Person:William Grant (23)
William Grant
b.22 Feb 1726 Scotland
d.22 Jan 1804 Fayette County, Kentucky
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1724
  1. William Grant1726 - 1804
Spouse and Children
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m. Abt 1750
  1. Mary Grant1753 - Aft 1803
  2. Colonel John Grant,1754 - 1825
  3. Israel Grant1756 - 1796
  4. Sarah Grant1759 - 1814
  5. William Grant, III, of Elkhorn River1761 - 1814
  6. Samuel Grant1762 - 1789
  7. Squire Grant1764 - 1833
  8. Elizabeth Grant1766 - 1804
  9. Moses Grant1768 - 1789
  10. Hannah Grant1771 - 1817
  11. Rebecca Boone Grant1774 - 1858
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Facts and Events
Name William Grant
Gender Male
Birth[1][4] 22 Feb 1726 Scotland
Residence[1] Abt 1750 Rowan County, North Carolina
Marriage Abt 1750 Rowan County, North CarolinaYadkin River
to Elizabeth Boone
Military[1][4] 1776 Rev War - DAR Patriot A047136
Residence[5] From 1779 to 1781 Kentucky, Virginia, United Statescame to Kentucky
Residence[5] 1787 Kentucky, Virginia, United Statesreturned to Kentucky
Other[5] 18 Nov 1803 Bourbon, Kentucky, United Statesgives deposition
Death[1] 22 Jan 1804 Fayette County, Kentucky
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Family Recorded, in The Boone Society, Inc. - The First 5 Generations of the George Boone Family, 21 Aug 2008.

    (5) Elizabeth BOONE, b 1 Feb 1733 New Britain Twp, Bucks Co, PA d 25 Feb 1814 (alt 24 Feb 1814) Boone's Station, Fayette Co, KY bur abt 12 miles NE of Lexington, KY on private property - visitors welcome. Married William GRANT, 11 b 22 Feb 1726 Scottish Highlands d 22 Jan 1804 age 78 Fayette Co, KY. They married abt 1750 on the Yadkin River, Rowan Co, NC. His DAR ID 35402 V36 P149.

  2.   Family Recorded, in Spraker, Hazel Atterbury, and Jesse Proctor Crump. The Boone family: a genealogical history of the descendants of George and Mary Boone, who came to America in 1717; containing many unpublished bits of early Kentucky history; also a biographical sketch of Daniel Boone, the pioneer, by one of his descendants. (Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle Co., 1922)
    61-64.
  3.   Family Recorded, in Rockenfield, Sarah Ridge Street. Our Boone families : Daniel Boone's kinfolks. (Evansville, Indiana: Whipporwill, 1987)
    392.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 DAR Patriot A047136, in Daughters of the American Revolution. Genealogical Research System.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 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.

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