General Notes

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Farmer and Weaver

Quaker, later a Methodist

1749-1786 Thomas Job was involved in the Faifax suit. ThomasJob was one of the witnesses who signed a deed given by Zachariah Job, the trustee for Jonathan Odell.

1764 Thomas and family removed from Front Royal, Virginia to NorthCarolina.They settled in the Hope community of Rowan County, an English settlement on the Muddy Creek and Yadkin River, 10 miles west of thepresent city of Winston-Salem. After 1830, the area became Davie County.

1765 September 27, Augusta County, Virginia, "James MacKay, cousin of Thomas Job of Rowan County, North Carolina, with his brother John MacKay,sold to Joseph Malcom for 30 pounds, 160 acres on Mossy Creek inVirginia, the lower end ofthe place they live on."

1775 Thomas Job appeared in the Orphan's Court of Rowan County to take anapprentice;a 13 year old Elihu Burt, to be trained in the art of weavingand to keep untilhe reached until the age of 21, at which time he was tobe given 5 pounds, a loom, and other implements of a weaver.

1778 Thomas was listed on the propertytaxlist of Captain Johnston'sdistrict, Rowan County. An order was given to thesurveyor of the countryto survey for Thomas Job 300 acres on Ellis Creek.

1779Thomas was listed on the property tax list of Captain Johnston'sdistrict, Rowan County. A description was given by the surveyor of the300 acres for Thomas Job. He was taxed 1 pound and 10 shillings.

1783 September4, Thomas and MaryJob witnessed the marriage of Thomas andCatherine Wilson.

1784 November 4, anoriginal land grant of the State of North Carolinawas recorded for Thomas Jobfor 300 acres on Ellis Creek at 50 shillingsfor every 100 acres.

1786 May 16, Thomas's will was written.

1787 May 9, Thomas's will was probated in RowanCounty. The willbequeathed to son Thomas, "all my part of land whereon I now live to beenjoyed by him and his heirs forever." Son Thomas was directedto pay theother children the sum of "10 pounds lawful money of North Carolina," 5each tothe children and 5 each to the husbands and wives; each child andtheir spousewere mentioned by name; John Job and wife Elizabeth, DavidCooper and hiswife Elizabeth, Samuel Job and his wife Rachel, WilliamDouthit andhis wife Sarah, and John Blake and his wife Mary. His wifeMary was to recieve all his stock, household goods, and maintenance onthe plantation during her life. Son Thomas was theexecutor. The will wassigned by William Atherton, WilliamLinvil, and Evan Ellis. (It is in avery sad state of repair, almost illegible )

1849 Joseph W.Hodge sold to William Clouse, 125 acres known as Job'sTract for $200; located onthepublic road to Oak's Ferry. Roy L. Jobewrote: Thomas came to North Carolina onthe Great Wagon Road, which beganin Lancaster, Pennsylvania, traveled throughthe Shenandoah Valley ofVirginia, and down into the Carolinas. They settled intheir own groups,English, Scot-Irish,and German. The original settlement was calledCarroll's Manor, in a section called Maryland. Thomas was probably partof agroup of 100 families of mostly Jobs and McKays that leftPennsylvania to settlethe Shenandoah Valley ca. 1732-1736.