Henry Owen Newton

Notes:

He was a World War I veteran, and worked for Chrysler. He and his first wife spent most of their lives in Detroit.

Henry married Flora Crabtree about 1920. Flora (daughter of John B. Crabtree and Carolina Howell) was born on 20 Jan 1890 in Daviess County, Kentucky; died on 20 Feb 1965 in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky; was buried on 23 Feb 1965 in Resurrection Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Mary Irene O'Connell after 3 Apr 1968. Mary (daughter of Daniel O'Connell and Jennie Rose Askins) was born on 18 Aug 1893 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky; died on 6 Dec 1979 in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky; was buried on 8 Dec 1979 in St. Mary of the Woods, McQuady, Breckinridge, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 28 Feb 1866, Kentucky

Virgil married Ellen Cornelia Ryan on 31 Dec 1888 in St. Rose of Lima, Cloverport, Breckinridge, Kentucky. Ellen (daughter of Thomas Owen Ryan and Elizabeth Priscilla Beaven) was born on 7 Jun 1864; was christened on 31 Dec 1888; died on 31 May 1947 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 20 Jun 1867, Breckinridge County, Kentucky

Notes:

Her death certificate gives her birth date as 20 Jun 1867. Her gravestone (clearly a modern marker erected long after her death) says 24 Jun 1868. But the handwritten record of her baptism on 31 Dec 1888 clearly says that she was born 7 Jun 1864.

[The following was written by Will Armstrong, a descendant of Virgil Leo Newton and Ellen Cornelia Ryan.]
 
Known to my family as Grandmother Newton, and to her other grandchildren as Mam, she was a loving, stern woman.

From what I understand of her parents, her mother, Liz Beavin Ryan, was a devoted Catholic. In those days of her marriage at St. Romuald, and thereafter, Liz was unable to attend mass regularly due to the fact she lived in a rural part of the county. And the fact that mass was said once monthly didn't help. Also causing problems was the fact her husband, Tom Ryan, was himself a professed agnostic and did not support his wife's religious life. None of their children were baptized, as a result.

Scores of her schooling were published in the Breckinridge News, showing her to be one of the higher performing students in mathematics, outdone only by her older sister Fan.

So, when Grandmother married Grandpap in 1888, the first thing she did was become baptized into the Catholic church. Her aunt, Genirose Askins, was her sponsor. I learned this fact from the then-priest's own handwritten notes, currently housed at the Breckinridge County archives. Following baptism, she married Grandpap.

All of their children were raised in the church.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Bef 15 Jan 1836
• Alternate birth: Abt 1837, Kentucky

Notes:

Soldier, US Civil War, Union. 12th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry.

According to Descendants of Henry Isaac Newton, in 1862 Newton enlisted "in the Union Army of the Cumberland, 12th Kentucky Cavalry. A corporal by the time the war ends, Newton would be captured in Sweetwater TN during Burnside's abortive campaign to push south and spend nearly a year in Confederate prison."

By PNH's third cousin F. X. Flynn, writing in 2011, posted in 2023 by Jim Alvey to Henry Isaac Newton's Wikitree page:

Newton Mammoth Cave Smoked Names 1866

At the end of the benches past Fat Man's Misery and outside the bathrooms Isaac and his brother John smoked their names in the ceiling in 1866. This act was conflated with his POW status to live in family memory as "Newton was kept prisoner by the Confederates in Mammoth Cave." However, he was captured in eastern Tennessee and the Confederacy never controlled Mammoth Cave and nobody kept prisoners there at any time. Growing up, I heard stories about this from my mom, his great-granddaughter, and in August 1973, at the age of 19, I took a camping trip with two college pals which began at Gettysburg, went thru the Blue Ridge and into W Va, thru the Cumberland Gap into KY and on to Mammoth Cave and finally Owensboro. At Mammoth Cave, I asked at the Park Service information station whether or not there was an index of names in the ceiling of the cave. The question was greeted with derisive laughter, but the senior man said some names were well remembered and I should go ahead and tell them who I was looking for. "Isaac Newton, my great-great grandfather, who is said to have been a POW here during the Civil War," I replied. Lots of head shaking. "No. No POWs were kept here. And I don't remember seeing that name. Anyone else?" No. More head shaking. I turned away from the window, feeling like the whole trip was a stupid waste. A second later, as I took my third or forth step away, I heard a young woman call "Wait...wait..." I stopped and turned. Leaning out the window, a young woman my age, probably an intern. "What name are you looking for?" "Isaac Newton," I called out. She beamed. "You're not going to believe this, but I noticed that name yesterday. It's at the very end of the benches at the bottom of the cave, outside the bathrooms. You get there just after you go through 'Fat Man's Misery.'" And indeed, it was. News of actually finding it and having a location clearly excited my Great Aunt Martine when I arrived in Owensboro. To me, the importance of this story is that oral traditions are extremely important sources of information, and are not to be dismissed, but rather, cajoled into revealing their truths.
From the National Park Service:

UNION KENTUCKY VOLUNTEERS 12th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry

OVERVIEW: Organized at Caseyville and Owensboro, Ky., November 17, 1862. Attached to District of West Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to August, 1863. Independent Cavalry Brigade, 23rd Army Corps, to November, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Dept. Ohio, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division, District Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, May, 1864. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, to June, 1864. Detached Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864. Dismounted Brigade, Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, to September, 1864. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, September, 1864. District of Louisville, Ky., to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, District East Tennessee, to July, 1865. Cavalry Brigade, District East Tennessee, to August, 1865.

SERVICE: Action at Owensboro, Ky., September 18, 1862. Sutherland Farm September 19. Action at Calhoun, Ky., November 25, 1862. Operations against Morgan's Raid into Kentucky December 22, 1862, to January 2, 1863. Bear Wallow, Ky., December 23, 1862. Near Glasgow December 24. Bear Wallow and near Munfordsville December 25. Bacon Creek near Munfordsville December 26. Johnson's Ferry, Hamilton's Ford, Rolling Fork, December 29. Boston, Ky., December 29. Duty in District of Western Kentucky till April, 1863. Creelsborough April 19. Expedition to Monticello and operations in Southeastern Kentucky April 26-May 12. Narrows, Horse Shoe Bottom, April 28-29. Horse Shoe Bend, Greasy Creek, May 10. Pursuit of Morgan through Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio July 2-26. Marrowbone July 2. Buffington's Island, Ohio, July 19. Surrender of Morgan near Cheshire, Ohio, July 20. New Lisbon, Ohio, July 26. Ordered to Glasgow, Ky., August 4. Burnside's march into East Tennessee August 16-October 17. Operations about Cumberland Gap September 7-10. Carter's Station September 20-21. Jonesboro September 21. Watauga River Bridge September 21-22. Philadelphia October 20. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Little River November 14-15. Stock Creek November 15. Near Knoxville November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 4. Clinch Mountain December 6. Rutledge December 7. Bean's Station December 9-17. Rutledge December 16. Blain's Cross Roads December 16-19. Bean's Station and Rutledge December 18. Bend of Chucky Road near Dandridge January 16-17. About Dandridge January 16-17. Dandridge January 17. About Dandridge January 26-28. Flat Creek and Muddy Creek January 26. Fair Garden January 27. Dandridge January 28. Moved to Lebanon, Ky., February 3-12. At Mt. Sterling till April. March from Nicholsville, Ky., to Dalton, Ga., April 29-May 11. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 11-September 8. Vernell Station May 11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Pine Log Creek May 18. Cassville May 19-22. Eutaw River May 20. About Dallas May 25-June 5. Burned Church May 26-27. Mt. Zion Church May 27-28. Allatoona May 30. Pine Mountain June 10. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 11-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. McAffee's Cross Roads June 20. Cheyney's Farm June 22. Olley's Cross Roads June 26-27. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Lost Mountain July 1-2. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., September 14. Duty there at Lexington and Camp Nelson, Ky., till November. Rally Hill November 29. Burbridge's Saltsville Expedition December 10-29. Kingsport December 13. Bristol December 14. Near Glade Springs December 15. Marion and capture of Wytheville, Va., December 16. Mt. Airey December 17. Near Marion December 17-18. Capture and destruction of Salt works at Saltsville, Va., December 20-21. Operations against Sue Monday's guerrillas near Elizabethtown, Ky., and in Green River Counties January and February, 1865. Moved to Knoxville, Tenn., March 20 and join General Stoneman. Stoneman's Raid in Southwest Virginia and Western North Carolina March 20-April 27. Boone, N. C., March 28. Statesville April 10-11. Shallow Ford and near Mocksville April 11. Grant's Creek and Salisbury April 12. Catawba River near Morgantown April 17. Howard's Gap, Blue Ridge Mountains, April 22. Near Hendersonville April 23. Asheville April 25. Return to East Tennessee and duty at Sweetwater till August. Mustered out August 23, 1865. Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 22 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 204 Enlisted men by disease. Total 233.

Owensboro Messenger, 15 Jan 1893:

Henry R. [sic] Newton died yesterday at his home on the Wayne bridge road of pneumonia aged 57 years. The funeral will take place this morning at 9 o'clock at St. Raphael's Church.

Henry married Margaret Matilda Lewis on 15 Feb 1859 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky. Margaret (daughter of Joseph O. Lewis and Ann Nancy Hinton) was born on 10 Apr 1840 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky; died on 22 Dec 1919 in Rome, Daviess, Kentucky; was buried on 23 Dec 1919 in St. Raphael's Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 10 Apr 1839, Kentucky
• Alternate birth: 10 Apr 1841, Kentucky
• Alternate birth: 1842, Kentucky
• Alternate birth: 10 Apr 1842, Breckinridge County, Kentucky
• Alternate death: 22 Dec 1919, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky

Notes:

Listed in the 1911 Owensboro city directory as "Newton, Margaret (wid. Henry), bds. 819 Mulberry."

The 1910 US census lists her as a "farmer" and as an "employer".

Her death date has often been given as 16 Dec 1919, or (as on her Find a Grave page) 23 Dec 1919, but the actual date given on her death certificate is simply Dec 1919. The doctor (Edward Barr) states that he has been attending her since 1 Feb 1919 and that 16 Dec 1919 is the last date on which he saw her alive. His signature on the death certificate is dated 22 Dec 1919. Furthermore, the Owensboro Messenger for Tuesday, 23 Dec 1919, says she died "Monday morning", which would indicate the previous day, 22 Dec 1919, the same day her death certificate was signed. The death certificate also states, in agreement with the next day's story in the Messenger, that she is to be buried the next day, 23 Dec, at St. Raphael's.

Owensboro Messenger, Tuesday morning, December 23, 1919:

Mrs Margaret M. Newton, one of the oldest and most highly esteemed women of Daviess county, died Monday morning at 7 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Walter Elder, in the St. Raphael neighborhood, after an illness lasting for several months.

Mrs. Newton was born in Breckenridge County seventy-nine years ago, and her husband died in this county twenty-seven years ago.

The deceased is survived by four daughters, Mrs. James U. Hayden, Mrs. Walter Elder, of the county, and Mrs. Clarence Hayden and Mrs. J. M. O'Bryan, of Owensboro; also three sons, J. S. and L. V. Newton of Daviess county, and S. T. Newton of Jefferson county. The deceased is also survived by fifty-six grandchildren and forty-eight great grandchildren.

The funeral will take place from St. Raphael's Catholic church this morning at 9 o'clock with service by Rev. Father Higgins, with interment in the church cemetery.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 25 May 1915, Breckinridge County, Kentucky

Thomas married Elizabeth Priscilla Beaven on 5 Nov 1860 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky. Elizabeth (daughter of Samuel Beaven and Elizabeth Ann Mattingly) was born on 21 Oct 1842 in Meade County, Kentucky; died on 29 Jan 1920 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky; was buried in Ryan Family Cemetery, McQuady, Breckinridge, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 21 Oct 1842, Breckinridge County, Kentucky

Notes:

Also spelled Beavin.

Notes:

They were married by the Rev. Patrick Cassidy (probably — the handwriting on the marriage record is hard to parse), at the "Residence of James Spencer." The witnesses were Albert Mattingly and his wife Sarah Wheatly.

Notes:

Or Benjamin. Shown in the 1850 census as a farmer with about $350 worth of real estate.

Benedict married Eliza Jane Cheshire on 14 Dec 1834 in Nelson County, Kentucky. Eliza (daughter of Jonathan Cheshire and Elizabeth Hollis) was born in 1814 in Bullitt County, Kentucky; died before 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1813, Nelson County, Kentucky
• Alternate death: 1880, Nelson County, Kentucky

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Virginia
• Alternate birth: Abt 1816, Kentucky
• Alternate death: 26 Jan 1898, Cloverport, Breckinridge, Kentucky

Notes:

From the Breckinridge (KY) News, February 2, 1898:

Mr. Joseph Lewis, father of Henry J. Lewis of this city, is lying critically ill at the home of Mr. Sexton Newton on the pike. He is not expected to survive many more days, and is in his Eighty-fifth year.

From the Breckinridge (KY) News, March 2, 1898:

Mr. Joseph Lewis, father of Henry J. Lewis who resides in this city, died at the home of Sexton Newton Sunday morning at 6 o'clock. Mr. Lewis had possibly reached the four score mark. He had been in feeble health for some time and the end was expected. His remains were taken to Hardinsburg Monday and interred in the Catholic cemetery.

[Both via Selma Sam Wiesenberg. Sexton Newton (1848-1920) was Henry Isaac Newton's brother.]

Joseph married Ann Nancy Hinton on 4 Jan 1834 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky. Ann (daughter of Vachel John Hinton and Mary Nancy Mattingly) was born on 26 Dec 1810 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky; died in Apr 1842 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky; was buried in Old Saint Rose Cemetery, Cloverport, Breckinridge, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1845, Breckinridge County, Kentucky

Notes:

According to F. X. Flinn, she died in or immediately after childbirth, giving birth to Margaret Matilda. However, some evidence indicates that her daughter Margaret Matilda was born in 1840 or even 1839, not 1842.

Morris married Cynthia Hale. Cynthia was born in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also spelled Beavin.

Samuel married Elizabeth Ann Mattingly on 16 Feb 1842 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky. Elizabeth (daughter of James Mattingly and Priscilla Wayne) was born on 19 Nov 1821 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky; died on 1 Sep 1904 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky; was buried in St. Mary of the Woods, McQuady, Breckinridge, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Elizabeth Ann Mattingly who married Samuel Beavin has to have been the same person as the wife of John Askin, because (according to Will Armstrong) Jennie Rose Askin, daughter of Elizabeth Ann Mattingly and John Askin, was the "aunt" of Ellen Cornelia Ryan (1864-1947). (Technically, half-aunt, of course.) As of 30 Oct 2020, Will Armstrong confirms that this is the case.

Notes:

Hypothesized by several researchers as a son or grandson of Clement Newton who died in St. Mary's County in 1760 and whose will mentions an unborn child. If Archibald is a son, he must have been the unborn child, thus dating his birth back to 1760 or so. But Archibald might also have been a son, rather than a brother, of Gabriel Newton, son of Clement, who died in Washington DC in 1808.

Either way, a Gabriel and an Archibald Newton show up on the 1790 census for Montgomery County, Maryland along with a Clement Newton (presumably Clement Jr.), all living next door to each other. Further, Gabriel Newton married a Henrietta who was the widow of Ignatius Wheatley, and of course our Archibald Newton married a Wheatley.

Archibald married Sarah Wheatley on 20 Sep 1813 in Washington County, Kentucky. Sarah (daughter of John Wheatley and Henrietta) was born about 1774 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also known as Sarah Wheatly.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 1870, Leaches, Bullitt, Kentucky

Jonathan married Elizabeth Hollis about 1805. Elizabeth (daughter of David Hollis and Elizabeth Lewis) died in Oct 1869 in Leaches, Bullitt, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Between 1860 and 1870, Bullitt County, Kentucky
• Alternate death: Bef 1870

Notes:

"On the 1870 Mortality Schedule for Bullitt Co. KY is: Elizabeth Cheshire died October 1869, Bullitt Leaches KY. Died at 84 of dropsy of the heart. b. VA. Right age and place to be Jonathan's wife." [Dupaix, citation details below.]

No birth record for her has been found. Her maiden name was recorded in Johnson County, Indiana marriage records when her sons John S. and Thomas Cheshire married their fourth wives. DNA matching via ancestry.com suggests that her parents were David Hollis and Elizabeth Lewis.

William married (Unknown) Davis. (Unknown) died about 1830 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 12 Nov 1779, Maryland

Notes:

[The origin of the document below is unknown to us. We think Vachel John Hinton was more likely born in or around 1779, and we're pretty sure there's no actual evidence for the name of his mother, but other than that it's interesting.]

The Incredible Life of Vachel John Hinton
Vachel John Hinton, November 12 or 13, 1771 - January 17, 1873

Vachel John Hinton was born on November 12 or 13, 1771 in Maryland to his parents, Benjamin Hinton and Sarah Hopkins-Hinton. In 1791 Vachel arrived in Kentucky and settled in Breckinridge County, Kentucky. Tragically, Vachel became completely deaf by the mid-1790s. He communicated for the rest of his life partly by writing on a slate that he carried around with him. Although he could not hear, he never lost the use of speech, but his articulation was much impaired by age.

Mary Nancy Mattingly became his first wife on February 17, 1810 in Breckinridge County. Mary was born on May 10, 1790 in Kentucky to James Barton Mattingly and his wife, Emma. This marriage produced three children, all girls: Ann Nancy Hinton, born on December 26, 1810; Mary Ann Hinton, born in 1812, and Mary Ellen, born on September 13, 1813. Sadly, Mary Nancy Mattingly lost her life on September 26, 1813 when her youngest daughter was not yet two weeks old.

Waiting over three years to remarry, Vachel married Jane Elizabeth Mattingly on January 20, 1817. Ignatius Mattingly and his wife, Sarah Catherine Fowler-Mattingly were her parents. Jane was born in Kentucky about 1792. This marriage would produce a total of eleven children, all born in Breckinridge County, Kentucky: John, born in December, 1817; Sarah M., born in 1825; Joseph H., born on March 25, 1820; James, born on November 14, 1822; Catherine, born in 1824; Austin, born in November, 1825; Nancy, born in 1828; Allen L., born on December 15, 1829; Ezekial, born in 1831; William, born in 1834, and Elizabeth, born in 1836.

On January 17, 1873, Vachel John Hinton died at 102 years of age in the county he had help settle in 1791, that of Breckinridge County, Kentucky. His obituary described him as a devout Catholic who had for a number of years devoted much time to prayer. He was buried at Mt. Carmel Cemetery (once called St. Anthony) in Axtel, Breckinridge County, Kentucky. He left seventy-three children and grandchildren.

*****

Much more on this Vachel Hinton here. Among other things, confirms Ann Hinton as a daughter, by his first wife.

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1847: The heirs of Benjamin Hinton (d. 1821), Daniel Hinton, Darcas & James Wilson, and Vachel Hinton, authorize Austin Hinton to be their attorney, to sell land in Fleming County. Also mentioned are Sallie Hinton Trimble Handly, her husband Handy Handly, and Hezekiah Hinton.

Deed Book 28 pages 199-201

Power of Attorney for heirs of Benjamin Hinton
Daniel Hinton
Darcus & James Wilson
Vachel Hinton

Fleming County, Kentucky

11 Sep 1847

Whereas Benjamin Hinton, son and heir at law of Vachel Hinton, departed this life many years since, leaving as his children and heirs at law to wit: Daniel Hinton, Vachel Hinton & Darcus Hinton, and whereas after the death of said Benjamin Hinton, his said father, Vachel Hinton departed this life leaving as his heirs or devisees among others the aforesaid heirs of Benjamin Hinton dec'd and whereas the said Vachel Hinton died seized and possessed of a tract of land in the county of Fleming in the State of Kentucky and left a considerable portion of personal property to be distributed to is heirs or devises and whereas Sally Trimble formerly Sally Hinton one of the heirs or devisees of said Vachel Hinton dec'd having married one Handy Handly, did together with her said husband, sell and dispose of all her interest and title in and to said real & personal estate of said Vachel Hinton to the above named Daniel Hinton & in pursuance of the direction of said Daniel Hinton she the said Sally and her said husband Handy Handly conveyed to Hezekiah Hinton the executor of said Vachel Hinton dec'd her interest & estate in and to said tract of land of which the said Vachel Hinton died seized as aforesaid, but the purchase money in said deed specified still remains unpaid and is now due from said executor to the said Daniel Hinton, therefore, know all men by these presents that we the said Daniel Hinton, Darcus Wilson (above named Darcus Hinton) and her husband James Wilson and Vachel Hinton as heirs at law and representatives of said Benjamin Hinton deceased having and reposing especial trust and confidence in our nephew Austin Hinton, do hereby authorize and empower him to sell and dispose of and convey all out title interest and estate in and to said tract or parcel of land of which the said Vachel Hinton died seized & possessed in said county of Fleming Kentucky or to any and all other land & real estate which the said Vachel Hinton held or was entitled by deed, bond, contract or purchase to such person or persons and for such price & consideration as he the said Austin Hinton in his sound discretion may think advisable hereby constituting him the said Austin Hinton our attorney in fact to act for us and use our names in the premises and also to demand collect by suit or otherwise and to receive from the proper person or authority any and all sums of money legacies or dividend of the personal estate of said Vachel Hinton deceased and we do hereby fully authorize and empower him our said attorney to collect demand and receive all sums of money or other articles of property due and coming to us from said estate of Vachel Hinton deceased and to act for us generally in the premises the same as we could were we personally present and the said Daniel Hinton especially authorizes the said Austin Hinton to collect demand and receive from the said Hezekiah Hinton or other person the purchase money due him by reason of the deed executed as aforesaid by said Handy Handly and wife, hereby ratifying and confirming all and singular the facts of our said attorney in the premises.

In testimony whereof, we the said Daniel Hinton, Darcus Wilson, and her husband James Wilson, and Vachel Hinton do hereby unto set our hands and seals this eleventh day of September A. D. eighteen hundred and forty seven.

Daniel his Xmark Hinton {seal}
James his Xmark Wilson {seal}
Darcus her Xmark Wilson {seal}
Vachel his Xmark Wilson {seal}
Witness Wm S. Lamb as to Daniel Hinton, James Wilson and Darcus Wilson

State of Indiana Pevey County SS

I William S. Lamb clerk of the Circuit Court and recorder of said County and duly authorized by the laws of said State to take acknowledgments of deeds & other instruments of writing do certify that this day personally appeared before me at my office in the Town of Rome in said County the within named Daniel Hinton, James Wilson and his wife Darcus Wilson who signed and sealed in my presence the within and foregoing instrument of writing and severally acknowledged the same to be their voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein expressed and the said Darcus Wilson being examined separately privately apart and from and without the hearing of her said husband acknowledged that she executed the same freely and voluntarily as her act & deed without any threats coercion or compulsion from her said husband and that she is still satisfied therewith.

{Seal} In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the circuit court of said county at Rome, this 11 day of September 1847

Wm S. Lamb clerk

Kentucky, Breckenridge Count Sct

County Court Clerk office September 24th 1847. I Clenton McClarty deputy clerk of J. Allen clerk of the county court of the county aforesaid do certify that on this day the foregoing writing was duly acknowledged by Vachel Hinton to be his act and deed and the same is hereby certified to the proper office for record and deed and the same is hereby certified to the proper office for record. Given under my hand date above.

Att Clenton McClarty DC for J. Allen C. B. C.

Kentucky, Fleming County Sct

I William T. Dudley clerk of the court for the county aforesaid certify that the foregoing Power of Attorney was this day received in my office, and the same with the official certificates hereon and this annexed is duly recorded in my office. Given under my hand this 13th day of August 1847.

Wm T. Dudley clerk

Vachel married Mary Nancy Mattingly on 23 Feb 1810 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky. Mary (daughter of James Barton Mattingly and Emma) was born on 10 May 1790 in Kentucky; died on 26 Sep 1813 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Elizabeth Beaven on 25 Jan 1806 in Kentucky. Elizabeth (daughter of Richard Beaven and Elizabeth Richards) was born on 18 Aug 1778 in Charles County, Maryland; died on 18 Aug 1838 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky; was buried in St. Romuald Cemetery, Hardinsburg, Breckinridge, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 11 Aug 1787, Virginia

James married Priscilla Wayne on 12 Aug 1812 in Washington County, Kentucky. Priscilla (daughter of William Wayne and Audrey Miles) was born on 29 Mar 1791 in Maryland; died on 1 Apr 1869 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky; was buried in St. Mary of the Woods, McQuady, Breckinridge, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1746, Charles County, Maryland

Notes:

According to Reed-Claggett-Neff, "John sold his plantation in Charles Co, MD in 1790, came to Kentucky in 1793, settled at Fredericktown, Washington Co., KY."

John married Henrietta. Henrietta was born in 1747 in Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her last name is frequently given as Norris, but we can't help but wonder if this isn't due to confusion with the Henrietta Norris recorded in St. Mary's County records as having married a James Wheatley sometime prior to 1755.

Notes:

Also spelled Chesser, Chessher, Chesshir, Cheser, etc.

He fought in the 10th Virginia regiment in 1778-79, during which time it was redesignated the 6th. He appears to have been for a time encamped at Valley Forge, although only after the famously difficult winter of 1777-78.

He appears in Maryland in the 1790 census, owning no slaves. In Mason County, Kentucky (which was created in 1788) by 1795; in Washington County, Kentucky on the 1800 and 1810 censuses. In the 1820 census he is in Little York, Hardin County, Kentucky. In 1829 he is found in Floyd County, Indiana, applying for a pension.

John B. Cheshire's pension application (as transcribed on his Wikitree page):

County of Floyd Sct.

On this twenty-sixth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine personally appeared in open court being a court of Record for the County of Floyd and State of Indiana having the Power of fine and imprisonment and proceeding according to the course of the Common Law with a Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and Keeping a Record of this proceedings.

John Chesshir aged seventy-five years and resident in said County who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Act of Congress of the 18 March 1818 and the first of May 1820. That he the said John Chesshir enlisted for the term of one year as a volunteer on the ____ day of 1778 in the State of Virginia in Company commanded by Thomas West in the Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Samuel Cowes in the line of the State of Virginia in the Continental establishment.

That said Regiment was composed chiefly of drafted men. That some of those who were drafted were not accepted either from their not being able to pass muster or from some other cause they were not enrolled and some ran away they having volunteered not being drafted was in consequence taken in ___?___ and enrolled to make up the quota of the Regiment. That he continued to serve the United States in __?__ aforesaid in said corps until the 17th day of February 1779 when he was discharged from the service at Camp Middle Brooke in the State of New Jersey as a drafted soldier owing he believes to the circumstances aforesaid. That he hereby relinquishes every Claim to a Pension except the Present that his name is not on the roll of any State except Virginia. And that the following are his reasons for not making earlier application for a Pension. That he until __?__ one year before making application was able to support himself by his bodily labor and in pursuance of the ___ of the 1st day of May 1820, I do solumnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my

Property or any part thereof with intent thereby __?__ ___?___ it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress E___?__ An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and navel service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person for me in trust any Property or securities contracts or debts due to me, nor Have I any Income other that what is Contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me Subscribed. that since the Eighteenth day of March 18__ no changes have taken place in my property.

John (his mark) Chesshir

Schedule of Property To wit------

1 cow and 1 calf, 1 yearling heifer 1 Feather bed & bedding 1 Pot and small kettle 1 Small Dutch oven 4 Iublen ?? plates 1 Pewter Dish __ Dozen Earthen Plates 3 small Punch bowls. 1 Felling axe 3 hoes one do Plow 2 mares 1 meat tub 1 water bucket 1 chinn 1 spider 1 cherry breakfast table 4 split bottom chairs 1 bedstead 1 mattock 1 old hair trunk 2 old saws 5 old chisels

That my occupation is that of a farmer and that I am unable to labor from bodily disability for support. I have a wife named Sarah seventy two years old who is also very infirm and that I have four children who are all married and able to maintain themselves

John (his mark) Chesshir

Sworn to in open court May 16 1829

John married Sarah about 1774 in Maryland. Sarah was born about 1757 in Virginia; died between 1840 and 1841 in Floyd County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Elizabeth Lewis on 22 Feb 1802 in Madison County, Kentucky. Elizabeth (daughter of Abraham Lewis and Esther Todd) was born on 29 Oct 1774 in Rowan County, North Carolina; died before 1850 in Cannon County, Tennessee; was buried in Brawley's Fork Cemetery, Readyville, Cannon, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is mentioned in her father's will of 1813, as "my daughter Betsey Hollis", to whom he gives (along with his daughter Polly White) "one hundred and sixty acres of land lying in Wain County Indeana Teritory the southwest sexcion township the twelf raing the first the above to be equally to be divided in quantity and quality to them and their heirs forever."

We tend to doubt that her middle name was "Todd", as claimed by her Find a Grave page, or even that she had a middle name, given how rare middle names were in the time and place of her birth.

Notes:

William Lewis is found in the 1776 Prince George Parish Census as follows:

William Lewis 26
Sarah 19
White males 15-50 1
White females above 16 1

William married Sarah Stuart about 1776 in Maryland. Sarah was born on 29 Oct 1757 in Maryland; died on 5 May 1850 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky; was buried in Saint Romuald Cemetery, Hardinsburg, Breckinridge, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Often spelled Stewart.

"In 1800 Sarah is found in Hardy Co., VA (now WV) with her second husband, Francis Ignatius Coomes, Jr., on Hunting Ridge where Scaggs Run empties into the North River. (Inkerman, WV) "
[http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1202414&id=I56632695]

Her second husband is said to have been a Francis Ignatius Coomes (1767-1851), whose Find a Grave page is questionable in two ways. First, the gravestone shown says only "Ignatius Coomes." Second, he is given as a son of this couple, 6XG-grandparents of PNH. And yet the very detailed account of that couple at the Combs-Coombs &c. site says nothing about the elder Francis having as his middle name Ignatius, nor about them having any offspring named Francis, Ignatius, or both.

Notes:

Here is a thorough sourcing for Benjamin Hinton.

Deed Book 28 pages 199-201

Power of Attorney for heirs of Benjamin Hinton

Daniel Hinton
Darcus & James Wilson
Vachel Hinton

Fleming County, Kentucky

11 Sep 1847

Whereas Benjamin Hinton, son and heir at law of Vachel Hinton, departed this life many years since, leaving as his children and heirs at law to wit: Daniel Hinton, Vachel Hinton & Darcus Hinton, and whereas after the death of said Benjamin Hinton, his said father, Vachel Hinton departed this life leaving as his heirs or devisees among others the aforesaid heirs of Benjamin Hinton dec'd and whereas the said Vachel Hinton died seized and possessed of a tract of land in the county of Fleming in the State of Kentucky and left a considerable portion of personal property to be distributed to is heirs or devises and whereas Sally Trimble formerly Sally Hinton one of the heirs or devisees of said Vachel Hinton dec'd having married one Handy Handly, did together with her said husband, sell and dispose of all her interest and title in and to said real & personal estate of said Vachel Hinton to the above named Daniel Hinton & in pursuance of the direction of said Daniel Hinton she the said Sally and her said husband Handy Handly conveyed to Hezekiah Hinton the executor of said Vachel Hinton dec'd her interest & estate in and to said tract of land of which the said Vachel Hinton died seized as aforesaid, but the purchase money in said deed specified still remains unpaid and is now due from said executor to the said Daniel Hinton, therefore, know all men by these presents that we the said Daniel Hinton, Darcus Wilson (above named Darcus Hinton) and her husband James Wilson and Vachel Hinton as heirs at law and representatives of said Benjamin Hinton deceased having and reposing especial trust and confidence in our nephew Austin Hinton, do hereby authorize and empower him to sell and dispose of and convey all out title interest and estate in and to said tract or parcel of land of which the said Vachel Hinton died seized & possessed in said county of Fleming Kentucky or to any and all other land & real estate which the said Vachel Hinton held or was entitled by deed, bond, contract or purchase to such person or persons and for such price & consideration as he the said Austin Hinton in his sound discretion may think advisable hereby constituting him the said Austin Hinton our attorney in fact to act for us and use our names in the premises and also to demand collect by suit or otherwise and to receive from the proper person or authority any and all sums of money legacies or dividend of the personal estate of said Vachel Hinton deceased and we do hereby fully authorize and empower him our said attorney to collect demand and receive all sums of money or other articles of property due and coming to us from said estate of Vachel Hinton deceased and to act for us generally in the premises the same as we could were we personally present and the said Daniel Hinton especially authorizes the said Austin Hinton to collect demand and receive from the said Hezekiah Hinton or other person the purchase money due him by reason of the deed executed as aforesaid by said Handy Handly and wife, hereby ratifying and confirming all and singular the facts of our said attorney in the premises.

In testimony whereof, we the said Daniel Hinton, Darcus Wilson, and her husband James Wilson, and Vachel Hinton do hereby unto set our hands and seals this eleventh day of September A. D. eighteen hundred and forty seven.

Daniel hisXmark Hinton {seal}
James hisXmark Wilson {seal}
Darcus herXmark Wilson {seal}
Vachel hisXmark Wilson {seal}

Witness Wm S. Lamb as to Daniel Hinton, JamHere is a thorough sourcing for Benjamin Hinton.

Deed Book 28 pages 199-201

Power of Attorney for heirs of Benjamin Hinton

Daniel Hinton Darcus & James Wilson Vachel Hinton

Fleming County, Kentucky

11 Sep 1847

Whereas Benjamin Hinton, son and heir at law of Vachel Hinton, departed this life many years since, leaving as his children and heirs at law to wit: Daniel Hinton, Vachel Hinton & Darcus Hinton, and whereas after the death of said Benjamin Hinton, his said father, Vachel Hinton departed this life leaving as his heirs or devisees among others the aforesaid heirs of Benjamin Hinton dec'd and whereas the said Vachel Hinton died seized and possessed of a tract of land in the county of Fleming in the State of Kentucky and left a considerable portion of personal property to be distributed to is heirs or devises and whereas Sally Trimble formerly Sally Hinton one of the heirs or devisees of said Vachel Hinton dec'd having married one Handy Handly, did together with her said husband, sell and dispose of all her interest and title in and to said real & personal estate of said Vachel Hinton to the above named Daniel Hinton & in pursuance of the direction of said Daniel Hinton she the said Sally and her said husband Handy Handly conveyed to Hezekiah Hinton the executor of said Vachel Hinton dec'd her interest & estate in and to said tract of land of which the said Vachel Hinton died seized as aforesaid, but the purchase money in said deed specified still remains unpaid and is now due from said executor to the said Daniel Hinton, therefore, know all men by these presents that we the said Daniel Hinton, Darcus Wilson (above named Darcus Hinton) and her husband James Wilson and Vachel Hinton as heirs at law and representatives of said Benjamin Hinton deceased having and reposing especial trust and confidence in our nephew Austin Hinton, do hereby authorize and empower him to sell and dispose of and convey all out title interest and estate in and to said tract or parcel of land of which the said Vachel Hinton died seized & possessed in said county of Fleming Kentucky or to any and all other land & real estate which the said Vachel Hinton held or was entitled by deed, bond, contract or purchase to such person or persons and for such price & consideration as he the said Austin Hinton in his sound discretion may think advisable hereby constituting him the said Austin Hinton our attorney in fact to act for us and use our names in the premises and also to demand collect by suit or otherwise and to receive from the proper person or authority any and all sums of money legacies or dividend of the personal estate of said Vachel Hinton deceased and we do hereby fully authorize and empower him our said attorney to collect demand and receive all sums of money or other articles of property due and coming to us from said estate of Vachel Hinton deceased and to act for us generally in the premises the same as we could were we personally present and the said Daniel Hinton especially authorizes the said Austin Hinton to collect demand and receive from the said Hezekiah Hinton or other person the purchase money due him by reason of the deed executed as aforesaid by said Handy Handly and wife, hereby ratifying and confirming all and singular the facts of our said attorney in the premises.

In testimony whereof, we the said Daniel Hinton, Darcus Wilson, and her husband James Wilson, and Vachel Hinton do hereby unto set our hands and seals this eleventh day of September A. D. eighteen hundred and forty seven.

Daniel hisXmark Hinton {seal}
James hisXmark Wilson {seal}
Darcus herXmark Wilson {seal}
Vachel hisXmark Wilson {seal}

Witness Wm S. Lamb as to Daniel Hinton, James Wilson and Darcus Wilson

State of Indiana Pevey County SS

I William S. Lamb clerk of the Circuit Court and recorder of said County and duly authorized by the laws of said State to take acknowledgments of deeds & other instruments of writing do certify that this day personally appeared before me at my office in the Town of Rome in said County the within named Daniel Hinton, James Wilson and his wife Darcus Wilson who signed and sealed in my presence the within and foregoing instrument of writing and severally acknowledged the same to be their voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein expressed and the said Darcus Wilson being examined separately privately apart and from and without the hearing of her said husband acknowledged that she executed the same freely and voluntarily as her act & deed without any threats coercion or compulsion from her said husband and that she is still satisfied therewith.

{Seal} In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the circuit court of said county at Rome, this 11 day of September 1847 Wm S. Lamb clerk

Kentucky, Breckenridge Count Sct County Court Clerk office September 24th 1847. I Clenton McClarty deputy clerk of J. Allen clerk of the county court of the county aforesaid do certify that on this day the foregoing writing was duly acknowledged by Vachel Hinton to be his act and deed and the same is hereby certified to the proper office for record and deed and the same is hereby certified to the proper office for record. Given under my hand date above. Att Clenton McClarty DC for J. Allen C. B. C.

Kentucky, Fleming County Sct

I William T. Dudley clerk of the court for the county aforesaid certify that the foregoing Power of Attorney was this day received in my office, and the same with the official certificates hereon and this annexed is duly recorded in my office. Given under my hand this 13th day of August 1847.

Wm T. Dudley clerk es Wilson and Darcus Wilson

State of Indiana Pevey County SS

I William S. Lamb clerk of the Circuit Court and recorder of said County and duly authorized by the laws of said State to take acknowledgments of deeds & other instruments of writing do certify that this day personally appeared before me at my office in the Town of Rome in said County the within named Daniel Hinton, James Wilson and his wife Darcus Wilson who signed and sealed in my presence the within and foregoing instrument of writing and severally acknowledged the same to be their voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein expressed and the said Darcus Wilson being examined separately privately apart and from and without the hearing of her said husband acknowledged that she executed the same freely and voluntarily as her act & deed without any threats coercion or compulsion from her said husband and that she is still satisfied therewith.

{Seal} In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the circuit court of said county at Rome, this 11 day of September 1847
Wm S. Lamb clerk

Kentucky, Breckenridge Count Sct
County Court Clerk office September 24th 1847. I Clenton McClarty deputy clerk of J. Allen clerk of the county court of the county aforesaid do certify that on this day the foregoing writing was duly acknowledged by Vachel Hinton to be his act and deed and the same is hereby certified to the proper office for record and deed and the same is hereby certified to the proper office for record. Given under my hand date above.
Att Clenton McClarty DC for J. Allen C. B. C.

Kentucky, Fleming County Sct

I William T. Dudley clerk of the court for the county aforesaid certify that the foregoing Power of Attorney was this day received in my office, and the same with the official certificates hereon and this annexed is duly recorded in my office. Given under my hand this 13th day of August 1847.

Wm T. Dudley clerk

James married Emma between 1778 and 1811. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Martha Ann Cook. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Elizabeth Richards. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Mary Ann Mattingly about 1777 in Maryland. Mary (daughter of Thomas Mattingly and Elizabeth Miles) was born before 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Audrey Miles. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]