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Friday, February 28, 2020

Notebooks - Mom's Families No. 4, Part 3


Guthrie, Nelson. Genealogy of J.W. Nelson Slavens Guthrie, typescript, nd.

 This information is very convoluted and in some instances contradictory to itself.

 Generation 1
John Slavin b. 1723 Tyrone Co., Ireland, d. 1788 Highland Co., VA, md. Elizabeth Stuart b. 1726 Scotland, d. 1796 Highland Co., VA.  John was a weaver.  Lived for a time in Pocahontas Co., WV at Meadow Dale.

 Generation 2
1. Isaac/Isaiah Slavens b. 1761 Augusta Co., VA, d. 1840 Putnam Co., IN, md. Martha Stuart.  Isaac was a soldier and moved to Kentucky then on to Indiana. - Isaiah Slavens in DAR b. 6/12/1752 Rockingham Co., VA, md. Martha /Patsy Stuart md. 2) Barbara Perkee. He was a Revolutionary War soldier, fought in the battles of Hot Water Springs, Jamestown. He was in the company of Captain KinCade of Colonel Moffet, Captain Thomas Hecklin, Company of Col. Simpson Mathias, Virginia Regiment, 1780.  Isaiah applied for a pension on April 26, 1833, died 1840.  Said to have had 17 children.
2. Comfort b. 11/4/1750
3. John b. 4/10/1760, soldier in American Revolution
4. William b. 6/3/1753 soldier in American Revolution

5. Elizabeth b. 2/10/1755
6. Naomi b. 1/30/1758
7. Reuben b. 7/10/1763 md. 4/16/1792 Nancy Kennison, came to Ohio, settled in Sciota Valley in 1794. Later settled in Pike County. Nancy b. 1772, d. 2/15/1839. They are buried in Galford Cemetery.
8. Daniel
9. Stewart/Stuart
10. Sarah
11. Priscilla
12. Henry
13. Jacob
14. Adelaide Eleanor
15. unnamed child
16. unnamed child
17. unnamed child

 Generation 3 - children by Martha Stuart:
1a. Ruben b. 10/12/1786, Greenbrier Co., VA, d.1870 md. ca. 1800 Elizabeth Fear b. 11/1782 VA, d. 12/26/1846. Ruben was a farmer. Reuben & Elizabeth emigrated to Kentucky from Virginia and lived there until 1826. Then they moved to Putnam Co., Indiana to a farm or land belonging to the government. This farm is now the Harvey Allison farm, south west of Brick Chapel, 3 miles north of Greencastle.  Reuben was a very public spirited man doing much to help build the new country. He acted as Justice of the Peace for many years. He lived to be 85 years of age. Said to have had 10 children.
1b. Mary / Polly (twin) burned to death as a child
1c. Sally (twin)
1d. William Stuart
1e. Thomas
1f. Henry
1g. Hiram

 Children by Barbara Perkee
1h. Benjamin
1i. Isaiah b. 1814, d. 1889 md. Nancy McGill
1j. Daniel
1k. James
1l. Willis
1m. Mary / Polly md. (--?--) Wilson
1n. Sally
1o. Ann
1p. unnamed child
1q. unnamed child
7a Charles b. 1795, d. 1871 Pike Co., Ohio, md. Margaret McClure, served in the American Revolution

 *Dr. John b. 1811 - parts of this work place Dr. John as the son of Isaiah & Martah (Stuart) Slavens and other parts convincingly place him as Reuben's son.  I have placed him with Reuben & Elizabeth (Fear) Slavens children.

 Generation 4
1a1. Ruben / Rheuben b. 10/30/1825 Montgomery Co., KY, d. 8/30/1893, md. Martha F. Inge b. 3/11/1832 Shelby Co., KY, d. 11/10/1895, both buried in Yates Center, Kansas.  Ruben was a farmer, storekeeper, ran a gristmill at Portland Mills.  Moved in 1869 to Neosho Falls, Kansas and farmed.
1a2.  John March b. 3/1/1811 Montgomery Co., KY. At the age of 19 moved with his parents to Indiana. He was a man of strong mind and character, a good student and a great reader. He grasped every opportunity to advance his education, thus deciding to be a doctor.  He taught school, later began his medical education. Studied medicine under Dr. A.C. Stevenson of Greencastle, attended medical college in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduated from the Medical College in Louisville, Kentucky. Dr. Slavens began practicing medicine in Russellville, Putnam County.  For several years he lived at Portland Mills, Indiana. On May 22, 1842 he married Sarah Warden.  Sarah Wardn b. 6/15/1818 Bath Co., KY, d. 2/25/1897, daughter of William & Catherine (Davis) Warden. She came to Indiana with her parents in an early day.   Dr. John Slavens was a royal arch Mason. He practiced medicine over 60 years. He practiced at Portland Mills, later moved to Greencastle and moved to Brick Chapel.  During the Civil War he was practicing physician. While the men fought he doctored families free.
1a3. Thomas Jefferson b. 1834, d. 1904 md. Lucinda Vermilion
1a4. - 1a10. children not named
1i1. Jack
1i2. Thomas Jefferson Slavens was born in Kentucky 7/15/1834, d. 2/21/1904 Centropolis, KS.  He married Lucinda Vermillion 7/27/1856.
1i3. William
1i4. Henry McGill md. Martha Spencer
1i5. Lyde
1i6. Margaret
1m1. Zena Wilson md. (--?--) Utterback
7a1. William
7a2. John
7a3. Isaiah
7a4. Reuben
7a5. Daniel
7a6. Stuart
7a7. Henry

 Generation 5
1a1a. William Henry b. 8/1/1849 Roachville, IN, d. 4/2/1897 md. Mary Olive Jones b. 3/31/1853 Williamsport, IN, d. 7/12/1937.  William was a lawyer, county attorney, legislator, newspaper owner/editor.  He moved in 1860 to Neosho Falls, KS with his parents and later to Yates Center, Kansas. Attended Asbury College / Dupaw University in Greencastle, IN in 1866-67.  In 1895 William moved to Kansas City, KS.
1a2a. Mary
1a2b. Isabel
1a2c. Julia
1a2d. Horace
1a2e. Clay, died age 7
1a2f. unnamed child born Dec. 22, 1852
1a3a.Woodford
1a3b. Franklin
1a3c. John
1a3d. Mary
1a3e. Elizabeth
1a3f. Reuben Oliver b. 2/19/1866, d. 12/12/1946 Centropolis, KS, md. 1897 Alber Lina Nelson
1a3g. Hiram
1a3h. Isaiah
1a3i. Vermillion
1a3j. Lilitha Connie
1i4a. James R. b. 1869 Albion, IL, d. 1931
1i4b. Eva md. (--?--) Swaff
1i4c. Della md. (--?--) Deal
1a4d. Alice md (--?--) Ashworth
1a4e. John lived in Kansas City

 Generation 6
1a1a1. Jessie Slavens b. 1/31/1873 KS, d. 8/1/1951 Opelika, AL md. (--?--) Newkirk
1a1a2. Queen M. Slavens b. 4/18/1880 Iola, KS, d. 5/3/1951 MI, md. James Leon Guthrie b. 7/26/1878 Mt. Vernon, IL, d. 8/1/1951 - parents of J.W. Nelson Slavens Guthrie b. 10/25/1903 Kansas City, MO, md. Velma Helen Miller b. 2/27/1908 Lincoln, NE
1a3f1. Vesta
1a3f2. Lucenda
1a3f3. Frank Thomas
1a3f4. Irene Opal
1a3f5. Reuben Nelson b. 10/10/1909 md. 1/13/1935 Juanita Woods
1a3f6. John
1a3f7. Frances Maxine

 Generation 7
1a1a2a. J.W. Nelson Stevens Guthrie md. Velma Helen Miller

 Generation 8
1a1a2a1. Patricia Guthrie md. Carlton Rauch
1a1a2a2. David Guthrie
1a1a2a3. Craig Guthrie
1a1a2a4. James Guthrie
Slavin / Slavens /Slavon name from Irish family diminutive from Sarlie, Slaviar, a mountain.  This surname was first established in the 7th century by a branch of Cinel which means family.  Eoghain Giolla (mg) aill, b. Sleinse was chief bard of Ulster in the reign of Malachy King of Ireland before Brian Born.  The Gaelic motto is translated "upper most."  Coat of arms - the colors indicated are red-gold and silver.  The line was founded by the son of Niall of the hostages, Chief King of Ireland, beginning AD 381. The son of Eagham founded Cincal. Eagham which is our line. 
History of Dearborn & Ohio Counties, Indiana, Chicago, IL: Weakley & Company, 1885

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Jones, Veda & Mabel Stevenson. William Moore Goodnight of Johnson County, Missouri 1874 - 1951, Historical Publications, 1983.
Ferguson, J.D. The Goodnights Trace Origin of name to a Knight of St. Michael, Star Journal, Warrensburg, MO, 4/2/1935
A well-known farmer and stockman, W.M. Goodnight, is living in the same community in which he was born, the son of George Givens Goodnight & Sarah E. (Campbell) Goodnight. They were married April 27, 1865 and lived until that fall near Knob Noster, when they loaded up their belongings into a large wagon, hitched two oxen to it and drove to the place he had bought northwest of Montserrat. Here they lived in a little log cabin until they were given possession of their new farm in the spring of 1866.
Mr. & Mrs. Goodnight prospered and added several hundred acres to their farm. They celebrated their golden wedding there and spent more than fifty-two years in that home. In 1918 they moved to Warrensburg and lived at 328 East market until his death March 10, 1920.  That year Mrs. Goodnight sold that property and bought a tract of land on Jefferson street where she lived until her death June 2, 1923.
Came from Kentucky - Sarah E. Campbell was born April 29, 1844 in Warrensburg township of pioneer parents. George G. Goodnight was born in Kentucky Dec. 26, 1841 and when about eight years old came to Johnson County with his parents, Thomas Goodnight & Martha Dawson Goodnight. Their home was near Knob Noster. The father died Oct. 13, 1851, leaving six children, Sarah E., George G., Martha, Margaret, John Henry and Mary Ann. Two children died in infancy.
Of these children: Sarah E. married W.H. Wells and they lived in Knob Noster for many years where he was a merchant and trader; Margaret married W.A. Wortham who lived near Knob Noster; Mary Ann married David A. DeArman, who was a prominent merchant of Knob Noster. Their heirs are in the West.  George G. & his family have been given.
Thomas Goodnight who brought his family here about the year 1849 and died in 1851, was born in what was then Lincoln County, Kentucky, Oct. 25, 1805. His parents were Jacob & Elizabeth (Hoover) Goodnight, who were married there March 15, 1792, the year Kentucky was admitted as a state into the union.  Some given the Goodnights credit of being companions of Daniel Boone in his first settlement in the Kentucky territory in 1775. While that may be true, it is known that there were Goodnights there within the next two or three years. They were there early and helped bear the brunt of the Indian fighting that finally cleared out the Indians, made settlements safe and in that finally cleared out the Indians, made settlements safe and in that unbelievably short time builded a state, the second to be admitted into that charmed circle of thirteen, increased only by the Green Mountain state, Vermont.
S.H. Goondight Genealogist - The early history of Jacob & Elizabeth Goodnight is not very well known. Their birth dates are unknown. They spent their married life right there where it began, he dying Feb. 19, 1843 and she April 1, 1820. There were eight children, all grew to maturity and moved to Indiana and reared his family there. He is the grandfather of Dr. S.H. Goodnight, dean of men in the University of Wisconsin, the family genealogist and a good one.
Jacob Goodnight was born in North Carolina a few years before the Revolutionary War. His parents were Michael & Mary (Landers) Goodnight. Their marriage date is accepted as being Feb. 19, 1762, probably in Virginia. It is though that they soon moved to Mecklenburg, NC as he bought land there in 1764. [our grandparents]
Mary Landers was the second wife of Micahel Goodnight. She bore him ten children and his first wife bore him fourteen before she died. His youngest child, Isaac, was born Jan. 1, 1782 at Harlan's Fort, Ky., after the father had been massacred some three or four months earlier.
Forced to Leave Germany - There is much traditional history surrounding the life of Michael Goodnight and enough authentic to make his life most romantic. He was born in Alsace-Loraine, in "high" Germany (this is disputed), the exact date is in doubt. It was claimed that he was ninety-one years old at his death, yet from his activities right up to the day he was killed it would seem that he could not have been so old.
The date of his coming to the American colonies is uncertain, most writers giving 1708. Others think that date may have been his birth date. Tradition has it that he was persecuted because of his religion and was forced to leave Germany. Some think that he lived in New Jersey or Pennsylvania, or both for a few years before moving to Virginia. He was living in Bedford County, Virginia, in 1755. (These names refer to the colonies as there were no states at that time.)  It is not known where, or when he first married, who his first wife was, or the name of their fourteen children with the single exception of one son. Christian, whose name appears on court records as relinquishing some property rights.
Member of Convention - Most writers agree that he married Mary Landers in Virginia in 1762 and moved to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, anyway by May 1765, as on that date he bought 190 acres of land there. As he owned that land until he sold it in 1776, it is presumed that he and family lived there for the twelve or more years.
It was while living there that the patriots of that county held a convention and it seems pretty certain that Michael Goodnight was a member of that convention made famous for its acts known as the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence which event occurred May 20, 1775, more than a year before the other immortal Declaration of Independence. While he sold his farm there in 1776, he may have delayed going to the Kentucky settlements for a year or two.
It seems certain that he was in Kentucky in 1778 as three sons, David, John and Henry, enlisted December 17 of that year and served for 220 days in Captain Richard May's company stationed in Kentucky under the command of Col. John Bowman. The grant of land to Michael Goodnight in Kentucky  honored him in that way because of military service.  Just what service is not known, but some of his sons, and possibly he himself, fought with the colonies and the English against the French & Indians; and some of his older sons were undoubtedly already in some of the armies fighting under General Washington's commands.
Killed by Indians - In 1781 he and his son John (the oldest son of his second marriage), took horses and went back to North Carolina for some personal effects yet there. They packed four horses with the goods an dmade their last camp within a half day's journey of Fort Harlan [Harlan's Station], their home. They unpacked, turned their horses loose to graze, warmed or cooked their supper and after making sure that everything was safe retired for the night. About midnight Indians stormed their little tent, killed the old man and shot an arrow through the body of John.
With the arrow remaining in the wound, John dashed into the dark woods, managed to elude his pursuers and after several vain attempts managed to catch one of the horses, mount him and reach the Fort.  A party was at once organized and went to the camp only to find Goodnight's body, the Indians had scalped him and fled. This murder is supposed to have been in September 1781. John was about nineteen when his father was killed and he showed the grit and stamina of a veteran pioneer.  . . .
The Goodnights have much interesting family tradition which is doubtless grounded on facts but colored somewhat as handed down through so many generations. There are many Goodnight families in the United States who can give little facts of their relationship, yet they all have practically the same traditions about the origin of the family name. This would indicate not only relationship, but also some truth in those traditions.
A Savior of Country - All of the family lines trace back to the family of Pierre de Terrail de Bayard as their common origin. Bayard (1473-1524) came of a line of fighters dating for more than 200 years. He was educated for the priesthood but he chose to fight and thus carry on family traditions. He did this so successfully as an individual fighter and also as commander of large armies that the French parliament made him a knight of the order of St. Michael and he was looked upon as the "Savior of his country." Because of his romantic heroism, his piety and magnanimity he was christened the Good Knight and the descendants of his family soon were known as Good-Knights.
Later when members of the family renounced the Catholic faith, they were forced to flee for their lives and they found havens in Germany. The members of the family took the German form of their name which became Gudknecht. Dr. Goodnight of Wisconsin claims that name in German means, instead of good knight, good servant. Be that as it may, there is a branch of the family living in Philadelphia that still spells the name Gudknecht and they have lived there for nearly two hundred years.
Most of the families in the eastern part of the United States spell the name Goodknight, while most of them out this way, omit the "k."  One of the most notable of the family, the late Charles Goodnight, the multi-millionaire cattle king and real estate baron of Texas, who lived to be past ninety, always omitted the "k."  They Johnson County Goodnights have a letter from him stating that fact. However there appear many different ways of spelling the name in the United States, yet there are good reasons for thinking that they all have a common origin.  [end of newspaper clipping]
Elijah Wade Dawson, farmer, mill owner, VA, KY - b. 12 Apr. 1784 Amherst Co., VA, md. 5 Dec. 1805 Sarah Logan, daughter of James Logan, d. 1 June 1855 Lincoln Co., KY. [Step grandpa]
Elijah, the youngest child of the five children of John & Charity (Wade) Dawson grew up on the family plantation in Amherst Co., VA. He was only four years old when his father died. In 1792, his eighteen year old sister, Mary married William Steele in Amherst Co.  About three years later, William took his family to Lincoln Co., KY where relatives had moved earlier. Until 1792, Kentucky was still a part of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
A year after her eldest child Mary had moved to Kentucky, Charity, took, took her family to Kentucky. At the time Elijah was twelve years old. . . . The Dawson family settled on the Hanging Fork of the Dix River about three miles northwest of what is now Stanford, county seat of Lincoln County.
Also on the Hanging Fork of the Dix/Dicks River, lived the James Logan family. When Elijah was twenty-one, he married seventeen year old Sarah Logan [Dec. 7, 1805]. He and Sarah's brother, Robert Logan, signed the marriage bond.  James Logan, the father of Sarah, gave his consent. Two days after signing the marriage bond, on December 5th, 1805, Elijah and Sarah took their marriage vows before the Rev. Joel Noel.
Just two weeks later, the bonds between the Dawson and Logan families were strengthened when James Logan and Charity Dawson were married by the same minister on December 20th.  [Charity's name was recorded as Charlotte on the marriage bond]. . . .
Susan (Dawson) Young
Elijah served in the War of 1812 in the 6th Mounted Regiment of the Kentucky militia under Capt. Abraham Miller & Col. Michael Davenport. . . .
Elijah died June 1, 1855 in Lincoln Co., KY. Sarah's death date and place has not been determined.
Children of Elijah & Sarah/Sally (Logan) Dawson

  • John Logan
  • Robert Beatty - moved to Johnson Co., MO
  • Elijah Wade b. ca. 1819 md. Martha Bosely - moved to Johnson Co., MO
  • Sarah md. Joseph Parr
  • Susan md. Michael Young (our grandpa, as his second wife, she raised our grandmother Nancy Louisa (Young) Runyon and Nancy's siblings.)
  • Martha / Patsy md. Thomas Goodnight - moved to Johnson Co., MO, she md. 2) Ransom Wells
  • James F.
  • Matthew E. d. before 1855

Elijah Dawson's Will, Lincoln Co., KY Will Book S, p. 271, April 24, 1855, probated Nov. 4, 1855, abstracted.
  • Payment of debts and funeral expenses
  • wife Sally $1000 , choice of slaves during her life, right to move to another slave state
  • grandson William Lewis Dawson, son of Matthe E. Dawson deceased, a slave Kitty
  • sell all property real and personal after above bequests and divided between children John Logan, Robert B., Elijah W., Sarah Parr wife of Joseph, Susan Young wife of Michael, children of Patsey Wells by late husband Thomas Goodnight, subject to Elijah's account book re: money already advanced
  • Item fourth. It is my will that my son John L. Dawson hereinafter be named as my Executor, shall hold in his hands during the life of my son-in-law Michael Young, all that part of my estate which shall be coming to my daughter Susan Young as her share therof, he shall hold said share as trustee for Susan Young during the life time of her husband. And he is directed to loan out the money which will constitute her share from year to year, and add the amount accruing interest at the end of each year to the principal, and loan it out during the life time of her husband Michael Young - And if she should survive him, then said Trustee is to pay over to the said Susan, said principal and interest, to dispose of as she pleases, but should the said Susan Young die before her husband, then said share is to be divided by my executor among my children and the children of Patsey Wells by Thomas Goodnight as the residue of my estate is to be divided. 
  • share to daughter Patsey Wells to her children by Thomas Goodnight, deceased, held by Robert B. & Elijah W. as trustees in the same manner as Susan's share above. Money will be given to children when they either reach 21 or marry whichever happens first. 
  • upon wife Sally's death, slave(s) divided amongst children and grandchildren
  • executors to hold $00 of Robert B.'s share to indemnify the estate for security for him in his lawsuit b/t James W. Griffith's administrators
  • wife Sally to have furniture that she wants
Sarah (Logan) Dawson was the daughter of James Logan and his first wife Martha (--?--).  Her siblings include Matthew, Baty, James, David B. & Robert. 
John (Hans) Michael Goodnight, farmer, emigrant ancestor, Germany, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky. Born perhaps 1708 in Germany.  Married 1) (--?--) in Germany, 2) Feb. 19, 1762 Mary Landers / Landis.  Died Sept. 1, 1781 Lincoln Co., KY. . . . 
The German spelling of the surname was Gutknecht, the Anglicized spelling became Goodnight. Since Michael signed the register with "his mark," the non-German clerk wrote down what he heard. This does not necessarily mean that Michael was illiterate, although he might have been, it only proves that he could not write English script.
Hans is a nickname for the German Johannes (John). Sometimes Michael was referred to as Hans, sometimes as John, sometimes as Hans Michael, but most often as Michael. Deeds and other records called him Michael Goodnight which is the given name we will use in this narrative. . . . 
The traditional story that our emigrant ancestor, Michael Goodnight, was a descendant of the Pierre Terrail du Bayard family of France is a romantic one, but can hardly be accepted as true without some documentary evidence to prove it.
Bayard, a French soldier in the service of France, was born at the Castle of Bayard in Dauphine about the year 1474. His whole adult life was spent as a soldier and he had been knighted for his bravery and loyalty to the crown.
Bayard died April 30, 1524 without a wife or children.
Those who wish to believe this traditional story rationalize by saying that even though Michael was not a direct descendant of Bayard, he belonged to this illustrious family who were so persecuted because of religious differences that they left France and moved over to the Palantine area of Germany before coming to America.
S.H. Goodnight, in his publication, gives this explanation, "If it were originally French, 'the Good Knight' bestowed for valor in battle, as has been suggested, it would have been 'le bon chevalier' and that, translated into German, would have been 'der gute Ritter' and not 'der gute Knecht.'  If we give due weight to etymology, we shall have to content ourselves with plebeian rather than aristocratic origin, for Knect in German means servant, or, in medieval days when knighthood was on the wane, it meant a foot soldier as contrasted with the mounted knight."
The story of the German Baptist refugee family of Gutknechts that came to America during the middle of the eighteenth century is an interesting one whether or not the connection with the French Bayard family of the sixteenth century can be proved or disproved.
After the war of the Spanish Secession and the devastation of the German Palantinate, many refugees swarmed to England and on to the English Colonies in the new world. As an act of brotherly love, William Penn invited these persecuted people to settle in Pennsylvania. Land owned by Penn in New Jersey and Pennsylvania was plentiful and could be had at a very reasonable price.
Two years after the founding of Philadelphia in 1682, a ship load of Germans (Quakers & Mennonites) abroad the Concord - called the Mayflower of the German settlers - arrived in Philadelphia and established the first German colony on American soil. The settlement was called Germantown and remained so for years until it became a part of the city of Philadelphia. It is interesting to note that the first formal protest against slavery in the United States was made by these German Quakers.  Another first was the printing of the German Lutheran Bible in the German language, the first complete Bible printed in any language within the American colonies. The date was 1743, the place, Germantown. [Germantown was also the home of our Hinkle and Fuchs/Fox families.]
The greatest influx of Germans during the eighteenth century was the fifty year period between the years 1727 - 1775. During this time over 70,000 Germans, half of whom were women and children, entered Pennsylvania through the Port of Philadelphia. Germans from the Palatinate in southwestern Germany along with Germans in Switzerland suffering wars, crop failure and overpopulation contributed the largest numbers of these emigrants to American soil. At one time there were as many Germans as English in the Pennsylvania colony and the English speaking people were apprehensive that they would soon be outnumbered and the dominant language and power might become German instead of English. . . .
All were seeking freedom and a better life for their families. Many might have been deterred if they had known the hardships that awaited them on the 1700 mile journey.  Gottlieb Mittleberger, in his journal gave this account:
"This journey lasts from the beginning of May to the End of October, fully a half year, amid such hardships as no[one] is able to describe adequately with their Misery.
"The cause  is because the Rhine-boats from Heibron to Holland have to pass 36 custom-houses, at all of which are examined, which it is done when it suits the custom-house officials. In the meantime the ships with the people are detained long, so that the passengers have to spend much money.
"When the ships come to Holland, they are detained there likewise 5 or 6 weeks. . .
"Both in Rotterdam and in Amsterdam the people are packed densely, like herring so to say, in large sea-vessels. One person receives a place scarcely 2 feet width and 6 feet in length in the bedstead, while many a ship carries four to six hundred souls; not to mention the innumerable implements, tools, provisions, water barrels and other things which likewise occupy much space.
"On account of contrary winds it takes the ships sometimes 2, 3 and 4 weeks to make the trip from Holland to Kaupp (Crowes) in England. But when the wind is good, they get there in 8 days or even sooner . . . "
By 1749 conditions had become so bad that many passengers, if not ill at the time of departure, were by the time they reached Philadelphia. Infectious and contagious diseases ran rampant and were a threat to the people of Philadelphia. Within a year the American citizens were able to get a bill passed to relieve these deplorable conditions and to limit the number of passengers on ships of various sizes. The ship captains were liable to a fine if they did not comply. The bill was passed first on the local level, then on the state level in 1751. The Act was also approved by Great Britain on May 13, 1751.
[Hans Michael Goodnight arrived in 1752]
By 1752, the land in close proximity to Philadelphia was taken up and incoming immigrants began to make settlements farther inland. The German people had already formed a colony in Lancaster County, and some had pushed on into Virginia. The route of migration of the Germans, for the most part, was: Philadelphia to Lancaster, Pennsylvanai, down [up] the beautiful Shenandoah valley between the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains in Virginia. How long Michael and his family remained in Pennsylvania is not known, but we do know that he was in Augusta County, Virginia, prior to 1755 when he was listed on the delinquent tax list of Sheriff Robert Breckinridge after which was the notation, "in Bedford."  Bedford, a Virginia county cut off from Albemarle in 1753 was south of Augusta County.
Rockbridge County between Bedford and Augusta, spoken of in other records as being the place of residence of Michael in Virginia and the birth place of several of his children, was a part of Augusta County until its formation in 1778. By that date, Michael had been in North Carolina for ten years or more. . . .
Michael's son, Christian married Catarina Cook about the year 1772. The birth dates of their eleven children were given in his family Bible. The eldest child was Elizabeth, born February 6, 1773, the youngest, Rachel was born July 20, 1795. Christian obtained a 212 acre grant (#313) from the state of North Carolina on Cold Water Creek, 1783. He spent the rest of his life in North Carolina. he died in 1828 and was buried at Bethpage Presbyterian Church Cemetery near Kannapolis, Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
Henry, another son of Michael and his first wife, married Elizabeth (Condor?). On August. 7, 1787 he obtained a North Carolina Land Grant (#674) for 39 1/2 acres on Buffalo Creek.  This creek was not named on our map of Cabarrus County, but we were told that it ran along the south side of the present town of Concord. Henry sold this tract in two parcels. One (28 3/4 acres to George Condor on August 21, 1792; the other (10 3/4 acres) to John Morgadnt (?) on May 25, 1793. He was already in Kentucky and had been for some time. He eventually migrated to Tennessee (Giles County) and settled on the Duck River.
. . . Major Silas Harlan, in 1778, built Harlan's Station (sometimes called Gordon's) on the headwaters of the Salt River in what is now Boyle County [Kentucky]. It was about three miles south west of the present town of Danville and seven miles from Fort Harrod. General Benjamin Logan built a fort at what is now Stanford, county seat of Lincoln County. He called it St. Asaph. Isaac Ruddell settled on the east bank of the south fork of Licking River about seven miles from the present town of paris in Bourbon County. It was called Ruddell's Fort or Ruddell's Station.
The dreams of the Goodnight for a new life on the frontier were short lived. In June 1780, 500 Canadians with their Indian recruits swooped down on Ruddell's Station and destroyed it. The French had cannons, the inhabitants of the fort, none. They agreed to surrender if their lives would be spared; Capt. Bird agreed (and perhaps his wife, Catherine) were among those that were massacred, the children were carried off to Detroit.  S.H. Goodnight in his manuscript, mentioned two, Michael and Elizabeth. He said that Henry was not heard of again. David and John were serving in the military and were gone from the fort. Peter also served in the army but may not have been old enough at that early date.  Perhaps later research will produce the birth dates of all of George's children. Eventually all of the children of George and Catherine returned to Kentucky. One reference said that it was twenty-two years before Elizabeth, with her two children escaped and made it back to her family.
Henry, son of Michael, was eighteen when he enlisted as a private in 1776 in North Carolina. He served two years as a private under Capt. Martin Phifer's North Carolina Company of light horse. Apparently he then went to Kentucky and joined his cousins, David and john (sons of George) who were in the Militia under the command of Col. John Bowman at Ruddell's Station. The three enlisted on Dec. 17, 1778. This listing reported by S.H. Goodnight led him to assume that the three were brothers. Henry applied for a pension in 1834. He was then a resident of Giles Co., Tennessee. . . .
An article in the Courier Journal, Louisville, KY, printed a feature story about Isaac Goodnight, "The First  White Man Born in Kentucky & His Descendants" under date line of March 24, 1904 Smiths Grove, Kentucky, the reporter said, (in part).
Undoubtedly the man who possessed the unique distinction of being the first white man born upon Kentucky soil was Isaac Goodnight. He was born in Harrodsburg January 1, 1776 (?) in what is now Mercer County. in the vicinity of Harrodsburg and Harlan's Station he grew up, destined to become one of the sturdy pioneer conquerors of the wilderness of Kentucky, and his descendants have borne a highly honorable part in the development of the State.
The father of Isaac Goodnight was Michael Goodnight who was born in Germany in 1694, and emigrated to America in 1708, settling in Rockbridge, Va.  Here he married and began farming in a small way. he was a warm friend and supporter of Patrick Henry and was a member of the Mecklenberg Convention which drafted resolutions declaring independence. He was instrumental in promulgating the Revolution, and only his extreme age prevented him from taking an active part in the struggle when war was declared.
In spring of 1772 he moved to Mecklenburg county, North Carolina. In 1774 he was one of the thirty men, under the leadership of Capt. James Harrod who penetrated the forests of Kentucky and built cabins at Harrodstown. He returned to North Carolina, and in August 1775, set out with his family and household effects for his new home in the wilderness. With him came several other families, the caravan having in all thirty armed men. No serious mishap befell the emigrant train until it arrived within half a day's journey to the rude fort at Harrodsburg, where camp was pitched for the night. All seemed secure, but at midnight, September 1, the fearful cry of the savage was heard, followed by gunshots, screams and confusion. Michael Goodnight was killed in the first onslaught, and his son John was severely wounded, but succeeded in making his escape.  Mrs. Goodnight, who was in a delicate condition [pregnant] at the time, fled into the dark forest. May of the emigrants were massacred, but a few escaped to the fort, where the alarm was given. A party was made up to drive the Indians away and bring the dead and wounded in.  Mrs. Goodnight was found two days later in the woods, lying prostrate upon the ground in a semi-conscious state, her face covered with a blanket. She was taken to the fort, where four months later, January 1, 1776, a son, Isaac Goodnight was born. A curious circumstance, preserved in the family traditions, is that from his birth until the day of his death Isaac could never go to sleep without a cover over his face. Two of Michael Goodnight's oldest sons served as British soldiers during the period of the French & Indian Wars, and participated in many engagements, one winning a captaincy for his bravery and gallantry. Four other sons subsequently served as soldiers in the Revolutionary army . . .
The article may have made a good story, but much of it was not in accordance with the facts. In the first place, Isaac Goodnight, born January 2, 1782, was not the first white child born in Kentucky. Historians concede that the honor belongs to a child of the Wilsons, one of the first families to settle at harrod's Station.
Thomas McMurry Goodnight in his letter to Asbury Goodnight wrote this version of the return trip to North Carolina:  ". . . He then moved to Mercer Co., Ky. at Harlan Station where they were posted with eleven other families. Grandfather Michael and his son, John, returned to NC with 4 horses to bring the balance of the property to Ky. on pack horses. Him [sic] and Uncle John Goodnight got in halfaday travel of the fort when they stopped to camp. They struck fire with steel and flint, warmed their grub, turned out their horses to graze on Peavine Creek, they went to sleep and left their campfire burning.  Then the Indians crept upon them, shot grandfather so he died, shot Uncle John. He sprung to his feet, run off in the dark, one Indian pursued him a short distance and left him. He was then in the dark woods by himself, to go back was death, so he tried to get hold of a pet mare. He swam the river 3 times before he caught her. As soon as day broke, he mounted her and reached the fort, got 12 armed men and went back to the spot where they had camped. There laid grandfather tomahawked and scalped. They buried him the best they could. My father, Isaac Goodnight, was born in the fort the first day of Jan. 1782. He was the youngest child of 24 brothers, half-brothers and sisters."
There were other inaccuracies in the Courier-Journal article. The date, 1772, given as the time of Michael's arrival in North Carolina was eight years too late. Deeds show that he was there as early as 1764. Neither was Michael one of the party of James Harrod who explored the area in Lincoln Co., Kentucky.  . . . Michael's entry into Kentucky was through the Cumberland gap and up the Wilderness Road. One more inaccuracy will be pointed out:
Michael may have been a supporter of the aims and purposes of the famous Patrick Henry, but it is doubtful that the two were good friends.  Patrick Henry (1736-1799) was born and reared in Hanover County, Virginia near Richmond. If statements that Michael lived for a time in Rockbridge County (it was still Augusta County until 1778), he lived on the western side of the Blue Ridge Mountains in a German speaking community and probably never traveled eastward to Richmond.  Patrick began to take active part in politics when he was elected Burgess in 1765. By that time, Michael was in North Carolina.
Among his descendants, Michael had the reputation for being an energetic, industrious, economical and prosperous German with the greatest contempt for shiftless persons.
Probably the majority of Michael's male descendants were farmers, but others became ministers, educators, attorneys, business men. The most illustrious one to date made it to the White House. Harry Truman's great-great grandfather was Michael Goodnight!  His mother was Martha Ellen Young, granddaughter of Rachel Goodnight and Jacob Young.
Ahnentafel of William Moore Goodnight:
1. William Moore Goodnight b. 2/26/1875 Johnson Co., MO, d. 2/21/1951 Denver, CO, md. Alice Butterfield 2/27/1901
2. George Givens Goodnight b. 12/26/1841 Johnson Co., MO, d. 3/10/1920 Johnson Co., MO md. 4/27/1865
3. Sarah Elizabeth Campbell b. 4/29/1844 Lafayette Co., MO, d. 6/2/1923 Johnson Co., MO
4. Thomas Goodnight b. 10/25/1805 Lincoln Co., KY, d. 10/13/1851 Johnson Co., MO md. 7/13/1835
5. Martha / Patsy Dawson b. ca. 1810 Lincoln Co., KY, d. 5/1857 Johnson Co., MO
6. George W. Campbell b. 1815 TN, d. 9/6/1872 Johnson Co., MO, md. 8/11/1842
7. Matilda E. Kesterson b. 1819 Greene Co., TN, d. 5/18/1854 Johnson Co., MO
8. Jacob Goodnight b. ca. 1757 Mecklenburg Co., NC, d. 2/19/1843 Lincoln Co., KY, md. 3/14/1792
9. Elizabeth Hoover , d. 4/1/1820 Lincoln Co., KY
10. Elijah Wade Dawson b. 4/12/1784 Amherst Co., VA, d. 12/27/1855 Lincoln Co., KY md. 12/3/1805
11. Sarah Logan b. 10/22/1788 probably Lincoln Co., KY, d. after 1855
14. John Henry Kesterson b. 3/28/1797 Greene Co. TN, d. 11/7/1873 Lafayette Co., MO, md. 11/12/1818
15. Sarah Davis b. 8/26/1796 Greene Co., TN, d. 8/25/1859 Lafayette Co., MO
16. John Michael Goodnight b. ca. 1709 Germany, d. 9/1/1781 KY
17. Mary Landers / Landis b. probably VA, d. ca. 1795 Lincoln Co., KY
20. John Dawson d. 1788 Amherst Co., VA
21. Charity Wade
22. James Logan
28. John Kesterson b. 1759 Fauquier Co., VA, d. ca. 1840 Greene Co., TN
42. Pearce Wade
43. Mary Ballinger
Family Group Sheet for Elijah Wade Dawson, farmer b. 4/12/1784 Amherst Co., VA, d. 12/3/1805 Lincoln Co., KY md. 12/3/1805 Lincoln Co., KY Sarah / Sally Logan b. 10/22/1788 Lincoln Co., KY, d. after 1855.
Children:
1. John Logan Dawson b. 9/2/1806 Lincoln Co., KY, d. 10/26/1892, md. 7/19/1832 Mary Ann Swope
2. Sarah Dawson
3. Martha / Patsy Dawson b. ca. 1810 Lincoln Co., KY, d. 5/1857 Johnson Co., MO, md. 1) 7/23/1835 Thomas Goodnight (son of Jacob & Elizabeth (Hoover) Goodnight), 2) Ransom Wells
4. Susan Dawson md. 9/28/1835 Michael Young in Lincoln Co., KY
5. James Franklin Dawson b. 1814 Lincoln Co., KY, md. ca. 1851 Eliza A. (Swope) Dawson, widow of Matthew Evermont Dawson
6. Robert Beatty Dawson b. 1816 Lincoln Co., KY, d. ca. 1865 Johnson Co., MO, md. Juretta Gilmore
7. Elijah Wade "Cap" Dawson b. 9/11/1819 Lincoln Co., KY, d. 6/4/1890 Johnson Co., MO md. 12/16/1846 Martha J. Bosley in Lincoln Co., KY
8. Matthew Evermont Dawson b. ca. 1819 Lincoln Co., KY, d. 1850 Lincoln Co., KY md. Eliza Agnes Swope
McDowell, Sam, ed. Kentucky Genealogy & Biography Vol. VIII, Utica, KY: McDowell Publications, nd.
Smith, Shirley & Betty Bowles. The Durall Family & Their Kin, no imprint, nd.
The name Durell (originally Le Vavasseur-dit-Durell [the vassal of a vassal called Durell]) presents relics of custom peculiar to the Channel Islands - that of having an additional surname affixed to the original patronymic. From notes appended to a Pedigree of the family, compiled in 1765, it appears that "the ancient name was LeVavasseur only, which is an old word of feudal jurisprudence of which the derivation is far from certain." Cambden states that in England it was a dignity ranking immediately after Barons; and it is classed by Bracton before Knights.
It appears that about the commencement of the sixteenth century the name Durell was added to tatht of LeVavasseur, possibly for distinction, as the family had at that time several branches. The name Durell is of French origin and there could have been some kind of alliance between the branches.
Thomas Durell, of the oldest branch of the family, omitted by error to style himself LeVavasseur in his first patent as Viscomte (High Sheriff) of Jersey in 1742. From that time his family discontinued the use of LeVavassuer.
There have been wide variations in the spelling of the name:  DuRelle (Ruelle means "of the select assembly"), Durel, Durrell, Durell, Durall, DuRall and several others.
The present spelling of DurRall seems to have originated with Mathias Simeon DuRall Jr., brother of Ernest A. DuRall.
The family of LeVavasseur of England came into that country from Norman with William the Conqueror in 1066. Those settled in Jersey have been located there nearly as long, for the name appears in the Extente of 1331.
Among the earliest records is Jean LeVavasseur-dit-Durell of Jersey Island in the English Channel.
Admiral Phillip Durell commanded the English Naval Forces at the capture of Quebec. He came from the Isle of Guernsey to Massachusetts about 1689.
In the 18th century seven Durells served the English Navy as captains.
One branch dropped the last "l" and went to southern France. Jean Baptiste Durel went from southern France to New Orleans (date unknown). James Durell of Frankfort, Kentucky believes he is a descendant of this man and there is a direct link to the other Durell / Durall families.  James Durell is descended from David Durell, son of John Durell. Mathias Simeon Durall (grandfather of Victor Durall Sr.) was the grandson of this same John Durell. Mathias Simeon's father was Ephraim Durell Sr. The Ephraim Durall family changed the spelling in Muhlenberg County, Ky.
The above information was supplied by James Durell of Frankfort, Ky. He corresponds with one man living in the English Channel Island of Jersey, who still carries the name LeVavasseur-dit-Durell. . . .
John Durall Jr. was born 15 May 1797 in North Carolina. he died 7 Sept. 1856 in Chariton, Lucas Co., Iowa, where he was buried at Douglas Cemetery on 10 September. He married 1 January 1821 to Eliza Jane Zimmerman, born 24 January 1805 in Illinois. She died 8 October 1850 in Pike County, Illinois. She was divorced from John in the April 1846 term of court in Pike County, Illinois. She married in that same year to Isaac Naught. Eliza died on 8th of October 1850 in Pike County, Illinois and is buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Pike County. . . .
Eliza Jane Durall vs. John Durall, April Term Court Pike County, Illinois: To the honorable Samuel D. Lockwood, Circuit Judge to in chancery sitting on the second Monday of April in the year of our Lord, eighteen and forty six.
The petition of Eliza Jane Durall now and for more than one year prior hereto a resident of the state of Illinois respectfully represents that on the [blank] day of [blank] she was lawfully married to one John Durall her present husband with whom she lived and cohabited as a dutiful and affectionate wife for a long span of time to wit for [blank] years next ensuing her marriage to and with the said John Durall whom your petitioner prays may be made defendant to this her petition. And your petitioner further represents that her said Husband John Durall has willfully deserted your petitioner and absented himself from her without any reasonable cause for more than two years prior to filing this her petition and during said time has again married and left your petitioner during all of said time to defend solely upon her own exertions for the support of herself and family.  Your petitioner prays an order of this Honorable Court divorcing her from the said John Durall and decreeing a dissolution of the marriage contract as present existing between them and your petition will ever (blank). . . .
Charlotte Durall born ca. 1790 in North Carolina. She married in January 1805 in Muhlenberg County, Ky., to Michael Goodnight, son of George & Catherine Goodnight, who was born in North Carolina around 1790. These dates were taken from the 1830 and 1840 census of Muhlenberg County. Charlotte must have died between 1840 and 1850. She is not listed with her family in the 1850 census. Michael's age on the 1850 census is several years older than it should be according to the early census.
Their children - The early census of Muhlenberg County (1820-1840) shows Michael Goodnight as having 5 girls born between 1800-1835 and 4 boys between 1800-1825. However we only have names of five of his children.
A. Harriet Goodnight was born around 1818 in Kentucky. She married 25 March 1841 to Frances Oliver Durall born 25 May 1815 in Ky.
B. Martha Goodnight born in 1823
C. Robert M. Goodnight born in 1825 married in 1851 to Abbie Harrison
D. Rebecca J. Goodnight b. ca. 1829 married in 1855 Archibald M. Adcock
E. Mary E. Goodnight b. ca. 1832 married in 1864 Henry Jernigan.  Mary E. is with the Noah Adcock family in 1860. She is the only Goodnight listed in that census. Michael has probably died.
Children of Harriet & F.O. Durall:
1. Erastus Cline Durall b. 31 Dec. 1850 in Muhlenberg Co., KY. He married 12 July 1874 in Collinsville, Grayson Co., TX to Mary Jane Mitchell, b. 5 Nov. 1854 in Arcadia, LA. He died 26 Oct. 1921 in Lakeview, Oregon. She died 3 June 1949 in Hood River, OR. She was a daughter of Frank L. Mitchell & Rebecca Ann White.
Children of Erastus & Mary Jane:
a. Artie F. Durall b. 28 July 1875 TX, d. 12 Dec. 1902 Indiana Territory, md. to Minnie (--?--).
b. Oliver "Ollie" Durall (female) b. 4 Nov. 1877, d. 4 April 1913 in Washington.
c. John E. Durall b. 2 Dec. 1879 TX, d. 4 Apr. 1963 or 1967
d. Rebecca Ann "Annie" Durall b. 19 march 1882, d. 5 March 1982 in California
e. Jemima "Jimmie" Durall b. 18 March 1884 TX, d. 13 June 1912 in CA
f. Lillian "Missie" Durall b. 15 June 1886 TX, d. 11 April 1911 OK
g. Gertrude Durall b. 26 Sept. 1890 TX, d. 1 Oct. 1984 in Orange Co., CA. She was married 25 May 1918 in Burns, OR to Richard Franklin Jones, a minister, son of William & Jane Jones. He was married several times. Gertrude md. 2) 16 June 1937 Ransom Hugh Foster. No children by Foster.
Children of Gertrude & Richard Jones:
1) Medford Herbert Jones b. 1 July 1919
2) Wesley Oliver Jones b. 14 Feb. 1921, d. 27 June 1972 in Indiana. He md. 1) 2 June 1944 in Eugene OR Ouida G. Arnold & 2) Lucille Hogan.
Children by Wesley O. & Ouida:
Ouida Gwendolyn  md. David Ross McCoy, children: Ouida Kuleen, Daniel Ross, Katherine Marie . . .
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Grantee List - Book, Page, Date, Grantee (buyer), Grantor (seller), brief description:
  • 1, p. 208, 6/26/1807, Durall, David from Watkins, Peter & Delia, 200 acres Cypress Creek
  • C1, p. 454, nd, Durall, J.W. from Commissioner, 1/4 int. in 
  • 3, p. 257, 6/6/1812, Durall, David from Mclean, Alney & Tabitha, 40 acres Caney Creek
  • 5, p. 127, 9/30/1819, Durall, David from Durall, Ephraim & Mary, 2 T Caney Creek
  • 6, p. 328, nd, Durall, John from Wilcox, Stephen, 94 acres
  • 6, p. 44 nd, Durall, David from Wilkins, William Jr. 340 acres Cypress Creek
  • 6, p. 130 nd, Durall, David from Durall, Mary Ann release as surety
  • 7, p. 306, nd, Durall, David from Durall, John & wife, 200 acres Nelson Creek
  • 7, p. 447, nd, Durall, David from McLvain, Abraham, 200 acres Cypress Creek
  • 8, p. 111, nd, Durall, John from Durall, David 200 acres Cypress Creek
  • 8, p. 208 nd Durall, David from Commissioner 1 T Caney Creek
  • 9, p. 345 11/13/1838 Durall, David Jr. from Bell, Thomas, 280 acres Pond Creek, relinquishment of dower
  • 10, p. 397 nd, Durall, T.O. [F.O.] from Wilcox, Stephen 330 acres
  • 10, p. 297, nd, Durall, Alex from Wilcox, Stephen, 330 acres
  • 10, p. 176, nd Durall, Ephraim from Shelton, Jackson chattle mortgage
  • 10, p. 312 nd, Durall, Ephraim from Smith, Sarah renunciation of power of attorney
  • 10, p. 399 2/13/1841 Durall, David heirs from Durall, Susan, land
  • 11, p. 93, nd Durall, Joshua from Wilcox, Stephen 80 acres Johnson Co., IL
  • 11, p. 78, nd Durall, Ephraim from Smith, Hugh G. chattle mortgage
  • 12, p. 446 nd, Durall, Julia Ann from Sheriff, 165 acres
  • 12, p. 332 nd, Durall, Oliver from Anthony's Jacob Extr. 171 acres Cypress Creek
  • 13, p. 24, nd, Durall, Ephraim from Anthony, Jacob's executor 50 acres Cypress Creek
  • 19, p. 213, nd, Durall, Elizabeth from Cowan, Leander, 100 acres Cypress Creek
  • 21, p. 491 nd, Durall, Howard from Heltsley, Jacob & wife 209 acres Pond River
  • 21, p. 398, nd, Durall, Harriet from Kincheloe, Sarah 42 acres Cypress Creek
  • 21, p. 398 nd, Durall, harriet, Kincheloe, Smauw (?) 42 acres Cypress Creek
  • 28, p. 564, nd, Durall, J.N. from Hendricks, James W. & Wife, 63 acres Cypress Creek 
  • 33, p. 240, nd, Durall, J.W. from Watkins, J.W. 2 acres Cypress Creek
  • 34, p. 479 nd, Durall, Joe from Nofsinger, james R. & wife, 35 acres Cypress Creek
  • 36, p. 282 nd, Durall, John A. from Durall, John & wife, 60 acres
  • 38, p. 121 nd Durall, John from Durall, John A. & wife 30 acres on Maintaince
Muhlenberg County, Durall Deeds Grantors, Granter, Grantee, Book, Page, Description

  • C.C. to Rice, Thomas J. 13, p. 133, negro boy Billy
  • C.C. to Short, George W. 16, p. 281 negro boy Willie
  • C.C. & wife to Short, G.W. 14, p. 546 chattle mortgage
  • C.C. & wife to Harkins, Jas. E. 17, p. 528 289 acres Pond, Long Creek
  • David to Watkins, Lewis, 6, p. 422, 140 acres
  • David to Durell, Elizabeth 12, p. 497, deed of gift
  • David & wife to Dural, Aphriam 4, p. 355, 90 acres Caney Creek
  • David & wife to Miller, Absalom, 5, p. 16 tract on Isaacs
  • David & wife to Ford, Eli, 10, p. 26, 155, 130 Pond
  • David, Jr. & Wife to Clark, Taylor, 9, p. 494, 200 acres Cypress Creek
  • David, Sr. to Edwards, S.M. 9, p. 489 100 acres Cypress Creek
  • Elizabeth to Coleman, J.E. 26, p. 53 100 acres Cypress Creek
  • Ephraim to Morehead, Charles 13, p. 228, chattle mortgage
  • Ephraim to Garrett, Stephen 14, p. 501 50 acres Cypress Creek
  • Ephraim to Morehead, Alfred, 17, p. 110 tract on Cypress
  • F.M. (?) to Edwards, W.F. 20, p. 138, 67 acres on Pond Creek
  • F.M. & wife to Dukes, J.F. 20, p. 316 100 acres
  • F.M. & wife to Duvall [Durall], J.N. 33, p. 570, 137 Pond
  • Harriett to Kincheloe, Sarah W. 21, p. 397, 31 1/2 acres
  • Harriett & husband to Anthony, Thos. J. 13, p. 254, 165 heir interest
  • James & wife to Green, W.L. 17, p. 561, 2 acres Long Creek
  • James W. to Henry, George R.  35, p. 37 lease coal bank
  • James W. to Shaver, Jo. A., 35, p. 37 lease coal bank
  • J.F.  to Duvall [Durall?] F.M. 20, p. 260 bill of sale
  • J.F. to Dukes, John F. 21, p. 314 interest N.B. Duvall
  • J.F. & wife to Grace, A.M. 24, p. .46 interest Sam. Grace
  • J.F. & wife to Yonts, A.J. 35, p. 399 10 bat East Creek
  • J.F. & wife to Van Pelt, E.A., 37, p. 140, 80 acres on Pond River
  • J.F. & wife to Duvall, E.A. 38, p. 50 80 acres Pond River
  • J.N. to Yonts, J.D. 43, p. 346 lot in Greenville
  • John to Wilcox, Stephen 6, p. 273 94 on Wards Run
  • John to Amret (slave) 6, p. 416 liberated
  • John to Bass, J.C. 11, p. 233, 3 tr. 212 acres Pond
  • John & wife to Wilcox, Stephen 7, p. 147, 200 + 94 Wards Run
  • John & wife to Reno, Rufus J. 29, p. 605, 30 acres on Cypress
  • John & wife to Jarvis, James M. 36, p. 124 10 acres on Cypress
  • Joshua to Campbell, James 7, p. 275, 3 tracts
  • Joshua to Wilcox, Stephen 10, p. 296 power of attorney
  • Martha & husband to Elkins, J.M. 23, p. 199 interest O.F. Drake
  • Martha L. to Elkins, John M. 40, p. 360 100 Long & Caney
  • Mary Ann to Durall, David, 6, p. 130 release on surety
  • Mathias ?to Nanny, Elizabeth, 9, p. 30 100 Hoopers Lick
  • M.L. & wife to Jenkins, John 29, p. 368, 100 Long Creek
  • M.L. & wife to Gregory, J.A. 31, p. 600, 5 3/4 acres Long Creek
  • Oliver to Cessna, Robert J. 11, p. 94, 165, 2 tracts
  • Susan to Clark, Taylor B. 10, p. 298, 25 acres Nelson Creek
  • Susan to Durall, David's heirs 10, p. 300 Relinquish dower
  • Thomas R. & wife to Reno, J.K. 42, p. 175 19 1/2 acres Cypress
  • Thomas R. & wife to Hendricks, Sara A. 42, p. 175 19 1/2 acres Cypress
  • Harriett to Woodburn, John A. 21, p. 396, 163 acres

Weathersfield, Thomas, ed. Kentucky Genealogy & Biography, Vol. V, Owensboro,KY: Genealogical Reference Company, 1975.
Smith Thomas Stone was born Sept. 22, 1830, near Camp Dick Robinson, Garrard Co., Ky., where he grew to manhood and still resides. His father, Smith Stone, also a native of Garrard County, was born in 1788, near Dick's River. He furnished a substitute in the War of 1812; was an upright man, a farmer, a millwright, a Baptist and a Whig, a Union man, lost thirty slaves in the late war and died Feb. 28, 1875. He was the son of Spencer Stone, a Virginian, a pioneer in Kentucky when the inhabitants had to seek safety in forts and stations from marauding bands of Indians. He was a Baptist and a Whig, a farmer and slave-holder and died about 1838, aged over eighty years. He married a Miss Smith, and their offspring were John, Caleb, Elias, Silas, Smith, William, Nancy (Clemmons, Montogomery), Lucy (Gaines, Forman), Mary (Collier, Allen).
Smith married Mary, daughter of Isaac & Esther Montgomery b. Dec. 23, 1791, d. April 14, 1874 & from their union sprang Matilda (Davis), Melinda (Hodges), Esther (Onstott), Elizabeth (Barker), Ephraim M., Sally S. (Hudson), Mary (deceased), George W. (deceased), Robert S., Smith T. & Isaac (deceased).
August 6, 1863 Smith T. Stone married Maggie K., daughter of Asa & Mary (Arthur) Runyon of Knox County, b. April 1, 1841 and to them have been born:  Mary J. (Warner), Silas S. (married Ethel Crutchfield, Dec. 24, 1886), Lulu B. (Dailey), Minnie M., Thomas A. (deceased). Maggie B. and William B. are two grandchildren. Mr. Stone is a farmer and owns 200 acres of productive land. He is president of the Sugar Creek Turnpike Company, a member of the K. of H[onor], a Democrat and a prohibitionist. His family are Baptists.
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