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LOCKLEAR FAMILY
Jacob Lockeleer, born say 1636, was a Frenchman who arrived in Virginia without an indenture and was bound to Edward Diggs, Esquire, for four years. He completed his indenture in York County, Virginia, on 24 April 1660 [DWO 4:86, 89]. He may have been the ancestor of the Locklears who were early residents of Lunenburg County, Virginia, and Edgecombe County, North Carolina. They were taxed as mixed-race in Bladen and Granville counties, North Carolina, in the 1760’s. In 1895 Mrs. Mary C. Norment in her book, The Lowrie History, claimed that Bettie Locklayer was “a half-breed Tuscarora Indian woman.” In the twentieth century they were among those light skinned people in Robeson County who were called “Lumbee Indians.” However, it is more likely that they were already a mixture of African, European, and perhaps Native American when they came to North Carolina. Certainly, their white and African American neighbors considered them “free Negroes.” William Chavis charged “Thomas Lockery … Free Negro” with trespass in Granville County court in 1770 [CR 044.928.15].
1. Robert1 Locklear, born say 1700, was living in Edgecombe County on 10 December 1738 when Benjamin Rawlings mentioned him in his will. Rawlings allowed him to purchase the plantation he was then living on for 10 pounds [SS 1738-52, 63]. This plantation was probably in the part of Edgecombe County which became Halifax County in 1758. Locklear’s land was mentioned in a 1 November 1753 Edgecombe County deed which was recorded later in Halifax County. It adjoined the Roanoke River, Quankey Pocosin, and Chavis‘ Branch [Halifax DB 17:568; Edgecombe DB 2:97]. Robert may have been renting this land or perhaps he was Benjamin Rawling’s son-in-law since he was the first person mentioned in Rawling’s will [SS 1738-52, 63]. Robert made a deed of gift of all his goods and chattels in Edgecombe County to his son John on 24 May 1749 with the proviso that he maintain him and his wife for the rest of their lives [DB 3:347]. Robert Locklear’s children were
2 i. John1, born say 1721, died about 1787. ii.?Dudley, born say 1722, the defendant in an Edgecombe County court suit, Campbell vs. Dudley Locklear, in August 1746 [Haun, Edgecombe County Court Minutes, I:110, 116]. He was a taxable “Molato” in Bladen County in 1776 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, II:64, 84]. He received a patent for 150 acres in Bladen County on the south side of Drowning Creek and Ashpole Swamp below his improvements on 11 November 1779 and sold 100 acres of this land on 10 September 1783 [DB 19:8; 1:36]. 3 iii. ?Major, born say 1724.iv. ?Susannah Lakier, born say 1725, no race indicated, who was bound an additional year by order of the 8 November 1743 session of the Bertie County court because she had a bastard child during her indenture [Haun, Bertie County Court Minutes, II:417]. 4 v. ?Randall, born say 1730.5 vi. ?William1, born say 1740.
2. John1 Locklear, born say 1722, entered 100 acres in Bladen County on the south side of Gum Swamp and Drowning Creek between 5 October and 15 November 1752 [Pruitt, Bladen County Land Entries 1787-1795, no.665]. He and his wife were “Mulatto” Cumberland County taxables in 1755 [T&C 1], and he and his wife, son, and daughter were taxable in Bladen County in 1763 [Bladen County Tax List (1763)]. He, his wife, son William, and daughters Sarah and Elizabeth were taxable “Mulatoes” in Bladen County in 1768 (his name torn, but apparent from later lists), taxable with his wife and son William in 1770 and 1771 and taxable with his wife and son Robert in 1772 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, I:5, 46, 58, 82, 124; II:101, 119]. He patented 250 acres in Cumberland County on the East side of Drowning Creek on 28 February 1764, and he and his wife Elizabeth sold 50 acres of this land on 1 May 1787 [Hoffman, Land Patents, I:504; DB A:56]. On 5 August 1784 he made his Bladen County will, recorded in Robeson County soon after it was formed in 1787 (no probate date). He left his plantation to his wife and then to son Samuel with a shilling to his other unnamed children [WB 1:8]. His children were
i. ?Jacob, born say 1745, taxable in Bladen County with his wife from 1768 to 1774 (“Mulatoes”), also taxable on Riding Kersey‘s tax in 1774, and taxable on 100 acres and one poll in McNeill’s District in Bladen County in 1784 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, I:7, 46, 82, 124, 135; II:119; Bladen County Tax List (1784)]. He was head of a Robeson County household of 6 “other free” in 1790 [NC:48] and 5 in 1800 [NC:389b]. He purchased 100 acres on Bear Swamp in Robeson County from James Lowery on 13 June 1791 [DB B:341]. 6 vi. ?Joseph, born say 1758.ii. Samuel, born say 1748, perhaps the unnamed son who was taxable in John Locklear’s Bladen County household in 1763. He was head of a Robeson County household of 1 “other free” in 1790, 5 in 1800 [NC:389b], 12 in 1810 [NC:231] and 7 “free colored” in 1820 [NC:312].
iii. William2, born say 1751, taxable in his father’s Bladen County household from 1768 to 1771, head of his own household in 1772, and married by 1774 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, I:5, 46, 58, 82, 124, 135; II:101, 119]. He had put his improvements on land in Bladen County on Juniper Branch on 7 December 1778 [Bladen County envelope 4070, Land Grant Office]. He received a grant for this 100 acres on Juniper Branch in Bladen County on 7 November 1784 [DB 1:73] and was taxable in Bladen County on this land in 1784. On 26 May 1788 the sheriff sold this 100 acres on the east side of Drowning Creek and both sides of Juniper Branch for a debt he owed John Moore [DB A:288]. He sold 100 acres on the east side of Drowning Creek to William3 Locklear in 1810 [DB P:258]. He was head of a Robeson County household of 11 “other free” in 1790 [NC:48], 12 in 1800 [NC:389b], 7 in 1810 [NC:232], and 7 “free colored” in 1820 [NC:295].
iv. Sarah, born before 1752, taxable in her father’s Bladen County household in 1763 and 1768.
v. Elizabeth, born before 1757, taxable in her father’s Bladen County household in 1768.
vii. Robert3, born say 1759, taxable in his father’s Bladen County household in 1772, head of a Fairfield County, South Carolina household of 4 “other free” in 1800 [SC:226]. viii. ?John2, Jr., born say 1767, entered 100 acres on the east side of Juniper Branch adjoining William Locklear in Robeson County on 22 March 1788 [Pruitt, Land Entries: Robeson County, I:15]. He was head of a Robeson County household of 4 “other free” in 1790 [NC:48], was living in Richmond County in 1810 [NC:192], and was head of a Richmond County household of 8 “free colored” in 1820 [NC:216].
ix. ?Malcolm Buie, born say 1768, entered 50 acres east of Long Swamp in Robeson County on 12 March 1789 including Charles Valentine‘s improvements and 50 acres bordering his own line east of Juniper Branch on 29 January 1794 [Pruitt, Land Entries: Robeson County, I:23, no. 1462]. He purchased adjoining tracts of 100 acres and 177 acres on the east side of Juniper Branch from James Lowery on 27 May 1801 and 4 October 1803, and purchased land from Malcolm McMillan by deed proved in Robeson County on 4 October 1803 [DB L:20; N:187-90; Minutes I:264]. He was head of a Robeson County household of 6 “other free” in 1790 [NC:48], 5 in 1800 [NC:389] and 7 in 1810 [NC:232].
3. Major Locklear, born say 1724, was the defendant in an Edgecombe County court suit, Campbell vs. Major Locklear, in August 1746 [Haun, Edgecombe County Court Minutes, I:110, 116]. He was living on the northeast side of Drowning Creek on White Oak Swamp on 27 August 1753 in what was then Bladen County when a land entry was issued to Dennis McLendle and James McCallam for 100 acres which he was living on [Pruitt, Bladen County Land Entries, no. 793; NCGSJ VI:174 (Papers of Colonial Governors 1753-4, #CGP 4)]. He was taxed as a “Mulatto” in Cumberland County in 1755 [T&C 1]. He was listed as a “white” taxable in Bladen County in 1768 and a “Mulato” taxable in 1770 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, I:7, 45, 143]. He was living in Bladen County on 13 October 1773 when he was listed as a harborer of “free Negors and Mullatus living upon the Kings Land” who included Edward and Tiely Lockclear [G.A. 1773, Box 7]. Perhaps his widow was Ann Locklear who was head of a Bladen County household of one “Black” person from 12 to 50 years old and six “Black” persons over 50 or under 12 years old in 1786 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, II:169]. He may have been the father of
i. Edward, born say 1750, a taxable “Mulato” in Bladen County in 1772 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, II:72, 143].
ii. Tiely, born say 1752.
iii. Guttridge, born say 1753, a taxable “Mulato” in Bladen County from 1769 to 1776, living in John Bullard‘s household in 1770 and listed as white in 1774 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, I:14, 33, 78, 111, 129; II:64, 84]. He received a patent for 200 acres in Bladen near Haleys Mill Swamp on 23 October 1782 [Hoffman, Land Patents, vol. II, no.592] and sold this land near what was then called Cade’s Mill Swamp on 23 February 1786 [Robeson DB C:27]. He was counted as white in 1790, head of an Orangeburgh District, South Carolina household of three males over 16, 4 under 16, and four females [SC:96]. He was listed near Charity Groom, Isaac Groom, Richard Groom, William Groom, Benjamin Sweat, and Gideon Bunch, Jr., who were also counted as white. Benjamin Sweat, and the Groom family were “free Negors and Mullatus” included in the before mentioned 13 October 1773 Bladen County list [G.A. 1773, Box 7].
4. Randolph/ Randall Locklear, born about 1730, was taxable in Lunenburg County, Virginia, in the list of Edmund Taylor for St. James Parish in 1751 [Tax List 1748-52]. He was in the Muster Roll of Captain Smith’s Company of the Edgecombe County Militia in the 1750’s [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 672]. In 1765 he and wife Sarah were “Black” tithables in Granville County, North Carolina, and in 1766 they were tithable on 3 persons [CR 44.701.20]. He sued Thomas Evans in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on 14 March 1774 for a debt of 2 pounds due by note of hand [Orders 1773-9, 185]. He was taxed on 150 acres and one poll in Bladen County, North Carolina, in 1784. He was granted a patent for 150 acres in Bladen County on the west side of Ashpole Swamp crossing the Boggy Branch on 22 March 1788 [DB 36:493] and made a Robeson County deed of gift of this land to his son Robert on 7 February 1794 [DB F:157]. In 1790 he was head of a Robeson County household of 10 “other free” [NC:48]. His children were
7 i. ?Thomas, born say 1750.
ii. Robert2, born say 1753, brought to court with Nathaniel Gowen in Granville County in 1773 on an unspecified charge but released on payment of their prison charges when no one appeared against them [Minutes 1773-83, 1]. “Chavis and Robert Locklear” received a patent for 150 acres on the north side of the Little Peedee and west side of the Shoeheel Swamp in Bladen County on 11 November 1779 [DB 19:484, #182]. Robert was taxable on one poll tax in Bladen County in 1784 in McNeill’s District and entered 100 acres on Juniper Branch in what was then Robeson County on 4 September 1790 [Pruitt, Land Entries: Robeson County, I:38]. On 8 February 1794 he received a deed of gift from his father Randal for 150 acres in Robeson County on the south side of Ashpole Swamp, being the plantation his father was then living on, and sold this land on 25 February 1799 [DB F:157; I:7]. He was head of a Robeson County household of 9 “other free” in 1790 [NC:48], 11 in 1800 [NC:389b], 13 in 1810 [NC:230], and 9 “free colored” in 1820 [NC:301].
iii. William3, born say 1765, purchased 100 acres on the east side of Drowning Creek from William2 Locklear in 1810 [DB P:258]. He was head of a Robeson County household of 7 “other free” in 1810 [NC:220] and 11 “free colored” in 1820, called William Locklear, Jr. [NC:293].
5. William1 Locklear, born say 1740, was probably living in Halifax County before 1 November 1753 when a Granville grant to Joseph Montfort mentioned land joining Chavis‘ branch and Lockaleer [Halifax DB 17:568]. The family was still in Halifax County on 20 May 1777 when a deed from Alexander McCulloch to John Clayton mentioned land adjoining Lockalear’s pocosin [DB 13:455]. William1 Locklear died before 18 November 1784 when the Halifax County court ordered the sheriff to “sell as much of the estate of William Locklear to satisfy the debts of the decedent.” Mary Locklear, head of a Halifax County household of 8 “other free” in 1800, may have been his widow [NC:324]. Their children may have been
8 i. Maria, born say 1765.
ii. Robert4, born about 1784, seventeen years old when he, Israel, and Aaron Locklear and Lucy Cooley were ordered bound apprentices to Samuel Tunnell by the 18 August 1801 Halifax County court. He was head of a Halifax County household of 2 “other free” in 1810 [NC:33], 8 “free colored” in 1820 [NC:155], and 8 in 1830. He obtained free papers in Halifax County court on 23 February 1850: Robin Locklear about 65 years old, very dark complexion, 5 feet 10 inches tall. Charlotte Locklear, his wife, 61 years old, bright complexion, 5 feet 3/4 inches tall [CR 47.301.7, cited by Kent, Swampers, 7].
6. Joseph Locklear, born say 1758, was living in South Carolina on 2 April 1779 when he, Elijah Locklear, Sherwood Chavis, and Isaac Malone, alias Rouse, were jailed in the district gaol of Salisbury on suspicion of robbery. They were released because there was no evidence against them, and they were “willing and desirous of enlisting in the Continental [Charlotte Gazette]. Joseph was taxable in 1784 in McNeill’s District, Bladen County. He purchased 100 acres in Robeson County from James Lowry on 13 June 1791 [DB B:341] and entered 100 acres of land bordering Crickett Lockleir on Bear Swamp on 6 September 1793 [Pruitt, Land Entries: Robeson County, I:84]. The sheriff sold 100 acres of his land on the east side of Long Swamp adjoining John Locklear for debt on 5 November 1788 [DB A:211]. He was head of a Robeson County household of 6 “other free” in 1790 [NC:48], 9 in 1800 [NC:389], 7 in 1810 [NC:230], and 8 “free colored” in 1820 [NC:294]. He was probably the father of
i. Wiley, married Nancy Evans, 25 May 1817 Robeson County bond, Joseph Locklear bondsman.
7. Thomas Locklear, born say 1750, may have been one of three taxables in the 1766 Granville County household of (his father?) Randall Locklear. He was sued in the October 1770 Granville County court by William Chavis: Take body of Thomas lockery of your sd County Free Negro … answer William Chavers of a plea of Trespas on the case …at Oxford [CR 44.928.15].
His taxable property in Granville was assessed at 120 pounds in 1780, and in 1782 he was taxable on a horse and 5 cattle in Fishing Creek District. He was head of a Dutch District household of 3 males and 3 females in 1786 for the North Carolina State Census, head of a Wake County household of 13 “other free” in 1790 [NC:103], and head of a Wake County household in 1800 [NC:779]. He was taxable on 180 acres in Captain Ray’s district of Wake County in 1793 and 1794 [MFCR 099.701.1, frames 46, 121]. He may have been the father of
i. Polly, born say 1786, married David Mitchell, 1 January 1804 Granville County bond with John Tyner bondsman.
ii. Rachel, born say 1790, married Peter Chavis, 29 April 1807 Wake County bond, Irby Phillips bondsman.
iii. Elizabeth, born say 1795, married Robert Chavis, 29 September 1813 Wake County bond, James Shaw bondsman.
iv. Solomon2, born say 1797, married Phillis Dunston, 19 January 1818 Wake County bond, John Phillips bondsman.
v. Catherine, married Edward Bass, 28 August 1821 Wake County bond, Samuel Bass bondsman.
8. Maria Locklear, born say 1765, was head of a Halifax County household of 4 “other free in 1800 [NC:324]. She may have been the Mary Locklier who was cited by the 28 November 1801 Halifax County court to bring her children to court so they could be bound out [Minutes 1799-1802]. Her 9 May 1832 Halifax County will, proved August 1832, mentioned her granddaughters Eliza and Maria Locklear, and children: Gabriel Locklear and Maria and Polly Scott [WB 4:90]. Her children were
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