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Facts and Events
| Name[3] |
Colonel John Grant, |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
30 Jan 1754 |
Rowan County, North CarolinaYadkin River Valley ; Citation needed; source = OLT, needs verification |
| Marriage |
25 Jul 1775 |
Rowan County, North Carolinato Mary 'Polly' Moseby |
| Residence[1] |
1780 |
Kentucky, Virginia, United Statescame to Kentucky |
| Other[1] |
18 Nov 1804 |
Bourbon, Kentucky, United Statesgives deposition |
| Death? |
11 Nov 1825 |
Campbell, Kentucky, United StatesPond Creek Farm |
| Alt Death? |
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Boone, Kentucky, United States |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ardery, Julia Hoge Spencer. Kentucky records: early wills and marriages, copied from court house records by regents, historians and the state historian; old bible records and tombstone inscriptions; records from Barren, Bath, Bourbon, Clark, Daviess, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mason, Montgomery, Nelson, Nicholas, Ohio, Scott, and Shelby counties. (Lexington, Kentucky: Keystone Printery, Inc., c1932)
2:112.
SUITS IN CHANCERY--BOURBON COUNTY
(Records filed in book found in basement of Bourbon County Court House by Julia S. Ardery).
Depositions taken in Chancery Suit
To settle disputes between Thomas Respess, John Haggin and John Breckenridge, complainants, vs. Thomas McClanahan, defendant, filed Oct., 1799.
November, 1803
Thomas McClanahan files bill for review of decree.
- Lawrence Harrison deposeth: in yr. 1770, in company with Col. William Lynn, in traveling from, Limestone to falls of Ohio, after crossing Hinkston, they fell upon waters of Cooper's Run, and that that fork on which they were runs through the plantation of Thomas Manihon (?), Jr., and where Thomas Strother formerly lived.
- William Whitesell deposeth: in yr. 1779 he was first acquainted with Cooper's Run in traveling from Boonesborough to Ruddle's old Station.
- John Conway deposeth: he knew Coopers run 1780, that he was told of said run by Thomas Gilbert, James McBride, Thomas Stephenson, who were there before, and states at that time he lived at Bryant's Station.
- Abijah Woods deposeth: in yr. 1776 he lived at McGee's Station and that he got information regarding Cooper's Run from John Townsend and others, then moved to Bryant's Station and there lived four or five years, and frequently traveled the trace that led from Bryant's Station to Martin's and Ruddle's Station, passing near where Mr. Strother "now lives." Deposition taken Aug. 13, 1804.
- John Ficklin states he became acquainted with Cooper's Run 1781 or '82, that he lived at Bryant's Station; at that time; deposition taken Aug., 1804.
- Jacob Stucker knew Cooper's Run 1781 or '82, when he lived at Bryant's Station; deposition taken Aug., 1804.
- William Grant, Sr., states he knew Cooper's Run 1779, 1780, and 1781, he moved away after 1781 and did not return until 1787; deposition taken Nov. 18, 1803.
- John Grant states he became acquainted with Cooper's Run, 1780, which "now runs through place of Larkin and Willis Field"; taken Nov. 18, 1804.
- John Daugherty states he first knew Cooper's Run 1779; that he, in company with William Whitsell, Samuel Porter and George Lovelace (Lovelance) and Samuel Van Hook, was hunting and encamped first night above Grant's improvement; taken Feb. 9, 1804.
- Wylie, Theophilus A. Indiana University: its history from 1820, when founded, to 1890 : with biographical sketches of its presidents, professors and graduates : and a list of its students from 1820 to 1887. (Indianapolis, Indiana: William B. Burford, 1890)
105.
... Dr. Elliott married Mrs. Ann Nasby Willis October 2, 1832, in Boone County, Ky. Mrs. Willis was the daughter of Colonel John Grant, a nephew of Daniel Boone. Colonel Grant was a noted man in the early history of Kentucky, and Grant County was named for him. ...
- ↑ Sourced, in Clift, G. Glenn, compiler. Kentucky Marriages 1797-1865. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., March 1966)
1:8.
Woodson Wrenn, merchant of Lexington, to Miss Polly Grant, daughter of Col. John Grant, of Boone county. Married Nov. 5, 1805. [Kentucky Gazette 14, Nov 1805]
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