Genealogy Report: Ancestors of Amelia Strong
Ancestors of Amelia Strong
66.Robert SimontonHe married 67. Margaret Unknown.
67.Margaret Unknown, born 1726518; died 1810 in Chester County, South Carolina518.
More About Robert Simonton:
Religion: Associate Reformed Presbyterian
More About Margaret Unknown:
Burial: Hopewell A. R. P. Church Cemetery, Chester County, South Carolina518
Religion: Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Children of Robert Simonton and Margaret Unknown are:
| 33 | i. | Sarah Simonton, born 1759 in Ireland; died April 19, 1831 in Chester County, South Carolina; married Robert Strong. | ||
| ii. | John Simonton | |||
| iii. | Margaret Simonton, married Rev. Robert McCullough. | |||
| iv. | Mary Simonton, married William McCullough. |
72.Ralph Smith, Sr., born August 24, 1763519,520; died November 03, 1853 in Lincoln County, Tennessee521,522.He married 73. Elizabeth Unknown 1788523.
73.Elizabeth Unknown, born July 17, 1768524; died May 19, 1858 in Lincoln County, Tennessee524.
Notes for Ralph Smith, Sr.:
"Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution," by Bobby Gilmer Ross, at page 879, summarizes Ralph Smith, Sr's service in the Revolutionary War as follows:
"He enlisted, while residing in York District, on 5 April 1780 or 1781 and served under Capts. Henry White, Hugh White, and Jacob Barnett, Maj. Robert Crawford, Cols. Henry Hampton, Hezekiah Maham, Frederick Kimball and Gen. Sumter. He was in the battles af Savannah River and at Eutaw Springs. (Moved to Tenn.)"
This record also lists Ralph Smith's birth date as 23/24 August 1763 and his wife's name as Elizabeth, leaving no doubt that he was the same Ralph Smith that moved to Lincoln County and is buried at Prosperity. His National Pension Claim number was W7184 and his Bounty Land Warranty number was BLWt 12737-160-55.
More About Ralph Smith, Sr.:
Burial: Prosperity Cemetery, Yukon, Lincoln County, Tennessee
Military service: Revolutionary War soldier525,526
More About Elizabeth Unknown:
Burial: Prosperity Cemetery, Yukon, Lincoln County, Tennessee
Child of Ralph Smith and Elizabeth Unknown is:
| 36 | i. | Ralph Smith, Jr., born June 03, 1804 in South Carolina; died July 11, 1845 in Lincoln County, Tennessee; married Cyrena McCown. |
74.George McCown, born 1783 in Montgomery County, Virginia527; died Bef. June 1855 in Tippah County, Mississippi527.He was the son of 148. James McCown and 149. Jane Patton.He married 75. Nancy Ann Elizabeth Bright June 24, 1805 in Lincoln County, Kentucky527.
75.Nancy Ann Elizabeth Bright, born 1794 in South Carolina527; died Bet. 1870 - 1880 in Tippah County, Mississippi527.She was the daughter of 150. James Bright and 151. Margaret Smith.
More About George McCown:
Burial: Old McCown-Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Tippa County, Mississippi527
More About Nancy Ann Elizabeth Bright:
Burial: Old McCown-Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Tippa County, Mississippi527
Children of George McCown and Nancy Bright are:
| i. | Perlina McCown, born August 22, 1809 in Lincoln County, Kentucky527; died August 28, 1855 in Lincoln County, Tennessee527 |
| More About Perlina McCown: Burial: Lincoln County, Tennessee527 |
| 37 | ii. | Cyrena McCown, born May 04, 1812 in Lincoln County, Tennessee; died April 27, 1851 in Lincoln County, Tennessee; married Ralph Smith, Jr.. | ||
| iii. | James Buford McCown, born Abt. 1814 in Lincoln County, Tennessee527; died in Giles County, Tennessee527 |
| More About James Buford McCown: Burial: Giles County, Tennessee527 |
| iv. | Milas Wade McCown, born March 21, 1818 in Lincoln County, Tennessee527; died May 26, 1892 in Falkner, Tippa County, Mississippi527 |
| More About Milas Wade McCown: Burial: McCown Cemetery, Falkner, Tippa County, Mississipppi527 |
| v. | M. Alfred McCown, born November 23, 1819 in Lincoln County, Tennessee527; died December 21, 1857 in Falkner, Tippa County, Mississippi527 |
| More About M. Alfred McCown: Burial: Old McCown-Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Tippa County, Mississippi527 |
| vi. | Lindsey S. McCown, born Abt. 1822 in Lincoln County, Tennessee527; died Abt. 1878 in Falkner, Tippa County, Mississippi527 |
| More About Lindsey S. McCown: Burial: Tippah County, Mississippi527 |
| vii. | Martha Adeline McCown, born March 04, 1828 in Lincoln County, Tennessee527; died December 24, 1846 in Pleasant Valley, Tippah County, Mississippi527 |
| More About Martha Adeline McCown: Burial: Old McCown-Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Tippa County, Mississippi527 |
77.Ann Frances Clark, died in of Chatham County, North Carolina.She was the daughter of 154. William Clark and 155. Frances Porterfield.
Notes for Nathan Alexander Stedman:
The following article on the Stedman/Steadman family was written by Russell O'Neal in "Coldwater (Yesterday and Today)," published in connection with Tennessee Homecoming '86, at page 72:
"[Nathan ?] Alexander Stedman came to North Carolina about 1784 along with his parents, Nathan Stedman and Prudence Hurlbut, and four brothers and one sister. Nathan Alexander became a well-to-do merchant in N. C. with a lot of real estate holdings and several slaves. He was a member of the N. C. General Assembly in 1832-33, Comptroller of the State of N. C. 1834-1836, Clerk of the Court, 1837-1847."
In the "Dictionary of North Carolina Biography," edited by William S. Powell (copyright 1994, University of North Carolina Press), in the collection of the Presbyterian Church (USA) Department of History (Montreat) (Call No.: CT/252/.D5), at page 431 of Volume 5, we find a biography of Charles Manley Steadman which reads as follows:
"Stedman, Charles Manly (29 Jan. 1841 - 23 Sept. 1930), Confederate officer, lawyer, and congressman, was born in Pittsboro, the son of Nathan A. and Euphania W. Stedman. His father, a merchant, served in the state legislature and as state controller."
The account in "Coldwater (Yesterday and Today)" appears to be in error. It is highly unlikely that Nathan A. Stedman had a son Elisha who was born in 1805 and a son Charles who was born in 1841. More research needs to be undertaken to clarify this matter.
The following is one additional piece of information from "Sketches of North Carolina, Historical and Biographica," by William Henry Foote (New York, Robert Carter, 58 Canal Street, 1846), in the collection of the Prebyterian Church (USA) Department of History (Montreat) (Call No.: F/258/F68/1846a):
"On Sabbath the 22nd of April, 1804, the first public baptism of children in Fayetteville [Chatham County, North Carolina] took place in the court house, before a large assembly, where William, the infant son of Elisha and Mary Stedman . . . were devoted to God in this ordinance."
Child of Nathan Stedman and Ann Clark is:
| 38 | i. | Elisha Hurlbut Stedman, born 1805 in Chatham County, North Carolina; died 1870 in Lincoln County, Tennessee; married (1) Martha Rebecca Griffis; married (2) Mary E. Bland 1855. |
78.Herbert Griffis, born November 05, 1778 in probably North Carolina528,529; died July 04, 1841 in Lincoln County, Tennessee530.He was the son of 156. Thomas Griffis and 157. Ann Ragland.He married 79. Frances Buchanan.
79.Frances Buchanan, born 1791531; died Bet. 1860 - 1865 in Lincoln County, Tennessee531,532.
Child of Herbert Griffis and Frances Buchanan is:
| 39 | i. | Martha Rebecca Griffis, born January 17, 1810; died September 25, 1854 in Lincoln County, Tennessee; married Elisha Hurlbut Stedman. |
88.Joseph I. McCown, Sr., born 1770 in Scotland533; died October 14, 1834 in Abbeville County, South Carolina533.He married 89. Katherine Unknown.
89.Katherine Unknown, born 1770 in Ireland534; died December 08, 1851 in Abbeville County, South Carolina534.
Notes for Joseph I. McCown, Sr.:
From correspondence with distant family members, we have learned that Joseph I. McCown was born in Scotland and raised in County Down, Ireland. He emigrated to America around 1796, applying for his naturalization status in Newberry County, South Carolina in 1798. He and his wife lived in Due West, South Carolina, where he was an elder of the Due West Associate Reformed Prebyterian Church. The name McCown is spelled several different ways in writings, McCown, McKeown and McKown, but on their tombstones, at the Due West Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, it is spelled 'McCown.'
Joseph I. McCown is mentioned frequently in "A Place Called Due West," by Dr. Lowry Ware, a South Carolina historian. We find that his life is intertwined with the life of Rev. Peter McMullen, another ancestor, and several cousins of John Lindsay, who emigrated from Abbeville County, South Carolina to Lincoln County, Tennessee several years before Joseph McCown's death. Joseph I. McCown also helped secure E. E. Pressly, the brother of Martha Pressly Lindsay, as the first pastor of the church in Due West after the departure of the Rev. Peter McMullen. The following are excerpts from the book:
From pages 23-24:
"Three other elders represented Due West Corner at presbytery meeting during McMullen's pastorate: Alexander Hamilton, Joseph McKeown, and Aaron McWhorter . . . . McKeown was a nephew of John Pinkerton and followed his uncle from Ireland to Due West. In a 1882 letter to W. L. Pressly, Agnew called him 'a staunch and true man, a faithful and firm Seceder in a time that tried mens souls.' "
From page 28:
"Ironically, one of the elders who had brought the charges against McMullen, Aaron McWhorter, in a few years also moved to join his descendants in Lincoln County, Tenn. Perhaps the next most important elder during the years after McMullen's departure was Joseph McKeown, and Agnew wrote W. L. Pressly in 1882that his father (E. E. Pressly) 'lamented particularly' that he had not mentioned that in his 1859 sketch." [This sketch was printed in "The Presbyterian Historical Almanac, and Annual Remembrance of the Church, for 1858 -- 1859," by Joseph M. Wilson (Philadelphia, Joseph M. Wilson, 1859), which is in the collection of the Presbyterian Church (USA) Department of History (Montreat) (Call No.: BX/8950/P83).]
From page 30:
"[After the departure of Peter McMullen] Some of the members moved to other denominations, others died, and in 1814, nearly half the congregation of Due West Corner joined the Rev. Alexander Porter in his removal to Ohio. Those that were left were led by John Murphy, Robert Wallace, John Lindsay and Joseph I. McKeown."
From page 34:
"Of the elders when Pressly [Dr. E. E. Pressly] came to the church in 1830, Robert Wallace, Senr. died within two or three years followed by Joseph McKeown in 1834."
From page 37:
"On February 18, 1834, twenty-six members of the local congregation and its minister organized 'The Educational Society of Due West Corner' whose purpose was 'to aid the indigent young men in their progress toward the gospelministry.' Its subscription list included . . . Joseph and Joseph I. Mc Keown."
More About Joseph I. McCown, Sr.:
Burial: Due West Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Due West, Abbeville Coonty, South Carolina535
Religion: Associate Reformed Presbyterian536
More About Katherine Unknown:
Burial: Due West Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Due West, Abbeville County, South Carolina537
Religion: Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Children of Joseph McCown and Katherine Unknown are:
| 44 | i. | Joseph I. McCown, Jr., born in Abbeville County, South Carolina; died 1896 in Lincoln County, Tennessee; married (1) Mary Bryson; married (2) L. E. Caughran. | ||
| ii. | Robert McCown | |||
| iii. | Mary McCown | |||
| iv. | Sarah McCown | |||
| v. | Margaret McCown |