Jeremiah Anderson

Jeremiah Anderson was born before 1740 since he was taxable in 1751 in his father's Granville County household in Jonathan White's list. He purchased 200 acres for 5 pounds from his father on 22 December 1762 and sold this land on 10 April 1768. By 1764 he was in his own household, taxable with his wife Margaret and (his brother-in-law?) David Mitchell in Samuel Benton's list and was taxable on two tithes in the 1766 summary list. He may have been the Jeremiah Anderson who purchased 108 acres on Jacket Swamp in Halifax County, North Carolina, from Thomas Bull on 5 February 1763 and sold it on 22 August 1775. In 1780 he was taxable in adjoining Northampton County on an assessment of 100 pounds. He was head of a Northampton County household of a "Black" person 12-50 years old and 4 "Black" persons less than 12 or over 50 years old in Dupree's District in 1786 for the state census (called Jerry Andrews). He purchased 100 acres in Northampton County on the road in Henry Hart's line on 3 September 1790 and was head of a Northampton County household of 7 "other free" in 1790. He may have been the husband of Milla Roberts who was mentioned in the 6 June 1789 Northampton County will of her mother Margaret Roberts, proved September 1794, with Jeremiah Anderson executor. Jeremiah died before 1 January 1794 when his 100 acres was released to Mille Anderson, administratrix of his estate. Milly and George Anderson sold this land on 27 August 1798. George Anderson (45 years and older) who was head of a Richmond County, North Carolina household of 10 "free colored" in 1820.

The Anderson families that migrated to Indiana, settled in Orange County, Indiana prior to settling in Lost Creek. The Quakers had established the Lick Creek Settlement, in Orange County, where arriving people of color, were welcomed and assisted. They were classified as indentures who worked on the Quaker farms, and on community projects, for which they were paid. They later used these funds to purchase property in other settlements, such as Lost Creek.

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