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Biography

Birth and Parents

Doc William Ogburn, Sr. was born in 1748 in Brunswick County, Virginia.

Ancestry

Doc William Ogburn, Sr was the son of John Henry, son of Simon, son of Nicholas, son of Nicholas, son of Simon, son of Simon. [1]

William Ogborne was the great grandson of the first Samuel Ogbourne in New Jersey.

1782 Revolutionary War Service
More About Doc William Ogburn, Sr: Military service: 23 April 1782, Gave aid in the American Revolution. Occupation: Doctor.

He was a private in Lieutenant Barnes Smock’s Troop of Light Dragoons, Monmouth County during the Revolutionary War.

1771 First Marriage to Hannah

He married first Hannah Warren 25 February 1771 in Brunswick County, Virginia, daughter of Benjamin Warren and Rebecca Wilkins. She was born 1740 in Brunswick County, Virginia. The date of Hannah's death is unknown. William and Hannah conveyed land in two deeds in Brunswick County, Virginia, in 1799 that were not recorded until 1801.

1802 Second Marriage
He married Second Unknown ? Wilkins 1802 in Brunswick County, Virginia. She was born About 1746.

Move to Guilford County, North Carolina
Slave and land conveyed to William Ogburn in 1778, 1789, 1784 and 1795.[1]

In 1808 William who had moved to Guilford Co, NC conveyed 306 acres to Edwin H. Peete of Mecklenburg County, Virginia .

1824 Death
William Ogburn, Sr, died about 1828 in Guilford County, NC

Will of William Ogburn 1824 of Guilford County, North Carolina.

In the name of God, Amen.

I William Ogburn of the County of Guilford and State of North Carolina calling to mind the uncertainty of life and that all mankind sooner or later must die have thought proper now being in sound mind and memory do make this my last will and Testament.
Imprimis, I order and direct that all my just debts be paid and my funeral expenses which I wish to be plain(and)decent out of my Estate.
1. I give and bequeath to my son Wilkins Ogburn Two Hundred dollars in cash to be raised out of my Estate by my Executors.
2. I give and bequeath to my daughter Nancy Watson one Negro woman named Fanny and her increase after this date to her and the heirs of her body if any, if not, an equal division to be made between Clayborn & Nancy at her death, her part to be turned back to the old stock. Also, one hundred acres of land lying in the County of Rockingham, part of a Track of land adjoining Johnson John Shelton and others beginning at my South East corner running North with my line to the North East corner thence West with said old line a proper distance to make one hundred acres thence South and East to the beginning.
3. I give and bequeath to my son Nicholas Ogburn one Negro boy named Lige.
4. I give and bequeath to my son John Ogburn Four Hundred dollars in cash to be raised out of my Estate by my Executors.
5. I give and bequeath to my son Edmond Ogburn one Negro boy named Jim, also, one horse bridle and saddle & cow & calf.
All the above property as is devised to Wilkins Ogburn, John Ogburn, Nancy Watson, Nicholas Ogburn and Edmond Ogburn is to make their shares equal to the property that I have heretofore given to my other Sons and Daughters.
I also give and bequeath all the residue of my property, both real and personal, that is not otherwise devised, as follows.
1. I give and bequeath to my son Nicholas Ogburn the residue of the Tract of land of which one Hundred acres is devised to my daughter Nancy Watson lying in the County of Rockingham as is above described, also the Tract of land where the said Nicholas now resides containing one Hundred acres, also, a Tract of land adjoining his residence known by the name of the Health Tract containing one hundred and fifty acres together with such a part of the Tract of land on which I now reside, which will be hereafter ascertained by such a line as I shall have run and marked dividing said Tract to him and his Heirs forever.
2. I give and bequeath to my son Edmond Ogburn the Tract of Land on which I now reside except as above in the devise of part of said Tract to my son Nicholas Ogburn to him and his Heirs forever.
3. It is my wish and desire that all the residue of my property not herein devised shall be equally divided with all my sons and daughters I have and share equally alike including my three grandchildren Pricilly Donnel, Charles P. Ogburn and Edmond Ogburn, Heirs of William Ogburn deceased, that is to say, the three to draw one share which their Father would of been entitled to was he now living with my other children.
Lastly, I constitute and appoint my son Nicholas Ogburn and Wilson Doak my Executors of this my last Will and Testament, in witness thereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 14 day of October 1824.
Probate

State of North Carolina: Guilford County - February Term 1828. The foregoing paper writing and paper marked A herewith filed was found by a jury to be the Last Will & Testament of Wm. Ogburn Deceased and was recorded on ........ of said Jury. Teste (Signature illegible) .

Children
Caution: Brunswick County, Virginia is on the southern border of Eastern Virginia and Guilford County, North Carolina is farther west. They are not continuous. The family moved in about 1800-1802. Births of children in Guilford County before the move, and Brunswick County, Virginia, after the move, raise questions.

NOTE on birthplaces of children - in deeds dated November 1799, William and Hannah are described as being of Brunswick County, Virginia, so it is unlikely that their children were born in Guilford County, North Carolina.
Named in Will

William Ogburn, Jr. , born Brunswick County 1774. Deceased in 1824. Father of Pricilly Donnel, Charles P. Ogburn, and Edmond Ogburn. William Ogburn Jr, was born about 1774 and died before 1824. He was a son of William Ogburn and Hannah Warren.
Nicholas Ogburn. Born 1775, Flat Rock, Guilford County, NC [3] Living and named in 1824 Will of William Ogburn of Guilford County, North Carolina [4] Nicholas Ogburn was born About 1775 in Flat Rock, Guilford County, North Carolina; died in Flat Rock, Guilford County, North Carolina. He was a son of William Ogburn and Hannah Warren.

][[Ogburn-224[|Nancy Watson, born 1776, Flat Rock, Guilford County, NC. Living and named in 1824 Will of William Ogburn of Guilford County, North Carolina Nancy Ogburn was born About 1776. She married Clayborn Watson 17 January 1824 in Guilford County, North Carolina; born About 1774. She was a daughter of William Ogburn and Hannah Warren. They were married 17 January 1824, Guilford County, North Carolina She was a daughter of William Ogburn and Hannah Warren. John Ogburn. Living and named in 1824 Will of William Ogburn of Guilford County, North Carolina 4 Possibly the same as John H Ogburn, born 1777 in Brunswick County, Virginia and/or [[Ogburn-85|John Henry Ogburn, born 1779 in Virginia. John H Ogburn, born 1779 in Brunswick County, Virginia; died Aft. 1860 in Jasper County, Iowa. He was a son of William Ogburn and Hannah Warren.
Wilkins Ogburn, born 1795, Brunswick County, Virginia. [3]Living and named in 1824 Will of William Ogburn of Guilford County, North Carolina Wilkins Ogburn, born About 1795. Went West and died. He was a son of William Ogburn and Hannah Warren.
Edmund Warren Ogburn, born 1798 Brunswick County, Virginia. [3] Living and named in 1824 Will of William Ogburn of Guilford County, North Carolina Edmund Warren Ogburn, born 1798 in Brunswick County, Virginia; died 20 September 1855 in Guilford County, North Carolina.