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William b. 1740? d. 1806? Burke Co. NC |
Gabriel b. after 1746? Powhatan Co. VA d. Jul 25, 1809 Yadkin Valley, Wilkes Co. NC |
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Essex County Virginia was established in 1692 from Rappahannock County
(see present day map
for location). |
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Caroline County Virginia was formed in 1728
(see present day map
for location). Culpeper County Virginia was formed in 1748
(see present day map
for location), and was bounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west, and the
Rappahannock River forms one of its eastern boundaries. |
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In May 1777, the Virginia General Assembly created Powhatan County out of land
from the eastern portion of Cumberland County between the Appomattox and James Rivers
(see present day map
for location). |
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Son William, William's father-in-law
James Taylor White and his two sons William and Reuben White, along with
White's son-in-law John Holloway were members of a SC militia
defeated at Marr's Bluff SC, at the hands of Regulators, on July 25, 1768. Excerpt from the book The South Carolina Regulators by Richard Maxwell Brown gives a background and summary of the incident. |
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In 1778 William and Gabriel Loving entered tracts of land that bordered opposite
sides of the Yadkin River in Wilkes County NC. The surveys done in October of
that year indicated that they had been on the land for as far back as 1771, having
made improvements on the land. Each served as chain carriers for the other. William
moved to Mulberry Creek in Burke Co. about 1785. His daughter Mary married neighbor
George Holloway in Oct 1787. |
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Wilkes County was formed in 1777 from Surry County.
Map of North Carolina Counties at beginning
of 1775, and Map in 1780. |
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On Aug 27, 1781, son Gabriel Loving married Rachael Sisk (1754?-1806?) in Wilkes Co.
NC. She was the widow of Daniel Sisk (1754-1780) who died at King's Mountain in
Oct 1780. She was also a daughter of this son Gabriel. If the Gabriel she married
was Gabriel Jr., then they were cousins. They lived on Mulberry Creek (Burke Co.)
for a short time but left for Kentucky by 1805 and died in Hopkinville KY. |
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Son Gabriel and his wife (Sarah Novel d. 1781?, or Rachel) had a son
Joseph born Apr 18, 1786 in Wilkes Co. NC. He married Susannah Bourland (1788-1842)
on Nov 4, 1806 in Muhlenberg Co. KY. They both died in Hopkins Co. KY in 1842
[familysearch.org website, Hopkins Co. KY 1840 Census]. Susannah was likely
related (a niece?) to Mary Loving Bourland, a daughter of
Gabriel Loving Sr.. |
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Grandson Joseph (1786-1842) and Susannah Loving (1788-1842) had at least six
children. Oliver Loving was born Dec 4, 1812 in Hopkins Co. KY and died
Sep 25, 1867 in New Mexico. In 1843, after his parents died, he moved
with several of his siblings to the Republic of Texas to farm and haul freight.
Spanning from Texas to Wyoming, the Goodnight-Loving Trail was first blazed by
Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving in 1866 to sell cattle to the U.S. Government
at Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Loving TX was named for a grandson, also named
Oliver Loving [legendsofamerica.com, website]. |
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About 1784 or 1785, son William acquired land next to
George Holloway on Mulberry Creek in Burke Co. NC. George had acquired his
land about a year earlier in 1783. Both tracts of land had probably belonged to
William White (1830?-1818), who was George's uncle and William Loving's brother-in-law.
William's daughter Mary married George Holloway
in Oct 1787. William moved to Burke Co. by then and his brother Gabriel stayed in
Wilkes Co. |
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In the 1787 Wilkes Co.
NC Census, in Capt. Carrell's District, Wm. Lewis' Company, dated Jul 3, 1787,
a "Gabrill Loving" is listed on the 29th line of Pg. 1, as a head of household
of 11 members: 1 male over aged 21 and under age 60 [Gabriel b. 1746 would be about 41], 3 males under age 21 [son Joseph b. 1786] or over age 60, 7 females [Gabriel's wife Rachel b. 1754, m. Aug 27, 1781], daughters, others], and no slaves [NCGenWeb, p. 178]. |
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In 1805, "Gabrel Loving" was listed in the
Wilkes Co. NC list of taxables,
as owning 540 acres in Captain Thurmond's district, but no taxable
polls [persons living on the land over a certain age]. This Gabriel might be
son Gabriel who died in 1809. "Gabrel" was previously listed
with same acreage, no polls, in Capt. Gwyn's district #5 in the
1797 Wilkes Co. NC list of taxables
[NCGSJ, in Alexander, Here Will I Dwell..., pp. 15, 30]. A "Gabral L. Holloway" [note spelling as Gabral] was in the 1840 Catahoula Parish LA Census born after 1810, likely a son of John Holloway, younger brother of George Holloway, and named after this Gabriel Loving [1840 Catahoula LA Census, p. 37]. |
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Gabriel's son John married Lora Estes. Also, a Rice Medaris (1748-1824) and his
wife Rachael Elizabeth McPheeters (1757-1850) named one of their sons Gabriel Loving
Medaris. |
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Sources: Alexander, Nancy, Here Will I Dwell, The Story of Caldwell County, 1956. "Burke County, N.C. List of Taxables" abstracted by Ransom McBride, in NCGSJ, Nov 1982, pp. 15, 30, 227. Brown, Richard Maxwell, The South Carolina Regulators, Cambridge, Mass., 1963. Holloway, George, record keeper, "Holloway Society Papers," 1810,&c,; publ. in Wm Wiseman & the Davenports, Pioneers Of Old Burke County, North Carolina, v.2 by M.L.Vineyard & E.M.Wiseman, Franklin NC, 1997, pp.113-128. NCGenWeb, "State Census of North Carolina 1784-1787", website, p. 178. Phifer, Edward Jr., BURKE: The History of a North Carolina County 1777-1926, Morganton, NC, 1977, Appendix D, pp. 400-401. U.S. Census, Catahoula Parish LA, 1840, familysearch.org, p. 37. USGenWeb Archives Census Project, 1800 Burke Co., NC Federal Census, transcribed by Dorna Chambers, 1999, pp. 767-768. |
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