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Signers of the Watauga Petition to North Carolina (1776)

The people below all signed the Watauga Petition to North Carolina for annexation in 1776:

John Carter John Sevier John Jones Charles Roberdson Jas. Smith George Rusel

James Roberton John Brown Jacob Womack Zach. Isbel Wm. Been Robert Lucas

The above signers are the Members in the Committee assembled.

Jacob Womack John Brown Adam Sherrell Joseph Dunham Jos. Brown

Samuel Sherrell, junr. Rice Durroon Job Bumper Samuel Sherell, senr.

Edward Hopson Esaac Wilson Ossa Rose Lew. Bowyer, D. Atty Richard Norton

Henry Bates, jun. Joseph Buller George Hutson Jos. Grimes Andw. Greer

Thomas Simpson Christopher Cunningham, sen. Joab X Mitchell Jonathan Tipton

Joshua Barten, sen. Robert Sevier Joud. Bostin, sen. Gideon Morris Drury Goodan

Henry Bates, jun. Shadrack Morris Richard Fletcher Will'm Dod William Crocket

Ellexander Greear Groves Morris Thos. Dedmon Jos. Greear Wm. Bates

David Hickey Andrew Greear, jun. Rob't Mosely Mark Mitchell Teeler Nave

Ge. Hartt Hugh Blair Lewis Jones Isaac Wilson Elias Pebeer John I. Cox

Jno. Waddell Jos. Brown John Cox, jr. Jarret Williams John Neave Abraham Cox

Oldham Hightower John Robinson Emanuel Shote Abednago Hix

Christopher Cunningham Tho. Houghton Charles McCartney Jos. Luske

Frederick Vaughn Jas. Easeley Wm. Reeves Jos. McCartney Ambrose Hodge

David Hughes Mark Robertson Dan'l Morris Landon Carter Joseph Calvit

Wm. Cox John McCormick Joshua Houghton James Easley David Crocket

John Chuckinbeard John Haile Edw'd Cox James Cooper Elijah Robertson

Tho's Hughes William Brokees William Clark William Robertson Julius Robertson

John X Dunham Frederick Calvit Michael Hider John Moore John Davis

Wm. Overall William Newberry John Barley Matt. Hawkins

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Permalink Reply by Debbie Winchell (Loving Dove) on August 25, 2011 at 10:18am

My ancestor is listed as Emanuel Shote.

Permalink Reply by Beth Walton on May 10, 2012 at 9:52am

President Theodore Roosevelt later wrote that the Watauga settlers were the "first men of American birth to establish a free and indepent community on the continent."

Jacob Womack, a committman on the Watauga Petition and builder of Womack's Fort in present day Sullivan Co., TN was my 5th great grandfather. He and his family were the first Womacks in Tennessee.

On 23 Dec 1776 new commissions for some members of the Watauga group were made by the Provincial Congress of Halifax, NC:

"...Resolved that John Carter be Colonel, John Sevier be Lieutenant Colonel, Charles Robertson 1st Major, and Jacob Womack 2nd Major for the District of Washington, and that commissions issued accordingly. Resolved that John Carter be supplied with 200 wt. of gun powder from the magazine in Halifax, for the defense of the District of Washington, and Mr. Christopher Dudley is hereby directed to furnish him with the same."

Jacob was a witness on the 20 Jul 1777 Treaty made and concluded at Ft. Henry on Holston River near Long Island with the Cherokee and the state of North Carolina. Other witnesses were James Robins, John Reed, Isaac Bledsoe, Brice Martin, (another) John Reed, and John Kearns.

Quite a few men who filed for their Revolutionary War pensions stated they served under Jacob. One application has a handwritten release of duty written and signed by Jacob Womack.

The information regarding Jacob Womack of Womack's Old Fort historical marker is incorrect. Jacob Womack did not move further west after he left present day Sullivan Co., TN. He moved to North Carolina, and there are many records for him in Burke Co., NC . He and his large family were enumerated in 1790 in Pendleton District, SC. They left that area and returned to Grainger Co., TN before 1797.

The last record I have for Jacob Womack is in Grainger Co., TN in a WPA transcription at Tennessee state archives for Grainger Co., TN court records 1796-1802 which indicates Jacob Womack and his son David were part of a jury to lay off a road, and it referred to him as Major Jacob Womack. Jacob's sons are on tax lists in Grainger and White Co., TN between 1797 and 1811. Jacob's sons moved to Arkansas by 1816 and were the first Womacks in Arkansas. They area where they lived in 1816 was known as Lawrence Co., Arkansas Territory of Missouri, which is present day Randolph Co., AR.

Permalink Reply by Deirdre Bolduc on January 3, 2013 at 4:34pm

Perhaps your list is abbreviated? My ancestors were signers, Abraham Cox and William Cox, my 5th and 4th great grandfathers respectively. The above listed Edward Cox is the son of Abraham and brother to William.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~snipper/wau/waupe...

Happy to see so many descendants here. Even without blood connections we are cousins in history. It is a wonderful legacy.

Permalink Reply by Beth Walton on June 26, 2014 at 6:02pm

The Greers of the 1776 Watauga Petition - Andrew Greer, Sr. and sons by 1st wife Ruth Kinkaid - Andrew Greer, Jr., Alexander Greer, Joseph Greer. Andrew Greer, Sr. and his 2nd wife, Mary Vance had Thomas Greer, born 28 Nov 1770. Thomas married Lucinda Bradford, and they had Joseph "Hatchy" Greer, who married Caroline Dillingham. Sixty-five years later, Their son Michel Dillingham Greer married 5 Feb 1841 Harrison Co., TX Matilda Womack, daughter of Frances (nee Basye) Quick and Larkin Womack, Sr., son of Unknown Wife and David Womack, son of Sarah Johnson and Maj. Jacob Womack, a committeeman on the Watauga Petition,

Permalink Reply by Rebekah Williams Cessna on September 27, 2014 at 5:21pm

I don't see Michael Hider. According to the DAR GRS, he did sign which makes his descendants eligible for DAR

Permalink Reply by Beth Walton on April 20, 2015 at 9:52am

Michael Hider's name is on the Watauga Petition - third name from bottom of right column. Service in the Revolutionary War is a requirement to be a patriot of an applicant or member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The Watauga Petition and the Revolutionary War are not the same thing.

Permalink Reply by April Lee Payne on April 17, 2015 at 8:04am

My signer is John Sevier. I've doing a lot of research on the man, once I found out he truly is my ancestor, and not a figment of my paternal grandfather's imagination (as in just a family story). What confuses me, however, is the many things he allegedly was involved with in the year 1776. Yes, he helped prepare the plea to North Carolina, yes after the United Settlements were approved as part of North Carolina he was elected as a representative to the Convention of Halifax (and according to one thing read, he was seated), but he also took part in Colonel Christian's (Col. Christie's) campaign. And he stayed on with that campaign through part of 1777 until the Treaty of Long Island of Holston July 1777. That same account said he "hasten to arrive in season" to take part in said campaign. Problem is, according to the internet, the Convention began on 12 November 1776 and wasn't finished until 18 December 1776 (some cite 28 December 1776), while Cristie's campaign ran from October- December 1776. I'm so confused.

Permalink Reply by April Lee Payne on November 19, 2015 at 3:11pm

To think after John Sevier became one of the original signers of the Watauga Association, he had some reservations on making the move there. He returned to Virginia and bought an additional half-acre of land for twenty pounds in April 1773, and then sold it again for the purchase price in July of the same year. One can only speculate as to what was going on inside of his head. After settling some additional business (he signed a promissory note) on 27 November 1773, he, his wife and children, plus several other family members made the three hundred mile trek southwest to arrive on the Long Island of Holston on 24 or 25 of December 1773.