William Acree (abt. 1730 - 1796)

Born about 1730 in Virginia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Agnes Alice (Shearin) Acree — married 1765 in Warren, North Carolina

Descendants

Died Mar 1796 at about age 66 in Wilkes County, Georgia, United States of America

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Biography

William Acree performed Patriotic Service in North Carolina in the American Revolution.

William Acree is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A209602.

William married to Agnes Shearin^[1][2] and they had the following known children:

1. Elizabeth Acree born about 1780 in Warren County, North Carolina. The wife of John Dismuke, she died in 1849 in Meriwether County, Georgia.
2. William Acree married 12 Mar 1791 in Bertie County, North Carolina to Phereby Skinner.
3. Jenea Acree
4. Shearin Acree married Susannah Russell on 15 Apr 1793 in Warren County, North Carolina.^[3]
5. John A. Acree died 08 Jul 1808 in Greene County, Georgia.
6. Susannah Acree married 06 Mar 1780 to Robert Woodall
7. Sara "Salley" Acree married 11 Jan 1786, Warren County, North Carolina to James Smith.^[4]
8. Frances Acree married Isham Meadows
9. Nancy Acree married a Dismukes before 1796.
10. Priscilla Acree

On 31 May 1756 Isaac Acree sold to Wiliam Acree for ten pounds, 200 acres being part of a 640 acre grant to Isaac located on the south side of Six Pound Creek and Sherin's and Walker's lines in Granville County, North Carolina.^[5][6]

William Acree appears on the tax lists of Granville County, North Carolina in 1760 and 1761.^[7]

On 07 Nov 1763 in Granville County, North Carolina he and Edward Durham signed as a witnesses on a deed wherein John Harris sold 475 acres on Jordan's Branch in Thompson's line to John Shearin's line, Isaac and William Acree's line, to William Colclough for 150 pounds.^[8]

On 16 Nov 1768 William and Isaac Acree gave oath in Bute County, North Carolina proving a deed of sale by William and Elizabeth Ellis to Charles Darnell that they had witnessed.^[9]

On 09 Feb 1770 in Bute County, North Carolina court, Isaac and William Acree witnessed the deed of William Ellis to Charles Darnald both of Bute County, North Carolina.^[10]

On 15 Feb 1770 the Bute County, North Carolina Court ordered that the following hands to wit, the hands of Charles Kimball, Charles White, James Phillips, John Shearing, Isaac Acre, William Acre, John Colclough, and William Colclough work on the road whereof John Moseley is Overseer and to assist him in clearing and keeping the said road in repair.^[9]

On 14 Aug 1770 James Walker of Granville County, North Carolina sold to William Acree of Bute County, North Carolina a 20 acre parcel of land in Bute County on Jorden's Branch beginning at William Acree's line to William Shearin's line for 6 pounds.^[11]

On 13 Nov 1770 in Bute County, North Carolina Court, William was appointed Overseer of the road in the room of James Myrick and ordered to keep the same in repair with the hands formerly working thereon.^[9]

On 15 May 1771 in Bute County, North Carolina Court Wiliam Acree proved on oath a deed of James Walker to Sundry Inhabitants of Bute County.^[9]

On 09 Aug 1775 in Bute County, North Carolina Court William Acree proved on oath the deed of John Shearin to Moses Shearin that he had witnessed.^[9]

Regimental Muster Roll dated 08 Oct 1754, William Acree,(spelled Acrey) in the source,was liasted in Captain Richard Colman's Company,along with brother Isaac and father-in law John Shearin,shearing in source.^[12]

William was a Patriot during the Revolutionary War, he and Isaac Acree took an Oath of Allegiance in 1775-6, from Captain Colclough's district (Oaths were taken by Captain James Paine, J.P.) in Bute County, North Carolina.^[13][14][15]

Bute County, North Carolina,Payne's District 1777 Tax List.^[16]

He appears on the tax lists of Warren County, North Carolina for the years 1779, 1781, and 1785 (290 acres).^[17]

On 06 Oct 1787 William Acree of Warren County, North Carolina sold to Mary Smelly for 110 pounds 290 acres of land on Jordan's branch in Warren County, North Carolina bordering the land of Colclough. Signed by William Acree and, by her mark, his wife Agnes.^[2] By this record we know that William did not move, but rather when Bute County was abolished in 1779, the land he purchased there on Jorden's branch in 1770, became part of the newly formed county of Warren. As Bute itself was formed from Granville County in 1764, it is possible William was in the same area the entire time as the county names and lines shifted around him.

William bought 500 acres 10 Nov 1789 on Broad River, Wilkes County, GA. He sold 300 acres 09 Oct 1793 on Broad River to Robert Allison.

William appears on the tax lists of Wilkes County, Georgia from 1790 to 1796 as follows:

• 1790 Tax List, Captain Grisham's district, Wilkes County, Georgia.
• 1791 Tax List, Captain Ragan's district, Wilkes County, Georgia.^[18]
• 1792 Tax List, Captain McGuire's district, Wilkes County, Georgia.
• 1793 & 1794 Tax Lists, Captain John Fluker's district, Wilkes County, Georgia.
• 1795 Tax List, Captain James Turner's district, Wilkes County, Georgia.
• 1796 Tax List, Captain Hiram Howard's district, Wilkes County, Georgia.

He died in Wilkes County, Georgia in March of 1796.

William Acree -- To dau. Elizabeth all land upon which she lives.

To son William land in the fork of Little river where Job Bird lives.

To daughter Jenea Acree, the land above the spring

To son Shearrin Acree cow and calf.

To son John Acree two pair door hinges.

To daughter Susannah Woodall saddle.

To daughter Sarah Smith one steer.

To daughter Frances Meadows one calf.

To daughter Nancy Dismuke one sheep.

To daughter Priscilla Acree residue of estate.

Son John Acree and friend Edward Gresham, Excrs.

Signed Feb. 21, 1796.

Probated Apr. 7, 1796. Gravner Stewart, Solomon Ray, Edward Gresham, Test.^[19][20]

Research Notes

• Captain Richard Coleman's Company, under the command of Col. William Eaton, Regimental Muster Roll dated 08 Oct 1754.

More proof of military service: A Tapestry for Elizabeth: The Story of the Ancestors of Mary Elizabeth Hoffman By Thomas Paul Merrill Page 119

William took the oath of Allegiance.^[21]

Sources

1. ↑ Warren County, North Carolina Will/Probate of Agnes' father, John Shearin dated 13 May 1794 and probated Nov 1795.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Warren County, North Carolina Deed Book 9 p130-131.
3. ↑ Warren County, North Carolina Marriage Bond Shearin Acree to Susannah Russell.
4. ↑ Warren County, North Carolina Marriage Bond Salley Acree and James Smith.
5. ↑ Granville County, North Carolina Deed Book D p64-5.
6. ↑ Gwynn, Zae Hargett. Abstracts of the Early Deeds of Granville County, North Carolina 1746-1765. The Reprint Company Publishers, Spartanburg, South Carolina. 1993. Repository - Clayton Genealogical Library, Houston, Texas. p132.
7. ↑ Rackley, Timothy W. Granville County, North Carolina Tax Lists 1760-1764. 2004. p9, 19.
8. ↑ Gwynn, Zae Hargett. Abstracts of the Early Deeds of Granville County, North Carolina 1746-1765. 1974. The Reprint Company Publishers, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1993. Repository - Clayton Genealogical Library, Houston, Texas. p246.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4} Holcomb, Brent Howard. Bute County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Please and Quarter Sessions 1767-1779. 1988. Repository-Clayton Genealogical Library, Houston, Texas. pp66, 69, 89, 105, 214.
10. ↑ Bute County, North Carolina Deed Book 3 p2-3.
11. ↑ Bute County, North Carolina Deed Book 3p134-p135.
12. ↑ http://www.ncgenweb.us/ncgranville/rev/1754-militia.htm
13. ↑ Bute County, North Carolina Committee of Safety Minutes, 1775-1776. 1977. Richard E. Hunter Jr Chairman, Warren County Bicentennial Committee. p59. Repository - Clayton Genealogical Library, Houston, Texas.
14. ↑ Oath of Allegiance, 1775-1776, Bute County, North Carolina.
15. ↑ DAR Ancestor #A209602 (Three members with National Numbers claiming William Acree through his daughter Elizabeth who married John Dismukes).
16. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9Q8-52LK
17. ↑ Gammon, David B. Tax Lists Warren County, North Carolina 1779-1790. Raleigh, North Carolina. 1994. p1, 19, 55.
18. ↑ R. J. Taylor Foundation. An Index to Georgia Tax Digests. Volume 1. 1986. p1.
19. ↑ Will of William Acree dated 21 Feb 1796 and probated 07 April 1796, Wilkes County, Georgia Will Book 1792-1801, p.162-164.
20. ↑ Record Of Wills 1792-1801 Wilkes County, Georgia.
21. ↑ http://www.ncgenweb.us/ncstate/historical/Bute/other/oath.htm