Timothy Coe, III

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TIMOTHY COE was born about 1705 in Sussex County, DE. In 1721 he inherited all that remained of his grandfather's plantation in Accomack County, VA. Known as Coe's Out Neck, at the time it consisted of somewhere between 600 and 5,000 acres. On October 28, 1740, he sold William Andrews of Accomack County 300 acres of the plantation for ?70:

"This indenture made the 28th day of October 1740 between Wm. Andrews of Accomac Co. in Va., Gent. of the one part and Timothy Coe son of Timothy Coe, late of Pennsylvania decd of the same place. Wits; that the said Timothy Coe for and in consideration of 70 pounds current money of Virginia by said Wm Andrews to the said Timothy Coe, paid sell a certain tract of land called 'Coe's Out Neck,' bounding on the said Andrew's land southerly to the great Cove, etc. along Muddy Creek to Dividing Creek, that part of Coes land etc. from 'Coes Island' thence, etc. containing 300 acres of land and marsh."

On February 22, 1741, he sold Andrews an additional 300 acres of the plantation:

"This indenture made 22 day of Feb. 1741 between Timothy Coe of Accomack Co., Va., to William Andrews, 70 pounds, 300 acres between Muddy Creek and Guilford, being part of a greater tract bequethed by last will of Timothy Coe of Sussex to the above Timothy Coe his son as by will proved in Maryland, known as Coes Outlet."

William Andrews was the proprietor of the second tobacco warehouse at Guilford, which was established on his property in 1730 by an act of the Virginia Assembly. In 1740 the Assembly ordered that Andrews' Warehouse be repaired:

"The Court being informed by John Snead, Gentleman, who was directed to view the Warehouse at Guilford, That William Andrews the proprietor of the said Houses had refused to find sufficient House Room and to repair the said Houses and the Prizes - Ordered that Ralph Justice and Jabez Pitt the Inspectors at the said Houses do agree with Workmen to be paid by the County to build and repair the same."

William Andrews, Jr., inherited this land from his father. He in turn sold the land to Thomas Fisher, but kept an acre where the warehouse had stood. In 1779 he sold the warehouse site to Fisher. Moved to the south side of Guilford Creek in 1770, Accomack County's first tobacco warehouse was the old Richard Hinman house.

On February 8, 1743, Timothy Coe sold the northern part of Coe's Out Neck, a certain plan on Muddy Creek, same devised to Timothy Coe by his father Timothy Coe. Before 1749 he returned to Sussex County, DE, where he owned land. That year he sold 400 acres there to William Arbuckle, atty-at-law. He then moved out of the state.

About 1750 he moved to Augusta (now Rockingham) County in western Virginia. He first appears on record there September 4, 1751, when he was named as a receiver in the estate records of James Crawford: To William Bell, Matthew Armstrong, Thomas Story, Edward Ritledge, Robert Craig, Samuel Mullene, John Patterson, Samuel Keer, Pat Crawford, James Henderson, Timothy 'Coll.'

He appears on the delinquent tax list of Augusta County for 1753 and 1754. Marked Timothy Coe, gone away on the tax records, he was back in the county on August 16, 1756, when he patented a tract of 190 acres located on both sides of Flat Run a branch of Linvels Creek. Linville Creek runs about twelve miles from Harrisonburg to the North Fork of the Shenandoah River at Timberville, VA, just east of Little North Mountain. The land was the subject of a suit in 1803:

"Sites vs. Rader __ O.S. 193; N.S. 68 __ Bill, 1811. Orator Christian Sites in 1803 bought from John Gum a tract in Rockingham. There in an interlock of 231/2 acres claimed by Michael Lincoln under Jost Hite and 53 A. formerly owned by Philip Rymel, who held under Hite. Gum claimed under a patent to Timothy Coe in 1756, who sold to John's father Jacob Gum. Timothy died and his interest was supposed to be vested in his son and heir-at-law Timothy Coe. John Gum had a brother Jacob. Timothy was not Timothy's eldest son and heir, but the eldest son and heir was John Coe, who long since removed out of Virginia. The patent to lTimothy Coe was founded on a survey in 1749 for William Mark for 190 A. . . ."

While he was gone from the Harrisonburg area he may have been further southwest. Another 190-acre tract was claimed by him in Rich Valley, just north of Abingdon, VA, in what is now Washington County. Mentioned in a bill filed in Augusta County, July 9, 1798, the court recorded that Timothy Coe received the land October 24, 1753:

"Ross vs. Smith __ O.S.14; N.S. 5 __ Bill filed 9th July, 1798. David Ross complains that in 1753, 24th October, under Order of Council granting lands to the Loyal Company, a survey was made of 190 acres for Timothy 'Col', in Washington County, formerly Augusta, in Rich Valley on waters of the North Fork of Holstein River. The Company gave titles upon payment of surveyor's fees and ?3 for every 100 acres. Dr. Thomas Walker, now deceased, had the management of the affairs of the Company, as well as being a member, and he appointed William English his agent. 'Cole' abandoned his land, and then in September, 1768, Joseph Scott and Stephen Trigg paid fees on the same tract and received a receipt therefor on 16th January 1773. Scott transferred his right to Stephen. Ross purchased from Stephen, 18th August, 1775. George Smith was then in possession. The affairs of the Loyal Company were brought before the Supreme Court, and on 3rd May, 1783, the title of the Company to all lands surveyed by them prior to 1776 was established. Answer says (Fisher?Jasper?) 'Cox' first improved the land. . . ."

On the same 1753 date that he received the 190 acres in Rich Valley, he was appointed as a laborer on a road that was being built from Samuel Stalnaker's on Holston River, to James Davis's __ Saml. Stalnaker to be overseer, with these workers: James Davis, and his sons, Frederick Corlock, David, George and Conrad Corlock, Frederick Starn, Jacob and Adam Stalnaker, Jacob and Henry Goldman, Isaiah Hamilton, Hamilton Shoemaker, Timothy Coe, Humphry Baker and son, George Stalnaker, Adam Andrews, Mathias Sarch, Michael Hook, Martin Counce, Jacob Mires.

He appears on the tax list of Orange County, NC, in 1755. Immediately after 1755 he moved to Rowan County, NC, which was carved from Anson County in 1753. Frontiersman Daniel Boone __ scion of another Quaker family __ was living in Rowan County during that same period. First moving to the Yadkin River in Rowan County in 1750, the Boone family settled on Bear Creek, twelve miles south of Shallow Ford. Daniel Boone married there August 14, 1756, Rebecca Bryan, granddaughter of Morgan Bryan, Rowan County's first white settler. In 1760 the Boones were living near the confluence of the Yadkin and South Yadkin Rivers, in present Davidson County, NC. On March 5, 1770, the court of Rowan County issued an order for the arrest of Daniel Boone for debts which he owed to John Williams and Richard Henderson. Boone's father, Squire Boone, died in Rowan County in 1765. His mother, Sarah (Morgan) Boone, died there in 1777 at the age of 77. Illoc Boone, brother of Daniel, died in Rowan County in October of 1769. All were buried in Joppa Cemetery (in present Davie County), where members of the Coe family were also buried.

The area in which Timothy Coe settled was not inhabited by whites until 1748. That year Morgan Bryan, a Quaker of Chester County, PA, moved to what is now Yadkin County on land which he had purchased in 1730 for the specific purpose of establishing a Quaker colony in the south. He made his home on Deep Creek, about five miles north of Shallow Ford, on the Yadkin River. He died in Rowan County in 1763, leaving a will naming the following children: Morgan, William, James, Samuel, John, Joseph, Thomas, and daughters Eleanor Linville and Mary Forbush.

Moving to the same area in 1748 was George Forbush. He established his residence on the west bank of the Yadkin River, two miles north of Shallow Ford. The Coes would later live in this same area, much of their land being bounded by Forbush's Creek. Robert Forbush, son of George, owned a plantation in Yadkin County that bordered the plantations of both John and Timothy Coe IV.

Another early settler in the area was Edward Hughes, who settled east of Bryan and Forbush on Little Yadkin River. Hughes operated the first ferry crossing north of the Granville line. In September 1753 he petitioned the newly established Rowan County Court for a license to operate his ferry on the Yadkin River, including a request that his ferry might be at Shallow Ford and that he might have the ferry road. That same year he opened a tavern. In 1755 Bryan, Forbush, Hughes, and the other white settlers of Rowan County were joined by Timothy Coe and his family. In 1762 they were joined by the family of Samuel and Lydia (Harrison) Stewart. Stewart, who was born in 1711 in Sussex County, DE, had been living on Linville Creek, Rockingham County, VA, prior to his move to the Yadkin.

Timothy Coe died in Rowan County in 1762. His estate was administered there by his widow, April 15, 1763. Sureties to ?500 were Edward Hughes and Joseph Harrison. Dinah Coe, Wife & Relict of Timothey Coe Dec'd was appointed administrator. An old handwritten note mentioning the estate was discovered at the state archives. About 3 X 5 inches and written on both sides, it is reproduced below: ______________________________________________

The estate of Timothy Co Jr. to John Shauk at the Bethabara Tavern. Eighteen Shillings. The above account being produced to be just & true, before me the subscriber.

July 25th 1763 Jacob Lash, JP ______________________________________________

Received the constable of the ____ ___ ____ this 25th July 1763 by the Hand of John Coe as witness my Hand Test. J. Lash John Shauk ______________________________________________

Bethabara mentioned in the above note was established in 1753 five miles north of Winston-Salem, in what is now Forsyth County, NC. The first settlement of the Moravians in North Carolina, it became an important trading center because of its location near the old trail known as The Great Trading Path, which was later known as the Great Wagon Road. It ran from Virginia to Shallow Ford (in present Yadkin County) and on to Salisbury, seat of Rowan County government.

On August 6, 1763, Samuel Stewart presented a note to the court of Rowan County marked The Estate of Tim Co to Saml Stuart __ 1762. The note conveyed to him from the estate 25 bushels of Indian Corn, valued at 2 pounds, 10 shillings; fodder, valued at 12 shillings; and one other item valued at 7 shillings. Signed by Samuel Stewart (mark), it was proved before Edward Hughes.

On April 10, 1764, Dinah Coe Produced an Inventory of the Sale of the Estate of Timothy Coe Decsd Amounting to ?69.12.8 & there Remains in Her Hands the Sum of ?67.2.8. The estate contained nine cows __ four with calves __ five bulls, two other calves, three heifers, two mattocks, four hoes, two spinning wheels, one treadmill, a parcel of spool, three baskets, three bags, one box of iron, one plow, two clevises, two pots, one frying pan, four pewter plates, spoons, forks, and knives, two earthen cups, two earthen pint jugs, one bowl, four chairs, two beds, one old gun, one jacket, two shirts, three shawls, four blankets, five sheets, one razor, one looking glass, three books, and a parcel of old lumber.