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Descendants of Matthew Rogers

4. MATTHEW³ ROGERS (MATTHEW², PETER¹) was born Abt. 1744 in Ireland, and died Abt. 1802 in KY. He married JANE BLACKBURN 1770 in Hampshire CO, VA.

Notes for MATTHEW ROGERS:
"A History of Kentucky Baptists from 1769 to 1885", Vol 11, p. 67

Matthew Rogers, was an irishman, and probably born in Ireland. From whence he emigrated to Kentucky, is unknown. He settled in Nelson CO and erected a fort, on Beach Fork, near the present site of Bardstown, in 1780. He was a Baptist, and occasionally "exercised a gift," in preaching or exhorting. He was probably one of the original members of Cedar Creek church, the oldest organization of the kind, in Nelson Co, and next to the oldest in the State. He raised a large and respectable family, and is still represented by a numerous posterity, some of whom still linger around the site of the old fort. Of his six sons, three were preachers. Two of them moved West, and the third, Jacob Rogers remained in the area.

Rogers Run:
Matthew's name appeared in land records (deeds) of Hampshire CO, VA; court records for Yohogania CO, VA, and in early Kentucky land records. He settled in what is now Nelson CO, KY and received a preemption for 1,000 acres of land on 22 April 1780. In that year he helped his brothers James and Jonathan to erect a log fort named Rogers Station about four miles from Bardstown, KY.

Data re his family from Rogers Run and Mel Rogers, Tulsa, OK

VA Land Office Patents and Grants UVA Electronic Card File

Card 10
Rogers, Matthew 2 Dec 1785
Jefferson CO, KY
425a on the waters of Cedar Creek a branch
of the Beech fork adjoining James Rogers
and John Baker
Grants X, p. 626

Card 11
Rogers, Matthew 1 June 1787
Jefferson CO, KY
103 a on the waters of Cedar Creek adjoining John Baker and Waller Overton.
Grants 12, p. 124

Card 35
Baker, John 1 June 1782
Jefferson CO, KY
400a on waters of the Beech Fork and adjoining James Rogers
Grants F, p. 377


Children of MATTHEW ROGERS and JANE BLACKBURN are:

	i.		JANE⁴ ROGERS, b. 1771, Hampshire CO, VA; d. Unknown; m. (1) ASA RUBY, April 23, 1790, Nelson CO,KY; m. (2) ELIAS RICE, Unknown, IL.
	ii.		NANCY ROGERS, b. Abt. 1774; d. Unknown; m. (1) JOHN FAITH, Bef. 1794, Nelson CO, KY; m. (2) NOAH DRURY, March 15, 1794, Nelson CO, KY.
	iii.		MATTHEW ROGERS III, b. Abt. 1778, Yohogania CO, VA (now PA); d. Unknown; m. SARAH SALLY UNKNOWN, Unknown.
	iv.		WILLIAM ROGERS, b. 1782, Jefferson CO, KY; d. Bef. 1850, Morgan City, IN; m. ELIZABETH UNKNOWN, Unknown, KY.
	v.		JOHN C. ROGERS, b. 1784, Rogers Fort, KY; d. May 1840, Warrick City, IN; m. ISABELLA POTTS, June 13, 1808, Ohio CO, KY.
	vi.		JOSEPH ROGERS, b. Abt. 1787, Nelson CO, KY; d. May 14, 1849, Nelson CO, KY; m. ANNE LONE, October 06, 1808, Nelson CO, KY.

Notes for JOSEPH ROGERS:
Joseph's personal estate was appraised on May 14, 1859 and listed 11 slaves.

	vii.		ASA N. ROGERS, b. August 13, 1791, Nelson CO, KY; d. December 19, 1855, Putnam City, IN; m. POLLY (MARY) CRABTREE, December 02, 1810, Ohio CO, KY.
	viii.		JACOB ROGERS, b. June 06, 1794, Nelson CO, KY; d. March 21, 1855, KY; m. PRECIOUS JANE LOVELACE, November 23, 1812, Nelson CO, KY.

More About JACOB ROGERS:
Fact 1: 1855, cause of death: pneumonia

ix.

JAMES ROGERS, b. Unknown, KY; d. Unknown; m. RACHAEL VITTITO, October 04, 1804, Nelson CO, KY.

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