Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Page Genealogy Report: Descendants of William Denham, Sr.

[ Home Page | First Page | Previous Page | Next Page | Last Page ]

Descendants of William Denham, Sr.

4. PAULINA "POLLY"³ DENHAM (WILLIAM², JAMES¹) was born 1775 in Rowan Co., NC ⁴⁰, and died 1849 in Russell Co., KY. She married JOHN MCWHORTER 7 December 1795 in Madison Co., KY. He was born 1777, and died 1871 in Russell Co., KY.

Notes for PAULINA "POLLY" DENHAM:
1789 Became a resident of Madison Co., KY

More About JOHN MCWHORTER:
Fact 8: Pulaski, Adair (Now Russell) Co., KY
Occupation: Minister

Marriage Notes for PAULINA DENHAM and JOHN MCWHORTER:
Original copy of marriage obtained by Melaney Moore-Dodson in Madison Co., KY, May 1998
Book A, Page 53.

Also December 7th celebrated between John McWhirtor and Polly Dunham. Signed Charles Cavanaugh

On the same page:
December 10th 1795 I celebrated the rights of matrimony betwen Obid Dunham and Beety (Betty) Barnes.

More About JOHN MCWHORTER and PAULINA DENHAM:
Marriage: 7 December 1795, Madison Co., KY

Children of PAULINA DENHAM and JOHN MCWHORTER are:

	i.		SAMANTHA⁴ MCWHORTER, b. Abt. 1796, Madison Co., KY; d. Aft. 1872.
	ii.		WILLIAM MCWHORTER, b. 1798, Madison Co., KY; d. 1828, Pulaski Co., KY.
	iii.		JERUSHA MCWHORTER, b. 1800, Madison Co., KY; d. Aft. 1870, Russell Co., KY.

Notes for JERUSHA MCWHORTER:
1805 Resident of Pulaski Co., KY

iv.

ALEXANDER MCWHORTER, b. 1805, Pulaski Co., KY; m. ELIZABETH, 1828, Pulaski Co., KY; b. Abt. 1805.

Notes for ALEXANDER MCWHORTER:
Children: John, William C.P., Jesse Payton, James, Ephraim, Thomas T. Jermatha

More About ALEXANDER MCWHORTER:
Fact 8: Russell Co., KY
Fact 9: Baptist
Occupation: Farmers

More About ALEXANDER MCWHORTER and ELIZABETH:
Marriage: 1828, Pulaski Co., KY

GEORGE MCWHORTER, b. 1813, Pulaski Co., KY; d. Aft. 1850, Pulaski Co., KY.

More About GEORGE MCWHORTER:
Fact 8: Pulaski Co., KY
Fact 9: Baptist
Fact 10: Children: John B., Mary, George, Jr.
Occupation: Farmer

vi.

OBED TURNER MCWHORTER, b. 1815, Pulaski Co., KY.

More About OBED TURNER MCWHORTER:
Fact 8: Pulaski Co., KY
Fact 9: Baptist
Fact 10: Children: Melvina, Malinda and William J.
Occupation: Tailor and Landowner

vii.

SARAH MILLIE MCWHORTER, b. 1817, Pulaski Co., KY.

Notes for SARAH MILLIE MCWHORTER:
29 April 1838 Russell Co., KY

	viii.		JESSE EMBRY MCWHORTER, b. 1819, Adair Co., KY.
	ix.		ELIZA MCWHORTER, b. 1821, Adair Co., KY.

5. SARAH "SALLY"³ DENHAM (WILLIAM², JAMES¹) was born 1778 in Rowan Co. (now Wilkes), NC ⁴¹, and died 16 April 1831 in Bethel, Clermont Co., OH⁴¹. She married JOHN DENHAM 31 December 1798 in Madison Co., KY, son of OBADIAH DENHAM and MARY BALL. He was born 1783 in Wilkes Co., North Carolina ⁴², and died Aft. 1837 in Jefferson Co., MO⁴².

Notes for SARAH "SALLY" DENHAM:
From The History of William Denham and His Family, by Marie Foster
Page 94-97

Sarah "Sally" Denham, daughter of William Denham, was born in 1778, in Rowan County (now Wilkes), North Carolina. Her mother was a Turner. She became a resident of Madison County, Kentucky when she was around 11 years old.

The story goes (Minerva (Denham) Moody's Diary) that Sarah Denham had fallen in love with an Irish Catholic while living in Madison County, Kentucky, which was against her father's wishes. William Denham rode horseback to Denhamtown (Bethel), Ohio to the home of his brother, Obadiah Denham, and they together persuaded Obadiah's son, John Denham (age 16), to go to Madison County, Kentucky, and court Sarah Denham (age 20) and marry her. In return, Sarah's father, William Denham, would give John Denham 200 acres of his best land on Fishing Creek in Pulaski County, Kentucky. Evidently the young man came home with his uncle, William Denham, and won the hand of his cousin, Sarah Denham.

John Denham married Sarah Denham in Madison County, Kentucky on December 31, 1798. They were married by their uncle, the Reverend John Denham of Bethel, Ohio. The bondsman was Obadiah Denham, father of the groom, and William Denham gave his consent to the marriage. The couple made their home on the waters of Fishing Creek in Pulaski County, Kentucky for a few years, then migrated to Clermont County, Ohio.

The story goes on to relate that John and Sarah Denham raised a large family of sickly and deformed children, and that Sarah died insane in Bethel, Ohio. (The story has been found to correspond with some county and circuit court records in Clermont County, Ohio.)

Records in Clermont County,Ohio show that John Denham was a shrewd businessman. He became owner of hundreds of acres of land (after the death of his father in 1817), as he purchased from his brothers and sisters many of these acres once belonging to his father. In 1826, his wife, Sarah Denham had become very ill and John evidently moved out of the home. He deeded the home place "with all appurtenances, consisting of 288 acres, to his son, Levi R. Denham, to take care of his (Levi's) mother, Sarah Denham, and his brother (Levi's) George Washington Denham, both invalids, their natural lives." Levi R. Denham, according to the circuit court records, accepted the land (after a few arguments concerning a cash benefit) in January 1830. (Superior Court ... and Probate File Boxes (1828-1834) and Deed Book B-2-26, Pages 275, 276, and 277, Clermont County, Ohio).

Sarah Denham died insane on April 16, 1831. She was buried in the Denham-Burke Cemetery in Bethel, Ohio.

It is very doubtful if John Denham was in Bethel Ohio to attend his wife's funeral, as the deed books show he was in Jefferson County, Missouri, on a land speculating tour in the fall of 1830.

John Denham had given his son, Squire T. Denham, land while living in Clermont County, Ohio, "out of love and affection" which was located on the waters of Clover Creek (acres not listed) adjoining the Parker Denham land in 1828. On June 30, 1830, he deeded his 200 acres of land located on Fishing Creek in Pulaski County, Kentucky, "to be set aside in trust to John Denham, Jr., a minor." (This was John Denham's "wedding gift" land).

While in Jefferson County, Missouri from April 20, 1831 through 1834, the following land was sold or given to his sons and a daughter, who lived in Clermont County, Ohio: Parker Denham gets 370 acres of land on the waters of Poplars Creek in Clermont County, Ohio, "out of love and affection". James H. Denham gets 277 acres of land on the waters of Poplar Creek, "out of love and affection". William Denham and his wife Anna, get 300 acres of land on the waters of the Ohio River, "out of love and affection". (Deed Book, B-2-26, Pages 275, 276, 277, 278, and 279, Clermont County, Ohio). Levi R. Denham purchased 36 acres and 42 poles of land from his father in Clermont County, Ohio on Clover Creed, while his father, John Denham, was living in Jefferson County, Missouri in 1834, paying him $200.00 for said land. (Deed Book I-2, Page 21). John Denham was in St. Gevena (?Geneva) Parish, Missouri when he made a deed to his son-in-law, George Abram, husband of Jurusha Denham, for 299 acres of land on the waters of the Ohio River and three town lots in Bethel, Ohio consisting of one acre each, in June 1834. (Deed Book I-2-23, Pages 367-444, Clermont County, Ohio). William Bredwell of Clermont County, Ohio bought ____ acres of land from John Denham of Jefferson County, Missouri on Poplars Branch, on April 20, 1831, for $500.00 (Deed Book P, Page 404, Clermont County, Ohio.)

These deeds seem to show that John Denham stayed away from Clermont County, Ohio for several years. (These deeds and the 1850 Clermont County, Ohio Census were the proof of John and Sarah Denham's children). Sarah Denham's signature ceases to appear on deeds of transactions around 1826.)

It is believed John Denham married again. If this is correct, his last wife's name was Mary. A John Denham of Jefferson County, Missouri and wife Mary, sold land in Clermont County, Ohio on April 11, 1837 to Aaron Sargent and on the same date, John Denham and wife, Mary, of Jefferson County, Missouri sold land in Clermont County, Ohio to one Josiah and Margaret Denham.

It is believed he lived an died in Jefferson County, Missouri.

1789 Became resident of Madison Co., KY
Sarah and husband John were 1st cousins

More About SARAH "SALLY" DENHAM:
Fact 8: Bethel, Clermont Co., OH
Fact 9: Baptist
Medical Information: Mental illness

Notes for JOHN DENHAM:
From The History of William Denham and His Family, by Marie Foster
Page 94-97

Sarah "Sally" Denham, daughter of William Denham, was born in 1778, in Rowan County (now Wilkes), North Carolina. Her mother was a Turner. She became a resident of Madison County, Kentucky when she was around 11 years old.

The story goes (Minerva (Denham) Moody's Diary) that Sarah Denham had fallen in love with an Irish Catholic while living in Madison County, Kentucky, which was against her father's wishes. William Denham rode horseback to Denhamtown (Bethel), Ohio to the home of his brother, Obadiah Denham, and they together persuaded Obadiah's son, John Denham (age 16), to go to Madison County, Kentucky, and court Sarah Denham (age 20) and marry her. In return, Sarah's father, William Denham, would give John Denham 200 acres of his best land on Fishing Creek in Pulaski County, Kentucky. Evidently the young man came home with his uncle, William Denham, and won the hand of his cousin, Sarah Denham.

John Denham married Sarah Denham in Madison County, Kentucky on December 31, 1798. They were married by their uncle, the Reverend John Denham of Bethel, Ohio. The bondsman was Obadiah Denham, father of the groom, and William Denham gave his consent to the marriage. The couple made their home on the waters of Fishing Creek in Pulaski County, Kentucky for a few years, then migrated to Clermont County, Ohio.

The story goes on to relate that John and Sarah Denham raised a large family of sickly and deformed children, and that Sarah died insane in Bethel, Ohio. (The story has been found to correspond with some county and circuit court records in Clermont County, Ohio.)

Records in Clermont County,Ohio show that John Denham was a shrewd businessman. He became owner of hundreds of acres of land (after the death of his father in 1817), as he purchased from his brothers and sisters many of these acres once belonging to his father. In 1826, his wife, Sarah Denham had become very ill and John evidently moved out of the home. He deeded the home place "with all appurtenances, consisting of 288 acres, to his son, Levi R. Denham, to take care of his (Levi's) mother, Sarah Denham, and his brother (Levi's) George Washington Denham, both invalids, their natural lives." Levi R. Denham, according to the circuit court records, accepted the land (after a few arguments concerning a cash benefit) in January 1830. (Superior Court ... and Probate File Boxes (1828-1834) and Deed Book B-2-26, Pages 275, 276, and 277, Clermont County, Ohio).

Sarah Denham died insane on April 16, 1831. She was buried in the Denham-Burke Cemetery in Bethel, Ohio.

It is very doubtful if John Denham was in Bethel Ohio to attend his wife's funeral, as the deed books show he was in Jefferson County, Missouri, on a land speculating tour in the fall of 1830.

John Denham had given his son, Squire T. Denham, land while living in Clermont County, Ohio, "out of love and affection" which was located on the waters of Clover Creek (acres not listed) adjoining the Parker Denham land in 1828. On June 30, 1830, he deeded his 200 acres of land located on Fishing Creek in Pulaski County, Kentucky, "to be set aside in trust to John Denham, Jr., a minor." (This was John Denham's "wedding gift" land).

While in Jefferson County, Missouri from April 20, 1831 through 1834, the following land was sold or given to his sons and a daughter, who lived in Clermont County, Ohio: Parker Denham gets 370 acres of land on the waters of Poplars Creek in Clermont County, Ohio, "out of love and affection". James H. Denham gets 277 acres of land on the waters of Poplar Creek, "out of love and affection". William Denham and his wife Anna, get 300 acres of land on the waters of the Ohio River, "out of love and affection". (Deed Book, B-2-26, Pages 275, 276, 277, 278, and 279, Clermont County, Ohio). Levi R. Denham purchased 36 acres and 42 poles of land from his father in Clermont County, Ohio on Clover Creed, while his father, John Denham, was living in Jefferson County, Missouri in 1834, paying him $200.00 for said land. (Deed Book I-2, Page 21). John Denham was in St. Gevena (?Geneva) Parish, Missouri when he made a deed to his son-in-law, George Abram, husband of Jurusha Denham, for 299 acres of land on the waters of the Ohio River and three town lots in Bethel, Ohio consisting of one acre each, in June 1834. (Deed Book I-2-23, Pages 367-444, Clermont County, Ohio). William Bredwell of Clermont County, Ohio bought ____ acres of land from John Denham of Jefferson County, Missouri on Poplars Branch, on April 20, 1831, for $500.00 (Deed Book P, Page 404, Clermont County, Ohio.)

These deeds seem to show that John Denham stayed away from Clermont County, Ohio for several years. (These deeds and the 1850 Clermont County, Ohio Census were the proof of John and Sarah Denham's children). Sarah Denham's signature ceases to appear on deeds of transactions around 1826.)

It is believed John Denham married again. If this is correct, his last wife's name was Mary. A John Denham of Jefferson County, Missouri and wife Mary, sold land in Clermont County, Ohio on April 11, 1837 to Aaron Sargent and on the same date, John Denham and wife, Mary, of Jefferson County, Missouri sold land in Clermont County, Ohio to one Josiah and Margaret Denham.

It is believed he lived and died in Jefferson County, Missouri.

1789 Became resident of Madison Co., KY
Sarah and husband John were 1st cousins

1826 John left Sarah because she was insane
John & Sarah were first cousins

Found by Melaney Moore-Dodson

THE KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS; Volume 1; Part 1; CHAPTER VI KENTUCKY LAND WARRANTS (1816-1873); THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY; page 529
Grantee: Denham, John; Acres: 110; Book: S; Page: 355; Date Survey: 10- 6-1825
County: Rockcastle; Watercourse: Rockcastle R

Second Census of Kentucky 1800, a privately compiled and published enumeration of tax payers appearing in the 79 manuscript volums extent of tax lists of the 42 counties of Kentucky in existence in 1800 by G. Glenn Clift, Associate Secretary Kentucky Historical Society, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.

John Denham, Warren Co., KY 1800-1801

More About JOHN DENHAM:
Fact 8: Bethel Co., OH
Fact 9: Baptist
Occupation: Businessman & Large Landowner

More About JOHN DENHAM and SARAH DENHAM:
Marriage: 31 December 1798, Madison Co., KY

Children of SARAH DENHAM and JOHN DENHAM are:

PARKER⁴ DENHAM, b. 1800, Pulaski Co., KY ⁴³; d. Aft. 1850, Clermont Co., OH; m. PATIENCE HICKS, 8 August 1821, Clermont Co., OH ⁴⁴.

Notes for PARKER DENHAM:
From The History of William Denham and His Family by Marie Moody-Foster, Page 97.

They lived on a farm near Bethel, Ohio on the waters of Poplars Creek. Their issue is not known. They were not living in Clermont County in 1850.

Page 94-97

John Denham had given his son, Squire T. Denham, land while living in Clermont County, Ohio, "out of love and affection" which was located on the waters of Clover Creek (acres not listed) adjoining the Parker Denham land in 1828.

While in Jefferson County, Missouri from April 20, 1831 through 1834, the following land was sold or given to his sons and a daughter, who lived in Clermont County, Ohio: Parker Denham gets 370 acres of land on the waters of Poplars Creek in Clermont County, Ohio, "out of love and affection". (Deed Book, B-2-26, Pages 275, 276, 277, 278, and 279, Clermont County, Ohio).

(These deeds and the 1850 Clermont County, Ohio Census were the proof of John and Sarah Denham's children). Sarah Denham's signature ceases to appear on deeds of transactions around 1826.)

More About PARKER DENHAM:
Fact 8: Poplars Creek, Bethel, Clermont Co., OH
Occupation: Farmer

More About PARKER DENHAM and PATIENCE HICKS:
Marriage: 8 August 1821, Clermont Co., OH⁴⁴

28.	ii.	SQUIRE TURNER DENHAM, b. 1802, Pulaski Co., KY; d. Aft. 1850, Bethel, Clermont Co., OH.
29.	iii.	JURUSHA DENHAM, b. 1804, Clermont Co., OH; d. Aft. 1850, Clermont Co., OH.
30.	iv.	WILLIAM DENHAM, b. 3 April 1806, Clermont Co., OH; d. 20 October 1854, Bethel, Clermont Co., OH.
31.	v.	LEVI R. DENHAM, b. 1808, Clermont Co., OH; d. Unknown.
	vi.	CLARISSA DENHAM, b. 1809 ⁴⁵.

Notes for CLARISSA DENHAM:
Died young.

From The History of William Denham and His Family, by Marie Foster
Page 94-97

Sarah "Sally" Denham, daughter of William Denham, was born in 1778, in Rowan County (now Wilkes), North Carolina. Her mother was a Turner. She became a resident of Madison County, Kentucky when she was around 11 years old.

The story goes (Minerva (Denham) Moody's Diary) that Sarah Denham had fallen in love with an Irish Catholic while living in Madison County, Kentucky, which was against her father's wishes. William Denham rode horseback to Denhamtown (Bethel), Ohio to the home of his brother, Obadiah Denham, and they together persuaded Obadiah's son, John Denham (age 16), to go to Madison County, Kentucky, and court Sarah Denham (age 20) and marry her. In return, Sarah's father, William Denham, would give John Denham 200 acres of his best land on Fishing Creek in Pulaski County, Kentucky. Evidently the young man came home with his uncle, William Denham, and won the hand of his cousin, Sarah Denham.

John Denham married Sarah Denham in Madison County, Kentucky on December 31, 1798. They were married by their uncle, the Reverend John Denham of Bethel, Ohio. The bondsman was Obadiah Denham, father of the groom, and William Denham gave his consent to the marriage. The couple made their home on the waters of Fishing Creek in Pulaski County, Kentucky for a few years, then migrated to Clermont County, Ohio.

The story goes on to relate that John and Sarah Denham raised a large family of sickly and deformed children, and that Sarah died insane in Bethel, Ohio. (The story has been found to correspond with some county and circuit court records in Clermont County, Ohio.)

Records in Clermont County,Ohio show that John Denham was a shrewd businessman. He became owner of hundreds of acres of land (after the death of his father in 1817), as he purchased from his brothers and sisters many of these acres once belonging to his father. In 1826, his wife, Sarah Denham had become very ill and John evidently moved out of the home. He deeded the home place "with all appurtenances, consisting of 288 acres, to his son, Levi R. Denham, to take care of his (Levi's) mother, Sarah Denham, and his brother (Levi's) George Washington Denham, both invalids, their natural lives." Levi R. Denham, according to the circuit court records, accepted the land (after a few arguments concerning a cash benefit) in January 1830. (Superior Court ... and Probate File Boxes (1828-1834) and Deed Book B-2-26, Pages 275, 276, and 277, Clermont County, Ohio).

Sarah Denham died insane on April 16, 1831. She was buried in the Denham-Burke Cemetery in Bethel, Ohio.

It is very doubtful if John Denham was in Bethel Ohio to attend his wife's funeral, as the deed books show he was in Jefferson County, Missouri, on a land speculating tour in the fall of 1830.

John Denham had given his son, Squire T. Denham, land while living in Clermont County, Ohio, "out of love and affection" which was located on the waters of Clover Creek (acres not listed) adjoining the Parker Denham land in 1828. On June 30, 1830, he deeded his 200 acres of land located on Fishing Creek in Pulaski County, Kentucky, "to be set aside in trust to John Denham, Jr., a minor." (This was John Denham's "wedding gift" land).

While in Jefferson County, Missouri from April 20, 1831 through 1834, the following land was sold or given to his sons and a daughter, who lived in Clermont County, Ohio: Parker Denham gets 370 acres of land on the waters of Poplars Creek in Clermont County, Ohio, "out of love and affection". James H. Denham gets 277 acres of land on the waters of Poplar Creek, "out of love and affection". William Denham and his wife Anna, get 300 acres of land on the waters of the Ohio River, "out of love and affection". (Deed Book, B-2-26, Pages 275, 276, 277, 278, and 279, Clermont County, Ohio). Levi R. Denham purchased 36 acres and 42 poles of land from his father in Clermont County, Ohio on Clover Creed, while his father, John Denham, was living in Jefferson County, Missouri in 1834, paying him $200.00 for said land. (Deed Book I-2, Page 21). John Denham was in St. Gevena (?Geneva) Parish, Missouri when he made a deed to his son-in-law, George Abram, husband of Jurusha Denham, for 299 acres of land on the waters of the Ohio River and three town lots in Bethel, Ohio consisting of one acre each, in June 1834. (Deed Book I-2-23, Pages 367-444, Clermont County, Ohio). William Bredwell of Clermont County, Ohio bought ____ acres of land from John Denham of Jefferson County, Missouri on Poplars Branch, on April 20, 1831, for $500.00 (Deed Book P, Page 404, Clermont County, Ohio.)

These deeds seem to show that John Denham stayed away from Clermont County, Ohio for several years. (These deeds and the 1850 Clermont County, Ohio Census were the proof of John and Sarah Denham's children). Sarah Denham's signature ceases to appear on deeds of transactions around 1826.)

It is believed John Denham married again. If this is correct, his last wife's name was Mary. A John Denham of Jefferson County, Missouri and wife Mary, sold land in Clermont County, Ohio on April 11, 1837 to Aaron Sargent and on the same date, John Denham and wife, Mary, of Jefferson County, Missouri sold land in Clermont County, Ohio to one Josiah and Margaret Denham.

It is believed he lived an died in Jefferson County, Missouri.

1789 Became resident of Madison Co., KY
Sarah and husband John were 1st cousins

vii.

GEORGE WASHINGTON DENHAM, b. 1812, Clermont Co., OH ⁴⁶; d. Bet. 1840 - 1849, Clermont Co., OH ⁴⁷.

Notes for GEORGE WASHINGTON DENHAM:
From The History of William Denham and His Family, by Marie Foster
Page 94-99

Records in Clermont County,Ohio show that John Denham was a shrewd businessman. He became owner of hundreds of acres of land (after the death of his father in 1817), as he purchased from his brothers and sisters many of these acres once belonging to his father. In 1826, his wife, Sarah Denham had become very ill and John evidently moved out of the home. He deeded the home place "with all appurtenances, consisting of 288 acres, to his son, Levi R. Denham, to take care of his (Levi's) mother, Sarah Denham, and his brother (Levi's) George Washington Denham, both invalids, their natural lives." Levi R. Denham, according to the circuit court records, accepted the land (after a few arguments concerning a cash benefit) in January 1830. (Superior Court ... and Probate File Boxes (1828-1834) and Deed Book B-2-26, Pages 275, 276, and 277, Clermont County, Ohio).

(These deeds and the 1850 Clermont County, Ohio Census were the proof of John and Sarah Denham's children).

Remained single. He was feeble minded and cripple. He grew up in Clermont County, Ohio. After the death of his mother, he lived with his brother, Levi Denham, until his death in the 1840's. He was buried near his mother in an unmarked grave in the Denham-Burke Cemetery in Bethel, Ohio.

More About GEORGE WASHINGTON DENHAM:
Burial: Denham-Burke Cemetery in Bethel, Ohio ⁴⁸
Medical Information: Mental illness
Religion: Baptist⁴⁸
Residence: Clermont Co., OH⁴⁸

32.	viii.		JAMES H. DENHAM, b. 1814, Clermont Co., OH.
33.	ix.		JOHN DENHAM, JR., b. 1816, Clermont Co., OH; d. Aft. 1850, Pulaski Co., KY.

[ Home Page | First Page | Previous Page | Next Page | Last Page ]