John Oliver Minter, Sr.

Will of John Minter, Pittsboro, Chatham Co NC 14 June 1797. WB A-50.

In the name of God Amen I John Minter Senr of Chatham County State of North Carolina being in perfect mind and memory blessed be God for the same, do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament in manner and form as followeth, that is to say my soul I commend to God that gave it, and my body to the earth to be buried at the descretion of my Executor hereafter named I also will that all my debts and funeral expenses be first charged—

Item--I also will that every thing that I have given to each and everyone of my children in their possession before this date that they shall have to dispose of as they shall think best-- I will that the Plantation with the whole tract of land whereon I now live and also a tract of two hundred and Sixty Six acres and an half be equally divide d between my beloved wife Elizabeth MINTER and my son Joseph MINTER and my beloved wife to have her choice after the division, and I will that at her death my will is that my said Son Joseph, his heirs and assign shall possess all the aforesaid land for ever

Item--My will is that my fishery be equal between my wife Elizabeth and son Joseph during my said Wife life and at her death the whole to belong to my said son Joseph him and his heirs for ever--

Item--I give and divise to my son John MINTER fifty pound North Carolina currency to be paid out of the _______ of my personal estate after my wifes death or herein after mentioned, Item--I give and devise to my son Morgan MINTER five pounds to be paid in same manner as my son Johns legacy--

Item--I give to my daughter Agnes EVANS, five pounds to be paid as my son John and Morgan-- _________ My will and desire is that at my beloved Wife Elizabeth MINTERS death my negroes hereafter named shall be sold and the money arrising shall be equally divided amongst my six children Morgan MINTER, Judith WOMMACK, Elizabeth BURNS, John MINTER, Jane RIDDLE and Joseph MINTER to Wil, Simon & Jonna together Peter, Sarah and Dinna, and all my household good, horses, waggon, cattle hogs sheep and all my working tools and the money arrising shall be divided after paying the aforesaid amongst my said six children Morgan, Judith, Elizabeth, John Jane and Joseph--

Item--I will that my beloved wife Elizabeth MINTER be appointed Executrix with my two sons John MINTER and Joseph MINTER Executors to this my last Will and testament Revoking and disannulling all other former will or wills by me heretofore made and ratifying and Confirming this to be my last Will and testament.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 14th day of June Anno Domi 1797 Signed Sealed Published and declared In the presence of us and we in the presence of each other Ramsey X John RAMSEY John MINTER [SEAL] Thos RUSSELL Revil COLBRORN

from JOHN O. MINTER "Like his son, he was a Revolutionary War officer. He also served on the Committee of Safety in Chatham County." By all known accounts, John Oliver Minter [2], the second son of Anthony and Elizabeth, was born in 1718. Where he was born is unknown but very likely he grew up in Caroline County. About the late 1740s, he married Elizabeth Michaux Morgan of Cumberland County. Her ancestry traced to the early Jamestown era on her father's side and to Amsterdam and France, via the Huguenot exodus from France of the late 17th century, on her mother's side. An account of this lineage by this author was published in December, 2006 in a Minter family newsletter described below.

According to Dellinger, John bought land in Cumberland County in 1763, and in a court document there in 1769, his wife Elizabeth and three children were mentioned. John acquired a 54-acre tract in Bedford County, the deed dated August 27, 1770 (copy courtesy of Bob White). In 1772 he moved to Chatham County, NC where he purchased 500 acres from his nephew, Jeremiah Minter, son of Anthony, Jr.

One of the sons of John and Elizabeth was Joseph [3], born about 1750 in Cumberland. Joseph moved as a young man with his family about 1772 to Chatham County, NC, where he married Frances "Fannie" Hill. A son of Joseph and Fannie was John Morgan Minter [4], born in 1792, who married Dorothy Brooks Mathis. They settled in Georgia, first in Hancock County and later in Marion County where he was a representative to both houses of the Georgia legislature.

In 1855, some three years after his wife's passing, John and some of his grown children moved to Hopkins County, Texas. He died the following year, but two of his sons remained in what became known as the "Pine Forest" area (about 20 miles east of Dallas), and from them has descended an extensive and highly "connected" family who call themselves the "Minters of Pine Forest."

This family network is connected through "The Minters of Pine Forest Family Association" and its extraordinary newsletter, "News of the Minters of Pine Forest," and through a family website which includes photographs, family news and history, anecdotes, remembrances, and the like, as well as an outline of a book in progress on the history of the family. The prime mover behind all this is a descendant of one of two brothers, Thomas J. Minter [9], of Ohio. A good place to start to learn more about this line is www.pineforestminters.homestead.com.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77121799/john-oliver-minter
JOHN OLIVER MINTER was born circa 1718 in Cumberland County, Virginia to Anthony Minter & Elizabeth (Unknown Maiden Name)-Minter.

John married Elizabeth Michaux Morgan-Minter in 1743 at Cumberland County, Virginia, and they had EIGHT Children of record:

1. Judith Minter-Womack (1744-1840),
2. Anthony Morgan Minter (1747-1807),
3. Phillip Evans Minter (1748-1796),
4. Elizabeth Minter-Burns (1749-1813),
5. Joseph Oliver Minter Sr. (1750-1823),
6. Agnes Minter-Evans (1753-1830),
7. Jane Minter-Riddle (1761-1817), &
8. John Oliver Minter Jr (1762-?).

John Oliver Minter made contributions to the American Revolution through material aid, totaling 2169 currency worth of sundries (supplies for the militia).

John passed away circa 1797 in Chatham County, North Carolina, and was buried in The Minter Family Cemetery on their plantation property located at Haw River Township near the intersection of the Haw & Deep Rivers, in the proximity of present day Moncure, Chatham County, North Carolina.

REFERENCES:
1. Hudgins, Dennis Ray, 1994, "Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, Vol. Five: 1741-1749," Virginia Genealogical Society: Richmond, p. 56.
2. Patent Book No. 21, Goochland County, Virginia, 30 Jun 1743, p. 380, 400 acres, £2, adjacent Paul Michaux & Captain Robert Barnard.
3.Hadley, Wade Hampton, Horton, Doris Goerch, Strowd, Nell Craig, 1976, "Chatham County 1771-1971, Second Edition," Moore Publishing Co: Durham, NC, p.410.

John Minter & wife Elizabeth Morgan moved into Chatham County about the time it was organized (1771).

MARRIAGE:
1. 29 May 1932, Atlanta Georgia Newspaper, "People Who Think," GENEALOGY DEPARTMENT; Minters, and inter-Married Lines, Were Pioneers in Early Georgia History, by Lilla Odem.

2. Drews, Toby. (1981), "Genealogies of Virginia Families: from The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography," Vol. IV, Healy - Pryor, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: Baltimore, MD, p. 363-364.

3. Fretwell, Shela S., 1988, "Abstracts of the Cumberland County, Virginia, Court Order Books from May 1756 to June 1762, p. 132. (Married before 1760).
27 October 1760, p. 280: "An indenture of release between Anthony Morgan of the first part, John Minter & Elizabeth Minter, his wife, daughter of Anthony Morgan of the second part, Benjamin Clopton and Agness Clopton, his wife, also a daughter of Anthony Morgan of the third part, and Jacob Michaux eldest son and heir at Law of Abraham Michaux, late of the County of Henrico, deceased, of the fourth and last partThe receipt indorsed are acknowledged by Anthony Morgan, John Minter, & Benjamin Clopton and recorded. Elizabeth & Agness being first privately examined, also acknowledged the Indenture."

SERVICE: AMERICAN REVOLUTION:
1. Haun, Weynette Parks, 1989, "North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, Book A, [Treasurer, State], Part XII," p. 1566.
Report No. 30, Sundries furnished to the Militia of North Carolina as allowed by Rochester & Ramsey, Auditors at Harrisburg, November 1780, Book A, Page 69, No. 1960 to John Minter Sr. for provisions, Voucher No. 110, Currency 2169:16:-, [Assigned Page 5017].

2. Haun, Weynette Parks, 1989, "North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, [Treasurer's and Comptroller's], Volume XI, [Part X]," p. 1371.
Book AM, No. 15, Page 71, Folio 4, List of Certificates paid by William Moore Commissioner for Hillsborough District, 6. John Minter, Currency 2169:16:-, [Assigned Page 4603].

3. Haun, Weynette Parks, 1989, "North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, [Treasurer's and Comptroller's], Volume XII, [Part XI]," p. 1421.
Book 6, "An Account of Specie Certificates paid into the Comptrollers Office, by John Armstrong Entry Taker for Land in North Carolina," Dated April 1781, Certificate 415, Total Principle & Interest 7:11:3.

WILL:
1. North Carolina State Archives, 1797, Will Book A, p. 50-51, Chatham County, North Carolina.

DEATH:
1. 29 May 1932, Atlanta Georgia Newspaper, "People Who Think," GENEALOGY DEPARTMENT; Minters, and inter-Married Lines, Were Pioneers in Early Georgia History, by Lilla Odem - Reference to John's Will; probated June 1797, on record at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina.

CEMETERY:
The Minter Cemetery is on the Plantation Property, Haw River Township near the intersection with the Deep River, (proximity of Moncure), Chatham County, North Carolina.

1. Son's Will, Joseph Oliver Minter, Will Bk. B, p. 108, 25 September 1822:

  "The graveyard where my father and mother's buried with others of the family, which is one eigth of an acre."

2. Deed for Estate of Joseph Minter, Deed Bk. AB, p. 401, 4 November 1828:

  John Farrar, Executor of Joseph Minter's (deceased) Estate to Charles J. Williams, states the meets and bounds of 1005 acres on the North side of the Deep River "with exception of the graveyard which occupies and is limited to one quarter of an acre."

3. Deed from Charles J. Williams to John A. Williams, Deed Bk. AE, p. 464, 31 December 1839:

  States the meets & bounds for 800 acres on the North side of the Deep River, "with the exception of the graveyard which occupies and is limited to one quarter of an acre."

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