senior) had 100's of acres of grant property just north of the present day Burke County Landfill.
Most of what was his property is now North Carolina Game Lands owned by the NC Wildlife Commission.
In the early to mid 1800's, much of his land was purchased by Col John Sudderth, who later owned the plantation now occupied by the Burke County Landfill.
John was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. He married Phoebe Parker who was most likely born in Connelly Springs, Burke County, NC. His children were: Samuel, John, Jr., Jemima Catherine, David, Moses, Sally Anna, Lydia, Mary, Rachel B., Phoebe, and Jonathan.
Son Samuel gained most of the area around present day Linville Falls through land grants. His holdings included present day Linville Caverns and the northern end of Linville Gorge including Linville Falls. He was considered to be the "original pioneer" of Linville Falls.
John was a soldier in both the French & Indian War, and the Revolutionary War.
In 1780, he fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain, South Carolina.
Will of John Franklin, Senior, Burke County, North Carolina, 1813.
In the name of Good, Amen - I John Franklin Senior of the County of Burke and State of North Carolina being perfect health, and of sound disposing mind and memory (thanks be to God his mercies) do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament and doe herby disallow, disannul and revoke all other and former wills and testaments by me made heretofore. After recommending my soul to God through Jesus Christ His Son and my Savior, my will is, and I do hereby direct my body to be buried in a decent orderly and Christian like manner as my executor hereafter to be named may think proper and fit. My will is and I do hereby devise and bequeath unto my well beloved wife, Phebe Franklin all my household furniture entire (one feather bed and furniture excepted) my stock of cattle, one sheep, some hogs, one horse creature to her heirs forever. My will is and I do devise and bequeath unto my son John Franklin a tract of two hundred acres of land heretofore conveyed to him by deed, this being intended to confirm to him and his heirs forever the said land. My will is and I do devise unto my son David Franklin one hundred acres of land being the same I purchased of my son John Franklin, let the same be more or less to him my son and his heirs forever. My will is and I do devise and bequath unto my son Moses Franklin one hundred acres of land to the same I purchased to Tindall Sutherland lying on lower creek to him and his heirs forever. My will is and I do devise and bequeath unto my son Johnathan Franklin, a tract of land containing two hundred and twenty one acres being part of two grants originally granted to me from the state and by me conveyed to the said Johnathan on the first day of the present month to be the same more or less this bequest being intended to confirm the said deed of conveyance and everything there from the life state in the said land which was conveyed by the said Johnathan to my wife, Phebe Franklin and myself on the second day of this present month. I do devise and bequeath unto my said son Johnathan Franklin all my farming tools and the residue of my estate which may or shall not be willed to him and his heirs forever. My will and I do devise and bequeath unto my son Samuel Franklin one hundred acres off the west side of the three hundred and twenty acre tract on which I reside and which was on the first day of this month surveyed and laid off by William W. Erwin. Beginning on a hickory the southwest coner of the tract and joining said Erwin's line and running east 108 poles to a white oak on the side of a hill then north 150 poles to two sourwoods close by the roadside going to James Kincaid then west 108 poles to a pine the northwest corner of the old survey thence to the beginning to be the same more or less to him and his heirs forever. My will is and I do devise and bqueath unto my daughters Jemima, Phebe, Ann, Lydia, Mary and Rachel two dollars and fifty centers ($2.50) each to be paid tp them and each to them and their heirs forever. My will is and I do devise that my executor pay ll my just debts the expenses of my burial and the lagacies which are to be paid in money to the legates and out of any monies that may be upon hand debts due and owing to me and to be made out of property not willed that he pay the balance of any out of the Chattel estate willed him. My will is and I do hereby nominate and appoint my son Johnathan Franklin my sole executor of this my last will and testament.
In testimony of which I have hereto set my hand and affixed my seal this the fourth day of June Anno Domini 1813.
John Franklin Seal January 1819 Executed Father: David Franklin
Be sure to read "A Mystery Story: The Case Of the Origins of John Franklin, Sr.
(1729-1819 of Burke County, North Carolina" at http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ffru/genealogy/Docs/FFRU_back/vol06.pdf∼John Franklin (Senior) had 100's of acres of grant property just north of the present day Burke County Landfill.
Most of what was his property is now North Carolina Game Lands owned by the NC Wildlife Commission.
In the early to mid 1800's, much of his land was purchased by Col John Sudderth, who later owned the plantation now occupied by the Burke County Landfill.
John was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. He married Phoebe Parker who was most likely born in Connelly Springs, Burke County, NC. His children were: Samuel, John, Jr., Jemima Catherine, David, Moses, Sally Anna, Lydia, Mary, Rachel B., Phoebe, and Jonathan.
Son Samuel gained most of the area around present day Linville Falls through land grants. His holdings included present day Linville Caverns and the northern end of Linville Gorge including Linville Falls. He was considered to be the "original pioneer" of Linville Falls.
Gravesite Details
He is buried (exact location undiscovered) on his grant properties off of Duckworth Drive in Chesterfield, Burke County, NC on either what is now North Carolina Game Lands or Burke County Landfill property.
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