Family History: John Willcockson; 1721 - c 1800: Chester Co, PA Copyright © 1990 by William G Scroggins. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. Bill Scroggins BillScroggins@classic.msn.com USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. _________________________________________________________________ JOHN WILLCOCKSON : Prepared by WILLIAM G SCROGGINS 27 Oct 1990 : 718 Mill Valley Drive, Taylor Mill KY 41015-2278  [Note 1] JOHN WILLCOCKSON Born c 1721 Died bet 1798-1805 North Carolina Married Sarah Boone 1742 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Born 07 Jun 1724 (O.S.) Bucks County, Pennsylvania Died 1815 Madison County, Kentucky Children (order of birth unknown): David Willcockson b. 22 Oct 1742 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania d. 25 Feb 1832 m. Kezia ------ John Willcockson Jr b. c 1743 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania d. after 1830 Howard County, Missouri m. Sarah Notson 1780 Fayette County, Virginia George Willcockson b. before 1751 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania d. (after 16 Mar 1799 Sevier County, Tennessee?) m. (Elizabeth Beam 20 Oct 1767 Rowan County, North Carolina?) Isaac Willcockson b. probably before 1751 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania d. before 10 Oct 1783 m. Ruth (Johnston?) Elizabeth Willcockson b. probably before 1752 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania d. Tennessee m. Benjamin Cutbirth (Cutbeard) Israel Willcockson b. before 1755 Rowan County, North Carolina d. 1781 Bryan's Station, Fayette County, Virginia m. apparently not Daniel Willcockson b. 13 Mar 1755 Rowan County, North Carolina d. 16 Jun 1837 Shelby County, Kentucky m. Sarah "Sally" Faulconer Oct 1780 Fayette County, Virginia Samuel Willcockson b. c 1755 Rowan County, North Carolina d. Nov 1825 Kentucky m. Anna Jordan William "Red" Willcockson b. after 1755 Rowan County, North Carolina d. before Nov 1828 Barren County, Kentucky m. Nancy ------ Mary Willcockson b. c1760 Rowan County, North Carolina d. m. Renaldo Walker Sarah Willcockson b. d. m. Thomas Hagan(s) Rachel Willcockson b. 1770 Rowan County, North Carolina d. c 1821 Calloway County, Missouri m. William Bryant 1790 Rowan County, North Carolina The surname Willcockson, meaning son of Willcock, is spelled Wilcoxson, Wilcoxon, Wilcoxen, Willcocks, Willcox and Wilcox, interchangeably. Daniel Willcockson, and most of his siblings and issue in Kentucky, generally used the spelling Wilcoxson. John Willcockson has been identified as the son of George Willcockson and Elizabeth Powell. [Note 2] Sarah Boone was a daughter of Squire Boone and Sarah Morgan, who moved from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to Rowan County, North Carolina in 1750. [Note 3] Elizabeth Powell, who married George Willcockson, was a daughter of Rowland Powell and Maud Richard who were married in 1695. [Note 4] George Willcockson came to Pennsylvania from Cossal, Nottinghamshire, England: [Note 5] Wilcox (or Wilcoxson) sometime of Cossal ... John Wilcoxson of Cossal, Notts., was father of George Wilcoxson of Cossal, Notts., and afterwards of Pennsylvania where he m. 15 April 1719, Elizabeth, daughter of Rowland Powell, a native of Wales, and d. 1739. His son, John Wilcox moved to North Carolina in 1750-2, Member of Assembly 1771, served in the American Revolution, moved to Kentucky before 1782, m. 1742 Sarah, dau. of Squire Boone of Pennsylvania (b. Manchester, England, 25 Nov. 1696; d. 1 Jan. 1765), later of Rowan Co., N. Carolina, by Sarah his wife (b. 1700; m. 23 July 1720; and d. 1777), daughter of Edward Morgan of Gwynedd, Montgomery Co., Pa. (a town settled by a colony of Welshmen in 1698, where he purchased 300 acres in 1711), and formerly of Philadelphia. This Edward Morgan (b. 1678-9; d. 1718), according to family records was a son of Sir James Morgan, 4th Bt. of Llantarnam by a first marriage to Anne (by whom he had a dau. Sarah, b. 1676, who m. 1691, Stephen Beasley, and settled in Philadelphia), dau. of Judge Richard Hopton of Bishop Frome, later of Canon Frome (and his wife Susan, dau. of Sir William Harvey), Chief Justice of N. Wales, temp. Charles II and James II, and first cousin therefore of Sir James's second wife, Alice, widow of Nicholas Jones (whom she had m. 13 April 1683), and dau. of Sir Edward Hopton of Canon Frome (see that family in Landed Gentry of Great Britain), by Deborah (d. 13 July 1702), dau. of Robert Hatton. Sir James Morgan d. 30 April 1718, when the Baronetcy appears to have become extinct (but see The Morgan Family by James Appleton Morgan). John Wilcox was killed by Indians at battle of Bryant Station, Kentucky, 1782. His son, Lieut.-Col. George Wilcox, of Shelby Co., Kentucky, J.P. (1801), High Sheriff (1811), served in the War of 1812 with 8th Kentucky Militia, b. 1766; m. 1789, Elizabeth (b. in London 1774; d. 1814), dau. of John Pinchbeck ... This genealogical sketch contains several inaccuracies, which do not necessarily diminish the credibility of most of the statements. George Wilcox of Shelby County, Kentucky, whose family used that spelling of the surname, was a son of George Willcockson, Jr. and a nephew of John Willcockson who married Sarah Boone. George Willcockson, Jr. married Elizabeth Hall. John Willcockson was not killed at Bryan's Station in 1782. He was alive in North Carolina in 1790 and 1798. [Note 6] Squire Boone was born in Devonshire, England, not Manchester. He married Sarah Morgan on 23 September 1720; not in January. [Note 7] Edward Morgan built his house in Towamencin Township in 1695 and the deeds for the land were dated in 1708 and 1714. [Note 8] James Appleton Morgan confused the marriage sequence of Sir James Morgan by publishing that his first wife was Anne Hopton, widow of Nicholas Jones, and that she bore one son, Edward Morgan, who died in infancy. He identified the second wife of Sir James as Alice Hopton, the mother of Sarah Morgan, who married Stephen Beasley, and Edward Morgan, the father of Sarah Morgan Boone. [Note 9] A chronological analysis of the facts proves that Sir James Morgan of Llantarnam had to be married first to Anne Hopton and then to Alice Hopton Jones. Edward Morgan, who, traditionally, was the father of Sarah Morgan Boone, and Sarah Morgan Beasley had to be children of the first marriage. [Note 10] Supporting proof of the Burke lineage has not been found but it is substantiated by the evidence that has been located. George Willcockson and Elizabeth Powell were married on the 15th of the 2nd month 1719: [Note 11] Page 37 George Wilcockson, son of John Wilcockson of Nottingham, Great Britain and Elizabeth Powel, daughter of Rowland Powel of Haverford married in meetinghouse in Haverford 2.15.1719 George Willcockson died before 25 October 1739 in Chester County, when Elizabeth Willcockson was granted administration of his estate, against a bond in the amount of 160 pounds, secured by Philip Yarnall and Joseph Pugh. [Note 12] Elizabeth Powell Willcockson died shortly thereafter because the administration of her estate occurred in 1740. Philip Yarnall, administrator for Elizabeth Wilcox, widow and relict of George Wilcox, her late husband, who had died intestate leaving several children to survive them, particularly Mary Wilcox, aged about five years, who needed support, petitioned the court for Mary Wilcox to be bound out to John Yarnall until age eighteen, and to be taught to read and write, and "housifrey." [Note 13] Philip and John Yarnall provide a thread of circumstantial evidence connecting George and Elizabeth Powell Willcockson with the Boone family. After the death of Samuel Boone, brother of Squire Boone, Sr., his widow Elizabeth Cassel Boone married Joseph Yarnall, son of Francis Yarnall and Hannah Baker, on the 29th of the 07th month, 1748. [Note 14] The relationship between Philip, John and Joseph Yarnall has not been determined, but they must have been kin. There is another connection between the Willcocksons of Chester County and the Boones of Lancaster County which supports the theory that John Willcockson, who married Sarah Boone, was the son of George Willcockson and Elizabeth Powell. When the parents of Elizabeth Powell Willcockson, Rowland Powell and Maud Richard, were married in 1695, William and Mary Howell witnessed the ceremony. [Note 15] Their daughter Deborah Howell married George Boone IV, an uncle of Sarah Boone Willcockson, in 1713. [Note 16] This coincidence establishes a social relationship between the Powells and Boones that could have resulted in the meeting of John Willcockson and Sarah Boone. When the children of George and Elizabeth Powell Willcockson were orphaned, it is conceivable that Deborah Howell Boone arranged for their sons to go to her father-in-law for employment. Squire Boone reputedly operated a substantial weaving business, so it is plausible that John Willcockson was a weaver in the employ of Boone. It is known that John lived with the Boone family before he married Sarah. George Willcockson was also a weaver and his residence in Uwchlan Township, Chester County, was about fifteen to twenty miles from the Boone home in Lancaster County. If the eldest child of George and Elizabeth Powell Willcockson was a son, born soon after their marriage in 1719, he would be of the approximate age of John Willcockson who married Sarah Boone. Presuming that the eldest child of George Willcockson was eighteen or nineteen years old when George died about 1739, he may have assumed responsibility for younger brothers, without enactment of official guardianship or apprenticeship papers. George Willcockson, who apparently lived with Squire Boone, Sr. at the same time as John Willcockson, probably was George, Jr. He was identified as a relative of John Willcockson by Isaiah Boone, a nephew of Daniel Boone: [Note 17] George Wilcoxen a young man entirely unacquainted with the practical use of a gun, expressed a desire to go out a deer-hunting. For this purpose, he borrowed Squire Boone's long musket, and requested Mr. Boone to load it for him over night, that he might lay it away for early morning use. During the evening, Miller and young Boone learning this sporting design, quietly took away the musket from its position, drew the ball, & put in load enough for half a dozen ordinary charges, and carefully replaced it. On the morrow at peep of day, Young Wilcoxen shouldered his gun and started out to try his luck ... and after he had started, Miller and Boone began to have their misgivings lest the over-loaded musket should burst, and kill or seriously injure Wilcoxen. About sun-rise they heard a loud report, like a small cannon, some distance off, and, soon after, much to their relief, discovered Wilcoxen approaching ... his face all covered with blood ... nose and face badly bruised and a deep gash in his forehead ... not of a serious character, enquired if he had shot at a deer and with what success? Yes, he had a pretty fair shot at a short distance; described the glade ... but, from the mingled effects of pain and fear, could not tell what had become of the deer ... Miller and Boone went to the spot indicated, and there found the deer dead. This George Wilcoxen was a relative of John Wilcoxen, who, about this period, married Boone's eldest sister Sarah ... Miller and young Boone, the pranksters of the episode, were Henry Miller and Daniel Boone. Miller, who was several years older than Daniel Boone, was employed by Squire Boone in his gunshop. He and Daniel were close companions for many years. [Note 18] The description of George Willcockson and Daniel Boone as young suggests that they were boys. Daniel Boone, who was born in 1734, would have been eight years old in 1742. Going out to hunt alone, George Willcockson probably was in his early teens, perhaps born about 1730, which could make him a younger brother of John Willcockson. The exact date of the marriage of John Willcockson and Sarah Boone has not been determined, but it was shortly before the 29th of the 5th month, 1742. They were married in the part of Lancaster County that became Berks County in 1752. The Boones were members of the Exeter Meeting of the Society of Friends and John Willcockson was not, so, when John and Sarah married, she and her parents were condemned by the Quakers for her act: [Note 19] 5-29, 1742, Sarah, daughter of Squire Boone, treated with for marrying out. 5-29, 1742, Sarah Boone married out of unity with Friends, (1st offence of this kind). Friends appointed to speak to the father, Squire Boone. 6-26, 1742, Squire Boone declareth he did not countenance or consent to the marriage but confesseth himself in fault in keeping them in his house after their keeping company but that he was in a great streight in not knowing what to do, and hopeth to be more careful in the future. It is evident, from the wording of the confession of Squire Boone to the Friends of Exeter Meeting, that John Willcockson and Sarah Boone had been living together in the house of her father, who admitted that he had failed to keep them apart, "after their keeping company." Squire did not attempt to dignify the relationship by saying, "after they were married." In stating that he, "did not countenance or consent to the marriage," Boone undoubtedly was saying that he did not approve of their intimacy, but that, after it happened, he was remiss in permitting them to continue the relationship without the benefit of the blessings of the law or the clergy. Marriage in this instance probably was spontaneous and by consent and intention, rather than by formal ceremony; a not uncommon procedure in the wilderness, where ministers and justices were scarce. Had a marriage been anticipated, John Willcockson could have been accepted into fellowship with the Friends, by a simple request for membership after professing belief in their principles. In this instance it appears that Squire and Sarah Morgan Boone were subject to stronger criticism than is recorded in this portion of the church minutes, because Sarah was pregnant when the marriage took place. The Boone family's difficulties with the Quakers began earlier, when Squire Boone's sister Mary married John Webb in 1720, and ended when Squire's eldest son Israel married out of unity in 1747: [Note 20] Once again the Boones fell out of harmony with the Friends. Sarah, Daniel's eldest sister, had fallen in love with a young man named Wilcoxen, and in 1742 married him though he was not a Quaker. She was promptly censured by the Exeter Meeting for "marrying out," as were her mother and father for allowing it, and all three expressed contrition. But Squire Boone said, "that he was in a great streight in not knowing what to do, seeing he was somewhat Sensible that they had been too Conversant before." That Sarah and her young man had been "too Conversant" was already a community rumor and, if true, a transgression the Meeting could hardly overlook. A committee of Quaker ladies was appointed to look into the question and counting backward, "found the truth of a former suspicion vis., that Sarah Wilcoxen, daughter of Squire Boone, was with child before she was married." The ladies listened solemnly to the paper Sarah "produced to this Meeting condemning the said action," then they expelled her. It was a trying time for Squire Boone and his wife. Exeter, a small settlement with little enough for diversion, kept few secrets. Nor was Sarah's their only disgrace. "The Boones were active for good," the Meeting book notes around this time, "but sometimes overcome with evil. Strong drink, so common, overcame one or more who had to be dealt with." Squire began thinking about leaving Pennsylvania. And though trouble with the Friends prodded him, it was not the only reason. His free spirit, his wanderlust, was at large again. He wanted to be where the forest was outside his front door. Obviously Squire and Sarah placed their love for their daughter, their daughter's happiness and her love for John Willcockson, above their formal connection with religion. It was a difficult situation, but they seem to have put family first and rallied together to survive against oppression. The guides at the (now) Berks County, Pennsylvania, homestead of Squire Boone point out that the affair of John Willcockson and Sarah Boone was one of the events that drove the Boones from the Society of Friends. It was part of their narration in 1980 to relate that, when Squire finally made up his mind to leave Pennsylvania, he was so embittered by his neighbors' attitudes that, on the day that he left, he made a pile of all of his belongings, which wouldn't fit into the wagons, and burned them, rather than let his neighbors have them. John and Sarah Boone Willcockson apparently accompanied her family to North Carolina, where John appears on the first known tax list that was compiled in 1759. Subsequent tax lists show the presence of others of the Willcockson family in North Carolina: [Note 21] 10-08-1761 Isaac Wilcockson, John Wilcockson and son George; Benjamin Cutbeard, Michael Beem, Peter Beem 1761 - Thomas Stillwell's List Isaac Wilcockson, John and son George Wilcockson, John Wilcockson, Jr., John Cook, Benjamin Cutbeard 1768 List David Wilcocks, Isaac Wolcokson, John Willicokson 1772 - Johnston's District David Wilcoxson, Isaac Wilcoxson, George Wilcoxson 1772 - Lyon's District John Wilcoxson, John Wilcoxson, Jr., George Wilcoxson 1778 George Wilcoxson, John Wilcoxson, John Wilcoxson, Jr., Isaac Wilcoxson, George Wilcoxson 1782 George Wilcockson, John Wilcockson, John Wilcockson, Jr. 1787 George Wilcockson 1 male 21-60; 0 males under 21; 1 female George Wilcockson, Jr., John Wilcockson, Samuel Wilcockson, William Wilcockson 1790 Tax List - Rowan County William Wilcoxson, John Wilcoxson, Sr., John Wilcoxson, Jr. The 1790 North Carolina tax list, which serves as a replacement for the destroyed 1790 Federal census, gives the following family groups for the Willcocksons, who resided in Salisbury District, Rowan County: [Note 22] Wilcoxson, William 3 white males over 16; 2 white males under 16; 2 white females; 2 slaves John, Sen. 1 white male over 16; 1 white male under 16; 1 white female John, Jun. 1 white male over 16; 4 white males under 16; 6 white females John Willcockson (Willcoxson), Sr. was a constable in North Carolina. On 15 January 1760 Jacob Hunter was appointed "in the Room of John Wilcox, Rowan County." In 1768/9 John Willcockson was security on a bond when Samuel Hall sued George Willcockson (Wilcocks), weaver. [Note 23] John Willcockson, Sr. was not a member of the North Carolina Assembly in 1771, as stated in Burke's genealogy. John Willcox, who was a burgess to the North Carolina Assembly, was a representative from Chatham County and the son of Thomas Willcox of Concord, Pennsylvania, who died in North Carolina in 1793. [Note 24] The Rowan County land of Squire Boone was in the Yadkin River valley, on Bear Creek, in what is now Davie County. An historical marker denotes the site at a bridge over Bear Creek on US64, west of Mocksville. John Willcockson had two North Carolina grants for land on Bear Creek, which were recorded in Rowan County on 10 October 1783: [Note 25] The State grants (#342 at 50 shillings the 100 acres) to John Wilcockson 640 acres on both sides Bear Creek next ----- Bentley & Thomas Maxfield. The State grants (#337 at 50 shillings the 100 acres) to John Wilcox 500 acres on Bear Creek next Benjamin Gaither. On 24 September 1787 John Willcockson (Wilcockson), Sr., a farmer of Rowan County, North Carolina, let the deceased Abraham Weltey and his heirs have 520 acres on Bear Creek, next to Thomas Maxfield, for 300 pounds. The deed was witnessed by Benjamin Hodgens, Samuel Willcockson and Joseph Roland and proved by the last named in February 1788. [Note 26] There was no wife's signature. John Willcockson (Wilcockson) and Elizabeth (Elibeth) Welsh witnessed a deed on 12 September 1788 from William Hall of Rowan County, North Carolina, to William Willcockson (Wilcoxson) of Berks (Burkes) County, Pennsylvania, for 393 acres on the waters of Bear Creek, for 244 pounds current money of North Carolina. [Note 27] On 20 July 1795 John Willcockson, Sr. of Rowan County, North Carolina, let Daniel Lewis have 30 acres on Bear Creek, next to John Rowland, for 30 pounds. The deed was witnessed by Jacob Roland (sic) and Samuel Kaufman and proved by John Hendricks in August 1801. [Note 28] There was no wife's signature. Daniel Lewis married Hannah Willcockson who probably was a sister of John Willcockson, Sr. On 22 July 1795 Jacob Keller let John Willcockson (Wilcoxon), both of Rowan County, North Carolina, have 164 acres on both sides of Bear (Bare) Creek. next to the old survey of said Keller, for 100 pounds. The deed was witnessed by Elijah Renshaw and William Butler and proved by the latter in August 1795. [Note 29] On 26 August 1795 John Willcockson, Sr. sold to Jacob Keller, both of Rowan County, for 3 pounds North Carolina money, 4 acres on the east side of Bear Creek, which was part of a State Grant to John Willcockson, Sr. The deed was signed by John Willcockson with his mark and was witnessed by William Willcockson and William Butlar. [Note 30] On 26 February 1798 John Willcockson, Sr. let William Willcockson, both of Rowan County, North Carolina, have 165 acres on both sides of Bear Creek, next to Jacob Keller's half-mile branch, for 575 pounds. The deed was witnessed by Squire Willcockson and Samuel Willcockson and proved by the latter in May 1805. [Note 31] On the same day, John Willcockson, Sr. conveyed to William Willcockson, both of Rowan County, for 150 pounds specie, 160 acres on Bear Creek, which adjoined Rowland's old line, now Edward Parker's, and Jacob Keller's (Keeler's) corner. The deed was signed by John with his mark and witnessed by Samuel Willcockson and Squire Willcockson. Samuel proved it in Rowan County Court in May 1805. [Note 32] These North Carolina deed transactions, and the 1790 tax list, indicate that John Willcockson, Sr. was alive in 1783 and as late as 1798, which disproves the claim, by some of the descendants of John Willcockson, that he was killed at Bryan's Station in 1782. The deeds which were proved by John Willcockson's son Samuel in 1805 indicate that John probably made the deeds out to his youngest son William in advance, but retained ownership until his death, between 1798 and 1805, at which time the deeds were presented into court. John and Sarah Boone Willcockson came to Kentucky in 1779, with a family group, [Note 33] where they apparently resided for a time at Boonesborough. [Note 34] French Tipton, an early historian who was commissioned to prepare a history of Madison County, Kentucky, died before his collection was published. Among his collected research material is a list of persons at Fort Boonesborough which includes Sally Boone Wilcox, Billy Wilcox and Daniel Wilcoxson. [Note 35] The residency there by John and Sarah Boone Willcockson is accepted by the Society of Boonesborough. [Note 36] If John and Sarah Boone Willcockson were in Kentucky in 1779, they must have returned to North Carolina before 1783, when he was involved in land transactions there, and afterward. A letter by Jeremiah F. Willcoxen of Canton, Illinois, who wrote to Lyman C. Draper in 1861, states in part: [Note 37] You say you was informed that my Father was a nephew of Col. Boon. He was a Grand nephew of Col. Boon, being a son of Samuel Willcoxen who was a son of John and Sarah Willcoxen, formerly Sarah Boon; a sister of Col. Boon. John Willcoxen & Sarah Boon was married in North Carolina (we are not in possession of the date.) He died in Roann County N. Carolina. After which She removed to Kentucky with her Grandson (Jesse Boon Willcoxen) with whom she lived till her death which took place in the year 1814 at the age of about 97 years. The age of 97, attributed to Sarah in 1814, cannot be correct since it calculates to a birth year of 1717 and she was born in 1724. Her age at death was given as 91 in a death notice of Daniel Boone, which, coupled with her birth year, calculates to a death year of 1815. [Note 38] The children of John and Sarah Boone Willcockson were identified by Jeremiah Willcockson, grandson of Samuel Willcockson, in another letter to Lyman Draper: [Note 39] "Postmarked" Canton, Ill. April 18th, 1861 Mr. Draper - Dear Sir: I received yours of the 5th inst and will proceed to answer your questions as nearly as Mother can remember. (as we are not in possession of the family record so far back) 1st. Grandfather had 6 Brothers and 4 sisters all older than himself except one and his name was William. The names of the older ones were John, George, Isaac, Daniel, Jr., Israel (Israel was killed by the Indians at Boonesborough, Ky.) Elizabeth, she married Benjamin Cutbirth, Mary married Walker, Rachel married William Bryant, Sarah married Thomas Hagans. 2nd Great grandfather was a native of Wales. 3rd Uncle Jesse B. Willcoxen lived in Madison County Ky he is not living he has been dead about thirty five years 4th John Willcoxen's children are none living 5th Grandfather's Brother Daniel died in Kentucky but we do not know whether he was the one you refer to or not We do not know anything of his family. Very respectfully Yours J. F. Willcoxen The reference to Daniel Willcockson as "Jr." undoubtedly reflects his juniority to Daniel Boone. Since Jesse Boone Willcockson lived in Madison County, Kentucky, that apparently is where Sarah Boone Willcockson died. It was stated that Sarah Boone Willcockson (Wilcoxson), oldest sister of Daniel Boone, died in Madison County, Kentucky, in 1815, in an application for membership in the Sons of the American Revolution, but the applicant incorrectly claimed that she was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, on 18 June 1724, when Berks County was not formed from Lancaster County until 1752 and, furthermore, Squire Boone resided in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in 1724. The applicant also stated that Sarah Boone and John Willcockson (Wilcoxson) were married in Berks County in 1742. He mistakenly claimed that John was born in Rowan County, North Carolina, in 1720 and declared that he was killed on 19 August 1782 in Fayette County, Kentucky, while defending Bryan's (Bryant's) Station, and is buried in Fayette County. [Note 40] This application was based on the prior membership of the applicant's grandfather [Note 41] and reference is given to the Daughters of the American Revolution Patriot Index, 1966, and the Sons of the American Revolution Magazine, Fall 1984, but the magazine article, which deals with the siege of Bryan's Station and the subsequent Battle of Blue Licks, does not mention John Willcockson. The applicant, who descends from John and Sarah Boone Willcockson through Hiram Bryant, son of William and Rachel Willcockson Bryant, does not have proof of the appearance or death of John Willcockson at Bryan's Station. The application gives the birth date of Rachel Willcockson as 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and her death date as about 1821 in Callaway County, Missouri. William Bryant is shown as being born in Wales in 1739 and as dying in Boone County, Missouri, on 06 September 1834. They were married in Rowan County in 1790. [Note 42] After the death of Rachel Willcockson Bryant, William married (2) Nancy Wood. [Note 43] It has been stated that Sarah Boone Willcockson died about 1815 in Estill County, Kentucky. [Note 44] Estill County was formed from parts of Clark and Madison counties in 1808. David Willcockson, who was not included in the list of children of John and Sarah Boone Willcockson by Jeremiah F. Willcoxen, was identified as a son of John Willcockson and a nephew of Daniel Boone by George Bryan, who came to Kentucky, from North Carolina, in 1775, with David and Daniel Willcockson: [Note 45] 30 men of us came out in 1775 - it was 1776 when we got here. 1. Daniel Wilcox, nephew of Col. Boon. 2. David Wilcox, son of John W., nephew of Col. Boon. ... 15. Geo: Bryan - myself ... Although this recollection was in her book, Dorothy Wulfeck did not include David in the list of children of John Willcockson and Sarah Boone. She associated the reference with David Willcockson, son of George Willcockson and Elizabeth Hall, apparently in error, since the identification is clearly stated in the quotation. Furthermore, David, son of George, married (1) Ellender Boone and (2) Janet Pemberton and died in Franklin County, Kentucky, about 1815. [Note 46] The wife of David, son of John, who was born on 22 October 1742 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and died on 25 February 1832, was named Kezia, according to a descendant of Benjamin Cutbirth and Elizabeth Willcockson, who visited the Pennsylvania homestead of the Morgan family in 1978. [Note 47] Apparently David Willcockson, son of John, was taxed in Madison County, Kentucky, in 1789, while David Willcockson, son of George, was taxed in Fayette County: [Note 48] Wilcocks, Aaron Fayette 7/24/1789 Wilcocks, Daniel Fayette 7/24/1789 Wilcocks, David Madison 1789 Wilcocks, Ruth Fayette 7/24/1789 Willcocks, David Fayette 12/ /1789 Ruth Willcockson (Wilcocks) was the widow of Isaac Wilcockson, who died before 10 October 1783 when Ruth Willcockson received grant #257, from the State of North Carolina, for 320 acres adjoining the land of James Noland. She was living in Rowan County in 1787 and taxed in Fayette County, Virginia, on 24 July 1789. In a power of attorney, given to William Willcockson of Wilkes County, North Carolina, in 1790, she was shown as a resident of Rowan County. On 06 August 1795, Ruth Willcockson and her son, Joseph, of Woodford County, Kentucky, gave a power of attorney to John Clifford of Rowan County, North Carolina, to sell their property there. On 07 October 1797 Clifford sold 200 acres, on the waters of Dutchman Creek, to John McMahan for them. Joseph Willcockson (Wilcox) and his mother Ruth Willcockson (Wilcox) were identified as residents of Shelby County, Kentucky, in a deed from Isaac and Bethia Larue of Hardin County, Kentucky, for 200 acres on Buck Run in Shelby County, on 13 November 1799. Other Shelby County deeds, in which the name is spelled Wilcox, show joint interest in the same property by Joseph Willcockson, William Congleton and Daniel Bromley. [Note 49] The 1790 tax list suggests that David Willcockson, son of John, stayed in the vicinity of Boonesborough. He apparently moved from Kentucky before 1800, when only one David was taxed in the state: [Note 50] Wilcox, David Shelby 8/ 7/1800 David Willcockson, son of George, apparently lived near Bryan's Station. On 19 April 1799, David Willcockson (Wilcox), who was described as of full age, made a deposition at the tavern of Captain Hunter in Georgetown, Kentucky, relative to a law suit. He stated that in year 1779 he went ... from Lexington on an expedition against the Shawnee Indians under the command of Colonel John Bowman and ... passed through or near the Lick now called Eastin's Lick ... that a few days after he returned from said expedition he and one Lockhart went ... from Bryant's Station ... to hunt ... camped about ten days near half a mile nearly west from said lick ... Since 1779 he had resided in Fayette and mostly in Woodford counties. In a deposition, taken in the same case, at Robert Megowan's Tavern in Lexington, on 29 April 1799, Thomas Herndon stated that David Wilcox, and others from Bryant's station, described the area to him in 1780. Finally, on 08 June 1804, David Willcockson (Wilcoxson) deposed in Woodford County that he passed Eagle Creek on a campaign against the Indians in 1779, but that, before the expedition, in the spring of 1779, he had camped about a mile from the head spring of Eagle Creek. In 1780 he hunted, out from Bryant's Station, around the spring, which was sometimes called Big Spring. [Note 51] Due to the statement of residency, these depositions apparently pertain to David Willcockson, son of George. It seems likely that George Willcockson, son of John Willcockson and Sarah Boone, was the George who married Elizabeth Beam in Rowan County, North Carolina, on 20 October 1767, with John Willcockson, George Boone and George Willcockson as signatories on the bond, either as witnesses or sureties. It is difficult to sort the various records involving George Willcockson, because his uncle, George Willcockson, married Elizabeth Hall, and his cousin, George Willcockson, Jr., married Elizabeth Pinchbeck. [Note 52] The published Wilcoxson genealogy does not include a family record for George Willcockson and Elizabeth Beam, who may have moved to Sevier County, Tennessee, where the will of George Willcockson, dated 16 April 1799 and naming his wife Elizabeth and children as legatees, is recorded: [Note 53] In the Name of God, Amen. I George Willcockson of the State of Tennessee and of the County of Sevier, being old ... do make ... this my last will and Testament ... First I give and bequeath to Elizabeth my dearly beloved wife one negro woman named Nan, likewise all my household furniture except one good bed after my death while she remains a widow. And likewise one half of the old plantation while she remains a widow, and after her death or marriage the negro woman and land is to be given unto my son George and the household furniture to be sold and equally divided between my Children Mary McKinny, Sarah Campbell, Catharine Willcockson, Rebecca McKinny, David Willcockson and George Willcockson; and my moveable property, such as Horses, Cows, Hogs, and Sheep, Plantation tools of all kinds if they cannot divide it amongst themselves. And ... I do give to Mary McKinny fifty Dollars to be paid in property, Ten Dollars a year till paid ... I give to my Daughter Sarah Campbell forty Dollars to be paid in property ten dollars a year till paid. To my Daughter Rebecca McKinny thirty dollars in property ten dollars a year till paid and the remainder part of the property to be equally divided between David, George, Catharine and her two Children, James and John; and to my son David Willcockson I give my mill and Stills, and the land and possessions to the fence above the mill dam and with the fence till it strikes the Road that leads to William Goforth and all the land to the river one negro man named Dick excepting fifty dollars to be paid out of that to Diana Carter, Nancy Stropes youngest child; and if he refuses to pay to the said Diana Carter at the age of sixteen years, then fifty-dollars worth of the lands to be sold and to raise the fifty Dollars for said Diana Carter and to my son George Willcockson I give my old plantation with the tavern and all my lands adjoining it, and likewise the negro woman before mentioned ... ... And I likewise give to the said Diana Carter my house and lot in the Town of Dandridge, and all other out-land is to be sold and to be divided between David, George, Catharine and her two Children James and John: And I appoint my wife Elizabeth and Jeremiah Mathes my sole Executors ... In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal this sixteenth day of April in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and ninety nine Signed sealed, pronounced and declared by the said George Willcockson ... in the presence of us ... John Tharp Jeremiah Mathes George Willcockson (Seal) The bequests to Diana Carter infer a close relationship of some kind but it has not been determined. DAVID WILLCOCKSON Born 22 Oct 1742 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Died 25 Feb 1832 Married Kezia ------ Born Died Children: unknown JOHN WILLCOCKSON JR Born c1744 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Died after 1830 Howard County, Missouri Married Sarah Notson 1780 Fayette County, Virginia Born Died Children (order of birth unknown): Isaac Willcockson b. c1775-80 Rowan County, North Carolina d. Missouri m. Rebeccah White 25 May 1797 Clark County, Kentucky Daniel Willcockson b. Rowan County, North Carolina d. m. John Willcockson III b. Rowan County, North Carolina d. m. William Willcockson b. 08 Aug 1779 Rowan County, North Carolina d. 24 Jul 1864 m. Mary England Bath County, Kentucky Israel Willcockson b. Rowan County, North Carolina d. m. Polly Fleming Clark County, Kentucky Amos Willcockson b. Rowan County, North Carolina d. m. Vina Dawson 14 Feb 1816 Clark County, Kentucky Martha Willcockson b. c1785 Rowan County, North Carolina d. m. not Mary Willcockson b. Rowan County, North Carolina d. m. John Mathews 24 Jul 1805 David Willcockson b. 18 Dec 1794 Rowan County, North Carolina d. Howard County, Missouri m. Nancy Johnson 10 Jun 1821 Howard County, Missouri GEORGE WILLCOCKSON Born before 1751 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Died (after 16 Apr 1799 Sevier County, Tennessee?) Married (Elizabeth Beam 20 Oct 1767 Rowan County, North Carolina?) Born Died (after 16 Apr 1799?) Children (order of birth unknown): George Willcockson Jr b. d. m. Mary Willcockson b. d. m. ----- McKinny Sarah Willcockson b. d. m. ----- Campbell Catherine Willcockson b. d. m. ----- Willcockson Rebecca Willcockson b. d. m. ----- McKinny David Willcockson b. d. m. ISAAC WILLCOCKSON Born probably before 1751 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Died before 10 Oct 1783 Married Ruth (Johnston?) Born Died Children (order of birth unknown): Joseph Willcockson b. 23 Aug 1775 Rowan County, North Carolina d. 20 Jul 1841 Randolph County, Missouri m. Elizabeth Woolfolk 21 Aug 1809 Shelby County, Kentucky Margaret Willcockson b. 1782 North Carolina d. c1857 Morgan County, Kentucky m. William Congleton III 11 Jan 1800 Shelby County, Kentucky Patty Willcockson b. d. m. Daniel Bromley 08 Sep 1796 Woodford County, Kentucky Elizabeth Woolfolk, who married Joseph Willcockson (Wilcox), was a daughter of Joseph Woolfolk. She was born 11 October 1784 in Virginia and died 06 December 1851 in Randolph County, Missouri. William Congleton III, who married Margaret Willcockson (Wilcox), was born about 1771 in Beaufort County, North Carolina, and died before 1850 in Wolfe County, Kentucky. He was married first to Martha Allison on 24 August 1792 in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Margaret Wilcox Congleton is buried at the mouth of Buck Creek in Wolfe County, Kentucky. [Note 54] BENJAMIN CUTBIRTH (CUTBEARD) Born c 1740 Augusta County, Virginia Died Tennessee Married Elizabeth Willcockson Born probably before 1752 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Died Tennessee Children (order of birth unknown): Daniel Cutbirth b. d. m. Benjamin Cutbirth Jr b. c 1764 d. m. Mary Cutbirth b. c1770 North Carolina d. 17 Dec 1843 m. Elijah Calloway 07 Apr 1789 Sarah Cutbirth b. c 1772 d. m. Benjamin and Elizabeth Willcockson Cutbirth are buried on the Elke River in Tennessee. After losing title to his lands in Kentucky, Cutbirth returned to North Carolina, with his brother-in-law Samuel Willcockson, and then went to Tennessee. Much information about Benjamin Cutbirth, who was one of the Long Hunters and companions of Daniel Boone, is contained in letters from Elijah Calloway and his son James Calloway, to Lyman C. Draper. [Note 55] Benjamin Cutbirth is also mentioned in a novel. [Note 56] Elijah Calloway, who married Mary Cutbirth, was a son of Thomas Calloway. He was born on 12 October 1769 in Bedford County, Virginia, and died on 03 March 1847. Elijah and Mary Cutbirth Calloway settled on the south fork of the New River in Ashe County, North Carolina, ten miles south of Jefferson. They are buried in the Faw-Calloway cemetery in Ashe County, where their tombstones give his birth and death dates and her death date, when she was aged 73 years. The name Cutbirth (Cutbeard) probably is a variation of Cuthbert. ISRAEL WILLCOCKSON Born before 1755 Rowan County, North Carolina Died 1781 Bryan's Station, Fayette County, Virginia Married (apparently not) Born Died Children: (apparently none) Israel Willcockson probably came to Kentucky in the wagon train with his parents. He obtained a preemption for 400 acres of land, upon which he settled in April 1779 and made an improvement. The tract, which contained a spring, was located between Lawrence Creek and the middle and upper roads from Lower Blue Licks to Limestone (Maysville), about ten miles from the licks and two miles from William McConnell's. Israel assigned the preemption to Levi Todd. Israel was killed, and his brother Daniel escaped, when Indians attacked them as they were plowing outside of the fort at Bryan's Station in 1781. [Note 57] SAMUEL WILLCOCKSON Born 1755 Rowan County, North Carolina Died Nov 1825 Kentucky Married Anna Jordan Born c1756 Died 1840 Fulton County, Illinois Children (order of birth unknown): Squire Willcockson b. c1779 North Carolina d. 1837 Fulton County, Illinois m. Sarah Tatum North Carolina Samuel Willcockson Jr b. c1780 North Carolina d. m. Martha ------ Isaiah Willcockson b. North Carolina d. Willard, Kentucky m. Fannie Greer Elijah Willcockson b. 24 Jul 1789 North Carolina d. 03 Jul 1860 Fulton County, Illinois m. Charlotte Calloway 21 Nov 1811 Alfred Willcockson b. d. m. Jesse Willcockson b. d. m. Sarah Willcockson b. d. m. Frances Willcockson b. d. m. Mary Willcockson b. d. m. Deborah Willcockson b. 03 Mar 1801 Ashe County, North Carolina d. 08 Apr 1872 Fulton County, Illinois m. (1) Daniel Jennings (2) Thomas T Bybee Samuel Willcockson probably died in Estill County, Kentucky. He is buried in a cemetery next to St. Helen's Grade School in Lee County, Kentucky, which was formed partly from Estill County. Among the flat fieldstone markers, beside the remains of an Indian mound, in a grove of old beech trees, only one is inscribed: Here Lies The Body of Samuel Willcockson Born 1755 Died N V R 1825 The date of death is crudely engraved but the rest of the inscription was carved in beautiful and precise Gothic letters. [Note 58] The date of birth conflicts with Daniel Willcockson's stated birth date of 13 March 1755. Sarah Tatum, who married Squire Willcockson, was a daughter of James Tatum, whose will was dated in 1822 and was probated in Ashe County, North Carolina, in 1828. After serving in the War of 1812, as a militia captain in North Carolina, Squire Willcockson moved to Estill County, Kentucky, about 1815 and to Fulton County, Illinois in 1828. [Note 59] Samuel Willcockson apparently moved from Ashe County, North Carolina, where he was enumerated on the 1810 census as aged 26-45, to Carter County, Tennessee, where he appears on the 1830 census, aged 50-60, and the 1850 census, aged 70, with wife Martha, aged 68. Charlotte Calloway, who married Elijah Willcockson, was a daughter of Elijah Calloway and Mary Cutbirth. She was born on 01 April 1792 in North Carolina and died on 18 June 1875. Elijah Willcockson, whose descendants spelled their name Wilcoxen, served in the War of 1812 and was a lieutenant and captain in the Black Hawk War. Elijah and Charlotte moved to Kentucky, where he farmed from 1815 to 1830, when they moved to Illinois. They are buried in the Wilcoxen Cemetery near Bryant, Illinois, where their tombstones contain their birth and death dates. His is marked, "nephew of Daniel Boone." Before marrying Deborah Willcockson Jennings, Thomas T. Bybee had been married previously to her cousin Rachel Hagan, daughter of Thomas Hagan(s) and Sarah Willcockson. [Note 60] WILLIAM "RED" WILLCOCKSON Born after 1755 Rowan County, North Carolina Died before Nov 1828 Barren County, Kentucky Married Nancy ------ Born Died Children: Thomas Willcockson b. d. m. Sarah ------ Daniel Willcockson b. d. m. Mary Willcockson b. d. m. John Masters George Willcockson b. c 1783 d. m. Rachel Hall 04 Apr 1808 Green County, Kentucky Isaac Willcockson b. c 1784 Wilkes (or Rowan) County, North Carolina d. 08 Nov 1826 Howard County, Missouri m. Priscilla Hackley 06 Aug 1804 Franklin County, Kentucky Sarah Willcockson b. d. m. Horatio Short 07 Feb 1814 Green County, Kentucky Nancy Willcockson b. d. m. William Mann 04 Apr 1808 Green County, Kentucky Rachel Willcockson b. d. m. John Tibbs Martha "Patsy" Willcockson b. d. m. David Caldwell 21 Feb 1810 Green County, Kentucky William Willcockson Jr b. c 1794 North Carolina d. m. Nelly Galloway 27 Apr 1814 Green County, Kentucky Catherine Willcockson b. 07 Nov 1798 d. 09 Nov 1882 m. William Willcockson 18 Dec 1818 Green County, Kentucky RENALDO WALKER [Note 61] Born 1760 Prince George County, Maryland Died bet 1825-1828 Knox County, Kentucky Married Mary Willcockson 27 Nov 1778 Wilkes County, North Carolina Born c1760 Rowan County, North Carolina Died bet 1850-1860 Lafayette County, Missouri Children (order of birth unknown): Mary "Polly" Walker b. c 1781 d. m. Moses Gatliff 05 Sep 1803 Knox County, Kentucky Samuel Willcockson Walker b. 13 Aug 1782 Wilkes County, North Carolina d. 16 Mar 1849 Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri m. Nancy Enyard Farris 14 Apr 1821 Kentucky Jesse Walker b. 1783 Wilkes County, North Carolina d. 1871 Whitley County, Kentucky m. Margaret Bishop 07 Aug 1820 Knox County, Kentucky Nathaniel Walker (twin) b. 10 Jun 1784 Wilkes County, North Carolina d. 09 Nov 1859 Saline County, Missouri m. Margaret Goodwin (Goodin) 31 Oct 1811 Knox County, Kentucky John Walker (twin) b. 10 Jun 1784 Wilkes County, North Carolina d. infancy m. not Elias Walker b. 1786 Wilkes County, North Carolina d. m. (Maria Moffett [Moffit] in Kentucky?) Joel Hayden Walker b. 08 Dec 1789 North Carolina d. 18 Jan 1875 Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri m. Cynthia Sharp 04 Jul 1819 Whitley County, Kentucky Jane D Walker (twin) b. 06 Nov 1794 North Carolina d. 20 Feb 1875 Bates County, Missouri m. James Brock Sears 03 Dec 1812 Knox County, Kentucky Rachel Boone Walker (twin) b. 06 Nov 1794 North Carolina d. 28 Feb 1835 Henry County, Missouri m. William Thomas Swift Diana Walker b. 1795 North Carolina d. Claiborne County, Tennessee m. John Coffee Pleasant Philip Walker b. 08 Mar 1796 Claiborne County, Tennessee d. 24 May 1879 Shawnee Mound, Henry County, Missouri m. (1) Rebecca Langford (2) Missouri Adeline Lindsay 22 Oct 1840 Henry County, Missouri Sarah "Sallie" Walker b. 1798 Tennessee d. after 1870 m. John Sharp 14 May 1819 Whitley County, Kentucky George Wilcox Walker b. 16 Sep 1800 Tennessee (Whitley County, Kentucky?) d. 24 Dec 1886 Henry County, Missouri m. not Renaldo (Renalder) Walker was a son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Walker. Moses Gatliff who married Polly Walker was a son of Captain Charles Gatliff and Christina McGuire. Margaret Bishop who married Jesse Walker was a daughter of William and Jane Bishop. Margaret Goodwin (Goodin) who married Nathaniel Walker was a daughter of John Goodwin. James Brock Sears who married Jane Walker was a son of John Sears and Nancy Brock. William Thomas Swift who married Rachel Walker was a son of Flower Swift and Mary Bledsoe (Bedsoul). George Wilcox Walker never married and left his estate to two unmarried children of his brother Pleasant. [Note 61] Renaldo and Mary Willcockson Walker lived in Claiborne County, Tennessee, near Cumberland Gap, when their son Pleasant Walker was born on 08 March 1796. [Note 62] Rebecca Langford, the first wife of Pleasant Walker, died in January 1832. On 22 October 1840, in Henry County, Missouri, Pleasant married (2) Missouri Adeline Lindsay, a daughter of Reuben Lindsay and Sarah Tinsley Wall. She was born in Culpeper County, Virginia, on 16 March 1819 and died at Shawnee Mound, Henry County, Missouri, on 16 July 1858. Moses Gatliff was enumerated on the 1810 census in Knox County, Kentucky, which adjoins Whitley County: [Note 63] Aaron Gatliff Knox County page 88 Charles Gatliff 86 James Gatliff 73 Moses Gatliff 73 Margaret Bishop Walker was born about 1799 in Cumberland County, Kentucky, and died on 20 September 1874 in Knox County, Kentucky. [Note 64] THOMAS HAGAN(S) Born Died Married Sarah Willcockson Born Died Known child: Rachel Hagan b. d. c 1821 m. Thomas T Bybee probably in Clark County, Kentucky After the death of Rachel Hagan Bybee, Thomas T. Bybee married her cousin Deborah Willcockson Jennings, a widow. WILLIAM BRYANT Born 1754 Orange County, North Carolina Died Oct 1834 Boone County, Missouri Married (1) Rachel Willcockson 1790 Rowan County, North Carolina Born 1770 Rowan County, North Carolina Died c1821 Calloway County, Missouri Children (1) (order of birth unknown): Jeremiah Bryant b. 20 Aug 1791 Kentucky d. 11 Jul 1834 Missouri m. Martha Plummer Hiram Bryant (probable twin) b. 1792 Estill County, Kentucky d. before 1840 Kentucky m. Sarah Evans 12 Apr 1814 Clay County, Kentucky Hurum Bryant (probable twin) b. probably 1792 Estill County, Kentucky d. c1847 Boone County, Missouri m. Thomas Bryant b. 10 Jan 1795 d. 05 Sep 1846 Ripley (now Carter County), Missouri m. Mary "Polly" Bennett 11 Dec 1817 Estill County, Kentucky Benjamin Bryant b. d. 1866 Polk County, Iowa m. (1) Elvira Burge Jun 1846 Polk County, Iowa (2) ----- ------ Rachel Bryant b. d. Kentucky m. Susan Bryant b. d. m. ----- Hutcherson Henry Bryant b. d. m. (Margaret ------?) William Bryant Jr b. d. m. George Bryant b. d. m. Elizabeth Bryant b. d. m. ----- Shifflett Married (2) Nancy Wood Born Died Children (2): (several died young) Due to the similarity of their surnames, which are spelled interchangeably in variants, William Bryant who married Rachel Willcockson may have been a nephew of William Bryan, who married Mary Boone, sister of Sarah Boone Willcockson, about1755, in Rowan County, North Carolina. William Bryan, who, with his brothers, built Bryan's Station near Lexington, Kentucky, was born in 1733 and died on 07 May 1780 in Kentucky, from wounds received from Indians on 01 May 1780, while on a hunting expedition. William Bryan, Jr., was killed by the Indians, when his father was mortally wounded. [Note 65] In applying for a Revolutionary War pension, William Bryant made a declaration in Boone County, Missouri, Circuit Court, on 25 June 1833, that he was aged 79 and that he was born in Orange County, North Carolina, in 1754. He volunteered into the militia in Rowan County, North Carolina, on 10 February 1780, and was sent to Goose Creek, about thirty miles from Charleston, to guard prisoners, wagons and munitions. Here he was captured by a scouting party belonging to Tarlton's dragoons. He served eight months as a private and did not explain how he was released from captivity. In January 1781, he turned out under Captain Hemphill to chase Tories and his unit joined with General Green for the Battle of Guilford Court House, North Carolina. On 30 March 1781 he enlisted as a private in the Regular Army under Captain John Dial and was discharged in 1782. Afterward he lived in Fayette, Madison, Estill and Montgomery counties, Kentucky, and in Calloway and Boone counties, Missouri. [Note 66] Family tradition reports that, after he was captured, William Bryant was placed on board a prison ship in Charleston harbor, from which he escaped by jumping overboard and swimming ashore to rejoin his military unit. This declaration disproves the family tradition, held by some, that confuses William Bryant, who married Rachel Willcockson, with William Bryan of Bryan's Station. It indicates that William Bryant probably was not at Bryan's Station before 1782. It also refutes the published statements that William Bryant was born in Wales in 1739; that he came to America in 1764; that he served in the Revolutionary War for two and a quarter years in Blount's Company, beginning on 26 April 1778; and that he was a captain under Colonel Todd and Colonel Boone during the Revolution in Kentucky. In his will, dated 27 September 1824, William Bryant of Boone County, Missouri, mentioned his wife Nancy, sons Henry, Thomas, Benjamin, Hurum, Jeremiah, William and George, and a daughter Elizabeth Shifflet. The estate was administered by John Ellis, who listed the known legatees of William Bryant, on 29 September 1845,as the heirs of Hiram (sic) Bryant of Boone County, Henry Bryant of the same place, Susan Hutcherson of unknown residence, Hiram (sic) Bryant of Kentucky, who supposedly was dead, Thomas Bryant and Ben Bryant, both of unknown residence, and three or four children, whose names are not known, by a second marriage. [Note 67] The first Hiram must have been intended to be Hurum. Benjamin Bryant apparently lived in Polk County, Iowa. [Note 68] Jeremiah Bryant died of cholera on 11 July 1834, en route from Kentucky to Missouri and his body was sunk in Missouri River. It has been said, without documentation, that John Willcockson and Sarah Boone had a daughter Nancy who married Benjamin Greer. Benjamin Greer and Nancy Willcockson had a son William Greer who married Hannah Cartwright and had a daughter Aley Greer. Unmarried Aley Greer had a son L. Will Greer who married Janey Church and had a daughter Daney Greer. Daney Greer told her granddaughter, when young, that Nancy Willcockson Greer was a niece of Daniel Boone. [Note 69] JESSE WALKER [Note 70] Born 1783 Wilkes County, North Carolina Died 1871 Whitley County, Kentucky Married Margaret Bishop 07 Aug 1820 Knox County, Kentucky Born c 1799 Cumberland County, Kentucky Died 20 Sep 1874 Knox County, Kentucky Child: Elizabeth Jane Walker b. 22 Sep 1832 Kentucky d. 09 Jan 1890 Kentucky m. William Patrick 05 Oct 1848 Kentucky WILLIAM PATRICK Born 1830 Kentucky Died 06 Jul 1892 Kentucky Married Elizabeth Jane Walker 05 Oct 1848 Kentucky Born 22 Sep 1832 Kentucky Died 09 Jan 1890 Kentucky Child: Louisa Patrick b. 21 Oct 1864 Whitley County, Kentucky d. 14 Nov 1951 McCreary County, Kentucky m. Calvin Roger Ball CALVIN ROGER BALL Born 23 Jan 1843 Whitley County, Kentucky Died 16 Sep 1926 McCreary County, Kentucky Married Louisa Patrick Born 21 Oct 1864 Whitley County, Kentucky Died 14 Nov 1951 McCreary County, Kentucky Child: Golie Mae Ball b. 22 May 1904 McCreary County, Kentucky d. 07 Jun 1989 Eustis, Florida m. John Marion Holt 1919 McCreary County, Kentucky JOHN MARION HOLT Born 10 May 1899 McCreary County, Kentucky Died 01 Mar 1970 McCreary County, Kentucky Married Golie Mae Ball 1919 McCreary County, Kentucky b. 22 May 1904 McCreary County, Kentucky d. 07 Jun 1989 Eustis, Florida Child: Chauncey M Holt b. d. m. NOTES [Note 1]. American Families with British Ancestry, Sir John Bernard Burke, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1977, reprinted from Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, London, 1939. [Note 2]. The Boone Family, Hazel Atterbury Spraker, Rutland, VT,1922, reprinted Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1974. [Note 3]. Data of Frank Baird, Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, PA, 1977. [Note 4]. Supra note 1. [Note 5]. Wilcoxson and Allied Families, Dorothy Ford Wulfeck, M.A., privately, Naugatuck, CT, 1958. [Note 6]. Supra note 2. [Note 7]. Morgan data of compiler. [Note 8]. A History of the Family of Morgan, J. Appleton Morgan, New York, undated, facsimile copy, University Microfilms International, Ann Arbor, MI, 1976. [Note 9]. Supra note 7. [Note 10]. Abstract, Haverford and Radnor Monthly Meeting Records, Frank L. Baird, Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, PA. [Note 11]. Supra note 5, transcript, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Will Book I, page 177, 1714-1758, Envelope No. 0677, pocket 1, No. 173. [Note 12]. Supra note 3. [Note 13]. Supra note 2. [Note 14]. Supra note 3. [Note 15]. Supra note 2. [Note 16]. Supra note 5, Draper manuscript 2B29-35. [Note 17]. Supra note 5. [Note 18]. Supra note 5, transcript, Abstracts of Marriage Certificates, Exeter Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania. [Note 19]. The Long Hunter, Lawrence Elliott, Readers Digest Press, New York, 1976. [Note 20]. Supra note 5. [Note 21]. Heads of Families at the First Census, North Carolina, 1790, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, 1908. [Note 22]. Supra note 5. [Note 23]. ibid. [Note 24]. Rowan County, North Carolina, Deed Book 9, pages 474 and 513. [Note 25]. Rowan County, North Carolina, Deed Book 11, page 320. [Note 26]. Rowan County, North Carolina, Deed Book 12, page 606. [Note 27]. Rowan County, North Carolina, Deed Book 17, page 727. [Note 28]. Rowan County, North Carolina, Deed Book 14, page 90. [Note 29]. Supra note 5. [Note 30]. Rowan County, North Carolina, Deed Book 19, page 254. [Note 31]. Supra note 5. [Note 32]. ibid. [Note 33]. Supra note 2. [Note 34]. French Tipton Papers, Eastern Kentucky University :Library, Richmond, KY. [Note 35]. Early Settlers of Fort Boonesborough, H. Thomas Tudor, Richmond, KY, 1975. [Note 36]. Supra note 5, Draper manuscript 23CC47. [Note 37]. Supra note 2, quoting Rural Magazine, Philadelphia. [Note 38]. Supra note 5, Draper manuscript 23CC49. [Note 39]. Sons of the American Revolution National Number 121670, Carl Otis Jett, Bella Vista, AR, 1984. [Note 40]. ibid, National Number 44264, Hiram Jett. [Note 41]. Correspondence with Carl O. Jett, Bella Vista, AR, 1985. [Note 42]. Supra note 5. [Note 43]. Towamencin Historical Society files, Morgan Log House, Kulpsville, PA, data of Mrs. Estelle Cosby, Giles County Historian, Goodsprings, TN, 1978. [Note 44]. Supra note 5, Draper manuscript 16C976, 9Sh 18b. [Note 45]. Supra note 5. [Note 46]. Supra note 43, data of Estelle Cosby. [Note 47]. "First Census" of Kentucky 1790, Charles B. Heinemann, Washington, 1940, reprinted Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1971. [Note 48]. Supra note 5. [Note 49]. "Second Census" of Kentucky 1800, G. Glenn Clift, Frankfort,1954, reprinted Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1970. [Note 50]. Fayette County, Kentucky, Records, Volume 1, Michael L. Cook, C.G. and Bettie Cummings Cook, C.G., Cook Publications, Evansville, IN, 1985. [Note 51]. Supra note 5. [Note 52]. Sevier County, Tennessee, Will Book, pages 82-84. [Note 53]. Supra note 5. [Note 54]. ibid. [Note 55]. The Kentuckians, Janice Holt Giles, Houghton, Mifflin Company, Boston, 1953. [Note 56]. Supra note 5. [Note 57]. ibid. [Note 58]. ibid. [Note 59]. ibid. [Note 60]. Data of Phyllis Hickey-Kay, Southgate, MI , 1993. [Note 61]. ibid. [Note 62]. Supra note 5 [Note 63]. Index to the 1810 Census of Kentucky, Anne T. Wagstaff, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1980. [Note 64]. Data of Chauncey M. Holt, Lemon Grove, CA, 1996. [Note 65]. Supra note 2. [Note 66]. Supra note 5, transcript, National Archives Pension File S16660. [Note 67]. Supra note 5. [Note 68]. ibid. [Note 69]. Data of Marjorie E. Godfrey, Black Mountain, NC, 1989. [Note 70]. Supra note 64.