Joseph Trantham

1789 - 1850  (60 years)   Has no ancestors but 92 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Joseph Trantham
  Birth	25 Jul 1789
  Gender	Male
  _UID	6342898DD2DAD4118AC4444553540000CAB1
  Death	1 May 1850	Buncombe Co, NC
  Burial	Cane Creek Cem, Buncombe Co, NC
  Person ID	I22905	Marty and Karla Grant
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2012

  
  

  Family	Mary Whitaker,   b. 14 Jul 1793, Rowan Co, NC (now Davidson Co, NC) d. 12 Aug 1884, Buncombe Co, NC (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	Buncombe Co, NC
  _UID	BCB5C93B6D9AA047B8705448D0F27B298D36
  Children	1. Elizabeth Trantham,   b. Buncombe Co, NC   2. Belinda Trantham,   b. Buncombe Co, NC   3. Minerva Trantham   4. Jeptha Trantham,   b. 1824/1825, Buncombe Co, NC d. Aft 1880, Madison Co, NC (Age > 56 years)   5. Mary Trantham,   b. 1822, Buncombe Co, NC d. 1844, Buncombe Co, NC (Age 22 years)   6. Joshua Trantham,   b. 1826/1827, Buncombe Co, NC d. Aft 1850, Buncombe Co, NC (Age > 24 years)   7. Riley Trantham,   b. Buncombe Co, NC   8. Margaret Trantham,   b. 1828/1829, Buncombe Co, NC d. Aft 1850, Buncombe Co, NC (Age > 22 years)   9. James Trantham,   b. 6 Oct 1834, Buncombe Co, NC d. 16 Aug 1921, Buncombe Co, NC (Age 86 years)   10. Thomas Trantham,   b. 1834/1835, Buncombe Co, NC d. Aft 1850, Buncombe Co, NC (Age > 16 years)   11. David Trantham,   b. 1836/1837, Buncombe Co, NC d. Aft 1850, Buncombe Co, NC (Age > 14 years)
  Family ID	F6083	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2026

  
  

• Notes

  !WILL: From A Lot of Bunkum, Vol. X, # 3, pp. 89-26 and 89-27, also online at <http://www.obcgs.com/wills-3.html> "p. 142. 10 Feb. 1850. I, Joseph Trantham, being far advance in life and resting under sore & heavy afflications[sic] but of a perfect mind & memory. First I give to my beloved wife Mary Tranthan all that tract of land whereon I now live during her natural life as far up as the fork of the creek, I also give her my sorrel mare, two milk cows, my stock of sheep, all my hogs, my farming tools also my house hold & kitchen furniture. I desire & will that all my just debts to be paid. I give to my dtr. Elizabeth Edwards 50 acres of land lying at the head of Flat Broad. I give to my dtr. Belinda Suttles 50 acres being the middle 50 acres of my mountain land. I give to my dtr. Minerva Wallace the remaining 50 acres of my mountain tract. I give to my son Joshua Trantham 50 acres joining William Whitaker line & near the salt log. I give to my three youngest sons to wit: James, Thomas & David all the remaining mountain land to be equally divided among them according to valuation, also the place where I now live after the death of my wife Mary also my small bored rifle gun and to my son Jepthey I give the young horse he took away with him. I also give to my son Riley & daughter Margaret $30 each also $15 to my two grandchildren Joshua & Amy Grant. The above sums of money to be raised from the sale of my brown mare, two cows & my rifle gun. I appoint Eldad Reed & Joshua Grant as my executors. Wit; Jacob Reed, jurret, John X Right, jurret & Andrew Grant.. Signed Joseph X Tranthan.. Proved in open court by the oath of Jacob Reed, John Right this July term 1850. R.B. Vance, clk..."