Person:George Corn (6)

Estate Records

Mercer County, KY Will Book 2, pg. 274

Corn, George, Appraisement, 11 Sept. 1801

Appraisers: J. Woodson, Thos. Thornbury, James Harris and Wm. Harris

Records in Pennsylvania

Tax and Exoneration List, 1773, Springhill, Bedford County, PA

George Corn, £0.3.6

Records in Kentucky

George Corn by Simeon [maybe s/b "Solomon"?] Corn this day claimed a preempt'n of 1,000 acres of land in the district of Kentucky on Acc't of Marking & improving the same in the year 1775 lying about one mile from the white oak spring about a North West course from the same on the head of a dry run to include his improvem't satisfactory proof being made to the Court they are of Opinion that the s'd George Corn has a right to a preemp'n of 1,000 acres to include his improvement & that a Certificate issue accordingly.- Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society

Warrants issued for making improvements in 1775: George Corn, Solomon Corn. [Pioneers in Kentucky, 1773-1775, by Neal O. Hammon, pg. 279].

North American Forts, Mercer County, Kentucky:

George Corn's Station (1780 ?), northeast of Burgin on a branch of Cane Run. Marker at 960 Shakertown Road (KY 33).

1.   The Corn Family of Mercer County, Kentucky by James Franklin Corn, in Kentucky Historical Society (Frankfort, Kentucky). The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. (Frankfort: Kentucky Historical Society).

   George Corn and his five stalwart sons, Timothy, George, Abram, Solomon, and Ebenezer—all soldiers of the Revolution—looked wistfully for the last time upon their simple home in Redstone, now Brownstown, Pennsylvania, on a March day in 1780 and resolutely turned their faces toward the mysterious wilderness of Kentucky for a journey by way of the waters of the mighty Ohio (1). The perils of the journey and the dangers of the "Dark and Bloody Ground" weighed heavily upon their hearts, but their adventurous spirits were buoyed by the thrilling accounts of the country brought back by Ebenezer, who had made a trip to Kentucky in 1777 and who had returned with accounts of the great forests, the lush cane brakes, the beautiful streams, the salt springs, the soil of amazing fertility, and the abundance of deer, bear, buffalo and other wild game of almost every kind and description—all to be had for the taking.
   
   ... George Corn died at his home on Shawnee Run about 1801. His exact age does not appear in the Kentucky records, but he was referred to as "old" George Corn by a contemporary in 1880. The appraisal of his estate, recorde at Harrodsburg, indicates that he died in 1801. He is probably the same George Corn who, according to the records of the Kentucky Historical Society, lived with five sons in Bedford County, Pennsylvania in 1777.

2.   Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather. Mercer County, Kentucky marriage records, 1786-1800 : will records, 1786-1801. (19--).

   Name George Corn
   Event Type Will
   Residence Mercer, Kentucky, USA
   Will Date 29 Aug 1801
   Will Name William Harris
   Reference Number 24f2a5d9