John “Figro” Oxendine

Lumbee Genealogy Symposium. The Oxendine Family, Pembroke University You Tube Video John Figrow Oxendine (1694–1759) • FamilySearch https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L489-RK7/john-oxendine-1694-1759 Jul 28, 2021 · The Life of John Figro. When John Figro Oxendine was born in 1694, in Northumberland, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, John Oxendine Sr, was 38 and his mother, Anne Figrow, was 35. He married Sarah Ann Clark in 1730. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Robeson, North Carolina, United States in 1790.

Spouse: Sarah Ann Clark, Nancy Jane Oxendine Gender: MaleFrom http://spotdk.blogspot.com/2006/06/oxendine-family.html

John "Figro" Oxendine

John, born around 1694-96, a mixed-race man [the African-American book] in Virginia who was" bound as a servant" till age 31. He sued William and Elizabeth Wildey for his freedom in Northumberland County, Virginia. in January 1724. His name was written- John Oxendine- in Northumberland County Virginia. court records dated 1727, 1734 and 1741. However, Northumberland County Virginia church records spelt his name -John Oxendane -when his children were born during the 1730's. He married Sarah Oxendine.

The birth of John's children was recorded in 'Virginia County Court Abstracts, v.3, Northumberland County Record of Births, page 112'." From Charles Oxendine's book, titled, "Oxendine Census Records, 1790-1920".

He lived in Northumberland County in the 1730’s; Bladen County, North Carolina in the 1750’s and was still alive in 1758 as he wanted to be excused from paying taxes. on 27 August 1753.

On 27 August 1753, John Johnson Jr. entered 100 acres in Bladen County, North Carolina on the north side of Pugh's marsh whereon John Oxendine was then living. (Bladen County Land Entries #805). In 1759 , he and two of his sons, John and Benjamin, lived in the Drowning Creek area of Bladen County, North Carolina which is the upper part of the Lumbee River area, where his son, John, buys 100 acres including improvements from his father, John Oxendine, Sr. some years later, the family moved on to South Carolina. He died in1759.

They had the following children:

Cudworth Oxendine was between in 1740-1750 in Bladen County, North Carolina. He died in 1820.

Benjamin Oxendine was born on 12 April 1733 in Northumberland County, Virginia. He died in 1758.

Jenne Oxendine was born on 14 February 1735 in Northumberland County, Virginia.

Clark Oxendine was born on 28 November 1737 in Northumberland County, Virginia.

John Oxendine was born on 10 June 1739 in Northumberland County, Virginia.

Charles Oxendine was born in 1741. He died on 7 Sep 1808 in Robeson, North Carolina.

More info here: http://robesoncountyncfamilies.com/Descendants%20of%20John%20Oxendi...

Also see

• https://www.ancestry.com/boards/localities.northam.usa.states.alaba...
• http://mixsee.com/tour/53a753e8f7949db32db9a6a5
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148055258
• http://lumbee.library.appstate.edu/sites/lumbee.library.appstate.ed...

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