Christopher Guice Early Family Connections
I’m going to be writing this up in several queries, due to it’s length.
For years we had thought the wife of our Jacob McCarty, born before 1749, was Catherine, the daughter of Christopher Guice. Many said she was married to an Odom, but could never find any conclusive information on them. Jacob was on many documents concerning the property of Christopher Guice, and lived on Guices Creek in Stewart Co., TN. Here is once instance that brought me to believe there was some kind of family tie:
Stewart County Deed Book 4, 1810-1813: 127 Christopher GUICE (Tennessee County, territory of the U.S. south of the Ohio River), power of attorney to Jacob McCARTY to sell 2 adjoining tracts (100a and 640a) on GUICES Creek, about 2.5 miles from Cumberland River; wit: George HEWELL, Faulkner ELLIOTT; 23 Feb 1793
So about a year ago I came across an 1880 census for Jacob’s grandson, Joseph McCarty of Hardin Co., TX, son of Joseph McCarty. It stated that his father who was born in 1782 was born in Illinois. Every record I had ever found for Joseph indicated he was from TN. I did a quick search for McCarty + Illinois Territory (it wasn’t a state then), and came up with a lawsuit involving a man by the name of John Edgar who was brought to court by the Treasury Dept concerning some land claims made in the 1780’s. In this suit, contained several power of attorneys, and a deposition by a man by the name of Abraham Standley of TN who claimed his father’s name was David Standley Sr, his brother’s were John Standley and David Standley Jr, and his brother-in-law was Jacob McCarty. We now knew that our Catherine McCarty was in fact Catherine Standley. I’ll get back to these Illinois records later.
I then did another search for McCarty +David Standley and discovered this document:
Pp. 167-170: 1 & 2 May 1765, Daniel McCarty & wife Agness of Mecklenburg,
Millwright, to George Allen of same, planter, (lease a5, release £140)…land adj.
Benj. Hardins old corner, granted to Joseph Harding 26 Mar 1755, conveyed to
John Smith 12 Nov 1757, then to McCarty….Daniel McCarty (Seal). Agness
McCarty (A) (Seal), Wit: Francis Beaty, Agness Beaty (A), David Standley (D).
Not only did I find the records of David Standley and his wife Hannah, his parents John and Catherine Standley/Stanley, but Jacob’s parents as well. But in the records of Tryon/Anson/Mecklenburg Co’s I also discovered Christopher Guice.
TRYON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA MINUTES OF THE COURT OF PLEAS AND
QUARTER SESSIONS 1769-1779
July term 1769
A Deed of Sale from Christopher Guice & Margaret his wife dated the 6th day of
December 1768 for 200 acres of land Proved by Jacob Forney Evidence thereto Ordered
to be registr'd.
TRYON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA MINUTES OF THE COURT OF PLEAS AND
QUARTER SESSIONS 1769-1779
July term 1769
A Deed of Sale from Christopher & Margaret Guice to Welrick Crowder Dated 6th day
of September 1768 for 200 acres of Land. Jacob Forney Evidence. Ordered to be
Registered.
By April 1770 I found Jacob, David Standley, and John Standley obtaining land on Uchee Creek, St. Paul’s Parish GA. Jacob’s property was adjacent to his father’s, Daniel McCarty.
More in the next query.
Sue
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