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Descendants of David Rankin, Sr.

9. MARY³ RANKIN (WILLIAM², DAVID¹) was born 1758 in Frederick County, Virginia, and died Aft. 1822. She married THOMAS CHERRY. He was born in Bristol, England.

Notes for MARY RANKIN:
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1790 CHERRY MARY Washington County PA 252 No Township Listed Federal Population Schedule PA 1790 Federal Census Index PAS1a652943

Notes for THOMAS CHERRY:
1790 CHERRY THOMAS Washington County PA 252 No Township Listed Federal Population Schedule PA 1790 Federal Census Index PAS1a653114
1810 CHERRY THOMAS Washington County PA 037 Mount Pleasant Federal Population Schedule PA 1810 Federal Census Index PAS1a653130

Thomas Cherry emigrated from near Bristol, England, with his wife and three children, in 1770, and settled in Frederick County, Md. In 1774 he came to what is now Mount Pleasant township. He built a cabin about one hundred rods west of William P. Cherry's present residence. At this place he lived but a short time after making his entry. He was found dead at a spring near the place, with a bullethole through his brain and his empty gun beside him. His scalp was not taken. His own gun was discharged, and the character of the wound led to the conclusion that his death was accidental. The next year his son John was killed by the Indians. Tow hundred acres of the tract which was patented as Fairfield, April 12, 1788, was left to Moses Cherry. He married Jane Atcheson, daughter of Matthew Atcheson. In addition to this he took up a tract adjoining and east of the home farm. He was in the war of 1812, and died soon after, on the farm, in 1815, aged forty-five years. His children all went West. No descendants of this branch now live in the township. The farm passed from the heirs of Moses Cherry to John McBirney, whose sons now occupy it.

Edward, the youngest son of Thomas Cherry, married Rebecca Perrin, of Hopewell township (now Independence). He purchased the homestead of the heirs, and was born, lived, and died on the homestead. His death occurred July 1, 1854, at the age of seventy-eight years. He had ten children, of whom William P. is the eldest, now in his seventy-eighth year. He with two sisters, Maria and Sarah, all unmarried, are living on the homestead. Rebecca, also unmarried, lived with them until her death, Oct. 8, 1881. Of the other children, Aaron removed to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where he died. Edward is settled on a part of the home farm, where he still lives.

The Cherry Fort was situated on this farm a few yards northeast of William P. Cherry's present residence, and consisted of three log buildings, one twenty-five feet square, the others smaller. They were arranged in a triangular form and inclosed with a stockade. This fort was built in the summer and fall of 1774, and was the residence of the Cherrys, and where in time of danger the McCartys, Rankins, and others fled. The large building was two stories in height, with a half-story above, and was built to withstand a formidable attack. Edward Cherry, the youngest son of Thomas, occupied this house many years after, and William P., his oldest son, was born there.

Children of MARY RANKIN and THOMAS CHERRY are:

MARY⁴ CHERRY.

Notes for MARY CHERRY:
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1790 CHERRY MARY Washington County PA 252 No Township Listed Federal Population Schedule PA 1790 Federal Census Index PAS1a652948

	ii.		JOHN CHERRY.
26.	iii.		EDWARD CHERRY, b. July 1776, Mt. Pleasant Township, Washington County, PA; d. July 01, 1854, Mt. Pleasant Township, Washington County, PA.

10. MATTHEW³ RANKIN (WILLIAM², DAVID¹) was born Abt. 1760 in Frederick County, Virginia, and died Abt. April 1822 in Washington County, Pennsylvania. He married CHARITY HIXON RODGERS. She was born Abt. 1764, and died 1847 in Meigs Co., Ohio.

Notes for MATTHEW RANKIN:
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SOURCE: Your Family Tree Vol II, WashingtonCounty Will Book III;

Rankin, Matthew, Sr. Mt. Pleasant 20 Dec 1821- 25 Apr 1822

Wife: Charity
Bros: Samuel, deceased; Jesse, received land adjoining Robert Forsyth, John Gillespie and John Buchanan; Thomas
Neph: Matthew Rankin, 4th son of deceased brother Samuel- received land adjoining Edward Cherry, Peter Simonton. etc.; John, David, Samuel, James & Stephen Rankin - children of brother Samuel, deceased,; James Rankin, son of brother Thomas; John, son of Thomas Cherry.
Niec: Matilda; Abigail; Jane - daughters of brother Samuel, deceased.
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LISTED: 1810 Census, Mt. Pleasant Township, Washington Co., Pa.

Notes for CHARITY HIXON RODGERS:
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LISTED: 1810 Census, Mt. Pleasant Township, Washington Co., Pa.

Children of MATTHEW RANKIN and CHARITY RODGERS are:

	i.		DAUGHTER ONE⁴ RANKIN, b. Abt. 1793.
	ii.		DAUGHTER TWO RANKIN, b. Abt. 1795.
	iii.		DAUGHTER THREE RANKIN, b. Abt. 1800.
	iv.		DAUGHTER FOUR RANKIN, b. Abt. 1806.

11. THOMAS³ RANKIN (WILLIAM², DAVID¹) was born September 12, 1760 in Frederick County, Virginia, and died May 12, 1832 in Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio. He married NANCY FOREMAN Abt. 1783 in Harrison County, Ohio or Pennsylvania. She was born Abt. 1762.

Notes for THOMAS RANKIN:
SOURCE: Ohio Valley Genealogies, Relating Chiefly to Families in Harrison, Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio and Washington, Westmoreland and Fayette Counties, Pennsylvania, Charles A. Hanna, GPC, 1968, (From Jane Topoly of Ft. Washington, Maryland)

Removed to Moorefield Twp., Harrison County, Ohio about 1805; served in the Indian wars of the border.
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SOURCE: Commemorative Biographical Record of Harrison Co., OH, Beers, 1891, page 160

SOURCE: "NOTES ON RANKIN, RAWLINGS, PROVINCE, CATTERTON, BLACKBURN AND KIRKWOOD FAMILIES", by Dr. Tom Kirkwood, Sr., 1975, p. 10

Captain in Revolutionary War. Commanded a Company in Crawdford's expedition against the Indians in Upper Sandusky, Ohio.

SOURCE: Unpublished manuscript in the possession of Morgan County Historical and Genealogy Society.

Thomas Rankin, born 1760, died 5-12-1832, married, 1783 Nancy Foreman in Washington Co. Penna. He lived on and was wil1ed 250 acres of the William,Sr.'s tracts. In 1805, Thomas sold this place to John Cunningham and moved to Moorefield Twp, Harrison Co. , Ohio where he spent the remainder of his life. The Rankin M.E. Church was organized in his home (his wife may have been a Methodist for all of the early and most of the later Ranking were some type of Presbyterian). Anyway, Thomas also gave land from his farm for the Rankin graveyard and for the M.E. Church which was built there very early.

Thomas Rankin, also a son of William, received a tract of land of his father, containing two hundred and fifty acres, a part of two tracts patented by his father, --"Chestnut Ridge" and "High Spring," --and Feb. 15, 1790, he received a patent for a tract adjoining Samuel Rankin. He lived on a part of his lands many years, and sold to John Cunningham, and moved near Cadiz, Ohio, where he died. Samuel Rankin, also a son of William, settled on land left him by his father. James, his son, now owns one hundred and twenty-five acres of it, and the heirs of David own a part. He died July 10, 1820, and left ten children. William and John settled where James now lives. After his father's death he purchased their interest, and has since lived there. The old mill was built as a saw-mill in 1806, by Samuel Rankin, and in a few years was changed to a grist-mill, and is still used in that work.

Children of THOMAS RANKIN and NANCY FOREMAN are:

27.	i.	JAMES⁴ RANKIN, b. December 22, 1784, Mt. Pleasant Township, Washington County, PA.
	ii.	WILLIAM RANKIN, b. Abt. 1786.
	iii.	DAVID RANKIN, b. Abt. 1789.
	iv.	JAMES RANKIN, b. Abt. 1792.
	v.	NANCY RANKIN, b. Abt. 1795.

12. JESSE³ RANKIN (WILLIAM², DAVID¹) was born July 04, 1763 in Frederick County, Virginia, and died September 21, 1837 in Pennsylvania. He married MARY MARTIN, daughter of ISAAC MARTIN and UNKNOWN WIFE. She was born Abt. 1765, and died November 18, 1842 in Pennsylvania.

Notes for JESSE RANKIN:
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BURIED: Mt. Prospect Presbyterian Cemetry, Hickory, Pa.SOURCE: Washington County Partitions, 1781-1850
70 Jesse(lunatic)

More About JESSE RANKIN:
Burial: Mt. Prospect Cem., Washington Co., Pennsylvania

Notes for MARY MARTIN:
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Daughter of Isaac Martin
Daughter of Isaac Martin

Children of JESSE RANKIN and MARY MARTIN are:

	i.	JOHN⁴ RANKIN, b. WFT Est. 1782-1808.
	ii.	HUGH RANKIN, b. WFT Est. 1782-1808.
	iii.	MATTHEW RANKIN, b. Abt. 1795, Washington Co., Pa..
28.	iv.	ISAAC RANKIN, b. Abt. 1798; d. Abt. 1847, Lancaster, Ohio.
29.	v.	WILLIAM RANKIN, b. April 02, 1801; d. September 10, 1875, Pennsylvania.
30.	vi.	MARGARET RANKIN, b. Abt. 1803.
	vii.	ABIGAIL RANKIN, b. Abt. 1805; m. ROBERT TENEN; b. Abt. 1792.
	viii.	JANE RANKIN, b. Abt. 1807; d. October 11, 1846, Smith Township, Washington Co., Pa..

Notes for JANE RANKIN:
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SOURCE: Your Family Tree Vol II, Washington County Will Book VI;

Rankin, Jane Smith Township 19 Sep 1846-16 Nov 1846

Uncle: Matthew Rankin
Sis: Margaret Griffith and her daughter Larina; Abigail Tenan; Maria Kelso and her daughters Mary Jane and Elizabeth Easter.
Bro: William Rankin with daughter Mary hannah and foster child Mary Douglass
Fath: Jesse Rankin
Appt: George Kelso, Brother-in-Law
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Did not marry.
BURIED: Mt. Prospect Presbyterian Cemetery.

31.	ix.		MARIA RANKIN, b. December 22, 1812, Mt. Pleasant Township, Washington Co., Pa.; d. July 30, 1878.
	x.		JESSE RANKIN, JR., b. March 10, 1814, Mt. Pleasant Township, Washington Co., Pa.; d. October 26, 1856, Washington Co., Pa..

Notes for JESSE RANKIN, JR.:
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BURIED: Mt. Prospect Presbyterian Cemetery.
OTHER: Listed as a "lunatic" in his father's will. In 1850 he was living at the county home and labeled insane.

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