Documentation that Henry Plott died in 1837. Modern tombstone error, should read 1837, not 1839.

Evidence again that Henry Plott died in 1837.

The settlement of George Plott's estate can be located in the North Carolina Archives, Lincoln County Estates 1779 – 1925 C.R.060.508.101 f. Plott George, 1834. (Note: 1834 would be the year that the estate was finalized, not the year of George’s death.) Within these recorded documents, in fact, the very first page of the file is an Official List of George and Margaret Plott's nine children; five sons and four daughters. These names are to be used as written and in the order that they were written (first born to last born); to do otherwise is an insult to the person and the Plott Family Clan. The list appears to be written after Margaret's death in 1830 at the authorization and information supplied by the executors of George Plott's Last Will and Testament; “I make and ordain John Plott and Elias Plott my sons Executors of this my last will and testament...” As George directed John and Elias to execute his Last Will and Testament, he is faithfully trusting them after his death to carry out his wishes. In George’s Estate Settlement Papers, both Elias Plott and John Plott signed original signatures confirming “one ninth”; meaning that there were nine children of George and Margaret. We are to give John Plott and Elias Plott credence to knowing the order that their siblings were born, the names of their siblings; including, nieces and nephews listed.

I have seen several modern written venues that report Henry moved to Haywood County in 1799 through 1805. From evidence documented by Henry himself, these years are incorrect. It is true that Henry, Lydia and their children were the first Plotts to live in Haywood County, North Carolina, southern Appalachian Mountain Range. However, Henry Plott recorded living in Cabarrus County on the 1800 Cabarrus County - Salisbury District, U. S. Second Census, page 704; Three Free White Males Under 10 would be Osborn, George and Amos, One Free White Males 26 thru 44 would be Henry, and One Free White Females 26 thru 44 would be Lydia. After the 1800 Census and, as mentioned in this report, Henry was Juror number three on the Cabarrus County Petit Court on April 17, 1805, Wednesday. In order for Henry to have qualified for the Cabarrus County Court of Pleas and Quarter Session jury duty, he would have had to still reside in Cabarrus County. Henry Plott recorded on the 1810 Haywood County, U. S. Census, page 71; Four Free White Males Under 10 would be Amos, Enos, Jonathan and David, Two Free White Males 10 thru 15 would be Osborn and George, One Free White Males 26 thru 44 would be Henry, One Free White Female Under 10 would be Margaret “Peggy” and One Free White Female 26 thru 44 would be Lydia. Henry first purchased land in Haywood County from John Welch, Deed book A, Page 66, “this 12th day of March A.D. 1810.”, “sum of three hundred Dollars”, “whereon the said Plott now lives on a fork of Richland Called Dicks Creek”, “Containing by estimation one hundred acres”. Please note that the deed reveals that Henry Plott was already living on the property on March 12, 1810. Haywood County was formed in 1808 from the western part of Buncombe County. It is accurate to report that Henry’s family moved to live in Haywood County between April 17, 1805 to prior to March 12, 1810.

See credit to map on photo. I do not take credit for the map. For genealogy history only.

Henry Plott was one of the first original landowners of the Town of Concord, North Carolina. “Monday, April the 18th, 1796 John Means, James Scott & Leonard Barberick, Commissioners of the Public Buildings and sale of Lots in the Town of Concord in this County came into Court and acknowledged the Execution of Several Deeds of Conveyance by them Signed, Sealed & delivered to the following Purchasers thereof viz: to . . . (sixteenth 16th name) Henry Plott Lot #5 NW Square” on Union Street. The history reports that that forty-three (43) lots were sold to the highest bidders and that Henry Plott successfully bid “five pounds seventeen shillings” and acquired lot number five. Cabarrus County, NC, Deed Book 2, Page 70-71. Henry bought this land almost seven months before he married Lydia Osborn. He would sell lot number five (5) to Philip Pless “the third Day of June in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred” for “the sum of twenty-five pounds”. Cabarrus County, NC, Deed Book 4, Page 28-30.

Henry Plott was one of the first original landowners of the Town of Concord, North Carolina. “Monday, April the 18th, 1796 John Means, James Scott & Leonard Barberick, Commissioners of the Public Buildings and sale of Lots in the Town of Concord in this County came into Court and acknowledged the Execution of Several Deeds of Conveyance by them Signed, Sealed & delivered to the following Purchasers thereof viz: to . . . (sixteenth 16th name) Henry Plott Lot #5 NW Square” on Union Street. The history reports that that forty-three (43) lots were sold to the highest bidders and that Henry Plott successfully bid “five pounds seventeen shillings” and acquired lot number five. Cabarrus County, NC, Deed Book 2, Page 70-71. Henry bought this land almost seven months before he married Lydia Osborn. He would sell lot number five (5) to Philip Pless “the third Day of June in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred” for “the sum of twenty-five pounds”. Cabarrus County, NC, Deed Book 4, Page 28-30.

State of No. Carolina
Haywood County

Clerk's office 6th
November AD 1837

The undersigned Justices of the Peace
For Said having met in the Clerk's office
Agreeable to act of Assembly in such
Case provided and being informed that
Henry Plott, Sr. of Said County lately
Deceased have let Some perishable
Property it is needful to dispose of
Before the regular return of our Court
Of pleas & quarter sessions They have
Therefore nominated consulted and
Appointed William Welch of Said
County Special Administrator to
Sell and dispose of the property
Contained in the annexed ___________
On a credit of not less than Six or
More than twelve months. The property
Consists of Thirteen Head of Cattle, two
Head of horses and twenty five
Head of Hogs. The Said Wm. Welch
Having entered into pay in the
Sum of one thousand Dollars with
Enos Plott Security and having qualified
according to law Therefore
let special letters of Administrators
______

Present
D.C. Howell
Joseph Chambers
William Moore

Esquires