Bullitt County KyArchives Military Records.....Little, John Wright 1912 Civilwar - Pension Kentucky Infantry ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: K Cochran kc90853@aol.com December 19, 2005, 11:01 am Civil War Pension John Wright Little born 12/4/1843 Shepherdsville, Bullitt, Kentucky was the son of Doctor Hiram Lucius Little and Nancy Catherine Wright. John Wright Little was married to Mary Catherine Crigler, daughter of Abraham Crigler and Mary Catherine Roby. Doctor Hiram Lucius Little was born in Kentucky, son of Jonas Little and Betsy Douglass on Feb 8, 1821. He was the grandson of Rev War Patriot Captain George Little and Mary of Scotland. Hiram married Nancy Catherine Wright in 1840 Kentucky. She was the daughter of John C Wright and Catherine G Weatherford and granddaughter of Charles Weatherford of Charlotte Virginia. Catherine bore him several children and passed away in 1853. Hiram and some of his children moved to Meridian Texas, where he married Rebecca Isabella Adams and had several more children, including Hiram L Little Jr. Dr Hiram Little is buried at Meridian Cemetery and it shows he was a Mason. He died 7/18/1876. George Little: Born 1735 in Scotland. Imigrated in 1760 to the United States of America. He had twelve children, Lived, married and raised his family in Newberry, So. Carolina. Served as a Capt. in the Revolution War. He moved to Barren Co. Kentucky in 1802, then he and Jonas settled a few miles north of the Long Falls of Green River in what was then Vienna (now Calhoun) in the Ohio County. Married wife 1st Mary? of Scottland, 2nd Mary (Handley) Douglas, daughter of Alexander Douglas. (George Little) I. Biographic sketch from History of Daviess Co., Ky.-1883- pages 129-130-131-132 Short and simple are the annals of the pioneer, to the unsteady hand of tradition we owe most of that which yet remains of all that was said and done, achieved and suffered by those who came to Kentucky as the red man departed. Their very names are being blotted out from the memories and records of men. Deserving a better fate than this the name of George Little is here set down. He was born in Scotland about the year 1733. The particular locality of his birth is now a matter of conjuncture. The patronymic has long been known in different parts of that country. The station in life of this particular stock in the old country as well as its history, are both unknown. As tradition eagerly transmits the faintest suspicion of exalted rank, as it has done so in this case, the presumption is against it's existence. All hopes of ancestral connection Morman plunderers are thus forever blighted. For this deprivation Scotia's own bard had furnished the consoling couplet-- Rank is but the guinea's stamp: A ma's a man for a ' that. This unpedigreed lot is indeed to be preferred, even if it were possible to trace a linage to that ancient and noble house, enterdation all modern nobility- - founded by the worthy baron alluded to in Charles Dicken's History of Martin Chuzzlewit, as the Lord Nozoo. In early manhood he emigrated from the old to the new world. His first known residence in America was at Newberry, in the colony of South Carolina. His pursuit were agricultural and he was so engaged at the rupture between the colonies and the mother country. What his previous sentiments, politically, had been is Unkown but he was opposed to war that ensued. Without fortune or political influence, he asked. nor more of Govement them liberty to pursue, unmolested, his private affairs. Possibly his attachment to the mother country, or kindred left behind, influenced his opinions. A did Senter from the established church, he early joined the Wesleyan movement, which before the Revolution had a con considerable membership the side of the Atlantic. His religious faith-- embracing the doctrine of House this may be, when war came and the colonial Government required his services, he enlisted in the American Army, Nor record of the nature and duration of his Service survived. Nothing more is certainly known than that in an engagement between the American Forces and a detachment of the enemy under Tarleton's command he received a bullet wound in the hip, as the result of this he went to his grave a cripple. The ball was never extracted. Independence and peace finally came and great rejoicing at the result. But the sturdy Scot still persisted that rebellion was a mistake and died nearly forty years after with his opinion unchanged. He remained in South Carolina until the end of the century. He had married before the Revolution and his children were born before or during that war. Sometime after the how long can not be stated-- his wife died. His children, five daughters and five sons, reached womanhood and manhood, married and sought homes of their own. His own home was thus broken up. age and infirmity of the Revolutionary war, the exploits of Daniel Boone in the forest beyond the mountains were borne by rumors from his old home on the Yadkin to the fertile! Watered by a river that rivaled the charms of this shores by its own grace and majesty. To the young and adventurous this prospect was irresistible! To all it was inviting. Jonas and John Little, two of his sons, decided to try their fortune in this new utopia, with their families they turned their backs on civilization and their old home in S. C. and started on their journey. Their father accompanied them. Their first halting place was in Barron Co., Ky. Here they settled in 1800 or 1802. John Little, becoming dissatisfied, removed Tenn., where he resided until old age. He went thence to Texas and shortly after, died. George Little and his son Jonas, remained in Barren County for two years. They then removed to and settled a few miles north of the Long Falls of Green River in what was then Ohio County. The town of Vienna (now Calhoun) at that point on the river had maintained its fortune from its establishment in 1784. It succeeded a fort or block house erected there some years before. George Little engaged in farming such as supplied the wants of that primitive day. He had never acquired any considerable means, and was dependent on his own exertions when the time for toll had about passed for him. The Ohio County Court exempted him from poll tax " on account of bodily infirmly! But not probably intended in part a patriotic recognition of his sufferings for his chosen country. These last years were comparatively un-uneventful in local affairs in this region. Society was primitive, business limited, and mostly in the farming way. The muster day and the religious meetings were about the only occasions when people assembled together. The pioneer necessarily lived alone- - - - exempt from public haunts. Finding tongues in trees, books in running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in everything. The war hoop of the Indian had scarcely ceased to echo around the settlers' cabin. Indeed, the Ohio River bonded the Indian country on the south, which reached the Great Lakes on the North and stretched from the Muckerman to the boundless west. Bear hunting was still good, deer abundant, and the wolf and panther still lingered. Many years after the death of his first wife he intermarried with Mary (Handley) Douglas, widow of Alexander Douglas. She was a native of Scotland (she hired an estate there) whence she came in childhood. In early life she married Douglas of Pa. They had several daughters, one of them (Betty) married Jonas Little. In 1784 or '5 Douglas came to Ky., with his brother-in-law, Capt. John Handley, a surveyor, to examine the country, survey and lo sate lands with a view of ultimate settlement. They separated to go to their respective homes. Douglas never returned and was presumably murdered by Indians. His death is still a mystery. George Little died in 1815. In 1824, his widow married Edward Atterbury of Daviess Co., She survived her third husband several years. Outliving most of her generation. From youth to old age she was noted for her beauty, the grace of her manners, and rare charm of her colloquial powers. Mary Handley Douglas Little Atterbury was buried beside her second husband in Anthony Thompson's graveyard. He was her sister, Rachel's husband and the first Justice of the Peace in all this region. On the 1st of February 1815, (Daviess County was established that year.) George Little made his will. He left the bulk of his small estate to his wife. Shortly after- - having reached fourscore- - he departed this life. or, mighty God that first gave it and resigned his body to the earth "believing that at the general resurrection" he would receive it again. His mortal remains were interred in the Anthony Thompson graveyard where his dust awaits the final summons. Abstracts of wills & inventories, Daviess County, Ky.- Cont'd. Little, George - Feb. 1, 1815 - Nov. 13, 1815 Wife: Mary, Sons: Joseph, John , Jonas, William, Thomas, Daus: Mary Spray (wife of Abner), Sarah Harris (wife of Richard), Susannah Phillips (wife of John), Jane Hunt, Dec. (wife of John), Nancy Cockburn (wife of Henry), Ex: wife Mary. Wit: George Handley, William Glenn, C.T. Duncan. September 23, 1765 the Lt Governor of South Carolina, William Bull, granted George Little 300 acres of land between the Tyger and Enoree River just north of present day Delta South Carolina. 1790 Census of Union County South Carolina 96th district with 5 sons and 5 daughters. George Military Service: Capt. of Patriot Service Prisoner at Charleston South Carolina on May 12, 1780. Additional Comments: Pension paper attached. Photo: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/bullitt/photos/military/civilwar/pensions/little149gmt.jpg File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/bullitt/military/civilwar/pensions/little149gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/