Robert C. Carpenter:
Capt. Baird's Company in present southern Gaston County is
south of and includes the southern part of Gastonia. The western boundary in
1805 was Crowders Creek or more likely a ridge just east of the Creek near
present Highway 321. The northern boundary is possibly near present Garrison
Boulevard in Gastonia. The eastern boundary is near present New Hope Road as it
travels south from Gastonia, which in 1805 may have been Catawba Creek. The
southern boundary must extend pretty close to the South Carolina line if not completely
to it. The middle of the district probably included present Union Road,
Jackson's Knob (now called Booger Mountain on some maps), and the roads
connecting present Highway 321 to Union Road and then connecting to New Hope
Road.
It partially corresponds with the seventh company in the
1790 Lincoln County census. It does not completely conform because it excludes
the Berry families (only one Berry family is listed), who lived near present
Cramer Mountain, and Moses Ratchford, who lived near Crowders Creek close to the
South Carolina line.
The company’s taxables are primarily English-speaking with
only the Rodes (Rhodes) being discernable German surnames. The data suggests a
community of family farms with few slaves. In addition the taxables indicate
that most are family men. The high percentage of white polls indicates white
male populations under age 45 at this time. The scarcity of black polls
further indicates small farms, utilizing subsistence farming with a small
portion of intensive farm products. With no cotton gins little cotton was
probably produced on these farms at this time.
Kathy Gunter Sullivan:
The first reference in the county court minute docket to
Baird’s District is April 1782. The last reference to the company is in 1809.
At April Sessions 1805 and 1806, Justice of the Peace Isaac Holland was
appointed to receive taxpayers’ information in Baird’s company. At July
Sessions 1806, patrols appointed to serve in Baird’s Company were William
Price, Reece Price, and Alexander Jones.
Map links:
Gaston Co.,
NC Flood Maps
NC
Current Townships
Captain Baird’s Company, 1805
Lincoln County Tax Lists 1805-1806; box no.
CR.060.701.4, North Carolina State Archives.
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Inventory
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Land
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White Polls
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Studs
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Black Polls
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James Robeson
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233
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1
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1
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John Bery
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300
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1
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1
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John Robeson
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1
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1
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William Robeson
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120
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1
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John Robeson
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442
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1
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2
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Ezekel Robeson
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210
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1
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Job Robeson
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248
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1
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Alexander Robeson
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263
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1
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1
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James Massey
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200
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1
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Hezkiah Massey
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161
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1
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James Robeson
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209
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1
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Joseph Robeson
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200
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2
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1
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Mathew Turence
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580
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1
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Drewrey Massey
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300
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1
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John Turence
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550
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1
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Reese Turence
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170
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1
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Henery Jackson
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100
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1
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Thomas Groves
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209
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1
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Widow Groves
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391
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John Dickson
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300
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1
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Samuel Groves
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1
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James Willson
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100
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1
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Isaac Holland
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700
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2
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Isaac Davis
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200
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1
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Matthew Holland
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150
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1
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Moses Darnell
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350
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Wm Baird
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9
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1
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1
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William Huggins
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396
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1
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Robert Huggins
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366
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2
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Hew Gibson
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1
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Nathan Baker
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300
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1
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James Witherspoon
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501
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3
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Darling Antony
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1
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Nathan Mendenhall
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1485
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2
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John Witherspoon
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196
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1
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Petter Rodes
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200
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1
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George Rodes
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150
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1
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James Wilson
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162
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2
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Charles Yerby
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200
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1
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Ezekel Price
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101
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1
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Isaac Price
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100
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John Price
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232
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Widow Price
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2
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Adam Baird
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250
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1
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1
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Oliver H Holland
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1
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Isaac Holland Junr
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1
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Reece Price
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232
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1
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John Ramsey
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200
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1
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An inventory of Captan Bairds company together with the
Taxables of that company given and returned before me for the year 1805 Is[aac] Holland JP
[illegible words]
Land 11,764
White Polls 47
Black Polls 12
Studs 2
Duplicate made out
