Individual Details

Found in Thithable List of Loudon Co, VA, taken by William Douglas, 1774
Listed together as 5 Titheables - Erasmus Gill, Junr, Thomas Forbus, Samuel Gill, Paul Noland, Joseph Roads.

Wilkes County, NC Court Records Film #103394903, img 6
To the Sheriff of Wilkes County, Greeting. You are hereby commanded to summons John Barlow, Robert Ayers, Pearce Noland & Paul Noland personally to appear before the Justices of the County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions to be held for the county of Wilkes at the Court-house in Wilkes on the fourth Monday in April next To Give Testimony in Behalf of Peter Noland in a controversy Between Peter Noland Plaintiff and Joel Coffey Defendt. & this you shall in no wise omit uner the Penalty by Law injoin'd.
Fourth Monday January 1788 Signed: Geo. Wheatly, CC


Found in tax lists of Fayette Co, KY - 1791, 1792

He was a deponent in a lawsuit in Fayette Co. He had apparently settled there by 1790. Other gentlemen of the county didn't place much stock in his testimony, stating he was of infamous reputation.
The case actually began in Lexington, Faytte Co 31 May 1800. Joseph Beckley, heir of Joseph Beckley, dec'd, claimed in his lifetime the elder Joseph had a military warrant from the King of Great Britain for 2000 acres granted for service in the Indian Wars, 1673. Surveyed 10 Jul 1774, waters of the Elkhorn, now in the county of Faytte. After his death, his heir at law, the younger Joseph, obtained a patent dated 13 Dec 1788. He had been an infant at the time of the elder's death, hence the delay. George Bryan, defendant, entered 400 acres, 19 Jan 1780 - on 27 Apr 1780 one of 986 acres. He had included part of the lands of Berkley's survey. John Randall, also a defendant who apparently had received part of Bryan's lands. Plat showing the encroachment was included. A survey of the entire area, 6 Sep 1793, said to be 3344 acres. 2000+400+986=3386 (an insignifant difference) - yet Beckley claimed he Bryan has assumed some 300 acres of the Berkley survey. Problem was that only two of the corners of the Beckley survey could be located.
Court continued 21 Dec 1796. for depositions of the witnesses
Joseph Beckley's list of witnesses he believed to have knowledge included William Meredith, Samuel Beeler, Robert Wilson, John Davis, Robert Todd, Paul Nolin, and Thomas Rossess. Witnesses for the defendant, George Bryan, included, Joseph Rogers, Jeremiah Rogers, Christopher Chinn, William Chinn, Robert Johnson, John Bradford, William Stewart, Gunnell Sanders, Andrew ???, William Campbell, William Russell, and John Robinson.
William Chinn's deposition for the defendants, claimed he had been shown a marked buckeye tree by Paul Nolin in Feb of 1785, but it was marked as a line tree, not a corner. He understood Beckley had offered a considerable reward for anyone finding the missing corners of his survey. Referring to Nolin's deposition, Chinn said "he does not think him [Nolin] deserving of credit when on oath" He also thought Samuel Beeler's "general character was a hard one and he does not think he ought to be relied on as a man of truth".
James McDowell deposed for the the defendants and claimed Beeler's character a bad one. He thought Paul Nolin settled there about the Spring of 1790.
John Bradford for the defendants said he had searched for the corners about 1786 several years before Nolin lived there and could find no trees as described the the Beckley survey. He was Present when the depostion of Nolin was taken and saw the stump of a buckeye & also saw a place where Nolin indicated two sugar trees had stood and were marked as corner trees. He believes the buckeye was always marked as a line tree, not a corner, and there were no sugar trees in that place and there were no stumps, or roots to indicated they had been there. He had heard it said that Nolin could not write or read writing and the "geneal character of said Nolin was infamous"
William Stewart for the defendants said probably in August of 1790, Paul Nolin informed he had found a buckeye on Rogers line marked on two sied and two sugartrees near marked the same. He had grubbed up the two sugartrees for which he was to receive a cow and if he could establish the corner of Beckely's Suvery he was to have a good plantation of 100 or 150 acres. He has for some time known said Nolin and thought him one of the most infamous charaters he ever knew.
Isaac Miller for the defendants, statomg that some time in 1791, Nolin had offered to divide the 150 acres, if he would join him in his claim. Nolin took him to his cabin and showed him a log from the stump marked on two sides and he told him this a line tree, not a corner. He knew Nolin for some time and believes his cahracter to be infamous and he does not deserved credit when on oath.
Thomas Edmondson said Nolin came to his home and requested him to come to his hous, that he had found Beckley's corner -- he told him he did not belive it to be a corner tree. He also saw a sugartree stump and a cut which appeared to come from the stump and marked with serveal chops. It resembled other corner marks. He knew Nolin had a bad character in the neigbourhood, but he was his neigbor for two years and knew no harm in his dealings with him.
Several others testified hearing of Capt. Samuel Beeler's character but had never known him to be anything but of good character, an hnest and upright man. At least one man had known him for 30 years. They believed the reports to his injury to be false.
Alexander Atchison for Beckley stated that from his acquaintance, William Stewart has not a good man, nor a man of truth.

He then appears in tax lists of Bourbon Co, KY - 1793, 1795, 1796, 1797.

Bourbon Co February Court 1798
Paul Noland was a member of the Grand Jury. Film #8140345, img.38, p.649

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Bourbon Co Court Case Files. Case #1375
Paul Noland Complaint of _____Craig, in custody, of a plea of trespass on the case - plt by W. Ganard Jr his Attorney. (date is blank) Said Plt was possiessed of goods & chattel of a value of ______his own proper goods & chattels lost out of his possession and came into the hands of defendant by finding. Said defendant well knowing the goods & chattels belonged to him (the plaintiff). To deceive and defraud, he hath not yet delivered the goods & chattels to him the said plt. He has often been requested to do so but he converted the goods & chattels to his own use in damage of ___#'s
On back: 1798 - Feb, Mar, May, Dec - continued. 1799 - Feb cont. May - dismissed as agreed.
6 Nov 1797
Paul Noland plaintiff vs. John Craig, defendant
This suit is brought to recover damages for a Trover and Conversion[Black's Law Dictionary: recovery of damages against a person who had found another's goods and wrongfully converted them to his own use] of the plaitiffs mare by the defendant. Damages of 25#'s.
Note on back of the summons for John Craig says he was not found, but a copy was left.
Dec 1797 On back: The defendants not appearing - on motion of the plaintiff by his attorney, ordered that an attachment issue the defendants estate for 25#'s & costs returnable here at the next Court. Signed: Thos. Arnold, CBC
The Commonwealth of Kentucky to the Sheriff of Bourbon Count - command to attach the estate of John Craig of value sufficient to satisfy the sum of twenty five pounds. 3 Jan 1798.

Witnesses summoned (filed out of order but rearranged):
John Hardwick, Jonathan Scott, John Anderson and Jacob ?Strecker, for Noland, to appear 1 May 1798 - executed on all except John Anderson
John Anderson to appear, for Noland, 21 May 1798 - apparently received
James Bryan and ____Parsley to appear, for Craig, 21 May 1798 - note on back has "Came too late to hand"
James Bryan, Thomas Parsley, and Martha Walker for Noland to appear 25 Jul 1798 - executed, presumably on all three
Jacob Walker, for Noland, to appear 24 Aug 1798 - Exd on Scott & Hardwick - the others gone to Shelby County.

2 Aug 1798
The Commonwealth of Kentucky to the Sheriff of Bourbon county Greeting : WE command you to summon Samuel Walker , John Hardwick, Jonathan Scott , & Griffin Noland to appear before the justices of our court of quarter sessions for the county of Bourbon at the courthouse thereof on the fifth Instant day of their August court to testify and the truth to say on behalf of Paul Noland in a certain matter of controversy in our said court before our said justices depending and undetermined between said Noland plaintiff and John Craig defendant , and this they shall in nowise omit under the penalty of one hundred pounds each
Witness Thomas Arnold
clerk of our said court at the courthouse aforesaid the 2nd day of August 1798, in the VII year of the commonwealth .
Signed: Tho Arnold
On back: Executed by James Morrow

James Bryan, Thomas Parsley, and Martha Walker, for Craig to appear 23 Oct 1798 - Ex'd on Bryan & Parsley, Walker gone to Shelby Count.
John Hardwick, Jacob Walker, Jonathan Scott and Samuel Walker for Noland, to appear 23 Oct 1798

Case Dismissed May 1799.
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In 1799 and 1800 he was in Montgomery Co, KY - on tax list there.


Deceased by Nov 1804 - his family in Clark Co, KY
LDS Film # 007646905 img. 214
Clark Co, KY Order Book, Vol. 3, 1801-1804, p.398
November Court 1804
On the Motion of Sally Noland, Infant Orphan of Paul Noland dec'd came personally into Court and with the approbation of the court made choice of Saml. Morton as her Guardian whereupon he together, with John Harper his Security entered into and acknowledged their bond in the penalty of $1000 conditioned as the Law directs.

LDS Film # 007647263, img 154
Clark Co, KY, Order Book, Vol 4, 1805-1812
January Court 1805, p. #'s torn off
Mary Nolin, Infant Orphan of Paul Nolin, dec'd, came personally into Court and with the approbation of the Court made Choice of David Ogden for her Guardian whereupon he together with Richard Morton his secuity entered into and acknowledge their Bond in penalty of R1000 Conditioned as the Law directs.

Although tradition says he fought in the Rev War - there is no such name found in the records at Fold3.

Marriage	Abt 1782	CLARINDA [NOLAND]
Death	Bef 1804

Spouse	CLARINDA [NOLAND] (1765 - 1853)
Child	[Son] Noland ( - )
Child	Jane Noland (1786 - 1865)
Child	Sarah "Sally" Noland (1787 - )
Child	Mary "Polly" Noland (1790 - 1872)
Child	NANCY D. NOLAND (1799 - 1870)