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John McCreary was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia __________________________ [edit] Noteshttp://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3266317&id=I647475807 ID: I647475807 Name: John MCCREARY Given Name: John Surname: McCreary Sex: M Birth: 10 Nov 1765 in Augusta Co., VA 1 Death: 6 Oct 1821 in West End, IL 1 Father: Robert MCCREERY b: Abt 1740 in Maryland Mother: Mary MCCLANAHAN b: Abt 1748 in Augusta Co., VA Marriage 1 Margaret BLACK b: 4 Mar 1768 in Augusta Co., VA Married: 27 Mar 1787 in Fayette Co., KY 1 Children
Sources: Title: janet skelton.FTW Repository: Waddell's Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871 Chapter 5: Indian Wars, &c, from 1756 to 1758 - Page 157 http://www.roanetnhistory.org/bookread.php?loc=WaddellsAnnals&pgid=169 THE PRESTON REGISTER. The following is a copy of one of the collections of Dr. Lyman C. Draper, which are preserved by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. The paper is called “The Preston Register,” possibly because the authorship was attributed to Col. William Preston. There are, however, some errors in the list, particularly in regard to names, which Colonel Preston would not have committed: “A register of the persons who have been either killed, wounded, or taken prisoners by the enemy, in Augusta county, as also such as have made their escape.” John McCreary, Cow Pasture, prisoner. Wm. McCreary, Cow Pasture, prisoner. Augusta County, VA - Will Book 6, Abstracts From "Chalkley's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish in Virginia" USGenWeb Archives http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb WILL BOOK No. VI. http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/wills/willbk6.txt Page 267.--29th December, 1782. Inquisition at David Frame's before John McCreerey, one of the Coroners, on view of body of Gerrel Pheland-- Witnesses John McRoberts, James Young, that on said day they found said Wheland lying in the Cowpasture River without any wounds. Verdict: He was drowned in attempting to cross the river. Pat. Miller, Andrew Suttlington, Robt. McCreerey, Wm. Black, Alex. Black, Abram Hempenstall, David Frame, Jeremiah Frame, Mathias Benston, Sampson Willson, Chas. Cameron, James Henry. Page 268.--3d March, 1783. Inquisition at same place before John McCreerey, Coroner, on view of body of John Mitchell-- Witnesses Leonard Bell, Van Swearingen et als., believed to have died a natural death at Frame's Still House on 2d March. Leonard Bell, Van Sweoringen, Joseph Mays, Geo. Francisco, John McRoberts, Wm. Young, James Kenny, Robt. McCreery, Jno. Montgomery, Geo. Benston, Jas. Montgomery, Jeremiah Frame. Early history of Clark County, Kentucky by J. Green Trimble on August 15, 1910 http://www.iei.net/~toolman1/BRANN%20PAGE-20.html I have in my possession an affidavit of an official of the War Department at Washington, certifying (that my grandfather) Michael O’Hair, was on the pay-roll of the Revolutionary War, which will make all of his female descendants eligible to the Daughters of the American Revolution. The State of Kentucky was admitted into the Union as an independent State in 1792, and, divided by act of Congress into three counties - Fayette, Jefferson, and Lincoln. The county of Fayette embracing all the territory East of the Kentucky River, beginning at its mouth and running up same to the Virginia line, The county of Clark was made of parts of Fayette and Bourbon by an act of the Legislature to take effect from and after the 1st day of February 1793, and bounded as follows: Beginning at the mouth of Boone’s Creek on the Kentucky River; thence up same to the mouth Welch’s Fork; thence a direct line to Bourbon line, such a course as will leave the house of John McCreary, Sr., one quarter of a mile to the Westward; thence a straight line to Stone’s Fork of Licking, such a course as will leave Bourbon Court House eleven miles from the nearest point of said line; thence a straight line to the line of Mason County, so as to leave the Blue Lick two miles to the Northwest thereof; thence up the main branch of Licking along the line of Mason County to the head thereof; thence along the said line, a direct course from the head of Licking to strike the nearest point of Cumberland mountain; thence along said mountain Southward to the present line of Bourbon county to the head of Kentucky; thence down the same to the beginning. After the formation of Clark County, my grandfather immediately removed to and settled in the vicinity of Mt. Sterling which was then in Clark County, where he formed a second matrimonial alliance by marrying Miss Elizabeth Tribbett, who was an orphan, born in Virginia and brought from that state by a widow Cooper, and did not have a relative in that state. He continued to reside in this county until Montgomery County was made, which was four years and one month after the formation of Clark. Clark County when first established was about 200 miles in length and with an average width of over 40 miles and included all the territory between Licking and Kentucky rivers, from two miles above the Blue Lick Springs on Licking and the mouth of Boones Creek on the Kentucky River to the Virginia line; besides a large territory in the Big Sandy Valley and embracing all, and a part of what is now the following seventeen counties: Montgomery, Nicholas, Bath, Rowan, Menifee, Morgan, Magoffin, Floyd, Pike, Estill, Powell, Lee, Wolfe, Breathitt, Knott, Perry and Letcher. My Grandfather O’Hair by his second marriage had ten children, five sons and five daughters, named as follows: John, William, James, Michael, and Washington. (Note-Information gathered by Frank T. O’Hair indicates Washington had a twin by the name of Harrison, who died in infancy). Nancy, Polly, Sibley, Rose Ann and Eleanor, (the latter being my mother) with all of whom I was well acquainted, they were all married, and all except one reared large families of children; consisting of from six to fourteen in each family. I had fifty uncles and aunts, which was increased to fifty-four by the second marriage of three uncles and one aunt. They have all long since departed this life, having died at ages ranging from 58, the youngest, to 95 years. My grandfather continued to live in the vicinity of Mt. Sterling until the beginning of the nineteenth century, when he moved with his large family and located in the mountainous part of Montgomery County, on the farm upon which Hazel Green was afterwards located, which was then in the wilderness and sparsely populated, not more than a dozen families living in twenty miles square. The county at that time was bountifully supplied with wild game of every description, including deer, bear and wild turkeys, with which the assistance of his trusty rifle he kept his table bountifully supplied. The county was also infested with hundreds of wolves and a few panthers…....”
BLACK MCCREERY WHITESIDE John & Margaret (BLACK) McCREERY had a daughter born in Clark Co., Kentucky. Sarah McCREERY b. 25 Feb 1800 Clark Co., Kentucky Sarah married at 16 years of age to Thomas Jefferson WHITESIDE in ,Gallatine Co, Illinois on 28 Oct 1816. On June 4th, 1835, Thomas and Sarah WHITESIDES sold to Benjamin Hannock a parcel of land, containing 80 acres more or less, for the amount of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) in hand paid. Thomas WHITESIDE died less than three months later. Sarah then married William Bond on 17 Dec 1848, in Saline Co., Illinois. Sarah died after 1860. Originally Submitted Sep 4, 1997 - 20:03 - From: - Roy Mathis References
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