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   John McPherson & unknown wife
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Associated Grants/Deeds:
1740 - Two Grants, each for 320 acres: one west side of CFR in Bladen (now in Harnett) County and one on Cross Creek, Bladen (now Cumberland) Co., NC
1748 - Petition by Presbyterians of Bladen Co. to Synod of Argyll for a minister from Scotland
1754 - Grant, 100A on west side CFR near John Russell, Cumberland Co., NC
1758 - Presbyterian men contracting with Rev. Campbell, Cumberland Co., NC
1770 - Grant, 100A in fork of Raft Swamp joining Juniper Branch above the mouth, Bladen Co., NC
1772 - Deed, John McPherson "of Bladen County" to David Reid, 100A on branch of Cross Creek, Cumberland Co., NC
1789 - (The year many separate deeds of gift of lands and a slave to several grandchildren all listed at the link) John McPherson to grandson Colin McPherson, 100A on south branch of Cross Creek, Cumberland Co., NC

Sources:
• Robeson and Cumberland Co. Estate records of John McPherson, Alexander McPherson, Daniel McPherson, Lewis Munroe, Colin McPherson of Cumberland Co. & Colin McPherson and Daniel Buie of Robeson Co. ;
• Col. Neill Buie's 1828 deposition in Robeson Co. court;
• John Patterson's 1769 will;
• Bladen, Cumberland and Robeson Co. deeds;
• John McPherson's 1789 will;
• Recollections of Lacy C. Buie;
• Research notes and original documents from the collection of Steve Edgerton, Jay Edgerton, Dorothy P. Edgerton.
HUSBAND

  John McPherson (Argyll Colony)

Birth c.1710 Place Scotland
Chr – Place –
Death January 12 or 13, 1791 Place Home on Raft Swamp, Robeson Co., NC
Burial – Place probably the Neill McNeill burial ground in today's Hoke Co., NC
Father unknown Mother unknown
Marriage – Place probably Scotland
Other spouses – Marriage –
WIFE   unknown
Birth – Place probably Scotland
Chr – Place –
Death alive 1789 Place Home on Raft Swamp, Robeson Co., NC
Burial – Place probably the Neill McNeill burial ground in today's Hoke Co., NC
Father unknown Mother unknown
Other spouses – Marriage –

Notes: All information on Old John McPherson of the Argyll Colony can be found in my account of his life and descendants. His wife's name is unknown, however, a number of his oldest granddaughters were named Flora which could be a hint as to her first name.
Children Birth Death Spouse Cht #
1. Alexander McPherson
c.1735
1801
Emily McGill
2. Daniel McPherson
c.1740
Dec 1803
Marian McNeill
3. Catherine McPherson
1741
2 Nov 1822
1st. John Patterson; 2nd: Archibald Campbell
4. Minnie McPherson
c.1745
after 1795
Lewis Munroe