Lt. & Ens. William Black (of Wm. Black) Bunting, II

Abt 1760 - 1793  (33 years)

• Name	William Black (of Wm. Black) Bunting  [1, 2, 3]
  Prefix	Lt. & Ens.
  Suffix	II
  Birth	Abt 1760	Accomack Co, Virginia   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Rev War Veteran	1775	Accomack Co, Virginia   [3, 5, 6]
  	He was shown as William Black Bunting (VA): an Ensign in the 9th Virginia, 14 Feb 1776; and a 2nd Lieutenant, 31 Aug 1776, died 1 April 1777.
  Will - Fathers	20 Dec 1776  [1]
  	In his will William Black Bunting gave sons Charles & William B. Bunting my land & mill, & should either die their part to the survivor, & shouid both die to fall to my grandson William Crippen. To my love begotten son Edward Phillips 20 £ for his maintenance. Bal. of estate as follows: To son John Selby Bunting 2 shares & Charles, William & Betty Cropper 1 share. Sons Charles & William to maintain my son Selby. Spencer Bagwell & sons William & Charles Exrs. Not witnessed.
  Orphans account	26 Aug 1778
  	Thos Bayly reported an orphan's account for William Black Bunting showing a balance due the orphan of £26.01.0.
  Land sold	1789	tract A70, east of Tasley, Accomack Co, Virginia   [7]
  	In 1741, the year after Jonathan Bunting bought the land he erected a mill on the branch and in 1789 William B. Bunting sold the house and 142 acres to Colonel John Cropper, along with a water gristmill. Cropper had the land surveyed in 1818 and it showed 151 acres with both a gristmill and a sawmill. Catherine (Bayly) Cropper, widow of General John Cropper, had renounced his will and in 1821 she joined with the Extrs in a sale of the house and 90 acres to William R. Custis and it became merged with the adjacent farm, The Folly.
  Death	30 Jul 1793	Accomack Co, Virginia   [8]
  	It was on this date that administration on the estate of William Black Bunting was granted to John Cropper Jr. with Thomas Cropper security.
  Rev War heirs named	1 Jun 1808	Accomack Co, Virginia   [9]
  	Margaret Bunting is the only child and heiress of William Black Bunting dec'd, an officer in the American Army during the Rev. War.
  Rev War heirs named	2 Apr 1818	Accomack Co, Virginia   [2]
  	Margaret Core, wife of William Core, is the only heir at law of William Black Bunting dec'd, who was an ensign in the American Army in the Rev. War and was a native of this county, a resident of this county at the time of his death.
  Reference Identifer	DAR Patriot #A017001 (Lt. & Ens., 9th Regt.)
  Record ID	49290
  Person ID	I49290	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	William Black (of Jonathan) Bunting, I,   b. Abt 1730, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 1 Apr 1777, New Jersey (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Mary Selby, (Selby?),   b. Abt 1734, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1752  [10]
  Family ID	F31550	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah 'Sally' Cropper,   b. Abt 1768, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 1789, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 20 years)
  Marriage	15 Sep 1785	Accomack Co, Virginia   [11]
  Children	+ 1. Margaret 'Peggy' Bunting,   b. Abt 1786, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown   2. William Bunting,   b. Abt 1788, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 1 Jun 1808, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 20 years)
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F31549	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 307 (will of Willam B. Bunting), 570. [S575] Nottingham, Soldiers & Sailors of the E.S. of VA, (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1995), p. 10 (Margaret Core is only heir of William Black Bunting), 575. [S3025] JoAnn Hines, Hines, JoAnn - DAR Patroits of Accomack Co, VA, (Provided to MK Miles by Mary Jane Burn, 10 Mar 2018), 3025. [S2017] Walczyk, Acc Orphan's Accts, 1771-1780, (Coram, NY: Peter's Row, 1999), p. 84 (William Black Bunting, Orphan, to Thos Bayly), 2017. [S577] Walker & Turman, Acc Soldiers & Sailors in Rev, (Parksley, VA: A Project of the Eastern Shore Chapter National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1975 (Manuscript at the E.S.P.L.)), 577. [S796] Francis B. Heitman, with Addenda by Robert H. Kelby, Heitman & Kelby, Army Officers during the Revoluti, (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1973), p. 132, 796. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Whitelaw, Ralph T. - Virginia's Eastern Shore, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 899 (tract A70), 572. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 409 (adm of William Black Bunting to John Cropper Jr.), 570. [S575] Nottingham, Soldiers & Sailors of the E.S. of VA, (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1995), p. 8 (Margaret Bunting is only child of William Black Bunting), 575. [S379] Sue Morten O'Brien, O'Brian, Regist. of Americans of Prominent Descent, (Morten Publishing Company, Inc., Signal Mountain, TN, 1982), p. 511 (Mrs. Philip Henry Wooten, Jr. (Marie Core Duffy), verified on 9 July 1979 by Mrs. Charles F. Turman, C.G. #115), 379. [S558] Turman, Nora Miller, Accomack Co, VA, Marriages, 1776-1854, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1994), 558.