Individual Details
George Washington Courts
(6 May 1761 - 25 May 1847)
Notes:
George Washington Courts
George Washington Courts, son of Robert Henley Courts & Elizabeth Yeates, was born Charles County, MD. May 6, 1761 and died at Rockingham County, North Carolina. He was a Revolutionary War Soldier and his grave is marked in Rockingham County. Varying details can be uncovered on this George W, all family data and Bibles indicate that he was married three times, however unproved. His known marriage will be proved by the Bible transcript attached to follow. He died May-1847, Rockingham. Apparently he ran away from his father's estate in Charles County to Stafford County, Virginia, just across the Potomac River where he joined the Continental Army. He married in Culpeper County to Hannah HUDNALL, where his son Jennings Hudnall Courts was born, Oct. 20, 1798. Hannah Hudnall was the dau. of John Hudnall & Jemima Jennings Hudnall, granddaughter of Augustine Jennings of Fauquier County and his wife Leanna Williams. Augustine Jennings will was pro. Fauquier County, 1778. [Culpeper County Deed Book W, p. 74: John & Jemima Hudnall deed of gift to dau. Hannah Courts, wife of George Courts, Feb. 18, 1802, 250 acres on the Rappahannock River.] [John Hudnall's will, Caswell County, N. C. 1815, mentions granddaughter Elizabeth R. Courts.] Though many persons have filed claims on George Washington Courts for the Revolution, some showing that he married (1) Zippora Cooper, and (2) Chloe Tolson, it does not seem possible that he could have done so before he was 30 years old, and had Elizabeth, first child by Hannah Hudnall, born 1796.there seems no proof to be found that he married twice prior. Data are not complete on all of his children with the exception of his son Jennings Hudnall Courts, to follow, per extant Bible. His known children were Elizabeth, born 1796 married George Brooks (not proved), Jennings Hudnall Courts, born Nov. Oct. 20, 1798, to follow, who died in Henry County, Tenn. Feb. 20, 1867. Daniel W. born 1800 married a Miss Waugh (not proved), Lucy Ann married John Williams, brother of Eliza. The will of Geo. -W. Courts, 1847 has not been obtained from Rockingham Co, N. C.
COURTS-WILLIAMS BIBLE
The above Bible is in the hands of a Courts' descendant living in the District of Columbia, who, by request, asks that identity be anon. The owner is a Descendant of one who migrated to Texas after the Civil War. A copy of this Bible (typescript) was located in Tennessee, in the hands of another descendant, now deceased, and entries are almost identical with the exception that later data were added in pencil by the Tennessee descendant.)
Bible:
Jennings Hudnall Courts, son of Geo. W. Courts, was born Oct. 20, 1798 in Culpeper County, VA. He married in Buncombe County, N. C. Eliza Williams, dau. of Nathan Williams & Frances McNeill, his wife. Nathan Williams died by will, 1837 Henry County, Tenn. [Nathan Williams & Frances McNeill births below]
Births:
J. H. Courts was born Oct. 20, 1798
Eliza G. (Williams) Courts was born Mar 20, 1803, married July 20, 1819
Anne E. Courts was born June 21 1820
Frances M. Courts was born Jan. 17, 1822
Hannah A. Courts was born February 2, 1824 [m. Aug. 23, 1843 James Boden in Tenn,]
George W. Courts was born Feb. 17, 1826 [Went to Texas & married Mary Gingry]
Daniel J. Courts was born Feb. 21, 1828
Eunice N. Courts was born Dec. 26, 1829
Nathan W. Courts was born Dec. 11, 1831
Susan M. Courts was born May 24, 1834
James A. Courts was born April 26, 1836 [added later: died in Confederate Army]
William H. Courts was born Jan. 1, 1838
Isabella & Sarah Adelaide, twins, born Oct. 15, 1839 [Added: married W. Grizzard & Sarah Adelaide m. (1) R. Crawford & (2) Dr. Kendall.]
Mary Alice was born Nov. 16, 1842
Marriages:
Frances M. Courts was married to William Parker Mar 18, 18??42? or 38??
Ann Eliza Courts married W. A. Morgan on 23rd June, 1839
Amanda Courts married James Boden on 22 Aug, 1843 [birth is under Hannah A.]
George W. Courts was married to Mary E. Gingry Mar 17, 1850 [went to Texas]
Deaths:
Anne E. Morgan departed this life June 7, 1849 in the 29th year of her age properly resigned to death.
Daniel Jasper Courts departed this life Dec. 30, 1839 in the 10th year of his age.
Eunice W. Courts departed this life Nov. 18, 1837 in the 8th year of her age.
Nathan W. Courts departed this life Sept. 13, 1844 in the
13th year of his age.
Nathan Williams-was born Dec. 26, 1776
Frances McNeill was born Oct. 19, 1781: They married Nov. 24, 1796
Births:
Sarah Williams was born Dec. 11, 1797
John McNeill Williams was born Aug. 28, 1799
Susanna Williams was born Apr. 6, 1801
Elizabeth G. Williams was born Mar 20, 1803
L. Williams was born Feb. 20, 1805
Franklin Williams was born Oct. 15, 1807
Eunice R. Williams was born Aug. 8, 1809
Henry Williams was born Oct. 8, 1811
Robert Williams was born Dec. 28, 1813
Frances McN. Williams was born June 11, 1816
Nathan Williams was born Feb. 7, 1819
Hosea McN. Williams was born May 17, 1822
Ibby Malvina Williams was born Feb. 19, 1827
William Henry Barksdale was born Feb. 19, 1827 (no identity)
Marriages:
Sarah Williams was married to John Carter on the 17 Sept.1818
John McN. Williams was married to Lucy Ann Courts on 23 Mar 1819
Elizabeth G. Williams was married to Jennings H. Courts on 20 July 1819
L. Williams was married to Joseph Motheral on 5 Sept. 1820
Sarah Carter, widow, was married to William B. Goodman on 25 Mar 1824
Susanna Williams was married to Randolph Barksdale 23 Nov. 1824
Eunice R. Williams was married to Leonard Nelson on 23 Dec. 1824
Isabella M. Williams was married to Wm. Blakemore on 15 Sept. 1840
Deaths:
Franklin Williams departed this life Sept. 15, 1814
Robert Williams died Aug. 31, 1815
John Carter died Feb. 12, 1821
Frances Mc. Williams died 28 April 1829
.illegible.Barksdale died 15 May 1830
GEORGE COURTS (1st cousin 6 generations removed to Gail Futrell Denkers) was bo rn in Charles County, Maryland on May 6, 1761. He married 1. Zippora Cooper by whom he had no known children. 2. Chloe Tolson by whom he had two sons, Robert Henley Courts and John Courts. 3. Hannah Hudnall, daughter of John Hudnall and his wife, Jemima Jennings. Mrs. Hannah Hudnall Courts was born in Fauquier Cou nty, Virginia about 1769 and died in Rockingham County, North Carolina after Fe bruary 22, 1842. GEORGE COURTS served in the Revolutionary War. George Coats (s ic) Soldier, Infantry (received payment) himself, Date of payment March 5, 1784 (Virginia State Library: Virginia Payrolls, Revolutionary War, War Department: 4, page 140). Bounty warrant, George Coats 1784--Req. C8609. On December 9, 18 01, John Hudnall and wife, Jemima, of Culpepper County, Virginia made a deed of gift to GEORGE COURTS of Culpepper County. This was for a tract of land contai ning 215 acres on the North Fork of the Rappahannock River in Culpepper County. In 1806 GEORGE COURTS and wife, Hannah Hudnall, moved to Rockingham County, No rth Carolina. Their home still stands some five miles north of Reidsville. GEOR GE COURTS and his wife are buried in a cemetery at their home. GEORGE COURTS di ed on May 25, 1847, and left a will in Rockingham County that was dated Februar y 9, 1828. The children of GEORGE COURTS and wife, Hannah Hudnall, were all bor n in Culpepper County, Virginia. They were: 1. Elizabeth Ridings Courts was bor n October 30, 1792. She married George Brooks on November 23, 1818 and died on March 1, 1871 in Belew's Creek District, Forsyth County, North Carolina. 2. Jen nings Hudnall Courts was born October 20, 1798. He married Elizabeth G. William s on July 20, 1819 and died in Henry County, Tennessee on February 20, 1867. 3. Daniel Williams Courts was born November 6, 1800. He Mar 1. Eliza Allen Wa ugh on April 3, 1828 in Stokes County, North Carolina. 2. Martha Jones on Augu st 28, 1847 in Wake County, North Carolina. Daniel Courts owned the firm of D. W. Courts & Co., tobacco merchants, in Rockingham County, North Carolina. He gr aduated at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1823 and served a s a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina from 18 32 until 1868 and was a member of the Executive Committee of the Board from 185 2 until 1862.
George Washington Courts
George Washington Courts, son of Robert Henley Courts & Elizabeth Yeates, was born Charles County, MD. May 6, 1761 and died at Rockingham County, North Carolina. He was a Revolutionary War Soldier and his grave is marked in Rockingham County. Varying details can be uncovered on this George W, all family data and Bibles indicate that he was married three times, however unproved. His known marriage will be proved by the Bible transcript attached to follow. He died May-1847, Rockingham. Apparently he ran away from his father's estate in Charles County to Stafford County, Virginia, just across the Potomac River where he joined the Continental Army. He married in Culpeper County to Hannah HUDNALL, where his son Jennings Hudnall Courts was born, Oct. 20, 1798. Hannah Hudnall was the dau. of John Hudnall & Jemima Jennings Hudnall, granddaughter of Augustine Jennings of Fauquier County and his wife Leanna Williams. Augustine Jennings will was pro. Fauquier County, 1778. [Culpeper County Deed Book W, p. 74: John & Jemima Hudnall deed of gift to dau. Hannah Courts, wife of George Courts, Feb. 18, 1802, 250 acres on the Rappahannock River.] [John Hudnall's will, Caswell County, N. C. 1815, mentions granddaughter Elizabeth R. Courts.] Though many persons have filed claims on George Washington Courts for the Revolution, some showing that he married (1) Zippora Cooper, and (2) Chloe Tolson, it does not seem possible that he could have done so before he was 30 years old, and had Elizabeth, first child by Hannah Hudnall, born 1796.there seems no proof to be found that he married twice prior. Data are not complete on all of his children with the exception of his son Jennings Hudnall Courts, to follow, per extant Bible. His known children were Elizabeth, born 1796 married George Brooks (not proved), Jennings Hudnall Courts, born Nov. Oct. 20, 1798, to follow, who died in Henry County, Tenn. Feb. 20, 1867. Daniel W. born 1800 married a Miss Waugh (not proved), Lucy Ann married John Williams, brother of Eliza. The will of Geo. -W. Courts, 1847 has not been obtained from Rockingham Co, N. C.
COURTS-WILLIAMS BIBLE
The above Bible is in the hands of a Courts' descendant living in the District of Columbia, who, by request, asks that identity be anon. The owner is a Descendant of one who migrated to Texas after the Civil War. A copy of this Bible (typescript) was located in Tennessee, in the hands of another descendant, now deceased, and entries are almost identical with the exception that later data were added in pencil by the Tennessee descendant.)
Bible:
Jennings Hudnall Courts, son of Geo. W. Courts, was born Oct. 20, 1798 in Culpeper County, VA. He married in Buncombe County, N. C. Eliza Williams, dau. of Nathan Williams & Frances McNeill, his wife. Nathan Williams died by will, 1837 Henry County, Tenn. [Nathan Williams & Frances McNeill births below]
Births:
J. H. Courts was born Oct. 20, 1798
Eliza G. (Williams) Courts was born Mar 20, 1803, married July 20, 1819
Anne E. Courts was born June 21 1820
Frances M. Courts was born Jan. 17, 1822
Hannah A. Courts was born February 2, 1824 [m. Aug. 23, 1843 James Boden in Tenn,]
George W. Courts was born Feb. 17, 1826 [Went to Texas & married Mary Gingry]
Daniel J. Courts was born Feb. 21, 1828
Eunice N. Courts was born Dec. 26, 1829
Nathan W. Courts was born Dec. 11, 1831
Susan M. Courts was born May 24, 1834
James A. Courts was born April 26, 1836 [added later: died in Confederate Army]
William H. Courts was born Jan. 1, 1838
Isabella & Sarah Adelaide, twins, born Oct. 15, 1839 [Added: married W. Grizzard & Sarah Adelaide m. (1) R. Crawford & (2) Dr. Kendall.]
Mary Alice was born Nov. 16, 1842
Marriages:
Frances M. Courts was married to William Parker Mar 18, 18??42? or 38??
Ann Eliza Courts married W. A. Morgan on 23rd June, 1839
Amanda Courts married James Boden on 22 Aug, 1843 [birth is under Hannah A.]
George W. Courts was married to Mary E. Gingry Mar 17, 1850 [went to Texas]
Deaths:
Anne E. Morgan departed this life June 7, 1849 in the 29th year of her age properly resigned to death.
Daniel Jasper Courts departed this life Dec. 30, 1839 in the 10th year of his age.
Eunice W. Courts departed this life Nov. 18, 1837 in the 8th year of her age.
Nathan W. Courts departed this life Sept. 13, 1844 in the
13th year of his age.
Nathan Williams-was born Dec. 26, 1776
Frances McNeill was born Oct. 19, 1781: They married Nov. 24, 1796
Births:
Sarah Williams was born Dec. 11, 1797
John McNeill Williams was born Aug. 28, 1799
Susanna Williams was born Apr. 6, 1801
Elizabeth G. Williams was born Mar 20, 1803
L. Williams was born Feb. 20, 1805
Franklin Williams was born Oct. 15, 1807
Eunice R. Williams was born Aug. 8, 1809
Henry Williams was born Oct. 8, 1811
Robert Williams was born Dec. 28, 1813
Frances McN. Williams was born June 11, 1816
Nathan Williams was born Feb. 7, 1819
Hosea McN. Williams was born May 17, 1822
Ibby Malvina Williams was born Feb. 19, 1827
William Henry Barksdale was born Feb. 19, 1827 (no identity)
Marriages:
Sarah Williams was married to John Carter on the 17 Sept.1818
John McN. Williams was married to Lucy Ann Courts on 23 Mar 1819
Elizabeth G. Williams was married to Jennings H. Courts on 20 July 1819
L. Williams was married to Joseph Motheral on 5 Sept. 1820
Sarah Carter, widow, was married to William B. Goodman on 25 Mar 1824
Susanna Williams was married to Randolph Barksdale 23 Nov. 1824
Eunice R. Williams was married to Leonard Nelson on 23 Dec. 1824
Isabella M. Williams was married to Wm. Blakemore on 15 Sept. 1840
Deaths:
Franklin Williams departed this life Sept. 15, 1814
Robert Williams died Aug. 31, 1815
John Carter died Feb. 12, 1821
Frances Mc. Williams died 28 April 1829
.illegible.Barksdale died 15 May 1830
GEORGE COURTS (1st cousin 6 generations removed to Gail Futrell Denkers) was bo rn in Charles County, Maryland on May 6, 1761. He married 1. Zippora Cooper by whom he had no known children. 2. Chloe Tolson by whom he had two sons, Robert Henley Courts and John Courts. 3. Hannah Hudnall, daughter of John Hudnall and his wife, Jemima Jennings. Mrs. Hannah Hudnall Courts was born in Fauquier Cou nty, Virginia about 1769 and died in Rockingham County, North Carolina after Fe bruary 22, 1842. GEORGE COURTS served in the Revolutionary War. George Coats (s ic) Soldier, Infantry (received payment) himself, Date of payment March 5, 1784 (Virginia State Library: Virginia Payrolls, Revolutionary War, War Department: 4, page 140). Bounty warrant, George Coats 1784--Req. C8609. On December 9, 18 01, John Hudnall and wife, Jemima, of Culpepper County, Virginia made a deed of gift to GEORGE COURTS of Culpepper County. This was for a tract of land contai ning 215 acres on the North Fork of the Rappahannock River in Culpepper County. In 1806 GEORGE COURTS and wife, Hannah Hudnall, moved to Rockingham County, No rth Carolina. Their home still stands some five miles north of Reidsville. GEOR GE COURTS and his wife are buried in a cemetery at their home. GEORGE COURTS di ed on May 25, 1847, and left a will in Rockingham County that was dated Februar y 9, 1828. The children of GEORGE COURTS and wife, Hannah Hudnall, were all bor n in Culpepper County, Virginia. They were: 1. Elizabeth Ridings Courts was bor n October 30, 1792. She married George Brooks on November 23, 1818 and died on March 1, 1871 in Belew's Creek District, Forsyth County, North Carolina. 2. Jen nings Hudnall Courts was born October 20, 1798. He married Elizabeth G. William s on July 20, 1819 and died in Henry County, Tennessee on February 20, 1867. 3. Daniel Williams Courts was born November 6, 1800. He Mar 1. Eliza Allen Wa ugh on April 3, 1828 in Stokes County, North Carolina. 2. Martha Jones on Augu st 28, 1847 in Wake County, North Carolina. Daniel Courts owned the firm of D. W. Courts & Co., tobacco merchants, in Rockingham County, North Carolina. He gr aduated at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1823 and served a s a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina from 18 32 until 1868 and was a member of the Executive Committee of the Board from 185 2 until 1862.
Events
| Birth | 6 May 1761 | Charles County, MD | |||
| Marriage | Abt 1791 | Culpeper County, VA - | |||
| Death | 25 May 1847 | Rockingham County, NC | |||
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| Burial | George Courts Cemetery, Rockingham, NC |
Families
| Father | Robert Henley Courts (1725 - 1775) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Riding (1730 - 1779) |
| Sibling | Robert Henley Courts (1750 - 1810) |
| Sibling | Daniel Courts ( - ) |
| Sibling | Anne Courts ( - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Courts ( - ) |
| Sibling | John Courts ( - ) |