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Isham Gwin and Mary Canterbury from Crowson's
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THE NEW PART since
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01--Disclaimer and RequestHOW THE PAGE APPEARED Before 26 Feb 2005 07--Old Family Outline starting with Richard Gwin and Sarah Chesley and including the only known son, Isham Gwin and Ms. "Cleveland" |
10--George
and Juanita Fox's book: Selected
Data
11--Old Family Outline continues (see no. 07 above) with Isham's (then)-only-known son, John Gwin and Jane Walker, and their nine known children. 12--Some Interesting Search Results on Google 13--Church Minutes a--from the Forks of the Little Pigeon Baptist Church, Sevierville, TN;14--Commission Book of Gov. John Sevier, 2 Apr 1796 - 16 Jun 1801 15--More re: several neighbors of Isham Gwin in Crowson's Cove, Sevier Co., TN a----Henry Haggard16--DAR section on Early Baptist Churches of Blount (and Sevier) Co. 17--Partial Listing of East Tennessee Militia List, Cherokee Removal 18--Gwin Cemetery, Dubois Co., IN |
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This collection is a compilation of information I have received from many sources. After just a few years of genealogizing, I've only recently begun to *PROVE* any of it myself, and I finally feel I'm beginning to get the hang of it! This particular page has much information that I have cleaned up, having documented quite a bit. My goal is to eventually have it right. But there are still many gaps and much possibility for error. I still have no idea how correct some of this information is. There may be some of you who may be sad or even angry when you read parts of this, because you know that a particular segment is wrong. But I present it here in good faith, so if you have information that substantiates, corroborates, conflicts with, expands, disproves, corrects, or complements any of this information, please share it with me, and I will gladly include your family line, add your comment, correct the error, and/or present your claim! Please e.mail me at jmcdgwin@zianet.com. I use an iMac, so I will probably be able to receive info sent as attachments. Thank you for visiting my site! John McDonald Gwin
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| 1. In 1999 I became interested in my Gwin genealogy and collection I had inherited from my father's brother, Uncle James Gwin, who listed our farthest-back person in the Gwin line as a Richard Gwin who married Sarah Chesley, both of Jamestown, VA. Uncle James listed as his source The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. I, p. 706. | ||
| 2. Uncle James further listed Sarah and Richard's son as Isham Gwin who married a "Miss Cleveland". (I was somewhat surprised that the Compendium's source did not know John's mother's first name. I would later learn that she also did not even recall correctly her last name!) | ||
| 3. He listed Isham's son as John Gwin who married Jane Walker in Blount Co., TN, on 8 Apr 1812. I would later find out that all nine known children of this couple had been born in and around Dallas Co., AL. | ||
| 4. I finally found a copy of the complete set of this Compendium (mentioned in step one above). It became obvious to me that the Compendium's source for all the information on this Gwin line was a Champe McCulloch, husband of John and Jane Gwin's granddaughter, Emma Basset. Emma's mother and John's and Jane's daughter, Sarah Gwin Basset, lived with Emma and Champe for many years, and this seemed to me to give great credence to the Compendium's information. | ||
| 5. John Gwin, my ggg-grandfather, told census takers in 1850, 1860, and 1870, that he himself was born in 1792 (his gravestone also lists his year of birth as 1792) in Tennessee. Yet some researchers listed him as having been born "in the Carolinas". When I learned that Tennessee did not become a state until 1796, having been part of North Carolina prior to that, it suddenly made sense to me that both were right. | ||
| 6. And so I set off for east Tennessee in the summer of 2003 to see what I could find that would confirm Isham's existence as John's dad. I started with John's and Jane's marriage license and certificate in the Blount Co. Courthouse at Maryville. It was right there, and I held it in my hands and had a copy made of it. This proved that they had indeed been married in this county on that date. It also showed that the person who performed the marriage was a Joseph Walker--brother of the bride and Justice of the Peace! (This raises a question which may be answered in no. 15 below.) Further search that day turned up Jane's father, Thomas Walker, as living in Tuckaleechee Cove, Blount Co. | ||
| 7. After two more days of searching, I came upon a publication by George and Juanita Fox which led me to a copy of the 1807 deed of an Isham Gwin to 249 acres "in Crowson's Cove on the waters of Walden's Creek" in Sevier Co., TN, which deed's microfilm was located at the Cox Museum and Archives in Greeneville (http://www.ggcpl.org/cox.htm). Assuming this to be the same Isham Gwin mentioned in The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy and therefore my gggg-grandpa, I returned home and began to expand my research on Isham. | ||
| 8. Collecting the deeds to as many residents of 1807 Crowson's Cove as I could find, with the help of Cousin Barb Ward and the abovementioned George Fox, I mapped out the plats of many of those neighbors' farms, thereby showing who lived next-door to whom. Two of these neighbors were a David Denton and a Kinsey Veatch. | ||
| 9. Some of that research in church records confirmed that Isham Gwin and Kinsey Veatch of Crowson's Cove were very active in starting and serving as elders and preachers in the Wear's Cove--aka Crowson's Cove--Baptist Church and that Isham had been called to preach in a daughter church in Tuckaleechee Cove, Blount Co., some three miles west of and just across the county line from Crowson's Cove. Then Isham and Kinsey disappeared from church records just before 1820. | ||
| 10. In July 2004, I went back to Seveir County and confirmed the location of Crowson's Cove with the help of Sam Maner and his staff at the Seveir County Genealogy Library in Seveirville. My plat maps lined up almost exactly with the topo map of Wears Cove, formerly Crowson's Cove. I stood on what, some 200 years before, had been Isham's land, and again returned home. | ||
| 11. That's when Jim Wall contacted me concerning his family of Crawford, Harrison, and Orange counties, Indiana. He descends from an Isham Gwin and his daughter, Elizabeth Gwin, the latter of whom had married a David Denton, and their earliest children had been "born in Tennessee". | ||
| 12. Jim Wall has sent me copies of scores of documents he has come across in his research, including Isham's will, almost all of which are posted either on this page or elsewhere in this site. Some of his research shows that his ancestor, Isham Gwin, and a neighbor, Kinsey Veatch, had helped start some Baptist churchesin southern Indiana just before 1820. The Dentons were there, too. | ||
| 13. Isham's will provides a list of his Isham's children, but my John Gwin is missing from it. Nevertheless, there is a seven-year gap between Isham's 2nd child, Elizabeth (b. 1788 and who married David Denton) and his "third", Virginia Jane, (b. 1795). That tells me that my John Gwin, b. 1792, who claims to be the son of Isham, could easily fit between Elizabeth and Vinginia Jane. | ||
| 14. Furthermore, there are (perhaps) two more people who seem to be brothers of John: a William Gwin and a Chesley R. Gwin. Both of these are in Dallas Co., AL., at the same time John is. So it could be that all three of these--William, John, and C.R.--fit into the above-mentioned seven-year period. | ||
| 15. Church records in Tennessee show that Isham may have had a temper, he once confessing to having struck a man in anger. We do know that he was a preacher and church planter, so it would stand to reason that he would want to preside at his own children's weddings. But John and Jane were married, not in a church, but by a secular Justice of the Peace, who--perhaps as if to add insult to injury--was a brother of the bride! Then, when Isham, his ministry partner Kinsey Veatch, and his son-in-law David Denton and their families moved to Indiana a few short years later, John and Jane, William and Susanah, and Chesley and his wife all moved the other direction, to Alabama. Were these moves deliberate attempts to get as far from each other as possible? Was Isham holding a grudge in his anger against his son for not allowing him to preside at their wedding? One document that may support such a theory is the list of children of Isham and Mary that ended up on this webpage; when I first encountered this list, it completely omitted John, William, and Chesley! And yet there is a seven-year gap in the listed children's birth dates where John's and William's dates of birth seem to fit perfectly. | ||
| 16. Aha. Now the real reason for their separation may have surfaced. Cousin Jim Wall has sent me a copy of a section of a history book of some of the citizens of Keokuk Co., IA, one of whom was William W. Gwin, one of Isham's and Mary's grandsons. In it the author says of this William's grandfather, Isham, that though he owned slaves himself, he came to hate slavery, eventually freeing his slaves and moving to Indiana, a free state, where he would no longer be around this institution. We know that most of his family moved to Indiana with him, including the new families of all his married daughters, but that sons William and John (and maybe Chesley) instead moved their families south to Alabama where they would be allowed to continue holding slaves, as we indeed know at least John and one of John's sons did. Slavery was a hot, divisive issue, and it appears that this was most likely the very reason for the parting of the ways of Isham's family. | ||
| 17. In summary, we know that in 1807 an Isham Gwin did live in what was then called Crowson's Cove and today is called the Wear Valley, Sevier Co., TN. We know he had a large family and was active in Baptist churches there. We know he and many of his family moved to Crawford, Harrison, and Orange counties, Indiana, sometime before 1820, and that the abovementioned book says the reason was to escape from the presence of the hated institution of slavery. We know the names of most of Isham's children and grandchildren from church minutes in Tennessee and Indiana, Isham's will, and the probate documents that accompanied his will. And we know that the man who would become my ggg-grandfather, John Gwin, who later would tell his children and grandchildren that his father's name was Isham, married Jane Walker in Tuckaleechee Cove, Blount Co., TN, about 5-8 miles west of where this Isham Gwin's land was and where Isham had preached before he left for Indiana. |
2._--Isham Gwin, b. ca. 1770 in VA; d. Dec 1830 in Orange Co., IN; bd. Orange Co., IN; m. near Blacksburg, VA, to Mary Canterbury (b. ca. 1770 (age 80 in 1850 census) in VA; d. after 1850 in Orange Co., IN; bd. in Orange Co.); at least 11 children:Immediately following, then, isMy Best Guess at how the family of Isham Gwinlooks based on the many pieces of data sent to me from various sources. AGAIN, SOME OF THIS IS UNDOCUMENTED. THERE ARE MANY MISSING PIECES. I collected most of this from Jim Wall in the fall and winter of 2004-2005 and present it here in my own format in Feb 2005. Below that is how my page looked prior to Feb 2005.--John M. Gwin
From: JAMESTWALL@aol.com3.1--Polly Gwin, b. ca. 1787; d. before 1855; bd. unk.; m. Thomas Walker, Jr., in Blount Co., TN; [JMG Note: Children's names are from Isham's will. Also, this Thomas Walker, Jr. is the brother of my ggg-grandma Jane Walker Gwin. These five sons and four daughters, then, are double-first cousins to the children of John Gwin and Jane Walker, 3.4 below.]
Date: Sun Dec 11, 2005 01:18:36 PM US/Mountain
To: jmcdgwin@zianet.com
Cc: JAMESTWALL@aol.com, kgwin@indy.net, Dogyar3@aol.com, oldfolks2@epowerc.net
Subject: ISAM GWINN & OTHERS, HARRISON CO., INDIANA, 1820 FEDERAL CENSUSISAM GWINN: MALES 1 16 TO 18; 1 16 TO 26; AND 1 45 & UPWARDS; FEMALES: 1 UNDER 10; 3 10 & UNDER 16; AND 1 26 TO 45. 2 ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURE. THERE IS A TOTAL AT THE END OF THE LINE WHICH IS NOT LEGIBLE.
FOUR LINES BELOW IS JOSEPH TIPTON, WHO IS, I BELIEVE, THE HUSBAND OF JANE GWIN.
JOSEPH TIPTON: MALES 1 UNDER 10 YEARS; 1 26 TO 45; FEMALES 3 UNDER 10 YEARS; & 1 26-45 YEARS. 1 ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURE.
THREE LINES BELOW IS THOMAS WALKER??
THOMAS WALKER: MALES 2 UNDER 10 YEARS; 1 26-45; FEMALES 1 UNDER 10 YEARS; AND 1 16-26. I PERSON ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURE.
TWO LINES BELOW IS JOSHUA LINKHORN/JOSIAH LINCOLN, WHOSE DAUGHTER ELIZABETH ISOM DENTON MARRIED ON 17 JULY 1826. JOSIAH WAS THE UNCLE OF PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
JIM WALL[JMG NOTE: In a wonderful, major discovery on 22 Dec 2005, I stumbled across my double fifth cousin, Michael Shelby Walker, who descends through Isham Gwin Walker, 4.1 immediately below, and who corrected me in that this Isham Gwin Walker's father is Thomas Walker, Jr., not Joseph (as I had originally misstated above!) Michael has confirmed his lineage through participating in the Walker Family DNA Project.]
4.1--Isom Gwin Walker, b.3.2--Elizabeth Gwin, b. 1788 (ca. 1787) in [Sevier Co.] TN--age 63 in 1850 census of Orange Co., IN; d. 1858 Orange Co, IN; bd. unk.; m. David Denton (b. 1778 in Hampshire Co., VA--now WV--age 72 in 1850 census of Orange Co., IN; d. 1860);
4.2--Elizabeth Walker, b.
4.3--James Walker, b.
4.4--Thomas Walker (III), b.
4.5--Mary Walker, b.
4.6--Anderson Walker, b.
4.7--Mahala Walker, b.
4.8--Manerva Walker, b.
4.9--Houston Walker, b.Jim is John's and Mike's 5th cousin; John and Mike are double 5th cousins
Relationship Michael Shelby Walker's Line Relationship James T. Wall's Line
Elizabeth MagillIsham Gwin m.
Mary Canterburyparents
parents
Thomas Walker Sr. m. Elizabeth Magill
Isham Gwin m. Mary Canterbury
parents
Isham Gwin m. Mary Canterbury
siblings
siblingsThomas Walker Jr. b. 1791/95 Blount Co., TN; d. unk.;
m. Polly Gwin
(moved to Indiana)siblings 3.2--Elizabeth Gwin
m. David DentonDouble
1st CousinsIsham (Isom) Gwin Walker b. 1815 TN; d. 1835 Martin Co., IN; m. Clarrissa Thurston 1st Cousins 4.3--Isom Denton
m2. Elizabeth (Betty) WeathersDouble
2nd CousinsThomas Thurston Walker b. 10/22/1854 Richland Co., IL; d. 1/15/1926 Wabash Co., IL; m. Lucinda Riley 2nd Cousins 5.10--Mary Angeline Denton
m. John William PattersonDouble
3rd CousinsShelby Lemon Walker b. 9/3/1885 near French Lick, IN; d. 6/5/1948 Claypool, Kosciusko, IN; m. Beulah Fern Potts 3rd Cousins 6.01--Vernia William Patterson m1. Georgia Alice Usery Double
4th CousinsFrank Walker m. Janice Snoke 4th Cousins 7.01--Ruth Newlin Patterson,
m. Mr. Wall;
jmcdgwin@zianet.comDouble
5th CousinsMichael Shelby Walker
appinscot@bellsouth.net5th Cousins 8.01--James T. Wall
jamestwall@aol.comThe section in this faded violet color, below, is taken from a Genforum Post (on the Denton Family Forum) -- click HERE.
4.1--Allen Denton, b. in Jefferson Co., TN, 16 Jul 1804; d. 18 Dec 1883, age 79, at Harrison Co., IN; m1. 30 Oct 1825 at Bartholomew Co., IN, to Hannah Anderson; m2. Clara Foster; [JMG NOTE: The source for all the material in this blue, below, can be found at item 10V on the Gwins In Indiana page.]; b. ca. 1804 in east TN; d. age 79, death certif. filed 22 Dec 1883; lived in Stampers Creek Twp., Orange Co., IN.; the 1850 Census for Southeast Twp, Orange Co., IN, shows David Denton, age 72 [born ca. 1778], b. in VA; his wife Elizabeth [Gwin] Denton, age 63 [b. ca. 1787], b. in TN. David and Elizabeth Denton, Allen's parents, lived in residence #35, and in res. #33 was Manervy Right [Wright], age 39, b. TN. Was she the widow of Elijah Wright? I believe that she could have been one of the last children of Isom and Mary Canterberry Gwin. Her Right children were: Ruth, 21 (I believe she married a Childress. JTW); Susan, 19; Benjamin, 14; Leander, 10; and Elijah, 5. (I recall seeing these names in the settlement of Isom Gwin's estate in 1855. JTW)Also living in the house was Mary Gwyn, 80, born in Virginia, who could not read or write, and was blind. Was this lady the widow of my ancestor (4ggf) Isom Gwin/Isham Guinn? I must note that there is a marriage between Isom Gwin and Mary Likens recorded 20 Oct 1819 in Crawford County, Indiana-- is this Isom Gwin, Senior or Junior? [JMG NOTE: Almost assuredly Isham Jr., who was probably also the husband of Betsy Snowden]
The papers of Lucien Williams were filed in the Filson Club in Louisville, Kentucky, after his death around 1952. Mr. Williams was preparing a genealogical book on the Weathers (and other) family, but died before he could complete it. He mentioned in the notes that Benjamin Weathers' second wife was Virginia Jane Tipton, whose father Isham Gwynn was a Baptist preacher, and her mother was a Canterbury. He did not indicate the source of his information.
5._--Thomas Denton; Allen received a Father's pension from his son Thomas' service in Co. B, 24th IN vols; pension states he was blind in one eye.--from Item 2 on the Gwins In Indiana page.4.2--Jane Denton, b. in TN; d. unk.; m. 21 Dec 1824 to William Watkins;4.3--Isom Denton, b. in TN 1808; d. Sep 1888 in Blue River Twp., Harrison Co., IN; m1. 17 Jul 1826 to Elizabeth Lincoln; m2. Elizabeth Weathers;
b. 1808 in TN. [JMG NOTE: Prob. Crowsons' Cove, Sevier Co.]; d. Sep 1888 in Blue River Twp., Harrison Co., IN.--from Item 2 on the Gwins In Indiana page; m. Jul 1826 in Harrison Co., IN, to Elizabeth Lincoln (d/o Josiah Lincoln, [b/o Thomas Lincoln {f/o Abraham Lincoln}]); when Isom m. Elizabeth, his older brother Allen (6.1 above) gave the consent of his father David Denton and the consent of Josiah Lincoln, Elizabeth's father,17 Jul 1826;4.3--Isom Denton m2. Elizabeth (Betty) Weathers5.10--Mary Angeline Denton m. John William Patterson6.01--Vernia William Patterson m1. Georgia Alice Usery7.01--Ruth Newlin Patterson, m. Mr. Wall;8.01--James T. Wall;4.4--George Denton, b. 1810 in e. TN [JMG NOTE: Prob. Crowsons' Cove, Sevier Co.]; d. in Orange Co., IN.--from Item 2 on the Gwins In Indiana page; m. in Orange Co., IN, on 19 Jul 1830 to (Margaret?) Arreta/Aritta Weathers (b. 1815 at unk. place); lived in Scott, Bartholomew, Crawford, and Orange counties; at least 3 ch;5.1--Rachel Denton, b. 10 Jan 1829 in Crawford Co., IN; d. 11 Apr 1911 in Orange Co., IN; m. 20 Jan 1860 in Orange Co., IN, to Jonathan McDonald;5.2--David Denton, b. 24 Sep 1834 in Crawford Co., IN; d. 17 Dec 1903 in Washington Co., IN; m. 2 Aug 1857 in Washington Co., IN, to Elizabeth Suddarth;
5.3--Joseph Denton, b. 1835 in Crawford Co., IN; d. 1887 at unk.; m1. 2 APR 1857 in Washington Co, IN, to Margaret Cristell, m2. Miriam Purkhiser, m3. Mary Elizabeth Jenkins, m4. Lydia Ann Bryant, m5. Mary A. Nixon, m6. Florence Vandever;
5.4--Elizabeth Denton, b. 1839 in Crawford Co., IN
5.5--George Washington Denton, b. 1840 in Crawford Co., IN; d. unk.; m. 18 Mar 1865 in Orange Co., IN, to Fayyn McPherson; m2. Dolly Perkins
5.6--Martha Denton, b. 1847 in Harrison Co., IN;
5.7--Mary Denton, b. 1849 in Harrison Co., IN;
5.8--Harmon Denton, b. 1850 in Crawford Co., IN; d. 28 Dec 1932in Orange Co., IN; youngest son, settled in Orange Co.,worked as butcher and tenant farmer; m1. 29 Oct 1874 at Orange Co.,IN., to Lydia Cornwell (d. unk.); m2. Sarah (Trusty) Akers; several ch.;
6._--Bert Denton, b. 1886; d. n. of Paoli while saving his bro. Harry from drowning in a pond 14 Jul 1922; lived on Sandyhook Road in Orange Co.; hard-working, yeoman class, as farm laborer, cabinet worker; m. 1911 to Julia Hazel Longest; 6 ch.;5.9--Rebecca E. Denton, b. 18547.1--Mabel Denton, b. betw. 1911 and 1922; m. Mr. Williams6._--Harry Denton. b. 14 Jul 1904 (youngest ch.); d. unk.;
7.2--Helen Denton, b. betw. 1911 and 1922;
7.3--Frederick Denton, b. betw. 1911 and 1922;
7.4--John Denton, b. betw. 1911 and 1922;
7.5--Lawrence Denton, b. betw. 1911 and 1922;
7.6--Roy Denton, b. betw. 1911 and 1922;
6._--Mary Emily Denton m. William W CornwellThis section in this faded violet color is taken from the following Genforum Post (on the Denton Family Forum.)
Re: Denton David 1817 TN/Bolt
Posted by: Mary Morris Goldman (ID *****4310)
Date: July 19, 2005 at 12:05:47
In Reply to: Re: Denton David 1817 TN/Bolt by Betty Palmisano #2392 of 2445"Betty, I am a descendant of
David Denton and Elizabeth Gwin thru their son
George Denton and Arritta Weathers, their son
Harmon/Hirman Denton and Sarah Trusty, their daughter
Mary Emily Denton and William W Cornwell, and their daughter
Hazel Belle Cornwell and George Lafe Morris. I would like information on Thomas Denton and wife Elizabeth."7._--Hazel Belle Cornwell m. George Lafe Morris
8._--Mary Morris m. Mr. Goldman
4.5--William Denton, b. 1815 in TN [JMG NOTE: Prob. Crowsons' Cove, Sevier Co.]--from Item 2 on the Gwins In Indiana page; also, a William Denton, age 20-30 and wife, age 30-40, are found in the 1840 census of Orange Co., IN); m. 1836 in Crawford Co., IN, to Matilda Jones; unk. ch.; however, the William Denton in the 1840 census has three children, 2 younger than five and one five to ten, so if these two Williams are one and the same, then there are at least these three children; [JMG Note: WARNING--the data shown here in this blue-green is not yet confirmed to belong to THIS William Denton]5.1--Denton, b. betw. 1836 and 1840;4.6--David Denton, b. 1817 in TN [JMG NOTE: Prob. Crowsons' Cove, Sevier Co.]--from Item 2 on the Gwins In Indiana page; m. 21 Apr 1841 to Eliza Emeline Bolt;
5.2--Denton, b.betw. 1836 and 1840;
5.3--Denton, b.betw. 1836 and 1840;4.7--Thomas Denton, b.1820 in Harrison Co., IN. (age 30 in 1850 census of Orange Co., IN; also, a Thomas Denton and wife, ages 20-30, are found in the 1840 census of Orange Co., IN); died in Feb 1865--from Item 2 on the Gwins In Indiana page; m. 27 Dec 1838 to Fannie Mariah (Minerva?) Downs (b. ca. 1820, POB unk., age 30 in 1850 census of Orange Co., IN); moved to South East Twp., Orange Co., IN, betw. 1840-1850; 5 ch.;
5.1--Rebecca Denton, b. after the 1840 census;
5.2--Joel Denton, b. 1843; d.1894; m. Mary Ann Agan (b. 1842; d. 1918); homestead was part of what became known as Little Africa; 6 ch.;6.1-- Denton, b.
6.2-- Denton, b.
6.3--Aniel Denton, b. 1865; owned and operated a grocery store at Unionville (Youngs' Creek) 1892-1900; in 1900 bought property, moved near Harned Chapel Church, built and operated a general store and post office known as Bacon, IN.; d. 1918 of a heart attack; m1.1883 to Michelle Pearson (d. 1866 [sic--JMG Note: prob.1886] in childbirth); m2. 1892 to Mary Jane Apple.7.1--Alice Denton, b. 1866 [sic--JMG Note: prob.1886] m. Charley Moore (of Valeene).AD m2. in 1892 to Mary Jane Apple; (gd/o Thomas Floyd Apple); 1 ch.;7.2--Thomas Floyd Denton, b. unk.; d. Jan 1957; m. 1914 to Dora Pearl Mason (b. unk.; d. Feb 1972); 3 ch.;8.1--Nova Denton, m. 1940 to Lucy Lane (m1. unk.; d. 1958); 1 ch.;9.1--Diane Kay Denton, b. unk.; m. May 1972 to Bob Meredith of Hodgenville, KY; live in Dubois, IN; 4 ch.;N.D. m2. in 1972 to Geneva Holmes Wilson;10.1--Dionne Meredith,
10.2--Danyelle Meredith,
10.3--Ashlee Meredith,
10.4--Kyle Meredith8.2--Beatrice Denton, b. unk.; m. 1946 to Paul Newlin of Marengo, IN; 2 ch.;
9.1--Robert Denton of New Albany; 2 ch.;8.3--Knofel Denton, b. unk.; m1. in 1941 to Virginia Lindley (b. unk.; d. 1975); 1 ch.;10.1--Rick Denton9.2--Patsy Denton; m. Mr. Cole of Leavenworth; 1 ch.
10.2--Ronnie Denton10.1--Bradley Cole,9.1--Garey Denton, b. unk.; d. unk.; of Paoli; 2 ch.;K.D. m2. in 1980 to Billy Ann Lee (d. of heart attack Nov 1989);10.1--Cindy Denton,
10.2--Carie Denton,6.4--5.3--Isom Denton, b. ca. 1845 in IN (age 5 in 1850 census of Orange Co., IN);
6.5--
6.6--
5.4--Cynthia Denton, b. ca. 1847 in IN (age 3 in 1850 census of Orange Co., IN);
5.5--Liza Ann Denton, b. ca. 1850 in IN (age 3 months in 1850 census of Orange Co., IN);
4.8--Mary Denton, b. 12 Jan 1822 in Harrison Co., IN; d. 31 Jul 1885 m. 20 Jun 1839 in Crawford Co, IN, to Joel Downs;3.3--William Gwin, b. unk., but prob. around 1790; d. 1833 in AL; m. bef. 26 Jun1813 (probably in Blount Co. or Sevier Co., TN), to Susanah Beard; 11 children (in 1830 census of Dallas Co., AL) and either one more or else we've found the #4.08 son--we're not sure);4.9--Rebecca Denton, b. 1827 in IN; d. 1884 in IN.--from Item 2 on the Gwins In Indiana page; m. Barnett Stalcup;
4.10--John Denton, b. 1830 in Crawford, IN--from Item 2 on the Gwins In Indiana page; m. Tempa Downs;
We've listed the sons below in red, since their offspring will have kept the Gwin surname and thus be easier to find in census searches.
4.01--(son) Gwin, b. betw. 1810 and 1815--age 15-20
4.02--(daughter) Gwin, b. betw. 1815 and 1820--age 10-15
4.03--(daughter) Gwin, b. betw. 1815 and 1820--age 10-15
4.04--(son) Gwin, b. betw. 1820 and 1825--age 5-10
4.05--(daughter) Gwin, b. betw. 1820 and 1825--age 5-10
4.06--(daughter) Gwin, b. betw. 1820 and 1825--age 5-10
4.07--(daughter) Gwin, b. betw. 1820 and 1825--age 5-10
4.08--(son) Gwin, b. betw. 1825 and 1830--age 0-5
4.09--(daughter) Gwin, b. betw. 1825 and 1830--age 0-5
4.10--(daughter) Gwin, b. betw. 1825 and 1830--age 0-5
4.11--(daughter) Gwin, b. betw. 1825 and 1830--age 0-5
4.12--Thomas F. Gwin, b. 1831 in Dallas Co., AL; m. Mrs. Nancy (Holman) Green [Note that Thomas F. could also be the #4.08 son, especially if his biographer erred in his research of Thomas' birth year.]
3.4--John Gwin, b. Nov 1792 in (then) Crowson's Cove, Greene Co., NC, (now) Wears Valley, Sevier Co., TN; d. 7 Mar 1877 in Wilsonville, Shelby Co., AL; bd. Gwin family plot, Wilsonville Cem.; m. 8 April 1812 in Blount Co., TN, by Justice of the Peace Joseph Walker (brother of the bride) to Jane Walker (b. 1794 in Blount Co., TN; d/o Thomas Walker and Elizabeth Magill);4.1--Mary Gwin--b. ca.1813-1816 (33 in 1850 Census); d. aft. 1850; m1. 27 Dec. 1838 to Drury H. Roark;3.5--Virginia Jane Gwin, b. 1795; d. bef. 1880 in Crawford Co., IN; bd. bef. 1880 in Walton Cem., Washington Co., IN; m1. (in Sevier Co., TN?) to Joseph Tipton (b. ca. 1795 in Baltimore Co., MD; d. bef. 1828 in Bartholomew Co., IN; s/o Joshua Tipton and Janet Shields); m2. 22 Dec 1827 in Orange Co., IN, to Benjamin Weathers (b. ca. 1788 in TN; d. 14 Sep 1881 in Crawford Co., IN; bd. Walton Cem., Washington Co., IN; m1. Ms. Bullington); [Jim Wall Note: they attended Blue River Ch. of Christ in Harrison Co., IN]; 3 ch., 8 total [John M. Gwin Note: info on children and third marriage from Mike Walker.]5.1--Walter J. RoarkMGR m2. on 17 May 1849 to Mr. Abel Turner5.2--Annie Turner4.2--Thomas Gwin--b. ca. 1814-1816; data unk.4.3--Isom Gwin, b. 17 Mar 1817 in probably Shelby (but not Dallas) Co., AL territory; d. 7 Dec 1853; m. Mary Burdine Wilson; MBWG m2. 28 Jan 1859 to Rev. John Steadman (Steadman was minister of the Protestant Methodist Church in Athens, Dallas Co., AL, where Isom and Mary lived and attended services; we speculate that this church sat on the property to which the St. Luke's Episcopal Church of Cahaba was moved (and where it still stood until 2007 when it was dismantled and moved back to Cahaba), because Isom, who died in 1853, is buried across the road from this church.
4.4--William Gwin (18 Dec 1820--29 Apr 1889); m. 12 (13?) May 1842 in Dallas Co., AL, to RoseAnne "Roe" Carlisle Jones Wilson
4.5--Sarah Gwin, b. ca. 1826; d. 31 Mar 1885); m. 18 Mar 1841 to Louis Basset
4.6--Ann Gwin (ca. 1827--1845); m. 19 Jan 1843 to Joseph Lavalette Basset
4.7--Martha J. Gwin (ca.1828--unk).; m. 22 Apr 1847 to Jesse Comelander
4.8--Chesley R. Gwin; (ca.1828--after 1880); m1. 20 Mar 1850 Frances E."Fannie" Bell; m2. a widow, Mrs. Paralee (nee unk.) Blevins
4.9--Louisa A. Gwin; (ca. 1829-30--b. bef. 1830 census); d. unk.; bd. at New Cem., Cahawba, AL, beside her mother; m1?. Mr. Gaviness; m2. 17 May 1849 Mr.Wm. J. McKnight.
4.1--Sally Tipton, b. ca. 1826 in IN;Virginia Jane Gwin m2. Benjamin Weathers; 5 ch., 8 total4.2--Lydia Tipton, b. ca. 1828 in IN;
4.3--Isom Gwin Tipton, b. 1 Mar 1822; d. 21 Jul 1904 in New Albany, IN; bd. in Corydon Chapel, Harrison Co., IN; m. 29 Oct 1847 to Mary Emma Murr (b. 20 Feb 1830 in Woodstock, VA; d. 6 Apr 1876 in Corydon Chapel, Harrison Co., IN; d/o George Murr and Catherine Hamman);
5.1--Mary Emma Tipton, b. 12 Jul 1867 in IN; m. 9 Feb 1887/1888 to Edward Wesley Dierking (b. 19 Sep 1859; d. 19 Mar 1942; bd. Walnut Ridge Cem., Jeffersonville, IN);6.00--Dierking, b. ;7.00--Dierking, b. ;8.00--Dierking, b. ;9.00--Dierking, b. ;4.4--Warden Weathers, b. ca. 1829 in Crawford Co., IN; d. 1861 in In.Virginia Jane Gwin m3. Mr. Tipton4.5--Manerva Weathers, b.;
4.6--Nancy Jane Weathers, b.;
4.7--Eliza Weathers, b. 8 Mar 1831 in Crawford Co., IN; d. 24 Dec 1919 in Crawford Co., IN; bd. in Hardinsburg Cem., Washington Co., IN;
4.8--Hannah Weathers, b. 30 Apr 1836 in Crawford Co., IN; d. 24 Jul 1920 in Crawford Co., IN; bd. in Union Chapel, Crawford Co., IN;
3.6--Isham Gwin II, b. 1797; [JMG Note: Jim Wall's term for this child of Isham and Mary is "shadowy". I like that. We're not sure just who he is yet. He is possibly the same Isham Gwin who m. 1 Mar 1824 in Orange Co. to Betsy Snowden, since the 7 Aug 1819 Minutes of the Providence Church of Greenfield Township, Orange Co., IN, where Isham I was called to preach, state that a Snowden family were part of that congregation. But he could also be the husband of Mary Likens--the following is copied from Jim Wall's Item 10V from my Gwins in Indiana page: "I must note that there is a marriage between Isom Gwin and Mary Likens recorded 20 Oct 1819 in Crawford County, Indiana-- is this Isom Gwin, Senior or Junior?" Let's speculate that this is indeed the same Isom in each case, first the husband and widower of Mary Likens, then the husband of Betsy Snowden.]
Isom Gwin---------------------------------Mary Likens-----------------------------------20 Oct 1819
Gwin Nancy-------------------------------Squire Huston---------------------------------27 Oct 1822
Gwin Isom---------------------------------Snowden Betsy-------------------------------1 Mar 1824
Grew ?, Minira-(Gwin, Minerva)------Wright Elijah----------------------------------31 Jul 1827
Gregory Milton----------------------------Snowden Nancy------------------------------7 Aug 1836
From: JAMESTWALL@aol.com
Date: Sat Dec 10, 2005 08:40:00 PM US/Mountain
To: jmcdgwin@zianet.com
Cc: JAMESTWALL@aol.com, Dogyar3@aol.com, oldfolks2@epowerc.net, kgwin@indy.net
Subject: ISAM GIVIN/ISAM GWIN IN ILLINOIS, 1830HERE IS ISAM GIVIN IN ILLINOIS IN THE 1830 FEDERAL CENSUS. IT SHOWS 3 MALES: one UNDER 5; one 5-10; AND one 30-40. THERE ARE 2 FEMALES: one UNDER 5; AND one 20-30.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE OLDER MALE CHILD IS THE SON OF MARY LIKENS AND THE TWO YOUNGER CHILDREN ARE CHILDREN OF BETSY SNOWDEN?
JIM WALL1830 United States Federal Census Record about Isam Givin:
Name: Givin, Isam
Township: Miscellaneous Townships
County: McDonough and Schuyler
State: IllinoisFrom: JAMESTWALL@aol.com
Date: Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:00:43 PM US/Mountain
To: jmcdgwin@zianet.com
Cc: JAMESTWALL@aol.com, Dogyar3@aol.com, kgwin@indy.netSubject: ISOM GUIN/GWIN IN 1840 FEDERAL CENSUS, MONROE CO., ILLINOIS
ISOM GUIN, 1 MALE 30, UNDER 40 (FARMER); FEMALES: 2 UNDER 5; 1 5 & UNDER 10; & 1 20 & UNDER 30.
1840 United States Federal Census Record about Isom Guin
[John M. Gwin Note: Jim Wall also reports another Isham Guinn in the 1840 census, this one in Wayne Co., TN (see below). Either seems viable to me: i.e., that this son might have moved to Monroe Co., IL (on the Mississippi River immediately south of St. Louis, MO), or that he might have moved to Wayne Co., TN(immediately north of the NW corner of AL).][John M. Gwin Note: In Feb 2006, Jim Wall sent me the following Data on the Guinns buried at the Concord Cemetery in Tippecanoe Co., IN. I don't know if these are descendents of 2._--Isham Gwin and Mary Canterbury or not, but if they are, then they have to be descendants of one of his sons, since their last name is Guinn and not Walker, Denton, Huston, or Wright. Further, since William, John and Chesley are all in Alabama, that only leaves this 3.6--Isham and 3.8--Richard W. (below), the latter of whom has no known sons named Isham. Therefore, by process of elimination, I have placed this family here--meaning it may be my first clue to Isham Gwin II's family. And maybe not.]
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/in/tippecan/cemetery/concord.txt
Concord Cemetery Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Surname Given Name Birth Death John M. Gwin's Comments a.--Guinn Hannah w/o Moses 11 Oct 1811 15 Oct 1841
b.--Guinn I. G. 1829 unk. I. G. Guinn! This must be another Isham. Sure enough, gravestone entry "h" below shows that Martha is the wife of an Isam G. Guinn. This then could be their son, I. G. Guinn, Jr. c.--Guinn infant unk. unk.
d.--Guinn Infant child of Moses and S. 14 Apr 1843 unk.
e.--Guinn Infant James D. Guinn unk. unk.
f.--Guinn Jane Rash formerly widow of Wm. H. 68y 10m 7d [14 Feb 1817] 21 Dec 1885
g.--Guinn Martha J. d/o Moses and S. 6y 5m 2d [21 Sep 1846] 23 Jan 1853
h.--Guinn Martha w/o Isam G. 66y 7m 25d [21 Feb 1781] 18 Oct 1855 If my calculations and the tombstone's numbers are correct, this "Martha wife of Isam G." would've been born in1781, as shown here. If, then, she is the wife of Isham's and Mary's son Isham II, whose date of birth is listed as 1796, then she would've been 16 years older than he! And that seems highly unlikely to me. But what if, due to some transcription error, Isham II's DOB were really 1786, not '96, and he were Isham's and Mary's firstborn instead of Elizabeth. Then Martha would've been only 5 years older than he, not nearly so uncommon an occurrence.
On the other hand, if this were true, then how do we account for this Isham II being completely out of the picture during the family's years in Tennessee? He'd have been in his mid-30's and she almost 40 when the family made its exodus from Tennessee to Indiana just before 1820. Surely they would've shown up there in SOME document or other, yet we have no trace of them.
i.--Guinn Mary A. 1838 1901
j.--Guinn Moses Mc? s/o Isam G. & Martha 5y 9m 11d [11 Sep 1853] 22 Jun 1859
k.--Guinn Phebe d/o ? unk. 6 Nov 1857
l.--Guinn Rahelle [Rachelle?] d/o L.G. & M.A. unk. 28 May 1863
m.--Guinn Ruby Ethel d/o A.E. & K.A. 11y 1m 17d [27 Dec 1883] 13 Jan 1895
n.--Guinn William H. 46y 2m 11d [20 Jun 1818] 1 Sep 1864
The following outline is partly speculation; however, it IS based on the above grave stones' stories:
1.0--Isam G. Guinn, b. unk.; d. 1853 or after; m. Martha (nee unk.; b. 21 Feb 1781; d. 18 Oct 1855; see tombstone "h" in chart above)2.0--Moses Guinn, b. unk. (est. ca. 1810); d. unk.; m1. Hannah (nee unk., b. 11 Oct 1811; d. 15 Oct 1841; see tombstone "a" in chart above); m2. S. (nee unk.)Moses Guin m2. ca. 1841-1842 to S. (nee unk.):
3.0--Infant child of Moses and S., b. 14 Apr 1843; see tombstone "d" in chart above;2.0--William H. Guinn, b. 46y 2m 11d [20 Jun 1818]; d. 01 Sep 1864; see tombstone "n" in chart above;3.0--Martha J. d/o Moses and S., b. 6y 5m 2d [21 Sep 1846]; d. 23 Jan 1853; see tombstone "g" in chart above;
2.0--Moses Mc? Guinn, s/o Isam G. & Martha, b. 11 Sep 1853; d. 22 Jun 1859 [age 5]; see tombstone "j" in chart above;
3.7--? Gwin, b. 1799, [JMG Note: COULD THIS BE CHESLEY? We have reason to believe that there was indeed a child of Isham and Mary named Chesley, named for Isham's mother's maiden name. When he was born or where he would have appeared in the birth order is beyond speculation at this point. One theory states that the Chesley R. Gwinn who married Levinia Clay could be this child of Isham and Mary. But the estimated DOB for that Chesley is 1780, some seven years before Polly--Isham's and Mary's thought-to-be oldest--was born!]
From: JAMESTWALL@aol.com
Date: July 3, 2007 10:11:21 AM MDT
To: jmcdgwin@zianet.com, walk5755@bellsouth.net
Cc: JAMESTWALL@aol.com
Subject: Land purchase in Illinois by Chesley Guinn, 1819
Illinois Public Land Purchase Records about GUINN, CHESLEY
Name: GUINN, CHESLEY
Section: SE
Price: 00000
Total: 0000000
Date: 19 Jan 1819
Volume: 808
Page: 632
Type: MT
Sect: 22Township: 06N
Range: 07W
Meridian: 4
Acres: 016000
Corr-Tag: 0
ID: 577174
SocStat:
Blank: W
Reside: 000
Jim, this is very interesting! So there was a Chesley, and he is buying land in Illinois about the same time as Isham and Mary Gwin, David and Elizabeth Denton, Tom and Polly Walker, and all the rest of Isham's kids are getting settled in southern Indiana.
Is this Chesley a son of Isham and Mary? Or is he of the other Gwin families who arrived in the Indiana/Illinois area from Virginia rather than through Tennessee?
Where can I find where Township 6 North and Range 7 West are in the state?
Surely this is 160.00 acres--a quarter section--and not 16,000 acres (25 square miles)!
Can we find him there in the Illinois census records?
1820:
1830:
1840:
1850:
3.8--Richard W. Gwin, b. ca. 1804 (age 76 in 1880 census) in (what was almost certainly Crowson's Cove, Sevier Co., NOT Lincoln Co.) TN; m. 10 or 12 (book is not clear if this is the application date or the wedding date) Apr 1824 in Harrison Co., IN (IN Bk. 2, pg. 72, says Doris Gyarmati) to Nancy Watkins (b. ca. 1807--age 73 in 1880 census--in KY; both parents b. in MD); lvg. in Independence, Montgomery Co., KS, in 1880 census (age 76);
Name: Nancy Gwin
Age: 73
Estimated birth year: <1807>
Birthplace: Kentucky
Occupation: Housekeeper
Relationship to head-of-household: Wife
Home in 1880: Independence, Montgomery, Kansas
Marital status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Female
Spouse's name: Richard W. Gwin
Father's birthplace: MD
Mother's birthplace: MD1880 United States Federal Census Record about Richard W. Gwin
Name: Richard W. Gwin
Age: 76
Estimated birth year: <1804>
Birthplace: Tennessee
Occupation: Farmer
Relationship to head-of-household: Self
Home in 1880: Independence, Montgomery, Kansas
Marital status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Spouse's name: Nancy Gwin
Father's birthplace: VA
Mother's birthplace: VA
4.01--Mary Gwin, m. Gideon Bear
4.02--William W. Gwin, m. Catherine Rush
4.03--Jane Gwin, m. unk.
4.04--Sarah Gwin, m. unk.
4.05--Martha Gwin, m. William W. Snyder
4.06--John Gwin, m. Mary J. (nee unk.)
4.07--Eliza Louisa Gwin, m. unk.
4.08--Nancy Gwin, m. unk.
4.09--Elizabeth Gwin, m. unk.
4.10--Marguerette Gwin, m. unk.
4.11--Caroline Gwin, m. unk.
4.12--Hanna Gwin, m. unk.
4.13--Richard W. Gwin, (Jr.), m. unk.[JMG Note:there is a Richard W. Gwin, Jr., lvg. in KS in 1880]
4.14--Martin (V.?) Gwin, m. unk.
4.15--Silas Walter Gwin, m. unk.1880 United States Federal Census Record
about Silas Gwin
Name: Silas Gwin
Age: 30
Estimated birth year: <1850>
Birthplace: Iowa
Occupation: Farmer
Relationship to head-of-household: Self
Home in 1880: Guilford, Wilson, Kansas
Marital status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Spouse's name: Cora Gwin
Father's birthplace: TN
Mother's birthplace: KYSilas Gwin Cora Gwin Guilford, Wilson, KS <1850> Iowa Self
View Record Cora Gwin Silas Gwin Guilford, Wilson, KS <1855> Illinois Wife
View Record Nellie Gwin Silas Gwin,
Cora Gwin Guilford, Wilson, KS <1874> Kansas Daughter
View Record Ettie Gwin Silas Gwin,
Cora Gwin Guilford, Wilson, KS <1875> Kansas Daughter
View Record Lou Gwin Silas Gwin,
Cora Gwin Guilford, Wilson, KS <1877> Kansas Son
3.9--Nancy Gwin, b. 1805; m. [27 Oct 1822 in Orange Co., IN (see below)] Squire Houston; [JMG Note: In Isham's will, he clearly leaves two shares of his estate to two Hustons--Squire and J. E.--who are likely brothers who have married two of Isham's daughters. Since these are the only two daughters on our list of Isham's children unaccounted for in the will, it appears to me that these two sisters, Nancy and Sarah married those two Huston brothers. Which brother married which sister was not clear in the will; however Doris Gyarmati and several others have it that Nancy indeed married Squire--but Doris has that Sarah m. William, whose name does not appear in the will. For now, then, we'll leave it like this until we learn more.]Isom Gwin---------------------------------Mary Likens-----------------------------------20 Oct 1819
Gwin Nancy-------------------------------Squire Huston---------------------------------27 Oct 1822
Gwin Isom---------------------------------Snowden Betsy-------------------------------1 Mar 1824
Grew ?, Minira (Gwin, Minerva)------Wright Elijah----------------------------------31 Jul 1827
Gregory Milton----------------------------Snowden Nancy------------------------------7 Aug 1836Re: Jesse Houston Kentucky 18103.10--Sarah Gwin, b. 1806; m. 10 or 12 (book is not clear if this is the application date or the wedding date) Apr 1824 in Harrison Co., IN (IN Bk. 2, pg. 72, says Doris Gyarmati) to J. E. (William M.?) Houston;[JMG Note: In Isham's will, he clearly leaves two shares of his estate to two Hustons--Squire and J. E.--who are almost certainly brothers who have married two of Isham's daughters. Since these are the only two daughters on our list of Isham's children unaccounted for in the will, it appears to me that these two sisters, Nancy and Sarah married those two Huston brothers. Which brother married which sister was not clear in the will; however Doris Gyarmati and others that Nancy indeed married Squire--but she has that Sarah m. William, whose name does not appear in the will. Another source, James Stevenson, (immediately above) has him as "John B. Houston" and Sarah as "Mahala C. Gwin"! For now, then, we'll leave it like this until we learn more.]
Posted by: Darrell Hooker (ID *****5590)
Date: April 29, 2003 at 01:48:56
In Reply to: Jesse Houston Kentucky 1810 by William Charles W. Houston
Posting no. 3304 of 3936William, I am currently trying to sort out the members of the Houston family who left Hardin Co., KY, and moved to Crawford Co., IN and Brown and Adams Cos., IL. I have been focussing on Jesse Houston and Squire Houston primarily because I feel that Aaron Burr Houston and George W. Houston of Putnam Co., MO (in the 1860's and later) were brothers or half-brothers and sons of either Jesse (the younger) or Squire. A newspaper clipping concerning George W. Houston, written in the 1880's, states he was born in Crawford Co., IN and that "While quite young his parents moved to Adams County, IL." I find Jesse Houston in the 1830 census of Crawford Co., IN (age 40-50) who must be the elder Jesse. He was listed as Jessee Husten in the 1820 Hart Co., KY census (formerly part of Hardin Co. I find the family of Squire Houston and his wife Nancy Guin in Brown Co., IL in 1830, 1840, and 1850.
I have searched the Hardin Co., KY tax lists and find that Jesse Huston was taxed for the first time in 1804 and Andrew Huston's first listing is in 1794. Have you been able to find any record that tells us that Andrew was the father of Jesse? Do you know where the family was prior to 1804?
Darrell Hooker
Re: Issac Houston, born Abt. 1770 and family
Posted by: James Stevenson (ID *****8914) jimstevensonphdatyahoodotcom
Date: March 03, 2005 at 13:35:58
In Reply to: Issac Houston by Richard Houston
Posting no. 3802of 3936I have an Isaac Huston, wife Elizabeth, and their children. One of the children was Isaac, born 1802 who married Louisa, last name unknown, children unknown. My file shows Isaac born KY. The patriarch Isaac Huston/Houston was born about 1770. His first daughter, Jane, was born 1794 and married my great-great-great grandfather John Stevenson of Hardin County, KY on Sept 11, 18. Isaac lived in Hardin County KY near John Stevenson, and Isaac is buried in Bacon Creek, KY. Several of the family moved through Indiana, to Cass County, Illinois.
Here is what I have:
Descendants of Isaac Houston
1.00--Isaac Houston was b. ca. 1770; d. Bacon Creek, KY; m. Elizabeth (nee unk.; b. unk.; d. Hardin Co.?, KY?); 7 known ch.;2.01--Jane Houston, b. 1794; d. 26 Dec 1847 in Brown Co., IL; m1. 22 Sep 1811 in Hardin Co., KY, to John Stevenson (b. ca.1786 in IN?; d. WFT est. 1819-1877); m2. 11 Mar 1822 in Harrison Co., IN, to William L. Dehart (b. 1801; d. 1852 in Brown Co., IL);2.02--William M. Houston, b. 1798; m. 28 Nov 1820 in Harrison Co., IN, to Sarah Gwin
2.03--Rachel Houston, born Abt. 1800. She married Zachariah Downs 09 September 1817 in Jeffersonfville, Clark Co., IN.
2.04--Squire Houston, b. 1800; d. Mar 1882 in Brown Co.(?), IL; m. 27 Oct 1822 in Orange Co, IN, to Nancy Gwin (b. ca. 1805);
2.05--Isaac Houston, born 1802 in Kentucky. He married Louisa.
2.06--John B. Houston, b. 1805 in KY; d. 1861; m1. Mahala C. (b. 1808 in TN; d. 1880 in IA); m2. Mahala C. Gwin
2.07--Uriah Houston, born 12 February 1813 in Kentucky; died 09 April 1885 in Cass County (?), Illinois. He married (1) Harriet Barker. He married (2) Harriet Barker 05 January 1837 in Schuyler County, Illinois; died 05 April 1875.
1860 Federal Census of Buckhorn, Brown Co., Illinois
Res/Fam Given Name Surname Sex Age in
1860Approx.
YOBPOB John Gwin's Comments
Squire Houston M 55 1805 KY Squire Houston is likely a widower here, as Nancy is clearly not in the picture.
Minerva Houston F 24 1836 IL Minerva's age here places her birth about fourteen years into the marriage of Squire and Nancy, if the 27 Oct 1822 date I have for their marriage is correct (Jim Wall got it from Ancestry.com). That means there are likely five to eight more unaccounted-for Houstons out there at this point. She is likely named for her aunt Minerva Gwin Wright, Isham's and Mary's youngest.
Uriah Houston M 19 1841 IL He is likely named for his father's brother, 2.07 above.
Malinda Houston F 17 1843 IL
Isam Houston M 15 1845 IL He is evidently named for his maternal grandfather, Isham Gwin.
1880 Census of Pleasant Grove, Des Moines Co., IA
Res/Fam Given Name Surname Sex Age at
censusRelation Approx.
YOBOcc. POB F's
POBM's
POBJohn Gwin's Comments
Squire Houston M 54 self 1826 farmer KY KY KY This is the only Squire Houston I could find anywhere in the US in 1880. I believe he must be the oldest son of the above Squire. (See my note for Minerva in the 1860 chart above.) The only thing that doesn't line up with known facts is the mother's POB--Nancy Gwin was born in Sevier Co., TN. Did this son not know that? Or is this the son of someone else?
Suphronie Houston F 51 wife 1829
NC
Abraham J. Houston M 24 son 1856
IA
Gilbert W. Houston M 22 son 1858
IA
Albien P. Houston M 19 son 1861
IA
Theodore P. Houston M 16 son 1864
IA
James I. Houston M 14 son 1866
IA
James' middle initial may be for Isham, his maternal great-grandfather.
Isom Gwin---------------------------------Mary Likens-----------------------------------20 Oct 1819
Gwin Nancy-------------------------------Squire Huston---------------------------------27 Oct 1822
Gwin Isom---------------------------------Snowden Betsy-------------------------------1 Mar 1824
Grew ?, Minira (Gwin, Minerva)------Wright Elijah----------------------------------31 Jul 1827
Gregory Milton----------------------------Snowden Nancy------------------------------7 Aug 1836Re: Huston William 1800? TN/Gwin3.11--Manerva Gwin, b. 1807; d. after 1850; bd. unk.; m. Elijah Wright; [JMG Note: Children's names from Isham's 1855 probate record; Elijah's first name from Doris Gyarmati (see note in 1850 census chart below).]
Posted by: Jack Withers (ID *****8252)
Date: July 31, 2005 at 11:25:53
In Reply to: Re: Huston William1800? TN/Gwin by John Gwin
Posting no. of 1516Hi John,
Just returned home; here is what I have.
Sarah Gwin B 1806 Lincoln Co, TN, died Aft. 3/25/1842 Hart co, KY, Married? to william Huston?
Sources=James T. Wall=jameswall@aol.com & Jeff Canterbury=J_canterbury@yahoo.comNancy Gwin B 1805 Lincoln Co, TN, died Bef. 1850 Brown Co, IL, married 10/27/1822 Orange Co, In to Squire Huston B 1800-1805 Lincoln Co, TN, died Aft. 8/2/1869 Browmn Co, IL.
Sources=LDS & James T. Wall
Not sure how correct they are?
Jack M WithersIsom Gwin---------------------------------Mary Likens-----------------------------------20 Oct 1819
Gwin Nancy-------------------------------Squire Huston---------------------------------27 Oct 1822
Gwin Isom---------------------------------Snowden Betsy-------------------------------1 Mar 1824
Grew ?, Minira (Gwin, Minerva)------Wright Elijah----------------------------------31 Jul 1827
Gregory Milton----------------------------Snowden Nancy------------------------------7 Aug 18364.1--Ruth A. Wright; m. ca. 1852 to Young Childers (s/o James and Sela Childers); [JMG Note: marriage date and spouse's name from Doris Gyarmati's post (see 1850 census note below.]4.2--Isom Wright; m. ca. 1854 to Millie (Mildred? Amelia?) Childers (d/o James and Sela Childers); [JMG Note: marriage date and spouse's name from Doris Gyarmati's post (see 1850 census note below.]
4.3--Mary Jane Wright; m1. Mr. Charles Stalcup; POW in Richmond, VA;
5.1 ?m2. Henry Stalcup (2d cous?); 4 ch.;5._--Peter Hardin Stalcup,4.4--Bazle Wright;6._--PRIVATE,7._--Doris Gyarmati, b.4.5--Leander H. Wright; m. Ellen (nee unk.); was a blacksmith in Unionville, Orange Co., IN, in 1880; [JMG Note: WARNING--most of the data shown here in this blue-green is not yet confirmed to belong to THIS Leander Wright.]
5.1--Benjamin F. Wright; b. ca. 1862 (age 18 in 1880 census);4.6--Elijah R. Wright, b. ca. 1846 (age 34 in 1880 census); m. Sarah A. (nee unk., b. ca. 1849--age 31 in 1880 census); was a minister in Unionville, Orange Co., IN, in 1880; [JMG Note: WARNING--most of the data shown here in this blue-green is not yet confirmed to belong to THIS Elijah Wright.]
5.2--Mary E. Wright; b. ca. 1865 (age 15 in 1880 census);
5.3--Charlie L. Wright; b. ca. 1870 (age 10 in 1880 census);
5.4--Major C. Wright; b. ca. 1871 (age 9 in 1880 census);
5.5--Amey E. Wright; b. ca. 1873 (age 7 in 1880 census);
5.6--Lizzie A. Wright; b. ca. 1876 (age 4 in 1880 census);
5.7--Sarah A. Wright; b. ca. 1877 (age 3 in 1880 census);5.1--Hamilton L. Wright; b. ca. 1868 (age 12 in 1880 census);
5.2--Fidellas E. Wright; b. ca. 1870 (age 10 in 1880 census);
5.3--Laura J. Wright; b. ca. 1872 (age 8 in 1880 census);
5.4--William P. Wright; b. ca. 1875 (age 5 in 1880 census);
5.5--Volney O. Wright; b. ca. 1880 (age 3/12 in 1880 census);
1850 Census of Orange County, Indiana
Res #
Fam #First Name Last Name Age Occupation Prop.
ValuePOB Other John Gwin's Comments 35-35 David DENTON 72 Farmer 50 VA
I believe this is the same David Denton who bought land in Crowson's Cove (Sevier Co., TN) from Susanna Richardson in 1807 and who allegedly married Isham Gwin's daughter Elizabeth and moved to Indiana. If this is true, then he is John Gwin's--the John Gwin of Cahaba who is buried in Wilsonville, AL--brother-in-law.
Elizabeth DENTON 63
TN
I believe this is Isham Gwin's daughter Elizabeth, sister of John Gwin who married Jane Walker in the Wear Valley and moved to Alabama. If I'm right, then she is my ggg-grandaunt. 36-36 Thomas DENTON 30 Farmer 200 IN Can Not
Read Or
WriteI believe this is the seventh-born son of David and Elizabeth for four reasons: living next door, same surname, approximate right age, and a son, Isom, who has the same given name as his grandfather--if I'm correct. Also if I'm right, then he is my first cousin four times removed
Fanny M. DENTON 30
unk. CNROW
Rebecca DENTON 9
IN
Joel DENTON 7
IN
Isom DENTON 5
IN
I believe these five children are my second cousins thrice removed and that this one was named for his grandpa (and my own gggg-grandpa) Isham Gwin.
Cynthia DENTON 3
IN
Liza Ann DENTON 2/12
IN
33-33 Manervy RIGHT 39
600 TN
I believe this is Minerva "Manervy" Gwin: widow of Mr. Wright, tenth-born child of Isham and Mary Canterbury Gwin, sister of Elizabeth Gwin who married David Denton (res. 35 above, this census), and sister of John Gwin who moved to Alabama and is my ggg-grandpa; she has invited her mother, Mary, to move in with them to spend Mary's last years (see scenario below). In 2001, Ms. Doris Gyarmati posted on the Childers Family Forum that Manerva's husband's name is Elijah (see note immedieately below).
Ruth RIGHT 21
IN
In 2001, Ms. Doris Gyarmati posted the following on the Childers Family Forum: I am researching the Wright family in southern Indiana, and they married into the Childers family. The following is what I have:
Elijah Wright and Manvera Gwin had two children who married into the James Childers and Sela (unknown) family:
Ruth Wright married Young Childers abt. 1852.
Isom Wright married Milly Childers abt. 1854. Located in southern Indiana.
Susan RIGHT 19
IN
Benjamin RIGHT 14
IN
Leander RIGHT 10
IN
See 1880 Census immediately following.
Elijah RIGHT 5
IN
See 1880 Census immediately following.
Mary GWYN 80
VA yes This is most likely Mary Canterbury Gwin, widow of Isham, living with her daughter Minerva, the widow Wright.
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| unk. | Leander H. | Wright | 40 | 1840 | IN | Blacksmith | self | Unionville, Orange, Indiana | M | W | KY? | VA??? | I'd say the odds that these two are the
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listed in the 1850 census above are very high. What makes it somewhat unbelievable, however, is that Leander could say their mother, Manerva Gwin, was born in VA and that Elijah could say IN, when--if she was born in 1809 (as she claims in 1850)--it's all but a given that she was born in Crowson's Cove, Sevier Co., TN! |
| Ellen | Wright | 40 | 1840 | IN | Keeping House | wife | Unionville, Orange, Indiana | M | W | IN | IN | ||
| Benajmin F. | Wright | 18 | 1862 | IN | . | son | Unionville, Orange, Indiana | S | W | IN | IN | ||
| Mary E. | Wright | 15 | 1865 | IN | . | daughter | Unionville, Orange, Indiana | S | W | IN | IN | ||
| Charlie L. | Wright | 10 | 1870 | IN | . | son | Unionville, Orange, Indiana | S | W | IN | IN | ||
| Major C. | Wright | 9 | 1871 | IN | . | son | Unionville, Orange, Indiana | S | W | IN | IN | ||
| Amey E. | Wright | 7 | 1873 | IN | . | daughter | Unionville, Orange, Indiana | S | W | IN | IN | ||
| Lizzie A. | Wright | 4 | 1876 | IN | . | daughter | Unionville, Orange, Indiana | S | W | IN | IN | ||
| Sarah A. | Wright | 3 | 1877 | IN | . | daughter | Unionville, Orange, Indiana | S | W | IN | IN | Sarah A. is likely named for her aunt (see next chart). |
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