General Notes

-Resident of Burlington co,NJ when married in 1732; Colonial Records
of NJ, vol.22,pp.233; after marriage settled on Mill Creek in MD near
the VA state line
-Member of Hopewell MM (also known as Opekon MM), Frederick co,VA per
Hinshaw's introduction to that Meeting in the EAQG
-Received by Deed of Gift from his parents George Hobson Sr & wife
Elizabeth on 2 Nov 1743 a tract of land comprising 600 acres on Middle
Creek in what was then Frederick co,VA and is now Berkley co,WV;
this tract was patented to George Hobson Jr by a grant from Lord Fairfax
dated 22 Jan 1750/1
-Of the 4250 acres that George Hobson Sr originally had surveyed on
Middle Creek in 1735, Capt George Hobson after his father's death, had
1200 acres surveyed by John Baylis on 30 Oct 1751.  This tract was then
sold to William Cochran, who had the land confirmed to him by patent from
Lord Fairfax dated 4 Nov 1752
-About 1756 moved to Orange co,NC and settled near Cane Creek MM; the
area where he settled eventually was associated with Rocky River PM &
was subsequently in Chatham co when that county was established in 1771
-Chatham co,NC on 2 Oct 1777 deed in which George Hobson, wheelwright, of
Guilford co, Province of NC, & his wife Hannah convey to their son Charles
of Chatham co for consideration of £50, a tract of land in Chatham co on
Middle Branch of Rocky River, being part of a tract of 200 acres conveyed
to George Hobson from the Earl of Granville on 2 Aug 1760 & part of the
240 acre parcel entered by George Hobson 8 Feb 1768.  Witnesses were
George Hobson Jr, John Farmer, & Philip Sitton.
[By this showing, Hannah Kinnison was still alive in 1777]
-Census of 1790, Chatham co,NC; p.86 (01-02-01-00-00)