Will of Stephen Billue of Waxhaw in Union Co., NC. Was Mecklenburg Co. when will was written. Stephen Billue I lived in Waxhaw, now Union Co., NC STEPHEN BILLUE WAS A FRENCH HUGUENOT, SETTLING IN WAXHAW BEFORE THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. HE SERVED IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AS STATED ON A MONUMENT ON THE GROUNDS OF THE UNION COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN MONROE, N.C. SOURCES 1 UNION COUNTY CEMETERIES 1710-1914 AND ROSTER OF CONFEDERATE AND REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS BY LANEY, PAGE 183; PAGE 223 OF THIS SAME PUBLICATION STATES "STEPHEN BELLEW, REV. SOLDIER POLK'S N.C. REGT. IS BURIED AT BELLEW-McWHORTER FAMILY CEMETERY ON POTTER'S ROAD NEAR WAXHAW CREEK. HIS WILL WAS RECORDED IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY (1837). THERE ARE ONLY TWO GRAVES MARKED IN THIS CEMETERY AND THOSE ARE GOVERNMENT MARKERS. " END QUOTE. 2. STEPHEN BILLUE'S WILL IS IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY INDEX TO WILLS-DEVISEE C.065, 80033 1763-1968 VOL.A-D, E-K. BOOK E. PAGE 203. WILL WAS WRITTEN ON THE 26TH DAY OF APRIL 1837. 3. IN NORTH CAROLINA BOOKLET,STATE ARCHIVES IN RALEIGH, VOL XII, JULY 1912 ON PAGE SIX "UNION COUNTY AND THE OLD WAXHAW SETTLEMENT" BY ROBERT NEY MCNEELY. ON PAGE 10 "BEFORE THE REVOLUTION THE ENTIRE TERRITORY WHICH HAD ONCE BEEN THE HUNTING GROUNDS OF THE WAXHAW INDIANS, AND WHICH IS NOW UNION COUNTY, HAD BECOME PARTIALLY SETTLED THROUGHOUT.............ETC. AMONG THESE SETTLERS OVER THE COUNTY WERE JOHN BELK, ESQUIRE, FROM MIDDLESBOROUGHT, ENGLAND; STEPHEN BILLUE, THOMAS COCHRAN , ETC. 4. ALSO WRITTEN IN A PUBLICATION FOUND IN THE N.C.ROOM OF THE CHARLOTTE CITY LIBRARY NCR. 975.6105 BY REDWINE ENTITLED "UNION COUNTY, N.C. PAGE 2 STATES:"AMONG THE EARLY SETTLERS DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY WERE JOHN BELK, STEPHEN BILLUE" 5. D.A.R. RECORD OF CAROLYN BURGESS KNOTT, NATIONAL # 438959 LISTING STEPHEN BILLUE AS REVOLUTIONARY ANCESTOR. 6. IN "ROSTER OF SOLDIERS FROM N.C. SERVING IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION" PG.444IT IS STATED THAT AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF PENSION ON MARCH 4, 1831, SAID STEPHEN BILLUE WAS SEVENTY SEVEN YEARS OLD.THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE FOUND IN "N.C. PENSION ROLL, PAGE 11, 93, 94, 95" 7. D.A.R. files of Carolyn Burgess Knott, applicant. DAR PATRIOTS INDEX. Will: Stephen BILLUE, Written on the 26th day of April 1837 Mecklenburg County Wills, 1837 C.R. 65011, pp1 "In the name of God, amen. I Stephen Billue being of a sound disposing mind but frail in body and aware of the uncertainty of the time when I may be called hence, do make this mylast will and testament in the words following: First, I resign my body to the dust and my spirit to God who give it and will my funeral expenses, and all lawful debts be paid as soon after my internment as possible. Second, I bequeath unto my lawful and beloved wife, Mary Billue the whole of my property real and personal. Houses, land, tenements, furniture, household and kitchen, farming utensils, cattle, hogs, horses, sheep and everything else that may belong to me at my decease for her benefit and use to be disposed of as she may desire or her necessities require during her life time. Thirdly, after her decease, I bequeath the land to my son James R. Billue and the rest of the property that remains between Elizabeth Richmond, James Richmond, Agnes Owens, Stephen and Jane Wilson. ??? Appointing my wife Mary and son, Stephen manager of my estate." ************************************************************************ File contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Carolyn Burgess Knott http://homepage.USR.com/s/seeknott USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. Return to the NCGenWeb Archives Table of Contents http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm#NC **************************************************************************