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John Philip Hartso (abt. 1730 - 1816)

Born about [uncertain] in Virginia colony
Died at about age 86 in Chatham, North Carolina, United States

Biography

May have participated in the Regulators Rebellion in NC - was paid 124 lbs 15 shillings for supplies furnished to the Militia - joined State Militia 1772 and served under Capt Jeduthan Harper -

Johann was born about 1730. Johann Hartsoe ... He passed away about 1800. [1]

Philip Hartso [sic] was granted 500 acres of land in 1760 and 375 acres in 1761 which lies in the southeast corner of present-day Chatham County. Another 210 acres was granted him in 1762.

Johann Philip Hertzog (Hartsoe) was active in the Regulator movement in NC prior to the American Revolution. On September 24, 1768, a session of the Superior Court of North Carolina in Hillsborough was disrupted. John Phillip Hartzo, William Butler, and Samuel Devinney were convicted of rioting and attempts to rescue distrained property from the sheriff. Samuel Devinney and John Phillip Hartzo were fined. ** John Phillip survived the Regulator Movement. He later lived on Nix Creek in Chatham County. He served on the jury on several occasions during the 1770's on the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, and appears on the 1800 census.

Phillip Hertzog received a Granville grant in Orange County on October 22, 1760, for 500 acres between Nix Creek and Rocky River including the "plantation he now lives on." This grant was later in Chatham County as Orange was divided.

Weiss/White was a witness to an Orange County transaction on August 12, 1769 in which Philip Hartzoge sold 210 acres on Rocky River.

John Philip Hartsoe joined the militia in 1772 and served under Captain Jeduthan Harper.

Chatham County, NC Deed Book A, 1771-1775, p. 68. October 7, 1771, Philip Hartso and Milley his Wife to John Headen (Haden), for £100, 105 acres being part of one half of a tract whereon the said Hartso hath two water Mills, to wit a Grist Mill and a Saw Mill which he the said Hartso obtained a deed of the Earl Granvill[e]s Agents bearing date December 10, 1762.Phillip Hartso, Milley (x) Hartso.Wit. Joab Brooks, William Grears.

Chatham County, NC Deed Book A, 1771-1775, Pg. 168. January 28, 1773, Philop Hartso to John Headen, for £100, land on Rocky River, being one half and an undivided Moiety of 210 acres of land granted by the Earl of Granville to Philip Hartso by deed bearing date December 10, 1762, the one half of the two mills building on said lands, to wit, a grist mill and a water saw mill.Philip Hartso, Milly (x) Hartso.Wit. Mincher Litler, Andrew (x) Cornelius.

In 1784 a deed was made for 320 acres of land on Stinking Creek from Phillip Hartso to Thomas Branton.

1785 Phillip Hartso bought land on both sides of Rocky River (near Siler City, NC).

1786 A deed was made from Thomas Branton to Phillip Hartso for land on the south side of Haw River beginning at James Copeland's corner.

In 1787 a Chatham County deed is recorded in which John Phillip and his wife Hannah sold a piece of land together with John White and his wife Jane and Philip Siler and his wife Mary.***

In 1792 Phillip Hartso sold 100 acres on both sides of Rocky River to James Lasater.

1794 Phillip Hartso bought 12 acres on Stinking Creek from Benjamin Gunter.In 1795, Benjamin Gunter bought 60 acres on Stinking Creek.

In 1796, this same Benjamin Gunter bought 77 acres on both sides of Stinking Creek from Isam Gunter, Sr.

1797 Phillip Hartso bought 17 acres of land from Benjamin Gunter.

Sources

  1. First-hand information as remembered by John Wright, Sunday, March 22, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.
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There are problems with this profile...the narrative does not fit the birthdate given....is this two men being conflated?

posted by . Liebler

Hartsaw-5 and Hartsoe-21 appear to represent the same person because: Both married to Hannah Crabtree. I will add info and sources after merge.

posted by John Wright



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