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I am interested in John Balch who left a will in 1790 in Mecklenburg Co., NC. In the will, he named Sarah Alexander as a daughter. I believe this may be the same Sarah Alexander who appears on the April 13, 1789 Madison Co., KY Taxlist. Sarah's husband Samuel Alexander left a will in 1784 in Mecklenburg Co., NC.
I am posting the will of John Balch as contributed to me by Paulette Haynes. Additionally, I am posting some listings from the Ancestry.com 1790 Reconstucted Census of Kentucky (which is a compilation of several different taxlists) including those references to both Sarah Alexander, John Balch, and William Balch. I believe the individuals named in these two distinct records are the same.
Does anyone know anything about the Balch family of Mecklenburg Co., NC possibly being in the Paint Lick Creek area of present-day Garrard Co., KY (in 1789, it was Madison Co., KY)? I understand this family includes Hezekiah Benjamin Balch, founder of Greenville College in Greenville, TN (today known as Tusculum College).
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
David
Will of John Balch of Mecklenburg Co., NC:
Contributed by Paulette Haynes:
In the Name of God Amen,
I John Balch of Mecklenburg County and State of North Carolina being weak of body but of perfect mind and memory Calling to mind the mortality and approaching dissolution of my body do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament and first I recomend my soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it nothing doubting but at General Resurrection I shall receive the same again and as touching such wordly goods as it hath pleased the Lord to bess me with I dispose of -----blot--- the following manner and form and in the first place I leave and bequeath to each of my three daughters viz Sarah Alexander, Mary Luis and Margaret Robinson the sum of eight shillings each. I leave and bequeath to my beloved son Thomas Balch all my iron tools including my shoemaker tools and all the bed cloaths together with the bed that to me belongs; and all the remaing articles that to me belong or that I have any right to exclusive of one small mare which I leave to John Balch son to my son Thomas Balch; to be equally divided betwict my two sons viz Thomas and William Balch after my funeral expences and just debts are all paid this to be last will and testament in witness I have herewith set my hand and seal this 27th of November 1790.
---Robt Robison, Jurat John Balch (seal)
As found on Ancestry.com:
"FIRST CENSUS" OF KENTUCKY 1790
[p.1] HISTORY OF THE FIRST UNITED STATES CENSUS OF KENTUCKY
[p.5] Kentucky Counties in 1790
page 6
Alexander, Sarah Madison 4/13/1789
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"FIRST CENSUS" OF KENTUCKY 1790
[p.1] HISTORY OF THE FIRST UNITED STATES CENSUS OF KENTUCKY
[p.5] Kentucky Counties in 1790
page 9
Balch, John Madison 4/13/1789
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"FIRST CENSUS" OF KENTUCKY 1790
[p.1] HISTORY OF THE FIRST UNITED STATES CENSUS OF KENTUCKY
[p.5] Kentucky Counties in 1790
page 9
Balch, William Madison 4/13/1789
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"FIRST CENSUS" OF KENTUCKY 1790
[p.1] HISTORY OF THE FIRST UNITED STATES CENSUS OF KENTUCKY
[p.5] Kentucky Counties in 1790
page 12
[p.12] Best, Stephen Madison 4/13/1789
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"FIRST CENSUS" OF KENTUCKY 1790
[p.1] HISTORY OF THE FIRST UNITED STATES CENSUS OF KENTUCKY
[p.5] Kentucky Counties in 1790
page 45
Henderson, Robert Madison 4/13/1789
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"FIRST CENSUS" OF KENTUCKY 1790
[p.1] HISTORY OF THE FIRST UNITED STATES CENSUS OF KENTUCKY
[p.5] Kentucky Counties in 1790
page 9
Balch, James Madison 4/24/1789
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