Even the tiniest clue might be valuable. I am claiming them as my 4th gr-grandparents, but the case is not closed.
A will for JAMES LITLE has been found in Anson County NC. The
will was recorded in October 1792 reporting a wife, NANCY, and the
following children: JOHN, WILLIAM, JAMS, HOSEA, AGNESS and SARAH.
WILLIAM GULLEDGE and WILLIAM RORIE are administrators of that will
with TOMMY GULLEDGE, JOEL GULLEDGE, BASHABEY GULLEDGE as "tests".
In that will James leaves land in Anson County, NC, to his wife
and each of his male children. If his wife should die before she
disposes of any of her "land and liveing" the administrators are
instructed to take it into their hands, value it and divide it
equally between AGNESS, SARAH and HOSEA. (I interpret the wording
to mean these three are under age at the time the will is written.)
In 1817 AGNES and SOLOMAN MARSH, SARAH and JESSE ALSOBROOKS
and HOSEA LITTLE (It has been reported to me that he later married
MARY GREEN) sell their shares in a tract of land in Anson County
North Carolina, on Thompsons creek and adjacent to JEREMIAH
GULLEDGE. The land being sold is described as being purchased by
JAMES LITTLE, in 1775, from MARSH RUSHING.
We know that before 1817 our JAMES LITLE (probable son of the
JAMES LITLE of the above mentioned will) is deceased and his
widow, ELIZABETH RUSHING LITLE has collected her land dower in
Anson County North Carolina, married WILLIAM DEASON and moved,
with her four young Litle/Lytle children and other Rushing and
Deason families, to Tennessee. The names RUSHING, LITLE/LYTLE and
DEASON remained closely associated in early accounts of Bedford
County, TN, and descendants of these families live there today (2000).
Follow this link to see a descendant's tree of this family
Sincere Thanks to Jane Lindsey
for the Anson County deed book information!
She is researching a Little line in Anson County North Carolina,
not mine.