The Ann Gowen Easley Family

Children:

1. NN Easley m. NN Barton
   
   

2. NN Easley m. NN Grayham

Known Localities:

• Granville County, North Carolina? (1778?)

• Greenville County, South Carolina (1785-1801)

Chronological Timeline:

A list of Oaths of Allegiance taken on 30 May 1778 in Goshen District, Granville County, shows the following individuals:

• Wm. Allen

• Wm. Howel

• Milenton Easley

SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK7-PSQ7-F

The 1790 federal census for Greenville County, South Carolina shows the following families living immediately next to one another:

Page 102 Joseph Howell 1 Male 16+
5 Males under 16
5 Females

Page 102 Ann Easley 1 Male 16+
1 Male under 16
3 Females

Page 102 Thomas Barton 1 Male 16+
5 Males under 16
5 Females
2 Slaves

Page 102 David Barton 1 Male 16+
3 Males under 16
3 Females

On 16 Jul 1790 in Greenville County, South Carolina, Anne Easley sold 200 acres of land to Edmund Bearden for 50 pounds sterling money. The property was described as being part of a 287 acre grant originally issued to Anne Easley on 1 Jan 1785; it was situated "on the South side of Reedy River; beginning at a post oak corner on a branch called Isham Clayton's branch thence down the said branch to the river, thence down said river to the origina line, thence said line S 3 W 24 chain & 40 link to a post oak corner, thence S 60 W 35 chain to a black gum, thence N 40 W 35 chains to a Spanish oak corner, thence N 23 E 47 chain 60 links to the beginning." The deed was witnessed by Jno. Gowen and Abs. Thompson; Absolam Thompson proved the deed in court on 1 Jan 1794.

SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS79-138Z-R

On 24 Jan 1801 in Greenville County, South Carolina, Ann Easley sold property to her daughters Ann Barton and Mary Grayham for $100 and "the natural love and affection which she has and beareth unto her said beloved daughers." The property was described as being "one negro woman slave named Jude about forty years of age marked her own country on her cheeks." The witnesses to the deed were John Bates, John Easley, and William Easley; John Bates proved the deed in court on 21 Jul 1801.

SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS7S-99Y2-Y