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On August 23, 1781, John Rand made his will and it was filed for probate
in December of that year. Family legend says that a neighbor shot
him. He was buried on his home plantation in the family cemetery,
now located on Hwy 50 just south of Garner. Inscriptions on the
gravestone state that he was born about 1750 in Isle of Wight County,
Virginia, the son of William and Sophia Rand, that he was an attorney, and
was assassinated during the Revolutionary War. The will names his
wife Elizabeth, daughter Mary (married Thomas S. Kenan), and brothers
William and Walter. Walter Rand was born in 1761 in Isle of Wight County and died in 1813. He served in the Revolution at the age of 16 in Virginia. In 1783, Walter took over the operation of his brother’s mill. At his death, it passed to his son Parker Rand. In 1840 Parker Rand made a deposition concerning his father’s war service. He stated that Walter Rand enlisted at age 16 and served 3 years, partly as a drummer boy. Walter was wounded at the Battle of Brandywine and was discharged near Philadelphia in the winter of 1779 – 1780 and walked home. Rand’s Mill burned in the early 20th century, but the mill lake remains and is operated by the City of Raleigh as a reservoir. Rand’s Mill chapter was founded February 1, 1985, and named for this historic area. The organizing regent was Mrs. Elizabeth Ross. Members come mainly from southern Wake and western Johnston counties. |
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The Rand family came to Wake and Johnston counties from Isle of Wight
County, Virginia, about 1766. John Rand appeared before the Johnston
County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in 1771 and was appointed
Deputy Clerk of the Court by the Honorable Benjamin Heron.
John Rand bought his first land in 1768 in Johnston County. He sold this and moved to what is now Wake County soon after the formation of Wake in 1771. His land was located on both sides of Swift Creek. He built a mill on Swift Creek and it was destroyed. He petitioned for a permit to rebuild the mill on Swift Creek at the December 1779 session of court and was allowed to do so. John Rand also served as State Attorney for many of the early sessions of Wake County. |
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