Christopher Yow, III

1774 -

• Name	Christopher Yow
  Suffix	III
  Birth	1774
  Gender	Male
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Christopher Yow,   b. Abt 1710   d. Abt 1772  (Age ~ 62 years)  (Grandfather)  Susannah   d. Abt 1774  (Mother)
  Notes	1793, Dec-Jan 1794 -- General Assembly Session Records, Box 3 Christopher Yow signed a petition to form Alfordstown as County Seat for Moore County, NC. [Editor's Note: the petition failed. In 1796 the NC General Assembly established Carthage as the county seat. In 1806, it was changed to Faginsville to honor Richardson Fagin. The name was changed back to Carthage in 1814] 1794, Mar 19 -- Land Grant #1253, Moore County, NC William Williamson received 100 acres located south of Grassy Creek adjoining John Williamson, his own line and Christopher Yow. Christopher Yow Sr. and Christopher Yow Jr. were chain carriers. 1796, Mar 15 -- Land Grant #1555, Moore County, NC John Bullock received 100 acres located south of Grassy Creek below where Yew's and Carringer's Road crosses the Persimmon Branch adjoining George Carringer and including Willis Brewer's improvement. Christopher Yow Sr. and Christopher Yow Jr. were chain carriers.
  Person ID	I17509	Moore County Wallaces
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Christopher Yow, II,   b. Abt 1730   d. Abt 1814 (Age ~ 84 years)
  Mother	Susannah   d. Abt 1774
  Family ID	F4248	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		1794 Land Grant, Moore County, NC #1253 - William Williamson
  		1800 Land Grant #0178, Moore County, NC - Matthew Deaton

  
  

  Histories

  1793 Petition, Moore County, NC - New Moore County Courthouse in Alfordstown 1793, Nov 25 -- Dec 1793-Jan 1794 General Assembly Session Records, Box 3 Contains hundreds of signatures of early Moore County residents. Petition to the NC General Assembly to establish "Alfordstown" and move the courthouse there. Petition ultimately failed. Very large document, similar to a Tax List, and it may take additional time to load. Typed abstract at conclusion of the document courtesy of Central North Carolina Journal, September 1993 [Edited and published by James V. Comer]. Original documents courtesy of NC Archives.