Ishmael Vineyard

1737 - 1799  (62 years)

• Name	Ishmael Vineyard
  Birth	ca 1737	Stuttgart Stadtkreis, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Property, Real	28 Apr 1768	Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina, USA
  	Entered: 3 Feb 1767, Surveyed for Ishmael Vineyard, 200 acres on a branch of Turkey Creek. . .John Kernerhams line. . .Za Bullock, Surveyor. David Byars, David Porter, Chain Bearers. Book 23, p 208.
  	(1) Brent H. Holcomb. North Carolina Land Grants in South Carolina (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 1980), 117. [File No 2372, Grant No 133, Book 23, p 208] (2) North Carolina Land Grants. Microfilm publication, 770 rolls, Certificate Range: 2177-2624. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.
  Property, Real	14 Nov 1771	Tyron Co, North Carolina, USA
  	Additional 50 acres granted in Tyron Co, NC on the waters of Turkey Creek including part of his own improvement, 16 July 1771. John Kirkconnell, Surveyor. George Ross, William Erwin, Chain Bearers.
  	Brent H. Holcomb. North Carolina Land Grants in South Carolina (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 1980), 153. [File No 434, Grant No 102, Book 20, p 76]
  Misc.	1772	York Dist, South Carolina, USA
  	North and South Carolina boundries were re-surveyed. Clause in Vineyard's grant read: "by later survey of the boundry line between North and South Carolina the above tract of land fell within the province of South Carolina."
  Property, Real	15 Jan 1774	Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina, USA
  	200 acres on a branch of Turkey Creek. Bounded by John Kernerhan's line. Originally granted 28 Apr 1768 by Gov Tryon to the memorialist, which land by late resurvey of boundary, now falls in South Carolina, Craven Co. Wm Byers.
  	Jesse Hogan Motes III and Margaret Peckham Motes, abs. South Carolina Memorials: Abstracts of Land Titles, Vol 1, 1774-1776 (Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press Inc., 1996), 459. [Memorial Book 12: 5 Jan-14 Sep 1774]
  Property, Real	15 Jul 1785	Wilkes Co, Georgia, USA
  	200 acres along Vineyard's Creek, granted to him in 1790
  	(1) Wilkes County, Georgia Land Grants, Book G-173. (2) Index to the Headright and Bounty Grants of Georgia, 1756-1909 (Vidalia, GA: Georgia Genealogical Reprints, 1970), 674. [Grant Book UUU-196]
  Appointment	31 May 1787	Elbert Co, Georgia, USA
  	Brent H. Holcomb. York County, South Carolina Deed Abstracts: Vol I: Deed Books A-E, 1786-1801 [1772-1801] (Columbia, SC: SCMAR, 2008), 86. [South Carolina. York County Deed Book C-254-255]
  		Power of Attorney for Ishmael Vineyard Ishmael Vineyard of York County, planter, appoint my "trusty and loving" son John Vineyard of the same, blacksmith, my true and lawful attorney to sell all my lands and tenements and make titles, 31 May 1787. Ishmael Vineyard (LS), Witnesses: James Marks, J.P., George Taylor. Acknowledged in Elbert County Georgia, by Ishmael Vineyard 5 Oct 1794 before John Fergus, J.P. Certified by John Fergus was a J.P. for Elbert County, 7 Oct 1793.
  Property, Real	23 Oct 1787	York Co, South Carolina, USA
  	Brent H. Holcomb. York County, South Carolina Deed Abstracts: Vol I: Deed Books A-E, 1786-1801 [1772-1801] (Columbia, SC: SCMAR, 2008), 26. [South Carolina. York County Deed Book A-372-375]
  		Sale of Ishmael Vineyard's land in York Co, South Carolina. John Vineyard [attorney for Ishmael Vineyard, planter, of York County, SC] to Robert Smith of same for 82 pounds 5 shillings, 250 acres. 200 acres granted to said Ishmael by a grant from North Carolina signed by William Tryon, Governor, 28 Apr 1768, in Mecklinburgh County, North Carolina, adj. Jno Kernahan, and 50 acres granted to said Ishmael by North Carolina 14 Nov 1771, then in Tryon County, NC, on waters of Turkey Creek including part of his own improvement. John Vineyard attorney for Ishmael Vineyard (LS) and his wife, Jane Vineyard (LS). Witnesses: Jonathan Sutton, James Hawthorn, James Martin. January Court 1788, acknowledged in open court and ordered to be recorded.
  Court Minutes	15 Oct 1788	York Co, South Carolina, USA
  	David Byers vs. Ishmael Vineyard. O. Att. Dismissed at Defendant's Costs.
  	Laurence K. Wells. York County, South Carolina, Minutes of the County Court, 1786-1797 (Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1981), 52 [York County Minute Book A-178]
  Census	1790	Wilkes Co, Georgia, USA
  	Frank Parker Hudson. A 1790 census for Wilkes County, Georgia: prepared from tax returns: with abstracts of the 1790 tax returns (Spartanburg, SC: The Reprint Company, 1988), 121.
  Court Minutes	1792	York Co, South Carolina, USA
  	John Henderson vs. Ishmael Vineyard & D. Byers. Debt. Jury: Andrew Floyd, John Barron, William Wright, Alexander Ramsey, Samuel Robison, Humphrey Williams, Joseph Henderson, Samuel Swann, Arch'd Stuart, John Blackney, Elijah Fleming & John Finley. Find for Plaintiff according to the bond with interest & costs, subject to the Installment Law. Whereupon the Court gave judgment according to the verdict.
  	Laurence K. Wells. York County, South Carolina, Minutes of the County Court, 1786-1797 (Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1981), 106 [York County Minute Book A-339]
  Death	Sep 1799	Vineyard's Creek, Elbert Co, Georgia, USA
  	Genealogical Society of Utah. Elbert County Wills, 1791-1803 (n. p.: n. d.), 13-15.
  Inventories, sales and accounts	10 Sep 1799	Elbert Co, Georgia, USA
  	Inventory list for the estate of Ishmael Vineyard, deceased, 10 September 1799. Appraisers, William Furges, Edward Ware, and Allen Leeper. Elbert, County reported Ishmael Estate’s possessions as including a dark bay horse, a red brindle cow with calf, one young dark cow with calf, one red cow, one young red cow and calf, one yearling heifer, one bridled steer yearling, one raw beef hide, two bedsteads, half set of wagon boxes, set rough irons horse gear and singletree, coulter plough, one ax hand saw and chisel, one powdering tut [?], one syth [sic], one cutting knife, one loomb [sic], one grindstone, 2 churns and keg, one sugar cane, wooden dishes, one cider churn, one half dozen pewter plates, one pewter dish, five white plates, one walnut table, one walnut chest, one pine chest, one chick reel and one cotton wheel, one flax wheel, two flat irons, one five gallon pot, one small pot, one pot rack, three feather beds, one bedstead, one woman’s saddle, two barrels, one pair of stirrup irons, and one set of old spools. Value of these personal belonging were estimated as $250. John McCurdy and Samuel Groves, administrators; heirs were John Vineyard, representative of George and James Vineyard, Ephraim Beasley, heir-representative of David and Joseph Vineyard, John McCurdy, representative of William Stephens and Matthew Blackwell, 27 February 1807.
  	Grace Gillam Davidson, comp. Records of Elbert County, Georgia (Atlanta: Historical Collections of the Georgia Chapters Daughters of American Revolution, Vol 3, 1930; Reprint. Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1995, 2014), 63. [Elbert County Will Book 1791-1803, pp 13-15]
  Estate	27 Feb 1807	Elbert Co, Georgia, USA
  	The final settlement of the Estate was recorded on May 14, 1807, as authorized in December 1806 and settled in January 1807. “State of Georgia, Elbert County. We John McCurdy and Samuel Groves Administrators of the Estate of Ishmael and Jane Vineyard deceased and several legatees, to wit: John Vineyard, James Vineyard, Joseph Vineyard, Ephraim Beasley, William Stevens [sic], David Vineyard, Matthew Blackwell, George Vineyard by his friend John Vineyard of the state and county aforesaid do submit and refer to the decision of Robert Kenady and Joseph Neal with the power of all umpirage all controversies, claim, competition, and right of whatsoever kind and we do oblige ourselves and our survivors in heirship to abide by and perform the order and determination of them the said referees as their umpires to be by the pronounced and hereunto annexed provided the said award or arbitrament be rendered in writing and hereunto annexed between the time present and the fifteenth day of January next ensuing the date hereof under the penalty of two thousand dollars besides performances. Witness our hands this twenty-seventh day of December 1806. John McCurdy, Groves, administers [sic] John Vineyard, Jas. Vineyard, Jos. Vineyard, Ephraim Beasley, William Stephens, Matthew Blackwell, David Vineyard, John Vineyard for George Vineyard. Attested by James Hodge and William Hodge. The award. We Robert Kennedy and Joseph Neal arbitrators indifferently chosen by the within parties having heard and understood their several allegations and proofs respecting various circumstances of the estate of Ishmael and Jane Vineyard decd. And willing to set them at unity and good order find the estate of the aforesaid deceased to be worth net one hundred and fifty-one dollars forty-seven cents which produces to each legatee putting in their claim the sum of sixteen dollars and eight three cents. We, therefore, order award and determine that the aforesaid estate be divided as follows, viz: To John Vineyard legatee and representative of George Vineyard, thirty-three dollars and sixty-six cents and James Vineyard sixteen dollars and eighty-three cents, to Ephraim Beasley legatee and representative of David Vineyard thirty-three dollars and sixty-six cents, to Joseph Vineyard sixteen dollars and eighty-three cents, to John McCurdy representative of William Stephens and Matthew Blackwell legatees thirty-three dollars and sixty-six cents. The above division is executed on the aforesaid estate so far as they have hitherto be distributed arbitrated and awarded this eighth day of January one thousand eight hundred and seven. Robert Kenneday, Joseph Neal.”
  	Grace Gillam Davidson, comp. Records of Elbert County, Georgia (Atlanta: Historical Collections of the Georgia Chapters Daughters of American Revolution, Vol 3, 1930; Reprint. Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1995, 2014), 65. [Administrators & Guardians Papers, 1804-1809: 8-10; Elbert County, Georgia, Will Book L-F, pages 8-10]
  Will	Elbert Co, Georgia, USA
  	estate of Ishmael Vineyard, deceased, 10 September 1799.
  	Georgia. Elbert County, Will Book 2-142, 1803-1806. Ishmael Vineyard. OR Probate and Marriage Records (Elbert County, Georgia), 1803-1919; Author: Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Elbert County); Probate Place: Elbert, Georgia
  Burial	Vineyard's Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Madison Co, Georgia, USA
  	Grave located in the woods behind the Vineyards Creek Baptist Church in an unmarked grave.
  Person ID	I562	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2023

  
  

  Family	Janett Henderson,   b. ca 1742, Bremen, Germany d. 24 Aug 1806, Elbert Co, Georgia, USA (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	3 Sep 1759	North Carolina, USA
  Children	1. John Vineyard, Sr,   b. ca 1760, Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina, USA d. 26 Sep 1823, Greene Co, Alabama, USA (Age 63 years) + 2. James Vineyard,   b. 27 Aug 1762, York, York Co, South Carolina, USA d. 21 Aug 1844, Vineyard's Creek, Elbert Co, Georgia, USA (Age 81 years) + 3. David Henderson Vineyard,   b. ca 1764, New Hanover Co, North Carolina, British America d. 23 Oct 1816, Montgomery Co, Tennessee, USA (Age 52 years) + 4. Susannah Vineyard,   b. ca 1765, York Co, South Carolina, USA d. ca 1860, Putnam Co, Georgia, USA (Age 95 years) + 5. Hannah Vineyard,   b. 7 Aug 1768, North Carolina, USA d. 13 Sep 1865, Schuyler Co, Missouri, USA (Age 97 years)   6. Jonathan Vineyard,   b. ca 1772, York Co, South Carolina, USA d. ca 1839, Franklin Co, Missouri, USA (Age 67 years)   7. Nancy Virginia Vineyard,   b. ca 1774, York Co, South Carolina, USA d. ca 1850, Murray Co, Georgia, USA (Age 76 years)   8. Joseph Vineyard,   b. 10 Jun 1776, York Co, South Carolina, USA d. 17 Mar 1840, Benton Co, Alabama, USA (Age 63 years)   9. Isaiah Vineyard,   b. ca 1778, York Co, South Carolina, USA d. ca 1799, Vineyard's Creek, Elbert Co, Georgia, USA (Age 21 years) + 10. Mary Ann Vineyard,   b. 1 Nov 1780, York Co, South Carolina, USA d. 13 Sep 1865, Talbotten, Talbot Co, Georgia, USA (Age 84 years)   11. George Henderson Vineyard, Sr,   b. 23 Aug 1788, York, York Co, South Carolina, USA d. ca 1840, Dickson Co, Tennessee, USA (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F243	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2020

  
  

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  Birth - ca 1737 - Stuttgart Stadtkreis, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany Appointment - 31 May 1787 - Elbert Co, Georgia, USA Inventories, sales and accounts - Inventory list for the estate of Ishmael Vineyard, deceased, 10 September 1799. Appraisers, William Furges, Edward Ware, and Allen Leeper. Elbert, County reported Ishmael Estate’s possessions as including a dark bay horse, a red brindle cow with calf, one young dark cow with calf, one red cow, one young red cow and calf, one yearling heifer, one bridled steer yearling, one raw beef hide, two bedsteads, half set of wagon boxes, set rough irons horse gear and singletree, coulter plough, one ax hand saw and chisel, one powdering tut [?], one syth [sic], one cutting knife, one loomb [sic], one grindstone, 2 churns and keg, one sugar cane, wooden dishes, one cider churn, one half dozen pewter plates, one pewter dish, five white plates, one walnut table, one walnut chest, one pine chest, one chick reel and one cotton wheel, one flax wheel, two flat irons, one five gallon pot, one small pot, one pot rack, three feather beds, one bedstead, one woman’s saddle, two barrels, one pair of stirrup irons, and one set of old spools. Value of these personal belonging were estimated as $250. John McCurdy and Samuel Groves, administrators; heirs were John Vineyard, representative of George and James Vineyard, Ephraim Beasley, heir-representative of David and Joseph Vineyard, John McCurdy, representative of William Stephens and Matthew Blackwell, 27 February 1807. - 10 Sep 1799 - Elbert Co, Georgia, USA Estate - The final settlement of the Estate was recorded on May 14, 1807, as authorized in December 1806 and settled in January 1807. “State of Georgia, Elbert County. We John McCurdy and Samuel Groves Administrators of the Estate of Ishmael and Jane Vineyard deceased and several legatees, to wit: John Vineyard, James Vineyard, Joseph Vineyard, Ephraim Beasley, William Stevens [sic], David Vineyard, Matthew Blackwell, George Vineyard by his friend John Vineyard of the state and county aforesaid do submit and refer to the decision of Robert Kenady and Joseph Neal with the power of all umpirage all controversies, claim, competition, and right of whatsoever kind and we do oblige ourselves and our survivors in heirship to abide by and perform the order and determination of them the said referees as their umpires to be by the pronounced and hereunto annexed provided the said award or arbitrament be rendered in writing and hereunto annexed between the time present and the fifteenth day of January next ensuing the date hereof under the penalty of two thousand dollars besides performances. Witness our hands this twenty-seventh day of December 1806. John McCurdy, Groves, administers [sic] John Vineyard, Jas. Vineyard, Jos. Vineyard, Ephraim Beasley, William Stephens, Matthew Blackwell, David Vineyard, John Vineyard for George Vineyard. Attested by James Hodge and William Hodge. The award. We Robert Kennedy and Joseph Neal arbitrators indifferently chosen by the within parties having heard and understood their several allegations and proofs respecting various circumstances of the estate of Ishmael and Jane Vineyard decd. And willing to set them at unity and good order find the estate of the aforesaid deceased to be worth net one hundred and fifty-one dollars forty-seven cents which produces to each legatee putting in their claim the sum of sixteen dollars and eight three cents. We, therefore, order award and determine that the aforesaid estate be divided as follows, viz: To John Vineyard legatee and representative of George Vineyard, thirty-three dollars and sixty-six cents and James Vineyard sixteen dollars and eighty-three cents, to Ephraim Beasley legatee and representative of David Vineyard thirty-three dollars and sixty-six cents, to Joseph Vineyard sixteen dollars and eighty-three cents, to John McCurdy representative of William Stephens and Matthew Blackwell legatees thirty-three dollars and sixty-six cents. The above division is executed on the aforesaid estate so far as they have hitherto be distributed arbitrated and awarded this eighth day of January one thousand eight hundred and seven. Robert Kenneday, Joseph Neal.” - 27 Feb 1807 - Elbert Co, Georgia, USA Will - estate of Ishmael Vineyard, deceased, 10 September 1799. - - Elbert Co, Georgia, USA  = Link to Google Earth