Town Fork Settlers as of May, 2006
  *by the name indicates an original landowner 
g* by the name indicates a landowner in the town of  Germanton
by Judy Stanley Cardwell

Name/Wife/Dates

Nationality,

if known

Religion,

if known

Occupation,

 if known

Enslaved Persons from the 1786 Surry Co., NC State Census and land from the 1786 Surry Co., NC Tax List

Adams Jr., John

ca 1759-

m. Unknown

 

English

 

Quaker?

 

 

0 enslaved persons, 200 acres

Adams Sr., John

ca 1730 -ca 1790

m.  Unknown

 

English

 

Quaker?

 

 

0 enslaved persons, 200 acres

Adams, William

ca 1755-

m. Unknown

 

English

 

Quaker?

 

Planter

 

0 enslaved persons, 140 acres

Angel  Sr., Charles

ca 1735-1776

m. 2. Sibella Cummings

 

 

 

 

Sibella shows 2 enslaved persons, 0 acres

Appleton, John

ca 1745

m. Unknown

 

English

 

Episcopalian

 

 

1 enslaved person, 280 acres

Armstrong, *g Thomas Temple

1770-ca 1833

m. Mary McMurray

 

English

 

 

 

Not on census or tax record

Aust, *g Frederick

1772-

m.Elizabeth (mn unk)

Aust

 

German

 

Moravian

 

 

Not on census or tax record

Banner Sr., Benjamin(twin)

1753-1840

m. Sarah Clayton

 

English

 

Episcopalian

 

Planter

 

0 enslaved persons, 0 acres

Banner Sr., Ephriam(twin)

1753-1838

m. 1. Sarah Martin

      2. Elizabeth Hartgrove

 

English

 

Episcopalian

 

Planter

 

0 enslaved persons, 200 acres

Banner Sr., Joseph

1749-1838

m. Sarah McAnally

 

English

 

Episcopalian

 

Planter

 

0 enslaved persons, 1,140 acres

Banner, *Henry

ca 1728-1789

m. Eleanor Martin

 

English

 

Episcopalian

 

Planter

 

15 enslaved persons, 1,324 acres

Bennett, Benjamin

ca 1754-ca 1818

m. Sarah Smith

 

 

 

Baptist

 

 

0 enslaved persons, 100 acres

Bitting, *gAnthony

1738-1804

m. Martha Poe

 

German

 

Lutheran

Saddler, had Tavern in his home

 

Not on list, in this area 1786

Bitting, *gJoseph

1764-1798

m. Rachel Nelson

 

German

 

Lutheran

 

 

Not on census or tax record

Bitting, *gLewis

1774-ca 1787

 

German

 

Lutheran

 

 

Not on census or tax record

Blackburn Jr., Ambrose

ca 1750-1820

m. Frances Halbert

 

 

 

Episcopalian

 

 

Not on census or tax record

Blackburn Sr., Ambrose

ca 1722-ca 1777

m. Elizabeth Jones

 

 

Episcopalian

 

 

Elisabeth shows 2 enslaved persons. 150 acres

Blackburn, Newman

Ca 1737-1772

m. Elizabeth Younger

 

 

Episcopalian

 

 

Not on list, died in 1772

Blackburn, Augustine

1740-1794

m. Elizabeth Watson

 

 

Episcopalian

 

 

Not on list, moved to Wilkes Co., NC

Blackburn, Younger

ca  1755-1817

m. Martha Goode

 

 

Episcopalian

 

 

1 enslaved person, 440 acres

Blum, *gJacob

ca 1738-1802

m. Anna Maria Born

 

German

 

Moravian

 

 

Not on census, 78 acres

Blum, *g Lewis

ca 1734-

 

German

 

Moravian

 

 

Not on census or tax record

Bostick Sr., Absalom

ca 1740-1803

m. Bethania Perkins

 

 

 

Planter

 

13 enslaved persons, 600 acres

Bowles, James

ca  1754-1828

m. Mary Armstrong

 

 

 

 

0 enslaved persons, 300 acres

Bowles, John

ca 1760-1807

m. Nancy (mn unk) Bowles

 

 

 

 

1 enslaved person, 300 acres

Bowles, William

ca 1730-ca 1792

m. Unknown

 

 

 

Constable

 

0 enslaved persons, 200 acres

Branham,*g John

ca 1770

 

 

 

 

Not on census or tax record

Branson, John

ca 1750-

m. Unknown

 

 

 

 

Missed on census, 300 acres

Brock, Elias

ca 1730

m. Elizabeth Crunk

 

 

 

Episcopalian

 

Constable, Carpenter

 

Not on list, did not stay in this area

Burrus, Martin

1754-1839

m. Susannah Martin

 

 

 

 

Planter

 

12 enlaved persons, Not on tax list

Bynum Sr., *gGray

ca 1737-1814

m. Margaret Hampton

 

 

 

Miller, mill on Red Bank Creek

 

4 enslaved persons, 600 acres

Cameron, Alexander

ca 1750-

m. Christina (mn unk) Cameron

 

Scots-Irish

 

Presbyterian

 

 

Not on list, left this area in 1783

Campbell, William

ca 1752

m. Unknown

 

Scots-Irish

 

Presbyterian

 

 

3 enslaved persons, 300 acres

Carmichael, *John

ca 1725-ca 1759

m. Ruth Buchanan

 

Scots-Irish

 

Presbyterian

 

 

Not on list, died 1759

Carmichael, *Thomas

1733-

m. Unknown

 

Scots-Irish

 

Presbyterian

 

 

Not census or tax list, possibly died?

Carmichael, *William

ca 1725-ca 1771

m. Unknown

 

Scots-Irish

 

Presbyterian

 

 

Not on list, died 1771

Carter, George of Pittsylvania Co, Va.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not on list, did not live in this area

Chadwell, John

ca 1715-

m. Bethania Harding Perkins

 

 

 

 

Not on census or tax record

Charles, James

ca 1732-ca 1780

m. Sarah Halbert

 

English

 

Episcopalian

 

Planter

 

Sarah shows 3 enslaved persons, 860 acres

Clark, Samuel

1768-1843

m. Nancy Reddick