David Rozier, Jr.

The info for this David Rosier appears to be partly mixed with that of another David Rosier living in the area at the time.

http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/rozier/230/

I do not believe that the Rosiers of 18th century Bladen/Robeson Co., NC descend from the David Rosier who died in Halifax Co., NC in 1760. (In other words, I disagree with family tree entries found at Ancestry dot com).

There are two distinct David Rosiers living in North Carolina in the middle 1700s. There is the David1 Rosier who died in Halifax in 1760, and there is the David2 who had four sons living in Bladen/Robeson in the 1760s-1780s.

Regardless of how the name is spelled in the records-and there are many ways to spell or misspell it-I use “Rosier”.

David1 who died in Halifax Co., North Carolina in 1760 left a will naming his children John, David, Shadrack, Sarah, and Meshach. These five children are presumed born in the period 1720-1745. I have not had much luck in tracing these five individuals, with the possible exception of Meshach, who might be the person receiving 150 acres in Camden Dist., SC on November 15, 1784.

The 1768 through 1786 tax lists for Bladen Co., North Carolina show four persons—John, Isaac, Reuben, and David Rosier. They invariably lived adjacent to one another and to other associated families, so it is presumed that they are siblings. From the ages given in the many entries, the four men were born in the period 1726-1736. Many of their sons’ names were given as well. The 1768 entry for David gives his name as “David Rosier, Jr.” which leads to the assumption that the father of these four men was the David2 Rosier. (Robeson Co. was formed from Bladen Co., NC in 1787)

A brief outline for the descendency of David2 Rosier follows:

1 David2 Rosier

2 John Rosier (1726-1801) (shown in all tax lists from 1768 through 1786, and also the 1790 census for Robeson) (sons’names given in Barnwell Co., SC DB "A", page 95-96 in a deed of land to his three sons September 13, 1800)

3 John Rosier (1760-after 1820 Barnwell Co., SC)

3 Christian Rosier (1750-after 1830 Abbeville Co., SC) + Sarah Ann Sims?

3 Jacob Rosier (1750-after 1810 Barnwell Co., SC) (1810 census for Barnwell Co., SC) (Barnwell Co., SC, DB “G”. page 231 Jacob and Eve Rosier deed to Nathaniel Jordan January 9, 1808) + Eve

2 Isaac Rosier (1730-between 1779-1787 Bladen Co., NC) (shown in tax lists from 1768 through 1776)

3 William Rosier 1752 (1772 tax list for Isaac shows William is head of the household, and his brother Daniel is of age)

3 Daniel Rosier 1756 (mentioned in 1772 and 1776 tax list for father Isaac)

3 Isaac Rosier 1760 (mentioned in 1776 tax list for father Isaac)

3 David Rosier 1765 (Robeson Co., NC DB "A", pages 94-96, a deed where David Rozar sells 100 acres to James Stephens on March 22, 1787. Land was patented on November 11, 1779 by Isaac Rozar, Sr., and inherited by David Rozar his lawful heir).

2 Reuben Rosier (1735-after1810 Robeson Co., NC) (1774 and 1776 tax lists and 1790, 1800, and 1810 censes for Robeson Co., NC)

3 Reuben Rosier 1758-1798 (will in Robeson Co., NC, WB 1, page 52) (mentioned in 1776 tax list for father Reuben) + Patience Musselwhite

3 Robert Rosier 1760 (mentioned in 1776 tax list for father Reuben)

3 Elizabeth? Rosier (1764-1820) (I have not proven this child) + Nathaniel Musselwhite

3 David Rosier (1770-after 1821 Barnwell Co., SC) (1800 census for Robeson Co., NC located next to father Reuben Rosier) (May 2, 1821 deed from John Steel to “I. T. Rosier, son of David”. Barnwell Co., SC DB “N”, page 17.)

3 Briton Rosier 1771- (1790 census living next to John Rosier in Robeson Co., NC, later found in the 1810 Pendleton Co., SC census)

2 David Rosier (1736-after 1800 Marion Co., SC) (shown in all tax lists from 1768 through 1786) (The 1786 tax list for Bladen Co., NC shows 6 males under the age of 21, and the 1790 census for Georgetown Co., SC shows 6 males under the age of 16. So it is presumed the two are one and the same person. Again, in 1800 he is found in Marion Dist, SC with a surplus of boys)

3 Robert Rosier (1756-after1840 Wilkinson Co., Ga)

3 John Rosier 1760

3 William Rosier (1755-after 1830 Marion Co., SC) (will in Marion Co., SC, WB 1, page 160) + Chloe

So clearly there are two David Rosier families living at approximately the same time in North Carolina-one near the Virginia border and the other near the border with South Carolina. That their sons share some of the same given names leads me to guess that David1 and David2 are first cousins. If that is so, then their fathers must have been born in the c1670s-1680s, and their grandfather in c1650s.

Who might the ancestors be?

One possible lead is that Reuben Rosier, who left a will in 1798 Robeson Co., NC, named a son "Williamson". Various postings at either this site or the Ancestry dot com site, as well as online research at the different state archives, indicate that the Rosiers and Williamsons intermarried in the early 18th century.

• Reference: TNG Genealogy - SmartCopy: Oct 14 2019, 3:23:15 UTC