FAMILY STORIES
Sarah Everton and the Two Hundred Acres
Two hundred acres, an Everton family, and a Forehand husband whose first name remains missing: Sarah’s records reveal a life beyond the familiar pedigree and a naming trail worth following.
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Jarvis Forehand (Chowan estate)
Birth: By 1750 (conditional militia-age bound)Death: by 12 September 1788Older Carolina JarvisLikely the Thomas’s-son, deed-maker, militia and Revolutionary-service record group, but cross-record identities remain qualified. Birth bound assumes the 1766 militia identification and ordinary enrollment. Estate evidence establishes death by 12 September 1788, not an exact day.
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FAMILY STORIES
The Household Jarvis Forehand Left Behind
A Pasquotank family, a Revolutionary soldier’s name, and the estate Charity settled in 1788 help separate Jarvis Forehand’s Carolina life from a younger man’s western story.
FAMILY STORIES
What Lambert Forehand Left at Lick Creek
Two Hickman County deeds put a brother and sister on either side of a line at Lick Creek. Their exchange identifies Lambert Forehand as their father and carries the story back through the land he held, the places he lived, and the family connections still to be established.