Mordecai Hord

HAIRSTON.org ID#3436, b. about 1715, d. about September 1783
Birth*Mordecai Hord was born about 1715.1 
Marriage*He married Sarah Winston CARR about 1752.1 
Oath to Virginia*Mordecai Hord on 30 August 1777, in Henry, Virginia, took Oath Of Allegiance to Commonwealth of Virginia and renounced allegiance to Great Britian.2 
Court Record*Oct 1779 - granted a license to keep an ordinary (a tavern) in Henry County.2 
Property*On 22 February 1780, Mordecai Hoard of Henry County acquires 1,750 acres in Henry County from Walter King. - Henry County Deed Book 2, page 81-82. FSL 7898570-255.3 
Court RecordOn 24 February 1780, George Hairstone, Archelaus Hughes, William Tunstall, Abraham Penn and Modecai Hord are held firmly bound unto Thomas Jefferson Governor or Chief Magistrate of the Commonwealth of Virginia for 40,000 pounds current money. They are to collect a tax of 3 pounds for every taxable person and 4 pounds for every slave in Henry County. - Henry Deed Book 2, page 7. FSL #7846266, image 12. 
ProbateHe was an administrator of John Rowland's estate on 26 October 1780 in Henry, Virginia; By Mordecai Hord, Henry Barksdale, and Brice Martin. - Henry County Will Book 1, pages 40-42. FSL #7645134 images 31-32.4
DeedMordecai Hord witnessed the deed of Gen. George Stovall Hairston on 11 December 1780 in Henry, Virginia; On 11 December 1780, John Marr and Thomas Bedford sold 260 acres on Smith's River, called the Horse Shoe, to George Hairston for 30,000 pounds current money of Virginia. Witnessed by Peter Hairston, Mordecai Horde and Christopher Owens. - Henry County Deed Book 2, p. 115-116. FSL #007898570 image 272.
Death*Mordecai Hord died about September 1783.1,4 
Will*He left a will on 29 September 1783 in Henry, Virginia. He mentions sons Stanwix, William, John, Mordecia, daughters Jane Fleming (wife of John Fleming), and Mary Hord. George Waller and William Hord as executors. - Henry County Will Book 1, pages 177-180. FSL #7645134 image 118.5,4
ProbateOn 21 March 1791, an inventory of the estate of Mordecai Hord was presented to the probate court. - Henry County Will Book 1, page 213. FSL 7645134-136.4,5
Probate*His estate was probated on 15 May 1791 in Henry, Virginia; On 15 May 1791, an accounting of the estate of Mordecai Hord was presented to the probate court. - Henry County Will Book 1, page 205-207. FSL 7645134-132.4,5
Court Record*In 1795 filed in Henry County, the executors of the Mordecai Hord estate vs Brice Martin over money owed the estate. - Henry County Court Case #1795-002.6 
ProbateHis estate accounting was probated on 28 November 1796 in Henry, Virginia. William Hord, Stanwix Hord, Brice Martin and William Rowland are mentioned. - Henry County Will Book 1, pages 264-266. FSL 7645134-162.5,4

Family

Sarah Winston CARR b. a 1732, d. a 1783
Children

Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [S258] The Hord Family of Virginia: A Supplement to the Genealogy of the Hord Family, Compliled by Reverend Arnold Hord, (1915).
  2. [S3046] Virginia Historical Society. The Virginia Magazine of History And Biography. Richmond: Virginia Historical Society, June 1902, Volume IX., Hathi Trust Digital Library.
  3. [S3129] Adams, Lela C. Abstracts of Henry County, Virginia Deed Books I and II, 1776-1784. Easley, S.C: Southern Historical Press, 1983. Print., Personal Collection - printed book.
  4. [S3781] Henry County Virginia Will Book 1-3 1777-1831 - Family Search Library Film 7645134., Family Search Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  5. [S3684] Adams, Lela C., Henry County, Virginia, Will Abstracts Vol. I & II 1777-1820. Southern Historical Press, Inc., Easley, South Carolina, 1985., Personal Collection - printed book.
  6. [S3787] Virginia Chancery Records Index, Library of Virginia - https://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/default.asp#res
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