Individual Details
Robert Sweeting
(ABT, 1710 - Aft 1777)
Events
| Birth | ABT, 1710 | Baltimore Co., MD |  | ||
| Marriage | DECEMBER 5, 1731 | St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore Co., MD - Sarah Lane | | ||
| Event-Misc | From 1748 to 1751 | Land Purchases, VA |  | | |
| Event-Misc | ABT, 1749 | Moved to VA, Pittsylvania Co., VA | | | |
| Event-Misc | 1762 | Land Sale and Purchase, Pittsylvania Co., VA | | | |
| Event-Misc | From 1765 to 1767 | Moved to NC, NC | | | |
| Event-Misc | SEPTEMBER 26, 1771 | Sale of MD Property, MD | | | |
| Death | Aft 1777 | Wilkes Co., NC | |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Lane (1705 - 1778) |
| Child | Edward Sweeting (1732 - 1784) |
| Child | Dutton Sweeting (1734 - 1794) |
| Child | Elizabeth Sweeting (1734 - ) |
| Child | Nancy Sweeting (1745 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Sweeting (1747 - ) |
| Father | Edward Sweeting Sr. (1680 - 1716) |
| Mother | Mary Sweeting ( - 1716) |
| Sibling | Mary Sweeting (1707 - ) |
| Sibling | Edward Sweeting Jr. (1709 - ) |
Notes
Event-Misc
Robert Sweeting purchased 400 acres in what is now Halifax Co., VA on 4-14-1748.Robert Sweeting and his son, Edward purchased 600 acres on 11-14-1748 in Pittsylvania Co., VA. This survey is where they both made their homes. The creek that runs through this property was called Sweetings Fork but is now named Sweden Fork.
Robert Sweeting purchased 370 acres in Pittsylvania Co., VA on 11-14-1748.
Robert Sweeting purchased 400 acres in Pittsylvania Co., VA on 5-4-1751. This property adjoins the 370 acres purchased on 11-14-1748. The other properties do not join but are near each other except for the 400 acres in Halifax Co., VA.
The Lanes also bought several tracts of land in this area during this time.
Event-Misc
Robert Sweeting and his family moved to what is now Pittsylvania Co., VA by 1748. Richard Lane, brother of Sarah, and his sons Richard and Tidence, moved to the same area about 1746.Event-Misc
Robert sold his land near Sweden Fork and purchsed 400 acres in the SW part of Pittsylvania Co., VA on Mountain Run. His sons, Edward and Dutton, and some of the Lane family also moved to this area.Event-Misc
By 1765 Robert and Sarah were living in Rowan Co., NC and by 1767 they had moved to their final home in Wilkes Co., NC. After 1767 their sons, Edward and Dutton, also moved to Wilkes Co., NC.Event-Misc
Robert gave power of attorney to Dutton Lane to liquidate his remaining property in MD. As a result, Robert sold 150 acres on Upper Spring Neck to William Wilkinson on 3-25-1777.Endnotes
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4. Robert C. Dodson, Property Lines from the Old Survey Book, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, 1746 to 1840.
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