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NOTES</b></u></p> <p align="left"></p> <ol> <li><a name=N1 ></a>Daughter of Betty by previous marriage<br> Applies to: <i><a href="direct.htm#I41" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Beverly Unknown</font></a>.</i><br> <br> <li><a name=N2 ></a>1930 US Census<br>James Sea 67 <br>Martha Sea 66 <br>George Sea 26 <br>Cove Sea 19 <br>Paul Howard 13 <br>Alberta Howard 11 <br>Myrtle Howard 9 <br>James Howard 7 <br>Estell Howard 6 <br>Irving Howard 5 <br>Carl Howard 1 5/12 <br>Living with Maternal Grandfather<br><br>Social Security Death Index<br>Name: James Howard<br>SSN: 399-12-8798<br>Last Residence: 80866 Woodland Park, Teller, Colorado, United States of America<br>Born: Apr 1922<br>Died: 10 Jun 1983<br>State (Year) SSN issued: Wisconsin (Before 1951 )<br> Applies to: <i><a href="direct.htm#I80" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">James Sea Howard</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N3 ></a>In 1930 Paul C. Howard was in the Oak Knoll Sanitorium, MacKinaw, Tazewell, Illinois.<br> Applies to: <i><a href="direct.htm#I87" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Paul C. Howard</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N4 ></a>1910 US Census<br>Home in 1910: Justice Precinct 2, Brazoria, Texas <br>W Henry Lester 38 - Hansford's Uncle<br>Ollie Lester 29 <br>Pearlee Lester 12 <br>Bertha Lester 10 <br>Ernest Lester 7 <br>Grace Lester 5 <br>Orsbon Lester 3 <br>John Lester 10/12 <br>Hansford Howard 16 - Living wih his Uncle. This is a clue to Hansford's ancestry. A male W. Henry LESTER was either Hansford's father's sister's husband (Hansford's father's brother-in-law) or he was Hansford's mother's brother or her brother-in-law. I believe that Hansford's mother was a Hale and that her sister was W. Henry Lester's wife. This would in fact make W. Henry Lester Hansford's uncle.<br><br>Home in 1920: Spring Lake, Tazewell, Illinois <br>Age: 26 years <br>Estimated Birth Year: abt 1894 <br>Birthplace: Kentucky <br>Relation to Head of House: Head <br>Spouse's Name: Frances C <br>Father's Birth Place: Kentucky <br>Mother's Birth Place: Kentucky <br>Marital Status: Married <br>Race: White <br>Sex: Male <br>Home owned: Rent <br>Able to read: Yes <br>Able to Write: Yes <br>Image: 728 Family Number: 193<br>Household Members: Name Age <br>Hanson H Howard 26 <br>Frances C Howard 24 <br>Paul C Howard 2 4/12 <br>Alberta Howard 1 8/12<br><br>On the 1920 Census living close to Hansford and Permelia Francis are Hales that may be related to Hanson's mother.<br>1. Family: 198 William P. Hale age 33 m. Lucy B. age 26, daughter: Wilma B. age 3 months<br>2. Family: 201 Jesse C. Hale age 30 m. Florence age 30, 3 daughters: Elizabeth M. age 12, Bertha A. age 8, Pearl B age 2<br>3. Family: 202 Edward E. Hale age 25 m. Lola age 23, daughter: Lola M. age 2 years 7 months<br><br>Also, on the 1920 Census<br>1. Henry A. Sea age 27 m. Anna age 23, daughters: Gladys L age 3, Freda M. age 1 and son: William F age 2 <br>&nbsp;<br><br>Social Security Death Index<br>Name: Hansford Howard<br>SSN: 332-10-6589<br>Last Residence: 77515 Angleton, Brazoria, Texas, United States of Ameri<br>Born: 5 Jul 1892 <br>Died: Jun 1981 <br>State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (Before 1951 )<br> Applies to: <i><a href="direct.htm#I126" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Hansford Henry Howard</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N5 ></a>The origins of Sharp's Mill (Sharpsville, KY)<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On June 15, 1848 a group of men purchased land on the south bank of the Chaplin river in northern Washington county at what is now known as Sharpsville, Kentucky. These men were William Doggett Cornish, John Cornish, George D Cornish, and Benjamin Sea. This purchase is in deed book T/ page 602 in Washington county courthouse. <br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;On June 19, 1848 these men petitioned the county to be allowed to erect a dam in the river and to build a water grist mill. Thomas Richardson, who owned the land on the opposite side of the river consented to the building of the dam.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;On June 30, 1848 Thomas Moore, Elijah Colvin, and Nelson Shirley were appointed to view a way to open a new road from the mill seat to the bridge at Cornishville in western Mercer county. This was evidently an effort to effectively transport grain to and from Harrodsburg, KY.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;In the 1850 census John Cornish, one of the original purchasers was actively a Miller and living in the "Sharpsville" area. <br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;By 1855 (June 4) John & William Sutherland were granted a license by the county court to keep a tavern at their house near Cornish's new Mill. Their surety was Leonard H Sea a long time resident of the area.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;On March 16, 1860 George D Cornish & wife Margaret P (of Mercer county), Leonard H Sea & wife Amanda,William D Cornish & wife Susan P, and Benjamin Sea sold the Mill lot property along with the mill itself to William Sharp. This is recorded in deed book Y/ page 459 at the Washington county courthouse. The price of the sale was $3000. The mill was described as a Grist and saw mill. The proceeds of the sale were split in these portions:<br><br>George Cornish $1375<br>Leonard Sea $30<br>William Cornish $1100<br>Benjamin Sea $500<br><br>&nbsp;Thus, the Cornish and Sea parties were out of the mill business in this area and the origins of Sharp's Mill and ultimately Sharpsville had begun. William Sharp and his sons would operate the mill for almost 50 years and his son William Draffin Sharp would go on to operate another mill for many years in Nicholasville, Jessamine county KY, and he would teach the trade to his own sons.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;Today (2009) there is no mill at Sharpsville, but if the day is bright and the water in the Chaplin is down, you can barely see the 16 inch square timbers that the Cornish boys made lying in the river. The mill stone from the mill has survived in the hands of a private owner who cares.<br> Applies to: <i><a href="direct.htm#I139" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Leonard Hamilton Sea</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N6 ></a>1900 US Census<br>Home in 1900: Eminence, Logan, Illinois <br>Age: 3/12 <br>Birth Date: Feb 1900 <br>Birthplace: Illinois <br>Race: White <br>Ethnicity: American <br>Gender: Male <br>Relationship to Head of House: Son <br>Father's Name: James H <br>Father's Birthplace: Kentucky <br>Mother's Name: Martha A <br>Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky <br>Marital Status: Single <br>Residence : Eminence Township, Logan, Illinois <br>Household Members: Name Age <br>James H S* 36 <br>Martha A S* 36 <br>Amanda S* 11 <br>Effie Sea 13 <br>Leonard H Sea 9 <br>Henry T Sea 8 <br>Fannie Sea 5 <br>Pallie B Sea 3 <br>Edgar Sea 3/12<br><br>On the 1900 Census there is a Pendleton Howard living next to James H. Possible kin???<br>Martha is the mother of 6 children, all living<br><br>1910 US Census<br>Home in 1910: Eminence, Logan, Illinois <br>Marital Status: Married <br>Race: White <br>Gender: Male <br>James Sea 46 <br>Martha Sea 46 <br>Leonard Sea 19<br>Henry Sea 17 <br>Permelia Sea 15 <br>Polly Sea 12 <br>Edgar Sea 10 <br>Fred Sea 8 <br>George Sea 6 <br>Cora Sea 1/12 <br><br>On the 1910 Census Martha is the mother of 12 children, 10 living<br><br>1920 US Census<br>Home in 1920: Timber, Peoria, Illinois <br>Age: 56 years <br>Estimated Birth Year: abt 1864 <br>Birthplace: Kentucky <br>Relation to Head of House: Head <br>Spouse's Name: Martha <br>Father's Birth Place: Kentucky <br>Mother's Birth Place: Kentucky <br>Marital Status: Married <br>Race: White <br>Sex: Male <br>Home owned: Rent <br>Able to read: Yes <br>Able to Write: Yes <br>Household Members: Name Age <br>James H Sea 56 <br>Martha Sea 56 <br>Leonard Sea 29 <br>Edward Sea 21 <br>Fred Sea 18 <br>George Sea 16 <br>Cora Sea 10 <br>Amanda Sea 16 <br><br><br>1930 US Census<br>James Sea 67 James Sea Howard's Maternal Grandfather<br>Martha Sea 66 <br>George Sea 26 <br>Cove Sea 19 <br>Paul Howard 13 <br>Alberta Howard 11 <br>Myrtle Howard 9 <br>James Howard 7 (James Sea Howard)<br>Estell Howard 6 <br>Irving Howard 5 <br>Carl Howard 1 5/12 <br> Applies to: <i><a href="direct.htm#I170" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">James Harrison Sea</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N7 ></a>1880 US Census<br>Home in 1880: Dixville, Mercer, Kentucky <br>Household Members: Name Age <br>John M. Lester 29 <br>Susan J. Lester 29 <br>William H. Lester 7 <br>Mary E. Lester 5 <br>Laura B. Lester 3 <br><br><br>1900 US Census<br>Home in 1900: Hendren, Washington, Kentucky <br>Household Members: Name Age <br>Henry Lester 23 <br>Ollie R Lester 19 <br>Pearl M Lester 1 <br><br><br>1910 US Census<br>W Henry Lester 38 - Hansford's Uncle<br>Ollie Lester 29 <br>Pearlee Lester 12 <br>Bertha Lester 10 <br>Ernest Lester 7 <br>Grace Lester 5 <br>Orsbon Lester 3 <br>John Lester 10/12 <br>Hansford Howard 16 - Living wih his Uncle<br> Applies to: <i><a href="direct.htm#I175" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">William Henry Lester</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N8 ></a>In 1850 Elias was a farmer in Washington County, Kentucky. The value of his property was $400.00. In 1860 (page 184) he lived in Mackville, Washington County, Kentucky. In 1880 he farmed in Willisburgh, Washington County, Kentucky (page 409) with his wife Sarildar J. and 7 children.<br><br>1850 US Census<br>Home in 1850(City,County,State): Washington, Kentucky <br>Family Number: 330 <br>Household Members: Name Age <br>Elias Colvin 30 <br>Selda J Colvin 26 <br>Winfield S Colvin 3 <br>Henry Colvin 2 <br><br>1860 US Census<br>Home in 1860: District 1, Washington, Kentucky <br>Post Office: Mackville <br>Household Members: Name Age <br>Elias Calvin 36 <br>Janes Calvin 35 <br>Winfield Calvin 13 <br>Henry Calvin 11 <br>Ujem H Calvin 5 <br>Sally A Calvin 3 <br>Emes Calvin 2 <br>Samuel Calvin 1.12 <br><br>1880 US Census<br>Home in 1880: Willisburg, Washington, Kentucky <br>Age: 59 <br>Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821 <br>Birthplace: Kentucky <br>Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) <br>Spouse's Name: Sarildar J. <br>Father's birthplace: Virginia <br>Mother's birthplace: Virginia <br>Occupation: Farmer <br>Marital Status: Married <br>Race: White <br>Gender: Male <br>House Number: 13723402 <br>Household Members: Name Age <br>Elias Colvin 59 <br>Sarildar J. Colvin 54 <br>Ujene Colvin 26 <br>Sarah A. Colvin 22 <br>Nancy J. Colvin 20 <br>Martha Colvin 17 <br>Catie Colvin 13 <br>Susan M. Colvin 11 <br>Turner Colvin 9 <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> Applies to: <i><a href="direct.htm#I238" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Charles Elias Colvin</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N9 ></a>1850 US Census<br>Home in 1850(City,County,State): Washington, Kentucky <br>Family Number: 327 <br>Household Members: Name Age <br>Turner Colvin 44 <br>Mary Colvin 32 <br>William Colvin 13 <br>Benjamin Colvin 8 <br>Nancy Colvin 5 <br>Martha Colvin 11 <br>Salem Colvin 2 <br> Applies to: <i><a href="direct.htm#I242" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Turner Colvin</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N10 ></a>1850 US Census<br>Home in 1850(City,County,State): Washington, Kentucky <br>Family Number: 328 <br>Household Members: Name Age <br>Samuel Cooksey 53 <br>Mary Cooksey 56 <br>Sarah A Cooksey 16 <br>Squire A Cooksey 23 <br>Elizabeth Cooksey 21 <br>William J Cooksey 19 <br><br>Living next to Turner Colvin and wife Mary<br><br> Applies to: <i><a href="direct.htm#I273" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Samuel Cooksey</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N11 ></a>Lexington Herald-Leader (KY) - September 9, 1987 Deceased Name: Roy Elwood Cornish <br><br>Roy Elwood Cornish, 76, of Willisburg, a retired farmer, husband of Allie Hardin Cornish, died yesterday at the Veterans Administration Medical Center off Cooper Drive. Services 11:30 a.m. today at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home. Visitation after 9 a.m. today.<br> Applies to: <i><a href="indirect4.htm#I329" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Roy Elwood Cornish</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N12 ></a>Census: 1900 4 Ward Denison (Grayson) TX - Edwin - March - 2/12y TX ED#100 p.12b<br>Census: 1910 2 Ward Denison (Grayson) TX - Edward M. - 10y TX ED#81 p.8a<br>Census: 1920 Denison (Grayson) TX - Edward M. - 19y TX, single ED#88 p.2b<br>Medical Information: 12 September 1918 - medium height, slender build, blue eyes, brown hair<br> Applies to: <i><a href="indirect5.htm#I361" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Edward Marion Seay</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N13 ></a>Census: 1880 District 7, Precinct 2 (Grayson) TX<br>Eddie Sea - 8y KY; Fa: KY Mo: KY P.156b<br><br>Census: 1900 4 Ward Denison (Grayson) TX<br>Edward L. - Dec. 1873 - 26y KY, married 2 yrs, physician; Fa: KY Mo: KY ED#100 p.12b<br><br>Census: 1910 2 Ward Denison (Grayson) TX<br>Edward L. Seay - 32y KY, married once for 12 yrs, physician; Fa: KY Mo: KY ED#81 p.8a<br><br>Census: 1920 Denison (Grayson) TX - Edward L. Seay - 45y KY, medical doctor-general practice; Fa: KY Mo: KY ED#88 p.2a<br><br>Note: Stepson of Edward Harrison Seay; biological son of William Marion Sea<br> Applies to: <i><a href="indirect5.htm#I362" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Edward L. Seay</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N14 ></a>1910 US Census<br>Home in 1910: Louisville Ward 12, Jefferson, Kentucky <br>Household Members: Name Age <br>Ben D Moch 32 <br>Annie M Moch 34 <br>Susan C Moch 71 - Benjamin's mother<br><br> Applies to: <i><a href="indirect5.htm#I368" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Daniel Benjamin Mock</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N15 ></a>1850 US Census<br>Home in 1850(City,County,State): Washington, Kentucky <br>Family Number: 1258 <br>Household Members: Name Age <br>Daniel P Mock 37 <br>Susan Mock 28 <br>Charles F Mock 11 <br>Eliza T Mock 9 <br>George Mock 6 <br>Edward M Mock 5 <br>Elizabeth Mock 2 <br><br>1860 US Census<br>Home in 1860: District 1, Washington, Kentucky <br>Post Office: Springfield <br>Household Members: Name Age <br>Daniel J Mock 46 <br>Susan Mock 39 <br>Eliza J Mock 17 <br>George Mock 15 <br>Edward M Mock 14 <br>Margaret Mock 10 <br>Harriet Mock 7 <br>Franklin P Mock 4 <br>Kate Mock 1 <br>Charles F Mock 21 <br><br>1880 US Census<br>Home in 1880: Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky <br>House Number: 13590903 <br>Household Members: Name Age <br>Chas Mock 42 <br>Susan Mock 42 <br>Thomas Mock 13 <br>Anna Mock 10 <br>William Mock 7 <br>Benjamin Mock 3 <br><br>1900 US Census<br>Home in 1900: Louisville Ward 12, Jefferson, Kentucky <br>Household Members: Name Age <br>Charles F Mock 62 <br>Susan C Mock 62 <br>Robert T Mock 32 <br>Annie E Mock 30 <br>Benjamin D Mock 22 <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> Applies to: <i><a href="indirect5.htm#I400" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Charles Fenton Mock</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N16 ></a>1870 US Census<br>Home in 1870: MacKville, Washington, Kentucky <br>Post Office: Mackville <br>Household Members: Name Age <br>George Mock 30 <br>Kate Mock 28 <br>Reubin Mock 2 <br><br> Applies to: <i><a href="indirect5.htm#I405" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">George Mock</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N17 ></a>More information:<br>http://lonestar.texas.net/~robison/Mock.html<br><br>Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 16:20:35 -0700<br>From: "Marilyn B. Follo"<br>Subject: Ky., Washington County, C. Fenton Mock<br><br>Dear Ron and Jeff,<br>This is to update you on the information I have received on Charles Fenton Mock. As previously stated re Mock family plot in St. Louis Cemetery in Louisville, Ky, the following information is known:<br><br>l. Charles Fenton Mock, burial permit lists buried Nov. 1, 1903, age 65, Catholic, born in America and that is all. Ky. Archives replied "It does not appear the death was recorded". What does this mean? Did he probably die out of state or what?<br><br>2. Susan Fenwick Mock, wife of Charles F. Mock, died June 2, 1914, per death cert,. age 75 so probably born in 1839 in Ky. All information I have at this time.<br><br>3. William Mock, died June 10, 1887 In Louisville, Ky. per death certificate and was age 12, sons of Charles and Susam per 1880 census of Louisville, Ky. Age on census states 7 so born 1873-1875 depending on which record used.<br><br>4. Thomas J mOck, per 1880 census was age 13 and son of Charles and Susan. He died Aug. 31, 1902. Ky. archives states city of Louisville death register finds no entry for Thomas Mock.<br><br>5. Rosella Mock died 1876 per diagram of family plot. Ky. archives looked between 1866-1891 city of Louisville and found no entry. She was obviously not listed on 1880 census but feel she is probably daughter of Charles and Susan.<br><br>Re: 1880 US census of Louisville, Ky the following was listed<br>Charles Mock m 42<br>Susan F 42<br>Thomas M 13<br>Anna F 10<br>William M 7<br>Benjamin M 3<br><br>Annie Elizabeth Mock was my paternal grandmother and was born May 21, 1870 per family bible and death cert. I thought she was born in Marion, Ky but rechecked the bible listings and nothing listed for birthplace but on death record it is recorded as Louisville, Ky. She married Martin John Buckman on Feb. 5, 1902 but have been unable to locate where. Just recently records from Washington County do not list it there.<br><br>I have received back two marriage certificates for Charles Fenton Mock. These are both from Washington County, Ky. They are as follows:<br><br>C.F. Mock to Susan Fenwick, Nov. 8, 1864 Married by B.A. Brady, C.P., place of marriage Mr. Fenwick's, witness: Henry Fenwick and Sally Fenwick.<br><br>Other marriage listed is: Charles F. Mauck to Paralee Brady, married on March 27, 1862 by V.E. Kirltey in Father's house and witness was John Jeffries and Joseph Wayne.<br><br>Do you all feel this is the same Charles F. Mock? The first wife could have died and he remarried two years later. I do not know. Also notice the first spelling is Mauck not Mock like on the second??<br><br>I did obtain a copy of a Charles F. Mock from familysearch and it lists he was born in 1839, which is consistent with death permit, Washington, Ky, father Daniel J. MOck and Susan Linton. Married Paralee Brady March 21, 1862 which is consistent with the above. Any help in this matter would be appreciated.<br><br>Also in the 1880 census Annie confirms what I have in bible. Benjamine was listed as age 3 but do not have a birth date for him in the bible. I do show he married Annie Liner on Nov. 2, 1904 and later married an Annie Lanier. No further information.<br><br>That is the latest update I have but if you or anyone else can contribute any other information it would be greatly appreciated. Ron do you feel that Daniel J. Mock is the father of Charles F. Mock?I can of feel that way now. Thanks for your help and appreciate any further help you can give.<br><br>Marilyn<br> Applies to: <i><a href="indirect5.htm#I414" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Daniel J. Mock</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N18 ></a>Mock Family Research Center<br>http://mock.rootsweb.ancestry.com/<br><br>Mock Family Archives<br>http://mock.rootsweb.ancestry.com/mlarchives/mlarchive.html<br> Applies to: <i><a href="indirect5.htm#I417" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Reuben Mock</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N19 ></a>Jacob served under Captain Craddock bound for Williamsburg on the James River in 1777/78. His 2nd tour was for 3 weeks in the same area under Capt. Booker. The 3rd tour as a drafted Militiaman occurred on January 10, 1781, under Capt. Crawley's command to place "low down" in Virginia on the James River, called Portsmouth, which place the traytor (sic) Arnold occupied that winter as a British commander. It was the same winter that Morgan defeated Tarlton at the Cowpens. He was discharged April 11, 1781.<br><br>A SHORT SKETCH OF THE SEAY FAMILY<br>by James A. Seay<br><br>Editorial Note: The following brief sketch of the Seay Family written by James A. Seay in 1906, has lately come into our hands. This family, headed by Jacob Seay, a revolutionary Soldier, a Justice of the Peace and prominent pioneer resident of Washington County, was long identified with the history of the county. We publish the sketch without revision, as James A. Seay wrote it thirty years ago for his son Dr. E. V. Seay of Salvisa, Kentucky.<br><br>To All Whom It May Concern<br><br>The writer James A. Seay desires to leave with his children after he may be dead, a little history of the Seay Family that left the State of Virginia about the year 1790 and went to the four winds, as it was.<br><br>There were six brothers who agreed among themselves that they would all leave Virginia and settle in different States never to meet again. This they did about the year 1700. My grandfather, Jacob Seay, one of the six brothers, came to the state of Kentucky and settled in Washington County two miles west of Springfield on the Bardstown road. He bought lands, built good houses, owned slaves (one lived to be one hundred and thirty years old) reared a family consisting of six boys and two girls. There names are as follows: John, Barnett, Booker, William, Austin, Nancy, and Betsy.<br><br>Betsy married Reuben Mock, a gunsmith by trade. Nancy married a man by the name of Dean, and she and husband and brother Barnett moved to Graves County, Ky. in an early day before there were any steam boats or railroads in Kentucky. They went down the Ohio River on a flat bottom boat. John moved to the State of Indiana and reared a family. Booker, William, Austin and Richard all died in Washington County, Kentucky.<br><br>My grandfather, Jacob Seay, was a very healthy man, he lived to be ninety-two years old. He served in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain and was present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. He never belonged to any church but was an honest, truthful, and upright man in all his dealings. The land he owned and reared his family on lies between the Bardstown Road and Cartwright Creek and is now owned by the Sisters of Charity or Nuns. The maiden name of my grandmother, wife of Jacob Seay is not known to the writer. She lived to a good old age and was baptised three days before her death by a Christian Preacher. They were both buried in the old brying ground near their old home but the tombstones that marked their sleeping place have long since been broken down and nothing marks the place.<br><br>My grandfather on my grandmother's side was Phillip Mattingly. He lived in Washington County, Kentucky, and built the first flour mill at Beechland, then known as Poortown. He also dug a race one and a half miles long to furnish water to run his mill which cost him a large sun of money. His mill has passed through the lands of severl men since his day (to wit) Jimmie Ryan, Samuel Reding, Evan Rogers, Samuel Vanarsdall and others. Parts of the old mill and the Race still remain and furnished bread for the people of the place.<br><br>My grandmother, wife of Philip Mattingly name was Yeager, daughter of Cornelus Yeager. My father Austin Seay and Rosa mattingly were married in the year of 1841. To this marriage was born nine children, five girls and four boys. Their names are as follows: Jas. A., William, Mary, Ann, Hettie, Booker, Steven, Mattie and Sudia. William was killed by the fall of an old dead tree when four years old.<br><br>My father Austin Seay, never belonged to any church but loved to read the Bible, loved truth and was honest to the letter, My mother Rosa Seay belonged to the Catholic Church and reared eight children out of nine in that faith, the writer of this sketch being the exception who joined the Christian Church in a grove near the noted Tatum Springs on Chaplin River in the year 1860 and was baptised in <br>Glens Creek by one, Preacher Price, about three hundred yards from its mouth. My mother's people all left Washington County in the year 1848 and settled in Lincoln County, Missouri. My father died August 29, 1872. My mother died in the year 1879. He was buried at Willisburgh, Kentucky and she at St. Rose in the Catholic Cemetery.<br><br>Jas. A. Seay son of Austing and Rosa Seay was born near Springfield Washington County, Kentucky. March 2, 1842, was reared on a farm near Willisburg, Kentucky. Served in the War between the States. Married Dec. 19, 1863 to Sarah Mayes, daughter of James and Elizabeth Mayes. to this marriage was born seven children (to wit) Asa F, Effie M, Herbert P. Ollie and Hettie. Nancy A. Seay mother of these children died march 23, 1894. On December 10, 1894, J.A. Seay was married to Paralee Mayes, sister of the two former wives. To this marriage was born four children, one dying in infancy, the other are as follows: Austin L, Harold Thomas, and Maurice.<br><br>Note: Take from "Pioneer History of Washington County, Ky" compiled from newspaper articles <br>by Orval W. Baylor and Others.<br> Applies to: <i><a href="indirect5.htm#I421" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Jacob Seay</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N20 ></a>1870 US Census<br>Home in 1870: Charlestown, Clark, Indiana <br>Post Office: Charlestown <br>Household Members: Name Age <br>Isaac Noe 42 <br>Martha Noe 39 <br>Jugertha Noe 20 <br>William Noe 18 <br>Jeremiah Noe 9 <br><br> Applies to: <i><a href="indirect12.htm#I451" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Isaac Waters Noe</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N21 ></a>Informaion from. NOE NEWS IS GOOD NEWS by E. C. Wooton<br><br>Alexander K. Noe, the second son of James Noe and Martha Ann Waters moved with his father, James Noe and stepmother, Eleanor, and family, to Mercer County, Kentucky, where James is shown in 1810 census. By 1818, Alexander and his brother, Aquilla, had moved to Washington County, Kentucky, near the Pleasant Grove community.<br><br>Alexander married Mary D. Edwards in Bourbon County, Kentucky on January 5, 1820. Evidently this wife had died by 1825, since a marriage license was issued for Alexander to marry Jane Berry Thompson then.<br><br>On October 27, 1825, Alexander (Nooe) and Thomas B. Hughes signed a bond for the marriage of Alexander to Jane Berry Thompson, daughter of John Thompson of the Pleasant Grove community near Springfield, Kentucky, in Washington County, Kentucky. Why Thomas B. Hughes signed the bond is not known, but it is possible that Alexander was working for him at the time of his marriage. Alexander was 25 years old and Jane was 18. She was the sister of Martha Thompson, who had married Alexander's brother, Aquilla, seven years earlier.<br><br>Isaac Waters Noe, the oldest child of Alexander and Jane, was born in 1827, either in Kentucky or Indiana, where his brother, Aquilla and his father in law, John Thompson and families lived. Here two more children were born: James Henry Noe, born January 16, 1828, and John Washington Noe, born April 12, 1830.<br><br>The family then moved back to Washington County, Kentucky, where three more children were born: Stith Thompson Noe, born August 3, 1834; Martha P. Noe, born 1836; and Robert Noe, born August 18, 1838. Alexander and family then moved back to Indiana, where five more children were born: George A. Noe, born 1840; William Thomas Noe, born 1842; Sarah (Sally) Noe, born 1844; Ann Catherine (Kate), born 1845; and Mordicai (Dike) was born December 23, 1846. The family then moved back to Washington County, Kentucky, where their last child, Edward H., was born July 16, 1849.<br><br>In Washington County Deed Book Q 98, a mortgage was signed by Alexander stating, "My growing crop on Stephen C. Cocke land whereon I live, August 24, 1846" was deeded. Also there is a deed in book S 355, September 25, 1846, from Alexander to his sons James and John appointing them trustees for Jane Noe, including furniture, crops, etc. The reason for this deed is not known.<br><br>Alexander Noe died January 2, 1865, in Washington County, Kentucky, and was buried at Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church Cemetery. His wife died April 8, 1879, and was buried beside him. Her mother and father and other family members are also buried there.<br> Applies to: <i><a href="indirect12.htm#I462" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Alexander Kell Noe</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N22 ></a>James Noe was dead by May 1856 according to Deed Book 2 p. 472 Hardin County, Kentucky. Robert Noe and William Noe were not listed on the deed, so I am not sure they were their children.<br><br>Logan County, Kentucky 1840 Census<br>Number 756 Aquilla Noe<br>males ages<br>5-10 1<br>10-15 1<br>15-20 1<br>20-30 1<br>50-60 1<br><br>Information from NOE NEWS IS GOOD NEWS by E. C. Wooton, Huntsville, Alabama, 1987.<br><br>James Noe was married to Martha Ann Waters in Lincoln County, Kentucky on March 15, 1798. (Name spelled James "No" on marriage license). His earlier life and his ancestry are still obscure, but some hints are available. It is known that he was between 33 and 38 years of age when he married in 1798, so he was born between 1760 and 1765. He had possibly been married before, since he was not a young man when he married Martha Ann Waters.<br><br>This family name on public records was variously spelled as "No", "Kno", "Know", "Nooe", and "Noe". (Knowe is the German spelling). Most people were not literate then.<br><br>Noe families are recorded in America as early as the 1600's. Two families, who were not necessarily related, used this spelling. One pronounced it No-e, to rhyme with Jo-ey, and another family pronounced it No, as one syllable. These two pronunciations are still used by descendants today. All the descendants of James Noe use the single syllable, "no" pronunciation.<br><br>A grandson of James Noe, William Berry Noe, states in his biography (Perrin's History of Kentucky), that the Noes came from Scotland, and that his grandfather, James Noe, "located in Bourbon County, Kentucky in an early day, and was the son of Aquilla Noe." He further stated that, "The Noe family settled in Boyle County, Kentucky between 1775 and 1785." (Boyle County was not formed until later, from Mercer and Lincoln Counties.)<br><br>The biography of another grandson of James Noe, Kentucky State Senator Joe Noe, states in the book, "Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky", that the "Noe Family is of Scotch origin." Both biographies state that three brothers, James, John, and Aquilla, emigrated from Scotland to Maryland, and that all three were born in Scotland.<br><br>James Noe's fourth son, Thomas, states on his marriage license that his father was from Maryland.<br><br>James Noe and his wife, Martha Ann Waters, (daughter of Isaac Waters) of Lincoln County, Kentucky, had three sons, Aquilla Noe, born about 1799, Alexander Noe, born November 15, 1800, and Samuel Noe. All three sons later lived in Washington County, Kentucky, on Beech Fork.<br><br>The father of James Noe's wife, Martha Ann Waters, was Isaac Waters, a well to do resident of Lincoln County, Kentucky. He died about 1815.<br><br>James lived in Lincoln County, Kentucky in 1800, as shown by the tax list there. He possibly lived near or on part of the land of his father-in-law. After the death of Martha Ann, James was married to Elinor (Eleanor) McGinnis, on January 27, 1806, in Mercer County, Kentucky. By Elinor, he had eight more children. They lived in Mercer County and shown in the 1810 census, but had moved to Hardin County, Kentucky by the 1830 census.<br><br>The Beech Fork area of Washington County, Kentucky, where James' three oldest sons married and lived, was within five miles of the border of Mercer County. Father and sons very possibly lived near each other until James moved to Hardin County. Both Washington and Mercer counties were formed from Lincoln County.<br> Applies to: <i><a href="indirect12.htm#I472" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">James Noe</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N23 ></a>1769 Isaac and Kitty emigrated from Yorkshire, England to Baltimore, Maryland.<br><br>1777 Isaac Waters bought a 100-acre tract of land in Frederick County, Maryland from Samuel Hawker.<br><br>1778 Izaac, Nancy, Zachariah and William Waters signed the "Oath of Fidelity & Support" to the Colony of Maryland (renouncing allegiance to the King of England), along with neighbors surnamed Hawker and Adamson. (Oath signed in Montgomery County, Maryland) An Isaac Waters (along with 28 other Waters men) served in the Virginia Navy. An Isaac Waters was awarded 2,666 acres for service as a boatswain in the Virginia Navy.<br><br>1790 Census showed 72 Waters/Watters families in Maryland. In Montgomery County there was an Isaac, Zachariah, Joseph, Moses, Thomas and 11 other Waters families.<br><br>Isaac and Martha Waters sold the 1-5-acre tract bought in 1777 - now located in Montgomery County, Maryland (County established 1776). This transaction was acknowledged by Isaac in 1796.<br><br>1795 An Isaac Waters witnessed a deed in Berkeley County, Virginia. The "Great Wagon Road" led south through Berkeley County, Virginia into North Carolina, whence it was extended west and northward as the "Wilderness Road" in 1775. By 1778 a branch of the Wilderness Road led west to Stanford, seat of Lincoln County, Kentucky. Isaac and Kitty emigrated to Bourbon County, Kentucky, thence to Lincoln County, Lentucky.<br><br>1798 On 13 March, Isaac Waters bought a tract of land in Lincoln County, Lentucky from Thomas Sloan.<br><br>1799 Isaac (and Joseph) Waters first appeared on a Kentucky tax list - Lincoln County, Kentucky Book 3 page 21; Adamson Waters appeared in 1800; John Waters 1791; Nathan Waters 1807; Samual Waters 1801; Martha Waters 1805; Patey Waters 1803.<br><br>1800 "Second Census" of Kentucky showed Adamson, Isaac, John and Joseph Waters living in Lincoln County, Kentucky.<br><br>1808 Izaac died in Lincoln County, Kentucky.<br><br>1818 Izaac's heirs signed a deed to his property, 52+ acres on the Hanging Fork River in Lincoln County, Kentucky. (This was probably after the death of his Wife, their mother.)<br><br>The town of Pomfret is now called (spelled?) "Pontefract", located about 10 miles southeast of Leeds, West Yorkshire.<br><br>Izaac's granddaughter, Martha Moore, married Judge Samuel Woods; their descendants live in Morgan County, Illinois, just east of Union Cemetery in Pisgah (1977). Descendants of the other children of Izaac and Kitty are living in Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas.<br> Applies to: <i><a href="indirect12.htm#I488" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Isaac Waters</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N24 ></a>Note by Pat Croomer: My grandfather Edgar Merritt Sea is from Anderson County, Kentucky. He owned a general store at Alton, Kentucky and was the postmaster at Alton. Alton is just outside Mt. Eden, Kentucky and close to Waddy, Kentucky all in Anderson County. Edgar Merritt had only one brother living in my lifetime, George Sea, who moved to Nevada. All of Edgar's family died of TB (mother, father and two sisters, Martha and Mary.<br> Applies to: <i><a href="unconnected4.htm#I510" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Edgar Merritt Sea</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N25 ></a>Posted by J. Thompson January 3, 1999 <br>I am looking for any information on the parents of William Oscar Thompson who married Eulo Brown. They had two sons, Hollis Raymond and Gilbert Lee. William Oscar and Eulo are my grandparents. I have always though that my great grandfather was named Richard, but the name William runs throughout as the first name of many my cousins. There is an Edward D. and Louis S. buried in the same cemetery as my father Hollis Raymond and grandfather William Oscar. They are all buried in Mount Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery in Shelby County and were members there. We always lived in Anderson County. William Oscar had several brothers: Ollie, Amberce/Ambrose?, Edgar, and Curtis. He had several sisters, but the only one I know for certain is Lillie A. who married Ed Sea. They are also buried at Mt. Vernon. Lillie and Ed had a daughter named Mary Jane who married Allie Hume. Curtis had a son named Jimmy and moved to Reno Nevada. Amberce/Ambrose ran a drugstore in Georgetown Kentucky. Ollie moved to Indiana. Edgar lived in Shelby County near Shelbyville. William Oscar and his siblings all attended the Gordon school as children. William Oscar bought a farm on Highway 395 in 1911 one mile from the old Birdie store on the right. Before that he lived on Crooked Creek Road. When William Oscar died, his son Hollis bought the farm. He sold it just before his death in 1984. Any information on this branch of Thompsons will be greatly appreciated.<br> Applies to: <i><a href="unconnected4.htm#I511" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Lillie Alice Thompson</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N26 ></a>Posted: July 18, 2003 by Pat Coomer<br>Hugh, thanks for taking the time to answer. I am descended from Susannah, Leonard, Austin, Robert, to my immediate grandfather Edgar Merritt Sea. From different postings on the net, I learned that Robert's children were John M, Maggie, Martha, Auston, and there was no listing of George or my grandfather in the l880 Census. Realized that the reason was that my grandfather was born July l880 and was not born before the Census was taken and that George, his other sibling was a year younger and therefore not on the Census. Robert, Edgar's father died in l882 at the age of 34 and so did Robert's father Austin die in l882. I had been told by an elderly aunt years ago that my grandfather was orphaned young and that the family had died of TB. My grandfather told me that Martha and (Mary) not Maggie died at the age of puberty from TB and that he and my Uncle George were the only survivors. No one knows how he was raised or by whom or his age when the rest of the family died. I am pretty sure that one sister's name was Mary instead of Maggie because on his death bed my grandfather smiled at me and said " Why, Mary it's so good to see you." He died when I was 27 and, of course, like a lot of young people you do not ask enough questions about your grandparents. I am 60 this year and have only a few cousins left and no parents or aunts and uncles to ask questions of. I am trying to find out all that I can for nieces and nephews. Thanks again for the info Pat<br> Applies to: <i><a href="unconnected4.htm#I517" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Robert Seay</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N27 ></a>Transcribe from here:<br>http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=mingastivers&id=I10674<br><br>Posted July 14, 2003 by Pat Coomer<br>Who Suzannah Seay's father? I am descended from Edgar Merritt Sea, my immediate grandfather b. l880. Edgar's father was Robert Seay b. l848. Robert's Father was Leonard Seay b. l774. Leonard's mother was Suzannah Seay. She was not married when she had Leonard and bound him over to her brother as an apprentice before moving to Illinois and marrying John Griffin. Who was her father? Abraham 11 had Suzannah but he would have been 58 at the time of her birth. Could this be correct. Thanks Pat Coomer<br><br>Response by Hugh Seay:<br>Patricia, Judge B. W. Seay IV firmly believed in the legend of Abraham SAYE as a Huguenot immigrant who fathered Abraham SEAY of Goochland/Albemarle/Fluvanna as well as Isaac SEAY of King William and Jacob and James SEAY of Amelia. But neither the judge nor anyone else has provided documentary proof of the existence of this Abraham SAYE or that any of these SEAYs were related to each other.So this reference to Abraham I and Abraham II was an invention of Judge Seay. <br><br>So far as I know, no one has disputed the fact that Susannah was the daughter of Abraham SAY/SEAY of the 1745 Goochland land grant or that she was unwed when she gave birth to Leonard SEAY. If you have a birth date for her it must have been provided by Faye Sea Sanders in her 1984 book on the line of Leonard SEAY, some of whose descendants changed the name to SEA. Judge Seay gave no birth date for Susannah or for her father. If you have seen a birthdate for her father, it is just an estimate. Among various estimates, some have it as 1700 and others as 1720. He made two wills , one in 1761 and another in 1771, leading to the assumption that he died in 1771. Even if it is true that Abraham was 58 at the time of Susannah's birth, this is certainly not a biological impossibility. <br><br>The names that Mary Jo Hanon provided for Susannah's siblings and their spouses are only partially correct. She was probably unaware that the judge himself corrected the errors and omissions that appeared in his first volume (1966), mostly by including the corrections in his second volume (1971).These are the corrections: Abraham married a Miss TUGGLE (whom we now know to be Elizabeth), Stephen married Ann RYAN, Alley married William KING, and Amy married John LOVING, Jr. <br><br>Like Mary Jo, I am a descendant of John SEAY who married Rebecca MOORE. <br><br>Hugh Seay<br>-------------<br><br>Nickname was recorded as Suckey, (Pronounced Sue kee) which like Sukey was a nickname for Susannah at the time<br><br>"When she was 25 years old and still unmarried she gave birth to her son Leonard. His father is unknown. Later she married a Griffith [Griffin] who served in the continental army in the Revolutionary War. They had six children. Leonard was sent to live with his uncle."<br><br>Some sources have her birthplace as Fluvanna County, VA and others Goochland County, VA<br><br>Before her death she received a pension of $80 a month for her husband's Revolutionary war service.<br><br>Illinois 457<br>Susannah Griffin widow of John Griffin, Va. Who died 10 th Sept. 1810 of Clark Co. in the state of Illinois who was a private in the ____ commanded by Captain Holt of the Regt commanded by C. L. Lewis in the Virginia line for 2 years.<br><br>State of Illinois<br>Clark county<br><br>On the seventh day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty personally appeared before the commissioner Court in ___ for the county of Clark __ state of Illinois said court being a court of re____. Susannah Griffin a resident of the county of Clark __ state of Illinois aged seventy one years, who being first duly sworn according to law , doth on her oath make the following declaration. In order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 4th, 1836.<br><br>That she is a widow of John Griffin, who was a private __ as well as she recollects served in the capacity of first sergeant in the war of the Revolution in the company commanded by Captain Thomas Holt (at the time of his being mustered in the service) of the fourteenth (14th) Regiment of the state troops of Virginia, commanded by Colonel Howel? Lewis (at that time, as well as she recollects.) That she cannot state with certainty whether the said John Griffin , her husband was enlisted, draughted or volunteered, but she recollects distinctly that he entered the service of the United States, under the officers aforesaid, on or about the ninth of September in the year 1775 in the county of Bedford __ state of Virginia, where he then resided.<br><br>That after the said John Griffin entered the service as foresaid, the troops were marched from Albermarle court house in the State of Virginia, some where northward (but the name of the place she does not recollect) to a place of General Burdegareaux? Where the troops were inoculated with the small pox.<br><br>That she cannot now recollect or give a minute history of the country through which the troops were marched. That she recollects distinctly that the said John Griffin was at the battle of Brandywine, the battle at Monmouth, in the battle at Germantown and at the siege of Charleston by the British, did the said John Griffin was taken a prisoner at the siege of Charleston by the British and put on aboard of a British ___ Ship, where he laid ____ in dungeon for about nine months and was then released from the dungeon and kept a prisoner with the British a long time afterwards and finally deserted the British at _____ American part (not now recollected). And returned home to Bedford county, Virginia about the seventh of September in the year 1782.<br><br>That from the fact of the said John Griffin having been taken prisoner and deserted as foresaid, he never received any regular discharge from the service of the United States.<br><br>That the said John Griffin never received any compensation from the United States or State of Virginia for his services as aforesaid, nor has he ever received a pension under any of the acts of Congress for that purpose nor was he ever placed on the pension roll or list of the United States or any of the states.<br><br>She further states that she was married to the said John Griffin on the twenty fifth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy one (1771). That her husband, the aforesaid John Griffin, died on or about the 10th day of June in the year 1810. And that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.<br><br>Sworn to and subscribed on the 7th day of September 1840 in open court before us.<br>Samuel McClure  county commissioner<br>Milton Cake?  county commissioner<br>G. B. Redmon  county commissioner<br><br>X Susannah Griffin her mark<br><br>The court has proposed the following interrogation to the said Susannah Griffin to which she answered as following to wit,<br>Interrogatory first by the court<br>1. Where and in what year were you born?<br>Answer: I was born in ___ 1749 in the state of Virginia and the in the county of Goochland now Fluvanna County.<br>2. Interrogatory. Have you any record of your age & if so where is it?<br><br>Answer: I am not in possession of any record of my age, but I think there was a record kept by my brother Abraham Sea in the state of Virginia and perhaps now in the possession of Abraham Sea Junior, his son in Amherst county Virginia.<br><br>3. Where were you living when your husband John griffin was called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live?<br><br>Answer: I lived in Bedford county, Virginia at the time he was called into service and have lived since the Revolutionary war in Albermarle county Virginia, next in Mercer County, Kentucky then removed from Kentucky to the county of Clark in the state of Illinois, where I now reside.<br><br>4. How was your husband, John Griffin called into service was he draughted or did he volunteer or was he a substitute, if a substitute for whom?<br><br>Answer: I think upon ____ reflection , that he enlisted under Capt. Thomas Holt of the 14th Virginia Regiment.<br><br>5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where your husband served, which continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general __________ of the service.<br><br>Answer: I can recollect nothing more about the names of the officers of the troop than what I heard him say which was Capt. Thomas Holt and Col. Howel Lewis of the 14th Virginia Regiment and that the troop ______ at the Albarmarle court house in Virginia and the marched northward, some where, where the troops were inoculated with the small pox and that he ___ and was gone from home over seven years, lacking three days and that he was in the battle at Brandywine, Monmouth, Germantown & at the siege of Charleston where he was taken prisoner by the British.<br><br>6. Did your husband John Griffin ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it ___ and what became of it?<br><br>Answer: He never received any discharge from the facts I suppose that he was taken prisoner at Charleston by the British from whom he deserted and came home in the year 1782.<br><br>7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity in behalf of the answers of your husband as a soldier of the Revolution.<br><br>Answer: I will state the names of Willis Dougherty, Green B. Redmon, Austin Griffin and George Henson.<br>Mr. Willis Dougherty, Green B. Redmon., Austin Griffin and George Henson, residing in the neighborhood of Susannah Griffin (in the county of Clark in the state of Illinois) the applicant in the foregoing declaration named, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Susannah Griffin,<br><br> Applies to: <i><a href="unconnected4.htm#I539" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Suzannah Seay</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N28 ></a>He died either 10 June 1810 or 10 September 1810,<br><br>Individual: Griffin, John<br>County/State: Amherst Co., VA<br>Page #: 047<br>Year: 1783<br>Census type code: Tax List<br><br>His son, Robert, made this deposition in regards to his father's war service:<br><br>State of Illinois, Clark County<br>The deposition of Robert Griffin of the county of Clark aforesaid, taken before me Willis Daugherty, one of the justices of the Peace in the aforesaid county, on the twelfth day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty one. The said Robert Griffin being by me duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say as follows, to wit. that he is fifty one years of age on the twenty-two day of February last past, That he is a son of John Griffin and Susannah Griffin, and was born in Franklin County in the state of Virginia. That he has frequently and repeatedly heard his father, the said John Griffin, relate his service in the Revolutionary war, and that he first enlisted as well as now recollected, in Albemarle County, Virginia in the year of 1775 or 1776 and that enlistment was under Capt. Thomas Holt of one of the Virginia regiment. (The number of the Regiment he disremembers, as also, the commander of the regiment.) and that this dependent frequently heard his father the said John Griffin, relate the battles that he had been in, some of which he distinctly yet recollects, to wit, The Battle of Brandywine, The Battle at Monmouth, Germantown, Long Island (which he said was the hardest and toughest of any) and was lastly, in the siege of Charleston in South Carolina, where he was taken prisoner by the British and put on board of a British prison Ship, and was there confined in a dungeon, about nine months, that he never seen land. That he was confined in irons while prisoner and that his legs and ankles were made extremely sore by the irons which never finally healed up while he lived. That the dependent seen the marks and sores caused by the irons on his father's legs, while a prisoner. That one William Westbrook, was taken a prisoner by the British, at the same time and was confined in the dungeon in irons upon the same vessel with the said John Griffin and that this dependent has frequently heard the said Westbrook and his father John Griffin, relate over together the same story about their being taken prisoners at the Siege of Charleston and of their sufferings while such prisoners and that they, the said John Griffin and Westbrook, both made their escape from the British somewhere at or near Quebec in Canada while the vessel lay near the shore one night and while they had the irons taken off their legs on account of the extreme soreness and danger of becoming mortal. And that they returned home together in Albemarle County, Virginia about the year 1782. That he has repeatedly heard the said John Griffin and Westbrook when speaking of their services and sufferings in the war say that they had been messmates together while in the service. That the said Westbrook has been dead a number of years and that he died in Virginia. That the dependent heard the said John Griffin say at often time that he seen two horses shot dead from under General Washington during battle.<br><br>The dependent further states, that the said John Griffin died in Virginia about thirty years ago, and that he never drew a pension, nor was placed on any pension list in the United States.<br><br>The dependent further states that the said Susannah Griffin is the real identical widow of the said John Griffin and that she has never intermarried with any other person since the death of said John Griffin and that she is now living unmarried (to any other person) AS SUCH WIDOW in the county of Clark and state of Illinois and that she has never has received any pension or compensation on account of the Revolutionary services of her husband the said John Griffin from the United States.<br><br>This dependent further states that the said John Griffin and Susannah Griffin lived together as man and wife from the time of their marriage up to the time of the death of (excepting the time he served in the War which was almost seven years) said John Griffin as above herein stated that the said John and Susannah had born in wedlock eight children and that John Griffin Jr. was the oldest child who was born in the year 1783 in Albemarle County, Virginia as dependent heard his father and mother and the said John Griffin say and that the said John Griffin Jr. died in the state of Kentucky two years ago last fall and was of the age of about fifty-five years at the time of his death and that the said John Griffin and Susannah Griffin had been married as he was always informed several years before the birth of the said John Griffin Jr. their oldest child. That there is six other children now living besides the dependent and the said John Griffin Jr. deceased, who were born in wedlock with the said John Griffin and Susannah Griffin, the youngest of which is about thirty-six years of age, some of which children are now living in Kentucky, Missouri and Illinois.<br><br>The dependent further states that he has no knowledge of any family record of the marriage of the said John and Susannah Griffin ever being kept nor any family record of the births of their children as aforesaid. That the following are the names and ages of the said other six children of the said John and Susannah Griffin, to wit, "Nancy, now Nancy Ryan, aged about 56 years, now of Anderson county Kentucky. Lucy, now Lucy Wright, aged about 54 years, now of Missouri. Polly, now Polly Driskill aged about 50 years, now of Kentucky. James Griffin, aged about 48 years, now of Missouri. Austin Griffin, aged about 36 or thirty seven years, now of the county of Clark and state of Illinois. This dependent further states that the said Susannah Griffin is the same identical person and widow of the said John Griffin, deceased whose declaration for a pension as such widow is now on file with suspended case in the War Department in Washington city as per letter of the Hon. J. L. Edmonds, Center of Pensions of date "April 24th 1841 and which declaration was made by the said Susannah Griffin before the county commissioners court in and for the county of Clark and state of Illinois on or about the 4th day of September 1840.<br>Robert Griffin<br><br> Applies to: <i><a href="unconnected4.htm#I540" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">John Griffin</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N29 ></a>Know all men by these presents that we John Griffin and Austin Sea are held and firmly bound unto Patrick Henry Esq. Governor or Chief Magistrate of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the sum of fifty pounds current money to be paid the o Patrick Henry, Esq. or to his successors to and for the use of the __ commonwealth to the which payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves our heirs ___ & administrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents seal ? with our seals and ___ this 23rd day of Apl. Anno Dom. 1777.<br><br>The condition of this obligation is such that whereas there hath issued a license for marriage between this John Griffin & Suekey Seay; Now if there is no lawfull cause to obstruct this marriage then this obligation do be ___ or else to remain in full force & virtue.<br> Applies to: <i><a href="unconnected4.htm#I539" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Suzannah Seay</font></a> and <a href="unconnected4.htm#I540" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">John Griffin</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N30 ></a>Curtis had a son named Jimmy and moved to Reno Nevada.<br> Applies to: <i><a href="unconnected5.htm#I572" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Curtis Thompson</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N31 ></a>Amberce/Ambrose ran a drugstore in Georgetown, Kentucky.<br> Applies to: <i><a href="unconnected5.htm#I574" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Ambrose Thompson</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N32 ></a>William Oscar and his siblings all attended the Gordon school as children. William Oscar bought a farm on Highway 395 in 1911 one mile from the old Birdie store on the right. Before that he lived on Crooked Creek Road. When William Oscar died, his son Hollis bought the farm. He sold it just before his death in 1984.<br> Applies to: <i><a href="unconnected5.htm#I575" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">William Oscar Thompson</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N33 ></a>Edgar lived in Shelby County near Shelbyville.<br> Applies to: <i><a href="unconnected5.htm#I578" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Edgar N. Thompson</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N34 ></a>Ollie moved to Indiana.<br> Applies to: <i><a href="unconnected5.htm#I580" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Ollie Edward Thompson</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N35 ></a>On page 13 of Faye Sea Sanders "Leonard Seay: Descendants and Kinfolk," Lillie Alice Thompson Seay's parents are shown as Richard Thompson and Mary Davis Tinsley. They lived near Hemp Ridge in Shelby County.<br> Applies to: <i><a href="unconnected5.htm#I582" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Edward D. Thompson</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N36 ></a>United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Eighth Census of the United States, 1860, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860<br> Applies to: <i><a href="sources.htm#S2" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Source 2</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N37 ></a>1870<br> Applies to: <i><a href="sources.htm#S3" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Source 3</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N38 ></a>United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880<br> Applies to: <i><a href="sources.htm#S4" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Source 4</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N39 ></a>United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900<br> Applies to: <i><a href="sources.htm#S5" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Source 5</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N40 ></a>United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910<br> Applies to: <i><a href="sources.htm#S6" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Source 6</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N41 ></a>United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930<br> Applies to: <i><a href="sources.htm#S8" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Source 8</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N42 ></a>Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Kentucky Birth, Marriage, and Death Databases: Births 1911-1999, Frankfort, Kentucky: Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives<br> Applies to: <i><a href="sources.htm#S11" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Source 11</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N43 ></a>Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Divisision of Epidemiology and Health Planning, Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present, Frankfort, KY, USA: Kentucky Department of Information Systems<br> Applies to: <i><a href="sources.htm#S12" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Source 12</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N44 ></a>State of Minnesota, Minnesota Death Index, 1908-1002, Minneapolis, MN, USA: Minnesota Department of Health<br> Applies to: <i><a href="sources.htm#S15" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Source 15</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N45 ></a>Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index, Master File, : Social Security Administration<br> Applies to: <i><a href="sources.htm#S17" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Source 17</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N46 ></a>Texas Department of Health, Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000, Austin, TX, USA: Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit<br> Applies to: <i><a href="sources.htm#S18" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Source 18</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N47 ></a>United States, Selective Service System, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration<br> Applies to: <i><a href="sources.htm#S21" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Source 21</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N48 ></a>United States, Selective Service System, Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Fourth Registration, National Archives and Records Administration Branch locations: National Archives and Records Administration Region Branches<br> Applies to: <i><a href="sources.htm#S23" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Source 23</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> <li><a name=N49 ></a>Wisconsin Vital Records Office, Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-67, 1969-97, Madison, Wisconsin, USA: , Wisconsin Department of Health<br> Applies to: <i><a href="sources.htm#S25" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333CC">Source 25</font></a>.</i><br> <br> </li> </ol> </body> </html>