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Descendants of William Denham, Sr.

Generation No. 1

1. WILLIAM² DENHAM, SR. (JAMES¹) was born 1745 in Virginia ¹, and died December 1819 in Fishing Creek, Pulaski Co., KY ². He married (1) UNKNOWN TURNER Bet. 1769 - 1770 in Commonwealth of VA ³, daughter of ?THOMAS TURNER and ? TURNER. She was born Abt. 1745 in VA³, and died 5 June 1785 in Madison Co., KY³. He married (2) ELIZABETH PARKER 1788 in Madison Co., KY ⁴, daughter of HUGH PARKER. She was born Abt. 1745 ⁵, and died Aft. 1803 in Pulaski Co., KY⁵.

Notes for WILLIAM DENHAM, SR.:
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NC Archives, Vol VII, P 11, Folio 2
1776 List of Cert. paid to Comptroller NC #1056

Wheeler's History of NC
8 November 1775 to KY, See Jersey Settlement, NC
!Occupation: Planter, tailor
!Residence: Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky
!Religion: Baptist

William married Unknown Turner while living in the Commonwealth of VA, around 1769-1770. (Arriving at this date because their first born child, John H. Denham, was born in VA, on May 6, 1771). (Taken from Bible records.)
William Denham and his wife migrated to Rowan Co., NC (now Wilkes Co.) when the son, John was an infant in arms. Carolina was calling, the area where land was cheap and religious convictions were not questioned. Their second son, Obidiah "Obed" Denham, was born there in 1773. (Evidence found in Pulaski Co., US Census of KY in 1850). Early tax records are hard to come by in Rowan Co., NC, but William Denham's name was found in the 1776 tax records of the Yadkin District which later became Wilkes Co., NC.
Certain Revolutionary War records of NC reveal the fact that William Denham did serve during the war. On Wednesday, November 8, 1775, he was cited to appear before the Committee in Rown Co., to render an account of his political sentiments relative to American Freedom. (Taken from John Hill Wheeler's "History of North Carolina".) It is reasonable to believe that he entered the services of the Revolutionary War soon after that date. *In the records found in the Department of Archives in Raleigh,NC, William Denham's name appears in tthe "Revolutionary Arrmy Accounts". A list of certificates to be paid to the Comptroller for Taxes, as follows: "The year of 1787, including those for the years 1784 and 1786." (File No. 1056, Raleigh, NC). One will note an absence of births from 1775-1777.

Following data is from Land Office, Richmond, VA, Land Grants and Headrights.
Lt. Col. Robert Pitt (Generation Code A001) patented land in 1634 in Isle of Wight County, VA:
Pg 117: Robert Pitt, 300 acres in Isle of Wight County 4/17/1648, New Towne Haven River - 6 persons. (Thomas Davis in Nancomond County in 11/16/1655 on pg 6 had a patent touching lands of Robert Pitt). Pg 144: Col. Robert Pitt and William Burgh, Isle of Wight County, 2/18/1664 - 24 persons. Pg 271: Lt. Col. Robert Pitt 6/7/1654 assigned to Pitt by Robert Sharp. Pg 292: Lt. Col. Robert Pitt 3/18/1662 renewal of patent. Pg 540: Robert Pitts or Pitt 550 acres in Isle of Wight County 2/14/1637. About 3-1/2 miles up New Towne Haven River, opposite to land of William Denham, now in occupation of the said Pitts and near the line of Thomas Bush for 10 persons. (This Robert Pitts is the founding father of the Newberry, SC line of Pitts, and ancestor Mr. Henry Pitts, a near neighbor, had 450 acres on Pagan Creek1/13/1952 for 9 persons, page 155 and page 876 a neighbor: Capt. John Upton in 2/10/1643.

THE KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS, Volume 1, Part 1, CHAPTER II VIRGINIA GRANTS (1782-1792)
THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY, page 43
Grantee: Denham, Wm; Acres 1,000; Book: 13; Page: 570; Date Survey: 6- 3-1785
County: Fayette; Watercourse: N Fk Elkhorn

CHAPTER III OLD KENTUCKY GRANTS (1793-1856), THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY, page 168
Grantee: Denham, Wm; Acres: 500; Book: 12; Page: 170; Date Survey: 9-13-1798
County: Montgomery; Watercourse: Licking R

page 168
Grantee: Denham, Wm; Acres: 470; Book: 12; Page: 172; Date Survey: 9-18-1798
County: Bracken; Watercourse: None

CHAPTER IV GRANTS SOUTH OF GREEN RIVER (1797-1866); THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY; page 299
Grantee: Denham, Wm; Acres: 100; Book: 2; Page: 195; Date Survey: 5-13-1799
County: Licnoln; Watercourse: Fishing Cr

page 299
Grantee: Denham, Wm; Acres 122; Book: 2; Page: 196; Date Survey: 9-6-1798
County: Lincoln; Watercourse: Fishing Cr

CHAPTER IV GRANTS SOUTH OF GREEN RIVER (1797-1866); THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY; page 299
Grantee: Denham, Wm; Acres: 100; Book: 28; Page: 438; Date Survey: 5-30-1808
County: Pulaski; Watercourse: Sinking Cr

CHAPTER V TELLICO GRANTS (1803-1853); THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY; page 444
Grantee: Denham, Wm; Acres: 200; Book: 1; Page: 110; Date Survey: 11-29-1803
County: Pulaski; Watercourse: Fishing Cr

Pulaski county was formed in 1799. It is located in the Pennyrile region of the state. The elevation in the county ranges from 723 to 1680 feet above sea level. In 1990 the county population was 49,489 in a land area of 661 square miles, an average of 74.9 people per square mile. The county seat is Somerset.

Notes for UNKNOWN TURNER:
From Denham Family Tree. It is believed that the parents of Unknown Turner were Thomas and Eliza Turner who migrated from VA to Rowan Co., NC at the same time the Denham family did.; 5 June 1785-- Jersey Baptist Church Cemetery;

More About UNKNOWN TURNER:
Burial: Jersey Baptist Church Cemetery

More About WILLIAM DENHAM and UNKNOWN TURNER:
Marriage: Bet. 1769 - 1770, Commonwealth of VA⁵

Notes for ELIZABETH PARKER:
In the "Abstracts of Wills of North Carolina" by Olds, there is a Hugh Parker, whose will was probated in Rowan County, where several children were mentioned, including an Elizabeth Parker, as heirs to his estate in 1781. This could very well be the Elizabeth Parker whom William Denham married.

More About ELIZABETH PARKER:
Fact 8: Kentucky
Fact 9: Baptist
Fact 10: d/o Hugh Parker
Occupation: Homemaker

More About WILLIAM DENHAM and ELIZABETH PARKER:
Marriage: 1788, Madison Co., KY ⁶

Children of WILLIAM DENHAM and UNKNOWN TURNER are:

2.	i.	JOHN H. (A)³ DENHAM, b. 6 May 1771, Commonwealth of VA; d. 29 December 1842, Big Hill Road, Madison Co., KY.
3.	ii.	OBADIAH "OBED" (B) DENHAM, b. 1773, Rowan Co., NC; d. 16 April 1861, Rock Lick Creek, Pulaski Co., KY.
4.	iii.	PAULINA "POLLY" DENHAM, b. 1775, Rowan Co., NC; d. 1849, Russell Co., KY.
5.	iv.	SARAH "SALLY" DENHAM, b. 1778, Rowan Co. (now Wilkes), NC; d. 16 April 1831, Bethel, Clermont Co., OH.
6.	v.	MARGARET ANN "PEGGY" DENHAM, b. 1779, Rowan Co., NC; d. 19 January 1850, Bethel, Clermont Co., OH.
7.	vi.	ELIZA JANE "JENNY" DENHAM, b. 1780, Rowan Co., NC; d. Abt. 1865, IL.
8.	vii.	WILLIAM "WASH" DENHAM, JR., b. 1781, Rowan Co., NC; d. 1826, Adair Co., KY.
9.	viii.	JAMES DENHAM, b. 1782, Rowan Co., NC; d. 1835, Petersburg, Lancaster Co., ? PA.
10.	ix.	MARY "POLLY" DENHAM, b. 1784, Rowan Co., NC; d. 1862, Pulaski Co., KY.
11.	x.	JURUSHA DENHAM, b. 27 June 1785, Rowan Co., NC; d. 25 March 1861, Bethel, Clermont Co., OH.

Children of WILLIAM DENHAM and ELIZABETH PARKER are:

xi.

ABIGAILE³ DENHAM, b. 1789, Madison Co., KY ⁷; d. Aft. 1865, Russell Co., KY⁷; m. JAMES D. SHANKS, 21 July 1807, Pulaski Co., KY^7,⁸.

Notes for ABIGAILE DENHAM:
Early American Marriages: Atlantic South Region
Kentucky, Pulaski County

Denham, Abigail married Shanks, James D. on 21 Jul 1807 in Pulaski County, Kentucky

More About ABIGAILE DENHAM:
Fact 10: Hunchback, unsound of mind
Medical Information: Mental illness

Notes for JAMES D. SHANKS:
1811 Living in Adair Co., KY on Casey Creek

Early American Marriages: Atlantic South Region
Kentucky, Pulaski County

Denham, Abigail married Shanks, James D. on 21 Jul 1807 in Pulaski County, Kentucky

More About JAMES SHANKS and ABIGAILE DENHAM:
Marriage: 21 July 1807, Pulaski Co., KY ^9,¹⁰

12.	xii.	RACHEL R. DENHAM, b. 1790, Madison Co., KY; d. Aft. 1860.
13.	xiii.	PARKER DENHAM, b. 1792, Madison Co., KY; d. 1835, Madison Co., KY.
14.	xiv.	THOMAS DENHAM, b. 1794, Madison Co., KY; d. February 1825, Pulaski Co., KY.
	xv.	NANCY DENHAM, b. 1795, Madison Co., KY ¹¹; d. 1873, Pulaski Co., KY.

Notes for NANCY DENHAM:
1818 Father made provisions for her upkeep; 1827 Father gave her land; Remained Single

15.	xvi.		ALEXANDER DENHAM, b. 1796, Madison Co., KY; d. February 1827, Pulaski Co., KY.
16.	xvii.		ELIZABETH DENHAM, b. 1798, Madison Co., KY; d. 1870, Pulaski Co., KY.

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