Sgt. Daniel Gersham Bills

MEMORIAL: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6780404

Old Headstone reads: Sacred to the Memory of Daniel & Deborah Bills He was born September 28 AD 1740 died March 18 AD 1829 She was born December 28 AD 1745 died June 26 AD 1819 They Lived in Union 56 years "He that feareth God & worketh righteousness is accepted whith him."

Served in the Revolutionary War by furnishing salt and supplies to the American forces and is said to have served as a Sergeant in Captain William Stanton's Company of Connecticut Troops (this service as a sergeant may be a different man).

"Quakers in North Carolina" p10 Supplement - 7 Feb 1780 Daniel Bills condemned for taking affirmation of allegience or fidelity. (Deep River Monthly Meeting)

"Let the Drums Roll" pg 59

Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy Vol 1, p777

Will of Daniel BILLS Marshall County TN Will Book A

I will to my beloved wife Polly the farm on which I now live together with all the farming untentials also the stock of all kids. I will that my surplus produce or Stock that she may not wish to keep to be sold at her decretion and the proceeds to her use. The farm where Isaac Gardner now lives is rented to him for three years for two hundred and forty dollars. I will that money to my son Alfred T. Bills afterwards to be rented out and the proceeds to belong to my wife Polly for the purppose of equalizing my heirs. The farm where David Calvert now lives is only rented to him for one year the rent is to belong to my wife Polly afterwards my son in law Green Wilson is to have it for five years for one hundred dollars to keep up the fences and repare the houses the money to left in his hands as a part of his Share afterwards to be rented s the farm where Isaac Gardner lives. My widowed daughter in law Katherine Bills and her four children I will to them ten dollars to be equally divided I will to my three youngest children Franklin, Ashbury, and Polly each twenty dollars more than an equal Share for the purpose of schooling them.

                 Daniel Bills his mark  (Seal)  Witness John Wilson      B. F. Houston       James Houston

MARSHALL COUNTY TENNESSEE COURT MINUTES–AUGUST 1838 TERM Page(173)

    August Term 1838   State of Tennessee

    Daniel BILLS Deceased)   Will proven

    The last will and Testament of Daniel BILLS was this day presented  in open Court and admitted to probate and the due execution thereof was

duly proven by the oaths of James HOUSTON and B. F. HOUSTON subscribing

witnesses thereto to have been executed by the said Daniel BILLS on the

kk day of July 1838, and on motion was ordered by the Court to be  recorded.  And thereupon motion of Mary T. BILLS and Alfred T. BILLS for

letters of administration on the estate of the said Daniel BILLS Decd,  with the will annexed and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court  that the said Daniel BILLS in his last will and testament had not  appointed Executors, and the court being also fully satisfied of their  right to administer on said estate.  It is ordered by the Court that  letters of administration with the will annexed issue to the said Mary  T. BILLS and Alfred T. BILLS upon their giving bond and security in the

sum of Twelve hundred dollars.  And thereupon the said Mary T. BILLS  and Alfred T. BILLS executed their bond with Shadrach MUSTAIN and B, F.

HOUSTON their securities in the sum of Twelve hundred dollars  conditioned as the law directs.

Served in the Revolutionary War by furnishing salt and supplies to the American forces and is said to have served as a Sergeant in Captain William Stanton's Company of Connecticut Troops (this service as a sergeant may be a different man).

"Quakers in North Carolina" p10 Supplement - 7 Feb 1780 Daniel Bills condemned for taking affirmation of allegience or fidelity. (Deep River Monthly Meeting)

Original Headstone reads: Sacred to the Memory of Daniel & Deborah Bills He was born September 28 AD 1740 died March 18 AD 1829 She was born December 28 AD 1745 died June 26 AD 1819 They Lived in Union 56 years "He that feareth God & worketh righteousness is accepted whith him."

"Let the Drums Roll" pg 59

Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy Vol 1, p777

Will of Daniel BILLS Marshall County TN Will Book A

I will to my beloved wife Polly the farm on which I now live together with all the farming untentials also the stock of all kids. I will that my surplus produce or Stock that she may not wish to keep to be sold at her decretion and the proceeds to her use. The farm where Isaac Gardner now lives is rented to him for three years for two hundred and forty dollars. I will that money to my son Alfred T. Bills afterwards to be rented out and the proceeds to belong to my wife Polly for the purppose of equalizing my heirs. The farm where David Calvert now lives is only rented to him for one year the rent is to belong to my wife Polly afterwards my son in law Green Wilson is to have it for five years for one hundred dollars to keep up the fences and repare the houses the money to left in his hands as a part of his Share afterwards to be rented s the farm where Isaac Gardner lives. My widowed daughter in law Katherine Bills and her four children I will to them ten dollars to be equally divided I will to my three youngest children Franklin, Ashbury, and Polly each twenty dollars more than an equal Share for the purpose of schooling them.

                 Daniel Bills his mark  (Seal)  Witness John Wilson      B. F. Houston       James Houston

MARSHALL COUNTY TENNESSEE COURT MINUTES–AUGUST 1838 TERM Page(173)

    August Term 1838   State of Tennessee

    Daniel BILLS Deceased)   Will proven

    The last will and Testament of Daniel BILLS was this day presented  in open Court and admitted to probate and the due execution thereof was

duly proven by the oaths of James HOUSTON and B. F. HOUSTON subscribing

witnesses thereto to have been executed by the said Daniel BILLS on the

kk day of July 1838, and on motion was ordered by the Court to be  recorded.  And thereupon motion of Mary T. BILLS and Alfred T. BILLS for

letters of administration on the estate of the said Daniel BILLS Decd,  with the will annexed and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court  that the said Daniel BILLS in his last will and testament had not  appointed Executors, and the court being also fully satisfied of their  right to administer on said estate.  It is ordered by the Court that  letters of administration with the will annexed issue to the said Mary  T. BILLS and Alfred T. BILLS upon their giving bond and security in the

sum of Twelve hundred dollars.  And thereupon the said Mary T. BILLS  and Alfred T. BILLS executed their bond with Shadrach MUSTAIN and B, F.

HOUSTON their securities in the sum of Twelve hundred dollars  conditioned as the law directs.

Daniel Bills was a Sgt.in Capt. William Stanton's co. of Connecticut troops. Daniel was excommunicated from the Quaker society for pledging to the American cause. He was a Justice of the Peace while in NJ. He moved to Marshall Co,TN about 1819 where he and Deborah are buried. Daniel and Deborah remained loyal Quakers all their lives although many of their children were officially disowned by the Friends mostly for marrying out of unity. In 1793 in Surrey Co NC they were among the founding families of the Deep Creek Monthly Meeting of Quakers. "Daniel and Deborah must certainly have suffered the verbal and sometimes physical persecution of the times by the puritanical and somewhat intolerant attitudes of the dominant Christian churches, and it is thought that this is the reason that Daniel took his family to the wilderness area, choosing a Quaker settlement in Surry Co., NC in 1775" Some records indicate that he was an invalid for a great part of his life and was prevented from serving throughout the war. In Lewisburg, Marshall County, TN he is listed on a plaque as a Revolutionary War Patriot.

GEDCOM Note

https://sarpatriots.sar.org/patriot/display/114786

SAR Patriot #: P-114786

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• Name Home in 1790 (City, County, State) Number of Slaves Total Number of All Persons

Year: 1790; Census Place: Surry, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 518, Col 2 Ln-13

• William Bills Surry, North Carolina 4

Name William Bills
Home in 1790 (City, County, State) Surry, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over 1
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16 1
Free White Persons - Females 2

Year: 1790; Census Place: Surry, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 518, Col 2 Ln-15

• Daniel Bills Surry, North Carolina 10

Name Daniel Bills [Daniel Beals] [Daniel Bill]
Home in 1790 (City, County, State) Surry, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over 1
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16 5
Free White Persons - Females 4

• Gersham Bills Surry, North Carolina 3

Name Gersham Bills
Home in 1790 (City, County, State) Surry, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over 1
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16 1
Free White Persons - Females 1