July 17, 1972
From: Bonnye T. Leary
Dear Yetive:
Received your letter while on a trip to Tennessee searching out McCracken materials. Was delighted to have the names of Robert's children but would like to have the dates of their births and the names of the persons each married.
I had thought that the Robert of Rhea County, 1830 census may have been the son of John with Margaret named in John's will of 1820. Do you know if Robert and wife (either Nancy or Mary) went directly to Arkansas from Rhea county or did they perhaps return to Washington county between 1830 and 1840 sometime. I have more McCracken marriages than I can fit into the families, perhaps some married twice or maybe some of Robert's children married there.
There are many descendants of Henry's children living in Jonesboro, Tennessee. Also there are some of another group from Virginia, so again it becomes a sorting procedure.
I also went to Rhea county while in Tennessee and did not find Robert as owning land, but found where John and Nancy Henry McCracken sold land which Nancy had inherited from her father John Henry, Sr. This was July 6, 1833.
I have much material on the McCracken's and lots on John and Margaret in Washington County. I had thought perhaps they came from either Chester (now Adams) or York County, Pa. All six of their children were born in Pennsylvania and I have visited the cemtereys in Washington and Green county, and have many of the tombstone inscriptions. John's will was probated Jan 8, 1820. Since all children were born in Pa, I assume they were married there about 1774 as John, jr was born December, 1775. I abstracted wills and deeds in Jonesboro and will be happy to exchange information with you on a continuing basis. Could you send me the census information which you have from Arkansas on all the children that went there. I feel John and Samuel and perhaps Robert married in Virginia as they came down to Tennessee.
The McCracken's intermarried with the Adams -- Mary McCracken Patton Adams Hamilton. She had 5 Patton children and 6 Adams. One of the Adam girls married a Chester and they all came to Tennessee. They came from Chester County, Pa.
Henry McCracken was a preacher and so was a John in 1815. Samuel gave land for a Methodist Episcopal Church in 1828, so perhaps they were all Methodist.
The old John/Margaret had a large estate which he divided among his children. John McClure and George Ewing are both shown on the Kings Mountain Soldier list of 1782. Is this your line??
I have the 1790 census for the United States and also some of the Pennsylvania marriages, but have been unable to locate the right county. However the Archives in Atlanta does not have too many books from Pa. Guess I will have to make a trip there later in the summer if I don't have any luck in locating them.
The tax list in Washington County 1814 shows:
Henry McCracken
John McCracken, Jr.
James McCracken
John McCracken
Samuel McCracken
Tax list of 1819 shows:
John (not Joseph) 1 WP, 138 acres
Samuel
Henry
John
Robert
Was Robert's name James Robert by any chance or do you know? I had thought perhaps they were one and the same.
Were all the children's names you sent McCracken's or were some Henderson. I have Robert/Elizabeth, Ewing/Emeline J, and John/Mary B from the 1860 census in Madison county. Please send me what you have on Robert's family and I will try to fill in the gaps and in the meantime will sort through the information I have and will send more in the next letter.
Hoping to hear real soon,
Sincerely yours,
Bonnye T. Leary
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From: Yetive (Denton) Ramsey
July 25, 1972
Dear Bonnye:
So glad we are working on the same line.
I worked out my own way of keeping records before I began buying "Family Records" and I still like my way. Feel free to make any changes and add on back. So glad you've been able to research in Tenn. Thought I would be able to do this after retiring from teaching but I haven't been able to get my heart-beat to slow to normal so I rest and work geneology by mail.
Hope this reaches you about the time your daughter leaves. I expect my son the last of August.
I don't know that Robt. (1783-1855) was James Robert McCracken.
John McCracken's children by Nancy Henry, never lived to have families.
Mary McCracken b. ca. 1833 d. young
Nancy McCracken b. ca. 1835 d. young
Wm. H. McCracken b. 1837, had "brain fever" when a child and was cared for by his half-sister.
Children of Robert & Mary B. (Kenner) Henderson: (Robt. d. 1840 Crawford Co. Ark. They came from Greene Co. Tenn.)
John E. Henderson b. 14 Mar 1835 d. 18 May 1870 buried in Upper Camp Ground Cem.
Wm. Kenner Henderson b. 1837, Ark. had children: Bee, Ena, Grace and Marion. They moved to Van Alstyne, Tex.
3. Robt. Henderson, Jr. b. 1839, Ark.
John raised only 2 of the Henderson boys as one d. young. One went to Tex. and had several daughters.
You are at least one generation back of my records. How are you related?
Some of the genealogy books were destroyed in Pa. flood. Letter from Mary Lontz of Milton, Pa.
Children of "Jim" (Bonnye penciled in: James) & Theresa ( ) McCracken - War Eagle Twp. Madison Co. Ark.
Wm. T. McCracken b. 1856, Ark.
Sam J. McCracken b. 1858, Ark.
They moved to Tex. after 1860 census -
Children of Sam & Bethinia McCracken (They moved to Mo.)
Ewing W. McCracken, famous Methodist Evangilist, b. 3 Nov. 1858, Madison Co., Ark. d. 1 Mar 1923 m. Mary A. "Mollie" Hillard. Children: Effie, Ella, Grace, Lon
John Dave McCracken m. ?
Lonzo/Alonzo McCracken
(arrow drawn from John Dave McCracken) his children:
Gordon
James m. Mellie - live in Okla., dau. Zula B.
Will Dave b. 7 Jan 1859, d. 3 May 1929 buried in Pryor, Okla. m. Arizona Basham, b. 23 June 1871 d. 7 Dec. 1949, children:
Claude McCracken
Earle McCracken
Ollie McCracken
Grace McCracken
dau. - m. Dewey Moore
Children of _________ & Mollie (McCracken) Jett - They d. before 1860
Finis Jett 18, b. Ark. living with James M. & Nancy Jane (McCracken) Doak
Sarah C. Jett 15, b. Ark. living with Robt. & Elizabeth ( ) McCracken
Minerva Jett 11, b. Ark. living with Campbell S. & Bethena McCracken
James M Jett 8 b. Ark. living with P. F. & Ann T. Payne
Children of Robt. & Elizabeth ( ) McCracken (#804 - 1860 Census, Madison Co., Ark)
John E. b. Ark. ca. 1852
Marion G. b. Ark. ca. 1855
Matilda J. b. Ark. ca. 1856
Wm. D. b. Ark. ca. 1858
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from Hempstiad's History of Ark. (1810)
p. 1025 - James W. McCracken, M.D. b. Franklin Co., O. 22 Nov. 1835.
His grandfather, Elihu McCracken b. N.C. 1770, d. 1845, came to Ky. and an early pioneer in Franklin Co., Ohio.
Arthur McCracken, father of James W., b. Franklin Co. O., 1804 and d. 1870's. His wife d. 1904. They are buried at Findley, O. Her name was Susanna Boyd b. Pa. She was mother of these other children:
Hiram B. McCracken
Amanda A. McCracken
Jane McCracken
John McCracken
James W. McCracken m. (1) Mary Morse in Hancock Co. O., 1861
children:
Alice
Arthur T.
infant.
James W. m. (2) Idella C. Reynolds
dau - Chassie M. m. John T. Armstrong of Hallville, Mo.
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W. F. "Bill" McCracken of Valdosta, Ga. sent me these families
James Alfred McCracken b. 7 Dec. 1825 near Lafayette, Ala.
m. Mary Ann Edwards
children:
Rachel Loncindy McCracken b. Resoca, Ga.
*David Alfred McCracken b. 17 June 1859 Ga. d. 1 Aug 1942 m. Nancy Elizabeth Garrett, 18 Dec 1890
Georgia Ann McCracken
John McCracken, b. Dawson, Ga.
Mattie McCracken, b. Dawson, Ga.
Children of David Alfred "Dave" McCracken & Nancy Elizabeth "Crick" (Garrett) b. 12 Aug 1873 d. 11 Aug 1962, Nashville, Tenn.
James McCracken b. 23 Nove 1891 d. 24 June 1962 m. 7 Oct 1914, Eula Bell Patrick
Annie Louise McCracken b. 9 Feb 1893 m. 28 May 1913, Samuel Hendricks Young
Thos. David McCracken b. 28 Aug 1895 m. 26 Oct 1916, Mary Holland
Myrtle De Alva McCracken b. 19 June 1898 m. 6 Nov 1921 Owen Kay Youles
Mattie Lucious McCracken b. 14 May 1900 m. 18 Mar 1925 Baldwin Turnage (divorced)
John Lambkin McCracken b. 27 Mar 1903 m. (1) 21 Dec 1925 Evelyn Johnson, m. (2) Vannie Wingate, 26 July 1947, m. (3) 20 Aug 1967, Mrs. W. T. (Kate) McCollum
Wm. Franklin "Bill" McCracken b. 28 Sept 1907 m. (1) 25 Oct 1932 Helen Nelson (divorced), (2) 15 June 1947 Willie Agnes Carter
Fred Raymond McCracken b. 7 Apr 1911 m. 30 Oct 1932 Juanita Lehr.
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(Think these belong to)
in book 8 Thos & Holmes (Elizabeth) McCracken
Remfre's Reminiscent History of Ozark Region
p. 612 - Nathaniel McCracken
Son of Thos. b. 1813 (Oct 17) m. Arissa Cates
son: Samuel G. McCracken b. 1851 m. Mary J. Roundtree b. 1855, Tenn. They raised the sons of Albert McCracken: Robt. A. McCracken, Samuel L. McCracken
p. 176 - John McCracken m. Sarah Luck of N.C. (They m. in Rutherford Co. Tenn.)
Son - Joseph R. McCracken m. Isabelle Thompson, Son: J. T. McCracken b. 1830
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1830 Census - Territory of Ark - John T. McCracken in Clark Co.
from "Forks of Elkhorn Church" by Ermina Jett Darnell
McCrackens b. in Ireland and came to America before the Revolution
Ovid, Seneca, Wm., Cyrus, Isaac, Elizabeth -
Some say - Ovid McCracken went to Indiana.
Isaac & Wm. McCracken were killed at Blue Licks, Ky.
Seneca McCracken lived in Md.
Son: Cyrus McCracken went to Ky. with his family & was killed by Piqua Indians, 1782, while serving under Geo. Rogers Clark in Ohio.
Sons: Virgil McCracken, Capt. in War of 1812
Ovid McCracken
Seneca McCracken
Cyrus McCracken
(Leestown, Ky. was settled by Hancock Lee & Cyrus McCracken)
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Ruth Moulton of Union City, Ind. sent this to me
Wm. McCracken, earliest McCracken, in Hunterdon, N.J. 1749, exec. of will of Isaac Osman.
A Wm. McCracken bought land in Frederick Co., Md.
his will, 1778, Hampshire Co., Va.
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He m. Sarah Osman, dau of Isaac Osman.
Their children:
(1) Ovid, (2) Seneca, (3) Wm., (4) Cyrus, (5) Isaac, (6) Virgil, d. 1780, (7) Jane m. _______ Flint, (8) Elizabeth m. ________ Lancaster
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from Madison Co. (Ark.) Genalogist - Summer & Spring 1970
Elizabeth Jane & James Monroe Doak, who m. McCrackens, are children of Joseph Melvin & Margaret (Deshane) Doak
This family seems to be connected with the Doak College of Tenn.
I have many more notes on Doak.
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"1815 Tax List of Randolph Co., N.C." by Winford Calvin Hinshaw
p.9 - Smith's District - location - value
Robt. McCracken, 200 acres - Caraway & Uharie - 600
125 acres - - 375
75 acres - - 18
100 acres - - 25
p.10 - Wm. McCracken, 565 acres - Caraway - 850
"Lancaster Co., Pa." by Gerberich
Donegal twp assmt. 1751 1757
John McCracken - 2 shillings - 6 d. - 9 s.
Thos McCracken - 2 shillings - 6 d - 5 s.
Lampeter twp assmt - Arthur McCracken 2 s. - 1757
Strasbury twp assmt - 1751 - James McCracken 1 s - 6 d.
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"Penn. Marriages" prior to 1810 - Vol. I.
Christ Church, Philadelphia 1709-1806
4 Aug 1769 - Elizabeth McCracken to James Corswell
17 Oct 1802 - Margaret McCracken to John Woodhouse
26 Oct 1768 - Mary McCracken to Allen Russell
Swede's Church - Philadelphia - 1750 - 1810
17 Aug 1768 - James McCracken to Eliz. Morray
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Genealogy Magazine - Wm. Montgomery Clemens - Nov. 1920
Cumberland Co., Pa. marriages kept by Rev. John Linn of Center Presby. Church of Cumberland Co., Pa., now Perry Co., Pa. 1778 - 1793 - known as Sherman's Valley
*p.51 - 1 Nov 1781 - John Macklin to Margt. McCrackin, both of Tabins twp.
*p.52 - 6 Dec 1781 - Hugh McCracken to Eliz. Townsby, both of Tabins twp.
*p.70 - 3 Oct 1790 - Wm. Nelson to Katharine McCracken
5 Apr 1792 - Wm. Smith to Abigail McCracken
29 Mar 1792 - Joshua McCracken to Martha Morrow (Bonnye's note: John or Joshua?)
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Tax List - 1st Census of Ky. 1790 was burned with Washington in War of 1812, compiled by Chas. B. Heineman
p. 62 - McCrackin - John - Fayette Co. Ky - 11 Jan 1790
McCrackin - CCincku - Woodford Co. Ky - 27 May 1790 (Bonnye's note: Seneca)
McCrackin - Cyres - Fayette Co. Ky - 4 Aug 1789
McCrackin - Senekee - Fayette Co. Ky - 4 Aug 1789
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Washington Co. Tenn. Tax List 1819
In Capt. McClure's Co.
Joseph McCracken 1 W.P. 138 acres (Bonnye's note: I didn't find Joseph)
Samuel McCracken 1 W.P.
Capt. Smith's Co.
Henry McCracken 1 W.P., 1/4 town lot
John McCracken 2 Black Polls, 188 acres, 1 1/2 town lot
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Heads of Families - 1790 Census, Pa.
Name - Location - Himself - Son Under 16 - Wife & Daus.
*Alexander McCracken - Cumberland Co. - 1 - 2 - 3
James McCracken - Cumberland Co. -
*John McCracken - Chester Co. - 1 - 5 - 3
John McCracken - Chester Co., Vincent twp. - 1- 2
Joseph McCracken - Allegheny Co. - 1 - 2 - 4
Martha McCracken - Chester Co. - 2 - 2 - 2
Samuel McCracken - Cumberland Co. - 1 - 5 - 3
Thos. McCracken - Chester Co. - 2 - 1 - 5
Thos. McCracken - Chester Co. - 1 - 1 - 5
(widow) McCracken - Chester Co. - 2 -3 - 6
Wm. McCracken - Cumberland Co. - 1 -1 - 7
Robt. McCracken - York Co. - 1 -1 -2
John McCracken - York Co. - 1 - 2 - 3
John McCracken - Westmoreland Co. -
Wm McCracken - Mifflin Co. - 1 - 3 -3
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"Western N.C. 1730 - 1913" by James Preston Arthur
Among leading families of Haywood Co., N.C. were McCrackens
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These are statements from queries in Genealogical Helper:
Samuel McCracken m. 1807, Margaret McGuire
Joseph McCracken b. 1775 m. Elizabeth Curtis, b. 1777
Joseph McCracken b. 1736, Worcester, Mass. m. Sarah Turner
Joseph McCracken b. 1739 d. 1818, Salem, NY
Robt. McCracken b. ca. 1820, Ireland m. Edith Boyle, lived in Pittsburgh, Pa. - 1848, Meigs Co., O., 1852; Nebraska, 1870.
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Ruth Moulton sent these notes:
Ky. Cemetery Records Vol. 1 - p. 129 - Franklin Co., Cem:
Seneca McCracken 1757 - 1829; wife Rebecca, 1764 - 1816, buried on McCracken farm, Forks of Elkhorn.
McCracken Cem. near Port Royal: Wm., son of W.M. & Jane McCracken, b. 5 Aug 1804 d. 4 Apr 1826.
Nancy McCracken b. Sept 1814 d. 14 Sep 18__.
Wm. McCracken b. 15 Jan 1778 d. 4 Sept 1826, wife, Jane b. 22 Feb 1781, d. 16 June 1867.
Marriages of Cecil & Hartford Counties, Md. 1777 - 1840
p. 15 - McCracken, John & Sarah McClain, 10 Dec 1795, Minister Wm. Duke
p. 20 - McCracken, John & Elizabeth Hukill, 16 Aug 1800, Min. Wm. Cosden
p. 23 - McCracken, James & Anne Armstrong, 29 June 1803
- McCracken, Wm. (b. Ireland) & Ruth Richardson, 27 May 1803
p. 45 - McCracken, James & May Ann Garey, 20 Mar 1822
p. 54 - McCracken, John & Martha Jane Cazier, 16 Feb 1829
Brumbaugh - History of Maryland
McCracken, Ann to Geo. Fowler, 25 June 1791, Minister Coudon
McCracken, Ann to Wm. Roberson, 26 Jan 1796, Minister Duke
McCracken, Ruth to Nicholas Hyland, 28 Feb 1815, Minister McGraw
McCracken, Martha to Isaac Greer, 22 Sept 1777, Minister Wm. Thompson
McCracken, Martha to John Howard, 29 May 1802, ----------
McCracken, John to Sarah McClain, 10 Dec 1800, Minister Duke
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Virginians in the Revolution p. 520
McCracken, Cyrus (Ill. Papers)
McCracken, Isaac killed at Bryan's Station in 1782
McCracken, Isaac paid off in 1775 at Pittsburgh as ensign
McCracken, James Bounty Warrants
McCracken, Ovid Pittsburgh
McCracken, Segwick (Ill. Papers)
McCracken, Silus (Cyrus?) Pittsburgh
McCracken, Shnick (Seneca?) (Ill. Papers)
McCracken, Sinnica, Lieut. (Seneca?)
McCracken, Wm. Capt. of Horses......Clark's Ill. Reg.
McCracken, Cyrus - Pittsburgh
McCracken, Wm. Capt. of a company of Light House in the Ill. Militia, Clark's Ill. Regiment
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Pension Abstracts of Md. Soldiers of the Revolution, War of 1812 and Indian Wars who settled in Ky.
by Mrs. Carl McGhee
p. 49-Affidavit of Wm. McCracken on bounty land warrant, Henry Co., Ky.
p. 587-McCracken, James, private- - Capt. Lee's Legion - 4 Oct 1780-1783
p. 46-McCracken, Joseph, 20 July 1776, Enrolled by Capt. Jacob Good - - for the Flying Camp
p. 75-McCracken, 1st Lt. Isaac from Frederick Co., Md. - 15 Oct 1776
p. 229-McCracken, Isaac Lt. 10 Dec 1776 - 16 Aug 1780
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Old Ky. Entries & Deeds - by: Wm. Rouse Jillson
11/8/1831 - Seneca McCracken, heirs, Franklin Co. Bk.Z. p 9 Elkhorn Creek
8/16/1806 - Virgil, Ovid, & Cyrus McCracken, Woodford Co., Ky., Cylas Creek, Bk. K.
3/31/1830 - Otha McCracken, Franklin Co., 170A Bk.Y.on Elkhorn p.446
12/6/1817 - Jno McCraken, Bracken, 100A Ohio River, Bk. R p 591
5/11/1842 - Ovid McCracken, heirs, Meade Co., 1533A, Otter Creek, Bk. 27
p. 242 - Jefferson Co. Entries
1/18/1780 - Cyrus McCracken 400 A Bk A p. 9 Glenn's Creek
4/29/1780 - Cyrus McCracken 50A Bk A p. 38 Ky. River
6/26/1780 - Cyrus McCracken 50A Bk A p. 122 Ohio River
6/26/1780 - Cyrus McCracken 150 A Bk A p. 153 Elkhork Creek
7/10/1780 - Cyrus McCracken 500 A Bk A p. 161 N. Fork of Elkhorn Creek
7/10/1780 - Cyrus McCracken 150 A Bk A p. 161 Elkhorn
12/25/1782 - Isaac McCracken 1000 A Bk A p. 242 Drennon's Lick Creek
4/20/1780 - James McCracken 400 A Bk A p. 38 Elkhorn
1/18/1780 - John McCracken 400 A Bk A p. 9 S. Fork of Elkhorn
4/29/1780 - John McCracken 500 A Bk A p. 37 S. Fork of Elkhorn
7/18/1781 - Seneca McCracken et al 1000 A Bk A p. 215 Rowling Fork
12/28/1779 - Wm. McCracken 400 A Bk A p. 7 Stoner's Fork
2/5/1780 - Wm McCracken 400 A Bk A p. 12 Ky. River
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Ky. Pioneers & Court Records by: McAdams
McConnell, Martha, widow of Archibald McConnell, Sr. of Bourbon Co., Ky.
Children: (1) James, (2) Samuel, (3) John, (4) Archibald, Jr. m. Sarah McCracken of Clark Co., Ky., (5) Catherine, (6) Sampson, (7) Martha, (8) Joseph
1802 - Bourbon Co., Ky.
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Hope these notes will help you put a few more together.
Sincerely,
Yetive (Denton) Ramsey
I'm anxious to get your notes.
Copy, correct, write on back, etc. of my charts and return, please.
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Sept. 16, 1972
From: Yetive Denton Ramsey
Dear Bonnye:
Sorry, I misplaced your letter. You are so much farther back than I've gone, you puzzle me. I've been stopped with Robt. McCracken for years and you really give me a thrill. I'm sending some blank sheets which you may use and return to me if its easier for you.
I can't tell you where all my information came from but I'll try.
In Madison Co. (Ark.) Genealogist, June 1969, p.68-69, is a list of Early Land Claims - - - Northeastern Madison Co. and the other page is a map with numbers showing where each man had land. The 1968 - 69 issues are bound otgether but I'll try to tak apart & put through xerox machine for you next week. It is continued in other issues, too. I'be been back to Ark. as you went to Tenn. and talked with kin, etc. So many of the families married back and forth, I think you'll need all the lists and maps.
Is Geo. Ewing a brother to Rebecca (Ewing) McClure?
According to "The McClure Clan - Genealogy of the S.W. Mo. Branch" compiled by Mabel B. McClure, John McClure and wife, Rebecca Ewing imigrated to America in 1790, with 3 sons: James "Jim", Wm. "Billie", and Robt. "Bob". Their son John Ewing was b. 1790, 3 mo. after they arrived. He d. 1835. Nancy b. Lynchburg, VA 1792 m. Robt. McCracken
Mary "Polly" McClure was the youngest. Maybe this book isn't authentic. So many have mistakes.
Goodspeed's N.W. Ark. History, 1889 said Robt. moved with his parents to Jonesboro, Tenn. and then to Rhea Co., Tenn. He was of Scotch-Irish descent. He was a farmer, a soldier in the War of 1812 and was on his way to the Battle of New Orleans while it was being fought. He m. Nancy McClure, also of Scotch-Irish descent, who was b. in Va. and d. in Madison Co., Ark. 1839. They were members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. To their marriage was born "nine children." In 1889, 5 were living. (I've found 11 children - maybe Minerva doesn't belong - maybe this is a mistake in Goodspeed).
In a book in Clayton Library, Houston, Texas - can't find name -
6 Jan 1773 - on ship Lord Dunlace, from Ireland James McClure
1767 - John McClure, Jane McClure, Wm. McClure
Sept. 1767 on ship Britannia, John Bryan, Commander
Christian McClure age 40
Jannet McClure age 12
John McClure age 7
Samuel McClure age 4
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Robert was a private in Capt. Jonathan Waddles Co., Regiment Commanded by Col. Samuel Baylis. Robt. was drafted at Jonesboro, Tenn. for 6 months - 1 Nov 1814 and discharged at Jonesboro the last day of April 1815. He appeared 5 Nov 1850, Co. of Madison, Ark. to apply for bounty land. At this time he was age 66. Justice of Peace was Ebenezer Brown.
Bounty Land Claim - 9 May 1855 - He was 73
Land Warrant, #16056 for 80 acres, he disposed of at earlier date.
25 July 1857, Nancy, age 65, she was asking for land warrant #25777 which he applied for 9 May 1855 and it was granted 11 Mar 1856, after his death. She signed with her mark X.
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Please feel free to tell me where your records differ from mine. That way we will know where to hunt farther.
Think the Federal Constitution was adopted in Philadelphia Dec. 1787 so Robt. was b. Pa. before it was a state.
I have notes and records from many people on McClure and McCracken. If you send me records, I'll try to help you, too.
Hope you can tell me Robert's parents, brothers, sisters and other ancestors, if you've found them.
As you know it has taken me hours to fix this for you. Copy what you wish, add to or suggest changes and return to me. I'll do the same with notes you send to me.
Is Henry a bro to Robert who m. Nancy McClure?
Were John & Margaret ( ) McCracken parents of Robt.?
Thanks for any all helps you can send to me.
Sincerely,
Yetive Ramsey
P.S. I'll hunt more census records next time.
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Sept. 20, 1972
From: Bonnye T. Leary
(Copy of Will (John 1820) sent)
Dear Yetive:
Sorry for the delay in answering, but with my daughter and family here, I found I just didn't have time to do any family work. Her husband in the air force and they get a month off each year. She has two children 4 and 2 years old.
I quit working last December when we moved from Atlanta to the lake permanently. My husband travels for Armco Steel Corporation. I used to teach school in Oklahoma before we moved to the southern states. Then I worked at Emory University in the administration office for 12 years. Now, just family hunting.
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