Sarah (Williams) Kearsey, Old Cheraw

Avatar is map from 200 years earlier, for perspective: Before the English Colony, the old neighbors were the BWAAN (The People) actual name of Siouan (French for Snakes and derisive), progenitor of the self terming Old Cheraw, who were called by their Weyonoke neighbor, "Ramushomoq" which is Algonquian for Grandma's Country.

Sarah (Williams) Kearsey was born in Northampton Co Parish. Her parents were Stephen Willis Williams and Elizabeth Lewis.

Sarah married John Kearsey. Together they had the following children: Thomas Kearsey of South of the Meherrin River to Bladen Co, NC.

She died in Bladen Co, NC.

Edge. Co. Db C, page 318, deed date 16 Jan 1765, recorded Jul Ct 1765, Thomas Hearsay, Blaton Co, NC (Bladen Co), to Micajah Thomas, Edge. Co for 200 pds, a tract on the north side of Tar River it being all that tract of land granted by Gabriel Johnston, Esq to the said Thomas Kersey, dated 1 Mar (1743), beginning at a hickory on the river above the mouth of (? Branch) then north 45 west 213 poles to the center of three trees then north 45 east 300 poles to a pine then south 45 east 134 poles to a (bank) on the river then down the various courses of said river to the first station, containing in the hole 400 acres, signed Thos Kersey, wit (Williams), Sarah Williams (X), Dun Lamon (proved). Abstracted 23 Sep 07, NCA film C.037.40002, CTC. http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/edgecombe/deeds/ebkc.txt

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