Bio by B. Bradford updated 7-31-2020
Bethenia Perkins was born probably in Goochland Co., VA and the daughter of Nicholas Perkins and Bethenia Hardin/Harding. I have seen two different birthdates for her in research: July 7 and August 30, 1743. She married Revolutionary War Patriot Col. Absalom Bostick on June 22, 1762, in Halifax County, Virginia. He was the s/o John Bostick and Nancy Eliz. Chesley. Bethenia and Absalom remained in Virginia for a few years and then moved before 1770 to the Dan River Settlement community in Rowan Co., NC. Rowan became Surry which is now Stokes Co., NC. They acquire over a 3,000 acres of land which straddled the bend of the Dan River and established their Plantation called Shoebuckle located in Sauratown near present town Pinehall, NC. They were wealthy prominent land owners who owned slaves. During the Revolutionary War, her husband was captain of the local North Carolina militia and his company joined the army under General Gates and were in the Battle of Camden, SC. Captain Absalom Bostick was in Col. Rutherford’s Regiment and a member of Colonel Joseph Winston's staff during the War; he drilled soldiers and furnished supplies to the cause. Absalom was deemed “one of the outstanding leaders on the Dan River during and after the Revolutionary War.” He was well educated and served as Magistrate, Sheriff, Coroner, County Treasurer, Justice of Peace, and served both houses of the General Assembly at Raleigh, NC - a member of the House of Commons (1790-95) from Stokes County, NC. Absalom participated in the convention that met at Fayetteville in 1789 prepared to “safeguard against encroachment by the Federal Government.”
Absalom died in June 1803 and buried on his plantation. The location of his grave is unknown. The Plantation was sold in December 1804 deeded to Peter Hairston. Bethenia died in 1809 and is buried next to Absalom. Both graves unmarked and lost.
Absalom Bostick's Will was dated 20 June 1798 and proven June 1803, Stokes County, NC (Book Vol 2, page 37-39. ) Children of Absalom and Bethenia Bostick named in the will are:
1) John Bostick, son
2) Absalom Bostick, son
3) Ferdinand Bostick, son
4) Manoah Bostick, son (Executor of Will)
5) Bethenia Bostick Hampton, daughter
6) Susannah Bostick Blackman, daughter
7) Anne Bostick Guin, daughter
8) Christania Bostick (daughter, a minor)
The following 36 Slaves were mentioned in the Will:
--Milly (willed to son John Bostick)
--Lucy, Charlotte, Curry, Isaac, Jane and Hannah (willed to son Absalom)
--James a man, Fib or Feb a woman and Stephen a boy (willed to son Ferdinand)
--David, Ivy, Barlee, Bibbs, Francis, York, William (willed to son Manoah)
--Sarah, Delph and Selah (willed to daughter Bethenia)
--Nancy, Solomon and Daniel Flos son (willed to daughter Susannah)
--Beck, Rhoda and Mero Hagerson (willed to daughter Anne)
Hagar, Marian and Dick (willed to daughter Christania)
Harry, Dinah, Cloe, Bynor, Nanny and Hannah & Sam (to be lent to his wife Bethunia during her natural life and afterwards to be equally divided between his children.)
Bethenia Perkins was born probably in Goochland Co., VA and the daughter of Nicholas Perkins and Bethenia Hardin/Harding. I have seen two different birthdates for her in research: July 7 and August 30, 1743. She married Revolutionary War Patriot Col. Absalom Bostick on June 22, 1762, in Halifax County, Virginia. He was the s/o John Bostick and Nancy Eliz. Chesley. Bethenia and Absalom remained in Virginia for a few years and then moved before 1770 to the Dan River Settlement community in Rowan Co., NC. Rowan became Surry which is now Stokes Co., NC. They acquire over a 3,000 acres of land which straddled the bend of the Dan River and established their Plantation called Shoebuckle located in Sauratown near present town Pinehall, NC. They were wealthy prominent land owners who owned slaves. During the Revolutionary War, her husband was captain of the local North Carolina militia and his company joined the army under General Gates and were in the Battle of Camden, SC. Captain Absalom Bostick was in Col. Rutherford’s Regiment and a member of Colonel Joseph Winston's staff during the War; he drilled soldiers and furnished supplies to the cause. Absalom was deemed “one of the outstanding leaders on the Dan River during and after the Revolutionary War.” He was well educated and served as Magistrate, Sheriff, Coroner, County Treasurer, Justice of Peace, and served both houses of the General Assembly at Raleigh, NC - a member of the House of Commons (1790-95) from Stokes County, NC. Absalom participated in the convention that met at Fayetteville in 1789 prepared to “safeguard against encroachment by the Federal Government.”
Absalom died in June 1803 and buried on his plantation. The location of his grave is unknown. The Plantation was sold in December 1804 deeded to Peter Hairston. Bethenia died in 1809 and is buried next to Absalom. Both graves unmarked and lost.
Absalom Bostick's Will was dated 20 June 1798 and proven June 1803, Stokes County, NC (Book Vol 2, page 37-39. ) Children of Absalom and Bethenia Bostick named in the will are:
1) John Bostick, son
2) Absalom Bostick, son
3) Ferdinand Bostick, son
4) Manoah Bostick, son (Executor of Will)
5) Bethenia Bostick Hampton, daughter
6) Susannah Bostick Blackman, daughter
7) Anne Bostick Guin, daughter
8) Christania Bostick (daughter, a minor)
The following 36 Slaves were mentioned in the Will:
--Milly (willed to son John Bostick)
--Lucy, Charlotte, Curry, Isaac, Jane and Hannah (willed to son Absalom)
--James a man, Fib or Feb a woman and Stephen a boy (willed to son Ferdinand)
--David, Ivy, Barlee, Bibbs, Francis, York, William (willed to son Manoah)
--Sarah, Delph and Selah (willed to daughter Bethenia)
--Nancy, Solomon and Daniel Flos son (willed to daughter Susannah)
--Beck, Rhoda and Mero Hagerson (willed to daughter Anne)
Hagar, Marian and Dick (willed to daughter Christania)
Harry, Dinah, Cloe, Bynor, Nanny and Hannah & Sam (to be lent to his wife Bethunia during her natural life and afterwards to be equally divided between his children.)
Bio by B. Bradford updated 7-31-2020
Bethenia Perkins was born probably in Goochland Co., VA and the daughter of Nicholas Perkins and Bethenia Hardin/Harding. I have seen two different birthdates for her in research: July 7 and August 30, 1743. She married Revolutionary War Patriot Col. Absalom Bostick on June 22, 1762, in Halifax County, Virginia. He was the s/o John Bostick and Nancy Eliz. Chesley. Bethenia and Absalom remained in Virginia for a few years and then moved before 1770 to the Dan River Settlement community in Rowan Co., NC. Rowan became Surry which is now Stokes Co., NC. They acquire over a 3,000 acres of land which straddled the bend of the Dan River and established their Plantation called Shoebuckle located in Sauratown near present town Pinehall, NC. They were wealthy prominent land owners who owned slaves. During the Revolutionary War, her husband was captain of the local North Carolina militia and his company joined the army under General Gates and were in the Battle of Camden, SC. Captain Absalom Bostick was in Col. Rutherford’s Regiment and a member of Colonel Joseph Winston's staff during the War; he drilled soldiers and furnished supplies to the cause. Absalom was deemed “one of the outstanding leaders on the Dan River during and after the Revolutionary War.” He was well educated and served as Magistrate, Sheriff, Coroner, County Treasurer, Justice of Peace, and served both houses of the General Assembly at Raleigh, NC - a member of the House of Commons (1790-95) from Stokes County, NC. Absalom participated in the convention that met at Fayetteville in 1789 prepared to “safeguard against encroachment by the Federal Government.”
Absalom died in June 1803 and buried on his plantation. The location of his grave is unknown. The Plantation was sold in December 1804 deeded to Peter Hairston. Bethenia died in 1809 and is buried next to Absalom. Both graves unmarked and lost.
Absalom Bostick's Will was dated 20 June 1798 and proven June 1803, Stokes County, NC (Book Vol 2, page 37-39. ) Children of Absalom and Bethenia Bostick named in the will are:
1) John Bostick, son
2) Absalom Bostick, son
3) Ferdinand Bostick, son
4) Manoah Bostick, son (Executor of Will)
5) Bethenia Bostick Hampton, daughter
6) Susannah Bostick Blackman, daughter
7) Anne Bostick Guin, daughter
8) Christania Bostick (daughter, a minor)
The following 36 Slaves were mentioned in the Will:
--Milly (willed to son John Bostick)
--Lucy, Charlotte, Curry, Isaac, Jane and Hannah (willed to son Absalom)
--James a man, Fib or Feb a woman and Stephen a boy (willed to son Ferdinand)
--David, Ivy, Barlee, Bibbs, Francis, York, William (willed to son Manoah)
--Sarah, Delph and Selah (willed to daughter Bethenia)
--Nancy, Solomon and Daniel Flos son (willed to daughter Susannah)
--Beck, Rhoda and Mero Hagerson (willed to daughter Anne)
Hagar, Marian and Dick (willed to daughter Christania)
Harry, Dinah, Cloe, Bynor, Nanny and Hannah & Sam (to be lent to his wife Bethunia during her natural life and afterwards to be equally divided between his children.)
Bethenia Perkins was born probably in Goochland Co., VA and the daughter of Nicholas Perkins and Bethenia Hardin/Harding. I have seen two different birthdates for her in research: July 7 and August 30, 1743. She married Revolutionary War Patriot Col. Absalom Bostick on June 22, 1762, in Halifax County, Virginia. He was the s/o John Bostick and Nancy Eliz. Chesley. Bethenia and Absalom remained in Virginia for a few years and then moved before 1770 to the Dan River Settlement community in Rowan Co., NC. Rowan became Surry which is now Stokes Co., NC. They acquire over a 3,000 acres of land which straddled the bend of the Dan River and established their Plantation called Shoebuckle located in Sauratown near present town Pinehall, NC. They were wealthy prominent land owners who owned slaves. During the Revolutionary War, her husband was captain of the local North Carolina militia and his company joined the army under General Gates and were in the Battle of Camden, SC. Captain Absalom Bostick was in Col. Rutherford’s Regiment and a member of Colonel Joseph Winston's staff during the War; he drilled soldiers and furnished supplies to the cause. Absalom was deemed “one of the outstanding leaders on the Dan River during and after the Revolutionary War.” He was well educated and served as Magistrate, Sheriff, Coroner, County Treasurer, Justice of Peace, and served both houses of the General Assembly at Raleigh, NC - a member of the House of Commons (1790-95) from Stokes County, NC. Absalom participated in the convention that met at Fayetteville in 1789 prepared to “safeguard against encroachment by the Federal Government.”
Absalom died in June 1803 and buried on his plantation. The location of his grave is unknown. The Plantation was sold in December 1804 deeded to Peter Hairston. Bethenia died in 1809 and is buried next to Absalom. Both graves unmarked and lost.
Absalom Bostick's Will was dated 20 June 1798 and proven June 1803, Stokes County, NC (Book Vol 2, page 37-39. ) Children of Absalom and Bethenia Bostick named in the will are:
1) John Bostick, son
2) Absalom Bostick, son
3) Ferdinand Bostick, son
4) Manoah Bostick, son (Executor of Will)
5) Bethenia Bostick Hampton, daughter
6) Susannah Bostick Blackman, daughter
7) Anne Bostick Guin, daughter
8) Christania Bostick (daughter, a minor)
The following 36 Slaves were mentioned in the Will:
--Milly (willed to son John Bostick)
--Lucy, Charlotte, Curry, Isaac, Jane and Hannah (willed to son Absalom)
--James a man, Fib or Feb a woman and Stephen a boy (willed to son Ferdinand)
--David, Ivy, Barlee, Bibbs, Francis, York, William (willed to son Manoah)
--Sarah, Delph and Selah (willed to daughter Bethenia)
--Nancy, Solomon and Daniel Flos son (willed to daughter Susannah)
--Beck, Rhoda and Mero Hagerson (willed to daughter Anne)
Hagar, Marian and Dick (willed to daughter Christania)
Harry, Dinah, Cloe, Bynor, Nanny and Hannah & Sam (to be lent to his wife Bethunia during her natural life and afterwards to be equally divided between his children.)
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