Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

James Gore

Male 1707 - 1784  (76 years)


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  • Name James Gore 
    Birth 7 Nov 1707  Queen Anne Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 29 Oct 1784  Camden District, South Carolina - Probate Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I20668  Tree1
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2024 

    Father James Gore,   b. 1680, Calvert County, Maryland - now Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1717, Prince George's County, Maryland - inventory Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary MNU Gore,   b. Bef 1689   d. 2 Apr 1756, Frederick County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 67 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Bef 1705  Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F10526  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Dowden,   b. 29 Aug 1716, Queen Anne Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Abt 1732  Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F13578  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2024 

  • Notes 
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      Contributed by Gwen Boyer Bjorkman

      Wills and Administrations from Camden District. 1781-1787
      "GORE, James Apt. 28, Pck. 980, Will dated 3 April 1783, proved 29 Oct 1784.
      The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research
      SCMAR, Volume III
      Number 4, Fall, 1975
      Early Wills of Camden District (Continued from Vol. 3, p.154.)
      To my Son Joshua Gore, one Hundred and twenty five Acres of land lying on both sides of Sandy Creek, it being part of a 200 acre Tract which I purchased of Zachary Isbell and lying lowest down the said Creek and joyning the land of George Tan—– with his improvement.
      To my Son Eliezer Gore, Fifty Acres of land with the plantation whereon I now live, after my Wife's decease and likewise the remaining part of the above Tract of two hundred acres whereon I now live (sic).
      To my two Grandsons Michal Dowden & Davis Gore, 200 acres joyning Lands Surveyed by James S—– and likewise the land of John Roden.
      The overplust of my personal or moveable Estate above my Wife's Thirds to be equilly divided amongst all my Children. My beloved wife Elizabeth Gore and my son James Gore, Executors. 3 Apr. 1783.
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      TOMLISON, GROVE,, Frederick Co. 22 Mar, 1755; 7 Apr, 1755
      To wife Mary, 4 slaves; land "Hunting Outlet," of 100 A.
      To Ninian Mockbee, tract called "Good Luck," of 150 A.; tract
      "Jamerosaty," of 75 a., land called "Groves Hunting Outlet," of 100 A.; slaves,
      To Mary Mockbee, 120 A.
      To Anne Mockbee, slaves.
      To Lubey Mockbee, 2 slaves.
      To Lessue Mockbee, mother of said children, one slave.
      Balance of personal estate to be divided amongst the above said children, Ninian, Mary, Anne and Luica Mockbee, Ninian Tannehill, Sr. and Hugh Tomlinson, exs,
      Wit: John Nicholls. John Maddox, Francis Woodward, Wm. Dulany.
      Note: 1 Apr, 1755, As I am Incapable of coming up to Annapolis myself, entirely deny the will of my dec'd. husband, Grove Tomlinson, and will take any chance agreeable to act of Assembly, which hope will be complied with according to the directions of the Commissary Office, and you will oblige your humble servant, Mary Tomlinson.
      Test.: Alexr. Beall. This by my son James Goore. MCW 29.308
      ===
      Grove Tomlinson wrote his will 2 March 1755 in Frederick County, Maryland; on 1 April 1755, his widow, Mary (X) Tomlinson disavowed it, putting his death between those two dates. He married Mary Hutchinson Burk.
      Frederick County, Maryland Liber B:7, No.1, folio 308, recorded in Liber A, folio 48-49: 22 Mar-7 Apr 1755 Frederick County, Maryland: Grove Tomlinson will; sick. . .to wife Mary: Negroes James, Peter, Sll, Sarah, 1/3 of personal estate for life.
      To Ninean Mockbee: "Good Luck," 150a.; "Generosity" 75 acres, "Grove's Hunting Outlet" 100 acres, Negro boy Stafford.
      To Mary Mockbee: The "Support" to Groves Hunting Outlet, 120a.; Negro girl Dina.
      To Anne Mockbee: Negroes Peg, Batchelor.
      To Lusey Mockbey: Negroes Ben, Sisar.
      To Lisue Mockbee, mother of said children: Negro man Dick.
      Rest of personal estate to be equally divided among above children,
      Ninean, Mary, Ann; executors Ninean Tannehill Sr. and Hugh Tomlinson;
      witnesses John Nicholls, John Maddox, Francis Woodward; sworn before Daniel Dulaney 7 Aug 1755.
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      1 Apr 1755 letter from widow: Mr. Dulany, As I am incapable of coming up to Annapolis myself, I Entirely Deny the will of my Deceased Husband, Grove Tomlinson, and will take my chances Agreeable to Act of Assembly which hope will be Complyd according with the notions of the Commissary's Office and youl Oblige your Humble Serv't. Mary (her mark) Tomlinson. Test. Alex Beall. This by my son James Goore.
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      Groves Tomlinson 59.233 FR £710.14.3 May 13 1755 Oct 1 1755
      Appraisers: Alexander Beall, John Maddox, James Horce (?).{sic James Gore}
      Creditors: Bas. Wheeler for Christ. Lowndes.
      Mentions: Hugh Tomlinson.
      Executors: Ninian Tanyhill, Hugh Tomlinson.
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      1730-1733 Prince George’s County, Maryland Land Records Liber Q, [Elise Greenup Jourdan]; Page 365
      Enrolled at request of Groves Tomlinson 4 Oct 1731:
      Indenture, 26 Jul 1731; Between James Goare and Groves Tomlinson; for a tract called Fellowship on Rock Creek containing 100 acres; a tract called Fletchall's Goodwill of 100 acres on Piney Branch of Rock Creek; /s/ James Goare; wit. John Beall, Alex. Magruder; 23 Jul 1731 by James Goare
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      1730-1733 Prince George’s County, Maryland Land Records Liber Q, [Elise Greenup Jourdan]; Page 367
      Enrolled at request of James Goare 4 Oct 1731:
      Indenture, 23 Jul 1731; Between Groves Tomlinson and James Goar; exchange of Fletchall's Goodwill for Fellowship; /s/ Groves Tomlinson; wit. John Beall, Alexdr. Magruder; ack. 23 Jul 1731 by Groves Tomlin (sic) and Mary his wife
      ===
      Prince George's Land Records 1743-1746 - Liber BB - Page 263.
      Feb 25, 1744/45 from James Goore (Gore) and Elizabeth, his wife, of PG, to William Heath of PG, for and in consideration of 60 acres in exchange, the sale to sd Heath of a tract of land called Fellowship, lying in PG, bounded by Rock Cr near the Falls of sd Cr, containing about 100 acres. Signed - James Goore. Wit - Nath Wickham*, Tho Owen*. Recorded Mar 14, 1744/45.
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      1752-1756 Frederick County MD Land Records {Patricia Abelard Andersen}
      1037-1039. James Gore and others recorded the following deed 2 April 1756.
      To all Christian Peoples, greeting: I the said Mary Tomlinson of Frederick County, for and in consideration of the natural love and affection which I have to my beloved son James Gore, my beloved son Thomas Gore, my well-beloved daughter Mary Dowden, and my well beloved daughter Rachel Mockby, all of the said County, and my well beloved daughter Elizabeth Roberts of the Colony of Virginia; my well-beloved grandson Michael Ashford Dowden, and my well beloved grandson Hansen Gore, my granddaughter, Mary Roberts, and my granddaughter Mary Roberts of Edward of Virginia, [Mary Roberts named twice] and my granddaughter Mary Mockbe, and for diverse other reasons, grant unto my above named children and grandchildren for ever, viz.
      To my son James Gore, one Negro man named James, and one Negro woman named Sal, my bed and all my furniture, and all the rest ofmy personal estate except for the following legacies. Viz: son Thomas Gore, 41 pounds currency of which he hath already received 23 pounds 6 shillings; daughter Mary Dowden, one Negro man named Peter, and sundry trifles which she hath already received; daughter Elizabeth Roberts, 41 pounds currency, of which she hath already received, one pound, 12 shillings; daughter Rachel Mockbe, 41 pounds of which she hath already received 20 pounds 14 shillings. Grandson Michael Ashford Dowden, one 2 year heifer or 20 shillings. Grandson Mannen Gore, one 2 year old heifer of 20 shillings' granddaugher Mary Roherts 20 shillings; granddaughter Mary Roberts daughter of Edward, 20 shillings currency; granddaughter Mary Mockbee, one two year old heifer. Signed Mary Tomlinson by mark, dated 1st April 1756. Before Wadsworth Wilson, Nathaniel Dowden. Mary Tomlinson ack. within instrument, before Wm Griffith
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      28 Aug 1747 Prince George's County, MC Deeds EE:285: Brock Mockbee gave a slave to his daughter Lucy Mockbee; witness Groves Tomlinson. (Brock married Rachel Gore, daughter of James Gore and Mary, who later married Grove Tomlinson.)

      === Contributed by Ralph D. Smith

      Nov. 7, 1707 - James Goar, son of James and Mary Goar, b. Nov. 7, 1707 in Queen Anne Parish, Prince George's Co., Md.
      Source: Jourdan, Elise G., "Colonial Settlers of Prince George's County, Maryland," Page 139.

      June 1741 - John Allison, of Prince George's Co., planter (wife Eleanor acknowledges deed) swaps 150 acres of "Allison's Adventure" for 100 acres of unnamed land of James Goore [sic] of Prince George's Co., planter. Signed John Allison.
      Source: Prince George's Co., Md. Land Records, Liber Y, Page 316.

      Mar. 1750 - Frederick Co., Md. Court Records. James Gore vs. Hendrick Allison. Ezekiel Gosling, Nathan Veach, and Wadsworth Wilson to appear in Mar. Court 1750 to testify for Gore.
      Source: Shaffer, Stefanie R., "Inhabitants of Frederick County Maryland," Vol. 1, 1750-1790, Page 3.

      Mar. 1750 - Frederick Co., Md. Court Records. Hendrick Allison, planter, of Frederick Co., to appear in March Court 1750 to answer to the complaint of James Gore.
      Source: Shaffer, Stefanie R., "Inhabitants of Frederick County Maryland," vol. 1, 1750-1790, Page 8.

      Nov. 1750 - Frederick Co., Md. Court Records. James Gore vs. Wadsworth Wilson. Jane Gore, Mary Allison and Mary Gatton to appear in November Court 1750 to testify for Gore.
      Source: Shaffer, Stefanie R., "Inhabitants of Frederick County Maryland," Vol. 1, 1750-1790, Page 29.

      Mar. 1751 - Frederick Co., Md. Court Records. James Gore vs. Wadsworth Wilson. Mary Gallon, Jane Gore and Mary Allison to appear in March Court 1751 to testify for Gore.
      Source: Shaffer, Stefanie R., "Inhabitants of Frederick County Maryland," Vol. 1, 1750-1790, Page 3.

      Oct. 1757-Apr. 1759 - French & Indian War service in Capt. William Luckett's Company for James Gore.
      Source: Clark, Murtie, "Colonial Soldiers of the South, Page 99-100.
      Comment: Also in Luckett's Company are James Manner Gore, Clement Gore, Thomas Gore and Henry Allison.

      Dec. 23, 1758 - James Gore, of Frederick Co., planter, for the sum of 105 pounds current money of Maryland, sells to Lewis Duvall, of Prince George's Co., one mulatto man slave named James about 28 years of age and one Negro woman named Sal about 30 years of age with her increase to come from this time.
      Source: Prince George's Co., Md. Land Records, Liber PP part 2, Page 291.

      July 1762 - At a land commission for "Cloes Purchase" and "Girls Portion" owned by Charles Carroll, Jr., James Goare, aged 53, deposed that the land (apparently "Girls Portion") was laid out for Hugh Tomlinson as tenant to Mr. Carroll. Signed James Gore.
      Source: Frederick Co., Md. Land Records, Liber J, Page 67.

      Mar. 1768 - James Gore, of Frederick Co., for 7 shillings, 6 pence, sells to Michael Gore a tract called "Gore's Adventure," containing 87 1/2 acres. Signed James Gore. Elizabeth wife of James Gore released dower rights.
      Source: Frederick Co., Md. Land Records, Liber L, Page 198-9.

      Aug. 1768 - Hendry Allison of Frederick Co. (wife Mary releases dower) sells to James Gore, Sr., for 44 Pounds, part of a tract called "Allison's Adventure Resurveyed," beginning at the end of the 2nd line, containing 64 acres. Signed Henry Allison.
      Source: Frederick Co., Md. Land Records, Liber L, Page 449-50.

      Sep. 1768 - James Gore, for 194 Pounds, sells to Samuel Biggs, inn holder, "Allison's Adventure," containing 150 acres and "Allison's Adventure Resurveyed," containing 44 acres. Signed James Gore. Elizabeth wife of James Gore released dower rights.
      Source: Frederick Co., Md. Land Records, Liber L, Page 513-14.
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      1763-1765 Frederick County MD Land Records {Patricia Abelard Andersen}
      64. By order of the Justices oft he County Court, and at the request of Charles Carroll Junr. the following Land Commissions and Depositions were recorded. Authorized Andrew Hugh, David Lynn, Charles Jones and Henry Wright Crabb, as commissioners, for tracts called "CIoes Purchase" and "Girls Portion," to perpetuate the memory ofthe bounds. Signed by John Darnall.
      65. The commissioners met near the mouth of Darnall's Branch, on the east side of Rock Creek, and took the following depositions: Hugh Tomlinson, aged 70 years or thereabouts, said that he knows nothing of Mr. Charles Carrolls beginning tree of Girls Portion, and being come to the aforesaid dead chestnut, the second tree of Girls Portion, says that about 1/4 of a mile from here up the branch he knows a Spanish oak fairly bounded which he and his neighbor used to deem the beginning. He says 23-24 years ago, Thomas Wilson laid off all Mr. Carroll's tenants lands on the Girls Portion from this chestnut and it was then deemed Mr.Carroll's second tree of Girls Portion. Signed Hugh Tomlinson by mark, before Andrew Hugh, David Lynn, Charles Jones, Henry Wright Crabb.
      James Hughes, aged 37 years or thereabouts, says that about 20 years ago, this deponent followed the carpenters business, and being along with Thomas Hoskins Junior, looking for a rafter tree he saw a white oak tree fairly bounded near the place where we now are and was then told by Grove Thomlonson, that the said tree was a tree of Girls Portion, but whether the 1st 2nd or 3d line he does
      not say. Signed James Hughes by mark.
      On Tuesday 27 July 1762, they met at the house of William Tannehill aforesaid, and from thence to a place formerly deemed and known to be an Indian Old Field- John Davidson, being duly sworn, said that many years ago when he was getting a frame for old Hugh Thomlinson, he saw a bounded white oak tree on the south or southeast side ofwhere we are now, and thereon told it was a tree of Mr. Carrolls land. Signed John Davidson.
      Col. George Beall, gave a deposition regarding bounded white oak.
      John Dowden, aged 59 years or thereabouts, says that 20 years ago, this dead chestnut tree, standing near the mouth of Darnall's Branch, or Broad Run, by Grove Tomlinson for the second or Beginning tree of Girls Portion, and it was deemed the second or beginning tree of Mr. Carroll's land.
      67: James Goare aged 53 or thereabouts says that the land was laid for Hugh Tomlinson as tenant to Mr. Carroll, Thomas Willson began at this dead chestnut tree. Signed James Gore.
      Edward McBoy. aged 40 years or thereabouts says that about 7 years ago, he was clearing land for Groves Thomlinson. told him to take care that he did not go on Mr. Carroll's land, and showed this deponent a stump of a black oak tree standing within 30 ft of the chestnut as before described, which stump he was told was a bounded tree of said Thomlinson's land and Mr. Carroll's.
      Samuel Beall aged 46 years, said that 17 years ago he went to Grove Tomlinson's house in order to look at some tobacco, and they went together near the place where he now was and was told, and he was told that the Chestnut tree which was now dead was the second tree of Girls Portion and the beginning ofhis land. Signed Saml Beall.
      Depositions continued to Thursday 29 October. to meet at the house ofthe aforesaid Mr. Tannehill.
      68. Meeting as before, to the beginning tree of a tract called Cloe Purchase. it being a white oak six feet from a branch.
      Samuel Bell Junior aged about 55 years, said that about 20 years ago. Charles Beall showed him thc
      tree aforesaid and that it was the beginning tree of the aforesaid tract. which Charles Beall surveycd for William Fitzomond Coleman (?) No other evidences present so continued to 8 December. 1761. when they again met at house ofWilliam Tannehill, and adjourned. On Tuesday, 20 April 1762. They met at place known to be an Indian Old Field. Samuel Beall Junior, being sworn, regarding Girls Portion, says that a considerable time ago, near the planters whereabouts we now stand he saw a bounded white oak with 12 notches, and was told by Charles Beall it was a tree of Girls Portion, and has been told the same by John Dowden, but does not know if 1st, 2nd or 3d tree.

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