W.D. Bostick
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
Draft 10/2001
Preamble: This is a compilation of data, most of it kindly provided by other researchers (especially George F. Bentley of Louisiana), and via the internet as cited in the narrative.
Note: Bynum- Williams Cemetery . Take US 31 North from Mt. Pleasant, going 1 1/4 miles past Maury County Airport. Turn left, passing through Rattle & Snap's farm area, crossing railroad tracks and by-pass, follow farm road through fields to cemetery in a grove surrounded by ploughed fields.
1. John Bynum
(Byenum)
Born: abt 1616 in James City, VA (per LDS)
Parents: Unknown
Marriage: abt 1663 to Rosamond Blow
Notes:
From George Bentley (5/2001): Do you have Elizabeth and son John Bynum (Byenham) arriving 1620/1 in Elizabeth City VA aboard the "Bona Nova" ?
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ktrouvat&id=I1042
Sources:
Title: Bynum and Baynham Families of America
Author: Robert William Baird
Publication: Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD 1983
Abbrev: Bynum and Baynham Families of America
Call Number: LC 83-82272
Text: "John Bynum seems to be one of the earliest immigrants to have left male
descendants and was the ancestor of the majority of Bymuns in America. It is
tempting to consider the possibility that he was related to the John Baynham
of Jamestown discussed in Chapter 1 (I do not have-KT), though we can find no
evidence of a relationship other than the similarity in names. Surry County is located directly across the James River from James Island and, in fact, was formed from James City County in 1652. John Bynum, who was in Surry County by 1663, initially appeared in the vicinity of the "Tappahanna" patent of the earlier John Baynham. Unfortunately, the mid-17th century records of James City County are nearly nonexistent, though those of Surry are marvelously well preserved. Thus the question of John Bynum's residence prior to Surry's formation and (potentially) that of his relationship to John Baynham of Jamestown may never be answered. The research recounted in Chapter 1 clearly indicates that they were not father and son, and were unlikely to have been grandfather and grandson. They may well have been related in some other way, however, a possibility made reasonably likely by the relative uniqueness of the Baynham name..."
2. James Bynum (Byenum) (abt 1766-abt 1723)
Born: abt 1666 in Surry, VA.
Parents: John and Rosamond Blow Bynum
Died: abt 1723 in Rockridge Co., Virginia
Married: abt 1690 to Elizabeth Mizzel
Children:
William BYNUM b: ABT 1690 in ,Isle of Wight,VA
James BYNUM b: 1692 in ,Surry,VA
John BYNUM
Notes:
http://www.gencircles.com/users/jabef/1/data/758.html :
BIOGRAPHY: He was apprenticed to neighbor Merco MacKinna and listed with him as tithable in 1682 (as Ja Bineham) and 1683 (as Ja Bnyeham). In both cases they were listed consecutively with his father and brother "Jno Byneham Senr & Junr". He was listed with George Morrell in 1684, with George Blow Jr. in 1685, alone in 1686, with Richard Smith in 1687, and alone from 1688 onward. He and brother John were also listed in the Surry militia in the muster of 1687.
BIOGRAPHY: James Bynum's first recorded land purchase was dated 5 Jan 1691, from Luke and Elizabeth Mizell. He was a grand juror for the year beginning September 1693, and was one of the appraisers of the estate of Luke Mizell on 1 May 1694. He purchased land from Edward Newby between the Blackwater and Johnchecohunk Swamps on 29 Apr 1698, and was granted 250 acres south of the Blackwater in 1699. He was again a grand juror in 1700. On 2 Oct 1703 Luke Mizell 'of North Carolina' (the son of the above Luke Mizell and possibly James' brother-in-law) conveyed to him a parcel of land in Surry County. The 1704 Virginia Quit Rent roll shows James with 157 acres. This holding was sold by James and his wife Elizabeth to Thomas Farrell on 2 July 1706, when it was described as consisting of 150 acres purchased from Newby and 7 acres purchased from Mizell.
BIOGRAPHY: About 1713 he arranged to acquire land from George Nicholson whose will dated that year directed his heirs to confirm a sale to James Bynum of land located between the Nottoway and Meherrin Rivers (probably in what later became Southampton County). In 1714 James was granted 330 and 140 acre parcels south of the Blackwater. He was also granted 100 acres in Isle of Wight County on 11 Apr 1719.
BIOGRAPHY: James Bynum died sometime between 1719 and 1724 since on 21 Apr 1724 "William Binam of ...North Carilinah" sold to Joseph Franco the 100 acres in Isle of Wight which had been granted in 1719 to "James Binam decet". James may have
died earlier, since the same William Bynum had on 16 September 1723 sold 460 acres on the Blackwater which match the description of the lands granted James Bynum in 1714.
BIOGRAPHY: No further record of James Bynum was found, thus we have no clear record of the disposition of his estate or of his beirs.
BIOGRAPHY: Elizabeth, wife of James Bynum, is thought to be a Mizell, daughter of Luke. Other than in deeds, there are no direct references to their children. However, it is clear that they had sons named John and William, and we have attributed a third son, James, based on the name as well as his later association with James' son William.
Sources:
Title: Bynum and Baynham Families of America
Author: Robert William Baird
Publication: Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD 1983
Abbrev: Bynum and Baynham Families of America
Call Number: LC 83-82272
3. William Bynum, Sr. (abt 1690-abt 1746)
Born: abt 1690 at Isle of Wright, VA
Parents: James and Elizabeth Mizzel Bynum
Died: abt 1730 in Albemarle, NC
Married: abt 1722 to Mary Fort, d/o John and Elizabeth Jordan Fort.
Children:
William BYNUM b: ABT 1720/1730 in ,Isle of Wight,VA
James BYNUM b: AFT 1729
Mary BYNUM b: ABT 1720/1730
Luke BYNUM b: ABT 1730 in ,,VA
Notes:
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ktrouvat&id=I1014
Sources:
Title: Bynum and Baynham Families of America
Author: Robert William Baird
Publication: Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD 1983
Abbrev: Bynum and Baynham Families of America
Call Number: LC 83-82272
Text: William appears to have been born about 1690 and was probably the oldest son, since he seems to have inherited his father's lands. He married Mary, probably the daughter of John Fort and Elizabeth Jordan, by 1723. William removed from Isle of Wight to the Bertie precinct of North Carolina in 1724 and eventually settled along Fishing Creek in Edgecombe County NC where he died in 1746. He and Mary had a son named William Bynum and were probably the
parents of Luke and James Bynum as well; they may also have had additional children.
The earliest certain record of William Bynum is a deed recorded in Surry County VA from "William Bynam of the upper parish of the Isle of Wight Co." to Edward Grantham of Surry dated 16 Sep 1723. The deed was signed by William and Mary Bynum, and both appeared in court on 18 Sep when Mary relinquished her dower rights. The land conveyed, 460 arces on the Blackwater River in Surry, seems to have been the same land granted to James Bynum in 1714.
It seems likely that William Bynum was living on his father's Isle of Wight land at this time. On 3 Jan 1724 he witnessed a deed from Francis Regan to Lawrence Smith for a nearby parcel in Isle of Wight. Sometime in early 1724, however, he moved across the border into what was then the Bertie precinct of Albemarle County NC. On 21 Apr 1724, as "William Binam of the prcink of bartye in the province of North Carilinah", he conveyed to Foseph Franco 100 acres on Flatt Swamp in Isle of Wight which had been"granted by patent to James Bynum decet" in 1719. Flatt Swamp was a creek of the Meherrin River located in present-day Southampton County jus a few miles above the NC border....
On 3 Aug 1724 he witnessed a deed in Bertie precinct, NC from Arthur Davis to Richard Killingsworth. The following day, Davis deeded William Bynum 200 acres in Bertie, probably in what later became Halifax County. William sold this land to Richard Killingsworth on 14 Feb 1728 and apparently moved onto a 595 acre parcel on the south side of the Moratock River which he had patented on 1 Feb 1726. Immediately after this sale Arthur Davis sued "William Bynnum"
over a debt, ...but the case was dismissed by the July court later that year.
In the meantime, it was probably this William Bynum who witnessed the will of his probable father-in-law John Fort on 21 Oct 1724 in Surry County. He also witnessed Mary Fort's discharge of dower in land conveyed by John Fort Jr.(son of the above John Fort) to Davis Hopper in Bertie.
William Bynum's patent on the Moratock (later Roanoke) River was located in that part of Bertie which became Edgecombe County in 1741 and Halifax in 1758. He was "William Bynum of Edgecombe precinct" on 20 Nov 1733 when he sold 300 acres of it to Elizabeth Jenkins. This land, incidently, was located in the "Scotland Neck" section of present-day Halifax County within a mile or two of the land his brother James purchaded in 1733. William retained the remaining 295 acres of this parcel and his son William Bynum, Jr. sold it in1765.
The 1735 Quit Rents for the Edgecombe precinct of Bertie County list William Bynum with 240 acres. How he acquered this land is unknown, but it was apparently the same 240 acres on Looking Glass Swamp and Panther poccosin "where said Bynum now lives" which he sold to John and Robert Whittaker on 19 Oct 1744. This deed was executed by William Bynum and "Mary his wife". Looking Glass swamp was a creek of the Roanoke River located in thesoutheastern part of what is now Halifax County, near the present site of Spring Hill. A few months later, on 3 Dec 1744, William Bynum purchased from Thomass Drake 300 acres in Edgecombe County on the upper side of Fishing Creek. This land was located several miles west of Looking Glass swamp in what laater became Halifax County; this section of Fishing Creek was later a portion of the border between Halifax and Edgecombe. William apparently lived on this land until his death.
On 30 Dec 1745 William Bynum witnessed a deed from William Mearness to "William Bynum Jr. of Fishing Creek" for land on the south side of Fishing Creed (on what was and is the Edgecombe side). This is our last record of William Bynum and our first record of his apparently eldest son.
On 20 May 1746 the will of William Bynum was proved in the Edgecombe County court and the widow, Mary, was confirmed as executrix. Unfortunately, the court record is the only record of the will; the will itself no longer exists and thus we are denied its proof of his childern. The only extant record of his estate is an undated inventory presented to the court by Mary Bynum. The inventory is a lengthy list of the goods and chattel of a well-equipped planter with a moderate degree of wealth. It included "...six negroes, 40 head of cattle, 2 horses and 3 mares, 16 sheep, 6 feather beds...", a long list of farm and household goods, and "some books (on) the duty of man and 3 testaments and one psalter."
Since the will itself does not exist and we are left with only the inventory, identification of his children is for the most part speculative. William Bynum Fr. evidently inherited his father's Fishing Creek land, which he later sold, as well as his land in Scotland Neck; hhich he sold as "son and heir of William Bynum". William's other children can only be deduced, however. We can snatch some clues from the records available. If William were the eldest child, ...the other children would have been born after about 1725. This notion is supported by the factthat Mary Bynum was named executrix; this suggests that his male children were minors at the time the will was drawn (though we have no idea how much earlier than 1746 that may have been). This is consistent with his likely marriage date in the mid 1725s. Further, the ownership of six feather beds, a highly valued possession of frontier families, suggests a large family. It therefore seems a reasonable assumption that William and Mary Bynum had several children born in the late 1720s and 1730s.
...James Bynum, who was living on William Jr.'s land when William sold him a portion in 1761, and who later located near William Bynum Jr. in Orange County, was probably another son. And we think it quite likely that Luke Bynum was a third son; Luke does not appear in the Edgecombe or Halifax records but located nearly adjacent to William Jr. in Orange and Chatham Counties for several years. While there were also daughters likely in this family, Cone can be identified. Nonetheless, we have tentatively offered the theory that one daughter was named Mary.
http://www.gencircles.com/users/jabef/1/data/817.html
TimeLine for William Bynum, Sr.:
* By 1723 he was married to Mary, daughter of John Fort and Elizabeth Jordan. The following year he and Mary removed from Isle of Wight County in Virginia to the Bertie Precinct in North Carolina and later to Fishing Creek in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.
*1724 After 21 Oct, 1724, William and Mary (Fort) Bynum had moved from Isle of Wight County Virginia, to Bertie Precinct, North Carolina, then to Fishing Creek, Edgecombe County, North Carolina.
*20 November, 1733 - William Bynum, 300 acres, Great Britain money, joining Cypress Swamp. William had many more Edgecombe County deeds.
*17 August. 1741 - 100 acres south side Moratuck River (current Roanoke River) joining Bynum's Mill pond, all houses, buildings, etc. Probably William and Mary (Fort) Bynum, the supposed parents of Luke Bynum.
*1746 William Bynum died. His proven son was William Jr., and probable sons, James, John and *Luke
BIOGRAPHY: William, Sr. BYNUM-817 is the 5th great grandfather of Jabe Joseph FINCHER Jr
BURIAL: Burial: Fishing Creek, Edgecombe, NC.
From Sue Seaton (10/2001):
Hi I am a descendant of John Bynum and Rosamond Blow. My
grandmother was Texies Ellender Bynum, d/oWilliam Jackson Bynum and Margaret
Harriett Jane Clark. William is the son of William Robert Bynum, s/o Isaac
Newton Bynum II, s/o Isaac Newton Bynum I, s/o William Bynum Jr., s/o William
Bynum Sr. s/o James Bynum, s/o John Bynum. I have lots of information on this
family including some pictures if you are interested. Please contact me at seaton01@hotmail.com.
(follow up message): Hi Bill. It was great to hear
from you. I guess we are cousins far removed from somewhere. I show Mark Bynum,
s/o Luke Bynum, s/o William Bynum Sr, s/o James Bynum, s/o John Bynum. Is this
the right Mark. I don't have info
on all the kids other than names, but have lots on the older ancestors. Let
me know if this is the right Mark. I descend from the brother of Luke,
William Bynum Jr. I feel sure that there are more kids but have only found
4 so far. These are William Jr, James, Luke, and Mary.
4. Luke Bynum (abt 1730 to abt 1810)
Born: abt 1730 in Isle of Wight, VA
Parents: William Bynum, Sr., and Mary Fort
Died: abt 1810
Married: abt 1757 in Chatham, NC, to Martha Patterson (abt 1728-abt 1757), d/o John and Sarah Tapley Patterson
Children: (see notes)
Notes:
From A.L. Bynum (via Geo. Bentley): Luke Bynum went from VA to NC about 1750.
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ktrouvat&id=I972
ID: I972
Name: Luke BYNUM
Given Name: Luke
Surname: Bynum
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1730 in ,,VA
Death: BEF MAY 1810 in ,Chatham,NC
Burial: Williams Pon Area, Bynam, Chatham Williams Pond Area,Bynum,Chatham
Reference Number: 152
LDS Baptism: status: LIVE 1
Change Date: 29 NOV 1999 at 12:15:00
Father: William BYNUM b: ABT 1690 in ,Isle of Wight,VA
Mother: Mary FORT b: ABT 1690/1700 in ,Surry,VA
Marriage 1 Martha PATTERSON b: ABT 1730/1735 in ,Orange,NC
Married: ABT 1757 in ,NC?
Children
Tapley BYNUM b: 20 APR 1761 in ,Orange,NC
Mark BYNUM b: ABT 1764 in ,Chatham,NC
James BYNUM b: ABT 1769 in ,NC
William BYNUM b: ABT 1780 in ,Chatham,NC
Sarah BYNUM
Martha (Patsy) BYNUM
Amelia (Milly) BYNUM
Edith BYNUM
Sources:
Title: Bynum and Baynham Families of America
Author: Robert William Baird
Publication: Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD 1983
Abbrev: Bynum and Baynham Families of America
Call Number: LC 83-82272
Text: Luke Bynum was likely another son of William and Mary Bynum; quite possibly named afrer the succession of Luke Mizells in that line... There seem to be many legends in both Luke Bynum's line and in (brother-KT) William's that each came to central NC with a brother. We think it likey that William and Luke (and therefore James Bynum) were indeed brothers. Luke's name does not appear in any of the Halifax or Edgecombe County records searched, probably because he was a younger son.
He first appears in the 1755 tax list of Orange County, NC with one white poll and two slaves. This indicates a birth date prior to 1735 and raises the interesting question of whether he acquired the two slaves from the estate of his father, whose inventory listed six slaves.
Orange County was partly formed from Johnston County in 1752, and Luke appeared in that part of Orange which had been in Johnston. He may therefore have been in that vicinity several years before 1755. Unfortunately nearly all early deeds of both counties were destroyed in courthouse fires, and that will probably prevent us from ever establishing the circumstances of his early years in the area; It may be that he lived with his older brother William; Certainly, what records do exist seem to point to a relationship of some sort; if only geographical. There are a few deed references in the court and other records which indicate that Luke purchased land from Benjamin Clements before 1756 and that he sold land to Clements sometime before 1762. We note that Clements was a neighbor of William Bynum's and that William sold his land to Clements in 1761. It may be that they were neighbors and that both sold out at the same time to move southward in the county.
On 30 June 1762 Luke recorded a patent of 700 acres between the Haw and New Hope Rivers in the part of Orange County which later became Chatham County. The land appears to have adjoined the land William Bynum purchased from Hatley and Falconer in 1763. Both Luke and William thus appear to have lived as neighbors from about 1763 through about 1775 when William sold out and left the county. They were again nearby one another when William returned in 1783. Curiously, they never appeared together in any extant record--though they appear on dozens of occasions with common third parties.
Luke sold his 700 acre grant in three pieces over the next twelve years. He sold 300 acres to John Hatley Sr. on 5 May 1765, 175 acres to William Blythe sometime before 1768, and the final 175 acres to Daniel and Mary Murphee on 15 May 1775 (who then sold it to Hatley and moved temporarily to Wilkes County, GA).
Luke appears frequently in the Orange and Chatham court records. He was a Superior Court juror in Both 1757 and in 1760 for Orange. He was again a juror in 1765. In August 1765 he was a member of a road jury ordered to lay out a road from Redfield's ford on the Haw River to New Hope Chapel (later renamed Chaped Hill). Luke served on another road jury in May 1777 and as a grand juror in February 1775, August 1777, May 1779 and early in 1778. On 12 May 1778 he recorded his stock mark; "a swallow fork in the right ear and a crop in the left and his brand LB".
On 6 June 1779 he purchased from William Hatley 84 acres on the Haw River. He apparently already owned a small parcel on the Haw, but the deed is not extant. He purchased an adjoining 177 acres at public auction on 8 August 1785;... His final land purchase was some years later, 84 acres from Mary Dennis in 1793.
Luke did not serve in the Revolution but is thought to have been an active Whig and to have been briefly jailed for this inclination though we found no records of it in the records searched.
He appears in the 1790 census of Chatham County, which had been formed from Orange several years before, with two other males over 16, one male under 16, four females and 15 slaves. His son Tapley appeared separately, thus this census accounts for all Luke's children named in his will and estate papers. It does suggest the existence of one additional daughter, however. Luke also appears in the 1800 census of Chatham with one male 16-26 and one female 10-16. His sons Tapley, Mark and James appeared as heads of their own households.
Luke made his will on 7 Dec 1809 and it was proved at the May 1810 court of Chatham County. It named most of his children, and selected Mark and William as executors. The will and subsequent records identify a total of eight children. Perhaps coincidently, he named two sons after his wife's two brothers (Mark and Tapley) and two after his own presumed brothers (James and William).
http://www.gencircles.com/users/jabef/1/data/259.html
BIOGRAPHY: Possibly named after Luke Mizell. First appears in records of Orange County NC in 1755. Remained in the part of Orange that became Chatham until his death there in 1810. (Luke Bynum wrote his will on 7 December, 1809. It was entered for probate at May Court, 1810, Chatham County.) Eight children all named in his will.
BIOGRAPHY: Occupation: Planter Religion: Methodist.
Luke Bynum appears to have been living on the Haw River by 1750, in current Chatham County, thus two years before there was an Orange County. Though he is not a proven son of William Bynum Sr. of Edgecombe County, there is a preponderance of evidence which shows that he was a younger son of William and Mary (Fort) Bynum. There were no land transactions for Luke in Edgecombe County but his presumed brother, William Bynum Jr., is proven by deed to have been a son of William Bynum, Sr. William Jr. lived near Luke in current Chatham County, and Luke named sons William and James, no doubt for his father and grandfather. His own name, Luke, appears to have originated in his Luke Mizzell line. We find Luke's Granville Grant of 700 acres on New Hope Creek in old Orange County, dated 23 June, 1761. From a paper entitled "History of the Bynum and Ward Family as Related to me by my Uncle Mark Bynum (III), July 14, 1893"....
written by Alvis J. Bynum: Luke "...settled on the Haw River which is now known as the William Snipes Place. Near the old graveyard he built a residence. He was of English and Irish descent; in religion he was a Methodist. He had a barn that was used by the Methodists to hold quarterly meetings in. Indians were inhabitants then of the section. They were peaceable and lived by hunting turkey and deer. He (Luke) had two brothers who immigrated with him. One went to Stokes County and one to Edgecombe. (The Edgecombe reference no doubt relates to Luke's place of origin in North Carolina). Luke Bynum was a strong Whig; his company (?militia) was mustered at Fearrington's (Chatham County P. O.), now Joe Baldwin's grounds, which was a strong Tory section, so much so he had his place of muster changed to New Hope (Luke's father in law, John Patterson, lived in this New Hope Creek area), a Whig section He was arrested and carried to Hillsboro and held for a time by Cornwallis, as was also his neighbor. He was guarded by a Tory neighbor named Tatum, whom he gave a good thrashing after peace was declared, for his treatment of him".
BIOGRAPHY: "Luke's oldest son, Tapley, served in the War of Independence. Luke's other sons were James, *Mark, and William. Once he (Luke) went to New Bern to get salt, the Tories found it out and threatened to take it from him; he had some horses taken from him by the Tories. He exclaimed on hearing that they expected to get his salt his favorite cuss word " Seize my foal, if you come, I will kill some of you!" My grandfather's name was Mark. He said he had known his father to feed as many as two companies of Whigs at one time and remembered seeing them at his father's (Luke Bynum) He had to keep his horses hid out from the Tories. Tapley would sometime get home (from Revolutionary service) and would bring in the horses to help gather the crops. One time a party found Tapley in the field with a Negro man, they resisted the Tories and they treated Tapley pretty roughly, thrusting a bayonet at him on account o
f the resistence he offered. One night the Tories found the horses in a pasture and were calling them. Tapley heard them and hollered out "I'll be damned if that ain't Sam Dark!" and Dark cried out "You're a damn lier!" The Bynum's had to bar up the shutters of the house that night for protection".
BIOGRAPHY: He first appears in the 1755 tax list of Orange County, NC with one white poll and two slaves. This indicates a birthate prior to 1735 and raises the interesting question of whether he acquired the two slaves from the estate of his father, whose inventory listed six slaves.
BIOGRAPHY: Orange County was partly formed from Johnston County in 1752, and Luke appeared in that part of Orange which had been in Johnston. He may therefore have been in that vicinity several years before 1755. Unfortunately nearly all early deeds of both counties were destroyed in courthouse fires, and that will probably prevent us from ever establishing the circumstances of his early years in the area; It may be that he lived with his older brother William; Certainly, what records do exist seem to point to a relationship of some sort; if only geographical. There are a few deed references in the court and other records which indicate that Luke purchased land from Benjamin Clements before 1756 and that he sold land to Clements sometime before 1762. We note that Clements was a neighbor of William Bynum's and that William sold his land to Clements in 1761. It may be that they were neighbors and that both sold out at the same time to move southward in the county.----On 30 June 1762 Luke recorded a patinet of 700 acres between the Haw and New Hope Rivers in the part of Orange County which later became Chatham County. The land appears to have adjoined the land William Bynum purchased from Hatley and Falconer in 1763. Both Luke and William thus appear to have lived as neighbors from about 1763 through about 1775 when William sold out and left the county. They were again nearby one another when William returned in 1783. Curiously, they never appeared together in any extant record--though they appear on dozens of occasions with common third parties. Luke sold his 700 acre grant in three pieces over the next twelve years. He sold 300 acres to John Hatley Sr. on 5 May 1765, 175 acres to William Blythe sometime before 1768, and the final 175 acres to Daniel and Mary Murphee on 15 May 1775 (who then sold it to Hatley and moved temporarily to Wilkes County, GA).
BIOGRAPHY: Luke appears frequently in the Orange and Chatham court records. He was a Superior Court juror in Both 1757 and in 1760 for Orange. He was again a juror in 1765. In August 1765 he was a member of a road jury ordered to lay out a roed from Redfield's ford on the Haw River to New Hope Chapel (later renamed Chaped Hill). Luke served on another road jury in May 1777 and as a grand juror in February 1775, August 1777, May 1779 and early in 1778. On 12 May 1778 he recorded his stock mark; "a swallow fork in the right ear and a crop in the left and his brand LB". On 6 June 1779 he purchased from William Hatley 84 acres on the Haw River. He apparetly already owned a small parcel on the Haw, but the deed is not extant. He purchased an adjoining 177 acres at public auction on 8 August 1785;... His final land purchase was some years later, 84 arcres from Mary Dennis in 1793. He appears in the 1790 census of Chatham County, which had been formed from Orange several years before, with two other males over 16, one male under 16, four females and 15 slaves. His son Tapley appeared separately, thus this census accounts for all Luke's children named in hes will and estate papers. It does suggest the existence of one additional daughter, however. Luke also appears in the 1800 census of Chatham with one male 16-26 and one female 10-16. His sons Tapley, Mark and James appeared as heads of their own households.
BIOGRAPHY: Luke made his will on 7 Dec 1809 and it was proved at the May 1810 court of Chatham County. It named most of his children, and selected Mark and William as executors. The will and subsequent records identify a total of eight children. Perhaps coincidently, he named two sons after his wife's two brothers (Mark and Tapley) and two after his own presumed brothers (James and William).
Will/other: WFT Vol.1 #833
LDS Ancestral File
5. Tapley Bynum (abt 1761-1840)
Born: abt 1761 in Orange Co., NC (LDS: 6 Mar 1761)
Parents: Luke and Martha Patterson Bynum
Died: 16 Feb 1840 in Maury Co., TN
Married: (1) Ann Rickman (m. abt 1781, per Frank Cooke)
(2) Amy Bradford (m. abt 1783, per George Bentley)
Children:
(1) Luke Bynum (b. 1786). m. Sally Horton
(2) John Bynum (b. abt 1780)
(3) Tapley Bynum (3), b. abt 1784
(4) Mark Bynum, b. abt 1782-1786, m. Dolly Williams
(5) William Bynum (b. 1788), m. 1812 Winfred Horton
Notes:
From Betty Weaver, Georgetown, TX (okie@gtwn.net), 8/2001:
Your William who married Winifred Horton is the brother of my Luke who married Sarah Horton. But where did Ann Bradford come from> I have never run across her. All the information says that Anne Rickman or Richman was Tapley's wife and no mention of Ann Bradford. What do you have on her?
I got your address from the Maury County web site. I am the daughter of Vera Bynum dau/o Tapley Bynum s/o William W. Bynum s/o Luke Bynum s/o Tapley. Luke Bynum was married to Sarah Horton when the extended family moved to Maury County about 1818. Sarah died and Luke married Margaret Clark before they moved to Kentucky.Luke had about 13 children, eight of whom we have identified. Now to what I need to find out: either a death date for Sarah or a marriage date for Margaret, as well as names of other children. Descendents that I have talked to all divide the children up in different
Ways.
http://www.gencircles.com/users/jabef/1/data/550.html
Migration: Moved to Tennessee in 1816
http://www.gencircles.com/users/charrowden/1/data/36783.html
Note: had seven sons, six of whom he outlived. Served in Rev. War.
Moved to Tennessee in 1816.
Frank Cooke lists sons of Tapley as: John Bynum; Mark Bynum; Tapley Bynum; Luke Bynum; William Bynum; Eli Bynum; and Bradford Bynum.
From: (George F Bentley), 7/2001:
If you liked the mumfords & nimrods you will love the mind boggling marks & the terrifing tappleys. Other than gggggrandpa mark bynum (had a bro. Tappley of course), there is his dad tapley's brother, uncle mark (who marries only 4 times, once supposedly to a spring chicken sarah ward in 1812 ,(see below) & their uncle mark forte bynum, the brother of our gggggggpa luke, & all the cousins inc. ---- tapley & ann rickman, (i first chased that long ago) the guess - ggggggrandfather tapley bynum married twice - first ann rickman (good shot this is us based on gggggpa mark naming his daughter rickman) - second amy bradford based on the old letter & tapley naming a son bradford. Also, it is possible that she could have been married before tapley & amy could be ann on a typo. We need their kids birth dates and the birth, marriage, & death date of of either ann or amy. Ever hear the name davis bradford ? The mark will group is ok - john wesley, eliz. Rickman, nimrod madison, & sally ann is sarah (josephine is what i always had, but that carries a bias as sarah josephine smith was my gggma's name). Frank Cook could use gggggma dorothea(dolly) william's name & madison's first name nimrod & (ann?) After josephine. He's probably a closer cousin because he follows elizabeth rickman bynum to our gggrtandmas the smith kids. Confused yet ??? Rs, george
6. Mark Bynum (abt 1784 to 1827)
Born: abt 1784 at Haw River, NC
Parents: Tapley and Amy Bradford Bynum
Died: bef 19-Jun-1827 (from Maury Co., TN, court records)
Buried: Casters Creek, Maury Co., TN
Married: Dorethea (Dolly) Williams (LDS files list marriage date as 13 Aug 1812; per George Bentley: Mark and Dolly were married at “Guilford Courthouse, NC c 1813).
Children:
(1) Jonathan Wesley Bynum (from will & admin.), m. Mary Ann Williams
(2) Sally Ann Bynum (from will & admin.)
(3) Nimrod Madison Bynum (from will & admin.), “killed in Indian War”
(4) John Wesley Bynum
(5) Elizabeth Rickman Bynum, m. Mumford Smith
(6) Sarah Josephine Bynum, m. Jos. W. Smith, bro. Of Mumford
Notes:
Sistler (1990), "Index to Early Tenn. Wills & Administrations" (1779-1861) .
Bynum, Mark, 1823. wb#60 (Maury Co.)
Maury Co. Cousins, V2 (MCHS), p. 255: abstr of Will book D, p. 264. Report of minor heirs of Mark Bynum, deceased, rec. 19-Jun-1827; Widow Dolly, her children Jno. W., Elizabeth, Sally Ann, and Nimrod M. Bynum.
Dorethea Williams Bynum was d/o Nimrod Williams (abt 1755-1816; Rev. War vet.) and Mary Andrews (abt 1769-1817). Dolly Bynum was buried at Williams burying ground on D.F. Watkins’ farm near Mt. Pleasant, TN.
7. Elizabeth Rickman Bynum (1815-1862)
Born: Jan-1815
Parents: Mark and Dolly Williams Bynum
Died: 5-Apr-1862
Married: on 25-Dec-1828 in Culleoka, Maury Co, TN to Mumford Smith (2)(1805-1866)
Children:
Sue Smith (1830-1868)
Sarah (Sally Josephine) Smith (1832-1862), m. Edward Kuhn
Mary Elizabeth Smith (1833-1864)
Flora Dorethea Smith (1835-1911), m. Edward Kuhn (after the death of her sister, Sally)
Tennessee Ella Smith (1838-1923), m. Alexander Blair Cathey
Margaret Candace Smith (b. 1840), m. James Bond
Mumford Smith (III), 1842-1923, m. 21-Nov-1871 to Anna Cecil
John Elette Smith (1845-1910), m. Mada Thomas
Wesley Bynum Smith(b. 1847).
Notes:
From George Bentley:
sarah (sara) is sallie josephine smith b1832 d1862, D/O
mumford smith II, m edward kuhn. my GGgrandparents, parents of antoinette
(nettie) estelle kuhn b1856 d1890, m george childress. sara was named after her
grandmother sara margaret williams bc1785 NC d1874 TN, m john a (capt jack)
smith bc1775 VA? d1830 TN, S/O mumford 1 bc1748 VA?, Wales? d 1830 TN & catherine
armstrong bc1750 NC d1 ?, D/O william bc1722 d1779 NC m catherine childers
bc1725 dc1768 NC.
flora dorethea smith also married edward kuhn after her sister's death P/O irene kuhn, m sam heiskell. flora was named after their other grandmother doro(e)thea (dolly) williams b1797 NC d1862 TN ,mrs mark bynum.D/O nimrod b1755 NC d1816 between TN NC AM REV DAR #88708 m mary andrews b1769 NC? d 1817TN?