Key Facts

Snapshot:	owned a lot of land in colonial North Carolina; owned slaves
Parents:	unknown
Born:	unknown
Died:	between 8 and 31 December 1760 Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Buried:	unknown

1654Kallum Ross received at least two large land grants in colonial North Carolina: 2300 acres in Chowan County on 21 February 1738,1 and 289 acres in Edgecombe County on 7 November 1755.2

He married 1655Elizabeth Skinner, as explained in her profile.

He wrote his will on 8 December 1760, and it was probated the same month.3 A transcription is below, or see the record copy.

In the Name of God Amen Eighth day of December One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty I Kallum Ross of Edgcombe County and Province of North Carolina being very sick and weak of Body but of Perfect Mind and Memory Thanks be given to God, therefore calling to mind the Mortality of my Body and Knowing that it is appointed for all Men once to die, do make and Ordain this my Last Will and Testament that is to say Principlely and first of all and I Recomend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it, and my Body Recommend to the Earth to be Buried in a Decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executors, Nothing Douting but at the General Resurrection I shall Receive the same again by the Mighty Power of God and as Touching[?] Such Worldly Estate Wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless me with in this Life, I Give Demise and Dispose of the same in the following manner and form ---

Impremis I Give and Bequeth to my Loving Wife Elizabeth Two Feather Beds and Furniture one Mare Two Pewter Dishes six Pewter Plaits and Two Basons one Iron Pott one Large Chest I also Lend unto her one Negro Wench Named Sarah During her Widowhood and if she should marry then I Give the said Negro Wench Sarah to my Son Daniel Ross to him and his Heirs forever ---

I Give and Bequeath to my well Beloved Daughter Jude Ricks one Negro Boy Named Pompey to her and her Heirs forever ____

I Give and Bequeath to my well Beloved Daughter Ann Ricks one Negro Girl Named Diner to her and her Heirs forever --

I Give and Bequeath to my Beloved Son Daniel Ross One Negro Boy Named Jacob and all the Rest of my Estate Except the Legacies afore mentioned to him and his Heirs for Ever and do hereby utterly Disallow Revoke and Disanul all and Evry other former Testatment, Wills, Legacys, and Bequests and Executors by me in any ways before Named Willed bequeathed Ratified and Confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament in Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the Day and Year above mentioned and I Do appoint my Loving Wife Elizabeth Ross and my son Daniel to be my Executors this my Last will and Testament

Kallum (his mark) Ross

Witnesses
Jacob Hilliard
Thos Williamson
William (his mark) Robison

Sources Cited:

1: North Carolina state land patent, Edgecombe book 9, page 233, file #1037, issued 21 February 1738 to Callum Ross for 2300 acres beginning at a red oak. North Carolina MARS ID 12.14.46.1013. <http://www.nclandgrants.com/grant/?mars=12.14.46.1013&qid=561041&rn=30>, accessed 20 June 2020. You can see a copy here.

2: North Carolina state land patent, Edgecombe book 11, page 254, grant #22, file #1536, issued 7 November 1755 to Kallam Ross for 289 acres beginning at a red oak in Pollocks line. North Carolina MARS ID 12.14.59.1545. <http://www.nclandgrants.com/grant/?mars=12.14.59.1545&qid=561035&rn=8>, accessed 20 June 2020. You can see a copy here.

3: Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Wills for the years 1758-1830, volume 8, page 67, the will of Kallum Ross, dated 8 December 1760. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-V49M-9R?i=199&wc=32LK-4WG%3A169764201%2C170981601&cc=1867501>, accessed 20 June 2020.