Son of Simon and Elizabeth (Pottle) Jeffreys
Husband of Patience (Spier) Jeffreys
Their daughter, Mary Jeffreys (m. Capt. John Hunt, Rev. War Sol.)
Osborne Jeffreys was born about 1717 to Simon Jeffreys and Elizabeth Pottle in Virginia. He was under legal age at the time of his father's death in 1732 or 1733. Osborne followed in his father's footsteps by taking up acres through grants and lapsed patents. Land at that time was leased from Lord Granville at the rate of three shillings sterling for each 100 acres collected twice yearly. Osborn Jeffreys married in 1742 Patience Speir, daughter of John Speir and his wife Patience Cotton Speir. Patience Speir was born on 12 November 1725. Osborne and Patience Jeffreys were the parents of eight children, six boys and two on the Manor Plantation called Portridge. Osborne was a large landowner in Northeastern North Carolina holding land in every county in the state. Known as Osborne the great, by 1761 he had acquired over 100 thousand acres in Johnston, Orange and Granville counties Osborne Jeffreys was very active in the political and civil life of the area in which he lived. He was a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas most of the fifteen years Bute County existed being the presiding justice of the court after 1772. He gave Sheriff's Bond to King George III of England on 12 August 1768 and again on the same day of 1769 per files in Warren County, North Carolina. He gave bond as tax collector being part of the sheriff's duty. Osborne served as a Vestry Man for St. John's Parish which was formed in 1758 and was named on the day of its formation. Osborne was named with Joseph Harris to procession all the land south of the Tar River. He also was on the committee for building bridges and he was granted a license to keep a tavern at his home in Lewisberg. Richard Caswell, the first elected governor of North Carolina named Osborne Jeffreys, Esquire a justice of the state courtin 1777. Osborne then administered the State Oaths to Benjamin Ward, James Ransom, Jr., and Henry Hill, Esquire who in turn administered oaths to Osborne and five other men chosen by the governor. He was a member of the Bute County Committee of Safety which at a meeting of the Freeholders on 23 June 1775 shows the Freeholders favoring independence from England. Osborne was known as Colonel Osborne Jeffreys having served in the Granville County Militia and no doubt was active when Bute County was formed from part of Granville County. Osborne and his wife Patience were buried at a church between Louisberg and Frankinton. If ever there were stones on the graves they are crumbled and gone. Osborne's will was probated in the Franklin County Court in December, 1793 and is in much detail and length. Patience had died in October of the same year 1793. Osborne willed his personal and real property to his children and to the children of his daughter Elizabeth Eaton. He was one of the most affluent and prominent men in NC.
Contributed by James Peterson, 2013
Husband of Patience (Spier) Jeffreys
Their daughter, Mary Jeffreys (m. Capt. John Hunt, Rev. War Sol.)
Osborne Jeffreys was born about 1717 to Simon Jeffreys and Elizabeth Pottle in Virginia. He was under legal age at the time of his father's death in 1732 or 1733. Osborne followed in his father's footsteps by taking up acres through grants and lapsed patents. Land at that time was leased from Lord Granville at the rate of three shillings sterling for each 100 acres collected twice yearly. Osborn Jeffreys married in 1742 Patience Speir, daughter of John Speir and his wife Patience Cotton Speir. Patience Speir was born on 12 November 1725. Osborne and Patience Jeffreys were the parents of eight children, six boys and two on the Manor Plantation called Portridge. Osborne was a large landowner in Northeastern North Carolina holding land in every county in the state. Known as Osborne the great, by 1761 he had acquired over 100 thousand acres in Johnston, Orange and Granville counties Osborne Jeffreys was very active in the political and civil life of the area in which he lived. He was a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas most of the fifteen years Bute County existed being the presiding justice of the court after 1772. He gave Sheriff's Bond to King George III of England on 12 August 1768 and again on the same day of 1769 per files in Warren County, North Carolina. He gave bond as tax collector being part of the sheriff's duty. Osborne served as a Vestry Man for St. John's Parish which was formed in 1758 and was named on the day of its formation. Osborne was named with Joseph Harris to procession all the land south of the Tar River. He also was on the committee for building bridges and he was granted a license to keep a tavern at his home in Lewisberg. Richard Caswell, the first elected governor of North Carolina named Osborne Jeffreys, Esquire a justice of the state courtin 1777. Osborne then administered the State Oaths to Benjamin Ward, James Ransom, Jr., and Henry Hill, Esquire who in turn administered oaths to Osborne and five other men chosen by the governor. He was a member of the Bute County Committee of Safety which at a meeting of the Freeholders on 23 June 1775 shows the Freeholders favoring independence from England. Osborne was known as Colonel Osborne Jeffreys having served in the Granville County Militia and no doubt was active when Bute County was formed from part of Granville County. Osborne and his wife Patience were buried at a church between Louisberg and Frankinton. If ever there were stones on the graves they are crumbled and gone. Osborne's will was probated in the Franklin County Court in December, 1793 and is in much detail and length. Patience had died in October of the same year 1793. Osborne willed his personal and real property to his children and to the children of his daughter Elizabeth Eaton. He was one of the most affluent and prominent men in NC.
Contributed by James Peterson, 2013
Son of Simon and Elizabeth (Pottle) Jeffreys
Husband of Patience (Spier) Jeffreys
Their daughter, Mary Jeffreys (m. Capt. John Hunt, Rev. War Sol.)
Osborne Jeffreys was born about 1717 to Simon Jeffreys and Elizabeth Pottle in Virginia. He was under legal age at the time of his father's death in 1732 or 1733. Osborne followed in his father's footsteps by taking up acres through grants and lapsed patents. Land at that time was leased from Lord Granville at the rate of three shillings sterling for each 100 acres collected twice yearly. Osborn Jeffreys married in 1742 Patience Speir, daughter of John Speir and his wife Patience Cotton Speir. Patience Speir was born on 12 November 1725. Osborne and Patience Jeffreys were the parents of eight children, six boys and two on the Manor Plantation called Portridge. Osborne was a large landowner in Northeastern North Carolina holding land in every county in the state. Known as Osborne the great, by 1761 he had acquired over 100 thousand acres in Johnston, Orange and Granville counties Osborne Jeffreys was very active in the political and civil life of the area in which he lived. He was a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas most of the fifteen years Bute County existed being the presiding justice of the court after 1772. He gave Sheriff's Bond to King George III of England on 12 August 1768 and again on the same day of 1769 per files in Warren County, North Carolina. He gave bond as tax collector being part of the sheriff's duty. Osborne served as a Vestry Man for St. John's Parish which was formed in 1758 and was named on the day of its formation. Osborne was named with Joseph Harris to procession all the land south of the Tar River. He also was on the committee for building bridges and he was granted a license to keep a tavern at his home in Lewisberg. Richard Caswell, the first elected governor of North Carolina named Osborne Jeffreys, Esquire a justice of the state courtin 1777. Osborne then administered the State Oaths to Benjamin Ward, James Ransom, Jr., and Henry Hill, Esquire who in turn administered oaths to Osborne and five other men chosen by the governor. He was a member of the Bute County Committee of Safety which at a meeting of the Freeholders on 23 June 1775 shows the Freeholders favoring independence from England. Osborne was known as Colonel Osborne Jeffreys having served in the Granville County Militia and no doubt was active when Bute County was formed from part of Granville County. Osborne and his wife Patience were buried at a church between Louisberg and Frankinton. If ever there were stones on the graves they are crumbled and gone. Osborne's will was probated in the Franklin County Court in December, 1793 and is in much detail and length. Patience had died in October of the same year 1793. Osborne willed his personal and real property to his children and to the children of his daughter Elizabeth Eaton. He was one of the most affluent and prominent men in NC.
Contributed by James Peterson, 2013
Husband of Patience (Spier) Jeffreys
Their daughter, Mary Jeffreys (m. Capt. John Hunt, Rev. War Sol.)
Osborne Jeffreys was born about 1717 to Simon Jeffreys and Elizabeth Pottle in Virginia. He was under legal age at the time of his father's death in 1732 or 1733. Osborne followed in his father's footsteps by taking up acres through grants and lapsed patents. Land at that time was leased from Lord Granville at the rate of three shillings sterling for each 100 acres collected twice yearly. Osborn Jeffreys married in 1742 Patience Speir, daughter of John Speir and his wife Patience Cotton Speir. Patience Speir was born on 12 November 1725. Osborne and Patience Jeffreys were the parents of eight children, six boys and two on the Manor Plantation called Portridge. Osborne was a large landowner in Northeastern North Carolina holding land in every county in the state. Known as Osborne the great, by 1761 he had acquired over 100 thousand acres in Johnston, Orange and Granville counties Osborne Jeffreys was very active in the political and civil life of the area in which he lived. He was a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas most of the fifteen years Bute County existed being the presiding justice of the court after 1772. He gave Sheriff's Bond to King George III of England on 12 August 1768 and again on the same day of 1769 per files in Warren County, North Carolina. He gave bond as tax collector being part of the sheriff's duty. Osborne served as a Vestry Man for St. John's Parish which was formed in 1758 and was named on the day of its formation. Osborne was named with Joseph Harris to procession all the land south of the Tar River. He also was on the committee for building bridges and he was granted a license to keep a tavern at his home in Lewisberg. Richard Caswell, the first elected governor of North Carolina named Osborne Jeffreys, Esquire a justice of the state courtin 1777. Osborne then administered the State Oaths to Benjamin Ward, James Ransom, Jr., and Henry Hill, Esquire who in turn administered oaths to Osborne and five other men chosen by the governor. He was a member of the Bute County Committee of Safety which at a meeting of the Freeholders on 23 June 1775 shows the Freeholders favoring independence from England. Osborne was known as Colonel Osborne Jeffreys having served in the Granville County Militia and no doubt was active when Bute County was formed from part of Granville County. Osborne and his wife Patience were buried at a church between Louisberg and Frankinton. If ever there were stones on the graves they are crumbled and gone. Osborne's will was probated in the Franklin County Court in December, 1793 and is in much detail and length. Patience had died in October of the same year 1793. Osborne willed his personal and real property to his children and to the children of his daughter Elizabeth Eaton. He was one of the most affluent and prominent men in NC.
Contributed by James Peterson, 2013
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