John MORTON (bef. 1755  - 1806) was Alex’s 6th Great Grandfather, one of 128 in this generation of the Miner line.

John Morton Coat of Arms

John Morton was Scots-Irish born in Northern Ireland.  John was born before 1755 as he was over forty-five in the 1800 census.   He married Elizabeth [__?__] in Ireland.

Reverend William Martin led over 500 families, members of his congregation(s) of Kellswater, Ireland to South Carolina between mid summer 1772 to mid January 1773 aboard five ships: Lord Dunluce, Hopewell, Pennsylvania Farmer, Free Mason, and the Snow – James & Mary subsequently obtaining land grants in areas of  Newberry, Abbeville, and Chester Counties, South Carolina John Morton sailed on the Lord Dunluce that left Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland on  4 Oct 1772 and arrived in Charleston, South Carolina on 20 Dec 1772.  John died in 1806 in Chester County, South Carolina and his will was probated 2 May 1806.

Child of John and Elizabeth:

In 1750 Presbyterians from Octoraro, Virginia, and North Carolina, came to South Carolina and settled at Rocky Creek, Chester County. By 1755 Irish immigrants, many of them Covenanters, began arriving. Various groups (Associate, Covenanter, Burgher, Anti-Burgher, Seceders) formed the “Catholic” (meaning a union of various groups of Presbyterians) church on Rocky Mount Road, 15 miles southeast of Chester. In 1770 Covenanters began holding society meetings and wrote to Ireland for a minister. Reverend William Martin answered the call in 1772.

Several Presbyterian pastors led their congregations in emigrations from Ulster to American in the decade following Doctor Clark’s emigration from Ballybay in 1764. Nearly 500 Scotch-Irish families arrived in South Carolina on the eve of the Revolutionary War.

The impetus for the colonization was the combination of exorbitant land rents in Northern Ireland, sometimes provoking violent resistance, and the offer of free land and inexpensive tools and provisions tendered by the colonial government of South Carolina. For instance, each Scottish Covenanter was entitled to 100 acres for himself and 50 acres for his spouse, and an additional 50 acres for each child brought to South Carolina.

The most notable of these was the emigration of Covenanter Presbyterians in 1772 from the area of Kellswater in central county Antrim.   Faced with this crisis and opportunity, Reverend William Martin persuaded his parishioners that they had nothing to lose by leaving Ulster, and before long he was in charge of a small fleet of vessels bound for South Carolina.  The Reverend Martin settled in the general area of Abbeville, South Carolina (Rocky Creek in Chester County).  After his church was burned by the British in 1780, he took refuge in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.

On Friday June 29,  2007 a large crowd gathered at the Shanaghy and Vow Road junction to mark the 250th anniversary of the ordination of Rev William Martin. Rev Martin was the first Covenanter (Reformed Presbyterian) clergyman to be ordained anywhere in Ireland and this was not the only significant mark he made in history.

Rev. William Martin Memorial 250th Anniversary of Ordination Jun 27, 2007 At The Vow, near Movanagher, on the banks of the River Bann south of Ballymoney

William Martin was born near Ballykelly but finished his education in Dumfries, Scotland. On 2nd July 1757, he was ordained a Covenanter minister in an open air service held at The Vow, between Ballymoney and Kilrea. As the only Covenanter minister in Antrim and Down, the two counties became his parish, so to speak, and Rev Martin, though resident at Kellswater, had supervisory responsibility for Covenanter groups at Ballymoney, Dervock, Cloughmills, Leighmore and Cullybackey.  (See Google Maps Driving Directions

Rev William Martin was no shrinking violet. On top of his mammoth preaching and pastoral duties, he was vocal in his opposition to the High Church (Anglican) authorities who openly discriminated against those whom Martin represented. The oppressed Presbyterians were subjected to excessive rent demands and when payment could not be found to cover them, the tenants were evicted. After much prayerful deliberation, Rev Martin recieved a call to Rocky Creek, a small settlement in South Carolina.

In 1772, around a thousand Covenanters and others, including Roman Catholics, left Ulster under the leadership of Rev Martin. It took 5 ships to ferry the emigrates to the New Country, namely the James and Mary, Lord Dunluce, Pennsylvania Farmer, The Hopewell and The Freemason. Most of those on board the ships came from Ballymoney, Kilraughts, Derrykeighan, Ballyrashane, The Vow and Kellswater. It was a tremendous feat at that time to lead so many people so far in such vessels yet this only goes to illustrate the determination of Rev William Martin.

Although, due to the excessive numbers involved, the large group was scattered throughout the New Country, the majority settled in and around Rocky Creek. In 1774, Rev Martin’s congregation opened their own meetinghouse and he began a prosperous ministry. When the War of Independence broke out, he supported the Patriots (Americans) against the British and openly urged others to do so too.  James Anderson was but one Ballymoney native to heed the call and die at the hands of the British in that war. Rev Martin had his meetinghouse burned down in 1780 and was himself imprisoned for his patriotism.

The emigrants led by Reverend Martin traveled to Charleston, South Carolina, in five ships from Belfast, Larne, and Newry, and settled throughout western South Carolina, many in the Abbeville area.

Rev. William Martin  was born the oldest son of David Martin of Londonderry. The Rev. Martin was the only Covenanter minister in counties Down and Antrim at the time. In 1760 he resided at Kellswater. He had oversight responsibility for societies at Cullybackey, Laymore, Cloughmills, and Dervock. He preached also in Londonderry and Donegal. The Presbytery was founded in 1743 and Kellswater became the center in 1760.

Rev William Martin Marker near Chester, SC

When the Revolutionary war broke out, Rev. Martin was a strong supporter of the patriots. In 1780 he preached another of his fiery sermons, reminding the congregation of the hardships that their fathers had suffered, that they had been forced out of Scotland and again out of Ireland, had come to America where they were free men and where they had built their homes and church. Now the British were coming and would once again drive them from their homes. He told them that there is a time to pray and a time to fight and the time to fight had come. Immediately after the sermon, two companies were formed under command of Ben Land and Captain Barbour. The next day they joined the American forces fighting the British. For his efforts, the British burned the church and took Rev. Martin prisoner.

Covenanter Church marker Rocky Creek, South Carolina, courtesy of Jack Parker

John MORTON sailed on the Lord Dunluce that left Larne on  4 Oct 1772 and arrived in Charleston on 20 Dec 1772. This is the only ship that listed “Rev. Wm. Martin (Kellswater)” as an agent. The original sailing date was to have been August 15. The sailing was delayed until August 20, and then rescheduled for September 22. On August 28, the ship announced that passengers must give earnest money by September 5 since a greater number had offered to go than could be taken. On September 15, the ship advertised that, since some families had drawn back, two hundred more passengers could be accommodated.  Reverend Martin was on this ship when it finally sailed on October 4. One man and several children died of smallpox on the trip.

Will of John Morton, of Chester County, South Carolina

“In the Name of God Amen I John Morton of Chester County & State of South Carolina being weak in body but of Sound Memory (blessed be God) Do this twenty fifth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred & Ninety Nine & in the twenty third year of American Independence Make & publish this My Last will & testament in the following Manner Viz,

first I allow all My Just Debts ^ & Necessary Expences ^ to be paid Next

I give & bequeath unto Elisabeth Morton My beloved wife dureing her widowhood but if she Marries an other Man I do not allow her to have any thing but hir body Cloths & hir wheel & her Chest but if She remains a widow till her Death I allow her to devide her part as she think proper among My Daughter Marthas Children but I Do Not allow any other pirson to get any part of My Estate.

Next I give & bequeath to My grandson John Morton McCaw one hundred acres of Land on which I Now Live with it appurtenances & all the benifits arriseing from it after My Death and I also allow him to git My pocket bible My Silver Sho Buckels & Stock Clasps & two guineys to be paid for hir schooling.

Next I give & bequeath unto My granddaughter Tenney [Jenney?] one hundred acres of Land, which I Surveyed Joining the plantation on which I Now Live. I also allow her to git my Large Bible psalm book and Rutherfords Lettters, and a gown of her own Choosing.

Next I give & bequeath unto My Soninlaw James McCaw all My body Cloths & I allow all My grandchildren Boys & girls Each of them a pocket bible

Next I allow all My property that is not Specified in this will to be Sold by publick Vendue & what remain after the above artickels unprovided among My four youngest grand Children &

I Do Make and ordain James Wylie & William Kenney of this My Last Will in trust to have the Same preformed according to my true Intent & meaning—-

In witness whereof I the said John Morton have to this My Last will & Testament Set My hand & Seal the Day year & Month above written

Signed Sealed acknowledge & pronounced

In the presenced of usJohn Morton (L.S.), Edward McDaniel, Samuel McCaw William McCaw

Another John Morton (1738 – 1775) immigrated with Rev. Martin. This John had a son John Morton Jr (1765 Antrim, Ireland - 14 Dec 1841 SC) I wonder if they were relate, there were about 1,000 in the five ships, so they were probably several Mortons.

This other John Morton married Jane Peden who  was one of two women from South Carolina to receive a bronze plaque on her grave for service in the Revolutionary War.  Jane and her sister would pick up wounded soldiers from the battlefield near their home in South Carolina, take them to their home and treat the soldiers’ wounds.  Jane Peden is buried in Morgan County, Alabama, near Somerville in the Morrow Cemetery.

John Peden was born June 1709 in Ireland. Margaret McDill was born August 1715 in Ireland to John McDill and Janet LESLIE. She was called Peggy by her family. John and Peggy were married in 1730 at Ballymena Parish, Ireland. The family lived in the County of Atrium, Ireland.

They were the parents of::

• 1. Mary, born 1731, Ireland; married James ALEXANDER
• 2. James, born 1734, Ireland; married Mary - Member of the SC Provincial Congress in 1775/76 – Revolutionary War
• 3. Jane, born 1738, Ireland; died AL; married 1. John MORTON SR, 2. 1774 Chester Co., SC, Robert MORROW, born 1734, MD
• 4. Thomas, born 1743, Ireland; died 6 Mar 1825, SC; buried Nazareth Church Cemetery, SC; marriedElizabeth WHITE, daughter of Moses WHITE and Mary McCONNELL - Revolutionary War
• 5. William, born 1749, Ireland; died 23 Dec 1817; married Mary ARCHER - Revolutionary War
• 6. Elizabeth, born 24 Dec 1750, Ireland; died 19 Dec 1821, SC, buried Fairview Cemetery, Greenville Dist, SC; married William GASTON
• 7. John, Jr, born in Ireland; married Ginny – Revolutionary War
• 8. Samuel, born 1754, Ireland; died 26 Dec 1835, Kemper Co, MS, buried Smyrna Cemetery, Kemper Co, MS; married 1. Katherine (Katie) WHITE, daughter of Moses WHITE and Mary McCONNELL, 2. Margaret - Revolutionary War
• 9. Alexander, born 1756, Ireland; died 21 Jan 1841, Greenville Dist, SC, buried Fairview Cemetery, Greenville Co, SC; married Rebecca MARTIN - Revolutionary War
• 10. David, born 1 Nov 1760, Ireland; died 6 Oct 1823; married 1. Eleanor GOODGION, 2. Margaret HUGHES - Revolutionary War

John Peden served as a Ruling Elder in his native country from his youth and was a decided advocate of the Presbyterian system of worship. He and his family were very disturbed over the persecution of the Church in Ireland and joined Reverend William Martin who lead a group of Scotch-Irish immigrants to the back country of South Carolina. They were given grants by the government to settle this wilderness area.

The first of the Pedens to come to South Carolina were John and Peggy’s son Thomas and their daugher Jane and her husband John MORTON who came in 1768 on the Snow Mary and James. They arrived from Larne, Ireland in Charleston and were administered the oath on 12 January 1768.  Five years later the rest of the family arrived in October of 1772 on the same ship the Snow Mary and James. [Our John Morton came in this fleet of five ships]  They were forbidden to land because some of the people aboard had Small Pox. They were quarantined on the vessel for several week and a house on Sullivan’s Island was provided for the sick. On 1 December 1772, an entry was made in the Council Journal that contains the names of those we know arrived on the Mary and James. As was the custom a letter was written to Ireland stating that the ship had safely arrived and thanking the Captain Workman for his good delivery. This was published in the Belfast New Letter, 21 December 1772. John Peddan, James Peddan, and Thomas Madill signed the letter .

The first land described in the Plat Folder 1482, Pre-Revolutionary plats, was recorded 11 Dec 1772 to John Peden; in Craven Co. on a branch called Ferguson Creek, waters of Tiger River, adjoining land owned by James Pedan and Thomas Peden. This land was surveyed on 18 January 1773. This land later bacame Spartanburg County, South Carolina.

Most of the children settled around Fairview Presbyterian Church, on the waters of the Reedy River in the Greenville District although some had original grants in Fairfield or Chester Counties. During the Revolution, John, Peggy and some of their children went to Rocky Creek area of Chester County near Catholic Presbyterian Church where Rev. Martin was located

Source:

South Carolina Department of Archives and History. 8301 Parklane Road. Columbia, SC. 29223. Tele: 803.896.6100; Fax 803.896.6198. www.http://scdah.sc.gov/

S108093: South Carolina Will Transcripts (Microcopy No 9) MORTON, John of Chester County. Will Typescript (MSS Will: Estate Record Book D, Page 50; Estate Packet: Apr 5`, Pkg 812) (2 Frames).

http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/onlinearchives/RecordDetail.aspx?RecordId=296954

Ancestry.com

The story  of Rev Willliam Martin’s Five ship migration to Chester County SC is told in Scotch-Irish Migration to South Carolina, 1772: Reverend William Martin And His Five Shiploads of Settlersby Jean Stephenson (Shenandoah Publishing House 1970).

Scotch-Irish Migration to South Carolina, 1772 (Rev. William Martin and His Five Shiploads of Settlers) Jean Stephenson

http://files.usgwarchives.net/sc/chester/wills/morton51wl.txt

http://genforum.genealogy.com/martin/messages/27682.html

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~marylove/Peden/Peden.html

http://www.pennywind.com/Genealogy/Migration/Co%20Atrim%20emigration_led_by_reverend_william%20Martin.htm

George SEXTON (1632 – 1690) was Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather;  one of 4,096 in this generation of the Miner line.

George Sexton Coat of Arms

George Sexton was born in 1632 in Limerick, Ireland.  He married Katherine COWING on 10 Jun 1663 in Ireland.  His parents were James SEXTON of Limerick, Ireland (a descendant of Denis) and [__?__].  In the Irish probate records is the will of a “James Sexten, Lemerick, Burgess,” dated December 14, 1669; sons, George, Symen, Patrick, Joseph, Stephen, and a daughter Joane, to whom are left certain legacies in case the estate be recovered.

George Sexton and his wife Katherine and their family fled to New England, making them among the first Sextons to arrive in this country.   George moved to Westfield, Mass. before 1671, where his son Benjamin was born, said to be the first white child born in the town. This would put George’s presence there at 1666-1667.  George died 31 Oct 1690 in Westfield, Mass.

Because George Sexton lived at Windsor for a time, it has been said that he was a brother of “Richard Saxston.” This seems unlikely, for the two families did not use the same baptismal names. It is more likely that he was a nephew or even a more
distant relative. It is possible that the similarity of surnames was merely a coincidence.

Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

Katherine Cowing was born in 1620 in Ireland. Alternatively, her last name was Bird. Katherine died 19 Sep 1689 in Westfield, Mass.

Children of George and Katherine:

The orginial form of the name was O’Seisnain, which has been anglicized to its present form Sexton. The Sexton family can trace their descent to very remote times, but the pedigree is generally taken as beginning with On Carthann Fionn Orge Mór of Munster, who was a son of Blad, born in the year 388, the was a son of Cas, from whom the famous names Dalcassians orginated. The 388 AD date places Blad in 4th century, but it’s still remarkable to know the “First” in the known line of Sextons. Sexton is one of the three oldest families in Limerick. The Sexton History around Limerick has them originating near Lough Gur or Lough Dearg–both within 10-20 miles of Limerick City.

The antiquity of the Sexton Family shows itself when it is pointed out that a son of Carthann Fionn Orge Mor, Eochaidh Ball Dearg was baptized by Saint Patrick himself. Three generations we come to Aodh Caomh, who was King of Cashel, and of him it was recorded by Lodge: “He was the first Christian King of his family that became King of Munster, and his investiture with the Authroity and Title of that province was performed at his own court in the presence of St Brennan of Clonfort, and his domestic poet, McClemein, who afterwards became the first Bishop of Cloyne; and also the Concurrance of Aodh Dubh, the then Chief of the Euginian Race” All the above records are the connecting ties in the pedigree of the Sexton Family, and the links with the ruling family of the O’Brien’s, King of Thomond, in whose line the family of Sexton has the proud privilege to belong.

Connacht about the year 900

A castle, built on the orders of King John and bearing his name, was completed around 1200. Under the general peace imposed by Norman rule, Limerick prospered as a port and trading centre. By this time the city was divided into an area which became known as “English Town” on King’s Island surrounded by high walls, while another settlement, named “Irish Town”, where the Irish and Danes lived, had grown on the south bank of the river. Around 1395 construction started on walls around Irishtown that were not completed until the end of the 15th century.

In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, Limerick became a city-state isolated from the principal area of effective English rule -the Pale.  Hence our phrase “beyond the Pale.”  Nevertheless, the Crown remained in control throughout the succeeding centuries. During the Reformation tensions arose between those those loyal to the Catholic Church and those loyal to the newly established state religion – the Church of Ireland.

In 1537/40 King Henry VIII granted the Castle in Limerick to Edmond Sexton (St. Marys Abbey House) the Sextons were the wealthiest and most powerful family there. Edmond was Mayor of Dublin & Edward Sexton was Mayor of Limerick in 1536.

Denis Saxton and Edmond Saxton both served 8 years as Lord Mayors of Limerick, the latter arraigned as “of Irish blood and corrupt affection to traitors,” (ie., the Irish who resisted English aggression), but still a friend and favorite of Henry VIII who knighted him in the year 1538 and granted him the title and rights of Prior of the Cathedral.

The Census of Ireland (1659), also known as Petty’s or Pender’s Census, provides town census returns of the inhabitants of most of the country, arranged in counties, baronies, parishes, and townelands.  In addition to the number of inhabitants and their racial classification, the returns supply the names of the principal occupiers, referred to as ‘Tituladoes.’  The returns also give names and numbers of the pricipal Irish, by barony.  The original manuscripts were discovered among the Lansdowne Papers in Bowood House, Wiltshire, England and are now in the British Library (Petty Papers Vol. XXVII. Add. MSS. 72876).  The Census was published by Manuscripts Commission (Dublin, 1939), edited by Seamus Pender.

Barony of Bunratty                                                                                 Parish -Quinhy                                                                                         Townelands – Cullane
Tituladoes Names – James Sexton and George Sexton; his sonne gent

Bunratty Castle

George Sexton left Ireland for England before traveling to America due to repression  during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland  Lands were confiscated; towns destroyed; taxes increased; people sent in chains to West Indies in chains or forced to toil on their own lands now run by the English. Many say that the Sextons traveled to America on the Blessing.  George may have been a trader or agent.

Since the Irish Rebellion of 1641, Ireland had been mainly under the control of the Irish Confederate Catholics, who in 1649, signed an alliance with the English Royalist party, which had been defeated in the English Civil War. Cromwell’s forces defeated the Confederate and Royalist coalition in Ireland and occupied the country – bringing to an end the Irish Confederate Wars. He passed a series of Penal laws against Roman Catholics (the vast majority of the population) and confiscated large amounts of their land.

Limerick, in western Ireland was the scene of two sieges during the Irish Confederate Wars. The second and largest siege took place during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1650-51. Limerick was one the last fortified cities held by an alliance of Irish Confederate Catholics and English Royalists against the forces of the English Parliament. Its garrison, led by Hugh Dubh O’Neill, surrendered to Henry Ireton after a protracted and bitter siege. Over 2,000 soldiers of Cromwell’s New Model Army were killed at Limerick, and Henry Ireton, Cromwell’s son-in-law died of Plague.

By 1650, The Irish Confederates and their English Royalist allies had been driven out of eastern Ireland by the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. They occupied a defensive position behind the River Shannon, of which Limerick was the southern stronghold. Oliver Cromwell himself had left Ireland in May 1650, delegating his command of the English Parliamentarian forces to Henry Ireton. Ireton moved his forces north from Munster to besiege Limerick in October of that year. However, the weather was increasingly wet and cold and Ireton was forced to abandon the siege before the onset of winter.

Ireton returned the following June with 8,000 men, 28 siege artillery pieces and 4 mortars. He then summoned Hugh Dubh O’Neill, the Irish commander of Limerick to surrender, but was refused. The siege was on.

Siege of Limerick

Limerick in 1651 was split into two sections, English town and Irish town, which were separated by the river Abbey. English town, which contained the citadel of King John’s Castle, was encircled by water, the Abbey river on three sides and the Shannon on the other, in what was known as King John’s Island. There was only one bridge onto the island – Thomond bridge – which was fortified with bastioned earthworks. Irish town was more vulnerable, but was also more heavily fortified. Its medieval walls had been buttressed by 20 feet (about 6 metres) of earth, making it difficult to knock a breach in them. In addition, Irish town had a series of bastions along its walls, mounted with cannon which covered its approaches. The biggest of these bastions were at St John’s Gate and Mungret gate. The garrison of the city was 2,000 strong and composed mainly of veterans from the Confederate’s Ulster army, commanded by Hugh Dubh O’Neill, who had distinguished themselves at the siege of Clonmel the previous year.

Because Limerick was very well fortified, Ireton did not risk an assault on its walls. Instead he secured the approaches to the city, cut off its supplies and built artillery earthworks to bombard the defenders. His troops took the fort at Thomond bridge, but the Irish destroyed the bridge itself, denying the Parliamentarians land access to English town. Ireton then tried an amphibious attack on the city, a storming party attacking the city in small boats. They were initially successful, but O’Neill’s men counter attacked and beat them off. After this attack failed, Ireton resolved to starve the city into submission and built two forts known as Ireton’s fort and Cromwell’s fort on nearby Singland Hill. An Irish attempt to relieve the city from the south was routed at the battle of Knocknaclashy. O’Neill’s only hope was now to hold out until bad weather and hunger forced Ireton to raise the siege. To this end, O’Neill tried to send the town’s old men, women and children out of the city so that his supplies would last a little longer. However, Ireton’s men killed 40 of these civilians and sent the rest back into Limerick.

After this point, O’Neill came under pressure from the town’s mayor and civilian population to surrender. The town’s garrison and civilians suffered terribly from hunger and disease, especially an outbreak of plague. What was more, Ireton found a weak point in the defences of Irish town, and knocked a breach in them, opening the prospect of an all out assault. Eventually in October 1651, six months after the siege had started, part of Limerick’s garrison (English Royalists under Colonel Fennell) mutinied and turned some cannon inwards, threatening to fire on O’Neill’s men unless they surrendered. Hugh Dubh O’Neill surrendered Limerick on the 27th of October. The inhabitants lives and property were respected, but they were warned that they could be evicted in the future. The garrison was allowed to march to Galway, which was still holding out, but had to leave their weapons behind. However, the lives of the civilian and military leaders of Limerick were excepted from the terms of surrender. A Catholic Bishop Terence Albert O’Brien, an Alderman and the English Royalist officer Colonel Fennell (who the Parliamentarians said was a “soldier of fortune”) were hanged. O’Neill was also sentenced to death, but was reprieved by the Parliamentarian commander Edmund Ludlow and imprisoned instead in London. Former mayor Dominic Fanning was drawn, quartered, and decapitated, with his head mounted over St. John’s Gate.

Over 2,000 English Parliamentary soldiers died at Limerick, mostly from disease. Among them was Henry Ireton, who died a month after the fall of the city. About 700 of the Irish garrison died and an unknown, but probably far greater number of civilians – usually estimated at about 5,000.

The Parliamentarian reconquest of Ireland was brutal, and Cromwell is still a hated figure in Ireland. The extent to which Cromwell, who was in direct command for the first year of the campaign, is responsible for the atrocities is debated fiercely to this day. It has recently been argued by a some historians that the actions of Cromwell were within the then-accepted rules of war, or were exaggerated or distorted by later propagandists; these claims have however been challenged by others

George Sexton in New England

If George Sexton was an Irish refugee, it would be easy to understand why the records of Windsor have so little to say concerning his presence there.  At Windsor, the neighbors would have been partisans of Cromwell and hence potential enemies. Remaining quiet, he would be content to avoid further persecution than what he remembered from Ireland. It’s unlikely that he would join the church that wielded the tyranny from which he had barely escaped. Because of that, he was unable to become a freeman, or a citizen, of Windsor.

The earliest mention of George is in a book of “deeds” of Springfield, Mass., a deed from Thomas Cowper to George Sexton, now resident of Windsor, Conn. on June 10, 1663 which states that George was at that time a resident of Windsor. The deed was the purchase of two parcels of meadow and upland at Waronoco (after 1669, Westfield) from Thomas Cooper (or Cowper). When he settled at Waronoco/Westfield, he was one of the first three settlers at the place.

George moved to Westfield, Mass. before 1671, where his son Benjamin was born, said to be the first white child born in the town. This would put George’s presence there at 1666-1667.

Westfield was originally inhabited by the Pocomtuc tribe, and was called Woronoco (meaning “the winding land”). Trading houses were built in 1639-40 by settlers from the Connecticut Colony. Massachusetts asserted jurisdiction, and prevailed after a boundary survey. In 1647, Massachusetts made Woronoco part of Springfield, Massachusetts.  Land was incrementally purchased from the Indians and granted by the Springfield town meeting to English settlers, beginning in 1658. The area of Woronoco or “Streamfield” began to be permanently settled in the 1660s.  In 1669, “Westfield” was incorporated as an independent town;  in 1920, it would be re-incorporated as a city.

From its founding until 1725, Westfield was the westernmost settlement in Massachusetts Colony and portions of it fell within the Equivalent lands.   Due to its alluvial lands, the inhabitants of this area were entirely devoted to agricultural pursuits for about 150 years.

Timeline

24 Sep 1678 – At Westfield, George and his wife were called before the county court for “abusive words and actions to Samuel Root, constable.”

13 Jul 1682 – Catherine Sexton was admitted to the church at Westfield, but George seems never to have become a member of the church in New England. And no record has been discovered showing that he had his children baptized at Windsor or Westfield.

By the 1680s, debts mounting, he had to mortgage his lands and crops. Then, on 25 January 1687/88, he sold his housing and lands at Westfield for £160 to his sons, Joseph and Benjamin.

George was the eldest surviving son and was executor of his father James Sextens will and was left tthe stone house of his father and the tenanties lying and being in Boufileds land. The will was dated December 14, 1669

Children

1. George Sexton

George’s wife Hannah Spencer was born 15 Apr 1653 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT. Her parents were Thomas Spencer and Sarah Bearding. Hannah died 1 Apr 1715 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT.

Alternatively, Hannah died 19 Sep 1680 Westfield, Connecticut; only 10 days after borth of son Charles on 9 Sep 1680, though if she died at that early date, the mother of Nathaniel Sexton born 5 Dec 1682 in Westfield, CT is left unexplained.

They were living at Newton, Long Island in October of 1690.

One family historian, V. O. Gehrke speculates George was born 1656 Limerick, Ireland and died at sea; possibly buried there. He was a sea captain trading with the West India Islands.

He executed a quit claim deed to his brothers on 31 October 1690 after fathers death.

2. Daniel Sexton

Daniel’s wife Sarah Bancroft was born 26 Dec 1661 in Windsor, Hartford, CT. Her parents were John Bancroft and Hannah Duper (Draper). Sarah died 1697 in Queens, New York.

Daniel and Sarah removed to Long Island, probably before 1687. Of Smithtown, Long Island, he sold land at Springfield, Mass., by deed 25 Apri 1743. Had six children.

3. James Sexton

James’ first wife Hannah Fowler was born 20 Dec 1654 in Windsor, Hartford, CT, Her parents were Ambrose Fowler and Joan Alvord. Hannah died 10 Mar 1701 in Westfield, Hampden, Mass

James’ second wife Ann Bancroft was born 5 May 1663 in Enfield, CT. Her parents were Thomas Bancroft and Margaret Wright. She was the widow of of Thomas Gilbert, with whom she had had several children. Ann died 16 Mar 1733 in Westfield, Mass.

James’ third wife Mary Burbank was baptized 24 Jun 1666 at Rowley, Mass  Her parents were John Burbank and Susanna Merrill.  She first married Lazarus Miller and next William McCrannay.  The banns were published on 19 January 1734 for her third marriage, to James Sexton.  Mary died 16 Dec 1740 at Westfield, CT.

James remained a resident of Westfield for the balance of his long life, dying there on December 12, 1741, earning his livelihood as a “yeoman,” or a farmer who cultivates his own land. He served for a while as a “surveyor offences” in Westfield — a position created by colonial communities to maintain proper boundaries between individual properties, which were normally fenced to indicate where one property began and another ended.

Sometime before October 1724, one of the Sexton (Saxton) family who was a surveyor undertook to survey the line between the towns of Rockingham and Westminster along the Connecticut River in Windham County, in what is now southeastern Vermont. While astride a floating login the process of crossing a small river there, he fell into the rivet, but survived. To this day, the small river’s name is “Saxtons River,” and a small village along its banks is named “Saxtons River.” Which Saxton (Sexton) was the surveyor is not known, but he could well have been James or one of his brothers or one of his sons or nephews.

Looking east down Saxtons River Vermont, just west of the village of Saxtons River.

James bought or inherited, and sold, various parcels of land in Westfield and vicinity. In 1698 he sold land to Joseph Maudeley. In 1703 he sold land to John Bancroft (likely an uncle or brother of his wife, Anna). In 1711 he sold land to Joseph Phelps. On June 17, 1728, at age about 68 years, he sold “all my lands and tenements,… horses, cattle, household goods, tools, and utensils” at Westfield to his two sons, John and James3 Sexton, for 500 pounds, a substantial sum at that time.

Timeline

2 Oct 1678 – He and his father took the oath of allegiance to the English King.

1683 – James and his brother Joseph were fined five pounds for taking hay belonging to Thomas Dewey Senior and Nathaniel Bancroft. In 1686, the grand jury of Westfield indicted James[2] for “breach of peace of the Sovereign Lord the King by force” … “striking…3 blows and threatening.” He was fined 20 pounds.

4 Nov 1689 – Hannah Fowler Sexton, his first wife, joined the Westfield church.

4 Apr 1703 – Anna Bancroft Sexton, the second wife of James, joined the Westfield church by letter from the Springfield church.

4 Oct 1704 – James Sexton acquitted John Barber of Springfield and Samuel Barber of Windsor regarding the estate of Thomas Bancroft, the father-in-law of James Sexton.

1714 – The town paid James a bounty of 15 shillings for lolling a wolf in Westfield; wolves were considered a threat to settlers and their livestock. Bounties were paid also to whoever killed a woodchuck, a skunk, or a crow.

12 Dec 1741 – At age about 81 years, James[2] Sexton died at Westfield. His burial site is not known.

4. Joseph SEXTON (See his page)

5. Benjamin Sexton

According to the Journal of Rev. John Ballantine, “April 8, 1754, died Benjamin Sexton, aged 88, who was the first white person born in the town of Westfield.”

Benjamin’s wife Mary Strong was born 1683 in Northampton, Hampshire, Mass. Mary’s parents were Jedediah Strong and Abigail Stebbins. She first married Ebenezer Pixley (b. 13 May 1678 in Westfield, Hampden, Mass. d. 19 Dec 1716 in Westfield, Hampden, Mass). Mary died 17 Apr 1759 in Westfield, Hampden, Mass.

Benjamin was the youngest son of the original George and remained in Westfield while the other sons moved away. The old homestead was at what was known as “Little River,” near Westfield and the house was used as a fort and refuge from the Indians in the early days, as it was strongly built. This place was occupied by four successive descendants named Benjamin Saxton, the last one died in 1858, being great-great-grandson of the original George.

Sources:

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=44004953&st=1

http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/b_s.htm

http://josfamilyhistory.com/htm/nickel/griffin/sheldon/saxton.htm#geo

Samuel PATTERSON Jr. (1765 – 1833) was Alex’s 5th Great Grandfather, one of 64 in this generation of the Miner line.

Samuel Patterson Jr was born 17 Oct 1765 in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. His parents were Samuel PATTERSON Sr. and Mary CARSON.    He married Agnes [__?__] in Abbeville District, South Carolina before 1792.  After Agnes died, he married Rebecca Carswell before 15 Feb 1805 in Abbeville District, SC. Finally, he married Rosannah Sprowl on 28 Dec 1814 in Preble County, Ohio.  Samuel died 20 Dec 1833 in Preble Co, OH, at 68 years of age.

Agnes [__?__] (Purviance, Ireland, or Mitchell) was probably born in Coddle Creek, Mecklenburg County, NC.   Agnes died before 1805 in Camden, Preble County, Ohio.

Rebecca Carswell was born about 1770. She is reported to be Samuel’s second wife. Mentioned as a witness to will for which Samuel was an executor. She died before 1814.

Rosannah Sprowl (Sprowle) was born 5 May 1776.  Her parents were William Sprowl and Elizabeth Lusk.  Rosannah died about 1833 in Preble, Ohio.

24 May 1817 – Samuel Patterson and Rosannah (mark) wife of PCO, the said Rosannah being one of the heirs at law of Wiliam Sprowle, dec’d late of Rockbridge Co, Virginia to Joseph Sprowl, one of the heirs of said William Sprowl, dec’d, consideration of natural love and affection they have for said Joseph and $10; quit claim to all land William Sprowl died seized and possess of in the State of Virginia and to any other land he died seized and possesses except 25 pounds Va currency bequeathed to the said Rosannah by the said William Sprowl, dec’d.
Witnesses: William Patterson, Hannah (mark) Davis.
[From Preble County Dee Records, Deed Book 2 pg. 41]

Children of Samuel and Agnes:

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Children of Samuel and Rebecca:

According to the genealogical record of Mrs. L. E. Custer for Bessie Patterson Caylor, dated 27 May 1935, Samuel Patterson’s first wife was Agnes [__?__] and on 18 Dec 1790 he sold two (2) tracts of land on Coddle Creek in Mecklenburg County, NC. In Mrs. Custer’s report Samuel Patterson next appears in Preble County, Ohio.

A Samuel Patterson Jr is listed in the 1790 census of Ninety-Six District, Abbeville County, South Carolina. (with three free white females.) This is probably our Samuel, but the identification of the women in the household can’t be known. Residents in close proximity to Samuel Patterson include: Matthew Shanks, Mary Glasgow, William White, William McBride, William McDonnal (McDonald) Augustine Davis, James Bonner, Charles Beaty, John Foster, William Robbison (Robinson), John Beaty, Andrew Cochran, Patrick Bradley, Alexander Patterson, James Patterson (possibly his brother), and Thomas Lindsey.

Samuel Patterson is listed as name #18 prefixed to the call and moderation for the Lower Long Cane and Cedar Springs Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARPC) in Abbeville Dist of South Carolina where Rev. Alexander Porter was the pastor.

Cedar Springs March 22 1797
Pursuant to an appointment given me some time ago to moderate in a call at D. Springs and L. Cane for any object they might in providence pitch upon this day I have at their request met to preside in a moderation of a call for Mr. Alex. Porter Prob and attest in concert with the other witnesses the unanimity of the under subscribers for sd Mr. A. Porter to be their fix Pastor–and we refer the Presbytery to the original subscription Paper. Peter McMillan V. D. M.

Surnames common to both this pastoral call and the 1790 Abbeville district census include: Patterson, Anderson, Beard, Clark, Cresswell, Crawford, Downey, Henderson, Jones, Little, Lindsay, Massey, McCullough, McFarlin, McKinney, McGaw, Spence, Stewart, Taylor, and Wilson.

In the 1800 SC Heads of Families census listed in Abbeville Dist.:
(Column Headings: Males 45, Females 45 , free persons, slaves)
Paterson, Samuel _ p.32 _ 31010-10010-01
This matches Samuels family exactly; William age 8, Samuel age 7, John < age 1, Samuel Jr age 35, Mary age 5, and Agnes age unknown. It is interesting to see that Samuel Jr. had one slave in his household in 1800.

10 June 1812.  It is possible Samuel Patterson removed from Abbeville, SC to Preble County, Ohio by way of Mecklenburg County, NC.   If this is so, there is a good chance that Agnes’ maiden name was Purviance, Ireland, or Mitchell.   Those three families removed from North Carolina to southwestern Ohio (the Preble County area) and that they and the Pattersons were related or very close friends as they had many legal transactions and intermarried quite often. Futher, two men with Patterson as a first name lived in that part of Ohio – Patterson Purviance and Patterson Ireland. Also the relationship of those four families extended down to Samuel Patterson’s great grandson Thomas Jefferson Patterson (1844 -1914) was married Clarissa Jane Brown (1846 – 1939), daughter of William Franklin Brown and Lucinda E. Purviance “

A Genealogical Index of Miami Valley Pioneers” says that Samuel Patterson came from Mecklenburg Co, NC to Preble Co, in 1812 and died in 1833. It states that NC deeds show his first wife was Agnes. There is a Samuel Patterson listed in the 1790 Mecklenburg Co. Census. Listed are 5 males over 16, 2 females under 16, 3 females. Also listed as heads of households are John, William, Alexander, and Robert Patterson. It is not entirely known where Samuel’s family resided between 1800 and his first land entry in Preble County, OH in 1812. It is possible that Samuel Patterson moved to Mecklenburg Co, NC. However, it is more likely he followed others from Abbeville District, SC.

Several sources say that Samuel also married Rebecca Carswell 15 Feb 1805 in Abbeville District, South Carolina.  However, this conflicts with Agnes’ death in 1814 which these sources also show.  Rebecca Carswell may have been born in 1770.

Israel Township, Preble County, Ohio

10 June 1812 Deed to 157 acres of land in SE1/4, Section 3, Township 6, Range 1, Preble County, Oh issued to Samuel Patterson by the United States. Deed issued on order of or signed by Jame Madison, President

6 Oct 1812 – Samuel Patterson bought property in Preble Co, OH,    Samuel Patterson assignee of John Ritchey, E half R1 T6 S 30 25 Sep 1813 –  He sold property in Preble Co, OH.  Samuel Patterson to John Garver $785 SE 1/4 S30, T6, R1

5 Oct 1813 – He sold property in Preble Co, OH.  Samuel Patterson to John Ritchey $302 NE 1/4 S30, T6, R1

12 Dec 1814 – He sold property in Preble Co, OH.  Samuel Patterson to John Patterson $100 W side SWp S30, T6, R1

19 Mar 1817 – He sold property in Preble Co, OH.  Samuel Patterson and Rosanna to Tobias Miller E side SW 1/4 S30, T6, R1

24 May 1817 Samuel Patterson and wife Rosanna Sprowle and Joseph Sprowle, heirs-at-law of William Sprowle late of Rockbridge County. Virginia, gave quiteclaim deed to certain property of the latter in consideration of love and affesction. (Complier’s Note: To whom was this land given?) Deed Book 2 pg. 41

Samuel Patterson and Rosannah (mark) wife of PCO, the said Rosannah being one of the heirs at law of William Sprowle, dec’d late of Rockbridge Co, Virginia to Joseph Sprowl, one of the heirs of said William Sprowl, dec’d, consideration of natural love and affection they have for said Joseph and $10; quit claim to all land William Sprowl died seized and possess of in the State of Virginia and to any other land he died seized and possesses except 25 pounds Va currency bequeathed to the said Rosannah by the said William Sprowl, dec’d. Witnesses: William Patterson, Hannah (mark) Davis.

6 Feb 1821 – Samuel Patterson and wife Rossanna Sprowle sold 67 1/2 acres of SE1/2. Section 21, Township 6, Range 2 to William Patterson for $600.00. (Compiler’s Note: When and from who, did Samuel Patterson acquire this land?)

30 Aug 1826 – Samuel Patterson and wife Rosanna Sprowle deeded 20 acres in Preble County,  SW1/4, Section 21, Township 6, Range 2 to daughter Mary Patterson and her husband Robert Smith for love, affection for daughter and son-in-law, better maintenance, preferment, livelihood.  Witness John Pinkerton, Jane Patterson. Recorded 9-16-1826 . (Compiler’s Note: When and from who, did Samuel Patterson acquire this land?)

14 Jan 1830 -Samuel Patterson and wife Rosanna Sprowle sold part of SW1/4, Section 21 Yoenship 6, Range 2 to John Patterson for $150.00.

16 Nov 1830 – Samuel Patterson and wife Rosanna Sprowle sold a lot in Eaton, Preble County, OH to Enoch Preble for $45.00.

21 Nov 1832 – Samuel Patterson wife Rosanna Sprowle sold part of SW1/4, Section 21, Township 6, Range 2 to Robert PAtterson for $100.00

31 Aug 1833 – Samuel Patterson sold SE1/4, Section 21 Township 6, Range 2 containing 92/12/ acres in Preble County, OH to Robert C. Patterson for $1,200.00. No wife’s signature on deed.

As Rosanna Sprowle did not sign the last deed she apparently dies between 21 Nov 1832 and 31 Aug 1833.

Hopewell records listing the following members of the Hopewell Church 1819-1833 from the handwritten records of Rev. Alexander Porter which show:

Samuel Patterson Susannah William John Robert Ginny Becky

Rosanna’s name is incorrectly transcribed as Susannah. Homer Irwin transcribed this in 1964 from his original records done in Weston shorthand. It was compiled by Marjorie Paxton Palmer from his work and is in the Preble county room of the Eaton Library.

The Pattersons were Presbyterian and belonged to the Hopewell Church that was formed in Preble Co, OH in 1808.  The Pattersons may have been members of the Cedar Springs ARP Church in Abbeville Dist of SC.  There is a reference to a Samuel there in 1797.

The Rev. Alexander Porter led a rather large migration from Abbeville District to Preble County. Rev. Alexander Porter was born abt 1770 near Parson’s Mount, Abbeville Co., South Carolina, and was the first native-born minister of the Associate Reformed Presbytery of the Carolinas and Georgia. He completed his literary training at Dickinson College, Pennsylvania. He was licensed by the Second Associate Reformed Presbytery of Pennsylvania, and then returned home and began to preach at Long Cane and Cedar Springs, 1 Jan 1797. A call was presented for his services on 22 Mar 1797.  He led a congregation north to Ohio to avoid contact with the institution of slavery and formed a congregation in Israel township in Preble Co., Ohio.

The second pastor of Cedar Springs and Long Cane was Rev. Alexander Porter. He was installed April 2, 1798. The membership was large in the year 1802 — 520 communicants were reported. At the communion occasions large numbers attended from other churches—from Due West, Rocky Springs and Generostee. Tradition says that 760 observed the sacrament at one time. These communions were great spiritual feasts to the people. They covered five days. Thursday was fast day. Friday applicants for membership were received or kept back, Saturday and Sabbath’s services were especially devoted to the sacrament, and Monday was thanksgiving. Many of the important transactions of the Second Presbytery are identified with Cedar Springs and Long Cane. Here the original Presbytery was organized, and here the Second Presbytery was constituted April 8th, 1801. On account of Mr. Porter’s health and the uncommon largeness of his pastoral charge he asked to be relieved of one of his churches, and accordingly gave up Long Cane September 15th, 1803, and the next year was installed as pastor of Cedar Springs alone.

Cedar Springs A.R.P. Church and Cemetery -North Side The present brick church was built in 1853.

Mr. Porter continued pastor of Cedar Springs until 1813. The next year Mr. Porter moved with a number of his congregation to Ohio. For a number of years Cedar Springs was vacant and the church suffered just as her sister congregation of Long Cane, on account of a destitution of ordinances.

The following is information taken from the book “History of Preble County, Ohio” published in 1881:

Around 1814, the Rev. Alexander Porter, pastor of the Associate Reformed Church at Cedar Springs, Abbeville District, South Carolina, was released from his duties. He came west to Israel Township, Preble County, and in October 1814 settled with his family on a farm in section 16 of the township In July 1815 he became pastor of the Hope Church (Associate Reformed Presbyterian) congregation of about 50 families and shortly afterwards the congregation was much enlarged by emigrations from his old parish in South Carolina Rev. Porter resigned due to ill health in 1833 and died about 3 years later.

THE HOPEWELL CHURCH. In the years 1806 and 1807 several families, members of the Associate Reformed church, emigrated from the States of Kentucky and South Carolina, and settled in Israel Township in the midst of the Beech Woods. Rev. Risk, a minister of the Associate Reformed church, preached to them soon after their settlement. In the fall of 1808, at the house of William McCreary, in section thirty-six, they formed themselves into a society, and in conjunction with the people of Concord petitioned the presbytery of Kentucky for supplies.  Among those who occasionally supplied them were, Revs. McCord, McGill, Samuel Crothers and Brahman Craig.[Note: Samuel's son-in-law and our ancestor Robert Smith was from Kentucky.]

Samuel Caruthers b. 29 Apr 1770 in Abbeville, Abbeville, SC; m. Sarah Vaughn d. 21 Aug 1847 in Clark, ArkansasStates

September, 1808, the people assembled in the double log barn of David Madill’s, and Mr. Craig, after preaching organized the congregation into a church of nearly fifty members.   The church continued to receive supplies from the Kentucky  presbytery, and the number of members was increased by immigration, but the prospect of having a settled minister among them did not open until 1814, when Rev. Alexander Porter, the pastor of the Associate Reformed church at Cedar Springs, Abbeville district, South Carolina, being previously released from his charge, carne on a visit to the western churches, and to the Israel township congregation preached on two Sabbaths and one week day. By this time the congregation had increased to more than fifty families, and the people were more than ever desirous of securing a pastor and of erecting a house of worship. Accordingly they drew up a call for Mr. Porter, and presented it to the presbytery of Kentucky.  A copy of the call is now in possession of the Hopewell session.  It is drawn up in the usual form, and prays that Mr. Porter become the shepherd of their souls, and promises to pay him all due respect and support. It was signed by the following persons who constituted the first membership of the church, with the understanding that as soon as these churches could be provided with a settled pastor, Hopewell would receive the whole of Mr. Porters labors.

Prior to this call the first church building had been erected just west of the present house. It was a log structure thirty feet square, and afterwards, to accommodate the growing congregation, received in addition of thirty feet. The pulpit was in the middle of the west side, with two small windows just back of it. The seats were made of slabs hewed from logs. They were provided with stiff, upright backs. In October, 1814, Mr. Porter, having accepted the call, came to his new pastoral charge at Hopewell, and settled with his family on the farm in section sixteen.  In the following July he was solemnly installed by Rev. John Steele. Shortly afterwards the congregation was much enlarged by immigrations from Mr. Porter’s old parish, in South Carolina, and six members were added to the session who had been elders of the church in South Carolina.

In 1816 the congregations of Hamilton and Concord having the prospect of a pastor, Mr. Porter discontinued his labors among them and devoted all of his time to Hopewell, which continued to increase in numbers and influence. In 1833 Mr. Porter was attacked by a severe sickness, and it was thought that his days were about numbered, and he resigned his charge, though he rallied and lived three years after his resignation.

In 1834 presbytery granted the petition for the moderation of the call, which was accepted by Rev. A. Bower in October, 1834, and on the third Wednesday of December, of the same year, he was installed as pastor by Rev. David McDill, D.D. The congregation soon became too large for the house, and also too large for the pastoral care of one minister. Consequently, in the spring of 1834, arrangements were made for the building of a meeting-house it Fair Haven, and in the following summer a church was built there, and in the fall a petition was presented to presbytery that the portion of the congregation of Hopewell, contiguous to Fair Haven be struck off from the main church, and, if considered expedient, to grant the moderation of a call for a pastor. This petition was granted and the history of the Fair Haven church tells the rest. John Pinkerton had been session clerk until this time. When he joined the new church at Fair Haven. John Caldwell was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by his removal. Owing to difficulties that arose in the congregation the pastor, Rev. A. Bower, resigned in June, 1837.

The church was supplied until September 19, by Rev. S. W. McCracken, who was installed pastor on the last Tuesday of December, 1839. It was just prior to this time that a number of the congregation, living near Oxford, joined the United Presbyterian Church at that place.  Mr. McCracken labored for twenty years, during which time the congregation gradually increased, and although another swarm left the hive to form the Unity church at College Corner in the winter of 1849-50, and a very considerable number emigrated to the west, the church was as strong, numerically, at the close of the pastor’s labors, as it was at the beginning. He died September 10, 1859,loved and lamented by all.

August 7, 1860, Rev. J. C. McHatten was called, and soon afterwards installed. As has already been stated the Morning Sun congregation became a separate organization of the United Presbyterian Church, and on December 28, 1877, one hundred and one of the members of Hopewell were dismissed to that church. In October, 1877, Rev. J. C. Campbell, the present pastor began his labors among the people of Hopewell.  The church, at present, is in a flourishing condition. The records show that since the establishment of the church there have been eight hundred and sixty-four baptisms and one hundred and forty-two deaths in the Hopewell church proper.  There have been fifty ruling elders, as follows: Alexander Hamilton, William McGaw, John Pressly, John Patterson, Ebenezer Elliott, James Boyse, David McQuiston, Nathaniel Brown, John Foster, Andrew McQuiston,  John Pinkerton,  John Giles, William Gilmore, John Douglas, Samuel McDill, James Brown, sr., John Caldwell, Thomas Pinkerton, David Robertson, William McCaw, Archibald McDill, James Brown, jr., Hugh McDill, David McDill, John Ramsey, George Ramsey, Andrew Hamilton, John McDill, John Buck, Robert Marshall, Robert Simpson, Richard Sloan, Hugh McQuiston, James McCracken, James Davidson, John Simpson, Hugh Elliott, Thomas Buck, Samuel B. McQuiston, William Caskey, Hugh Ramsey, James A. Brown, William Bell, and A. B. Rock. The Sabbath school has about one hundred scholars, with James A. Brown superintendent.

1833 – Samuel Patterson’s Will  From “Preble County, Ohio Probate Abstracts” by Audrey Gilbert Estates and Guardianships Cases 501 through 9999 pg 7.

#531 Samuel Patterson – Executors William (son) Patterson and William Hall. Surety: Levi Jones and Joseph Fowler. Will Abstract: to wife Rosannah in lieu of dower all household and kitchen furniture of every kind, mare, 4 head of cattle, 4 hogs; to youngest daughter Rebeccah Patterson $50; balance after debts are paid to be equally divided between all my children: Samuel, William, John, Robert C., Mary w/o Robert Smith, Jane w/o Hugh Marshall, and Rebeccah Patterson. Signed 4 Sept 1833. Filed 3 Dec 1833. Joseph Miller; Achey & Deem, shroud dated Dec 1833; J.L. Waugh; David Brown; coffin for Samuel dated Dec 21, 1833; Alfred Beall; Myers Miller and William McMechan to prove will; Ingersol & Inman; Lurten Dunham; inventory by appraisers: John Stubbs, John Zimmerman, John Beatty, William Gilmore, Charles Demoss. Those who purchased items at sale: William, John, Rosannah, and Robert Patterson, William Fornshell, William Hall, Myers Miller, James Lane, Richard Newport, Joshua Skiner, Aaron Simpson, Robert Venson, Joseph Forman, and Robert Marshall. Sources: From County Down to South Carolina – Samuel Patterson (died 1791-1792), and his Descendents in Upper South Carolina by Caroll Ruffin Patterson (1919-1991)

Children

1. William Patterson

William’s wife Catherine White was born about 1800 in South Carolina. Catherine died about 1847

Catherine has a will dates 1 April 1842, wife of William Patterson died 1847 or 1848. Alternatively, she died 01 Apr 1892 in Preble, Ohio. In her 1842 will she lists her children as:

Sons:
George W. Patterson, of Missouri
Andrew J. Patterson of Camden (Preble Co.) Ohio
James Patterson of Portland, Indiana

Daughter:
Margaret, wife of Davis of Camden, OH

Grandchildren:
Caroline Neff of Camden, OH
John Patterson’s children of Camden, OH
William Patterson’s children of New Paris, OH
Margaret Campbell of Frankfurt, IN

William made a will in Preble Co, OH, 20 Nov 1847. William Patterson’s will was dated 20 Nov 1847 and recorded 18 Jul 1848. Listed wife, Catherine to receive farm where testatator now resides being 67 1/2 acres in SE 1/4 of Section 21 Twsp 6, Range 2. Also lists children, Margaret Ann, George, William, Andrew, James, Samuel, Mary, and John. Executors were friends Robert Patterson and Asa Newton who are also to care for minor children. Witnesses James H. Newton and Chas. C. Walker.

Children of William and Catharine:

i. Margaret Patterson m. David Lewis Palmer
ii. Mary Patterson.
iii. George W. Patterson. of Missouri
iv. William Patterson.
v. James Patterson of Portland, Indiana.
vi. Andrew J. Patterson  of Camden, Preble Co., Ohio.

2. Samuel Senton Patterson III

Samuel’s wife Catherine Smith was born 2 Sep 1793 in Pennsylvania. She was Robert’s sister and her parents were James SMITH and Anna SMITH.  Catherine died 19 Feb 1863 aged 69 years, 4 months, and 24 days)

Samuel Patterson III served in the American Army during the War of 1812. Mrs. Mary Jane McDonnell of Indianapolis informed Carroll Ruffin Patterson that he received a pension for that service and that there is a reference to bounty land.

Samuel and Catherine were living in Fall Creek, Hamilton, Indiana with their son James in the 1850 census.

1800 – In the 1800 SC Heads of Families census listed in Abbeville Dist.: (Column Headings: Males <10, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, >45, Females <10, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, >45 , free persons, slaves) Paterson, Samuel _ p. 32 _ 31010-10010-01 This matches Samuels family exactly; William age 8, Samuel age 7, John < age 1, Samuel Jr age 35, Mary age 5, and Agnes age unknown.  It’s not proven that this was our Samuel Patterson, but it is interesting to see that Samuel Jr. had one slave in his household.  It’s not proven that this was our Samuel Patterson, but this somewhat dispels the theory that the Pattersons and other families who moved from South Carolina to Ohio did so over slavery.

Children of Samuel and Catherine

i.   Samuel J. Patterson (26 Sep 1815, Indiana Territory – 2 Oct 1852 Indiana); m.1 Aug 1839 in Preble, Ohio to Margaret McBurney (23 Aug 1821 in Ireland – 6 Nov 1852 in Indiana) In the 1850 census, Samuel and Margaret were living in Fall Creek, Hamilton, Indiana with five children under 10. One daughter Mariah also died 11 Oct 1852.

In 1852 a cholera epidemic swept through Indiana and other parts of the Ohio Valley and literally Wrecked this family, killing Samuel J. Patterson on 2 Oct 1852, his wife Margaret McBurnet on 6 Nov 1852, their daughter Mariah on 11 Oct 1852 and their son James on 23 Sept 1852. Mary Ann Patterson died 20 Aug 1854 aged 9, of unknown causes. After the death of their parents and siblings, the surviving children went to live with various relatives as follows:

=>Thomas Jefferson Patterson (1844-1914) with his paternal uncle James B. Patterson ( 1819-?). Thomas was a very wealthy man of Hamilton County Indiana and active in the Republican Party of that County, which he served as a county commissioner. During the Civil War he served 3 1/2 years in the Union Army. He was in the lumber business and a gentleman farmer, having about 600 acres under cultivation. After his retirement he made a fortune in natural gas. On his death a large estae passed to his surviving children.

=>Amanda Ella Patterson (1852 – 1924) with her paternal aunt Anna Patterson (1817-1876) and her husband John Wright (1812-1894) in Potomac, Ilinois. Amanda suffered a sun-stroke from which she never completely recovered. Her family removed to Colorado on the assumption that the climate of the high altitudes would benefit her. Such was not the case, however, and she became increasingly worse and subsequently died. Her twin daughters. Elizabeth and Blanche, taught school at Boulder Colorado for many years.
=>Martha Jane Patterson (1841-1924) was reared by persons unknown, undoubtedly relatives in the Ohio-Indiana-Illinois area.

ii.  Anna Patterson  (13 Sep 1817 Blue Grass, IL?- 18 Apr 1876, Potomac, Vermilion Illinois); 8 Feb 1837 Vermilion Illinois to John Burrell Wright (18 Mar 1812 in Maggotte Creek, Franklin, Virgina – 27 Mar 1894 in Potomac, Vermilion, Illinois) son of John Wright and Elizabeth Abshire; Ten children

In 1852 Anna, husband John and their first seven children moved their family and belongings in a covered wagon to Illinois. Family tradition says that, as many others in like circumstances did, they were overloaded and had to abandon many of their possessions in the wilderness. Their two youngest children were born in Illinois.

iii. James B. Patterson  (22 Nov 1819 Fall Creek, Hamilton, Indiana – 11 Oct 1900 in Noblesville, Hamilton, Indiana); m. before 1843 to Nancy Rutherford (10 Feb 1823 Indiana – 20 Jun 1908 Noblesville, Hamilton, Indiana) In the 1850 census, James and Nancy were farming in Fall Creek, Hamilton, Indiana and his parents were living with the. By the 1870 census, James and Nancy had moved to Vernon, Hancock, Indiana. By the 1900 census, James and Nancy were living with their son Nathan in Noblesville, Hamilton, Indiana

iv. Eli Patterson ( ); m. 27 Oct 1853 Hamilton, Indiana to Martha Arnett There were several Eli Pattersons who served in Indiana Regiments in the Civil War, but I haven’t been able to identify if any were this Eli.

v. John Patterson

vi. Nancy Patterson (10 Feb 1823 – )

3. Mary A. PATTERSON (See Robert SMITH‘s page)

4. John Patterson

John’s wife Mariah Zimmerman was born in 1798 in Georgia. Her parents were Johann Phillip (John) Zimmerman (b. 15 Nov 1760 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania – d. Dec 1834 in Tallapoosa, Alabama) and Elizabeth (Betsey) Hammond (b. 1770 in Somerset, Pennsylvania – d. 1823 in Georgia). Her grandfather was Bernhart Zimmerman (b. Jan 1744 in Cocalico, Lancaster, Pennsylvania – d. 31 Jan 1818 in Pine Grove, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania). Mariah died 7 Feb 1898 in Fall Creek Township, Madison, Indiana.

Children of John & Maria:

i. Samuel A. Patterson, b. 1825, Ohio.; m. M.M. [__?__]

ii. John Z. Patterson, b. July 1831; d. 245 Jan 1888, Fortville, Indiana. It appears that all five of his children died as infants.

iii. Levi Patterson, b. 15 Jan 1833; m. Mary Ann Brown (b. 24 Oct 1838 – d. 4 Aug 1892); d. 11 Aug 1910, Fortville, Indiana.

5. Robert C. Patterson

Robert’s first wife Frances [C__?__] was mentioned in Robert’s will.

Robert’s second wife Jane “Jenny” Ramsey was born 1805 in Pennsylvania. Her parents were William Ramsey and Martha Ochiltree. Jane died 23 Dec 1849 in Preble, Ohio.

Robert’s third wife Ellen Glenn’s origins are not known.

Children of Robert and Jane:

i. Martha R. Patterson, d. 29 Dec 1828.

ii. Mary Ann Patterson, b. Abt. 1829; d. 8 Jan 1831.

iii. William R. Patterson, b. Abt. 1832, Preble County, Ohio; m. 28 Oct 1852 to Lydia Ann Francis; d. 8 May 1889.

6. Jane Patterson

Jane’s husband Hugh Marshall was born 31 Jan 1801 in Hardin, Kentucky. His parents were Phillip Marshall and Margaret Pitts. Hugh died 8 Mar 1858 in New Paris, Preble, Ohio.

Child of Jane and Hugh

i. Sarah Caroline Miller, b. 20 Sep 1823; m1.15 Aor 1847 to Josiah Patterson Giles (b. 21 Sep 1825 in Abbeville District, SC – d. 26 Jun 1855) son of Andrew Giles and Sarah Patterson; m2. After 1855 to Thomas Andrew Cater (b. 8 Feb 1835 in Abbeville – d. 3 Jan 1902 in Abbeville) son of ane Lovely Patterson and Richard Bohun Cater.

Both Sarah’s husbands were her cousins. Thomas Andrew Cater and Wife Sarah Caroline Miller are buried side by side at Rocky River Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Abbeville S.C.

7. Rebeccah Patterson

Rebeccah’s husband John Berry’s origins are not known. Rebecca and John were married in 1833 just a few weeks after her father’s will was proven.

Sources:

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=140157

http://www.pcdl.lib.oh.us/marriage/details.cfm?ID=3644

http://ohpreble.ohgenweb.net/index.htm

http://members.core.com/~sharprm/library/patterso.htm

http://preble.ohgenweb.net/fgs/query002.htm#164

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/IGI/individual_record.asp?recid=100370921869&lds=1&region=11&regionfriendly=North+America&frompage=99

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/14570044/person/126857825?ssrc=

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=hoosierpatterson

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http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sharprm&id=I178

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Samuel Senton PATTERSON Sr. (c. 1725 – 1791) was Alex’s 6th Great Grandfather, one of 128 in this generation of the Miner line.

Samuel Patterson – 350 acres Dist of Ninety Six

Samuel Patterson Sr. was born about 1725 in Dysart, Newry, County Down, Ireland. His father may have been James PATTERSON.   He married Mary CARSON about 1755  in Newry, County Down, Ireland.   Samuel, Mary and their first six children were part of a large group of Presbyterians who followed an emigration led by the Reverend William Martin in 1772.   The Pattersons sailed on The Freemason departing from Newry on 27 Oct 1772  and arrived in Charleston on 22 Dec 1772.  Samuel received a land grant of 350 acres in Abbeville District, South Carolina, 100 acres for himself and 50 acres for each child under 16.  His eldest daughter Mary received 100 acres.   Samuel died about 1791 in Abbeville District, South Carolina.

Samuel Patterson – Mary’s 100 arces – Dist of ninety six

Mary Carson was born in Newry, County Down, Ireland abt 1730.  Her parents were Thomas Gibson CARSON  and  Margaret  McDOWELL.   Alternatively, her parents were  William CARSON and Margaret [__?__].

One source says the Carson name probably comes from two Patterson brothers, Samuel and James that arrived from Ireland in 1773.  Samuel was married to Mary Carson and James also may have been married to a Carson.   Mary died in 1820 in Abbeville District, SC, at 90 years of age.

Children of Samuel and Mary:

Samuel is named as a Ruling Elder in the church in his daughter Jane’s obituary. Perhaps, the Cedar Springs ARP (Associate Reformed Presbyterian) Church in Abbeville Dist of South Carolina where Rev. Alexander Porter was the pastor.

Several Presbyterian pastors led their congregations in emigrations from Ulster to America in the decade following Rev. Dr. Thomas Clark’s emigration from Ballybay, Northern Ireland to New York Colony in 1764. The most notable of these was the Martin emigration of Covenanter Presbyterian in 1772 from the area of Kellswater in central County Antrim, now part of Northern Ireland.

In 1750 Presbyterians from Octoraro, Virginia, and North Carolina, came to South Carolina and settled at Rocky Creek. By 1755 Irish immigrants, many of them Covenanters, began arriving. Various groups (Associate, Covenanter, Burgher, Anti-Burgher, Seceders) formed the “Catholic” (meaning a union of various groups of Presbyterians) church on Rocky Mount Road, 15 miles southeast of Chester. In 1770 Covenanters began holding society meetings and wrote to Ireland for a minister. Reverend William Martin answered the call in 1772.

The Rev. William Martin was the only Covenanter minister in counties Down and Antrim at that time. In 1760 he resided at Kellswater, in the townland of Carnaghts in the Parish of Connor. He had oversight responsibility for societies at Cullybackey, Laymore, Cloughmills, and Dervock. He preached also in Londonderry and Donegal. The Presbytery was founded in 1743 and Kellswater became the center in 1760.

There were five ships in the emigration led by Reverend Martin, all of which sailed in 1772.  The first two sailed from Larne, the next two from Belfast, and the last one from Newry.   The emigrants settled throughout western South Carolina, many in the Abbeville area.  Reverend Martin himself settled in the general area of Abbeville, South Carolina (Rocky Creek in Chester County).  After the British burned his church in 1780, he took refuge in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.

The James and Mary sailed first on August 25 from Larne. There was smallpox on board (five children died) when they arrived in Charleston harbor on October 16.  They were required to remain on board in quarantine, lying off Sullivan’s Island for over seven weeks, until the first part of December. “Ulster Emigration to Colonial America: 1718-1775″, page 253 by Dickson. “English America: American Plantations & Colonies”, by Thomas Langford, contains ship lists of voyages to English America from 1500 to 1825. See also “The Vessels, Voyages, Settlements, and People of English America 1500 – 1825″.

The next ship to sail was the Lord Dunluce that left Larne on October 4 and arrived in Charleston on December 20. This is the only ship that listed “Rev. Wm. Martin (Kellswater)” as an agent. The original sailing date was to have been Aug 15. The sailing was delayed until Aug 20, and then rescheduled for Sep 22. On Aug 28, the ship announced that passengers must give earnest money by Sep 5 since a greater number had offered to go than could betaken. On Sep 15, the ship advertised that, since some families had drawn back, two hundred more passengers could be accommodated. Reverend Martin was on this ship when it finally sailed on Oct 4. One man and several children died of small pox on the trip.

The Pennsylvania Farmer, whose destination had originally been advertised as Philadelphia, sailed from Belfast on Oct 16 and arrived in Charleston on December 19. (Dickson, page 248).   Aboard the Pennsylvania Farmer was Andrew Paterson (250 acres).

The Hopewell sailed from Belfast on October 19 and arrived in Charleston on December 23. (Dickson, page 248).   There were five Patersons aboard the Hopewell: Agnes (350 acres), Janet (100 acres), John (250 acres), John (100 acres), William (350 acres).

The Freemason sailed from Newry on October 27 and arrived in Charleston on December 22 (Dickson, page 252). Aboard the FreeMason were: Samuel Patterson (350 acres) and Mary Patterson (100 –  unable to pay). According to Council Journal 37, Province of South Carolina, under date of 6 Jan 1773, the brigantine Free Mason, out of Ireland (port not specified), discharged at Charles Town, South Carolina, the following among its Irish Protestant immigrant passengers who were authorized the amount of land, in South Carolina, indicated opposite their names:

In the Province of South Carolina in 1773, land was granted under the Crown, as follows: Single man or woman (16 yrs. of age or older) – 100 acres Married man or widow – 100 acres for self and 50 acres for each child under 16 years Married woman – none Samuel Paterson named above would have had five children under 16 years of age on his arrival.  Mary Patterson, referred to above, was 16 years of age or older and was single (or a widow with no eligible children).  Prior to this time, the “Bounty Act” had expired and no bounty could be paid to the individuals. There was, therefore, no list of the passengers for the purpose of determining “family rights”. Family members and other individual passengers who were not eligible (e.g., under 15) to petition for free land (still available under the eighth clause of the General Duty Act of June 14, 1751) are not listed. See “The Five Ships and the People who came with the Rev. Martin”. The names of the emigrants have been reconstructed from letters written home to Ulster and published in the paper and from extractions of the South Carolina Quarter Session Minutes, by Janie Revill and Jean Stephenson.

Samuel Patterson’s 350 acres were surveyed on 12 Feb 1773, and was in Hillsborough Township, 96th District, bordered by land of Nick’es Bonchillon, Jean Bellats, Jacob Delchaux, Mary Patterson, James Clark, and Pat Calhoun.

Mary Patterson was granted 100 acres in Hillsborough township, 96th District, bordered Jacob De Le Chaux, Samuel Patterson, Jean Bellat; surveyed 12 Feb 1773.

Ninety-Six District was the former western most judicial district in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It existed as a district from 29 July 1769 to 31 December 1799. The court house and jail for Ninety-Six District were in Ninety Six, South Carolina.

In the colonial period, the land around the coast was divided into parishes corresponding to the parishes of the Church of England. There were also several counties that had judicial and electoral functions. As people settled the backcountry, judicial districts and additional counties were formed.   On 1 January 1800, Ninety-Six District was abolished and replaced by the Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenville, Laurens, and Newberry Districts.

The Pattersons’ land grants were in present day Abbeville County.

Abbeville County, South Carolina

Samuel Patterson’s will was dated March 3, 1791 in Abbeville Dist, Rec September 13, 1794. Exrs: Wm. & John McGaw [both his sons-in-law]. Wit: Thos. Clark, Wm Carson [his wife's brother], Alexr. Patterson [b. 1751 County Down, Ireland - d. 8 Jun 1839 in Abbeville County, South Carolina; m. Catherine McCaleb (1755 – 1839) I don't know how Alexander is related ]. Wife: Mary Patterson. Chn: Saml., Josiah, Jas., Margaret, John, Mary, Sarah, Jean Patterson.  Will was probated 13 Sep 1794.

Samuel Patterson Will 1791

Children 

1. Mary Patterson

Mary’s husband  William McGaw was born 8 Feb 1749/50 in Dunfermline, County Antrim, Ireland. His father was John McGaw.   He emigrated to Abbeville District, S.C. from Ireland at the age of 17 about 1767 with his brother John.  They married sisters Mary and Sarah Patterson, daughters of Samuel Patterson. He was elder in Cedar Springs Association Reformed Presbyterian Church in Abbeville and elected ruling elder in the Hopewell Congregation in Preble Co, OH.  William died 31 May 1836 in Preble County, Ohio and is buried next to Mary.

William served in the Revolutionary War in the 58th South Carolina Troops Militia / Ninety-Six District Regiment from fall or early winter of 1775. He began as a private and was promoted to Captain within a year to 18 months of the unit known as John Anderson’s Company. He retained this command until the close of the war.  A Private and a Captain under Maj. Andrew Williamson, [later Brigadier General], Col. Andrew Pickens (wiki) [later Brigadier General , Major General and Congressman] . Later, a Captain under Col. Robert Anderson (wiki)  (Upper Ninety-Six District Regiment).

Engagements

Florida Expedition 1778 -

Battle of Kettle Creek (GA), -

Battle of Stono Ferry -

William, his wife Mary, and family emigrated to Preble County, Ohio from South Carolina with Mary’s parents in 1811 where he became a Ruling Elder in the congregation of Hopewell Church. William resided 1811-1836 in Israel Twsp (Section 5), Preble Co, OH.

Mary Patterson McGaw Headstone — Hopewell Cemetery, Morning Sun, Preble County, Ohio

Children of William and Mary

i. Agnes McGaw b. 27 Jun 1776 in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina; d. Nov 1845; m. 1794 in Abbeville, SC to Alexander Clark (b. 1772 in Abbeville, SC – d. 7 Jan 1841 in Perry, Illinois)

ii. Mary McGaw b. 15 Feb 1778 in Abbeville, Abbeville, SC; d. 10 Aug 1820 Israel, Preble, Ohio; m. 1796 in Abbeville, SC to James Boyse (b. 1768 in Long Cain Settlement, Abeville, SC – d. 22 Sep 1842 in Israel Township, Preble, Ohio)  His parents were David Boyse and Jane Archer.

iii. Jane McGaw b. 3 Apr 1780; d. 10 Aug 1820 or 1825 – Israel, Preble County, Ohio; m.  18 Jan 1803 – Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina to Robert Boyse (b. 22 Aug 1776  in a Fort, in So Carolina   – d. 13 Jan 1847 in Israel Township, Preble County, Ohio.)  His parents were also David Boyse and Jane Archer.

Moved to Preble County Ohio after 1807. Their son Rev. William McGaw Boyse ( b. 24 Dec 1806 in Long Cane Settle, Abbeville, South Carolina - d. 861 in Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa.) was a Minister in Richmond Indiana, 1833-1853.

iv. Elizabeth McGaw b. 26 Sep 1782 in Abbeville, Abbeville, SC

v. Sarah McGaw b. 12 Mar 1788 in Abbeville, Abbeville, SC; d. 1 Nov 1847 Preble, Ohio

Never married. Mentioned in father’s will, but not in mother’s, so was probably dead at time. Signed her will 19 May 1817; probated 4 Dec 1820

vi. Margaret McGaw b. 4 Jul 1790 in Abbeville, Abbeville, SC; d. 21 Feb 1838, Hopewell Cemetery, Morning Sun, Preble County, Ohio; m. 2 Nov 1815 in Preble, Ohio to Thomas Pinkerton (b. 9 Nov 1793 in Abbeville, SC – d. 22 Mar 1873 in Preble, Ohio)  His parents were John Pinkerton (1768 – 1852) and  Mary Anderson (1768 – 1837).; After Margaret died, Thomas married Margaret Sloan (b. 1796 South Carolina – d. 13 Jun 1872 Preble, Ohio)

Thomas emigrated with other colonists and his father’s family of 8 sons and 2 daughters to Preble in the spring of 1815. Married Margaret McGaw November 2, 1815 and built a cabin in Dixon township. After Margaret died, in 1839 he married Margaret Sloan. His father Hon. John Pinkerton, often a commissioner of Preble county, member of the State Legislature, who with many of the early settlers of Israel and Dixon townships, in Preble left South Carolina because of the slavery issue.

History of Preble County, Ohio 1881 — Thomas Pinkerton came to Dixon in 1815, with his father, John Pinkerton, who entered land in section thirty-two. John Pinkerton subsequently represented Preble county in the State legislature two terms. Thomas was born in South Carolina in 1793, and married, in 1816, Margaret McGaw, by whom he had seven children two of whom survive: Elizabeth, wife of John B. Foster, living in Illinois, and W. A. Pinkerton, in this township. W. A. was born in 1821, married, in 1842, Maria Sterrett, who was born in 1821. They have had four children, two living. Mr. Pinkerton has held the office of justice of the peace six years, and has been trustee of the township some fifteen years.

In the 1850 census, Thomas and Margaret were farming in Dixon, Preble, Ohio.

The Fair Haven Church — As soon as that portion of the Hopewell congregation living in the vicinity of Fair Haven had been stricken off , the petition to moderate a call had been granted by presbytery. A call was made out and moderated by Rev. Alexander Porter, and accepted by Rev. Jeremiah Morrow, son of ex-Governor Morrow. He was installed in the following spring. The congregation consisted of about fifty families, and the new church immediately commenced its career of prosperity. The following were the first elders of the church. John and Thomas Pinkerton, John Foster, William McGaw and William McCaw [son of James McCAW and uncle of William A McCAW who probably followed his relative to Preble, Ohio.

vii. Rev. Samuel Patterson McGaw b. 3 Jun 1793 in Winnsboro, Fairfield, SC; d. 18 Mar 1840 Monroe, Butler, Ohio; m. 18 Aug 1818 in Warren, Ohio to Anna Gordon (b. 1 Jan 1796 in Fayette, Kentucky - d. 1 Aug 1875 in Oxford, Butler, Ohio)

Presbyterian Minister- Pastor of Clear Creek and Mt. Pleasant Congregations in Ohio. Known to have had eight children, one known is Anna Maria b. 3 Apr 1820, d. 1 Jul 1865,

In the 1860 and 1870 census, Anna was living in Oxford, Butler, Ohio with her daughters Lizzie (b. 1835 Ohio) and Harriet (b. 1840 Ohio)

Rev Samuel P Magaw and Anna Gordon Gravestone — Springboro Cemetery, Springboro, Warren, OH

viii. Martha McGaw b. 9 Oct 1795 in Abbeville, Abbeville, SC; d. 1881; m. 1813 in Preble, Ohio to Samuel Smith (b. 1795 Kentucky – d. 1881) His parents were our ancestors  James SMITH and Anna SMITH

In the 1850 census, Samuel and Martha were farming in Israel, Preble, Ohio.

ix. Abigail McGaw b. 9 Mar 1798 in Abbeville, Abbeville, SC; d. Burial: Hopewell Cemetery, Morning Sun, Preble County, Ohio, Plot: Row 19; m. 11 Jun 1817 in Preble, Ohio to William Pinkerton (b. Oct 1795 in Abbeville, South Carolina – d. 19 Nov 1848 in Preble, Ohio); .

William Pinkerton and Thomas Pinkerton were brothers.

In the 1860 census, Abigail was living with her son Joseph in Israel, Preble, Ohio.

x. William Magaw Jr. b. 16 Nov 1801 in Abbeville, Abbeville, SC; d. 24 Mar 1897 Preble, Ohio; m1. 11 Mar 1824 Preble, Ohio to Rachel Paxton (b. 29 Sep 1805 in Preble, Ohio – d. 18 Feb 1852 in Preble, Ohio); m2. 27 Mar 1856 in Kenton, Hardin, Ohio to Elizabeth Lang (b. 30 Oct 1820 in Ohio – d. 12 Mar 1913 in Richmond, Indiana);

In the 1860 census, William and Elizabeth Magaw were farming in Israel, Preble, Ohio.

He has numerous descendents, 10 children by first wife, and 2 by second wife, — all of whom spell the name “Magaw”.

2. Sarah Patteson 

Sarah’s husband  John McGaw was born about 1757 in Dunfermline, County Antrim, Ireland.  He and his brother William, sons of John, came from Ireland about 1767. They married sisters Mary and Sarah Patterson, daughters of Samuel Patterson. John died in 1805 in Abbeville District, SC. John signed his will 15 Feb 1805, recorded 06 Aug 1805, and probated 04 Dec 1805.

John McGaw was a captain in the Revolutionary War.
Regiment – Upper Ninety-Six District Regiment
Service – 1779 to 1783
Unit – A Lieutenant and a Captain under Col. Andrew Pickens and Col. Robert Anderson before and after the Fall of Charleston.

Engagements – Siege of Ninety-Six 1781, Indian Villages

Sarah made a will 19 May 1817. The will was proven 04 Dec 1820. Her will was dated 19 May 1817 in Abbeville Dist, and proven 04 Dec 1820. Exrs; Son, Samuel McGaw, Bro., Josiah Patterson. Wit: Samuel, John T. Pressly. Chn: John, Samuel, Wm., Jad., Moses, Agness, Benjamin, Josiah, Mary McGaw Sale, Dec. 22, 1820. Byrs: Mary Giles, Allen Glover, Benjamin McGaw, Josiah McGaw, Jane Pressly, James Patton, Samuel McGaw, Josiah Patterson, John Pressly, Mathew Shanks, Robert Shanks, Archibald Little.

Children of Sarah and John:

i. John McGaw b. 1778 in Abbeville, SC; d. 1846 Illinois; m. 11 Dec 1799 in Abbeville, SC to Agnes Cochran (b. 1780 in Abbeville, SC – d. 1838 in Abbeville)

ii. Samuel McGaw b. 20 Sep 1780 in Abbeville, SC; d. 2 Oct 1825 Abbeville, SC; m. 15 Feb 1801 in Abbeville, SC to Mary (Mollie) Anderson (b. 1782 in Abbeville, Abbeville, SC – d. 26 May 1836 in Abbeville)

Samuel and Mary had eleven children, most of whom lived their whole lives in Abbeville.

iii. William McGaw b. 1782 in Abbeville, SC; d. Aft 1860 cenus; m. 1813 in Abbeville, SC to Hannah English (b. 1785 in Abbeville, SC -d. Aft. 1860 census) Her parents were Andrew English and Elizabeth Jane Bryson.  Lived in Marengo Co., Alabama.   In the 1860 census, William and Hannah lived in Township 12 Range 3 East, Marengo, Alabama with Etheldred W and Salina (perhaps Dorothy “Dolly” Patterson)  Quinney.

iv. James McGaw b. 1784 in Abbeville, SC; m. Eleanor [__?__]; d. 1820 Marengo, Alabama. Probably went to Marengo Co., Alabama.  Family history says he died in 1820, and also that he might have removed to above in the 1820′s.

v. Mary Agnes McGaw b. 15 Aug 1786 in Abbeville, SC; d.  1845 in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina.; m1. Abt. 1803, Abbeville, 96 District, SC. Robert Giles (b. 1786 in Elbert, Georgia – d.  27 Mar 1817 in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina);  His mother may have been Susannah Patterson (b.  1744 in Belfast, Antrim, , Ireland – d. 8 Mar 1824 in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina.) I haven’f found what the relation may have been.

m2.  1822 Abbeville, SC to Mathew Brown (b. 1771 Ireland – d. Apr 1845 in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina)  Matthew first married Martha “Mattie” Creswell (1779 – 1820)

vi. Sarah (Sally) McGaw b. 1788 in Abbeville, SC; d. 1817 Abbeville, SC or 1 Jan 1847 – Preble County, Ohio; m. [__?__] Patterson

vii. Moses McGaw b. 1790 in Abbeville, SC; d. 10 May 1868 South Henderson Cemetery , Gladstone, Henderson County, Illinois;   m. 14 Dec 1815 in Preble, Ohio to Isabelle Wiley (b. 1797 in Kentucky – d.  23 Jan 1880, Henderson, Illinois)

In the 1850 census, Moses and Isabelle were farming in Dixon, Preble, Ohio.

viii. Benjamin McGaw b. 2 Oct 1794 in Abbeville, SC; d. 22 Oct 1849 Columbia, Maury, Tennessee; m. 1816 in Abbeville, SC to Jane Cochran (b. 9 Oct 1798 in SC – d. 22 Nov 1846 in Maury, Tennessee)

Moved From Abbevile SC area to Maury Co., TN, about 1824-29.

Captain, Long Cane Republican Troop of Cavalry, SC Militia (commision dated 7 May, 1824)

ix. Josiah McGaw b. 10 Nov 1796 in Abbeville, SC; d. 4 Aug 1851 Holly Springs, Marshall, Mississippi; m1. 30 Mar 1820 in Abbeville, SC to Martha Russell (b. 1800 – d. 1836 in Abbeville, SC); m2. 19 Jan 1837 in Abbeville, SC to Martha Devlin (b. 1800 in Greenwood, SC – d. 1877 in Abbeville, Laurens, SC) Widow of [__?__] Pressly

In the 1850 census, Josiah owned 16 slaves in  Lexington, Holmes, Mississippi.

Age	Gender
35	Male
28	Male
13	Male
7	Male
3	Male
46	Female
25	Female
25	Female
6	Female
4	Female
3	Female
2	Female
2	Female
3	Female
1	Female
2 M	Female.

3. John Patterson

John’s wife Mary Carson was born 1764 in Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland.  She was his first cousin.  Her parents were William A. Carson and Margaret Mills.  Her grandparents were Thomas Gibson CARSON and Margaret McDOWELL.  Mary died 29 May 1824 at 59 years of age. Her body was interred 1824 in Hopewell Cem, Preble Co, OH.

John and wife removed from Abbeville District, S.C. to Preble County, OH in 1807. Apparently had no children as none mentioned in estate papers – estate sold 13 Apr 1838 in Preble County, OH. Administrator of his estate was Thomas Pinkerton, bond signed by Pinkerton, Alexander Porter and William McGaw.

John was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving as a substitute for his father in August 1778 when he was just 15 1/2 years old; he saw service in the Carolinas in 1778, 1780 and 1781 and was discharged March 1781. He was in both the infantry and cavalry.

John applied for a Revolutionary War Pension on Sep 18, 1832.  We know a lot about his service from his application letter.

In August 1778 John was assigned to Captain John Cowan’s  (Cowen’s) Company of militia, Colonel George Reed’s Upper Ninety-Six District Regiment and General Andrew Williamson’s Brigade. The force rendezvoused at Beaverdam Creek in Georgia. John served for three months during which time he was engaged in defending the country against the Cherokee by burning the Indian’s corn and destroying seven Indian towns.  His discharge was signed by Lt. Davis.

In April 1780, John was drafted to go to Charleston under Captain Cowan who then belonged to Colonel Pickens’ regiment. When this draft had proceeded about eighty miles on the way to Charleston, they were met by an express informing them the city had surrendered.  Col. Pickens then  marched his men to Camden.  John was out on tour about one month.

In September 1780, John went to Soap Creek, Georgia and volunteered to serve in Capt. Dunn’s Company in Col. Clarke’s Regiment.  He was with Col. Clark when he took possession of Augusta, but was soon driven away by the British.  He continued in service on this tour — after the Battle of King’s Mountain which was on the 7th of October.  After this battle, the company under Capt. Dunn dispersed being all volunteers for no definite time.

John, with three others, went to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and remained with his friends until January 1781.

When Lord Cornwallis commenced his march to Virginia, John volunteered to service in a light horse company for six weeks under Capt. Givens? and Col. Harris?.  John was engaged in guarding the fords on the Catuwba River about one week.  He was then marched to Guilford Court House. Near Guilford, his company joined forces with General Greene.  During this tour, John was engaged in several skirmishes with the British, but was in no general engagement.  At the end of the six week volunteer, John received a discharge from Capt. Givens?

The Battle of Guilford Court House,  fought on March 15, 1781 in Greensboro, the county seat of Guilford County, North Carolina.   A force of 1,900 British troops under the command of Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis defeated an American force of 4,000 troops, commanded by Major General Nathanael Greene.

Despite the relatively small numbers of troops involved, the battle is considered pivotal to the American victory in the Revolution. Before the battle, the British appeared to have had great success in conquering much of Georgia and South Carolina with the aid of strong Loyalist factions, and thought that North Carolina might be within their grasp. In the wake of the battle, Greene moved into South Carolina, while Cornwallis chose to march into Virginia and attempt to link up with roughly 3500 men under British Major General Phillips and American turncoat Benedict Arnold. These decisions allowed Greene to unravel British control of the South, while leading Cornwallis to Yorktown and eventual surrender to Major General George Washingtonand Lieutenant General Comte de Rochambeau.

In the summer of 1781, John enlisted in the troop of Capt. Francis Moore’s company of light horse, Colonel, Col. Charles Myddleton’s SC 2nd Regiment of State Dragoons.  In March 1782, John’s  ten month enlistment expired and he was discharged by Capt. Moore at Orangeburg   Engagements included:

“History of Preble County, Ohio” published in 1881:

THE HOPEWELL CHURCH. In the years 1806 and 1807 several families, members of the Associate Reformed church, emigrated from the States of Kentucky and South Carolina, and settled in Israel Township in the midst of the Beech Woods. Rev. Risk, a minister of the Associate Reformed church, preached to them soon after their settlement.

In the fall of 1808, at the house of William McCreary, in section thirty-six, they formed themselves into a society, and in conjunction with the people of Concord petitioned the presbytery of Kentucky for supplies. Among those who occasionally supplied them were, Revs. McCord, McGill, Samuel Crothers and Brahman Craig.

September, 1808, the people assembled in the double log barn of David Madill’s, and Mr. Craig, after preaching organized the congregation into a church of nearly fifty members. Prominent among these first named on the church roll were the McDills, McQuistons, Boyces, Ramseys and Elliotts. At the time of the organization the following elders were chosen by the congregation: David and Andrew McQuiston, James Boyse, Ebenezer Elliott and John Patterson, all of whom had been ordained previous to their settlement in the township.

The church continued to receive supplies from the Kentucky presbytery, and the number of members was increased by immigration, but the prospect of having a settled minister among them did not open until 1814, when Rev. Alexander Porter, the pastor of the Associate Reformed church at Cedar Springs, Abbeville district, South Carolina, being previously released from his charge, came on a visit to the western churches, and to the Israel township congregation preached on two Sabbaths and one week day. By this time the congregation had increased to more than fifty families, and the people were more than ever desirous of securing a pastor and of erecting a house of worship. Accordingly they drew up a call for Mr. Porter, and presented it to the presbytery of Kentucky. A copy of the call is now in possession of the Hopewell session. It is drawn up in the usual form, and prays that Mr. Porter become the shepherd of their souls, and promises to pay him all due respect and support. It was signed by the following persons who constituted the first membership of the church, with the understanding that as soon as these churches could be provided with a settled pastor, Hopewell would receive the whole of Mr. Porters labors.

Prior to this call the first church building had been erected just west of the present house. It was a log structure thirty feet square, and afterwards, to accommodate the growing congregation, received in addition of thirty feet. The pulpit was in the middle of the west side, with two small windows just back of it. The seats were made of slabs hewed from logs. They were provided with stiff, upright backs. The present[1881] church building is a commodious frame, and is kept in good repair.

In October, 1814, Mr. Porter, having accepted the call, came to his new pastoral charge at Hopewell, and settled with his family on the farm in section sixteen, now occupied by Alexander Orr. In the following July he was solemnly installed by Rev. John Steele. Shortly afterwards the congregation was much enlarged by immigrations from Mr. Porter’s old parish, in South Carolina, and six members were added to the session who had been elders of the church in South Carolina.

No children mentioned in estate papers; estate sold 13 April 1838. Administrator of his estate was Thomas Pinkerton, bond signed by Pinkerton, Alexander Porter and William McGaw

John Patterson Headstone — Hopewell Cemetery , Morning Sun, Preble County, Ohio, Plot: Row 25.

TO the memory of
John Patterson
who died
Nov. 11th, 1837
in the 75th year
of his age

4. Samuel PATTERSON Jr. (See his page)

5. James Patteson

James’ wife Nancy Smith (Smyth) was born in 1770 in South Carolina. Her parents were Robert Smyth and  Martha Boggs.  Nancy died  in 1850 – Dawson, Georgia

James removed from Abbeville District, S.C. to Preble County, OH. He may have moved there with his brother Samuel. It is believed that the James Patterson listed as a resident of Dixon Twp, Preble County, OH in the U.S. Census of 1830 as 60 to 70 years of age and living alone, is one and the same as James Patterson, son of Samuel Patterson. James is NOT listed in the U.S. Censuses of 1820 and 1840 for Dixon Twp, Preble County, OH.

Children of James and Nancy

i. Samuel Patterson b. 1794 in Abbeville, South Carolina; d. 01 Jan 1872 in Preble, Ohio; DID NOT marry  Mary Ann McJimsey (b. 4 Jul 1812 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania – d. 16 Jul 1849 in Donegal Twsp., Lancaster, Pennsylvania)  She married
Samuel Smith Patterson (b. 29 Apr 1804 in Lancaster Co., PA – d. 11 Jan 1883 in Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois)

ii. William Patterson b. 1798 in Abbeville, South Carolina; d. 16 Apr 1895 in Forsyth, Georgia; Burial: Chestatee Baptist Church Cemetery, Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia; m. 3 Aug 1820 Preble, Ohio to Martha A. Welch ( abt 1800 in Pendleton, South Carolina – d. 11 Dec 1891 in Forsyth, Georgia) William and Martha were farming in Forsyth, Georgia in the 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 census.

William Patterson Bio

iii. Mary Patterson b. ABT 1808 in Abbeville, South Carolina; m. 21 Sep 1826 Preble, Ohio to James Crason

6. Jane Patterson

When Jane was two, her family emigrated to America along with Rev. William Martin, arriving in Charleston, South Carolina in December 1772. Jane’s parents were granted 450 acres in Hillsborough Township, in the Ninty-six District of the back country of South Carolina. Here Jane and her parents became active members of both Long Cane and Cedar Springs A.R.P. churches.

Jane’s husband David Pressly was born 1756 Charleston, South Carolina. His brother John married Jane’s sister Peggy. His parents were John Pressly (b. in Scotland – d. 1778 South Carolina) and Isabelle Fleming (b. 1716 – d. 1761) .   His parents were both Scotch-Irish Presbyterians who emigrated to America, part of Rev. William Martin and his five ships that arrived in Charlestown in the fall of 1772 and settling in the area around Long Cane in Abbeville District, South Carolina. He married Jane Patterson in 1789 in Long Canes, Greenwood, South Carolina. David died in 1818 in Long Canes, Greenwood, South Carolina.

David’s sister Jane Pressly (b. 1762 in Abbeville, South Carolina – d. 28 Jan 1823 in Abbeville, South Carolina) married George Hearst (b. 1764 in Ireland – d. 1822 in Franklin, Missouri) George came to the Abbeville district of South Carolina with his parents in 1766. According to probate records, George Hearst married an unknown Pressly prior to 1807 (the first name of Jane is unproven at this point). The George of this marriage may have been the son of Major John Hearst and Martha Carson (Martha was the granddaughter of our ancestor Thomas Gibson CARSON. Alternatively, George was Major John Hearst’s brother and the son of John Hearst and Elizabeth Knox.

Alternatively yet again, David’s sister Jane married George’s brother Joseph  Hearst (b. 16 Feb. 16, 1760 – d. 21 May 1814 Cedar Springs, Abbeville County, South Carolina) At the age of 21, on June 8th 1784. The Hearst came to South Carolina from Ireland in late 1765 or early 1766 with Dr. Thomas Clark and settled in the Long cane area, as well. Jane and Joseph had known each other as children, both members of Long cane and Cedar Springs A. R. P. churches. This blessed union had six known children. Joseph Hearst, Sr. was ordained as an elder in both Long Cane & Cedar Springs A. R. P. churches, which his parents helped organize. Joseph is buried near his parents and in-laws in the churchyard cemetery at Cedar Springs. His wife would join him fourteen years later. Jane Pressly Hearst departed this life on the 6th of September 1828, at the aged of 66 years old. Jane is buried near her husband and brother, David Pressly in the churchyard cemetery at Cedar Springs.

In circa 1808, George and his family left South Carolina for Illinois. George’s son Joseph stated in the 1850 census that he was born in Illinois. After a few years, the George once again moved, this time to Missouri were he settled in the Meramec valley near his brother Thomas who had preceded him there. It appears that he married again around 1820. By the time of his death, George had become one of the wealthiest man in Meramec township. He kept 19 of the 41 slaves to be found in the township.

George’s son William G Hearst ( b. 1776 Woodvine, Abbeville, South Carolina – d. Nov 1844 Franklin, Missouri) m. 1817 in Biglow, Franklin, Missouri to Elizabeth Collins (b. 1780)

George’s grandson George F Hearst (3 Sep 1820 Anaconda, Franklin, Missouri – d. 28 Feb 1891 California; m. 15 Jun 1862 in Steelville, Crawford, Missouri to Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson (b. 3 Dec 1842 in Whitmire Settlem, Franklin, Missouri – d. 1919 in Colma, California) I attended Phoebe Heart Elementary School in San Diego, named because Phoebe helped found the California PTA.

The Hearst fortune is due to more to luck than skill. George left for California on or about 15 May 1850 taking five months to make the journey. While in California, a few creditors took advantage of George’s absence and brought attachments against land he owned that was in Dr. Patton’s care. When Dr. Patton failed to satisfy the demands, the Hearst lands in his control were sold on the court house steps.

George didn’t make his fortune in the California mines. He was keeping a store when, in 1859, the Comstock Lode was discovered in Nevada. George joined the rush there and invested in the Ophir mine. When Alva Gould sold his claim to George Hearst for $450, he ran down the street yelling “I tricked a Californian”. After digging for only two months, George and his partners hauled 38 tons of high grade ore to California and made a profit of $90,000 from its sale. In less than a year he sold his share in the mine for a fortune. At one time the Ophir mine, which was almost a quarter mile in length was worth $4,000 per foot.

I found Phoebe Apperson Hearst’s portrait in the school auditorium a little scary. This isn’t it, but its close

George F Hearst’s only son William Randolph Hearst (b. 29 Apr 1863 San Francisco, California – d. 14 Aug 1951 Beverly Hills, California) m. Millicent Veronica Willson (1882–1974) Marion Davies, mistress built a newspaper empire and Hearst Castle of course.

David’s family were also charter members of Long Cane and Cedar Springs, thus they had much in common. During their marriage of 28 years, they had nine children; two of her sons were physicians and two were renowned ministers of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church.

Jane left Preble Co, OH with her husband  and returned to Long Canes, Greenwood Co, SC where David Pressley died.  After her husband died in 1818, Jane Pressly lived with her second son, Rev. John T. Pressly, then minister at Cedar Springs. In 1832 when he was appointed minister of the First A.R.P. Church of Allegheny in Pittsburgh, Jane moved with him.

Jane Patterson Pressly died in Pittsburgh on the 25th of February 1856 in the 87th year of her age. She was laid to rest in the Pressly Family plot near her son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren.

Jane’s husband David Pressly was born 1756. His parents were John Pressly and Isabella Fleming b: 1716. His father was a member of the colony that left Belfast, Ireland, now Northern Ireland, 28 Sep 1734 on the Good Intent and arrived at Charles Town, South Carolina about 1 Dec 1734. David died 24 Sep 1818 Troy (Long Canes), Greenwood County

South Carolina at 62 years of age.

David Pressly Gravestone — Cedar Springs A.R.P. Church Cemetery , Cedar Springs, Abbeville County, South Carolina

Inscription:
~~~
SACRED
Memory
of
David Pressly
who departed this life
21st September 1818
aged 62 years
—-•—-
Eminently distinguished
as the
friend of the poor.
—-•—-
Blessed is he that considers
the poor; the Lord will deliver
him in time of trouble. Ps. 11.1

David Pressly, son of the pioneer, John, built a home about five miles east of Long Cane A.R.P. Church and became a prosperous merchant. He is buried in Cedar Springs churchyard, and his tombstone bears the inscription: “To the memory of David Pressly who departed this life 24 Sep 1818, aged about 62 years. Eminently distinguished as the friend of the poor.

Associate Reformed Presbyterian Death & Marriage Notices Volume II: 1866-1888 Compiled by Lowry Ware Scmar , Columbia, South Carolina 1998

“Died on Monday, February 25th, [1856] at the residence of John T. Pressly, Allegheny, Pa., Jane Patterson Pressly, in the 87th year of her age…. Native of County Down, Ireland, and emigrated to this country when two years old with her father Samuel Patterson who settled in Abbeville, SC. Her father was a ruling elder…. [died] leaving behind him four sons and four daughters.? The deceased was the last survivor of her father’s family. She was the mother of nine children; two of who died in their youth. Her oldest son, Dr. Samuel Pressly, died some fifteen years hence. Of her sons, two are physicians and ruling elders, two are ministers, and one is a merchant and a ruling elder. Her oldest daughter is the widow of Dr. George R. Brown, and the youngest daughter is the widow of Rev. Joseph Lowry.

Jane Patterson Pressly Grave – Union Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Plot: In Division One

Children of Jane and David:

i. Dr. Samuel Patterson Pressly b. 12 Sep 1792 in Long Cane, SC; d. 12 Oct 1837 Wilcox, Alabama; m. 1811 in Cedar Springs, Abbeville, SC to Elizabeth Knox Hearst (b. 1791 in Greenwood, SC – d. 1875 in Wilcox, Alabama) Her parents were also  Joseph Hearst (1760 – 1814) and   Jane Pressly(1762 – 1828).

He removed from Abbeville District S.C. to Preble County Ohio and practiced medicine there from 1811 to 1815. In 1815 he returned to Abbeville District S.C. where he practiced from 1815 to 1834. In later years he moved to Wilcox County Alabama, where he practiced until his death in 1837.

ii. Rev. John Taylor Pressly b. 28 Mar 1795 in Abbeville, Abbeville, SC; d. 13 Aug 1870 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; m. Jane Hearst (b. 1793 in Abbeville, Abbeville, SC – d. 5 Apr 1873 Pittsburgh, Penns.) Her parents were Joseph Hearst (1760 – 1814) and  Jane Pressly (1762 – 1828)  The Hearst of Cedar Springs are the great-great- grandparents of William Randolph Hearst of the publishing fame.

Rev John Taylor Pressly, D.D. (1795 –  1870)

John received D.D. degree from Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky. . The Princeton Review ranked Transylvania 1st among colleges with Greek life. Graduated from the Associated Reformed Presbyterian Seminary, New York City. July 10, 1817, D.D. New York City. He was pastor of Cedar Springs Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Abbeville District S.C. for 11 years.

Operated Union Academy.

Jane Hearst was the daughter of of Joseph Albert Hearst and Jane Pressly, of Cedar Springs, Abbeville County, South Carolina. She was born of the 17th day of June 1793.

On July 4, 1816, Jane Hearst married John Taylor Pressly, son of David and Jane (née Patterson) Pressly; with whom she had nine children.

In October 1832, now Rev. John Pressly and Jane moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he became minister of First A. R. P. Church. Jane Pressly was a devoted wife and helpmate in his service as a pastor to a growing congregation. Jane became well loved and appreciated for her devotion.

After Rev. Pressly died in 1870, Jane Pressly continued to be dedicated to his work until her death on April 4th 1873. Jane Hearst Pressly is buried beside her husband of 54 years in Union Dale Cemetery..

iii. Elizabeth Pressly b. 10 Jul 1797 in 96th District, South Carolina; d. 20 Apr 1857 in Preble, Ohio; m. 1810 South Carolina to Dr. George Brown (b. 1774 in Newberry, South Carolina – d. 21 Jun 1845 in Preble, Ohio) His parents were Nathan Brown (1731 – 1779) and Grissel Ritchey ( – 1810).

iv. Mary Pressly b. 10 Jul 1797 in Cedar Springs, Abbeville, SC; d. 17 Nov 1875 Jefferson, Georgia; m. 21 Feb 1813 in Cedar Springs, Abbeville, SC to Rev. Joseph Lowry (b. 1 Jan 1777 in Cedar Springs, Abbeville, SC – d. 23 Jul 1840 in Jefferson, Georgia) In the 1850 census, Mary was living with her son David and three other of her children in District 48, Jefferson, Georgia.

Joseph was pastor of Bethel Church in Jefferson County Georgia from 1814-1840

v. Dr. George W Pressly b. 9 Feb 1803 in Cedar Springs, Abbeville, SC;  d. 29 Dec 1870 Troy, Greenwood, South Carolina; m. 1820 in Abbeville, South Carolina to Isabella Hearst (b. 28 Mar 1806 in Abbeville, – d. 30 Nov 1858) another daughter of  Joseph Hearst (1760 – 1814) and   Jane Pressly  (1762 – 1828).  Her grandparents were John Hearst (1715- 1782) and Elizabeth Knox.

George spent most of his life in Abbeville District S.C. as a physician and legislator.

Degree: April 08, 1824, University of Pennsylvania

vi. James Patterson Pressly b. 25 Nov 1808, 3 miles north of Cedar Springs Associate Refomed Presbyterian Church in Abbeville Distict SC; d. 30 Mar 1877 Due West ARP Church Cemetery , Due West, Abbeville County, South Carolina; m1. Jane Hearst (b. 1811 in Abbeville – d. 30 Jun 1832 in Oak Hill, Wilcox, Alabama)  Her parents were John Hearst (1787 – 1843) and  Sarah Wardlaw (1791 – 1823)  She was a cousin of the Hearst girls who married James’ brothers; m2. Elizabeth Bonner Young (b. 1 Dec 1813 in Abbeville – d. 7 Jul 1841 in Due West, Abbeville, SC) Her parents were Samuel Young (1782 – 1856) and  Elizabeth Bonner (1789 – 1852); m3. Mary Eleanor Young (b. 19 Jul 1823 in Generostee, SC – d. 26 Jul 1892 Due West, Abbeville, SC) daughter of Francis Young and Nancy Little

In 1831, Jane Hearst married her childhood friend, James Patterson Pressly, son of David Pressly and the former Miss Jane Patterson. James Patterson Pressly was a young minister with the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church and emigrated with his wife to the Wilcox County area of Alabama; where several families from the Long Cane & Cedar Springs A.R.P. churches had settled.

Sadly, Jane Hearst Pressly died on the 30th of June 1832 not long after moving to Oakhill in Wilcox County at the age of 20 years, 8 months and 25 days..

James attended Union Academy operated by his brother Dr. John Taylor Pressly ( 1795-1870)

Graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio in 1826, He studied theology with his brother John Taylor Pressly. Licensed to preach 21 Feb 1829, Ordained 27 May 1830 as an Associate Reformed Presbyterian Minister. Held pastorates at Due West S.C., Generostee S.C. and Bethel in Laurens County S.C. Later visited pastorates in Ga., Alabama, and Florida. Then held pastorates for ten The next 35 years were spent at Erskine College, Due West, S.C. the longest serving member of the faculty during Erskine’s first century.

James Patterson Pressly circa 1875, from The centennial history of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church: 1803-1903, pg 299

Their son Rev. Frank Young Pressly was President of Erskine College (1899-1907)

vii. William Patterson Pressly b. 17 Mar 1811 in Greenwood, SC; m1. 1833 to Mary Gilmore (b. 1813 – 12 Oct 1836 in Preble County, Ohio) Her parents were Robert Gilmore and Sina Irwin; m2. Martha Miller (24 Oct 1806 – 20 Jul 1885) daughter of william Miller and Elizabeth Lackey; d. 3 Apr 1905 Monmouth, Illinois

Corresonded with her cousin Martha Miller of Va. After Mary Gilmore’s death William Patterson Pressly kept up the corresondence with Martha Miller, made a trip to Va., married her and brought her back to Fairhaven Ohio wher he kept a store. There the 3 Children of William and Martha were born. When the three children were grown they moved to Monmouth Illinois. Both William and Martha are buried in the old part of Monmouth Cemetery ( lot 100, block 9)

In the 1850 census, William and Martha were farming in Jefferson, Preble, Ohio. In the 1860 census, William was a merchant in Monmouth, Warren, Illinois.

1903 Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois” Warren County RESSLY WILLIAM P.. was born near Abbeville. S. C, March 17, 1811. He was for a time, while a boy, a student at Miami University. Ohio. Then he engaged in farming and afterwards in business at Hamilton, Ohio. He came to Monmouth in 1859 and after farming for one year, became for the remainder of his active life a merchant. For many years his store was the favorite shopping place of Monmouth, especially for people from the country. He was a very successful business man of the highest standing. His credit and his character were never blemished. Mr. Pressly was married to Mary Gilmore, of Ohio, in 1833. She died in 1836. His second wife, Mary Miller, of Virginia, died in 1885. His son, Henry, a young man of fine ability and character, gave his life for his country in the Civil War.

Henry Pressley (1837-1861) attended a commercial college in Chicago; while there he was converted and by his Christian conversation and deportment had a great influence on his cousins, the children of Samuel Miller, who he visited in Memphis, Missouri, resulting in four of the brothers and sisters confessing Christ and uniting with the church. He went to Kansas, at that time almost a state of revolution, on the slavery question. Returning home, he enlisted in Company F 17th Illinois Infantry Regiment and in the next spring, 1861 was in the battle of Pittsburgh Landing (aka Battle of Shiloh);part of the siege of Vicksburg, he was killed; by the caving in of the earth, where they were excavating for a powder magazine. His remains were taken to his home in Monmouth for burial.

William also had three daughters, Virginia, Sarah and Mary, each died in early womanhood. Thus left childless, Mr. Pressly determined too become his own executor. In 1863 he gave to Monmouth College 700 acres of choice farming lands in Iowa. During 1870 and subsequent years he gave to the Warren County Library over $20,000, thus founding a library for popular use, erecting and donating the first building ever given for such a purpose in the State of Illinois. The liberal and sensible plans of the founder have brought too this institution constantly increasing prosperity and enlarging usefulness. It has been managed exactly in accordance with his wishes. A twin object of Mr. Pressly’s practical and liberal care has been the building and endowing of Mission Schools for native Christians in Egypt. For this purpose he has, also, given over $20,000. These schools have had excellent management. They have had remarkable success. The engraving accompanying this sketch is taken from a portrait painted thirty years ago. Mr. Pressly lives to enjoy the good which he has done. He has seen his gifts applied as he intended. He has won the respect and gratitude of thousands. His practical benevolence and his Christian character give him an abiding remembrance in this our land of the future as well as in the ancient land of the pyramids. His name will endure as the name of a helper of his fellowmen.

Monmouth College was founded on April 18, 1853 by the Second Presbytery of Illinois, a frontier arm of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. The college celebrates this date annually as “Founders Day,” cancelling classes for a day of celebration and an honors convocation. Founded as “Monmouth Academy,” the school became Monmouth College after receiving a charter from the state legislature on September 3, 1856. The college remains affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and is a member of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest, a consortium of small, private liberal arts colleges. The college’s motto “Sit Lux” (“Let there be Light”) appears on its seal, but the college likes to describe itself as “What College Was Meant to Be.”

Monmouth College- Monmouth’s athletic teams are known as the Fighting Scots

Monmouth was one of the first institutions in the country to admit women from its inception. This increased the college’s early popularity and logically made it the home of the women’s sorority movement. Pi Beta Phi was founded on April 28, 1867 as I. C. Sorosis. Pi Beta Phi was the first national secret college society of women to be modeled after the Greek-letter fraternities of men. Kappa Kappa Gamma, founded in 1870, is another national sorority founded at Monmouth College

viii. Joseph Pressly b. 1813 in Long Canes, SC

7. Josiah Patterson

Josiah’s first wife Abigail Blair was born 1774. Her parents were Samuel Blair (d.1813-1815) and Agnes [__?__]. Abigail died 18 Apr 1823 at 48 years of age. Her body was interred in Rocky River Presbyterian Cem, Abbeville Co, SC.

Josiah’s second wife Sarah [__?__] was born in 1778 in Chester, South Carolina. Sarah’s first husband Capt. Jeremiah S. Terry was an elder in the Lower Cane Church before 1810 when he joined Rocky River Presbyterian Church in upper Abbeville District in the area called “Monterey”. He later became a Magistrate. Sarah died 14 Apr 1827 – Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina.

Josiah’s third wife Eleanor Phelps was born in 1775.

Josiah had 9 children, including Sarah Cowan Patterson.

In the Census of 1790 for Abbeville, SC Josiah Patterson is listed as owning 2 slaves. In the 1820 Census there is a Josiah Patterson Sr. listed as owning 21 slaves.

About 1810, Josiah Patterson removed into the congregation of Rocky River Presbyterian Church in upper Abbeville District, South Carolina where he was made a member of the session. He removed there from the Long Cane section in the lower part of the District. His is believed to have previously been an elder in the Lower Long Cane Church. [from the letters of Andrew Giles and John Spencer, October and November 1852]

The section of Abbeville District which was served by Rocky River Church was and is known as Monterey, today remembered by Monterey Road.

After his removal into the Township of Monterey, Josiah Patterson became a magistrate. [letter, 1 April 1957, Harold L. Carlisle, Calhoun Falls, South Carolina to Carroll Ruffin Patterson]

The estate of Major John Hearst, 2nd son of John Hearst the 1st ( d. 1782), was settled by Josiah Patterson, whose mother, Mary Carson, was a sister of Martha, the wife of Major John Hearst.

John’s son William G Hearst ( b. 1776 Woodvine, Abbeville, South Carolina – d. Nov 1844 Franklin, Missouri) m. 1817 in Biglow, Franklin, Missouri to Elizabeth Collins (b. 1780)

John’s grandson George F Hearst (3 Sep 1820 Anaconda, Franklin, Missouri – d. 28 Feb 1891 California; m. 15 Jun 1862 in Steelville, Crawford, Missouri to Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson (b. 3 Dec 1842 in Whitmire Settlem, Franklin, Missouri – d. 1919 in Colma, California) I attended Phoebe Heart Elementary School in San Diego, named because Phoebe helped found the California PTA.

I found Phoebe Apperson Hearst’s portrait in the school auditorium a little scary. This isn’t it, but its close

George F Hearst’s only son William Randolph Hearst (b. 29 Apr 1863 San Francisco, California – d. 14 Aug 1951 Beverly Hills, California) m. Millicent Veronica Willson (1882–1974) Marion Davies, mistress built a newspaper empire and Hearst Castle of course.

Josiah Patterson became a wealthy planter in the Monterey section of Abbeville District, his plantation lay along the Savannah River, or near it, at Smith’s Crossroads.

According to the records of Rocky River Presbyterian Church, Abbeville District [courtesy T. H. Spence, Jr. Executive Director of the Historical Foundation of the Presbyterian & Reformed Churches, Montreat, North Carloina, to Carroll Ruffin Patterson, 12 March 1959], Josiah Patterson was a prominent layman of that church:

He was elected a Trustee in 1821.

Was a member of the Session at the time of his death, 31 Oct. 1846.

Memeber and leader in Rocky River Religious Tract Soicety from 1818 until 1840 [minutes close with latter year]. He was president of the Society in 1818 and 1822 and on Board of Managers for a number of years.

The “Minute Book of the Rocky River Presbyterian Church,” Abbeville District [Now at the Historical Foundation, Montreat, North Carolina] says, in part:

2 June 1819 – Josiah Patterson was unanimously nominated by the Congregation to employ workmen to have pews made instead of the common seats then used in Rocky River Meeting House. In words of the Minute Book, “the church should be regularly pewed”.

1822 – He was again elected Trustee

In 1839 Josiah Patterson was Acting Justice of the Quorom for Abbeville District.

The cemetery of Rocky River Presbyterian Church, Abbeville County, South Carolina in which he and mony of his family are buried was originally known as Bull Town Cemetery and the church was first designated as Bull Town. It is located about eleven miles west of the town of Abbeville and four miles northest of the Town of Calhoun Falls. It is one of the oldest churches in the area, being established 1760 – 1765. Rocky River Church has been on three (3) separate locations – the seoncd is the site of the cemetery and is about one to one and one-half miles from the first and present location of the Church. The cemetery is on the 1820 Road, known as the Andersonville to Davis Bridge Road.

Josiah Patterson’s death is noted in the Old Minute Book of Rocky River Presbyterian Church, 1842 – 1876, as follows:

“Josiah Patterson, member of the Session, departed this life on 31st of October 1846.”

Josiah Patterson Will 1

Josiah Patterson Will 2

Children of Josiah and Abigail:

As Josiah Patterson and Abigail Blair used the names Cown and Adams for the middle names of four (4) of their children it is obvious that there is a close connection between those two families and the Pattersons or the Blairs. As of this writing, no such connection has been established. It is probable that Josiah Patterson’s mother was likely a Cown and Abigail Blair’s an Adams or vice versa. As one of the daughter’s was given the name Lovely as a middle name it is possible that there was kinship with that South Carolina family.

Dr. Nora Davis of Troy, South Carolina informed Carroll Ruffin Patterson that Adams is a very common name and a very good name in Edgefield County, which adjoined Abbeville County before McCormick County was formed (1914). It is believed that the middle name Pleasant of the sixth child was adapted from the maiden of Moses Waddel (28 July 1770 – 21 Jul 1840) wife Elizabeth Woodson Pleasants. Moses Waddel, an ordained Presbyterian minister, operated the Willington Academy and may well have known Josiah Patterson. Elizabeth Pleasants was his second wife, the first was Catherine Calhoun, sister of John Caldwell Calhoun (1782 – 1850), South Carolina’s great statesman. Waddel was President of Franklin College [now the University of Georgia], Athens, Georgia from 1819 to 1829 and is buried there.

i. Sarah Cowan Patterson, b. 24 Jan 1795, Ninety Six District, South Carolina; d. 11 May 1864, Abbeville District SC; m. 5 Mar 1812 in Abbeville, SC to Andrew Giles (b. 24 Nov 1784 in Wilkes, Georgia – d. 31 Jan  1867 Old Rocky River Presbyterian Cemetery
Abbeville County, South Carolina) His parents were Capt. James H Giles and Susannah Patterson (b. 1744 in Belfast, Antrim, , Ireland – d. 8 Mar 1824 in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina) I don’t know if there was a relation.

In the 1850 census, Andrew and Sarah were living in Savannah River Regiment, Abbeville District SC with six children at home.

ii. Mary Adams Patterson, b. 17 Jan 1797, Abbeville District SC; d. May 14, 1871, Canton, Madison, Mississippi; m. 23 Dec 1823 in Marlboro, South Carolina to Rev. Robert Bond Campbell (b. 6 Dec 1796 in Abbeville, SC – d, 1 May 1870 in Canton, Mississippi)

Removed from Abbeville Distict S.C. to Lancaster S.C. 1826-1828; to Beaver Creek S.C. 1829; to Waxhaw S.C. 1831- 1837; to Camden S.C. in 1837 then to Madison County, Mississippi in 1845.

In the 1850 census, Robert was a clergyman in Madison, Mississippi.

The fates of their children are interesting and this is the only family of confederate officer ancestors on our tree so I’ll break my pattern and include our ancestor’s great grandchildren

1. Sarah Campbell b. 17 Oct 1824

2. Col. James Alexander Campbell b. 8 Mar 1826; m. Amanda Sharkey; d. 4 Feb 1864, Johnson’s Island, Lake County, Ohio

James was a Colonel commanding the 27th Mississippi Infantry, Conferate Army. Died as a prisoner of war of hepatitis at Johnson’s Island [the only Union POW Camp for officers] and is buried there. More than 15,000 men passed through Johnson’s Island until it was closed in September 1865. Wardens lost only about 200 prisoners as a result of the harsh Ohio winters, food and fuel shortages, and disease. Johnson’s Island had one of the lowest mortality rates of any Civil War prison. Confederates made many escape attempts, including efforts by some to walk across the frozen Lake Erie to freedom in Canada. A handful of escapes were successful.

Lawyer in Leake County, Mississppi.
Prewar Judge.
CAPT. CO E 27th MS, Apr 25,1861.
MAJOR 1862.
LT. COL. Dec 31, 1862.
COL. Mar 26, 1863.
PRISONER OF WAR ( POW ) Lookout Mountain, Nov 24, 1863, while in charge of the picket line. To Johnson’s Island.

3. Robert Bond Campbell b. 8 Jan 1828; d. 28 Jun 1863, Battle of Vicksburg Missippi.

4. Judge Josiah Abigail Campbell (wiki) b. 2 Mar 1830 in Camden, Lancaster, SC ; m. Eugenia Elizabeth Nash 13 May 1850 in Kosciusko, Mississippi; d. 10 Jan  1917 Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi,  A prominent Confederate States of America politician. Josiah later moved to Mississippi and served in the state legislature in 1851 and 1859. He was elected to the Provisional Confederate Congress (1861–1862) and served as its President pro tempore. He served as a colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He later served as Chief Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court from 1891 to 1894.

Political Graveyard – Also known as J. A. P. Campbell — of Kosciusko, Attala County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds County, Miss. Born in Camden, Kershaw County, S.C., March 2, 1830. Lawyer; member of Mississippi state house of representatives, 1851-59; Speaker of the Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1859; delegate to Mississippi secession convention, 1861; Delegate from Mississippi to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; circuit judge in Mississippi; justice of Mississippi state supreme court, 1876-94; chief justice of Mississippi state supreme court, 1891-94. Died in Jackson, Hinds County, Miss., January 10, 1917 (age 86 years, 314 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Miss..

5.  Mary Louise Campbell  m1. Dr. [__?__] Scarborough; m2. Nimrod Nash, brother of Mary’s sister-in-laws Eugenia and Susan Nash; d. 1863, Battle of Gettysburg.

6. Judge Charles Henry Campbell b. 21 Dec 1836; m. Susan Emmaline Nash 6 Feb 1891 in Kosciusko, Mississippi; d. 7 Mar 1905.

7. Jane E Campbell m. James Grafton a planter in Madison Co. Mississippi.

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iii. Samuel Patterson, b. 27 Jan 1799.

iv. John Adams Patterson, b. 10 Mar 1801, Abbeville District SC; m. Alabama to Lenora Breazel (b. 1806 Tennessee – Aft 1860 census) . In the 1860 census, John and Lenora were farming in Athens, Limestone, Alabama. In the 1870 census, John was still living in Limestone, Alabama, but had remarried to Elmira [__?__] (b. 1816 Tennessee)

v. James Cowan Patterson, b. 6 Oct 1803, Abbeville District SC; d. 18 Jul 1866 Oak Hill Cemetery, Griffin, Spaulding County, Georgia; m. Laura Evans Winn (b. Abt. 1811 in Winnsboro, Fairfield S.C. – 1879 Oak Hill Cemetery, Griffin, Spaulding, Georgia)

James was a Presbyterian minister and Educator, having graduated from Franklin College [the founding college of the University of Georgia] in Athens, Georgia. He studied theology privately.

An early sketch, circa 1850, of the University of Georgia in Athens depicts the Franklin College quadrangle as seen from the southwest across Broad Street.

1822-1826– Tutor at Franklin College
Nov 1828 – Ordained as a Presbyterian Minister
1828- 1830 – Minister of Fairview Church, Lawrenceville Ga.
1841- 1843 – Minister of Alcovia Church of the Flint River Presbytery, Georgia.
1844-1850- Returned as Minister of Fairvoiew Church, Lawrenceville Ga.
1851- Returned to Alcovia Church and in that same year was at Goshen Church.
1856– He became President of the Synodical Female College in Griffin Georgia, where he served until his death in 1866. According to the City of Griffin, the college didn’t survived the war.

vi. Elizabeth Pleasant Patterson, b. 1 Sep 1807; d. 11 Nov 1823 Old Rocky River Church, Calhoun, South Carolina

vii. Louisa Abigail Patterson, b. 15 Oct 1810, Abbeville District SC.; d. Dec 1850 Pontotoc County, Mississippi; m. Thomas Twining Hamilton (b. 24 Jun 1797 South Carolina) His parents were John Hamilton and Mary Ann McGill; In the 1850 census, Thomas was a widow farming in Pontotoc, Mississippi with seven children at home.

viii. Jane Loveley Patterson, b. 11 Jan 1813, Abbeville District SC; m. 23 Aug 1832 in Abbeville, South Carolina to Richard Bohun Cater (b. 5 Jan 1811 – d. 23 May 1854 in Abbeville District SS) d. 1 Jan 1897, Abbeville District SC.

The Caters are of French extraction and are related to the DuPont family of New Jersey. They removed form Charleston, S.C. to the old Abbeville District, S.C. Children #2 through #9,[cp page 34], are buried in Rocky River Presbyterian Church Cemetery west of the town of Abbeville and northeast of the town of Calhoun Falls, S.C. as are their parents Jane Lovely Patterson and Richard Bohun Cater.

In the 1880 census, Jane was a 67 year old widow with seven children still at home in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina.

ix. Josiah Blair Patterson, b. J9 Jul 1815, Abbeville District, SC; d. 12 May 1864, Battle of Spotsylvania, Va.; buried Black Creek Church Cemetery, Waynesboro, GA; m. 11 Jan 1841, Decatur, GA to Mary Jane McNeil (b. 9 Feb 1822 – d. 27 Aug 1909), daughter of James McNeil

In the 1850 census, Josiah and Mary were living in Town, Gwinnett, Georgia with five children between 2 and 9 years old at home.

Carroll R. Patterson, the author of the Samuel Patterson reference, also compiled and privately published “THE INCOMPLETE CORRESPONDENCE OF LIEUT. JOSIAH BLAIR PATTERSON, 14TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, A.P. HILL’S LIGHT DIVISION” ( completed and privately published 20 May, 1961), a collection of several dozen “letters home” from Lt. Patterson as he served and fought with the Confederate Army ( Army of Northern Virginia) from 1861 until he was killed in action in the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse on May 12, 1864.

In 1833 James McNeill drew land in Cherokee county (before subdivision) in the Cherokee Gold Lottery– wonder whether he gave his land in what later became Forsyth County to Mary Jane McNeil who married Josiah Blair Patterson and lived in Forsyth County?

Josiah Blair Patterson 1863 Northern Virginia– Source: Carroll Ruffin Patterson

Josiah Blair Patterson enlisted Jul 4, 1861 in the Confederate Army as a 2nd Lieutenant of Company E, 14th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry (“Lester Volunteers” of Forsyth County, Thomas’ Brigade, Wilcox’s Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.), where he served throughout his Civil War career. He was listed May 5, 1862 as Company E Recruiting Officer at Cumming, Forsyth County, GA. He was listed as acting Quartermaster in Oct 1862. On Nov 8, 1862 he was promoted to 1st Lieutenant and held that rank until his death. On May 12, 1864 during the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse Lt. Patterson was wounded and while being carried to the rear on a litter was hit a second time and killed.

8. Margaret (Peggy) Patterson

Margaret’s husband John Ebenezer Pressley was born about 1775. His parents were John Pressly and Isabella Fleming. His brother David married Margaret’s sister Jane. His sister Jane may have been an ancestor of George and William Randolph Hearst (See above). John died abt 1816 in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina.

Margaret and John were married at Cedar Springs Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Abbeville District, South Carolina

Child of Margaret and John:

i. Samuel P. Pressly, b. 25 Sep 1799 in Cedar Springs, Abbeville, South Carolina; d. 29 Sep 1839 in Athens, Georgia; m. Jane West Todd (c. 1797 in Ireland or 1805 Georgia – d. 01 Aug 1875 in Laurensville, South Carolina); Her parents were Andrew Todd and Jane West.

Samuel was educated at the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia; studied theology under his cousin Dr. John Taylor Pressly ( 1795- 1870) (see above) at Cedar Springs Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Abbeville District S. C., then Pastor of the A.R.Presbyterian Church, Newberry S.C. In 1832 he removed to Athens Ga. to become Professor of Belles Lettres at Franklin College (now UGA).

His wife, Jane West Todd remained at Athens Ga for many years after his death. Then she, her daughter Corrine Myrtise Pressly, her daughter Antoinette Pressly and husband Francis James Brown removed from Athens to Knoxvile Tennessee. They returned to Athens after the death of Francis James Brown.

In the 1850 census, Jane, her daughters Corrina Pressly and Antoinette Brown, son-in-law Francis Brown were all living in Knoxville, Tennessee in the household of Joseph Brooks.

In the summer of 1852 she, her two daughters, and grandchild Mary removed from Athens Ga to Laurens District S.C. to the home of Jane West Todd’s parents.

[cp p. 28-A].

Sources:

Ancestry.com  US Census Records

“FROM COUNTY DOWN TO SOUTH CAROLINA – SAMUEL PATTERSON (died 1791-1792), AND HIS DESCENDENTS IN UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA AND BEYOND”  By Carroll Ruffin Patterson (1919-1991) of  Decatur, Dekalb County, Georgia  It was compiled between 1948 and 1963.  It consists of over 287 pages with almost twice that many pages of appendices, annotations, updates, inserts and a comprehensive index of names.

“Scotch-Irish Migration to South Carolina, 1772: Reverend William Martin And His Five Shiploads of Settlers” by Jean Stephenson (Shenandoah Publishing House 1970).

http://www.pcdl.lib.oh.us/marriage/details.cfm?ID=3644

http://ohpreble.ohgenweb.net/index.htm

http://members.core.com/~sharprm/library/patterso.htm

http://preble.ohgenweb.net/fgs/query002.htm#164

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http://www.magoo.com/hugh/robert.html

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http://www.carolana.com/SC/Revolution/patriot_military_sc_captains.htm

http://www.genealogy.com/users/c/r/o/Carl-A-Crowley-iii/FILE/0002page.html

History of Preble County, Ohio 1881 – H. Z. Williams & Bro., Publishers, Cleveland Ohio

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=11806451&st=1

http://www.amcolan.info/Hearst/hearst.php#HearstJohnb21Feb1783

Samuel RANKIN (c. 1743 – 1818)  is Alex’s 7th Great Grandfather, one of 256 in this generation of the Miner line.

Samuel Rankin was born in 1743 in Tauboyne Parish Near St. Johnston, County Donegal, Ireland. Alternatively he was born in Aughboyne, Ireland. His parents were J RANKIN and Rachel [__?__]. He married Jennie EDMONSTON about 1760 in Ireland.   After Jennie died, he married Katherine Madeville. They emigrated in Sep 1796 to Washington County, Pennsylvania. Samuel died 14 Dec 1818 in Cannonsburg, Washington, Pennsylvania and is buried in Oak Spring Cemetery.

County Donegal, Ireland

Washington County is now part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area.

Canonsburg was home to singers Perry Como and Bobby Vinton, NFL head coach Marty Schottenheimer, New York Giants’ superstar Doug Kotar, Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle, Bill Schmidt, Olympian bronze medalist in the javelin throw in Munich, 1972,

Jennie Edmonston was born in 1743 in Ireland and died in Ireland in 1774 before emigrating.

Catherine Madeville was born in 1745 in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.  Catherine died 6 Nov 1810 in Canonsburg, Washington, Pennsylvania.

County Tyrone, Ireland

Samuel and Catherine Rankin Headstones

Children of Samuel and Jennie:

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Children of Samuel and Katherine Madeville:  Most of Samuel and Katherine’s children moved to Crawfordsville, Washington, Iowa.  The first private meeting of what would become the Republican Party came when Whig Party defectors met privately in Crawfordsville in February, 1854. The meeting was to lay the groundwork for the creation of a new political party. The first public meeting was held in Ripon, Wisconsin one month later.

Samuel  said he had been a member of the Seceder Congregation of Ta’ Boyne (probably Taughboyne) near St. Johnston, Ireland,   Note: St. Johnstown, Ireland is located just across the border from the county of Londonderry (which also contains the city of Londonderry), and appears to be in the county of Donegal.

Buried with him at the Oak Spring Cemetery is his wife, Catherine Madeville Rankin and a Hugh Rankin. His will is dated 20 Jan 1818.  The cemetery in which he is buried is apparently a Seceder Cemetery in Washington Co., PA.

“One source states he said he left Ireland 5 Sep 1796 and arrived Washington Co., PA later that year.

The following were tax-paying residents of the Conneaut township in Crawford County Pennsylvania in  1810: Alexander JOHNSTON, William LATTA and Samuel LATTA, Robert Martin, John Parr, Samuel Potter, William and Samuel RANKIN [maybe Samuel Sr.'s sons] Samuel Brooks, Thomas Crockett [son-in-law], Henry Frey, Obed Garwood, William Hill, Thomas McGuire and Rebecca Paden [daughter-in-law.] Alexander Johnston was a native of Ireland, and settled on Tract 687, in the northeast comer of the township, where he remained till death, leaving five children: William, John, Mary (Lopeman), Jane (McDowell) and Esther (Crockett). William Latta, also a native of the Emerald Isle, was a hatter, settled near Penn Line and after a few years removed from the township. His brothers, Samuel, John and Thomas, were also here, and made improvements, then departed. Robert Martin, an Irishman. settled near Steamburg, and resided there till his earthly labors were ended by death. John Parr afterward removed from the township. Samuel Potter settled in the northern part about 1799. He came from Elizabethtown, NJ, with an ox-team, part of his journey lying through the woods, with only blazed trees as a guide. He put out crops, reared a cabin, then at the end of the season returned to New Jersey, and the following spring came again to his new home, where he remained till his death, at the age of ninety-three years. William and Samuel Rankin hailed from Ireland. The former located at Penn Line, where he cleared a large farm and remained till death.

Children

1. William Rankin

William’s wife Jane Cowan’s origins are not known.

William Came to Crawford County, PA from Washington County, PA about 1800. He came with Samuel Rankin who could have been either his half-brother or his son. Samuel left the county before 1830 but William stayed until his death in 1835 (from will and probate data).  See history of Crawford County, Pennsylvania for details.

Children of William and Jane:

i. William Rankin Jr. b. ~1800-1810 Pennsylvania; d. 1841 Crawford, Pennsylvania; m. 15 Mar 1835 – Ashtabula Co., OH to Jane A. Fuller (b. 05 Jul 1818 in Maine or Vermont – d. 18 Apr 1893 Kanwaka, Douglas, Kansas; Burial Clinton Cemetery, Clinton, Douglas, Kansas). William and Jane had two children 1. Minerva Jane (b. 1837) and William Stanton (b. 1840). After William died, Jane married Samuel Kennedy (1800 Virginia – ) and had two more children Marcus Lafayette Kennedy (b. 1844) and George W Kennedy (b. 1846).

William had a residence before 1841 in North Shenango, PA

In the 1850 census, Samuel, Jane and the four children of the blended family were farming in Pine, Crawford, Pennsylvania.

ii. Mary Ann “Molly” Rankin b. 20 Sep 1798 Washington Co., PA; d. 1872 – Jamestown, Mercer, PA; m. 11 Feb 1818 Conneaut Township, Crawford Co, PA to John W. Snodgrass (b. 12 May 1781 – Northern Ireland – d. 27 Aug 1868 or 27 Oct 1865 – West Shenango, Crawford, PA). John’s father was Benjamin Snodgrass (b. ~ 1755 in Ireland – d. 27 Oct 1828 Crawford, Pennsylvania). Molly and John had twelve children born between 1820 and 1842.

In the 1850 census, John and Mary Ann were farming in South Shenango, Crawford, Pennsylvania with eight children at home ages 10 to 23.

iii. Thomas Rankin d. aft 1842

iv. Eliza Jane Rankin b. 1810; d. : 8 May 1866 Crawfordsville, Washington, Iowa ; m. 3 Dec 1831 Pennsylvania to John McCutcheon (b. 1800 – d. Eliza and John had seven children born between 1832 and 1848.

In the 1860 census, Eliza Mccutcheon was a widow farming in Crawford, Washington, Iowa with six children ages 11 to 24. John and Elizabeth Stewart’s family has the same census number, though the number is repeated for Eliza indicating she was a head of household. I don’t know if it was a typo or if the families were living together. John was a Sawyer (or a Lawyer) and Elizabeth and her daughter Martha were teachers.

v. Catherine Rankin

vi. James Rankin d. 1834 Crawford, Pennsylvania; m. Rebecca Paden

vii. Samuel Rankin

viii. John Rankin

3. Elizabeth RANKIN (See William L LATTA‘s page)

4. Mary Rankin

Mary Rankin Gravestone — Crawfordsville Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Washington County, Iowa Source: Findagrave

5. Rachel Rankin

Rachel  lived in Crawford, Washington, Iowa in 1856.  In the 1860 census, Rachel (age 80) was living with her younger brother John and his wife Elizabeth in Crawford, Washington, Iowa.

Rachel Rankin Headstone — Crawfordsville Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Washington County, Iowa Source: Findagrave #51074062

6. Katherine Rankin

Katherine may have been single or may have married William Smith. William was born in 1780 in Wales.

A letter from Katherine’s nephew Thomas Latta to another brother Moses Latta telling of the death of their mother on 23 May 1846 implies she was unmarried. In addition, her gravestone is inscribed Rankin.

Aunt Catherine went to Iowa this spring.  It appears by a letter I received from there lately that she is very much pleased with that country.  Talked of selling out at Washington and purchasing there. [Ironically, the family moved from Washington County, PA to Washingtong County, Iowa] Uncle John and family were well, and well pleased with the country.

Possible child of Katherine and William

i. Mathew Rankin Smith, b. 4 Oct 1809, Washington Co., Pennsylvania.; m. Esther Carter in 1832, Muskingum Co., OH.  d. 1 Dec 1883 Winchester, Franklin Co., TN.

Mathew migrated from Delaware Co., Indiana to Richland Co., Wisconsin and Franklin Co., Tennessee.

Catherine Elizabeth Rankin Headstone – Crawfordsville Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Washington County, Iowa — Source: Findagrave

7. Nancy Ann Rankin

Nancy Ann Rankin Gravestone — Crawfordsville Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Washington County, Iowa Source: Findagrave

8. John Andrew Rankin

John’s wife Elizabeth Grizella Walker was born 27 Sep 1792 in Pennsylvania. Her parents were John Hoge Walker (1754 – 1828) and Isabella McCormick (1758 – 1823). Elizabeth died 21 May 1871 in Washington, Iowa.

[Note, John's brother has almost the same name and dates of birth and death. Jonathan Hoge Walker (1756 - 1824) married Lucretia Duncan and was appointed US District Judge for Western Pennsylvania in 1818. Sometimes, the two men are mixed up.]

Elizabeth’s father, John Hoge Walker was an American Revolutionary Soldier that served with General George Washington as his wagon master and later his quartermaster at the famous Crossing of the Delaware 1776 and was with the Continental Army at Valley Forge.  After our independence was gained, the Governor of Pennsylvania commissioned him a Major of the Pennsylvania Milita. John’s father and two brothers also served in the Revolutionary War, William II, William III and David Walker.  John Hoge Walker grew to be 6′ 7 3/4″ in Height. One of his brothers was 6’6 3/4″.

Elizabeth’s mother, Isabella McCormick was of the McCormick family that founded the McCormick’s Fort located along the banks of the Conococheague Creek, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. A settlers’ stockaded blockhouse. Indians attacked nearby in 1757. The house was originally built in 1754, and lasted until torn down in 1905. The exact location is unrecorded. John’s grandfather, William Walker, a Sergeant on the frontier during the French and Indian War was killed by Indians,

Elizabeth lived with her husband most of her life in Crawfordsville, Iowa until her death at age of 78.

John Rankin Gravestone — Crawfordsville Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Washington County, Iowa — Source: Findagrave

Children of John and Elizabeth

John and Elizabeth’s children Mary Walker (1830-1920), John Walker Rankin (1835- Aft. 1905), and Catherine Walker (1832-1925)

i. Isabella “Belle” Walker Rankin b. 27 Apr 1824 – Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania; d. 22 Jan 1858 Crawfordsville, Washington, Iowa. Burial: in Old Cemetery, Crawfordsville

ii. Samuel Edmundson Rankin b. 14 Apr 1827 – Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania; d. 29 Sep 1881 – Garnett, Anderson Co., Kansas; m. 1 Jan 1849 – Washington, Iowa to Nancy Maria Crawford (b. 17 Jul 1830 – d. 1894). Nancy’s parents were Dr. Isaac Crawford (1796 – 1846) and Nancy Frazier. Samuel and Nancy had ten children born between 1851 and 1874.

Nancy’s grandfather James Crawford (1751 – 1838) Revolutionary service was dramatic Source: His 2nd great grandson Jame H Rankin’s Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application

Samuel was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania. At age 18 (1845) he moved with his father to Crawfordsville, Washington, Iowa.

The first private meeting of what would become the Republican Party came when Whig Party defectors met privately in Crawfordsville in Feb 1854. The meeting was to lay the groundwork for the creation of a new political party. The first public meeting was held in Ripon, Wisconsin one month later

In 1857 Samuel was elected to the legislature.

In July 1861, he was chosen first lieutenant of Company C, 8th Iowa Infantry, and became part of Fremont’s Command in the campaign against Price. Engagements included Battle of Shiloh, Siege of Corinth, Siege of Vicksburg and Red River Campaign.

The 8th Iowa participated in the battle of Shiloh, fighting 10 hours on the first day, repelling attack after attack, and, with the battery which it was supporting, inflicting terrible punishment upon the enemy. It was the last to leave the advanced line of the army, being surrounded as it attempted to withdraw and compelled to surrender. Out of 650 men engaged, it lost 64 killed, 100 wounded, and 47 missing. The 8th, 12th and 14th Ia. formed four-fifths of the little force that held back ten times its numbers at the close of the first day at Shiloh, giving Buell time to bring up his forces and snatch victory from defeat. Entirely cut off, they fought until they could fight no longer, and threw down their arms only to see many of their number shot down in cold blood after they had surrendered as prisoners of war. The officers above the rank of lieutenant were sent to Selma, thence to Talladega, returned to Selma soon afterward, three months later to Atlanta, thence to Madison until Nov. 7, when they were sent to Libby prison, Richmond, and were paroled a week later at Aiken’s landing. The lieutenants and enlisted men were sent to various prisons in Alabama and suffered the miseries and privations so common to southern prisons. A few of the 8th who escaped capture went into the “Union Brigade,” a consolidated regiment rather than a brigade, and took part in the Tennessee and Mississippi campaigns, distinguishing itself at Corinth.

No word on whether Samuel was captured.

The regiment was reorganized at St. Louis early in 1863 and made an expedition to Rolla, after which it joined Grant’s movement upon Vicksburg. It took part in the battle of Jackson, participated in the assault at Vicksburg on May 22 and also in the siege. It accompanied the army to Jackson, and after the evacuation there engaged in the pursuit of the enemy. It then went into camp at Vicksburg where Lieut. -Col. Ferguson died of disease. A short march to Brownsville was the only movement of interest until early in November, when the regiment moved to Memphis, thence to Lagrange and Pocahontas, where it remained until ordered to Vicksburg to take part in the Meridian raid. Soon after that event most of the command reenlisted and visited Iowa on veteran furlough. Returning to Memphis, it performed provost guard duty during 1864 and the early part of 1865, its most notable work being the repulse of Forrest, who made an attack on the city Aug. 21, 1864, the regiment being assisted by the “Gray-beard” regiment from Iowa. Early in March, 1865, the regiment moved to New Orleans and proceeded to Mobile bay, where it took part in the assault upon Spanish Fort and captured several hundred prisoners. This assault was made by a brigade commanded by Col. Geddes. Maj.- Gen. Steele, the former colonel of the 8th, won high praise for the manner in which he conducted his part of the siege of Mobile, and Geddes’ assault on Spanish Fort was conceded to be the most brilliant performance of that campaign. The regiment moved to Montgomery shortly after and served until mustered out.

Samuel Edmondson Rankin Service History
Commissioned an officer in Company C, Iowa 8th Infantry Regiment on 31 Aug 1861.
Promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant & Adj on 28 Nov 1861.
Promoted to Full Captain on 24 Jun 1863.
Promoted to Full Major on 01 Jul 1865.
Mustered out on 20 Apr 1866 at Selma, AL.

Total enrollment of the 8th Iowa was 1589. The regiment lost 4 officers and 98 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 4 officers and 170 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 276 fatalities. 228 were wounded. Samuel mustered out in June, 1866.

That same month he was nominated for treasurer.

About 1872 he went to Kansas. He was for some years a resident of Rich township, Anderson, Kansas. Shortly before his death he moved to Greeley, Anderson, Kansas and started a newspaper, the News. Anderson County remained dry until 1996.

In the 1870 census, SE and Nancy were living in Des Moines Ward 6, Polk, Iowa where SE was the State Treasurer. His real estate was valued at $20,000

Isaac Crawford Bio

iii. Mary Ann Rankin b. 26 Oct 1830 Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania; d. 1 Apr 1920 – Blue Mound, Kansas; m. 1 Mar 1851 Crawfordsville, Washington, IA to her cousin John Hoge Walker (b. 7 Mar 1828 in Butler, Pennsylvania – d. 04 Oct 1903 in Crawfordsville, Washington, Iowa). John’s parents were Jonathan Walker (1797 – 1879) and Rebecca Christiana Meeks (1810 – 1871). Mary Ann and John had seven children born between 1851 and 1873.

Mary Ann Rankin Walker moved to Washington Co. IA with her parents in 1845.  A woman of genuine christian character. A member of the Associate (Now United) Presbyterian Church of Crawfordsville IA She instilled into her children the principles of Evangelical Christianity. was a power for good not only in her family but in the community a Mother in Israel.” Mary Ann Rankin Walker died at the home of her sister Katherine Madeville Rankin Walker and was brought back to Crawfordsville IA and buried by her husband in ‘New Cemetery’ She Died at Blue Mound KS.

John Hoge Walker was born and raised in Butler Co. PA received a common school education as given in the country public schools of the period. Improved his oppoutunities and in winter of 1847/8 was teacher of his home district. Moved to Washington Co. Iowa in 1850.

In the 1880 census, John H. and Mary A. were farming in Crawford, Washington, Iowa.

iv. Katherine Madeville Rankin b. 25 Oct 1832 – Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania; d. 4 Apr 1925 – Blue Mound, Linn, Kansas; Burial: Burial: Pleasant View Cemetery, Blue Mound; m. 15 Nov 1853 – Crawfordsville, Washington, Iowa to her first cousin once removed John David Walker (b. 28 Apr 1828 in Butler, Butler, Pennsylvania – d. 24 Dec 1865 in Crawfordsville, Washington, Iowa) John’s parents were David Oliver Walker (1802 – 1841) and Maria Morton (1805 – 1849). His grandparents were John Walker (1754 – 1825) Isabella McCormick (1759 – 1823). [who were Katherine's great grandparents See above] Catherine and John David had seven children born between 1854 and 1866.

John David and Catherine had 7 children including two sets of twins.
1. Elizabeth Grizella Walker 1854-1933.
2. David Oliver Walker 1856-1918.
3. Isabella Walker 1859-1859.
4. John Walker 1859-1859.
(Twins, John and Isabella died just after birth due to drought and lack of food) (They were buried on the family farm at Americus, Lyon, Kansas) [Their cousin and our ancestor John Morton McCAW (1789 – 1865) also lived in Americus at this time]
5. Maria Isabell “Bell” Walker 1861-1963
6. John Rankin Walker 1866-1938
7. William Morton Walker 1866-1949

In 1860, John moved his family from the family farm in Lyon County, Kansas to Washington County, Iowa. John then returned to Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas where he joined the Union Army. John spent the winter of 1861-62 in the Quarter Master Department of the Union Army, then served as 1st Sergt, E company 11th Kansas Volunteers and soon was promoted to Captain of Company “E” Cavalry Battery Company of “E” Kansas Regiment.

Captain John David Walker returned to the family farm in Crawfordsville, Washington County, Iowa after his discharge on Aug 7 1865. John was killed just a few months later, on Dec 24 1865 by being kicked in the head by one of his colts. He lived a few hours after receiving the fatal wound. According to the family memoirs, John was buried on the family farm but there is a possibility of John being buried in the Crawfordsville Cemetery.

Catherine was about three months pregnant with their twin boys, John and William (Find A Grave Memorial# 21175000). The twin boys were born 22 July 1866, Crawfordsville, Washington, Iowa.

v. John Walker Rankin b. 4 Apr 1835 – Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania; d. Aft 1905 Census Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas; m. 30 Mar 1859 – Crawford Township, Washington, Iowa to Harriet Harper(b. Mar 1835 in Ohio – Aft 1920 census, Chanute Ward 4, Neosho, Kansas);  Harriet’s father was born in Scotland and her mother in Ohio. John and Harriet had seven children born between 1861 and 1875.

In the 1880 census, John W. and Harriet were farming in Crawford, Washington, Iowa with six children at home ages 5 to 18.

John and Harriet were still farming in Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas in the 1905 census.

Sources:

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12435295/person/483533754

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ronnadumas/i2237.html

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=118838681&st=1

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ronnadumas/i2237.html#i14094

Joseph PEASLEE (c. 1600 – 1660)  was Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather; one of 4,096 in this generation of the Miller line.

Joseph Peaslee was born about 1600 in Bristol, England.  His parents were William PEASLEY and Anne CALVERT. Given the big gap in his children’s births, he probably had a first wife.  He married Mary JOHNSON. The tradition in the family is that he was born and lived in the western part of England, near the river Severn, adjoining Wales. With his wife and two or three children he emigrated, about 1635, and came to Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1642.   Joseph died 3 Dec 1660 in Salisbury, Essex, Mass.

Joseph Peaslee – Coat of Arms

Mary Johnson was born about 1604 in Wales.  By tradition Mary was the daughter of a Welch  farmer of comfortable worldly estate.   Her parents may have been  John JOHNSON and Hannah THROCKMARTEN. Mary was possibly a blood relative (presumably sister) of Edmund Johnson who sailed from Southampton on the James in 1635. There was certainly a close tie between this Edmund Johnson and the Peaslee settlers, for there is a record of Joseph’s daughter Mary going to stay with the widow of Edmund Johnson when he died (<1660).   Mary died 27 Sep 1694 in Haverhill, Essex, Mass.

Alternatively, Mary was born 1622 in Trevor Issa, Denbighshire, North Wales and Jane and Mary Peaslee were from a different family.

Mary’s illustrious brother, John Ap John, was the associate of George Fox in establishing the Society of Friends in Wales. Swarthmore College Library, Swarthmore, PA, depository of Quaker records in America, furnished copies of writings alluding to John Ap John. An account by Dr. James J. Levick, probably around 1900, contains  seven paragraphs about John Ap John, and why he stayed in Wales instead of coming to America. ” John Ap John’s residence was at Trevor, in the parish of Llangollen, in Denbighshire, Wales, much nearer to Ruabon than to Wrexham. The house…. Persmission to examine the records of the registers of the parish of Llangollen, was obtained by Alfred N. Palmer, the most careful of local historians. The entries are brief, and the name is common. Recorded are:

The baptism of John Ap John de trevor Issa, and of MARIA, veh John Ap John (sic). Another reads: Anne, veh John Ap John de Trevor, baptizata est secundo die —, 1632. It may be assumed that these entries are related to our friend and to his two sisters; the abbreviated term veh implying verch, or daughter, the name of the father being the same as that of the son. It appears probable that John Ap John was born between 1625 and 1630 at Trevor Issa. … The absense of information which surrounds the particulars of his birth, also extends to the marriage of John Ap John.

From the foregoing, it would seem that the “Maria” mentioned in the parish records is the Mary Johnson who married Jospeh Peaslee.

All in all, not a lot of “proof” but some seemingly reasonable assumptions that the Johnson family that intermingled with the Joseph Peaslee family was probably related to the original Edmund Johnson.

Children of Joseph and Mary:

The name Peaslee is claimed by some to have sprung from Peter, from which we have Peers, Pearse and Pears. Others assume it was an offshoot from peas, a legum. Peas were grown in the east from time immemorial and were introduced into Europe in the Middle Ages. Shakespeare spoke of peasblossom. Lee is from lea, a pasture. The man who was the son of Mr. Peas perhaps lived on the lea, and to distinguish him from the other Mr. Peas he was called Peas-at-lea, and finally Peaslee.

Joseph was a lay preacher and minister.

1642 – Joseph became a freeman in 1642 in Newberry, Mass

14 Mar 1645 – He received a grant of land in Haverhill, Massachusetts  and his name appears in the first list of landholders of Haverhill in 1645. He settled in the easterly part of the town near “Reaks Bridge,” over the Merrimac river, and received grants of land from 1645 to 1656, when divisions of land were made by vote of the town of Haverhill,

1649, 50-53 – He was of the commissioners for the settlements of claims, and selectman of Haverhill

17 Jul 1656 – He was made a “townsman” of Salisbury “Newtown” (now Amesbury, Massachusetts)

1656-57-58 –  Granted “twenty acres of upland, bought of Thomas Macy, and ten acres of meadow, for which the town agreed to pay six pounds to Thomas Macy.” In divisions of land in Salisbury “Newtown” Joseph Peaslee received liberal shares. It was the custom in the new settlement to give lands, to induce persons having a trade such as a mason, blacksmith, etc., to settle in the new towns. Joseph was a lay preacher as well as a farmer, and was reputed to have some skill in the practice of medicine. In the recognition of these natural gifts, he was, undoubtedly, made a citizen of Salisbury “Newtown.”

Later this gift of preaching made trouble in the new settlement and history for Joseph.  Soon after he removed to “Newtown,” the inhabitants neglected to attend the meetings for worship in the old town and did not contribute to the support of the minister. They held meetings for worship at private houses, and in the absence of a minister, Joseph Peaslee and Thomas Macy officiated. The general court, which had jurisdiction over territory from Salem, Massachusetts, to Portsmouth, New Hampshire (was called Norfolk county), soon fined the inhabitants of “Newtown” five shillings each for every neglect of attending meetings in the old town and an additional fine of five shillings each to Joseph and Macy if they exhorted the people in the absence of a minister. This decree was not heeded. Meetings were held and Joseph and his friend continued to preach. The general court made additional decrees and fines, which also were not heeded. Macy fled from persecution in Massachusetts and settled in Nantucket, Rhode Island in 1659.

George MARTIN was one of the fifteen “humble immortals” who, in 1653, stoutly and successfully maintained for the first time the right of petition for the subjects of the English crown.  Lt. Robert Pike (son-in-law of Joseph MOYCE), of Salisbury, an influential citizen, had denounced a law passed by the General Court, for which he was convicted, fined and disfranchised by the General Court.  Lt. Pike, a prominent town official and later a member of the General Court, denounced the law forbidding to preach if not Ordained. Which law was aimed at Joseph PEASLEE and Thomas Macy, believers in the Baptist Doctrine, with Quaker tendencies. The autocratic General Court resented this and Lieutenant Pike was fined over thirteen pounds and bound to good behavior.   This punishment caused many citizens of Salisbury and the surrounding towns to petition for a revocation of the sentence.  This offended the Court still more, and the signers were called upon to give “a reason for their unjust request”.  Out of the seventy-five who signed, the above mentioned fifteen alone refused to recede or apologize, and they were required to give bonds and to “answer for their offense before the County Court”.  Their cases were never called to trial, and they thus, by their firm stand, laid the foundation for these rights, which are now granted in all the civilized world.  Ironically, after George died, his wife Susanna was executed for witchcraft on 19 Jul 1692 in Salem, Essex, Mass.

Joseph Peaslee was a Puritan, a reformed Episcopalian. The creed was to abandon everything that could boast of no other authority than tradition, or the will of man, and to follow as far as possible the “pure word of God.” The Puritans came to the wilderness of America to escape persecution in England and to enjoy their own religious liberty, but not to allow religious freedom to any who’ differed from them. Nowhere did the spirit of Puritanism, in its evil as well as its good, more thoroughly express itself than in Massachusetts. The persecution of Joseph was of short duration, as he died at Salisbury “Newtown,” December 3, 1660. He made his will November 11, 1660, proved February 9, 1661; Mary Peaslee, executrix. In 1662 the widow, Mary Peaslee, was granted one hundred and eight acres of land in Salisbury. The administration of her estate was granted September 27, 1694, to her son Joseph.

Joseph’s  son Joseph Jr. received “children’s land” in 1660 and a “Township” in 1660, being a tract of land, conferring the right to vote and take part in town meetings when of age. He resided in Salisbury “Newtown” until after his marriage and birth of his eldest child, Mary, when he removed to Haverhill, Massachusetts. He was a physician and farmer; owned saw and grist mills, a large landholder by grants, inheritance and purchases, and had large tracts of land beyond the Spicket river, now Salem, New Hampshire, inherited from his father. He took the oath of allegiance and fidelity at Haverhill in 1677; built a brick garrison house with bricks imported from England about 1673. This house is in East Haverhill on the highway now called the “River Road,” and is still [in 1909] standing in good repair, one of the landmarks of the Merrimac valley.

Joseph Peasley Jr. – House; abt 1675

Joseph held many town offices, was much in public life, and a member of the Society of Friends. For many years there was an established meeting of that denomination at his house. He died at Haverhill, Massachusetts, March 21, 1735, and his widow was living in 1741. From the records he evidently distributed his estate by deeds to his heirs, with this closing clause, “Saving always and hereby reserving unto myself the free use and Improvement of ye premises During my natural life.” Children by first wife: Mary, married an ancestor of John Greenleaf Whittier; Joseph, Robert, John, Nathaniel. Ruth, Ebenezer and Sarah.

The Last Will and Testament of Joseph Peasly – Essex Co MA Registry of Probate File #21069 9 Apr 1661

The last will and testament of Josef Pesly is that my deats shall bee paid out of estate and the remainner of my estat wich is left my deats being paid I doe give and dooe beequeaf the on have vnto Mery my wiff during her life and I doo give to my dafter Sera all my hous and lands that I have at Salsbery and I doo give vnto Josef my Sonne all my land that I have upon the plain at Haverell and doo all so vnto Josef my Sonn all medo lying in the East medo at Haverell and doo give vnto Josef my Sonn all my right in the oxespaster at Haverell and doo giue vnto Josef my Sonn five of of the common rites that doo be long to the plain doo give vnto my dafter Eleesebeth my forty fouer eakers of vpland lying west word of Haverell and doo giue vnto my dafter Elesebeth fouer Eakers and a have of medo liing in the west medo at Haverell and doo all so give to my dafter Elesebeth fouer of the common rits that doo belong to the plain and doo give vnto my daffter Jean tenn shillen and to my dafter mary ten Shellens I doo give vnto Sarea Saier my grandchild my vpland and medo liing at Speaket reuer and doo give vnto my sunn Josef all the re mainer of my land at Haverell wich is not heare disposed of this is my last will and testement being in my right mind and memere wittnes my hand the 11 of nouember 1660

Josef pesle

witness Phill Challis Thomas Barnard Richard Vurrier

I doo all so make mary my wiffe my Soull exseceter and doo allso leave Josef my Sunn and the esteat that I haue giueen him to my wiffes desposen tell Josef my Sonn be twenty yeares of aige

This was attested vpon oath by Phillip Challis & Tho Barnett to bee ye last will & testament of Joseph Peasly ? at Salisbury ? Tho Bradbury

JOSEPH PEASLEY INVENTORY

Essex Co MA Registry of Probate #21069
A inventory of the goods and lands of Josef Peasly taken by Richard Currier and Thomas Barnard & William Barence

1 grinding stone and crink & bittell rings 00 12 00
1 smothing iron 5 wedges and on Iron bar 01 05 00
one pare of and Irons and 2 spits 4 axes & 2 saws 02 06 00
one crane 2 tramels gred Iron & brand Iron and fire slice on par of cob Irons & tongs 01 14 00
on tow Combe parsel 00 10 00
on Iron pot and skelet pot hokes and flesh hoke and friing pan 01 04 00
5 howes 1 Chaine & other Iron work 01 00 00
puter and bras 05 00 00
2 guns and on sword 02 00 00
all his waring apperell woling and lining 08 00 00
Cloth & sarge and tamie 07 13 00
beds and beding 10 18 00
yarn woll flax and hempe 05 10 00
Chests barells spining wheles and other lumber 03 00 00
sixty bushels of Indian Corn 09 00 00
three Cows two heffers & on calfe 19 00 00
swine 03 00 00
hous and land and meddow 50 00 00
2 bibels and other bukes 01 15 00
This is a ? ? to our ? total £143 05 00

Whareas we James Senr Davice and Theophiles Sachell war asked by the widdow peasly and ? ?

first 12 acors more or les within the plaune fenced as it is bounded in the records and so for the rest in record for this 12 acors 50 00 00
# for 18 acors without the fence 40 00 00
# 44 acors of the 2 deuision over the litel rever westward is bounded 35 00 00
# 4 scor and 4 of the 3 devision on spicet hill as it is bound 35 00 00
# a 4th devision of upland yet not perfeted all though granted by the towne 5 00 00
# 6 acars of meddow at the east meddow as bound 20 00 00
# 4 acars & a halfe of meddow at the west meddow bounded 08 00 00
# 6 acars of 2 devision of meddow at Spicket 09 00 00
# 4 acors of 3 devision of medow bounded in the new found medow 05 00 00
# 4 ox commonds & others cow commonds 16 00 00

£223 00 00

by Mary Peasly Executor to be a true inventory
Theophiles Sachell? James Davis Senr
?? Tho Bradbury
SALISBURY QUARTERLY COURT RECORDS 14 2 1663

Capt Rob Pike Lt Philip Challis Mr Tho Bradbury impowered to divide the estate of Joseph Peasly & make return next Hampton court 1:12

Children

1. Jane PEASELY (See Ensign John DAVIS‘s page)

2. Mary Peaslee

Mary’s first husband Henry Sayward was born 1627 in Farnham, Essex, England. His parents were John Sayward and Anne [__?__]. Henry died 1679 in York, York, Maine.

Mary’s second husband Joseph Whittier was born 1637 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.

5. Elizabeth Peaslee

Estimates of Elizabeth’s birth are wide ranging from 1627 to 1648. Elizabeth’s husband John Collins was a Quaker.

Elizabeth’s husband Nathan Gould was born about 1614 in England and died between 12 Dec 1692 and 27 Sep 1693 in Amesbury, Essex Co., Mass.

4 Sarah Peasley

Sarah’s husband Thomas Barnard was born 10 May 1641 in Salisbury, Essex, Mass. His parents were Thomas Barnard and Helen Eleanor Morse. Thomas died 5 Dec 1715 in Amesbury, Essex, Mass.

After Joseph Peasley’s death, his widow evidently continued to cling to the property, the will being rather obscure as to her rights vs. her daughter Sarah’s, although it is evident that he meant to divide the property between them.  After Sarah married, her husband sued the widow.

Thomas Barnard Jr. vs. Mary Peaslee For refusing and neglecting to make good to him a certain legacy of house and lands given to Sarah Peasley who is now said Bernard’s wife by said Joseph in his will. The widow won this suit which was evidently for the entire property and it was

“Ordered that Captain Pike, Mr. Thomas Bradbury, and Lt. Phillip Challis make a division of lands between widow Peasley and Sarah Peasley, now wife of Thomas Bernard and of the housing according to the will of Joseph Peasly  as soon as they can conveniently, April 1664

5. Dr. Joseph Peaslee

Joseph’s first wife Ruth Barnard was born 16 Oct 1651 in Salisbury, Mass.

Joseph’s second wife Mary Tucker was born 31 May 1666 in Salisbury, Essex, Mass. Her parents were Morris Tucker and Elizabeth Gill. She first married 23 Dec 1685 in Haverhill, Essex, Mass to Stephen Davis (b. 15 Jul 1663 in Haverhill, Mass – d. 5 May 1719 in Haverhill) Mary died 1724 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, .

See Joseph’s bio below.

Joseph’s daughter Mary married Joseph Whittier on  24 Jul 1694 Haverhill.  The poet John  Greenleaf Whittier was her great grandson.

Mary’s son Joseph Whittier (1717 Haverhill – 1796 Haverhill) married Sarah Greenleaf (1721 Newbury – 1807 Haverhill)

Mary’s grandson John Whittier (1760 Haverhill – 1830 Haverhiull) married Abigail Hussey (1779 Somersworth, New Hampshire – 1857 Haverhill)

John Greenleaf Whittier was born to John Whittier and Abigail Hussey  at their rural homestead near Haverhill, Massachusetts, on December 17, 1807. He grew up on the farm in a household with his parents, a brother and two sisters, a maternal aunt and paternal uncle, and a constant flow of visitors and hired hands for the farm. Their farm was not very profitable. There was only enough money to get by. Whittier himself was not cut out for hard farm labor and suffered from bad health and physical frailty his whole life. Although he received little formal education, he was an avid reader who studied his father’s six books on Quakerism until their teachings became the foundation of his ideology. Whittier was heavily influenced by the doctrines of his religion, particularly its stress on humanitarianism, compassion, and social responsibility

John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892) was an influential American Quaker poet and ardent advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. He is usually listed as one of the Fireside Poets. Whittier was strongly influenced by the Scottish poet, Robert Burns. Highly regarded in his lifetime and for a period thereafter, he is now remembered for his poem Snow-Bound, and the words of the hymn Dear Lord and Father of Mankind, from his poem The Brewing of Soma, sung to music by Hubert Parry.

During the 1830s, Whittier became interested in politics, but after losing a Congressional election in 1832, he suffered a nervous breakdown and returned home at age twenty-five. The year 1833 was a turning point for Whittier; he resurrected his correspondence with Garrison, and the passionate abolitionist began to encourage the young Quaker to join his cause.

Broadside publication of Whittier’s Our Countrymen in Chains

In 1833, Whittier published the antislavery pamphlet Justice and Expediency, and from there dedicated the next twenty years of his life to the abolitionist cause. The controversial pamphlet destroyed all of his political hopes—as his demand for immediate emancipation alienated both northern businessmen and southern slaveholders—but it also sealed his commitment to a cause that he deemed morally correct and socially necessary. He was a founding member of the American Anti-Slavery Society and signed the Anti-Slavery Declaration of 1833, which he often considered the most significant action of his life.

Whittier’s political skill made him useful as a lobbyist, and his willingness to badger anti-slavery congressional leaders into joining the abolitionist cause was invaluable. From 1835 to 1838, he traveled widely in the North, attending conventions, securing votes, speaking to the public, and lobbying politicians. As he did so, Whittier received his fair share of violent responses, being several times mobbed, stoned, and run out of town. From 1838 to 1840, he was editor of The Pennsylvania Freeman in Philadelphia,  one of the leading antislavery papers in the North.  In May 1838, the publication moved its offices to the newly-opened Pennsylvania Hall on North Sixth Street, which was shortly after burned by a pro-slavery mob.  Whittier also continued to write poetry and nearly all of his poems in this period dealt with the problem of slavery.

The passage of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865 ended both slavery and his public cause, so Whittier turned to other forms of poetry for the remainder of his life.

Sources:

Joseph Peasley 1 — Source: Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury (1938)

Joseph Peasley 2

Joseph Peasley 3

Joseph Peasley 4

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=10660142&st=1

http://genforum.genealogy.com/peaslee/messages/169.html

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cbbagby/pafg99.htm

Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume 3 By Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs

http://genforum.genealogy.com/peaslee/messages/169.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northeast/guides/halloffame/historical/john.shtml

Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury (1938) By Holman, Mary Lovering, 1868-1947; Pillsbury, Helen Pendleton Winston, 1878-1957

http://genforum.genealogy.com/peaslee/messages/172.html

Alexander JOHNSTON (c. 1755 – 1810)  is Alex’s 6th Great Grandfather, one of 128 in this generation of the Miner line.

Alexander Johnston was born about 1755 in Ireland.  He married Esther RANKIN or Jan Peery.  Came to America in his parents in 1797, settling in Crawford County Pennsylvania in 1800. Caleb Luce, September 23, 1797, 100 acres in Conneaut, Crawford, Pennsylvania, settled under contract and deed granted Alexander Johnson, assignee of Luce.  Alexander died after 1810 in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.

Children of Alexander and Esther:

Except a narrow strip along the western line, which was owned by the American Land Company, the Conneaut Township was included within the domain of the Pennsylvania Population Company. The agent of this latter company was Jabez Colt, who, in order to stimulate immigration to these lands, in the summer of 1797, or earlier, engaged the services of a half dozen or more sturdy, young, unmarried immigrants and made an improvement alled Colt’s Station, in the eastern part of the township, and probably at the south end of the dividing line, between Tracts 710 and 711, or in Tract 715. For several years they remained here, but the place did not flourish and the land agent abandoned the settlement and made another improvement in what is now Pine Township.

The following statement shows the condition of the Population tracts in 1812, when the company closed its business – the number of the tract, name of settler, date of contract, number of acres, contracted for and its final disposition. Each tract contains an area slightly exceeding 400 acres. Tract 683, Ezekiel Murdock, Oct 27, 1797, 200 acres, deed granted Amos Line, assignee of Murdock; 684, Eliphalet Beebe, Nov 9, 1797, 200 acres, deed granted Amos Line, assignee of Beebe; 685, Samuel Hungerford, Nov 9, 1797, 200 acres, slightly improved, then abandoned; 686, David Smith, Nov 9, 1797, 200 acres, slightly improved, then abandoned; same tract, George Cook, Mar 27, 1805, 100 acres, abandoned; 687, Caleb Luce, September 23, 1797, 100 acres, settled under contract and deed granted Alexander Johnson, assignee of Luce. All the above, except the last named, were intruded upon in 1801, 1802 and 1803, but abandoned after a two or three years’ settlement.

The following were tax-paying residents of the Conneaut township in Crawford County Pennsylvania in  1810: Alexander JOHNSTON, William LATTA and Samuel LATTA, Robert Martin, John Parr, Samuel Potter, William and Samuel RANKIN, Samuel Brooks, Thomas Crockett, Henry Frey, Obed Garwood, William Hill, Thomas McGuire and Rebecca Paden.  Alexander Johnson was a native of Ireland, and settled on Tract 687, in the northeast comer of the township, where he remained till death, leaving five children: William, John, Mary (Lopeman), Jane (McDowell) and Esther (Crockett).

Children

1. Esther Johnston

Esther’s husband Thomas B. Crockett was born in 14 Nov 1770 in Donegal, Ireland.  Thomas died 27 Apr 1823 in Linesville, Crawford, Pennsylvania.  Esther and Thomas married  16 Nov 1797 in Cumberland, Pennsylvania.  Thomas Crockett was an Irishman, and settled on Tract 723, where his son then resided [see above]. He was a farmer, and was drowned near Linesville.

Children of Esther and Thomas:

i. Jane Crockett b: 15 Sep 1801 in Cumberland, Pennsylvania; d. 1 Apr 1871 in Crawford Co, Pa; m. Sam Garwood (b. 1797 in Of Crawford Co., Pennsylvania - d. 1849);  In the 1850 census, Jane was a widow in Conneaut, Crawford, Pennsylvania.

ii. Nancy Crockett b: 12 Nov 1804; d. 24 Apr 1888 in Conneaut Township, Crawford, Pa; m. William Graham (b. 1802 Pennsylvania – d. Mar 1870 of Consumption)  In the 1860 census, Nancy and William were farming in Conneaut, Crawford, Pennsylvania

iii. Mary Crockett b: 1806 in Crawford Co, Pa; d. 1845 in Crawford Co, Pa; m. 2 May 1818 – Crawford County (Crawford), Pennsylvania to Luman Laurence (b. 20 Aug 1798, Albany NY – d. 2 Nov 1867 – Crawford County, Pennsylvania) His parents were Oliver Lawrence and Patty Ann Waite.

iv. Margaret Crockett b: 28 Dec 1807 in Conneaut Township, Pa; d. 8 Mar 1893 in Crawford Co, Pa; m. Judah Warren  (b. 1799 Massachusetts – bef. 1860 census); In the 1850 census, Margaret and Judah were farming in Conneaut, Crawford, Pennsylvania.

v. William Crockett b: 2 Feb 1811 in Conneaut Township, Pa; d. 9 Nov 1852 in Dosset, Ashtabula, Ohio; m1. Rhoda [__?__] ( – d. 1844 in Crawford, Pennsylvania); m2. 4 Sep 1844 in Ashtabula, Ohio to Sally Ann Cadwell (b. 29 Dec 1814 in Farmington, Hartford, CT – d. 14 Feb 1885 in Dorset, Ashtabula, Ohio) In the 1850 census, William and Sally Ann were farming in Pierpont, Ashtabula, Ohio with five of their own children, four Cole children and Newell Hicks.

vi.  Esther Crockett b: 27 Mar 1813 in Conneaut Township, Pa; d. 17 Oct 1886 in Crawford Co, Pa; m. 1 Sep 1832 Crawford Co, PA to Joseph Samuel Garwood (b. 25 Aug 1805 in Conneaut Twp, Crawford Co, PA – d. 03 Jun 1887 in Crawford Co, PA). In the 1850 census, Joseph and Esther were farming in Summit, Crawford, Pennsylvania with eight children at home.

Esther Crockett Garwood Photo

vii. Sophia Crockett b: 6 Jul 1815 in Crawford Co, Pa; d. 20 Jan 1886 in Conneaut township, Pa; m. Merrick Thayer (b. 14 Mar 1812 – d. 9 Mar 1894 Conneaut Center Cemetery, Conneautville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania) In the 1870 census, Merrick and Sophia were farming in Conneaut, Crawford, Pennsylvania.

viii. Thomas B. Crockett Jr. b: 1820; d. 17 Oct 1889 in Crawford Co, Pa; m. Julia C. Homer (b. 7 May 1819 in Oneida, Onondaga, NY – d. Aft 1880 census) In the 1860 census, Thomas and Julia were farming in Conneaut, Crawford, Pennsylvania.

ix. Martha Ann Crockett b: Apr 1822 or 1818 in Crawford Co, Pa; d. 31 Mar 1873; m. 2 Jul 1846 to William Henry Broughton (b. 27 Apr 1823 in New York – d. Abt 1894) His parents were Zephon Broughton and Elizabeth Warriner. After Martha Ann died, he married

28 Sep 1873 to Ella Ephrasia Fowler (1854 – 1945) In the 1860 census, William and Martha were farming in Conneaut, Crawford, Pennsylvania.

2. Mary Johnston,

Mary and Andrew Lopeman had nine children:   Elizabeth, John, Alfred Arthur, Mary, Catherine Ann, Hugh A., Nancy Anne, Margaret and Jane.  Andrew Lopeman was born about 1780 in Franklin Co., Penn.  Andrew died 12 Dec 1834 in Kittanning, Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania. Some genealogies state that Mary also died in 1834 in Kittanning, but I found her living with her daughter Nancy A Acker in District 44, Ohio, Virginia [Wheeling, West Virginia] in the 1850 census.

Almost all of the Lopemans in the US, descend from Andrew Lopeman. Family lore suggests that Andrew was from Holland, or possibly Belgium, or less likely from Germany. The earliest record we have for him is the 1810 Franklin Co., PA, census.

One researcher and author of a genealogy book on Andrew has Mary’s last name as Crocker, but the consensus is that she was more likely Mary Johnston, born about 1780-1783 in Kilkenny, Ireland.

Andrew and Mary’s son John married a Crockett according to family legend. The sparse records we have on Andrew suggest that quite a few friends, neighbors and relatives were Irish, and some of us have speculated that, even if his family origins were Dutch, he might have come to the US via Ireland. We have also wondered if similar names such as Lohrman or Lowman are distant branches of the family.

From: Joan Miller, gggrand-daughter of Josiah Ralph Lewis. “The following was written on 18th Feb 1833 and recorded the 14th Dec 1844. I copied it as closely as possible from the original on microfilm.

The Last Will and Testament of Andrew Lopeman of Kittanning Township, Armstrong County. In the name of God, Amen. I, Andrew Lopeman of Kittanning Twonship, Armstrong county considering the uncertainty of life and beinf of sound mind, memory and understanding, altho weak of body, do make and publish this my Last Will and Testament in manner following to wit:

First, I commit my immortal and eternal soul into the hands of the All Mighty Jehovah who gave it, and my body to the Earth to be decently and in a Christian like manner interred. Secondly, I direct that my funeral expenses and just debts be paid. Thirdly, I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Mary, all my real, personal and mixed estate or property whatsoeve where with it has pleased the almighty to help me in this world and I request said wife that she educate and raise our children and after her the….following two lines totally unreadable…

Page 2…and equitable among our said children.

Lastly, I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my said wife_________,_________and George (Brodhand??) executors of this my last will and testament declaring null and void all other wills heretofore made by me and pronouncing this to be my last will and testament.

Signed, sealed, published and dictated by the afore mentioned Andrew Lopeman to be his Last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request have here with subscribed our names as witnesses, this 18th Feby AD 1833 WM Johnston

Armstrong County PA

Befoe me John……. register for the probate of wills and granting letters of its administration in and for the county, personally came William Johnston of of the subscribing witnesses to the above and being duly sworn according to law… say that he was present and saw and heard the testament of Andrew Lopeman… (Cannot read any more)

Children of Mary and Andrew:

i. Rev. John Lopeman b. Abt 1803 in Franklin County, Pennsylvania; d. 1883 in Knox County, Illinois; m. 1827 to Elizabeth Crockett (b. 1800 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania – d. 1850 in Sugar Creek, Iowa) After Elizabeth died, he married Thankful Charlotte Gould (b. Jul 1818 in New York – ) Thankful had first married Lewis W. Jones (1814 – 1854)

Deeds and Leases 1805-1941 Armstrong County, Kitanning Township May 5, 1838 date of record. Vol. II, Page 41. Sale by John Lopeman to John King, on the 7th of April 1838, sale by John and Elizabeth, his wife, 25 acres for $200

In the 1850 census, John was farming in District 29, Lee, Iowa.

His farm was in Knox County. His church was in Fulton County, Illinois. Like its neighbor to the south, Fulton County, for its Spoon River Drive, Knox County is also known for a similar scenic drive fall festival the first two weekends in October, the Knox County Drive.

ii. Mary Lopeman (twin) b. 24 Sep 1808 in Somerset, Pennsylvania; d. 20 June 1871 in Northunberland, England; m. 17 Oct 1828 Pine, Armstrong, Pennsylvania to John Graham (b. 4 Apr 1805 in Pennsylvania – d. 26 Dec 1880 in Benton, New Lincoln, Oregon with his daughter Elmira) His parents were Robert Graham and Nancy Montgomery. In the 1850 census, John and Mary were farming in Pine, Crawford, Pennsylvania with ten children at home. In 1860, they had moved to Jennings, Crawford, Indiana.

John Graham (1805-1880)

iii. Elizabeth Lopeman (twin) b. 24 Sep 1808 in Franklin County, Pennsylvania; d. 23 March 1896 in Metamora, Lapeer, Michigan. In the 1850 census, Elizabeth was living with her brother John in Lee, Iowa.

iv. Catherine Ann Lopeman, b. 18 Oct 1810, Franklin PA, d. 23 Mar 1896, Dryden, Lapeer County, MI; m. 02 May 1833 in Kittanning, Armstrong, PA  to Nathan Ellsworth Lewis (b. 18 Mar 1807 in Middlesex CT – d. 20 Feb 1888 in Dryden, Lapeer, Michigan), His parents were Nathan Andrew Lewis and Constant Butler.

Catherine and Nathan moved to Lapeer County, Michigan in 1848.

Catherine Ann Lewis died March 23, 1896 of paralysis, the disease attacking her March 1. Funeral services for were held at Thornville Church, where Rev. Harper preached from Numbers, 23rd chapter and a part of the tenth verse. Undertaker Sissons, of Imlay City, laid the remains to rest in Thornville cemetery.

Catherine Ann was born Oct. 18, 1810, at Franklin, Penn., and was 85 years, 5 months and three days old. She married Nathan Ellsworth Lewis, May 2 1833, at Kittanning, Penn living there until May, 1839, when they moved to Bruce, Macomb Co. Mich. they moved again in 1848, to Dryden, Lapeer Co., and have lived since in the townships of Dryden, Attica, Goodland, and Metamora. Mrs Lewis leaves four sons and two daughters to mourn her loss: O. A. Lewis, of Metamora, at whose home she died; Wm I. of Dryden; Josiah R., of Deford; Samuel B., of Hunters Creek; Mrs Mary Utley, of Goodland, and Abigail R., of Deford. Two sons died in infancy. Her eldest son, Nathan Andrew, died April 5, 1889, at Deford and her fifth son, Edwin A., died Dec 13, 1893, at Marion, Mich, and was buried at Morice, Mich. She joined the christian church upwards of forty years ago, taking a letter some time afterward to Dryden M. E. church.

Nathan Ellsworth Lewis was about 7 years old when he moved with his parents to Pennsylvania and came four years later to Milam, Erie Co. Ohio. In 1832 he removed to near Pittsburgh, Penn and a year later married. In 1839 he and his family removed to Romeo Mich. and in 1848 to Dryden where he lived until one year of his death. He died at the home of his daughter Mrs Utley of Goodland.

In the 1860 census, Nathan E. and Catherine were farming in Dryden, Lapeer, Michigan.

Nathan Ellsworth Lewis (1807 – 1888)

Although about 54 years old when the war broke out, he enlisted in the 7th Mich. Infantry. Aug. 1861. He was soon discharged on account of his age, but determined to serve in the army, he again enlisted Oct 26, 1861, in Co., H, 10th Regiment, Michigan Infantry. When he was hospitalized for illness it was discovered that he had lied about his age to join the service and was 56 years old at the time and transferred to Veterans Reserve Corps. He remained in service until Feb 6, 1865 when he was honorable discharged.

The Tenth Infantry was organized at Flint, completing its formation in February, 1862. It was composed of the following local companies, the “Byron Guard”, of Byron, the “Saginaw Rangers” of Saginaw, the “Orion Union Guard” of Orion, the “Sanillac Pioneers” of Sanilac, the “Scarret Guard” of Port Huron, the “Holt Guard” of Almont, the “Lum Guard” of Memphis, the “McClelland Guard” of Pontiac, the “Genesee Rangers” of Flint and the “Dickerson Guard” of Hillsdale.

The Regiment left the state April 22, 1862, under the command of Colonel Charles M. Lum, joining the army under General Hallock, at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., being assigned to the Second Brigade, General Pope’s Division. The Tenth was in the presence of the Confederates the moment it reached its destination, commencing at once a series of marches and skirmishes that occupied every day, together with the hard work of building trenches and fortifications. When the Confederates retreated from Corinth the Tenth went into camp at that place, where it remained until June 20th, enjoying a much needed rest, when it was ordered to Tuscumbia, Ala. Detachment’s of the Regiment were sent out from this place to occupy certain positions and act as provost guard.

In September the Tenth marched to Nashville, where it was engaged in building fortifications, taking part in reconnaissances, guarding trains, all the while suffering severely from short rations. The Regiment was then assigned to the First Brigade, Second Division, Fourteenth Army Corp, Army of the Cumberland. During the winter the Regiment was constantly on duty, making many and long marches; but, met with no serious loss in battle. It had frequent contacts with the southern forces while guarding trains. losing a number of men in these engagements. In September, 1863, the Regiment was at Bridgeport, Ala, crossed the Tennessee River near Chattanooga, arriving at Chicamauga Station the 26th. It was constantly in motion, occupying a number of towns during the fall and summer.

The Regiment veteranized at Rossville, 335 men re-enlisting on the 6th of Feb. 1864, with the expectation of going home for a 30 day furlough. While anticipating such a pleasant event, orders were received for the regiment to move with the army in a general advance toward Dalton, Ga. At Buzzards Roost, Feb. 25th, the Confederates were found strongly fortified, and the Tenth was pushed upon the confederate works, meeting a storm of grape and canister, causing a loss of 13 killed, 35 wounded and 17 missing, for a total loss of 65 men.The following month the Regiment was returned to Michigan, arriving at Detroit, March 11th, and was furloughed for 30 days. May 11th., the Tenth was back in Chattanooga, thence to Georgia, marching by way of Dalton and Kenesaw Mountain, crossing the Chattahoochie River the 17th, then taking part in the Siege of Atlanta. The Tenth was a part of General Sherman’s army and participated in the march from Atlanta to the Sea, then after a number of skirmishes with the southern defenders, arrived before Savannah, December the 11th. When that city fell, the Tenth encamped there until Jan 20, 1865, when it started with the balance of the army on the campaign in the Carolinas. The Tenth crossed the Savannah River at Sister’s Ferry, Feb. 6th, then was engaged with the Confederates at Fayetteville, N.C., March 11th, crossing the Cape Fear River on the 12th. The Regiment skirmished heavily with southern forces at Averysboro, N.C. the 16th, then fighting in the battle at Bentonville on the 19th. The Tenth then marched on to Raleigh, reaching Goldsboro on the 23rd. The line of march was then continued to Richmond, Va., as that city had fallen into the hands of Union troops upon the Surrender of General Lee. On the 10th of May, 1865, the Regiment was marched to Washington, D. C., where it took part in the Grand Review with General Sherman’s army on the 24th.

The Regiment, then in command of Colonel Dunphy, started for Louisville, KY., where it was mustered out of service on July 19, 1865, returning to Jackson, Mich., on the 22nd, then on the 1st of August, 1865 was paid off and disbanded. The regiment suffered 7 officers and 95 enlisted men who were killed in action or motally wounded and 2 officers and 223 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 327 fatalities

v. Hugh Alexander Lopeman b. 11 Oct 1812 in Franklin County, Pennsylvania; d. 11 April 1865 in Leavenworth, Leavenworth, KS; m. 17 Oct 1839 Clarion County, Pennsylvania to Susannah Huffman (1815 – 1878)

Seller of the land to Hugh Lopeman, an Indenture for 102 acres and 7 perches for the price of $306.13. The land was purchased from Mr. George Kribbs and his wife, Susanah, and is dated April 22, 1851 – the land being part of a Tract laid off in 1806 to William Brown. The Document is 16 X 22 inches and in very good condition. When folded it is 4 X 8 ¼ inches and written on the outside is Geo. Kribbs to Hugh Lopeman.  This land lies in Clarion County, Penn. close to Venango County in N. W. Penn.

Later Hugh Lopeman and family would move to Iowa and then to Missouri. In the 1860 census, H A and Susannah were farming in Big Creek, Cass, Missouri. During the Civil War they would move to Delaware Township, Leavenworth, Kansas for protection.

Hugh enlisted as a Wagoner on 17 July 1863 at the age of 44 in Company M, 5th Kansas Cavalry Regiment. He died of disease Company M, 5th Cavalry Regiment Kansas on 11 Apr 1864 at Fort Leavenworth, KS. The regiment lost a total of 268 men during service; 2 officers and 45 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 219 enlisted men died of disease.

Hugh’s son Alexander (b. 1841) enlisted in Company H, Kansas 16th Cavalry Regiment on 08 Mar 1864.  Promoted to Full Private. Mustered out on 06 Dec 1865.

Hugh’s son Hugh Jr. b. 8 Nov 1840 in Pennsylvania; d. 26 Nov 1924 in Amoret, Mo.; m. 20 Dec 1866 in Missouri to Susan J. Colburn (b. 20 Jun 1847 in Missouri d. 7 Aug 1929 in Amoret, Missouri)

(Hugh) Alexander Lopeman Jr  (1840-1924) and Susan Colburn Lopeman (1847-1929)

Hugh’s son James A Lopeman Sr was born Mar 1853 in Pennsylvania. He married Forest Amos (b. 2 Jan 1864 in Iowa – d. 13 Aug 1916 Iowa) Family legend about a Cherokee wife may have stemmed from the land ownership in Enid, OK. James had a plant nursery there. Once oil was struck in the area, the rights belonged to the local Indians. In 1893 he married a woman named Mary, although he was already married to Forrest. He put Forrest in a mental institution in Iowa. In the 1900 census, James and Mary were living in North Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, where John was a nurseryman. Based on these facts, some assume that he did that to gain the oil rights by marrying an Indian named Mary.  James died 12 Apr 1939 in Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma.

Garfield County, Oklahoma

Prior to the Land Run of 1893, Garfield County was named O County and was part of the Cherokee Outlet, occupied by the Cherokee people following the Treaty of New Echota and the Cherokee trail of tears.  Historically, the area was a hunting ground for the Wichita, Osage, and Kiowa tribe.

Horses rush forward during the 1893 run.

The Land Run of 1893, also known as the Cherokee Strip Land Run, marked the opening of the Cherokee Outlet to the public. The run happened on September 16, 1893 at noon with more than 100,000 participants hoping to claim land. The land offices for the run were set up in Perry, Enid, Woodward, and Alva with over 6.5 million acres  of land. It was the largest land run in United States history. 1893 was the same year James married Mary.

vi. Nancy Ann Lopeman b. Abt 1822 in Pennsylvania; d. 7 Feb 1899 in Akron Summit County, Ohio; m. 22 Oct 1846 Wheeling (West) Virgina to William Hood Acker (1822 – ) In the 1850 census, William and Nancy were living  with two young girls Elizabeth and Vandalia and Nancy’s mother Mary in District 44, Ohio, Virginia where William was a wagoner. After William died, Nancy married [__?__] Thomas.  In the 1880 census, Nancy Thomas was a widow living with her son-in-law and daughter John and Vandely Sinclair in Jamestown, Mercer, Pennsylvania. John was a harness maker.

vii. Jane Lopeman. b. Abt 1827 in Butler, Adams, Pennsylvania; m. 17 Aug 1848 Wheeling (West) Virgina to Thomas B. Hornbrook (b. 1816 England – d. bef. 1853) In the 1850 census, Jane and Thomas were living with her mother in District 44, Ohio, Virginia. After Thomas died, she married 22 Dec 1853 in Wheeling to William Loe. In the 1870 census, she was Jane Loe working as a milliner in Athens, Ohio with her sons William A Loe (b. 1855) and Francis M Hornbrook (b. 1849)

viii. Margaret Lopeman b. 1826 in Pennsylvania; d. 14 Jul 1826 in Kittanning, Armstrong, Pennsylvania

ix. Alfred Arthur Lopeman b. 12 Dec 1806 Franklin County PA; d. 27 Apr 1880 in Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio; m. Sara H Stivenson; (b. 7 May 1812 Penn. – d. Aft 1880)

In the 1860 and 1870 census, Alfred and Sarah lived in Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio.

Mary Elizabeth Lopeman, born 1835, daughter of Alfred Lopeman and Sarah Stiveson Lopeman. The Lopeman family were living in Armstrong County, Pennslyvania in 1850 in the township of Manor. Sarah Stiveson’s parents, Tobias and Jane, were also living in the county in 1850. It is unknown when the family first came to Armstrong County. Mary Elizabeth Lopeman married first to John Welsh who died in the Civil War. She married second William Boggs of Butler County. She died in 1920 and is buried in the Evans City cemetery.

Steubenville Daily Herald, Wednesday, April 28, 1880

FALLING LEAVES Alfred Lopeman Alfred Lopeman died at his residence on South Fourth street yesterday at eleven o’clock, in the 75th year of his age. Mr. Lopeman was born in Pennsylvania January 28th, 1806, he was married in 1832, and came to Steubenville about twenty-eight years ago. For some years past he has been too feeble to work, but until age came upon him, he was a most industrious man, having been employed in the nail mill for over twenty-five years. He was the father of thirteen children, nine of whom survive him. These are all married but two, and are living in various parts of the country. They are, Mrs. Mary Boggs, of New Brighton, Mrs. Sarah Burns, of Allegheny, Jefferson, of Martin’s Ferry, Edward of Portsmouth, O, Mrs. Katherine Manley, of Red Oak, Iowa, Gabriel A. of Bellaire and Mrs. Rebecca Canby, Mrs. Ann Sweetland and Miss Emma living in this city. There are thirty-seven granchildren and one great grand child. Mrs. Lopeman still survives her husband. Mr. Lopeman was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church and was a man respected by all who knew him and trusted by his employers. He goes to rest after a long life, and his friends mourn but not without hope. The funeral took place at one o’clock, having been delayed two hours, waiting for the arrival of friends and relatives from distance. Rev. Theo. P Ebert was the officiating clergyman, and the pall bearers were Henry Schoenias, Henry Lucas, Sr., John Strott and Henry Noltemeier.

3. Jane Johnston

Jane’s husband James McDowell died before 1850.

In the 1850 census, Jane was living with her son James in Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania.

In the 1860 census, Jane was living with her son John in Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania

Children of Jane and James

i. John McDowell b. 1819 Pennsylvania; m. Eliza Stanley ( b. 1820 New York – d. 1896 in Crawford Co., Pennsylvania) In the 1870 census, John and Eliza were farming in Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania with their son Bradford and daughter Arvilla.

ii. James P. McDowell b. 1822 Pennsylvania; d. bef. 1870 census; m. Mary Craig; ( b. 12 July 1818 Pennsylvania) In the 1880 census, Mary was a widow in Conneautville, Crawford, Pennsylvania keeping house with Rettie Mc Dowell (b. 1858) and Frank Kendel (b. 1861) Frank was a cheese maker.

ii. Caroline McDowell b. 1829 Pennsylvania In the 1850 census, Caroline was living with her brother James in Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania.

4. William Johnston (See his page)

5. John Johnston

John’s wife Nancy Work was born c. 1793 in Pennsylvania.  She was the sister of Hon. Judge John Work, of Crawford County, her family being one of the first in the township.

John Johnston came to America with his father when six years of age, having been born in 1791. His father settled with his young family in the wilds of Vernon Township, and many are the bear and wolf stories told of those pioneer days. John and Nancy (Work) Johnston had ten children, seven of whom survived in 1885.

1840 Census - John Johnson was living in Vernon , Crawford, Pennsylvania.  No record for Alexander age 20 in 1850 or George age 15 in 1850.
Males – 5 thru 9: 1  (George)
Males – 10 thru 14: 1  (Patterson)
Males – 15 thru 19: 1 (Arthur)
Males – 20 thru 29: 2
Males – 40 thru 49: 1 (John)
Females – 5 thru 9: 2  (Letitia?)
Females – 10 thru 14: 1 (Martha)
Females – 15 thru 19: 1
Females – 20 thru 29: 1
Females – 40 thru 49: 1 (Nancy)

Total – All Persons  12

In the 1850 Census  John was farming in Vernon (North Part), Crawford, Pennsylvania

1860 Census  John was farming in Vernon, Crawford, Pennsylvania (Farm worth $9,000, personal estate $1,000) The children Arthur, Patterson, Martha and George were all still living at home.

Children of John and Nancy:

i. Mary Johnston

ii. John Johnston d. bef. 1885

iii. Nancy Johnston d. bef. 1885

iv. William W. Johnston b. 6 Apr 1821 Pennsylvania; d. Bef. 1900 census; m. 3 Jun 1847 to Adeline Stockton Cotton (b. Jul 1826 Pennsylvania – d. 25 Dec 1907 Denny Cemetery, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Plot: Section C Lot 26) Her parents were Joseph Cotton and Eliza Beatty; one child has blessed this union — Sarah A. Mrs. Johnston was the second in her father’s family, which is one of the representative families of the township. Her great-grandfather fought in the Revolutionary war, and her grandfather in the war of 1812. Mr. Johnston was Assessor in 1855 and 1875, also Overseer of the Poor before the erection of the poor-house. Although he never signed the pledge, he was never drunk in his life. He has never been sued as he always promptly met his obligations. In the 1880 census, William and Adeline were farming in Vernon, Crawford, Pennsylvania. Adeline’s mother Eliza (b. 1801 Pennsylvania) was living with the family.

v. Arthur Johnston born 31 Mar 1823 in Crawford Pennsylvania; d. Bef. 1910 census;  m. 2 Jan 1862 to Ellen C Fuller (b. Dec 1837 New York – d. Aft 1920 census Vernon, Crawford, Pennsylvania). In the 1900 census, Arthur and Ellen were living in Vernon, Crawford, Pennsylvania. Arthur was a carpennter

Ellen C. Fuller was the daughter of Alonzo Fuller and Angeline Whiting, the eldest child in a family of nine. Arthur and Ellen had four children: John E. (d. bef 1885), Alonzo M. (d. bef. 1885), Jesse W.(b. 1867) and Arthur L (b. 1870). Arthur was a farmer in P. O. Watson Run. He filled the offices of School Director, Supervisor of Roads and other township offices. He was a Ruling Elder of the United Presbyterian Church and a consistent Democrat.

Watson’s Run United Presbyterian Church [13594 Harmonsburg Rd, Meadville, PA] was organized by Rev. J. B. Waddle, January 30, 1869, with a membership of thirty-two, nineteen females and thirteen males, the latter as follows: Arthur Johnston, M. A. Calvin, David Nelson, Thomas Nelson, Samuel Beatty, John Beatty, James Irvin, Jacob Work, Alexander Davis, Robert Montgomery, John McKay, William McKay and James Morrow. Arthur Johnston and M. A. Calvin were elected Ruling Elders. Seventy members have since been added, bat seventeen have died and twenty-five removed, leaving a membership of sixty in 1885. The church building, 35×55, was erected in the northwest part of the township on Tract 52, in 1870 at a cost of $2,200. The congregation had various supplies until June, 1873, when Rev. S. M. Black was ordained and installed pastor, remaining one year. Supplies again filled the pulpit until October 12, 1875, when Rev. Joseph McNabb was installed.

vi. Patterson Johnston b. 17 Mar 1825  in Crawford, Pennsylvania (Carpenter). (named after Gen. Patterson, an uncle); d. 22 Jan 1900; m.  26 Jun 1862 to Mary Elizabeth Miller (b. 1845 Pennsylvania – d. Aft 1910 census Hayfield, Crawford, Pennsylvania)  In the 1880 census, Patterson was farming in Hayfield, Crawford, Pennsylvania near his brother George

vii. James Johnston b. 31 Jan 1827 in Pennsylvania; d. bef. 1927; m. 11 Apr 1854 to Mary Matilda Lefever  (1829 Pennsylvania – 1890) In the 1880 census, James was farming in Summit, Crawford, Pennsylvania.

viii. Martha Johnston b. c. 1829 in Pennsylvania.

ix. Jacob Johnston d. bef. 1885

x. George Johnston b.   c. 1835 in Pennsylvania. m. Ellen [__?__] (b. 1845 Pennsylvania)

xi. Alexander Johnston   born c. 1830  in Pennsylvania (Farmer) ; d. Aft 1850 census, Vernon, Crawford, PA.

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Here’s a clue towards Letitia’s parents.  In the 1870 census, William H Miner  twelve years old and was living with John and Nancy Johnston relatives of his sister-in-law  Calista Jane Latta in Kinsman, Trumbull, Ohio.  William’s mother Charity Webber had died in 1868.  Evidently, Philo wasn’t very good at taking care of children by himself.

John Johnston 56 (born c. 1814 Pennsylvania)  Nancy J Johnston 54 Mary E Johnston 28 Emily Johnston 23 Malinda J Johnston 19 Amand(a) Johnston 13 William H Miner 12

The Johns(t)on family were also living in Kinsman, Ohio, ten years earlier in the 1860 census:  All were born in Pennsylvania, except for the youngest Amand/Emma who was born in Ohio.  Addison Root was listed as a male domestic.

Ten years earlier in the 1850 census, the Johns(t)on family were living in Greene , Mercer , Pennsylvania.  Mercer Township is in the Northwest corner of Mercer county and touches Crawford, County.

In the 1840 census, there was a childless John Johnston couple in their 20′s living in West Salem, Mercer, Pennsylvania

Sources:

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:910136&id=I44205458

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CROCKETT/2001-01/0980401421

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=10658445

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=10664218

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Nell-Lee-Hardy-Arkansas/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1060.html

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/26578338/person/1901276107

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:910136&id=I44205458

William JOHNSTON ( c. 1791 – 1873) is Alex’s  5th Great Grandfather, one of 64 in this generation of the Miner line.

William Johnston was born about 1791 in Ireland.  His parents were Alexander JOHNSON and Esther RANKIN.  He married Margaret MELLAN .  William died 5 Oct 1873, aged eighty-three.

Margaret Mellan was born about 1792 in Ireland.  Margaret  died 4 Dec 1865 in Crawford, Pennsylvania

Children of William and Margaret:

William Johnston, who settled on a farm, Crawford County, Pennsylvania in 1801. He came from Cumberland County, Penn.; was a soldier in the war of 1812, going to the front twice, for which he received two land grants and a pension.  He and his wife were charter members of the Presbyterian Church at Conneautville.

Crawford County, Pennsylvania

Conneautville was founded in 1814 by Alexander Power, a surveyor and engineer. Conneautville was first called Powerstown or made reference to as Power’s Tract. Power wanted it called Conneautville after the Indian name Conneaut or Conneautee, meaning Snow Place.  Conneautville is a borough in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, along Conneaut Creek,  the number one steelhead trout stream in the country.. The population was 848 at the 2000 census.

Crawford County Pennsylvania With Boroughs and Townships

1840 Census - Conneaut, Crawford, Pennsylvania

Males – 5 thru 9: 1 (Andrew)
Males – 10 thru 14: 1
Males – 15 thru 19: 1 (William)
Males – 20 thru 29: 2 (John, James )
Males – 40 thru 49: 1 (William)
Females – 5 thru 9: 2 (Esther)
Females – 10 thru 14: 1 (Margaret)
Females – 15 thru 19: 1 (Letitia?)
Females – 20 thru 29: 1 (Sarah)
Females – 40 thru 49: 1 (Margaret)
Total 12

1850 Census - Conneaut, Crawford, Pennsylvania

William Johnston 59  born c. 1791 in Ireland
Margaret Johnston 58 born c. 1792 in Ireland
Sarah Johnston 34 born c. 1816 in Pennsylvania unmarried in 1880 census
James Johnston 29 born c. 1821  in Pennsylvania
William B. Johnston 25 born c. 1825  in Pennsylvania
Margaret Johnston 20 born c. 1830  in Pennsylvania
Esther Johnston 18  born c. 1832  in Pennsylvania
Andrew Johnston 15 born Nov 1835  in Pennsylvania

1860 Census - Conneaut, Crawford, Pennsylvania.  John and Francis, not present in the 1850 census returned by 1860.

William Johnson 70 born c. 1790 in Ireland
Margaret Johnson 69
Sarah Johnson 45 (Servant)
John Johnson 43  born c. 1817  in Pennsylvania
William B Johnson 35
Francis (Frances) Johnson (female perhaps John’s wife?) 33 born c. 1827  in New York
Helen Johnson 10
Franklin Johnson 9
William Johnson 4

1870 Census - Conneaut, Crawford, Pennsylvania.  William was living with his son Andrew

Andrew Johnson 34
Frances Johnson 24
Wm Johnson 78
Wm B Johnson 42
Thurey Spencer 21 (Housework)

Children

1. Sarah Johnston

Unmarried in 1880 Census

3. James Johnston

I thought James married Rachel C. Wingate (b. 1834 in Pennsylvania – d. Nov 1910 in Roudolph, Wood, Ohio.), but it turns out this James was born in 1816 in Meadville, Crawford, Penns and was the son of Lancelot Johnston. The other James died in 1897.

Lancelot went from Ireland to England in the later part of the 18th Century and after a few years crossed the Atlantic locating first in Canada were several of the brother made permanent home and acquired considerable property. Lancelot and one brother came to the United States, the later locating in New York where he became a wealthy merchant. Lancelot Johnston took up his residence in Pennsylvania. While in Canada he had considerable property confiscated by the British government on account of his sympathy with the United States.

Children of (the other) James and Rachel

i. Emma C Johnston b. 1853 Penns; d. Meadville, Penns

ii. John Calvin Johnston b. 15 Sep 1855 Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania; d. 31 Dec 1935 Compton, Los Angeles, California; m. Ella Amelia Richmond (b. 28 Sep 1863 in Sanginaw, Michigan – d. 7 Mar 1941 in Downey, Los Angeles, California) John became an oil driller

iii. Ella J (Ellen) Johnston b. 1858 Penns.; m. Frank Thatcher

iv. William J (Wilson) Johnston b. 1859 Penns An oil man of Rudolph, Wood County.

v. George J Johnston b. 1866 Penns; d. After 1930 census; m. 1892 to Lydia E. [__?__] (b. May 1870 Penns – d. betw 1920-30) In the 1920 census, George was farming in Vernon, Crawford, Pennsylvania.

4. William B. Johnston

William wife Frances [__?__] was born in 1827 in New York. I’m not sure that she was really his wife, but she and the children appear immediately after William in the 1860 census.

In 1850 and 1860 William was living with his parents. In 1870, he was living with his brother Andrew. In 1880, he was living with his sister Margaret.

Children of William and Frances

i.  Helen Johnson b. 1850 Pennsylvania.

ii. Franklin Johnson b. 1851 Pennsylvania

iii. William Johnson b. 1856 Pennsylvania.

6. Letitia JOHNSTON (See Robert McConaha LATTA‘s page)

7. Margaret Johnston

Margaret was born October 18, 1829, on the farm where she lived in 1885s, and’is a daughter of William Johnston, who settled on this same farm in 1801. He came from Cumberland County, Penn.; was a soldier in the war of 1812, going to the front twice, for which he received two land grants and a pension. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church, of which her parents were charter members, at Conneautville.

Margaret’s first husband John Kazebee was born 14 Nov 1824 in New York, N.Y. His parents were Abraham Kazebee (1799 – 1838) and Catherine Carringer/Carrenger (1796 – 1860). John died 1859 in Conneaut Twp. Crawford County, Pa.

Margaret’s second husband O. F. Bush farmer and carpenter and joiner, P. O. Conneautville, was born in Oneida County, N. Y., June 20, 1812, son of Derrick and Rachael M. (Mcintosh) Bush, natives of Massachusetts, and parents of five children. They were members of the Baptist Church. Derrick Bush was a tanner and shoe-maker by trade, and in addition worked on a farm. He died at Linesville, Penn., October 25, 1867, aged seventy-nine years; his wife died November 20, 1820, aged thirty-two. Our subject, who is the third in the family, received a limited education. He learned the trade of carpenter and joiner when yovmg, and has worked at it for a considerable length of time. He was married December 16, 1833, to Solemy Beach, who bore him one son — Joseph C, proprietor of a wholesale tobacco business in Erie, Penn, She died April 28, 1877, and our subject then married, December 25, 1879, Mrs. Margaret Kazebee, widow of John Kazebee.

Mr. Bush owned at different times three farms in Crawford County, and cleared a large area of land. He built several houses in Linesville, toward which village he has probably done more than any other individual. He has held the offices of Justice of the Peace, Coroner and School Director, latter for twelve years. lu politics he was a Republican with strong temperance proclivities; traveled extensively in the Western States and along the Pacific coast, having spent the winter of 1871 in Oregon.

Linesville is a borough in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,155 at the 2000 census. The town gets its name from its founders, which included William Line (the grandson of a Swiss immigrant), who migrated from Carlisle, Pennsylvania circa the early 1820s, and his relative, Amos Line who was the town’s surveyor and main proprietor. Amos Line “penetrated the western Pennsylvania wilderness as a member of the Pennsylvania Population Company in the early 1800’s.

Amos Line established a mill at the site in 1820. The village was laid out in 1825. It was first known as Line’s Mills, but the name was changed to Linesville Station in 1864. It was not known as Linesville until 1883. It was incorporated from Pine Township on March 22, 1862.

Another minor point of interest is at the main intersection of the town (at its sole traffic light). On the Maclaine Building at the northwest corner is a sign reading “<==CHICAGO: 500 miles NEW YORK: 500 miles==>”

One other point of interest in Linesville is The Knickerbocker Hotel which appeared on the A&E show, Paranormal State for its claims of paranormal activity.

At one time, Linesville was the onion capital of the United States, distributing its fragrant produce via the Erie & Pittsburgh Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad.[4]

Linesville made national news in November 2005 when 18-year-old Christopher Seeley was elected mayor, one of the youngest mayors to serve in a U.S. city to date.

1870 Census - Conneaut, Crawford, Pennsylvania.  Margaret was a widow Hazebee and her sister Sarah was living with the family.
Margaret Hazebee 40
John W Hazebee 12
Margaret E Hazebee 10
Sarah Johnson 54

1880 Census - Conneaut, Crawford, Pennsylvania

D. F. Bush 67
Margrit Bush 50 (Wife) born 1830 Pennsylvania
Wilbert Kazebe 22
Sarah Johnson 64 (Sister-in-law)
Wm. B. Johnson 53 (Brother-in-law)

Children of Margaret and John Kazebee

i. John Wilbert Kazebee b. 1859 in Pennsylvania; d. After 1930 census; m. Mary Lola Ely (b. 1855 – ) In the 1910, 1920 and the 1930 census, John was a dentist with his own office in Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming.

ii. Margaret Eleanor (Ella M.) Kazebee b. 21 Nov 1859, Crawford, Penns.; d. After 1920 census; m. Oct 1877 to William Ransom Sprague (b. 2 Aug 1854 Summerhill Township, Crawford, Penns. – d. 3 May 1897) His parents were William Crittenden Sprague and Elizabeth Ransom. Ella and William divorced

9. Andrew Johnston

Andrew’s wife Frances A Spencer was born about 1846 in Pennsylvania. Her parents were John B. Spencer (1812 – 1849) and Lydia Ann Pratt (1817 – 1867). In the 1900 census, Andrew was farming in Conneaut, Crawford, Pennsylvania.

Andrew was a private in 2nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry (59th Volunteers)

Children of Andrew and Frances:

i. James G Johnston b. Jun 1880 Pennsylvania; m. Anna [__?__] (b. 1887) In the 1910 census, James was a polisher in a furniture factory in Conneautville, Crawford, Pennsylvania. Andrew (75) and Frances (65) were living with their son.

ii. Rollun A Johnston b. Jul 1882; m. Cora [__?__] (b.1886 NY) In the 1910 census, Rallan was a baker in Gloversville Ward 2, Fulton, New York.

Sources:

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:910136&id=I44205458

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CROCKETT/2001-01/0980401421

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=10658445

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=10664218

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/1141649/person/1355338600?ssrc=

http://www.pa-roots.com/pacw/cavalry/2dcav/2ndcavorg.htm

History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania: Containing a History of the County …  By Samuel Penniman Bates, Robert C. Brown, John Brandt Mansfield 1885

Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of Wood County …, Volume 2
By M. A. Leeson

Robert SMITH Sr. (1730 – 1787) was Alex’s 6th Great Grandfather, one of 128 in this generation of the Miner line.

Robert Smith was born in 1727 in  County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.. His parents were James SMITH Sr. (b. 1694) and Janet DAVISON (b. 1704).  He married Catherine WALLACE in 1753 in Montgomery Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Robert died in 22 May 1787 in Montgomery, Franklin, Pennsylvania.

County Tyrone, Northern Ireland

Sources state Catherine Wallace was born in 1731 Montgomery, Fayette, Pennsylvania. It seems more likely to me that she was born in Franklin County Pennsylvania or in Ireland. Catherine died in 1811 in Ohio. In Antrim Township, which embraced the territory now in Antrim, Washington and Quincy Townships, Franklin County, the taxables’ names in 1751/52 include John WALLACE.

Children of Robert and Catherine:

Alternatively, the children were all more in Londonerry, County Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland.

Many genealogies state that Robert and Catherine’s children were born in Montgomery, Fayette, Pennsylvania, but I can find no such place or township in Fayette County. My suspicion is that error came from one place and has been repeated many times over. I think it more likely that this family started in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, then moved west to Fayette County Pennsylvania and adjacent Jefferson County Ohio by about 1800.

Fayette County was on the dangerous frontier during the time Robert’s Smith family was supposed to live there.  In 1754, when ownership the area was still in dispute, 22-year-old George Washington fought against the French at Jumonville Glen and Fort Necessity. British forces under Washington and General Edward Braddock improved roads throughout the region, making the future Fayette County an important supply route. During the American Revolution, Fayette County was pllagued by attacks from British-allied Indians and remained an isolated frontier region. Also retarding settlement was a border dispute with Virginia; Virginia’s District of West Augusta and Pennsylvania’s Westmoreland County both claim the area. The dispute was not settled until  1780 in favor of Pennsylvania, and Fayette County was formed from Westmoreland County in 1783.

Fayette County, Pennsylvania

There is a Montgomery township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania however.

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Montgomery Township is on the southwest corner of Franklin County, Pennsylvania along the Maryland border.

Welch Run where Oliver Smith is said to be born is in Montgomery Township, Franklin County.

Shady Grove where Margaret Smith is said to be born is in neighboring Antrim Township, Franklin County.

Greencastle where Margaret Smith died is in neighboring Antrim Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania.  Greencastle was founded in 1782 by John Allison. The town was named after a small town in County Donegal, Ireland. It was originally composed of 246 lots. By 1790 there were about sixty houses in Greencastle, homes to approximately 400 people.

There is a Fayetteville CDP in Franklin County.

It’s possible there were two couples named Robert Smith and Catherine Wallace in 18th Century Pennsylvania and it’s also possible some of the children belong to different parents, but for the sake of a theory that meets the available facts, I’m going with Franklin County.

Franklin County lies to a large extent within the Cumberland Valley. Originally part of Lancaster County (1729), then Cumberland County (1750), Franklin County became an independent jurisdiction on September 9, 1784, named in honor of Founding Father Benjamin Franklin.

In 1741, the Lancaster Court of Quarter Sessions authorized the formation of Antrim Township, then part of Lancaster County. Early Antrim included most of the land in Franklin County, however, its original size was decreased as more Boroughs and Townships were formed. This land was part of Penns Woods, acquired in 1681 from the King of England. Ownership of this land was in dispute between Lord Baltimore and Penns Woods. The Court of England eventually hired Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon to survey the disputed area now known as the Mason-Dixon line. The area was a hunting and fishing grounds for various Indian tribes.

The region was then settled by Scotch-Irish (from Northern Ireland and Scotland) and German immigrants. Thereby the name “Antrim” is derived from a County in Ireland.

In the mid 1700s, several Indian attacks saw citizens massacred by raiding parties. One of the most well-documented incidents occurred in 1764 when teacher Enoch Brown and ten of his scholars were killed by three Indians during the Pontiac Rebellion following the French and Indian War. One Scholar, Archie McCullough, was scalped and left for dead. He regained consciousness and survived. Enoch Brown Park is now owned by the Township and houses a monument at the common grave of Mr. Brown and his pupils.

History of Franklin County – 1887

In the succeeding reign of Charles I (1625-49), a spirit of bitter retaliation was engendered, on the part of the native Irish, against this foreign element, resulting in a most deplorable condition of affairs. Incited by two ambitious and unscrupulous leaders, Roger More and Philim O’Neale, the Irish Catholics began, October 27, 1741, a massacre which continued until more than 40,000 victims were slaughtered.

Owing to these persecutions and others of similar nature during the succeeding century, owing to the want of religious toleration by the reigning powers, owing to their inability to renew their land rents with satisfactory terms and owing to the general freedom offered them by William Penn in his new American colony-free lands, free speech, free worship and free government–these Scotch settlers left the north of Ireland and came to America by thousands, where they are known as Scotch-Irish.

According to Watson, these “immigrants did not come to Pennsylvania as soon as the Germans,” few, if any arriving prior to 1719. The first arrivals usually settled near the disputed line between Maryland and Pennsylvania. James Logan (an intelligent and influential representative of the Penn government, and though of Irish extraction thoroughly in sympathy with the Quaker principles) complains, in 1724, to the proprietaries of these people as ‘bold and indigent strangers” because they had taken up lands near the disputed line without securing proper authority from him as the representative of the Government.

In 1725 he stated that at least 100,000 acres of land were possessed “by persons (including Germans) who resolutely set down and improved it without any right to it,” and that he was “much at a loss to determine how to dispossess them.” In 1728, 4,500 persons, chiefly from Ireland, arrived in New Castle. In 1729, Logan expressed his gratification that parliament was “about to take measures to prevent the too free emigration to this country,” intimating that the prospects were that Ireland was about “to send all her inhabitants hither, for last week not less than six ships arrived.” “It is strange,” continued he, “that they thus crowd where they are not wanted. The common fear is that if they continue to come, they will make themselves proprietors of the province.” In 1730 he again complains of them as “audacious and disorderly” for having, by force, taken possession of the Conestoga Manor, containing 15,000 acres of the “best land in the country.” Of this they were, by the sheriff, subsequently dispossessed and their cabins burned. About the same time, he says, in another letter, “I must own, from my own experience in the land office, that the settlement of five families from Ireland gives me more trouble than fifty of any other people.”

The captious spirit manifested by Logan against both German and Scotch-Irish settlers, and especially the latter, and which was subsequently shared, to some extent, by Peters, Dickinson and Franklin, is readily accounted for by his fear of losing his position in the Government, should any other than the Quaker influence prevail.

From 1730 to 1740 the influx was great. Settlements were commenced in Cumberland (then Lancaster) County in 1730 and 1731, the Chambers brothers having crossed west of the Susquehanna about that time. After 1736, during the month of September, in which year alone 1,000 families are said to have sailed from Belfast, the influx into the Kittochtinny Valley, west of the Susquehanna, increased rapidly; for in 1748, the number of taxables, not counting the fifty Germans, was about 800.

Soon after the erection of Cumberland County (1750), “in consequence of the frequent disturbances between the governor and Irish settlers, the proprietaries gave orders to their agents to sell no lands in either York or Lancaster counties to the Irish; and also to make to the Irish settlers in Paxton, Swatara, and Donegal Townships advantageous offers of removal to Cumberland County, which offers being liberal were accepted by many.”

Injustice has been done to the Scotch-Irish settlers of these early days by two classes of writers: first, those who were actuated by jealousy, as was Logan, in his inability to see good in any classes not directly connected with the original Friend or Penn element; secondly, those who have failed to study carefully the circumstances which surrounded the Scotch-Irish immigrants in their settlements and conduct toward the Indians. Under these circumstances we are not surprised to hear Mr. Sherman Day, in his Historical Collections of Pennsylvania, call them “a pertinacious and pugnacious race,” “pushing their settlements upon unpurchased lands about the Juniata, producing fresh exasperation among the Indians.” “As the result of this,” he continues, “massacres ensued, the settlers were driven below the mountains, and the whole province was alive with the alarms and excitements of war.”

Franklin County, the then southwestern part of Cumberland, and known as the “Conococheague Settlement,” was established September 9, 1784. To understand the early history of this country, the reader will need therefore, to bear in mind two facts:

1. Prior to January 27, 1750, its territory (with the exception of Warren township) was found in the county of Lancaster.

2. From January 27, 1750 to September 9, 1784, it belonged to Cumberland County. Since the latter date (September 9, 1784) it has had a distinct organization of its own.

The first settlement, in what is now Franklin County, was made in 1730, at Falling Spring, (now Chambersburg)-the confluence of the two streams, Falling Spring and Conococheague-by Col. Benjamin Chambers and his older brother, Joseph. Between 1726 and 1730, four brothers, James, Robert, Joseph and Benjamin Chambers, emigrated from the country of Antrim, Ireland, to the province of Pennsylvania. They settled and built a mill shortly after their arrival, at the mouth of Fishing Creek, in what is now Dauphin County, where they occupied a tract of fine land. These brothers were among the first to explore and settle the valley. James made a settlement at the head of Great Spring, near Newville; Robert, at the head of Middle Spring, near Shippensburg, and Joseph and Benjamin at Falling Spring, where Chambersburg now stands.

In what is Antrim Township there must have been settlers as early as 1734. In the Johnston Graveyard [Margaret Smith Gordon is buried there] , near Shady Grove, is a tablet bearing the name of JAMES JOHNSON [Margaret's husband's Grandfather], who died in 1765. “From documents still extant,” says the inscription “he settled on the land on which he died as early as 1735 and was probably the first white settler in what is now Antrim Township, Franklin County.” He had two sons, JAMES and THOMAS, both of whom were colonels in the Revolutionary war.

About the same time settlements were made near the present site of Greencastle, by JOSEPH CRUNKLETON, JACOB SNIVELY, AND JAMES RODY. Snively was the progenitor of a large and respectable family, many of whom still live in the township, concerning whom much will be said in the township and biographical sketches. (Footnote: Some of the earliest warrants found in the surveyor’s office bear date as follows: 1737, JOHN MITCHELL. DAVID McGAW; 1738, DAVID SCOTT, GEORGE REYNOLDS; 1740-42, DAVID KENNEDY, HUMPHREY JONES; 1743-50, JOHN POTTER, SAMUEL MCPHERREN, JOHN BROTHERTON, ROBERT WALLACE [Catherine WALLACE's father?], WILLIAM MAGAW, THOMAS POE, GEORGE GIBSON, WILLIAM SMITH, JACOB SNIVELY, WILLIAM ALLISON, ABRAHAM GABLE, and JOHN DAVISON [a relative of Robert SMITH's grandfather?.

In MONTGOMERY, as it now exists, was PHILIP DAVIS in 1737; JAMES HARLAND and JOHN DAVYRICH were his neighbors; in 1749 THOMAS EVANS, with DAVID ALEXANDER, JOHN DAVIS and AARON ALEXANDER as neighbors; in 1743, WILLIAM MAXWELL, with JOHN McLELLAND and ROBERT McCOY as neighbors; and in same year, ROBERT CULBERSON, with WILLIAM and THOMAS DINWIDDY and JAMES GARDNER as neighbors. About the same time, also, ALEXANDER BROWN, THOMAS SELLERS, JOHN McCLELLAN, WALTER BEATTY, ALEX WHITE, WILSON HALLIDAY and MARTHA HOWRY were settlers. In the present SOUTHAMPTON, REV. JOHN BLAIN and THOMAS EDMUNDSON had warrants as early as 1743.

Children

Three children of Henry Gordon and Sarah Johnston (1736 – 1819), Elizabeth, Alexander, and Sarah married Smith children, Samuel, Margaret and William Jeremiah respectively. Henry Gordon was born 08 Jan 1733 in Antrim, Franklin, Pennsylvania. His parents were George Gordon (b. 1698 in Brechin, Angus, Scotland - d. 08 Mar 1759 in Antrim, Franklin, Pennsylvania)  [Oral tradition in the family of Kim William Gordon places George's birth in 1697 on board ship enroute to the new world] and Sarah [__?__] (1712-1762). He married in 1757 Cumberland, Pennsylvania, to Sarah Johnston. In the Revolution, Henry served as a private from Antrim Township in 1779 and 1780 under Captain John Jack and Lt Richard McLent. Henry died 10 Aug 1809 in Shady Grove, Franklin, Pennsylvania.

Historical Sketch of Franklin County, Penn. 1878 pg 309 -

… Henry Gordon was of Scotch descent, his father George Gordon, who was born in this country, was killed by the Indians in the year 1755, near where the town of “Shady Grove” now stands, his wife with small babe, a few days old, in her arms, made her escape on foot, wading the Monocacy River and reached the Fort where Frederick City, MD now stands.

The Indian death and escape may be a fable - ”Seilhamer Volune IV” pg 70-124 “Gordons” by George A Seilhamer, abt 1900:

“Henry Gordon, brother of Ruth, was born Jun 3, 1734, and died Aug 10, 1809. His will dated Feb 18, 1802 and proved Aug 16, 1809. He was a farmer near Shady Grove in what is now Antrim twp, Franklin Co, PA. He obtained a warrant for 67 acres of land adjoining other lands owned by him and land of James Bones, Jacob Snively and Thomas Johnston. No date is given for this warrant but it was probably after 1763, in which year he obtained possession of the lands in partition in the Orphan’s Court of Cumberland Co. The absence of the warrant indicated that it was one of those destroyed by fire when the office of Col John Armstrong the Deputy-surveyor, at Carlisle, was burned. He enlisted as a private soldier in the company of Capt William Rippey of the Sixth Pennsylvania Battalion in 1776, and served in the second Canada Expedition. The name of his wife was SARAH. She was born Jul 11, 1736 and died in 1812. Their children were George, William, Susanna, Jeremiah, Elizabeth, Alexander, Sarah and Mary.

From “American Revolutionary Soldiers” provided by Perry Adams:

“Deeds at Chambersburg, Penna., show George Gordon of Atrium Twp., dying intestate, Orphens’ Court at Shippensburg, March 8, 1763, Son Henry to hold plantation&c. Heirs:”

From Chambersburg, PA Deed Book 5, Page 535-

George Gordon of Antrim Township, died intestate. Eldest son Henry petitioned the Orphans Court at Shippensburg March 8, 1763: Henry to plantation paying younger children..

11 May 1767 Antrim Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
Land Office -

Henry Gordon enters a Caveat against the acceptance of a Survey on Samuel Finley Warrant dated 8 June 1762 for 100 as of Land in Antrim Twp Cumberland Cty Alledging that his Father George Gordon had Warrant for 25 as thereof in the year 1762

Sarah Johnston was born 10 Jul 1736 in Antrim, Franklin, Pennsylvania. Her parents were James Johnston (b. 1697 in Antrim, Antrim, Ireland – d. 1765 in Greencastle, Franklin, Pennsylvania) and Nancy Anne Walpole (b. 16 Oct 1681 in Houghton, Norfolk, England – d. Franklin, Pennsylvania) James Johnston was the first settler in Antrim Township. Sarah died 18 Jun 1819 in Franklin, Pennsylvania.

History of Franklin County – 1887  - In what is Antrim Township there must have been settlers as early as 1734. In the Johnston Graveyard [Margaret Smith Gordon is buried there] , near Shady Grove, is a tablet bearing the name of JAMES JOHNSON, who died in 1765. “From documents still extant,” says the inscription “he settled on the land on which he died as early as 1735 and was probably the first white settler in what is now Antrim Township,  Franklin County.” He had two sons, JAMES [1743 - 1814] and THOMAS [1744-1819], both of whom were colonels in the Revolutionary war.

1. Samuel Smith

Samuel’s wife Elizabeth Gordon was born 04 Dec 1765 in Antrim, Franklin, Pennsylvania. Her parents were Henry Gordon and Sarah Johnston. Elizabeth died 17 Nov 1829 in Antrim Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania.

The Samuel Smith that married Elizabeth Gordon from Satterfield, pg 1 of corrections,

“Dr Samuel Smith came from Ireland, not far from Derry. He sailed from Donegal, came to Penn, where he married Elizabeth Gordon about 1786. They later moved to VA were they lived for about four years. They came from VA to MO in 1798 and settled in St Louis Co near Bon Homme Church on County Road. Elizabeth was a member of Bon Homme Church organized in 1816. Dr Samuel Smith had two sisters and a brother here and two brothers, John Smith and Robert Smith, in Ireland. His brother here married Sarah Gordon. One sister married Alexander Gordon, brother to Elizabeth, and the other sister married a Summerson. The Old Smith Home was of logs and they moved into it in 1812. Dr Samuel Smith was educated in Edinburg University, Scotland. He practiced his profession as long as he lived. Alexander Gordon was born in 1768 and had a son Jeremiah Gordon born 1806.”.

Alternatively, Samuel’s wife Martha Howard was born 1765 in Montgomery, Fayette, Pennsylvania. Martha died in 1863 in Cross Creek, Jefferson, Ohio,

These children appear to those of Samuel and Martha

i. Samuel Smith b. 1783 in Montgomery, Fayette, Pennsylvania;

ii. John Smith b. 1785 in Fayette, Pennsylvania; d. 1851 Cross Creek, Jefferson, Ohio; m. 1810 in Cross Creek, Jefferson, Ohio to Sarah Smith (b. 1787; d. 1851 in Bloomingdale, Cross Creek, Jefferson, Ohio)

In the 1850 census, John and Sarah were farming in Wayne, Jefferson, Ohio.

iii. Alexander Smith b. 1790 in Redstone, Fayette, Pennsylvania; d. 12 Feb 1878 New Alexandria, Cross Creek, Jefferson, Ohio; m. 16 Sep 1819 in Cross Creek, Jefferson, Ohio to Cassiah Davis (b. 1798 in Jefferson, Pennsylvania)

In the 1870 census, Alexander and Martha were farming in Cross Creek, Jefferson, Ohio.

iv. William G. Smith b. 11 Dec 1790 in Metal, Franklin, Pennsylvania; d. 25 Apr 1857 in Tuscarawas, Tuscarawas, Ohio; m. Lucy Ann (Lusannah) Kreidler  (b. 16 Feb 1796 in Maryland – d. 1875/1890 in Mattoon, Coles, Illinois) Her parents were Frederick Kreidler and Elizabeth Weter.

The evidence is derived from: William Smith’s family Bible whose ink is faded and had to be read with a reading glass; and the Catalog of the Sharon Moravian Church, the largest church in Mill Twp., Tuscarawas County, Ohio.  Information from the family bible was copied by the grandchild of William and Lucy Ann Kridler Smith, Viola Smith Elmore, in 1956.  Viola’s younger brother had the Bible at that time in Rozel, Kansas.The Family Record in the Bible records the birth of William Smith as 11 December 1790 and of Lucy Ann Kridler as 15 February 1775.  The ink of Lucy Ann’s birth was so faded that the year of birth could be 1795/1796.  The Bible recorded the dates of birth, death and marriages of the William Smith family.  IGI gave Lucy Ann’s DOB as 15 February 1795.  The only part of the family Bible’s record of marriage that was legible was 26 August.  The year was probably 1812/1813, based upon date of birth of first child.  The Register of the Sharon Moravian Church noted that Lucy Ann had “moved West,” probably after the death of William (1857?).  This could have been a move to Sandusky Co.  Sharon Moravian Church Register reported that Lucy Ann Bibler (sic!), born 16 February 1796 in Maryland was baptised in infancy as a Methodist.  Her reception into the Moravian Church was 4 June 1854.

They had 14 children. Their son Thomas was born in Virginia in 1829, Benjamin Franklin in Brooke, Stafford, Virginia in 1835 and William in Ohio about 1840.

Lucy Ann Kreidler Smith (1796 – 1890 )

Lusannah Kridler aka Lucy Ann Kridler aka Mrs. William G. Smith

In the 1850 census, William and Lucy A were farming in Warwick, Tuscarawas, Ohio.

v. Nancy Smith b. 1791 in Fayette, Pennsylvania or Jefferson, Ohio; d. 4 Feb 1883 Cross Creek, Jefferson, Ohio; m. 12 Dec 1816 in Jefferson, Ohio to Henry Welty (Welday) (b. 1792 in York, York, Pennsylvania – d. 4 Jan 1875 in Cross Creek, Jefferson, Ohio) His parents were Johann Jacob Welty and Mary Ruble

In the 1850 census Henry and Nancy were farming in Cross Creek, Jefferson, Ohio

vi. Oliver Smith b. 1792 in Fayette, Pennsylvania;

vii. Mary (Polly) Smith b. 1795 in Fayette, Pennsylvania or Jefferson, Ohio; d. Aft 1870 census, Central, Franklin, Missouri; m. 21 Oct 1819 in Cross Creek, Jefferson, Ohio to Isaac Welty (Welday) (b. 1784 in York, York, Pennsylvania – d. Aft 1870 census, Central, Franklin, Missouri)

In the 1850 census, Isaac and Mary were farming in Cross Creek, Jefferson, Ohio

viii. Elizabeth Smith b. 1798 in Cross Creek, Jefferson, Ohio; m. 11 Nov 1819 in Jefferson, Ohio to Joseph Butler (b. 1795 in Jefferson, Ohio)

ix. Hannah H Smith b. 22 Mar 1803 in Pennsylvania; d. 2 Mar 1890 in Bloomfield, Jefferson, Ohio; m. 9 May 1820 in Jefferson, Ohio to David Howard Welday (b. 22 Oct 1798 in York, York, Pennsylvania – d. 20 Nov 1883 in Cross Creek, Jefferson, Ohio)

Hannah H Smith 1803-1890

In the 1850 census, David and Hannah were farming in Wayne, Jefferson, Ohio with nine children at home.

David Howard Welday

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David Welday family. David is 2nd from left, first row, son Samuel, back row, second from right. Samuel was father of Jessie Matilda Welday, mother of Mary George.

x. Margaret Smith b. 1805 in Cross Creek, Jefferson, Ohio;

2. Margaret Smith

Margaret’s husband Alexander Gordon was born 10 Mar 1768 in four miles east of Greencastle in Antrim, Franklin, Pennsylvania. His parents were Henry Gordon and Sarah Johnston (see above).

After Mary died, he married 9 Dec 1828 in Franklin County, Pennsylvania to Hannah Dome (b. 12 Mar 1790 Pennsylvania –  19 Feb 1880 Fountaindale Union Cemetery, Fountain Dale, Adams County, Pennsylvania  89 years 11 months 7 days). Alexander died 10 Apr 1855 in Antrim, Franklin, Pennsylvania,  in the same house in which he was born.

Based on Henry’s will, Alexander inherited the family homestead provided he take care of his mother?s needs, including residence in the family house, for the remainder of her life. He also was to pay his brother George 450 pounds and his sisters 150 pounds each in accordance with the terms of Henry’s will. In 1808 when Henry’s will was written, George, Elizabeth and Mary were all in St. Louis, MO.

A file from the Lilian S. Besore Memorial Library states: “The bequests contained in his will bear evidence that Alexander Gordon aquired considerable real estate during his lifetime, and that he died posessed of three farms and three smaller properties, in addition to personal property and securities, including what appears to have been a substantial investment in turnpike stocks.”

An Alex. Gordon is listed on the 1786 Taxables list for Franklin County, PA – Antrim Township.

In the 1850 census, Alexander and Hannah were living in Antrim, Franklin, Pennsylvania.

Alexander Gordon Headstone — Cedar Hill Cemetery Greencastle Franklin County Pennsylvania

Margaret is buried in the Old Johnston Cemetery Shady Grove Antrim Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania. Shady Grove is near Greencastle. I am guessing this is the cemetery in question.

Source: George Gordon, 1698 – 1759, of Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania and His Descendants by Marian Otis. Kevin Gordon and Marion Otis both show Margaret was born in Ireland. Above per Mike Lysell

Children of Margaret and Alexander

i Sarah Gordon b. 13 Jan 1790 Franklin, Pennsylvania; d. 30 Jul 1883; m. 16 Oct 1810 to William Lawrence (1790 in Shadygrove, Franklin, Pennsylvania – d. 19 Jun 1862)

ii. Nancy Agnes Gordon b: 11 Oct 1791 in Franklin County, Pennsylvania; d. 21 Jul 1870 Randolph, Illinois; m. 2 Jan 1812  in Washington County, MD to her cousin George Gordon (b. 22 Mar 1791 in Franklin, Pennsylvania – d. 26 Jun 1863 in Percy, Randolph County, IL.) His parents were George Gordon  and Mary Prather .

John McCullough writes: “George Gordon marries his first-cousin Nancy Gordon in the nearby county in Maryland. One wonders if this marriage was sanctioned by the families, since it did not occur at home (Antrim Twp. Franklin Co. PA).”

“After his father was murdered in the Louisiana Territory, District of St. Louis in 1809, George (about 19 yrs old) returned to family in Franklin Co., Pennsylvania. When he arrived, he found that his grandfather, Henry, had died in August of the same year. He probably lived with his Uncle Alexander Gordon until he married his cousin Nancy Gordon, Alexander’s daughter, and started a family, beginning with Henry Smith Gordon. Sometime after 1820, George returned to the new state of Missouri to his father’s dream of a future. He built a grist-mill in the northwestern part of Central Township (1.5 miles east of my family home). ?It had a run of rock and another of burr stones. It was burned after about 12 years.? He gave his son, Henry Smith Gordon, some land when Henry married Rebecca Young in 1834. In 1835 George bought 121 acres in Randolph Co. Illinois and an additonal 80 acres in 1837 moving there that year. His sons Henry Smith Gordon and Alexander Gordon joined him in 1837-38 and all continued to buy land near each other.”

John McCullough writes: “George Gordon Sr., a Revolutionary War veteran, was murdered by his stepson, John Long, in a dispute over property. [George had moved to St. Louis with his children after his wife's death in 1805. There he met and married a widow named Rachel Long. She had inherited property including slaves from her first husband, John Long. When she married George, ownership passed to him. Her son, John, Jr., resented this and on June 26, 1809 he shot him, though Long's descendants continue to believe to this day that Gordon was shot by a slave.]

The District of St. Louis in the Louisiana Territory was a rough land just beginning settlement. As he lay dying on a buffalo skin in front of his log cabin, as described in the trial records, one neighbor heard him say, “I don’t know who would have done me so.” In fact, records show that George and his stepson had period of threats and heated arguments. Long was arrested for the murder, tried, convicted and hung becoming the first person legally hung west of the Mississippi River. We have the trial records, witness testimony, and newspaper report of the happenings. George Gordon Jr. could have commuted the sentence under Territorial law, but didn’t. He went back to the Gordon clan in Pennsylvania to mature and start a family, returning to the new State of Missouri, circa 1825, to settle in the area where he had lived with George Sr.”

iii. Mary (Molley) Gordon b:2 Jan 1794 in , Franklin County, Pennsylvania; d. 19 Jul 1873 Randolph, Illinois; m. Mar 1821 to Dr. Thomas Legget (b. 1790 in Shadygrove, Franklin, Pennsylvania – d. 14 Apr 1851 in Randolph County, IL)

iv. George Gordon b: 9 Aug 1796 in , Franklin County, Pennsylvania; d. 17 Mar 1843; m. Martha Houston (Huston) (b. 1800 York, Penns)

Martha was still living in the 1870 census with her son Matthew Smith Gordon in Greencastle, Fraklin Co., PA and in 1880 census in the same spot.

v. Henry Gordon b: 20 Nov 1798 in Greencastle, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; d. 15 Jan 1886 Ohio; m1. 3 Apr 1828 to Matilda Bowman (b. 1800 in Shadygrove, Franklin, Pennsylvania – d. 10 Nov 1857); m2. 1840 to Hannah F Cone (b. 14 Feb 1818 in Pennsylvania)

The 1880 census lists Henry Gordon as 81 yrs., retired farmer, born in P A, father born in IRE and mother born in PA. It lists a wife as H. F. Gordon, 61 yrs old, born in NY. While the Ireland birth is a deviation, the rest of the listing is fairly solid for this Henry. The H.R. probably is Hannah R. Cone, his second wife.?.

vi. Elizabeth Gordon b: 26 Jan 1801 in , Franklin County, Pennsylvania d. 2 Dec 1884, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; m. 14 Mar 1822 to  James McCrea (b. 1797 in Greencastle, Franklin, Pennsylvania – d. 28 Oct 1875 Franklin County, Pennsylvania)

James is listed in 1850 Census for Atrium Township, Franklin County, PA with wife, Elizabeth.

vii. Alexander Gordon , Jr. b: 6 May 1803 in Shady Grove, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; d. 12 Jun, 1886, Shady Grove, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; m1. 24 Feb 1825 to Joanna Fullerton (b. 23 Jun 1799 at Greencastle, Franklin County, Penn. – d. 3 Apr 1849 in Franklin, Pennsylvania); m2 Aft 1850 to Nancy Rankin Waddell (b: 6 Nov 1809 in Pennsylvania)

Alexander was a life long farmer and Presbyterian Elder for many years.

viii. Jeremiah Gordon b: 22 Jan 1806 in , Franklin County, Pennsylvania; d. 24 Sep 1882, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; m.  30 Sep 1830 to Susannah Snively (b. 15 Feb 1812 in Antrim, Franklin, Pennsylvania – d. 25 Apr 1888 in Franklin, Pennsylvania) Her parents were Henry Snively (b. 3 Dec 1775 Antrim Township – d. 7 Mar 1845 Antrim Township) and his cousin Elizabeth Snively (b. 25 Dec 1784 in Washington, Maryland – d. 24 Jun 1844 in Antrim Township.

History of Franklin County – 1887 About the same time [1735] settlements were made near the present site of Greencastle, by JOSEPH CRUNKLETON, JACOB SNIVELY [Susannah's great grandfather Johann Jacob Schnebele (b. 21 Dec 1694 Boesenbiesen, Alsace, France - d. 24 Aug 1766 Greencastle, Franklin, Pennsylvania) or her 2nd great grandfather of the same name] AND JAMES RODY. Snively was the progenitor of a large and respectable family, many of whom still live in the township, concerning whom much will be said in the township and biographical sketches.

The 1870 Census shows Jeremiah as a ?Retired Farmer? with Real Estate valued at $18100 and Personal Property at $1250 living in Antrim Township, Franklin County, PA. His son Jeremiah Clinton and his family are listed next on the Census. His newphew, Humphrey Fullerton Gordon, is listed just before Jeremiah.

In 1880, Jeremiah and his wife Susan are still living in Antrim Township, Franklin County, PA. Living with them are their daughter Arianna and two grandchildren, Ella and Clarence whose parents were Alexander Davidson Gordon and Alice Stoner.

A file from the Lilian S. Besore Memorial Libray states: “Of their fourteen children, we find that two died as children, that six others migrated westward, and that only two sons and four daughters remained in Franklin county. Of the two sons who remained in the area, neither perpetuated the family tradition of tilling the soil, and after four successive generations of ownership and occupancy, we note that at Jeremiah?s death, his farm was sold to Melchi Snively and that it later became known as the Ezra Royer farm. The old homestead farm of his brother Alexander appears to have passed from family ownership at about the same time. We have evidence that after raising a large family, Jeremiah experienced some financial reverses, which, following the panic of 1873, appear to have been rather acute. An examination of his carefully kept day book covering those years is most revealing. His personal needs appear to have been simple and few, yet with each passing year he was able to maintain a balance between his receipts and disbursments only by the increased use of credit. He executed many demand notes of small amounts, mostly in favor of merchants and relatives. Despite evidence of some financial stringency, we find that with each appeal from those of his distant children who suffered misfortune or want, and they would appear to have been rather frequent, his parental blessing and his financial assistance was always forthcoming.”

ix. Margaret Gordon b: 22 Mar 1809 Greencastle Antrim Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania; d. 1850 Randolph, Illinois; m. 1 Jan 1825 to Henry Beck (b. 1 Oct 1807 in Maryland – d.  1871 in Randolph County, IL)

Henry resigned from Company E of the Thirtieth Infantry on February 14, 1863 as a Second Lieutenant..

Children of Alexander and Hannah:

x. Keziah Gordon b.  26 Mar 1830 in Shady Grove, Franklin, Pennsylvania; d. 25 Aug 1898 in Fountaindale, Adams, Pennsylvania;  m. 16 Feb 1854 Greencastle, Franklin, Pennsylvania to Sydenham (Sydneyham) Coskery Walker (b.10 Dec 1826 in Waynesboro, Adams, PA – d.  26 Sep 1902 in Foutaindale, Adams, PA.) His parents were Thomas Walker and Harriett Coskery.

In the 1880 census, Sydenham was a physician in Liberty, Adams, Pennsylvania.

xi. Brig. General David Stuart Gordon b.  23 May 1832 in Franklin County, PA.; d.  28 Jan 1930 in Chevy Chase, Montgomery County, MD;   m1. 27 Apr 1859 to Nannie Hues (b: Abt 1835 in Maryland);  m2 Bell Vedder (b. abt.  1835 in Maryland)

NY Times – GEN. GORDON WEDS AFTER OLD ROMANCE; Retired Veteran of Famous Sixth Cavalry, 78, Marries Mrs. Bell V. Fleming, Widow, 58. Met bride 40 years ago Both Married and Did Not Meet Again Until 1892, When Old Acquaintance Was Renewed.

U. S. Army, won promotion to rank of general.  A file from the Lilian S. Besore Memorial Library states: “David Stuart Gordon, in his youth, moved to Hagerstown, Maryland, and clerked in Armstrong’s Drygoods Store. An article by General John R. King tells us that David was one of the most popular young men of the town. Possessedof a beautiful tenor voice, he belonged to a group of singers who gave many charity concerts in the old Lyceum Hall.  About 1850, when the Missouri-Kansas border trouble became acute, David, moved by a spirit of adventure, quit the mercantile business and located in Kansas. It was not long before he was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Second Dragoons, later the Second U. S. Cavalry.

His complete military career from Crossed Sabres:

Prior to the war, he moved to Leavenworth, Kansas, where he worked as a merchant and the city auditor.

After Lincoln was elected president, Senator James H. Lane of Kansas offered him a bodyguard of men from Kansas to protect him during his trip to Washington. Lincoln declined the offer, but Lane sent the men to Washington anyway. They organized themselves as a company known as the “Frontier Guard,” and established their headquarters at the Willard Hotel. Senator Lane was the company’s captain, and David S. Gordon was its first sergeant. Four days after the surrender of Fort Sumter, the company was asked by the Secretary of War to secure the White House. The company remained on duty there for several weeks before they were honorably discharged.

It is not surprising, then, that Gordon was in the first round of civilian appointments of officers to replace resignations in the regular army’s regiments. Senator Lane likely had something to do with this, since he was appointed to the Army from Kansas and not his native Pennsylvania. He was appointed second lieutenant in the 2nd U.S. Cavalry on April 26, 1861, and accepted the appointment the next day. Companies from the regiment were at that time arriving at Carlisle Barracks, PA from their evacuation of Texas. As soon as the first companies were refitted, they were dispatched to Washington, D.C. to defend the capitol. Gordon joined them when they reached Washington. He does not appear on the regiment’s muster rolls in April, May or June 1861.

On May 31, 1861, he accompanied Lt. Charles Tompkins and his company on a raid to Fairfax Courthouse (see here for details). Following the raid, and probably as a result of the hubbub surrounding it, Lt. Gordon was appointed an aide de camp to General Keyes. He was captured while serving in this position on July 21, 1861, during the battle of Bull Run.

Gordon was quite well-travelled as a prisoner, as the Confederate government struggled to establish a system for handling prisoners of war. Initially sent to Libby Prison in Richmond, he was subsequently incarcerated at Castle Pinckney, Charleston, SC; Columbia jail, SC; and Salisbury, NC. He was not exchanged until August 1862.

In the meantime, the U.S. cavalry regiments were redesignated the month after Bull Run. The 2nd Cavalry became the 5th Cavalry, and the 2nd Dragoons became the 2nd Cavalry. So Gordon emerged from captivity to service in a new regiment of the same name. Such was the confusion over which regiment Gordon was assigned to that he appears in George Price’s Across the Continent With the Fifth Cavalryonly in Charles Tompkins’ entry. He served for several months as the inspector of the U.S. Army’s Parole Camp at Annapolis, MD before joining the regiment just before the battle of Fredericksburg.

Following the battle of Fredericksburg, Lt. Gordon was assigned to the staff of General Schenk, commander of the Middle Department at Baltimore, MD. He served as an acting assistant adjutant general to General Schenk through the Gettysburg campaign. On April 25, 1863, he was promoted to captain in the 2nd US Cavalry, and on paper assigned to Company D, though still listed on detached service. He received a brevet to major, U.S. Army for gallant and meritorious service at the battle of Gettysburg.

He rejoined his regiment during the pursuit from Gettysburg, seeing action at Manassas Gap, Rappahannock Station, and Culpeper Courthouse.

In 1864 he served with regiment during the Wilderness campaign and Sheridan’s two raids. He commanded the regiment on the second day of the battle of Trevillian Station when Capt. T.F. Rodenbough was seriously wounded on June 11. He commanded the regiment through the battle of Deep Bottom on July 27-28, 1864, and during the majority of the Shenandoah campaign from August to October 1864.

In late October he was assigned to Carlisle Barracks for recruiting duty, as were officers from all the regular cavalry regiments. He was further assigned to Cincinnati, OH, where he recruited for his regiment from October 1864 to January 1865.

His regiment did not participate in the Appomattox campaign, and as the senior officer present he assumed command when he rejoined it at Point of Rocks, MD from March to November 1865.

At that point the majority of the brevetted officers returned from duty with volunteer regiments, and Gordon made the long slide down to once again commanding his Company D. The regiment was assigned to duty on the frontier In November, and began the long march to Fort Leavenworth, KS. Once the regiment reached Kansas, Gordon and Company D were further assigned to Fort Lyon, CO, where they remained until October 1866.

The 2nd US Cavalry was reassigned to the Department of the Platte under pre-war commander Philip St. George Cooke at the end of the year, and the regiment’s companies were reassigned to forts in what is today Wyoming, South Dakota and Nebraska.

Capt. Gordon and his company spent only a few weeks at their new post of Fort Laramie, Dakota Territory when they once again received marching orders. Following news of the Fetterman massacre, a column of infantry and cavalry was dispatched to the relief of Fort Kearney in January 1867. Gordon commanded a squadron of his own company and Company L in support of four companies of the 10th Infantry. An impromptu winter march across Nebraska must have been a challenging mission. Once they reached the fort, the majority of the column returned to Fort Laramie, but Gordon and his company garrisoned the fort until it was closed the following July.
Gordon’s next post was Fort D.A. Russell, Wyoming Territory, where he and his company served from August 1868 to May 1869. During this period his service is described as “engaged with hostile Indians and escorting mail and government trains.” Gordon later published an account of this expedition in the Journal of the Military Service Institution of the United States in 1911.

Gordon’s company conducted an extended scouting expedition of the Wind River valley from May to September 1869, engaged multiple times with hostile Indians before moving to Fort Bridger, Wyoming Territory in October. They were engaged in the affair at Miner’s Delight, WT on May 4, 1870, but I could not locate any information on said affair. They were then assigned to Camp Douglass, WT, where they spent the next five years.

At this point Gordon’s career becomes very cloudy. He was steadily promoted, so it’s unlikely any seriously untoward happened at Miner’s Delight, but there is no mention of further postings. He was promoted in the regiment to major on June 25, 1877 and lieutenant colonel on November 20, 1889.

In 1892, he was assigned to command Fort Myer, Washington, D.C. He finally left his regiment on July 28, 1896, when he was promoted to colonel and command of the 6th U.S. Cavalry. Gordon was promoted to brigadier general upon his retirement on May 23, 1896.

Brigadier General David S. Gordon died on January 30, 1930, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery..

6. William Jeremiah Smith

William’s wife Sarah Gordon was born 28 Mar 1770 in Antrim, Franklin, Pennsylvania. Her parents were Henry Gordon and Sarah Johnston (See Above). Sarah died 1809 in Harrison, Virginia.

Children of William and Sarah

i. Ann Smith b. 24 Sep 1783; d. 31 Aug 1865 Browersville, Ohio, m. 22 Oct 1811 – Harrison County to Andrew Stephens (27 Nov 1789 in Harrison, Virginia – d. 30 Dec 1858 in Silvercreek, Greene, Ohio) His parents were George W Stephens (b. 1764 Harrison, Virginia – d. 1795 Harrison, Virginia) and Nancy Ann Wolfe (b. 1765 in Frederick, Maryland – d. 5 May 1853 in Bowersville, Ohio)

ii. Henry Smith

iii. Jeremiah Smith

iv. John Smith

v. Margaret Smith m.  24 Oct 1822 Greene, Ohio to  Philip Stevens

Caesar’s Creek Church was organized on the fourth Saturday in April, 1813. It was located a few miles southwest of Jamestown, Greene County, Ohio. Because of the distance Abraham Lucas and his neighbors living on Anderson’s Fork had to travel to attend meetings at the Caesars Creek Church, agitation began to form a new Baptist congregation closer to home. Indian Run Church was organized by members dismissed from Caesars Creek, on the 4th Lord’s day in July 1822.

The 26 members of Caesars Creek Church dismissed in 1822 to form a church on Anderson’s Fork were: (men) Abraham Lucas, Michael Mann, Philip Stevens, Solomon Wood, Lewis Chance, John Turner, Ebenezer Perry, James William Wilson, Peter P. Lucas, Joseph Lucas, Thomas Lucas, Samuel Nives, and William Copeland; (women) Sarah Lucas Copeland, Elizabeth Chance, Massy Lucas, Sarah Lucas, Rachel Perry, Mary Lee, Elizabeth Mann, Margaret Smith, Mary Turner, Sarah Lucas, Sarah Lucas, Phebe Lucas Wood, and Elizabeth Stanberry. The new church was organized as the Regular Baptist Church of Indian Run. On 1 Aug 1822 John Hamer and wife Christena deeded one acre of land to Joseph Lucas, Michael Mann, and William Copeland as trustees of the church. The new church was located in Jefferson Twp., Greene, Ohio, at the present location of the Cline Cemetery about 3 miles west of Bowersville.

Following mass migration of its members to Illinois in the mid 1820′s, the Indian Run Church was disbanded, and the following 10 remaining members were accepted back into Caesars Creek Church: William Copeland and wife, John Hoblit and wife, Thomas Lucas and wife, John Copeland and wife, Joel Rely, and Rachel Perry. Several of these persons also departed shortly for Illinois. See Logan County, Illinois.

The Lake Fork Church of the Predestinarian Baptists, a strict, fundamentalist group, was organized Jan 20, 1827 at the house of James Turley by William Kenner, Hiram Bowman and Phillip Stephens.  The church was the first organized religion in south Logan County and perhaps in all of  Logan County, Illinios.

Logan County, Illinois

Meanwhile, in Greene County, Ohio, the Regular Baptist Church of Indian Run, for reasons unclear, decided to migrate en masse to Illinois. Most of them ended up in south Logan County and became part of the Lake Fork Predestinarian Baptist Church, soon to become the Regular Baptist Church of Lake Fork (1833)

vi. Mary Smith m. Robert Marshall

vii. Sarah Smith F

viii. William Smith M

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Thomas Gibson CARSON (c. 1710 – 1790) was Alex’s 7th Great Grandfather, one of 256 in this generation of the Miner line.  Several of our ancestors were Scot-Irish Presbyterians who immigrated from Ireland to South Carolina in the 1770′s.  Our branch of the family followed their minister Alex. Porter to Preble Ohio around 1800, it is said because of their opposition to slavery.

Descendants of this branch stayed in the South, moving to Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas.  Many become large plantation owners with dozens of slaves, officials in the Confederacy and Officers in the CSA.  Only 90 years after their arrival the two branches squared off in the Civil War with many casualties on both sides.  It’s interesting how the split in world view happened in just a couple generations.

The Carson Coat of Arms is from Scotland

Thomas Gibson Carson born 11 May 1710 Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland. His parents were William Calvin CARSON and Sarah Ann FERGUSON. Thomas married Margaret McDOWELL 12 Aug 1734 in Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland. Thomas died 18 Nov 1790 Greensboro, Greene, Georgia.

Margaret McDowell was born 12 Jun 1713 in Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland. Her parents weer Ephraim McDOWELL and Margaret IRVINE. Margaret died 16 Dec 1784 in Greene, Georgia.

Greene County Georgia

Here’s a mystery. Thomas Gibson Carson and Margaret McDowell were married on August 12, 1734, so William’s and Mary’s birth dates seem about right. However, the next child, wasn’t born for more than twenty years, when their mother was 46 years old. It’s unlikely that Thomas Gibson Carson and Margaret McDowell were the natural parents of the younger children. Some have suggested that William was their father, not their brother. Perhaps all children other than William were grandchildren from another son who died young, and who had been adopted by Thomas G. and Margaret. In his will, Thomas G. plainly lists all of these as his children. However, they could be children of other families entirely.   So the true parentage of these children is a mystery which may never be solved.

Children of Thomas and Margaret:

Many thanks to the authors of the  The Saga of the Carson Family of Brazos County, Texas for much of the narrative about this family.

Ancestors

Thomas’s grandfather Alexander Harvey CARSON was born in 1652 in Scotland. about 1736. He was thought to be a Presbyterian clergyman. He married M. Wilson McCLINTON. There is a strong probability Christopher Houston “Kit” Carson, the American frontiersman, was Alexander’s descendent.

Thomas’s grandmother M. Wilson McCLINTON was born in 1652. Her parents were William J. McCLINTON and Janet McDUFF. M. Wilson died in 1717.

Children of Alexander and M. Wilson:

1. William CALVIN CARSON
2. John Carson
3. Samuel Carson
4. James Carson
5. Alexander Carson

Thomas’ father William Calvin CARSON was born 27 Jun 1682 in Londonderry, Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland.   He married Sarah Ann FERGUSON 7 Jun 1704 in Londonberry, Ireland. William died 11 Nov 1748 Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland.

Thomas’s mother Sarah Ann FERGUSON was born 18 May 1687 in Londonderry, Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland. Sarah Ann died 16 Jan 1746 in  Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland.

Margaret’s father Ephraim McDOWELL was born in 1673. His father was Thomas McDOWELL (1628-1682). Ephraim died in 1763.

Margaret’s mother Margaret IRVINE was born in 1674. She died in 1728.

It’s possible that Sarah Matilda Carson (b. ca, 1729) was Thomas Gibson Carson’s sister. She married Robert McGough (b. 1725 Ireland. He was a bluestocking Presbyterian. H

Their children were:
Robert McGough, Jr.
John McGough (possibly John McGaw who married Mary CARSON’s daughter Sarah Patterson)
Isabella McGough (m. John Wesley Carson)
William McGough (possibly William McGaw who married Mary CARSON’s daughter Mary Patterson)
Sarah McGough (m. Adam Carson)
Mary McGough. (m. Joseph Carson)

The Carsons and the McGoughs were good friends. On June 19 or June 30, 1773, they sailed from Newry, Ireland, bound for a new life in America. I think the ship was the Elliott, under the command of John Waring. The Elliott arrived in Charleston, South Carolina, on Aug 18, 1773.

Some genealogies show William Calvin Carson’s father to be William Carson, born about 1650.  This William married Eleanor Jane McDuff a. Eleanor was born 17 May 1652 Wilmarnock, Scotland  and died 18 May 1712 Londonderry, Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland. William Carson died in Rowan County, North Carolina, in 1775 or 1776. After his death, Eleanor married John Scruggs (1712-1792), a farmer and miller who lived on Third Creek about three miles from Statesville, North Carolina. John Scruggs’ first wife was Sarah Carter.

The children of William Carson and Eleanor McDuff were:
1. Andrew Carson
2. Lindsey Carson
3. Robert Carson
4. Sarah Carson
5. Eleanor Carson
6. Alexander Carson

1. As a youngster, Andrew Carson was “bound out”, or apprenticed, to Christopher Houston (1744-1837), Andrew served in the Revolutionary War under General Francis Marion, and also with Baron Jean (Johann) DeKalb. DeKalb was shot while crossing a stream near Camden, South Carolina, on Aug16, 1780, and taken prisoner by the British. Andrew carried him ashore and stayed with him until he died three days later. DeKalb was buried at Camden, South Carolina. Andrew Carson died June 20, 1799, and is buried at Old Pisgah A. R. P. Church Cemetery in Gaston County, North Carolina.

2. Lindsey Carson, son of William Carson and Eleanor McDuff, was born August 1, 1754, in Rowan County, North Carolina. About 1785, he married Lucy Bradley in North Carolina, and their children were Moses Carson, William Carson, Andrew Carson, and two girls. Lindsey Carson settled at Boon’s Lick, Missouri, about 1811. Lindsey and his two sons, Andrew and Moses, rendered militia service at Fort Kinkead during the War of 1812. William Carson married a daughter of Daniel Boone.

In 1796, Lindsey Carson married second Rebecca Robinson in Kentucky. She was born in Green County, Virginia, on Sep 16, 1778. One of Lindsey and Rebecca’s sons was the famous frontiersman, Kit Carson. 1818 found Lindsey Carson in Missouri. One day during August of that year, he attempted to cut down a tree. A limb from the tree fell on him and killed him. His widow married Joseph Martin on October 12, 1821, in Howard County, Missouri.

6. Alexander Carson, was the father of another Alexander Carson (1775-1836) n, who was a member of the famous Lewis and Clark expedition. He went by E. Cann and had lived among the French for so long that others thought of him as also being French. Carson hired on with the expedition as a boatman and probably returned to St. Louis with Corporal Warfington.

Thomas Gibson CARSON

The middle name Gibson only appears in  Ancestry.Com’s  World Family Tree, not other source documents, so it should be considered as a “possible”.  Thomas was born in 1710 in County Down, Ireland. It was said to be in a small town, now deserted, at the foot of some mountains, not far from Newry, County Down, Ireland.  Newry lies in the most south-eastern part of both Ulster and Northern Ireland on the road between Belfast and Dublin. About half of the city (the east) lies in the traditional county of Down and the other half (the west) in the traditional county of Armagh.

Thomas immigrated in 1773 to Charleston, SC from Newry, Ulster, Ireland, sailing in the ship “Elliott” on June 30 and arriving on Aug 20, 1773.  It was a hard trip, and storms added sailing time. It is said it took four months to cross from Ireland to America. There were about 40 people in the group, including Carsons, McGoughs  (McGaw’s?) and McDowells, who were all friends and neighbors.

On Oct 24, 1773, Robert McGough bought 150 acres of land in the Providence Presbyterian Church Community along McCalpanes Creek in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, from tavern keeper Patrick Jack for 60 pounds proclamation money. Considering the difficulties of travel in the Carolinas at that time, Robert McGough must have been in a real hurry to travel from Charleston to Mecklenburg County (modern-day Charlotte) and find a place to live in just two months. Apparently, Thomas Gibson Carson and his family tagged along.

What was proclamation money? The British Parliement had passed a law against bringing English silver money into the colonies. As a result, there was insufficient English money to sustain commerce in circulation in the colonies, so the colonists turned to other monies, particularly Spanish gold coins. The exchange rate was established by a proclamation issued by Queen Anne in 1704. So proclamation money was foreign money accepted at the exchange rate established by Queen Anne

The Carson family originally settled in the Abbeville district of South Carolina, which was heavily Scotch-Irish. Thomas was in the military in 1780 and 1781 in Georgia and Tennessee, serving as a horseman in Captain Joseph Carson’s Company of the South Carolina Militia, and participated in the battles of Rocky Mount and Hanging Rock under Colonel William Bratton. He was certified as a Revolutionary War Soldier by Colonel Elijah Clarke and received bounty land in Washington County for his services. Georgia sources show he served in the Battalion of Minute Men. He applied for an invalid soldier’s pension. His home was burned by the Tories during the Revolutionary War.

After the Revolution, Thomas Gibson Carson and his family went to Jones County, Georgia, where he became sheriff and justice of the peace. He also owned a prosperous plantation there called Round Oak. Margaret McDowell died in Greene County, Georgia, on Dec 16, 1784, and Thomas Gibson Carson died in Greene County on July 10 or November 18, 1790, and lies buried in the family cemetery at Round Oak.

Thomas was in Wilkes County GA in 1785. He signed a will on 1 Sept., 1789 In Wilkes Co., GA.

“Will of THOMAS CARSON of Wilkes Co. and State of Georgia, being sick and weake of body..to my son WILLIAM who lives in South Carolina a Negro woman to be given him after my deceased of my beloved wife MARGET(sic) CARSON. The half of the survey or tract of land whereon I now live I give to my son THOMAS (that is the lower part lying down on the river)..my son JOHN shall have at his mothers death the half of all my stock of every kind…to my son DAVID the plantation whereon I now live (i.e.) the upper half including the plantation and mansion together with 2 negroes..at decease of my wife…to my son ADAM the other half of my stock and the child of my Negro pat who appears to be pregnant…to my dau. ELIZABETH my Negro boy and a Negro which is due me from Edmond Daniell and George Reid together with black mare now in his possession, and ½ of my house furn…at decease of my wife…the other half of house furn. To belong to my son DAVID…to my son JOSEPH a tract of land cont. 200 acres lying on Richland Creek in Greene County…Appt’s my two sons JOHN CARSON and DAVID CARSON to be Exors…Signed: THO. CARSON. Wit: bef. Wm. Phillips. Rachel Dunn and JEAN CARSON. Rec. 10 July 1791. He died on 10 July, 1799 in Wilkes Co., GA.

Children

1. William A. Carson

William’s wife Margaret Mills was born in 1732 in  Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland. Margaret died in 1799 in  Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland

William immigrated to America with his family in 1773, and joined Captain William Fullwood’s company of volunteer militia on September 30, 1775, in South Carolina. The company took part in the Snow Campaign Dec. 23-30, 1775.

William Carson Revolutionary War Record – William was a member of Captain William Fullwood’s Volunteer Company

He appeared on the census in 1779 in 96^th District, South Carolina. He resided in Long Cane, Abbeville County, SC in 1779, south of the Patterson bridge. “The old Carson place where Mr. Patterson is supposed to have found his mate is about two and a half miles southeast of Patterson bridge, near the old Fisher and Gibson places”. He resided in Mecklenberg County, NC in 1782. On Sep 1, 1789, he was in Wilkes County, GA. William’s father, Thomas Carson Sr., willed him a Negro woman. William at that time was living in SC. The condition was that he would receive this slave after the death of Thomas’s wife (William’s mother), Margaret. Thomas Sr. died in 1790.

He appeared on the census in 1790 in Long Cane, Abbeville Co., SC. The census shows 3 males over 16, 2 females, and 1 slave. He was a member of Cedar Springs Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. He signed a will on 16 Oct 1801 in Long Cane. This will was proved on 3 Apr 1802. Executors were sons Robert and William Carson. Witnesses were Thomas Lindsay, James Patterson, and Sarah Howard. Wife; Margaret. Children; William, Robert, Jean, Martha Hearst, Margaret Patterson, Elizabeth McGough, Mary Patterson. Grandson; William Carson, son to Robert Carson. Inventory made 24 Aug 1802 by John Robins, W. McBride, and Andrew Caughran.

William Carson Will

Children of William and Margaret

i. Martha Carson b. 1754 in Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland; d. 7 Oct 1818 Abbeville County South Carolina; m. 1775 in Abbeville, South Carolina to John Hearst Jr. (b. 1750 in Ireland a – d.1808 in Abbeville, South Carolina) His parents were John Hearst Sr. (b. 1715 Ireland – d. 1782 Long Cane, Abbeville, South Carolina) and Elizabeth Knox (b. 1723 in North Carolina) After Martha died, he married second Phoebe Stark, no children.

John’s grandson George F Hearst struck Silver in the Comstock Lode and became enormously rich. (Plus the bad guy in Season 3 of Deadwood).

John Hearse (Hearst) and John Hearse, Jr. were both immigrants. Both were granted lands near the Long Canes. John got 400 acres and John, Jr. got 100 acres. Jr. would have been over 16 years to get a grant and Sr. had younger children so he got a larger tract.

The distribution of the children between Martha and Phoebe is not known.  John’s will was administered on 6 Feb 1808 by Robert Hearst and Josiah Patterson Esq.  The estate was administered again on 9 Jan 1807 by Phoebe Hearst, Andrew Gray, and John Gray.   The sum of $1200.05 was paid to the each of the following: Lewis Hearst, John Hearst, Robert Hearst, George Hearst, Jane McMillian, John Gallaugher, James Cochran,   and Jacob Clark. John McMillian received $3346.91.

John was identified as a major in his will and is presumed to have served in the Continental Army.

Two generations later members of all three families had gone to Missouri settling in Frankin and Washington Counties.

According to “Greenwood County Sketches” by Margaret Watson, Attic Press, Greenwood, SC, 1982. John Hearst’s will named 11 children. Of these, it was his son William G. Hearst who moved first to TN and then to MO and was the grandfather of William Randolph Hearst. William G. Hearst’s brother, Joseph, married first Anna (or Annie) Frazier and second (?) Armstead.

Children of John and Martha

1.Margaret Hearst b 6 Sep 1772

2. Robert Hearst b 22 Aug 1774

3. Mary Hearst b 4 Oct 1778

4. Jane Hearst b 12 Oct 1780 m unknown Holiday

5. John Hearst b 21 Feb 1783 Abbeville District, South Carolina

6. George Hearst b 18 Nov 1786

7. Martha Hearst b 8 Nov 1788 m James Cochran

8. Lewis Hearst b 11 Feb 1790 Abbeville District, South Carolina

9. Sarah Hearst b 22 Jun 1792 m John Gallaugher

John’s son William G Hearst ( b. 1776 Woodvine, Abbeville, South Carolina – d. Nov 1844 Franklin, Missouri) m. 1817 in Biglow, Franklin, Missouri to Elizabeth Collins (b. 1780)

John’s grandson George F Hearst (3 Sep 1820 Anaconda, Franklin, Missouri – d. 28 Feb 1891 California; m. 15 Jun 1862 in Steelville, Crawford, Missouri to Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson (b. 3 Dec 1842 in Whitmire Settlem, Franklin, Missouri – d. 1919 in Colma, California) I attended Phoebe Heart Elementary School in San Diego, named because Phoebe helped found the California PTA.

I found Phoebe Apperson Hearst’s portrait in the school auditorium a little scary. This isn’t it, but its close

George F Hearst’s only son William Randolph Hearst (b. 29 Apr 1863 San Francisco, California – d. 14 Aug 1951 Beverly Hills, California) m. Millicent Veronica Willson (1882–1974) Marion Davies, mistress built a newspaper empire and Hearst Castle of course.

ii. Jean Carson b. 7 Jul 1756 in  Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland; d. 1 Sep 1789, in Abbeville, South Carolina or 1802

iii. Sarah “Seara” Carson b. 1759 in Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland; d. 1806; m. Malcom Rafferty (b. 1755 in Woodvine, Abbeville, South Carolina – d. Aft, 1825)

Malcolm received two lots in the Wilkes County Georgia Lottery of 1803. The land given out in this lottery was obtained from the Creek Indians in a treaty at Fort Wilkinson, June 16, 1802, and included “the Territory south of the Oconee and Altamaha rivers”. This land was divided into three counties, Wayne, Wilkinson and Baldwin. The lots in Wayne consisted of 490 acres each, those in Baldwin and Wilkinson 202 1/2 acres each, three thousand two hundred and forty acres reserved for a town to be called Milledgeville.

Those entitled to draw were every free white male twenty-one years and upwards, and an inhabitant of the state twelve months immediately preceding the passage of this act, who had paid tax, one draw; every free white male having a wife and one or more legitimate children, two draws; all widows having legitimate child or children, two draws; all families of orphans having no parents living, two draws. No mention is made of military service in this act, and no provision is made for soldiers of any war.

iv. Margaret Carson b. 1761 in Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland; d. 7 Oct 1819 in Abbeville District, South Carolina; m. 23 Dec 1779 in Abbeville Distr, South Carolina to Josiah C Patterson (b. 1751 in Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland – d. 5 Dec 1835 in Abbeville Distr, South Carolina) According to the History of Poinsett County Book, Josiah Patterson came from Ulster to South Carolina around 1766. Josiah Patterson was a Revolutionary War soldier.

v. Elizabeth Carson b. 25 Jun 1764 in Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland; d. 23 Apr 1847 Greene, Georgia; m. 1782 in Abbeville, South Carolina to John McGough (Also McGaw)  (b. 21 Aug 1761 in County Down, Ireland – d. 17 Oct 1847 in Greene, Georgia) His parents were John McGough and Sarah Matilda Carson.

vi. Mary Carson b. 1766 in Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland; died 29 May 1824 at 59 years of age. Her body was interred 1824 in Hopewell Cem, Preble Co, OH ; m. John Patterson (b. Jan 1763 County Down, Ireland 1763 – d. 11 Nov 1837  Preble Co, OH Interred Hopewell Cemetery) His parents were our ancestors Samuel Senton PATTERSON Sr. and Mary CARSON.

John and wife removed from Abbeville District, S.C. to Preble County, OH in 1807. Apparently had no children as none mentioned in estate papers – estate sold 13 Apr 1838 in Preble County, OH. Administrator of his estate was Thomas Pinkerton, bond signed by Pinkerton, Alexander Porter and William McGaw.

John was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving as a substitute for his father in August 1778 when he was just 15 1/2 years old; he saw service in the Carolinas in 1778, 1780 and 1781 and was discharged March 1781. He was in both the infantry and cavalry.

John applied for a Revolutionary War Pension on Sep 18, 1832. We know a lot about his service from his application letter See Samuel PATTERSON’s page for details

vii. Robert S Carson b. 14 Jan 1769 in Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland; d. 1839; m. 20 Dec 1793 Rowan, North Carolina to Elizabeth Jane Patterson (b. 14 Jul 1772 in Rowan, North Carolina – d. 1829 in Jones, Georgia); m2. 1829 Age: 60 to Sabra Porter (b. 1809 South Carolina) After Robert died, Sabra married 10 Aug 1841 in Dallas, Alabama to Jacob Summerlin. In the 1850 census, Sebra A and Jacob Summerland were living in Independence, Autauga, Alabama with three Carson children and three Summerlin kids. By the 1860 census, Jacob was married to Maria (Marina) Taunton (b. 1811 South Carolina) and living in Dublin, Perry, Alabama.

viii. William Rowan Carson b. 1772 in Winnsboro, Abbeville, South Carolina; d. 1837; m. Nancy Howard (b. 1779 in Winnsboro, Abbeville, South Carolina – d. 1837) (Received a Land Grant at Long Cane in 1808)

2. Mary CARSON (See Samuel PATTERSON Sr’s page)

Altogether, there were about 40 friends and relatives named Carson, McGough (McGaw?), McDowell, and Patterson crowded among the other passengers on the Elliot in 1773, and I’m sure they were very glad when they disembarked in Charleston.

Mary is not listed in William’s will, so it is not certain she is his daughter.  She was born in Newry, the same town in County Down, immigrated around 1773 with the same group of people and lived in the same community around Abbeville, South Carolina, so if she was not his daughter, it is very likely she was a close relative.

Mary’s daughters Mary and Sarah Patterson married brothers William and John McGaw.  McGaw can also be written McGough, a family  close to the Carson family, with several intermarriages including Mary’s brothers Adam and Joseph. The Carsons and McGoughs sailed on the same ship to America.  Adam Carson served in Capt. John McGaw’s company during the Revolution.  Also Mary’s son John Patterson married her brother William Carson’s daughter Mary.

3. Thomas Carson

Thomas’ wife Jane “Jennie” [__?__] was born in Greene County, Georgia. Jennie owned deeded property in 1791 in Franklin Co., GA, and along with her husband Thomas Carson Jr., deeded property in the same county.

A Mrs. Carson (and it is very possible that this was Jenny)  claimed on 25 Oct 1815 in the Mississippi Territory, Baldwin County (next to Washington County and Mobile, Alabama)

“Jane Carson of the county of Baldwin in the Mississippi Territory maketh oath that she verily believes on the best information, that the Negro woman named Miley belonging to the estate of her late husband Thomas Carson, of the value of four hundred and fifty dolls. Was taken by the hostile Indians, that she has never recovered her, and is persuaded from such accounts as she fully relies upon, that she was killed on her attempt to escape from the Creek (Indian) nation. Signed, Jane Carson. Sworn before me one of the judges of the Mississippi Territy, this 25^th octr., 1815, Harry Toulmin.

Also, a map from 1813, which appears in the book on the History of Washington County, Alabama, shows that a “Mrs. Carson” had a home on the Tombigbee River, a very few miles  from the confluence with the Alabama River, and the date marked by her name was “1813″.

Thomas born on 23 May 1763 in County Down, Ireland, said to be a small town, now deserted, at the foot of mountains, not far from Newry, County Down, Ireland. He emigrated from Newry on 30 June, 1773 in the ship “Elliott“, and landed at Charleston, South Carolina on 20 Aug., 1773.

He served in the military between 1780 and 1781 in Georgia and Tennessee. He served in a “Refugee” regiment. At the first siege of Augusta, GA, in 1780, Colonel William Candler raised a volunteer regiment known as the Refugee Regiment of Richmond county. Thomas was enlisted at the direction of Colonel Elijah Clarke, commander, on Sep 15, 1780, to serve “till the British are totally expelled from this state.” The regiment moved to Tennessee in Sept., 1780, marching to the Nolichucky settlements, fighting battles at King’s Mountain on Oct 7, 1780, Fishdam Ford on Nov 9,  1780, Blackstock’s Farm on Nov 20, 1780, and Long Cane (South Carolina) on Dec 11, 1780. The regiment was disbanded on Jun 5, 1781. According to the book “Roster of South Carolina patriots of the American Revolution”, he served as a horseman in the militia under Captain Joseph Carson (not believed to be his brother, Joseph, who would have been 15 in 1781), during 1780 and 1781. At the battles of Rocky Mount and Hanging Rock, he was under Colonel Bratton.

Thomas’s brothers  John Wesley (1760-1823), David  (1762-1826)  and Adam (1764-1842) were also privates in  Joseph Carson’s company.  His niece Margaret’s husband Josiah Patterson (1751-1835) was the Lieutenant.

He was in Wilkes Co., Georgia on Sep 1, 1789. Thomas Carson Sr. willed to Thomas Carson Jr. the lower part of his property, “the part by the river”. Thomas Carson Sr. died in 1790. Thomas Jr. was in Franklin County, Georgia, on May 10, 1791. Thomas and wife Jenny sold 862.5 acres of land in Wilkes County, Georgia to Joseph Scott of Wilkes County, for 60 pounds. Land on the north fork of Beaverdam Creek was originally granted to Thomas Carson, Feb 7, 1788. He was in McIntosh Bluff, Washington County, Alabama in 1802. He was in Washington County, AL on Mar 25, 1802, and sold to David Johnston of the same county a Negro woman named Rose, aged 23 years, and her child aged about 18 months, for $500. He was in Washington County Alabama (then Mississippi Territory), in the vicinity of what is now know as the town of “Carson” on Jul 31, 1805. The 1805 tax roll shows that he owned 640 acres of the first quality on the west side of the Tombigbee river opposite the mouth of the cut-off, 1 house of 37 feet by 18 feet, three outhouses, 25 acres developed, $3 per acre, total assessed value $1920. He resided in the Tombigbee River area of Alabama in 1806.

He purchased land from John Jacob Abner, whose original claim was in 1797, on Mar 16, 1804 in West Tombigbee, AL. Nearby neighbors were Thomas Bates and Joseph Bates, near the confluence of the Alabama and Tombigbee rivers. Thomas Bates was probably father of Sarah Bates, wife John S. Carson, the son of Thomas Carson, Jr (See below). He died in 1807 in Washington County, Alabama.

Among other things, he left Jenny a ferry on the Tombigbee River. This ferry has an important place in history. As you may recall, Aaron Burr had been Vice-President of the United States, and had killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. . On Feb 19, 1807, the sheriff of Washington County, Alabama, captured Aaron Burr, who was fleeing federal authority in relationship to his attempt to establish an independent nation in Texas and what had been part of the Louisiana Purchase.  One of the sheriff’s posse had borrowed a canoe from Joseph Bates, Sr., at Nannahubba Bluff in Washington County during the pursuit.  Bates is believed to be the grandfather of Sarah Bates, wife of John S. Carson, father of Nathan Franklin Carson. While escorting Burr to Pensacola, Florida, the sheriff and captive crossed the Tombigbee River on Mrs. Carson’s ferry.

Children of Thomas and Jennie:

i. Adam B Carson  b. Jones, Georgia

ii. Elizabeth Carson

iii. Sallie Carson Some sources say Sallie married Alexandre Hollinger, but I think he married a different Sally Carson. Alexandre was born 27 Jan 1793, Mobile, AL, Married 1st-Sally Carson, ” the Belle Of the Bigbee” and daughter of Col. Joseph Carson. Their children were: Gilbert Russell Hollinger (m. Shannon Bates), and Margaret Hollinger (m. James Foster), According to an article in the Baldwin County Historical Society Quarterly, Sally died while the children were infants and the children were taken in, and raised by Rubena Hollinger, wife of Alexandre’s brother Adam). Alexandre married second Tabitha Moore of Claiborne, Monroe Co., Alabama. Alexandre fought in the War of 1812 and was wounded in the The Battle of Burnt Corn.

iv. Thomas S Carson

v. Joseph Carson b. 1785; d. 1817; m. 16 May 1814 to Caroline Charlotte Green (b. 1794; d. after her 7 July 1831 will in Adams Co., MS. which named James Green Carson MD as an only child, whose daughter, Katherine (Carson) Breckenridge married Clifton Rhmodes Breckenridge, son of Vice President under John Buchanan and 1860 Presidential candidate, John C Breckenridge and member of Congress and Ambassador to Russia in his own right.

Joseph Carson probably had an illegitimate child by Patsy Brewer, who later married a Mr. Johnson and lived in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Joseph Carson’s will mentions “my natural daughter,” but does not name her.

In Georgia on May 4, 1801, Captain Joseph Carson received a pass to Mobile, AL from the Governor of Georgia. On Nov 11, 1802, Major Joseph Carson was issued a pass by the Governor of Georgia to pass through the Creek Nation. On Jun 18, 1806, he was commissioned as an Attorney at Law in Washington County, Mississippi Territory (now Alabama). On Apr 5, 1808 he was issued a pass by the Governor of Georgia to pass through the Creek Nation, having been recommended by Elijah Clarke. On May 8, 1809 he was commissioned a Captain in the 6th regiment, Militia of Washington County.

He was Trustee of a lottery before 1811 in Washington Co., AL. The lottery of $5000 was to benefit the establishment of Washington Academy, located at St. Stephens. He was a militia colonel in the First Mississippi Regiment, United States Volunteers. He forced the evacuation of the Spanish post on the Perdido River, Apr 27, 1813. He was military commander of the territory between the Alabama and Tombigbee Rivers, where was located Fort Glass and Fort Madison. He fought the Creek Indians at their “Holy City” in 1812. He served under General F.L. Claiborne from Dec 27, 1812 as a Lieutenant Colonel until Apr 30, 1813, when he was promoted to Colonel.  He served then until Feb 28, 1814. He received a salary of $75 per month plus $12 per month for forage.  He also had two private servants paid by the government. Serving under him was a Private Joseph Carson – whose kinship is not proven.

On Oct 15, 1815, in Mobile AL, he made this claim: “I certify that about the first of November last I was ordered by General Jackson with a detachment of mounted gunmen under my command to form a junction with Major Woodruff of the Third Regiment of U.S. Infantry near the ferry on the Perdido River between Mobile and Pensacola and did form the junction with him as soon as possible he had under his command about three hundred men of the Third Regiment and upward of one hundred Choctaw Indian warriors. We were ordered to drive off all the cattle found near the Perdido River to prevent the British and hostile Indians (then in Pensacola) from getting them. I was informed by Major Woodruff that he had previous to my arrival destroyed a large said boat at the Perdido ferry with belongings of Francisco Suarez, a Spaniard by birth who then resided on the American side of the Perdido River, and that he had orders from General Jackson to destroy all the boats on that river. I afterwards destroyed conformably to said orders a small canoe belonging to said Suarez worth about ten dollars, the Choctaw Indians took of a number of small horses from that neighborhood. Some of which were said to belong to the hostile Creek Indians and some to the said Suarez, the said Francisco Suarez then and on several former occasions when I was at his house professed to be much attached to the American government, and submitted cheerfully to his losses as they were said to be necessary, but expressed his hopes at the same time that he would be remunerated for his losses by the American government —Joseph Carson.

He was appointed Attorney General for counties west of the Pearl River on Apr 1, 1813, but resigned on Sep 28 1817 due to declining health. He appeared on the census in 1816 in Washington County, AL (Mississippi Territory Census of 1816). He died in 1817 in Washington Co., AL, and was buried in the Old St. Stephens cemetery, Washington Co., AL. Caroline C. CARSON, wife of Col. Joseph Carson, was executor of his estate. Professor William Waller Carson, who laid out Carson Station (a town on the Southern Railway) in honor of his grandfather, Col. Joseph Carson, visited his gravesite a couple of miles south of Old St. Stephens, and about four or five miles northwest of Carson Station. He visited in 1870 or 1873, and found it to be a desecrated and vandalized grave, located in a heavily wooded area. The vault next to Joseph’s is supposed to be that of his nephew, who had come back from Texas.

His home was described as follows: “… a tract of good level land about two miles out (of Old Saint Stephens).  There is a large commodious house and all convenient out buildings, something over 100 acres clear, good part fresh land.  The land is thin but level and kindly, well adapted to cotton.  … it was occupied by Col. Carson an attorney near Baldwin’s …”.

In 1817, he had been appointed as one of the three councilors of the new State of Alabama, but when the first Council met on Feb 7, 1818, Joseph Carson had died. He signed a will on Apr 18 1817 in Washington County, Mississippi Territory. The bulk of his estate went to his wife, Caroline Charlotte (Green) Carson. Their only child was James Green Carson, who became a doctor. Executors were brother-in-law James Green and wife Caroline. Witnesses were Wm, Baldwin, Robert Catter, and B. George Buchanan.

vi. John S Carson b. 15 Mar 1786 in South Carolina; d. Betw. 1874 and 1875 in Kendall County, Texas; m. 16 May 1810 in Baldwin, Alabama to Sarah Bates (b. 1790 in Alabama – d. abt. 1817 in Alabama) Her father was Thomas Bates (See above). After Sarah died, he married again before 1819 in Madison County, Mississippi to Nelly [__?__] (b.  ABT 1790 in South Carolina – d. Aug 1832 in  Madison County, Mississippi. Finally, 27 Sep 1869 in Kendall County, Texas at the age of 83 he married to Lucy Elizabeth Davis (19 Sep 1840 in Christian County, Kentucky – d. 05 Aug 1927 in Kendall County, Texas)

John S Carson (1786 – 1875)

John S Carson Timeline

Between 1810 and 1819 Residence Baldwin County, Alabama

1824 Age: 38 Residence Lawrence County, Mississippi

10 Nov 1827 Age: 41 Land Title Choctaw District, MS – 79 acres

1827 Age: 41 Residence Yazoo County, Mississippi

1 Apr 1829 Age: 43 Land Title Madison County, MS 80.09 acres

1830 Census Age: 44 Residence Madison County, Mississippi

1834 Age: 48 Residence San Augustine County, Texas

1836 Age: 50 Military Service Data San Augustine County, Texas Texas Volunteers, Thomas S. McFarland’s Company

1839 Age: 53 Residence Tyler County, Texas

11 Nov 1858 Age: 72 Land Title Comal County, Texas 360 acres

1860 Census Age: 74 Residence Comal County, Texas

1870 Census John and Elizabeth were living in Precinct 3 (Smithsons Valley), Comal County, Texas.

There was another John Carson born in South Carolina around the same time who also moved to Texas.  This Thomas moved to Brazos County near Fort Worth, while our John moved to Comal County near San Antonio.

John C. CARSON was born in 1786 in Abbeville Co., SC.  He married ) Elizabeth  Henderson who it is believed was born in South Carolina, and died in 1846, either in Alabama or Mississippi.  ..

John C Carson appeared on the census of Franklin Co., AL in 1820. The census shows 2 males over 21, 3 males under 21, 1 female over 21, 1 female under 21, and 6 slaves. He appeared on the census of 1830, also in Franklin Co., AL.  John S. Carson appeared on the census in 1840 in Franklin Co., AL, and was in Harrison Co., MS in the census of 1850. According to the census, his grandson, Nathan F. Pickens, age 5, born in AL, was living with John S. (It is assumed that NFP’s parents had died, probably in an epidemic).

John C Carson first appeared on the tax rolls of Leon County, Texas in 1853, with no land owned but having 12 slaves, a horse, and 8 cows, for a total taxable value of $6750 (a substantial sum in those days).  He was on the tax rolls in 1857, owning 11 slaves, 4 horses, 11 cows, and having a total value of $6750.  He was in Brazos Co., TX in the 1860 slave census, and had 14 slaves. He was in the 1860 census in Brazos Co., TX, and had 15 acres of improved land, 1271 acres not improved. According to the tax rolls of 1860, his cash value was $6430, with property worth $12,223 based on 14 slaves, 6 horses, and 41 cows. He owned a total of 1456 acres.

John C Carson’s will was probated on 16 March, 1865 (he had died on 11 March, 1865, Conditions of the will were as follows: to Nathan F. Carson, $730 and two slaves, Anthony and Eda, valued at $1880; to Thomas H. Carson, $300 and three slaves, Julia, Jerry and Isaac, valued at $1600; to James R. Carson, the 412 acre homestead and slaves Henry and Mary, valued at $1830, to Sarah Ann. S. McDonald (of MS), two slaves, John and Jane, valued at $1700;to Emily D. Thetford, two slaves Mahala and Silva, valued at $1600.to Margaret W. Thetford, three slaves, Eda, Aaron, and Ella, valued at $1700; to Amelia W. Barbee, a slave and her child, Matilda and Charles, and a woman named Charlotte; all valued at $1700; to Nathan F. Pickens, $400. The remainder of the estate is to be sold and divided equally among all the children.

vii. Ann Carson b. 14 Feb 1788 South Carolina; d. 1860 Alabama; m1. 12 Feb 1814 Baldwin, Alabama. to William Bates (b. 19 Nov 1788 in Marengo County, Alabama – d. 1823 in Greene County, Alabama); His parents were Thomas Bates and Patricia [__?__].

Thomas Bilbo, James Ware and William Bates lived in Jackson County, Mississippi Territory in 1812 and were involved as members of the Justices of the Quorum of Jackson County. Pascagoula, M.T. became the seat of justice for Jackson County following that area’s removal from control by the government of Mobile County in 1812. William Bates was the first Clerk of Court. Each of these men later became officers in the 17th Regiment, Mississippi Territory Militia during the War of 1812, likely serving against the Creek Indians over in Alabama (then Mississippi Territory)

The 17th Regiment, when its organization was completed late in 1812 or early 1813, had the following officers:Lt. Col. William Bates; Maj. Thomas Bilbo; Capt James Ware, John Dease, and Benjamin Gresham; Lt. LARD WARE, Benjamin Williamson, and William Mills. The Unit fought in the 1813-14 Creek War and served with Andrew Jackson at New Orleans

m2. 1834 – Alabama to Joseph Boyd Chambers (b. 11 Sep 1777 in Rowan, NC – d. 24 Nov 1854 in Uniontown, Perry, Alabama) His parents were Robert Chambers and Lettice Boyd. He first married Sarah Bishop (1780 – 1823) In the 1830 census, Joseph was living in Greene, Alabama with a household of 9 free white persons and 5 slaves.

4. John Wesley Carson

It is interesting that he was named after Anglican priest John Wesley, whose work initiated the Methodist Church, considering that the Carsons were undoubtedly Presbyterian.  It is possible that John Wesley’s mother had heard John Wesley speak during one of his visits to Ulster, and was highly impressed.

John’s wife Isabella McGough was born 13 May 1764 in Newry, County Down, Ireland.  She immigrated to South Carolina with her family (McGough) and the Carson family on the same ship.  Isabella’s sister Sarah married John’s brother Adam and her sister Mary married John’s brother Joseph. Her parents were Robert McGough (b. 1725 County Down, Ireland – d. 1778 Mecklenburg, North Carolina) and Sarah Matilda Carson, possibly John’s step-sister (b. 1729 in Ireland).  She drew land in the lottery of 1827 as the widow of a revolutionary soldier.  Isabella died 12 Dec 1838 in Crawford, Jones, Georgia and lies buried at the Carsonville Cemetery, at the site of the old Methodist Church in Carsonville, Taylor Couty, Georgia.

John served in the military between 1777 and 1783 in Georgia, Tennessee, and South Carolina. He served in both the “Minute Men” and Refugee” units.

On Jun 3, 1777, the Georgia House of Assembly authorized two minute men battalions, the period of service was to be 2 years. The 1^st Battalion was commanded by Colonel John Stewart, with Lt. Col. Elijah Clark as Second-in- command. The 2^nd Battalion was commanded by Colonel Samuel Jack, with Lt. Col. William Farrell as second-in- command. These two battalions were augmented by two companies of light horse. The minute man battalions suffered heavily on the Florida Expedition in May-June 1778. The minute men were disbanded Mar 1, 1778. Colonel Jack’s battalion consisted of some 500 men and 5 field pieces. Colonel Stewart’s battalion then consisted of some 200 men.

At the first Siege of Augusta, 1780, Colonel William Candler raised a volunteer regiment of “Refugees” (known as the Refugee Regiment of Richmond County), which was enlisted at the direction of Colonel Elijah Clarke, commander, ond 15 Sept., 1780, to serve “till the British are totally expelled from this state”. The regiment moved to Tennessee in Sept., 1780, marching to the Nolichucky settlements, fighting battles at King’s Mountain on Oct 7., 1780, Fishdam Ford on Nov 9, 1780, Blackstock’s Farm on  Nov 20, 1780, and Long Cane on Dec 11, 1780. The regiment was disbanded on Jun 5, 1781.

John also served in the South Carolina Militia under Captain Joseph Carson (not believed to be his brother, Joseph Carson, as Joseph would have been 17 years old in 1783), according to the “Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution.” He was in Wilkes County, Georgia in 1785 and 1791. Thomas Carson, Sr. willed to John Carson half of all the stock he owned, of every kind, contingent on the death of Thomas’s wife (John’s mother), Margaret Carson. Thomas Carson Sr. died in 1790 in Wilkes Co., GA. John was an executor of his father’s will.

John was in Warren Co., GA on Feb 20, 1799, where he sold 228 acres on Carson’s Creek to George Parham, both of Warren Co. He appeared on the census in 1820 in Jones Co., GA. He signed a will on 23 Feb., 1823 in Jones Co., GA. The will was probated on 5 May, 1823 in Jones Co., GA, Will Book A, 1809-1864. The will did not name sons Thomas or William. He died on 5 May 1825 in Crawford Co., or Jones Co., GA.

Children of John and Isabella:

i. Thomas G Carson b. 13 May 1785 in Edgefield, Abbeville Dist, South Carolina; d. bef. 1850 Dallas County, Alabama; m. 1 Jan 1820 in Dallas, Alabama to Aritta “Arritah” Denson (b. 1804 South Carolina). Her parents were James IV Denson and Nancy Sutliff. After Thomas died, she married John Adams.

ii. Jane Carson b. 17 Sep 1789 in Edgefield, Abbeville Dist, South Carolina; m. 24 Dec 1811 in Greenwood, South Carolina, to Captain George Marshall (b. 28 May 1779 in Tyrone, Ireland – d. 7 Jan 1852 in Greenwood, South Carolina) His parents were Samuel Marshall and Mary Steen. He first married Mary Miles (b. 17 Aug 1780).

In the 1850 census, George and Jane were living in Saluda Regiment, Abbeville, South Carolina. Nancy McDowell (b. 1819 SC) and her four children were living with the family.

FROM MARSHALL FAMILY BIBLE

I – WM MARSHALL, born 1652 in Pembroke, England.
II – JAMES MARSHALL, born 1691 1n Pembroke, England. Died in Boston 1766.
III – SAMUEL MARSHALL, married Mary Crawford in Ireland. Born in Ireland, landed in Boston, 1791.
IV – SAMUEL MARSHALL 3rd, married Mary Steen, landed in Charleston, 1792, born County Tyrone 1745. Their ten children (1st eight born in Ireland):

1. Wm (a Preacher) born in Ireland, lived in Miss.
2. George, 1st married Mary Miles. 2nd wife Jane Carson, lived 1n Abbeville District.
3. Nancy, married William Aikin of Abbeville District.
4. Samuel, married Eliza Clopton Foster of Abbeville .
5. Mary, married John Major of Anderson, S.C.
6. Isabella, married John Marshall of KY. (her 1st cousin)
7. Joseph, unmarried, lived in Abbeville District.
8. Jane, married James McWilliams of Abbeville District.
9. Hugh, born in Charleston, S.C. Unmarried.
10. John, married Mary Ann Grey, lived in Mississippi. Born in Newberry, S.C.

iii. Phoebe Isabella “Abby” Carson b. 3 Jun 1793 in Edgefield, Abbeville Dist, South Carolina; m. Luke Mathews (Mathis) (b. 1789)

iv. Mary “Polly” Carson b. 5 Jul 1796 in Edgefield, Abbeville Dist, South Carolina; d. 18 Nov 1880 in Stewart, Georgia; m. 16 Aug 1821 Jones County, Georgia to James Rowan Cox (b. 08 May 1799 in Jones County, Georgia – d. 31 Jan 1867 in Stewart County, Georgia) In the 1860 census, James and Mary were farming near Lumpkin, District 32, Stewart, Georgia with five children ages 12 to 27 at home.

v. John William Carson b. 14 Feb 1799 in Edgefield, Abbeville Dist, South Carolina;d. bef. 1850 census; m. 19 Dec 1819 in Centreville, Alabama, to Nancy Ann Shaw (b. 14 Apr 1802 in Winnsboro, Abbeville, South Carolina – d. 14 Dec 1870 in Carrollton, Pickens, Alabama) In the 1850 census, Nancy was a widow with five teenage children at home in Southern District, Pickens, Alabama.

vi. Joseph Jefferson Carson b. 16 Aug 1802 in Macon, Georgia; d. 24 Apr 1875 Carson Family Cemetery, Hicks, Macon County, Georgia; m. 29 Oct 1823 in Macon, Georgia exactly one month before her fifteenth birthday to Martha Goodwin Raines (b. 29 Nov 1808 in Macon, Georgia – d. 21 Jun 1862 in Macon, Bibb, Georgia) The Reverend Henry Hooten performed the ceremony. Her parents were Thomas Raines and Sarah Abercrombie. Martha Goodwin Raines died of epilepsy on June 21, 1862. Joseph Jefferson married 21 Oct 1862 in Houston County, Georgia to Mrs. Mary Laura Lamar Slappey. Mary Laura Lamar (b. 1825 GA) was the widow of William Frederick Slappey (b. 9 Oct 1819 – d. 29 Sep 1852)

The young couple lived in Pike County, Georgia, for a few years, and sold land there to Robert Wood on January 9, 1830. Sometime between 1830 and 1835 they moved to Knoxville in Crawford County, Georgia, where they operated a stagecoach inn.

The stagecoach usually stopped at the Carsons’ for breakfast, and the driver blew a horn as he neared the inn so the Carsons would know he was approaching. When the Carsons heard the horn, they immediately set to work preparing breakfast. By 1850, the Carsons had accumulated 23 slaves, and among them was an old Negro man whose only job was to pick chickens for breakfast.

Several times, Joseph Jefferson Carson was appointed as a road commissioner in Crawford County to build various roads and bridges, and on March 3, 1845, he was appointed commissioner of the Poor School in Crawford County. The Carson’s inn was near the courthouse, and the Carsons billed the county for meals for jurors on several occasions.

Joseph Jefferson Carson and Martha Goodwin Raines joined Antioch Church in Talbot County, Georgia, on January 18, 1834, but were dismissed by letter on January 17, 1835. They subsequently joined Elam Baptist Church in Crawford County in 1835, and two of their slaves, Daniel and Nelson, also joined Elam Church in 1835.

In 1854, Joseph Jefferson Carson and Martha Goodwin Raines bought the plantation known as Wilburville on the River Road in the Hicks District in Northern Macon County, Georgia. The previous owners, the Wilburs, were from the North, and in the face of growing resentment against Northerners, the Wilburs sold out and went back North. All of Joseph’s and Martha’s ten children were already born by that time.

When Joseph Jefferson Carson came to Macon County prospecting for a farm, he was thrown from his horse and taken to the home of Mr. Jones Hicks where he recovered from his injuries. Now, Mr. Hicks sometimes drank too much of his own fine wine, and such was the case when Joseph Jefferson Carson was ready to leave. Mr. Hicks intended to say, “I’m sorry you were hurt, sir, but I’m d— glad you were at my house.” However, what came out was, “I’m glad you were hurt, sir, but I’m d— sorry you were at my house!” Both men got a good laugh over that. They became neighbors and good friends, and one of Mr. Carson’s daughters later married one of Mr. Hicks’ sons.

In 1859, the Carsons sold the Wilbur place (Wilburville) and purchased the Troutman place from Hiram B. Hicks. The Troutman place, which became known as the Carson place, was approximately 2000 acres on the west bank of the Flint River in northern Macon county. the house, known as the Carson house, was already built at that time.

In 1861, Joseph Jefferson Carson was a delegate to the State Convention in Milledgeville, Georgia. Milledgeville was the state capital at that time, and South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi had already ceceded. On Jan 19, 1861, J. J. Carson reluctantly voted for cession from the Union, and the Ordinance of Secession passed by a vote of 208 to 99.

Near the end of the Civil War, Union soldiers from Sherman’s army rode up to the porch where elderly Joseph Jefferson Carson and his daughter, Mary Jane Carson Hicks, were sitting. The soldiers threatened the life of Mr. Carson, who replied, “You will not rob me of many years.” The soldiers left them unharmed, taking only his favorite horse. These Union soldiers were probably men from Wilson’s Raiders, a calvary branch of Sherman’s army. They captured Columbus, Georgia, and then headed for Macon.

All four of Joseph’s sons served the Confederacy in the War between the States, and only one came home alive. The bodies of the other three were brought home in wagons by faithful servants, and buried in the family cemetery

John Thomas Carson (1825-1864) was appointed a first lieutenant in Company C, 12th Georgia Regiment, in the Confederate Army. This Company was known as the Davis Rifles. He was promoted to Captain on May 8, 1862, and to Major on June 9, 1863. He was captured at Spotsylvania Courthouse on May 12, 1864, held prisoner at Fort Delaware, and released (exchanged) in July, 1864. He was wounded three times at Winchester, Virginia, on Sep 19, 1864, and died in a hospital in Lynchburg, Virginia, on Sep 30, 1864.

James Alston Carson, (1832-1862) enlisted as a private in Company C of the Georgia 12th Regiment on May 1, 1862, was promoted to third sergeant June 15, 1862, and to second sergeant July 8, 1862. He was wounded, date and place unknown, and he died of billious fever in a hospital in Lynchburg, VA, on August 27, 1862. When northern troops came through Macon County, Melissa Bryan, wife of James Alston Carson, sat up all night by a window with a gun to protect her family. Melissa Bryan died December 24, 1912.

Joseph Perryman Carson (1839 – 1889)was the seventh child of Joseph efferson Carson and Martha Goodwin Raines. He graduated from Mercer University in 1860 with an AB degree and was a member of Reynolds Masonic Lodge #255. He enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private on April 29, 1861. After
12 months, he was elected Junior 2nd Lieutenant. Soon he was promoted to 1st lieutenant, and in March, 1863 he became captain. He was wounded at Sharpsburg, MD, the Wilderness, Winchester, VA., and twice during the siege of Petersburg.

During the War, Major John Thomas Carson became concerned about the education of his children, so he hired a tutor, a Miss Charlotte Keith Briggs of Greene County,Virginia, who was seeking employment as a governess. Major Carson arranged for his younger brother, Lt. Joseph Perryman Carson, to get a furlough for the purpose of escorting Miss Briggs from Richmond to the Carson home in Georgia.

Lt. Joseph Perryman Carson did not want to escort a school teacher to Georgia. He obeyed orders, but he did not care how he looked, and he did not bother to change clothes or shave when he went to meet her. Imagine his surprise when the school teacher turned out to be a beautiful 25-year-old. Miss Briggs took one look at the dirty soldier and made up her mind not to go anywhere with such a man. Joseph Perryman Carson told her to think it over, and he’d come back later.

That evening, the calling card of “Lieut. Joseph Perryman Carson” was delivered to her room, and when she came downstairs, a handsome young officer in a new uniform and new boots was waiting for her. She could hardly believe it was the same man she had seen that morning. She changed her mind and went to Georgia with Lt. Carson. As one might guess, Joseph Perryman Carson and Charlotte Keith Briggs were married on Jan 15, 1864 in Macon County, GA.

Captain Joseph Perryman Carson, CSA, was wounded in the abdomen at the Battle of the Wilderness on May 5, 1864, and in the left arm at the Battle of Winchester, Virginia, on September 19, 1864.

The Battle of Fort Stedman - The attack was the last serious attempt by Confederate troops to break the Siege of Petersburg. Serving as a captain of Company I, 4th Regiment of Georgia Infantry under General John B. Gordon, Joseph Perryman Carson had a hundred sharpshooters under his command. On the night of March 24-25, 1865, Captain Carson and his men charged Fort Stedman. Fort Stedman was situated on a little hill, and surrounded by three rings of obstructions. The first ring was composed of skinned pine logs about eight inches in diameter. Holes had been bored in these, and sharpened spikes inserted. These logs, about 25 feet long, had been crossed and recrossed and fastened with wire.

About 40 steps outside the first ring was the second ring, composed of tangled brush piled up.

The third ring was composed of fence rails stuck in the ground with their sharpened ends slanted outward.

The fort itself was surrounded by a moat four feet deep and half full of water. The dirt from the moat had been piled up on the inside edge of the moat, so that from the bottom of the moat to the top of the dirt pile was thirteen feet. The fort was manned by 500 Yankee soldiers, armed with eight cannons and numerous rifles.

1865 photograph at Fort Stedman by Timothy H. O’Sullivan.

Under cover of darkness, Captain Carson and his men took this fort, killing many of the defenders and capturing the rest. The other two storming parties also captured Batteries X, XI, and XII and captured General McLaughlin, but the next three storming parties became separated from their guides in the confusion and darkness and failed to reach their objectives. It was not until the battle was over that Captain Carson learned that his younger brother, Robert Hall Carson, had been killed in the battle.

The next morning, the Yankees advanced with superior forces, and Captain Carson was forced to withdraw. He carried the body of his brother back to the Confederate line on his shoulders. Captain Carson’s horse was shot through the nose, but survived, and served Captain Carson for many years after the war.

Captain Carson was forced to bury Robert Hall Carson near the scene of the battle, but reburied him in the Carson Cemetery in Macon County, Georgia, probably in the Fall of 1867.

Captain Joseph Perryman Carson was wounded again, this time at Petersburg, VA on April 3, 1865. He was taken to Receiving and Wayside Hospital Number 9 in Richmond, where he was captured on April 3, 1865. He was transferred to Stuart Hospital in Richmond on April 19, 1865, and was paroled on April 20, 1865.

Robert Hall “Bob” Carson, (1846-1865) was the tenth child of Joseph Jefferson Carson and Martha Goodwin Raines. He enlisted as a private in Company E, 12th Georgia Regiment on April 1, 1864. He was wounded at The Wilderness May 6, 1864. He was transferred to Company I, 4th Georgia Regiment, and served as a courier for Generals Dole and Cook. He was killed in the charge on Fort Stedman, March 25, 1865. Not quite 21 years of age at the time of his death, he never married.

In the 1860 census, Joseph J and Martha G. were farming in Georgia Militia District 1002, Macon, Georgia. His son Joseph P. Carson (1 May 1839 – 25 Mar 1889) was a Captain in GA 4th Infantry.

vii. Robert S. Carson b. 2 May 1806 in Edgefield, Abbeville Dist, South Carolina; d. 27 Nov 1876 in Weatherford, Parker, Texas; m. 22 Apr 1830 in Baldwin, Georgia to Sarah H Stanford (b. abt. 1810 in Georgia – d. 11 Jul 1845 in Georgia). Her parents were James Stanford and Mary “Polly” McGee. After Sarah died, he married 10 Mar 1846 Talbot, Georgia to Elizabeth G Patrick (b. abt 1807 in South Carolina) In the 1860 census, R and E G were living in Weatherford, Beat 1, Parker, Texas where Robert was a merchant. In 1869, age: 63 in Weatherford, Parker, Texas, he married to Harriet Hale (b. 17 Jul 1828 in Madison County, Tennessee – d. 22 May 1910 in Parker, Texas)

5. David Carson

David’s wife Nancy Brantley was born in Jones County, Georgia. Her father was Thomas Brantley. After David died, Nancy married John Tipton who was then appointed as guardian of the estate and of David’s and Nancy’s two sons.

David served in the military in 1780 and 1781 in Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee (see military comments for Thomas Carson).

He was in Wilkes Co., GA in 1785 and on Sep 1, 1789. his father willed David the plantation which Thomas lived, the upper half including the mansion, Together with two slaves, and half of the household furnishings. This was contingent on the death of David’s mother.   His father died in 1790. David was executor of his will. On Apr 26, 1795, John and David received a Negro woman named “Sall” valued at 60 pounds sterling, from Edmond Daniell, who had received Sall from Thomas Carson Sr. Sall had been willed to Elizabeth Carson, sister of John and David.

David served with Adam Carson in 1794 in the “Trans-Oconee Republic”, in GA. General Elijah Clark (1733 – 1799) attempted to establish a republic in Georgia, on the southwest side of the Oconee River. Adam Carson was a captain in the militia commanded by General Clark, and David served also. On Apr 13, 1808, he was in Georgia and was issued a passport by the Governor of Georgia to pass through the Creek (Indian) Nation.

He signed a will on 27 Jul 1822 in Dallas Co., Alabama. He was executor of the will of Thomas Brantley, father-in-law of his daughter, Nancy, Will book A, page 2, dated 27 july, 1822. he died in 1826 in Selma, Dallas Co., AL. He signed a will on 25 May, 1826 in Dallas Co., AL., to his wife Nancy; “My lawful heirs of her body” Thomas Brantley Carson, Joseph Matthews Carson, signed 25 May, 1826. Witness: John Kirk. Test: John Kirk, John A. Cowan, Thomas Jefferson Carson (Sr.), Executors: my brother, Adam Carson, Sr., Harris Brantley, and Carter Cleveland. Dallas Co., AL records show that DAVID’s brother, ADAM CARSON, Sr., refused to act as executor.

Child of David and Nancy:

i. Thomas Brantley Carson b. 1 Sep 1818 Jones, Georgia; d. 5 Mar 1850. (Killed on the Steamboat, Orline St. John, along with his son George on the Alabama River; m. 26 Mar 1840 in Dallas, Alabama to Eliza Frances Goldsby (b. 29 Apr 1821 in Oglethorpe, Georgia – d. 12 Jul 1872 in Summerfield, Alabama) Her parents were Thornton Boykin Goldsby and Sarah Warren Smith.

The Sinking of the Orline St John

The Orline St. John was a side-wheel steamboat built in 1847 at Louisville, Kentucky. The packet boat ended its short life in 1850 on the banks of the Alabama River. The Orline St. John set out from Mobile to Montgomery when fire broke out about 20 miles above Camden. The boat burned and sank with some forty lives lost, including all the women and children on board. Some of the bodies were found downstream as far as seventy miles. Here is an account of the disaster from a maritime newspaper of the time.

The wreck of the steamboat was found by two fishermen in 1955. They brought in diving gear and explored the wreck. The list of artifacts recovered is very impressive and sheds a bit of light on the lives of the people of that time. Though it is thought that millions in gold may have gone down with the steamer, more than one salvage operation has failed to produce many valuables.

Silver Coins from the Wreck of the Orline St. John

Thomas Brantley Carson was a student at the University of Alabama in 1835, 1836 and 1837. He graduated with a Bachelors of Law from Harvard in 1840.

6. Adam Carson

Adam’s wife Sarah McGough was born 1768 in County Down, Ulster, Ireland. Sarah’s sister Isabella married Adam’s brother John and her sister Mary married Adam’s brother Joseph. Her parents were Robert McGough (b. 1725 County Down, Ireland – d. 1778 Mecklenburg, North Carolina) and Sarah Matilda Carson, possibly Adam’s step-sister (b. 1729 in Ireland). She was Quaker and was reluctant to unite with any church. There are indications that the McGoughs had been greatly influenced by the Quaker faith.  Sarah died 1823 in Crawford, Georgia.

Adam served in the military between 1777 and 1783 in Georgia, Tennessee, and South Carolina, serving in the Minute Men Battalion (see notes for Thomas Carson, preceding). He enlisted at age of 11 or 12, in the same company during 1780 and 1791 as his brothers under Captain John McGaw son-in-law of his sister Mary Carson PATTERSON ( McGaw was actually McGough, a family close to the Carson family  with several intermarriages. The Carsons and McGoughs sailed on the same ship to America..) and Joseph Carson during 1780 and 1791.   (note that this Joseph was not believed to be his brother, Joseph, who was four years younger than Adam.) Adam was promoted to Orderly Sergeant, and served 2-1/2 years until the end of the war. His company was mainly expelling Indians, Tories, and English from GA. He was in both sieges of Augusta, GA, and the battle of Long Cane. He commanded militia in Greene Co., GA, resigning on 31 March, 1791.

On Sep 1 1789 he was in Wilkes Co., GA. Thomas Carson Sr. willed Adam Carson one half of his stock and the child of Pat, a Negro, who appeared to be pregnant. Thomas Carson Sr. died in 1790.

Adam served in the military in 1794 in the “Trans-Oconee Republic” of Georgia, a short-lived attempt by early settlers to establish a new republic, and which could have resulted in severe penalties by the US Government for treason, if they had not dissolved this “republic” without further incident. Adam and David Carson served in the militia of General Elijah Clark, with Adam being a captain.

In 1791, General Elijah Clarke led a force of land-hungry Georgians across the Oconee River against the Creek Indians. Clarke and his men, including Adam Carson, laid out a few towns and erected some forts along a 120-mile stretch along the west side of the Oconee, including Forts Defiance, Advance, and Winston.  However, Georgia Troops blockaded the Oconee River, most of Clarke’s troops deserted, and on September 28, 1794, Clarke surrendered the State of Trans-Oconee.  Adam Carson, one of Clarke’s captains, was arrested, but he escaped and was not prosecuted further.

Adam owned animals, provisions, and household articles on 30 Jan., 1809 in Jones Co., GA. He purchased articles for $275 from John McDowell Witnesses were Robert McGough and William McGough.

Adam Carson served on grand juries in 1808 and 1810, and he also served as a Justice of the Inferior Court. He was elected sheriff of Baldwin County, Georgia, on July 14, 1806, and served in that capacity for six years. He drew land in the Cherokee Land Lotteries of 1832 and 1838. Adam Carson died inJones County, Georgia, in 1842 or 1843, and lies buried at Round Oak Plantation. During the War between the States, Adam Carson’s house was burned by General Sherman during his march to the sea.

Adam appeared on the census in 1820, 1830, and 1840 in Jones Co., GA. He died on either 10 Aug. 1842, or 8 Oct., 1842 in Jones Co., GA. He was buried in August of 1842 in the Adam Carson Cemetery, Jones Co., GA, which is at the family farm “Round Oak”. He had seen his father’s house burned by Tories, then his own home was burned by Sherman in the “March to the Sea.”.

Children of Adam and Sarah

i. Malinda Carson b. abt 1800 in Abbeville, South Carolina; d. Jun 1841 in GA m. James Brantley (b. abt 1795 in GA – d. 17 Dec 1843

ii. Thomas Jefferson Carson b. 27 Mar 1803 Georgia; d. 09 Mar 1892 in Butts Co., GA Buried Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cem. in Flovilla; m. Mary “Polly” E. Ramsey (b. 31 Jul 1808 in Abbeville, South Carolina – d. 11 Apr 1877 in Butts Co., GA.   Thomas drew land in the lottery of 1821. In the 1860 census, Thomas and Mary were farming in Indian Spring, Butts, Georgia.

iii. Adam Carson b. 1807 in Georgia; d. 20 Apr 1862 in Manassas, Prince William, Virginia ; m. 4 Jan 1827 Jones, Georgia to Sarah McGough (b. 24 May 1806 in South Carolina- d. 23 Oct 1883 in Indian Spring, Butts, Georgia)

In the 1860 census, Adam was a merchant in Tazewell, Marion, Georgia.

Adam enlisted as a 1st Lieutenant on 29 June 1861. Commission in Company A, 27th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 29 Jun 1861. Died Company A, 27th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 20 Apr 1862. Company A Georgia Drillers from Marion and Schley Counties, Capt. Perry C. Carr, Capt. William E. Dougherty, and Capt. Robert Patton. Colonel Levi B. Smith served as the first commander of the Twenty-seventh Georgia Infantry, which was organized at Camp Stephens, near Griffin, in September 1861. The next month the unit was sent to Richmond and then to an encampment near Manassas. Adam was admitted to hospital in Manassas Apr 13, 1862 and died a week later. The regiment’s first engagement was the next day, April 14, 1862 – Yorktown, Virginia.

iv. Isabella Carson b. 21 Dec 1808 in Georgia; m. 12 Dec 1828 in Jones, Georgia to John Hendrick Thomas (b. 14 Jun 1809 in Jones Co., GA – d. 18 Jun 1858 in Monroe Co., GA) On 2 Nov 1837 in Monroe, Georgia, Thomas married Nancy Hogan (b. 1812 Georgia – d. Aft 1880 census Forsyth, Monroe, Georgia) In the 1850 census, John H and Nancy were farming in Division 60, Monroe, Georgia.

v. William P Carson b. 1811 in Abbeville, South Carolina; d. 1829

William was killed by a runaway horse (or a team of runaway horses) while still a young man, and his orphan children drew land in the lottery of 1821 and again in the lottery of 1832.

It seems unlikely that two twins would marry women with the same name, differentiated only by an extra middle name, but that’s what I found.

vi. David Porter Carson b. 13 Nov 1814 in Georgia; d. 05 Sep 1885 in Butts Co., GA Buried Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cem. in Flovilla; m1. Mary Ann Finney (b. 08 Aug 1822 in GA – d. 13 Jul 1869 in Butts Co., GA Buried Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cem. in Flovilla) In the 1860 census, David and Mary were farming in Iron Spring, Butts, Georgia. m2. Mary Janie Webb (b. abt 1837 Georgia – d. 14 Dec 1924 Atlanta Georgia) In the 1880 census, David P and Mary J were farming in District 609, Butts, Georgia.

vii. John Perry Carson b. 13 Nov 1814 in Georgia d. 1894 in Monroe County, Georgia; m. 15 Nov 1842 in Jones, Georgia to Mary Rebecca Finney (b. 1825 Georgia- d. 1884 in Monroe County, Georgia) In the 1880 census, J. P. and Mary were farming in District 467, Monroe, Georgia.

viii. James J Carson b. 1819 in Jones, Georgia James was a Latin scholar, entered Harvard but did not finish, always enjoyed drinking, and died penniless.

ix. Joseph J Carson Many genealogies say Joseph was born 1821 in Abbeville, South Carolina; m. Jane Thompson (b. 23 Mar 1822 – d. 22 Jun 1856), but Sarah would have been 53 years old in 1821. My understanding is Sarah died 1823 in Crawford, Georgia. Perhaps Joseph was born a bit later to a second wife. The only Joseph and Jane Carson I can find in the 1850 census lived in District 70, Putnam, Georgia. This Joseph was born about 1812 in Georgia and this Jane about 1818 They had a son Thomas born in 1843.

7. Joseph Carson

Joseph’s wife Mary McGough was born 1768 in County Down, Ireland.  Mary’s sister Sarah married Joseph’s brother Adam and her sister Isabella married Joseph’s brother John. Her parents were Robert McGough (b. 1725 County Down, Ireland – d. 1778 Mecklenburg, North Carolina) and Sarah Matilda Carson, possibly Joseph’s step-sister (b. 1729 in Ireland). Mary died 1778 in Mecklenburg, North Carolina.

Joseph served in the military between 1777 and 1781 in GA and TN. He served in the Minute Men Battalion and in the Refugee Battalion. (See John Carson above for more information on military service.) He served in Picken’s brigade as a private from 17 August 1781 to 15 Nov., 1781. On April 7, 1784, General Elijah Clarke certified that Joseph Carson was a refugee soldier entitled to a bounty of land.

About 1790, Joseph Carson served as a captain under General John Clark, raiding the Creek Indian Village of Cheehaw Town.

There was a Joseph Carson who served in the SC Militia. Thomas Carson Sr. and his sons served under that Joseph Carson, who had been a Captain under Colonel Anderson. Considering that “our” Joseph was born in 1766, it is doubtful that this officer was “our” Joseph. Also, consider that there was a Joseph Carson in the 1779 census of SC, at which time “our” Joseph would have been 13 years old, and would have been living with his parents, and would not have been listed as head of household. There was a Joseph Carson in the Long Canes (near Abbeville, SC) in 1763, when Joseph Carson was not yet born, who bought goods on credit.

Thomas Carson Sr. willed to Joseph Carson 200 acres lying on Richland Creek in Greene Co. Joseph was in Wilkes or Warren Co., GA on 2 Jan., 1796, when he sold a slave to John Giborn of Warren Co. On 23 Feb., 1799, in Warren Co., GA, he sold 100 acres on Middle Creek to William Hill of Warren Co. On 23 Feb., 1801, he was in Jackson Co. GA, where he owed Samuel Gardner $171.87 and a half cent. Gardner filed a petition in the Superior Court of Jackson Co., GA, and Joseph agreed to pay Gardner $81.87..

Child of Joseph and Mary

i. Martha Carson b. 21 Dec 1791 in Wilkes, Georgia ; d. 3 Dec., 1872 at her residence near Zebulon, Pike County, Georgia.  She was the widow of James Beckham, Sr.(b. 5 Nov 1788 in Washington, Georgia – d. 20 Aug 1862 in Pike, Zebulon, Georgia)  They were married 27 Jun 1811 at the home of her uncle, David Carson, in Baldwin County.  In the 1850 census James and Martha were living in District 68, Pike, Georgia.

8. Elizabeth Carson

Elizabeth’s first husband James McDowell was born 1768 in County Tyrone, Ulster Ireland. James died 31 Jul 1800 in Wilkes, Georgia.  Elizabeth’s brothers David and Adam Carson were appointed guardians of the children of Elizabeth McDowell in Wilkes Co., GA,  Jul 31, 1800.

Elizabeth’s second husband James Cowan was born 1767 in Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland. In 1820 Elizabeth and James were residing in Dallas Co., Alabama.  Elizabeth and James had no known children. James died 1849.

Children of Elizabeth and James

i. Joseph McDowell

ii. Margaret McDowell

iii. Thomas Carson McDowell b. 1793 in Georgia; d. 5 Apr 1857 in Eufoula, Barbour, Alabama; m. 1819 – Jones, Georgia to Eliza Daniel Williams (b. 1795 in North Carolina – d. 22 May 1865) Her parents were James Williams and Sarah Flewellen. In the 1850 census, Thomas and Eliza were living in Division 23, Barbour, Alabama.

Sources:

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=43395451

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~scroots/sc04759.htm

http://www.amcolan.info/Hearst/hearst.php

http://markcarson.com/Family/Genealogy/Carson/Tom_Sr_Family.htm

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/29244043/person/12150663540

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/25614622/person/1725589683/media/1?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid%7cpgNum

http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/taylor/bios/carson.txt