Oba Roberts | Early South Carolina records
Little PeeDee River Area:
Craven, Cheraws, Georgetown Districts | Marion County | Horry, Dillon, Marlboro Counties
Laurens County
Census Records | Loyalist Records | New Brunswick Records
Maxine Lacy thought Jesse was probably the brother of Oba Roberts, b. 1769 in SC, d. October 11, 1827 in Asheville,St. Clair County, Alabama, married Margaret Ewing (b: July 15, 1776 in Virginia d: 1859 in Texas) 1793 in South Carolina.
IF Oba was Jesse’s brother, then (according to all the on-line genealogies of Oba) Jesse’s parents were William Henry Roberts b. 1743 and (Maxine thought) Effie Carter. Oba had a son named Jesse Carter Roberts, neatly including both Jesse and Effie in his circle.
HOWEVER Oba Roberts is connected to Laurens County which is in the western part of the state. And Jesse said he was born on the Little PeeDee River, which is in the norther and eastern part - in fact, you could hardly get farther from the Little PeeDee than Laurens County. On the other hand, there is nothing to say that William Henry Roberts owned land in only one part of the state, or that the family might not have moved after Jesse's birth.
Oba and Margaret, according to the online genealogies, had the following children:
1. Unity Roberts Born 1795 Laurens District, Sc.
2. Jesse Carter Roberts Dr. Born 1799 Laurens District, Sc
3. Jane Roberts Born 1803 Laurens District, Sc
4. John Ewing Roberts Born 1807 in Laurens District,
5. Franklin Ford Roberts 1810 Laurens District, Sc.
6. Oran Milo Roberts Born 1815 Laurens District, Sc.It isn't easy locating Oba in the censuses.
In 1790 - there is one in Rutherford County, NC - 14th Co, p. 120 (148) - Obediah Roberts 1220 on the same online page, but with a different page number (147) is Clark or Ward or Somebody Roberts 1150In 1800 - there is nobody in the online index. There is an OP Roberts in Charleston (p. 356) - 02231 - 00000
In 1810 there's an Oba Robbard in Laurens Co, SC (p. 254) - 20010 - 11100
This one would pretty much fit.
2m, 1f under 10 (b. 1800-1810) Jesse 1799, John 1807, Jane 1803
1f 10-16 (b. 1794-1800) Unity 1795
1f 16-26 (b. 1784-94) Margaret b. 1776
1m 26-45 (b. 1765-84) Oba b. 1769In 1820, there are two Obediahs in Laurens, but with the same numbers (p. 24, 31) - 20010 - 11100
2m, 1f under 10 (b. 1810-20)
1f 10-16 (b. 1804-10)
1f 16-26 (b. 1794-1804)
1m 26-45 (b. 1775-94)
not a good fit at all!And finally, in 1830, there is the widow Margaret in St Clair County, Alabama - 001100 - 00000001
The (later) Laurens County Obediah doesn't seem to match the profile given of Oba Roberts ? ? ?
This is what the online genealogy of Oba looks like:
1 Obediah Roberts b: 1713
......... 2 Oba Roberts b: 1739
.................... 3 Joshua Roberts
.................... 3 James Roberts
.................... 3 Elijah Roberts
.................... 3 Franklin Roberts
.................... 3 Marguerite Roberts
.................... 3 Elliot Roberts
......... 2 John Roberts b: 1741
.................... 3 Stephen Roberts
......... 2 William Henry Roberts b: 1743
.................... 3 Jesse S. Roberts, Sr.
.................... 3 Franklin Roberts
.................... 3 Obediah (Oba) Roberts b: December 24, 1769 in South Carolina d: October 11, 1827 in Asheville,St. Clair County, Alabama +Margaret Ewing b: July 15, 1776 in Virginia d: 1859 in Texas m: 1793 in South Carolina
......... 2 George Roberts b: 1745
.................... 3 Unknown Roberts
.................... 3 John Roberts b: 1781
.................... 3 Leviston Roberts b: 1784
........................ +Fanny Herndon b: in Kentucky m: 1816
.................... 3 Henry Roberts b: 1786
.................... 3 Issacher Jacob Roberts b: 1801 d: 1870 in Alton, Madison County, Illinois
........................ +Virginia Young
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Early South Carolina Records.
Initially I assumed the Robertses came to South Carolina by sea. However, the first settlers on the Little PeeDee came down the Valley of Virginia.
The first settlements on Little Pedee were made a few years later (about 1740) by emigrants from Virginia and North Carolina - a lower class of people, many of whom became noted for their opposition to the cause of their country during its subsequent history. 79
Gregg, Alexander. History of the Old Cheraws. New York: Richardson & Co: 1867
Something else to think about. But for now . . .
First Settlers of South Carolina 1670-1700 - F268 B34 1985
Roberts, Edward - arrived from Barbados Feb 1670/1 - will proved 9 Dec 1671
sources A, C, K
George Roberts - servant - arrived in First Fleet
source A
John Roberts - arrived before 13 May 1697
source A
Thomas Roberts (Mr. Captain, Planter) - arrived from Scotland before 1682 - part owner of Lord Cardross’s ship Stephen
sources A, D131, E 277-8, 280, G 131, 257, 369, K, M 1, T 28, 31, 91, 95
A - Warrants for land in SC 1672-1711 - AS Salley - USC Press 1973
C - Records of secretary of province - Salley
D - SC Archives, Records of the Register. . . in Green’s Index
E - Register of the Province, convences?
G - Sect of Province, Misc records
K - Abstracts of wills - Moore & Simmons
M - Records in the British Public Records Office relating to SC
T - Letters to Rev. Wm Dunlop - Stewart
SC Immigrants 1760-70 - F268 J65 1988
Arrivals at Charleston, SC Gazette # 1382 (1/27-1/24, 1761) - Sloop Betsey, Joseph Roberts, 21 Jan 1761 - New Providence - ditto (May 2-May 19, 1761) 5/9/1761 -
#1407 (July 11-18, 1761) Sloop Hope, William Roberts 14 Jul 1761 New London
#1573 (Feb 23 - Mar 2, 1765) Sloop Dolphin, Wm. Roberts 2 Mar 1765 St Croix
#1585 (May 18-25, 1765) Schooner Betsey, James Roberts 19 May 1765 Antigua
#1704 (May 30, 1768) Sloop Delight, John Roberts 29 May 1768 --
#1725 (Oct 24, 1768) Sloop Hope, John Roberts 21 Oct 1768 St Augustine
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Moving on to the Little PeeDee River. . . . It is possible that Jesse was born there but that his parents did not live there (on a visit, perhaps, or maybe his father had land in several places). But it does give a person a place to start. So I started with the assumption that Jesse’s family lived on the Little PeeDee River, where he was born in 1776.
Cook, H. T. Rambles in the PeeDee Basin, South Carolina. (Columbia SC: The State Co, 1926) (Southern Historical Press, Greenville, SC)
--It is probable that John Thompson, Daniel Shaw, Anthony Atkinson, Benjamin Avant, Benjamin Roberts, Joseph Port and Thomas Jenkins, nearly all of whom came into the space between the Sampit and the Black, or north of the Black, got their lands either from the agents of the landgraves or in some way not now manifest. The alleged land frauds do not appear to have been committed in this part of the province. (~before 1742) - p. 14
--On the Wadbaccan, or, as it is now called, the Wadmacon . . . Peter Robert . . . (~1731) - p. 26
--On Cedar Creek . . . James Robert lived on this creek 17 miles of Georgetown (date? before 1726?) - p. 27
--On the Catfish stream there was within Queensborough Township a barony which eluded the tax collector many years. It was laid out to John Roberts adjoining Monck’s large acreage on the eastern side, in the year 1735. People squatted on it and refused to pay the state or the poor any contributions. P. 61 [In 1636 or 7 a colony of Welsh began to settle on its banks which was then a part of Welsh Tract. Some died, some moved.]
--The larger tracts on the PeeDee and its tributaries were granted to . . . John Roberts. . . . John Roberts got a whole barony and it passed into other hands and remained intact for years. (~1730s?) - p. 66
I have a few more random notes on early SC history on the South Carolina page.
The Little PeeDee rises in North Carolina, where it is known as the Lumber River. In South Carolina it is the boundary between what are now Marion and Horry counties. It also goes through Dillon County and a little bit of it goes through Marlborough Co. It eventually joins the Big PeeDee (or maybe the RZ - it looks as though Big PeeDee joins RZ just a small bit before Little PeeDee joins it) right where Georgetown County starts. Marion County was formed from Georgetown in 1800; in 1888, the three northernmost counties were Marlborough, Marion, Horry; in 1910 the northern bit of Marion County was formed into Dillon County.
There are a couple of cool map sites I found:
This one is a good map that shows the rivers. http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/1779n44.jpg
This one is a map that actually has land-owners' names on it. There is a Roberts on it - not directly on the Little PeeDee, but on a tributary. http://sciway3.net/proctor/marion/maps/1825marion.jpg
NOW. In 1790, Marion County was part of Georgetown District.
Georgetown - Prince Frederick - is now mostly Marion and Dillon counties
Georgetown - Prince George - is now mostly Horry County
In 1785, Marion was part of Liberty County (which later disappeared) in the Georgetown District. Horry County was also part of Georgetown (Kingston). Marlborough County was part of Cheraws District.
In 1710, the entire northern part of the state was Craven County.
So the next thing was to look at what records exist for early times in those areas. According to Virginia Proctor, who maintains both the South-Carolina-in-general and the Marion County GenWeb Pages: “Prior to 1785, all records were filed in Charleston; from 1785-1800, Marion County records were filed in Georgetown.” But there was a courthouse fire, and so there is a gap in Marion County records from 1785-1800. I imagine much the same thing is true of the other counties I am looking at here.
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Craven County/Precinct
I looked up some will abstracts (Abstract of the Wills of the State of South Carolina 1760-1784 (F268 M67 1960 v.3)), but I didn’t do a good job of taking notes. There was a David Roberts in Craven County sometime in that time period, with a wife Elizabeth - his executor was Joseph Britton. And later a Moses Britton of Prince George’s, Craven Co, mentioned Mary Roberts in his will. In 1770, Benjamin Roberts was executor of John Flanigan’s will (St. Davids Craven Co - 27 Sep 1770)
Cheraws (possibly a bit)
I haven't yet done a thorough search of this area.
Georgetown District
I haven't yet done a thorough search of this area. I took a quick look at the records available at the GenWeb site, but found nothing particularly relevant.
Liberty County (presumably father Roberts was gone by the time this was created)
Prince Frederick
Prince George
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Marion County
Marion County has a marvelous website - http://sciway3.net/proctor/marion/
●1788 Petition signed by divers Inhabitants of Little PeeDee -
Transcribed by Jo Church Dickerson http://sciway3.net/proctor/marion/census/Marion1788Petition.html
NOT signed by any Roberts, alas.
●Cemeteries - there are a lot of them and not all are online, and not all the ones online listed all the names. I have looked at all the lists available, and the only Robertses included (very few) are late 1800s.
Two interesting things
■ there was a Davis Cemetery (with very few names) in Britton’s Neck (and consider the wills connecting Robertses and Brittons)
---2 impt settlements ~1735 - one = Britton’s Neck, 20 miles below Mars Bluff, 40 miles above George Town. It was composed of the families of Britton, Graves, Fladger, Davis, Tyler, Giles and others. They came directly from England. (Church of England) Gregg, Alexander. History of the Old Cheraws. New York: Richardson & Co: 1867 69
■ there was a [Benjamin] Davis Cemetery (with no tombstones left, alas) - near Davis Landing on the Little PeeDee River - does this sound like a good place to find relatives of Margaret Davis Roberts or what???? The cemetery is said to be the burying ground of Benjamin Davis who died ~1779.
●Censuses - I am pretty confused over the censuses, not knowing exactly which counties contain which future or former counties - but there is a nice transcription of the 1800 census by Marty Graves online - http://www.martygrant.com/gen/refs/marion1800.htm
There are lots of Davises, including Benjamin and Benj, jr. (although the one the cemetery was named after would have been dead 20 years or so, they could have been son and grandson)
There are two Robertses - Abraham 21001 21101 0 slaves (on the same page with Joseph, Mary and James Davis) and Roger 10201 00101 8 slaves. Roger was on the same page as some of the signers of the 1788 Little PeeDee Petition, so that’s an interesting thing.
●Account Book 1788-1801
The only Roberts listed is John, located on the Black Mingo River, which is fairly far from the Little PeeDee (I wonder if he was related to the John who had the “barony” somewhere in the back country.) There is a Benjamin Davis jr (1788) on the PeeDee.
●Early settlers
Excerpt from W.W. Sellers' "History of Marion County" (1902)
transcribed and contributed to Marion County SCGenWeb by Helen Moody, March 2000.
ROBERTS
The next family now to be noticed is the Roberts family. The first of them known to the writer was Redden Roberts and Norton Roberts. They settled on Buck Swamp near Buck Swamp Bridge. I do not know who the wife of either was, but both married and raised families. Redden Roberts had sons, William D., James, Rowland and Giles. Norton Roberts resided on the first settled place south of Buck Swamp Bridge; don't know who he married -think, however, his wife was a Miss Johnson; he, with all his family, except his oldest son, Colonel John M. Roberts, went to Louisiana a way back, perhaps in the forties, and it is said, don't know how much truth, that one of his sons became Governor of Louisiana.
—I believe William D and Col. John M. are buried in Dillon County
●Wills etc - Kezia Roberts, who is in the 1820 Marion Census, left a will in which she gave almost everything to her son, Henry Davis. John Manning’s will mentioned his daughter Lesia Roberts (I think she was the wife of William D), and John Mace mentioned his daughter Frances Roberts, who was, I think the wife of Colonel John.
●Military records - there were plenty of Robertses on the American side of the Revolutionary War, including William, Redden, Norton and Captain Richard B.
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Horry County
Horry County Plat Book A -
19 Alexr. McDOWEL: 1000 acres E side Waccamaw R. on sources of Roberts Brs., Sweet Water Br., forked Gully, bd. by Joseph Cox, Robert Conway & John Clarke, vacant, Archable Taylor, vacant, John King and Willm. Smith, surv. by William Hemingway. 15 Jan 1803 22 II
20 Mary JOHNSTON: 207 acres, S side of Pometto Sw., bd. by Adonirum Treadwell, Sarah Johnson, William Roberts, Andrew Johnston, surv. by Wm. Johnston. 5 Jan 1803 29 II
---from a site owned by the Horry County Historical Society - but only a cached version (updated 1999) was available at the time I looked (2005).
Dillon County
Dillon County was only formed in 1910, so I didn’t think there would be much information at this county’s GenWeb site. WRONG! It is true that when you click on their “early settlers” link, or their “wills and probate records” link, you are taken to the Marion County site. BUT the cemeteries are different - and there are no less than 5 Roberts Family Cemeteries, at least one of which is African-American. Unfortunately, the earliest Roberts in any of them is William D Roberts 1806-1887 - too late to be the older brother of Jesse (I think in fact he is the son of Redden Roberts mentioned in the Marion County early settlers site).
Marlboro County
I haven't yet done a thorough search of this area. I took a quick look at the records available at the GenWeb site, but found nothing particularly relevant.
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And in case the connection is with Oba Roberts of Laurens County . . .
Laurens County
(this information was found by Mary Matthews - Carters and Davises are included because of marriages)
In a deed book of Newberry County, Laurens, SC, 1793, Obadiah Roberts, “saddler of Newberry Co., District 96”, sells land that was originally granted to Henry Roberts in 1769.
Carter , Benjamin 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
Carter , George 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
Carter , James 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
Carter , James 1783 Colony, Sc Loyalists No Twp Listed
Carter , John 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
Carter , Joseph 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
Carter , Robert 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
Carter , Silas 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
Carter , Thomas 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
Carter , Thomas 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
Daivs William 1779 Old 96th D SC No Twp. Listed
Davis , Banjamin 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
Davis , Chesley 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
Davis , Clem 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
Davis , Herman 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
Davis , James 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
There is a James Davis in Livingston Co, Ky in 1822
Davis , John 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
Davis , John 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
Davis , Moses 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
Davis , Nathan 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
There is a Nathan Davis in Livingston Co, KY in the early 1800s
Davis , Patrick 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
Davis , Robert 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
Davis , Samuel Jr. 1716 Colony, Sc Petitioner No Twp. Listed
Davis , Samuel Jr. 1717 Colony, Sc Petitioner No Twp Listed
Davis , Samuell 1716 Colony, Sc Petitioner No Twp. Listed
Davis , Samuell 1717 Colony, Sc Petitioner No Twp Listed
Davis , William 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
Davis , Zachariah 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
Robert , Absolam 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
Robert , Josue 1743 Colony, Sc Resident Purrysburgh
Roberts , David 1743 Colony, Sc Resident Purrysburgh
Roberts , Henry 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
Lots of Henrys in Kentucky - Caldwell 1810 on -
Henry was a Loyalist - served Little River Militia 1780
Roberts , Jacob 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
Roberts , John 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
Roberts , John 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
1799 Christian County
Roberts , Josua 1743 Colony, Sc Resident Purrysburgh
1799 Christian County - Joshua was a Loyalist - served Little River Militia 1780
Roberts , Thomas 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
1796 Christian County - Thomas was a Loyalist - served Spartan Militia 1780
Royal NC 1781 - other entries
Roberts , Vincent 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
Vincent was a Loyalist - served Little River Militia - 1780
Roberts , Walter 1779 Colony, Sc Resident Old 96th District
The censuses won’t tell us anything about Jesse’s FATHER, but might offer some insights about his mother (who apparently stayed in SC - from the short biography “until eleven years old [ie 1787] he lived at home with his mother”) or his brothers. So - to the Censuses
1790 - Jesse at this time would be about 14 years old, and apprenticed to the harness maker.
IF he was living with his older brother (and wouldn’t he instead be living with his master?), the people in bold could be his relatives.
Margaret Davis would have been about 10 - any of the Davises in the Cheraws could have been related. Assuming Jesse knew Margaret as a child - Davis is a really common name (the 6th commonest in the US).
The categories are: free - wm over 16, wm under 16, wf, others, slaves
- Cheraw District
- St Thomas - Sarah (361) 00200
Philip (361) 12300
William (365) 1 1 2 - - (12200) - first from book at library, 2nd online
(p. 366) Daniel Davis 12300
Sarah Davis 10300
Joshua Davis 13200
- Georgetown All Saints
p. 49 John 1 3 3 - 1
- Georgetown Prince Fredericks
p. 52 (500) Peter 1000 24 -
this looked to me like Betsy and it is indexed in the library as George (same page)
- Georgetown Prince Georges
p. 56 (507) Abraham 23300
John 23200
John jr 10101
If Jesse's father was William Henry Roberts, then William Roberts looks like a good possibility for an older brother. He is not included in the genealogy, but because I don't know what the genealogy is based on, I don't know that William should definitely not be considered.
1800 - Jesse is now safely in Kentucky, but I’m not sure if Margaret is with him yet or not - probably yes.
- Liberty County, Marion District
p. 435 Abraham 21001 21101 0slaves
(same page) James Davis 00101 00010 9slaves
- Georgetown - divided into Kingston, Waccamaw and Winyaw - and no Robertses there at all!
The only Peter, meanwhile, was in Laurens County. He wasn’t my favorite prospect anyway, but if he MOVED to Laurens, then Oba could have done so as well. The first time I find Oba or Obediah (however spelled) is in 1810, in Laurens - although there is an OP Roberts in Charleston in 1800, but he doesn't seem to match.
1810 -
- Horry County (north side of Little PeeDee)
p. 473 (1007/142) - Jas 11010 51010 ?sl
John 11010 10110 0sl
Wm 20001 12010 0sl
Benj Davis 10010 40010 0sl
p. 475 (1010/143) - Isaac 10010 20010 0sl
p. 485 (1020/148) - John 01201 00101
- Marion County
p. 80a (6) Wm jr 00100 00100 01
Isiah / Heniah 01000 00001 02
next to Benjamin Davis 00201 01101 23sl
same page David Davis 00001 00100 5sl
Philip “ 00200 no females 2 sl
Jas “ 00101 00100 14sl
p. 85 (29) Roger? (might not be Roberts) 00101 00100 5sl
Reden 10100 10100 3 sl
1820 -
- Horry County
p. 139 Ann widow 310000 11010
Isaac 300011 31010
John senr 000101 00102 11sl he is the only Roberts with slaves
John sr 000101 01111
John jr 100101 21001
Joseph 100100 20100
Samuel 200010 10100
William 511101 21120
- Marion County
p. 65 Keziah 000100 00001
Norton 200010 01010 06
Reden 410010 01010
- Marlborough
p. 80 Richard jr 001001 10010 2sl?
So this census exercise didn't get us much further.
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So - how about the Loyalist Records?
So far I haven’t found much. I don’t have access to a library right now, and when I did, I didn’t know what name to look for, so I tended to be overwhelmed and quickly gave up the searches.
I do have a CD - Family Tree Maker’s CD#144 - Loyalists in the American Revolution, and, looking for things in it, this is what I found:
Looking for William Roberts (since the possible father was William Henry Roberts) -
none in South Carolina. There were only three: one in Georgia died in 1779, one in North Carolina was in the northern part of the state (Hillsborough), and one was in Virginia.
Looking for Henry Roberts (since the possible father was William Henry Roberts) - the only one found belonged to the 96th Brigade - of the Little River Militia. Little River joins Thompson Creek and flows into or becomes the (big) PeeDee.
The other information about Loyalists (see Loyalist page) does not directly relate to what I am looking for (a connection to William Henry Roberts or the Little PeeDee River). If I find more info, I will have to sort through it again.
According to the bio of Jesse, his father was “expatriated, taking up residence in St John, New Brunswick, where we believe he subsequently died.” So - how about New Brunswick Records?
St John, New Brunswick, was only established in 1762; it was then a part of Nova Scotia. In 1783, after the American Revolution, thousands of loyalists poured into the western part of Nova Scotia, which was formed into a new province (New Brunswick) in 1784. [There's a little mural in Market Square, St John, New Brunswick, giving a quick history of the place. It seems to have been little more than a trading post - originally owned by the French - until 1783, when 6000 Loyalists were landed. In 10 weeks, they set up the town (including Market Square) and built 500 houses.]
There was one early William Roberts, a sergeant in the King's New Brunswick Regiment. I don't know if that makes sense for the man we are looking for or not. This William Roberts died in 1800.
The other early Robertses in NB were Nathan (died 1794), David (d. 1791), Zachariah (d. 1833 - land grants 1786, 1792) and Jonathan (land grant 1796). There also was a Stephen Roberts getting land grants in Nova Scotia in 1784 - and these grants were registered in New Brunswick in 1785. (Also granted land in Nova Scotia - Benjamin, James, John as well as negroes Anthony and Francis.)
But it occurs to me Jesse's father might not have made much of a mark on St John. The people who are remembered are the ones who settle down and raise families - and Jesse's father left his family back in South Carolina. AND if the SC land was not confiscated (Jesse's older brother supposedly got it all), then would he even have qualified for a land grant or any kind of compensation?
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