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Descendants of John Munn, Sr.

Generation No. 2

2. CAPT. JAMES² MUNN, CAPT. (JOHN¹)^17,^18,^19,²⁰ was born October 26, 1755 in Cumberland Co., Pa.²⁰, and died March 11, 1839 in Scioto Co., Oh.²⁰. He married ARZUBAH [ZUBE] FERGUSON^21,^22,^23,^24,²⁵ 1777 in Lancaster, Pa.²⁵, daughter of JAMES FERGUSON and MARGARET ?. She was born 1759 in Washington Co., Pa.²⁵, and died April 16, 1840 in Scioto Co., Oh.²⁵.

Notes for CAPT. JAMES MUNN, CAPT.:
[Munn, Cindy Smith.FTW]

      At the beginning of the Rev. War, Munn enlisted in a Maryland regiment & served with Washington in the Trenton Campaign & in the capture of the Hessians on Christmas Day in 1776. He was injured at this time & didn't serve again until 1778 as part of a Pa. regiment.
      He served with Col. Crawford in many campaigns & when Crawford was chosen to lead the expedition against the Ohio country Indians, he chose Munn as one of his most trusted officers. In June 1782, in the Battle of the Olentangy, on the Sandusky River, Capt. Munn was severely wounded & left on the field, as the army retreated. A comrade, William Brady, pulled him to safety as the Indians pursued the army. After this expedition, Munn retired to his farm where he spent 14 yrs.
      In 1795, he joined the western migration & went to Maysville. In 1796, He took his family to the mouth of the Scioto River, making the first settlement, Alexandria, in the Scioto Valley. He set up a mill there & raised corn.
      Munn & Gen. Robert Lucas quarreled & a duel with swords was arranged, but Lucas apologized & they became friends.
      He next moved to Munns Run, near present New Boston, Oh. & built a house there. He then moved to Long Run, presently Burns Rd., Clarktown & built a log house where he spent the rest of his life.
      In 1808, he was elected coroner of Scioto Co., resigning in 1810. On March 18, 1809, he received a Rev. pension of $10.00 per month, for his wound received in 1782.
      Munn's father was a farmer & Munn is described as a tall, athletic fellow who was both a farmer & an assistant surveyor. He was associated with Crawford in surveying lands for Washington.
      He is buried on the top of a hill at Oretels Corner, near Clarktown, Ohio where he overlooks the land he owned.
      More descriptive info. of these stories can be found in the book "Pioneers of Scioto Co." & copies of these articles are in my files.

His will prob. 3/29/1839 gives heirs as sons, John, James, William & heirs of David[dec'd.] MUNN, Daus. Margaret BURT, Polly OLIVER, Nancy McCONNELL, Hannah BURT, Eleanor GRONINGER, W. Azuba, youngest son Solomon MUNN. Exec. Solomon Munn & William M. Crull. Witnesses: Lewis Myers, John C. Munn. Deposition by Myers says he knew him 20 yrs.

Much info. was received from Eleanor Burt.
b.d. was from Munn Family Bible from Caryn Shoemaker.
Other info. from Washington Co., Pa. records, & Rev. War pension records, through Caryn Shoemaker.

[Munn, JohnFTM9-2839.FTW]
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 9, Ed. 1, Tree #2839, Date of Import: Jul 18, 1998]
Betty Cooper 3913 Lark Rd. Diamond, Mo. 64840
Info. on the Crawford lines from Betty & she also gives his wife's name as Azuba Vance? Also states that James was a captain in the American Rev. and was on the expedition against the Sandusky Indians under his uncle, Col. William Crawford.

Notes for ARZUBAH [ZUBE] FERGUSON:
[Munn, Cindy Smith.FTW]

B.D. from Eleanor Burt. B.D. & info. on siblings & parents from FTM.
Name may also be Azubah? May have been married before, name Vance, is listed in some areas.

Not verified whether or not she is buried next to her husband on the top of Oretels Corner, Clarktown, OH.

Marriage Notes for JAMES MUNN and ARZUBAH FERGUSON:
[Munn, Cindy Smith.FTW]

marr. date not verified.

Children of JAMES MUNN and ARZUBAH FERGUSON are:

DAVID³ MUNN²⁵, b. 1778, Pa.²⁵; d. March 1835, Tippecanoe, Ind.²⁵; m. TABITHA FRIZELL²⁵, December 17, 1807, Scioto Co., Oh.²⁵; d. Unknown.

Notes for DAVID MUNN:
[Munn, Cindy Smith.FTW]

Died before 1839, because he is listed as deceased on his father-Capt. James Munn's will, dated 3-24-1838. His heirs were left his share of estate.
d.d. & place listed is from Bonnie Moore3/97.

Notes for TABITHA FRIZELL:
[Munn, Cindy Smith.FTW]

Surname may be spelled"Frissell"

7.	ii.	JOHN MUNN, JR., b. July 28, 1780, Pa.; d. February 17, 1853, Scioto Co., Oh..
8.	iii.	WILLIAM MUNN, b. February 05, 1784, Pa.; d. May 14, 1864, Scioto Co., Oh..
9.	iv.	MARGARET [PEGGY] MUNN, b. Abt. 1786, Pa.; d. Unknown.
	v.	POLLY MUNN²⁵, b. Abt. 1791, Pa.²⁵; d. Unknown; m. JOHN OLIVER²⁵, June 01, 1817, Scioto Co., Oh.²⁵; d. Unknown.
10.	vi.	HANNAH MUNN, b. August 24, 1793, Washington, Pa.; d. November 29, 1859, Oakland, ILL..
	vii.	ELEANOR MUNN²⁵, b. November 1794, Maysville, Ky.²⁵; d. May 03, 1886, Circleville, Oh.²⁵; m. (1) JOHN GRONIGER²⁵, January 18, 1818, Scioto Co., Oh.²⁵; d. Unknown; m. (2) JOHN MARSHALL²⁵, 1839, Scioto Co., OH.²⁵; d. Unknown.

Notes for ELEANOR MUNN:
[Munn, Cindy Smith.FTW]

Married twice. No children from either marriage.
info. from Circleville, Oh. Herald Newspaper, May 8, 1886 & Scioto Co. Marriage records.

viii.

NANCY MUNN²⁵, b. Abt. 1795, Pa.²⁵; d. 1853²⁵; m. DAVID MCCONNELL²⁵, January 02, 1815, Scioto Co., Oh.²⁵; d. Unknown.

Notes for DAVID MCCONNELL:
[Munn, Cindy Smith.FTW]

some records show McDonald?

11.	ix.		JAMES MUNN, JR., b. 1796, Scioto Co., Oh.; d. 1853, Grange, Mo..
12.	x.		SOLOMON MUNN, b. January 27, 1799; d. 1885, Adair Co., Mo..

3. MARY² MUNN (JOHN¹)^26,^27,^28,^29,³⁰ was born April 01, 1761³⁰, and died 1807³⁰. She married (1) SOLOMON FROMAN^31,^32,³³ WFT Est. 1750-1793 ^34,^35,³⁶. He was born WFT Est. 1724-1756 ^37,^38,³⁹, and died WFT Est. 1750-1836 ^40,^41,⁴². She married (2) WILLIAM BYERS, SR.^43,^44,^45,^46,^47,^48,^49,⁵⁰ December 11, 1781⁵⁰, son of SAMUEL BYERS and JANE WHITE. He was born February 1750/51 in Pa.⁵⁰, and died 1822 in Portsmouth, Ohio⁵⁰.

Notes for MARY MUNN:
[Munn, Cindy Smith.FTW]

From the will of her father:
Will of Munn, John Sr. of Nottingham Twp., Washington Co., Penn. dated 12 April 1802 Executor-Wife, Margaret & oldest son James
Wit. Hugh Scott, John Jordan, James Scott
Bene. Wife Margaret, Sons: James, Josiah, John, David, Samuel, Dau's Mary Boyers[mother of Solomon Froman], Margaret, Hannah.

More About SOLOMON FROMAN:
Comment 1: First husband ^51,^52,⁵³

Notes for WILLIAM BYERS, SR.:
[Munn, Cindy Smith.FTW]

Name of Boyers/Bayers taken from wife Mary's father, Johns, will.

More info . on Wm. Byers from the Raymond M. Bell Anthology. This lists him as d. in Oh. & listed the b.d. & d.d that I have used. It also gave his 2nd wife's name & m.d.'s. Children's names from this also & not verified. It didn't say if they were all from the marriage of Wm. & Mary. It says that they moved from Pa. to Ky. in 1794, then to Ohio in 1805. Need to research. See father's notes.

Name of Wm. Byers from Keyhole Vol. 15, 10/1987, a quarterly publication of the gen. society of SW Pa.

Info. on William from Ped. chart of V. Braum, pg. 143, Vol. 2, lists him 1761-1825 & as d. in Ky.

[Munn, JohnFTM9-2839.FTW]
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 9, Ed. 1, Tree #2839, Date of Import: Jul 18, 1998]
submitter: Betty Cooper 3913 Lark Rd. Diamond, Mo. 64840

William served under his brother-in-law, Capt. James Munn, in the expedition against the Sandusky Indians.

Info. from Death Records of Scioto County, Ohio 1803-1860 lists a:
BYERS, William, Sr., died 1822 or earlier; guardianship cases filed 11 December 1822 and 20 April 1825; ejectment case filed 1 July 1824 stemming from lease by heirs dated 1 September 1822; William, Jr, filed petition to sell real estate about 1824, heard 4 August 1825. CPC:15,16,17; ECR1:78,97
Needs followed up on.

Marriage Notes for MARY MUNN and WILLIAM BYERS:
[Munn, Cindy Smith.FTW]

m.d. from the Raymond M. Bell Anthology, Washington, Pa.

Children of MARY MUNN and WILLIAM BYERS are:

	i.		SOLOMON/PAUL³ FROMAN⁵³, d. 1807⁵³.
	ii.		JANE BYERS⁵³, d. Unknown.
	iii.		HANNAH BYERS⁵³, d. Unknown.
	iv.		MARGARET BYERS⁵³, d. Unknown.
	v.		WILLIAM BYERS, JR.⁵³, d. Unknown; m. MARGARET TUCKER⁵³, January 04, 1811, Scioto Co., Ohio ^54,⁵⁵; d. Unknown.
	vi.		MARY BYERS⁵⁵, d. Unknown.
	vii.		SAMUEL BYERS^56,⁵⁷, d. Unknown; m. MARY PLUMMER⁵⁷, April 1815 ^58,⁵⁹; d. Unknown.
	viii.		NANCY BYERS⁵⁹, d. Unknown.
	ix.		EXIRA BYERS⁵⁹, d. Unknown.

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