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Ignatious Flowers Record Timeline
Duplin County September 29, 1762 land purchase in Duplin for 255 acres from William Coker Ignatious listed as being of Dobbs County wit Thomas Castollan? Andrew Bass jr.
Dobbs County September 16, 1763 entered for land patent on upper Falling Creek( to get a land patent or grant you roughly marked off the vacant land you wanted and then registered or entered the land with the entry office, then the land was surveyed then a grant was issued. this was sometimes completed in months or years) This land was surveyed by John Shepard and the chain carriers were James Harmon and William Blisard sic.note: Ignatious is listed as Mr. Ignatious Flowers on survey.
There was an Edward Goldsborough who had bought land from Andrew Bass Sr. in the same area
Wilmington New Hanover Feb. 22, 1764 Caveat (land dispute about patent that was entered 1763 in Dobbs) Andrew Bass Jr. vs Ignatious Flowers. Ignatious was awarded his patent and it was issued that day
Bladen County May 1764 was a chain carrier with Dread Carraway for John Carraway patent note; chain carrier
handled measuring chain for the surveyor and had to take an oath as to the honesty of their work
Duplin County March 20, 1765 Ignatious Flowers of Bladen Gent. sold the land he had bought in duplin in 1762 to Solomon Hines of Duplin for the consideration "him thereunto moving" wit reubin Blanchard James hurst, Elizabeth Foley note: no records for Ignatious for 4 or 5 years did he move back to Dobbs, he still owned several tracts of land there.signed Ignatious Flowers note Ignatious always signed his name never made a mark
Dobbs County unknown date sold to Jethro Oates listed in deed index with no date
Dobbs County 1769-1771 Ignatious Flowers to Andrew Bass Jr.
Dobbs County 1769-1771 Ignatious Flowers to William Reaves
note William Reaves married a Carraway
Bladen County Dec. 14 1770 Charles Thompson to Ignatious Flowers 200 acres wit Abram Barnes William Wilkerson
Bladen between 1768 and 1773 Ignatious bought 250 acres from Jethro Oates that he received as a grant in Apr.29 1768
Bladen Apr. 29 1771 Ignatious and Carraway Oates were chain carriers for Josiah Taylor survey note Carraway Oates was a torie captain during the Revolutionary war and was hanged around the end of the war for burning houses ect.
Bladen Nov. 18 1771 grant issued to Ignatious Flowers 100 acres on so side of Ashpole joining Robert Edwards and Jethro Oates supposed corner
Bladen March 30 1773 sold to Edward Grantham the land he bought from Jethro Oates and the 1771 land grant wit Thomas Amis Wm Amis note in the early 1780's when the war was really bad in the Bladen area the Governor of NC had Thomas Amis collect cattle and salt for the troops he was to give a voucher for what he received
Craven South Carolina April 4 1774 present day Marion County land grant 150 acres ( I don't know what Ignatious did with this land but John Gowen SR. sold the land in 1804 to Solomon Page
Bladen Dec 1775 Balitha Hayes to Ignatious Flowers 200 acres in the fork of Dunns and Porters Swamp wit John Yates John Brantor
Bladen Nov. 5 1777 Bond for Departure on May 10, 1777 the North carolina Assembly passed an act requiring that residents take the oath of allegiance to the new country. Those that refused to take the oath were supposed to leave the state within 60 days.Ignatious refused to take the oath and bound himself in the amount of 500 pounds.
This did not seem to be inforced, there was also a Bozeman that had a Bond for Departure in Bladen. also between 1778 and 1781 the person making a land entry had to pledge allegiance to the state, this was suppose to keep Tories from claiming land. Ignatious did not get a grant again until 1785.Entry Office was closed from 1781 to 1783
Bladen Dec 31 1778 Ignatious was a chain carrier for Joseph Nobles land survey
Bladen Jan 30 1779 Ignatious was a chain carrier with Sam'l Branton for John Branton survey
Bladen March 22 1779 Ignatious was a chain carrier with son Goldsberry for Stephen Godwin survey
Bladen 1779 tax list 350 acres 38 cattle
District of Wilmington Sept 4 1783 Ignatious exhibited his claim and was allowed the sum of 14 pounds 10 ( this was for a contrubution during the Revolutionary war between 1781 The war was not bad in the Bladen area until 1781 thru 1783 then it was really bad, the area was thought to have more loyalist as patriots. Did Ignatious change his mind because of the harm that was done to his neighbors?
Bladen Nov 1783 Ignatious to William Lewis of Randolph County 150 lbs 200 acres in fork of Porters & Dunns Swamp (land bought from Balitha Hayes) signed Ignatious Flowers
Bladen 1784 tax list lands 400 town lots 1/2 1 white pole 1 black pole (should have been 3 white poles, did he send Goldsborough and Uriah away during the fighting ?)
Bladen Aug 3 1785 Ignatious entered for grant for 100 acres on south side of Duns Swamp grant was issued dec 20 1791 land was surveyed by John Yates (John became Ignatious's daughter Sarah's father inlaw)
Bladen Feb 23 1786 Ignatious sold 400 acres to Richard Horn on North side of Dunns and Porters swamp wit John Yates and Goldsbury Flowers (note a year later Richard Horn sold the land to Lewis Williamson)
Bladen May 5 1787 William Mcree sheriff to Ignatious Flowers 105 lbs sale to satisfy judgment "Ignatious Flowers vs. William Lewis" sd sherriff did levy an execution upon a plantion belonging to sd William lewis in the fork of Dunns and porters swamp Ignatious Flowers became the last and highest bidder wit James Purdie John Gowan(same land that Ignatious sold to William Lewis)
Bladen Nov 14 bought 2 tracts 392 acres from Andrew Griffin
wit Theophelus Griffin and Goldsberry Flowers note son Goldsborough was the only Flowers to be on any records of Ignatious
Bladen 1788 tax list Capt Yates dist 400 acres 2 white poles two black poles
Bladen Jan 22 1788 Ignatious witnessed with John Green deed between William Norton and Richard Lewis
Georgia 1784-1793 bought 200 acres from Benjamin Eason
Georgia unknown date bought 250acres
Bladen Alexander Godwin sells to Ignatious
Bladen Mar 9 1790 Ignatious was a chain carrier with William Sibbet for Alexander Campbell land was surveyed by John Yates
Bladen Dec 12 1792 Ignatious entered for 300 acres on North side of Dunns Swamp land
was issued after Ignatious's death and was left to son Ignatius
Bladen Oct 25 1793 will of Ignatious which tells us at the time of his death he had the following:
450 acres in Georgia
970 acres in North carolina
4 slaves
50 hogs
30 horses
unknown amount of cattle in Georgia
will was witnessed by Return Strong who was a surveyor
Ignatious had a grandson named William Strong Flowers
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