Solomon ALSTON [6419]

  General Notes:

Solomon purchased 100 acres on Wicken Creek from John Council on 11 Nov 1729.^[[2]^] He was an overseer of a road on 14 Feb 1736.^[[3]^] Solomon was an administrator on the estate of brother-in-law William Hinton^[[4]^] He sold 260 acres at the mouth of Bryant Branch to John Perry of Chowan on 15 Dec 1736.^[[5]^] Solomon purchased 200 acres on the north side of Jacket Swamp from Richard Braswell on 22 May 1745.^[[6]^] On that same day, he was one of the tobacco warehouse commissioners.^[[7]^]
On 21 May 1751, Solomon purchased 150 acres Contentney Swamp from brother Joseph John Alston.^[[8]^] A short time later Solomon bought 150 acres on the north side of Tosniot Creek adjoining sd. Solomon from Solomon Joyner on 1 Aug 1751.^[[9]^] He sold 400 acres on Town Creek to James Braswell on 10 Apr 1753.^[[10]^]
Solomon first purchased land in Granville County on 20 Sep 1754 when he bought 644 acres at the fork of Fishing and Shocco Creek from William Hurst.^[[11]^] He sold 205 acres on Town Creek to Moses Baker Jr. in 1756.^[[12]^] On 1 Oct 1756, he sold to James Braswell Jr. 205 acres on Mill Swamp.^[[13]^] He had now relocated to Granville County by 13 May 1758 when he sold 150 acres on Contentney Swamp to William Wilder.^[[14]^] Solomon gave 200 acres between Fishing and Shocco Creeks to son Solomon Jr on 18 Dec 1758.^[[15]^] He purchased 213 acres between Fishing and Shocco Creek from son Solomon Jr. 30 Jul 1765.^[[16]^]
Solomon and wife Nancy sold to William Park 32 acres on Rich Neck Creek on 29 Jan 1771.^[[17]^] His will was dated 14 Sep 1780.^[[18]^] His will was proved on 31 Jan 1785. Nancy received furniture in the will of her father on 21 Jun 1730.^[[19]^]

[2] Bertie County, North Carolina Deeds, Vol. C, 1728-1739, microfilm no. [7510475] pages 155-156, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City. His brother Joseph John Alston was a witness.
[3] Weynette P. Haun, ed., Bertie County, North Carolina County Court Minutes 1724-1739 Book I (Durham, North Carolina: privately printed, 1978), 74.
[4] Bertie County, North Carolina, Court Records, 1800-1900, microfilm no. [7639713] page 93, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City. There are numerous depositions found in these estate papers that provide information on the family.
[5] Bertie County, North Carolina, Deeds, Vol. E, 1736-1739, microfilm no. [7510475] pages 79-80, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City. His brother-in-law Hardy Hinton was also an administrator.
[6] Edgecombe County, North Carolina, Deeds, Vol. 5, 1741-1746, microfilm no. [7547220] pages 396-397, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah.
[7] Edgecombe County, North Carolina, Court Minutes, 1744-1746, microfilm no. [8182751] image 24, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah.
[8] Edgecombe County, North Carolina, Deeds, Vol. 4, 1750-1754, microfilm no. [7547219] pages 68-69, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah. His brother-in-law Thomas Kearney and his son Edmund Kearney were witnesses.
[9] Edgecombe County, North Carolina, Deeds, Vol. 4, 1750-1754, microfilm no. [7547219] page 110, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah. His son Solomon Alston Jr. was a witness.
[10] Edgecombe County, North Carolina, Deeds, Vol. 4, 1750-1754, microfilm no. [7547219] pages 455-456, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah.
[11] Granville County, North Carolina, Deeds, Vol. B, 1748-1756, microfilm no. [7416745] pages 466-467, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City. Solomon was still a resident of Edgecombe County.
[12] Edgecombe County, North Carolina, Deeds, Vol. 6, 1756-1758, microfilm no. [7547220] pages 66-67, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah.
[13] Edgecombe County, North Carolina, Deeds, Vol. 6, 1756-1758, microfilm no. [7547220] pages 98-99, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah.
[14] Edgecombe County, North Carolina, Deeds, Vol. 6, 1756-1758, microfilm no. [7547220] pages 320-321, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah.
[15] Granville County, North Carolina, Deeds, Vol. C2, 1756-1760, microfilm no. [7416746] pages 550-551, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City.
[16] Bute County, North Carolina, Deeds, Vol. A, 1764-1766, microfilm no. [7518973] pages 228-229, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City.
[17] Warren County, North Carolina, Deeds, Vol. 3, 1770-1772, microfilm no. [7518774] pages 181-183, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City.
[18] Warren County, North Carolina, Will Book, Vol. 4, 1783-1787, microfilm no. [4779561] pages 70-75, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City.
[19] North Carolina, Wills, 1663-1979, John Hinton 1732, microfilm no. [7640348] images 54-56, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah. She was called Ann Alston in the will.

  Research Notes:

Noted events in his life were:
• Will Mention on 21 Feb 1729.51
• Land Purchase on 11 Nov 1729 in Bertie, North Carolina, United States.52
• Land Witness on 8 May 1733 in Bertie, North Carolina, United States.53
• Land Witness on 8 Feb 1736 in Bertie, North Carolina, United States.54
• Position: 11 May 1736, Bertie, North Carolina, United States.55
• Estate: Appraiser, 29 Jul 1736, Bertie, North Carolina, United States.56
• He was involved in a court case about Aug 1736 in Bertie, North Carolina, United States.57
• Land Sale on 15 Dec 1736 in Bertie, North Carolina, United States.58
• Land Patent on 6 Jun 1739 in Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States.59
• Land Purchase on 21 May 1745 in Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States.60
• Event: 21 May 1745, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States.61
• Land Purchase on 21 May 1751 in Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States.62
• Land Purchase on 1 Aug 1751 in Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States.63
• Land Sale on 10 Apr 1753 in Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States.64
• Land Patent on 26 Apr 1753 in Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States.65
• Land Purchase on 20 Sep 1754 in Granville, North Carolina, United States.66
• Will Legatee on 20 Feb 1755 in Chowan, North Carolina, United States.67
• Land Patent on 6 Nov 1755 in Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States.68
• Land Sale in 1756 in Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States.69
• Land Sale on 1 Oct 1756 in Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States.70
• Land Purchase on 28 Sep 1756 in Granville, North Carolina, United States.71
• Land Gift on 18 Dec 1758 in Granville, North Carolina, United States.72
• Taxation: 1763, Granville, North Carolina, United States.73
• Estate: Security, 1763.74
• Will Legatee on 24 Mar 1764 in Northampton, North Carolina, United States.75
• Land Sale on 21 Nov 1764 in Bute, North Carolina, United States.76
• Land Purchase on 30 Jul 1765 in Bute, North Carolina, United States.77
• Land Purchase on 12 Mar 1767 in Bute, North Carolina, United States.78
• Land Sale on 29 Jan 1771 in Bute, North Carolina, United States.79
• Land Neighbor on 14 Aug 1771 in Bute, North Carolina, United States.80
• He was involved in a court case on 14 Nov 1772 in Bute, North Carolina, United States.81
• Will Abstract in Warren, North Carolina, United States.82
• Estate: Jan 1785, Warren, North Carolina, United States.83
• LDS Family Group Record:84

Solomon married Ann Nancy HINTON [6420] [MRIN: 2151], daughter of John HINTON [34292] and Mary HARDY [34293], in 1729. (Ann Nancy HINTON [6420] was born in 1713 in Chowan co Nth Carolina USA and died in Warren Nth Carolina USA.)