Joseph Minter

Abt 1730 - 1784  (~ 54 years)

• Name	Joseph Minter
  Birth	Abt 1730
  Gender	Male
  _UID	24E5C250AA9E4100AF08EA384A1F12938B23
  Death	1784	South Carolina, USA
  Notes	Bob White has recorded no details for Joseph Minter. Note by John Minter, Feb 2012: There is uncertainty about Joseph's children, both as to their names and when and where they were born. The IGI has a variety of dates and birthplaces for children of Joseph Minter and Anna Mariah. To avoid including possibly spurious children, I am only including as Joseph's offspring the names mentioned in his and his wife's Wills, and am listing them in the following order in which they are mentioned in Joseph's Will. The sources of dates of birth are shown in individual records. John. Born c. 1758, VA Mary Sarah (aka Sall(e)y). Born 27 Feb 1761 Mercy Anna Mariah There may have been a son William and a daughter Elizabeth but they aren't mentioned in the Wills. The following is taken from 'Minter Notes, v.3' by Don Chamberlayne: Joseph Minter, born probably about 1730, married Anna Mariah Gooch of Caroline County. They resided for a time in Granville County, NC, and eventually settled in South Carolina in the area which became Edgefield County, near Columbia and Augusta. Among several strong Internet-based sources on this line, and the Gooch family in general, is www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/4162/gooch.html [now www.oocities.org/heartland/farm/4162/gooch.html, Feb 2012] From this source: "Anna Mariah married first Joseph Minter, probably in Caroline County, Virginia. The loss of records in Caroline obscures further information on this topic; however, the presence of an Anthony Minter in Caroline suggest that Joseph had kin in that county and we know from the Caroline Order Book and her father's will that Anna Mariah's family came from Caroline. Minter was one of the first in the family to come to Granville County, NC. Joseph Minter purchased land from Nathaniel Holly between 1762-1763 [ref: Granville DB F, pg. 57]. The 1767 tax list from Granville show Joseph with three polled White men in his household and six taxable slaves, making him one of the larger slave owners in the district. Other Minter family connections are suggested in the records of Granville County. George Whitlock names a child Anne Minter Whitcok and Negroes in Caroline County, Virginia in his will of 1773; this will is witnessed by a John and Mary Minter [ref: Granville Will Book 1, pg. 21-2]. Joseph Minter sells land in 1779 and about this time removes to the 96th District of South Carolina, which would later become Edgefield County. Joseph Minter made a will in Granville dated the 18th of April 1774 and stating that he was " sick & weak but of sound reason & memory". However, Joseph must have recovered and completed his settlement in South Carolina, as he made a second will in 1784 [ref: Box 65, Pack. 1562, Abbeville, SC] *. The tax records for 1784 show that the family lived on Turkey Creek and his will indicates they had 12 slaves. * [note added by John Minter] I doubt whether Joseph made 2 Wills. He died in 1784 and that would be when his 1774 Will would have been published. A copy of the Will can be found further down these Notes. After Joseph's death in 1784, Anna Mariah married Capt. John William. Williams was also a Virginia native with a similar background as Anna Mariah. William was born in Hanover County, Virginia to Daniel & Ursula (Henderson) Williams; relatives of the Williams and Henderson families that settled Granville County, NC. Capt. John Williams had married in 1759 to Mary Atwood in Amelia County, VA and appears to have known Anna Mariah's brother Joseph Gooch who was also a resident of Amelia in that time period. Anna Mariah had no issue by Williams and he died in September/October of 1794 in Edgefield, South Carolina. John Minter married Mary Terry Mary Minter m1st Thomas Yeates; m2nd John Elam ·Sarah "Salley" Minter married William Terry ·Anna Mariah Minter married John Terry ·Marsey Minter m1st Thomas Jones, m2nd Henry Parkman ·Elizabeth Minter married Zephaniah Clement " The following copy of Joseph Minter's 1774 Will was taken from http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SCEDGEFI/2007-01/1169049552 in February 2012. Joseph Minter estate (1783), Abbeville County, South Carolina Probate Box 65, pkg. 1562. Will of Joseph Minter (Page 1) I Joseph Minter of the County of Granville & province of North Carolina being sick & weak but of sound reason & memory do constitute & appoint this my last will & testament. I dispose of my estate as follows. 1st Tis my will and desire that my beloved wife Annamariah Minter have the use of the tract or parcel of land I purchased of Ward Taylor adjoining the land of Mr. Wm. Good during her natural life & at her death to be the property of my son John Minter. 2nd I give & bequeath to my son John Minter one Negro boy named Abram to him & his heirs forever. 3rd I give & bequeath to my Daughter Mary Minter one Negro girl named Lidda to be delivered to her at her marriage or lawful age to her & her heirs forever. 4th I give & bequeath to my Daughter Salley Minter one Negro girl named Amey to be delivered to her at her marriage or lawful age to her & her heirs forever. 5th I give & bequeath to my Daughter Mercy Minter one Negro boy named Primas to be delivered to her at her marriage or lawful age to be her & her heirs forever. 6th I give & bequeath to my Daughter Annamariah Minter Fifty pounds Virginia money to be paid out of the rest of my estate to be delivered to her at her marriage or lawful age. 7th Tis my will and desire that if one or more of my children above named shoud die without issue then in that case tis my desdire that his or her part or parts shoud be equally divided between the surviving brethren. (This is the end of the first page. At the bottom of the first page it is signed by six men, three on the left and three on the right.) Wm Cocke, James Terry, Wm. Amis John Butler, Thomas Butler, William Terry (The reverse of the first page)- 24 April 1784- Prov=92d to be by Wm. Terry. (Page 2) 8th Tis my will & desire that my beloved wife Annamariah Minter have the use of all the rest of my personal estate during her widowhood & that she pay all my just debts. 9th This my will & desire that at my wifes second marriage or death the personal estate left in her care to be sold at public sail & that money --- ---- be equally divided between John Minter, Mary Minter, Salley Minter, Mercy Minter & Annamariah Minter. 10th Tis my will & desire that if one or more of my children above named shoud die without issue then and in that case tis my will & desire that his or her part or parts of the above mentioned money shoud be Equally divided between the surviving brethren. 11th Tis my will & desire that all the land on Island Creek shoud be sold & the money thence arising to be made use of in paying my just debts. 12th Tis my will & desire that my stock of cattle on Island Creek shoud be sold & the money thence arising to be made use of for this same purpose. 13th Tis my will & desire that the money in my brother Anthony Minters hand be collected & made use of to paying my just debts. 14th Tis my will & desire that of the money thence arriving from such sails over & above paying my just debts shoud return into the hands of my beloved wife to her use as before mentioned. Lastly I commission & appoint Rowland Gooch, my beloved wife Annamariah Minter & my son John Minter Exs. & Extrix. Signed & Sealed in ____ of the Eighteenth Day of April 1774. Joseph Minter
  Person ID	I109	America
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	Anthony Minter,   b. Abt 1685   d. 1751, Caroline County, Virginia, USA (Age ~ 66 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth
  Family ID	F21	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Mariah GOOCH,   b. Abt 1735, Caroline County, Virginia, USA d. 1802, South Carolina, USA (Age ~ 67 years)
  Children	1. John Minter,   b. Abt 1758, Virginia, USA d. Bef 14 Jul 1788, Edgefield Dictrict, South Carolina, USA (Age ~ 30 years)   2. Mary Minter,   b. 8 Jun 1756   d. 1840, Edgefield Dictrict, South Carolina, USA (Age 83 years)   3. Sarah (Sally) Minter,   b. 27 Feb 1761   d. 11 Jun 1834, Copiah County, Mississippi, USA (Age 73 years)   4. Mercy Minter,   b. Abt 1761   d. Abt 1817, South Carolina, USA (Age ~ 56 years)   5. Anna Mariah Minter,   b. Abt 1768   d. 18 Dec 1843, Edgefield Dictrict, South Carolina, USA (Age ~ 75 years)
  Family ID	F82	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2012

  
  

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