In August 1762, Benjamin Martin sold William Moody 150 acres on the north side of the Pee Dee. The deed's recital gives the only record of Jacob Falkenbery's 1754 patent, and the tract later passed through Isaac and James McElroy. Martin witnessed two of Henry's deeds and was possibly a close neighbor, but that is not yet confirmed.
In February 1761, Andrew Falkenberry sold Thomas Dixon his 150-acre plantation on Jones Creek. Isaac Falkenberry witnessed by his mark. This is one of the few records that place Andrew and Isaac together. They were possibly brothers, but that is not yet confirmed.
In November 1760, Henry Falkenbury sold "Jacob Falkenbury son of Isaac" the 200-acre Pleasant Hill tract, the land Isaac had sold Henry in 1758. Henry signed by mark, so the seller was possibly a younger Henry, which is not yet confirmed.
In December 1759, Henry Falkenborough Senr. gave his "beloved grandson Jacob Falkenborough son of Isaac" half his land at the mouth of Little Creek, plus a bay horse and a cow. This deed of gift proves three generations: Henry, his son Isaac, and Isaac's son Jacob.
On 7 September 1759, Henry Falkenburg Sr. gave half of a 134-acre tract on Smiths Creek, plus an iron-gray colt, to his "well beloved grand son, Henry Falkenburg son of Jacob Falkenburg." The "Henry Jr." in the heading was a grandson, not a son, and the deed proves that Henry Sr. had a son named Jacob.
On 25 April 1758, Isaac Falkenbury sold his father Henry the 200-acre Pleasant Hill tract on the Great Pee Dee for £50. Two years later, Henry sold it to Isaac's son Jacob. Isaac possibly arranged this so the land would pass to his son, but that motive is not yet confirmed.
Five weeks after buying it, on 27 January 1757, Isaac Falkenburgh resold Jacob's 150-acre patent to blacksmith James Muckleroy, making a £12 10s profit. This deed explains the "James McElroy" named in later deeds for the land.
The day after the lease, on 18 January 1757, Jacob Falkenbery formally released the Pee Dee plantation to Henry Falkenbury for £100. Henry had given Jacob the land only nine months earlier. The deed calls it 125 acres instead of 134, possibly a typing slip (not yet confirmed).
On 20 December 1756, Jacob Falkenburgh sold Isaac Falkenburgh 150 acres on the north side of the Pee Dee, land Jacob held by his own 1754 patent. A patent in his own name shows this Jacob was already an adult. He was very likely Henry's son and possibly Isaac's brother, but that is not yet confirmed.
On 28 April 1756, Henry Falkenborough leased 134 acres on the south side of the Pee Dee to Jacob Falkenborough for five shillings and one peppercorn a year, the first half of a lease and release. The witnesses were John Leeth and Isaac Falkenborough. Jacob was possibly Isaac's brother, but that is not yet confirmed.
On 29 August 1825 Jacob Fortenberry (Fortenbery) of Lawrence County, Arkansas Territory, bound himself to James L. Fortenberry for $1,000. The bond was void only if Jacob carried out “the last will and request” of James L.: that Jack and his wife Jenny, enslaved by James L., be given their freedom at the deaths of James L. and his wife Peggy, with Jacob standing as their security and never holding them in bondage. Henry Wayland and Samuel Crow witnessed. Wayland proved the bond in Lawrence County on 30 August 1837, and Circuit Clerk James S. Brown certified its recording (Book C [?], pages 18–19) on 29 March 1838. Although the family has long called it James Leath's will, the surviving document is this bond; no will has been found. This post combines the original post with the full transcription of the bond, the witness's proof, the clerk's certificate and the docket.
Ezekiel Able's 790 acres on the west side of White Water, next to Reason Baily and “whereon James L. Fortenberry now resides,” were seized by Sheriff John Hays to satisfy Edward F. Bond's December 1808 judgment of $93.12 and 5 mills in the Cape Girardeau Court of Common Pleas. The land was sold at auction on 24 March 1809 to Morgan Byrne for $32; the sheriff's deed is dated 25 March and was recorded 26 March 1809 (Deed Book C, pages 72–74; printed abstract no. 375). This post combines the original printed-abstract post with the full deed-book pages. It places James Leath Fortenberry on Able's land by March 1809, five weeks before the Ables bonded him a 300-acre tract of his own.
In August 1837, witness Henry Wayland swore that the 1825 bond for the freedom of Jack and Jenny was genuinely signed by Jacob Fortenberry. In March 1838 the Lawrence County clerk certified that it had been recorded. These certificates possibly followed the deaths of James L. and Peggy, but that is not yet confirmed.
On 18 December 1752, John McDaniel sold Andrew Faulkinbrough 150 acres on Jones Creek for £35. Henry signed as a witness by his mark. Andrew sold the same land in 1761 for the same price. Andrew was possibly Henry's son, but that is not yet confirmed.
In August 1752, Henry Faulconborough bought 150 acres on the northeast side of Jones Creek, about six miles above its mouth, from Edward Coffey. Andrew Falkenburg witnessed. In 1770, "Henery Fortenberry" sold this same tract, either the aging Henry or possibly a younger heir (not yet confirmed).
On 17 April 1751, John Fitzgarrald and Hugh Willson sold Isaac Falkinbourgh 200 acres on the Great Pee Dee called Pleasant Hill. This original deed settles the conflicting dates in the later deeds. Andrew Falkenbourgh witnessed by his mark, and he and Isaac were possibly brothers, but that is not yet confirmed.
