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This does not show all the small moves within New England but shows the major west and north ward migration from MA, CT, RI. and PA to VT, NY, and MI. Not every home in a small area is shown.

There are several generations in New England and eastern NY. But then they were searching for better land and a lot of migration occurred. They moved from over crowded New England as well as the thin top soil in PA with heavy forests to eastern NY, Vermont and to further west to the Niagara area of NY with fewer hills, Eventually they went directly west to MI where the land was very flat and stayed several generations.

Photos of the Descendats of Thomas Osborne McMinn

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Abraham Kuykendall & Elizabeth Fidler

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Burgess Harrelson & Elizabeth Gaines

Ralph Blankenship & Edith Nunally

John Nunnally & Elinor Branch

James Tapscott & a Conway

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James Hudgens Sr & Phoebe

James Gibson & Mary Ruth Eastep

William Durham & Margaret Colclough

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Robert McMinn & Jane Kuykendall

Nathan Byars & Drucilla Harrelson

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Gad Blankenship & Sarah Nunnally

George Tapscott & unk wife

James Hudgens Jr & Elizabeth Gibson

Samuel Durham & Sally Reed

William Abraham McMinn & Mary Margaret Byars

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John N. Blankenship & Elizabeth Tapscott

William Louis Hudgens & Anna Durham

John McMinn & Elizabeth Black

William Harvey Blankenship & Elizabeth Susan Hudgens

Thomas Osborne McMinn & Georgeanne Blankenship

Byars Family Tree

Byars Name Meaning: Scottish: variant spelling of Byers which is Scottish and northern English: topographic name for someone who lived by a cattleshed, Middle English byre, or a habitational name with the same meaning, from any of several places named with Old English bȳre, for example Byers Green in County Durham or Byres near Edinburgh. . Possibly also an Americanized spelling of German Bayer.

Migration path for Nathan Byars Haplogroup R-A8033 Mutation Tracker Path

Description of Haplogroup Mutation Tracker

Gen 6	Nathan Byars		Drucilla Harrelson
Birth	1749	Granville, NC	1753	Orange, NC
Death	18 Aug 1846	Byars-Ezell Cemetery, Chesnee, Cherokee County, SC	1816	Rutherford, NC
Married

Nathan Byars Original in Park

Nathan Byars Memorial

Memorial

George Byars
Martha Druscilla Byars 🧬 b. 31 Dec 1774, Granville County NC d. 1822, Warren County TN m. Abner Womack
Elizabeth Byars, b. 1 Jan 1775 Caswell Co NC, John Watkins
Mary Margaret Byars m. William Abraham McMinn
Nancy Byars b. 1776 VA d. 1860, Marion County, Al
Nathan Byars Jr b. 1776 Caswell Co NC d. 1860 Lawrence County AL
John Byars Sr b. 1777, Caswell Co, NC d. 13 Apr 1852, Tuscaloosa AL
Burgess Harrelson "Harrel" Byars b. 1779 Buncombe County NC d. 13 Feb 1874, Warren Co TN
Robert Byars b. Mar 1785, Rutherford Co NC d. ~1853
Andrew (Drury) Byars b. 1786 Rutherford County NC d. 1 May 1845 Bedford County TN
m. 20 Aug 1715 Elizabetha Barbara Kerner b. ca 1683 d. 20 Apr 1736 Backnang

Y-DNA

This y-dna results rule out James Byars who was born about 1713 and died about 1792 (possible wives of Peggy Gentry and Rachel Matthews) of Hanover County, VA as Nathan's father. Extensive DNA work has been on the Shattockes/Parrish/and the Byars branch Nathan is in.

The Byers Y-DNA project DNA chart is private. They do summerize Group “B”(which Nathan Byars is in) "They tend to spell their names, “Byars”, but also include spelling of Byas, Bias, Byers, etc. Some of the best known early Byars of this group include William Byars, born c. 1735, Nathan Byars, born c.1749, and William Byars, born c.1765. Because they share the same y-DNA, we know they were related, just not exactly how. One major finding of the y-DNA for this Group has been to dispel the longstanding theory that James Byars who was born about 1713 and died about 1792 (possible wives of Peggy Gentry and Rachel Matthews) of Hanover, Virginia, was the father of Nathan Byars. He was not! y-DNA from these lines do not match each other. Members of Nathan's group match the surname of Parrish and Shattock/Shaddock. "

Philip Shaddock, has done an enormous amount of reseach including Haplogroup R-A8033 which is Nathan's group.

https://www.shaddock.ca/ "Ancient Origin of Shattockes The take-away from all this is that we do not belong to the tribes that inhabited southern Europe or northern Europe. We do not descend from the Vikings or the Angles or Saxons. We are descendants of the La Tène Celts who expanded from their original home in the German-Swiss Alps and whose origin was the southern branch of the Yamnaya people of the Pontic Steppe in Eurasia. If you are a Shaddock, Shaddick, Shattuck or a closely related genetic cousin (Paris, Parrish, Byars, Byers), have you been calling yourself an Anglo-Saxon all these years? You are not. Call yourself a Celt or more precisely La Tène. (Sounds like "La Ten.") "
https://www.familytreedna.com/public/ShaddockShattuck?iframe=yresults show rhe Haplogroup fie Nathan Byers and related Parrish and Shaddock testers
https://www.shaddock.ca/family-tree/byars---parrish-branch This page Philip Shaddock has devoted to the Parishes and Byars group including Nathan in Haplogroup R-A8033
Philip analysis of the y-DNA "The most probable scenario, supported by DNA studies, is that a Parrish child was born to a Shattocke father and then a Byars child was born to a Parrish father. This scenario is captured in this combined phylogenetic and genealogical tree. The theory is that the Byars NPE male child was born to Humphrey Parrish (ca. 1670-1743)." This would mean Nathan's grandfather or great grandfather was Humphrey Parrish. Jon. Shaddock is likely the ancestor of the Parrishs and Nathan. La Tène Celts are the ancestors of this y-dna line.

Example of La Tene Celtic culture

Resided

Nathan Bias v2 Aug 1790 Rutherford, NC
Nathan Bears 7 Aug 1820 Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
Nathan Bias 1840 Spartanburg, SC

Comments

Granville NC Tax Lists by Jonathon White 1750 John Byars, 1751 John Byars and son Wm, by Rob Harris John Byars and sons William and James,1754 John Byar 3 - 3 sons Williams and James
Nathan Byars was born in Granville County, North Carolina, Married his first wife in Orange County, entered the Revolutionary War from Caswell Co, and lived after the war in Rutherford County, and afterwards removed to Spartanburg District, South Carolina, where he was deceased 18 Aug 1846, aged 97 years.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN. From Pension Record No. W6223 that was allowed Nathan, Dec 31, 1844. Personally appeared before the Judge of the Court of ordinary for Spartanburg District, Nathan Byars a resident of District of Spartanburg and State of South Carolina, age about ninety-five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed Jun 7, 1832. Nathan was a . Inscribed on the roll of Charleston, South Carolina. (Pension) at the rate of twenty dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of Mar 1831 and ended the 18th of Aug 1846. Nathan said, His father (John) told him he (Nathan) was a small boy at the time of General Braddock defeat, (this was in the French and Indian War in 1755.) At the time of his entry into the service, he was a resident of Caswell Co, NC and was drafted for a 3-months tour of duty, serving as a Private under Captain Cunningham and Captain Forbes (?) (Forker?) in the Regiment commanded by Col. Ramsey and Major Moore. He was drafted for two additional tours of duty and later volunteered for a three-months tour. He did not remember the dates of his services; however, his declaration for pension, indicated that he was in the service `at the time of the battle of Eutah Springs, Kings Mountain, and at the time of Gates' defeat', although he did not fight in any of those battles. During the various tours of duty, Private Byars was stationed principally at Hillsborough, and adjacent counties, and, during one tour, went out against the Indians' in the western part of the State.
Nathan and Drucilla got a divorce. According to a Rutherford CO., NC book 25, page 174, Nathan was ordered by the court to pay Drucilla $50.00 cash. Thought to be a divorce. After the divorce of Nathan and Drucilla, in 1799, Drucilla went to live with her daughter Elizabeth Byars Watkins in or near McMinnvile, TN. She later went to live with her daughter Nancy Byars Walker. She lived there until her death in 1816. Nathan later married Delphy Logan on Oct 8, 1819 in Spartanburg District, S. C. by Rev. Joshua Richards. At least one, and possibly more, children were born of this marriage.
Nathan Byars purchased 200 acres of land from James Webb onApr 10,1783, located on Main Broad River in Rutherford County, NC. A few years later in 1795, part of this land was sold to Williams Dobbins..
Land
- 13 Oct 1793 Nathan enters 5 A in Rutherford CO including Russsel Island of Broad R: border: runs down the river on both sides joins own land granted to son
- 14 Apr 1798 50 acres on both sides of the main waggon road from Island ford on main Broad River to High Shoals on Second Broad River and oin a branch of Floyds Creek10 May 1798 Nathen and Frances Alexander enter 400 acres on N side of main Broad River and both sides of te main road. 14 Jul 1801 addded 200 acres to his existing land. 15 Jan 1802 enters 150 acres on S side main Broad River on Suck Creek bordering his own land.
Byars moved to that area now in Cherokee County, SC about 1822, and onApr 5, 1826, received a South Carolina State grant for 394 acres of land, in Spartanburg District located on the headwaters of Island, Suck and Buck creeks, part of an original grant to James Steadman. This land included that tract that is now the Cowpens National Battleground. Part of this land was sold by Byars to James H. Ezell on Nov 16, 1840, and on Jan 6, 1886, James Ezell sold part of the land, but reserved one acre, where the Cowpens Battleground monument now stands, as belonging to the Washington Light Infantry Company of Charleston, S.C. The federal government later erected the present monument on the site. Nathan Byars died Aug 18th, 1846, at the age of 97 years, and his grave is located about 1/2 mile from the battleground monument, about 11 miles west of Gaffney, Cherokee County, SC.
Nathan Byars owned which had previously been the site of the Revolutionary War battle of Cowpens, and would later become part of the Cowpens National Battlefield.
Nathan took the State Oath of Allegiance on May 22, 1778 according to the Acts of the Assembly passed at New Bern the Nov 15, 1777 Wiiliam Byars took the oath at the same time.
8 Aug 1749 land formally Richard Byars

De Graw Family Tree

De graw Name Meaning: Dutch: from Middle Dutch gra(u)we ‘gray’, with the addition of the definite article de, hence a nickname for someone with gray hair or a gray beard, or possibly for someone who habitually wore gray clothes.

Gen 11	Leendert Arentsen de Grauw		Leuntie Alberts Lydecker
Birth	1601	Aalsmeer, a village about 10 miles S.W. of Amsterdam	1598	Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
Death	before 24 Mar 1664	New Amsterdam, New Netherlandmap	10 Mar 1664	New Amsterdam, New Netherland
Parents	Arent De Graw		Jan Albertsz Lydecker of Amsterdam d. by 12 Seo 1648

Marritje Leenderts De Grauw m. Barent Jacobsen Kool
Cornelia Leenderts b. ca 1625/27 in North Amsterdam, Holland; no record of marriage, alive in 1650
Aaftje Leenderts b. ca 1630 in North Amsterdam, Holland; m. 1st 5 Feb 1655 Jan Perie from Pont Le Feecke; 2nd 23 Jul 1661 Cornelis Andriesen Hooglant from Uyt den Hage. Both marriages in New Amsterdam.
Albert Leendertszen b. ca 1632 in North Amsterdam, Holland; m. 18 Nov 1656 in New Amsterdam, Ariantje Cornelis Trommels, widow of Cornelis Claeszen Swits who was murdered by the Indians the previous year.
Arent Leendertszen b. ca 1634 in North Amsterdam, Holland; m. 1st 30 Jan 1660 in New AmsterdamGysbertje Herman Coerten, daug. of Herman Coerten; 2nd 16 Jul 1679 in New York City, Marritje Hendricks, widow of Woulter Gerrits.

Comments

He immigrated on 7 Seo 1637 from Amsterdam to New Amsterdam with wife and children on the Dolphin (den Dolphyn ). See details under son-in-law Barent Jacobsen Kool
There are are 2 family stores indicating a French back ground for this family. Neither has been proven. Story one is 2 bothers who were French Huguenots, natives of Picardy, France, 22 miles west of the city of Amiens, fled from the religious persecutions in France in 1620 to Utrech, Holland. Between 1620 and 1630, they left Holland for the port of New York.. Another says Leendert Arentsen de Grau(w) was a member of one of the Walloon families who were the first settlers of New Amsterdam. The Wallons were a French speaking people from Belgium.
It appears he worked a farm on shares the first year
Dirck Jansz, residing at Amsterveen (Amstelveen), was an uncle of the said Leuntje Alberts/ From a depostion for her father's estate

New Amsterdam Map 1642
LEENDERT'S BOUWERY NO.3 ON MANHATTAN ISLAND Bouwery is the Dutch word for farm. Bouwerie No. 3 was occupied by Peter Bylevelt from 20 Jul 1632, til Feb 1634 Director General William Kieft leased it to Leendert 18 May 1638, Leendert received a patent (meaning he bought it) for 39 mergens (78 acres) of land, which included his leased farm. in 1663 the land was sold to Peter Stuyvesant. This land became part of a large farm that Stuyvesant retired on after the English took over the city in 1664. Stuyvesant spent the remainder of his life on his farm of sixty-two acres outside the city, called the Great Bouwerie, beyond which stretched the woods and swamps of the village of Haarlem. A pear tree that he reputedly brought from the Netherlands in 1647 remained at the corner of Thirteenth Street and Third Avenue until 1867, bearing fruit almost to the last. His farm, called the “Bouwerij” – the seventeenth-century Dutch word for farm – was the source for the name of the Manhattan street The Bowery, and the chapel facing Bouwerie’s long approach road (now Stuyvesant Street) became St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery.. In part payment for the sale of this land Leendert received a cow. This tract is bounded, on the modern N.Y.C. plan, approximately as follows: Beginning at a point north of Delancey and west of Eldridge St., running thence north easterly to a point west of the intersection of Ave. 5 and East 6th St.; thence south easterly to a point in the block bounded by Aves. C and D and East 3rd and East 4th Sts.; thence south westerly to the place of beginning.

Harrelson Family Tree

Harrelson Name Meaning

Variant of Scandinavian and Scottish Haraldson which is Americanized spelling of Swedish Haraldsson or Norwegian Haraldsen, patronymics from the personal name Harald, Old Norse Haraldr (see Harold). Scottish: patronymic from the Scandinavian personal name Harald.

Migration path for Paul Harrelson Haplogroup R-A8033

Gen 9	Paul Harrelson		Rebekah
Birth	ca 1655	Denmark	1665
Death	5 Apr 1734	St Paul Parish, Hanover, VA	1 Apr 1734	Hanover,VA

Peter Harrelson
Paul Harrelson m. Patience Lewis
- William Harrelson
- Benjamin Harrelson Sr.
John Harrelson
Rebecca Harrelson d. 21 Apr 1784 Halifax VA m. Thomas William Sims
- Rebecca Sims

Anne Harelson b. 1699 d. ca 1769 Halifax, VA m. ca 1718 Henry Childes II d. after 27 Jun 1746 in Amelia, VA
Judith Harrelson b. ca 1795 d. 9 Seo 1748 Goochland VA m. 1729 William A Chambers d. ca 1770

Comments

He was born in Denmark, emigrated to Holland, then to Virginia. Foreigners must have lived in the colony for four years, and were required to take the oath of fidelity in the court of the county where they resided. Children of a foreigner who had taken the oath of fidelity could also take the oath upon arriving at legal age.
Land Records
- On 3 Dec 1692, there is a record that Paul owned 225 acres of land which he had purchased earlier from George & Ann Marr. This is the first time that Paul appears directly in records in Virginia. He apparently also owned another 135 acres in the same area as In 1704 "Paul Harrelston" is listed in the New Kent County rent roll with 360 acres.
- 23 Mar 1702 He became naturalized before the Virginia House of Burgesses. Paul's Naturalization was actually made official on 4 April 1703.
- 19 Nov 1708 Lands of Paul Parke Esq, Henry Giles Gent, Harry Bourn, Paul Harrold, Richard Anderson, Rich Corley Adjoining each other
- 17 Mar 1708/9 Paul Harroldson, John Perkins Jr, Nicolas Gentry, Jo Gentry, John Tyler, John Tinsley, Ress Hughes, Adjoining each other and make one precsinct
- 16 Sept 1711 Lands of John Perkins Jr, John Tyler, John Jones, Paul Harrold, John Tinsley, Edward Chambers, Edwin Harris, Joseph Gentry & Alex M'kensey
- 16 Sept 1711 Lands of M Henry Childes, Paul Harrold, John Giles, John Ray, Henry Bourn, John Snead, Widow Austin, Rich Anderson, Rich Cawley, Henry Snead, Thomas Tinsley,
- 8 Feb 1715 Lands of Henry Chiles, Paul Harroldson, John Giles, John Ray, Henry (born John) Snead, John Killcrease, Rich Anderson, Rich Corley, Thomas Tinsley, back line of Henry Chiles goes through John Tyler plantation side line joining Col Bird? - Henry Chiles and Paul Oversear
- 8 Feb 1715 Lands of John Perkins, John Tyler, John Jones, Peter Harroldson, John Tinsley, Edward Chambers, M Pettis, Joseph Gentry & Alex M'kensey
- 27 Feb 1719 Lands of Paul Harroldson, Rich Anderson, Wid Chiles, John Giles, John Ray, Henry Bourne, Wid Snead, John Killcrease, Rich Corley, Henry Snead, Thomas Tinsley
- 27 Mar 1732 Widdw Chambers,John Tinsley, Ambrose Hundley, James Hooper, John Rea, Thomas Tinsley, Paul Harroldson, Edward Lewis, William Snead, Charles Bostick, Sarah Bourn, John Giles, John Meeks, John Smith, Charity Anderson, Col Bird, Michael Holland, William Chambers, Henry Chiles, John Jones, Joseph Gentry
- 28 Jan 1731 John Macon. Gilbert Gibson, Thomas Anderson, Cicely Anderson, William Henderson, John Sym Gent, George Alves, John Jones, Will Jones, Nathanel Anderson, Rob Anderson, Matth Anderson, Joseph Hambleton, George Thomas, Sarah Anderson, Wm Dangerfield Gent, Harrison Jones, Peter Harrolson
- 18 Oct 1735 Widdw Chambers,John Tinsley, Ambrose Hundley, James Hooper, John Rea, Thomas Tinsley, Paul Harroldson (William Johnson has his land now) , Edward Lewis, William Snead, Charles Bostick, Sarah Bourn, John Giles, John Meeks, John Smith, Charity Anderson, Col Bird, Michael Holland, William Chambers, Henry Chiles, John Jones, Joseph Gentry
- 30 Apr 1751Thomas Tinsley Jr. William Alsop, Hardin Burnley, Burgess, John Bow, Henry Bow, Timothy Williams, David Rowland, William Hartgrove, John Harper, James Ragland, Rob Walker, James Ragland
- 1755 Hanover Precint records: Thomas Tinsley Jr. William Alsop, Hardin Burnley, Burgess, John Bow, Henry Bow, Timothy Williams, David Rowland, William, Hartgrove, James Ragland, Edmund Borum, James Ragland
Denizations and Naturalizations in the British Colonies in America, 1607-1775, page 122 Section H Harralson, Paul. He was naturalized in Virginia 23 Mar. 1703.
Surveyor and landowner THE SMALL BOOK, 1734-1735
page 58 25 Jan 1734
Deed acknowledged and admitted to record 7 Aug 1735. Indenture ( 5 Aug 1735) between Henry Power, Gentleman, of James City Parish and County and William Johnston, merchant of Saint Paul's Parish, L100 current money...in Saint Paul's Parish...150 acres, whereon Paul Harralson, deceased, lately dwelled...corner of Joyle's and Lewis...up the north fork..the land whereon Mr John Smith now dwells....was formerly conveyed to Paul Harralson, deceased by James Nuckolls by deed dated 29 Dec 1690 and by Paul Harralson, son and heir of the said Paul Harralson, deceased, now living, to Henry Power by deed dated 6 Mar 1734...excepting 20 feet square....for a burial place...within which the said Paul Harralson, deceased was interred.] 1734.-Paul Harralson of St. Mary, Caroline CO., to Joseph Woolfolk of same Parish & County.
page 61 07 Aug 1735 Estate of Paul Harralson decd to Paul Harralson for going to York to take in his Farther’s mortgage for Mr. Nelson.
page 51 05 Apr 1734 Will: Paul Harrelson Date: 18 Aug 1718 Date: 5 Apr 1734 In the name of God Amen, I, Paul Harrelson of St. Paul’s Parish in New Kent County being [too] sick and weak, but thanks to God of sound and perfect memory, yet considering the uncertainty of life, have thought fit to constitute and appoint this my last Will and Testament in manor and form following, that is First and principally, I give my soul unto the hands of the Almighty God my heavenly maker, and hope through the meritious death and passion of my blessed Savior, Jesus Christ, to receive [full] pardon and remission of all my sins, I commit my body to the ground to be buried in a Christian burial at the direction of my executors, and as for what real and personal estate which God has been pleased to bless me with I give and bequeath in manner and form following.Item, I give and bequeath to my beloved son Peter Harrelson 240 acres on the South side of Crumps Creek, being the land on which he now lives, to him and his heirs forever. Item, I give and bequeath to my son Peter Harrelson his heirs forever a negro man named Tony Item, I give and bequeath to my well beloved son Paul Harrelson and his heirs forever the plantation where on I now dwell with all the land and appurtenances belonging to the same. Item, I give and bequeath to my said son Paul Harrelson and his heirs forever a negro lad named Goliah and a negro girl named Casey and a leather bed and furniture. Item, I give and bequeath to my granddaughter Rebekka Sims and her heirs forever a negro girl named Parthenia. Item, I give and bequeath to my well beloved daughter Anne Childes and her heirs forever a negro boy named Dinnis and likewise a feather bed and furniture. Item, I give and bequeath the remaining part of my estate be it what nature or quality forever, whether real or personal, to be equally divided among my wife and all five children of her begotten. Lastly, I do appoint my well beloved wife Rebekka Harrelson and my son Peter Harrelson executrix and executor this my last Will and Testament. In witness where of I have here unto set my hand and seal this 15th day of Aug in the year of our Lord God 1718. My Will and desire is that my wife have the use of my whole estate during her widowhood Paul Haralson Signed and delivered in the presence of John X Snead John Meaks John Snead Jr.
Rebekkah was not the daughter of Joseph Burgess and Patience Freeman Burgess of MA. People from MA did pop up married to people in VA

Harrelson land area Haplogroup R-A8033

Registration of indivual land sales were destroyed at the of the Civil War. What we have avilble are Land Patents of the first sle by the government to an indivual land owner. We also occasionlly get a reference to a land sale and the St/ Paily Parish records which list people with adjoiniung land in a specic precint. The color of the plats below are for peopl who had land patents who alos had adjoing land over the years. Some had muliple grands and some had no grants as they bought from others who had a patent. Gold Plats connect to Paul, blue both Paul and Peter, red Peter, and green Burgess. Paul got his first land from George Marr. It is unknow where he got additional land. The platents are on top of a modern day map like google.

Gen 8	Peter Harrelson		Mary
Birth	ca 1689	Hanover, VA	ca 1690	VA
Death	by 1 Mar 1732/3	Hanover, VA	1752	Albemarle, VA
Parents	Paul Harrelson	Rebecca Burgess

Burgess Harrelson
John Harrelson d. 9 Aug 1764 - 21 Mar 1765 Halifax VA
Paul Harrelson
Nathaniel Harrelson
Elizabeth Harrelson
Agnes Harrelson
Sarah Harrelson

Comments

From father's will I give and bequeath to my beloved son Peter Harrelson 240 acres on the South side of Crumps Creek, being the land on which he now lives written 1718
1721 Peter is selected surveyor of lower precinct starting with Ashcreek Rd Around then he kept John Baker.
Peter Harralson (will) dated 20 Jan 1732, I Peter Harralson of st. Pauls Par., Hanover Co.,
being sick but of perfect mind and memory do make this my Last Will and Testament. I give my soul to Almighty God and my body I comit
to the Earth to be buried in Christian burial at the discretion of my Exor. To my Loving Wife Mary Harralson the use of all the upper part of my Land and Plantation whereon I live from my upper corner down to a bra rich adjacent to my plantation whe r-eori James Tyler now lives dividing across from the mouth of the sd. branch upon a straight course across my Land to my back line for her Natural life and after her death to my Son Paul Harralson and his heirs forever. I give to my Son Burgess Harralson my plantation whereon Daniel Tyler now lives and all the remainder of my land adjacent to it below the forementioned course to be unto him and his heirs forever. I give to my son John Harralson one thousand pounds of Tobacco w i, th Cask and a Compeniery to the same to pay for one hundred and thirty acres of Land lying on Hinsons Creek in Hanover Co. which I have already agreed for andesire It May be now lodged to my sd. son and his heirs forever. I give to
my son Nathaniel one Negro boy named Jack to him and his heirs forever. I give to my loving wife Mary all the remainder of my Estate during
her Natural life be it of whatever nature ~nd after her death to be equally divided. among all my children vizt. Eliz. Harralson, Burgess, John P~ul, ~athaniel Agness and Sarah Harralson. Lastly I appoint my lovlng wlfe Mary Harralson and my friend Henry Chiles Exor. of my last will and Testament. 25 Jan 1733.
Peter Harralson
Paul Harralson, Ralph Hunt, James (fH) Hooper
1 Jan 1733 proved by oaths of Paul Harralson and Ralph Hunt

Gen 7	Burgess Harrelson		Elizabeth
Birth	1718	Hanover Co., VA	1715	Hanover Co., VA
Death	after 9 May 1772 will	Orange Co., NC	after 1772	NC
Parents	Peter Harrelson	Rebecca Mary Chambers

Elijah Harrelson
Ezekiel Harrelson
Elisheba Harrelson m. Elkanah Harrelson
Drucilla Harrelson m. Nathan Byars
Jemina Harrelson

Comments

lots of DNA connections through ancestry.com DNA test
1759 1763 Hanover - not there in 1767
Burgess was living in Orange County, North Carolina by Nov 1764 when he was appointed a member of a jury to lay out a road and appointed overseer of that part of the road leading to the Granville line
Burgess was named executor of the will of his brother, John Harrelson, dated 9 Aug 1764 and entered for probate 21 Mar 1765 in Halifax County, VA

Kool Family Tree

Kool Name Meaning: Dutch: from a reduced form of the personal name Nikoolaas, Nikolaus, Dutch forms of Nicholas.

Gen 12	Jacob Arentsz Kool		Aeltje Dircks
Birth	about 1570	Amsterdam, Noord-Holland	1572	Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederlandmap
Death	6 Nov 1634	Amsterdam	about 6 Nov 1634	Netherlands
Mariied	27 Jan 1596	Amsterdam

Barent Jacobsen Kool

Comments

He was a Sailor or Ferryman in Amsterdam
Aeltje and Jacob had at least six children: Arent, Dierikien, Pieter, Barent, Barent and Lievyn - who were all baptised at Saint Nicholas Church, called De Oude Kerk (The Old Church), in Amsterdam, except for Barent, who was baptised at Saint Catharines Church, called De Nieuwe Kerk (The New Church), also in Amsterdam.
His parents are unknown and parents attributed to him are disproven.

Gen 11	Barent Jacobsen Kool		Marritje Leenderts De Grauw
Birth	by 18 May 1610	Niewkirk, Amsterdam, Noord, Holland	ca 1620	Netherlands
Death	1676	Kingston Ulster County NY	after 4 Nov 1668	Kingston Ulster County NY
Mariied	1636	New Amsterdam
Parents	Jacob Arentsz Kool	Aeltje Dircks	Leendert Arentsen de Grauw	Leuntie Alberts Lydecker

Jacob Barentsen Kool

Comments

Immigrated before 1633 - possibly from Amsterdam, Netherlands, as a sailor in late 1632 on the ship Soutberg, which arrived in Apr 1633 with 140 soldiers.
On 8 Jun 1633, Barent Jacobsen Kool and six others signed a treaty with the Sickename Indians for purchasing land on the Connecticut River. The cost was recorded as 27 rolls of cloth, 6 axes, 6 kettles, 18 knives, and other articles. This was done to halt English exploration of the land. Barent’s group also built a trading house called “The House of Good Hope” and fortified it with several cannons.
Apparently, Barent Jacobsen Kool worked as a laborer “in the Weigh-house” and a porter “in the Public Store. [A weigh-house was a public building where goods were weighed. These houses were run by local authorities who would use them for the levying of taxes on goods transported through or sold within the city. Therefore, weigh houses would often be near a market square or town center. Weigh houses were especially common in Europe in the Netherlands, Germany, and Poland. A porter is either someone who sold beer, or someone who carried objects, such as beer barrels.] Barent’s family was one of the five families living, Jun 8, 1633, on Bridge Street in New Amsterdam.
Barent [Jacobsen Kool] returned to Amsterdam by 16 Nov 1635. At that time, he and a gold wiremaker named Jacob Hanssen lodged a complaint about withholding pay from officers of the [Dutch] West India Company returning to Amsterdam on the ship Eendracht against Lubbert van Dincklagen, the former sheriff of New Netherland. Van Dincklagen said it was part of a dispute with the director general of the colony, Wouter van Twiller.
In 1637, Barent Jacobsen Kool married Marritje Leenderts De Grauw, probably in Amsterdam.

Trinity Chuch ans Wall St

Barent sailed on the ship Den Dolphyn [from Amsterdam, Holland] to New Amsterdam, in early 1638 [another record gives the date as 1637]with his father-in-law, Leendert Arentsen DeGrauw. It is presumed that his wife and her brothers and sisters were also on board. On 19 Apr 1638, the crew of the Den Dolphyn made a formal complaint to the provincial secretary about how the ship leaked during the voyage and that the captain had not provided enough food for the passengers. Barent and DeGrauw testified that several children belonging to Jan Schepmoes and his wife didn’t receive enough food. More details of the case against the crew of the ship is detailed in “New York Historical Manuscripts Dutch” by Arnold J. E. Van Laer (Vol. 2, Item 139g) when the case was continued during town minutes from 1645.
On 13 Apr 1654, Barent [Jacobsen Kool] became a wine and beer carrier for the Dutch West India Company [in New Amsterdam]. He watched the company warehouse and was appointed by the New Amsterdam burgomasters as an exciseman [an exciseman was a government agent whose function was to collect excise, or taxes, and prevent smuggling]. He, along with Joost Goderus, boarded ships [which had just arrived] in New Amsterdam, searched their contents, and levied duty [or, taxes] on the goods they found. On 21 Seo 1663, Barent was appointed as a public porter and was elected foreman (Elder of the Beer Porters) on 17 Jul 1665.”(*1-1) In 1665, Barent was listed as living on Bridge Street in New Amsterdam.
Leenderdt received a land grant for a house and garden lying east of what is now Broadway. This lot was the fourth lot south of Wall Street. He sold this lot in 1651 to Lubbertus Van Dincklagen. He then bought a lot north of his former lot in 1656. This was the land that the governor deeded to his son-in-law, Barent Jacobsen Cool in May of 1668. It was across from the south yard of Trinity Church. Click Here for today’s Street View of Broadway just south of Wall Street 18 Jul 1663 – He sold land he sold his land received under the patent of 1645 to Peter Stuyvesant. This land became part of a large farm that Stuyvesant retired on after the English took over the city in 1664. Stuyvesant spent the remainder of his life on his farm of sixty-two acres outside the city, called the Great Bouwerie, beyond which stretched the woods and swamps of the village of Haarlem. A pear tree that he reputedly brought from the Netherlands in 1647 remained at the corner of Thirteenth Street and Third Avenue until 1867, bearing fruit almost to the last. His farm, called the “Bouwerij” – the seventeenth-century Dutch word for farm – was the source for the name of the Manhattan street The Bowery, and the chapel facing Bouwerie’s long approach road (now Stuyvesant Street) became St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery.
After the surrender of New Amsterdam to the English in Seo 1664, Barent took an oath of allegiance to the king of Great Britain. Barent and his wife, Marritje Leenderts De Grauw Kool and children, Jacob, Leendert, and Simon, lived in a house that was owned by the Dutch West India Company. This house was on Brough (Bridge) Street. In 1668, the governor conferred title of Leendert Arentsen De Grauw’s land to his son-in-law, Barent Jacobsen Kool. This lot was on Broadway, just south of Wall Street across from the south yard of Trinity Church” in New York City, New York.

Gen 10	Jacob Barentsen Kool		Maritje Symons
Birth	before 25 Seo 1639	Wiltwyck New Netherland	before 12 Oct 1632	Reusel-De Mierden Municipality Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Death	ca 1719	Kingston, Ulster County, NY	1710	Kingston, Ulster County NY
Parents	Barent Jacobsen Kool	Marritje Leenderts De Grauw	Sijmon Florisz aka Schepmoes b. ca 1590 d. 1652	Claertje Arents b. 1593 d, 1645 Ter Apel, Groningen m. 12 Dec 1616 Amsterdam parents: Arent Joosten & Marrij Willems
Married	ca 1660	Esopus, Ulster, NY

Barent Kool 18 Nov 1663.
Simon Jacobsen Cool1664-1665???
Symon Barent Kool born 1 Feb 1665.
Symon Kool 27 Mar 1661.
Arent Kool born 7 Mar 1666
Marytje Jacobz Kool m. Johannes Jurianse Westvaal
Barent Kool born 4 Nov 1668
Jacob Kool born 1697
Hendrick Kool born 1699
Maria Kool born 1702
Claertja Kool was born 21 Oct 1671
Jacob born Jan 1673

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Jacob and Marritje lived in Wildwyck (now called Kingston, Ulster, New York), where Jacob worked for Juriaen Westfael, a farmer, and Marritje also worked, probably as a laundress [a woman hired to wash laundry].
They moved to New Amsterdam (New York City) in 1667, where Jacob Barentsen Kool became a “porter in the Weigh house” and a “beer and wine carrier” like his father, Barent Jacobsen Kool. By 1689, Jacob Barentsen Kool and his wife Marritje Sijmons Kool, had returned to Ulster County, New York, where Jacob took an oath of allegiance.

Kuykendall Family Tree

Kuykendall Name Meaning: Variant of Dutch Kerkendal witch is a topographic name for someone who lived by a church in a valley. It is found chiefly in OH.

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Gen 11	Leur (Van Kuykendall) Janss		Christinje
Birth	ca 1596	Wageningen, Gelderland, Holland	1594	Wageningen, Gelderland, Holland
Death	ca 1619	Wageningen, Gelderland, Holland	1622	Wageningen, Gelderland, Holland
Parents	Jan Van Kuykendall

Jacob Luursen Van Kuykendall
Urbanus Luurss

Gen 10	Jacob Luursen Van Kuykendall		Styntie Douwes
Birth	ca 1616	Wageningen, Gelderland, Holland	before 22 Jan 1617	NetherlandsEnkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
Death	29 Apr 1655	Fort Orange, New Netherlands, NY	after 2 Apr 1682	Hurley, Province of New York
Parents	Leur (Van Kuykendall) Janss d. 1619	Christinje	Douwe Wiggersz aka Wichersz	Angniet Coens m. 30 Nov 1608 in Enkhuizen
Marriage	28 Aug 1638	Amsterdam

Jan Verbeeck Van Kuykendall
Everet Wendels Van Kuykendall
Styntie Van Kuykendall
Luur Jacobsen Van Kuykendall
Urbanus Luyersen m. Janntje Claes

Wageningen 1600s

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The earliest record mentioning Jacob was his marriage banns (intentions) to "Stinjntje Douwes" which was recorded at Amsterdam, Holland on Aug 28, 1638. Dominie (clergyman) Wilhem Tzwingenburge married Jacob & Stijntie at the Nooderkerk (North Church) in the Jordann District of Amsterdam. At that time Jacob lived on Gasthersstraat (Near the Remjbrandt residence) and Stijntie lived on Anjellersstraat not far from the Old Nooderkirk.
Jacob Luyersen, his wife Styntie Douwes, his brother Urbanus Luyersen, and Urbanus' wife Janntje Claes came to New Netherlands in 1646 arrived in Fort Orange, New Netherlands (now Albany, New York) on the ship Princess owned by the Dutch West India Company. Since 1629 this company had set up patroonships whereby wealthy Dutch could obtain huge tracts of land if they successfully colonized the area. One such patroon was Kiliaen Van Rensselaer whose holdings included most of present-day Albany, Columbia, and Rensselaer counties. Rensselaer had his business office in Amsterdam but his home was in the Gelderland province from which the Luersens came, so it is likely that Rensselaer personally recruited the brothers (Jacob & Urbanus) and gave them land leases to ensure that they would become permanent settlers. Rensselaer's patroonship is mentioned as the only one that lasted into the 1700's.
Jacob and his brother Urbanus (with wife Jannetie Claes Boanes) came to America to work for Rensselaer, possibly as mechanics however, Jacob Luersen is specifically mentioned as an officer. New York Historical Manuscripts contains a Seo 6, 1641 declaration of officers of the ship The Angel Gabriel who urged the captain to head for New Netherlands because of the disabled condition of their ship, signed by Jacob Luersen as Chief Boastswain. Another account dated Jan 1, 1648, tells of a complaint filed against Roulaf Cornelius who inflicted five wounds on Corporal Jacob Luersen as the Corporal was trying to separate Cornelius and Casper Steinmetsel during a quarrel. Jacob, like other Dutch settlers, was granted a lot in Beverwyck near Fort Orange on Oct 25, 1653. Records show that he built a house and had a garden there until his death onApr 29, 1655.
He was one of the many signers of the Burger Oath of Allegiance, Fort Orange, Nov 23, 1651, promising "to be true and faithful to the patron and to cause no trouble..."
Jacob was a corporal in the military at Fort Amsterdam. By 1647 Jacob was no longer in the military. Urbanus was a mason and he and Jacob spent some time in the employee of the General Privileged West India Company of the Chamber of Amsterdam.
He was a farmer and traded furs with the Indians.

Kuykendall Name

The origin of the Kuykendall name is Dutch. Genealogists such as Dr. George Benson Kuykendall author of ``History of the Kuykendall Family'' (1919), have traced the name to an area near Wageningen overlooking the Rhine river. Drawing from sources such as the Archives of the State of New York, the Holland Society, and records from 17th century Holland, Dr. Kuykendall explains that the name Kuykendall was not used as a surname in the modern sense until our Dutch ancestors had been in this Canada West over fifty years. During the 17th century in Holland, only people of great prominence or social position used the family name as we do today; instead, they preferred the father's given name with the suffix ``sen'' attached. For example, our ancestor who immigrated from Holland to Fort Orange, New York, was called Jacob Luursen because his father was named Luur. Consequently, the name of Jacob's son was written as Luur Jacobsen in Dutch Reform Church records in 1650.
When he arrived in the New World in 1640, Jacob signed his full name as Jacob Luursen Van Wageningen, the word ``van'' meaning ``from,'' thus establishing that he was from Wageningen, Holland, although some genealogists believe he was actually born in Land Van Kuyk, a county about 12 miles south of Wageningen. This area, probably known at the time as Kijk-in-t-dal, lies on a high bank above the Rhine river and it said to have a beautiful view of the Rhine valley. ``Kijk'' is an old Dutch word for ``view'' and it is pronounced as if it were spelled ``Kuyk'' or ``Kike.'' Mr. Van Laar, a New York State Archivist in 1919, maintained that in the Dutch dialect of the Wageningen area, ``Kijkinstdal'' May have been spelled ``Kuykendall'' or ``Kuukendal.'' Other genealogists familiar with Dutch names support this view.
Our first American-born ancestor, Luur Jacobsen, was also the first to use the surname ``Van Kuykendall.'' My sources say that he added the name when he reached the age of 21, according to Dutch custom. However, he did not use ``Van Kuykendall'' except for some official documents such as baptism records of his children. From this point on, however, Luur Jacobsen's children used the surname ``Van Kuykendall'' as a last name, probably due to the influence of English customs after New Netherland became New York under British control in 1664. Luur's son Matthew is listed as ``Mattheus Van Kuykendaal'' in marriage records datedApr 3, 1715. Also, another son named Cornelius appears to have dropped the Dutch ``Van'' at some point as he moved into Minisink County in what is now New Jersey, as all of his children were baptized with just the surname ``Kuykendall.''

Gen 9	Luur Jacobsen Van Kuykendall		Grietje Artze Tack
Birth	29 May 1650	Fort Orange, New Netherlands, NY	29 May 1663 16 Aug 1663 (C)	Kingston, Ulster, NY
Death	after 1720		after 1720
Parents	Jacob Luursen Van Kuykendall	Styntie Douwes	Aert Pietersen Tack (son of Pieter) was born ca 1620 in Etten, (Barony of Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands)	Annetje Arien
Marriage	1680	NY, NY

Styntie Van Kuykendall b. 2 Apr 1682 d. 1715, Sussex, NJ
Jacob Van Kuykendall b. 12 Aug 1683 Ulster, NY d. Bef. 1744, Minisink, Sussex, NJ
Johannes Van Kuykendall b. 20 Apr 1685 Ulster, NY
Cornelius Van Kuykendall b. 30 May 1686 Kingston, NY
Janannes Van Kuykendall b. 30 Seo 1688 Ulster, New York, d. ca 1711.
Mattheus Van Kuykendall b. 1689 Rochester, Ulster, NY
Arie Van Kuykendall b. 8 Jun 1694 Ulster, New York, d. 1759.
Pieter Van Kuykendall b.1 May 1698 d. 1799, Port Jervis, Orange, NY
Annetje Van Kuykendall b. 9 May 1700 Orange, NY
Sara Van Kuykendall b. 14 Jun 1702 Orange, New York, d. date unknown, Minisink Township, Orange, NY
Seyte Van Kuykendall b. 22 Oct 1706 Minisink Township, Orange, NY

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Current Old Ditch Church in Kingston

In 1664, the British, irritated by the growing population of Dutch between the British colonies of Boston and Virginia, surrounded New Amsterdam with a large naval force and forced New Netherland to become a British Colony, renamed New York. Inheriting a strong pioneering spirit and probably sick of British soldiers and taxes, Luur and Grietje moved their family around 1698 from the vicinity of Kingston to the Delaware valley wilderness known by the Indians inhabitants as Minisink or Machackemeck (now Port Jervis, Orange county, NY).
The Kingston DRC records tell us only that Luur and his family were in "Minisink" by 1700. The term Minisink referred to a vast territory along the Delaware valley in the tri-state region of NY/NJ/PA. However, Only two areas were settled before 1700, Peenpack and Machackemeck. Peenpack, or the Upper Neighborhood, was well documented by Peter Gumaer and Luur was not one of the early settlers there. We know that William Tietsoort had been granted land in Machackemeck, or the Lower Neighborhood, in 1698 and we also know that Luur Jacobsen's oldest son, Jacob, married a daughter of William Tietsoort. I think we can fairly safely assume that Luur came to Machackemeck with William Tietsoort around 1698. If for no other reason than the fact that there don't seem to be any other possibilities. Old Minisink Village (Sussex Co. NJ) where Luur's sons, Jacob and Matthew later owned property wasn't settled until in the 1720's. The section of Minisink on the PA side of the Delaware wasn't settled until even later.
Initially the local Leni-Lenape Indians, (called the Delaware by European settlers), were friendly toward these new neighbors. However, the Europeans penchant for exclusive land ownership soon led to hostilities. The history books reflect K-Family members among those scalped and kidnapped by Indian raiding parties.
There in Minisink, Luur Jacobsen adopted a toponym - church records of 1706 list "Luur Jacobsen van Kuykendaal". Early Dutch Genealogists Van Laer and Versteeg explained the name to mean "van kijk-in-t'dal", translated "from view of the valley" i.e.; From Wageningen overlooking the Rhine valley. Not Chicken-Valley or Church-in-the-Valley as some references suggest.
The First Protestant Dutch Reformed Church of Kingston has held worship services for 350 years, making it one of the oldest continuously existing congregations in the U.S. The current building is its fifth. For the first 170 years of its existence it was the only church in Kingston, and the only Dutch Reformed Church for much of the west side of the Hudson River. Fifty other churches in the region were started under its auspices. Its birth, marriage and death records are complete to 1660, making it one of the oldest such collections in the Canada West

Grietje Artze Tack parents:

Aert Petersen Tack was a major grain grower during the early 1660's in the Esopus owning 20 morgens [40 Acres] of land outside the village of Wiltwyck but made his home in the village itself. He May have worked more land in the area as he apparently employed a goodly number of farm workers. One of those was a man by the name of Jacob Jansen van Etten who was known as "Tacks farm boss" and who later, would marry Annetje "Jane" Ariens, Aert Tacks former wife and the mother of Grietjen "Margaret" Tack van Kuykendaal.
In the year 1663, Aert Petersen Tack is found confronted by a series of court suits stemming from complaints by Jacob van Etten and from his other farm workers as well as from suppliers whom he had failed to pay. All were seeking payment for work they had done and for supplies they had furnished during the year. In 1662 Tack had mortgaged the next years grain crop harvest and had spent the money so was unable to satisfy his debtors.
In Jun 1663 the Indians of the area attacked the village of Wiltwyck, massacred residents, took prisoners and burned many of the homes. Aert Tack apparently took advantage of the situation and simply disappeared hoping that his wife, his debtors, as well as the courts would believe he had been taken captive by the savage Indians and probably killed. The absconding Aert Petersen Tack had deserted his wife and family and left Annetje, his wife, to face the responsibility of settling his affairs and facing the problems he had created. Although no record has been found, it is recorded he returned and died ca. 1705 in Kingston, Ulster, New York.

Gen 8	Cornelius Van Kuykendall		Marretjen Wesvaal
Birth	30 May 1686	Kingston, NY	18 Aug 1685	Kingston, NY
Death			abt 1753	Somerset, Province of PA
Parents	Luur Jacobsen Van Kuykendall	Grietje Artze Tack	Johannes Jurianse Westvaal	Marretjen Jacobsen Kool
Marriage	1704 - 1705	Orange, NY

Leur Kuykendall b. Oct 07, 1706, Minisink Township, Orange, New York, d. Bef. Jun 13, 1789, Washington, Pennsylvania.
Marjrett Kuykendall b. Bet. May 07 - 09, 1710, Minisink Township, Orange, New York, d. Aft. 1752, kingston Church, Deerpark, NY.
Marretjin Kuykendall b. Jun 22, 1712, Minisink Township, Orange, New York, d. ca 1747, Orange, New York.
Nettejin Kuykendall b. Jun 08, 1715, Minisink Township, Orange, New York, d. 1752.
Johnnes Kuykendall b. Jun 05, 1717, Minisink Township, Orange, New York, d.Apr 19, 1745.
Abraham Kuykendall b. Oct 18, 1719, Kingston Church, Deerpark, NY , d. 1812, Henderson, NC.
Petrus Kuykendall b. Jul 04, 1733, Minisink Township, Orange, New York, d. Jul 04, 1733
Jacobus Kuykendall b. 1735, minisink Township, Orange, New York, d. date unknown.

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Gen 7	Abraham Kuykendall
Birth	18 Oct 1719	Kingston Church, Deerpark, NY
Death	by 1 Apr 1812	Buncombe County, NC
Buriel	Mud Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (monument)
Parents	Cornelius Van Kuykendall	Marretjen Wesvaal

John Kuykendall (1754-) m. Nancy Haggerty, lived in Rutherford County
James Kuykendall (1755-1820) m. Mary, moved to Georgia
Jane Kuykendall (1756-1834) m. Robert McMinn, moved to Georgia
Sarah Kuykendall (1765-) m. Jacob Shipman in Rutherford County
Simon Kuykendall (1765-1825) m. Eleanor Metcalf, moved to Tennessee
Abraham Kuykendall Jr. (1770-1870) m. Elizabeth Van Zandt, may have moved to Georgia
Unknown daughter (1771-)
Jacob Kuykendall (1773-1828) m. Nancy Thomas
Esther Kuykendall (1774-) m. William Metcalf
Rebecca Kuykendall (1776-) m. Robert Brown
? Elizabeth (first name not certain) Kuykendall (1780-) m. Edmond Samuel McGuffey
?Esther Kuykendall (1790-) m. Cornelius Capps.
? Jesse Kuykendall (1792-)

Abraham Kuykendall memorial Mud Creek Baptist Church

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The cemetery and town. Kuykendall’s land grants, those he received as a Revolutionary War veteran and those he bought, total more than 2,000 acres The land was along the “Saluda Path,” the old turnpike (U.S. 25 South), according to land records and geographical maps.
n the 1740s, Kuykendall’s family migrated down the Great Wagon Road from New York to settle in North Carolina. Abraham Kuykendall was listed as a corporal in Capt. Samuel Corbin’s list of men during 1747-48 when there was the so-called “Spanish Alarm.” He was 29. The Spanish attacks on North Carolina shipping and port towns were continuous from 1741 to 1748. The date most often applied to the list of men is 1748. In 1775, he was named captain of the Safety Committee in Tryon, a form of law enforcement in small communities then. When war began in earnest, he was commissioned as a captain in the Tryon Militia during the Revolutionary War, serving from 1774 to 1781. He was also a member of the Committee of Safety and served with Capt. Corbin. He was a member of Samuel Adams’ Committee of Correspondence. Kuykendall was appointed Justice of the Peace and Justice for the Court of Quarter Sessions by the N.C. General Assembly. He served as a county commissioner for both Tryon and Rutherford counties. He was also asked to oversee building a road and locating a site for the courthouse in Rutherford County. On Oct. 10, 1779,
Abraham made one of the earliest requests for a land grant in Flat Rock, though it was not made official until the 1790s. He was an old man, with a new, young wife, when he moved to the newly opened wilderness, along with several of his grown children and grandchildren. Basically, he owned what we call Flat Rock today. Abraham founded some of WNC’s first businesses, including a fine inn, a tavern and a mill. He also donated the land where the current Mud Creek Baptist Church and cemetery are located. He was buried there in 1812.
Abraham Kuykendall did amass considerable wealth. He built a complex that included a tavern, an inn and a meeting house/church located on Rutledge Drive, in the area between today’s abraham_K.jpg and St. John in the Wilderness Church. He also owned a grist mill. As business was conducted in coins those days and there were no banks, Abraham stored his earnings at home. Abraham and wife Elizabeth were married for 55 years. They raised more than a dozen children. But Elizabeth preceded Abraham in death at around age 75. Enter Bathsheba, Abraham’s second wife who was both young and beautiful. His bride liked to spend so Abraham decided to hide his money. He put his coins in an iron wash pot and went through the forest with two blindfolded slaves carrying the money. They buried the pot under a large white oak, were blindfolded again and returned home. When Abraham decided to retrieve his money, he headed for the woods. No one knows for sure, but the theory is he tripped, hit his head and rolled into a creek called Pheasant Branch. There he was found dead, facedown in the stream. He was 93. The coins were never located, but a local family that suddenly became wealthy caused some raised eyebrows. Lots of folk have looked for the treasure.
Land:
- Apr. 9, 1811 Abraham McMin enters 100 ac in Rutherford Co on S side of main Broad R and at mouth of Ashworth Cr; border: his own line and a tract formerly belonging to Wm Miller; issued.

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Mcminn Name Meaning: Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Méinn, a patronymic from the Gaelic form of the surname Menzies. Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Méinn, a patronymic from the Gaelic form of the surname Menzies.

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Gen 6	Robert McMinn		Jane Kuykendall
Birth			ca 1755	Tryon, NC
Death	after 12 Apr 1797 (will)	Rutherford, NC	ca 1840 - 1850	Union, GA
Parents			Abraham Kuykendall	Elizabeth ?Van Zandt
Marriage	ca 1771	Tryon, NC

William Abraham McMinn b. ca 1773 d. ca 1829 Marion Co. AL m. Mary Margaret Byers
Mary McMinn b. 24 Seo 1774 Tyron NC d. 1843 Rutherforn NC m. 14 Jul 1791 Rutherford Co. NC Edward Columbus Johnson 8 children
James McMinn b. ca 1778 d. 2 Jun 1865 Hickman Co. TN m. Elizabeth Woodfin
- Jesse K McMinn b. 5 May 1823 d. 15 Apr 1864
- James McMinn 1840 census d. 1847
- John Woodfin McMinn b. 17 May 1809 d. 27 Dec 1898
- Joseph m. Elizabeth Warren d. 1849 Hall Co. GA. Elizabeth's parents: Nicholas & Hannah
John A McMinn b. ca 1776 Rutherford CO., NC d. ca 1810 Buncombe (now Henderson CO), NC m. ca 1798-99 Elizabeth Robinson
- Robert McMinn b. 1799 d. 1860
- James Robert McMinn b. 1802
- John m. McMinn, b. 6 Jan 1803 d. 1867
- Jesse Andrew McMinn b. 1806) d.1862
Elizabeth McMinn b. ca 1775
Joseph McMinn b. ca 1782 died ca Mar 1850 in Hall Co. GA by unknown wife
- Martha McMinn b. Jul 1826, SC; d. Aft. 1900.
by Elizabeth Warren
- Caroline Jane McMinn b. 12 Aug 12 1833, Hall Co. GA; d. 11 Jun 11 1908, Hall Co. GA.
Robert McMinn b. ca 1790 m. Lavina Baird
Joseph McMinn b. 1827
Jane McMinn b. ca 1792 m. Absolom Beard
Jesse McMinn b. ca 1795 m. 1819 Affie Kuykendall Sofia Bolvia

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A Robert McMinn presented himself in Charleston in Seo 1767 and rec'd 100 acres on the bounty and was among other recipients recently arrived from Newry in Northern Ireland. Petitions for land from the South Carolina Council journals / by Brent H. Holcomb vol 6 It's quite likely that he was on that ship Britannia that arrived in Charleston in Aug 1767 but there is no conclusive proof since many of the ship manifests no longer exist. The 100 acres he received is a Protestant Land Grant in the Long Canes district of the Savannah River from King George III. But I have not located such a record. Because he received 100 acres, we can assume he presented himself with no wife or children, or he would have received more acreage. This land was originally surveyed in 1768 in SC and this land was part of Old Tryon County which ended up in NC after the border in the west was moved south in 1772 to include lands originally granted in SC. This land is in present day Rutherford County, NC but I have not been able to locate the record of this survey. Is this our Robert McMinn? Another source says he got land in Tryon Co. in 1770

Rutherford County Land Grants

Phillip Crowder [assignee of Robert McMinn]

Rutherford

1779

1790

100

On chesnut Log Branch of Sandy Run

760

Robert McMinn [assignee of John Corkindall]

Rutherford

1785

1790

300

On the N. fork of Sandy Run.

723

Robert McMinn

Rutherford

1793

1796

On Rosses Creek (of Sandy Run)

1325

Abraham McMinn

Rutherford

1793

1796

100

On Opening Branch of Sandy Run

1142

Robert McMinn

Rutherford

1796

1797

200

On water of Sandy Run.

1649

1775 Tryon County Court of Pleas Witnessed 3 deeds
At a meeting of the freeholders of the county of Tryon, at the ' court house of the said county on the twenty-sixth of July, one thousand '■ seven hundred and seventy-five; in ' order to select a committee for said 1 county: "The following persons were; 1 chosen; to wit: Captain Kuykendall's Company: Abraham Kuykendall, William Thornpson, Robert McMinn. He served in Capt McKinney's company1775
Robert is also listed in Revolutionary History of NC as petitioning the state for reimbursement of a rifle and stolen horse by Tories. Burial place is unknown and assumed to be on his land in Rutherford Co. or in Mud Creek Cemetery where his father in law, Abraham Kuykendall is buried.
He served in Tryon on the Committee of Safety in 1775. The hostile Indians and War of the Revolution hindered his progress toward the Blue Ridge mountains.
Shortly after his death in 1797 in Rutherford County, North Carolina, his wife Jane Kuykendall McMinn bought land from her father Abraham Kuykendall in the Flat Rock area of Henderson County.
Robert's will " In the name of God Amen, the fourteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven, I , Robert McMinn, Senior, of North Carolina, and in the county of Rutherford, being very sick and weak in body, but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be unto God therefore calling to mind the mortality of the body and that is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that give it and for my body I recommend it to the earth to be buried in a Christian like manner at discretions of my Executors, nothing doubting the Power of God and as touching such worldly Estate wherein it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give, devise, and dispose of the same in the following manner and form - INPRIMIS: It is my Will, and do order that in the first place, that all my just debts and burial charges be paid and satisfied. ITEM: I give and bequeath unto JANE, by beloved and dear wife all my Estate both real and personal to keep and use it as myself for the common support of the family during her natural life and widowhood and after her death to be equally divided among my children. ITEM: I appoint, constitute, make and ordain my only sole Executors my beloved wife, JANE, and Alexander Davidson, Senior, of the my last Will and Testament and I do hereby disallow, and utterly revoke and disanul all and every other former Testament, Wills, Legacies and Exers. by me in any ways before this time named willed and be queathed, Ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament." In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written.Signed, sealed, published and pronounced and declared by the said McMINN to be his last Will and Testament." John T. Reagan Robert McMinn ( Seal ) James Kurkendall 24 Apr 1797 Probated Jan 1802.
Aug. 20, 1793 Robed MeMinn enters 50 ae in Rutherford Co on Roses Cr of Sandy Run border: on E side of land under I live; granted granted to Riges
Ju!. 12, 1815 Abraham McMin enters 40 ac in Rutherford Co; border: joins where he lives on both sides of
~" creek where his mill is; fees by Major R Alexander; issued,
Jul. 12,1793 Abraham McMiinn enters 100 ae in Rutherford Co on the head of the "opening" branch of Sandy Run; border: E side of said branch
~d runs across said branch; granted to Riges.

Gen 5	William Abraham McMinn		Mary Margaret Byars
Death	1839
Parents	Robert McMinn	Jane Kuykendall	Nathan Byars	Drucilla Harrelson

Robert McMinn b. 1795 TN Tryon, NC, d. 1847 Pinola, MS
Jane McMinn b. 1798 Rutherford, NC d. 10 Jul 1885 Glen Allen AL
Jesse McMinn b. 1798 Rutherford Co. NC
Drusilla McMinn b. 1799 Rutherford Co. NC d. 1880 Houston TX
Nathaniel McMinn b. 11 Jun 1803 Rutherford, NC d. 2 Jun 1896 Choctaw, MS
Richard McMinn b. 1805 Rutherford Co. NC d. 1884 Batesville MS
Martha Cherry McMinn b. 1808 d.
William McMinn b. 20 Jan 1811 Buncombe, NC, d. 16 Aug 1888 Choctaw MS
Abraham McMinn b. 1812 Rutherford d. 1870 City of Jackson, AR NC
John McMinn b. 1813 d. 1859
Drewy Dallas McMinn b. 1817 Rutherford NC d. Seo 1864 Marion AL
Hannah McMinn b. 1818 Rutherford, NC d. 1870 Pinola MS
Patsey McMinn b. 1819 St Clair AL
Berry McMinn b. 22 Seo 1822 Marion AL d. 6 Aug 1898 Panola MS

Comments

lots of DNA connections through ancestry.com DNA test
Abraham McMinn Rutherford 1793 1796 100 On Opening Branch of Sandy Run 1142
Land record 1 Oct 1823 1 W½NW Meridian Huntsville twp 13S range 12W section 25 - 79.78 aces Fayette county

Gen 4	John McMinn		Elizabeth Black
Birth	1813	?AL	1823	NC
Death	16 Nov 1859	Jackson Co. IL	3 Feb 1873	Jackson Co. IL
Burial	South Co. Line Cem Row 27	Jackson Co. IL	South Co. Line Cem Row 27	Jackson Co. IL
Misc.	Farmer		Farmer
Marriage	21 Feb 1848	Anna/Jonesboro Union Co. IL	Martin Collins, Justice of the peace

John McMinn

Children of John and Elizabeth

William James McMinn b. 1850 IL d. 18 Dec 1890 Big Mound Twp Wayne Co. IL bur. Oak Valley Cem near Jeff Wayne Co. IL (buried near Hawk family - brother TO's wife's family)
Thomas Osborne McMinn b. 21 Dec 1852 IL d. 23 Feb 1936 IL m. 1 Jul 1872 Georgeanne Blankenship
female McMinn b. died young Union Co. IL

Resided

1848 - Union Co. IL
1850 - John & Elizabeth - Jackson Co. IL
1955 - John - Jackson - Twp 10 - 101- 001
1860 - Elizabeth - Carbondale Williamson Co. IL with Hettie Black (b. 1805)
1965 - Elizabeth - Grassy Twp - 02 - 10002
1868 - Elizabeth - Williamson Co. tax list 32 acres in cultivation
1870 - Elizabeth - Union Co. IL with Harriet Black (b. 1810) Rich Pct Series 284 Pg 526 Lick Creek
1880 - Thomas - Williamson Co. with Throgmorton

Comments

Leora has the Brandon thumb and Doc Brandon was a distant cousin. The connection is through Joseph Brandon's wife who was a Kuykendall. The Brandons came from Franklin Co. TN by 1812 and to AL 1816 to Union Co. IL 1832.
John Frederick McMinn and John Bascom McMinn met when they were passing through NY to go overseas in WWI. Both worked for the YMCA. They said they were related but its unclear if they knew it specifically or just because they shared a last name. John Frederick McMinn was b. 8 Seo 1878 Santa Rosa CA son of John McMinn b. 2 May 1839 MO d. 8 May 1912 Sonoma CA and Elizabeth Blair. I traced him back to Joseph McMinn of Hawkins TN. No DNA connection has been found.

Elizabeth Black McMinn

Alabama

St. Clair Alabama census A McMinn - 2612110011
1830 census: Robert Marion, Jas, IS Franklin, Mary & Walter Marion

Tennessee

Bedford: Kuykendalls: Abraham, James, Matthew
1812 tax list Franklin CO: James McMinn, James & Thomas Brandon, Peter, John, Simeon, William, & Matthew Kuykendall Joseph & Hugh Gentry, Thomas & Carter Collins. Is this the James that married Elizabeth Woodfin?
Hawkins grand jury 1810, Robert & Joseph McMinn.
1806, James McMinn and Abraham Kuykendall Jr. were in White CO., TN signing a petition for Warren CO., TN to be formed. 1809 Bedford CO
War 1812 Jesse & William McMinn, Joseph Brandon. James Kurkendall, John Gentry, 1 Reg't Metcalfe's) W. TN Militia - from Franklin County among others
War 1812 James McMinn 2 Reg't Mounted Gunmen (Williameon's) Tennessee Volunteers. - Bedford

Illinois

1860 census Hettie Black 55 NC - 1870 Harriet Black 60 NC. Not found in 1850. How is she related to Elizabeth?
William James resided in De Soto Missouri

Gen 3	Thomas Osborne McMinn		Georgeanne Blankenship¹
Birth	21 Dec 1852	IL	NOV 1848	TN
Death	13 Feb 1936	Carbondale IL	19 Jan 1879	Carterville IL
Cause	Stroke		Typhoid Pneumonia
Burial	Tamaroa Cem	Tamaroa IL	Gentry Cem	Williamson Co. IL
Parents	John McMinn	Elizabeth Black	William H. Blankenship	Elizabeth Susan Hudgens
Misc.	Baptist minister	10 Nov 1875	Homemaker
Marriage	1 Jul 1872	Williamson Co. IL	Rev W P Throgmorton

m. 1 Jul 1872 Georgeanne¹ Blankenship

John Bascom McMinn b. 7 Aug 1873 Williamson Co. IL d. 11 Oct 1949 Mayville MI m. 27 Mar 1897 Mary Rice
William Edward McMinn b. 1876 Williamson Co. IL d. 8 Feb 1905 Mt. Vernon IL (buried Maplewood Cemetary St. Elmo) m. Florence ? in Arkansas
Julia McMinn b. 1877-1878 Williamson Co. IL d. 1877-1879 Williamson Co. IL
Cora McMinn b. 1879 Williamson Co. IL d. 17 Jun 1881 Williamson Co. IL

m. 29 Jun 1879 Sarah² Ellen Hampton b. 1860 d. Oct 1897

Flora Ann McMinn b. 6 May 1880 Williamson Co. IL d. 30 Jan 1983 Sunset Memorial Park Cem Du Quoin IL m. Harold Lewis Farmer b. 1881 d. 1966
- Judge Harold Osborne Farmer b. 29 Apr 1905 d. 20 Feb 1995 m. 5 Jun 1932 Grace L Eagleson b. 1 Nov 1903 d. 9 Dec 1996
  - Dr. William Lewis Farmer b. 1 Nov 1938 d. 16 May 1982 Du Quoin Perry IL
  - Dorothy Alongi (adopted as an adult)
Margaret (BaBa) McMinn b. 18 Jul 1882 Williamson Co. IL d. 25 Jul 1969 Oakland Cem. Carbondale IL m. 1907-1908 Roscoe Conkling Baker b. 1881 d. Jan 1966 at home, 307 W. Elm Street, Carbondale Il
- Miles Osborne (Tim) b. 8 Mar 1911 d. 1959
- Rhoda Mae b. 19 Aug 1913 Makanda IL d. Aug 1975 Carbondale IL m. 22 Jun 1935 Christ Church, Alexandria, VA Paul Jean Brown b. 11 Jul 1912 Carbondale IL d. 14 May 1973 Methodist Hospital, Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
  - David Frederick Brown b. 27 May 1938 Richmond, VA d. 24 Aug 2010 London, England ( Ordained Episcopal priest, Senior Chaplain, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London and Surrey, England)
  - Margaret Ellen Brown m. Michael Omar Womack¹ div. m. James Henry Hughes² div. (no children)
    - Michael Paul Womack b. 28 Jul 1960 d. 6 Jul 2005 (automobile accident in Seneca IL) m. 30 Jan 1981 Wallingford CT Donna Marie Brown (div. Dec 1995 Denton, TX)
      - Michael Joseph Womack partner Heather Ann Mumaw
        
        Chloe Grace Womack
        
        Lily Marie Womack
        
        Dylan Paul Womack
        
        Evelyn Rose Mu-Maw Womack
      - Sarah Marie Womack
    - Molly Elizabeth Lee Womack m. Robert Dale Farmer¹ div. No children m. John Joseph Fanelli² div.
      - Margaret (Meg) Elizabeth Fanelli m. Beau Shamblin m. 9 Dec 2023 Will Martinez
        
        Benjamin Lang Fanelli
        
        Blake Austin Shamblin:
        
        Mara Elizabeth Shamblin
      - Stephen John Fanelli b. 29 Seo 1993 d. 29 Seo 1993
      - Adam Blakeman Fanelli m. Andrea Barnett
        
        Annabella Grace Fanelli
    - Adam Tyler Womack m. Kathleen Mary Bailey (no children)
  - Molly Brown m. Richard Wallis Ballantine d. 9 May 2020
    - Robert Woods Ballantine b. 27 Aug 1982 d. 27 Aug 1982 Fairfield CT
    - Kathryn Elizabeth Ballantine b. 10 Oct 1984 d. 10 Oct 1984 New Haven CT
    - David Wallis Ballantine m. Kaitlyn Jun Benetz div.
    - John Wallis Ballantine
Gordon McMinn b. 7 Oct 1885 Williamson Co. IL d. 7 Seo 1976 Pleasant Grove Cem. Murphysboro IL m. 28 Jul 1905 Katherine Armstrong b. 8 Feb 1886 d.13? Jan 1968
- Harriet Evelyn b. ca 1912 m. Harley Teel
  - Gordon Ray Teel
LaVinnia Mae McMinn b. 21 Seo 1887 Williamson Co. IL d. 27 Aug 1817 Oak Lawn Farms Little Cedar IA m. Fred Gove McCurdy Hill m. 2nd ca 1925 Verna Graves, m. 3rd ca Gladys Pearl Thompson Young
- Fred Lyle Hill b. 17 Seo 1912 Floyd Iowa d. 12 Dec 2004 Austin MN m. 28 Oct 1933 Floyd IA Thelma Lucille Tabor b. 16 Jan 1916 Floyd Iowa d. 7 Feb 1994 Austin MN
  - Barbara Lucille Hill m. Robert Henry Langan (Austin WI)
  - Beatrice (Bettie) Hill m. Melvin John Thome div. m. Gerald Deden
  - Patricia A Hill m. ? Nybo, (Eagan MN)
  - Bryon Hill b. MN (lived Omaha NE) m. Kim
Jessie McMinn b. 30 Apr 1888/9 Williamson Co. IL d. NOV 1970 Little Cedar IA m. ca 1910 Orin Daniel Elliott b. 4 Seo 1888 Little Cedar IA d. 2 Apr 1951 (resided in 1917 Fullerton ND)
- Max Luvern Elliott b. 1918 ND d. 1965 m. Kathryn Pellemonter b. 22 Jul 1920 d. 19 Jul 2009 Osage IA
  - Mary Jo Elliott b. 15 Jan 1952 (adopted)
  - Marcia Elliott b. 1 Dec 1953
  - Kurt O Elliott b. 15 Seo 1959 d. 14 Feb 2019
- Guy Marvin Elliott b. 27 My 1923 Fullerton ND d. 1957 m. Alene Johnson b. 14 Mar 1924
  - Julie Elliott
- Maurice Elliott b. 6 Aug 1929 Fullerton ND m. Kathleen Schrage (seperated)
  - Daniel Elliott
    - Travis Elliott b. May 1980
    - Nick Elliott b. 16 Aug 1982 d. 5 Oct 1998 (car accident)
  - John Elliott b. 9 Seo 1964 m. Laurie (seperated)
  - Maureen Elliott
  - Denise Elliott
  - Angela Elliott (7 adopted children)
  - Vickie Elliott
Joseph Logan McMinn b. 1 Seo 1894 Johnsonville, Williamson Co. IL d. 24 Seo 1967 Oakland Cem. Carbondale IL
- William David Warnock b 12 Seo 1921 Kansas City MO d. 5 May 2000 Kent, King County, WA m. Weegee Pauline m. Steadman 1921–2006 He was SSGT US AIR FORCE WWII, KOREA, VIETNAM
  - Katherine Foster
Ward b. ca 1897 Williamson Co. IL d. by Oct 1897 (presumably before his mother based on her obit saying she left 8 children)

m. 8 Jun 1898 Wayne Co. IL Ida³ Hawk Elsey b. 1869 d. 1953 (her first spouse was Mr. Elsey))

Lenore McMinn b. 31 Mar 1899 Tamaroa d. 12 Dec 1924 Oakland Cem. Carbondale IL m. William Ernest Watson
- Gordon Watson b. 19 Mar 1922 d. 21 Mar 1990 m. Ethel Tomlinson
  - Charlotte Watson m. Bruce Holliday
  - Marlene Watson m. Theodor Mueller
- Ernest Howard Watson b. 20 Mar 1821 d. 20 Mar 1821
Raymond McMinn b. 16 Jul 1901 Murphysboro IL d. 8 Aug 1980 Oakland Cem. Carbondale IL
Helen W McMinn b. 31 May 1904 Murphysboro IL d. 19 Feb 1992 m. 9 Jan 1929 Gordon Jones
- Dr. Harold Dean Jones m. Carol
- Dr Dale K Jones m. Liz
Mabel M McMinn b. 24 Jul 1905 Little Cedar Iowa d. 2 Dec 1995 Alton, IL m. 30 Jun 1934 Charles Brainard Ripley
- Donald B Ripley d. 19 Dec 2011
- William M Ripley b. 30 Nov 1943 d. 2 May 1996
- John M Ripley
Thomas Osborne McMinn Jr. b. 26 Jul 1907 Little Cedar Iowa d. 2 Seo 1985 Des Plains IL m. Kathryn Stroud
- Robert Lee McMinn b. 19 Oct 1927 Chicago IL d. 30 Seo 2015 m. 6 Jun 1953 Jun Ann Murtha b. 2 Jun 1930 Chicago IL
  - Karen Ann McMinn m. Thomas Michael Landi
    - Michael Thomas Landi m. Kim Ann Truong
    - Kristin Lynn Landi
  - Janice Lynn McMinn m. q Stanley Richard Young
    - Stephen Richard Young
    - Andrew Robert Young
    - David Michael Young
  - Roberta Lee McMinn m. Phillip Joseph Conboy
    - Kathryn Anna Conboy
    - James Robert Conboy
    - Anna Lee Conboy
  - Jun Ann McMinn m.Edward Thomas Anderson
    - Nicholas Edward Anderson
    - Sara Nicole Anderson
    - Kevin Edward Anderson
    - Daniel Edward Anderson
Ralph Herbert McMinn b. 5 Jun 1908 Little Cedar Iowa d. 23 Jun 2004 m. 22 Dec 1945 Mendota IL Helen Margaret Waldorf d. 29 Seo 2003
- Joyce Ellen McMinn m. Mitchell Edward Strach
  - Debra Jo Strach m. Kenneth Lee Caulk
    - Amy Lee Caulk
    - Drew Mitchell Caulk
  - Lisa Ann Strach m. Gordon Dale Nichols div. m. William Daniel Tucker div. m. Douglas William Dorris
    - Julia Nicole Strach Nichols
    - Benjamin Alexander Nichols
- Thomas Osborn McMinn

Photos of the Descendats of Thomas Osborne McMinn

Photos of the descendants of William Harvey & Susan Hudgens Blankenship


Thomas Osborne McMinn	Georegeann Blankenship McMinn	Rev John Bascum McMinn

Thomas McMinn and wife number one with eldst son John

Thomas McMinn family

Thomas McMinn family with wife number 2 Sara Ellen Hampton McMinn and her children plus second eldest son Williamd from family one

Thomas’s first church. Cottage Home Baptist Church which he founded in 1883
1896. Back row: Flo age 16, William from family 1, Joe is baby in the arms of Sara Ellen Hampton McMinn.,Thomas, Gordon age 12, Margaret age 14
Front row: Mae age 9, and Jessie age 6

group of children and third

Thomas McMinn family with second group of children and second wife

Mae, Margaret, Thomas, Flo, Jessie
Gordon

Thmas McMinn family

Thomas McMinn family second group of children

Back row: Flo, Harry, Mae, Roscoe, Margaret
Front row: Joe, Lenore, Harold, Jessie

group of children and third

Thomas McMinn family with third group of children and third wife

Back row: Raymond, Lenore, Helen, Mabel
Front row: Thomas Jr, Thomas Sr, Ida Hawk Elsey McMinn, Ralph

Thomas McMinn Family

Flo, Gordon, John, Margaret, Jessie, Helen, Osborne

Thomas McMinn family

1958 Apr in Carbondale : Helen, Jessie, Gordon, Joe, Flo, Ralph, Mabel, Margaret, Raymond

Resided

1880 - Grassy Precinct IL
1900 census Tamaroa
1891-1898 Tamaroa Church
1905 census West Lincoln Mitchell IA
1905 - 1911 Little Cedar IA
1910 census Liberty, Mitchell, IA
Joseph Draft cardWWI - he lived in Exeter NE
Lincoln, Hastings Nebraska ?? Specific town/church in Nebraska unknown
1920 census Grassy, Williamson IL
1922 - 708 West Collage, 610 West Cherry Carbondale IL

Comments

His children from families 2 and 3 all worried about where T.O. would be buried. He's buried between wife #2 and #3. Wife #1 is buried with her parents in a small cemetery elsewhere.
Cora died from eating rat poison.
Will died in a train wreck - he was a fireman on the train. When he died his wife was pregnant and lost the baby.
Flo was an independent lady and lived alone until in her 90's. She always dressed well and loved red dresses. Her husband had the movie show, ran the newspaper and was a photographer. She rented rooms to tourists before there was a hotel.
Margaret taught school at Grant school in Lincoln Township, IA 1904-05 and Little Cedar 1906. She kept a rooming house for a while. Her husband worked in a hardware and his father was a doctor.
Gordon owned a shoe store. In later years he worked at the Prince Hotel and managed a Krogers. He was married by his brother John. He was named after Rev Gordon.
Jessie was a redhead.
Joe was a career man in the army. At the time of the draft for WWI, he was a corporal with 1 year service.
Lenore died from TB and her son Gordon lived with his grandparents.
They had a family reunion in 1958 (location unknown) and one at Jessie's in 1968.
Margaret, Ralph, Mabel, and Helen all taught school.
The Carbondale High School Years that are online, have photos of several family members. Carbondale High School: Ralph McMinn 1925, Osborne McMinn 1926, Dean Jones 1947, Dale Jones 1955, David Brown 1956, Margaret Ellen Brown 1959 , Molly Brown 1963 and University High School: Gordon Teel 1961

Rev. Thomas Osborne McMinn's career

Much of the detail on Thomas' early career comes from a book " The Life and Labors of Henry S Gordon The founder of the Free Will Baptist Church of Southern Illinois" by his son G. A. Gordon published 1901.Thomas named a son after Rev Gordon and spoke at his funeral. The book has a photograph of the group of Free Will Baptists in the area which includes Thomas and the men closest to him who ordained Thomas's son John. It also has a section written by Thomas describing his beliefs.
A little background on the Free Will Baptists. One group located in NC is the group that survives today with that name. This is not the group Thomas, his father-in-law William H Blankenship,and son John were a part of. The were followers of the Northern group who followed Randall. In 1911, most of the Free Will Baptists joined the Northern Baptists which then became the American Baptist. The Free Will Baptists under Randall were abolitionists. In fact William W Blankenship was living in TN during the civil war. After being warned by a neighbor that some men were coming to kill him that night, William fled with his family to Southern Illinois.

The book linked to above explains much of their beliefs as well as many web sites which explain the name changes.

He was baptized at age 17 (by his future father-in-law).and later ordained 10 Nov 1875 by Rev. W.H. Blankenship, J.C. Gilliland, J. S. Gullege at Cottage Home, IL.
T.O. founded the Cottage Home Baptist Church. It was built in 1883. They have modified as little of the church as possible. The current minister is Tom Monroe. History of the church was supplied by N. Taylor 687-549-2004 who attended as a child. A local history book describes his founding of the church. " Grassy Creek came about as a result if a revival in Mar of 1883, led by the Evangelist C. Y. Key, conducted in the Mann School Building about 6 miles south of Carterville, .Illinois. An exhorter named T. O. McMinn, served with Rev. Key during the meeting. It seems however, there was a doctorial difference between these two men and at the close of the meetings the ministers each called for members contemplating organization of churches to step forth. Those who responded to the leadership of evangelist Key organized themselves into the Grassy Creek Baptist Church. Those who followed the leadership of McMinn organized themselves into the Cottage Home Baptist Church a Free Will Baptist Church. " Rev Key was evidently a traveling missionary.
He was a member of the 1883 General Conference at Minneapolis and in 1895 at Winnebago MN.
In the early days he was a real circuit rider, serving several churches at the same time going from church to church and farm to farm on horseback. The family was very poor during that time. He helped start or grow several churches. For example they got an orange as a Christmas present. Some churches he was involved with: Campbell Hill Free Will Baptist Church, 1886 helped reorganize Ava Free Will Baptist Church, 1897-1900 Scheller Church,1901 Murphysboro Church
He had 3 main churches where he served for many years: Tamaroa IL, Little Cedar IA, and one in Nebraska. The family seemed good financially then.
In his later years, Thomas worked for the American Baptist association of churches after returning to IL in 1918. His earlier association with the Free Will Baptists were thought an aid to convert people to the new association. His job was to get others to join that association. He retired in the 20s as he became quite forgetful.
A sort of rival was W.P.Throgmorton, a minister who was part of another group of Baptists, .the Franklin Association of United Baptists. But Rev Throgmorton did marry Thomas and his first wife Georgeanne Blankenship.
Dorothy Maxine Rowe 30 Aug 1921 Albert Lea, Freeborn, MN is a grandaughter of TO and Georgeanne.

Lets gather family stories we've heard of him as a minister.

Gen 2	John Bascom McMinn		Mary Rice
Birth	7 Aug 1873	Marion Williamson Co. IL	10 Seo 1868	Tamaroa Perry Co. IL
Death	11 Oct 1949	Mayville, Tuscola Co. MI	9 May 1957	Herrin, Williamson Co. IL
Cause	Auto Accident
Burial	Rich Cemetery	Mayville MI	Rich Cemetery	Mayville MI
Parents	Thomas McMinn	Georgeanne Blankenship	Jonathan Marion Rice	Sirrilda Etherton
Misc.	Minister	Baptist	Teacher	Baptist
Marriage	27 Apr 1897	Tamaroa IL

Wendall Lawrence McMinn b. 17 Mar 1898 Tamaroa IL d. 26 Aug 1975 Chicago IL m. JUL 1922 Laura Wilhelmine Baer b. 13 Feb 1900 Coatsburg IL d. 16 Seo 1984L daughter of Pal Baer and Wilhelmine/a Simon. Both buried Graymount Cemetery , Coatsburg , IL
- John Paul McMinn b. 6 Jan 1923 d. 27 Apr 1986 m. Dorothy (Fern)
  - Susan McMinn
  - Laurie McMinn
  - Pat McMinn
- Randall Edward McMinn b. 4 May 1925 d. 18 Oct 2012 m. 11 Jul 1947 Ella Louise Gray
  - Michael Lee McMinn
  - Melody Susan McMinn m. James Farley Jr.
  - Timothy Gray McMinn
- Betty Jo McMinn b. 8 Feb 1927 d. 16 Jan 1988 m. Bob Wyka
  - Karen Ann Wyka b. 21 Seo 1949 - Chicago IL d. 2016 m. 25 Nov 1971 Div. Mar 1987James McCall b. 31 Jul 1943
    - Hayden Dodge McCall
  - Mark Geoffrey Wyka b. 02 Dec 1950 - Chicago, IL d. 25 Feb 2003 m. Sandy Lienhart¹ divorced, m. 6 Oct 1984 Ruth Espinos², m. Karen Regan³
    - James Wyka Horn (name from step-father) m. Lori
      - Katarina Horn
      - Dylan Horn
    - Bryan Wyka b. 13 Aug 1977 m. Monica Zak Behrens, div. m. Hope Zinke
      - Tyler Raymond Wyka
  - Barbara Jean Wyka b. 25 Feb 1953 - Chicago IL d. 2019 m. 11 Mar 1972 St. Bede the Venerable Catholic Church Chicago IL John Thomas Cusack
    - Shane Thomas Cusack
    - Cori Cusack
  - Richard James Wyka m. 1 Seo 1990 St. Bede the Venerable Catholic Church Chicago IL Denise Bauer
John Randall McMinn b. 19 Jul 1899 Hilnay KA d. 31 Oct 1899 Cloud Co. KA
Harriet Lucille McMinn b. 4 May 1901 Tamaroa IL d. 2 Jul 1986 Chicago IL m. 1929/1930 Pana IL Lacey L. Markum¹, 1947 Lester Oswood² b. 29 Nov 1906 d. 30 Jun 1983
Carlista McMinn b. 1 Oct 1904 Fairbanks IA d. 17 Aug 1989 Herrin IL m. early 1933 J.M. Cline¹ d. 1942 m. ?1946 Carl McNeil²
- John Terry Cline b. 24 Jul 1935d. 17 Apr 1999 Petaluma CA m. 22 Oct 1960 Clark AZ Arline Woods
- Kathleen Cline
- Michael L Cline b. 1941
Leora Alice McMinn b. 11 Seo 1908 Honey Creek, Waukesha WI d. 10 Oct 2003 Thousand Palms CA m. 14 Mar 1942 Mayville MI Maurice Williams
- John Bruce Williams m. div. 1985 Evelyne
  - Christina Ann Williams m. Michael Lewin Ross
    - Adam Edgar Ross
  - Tamara Rebecca Williams
- Linda Jane Williams m. Carmen Charles Martino

Photos of the Descendats of Thomas Osborne McMinn

Photos of the descendants of James & Alice Hix Rice


Mary, John, Lucille, Wendall, John McMinn	Leora, Carlie McMinn

234 N Cherry St Centralia Home

Mayville MI

John, Lucille, Mary, Leora, Carlie, Wendall McMinn

1970 Linda's wedding

Wendall, Ceil, Leora, Carlie McMinn