Person:John Atherton (11)

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John Atherton, Sr.
b.Abt 1740 Maryland
m.
  1. John Atherton, Sr.Abt 1740 - 1816
  2. Joshua Atherton
  3. Aaron Atherton, I1742 - 1831
  4. Margaret AthertonAbt 1742 - Bef 1774
  5. Peter Atherton1747 - 1820
  6. Benjamin Atherton
  1. Johnathan Atherton, Jr.1777 - 1850
Facts and Events
Name John Atherton, Sr.
Alt Name John Eatherington
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1740 Maryland
Marriage to Sarah _____
Death? 2 Dec 1816 Ohio, Kentucky, United States

John Atherton of Maryland

  • In a book titled "The Revolutionary Records of Maryland", under Montgomery County, it shows among the men signing the Patriots' oath of fidelity and support, returned on 16th of March, 1778 the names of William Lee Sr., Joseph Lee, Joseph Lee, Jr., Samuel Lee, Aaron Atherton, Benjamin Atherton, John Atherton, Aaron Atherton Jr., and Daniel Cresop.
  • In "A Maryland Revolutionary War Militia List", compiled by the Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America from the Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore located in the Filson Club in Louisville,KY, on page 225 under Captain Daniel Cresap; Col. Barret Bn; Washington, Company are listed John Eatherington, Cpl; Joshua Eatherington, Private 1st class; William Lee, Pvt 1st class; Samuel Lee, Pvt 2nd class; Benjamin Eatherington, Pvt 3rd class; Aaron Aetherington, Pvt 6th class & Josiah Lee, Pvt 7th class. On page 267 - list of discharged soldiers of 2 Bns of militia raised to serve in Continental Army - pd 1781 to Wm Lee no., 479, nine pounds and one shilling. Since the first names are the same, Eatherington is a phonetic varient spelling of Atherton and Daniel Cresap is a phonetic varient for Daniel Cresop, and visa versa.
  • Those same named Lees and Athertons show up on tithable and tax records in Nelson Co., Ky (which was then still Virginia) and one of Aaron Atherton Sr. and Jr. daughters married one of William Lee Sr., and Jr. sons, according to Kentucky marriage records. There is a Jessee Lee who was the son of this William Lee Jr., through his marriage to his wife, Sarah Jane Morgan nee Reeves.
  • Maryland Census, 1772-1890
Name: John Atherton
State: MD
County: Washington County
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1778
Record Type: Fidelity Oath Database: MD Early Census Index
  • ATHERTON, JOHN
Ancestor #: A003555
Service: MARYLAND
Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: (CIRCA) 1740 MARYLAND
Death: (POST) 12-2-1816 OHIO CO. KENTUCKY
Service Description: 1) SIGNED OATH
  • Kentucky Land Grants
Grantee: Etherton, Jno
Acres: 1,000
Book: 3
Survey Date: 29 Oct 1792
County: Shelby
WaterCourse: Bullskin
Reference: THE KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS
Volume 1
Part 1
  • CHAPTER III OLD KENTUCKY GRANTS (1793-1856) THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY
page 172
More Info: Grantee: Etherton, Jno
Acres: 1,000
Book: 3
Page: 194
Date Survey: 10-29-1792
County: Shelby
Watercourse: Bullskin
  • U.S. Compiled Service Records, Post-Revolutionary War Volunteer Soldiers, 1784-1811
Name: John Atherton
State or Territory: Kentucky
Military unit: John Caldwell´s Battalion, Mounted Volunteers
Service Year: 1794
  • Kentucky Census, 1810-90
Name: John Sr. Atherton
State: KY
County: Ohio County
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1800
Record Type: Tax list
Database: KY Early Census Index

Beaver Dam Church, Ohio Co., KY

  • Beaver Dam church was constituted on the 5th of March, 1798, of the following five persons: John Atherton, Sr., and his wife Sally, Aaron Atherton and his wife Christina, and James Keel.
  • BEAVER DAM church is located in Ohio county, about four miles south of Hartford, the country-seat. It takes its name from a small tributary of Muddy creek, near which it is situated. It is, by several years, the oldest church between the Green River and Ohio River, west of Elizabethtown, and is the mother of a large family of similar organizations in that region of the State. There was a very early settlement at Hartford, probably not far from the year 1780. Among these early settlers was a German family, bearing the name that is now spelt Coleman.
  • John Atherton Sr of Ohio Co bought 800 acres from John Adair and wife Catherine of Mercer Co, on 12 Sep 1799, but John's wife Sarah forgot to relinquish her right of dower by signing the papers. This matter was clarified on 30 Aug 1832.
  • John and Sarah Atherton sold 100 acres at Beaver Dam, land next to Charles Atherton, on 16 Oct 1815.
  • John Atherton Sr and wife Sarah Atherton sold 124 acres at Beaver Dam on 2 Dec 1816; land was next to Aaron Atherton's property. They could not write. Also, they sold 51 acres at Beaver Dam to “John Atherton Junior son of Charles Atherton Decest of Ohio Co.”