Regulators in the Orange County Court – September 24, 1770
In my previous post (Paper Trail: the Cox Family and the Regulator Movement of Colonial Orange County, NC), I note that disgruntled Regulators descended upon the Orange County Court in Hillsborough on September 24, 1770. The docket included a number of cases affecting backcountry settlers who had signed multiple Regulator petitions seeking…
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Paper Trail: the Cox Family and the Regulator Movement of Colonial Orange County, NC
Revised 12/29/25 The discontent of backcountry farmers with the system of taxes and fees in 1760s colonial North Carolina would give birth to what became known as the Regulator Movement. The formation of the Sandy Creek Association in 1766 by settlers in today’s Randolph County is arguably the beginning of the…
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William Joseph Moffitt (1740-1799) and Mary Davies (Davis) (1740-1822)
William Joseph Moffitt is my fifth great-grandfather. I descend from him through a daughter, Hannah, who married Jacob Cox (son of Harmon Cox), and also through a son, William, who married Mary Cox, granddaughter of Harmon Cox. The Moffitts and Coxes were among the first Quaker families to settle in the…
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William Cox’s 1767 Will and Division of Land
This post provides more detail of the land willed by William Cox (1692-1767) to his sons Harmon, William, John, Solomon, and Thomas. William and his sons acquired several thousand acres along Deep River and its tributaries in southeastern Randolph County, NC during the 1750s. William’s will divided his properties among his…
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The Peter Kivett Bible
In August 2021, I wrote about my 5th great-grandparents, Peter and Anna Barbary Kivett. Kivett family legend is that Peter (1726-1794) brought a Dutch Bible with him when he immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1649. At the time I was writing the post, I was unaware there was a private discussion underway…
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James B. Moody (1846-1910) and Nancy Jane Fields (1850-1924)
James Moody and Nancy Jane Fields are my 2nd great-grandparents. They weren’t in my immediate research plans, but I received a note recently from a member of the Chatham County Historical Association saying James is buried in the Tick Creek Cemetery that volunteers recently cleared. However, it turns out the Moody…
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Penelope Van Princes Stout (1622-1712) and Richard Stout (1615-1705)
My wife’s 9th great-grandmother, Penelope Van Pinces, married Richard Stout, one of the earliest settlers of today’s Long Island, NY and later became known as the “Mother of Monmouth, NJ.” And she may also have: Well, maybe. There are dozens of accounts of Penelope’s Stout’s life. (I’ll include links to the…
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