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State of Service: NC
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Rev War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pp. SAR. 1993
SAR Rev War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY. 1998
Spouse: Elizabeth Potts Children: William; Margaret; Elizabeth;
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Author: F. Grady Hall III
When William BONE was born in 1744 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, his father, William, was 22 and his mother, Margaret, was 12. He married Elizabeth POTTS and they had one son together. He then married Elizabeth POTTS and they had nine children together including William, Margaret, and Elizabeth.
Service Source: NCDAR, ROSTER OF SOLS FROM NC IN THE AM REV, P210, VOUCHER #2526
Service Description: Patriotic service--FURNISHED SUPPLIES
William Bone III died at the age of 65 in 1787. By his will dated July 10, 1787, he remembered each of his children, four sons and two daughters. To his oldest sone William IV, he wrote, " I bequeath and devise to my son William all that tract or parcel of land with my mansion house and all improvements. William IV lived in this family home the rest of his life, as did his son James Bone and his wife Eliza Gunn Bone, who died there on March 31, 1807. James was the only son who remained in North Carolina. In 1787 the younger twin sons of William, John and James Abner, migrated to Sumner County, Franklin, (later Tennessee). There are occasional references to these brothers in the records of Tennessee. James Abner Bone served on a jury in the spring of 1788; and on January 12, 1790, he was named Constable in Sumner County. John Bone was a witness to a will dated March 15, 1788. About 1810 John and his 6 children moved to Hopkins County, Kentucky, then in 1829, moved to Hickman County, Kentucky, where he died. His twin brother, James Abner, also left Tennessee in 1810, moving with his 9 children to the area which became Ballard County, Kentucky.
He died on July 7, 1828, in Rowan County, North Carolina, having lived a long life of 84 years, and was buried in Harmony, North Carolina. He is buried in the Snow Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, northern Iredell County. The church is on Highway #114, 10 mile north of Statesville. Grave is 37th in Row 12. Standing granite tomstone, 40 inches tall.
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