Descendants of Nicholas (possibly) Anderson
Generation No. 1
1. NICHOLAS (POSSIBLY)1 ANDERSON
Notes for NICHOLAS (POSSIBLY) ANDERSON:
Poll for the Election of Burgesses for County of Prince William, Virginia. Nicholas Anderson's name listed under candidates William Fairfax and Major Blackburn - year 1741. [This Nicholas would be right age for father of my Nicholas.]
Child of NICHOLAS (POSSIBLY) ANDERSON is:
i. NICHOLAS2 ANDERSON, SR, b. 1730, Virginia; d. 1809, Montgomery Co, KY.
Generation No. 2
2. NICHOLAS2 ANDERSON, SR (NICHOLAS (POSSIBLY)1) was born 1730 in Virginia, and died 1809 in Montgomery Co, KY. He married BARBARA UNKNOWN Abt. 1772. She died 1807 in Montgomery Co, KY.
Notes for NICHOLAS ANDERSON, SR:
Nicholas Anderson came to KY from Virginia. Prince William County, VA, Minute Book 1752-1753, p 6.
Nicholas Anderson, witness for Thomas Brown and Richard Hazelwood. Same p. 7. Elizabeth, wife of John Anderson, witness. May 28, 1752
Nichlos Anderson, Barbery Anderson, Edward Williams, Jemiah (Jemimah) Williams, John Somers and (possibly John Harper) listed as signers to the Covenant of the Chopawamsic Baptist Church. Note: These signers were dissenters in Overwharton Parish. Records in Prince William Co., VA (present day Stafford Co, VA). November 24, 1767 - May 21, 1768 Chopawamsic Baptist Church Records - Contributed by Homer Musselman.
Nicholas Anderson – 400-acres at head of a branch of the Licking called Little Mountain Creek. Actual settlement 1st June 1779. KY Reg. V21/70
Nicholas Anderson was a signer of the "Corn Compact", entered into by the Association of the Settlers of Boonesboro in 1779. He is also listed in the George Rogers Clark Papers 4-842, 12-38
Jno Whiteledge by Thomas Whiteledge this day claimed a preempt'n of 1,000 acres of Land at the State price in the District of Kentucky on acc't of marking and improving the same in the year 1776 lying near the head of a small branch of the south fork of licking creek on a plan marked and improved for Nich's & Pressly Anderson satisfactory proof having been made to the Court they are of the Opinion that the s'd Whiteledge has a right to a prempt'n of 1,000 Acres of Land to include the above location & that a Certificate issue accordingly. Note: Whiteledge got 1,000 acres surveyed on Cooper's Run which seems to be in Bourbon County. Feb 4, 1780 Certificate Book of the Virginia Land Commission 1779-1780
Nicholas Anderson on pay roll of Capt. William Hoy's Company of the Lincoln Militia, in actual service on an expedition against the Shawnee Indians under the command of George Rogers Clark. Others listed include: Edward Williams, Ambrose Coffee, James McMillan, Nicholas George, David Crews and more. Oct 24, 1782 - Nov 14, 1782 George Rogers Clark and His Men, Doc. 65
Nicholas Anderson on pay roll of Capt. Laurence Thompson's Company of Lincoln Militia. On Expedition against the Shawnee Indians under the command of George Rogers Clark Nov 5, 1782 - Nov 24, 1782 George Rogers Clark and His Men, Doc. 108
Nicholas Anderson, David Crews, and Nicholas George ordered to build a road “to Adams where it crosses Taylor's Fork of Silver Creek.” (Christopher Irvine was also mentioned in a September 1784 court record requesting these four men to "view the most convenient way for road from Boonesborough to Paint Lick"). December 1784 Lincoln Co. VA/KY Order Book 1:249 and 1:225
Fayette County Tax List: Henry, Joseph, Nicholas, Presley and Theophilus Anderson 1788
"Anderson's Station: ...was upon the head of now Hinkston, about 2 miles south west of Mt. Sterling. Settled about 1791 by Nicholas Anderson; John Harper, bro: to Peter Harper, and Ned Williams, were the other 2 of 3 men that had their farms there. One Somers lived there, awhile, but not I believe, at first. Hinkston was then called Little Mountain, to as low down as where Grassy Lick came in; where it was then called H."
Note: According to Harry Enoch, this was same land claimed in 1779 on the dividing ridge between Lulbegrud and Hinkston Creeks 1791 Kentucky Papers, Draper MSS. – Clark Co., KY interview
Harry Enoch, In Search of Morgan's Station, p. 62
Nicholas Anderson, wife Barbara, of Montgomery Co. to Nimrod Anderson for $100 – 100 acres on Small Mountain Creek where said Nimrod Anderson now lives (same boundary as Deed 8/95). Bounded by Nicholas Anderson, Edmund Johnson, Moses Wilkerson, James Bradshaw June 2, 1806 Montgomery. Co., KY Deed Book (DB) 4/5
Nicholas Anderson, wife Barbara, to James Bradshaw for and in consideration of love and affection we have for James Bradshaw and $1 – 100 acres where said Bradshaw now lives on Small Mountain Creek.
June 2, 1806 Montgomery Co. DB 4/6
Montgomery County Will Book A, p. 398. Montgomery County Deed Book 4, p.5; Nicholas's deeds after 1806 do not include Barbara
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY EARLY HISTORY
Pioneers Reached This Section of "Old Caintuck" in the Year 1776
The early settlers did not bring their families from Virginia until1791-92. The branch above the Calk cabin was then called Calk's Creek, Hinkston was then called Small Mountain creek, and was so known for many years to the early settlers. It received its name from Captain John Hinkston, noted Indian fighter.
The next visitors and settlers of whom we can find any trace is preserved were Benjamin White, Nicholas Anderson, John Harper, William Meteer, James Poage, Edward Williams, Peter Harper and Samuel Spurgin, some of whom came to a point on the waters of Slate 3 or 4 miles from Estill's battleground, where they marked a large black ash with the letters "White1779." Here was
built a house for White and one for Harper. Meteer, Poage and Spurgeon settled near Mt. Sterling with their families in 1792.
1817 PETER HELMS bought from Joseph & Elizabeth Young 200 acres on Spencer Creek for $4000. Adjacent to Nicholas Anderson, Robert Botts in Montgomery County, KY No witnesses. (DB 8, p. 238-9)
BIOGRAPHY: Transcript of pension file for Pvt. George Hardwick (#S.8674) who served from Lawrence Co., KY
The Company divided into scouting parties and while the settlers were at work making corn? the powder had got scarce and he was sent up to three? forks of Kentucky River at a salt? cave about 2 miles up the north fork and on the north side of the Kentucky River but three went, to wit Elaunders Callaway a brothers son of Col. Callaway and Benjamin Dunaway. This was in the month of July 1780. We arrived at the afso place and worked hard and made enough powder to do the fort. The powder was carried down in a canoe down the Kentucky river during this time? No Indians molested us from making powder. In Sep 1780 we got back to the fort and continued to scout until the leaves were all fallen. The Indians did not annoy or attack the fort or kill any of the settlers that winter 1780 but in Oct past he went with Boone to the Blue Licks at the lower to make salt forts? and the Indians broke us up and took several and all the kettles. He returned to Boonsboro by himself through the woods and this winter he stayed there and as he has before stated, no interference took place with fort by the Indians either to the fort or the settlement around. He remained guarding the fort and on constant duty until his time of service expired in March 1781. He received his discharge from Qwat kin sat Boonsboro. He knew during his service in the fort many officers and persons that he will not mention a few of them. Col Callaway, Col Ben Logan were all the officers in commission that were in the fort. Sometime there were many private individuals who sometimes acted as officers but who were not commissioned as he understood. John Holder, Nicholas Anderson, John Smith, Michael Stoner, Flanders Calaway, Simon Kenton, Whitson George, John George and Squire Boone. Many others that he could not mention as a great many persons moved to Kentucky in the year 1780. Aman by the name of Hoy? he during this last years service after he got into the district of Kentucky, marched only in Kentucky. The circumstances of his service are as above detailed. He served with no Continental Regiments or companies during his service.
FORT_BOONESBOROUGH: BRAVE DEFENDERS OF FORT BOONESBOROUGH
by William Chenault
As appears in the Courier Journal, August 28, 1898
FORT_BOONESBOROUGH: Old Fort Boonesborough, one mile from the mouth of Otter Creek in the present county of Madison, was so named by Col. Richard Henderson in honor of Daniel Boone. From the time of its completion, in the latter part of July, 1776, to 1779, it was the strongest fortified fort of Virginia within the limits of the present State of Kentucky, and was the main refuge of safety for settlers both north and south of the Kentucky River.
FORT_BOONESBOROUGH: The town of Boonesborough, on the lands of which the fort was built, was for several years the capital of the colony of Transylvania, and within the limits of this town, in May, 1775, was assembled the first legislative council to make laws for the government of the new State to be founded across the wilderness on the western waters. The location of the fort is said to have been caused by the existence near there of three fine springs. One of these springs was close to Calloway's Ferry, which crossed the Kentucky River at the town of Boonesborough. This spring has now disappeared.
FORT_BOONESBOROUGH: The fort was in the hollow near the edge of the sycamore grove, about fifty steps southwest of the Sulphur Lick. It is said by a trust worthy historian of the State that Fort Boonesborough was commanded by the cliffs on the opposite side of the Kentucky river, and it is claimed that a rifle ball shot from the opposite hills would reach within the fort. It is believed by many that it was from the opposite hills, facing the fort on the northern side of the Kentucky river, that the Canadians and Indians, under Dequiesne, and the chiefs, Blackfish and Moluntha, gathered their savage hosts at the great siege of Boonesborough on August8, 1778, when the large negro was sent forty yards to the front to call for Capt. Boone to come out from the fort.
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FORT_BOONESBOROUGH: Location of the Fort
FORT_BOONESBOROUGH: The location of the fort was sixty feet from the Kentucky river, and about 300 yards from the beautiful elm tree so graphically described by Col. Richard Henderson in his journal. Col. Henderson represents the fort as being on the opposite side of the sulphur spring from the elm tree, and about eighty yards from the fresh-water spring in the edge of the sycamore grove in the present town of Boonesborough. As shown in the plan of the fort drafted by Henderson the fort was in the shape of a parallelogram 200 feet in length and 120 feet in width. At each end of the Parallelogram was a block house, two stories high. The bastion on the end of the fort nearest the Kentucky river commanded both the Sulphur Lick and the large freshwater spring to the west, whence the inhabitants of the fort obtained their water to drink. The wooden stockade around the fort was twelve feet high, with two heavy wooden gates on opposite sides.
FORT_BOONESBOROUGH: The fort had thirty cabins, including the block houses at each of its four corners. In the plan of the fort, made by Richard Henderson, these block houses are assigned to Col. Richard Henderson, Nathaniel Hart, John Luttrell and John Williams.
FORT_BOONESBOROUGH: The nearest forts to Boonesborough on the north side of the Kentucky River were that of Strode, in the present county of Clark, and those of McGee and Boone, in Fayette county, while the forts of Hart, Tanner, Hoy, Crews of Madison, were the nearest neighbors on the south. Later along, in 1782, a small block of cabins outside of the fort, about 100 yards from its wall was called Fort Tidbel. Two miles below Boonesborough, on the Kentucky River, was the fortification of John Holder, closely connected with that of Boonesborough as the mother fort.
FORT_BOONESBOROUGH: Boonesborough was the model fort south of the Kentucky River, after which many others were fashioned; but Boonesborough never equaled in size and strength the later forts of Bryant and Lexington, on the north side of the Kentucky River, or the large Fort Nelson, at the falls of the Ohio. It was never subjected to an attack with cannon, and probably could never have withstood such an assault.
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FORT_BOONESBOROUGH: Erection of the Fort
FORT_BOONESBOROUGH: The men who erected the fort are not known with certainty. Most of those who were at Boonesborough any length of time during the erection of the fort probably assisted in completing it, as the necessity for its completion was great and pressing.
FORT_BOONESBOROUGH: The building of the fort began about the 20th of April, 1775, and on the authority of a letter from Col. John Floyd, it is claimed by one of the latest Kentucky historians that the fort was completed in the latter part of July, 1776.
FORT_BOONESBOROUGH: Among those present at the town of Boonesborough during the construction of the fort were Daniel Boone, Squire Boone, Richard Calloway, William Cocke, Samuel Tate, John Hart, Thos. Johnston, William Hicks, Joel Walker, Jesse Oldham, James Peake, John Kennedy, William Bush, Michael Stoner, James Bridges, William Calk, Samuel Coburn, John Harrison, Samuel Harrison, Richard Harrison, Thomas Lutrell, Page Portwood, Jesse Benton, John Farrow, George Smith, Richard Witledge, John Harmon, James Estill, John Snoddy, John Boyle, Robert Boggs, Joseph Ellison, Cuthbert Coombs, Enos Coombs, William Lynn, Jonathan Jennings, Joshua Barton, John Floyd and William Cooper.
FORT_BOONESBOROUGH: Quite a number of these men afterward settled in Madison county, Ky., and became the owners of land, by settlement and pre-emption rights, in some of the best portions of the county.
FORT_BOONESBOROUGH: The names of some of those who lived more of less within the fort from its completion in the latter part of July 1776, up to 1783, were Daniel Boone, Richard Calloway, Flanders Calloway, James Estill, Samuel Estill, David Gass, Thomas Warren, James Berry, David Lynch, Stephen Hancock, Higgason Grubbs, David Crews, Jesse Hodges, William Hayes, Thomas Brooks, John Holder, William Buchanan, Nathaniel Bullock, Ambrose Coffee, William Calk, Michael Stoner, Thomas South, Samuel South, John South, James French, John Wilkerson, Samuel Porter, Ralph Morgan, James Bridges, James Yates, John Calloway, Caleb Calloway, Joseph Starnes, Valentine Starnes, Nicholas Anderson, John Wilkerson, John Taylor, Gerrett Townsend, Oswald Townsend, William Cradlebaugh, William Hancock, Thomas Dial and David Lynch.
FORT_BOONESBOROUGH: Assembled at the fort at different times and on various missions were John Floyd, John Todd, Simon Kenton, George Rogers Clark, Isaac Shelby, Harry Innes, John Knox, James Estill, John Boyle, James Harrod, John Logan and all the prominent leaders of Kentucky.
FORT_BOONESBOROUGH: Some came as rangers, to aid in the defense of the fort; some as scouts appointed by Gen. Clark for the protection of the district of Kentucky; some as surveyors in the employ of Henderson & Co.; some as legislators to make laws for the colony of Transylvania; some as hunters and woodsmen in search of game; some as citizens interested in the future welfare of the rising young state to learn the principles on which its land titles would be regulated; some as land locators in search of fortunes; some as kinsmen to visit their relations; and some as lawyers to save their friends and clients from threatened litigation.
FORT_BOONESBOROUGH: A full list of those who thus came and went would include members of nearly every prominent family in the State at that period.
FORT_BOONESBOROUGH: Constant Military Duty
FORT_BOONESBOROUGH: Before peace was made with England, in 1783, three of this little band --James Estill, Barney Stagner, and John South - were killed, and Stephen Hancock was a prisoner with the Indians, George M. Bedinger, after taking part in the expedition of Col. John Bowman and Benjamin Logan against the Wabash Indians, had again joined the army of Washington and was present at the siege of Yorktown. Others of the company lost their lives while standing sentry at the gates of the fort.
FORT_BOONESBOROUGH: Throughout the year 1779 the men of Boonesborough were on constant tours of military duty, lasting from two to ten months, or were acting as scouts and rangers on the hills of Muddy, Dreaming and Station Campcreeks. A number of them were killed or taken prisoners at Picture Lick, on Station Camp creek, or at the mouth of Muddy Creek, in Madison County, which was a famous crossing for the Indians.
FORT_BOONESBOROUGH: While Boonesborough scouts were ranging through Eastern Kentucky in1779-1780, the old hunters at Boonesborough, such as Michael Stoner, Thomas Brooks, Jesse Hodges, Aquilla White, Ambrose Coffee, William Cradlebaugh, William Bush, Oswald Townsend, Stephen Hancock, Samuel Estill, Nicholas Anderson, and John Kennedy, were hunting at the game licks in the southeastern part of the State for meat and provisions to sustain life at the fort.
FORT_BOONESBOROUGH: In search of the elk they would go down the Kentucky River in canoes; in search of deer and buffalo, they would go to Joe's Lick and Blue Lick beyond Twetty's Fort, in Madison county, and sometimes they would cross on the northern side of the Kentucky river and go to the forests on the headwaters of the Licking and Elkhorn.
FORT_BOONESBOROUGH: As the population increased, the new forts of Hart, at Whiteoak Springs, and John Kennedy, on Silver creek, were built in 1779, while those of Estill and Hoy were built in 1780, and those of Hancock, Irvine and Tanner in 1781. All these forts were in Madison county. (One line unreadable) to Boonesborough in times of trouble, and counseled with its leaders as to the best methods of defense and attack against the Indians and their British allies.
FORT_BOONESBOROUGH: In times of peril Boonesborough sent its relief parties to Blue lick, to the forts of Logan, Harrodsburg, Bryant Station, Lexington and other stations both north and south of the Kentucky river.
FORT_BOONESBOROUGH: At the time George Rogers Clark made his expedition against Kaskaskia, Cahokia and Vincennes, in the Northwest, the fort of Boonesborough was too much pressed by the demands of home defense to send a company to the country of the enemy, but a number of individual soldiers from Boonesborough, John Boyle, William Bush, Garrett Williams and others joined Clark before the campaign had closed.
FORT_BOONESBOROUGH: As the campaigns under Estill, Holder, Todd and Twigg closed in 1782, and the news of peace with England reached Kentucky in the latter part of1783, the people of the section of Kentucky, then in the present county of Madison, began to leave the little forts of Hoy, Tanner, Hancock and Irvine and moved upon their farms in the adjoining neighborhoods.
Nicholas Anderson came to KY from Virginia. Prince William County, VA, Minute Book 1752-1753, p 6. Nicholas Anderson was a signer of the "Corn Compact", entered into by the Association of the Settlers of Boonesboro in 1779. He is also listed in the George Rogers Clark Papers 4-842, 12-38
Nicholas Anderson was an early settler of Montgomery County and is mentioned in a Clark County Draper interview:
"Anderson's Station: ...was upon the head of now Hinkston, about 2 miles south west of Mt. Sterling. Settled about 1791 by Nicholas Anderson; John Harper, bro: to Peter Harper, and Ned Williams, were the other 2 of 3 men that had their farms there. One Somers lived there, awhile, but not I believe, at first. Hinkston was then called Little Mountain, to as low down as where Grassy Lick came in; where it was then called H."
Interview of John Rankins, on Lulbegrud (opposite of Abbot's Mill). "John Harper, Ned Williams and Nich Anderson (that died between here and Mt. Sterling), (John Harper died there too; Ned Williams moved away, did live in Montgomery by the others). All lived at Boonesborough".
1817 PETER HELMS bought from Joseph & Elizabeth Young 200 acres on Spencer Creek for $4000. Adjacent to Nicholas Anderson, Robert Botts in Montgomery County, KY No witnesses. (DB 8, p. 238-9)
Children of NICHOLAS ANDERSON and BARBARA UNKNOWN are:
i. ANNIS "ANN" E3 ANDERSON, b. Abt. 1773, Prince William Co, VA; d. Aft. 1820, Montgomery Co, KY.
ii. ASENA ANDERSON, b. Bet. 1765 - 1780; m. JAMES BRADSHAW, April 13, 1793, Clark Co, KY.
iii. NICHOLAS ANDERSON, JR, b. Bet. 1765 - 1784; d. 1823, Montgomery Co, KY; m. RACHEL UNKNOWN.
Notes for NICHOLAS ANDERSON, JR:
Will of Nicholas Anderson (Jr.). Wife Rachel, for purpose of raising his children. Witness: David Bradshaw December 1823 Montgomery Co., Will Book C/4
iv. ALETHA ANDERSON, b. Abt. 1768, Loudoun Co, VA; d. 1855.
v. ABIHU ANDERSON, b. Bet. 1765 - 1789.
vi. NIMROD ANDERSON, SR, b. February 28, 1782, Montgomery Co, KY; d. 1831, Montgomery Co, KY.
Generation No. 3
3. ANNIS "ANN" E3 ANDERSON (NICHOLAS2, NICHOLAS (POSSIBLY)1) was born Abt. 1773 in Prince William Co, VA, and died Aft. 1820 in Montgomery Co, KY. She married SAMUEL HADDEN, SR January 17, 1794 in Clark Co, KY. He was born 1749 in PA or NJ, and died 1831 in Montgomery Co, KY.
Notes for SAMUEL HADDEN, SR:
Additional research on children of Samuel's second marriage to Ann Anderson done by Glen Baker (FS).
Origin of the surname HADDEN:
Origin: English
Coat of Arms: Silver with a black design and overall four red roses and a crescent
Crest: A golden eagle's head
Motto: Suffer Origin: English
Spelling variations include: Haddon, Hadden, Haddan, Haddin, and others.
First found in Derbyshire where they were recorded as a family of great antiquity seated at Haddon with manor and estates in that shire.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: James Hadden in Maryland in 1697 and later moved to Virginia; John Haddin arrived in Philadelphia in 1848; John and Margaret Haddon settled in Salem, Mass. in 1630 along with Garret and his wife Margaret, and others.
1Verified by Harry Milward Hadden and Mary Curry Hadden, Rufus Hadden Family Bible - image 1 (Typed and distributed by Elizabeth H. Bortner December,1975), 1.
"Scanned images from a fax/copy I (Dan Israel) received after Ralph Conyers Haddens death. Delivered to me by his second wife Elizabeth Smith."
Images are in chronological order and named BibleRecords1..5.jpg.
2Helen_Hadden.
"Helen Hadden in Paris, Kentucky (1994) shares this information: Samuel Hadden birth place is not known, although it is believed that he was born in PA. or NJ and probably thence to VA before coming to Kentucky. He was born 1749; was in Lincoln Co., Ky. 1781; sold land there in 1787; then in Woodford and Fayette Co. before going to Clark Co. where he married secondly in 1794; then on to Montgomery Co. where he died in 1831. Samuel Hadden appears on the tax lists for Fayette Co in 1788 and 1789. Paid tax in Woodford and Lincoln Co 1787-1793, in Clark Co. 1793-1796 and in Montgomery Co (formed 1796) and paid tax there 1796 through 1830 mostly on Lulbegrud Creek, 300+ acres.".
Anderson, Annie, daughter Nicholas Anderson (consent) and Samuel Hadden; surety Abihu Anderson. 1794 Jan 16 Clark Co., KY Marriage Bonds
Samuel and Annis Hadden to Peter Helms – for $2,000 – 100 acres on Anderson’s Fork on Little Mountain Creek. Note: Annis was a daughter of Nicholas Anderson 1820 Montgomery Co., KY DB 9/359. Helms Website
More About SAMUEL HADDEN, SR:
Will: 1827, Will dated 1827
Children of ANNIS ANDERSON and SAMUEL HADDEN are:
i. ALSY4 HADDEN, b. Abt. 1794, Montgomery Co., KY; d. 1867, South Fork, Jackson Co., Iowa.
ii. ASENIA HADDEN, b. Abt. 1797, Montgomery Co, KY; m. DANIEL VERT, 1824, Montgomery Co, KY.
iii. NICHOLAS HADDEN, SR, b. April 27, 1799, Montgomery Co, KY; d. March 22, 1875, Montgomery Co, KY.
iv. DOLLY HADDEN, b. Abt. 1801, Montgomery Co, KY; m. WILLIAM CURL, November 23, 1820, Montgomery Co, KY; b. 1799, Montgomery Co, KY.
4. ALETHA3 ANDERSON (NICHOLAS2, NICHOLAS (POSSIBLY)1) was born Abt. 1768 in Loudoun Co, VA, and died 1855. She married MOSES WILKERSON, son of WILLIAM WILKERSON and SARAH HALLEY. He was born April 12, 1763 in Loudoun Co, VA, and died June 1806 in Montgomery Co, KY.
Notes for ALETHA ANDERSON:
Sarah was with her father at Boonesboro.
Notes for MOSES WILKERSON:
Moses listed in the 1788 tax list for Fayette Co, KY. Was also at Boonesboro.
Child of ALETHA ANDERSON and MOSES WILKERSON is:
i. HENRY4 WILKERSON, b. 1790, Montgomery Co, KY.
5. ABIHU3 ANDERSON (NICHOLAS2, NICHOLAS (POSSIBLY)1) was born Bet. 1765 - 1789. He married JANE UNKNOWN.
Notes for ABIHU ANDERSON:
Abihu Anderson and wife Jane to Brice Miller. For consideration of $202.50, tract of land containing 20 Ľ acres part of Nicholas Anderson’s 400-acre preemption. Bounded by James Bradshaw, Samuel Hadden, William Lynn. Oct 9, 1815 Montgomery Co., KY DB 7/249-50
Abihu Anderson, wife Jane – Adm. Nicholas Anderson, dec’d – James Bradshaw, wife Asena; and Aletha Wilkerson, heirs of Nicholas Anderson, dec’d – interest in 100 acres – to Samuel Hadden, part of Nicholas Anderson’s 400-acre preemption in Montgomery County, on Anderson’s Fork of Small Mountain Creek (bounded by James Bradshaw) Sept 20, 1817 Montgomery Co., KY DB 8/2 56
Peter Helms, wife Leah, to Abihu Anderson for $2,000. Four parcels of land on Slate Creek - 160 acres, 60 acres, 10 acres and 40 acres. Leah released her dower rights to the property. 1820 Montgomery Co., KY DB 9/ 404-5 Helms Website
Abihu Anderson, wife Jane, of Montgomery Co. to Nicholas Anderson of Montgomery County for $68 – tract on Slate Creek - borders Abihu Anderson and Isaac Evans – where Nicholas Anderson now lives. (Note: this would be Nicholas, Jr.) Jan 10, 1822 Montgomery Co., KY DB 10/305
Abihu Anderson, Montgomery Co., to Henry Wilkerson for consideration of other property left to heirs of Nicholas Anderson, dec’d – convey title to Henry Wilkerson (one of Moses Wilkerson’s heirs) for property coming to said heir from estate of Nicholas Anderson, dec’d. Bounded by John Berkley, Moses Wilkerson’s 100 acres. Contains 34 acres. Feb 7, 1825 Montgomery Co., KY DB 12/167
Abihu Anderson removed to Morgan County, IN. Abihu listed in 1830 census. Males: 1 age 50-60 (Abihu). Females: 1 age 5-10; 1 15-20; 1 50-60 (Jane?) Abt 1825 C.N. Anderson Bio and 1830 Morgan Co., IN Census, p. 233
Child of ABIHU ANDERSON and JANE UNKNOWN is:
i. JAMES4 ANDERSON, d. June 17, 1829.
6. NIMROD3 ANDERSON, SR (NICHOLAS2, NICHOLAS (POSSIBLY)1) was born February 28, 1782 in Montgomery Co, KY, and died 1831 in Montgomery Co, KY. He married ANNA HARDWICK, daughter of GEORGE HARDWICK. She was born October 07, 1785 in Montgomery Co, KY, and died in Montgomery Co, KY.
Notes for NIMROD ANDERSON, SR:
1International Genealogical Index (R), Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
"Nimrod & Ann Anderson's Bible (source: Dick Williams).
Nimrod Anderson b. 29 Feb. 1782 Va. d. 1831 Montgomery Co. KY
wife Ann b. 2 Oct. 1785
Children: all born Montgomery Co. KY
Aleatha b. 10 Apr. 1804 m. James Wills
Areana b. 5 May 1808 m. Cartright
Annis b. 5 Feb. 1811
Allean "Lena" b. 19 Aug. 1813 m. James H. Hensley
Barbara Ann b. 19 Oct. 1814 m. Harrison Fox (my line)
Nimrod jr. b. 7 Mar. 1821 d. 31 Dec. 1857
Asena b. 22 Nov. 1823 (never married) d. 1878
Elizabeth b. 15 Oct. 1826 m. James J. Means
Nimrod and Ann lived south of Lucky Stop on Slate Creek.
Kentucky Will Book D, p. 260 (Montgomery County).
Will of Nimrod Anderson of Montgomery Oct 27, 1831 - Dec 1831
Wife Ann (at her death to be divided between my children when the youngest comes of age-exceptions Annas Anderson (when marries), Aleanne Anderson (when marries), Barbery Anderson, Nimrod Anderson (when of age), Sena Anderson (when marries), Elizabeth Anderson. "It is to be understood Aletha Wills and Acena Cartright are both my lawful heirs with the other named children"
Nimrod and Ann buried in the Fox Cemetery, Montgomery County, KY (North of Hwy. #1050, about 100 yards West of Cooks Branch)."
Nimrod Anderson, wife Ann of Montgomery County to John Halley of Montgomery County – for $150 – tract in Montgomery County on Small Mountain Creek where said Anderson now lives. Bounded by Edmund Johnston’s preemption, Moses Wilkerson, James Bradshaw. William Calk’s heirs have brought a suit for a part of said land. Sept 12, 1816 Montgomery Co., KY DB 8/95
More About NIMROD ANDERSON, SR:
Burial: Fox Cem, Montgomery Co, KY
More About ANNA HARDWICK:
Burial: Fox Cem, Montgomery Co, KY
Children of NIMROD ANDERSON and ANNA HARDWICK are:
i. ALEATHA4 ANDERSON, b. April 10, 1804, Montgomery Co, KY; d. September 28, 1884, Means, Menifee Co, KY.
ii. AREANA ANDERSON, b. May 05, 1808, Montgomery Co, KY; m. UNKNOWN CARTWRIGHT.
iii. ANNIS ANN ANDERSON, b. February 05, 1811, Montgomery Co, KY.
iv. ALEANE "LENA" ANDERSON, b. August 19, 1803, Montgomery Co, KY; d. September 28, 1884, Means, Menifee Co, KY.
v. BARBARA ANN ANDERSON, b. October 19, 1814, Montgomery Co, KY; d. April 28, 1887, Montgomery Co, KY.
vi. NIMROD ANDERSON, JR, b. March 07, 1821, Montgomery Co, KY; d. December 31, 1857, Montgomery Co, KY.
vii. ASENA ANDERSON, b. November 22, 1823, Montgomery Co, KY; d. 1878, Montgomery Co, KY.
More About ASENA ANDERSON:
Burial: Fox Cem, Montgomery Co, KY
Misc: Never married
viii. ELIZABETH ANDERSON, b. October 15, 1826, Montgomery Co, KY.
Generation No. 4
7. ALSY4 HADDEN (ANNIS "ANN" E3 ANDERSON, NICHOLAS2, NICHOLAS (POSSIBLY)1) was born Abt. 1794 in Montgomery Co., KY, and died 1867 in South Fork, Jackson Co., Iowa. She married ENOCH SUMMERS 1811 in Mt Sterling, Montgomery Co., KY, son of JOHN SUMMERS and CATEY UNKNOWN. He was born Abt. 1793 in Montgomery Co, KY, and died May 24, 1845 in Morgan Co., Indiana.
More About ALSY HADDEN:
Burial: 1867, Buckhorn Cem, Maquoketa, IA, Lot 129
Misc: 1860, Census states name Eliza
Residence 1: 1850, Living in Canton, Jackson Co w/ Caleb age 17
Residence 2: 1860, Living in Caleb's household per census
Notes for ENOCH SUMMERS:
Enoch Summers married Alsy Hadden in Montgomery Co, KY 1811. He removed with his family to Morgan Co, IN abt 1820. He purchased the following land in Morgan Co:
SUMMERS Enoch 1 Feb 1822 13 2E 2 NW qtr 145.7
SUMMERS Enoch 7 Sep 1831 13 2E 4 W half of NE qrt 75.27
SUMMERS Enoch 24 Nov 1832 13 2E 21 E half of NE qtr 80
SUMMERS Enoch 24 Nov 1832 13 2E 21 W half of NE qtr 80
On 16 July 1824, Enoch & his siblings sold the property first listed above. He had purchased this land with a John Summers.
The starting of Mt Gilead Church:
"A dissatisfaction having taken place in the church at Friendship in consequence of the right to the ground on which the meeting house stands, it is not good. In consequence of which we, the church at Mt. Gilead, principally having been members of the church at Friendship, have gone into a constitution as follows. . . . We therefore convened at the school house near Sinking Creek, recently occupied by Lowell Summers in Madison Township, Morgan County, Indiana on the 22nd day of March in the year of our Lord 1835. This agreement was signed by Enoch Summers, Alsy Summers, John Lowder, Emiline Lowder, James Randolph, George H. Randolph, John McNabb, Andrew McNabb, Susannah McNabb, Cassandra McNabb, Pollyann McNabb, Elizabeth McNabb, David Casity, Katherine Johnson, Sarah Sells, Allie Cox, Elizabeth Sanders, and Polly Duree." [E-mail message from Jill Hartwig <truckheartland@hotmail.com>, 9 November 2001 (citing Mt. Gilead Church transcripts)]
May 1832, William Linn/Lynn s/o Dosha & James Linn was apprenticed out to Enoch. William is living in Enoch's household 1840 census male age 15-20.
More About ENOCH SUMMERS:
Burial: 1845, Mt Gilead Cem, Madison Twp, Morgan Co, IN
Children of ALSY HADDEN and ENOCH SUMMERS are:
i. LAUREL5 SUMMERS, b. October 02, 1812, Montgomery Co., Kentucky; d. April 17, 1890, LeClaire, Scott Co., Iowa.
ii. REDMON CORNELIUS SUMMERS, b. November 30, 1816, Montgomery Co., Kentucky; d. July 23, 1896, Southfork, Jackson Co., Iowa.
iii. PRESLEY SUMMERS, b. Bet. 1815 - 1820, Montgomery Co., KY; d. Bet. 1830 - 1840, Morgan Co., IN.
iv. SHELDON SUMMERS, b. August 09, 1818, Montgomery Co., KY; d. September 12, 1899, South Fork, Jackson Co., Iowa.
v. DOLLY SUMMERS, b. Abt. 1820, Morgan Co., IN.
vi. CALEB SUMMERS, b. January 06, 1834, Morgan Co., Indiana; d. March 24, 1914, South Fork, Jackson Co., Iowa.
8. NICHOLAS4 HADDEN, SR (ANNIS "ANN" E3 ANDERSON, NICHOLAS2, NICHOLAS (POSSIBLY)1) was born April 27, 1799 in Montgomery Co, KY, and died March 22, 1875 in Montgomery Co, KY. He married NANCY NOLAND January 16, 1823 in Estill Co, KY, daughter of JESSE NOLAND and SARAH TURNER. She was born December 25, 1805 in Kentucky, and died April 19, 1875 in Montgomery Co, KY.
More About NICHOLAS HADDEN, SR:
Burial: Machpelah Cem, Mt Sterling, Montgomery Co, KY
More About NANCY NOLAND:
Burial: Machpelah Cem, Mt Sterling, Montgomery Co, KY
Children of NICHOLAS HADDEN and NANCY NOLAND are:
i. SAMUEL TURNER5 HADDEN, b. December 28, 1823, Montgomery Co, KY; d. 1875, Clark Co, KY; m. SALLY M BEALL; b. 1835, Kentucky; d. Aft. 1910, Clark Co, KY.
More About SAMUEL TURNER HADDEN:
Residence: 1880, Clark Co, KY
Residence 2: 1910, Sally living 1910 Clark Co, KY
ii. JESSE ANDERSON HADDEN, b. May 26, 1825, Montgomery Co, KY; d. 1845; m. NANCY J BRIDGES, February 16, 1842, Montgomery Co, KY.
iii. PERRY MONTGOMERY HADDEN, b. April 10, 1827, Montgomery Co, KY; d. 1851; m. ANESSTATIA MARGUERITE LAFAYETTE WILLS, January 16, 1851, Montgomery Co, KY.
iv. ANNIS ANN HADDEN, b. March 20, 1829, Montgomery Co, KY; m. JESSE WILKERSON.
v. MARION BOONE HADDEN, b. January 05, 1831, Montgomery Co, KY; m. ELIZABETH GREENE.
vi. DILLARD FLAVIES HADDEN, b. January 11, 1833, Montgomery Co, KY; d. January 06, 1857.
More About DILLARD FLAVIES HADDEN:
Misc: Never married
vii. SALLY BERRY HADDEN, b. December 14, 1834, Montgomery Co, KY; m. WILLIAM BYRD KIDD.
viii. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS HADDEN, b. December 15, 1836, Montgomery Co, KY; d. September 23, 1879, Montgomery Co, KY; m. (1) SARAH SMITH; m. (2) MARY ANNA STRANGE, May 01, 1879, At bride's home, Estill Co, KY; b. 1860, Estill Co, KY.
More About CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS HADDEN:
Burial: Machpelah Cem, Mt Sterling, Montgomery Co, KY
ix. NICHOLAS B HADDEN, JR, b. March 06, 1839, Montgomery Co, KY; d. 1903; m. MARY E RICHARDSON.
x. TIPPY HADDEN, b. April 24, 1841, Montgomery Co, KY; d. April 24, 1841, Montgomery Co, KY.
xi. TYLER HADDEN, b. April 24, 1841, Montgomery Co, KY; d. April 24, 1841, Montgomery Co, KY.
xii. MARY NANCY HADDEN, b. March 11, 1843, Montgomery Co, KY; m. ROBERT EDMONSON.
xiii. RUFUS HADDEN, b. August 17, 1846, Montgomery Co, KY; d. April 19, 1921; m. LOUISA ELIZABETH KIDD, 1870, Clark Co, KY; b. 1850, Kentucky.
9. JAMES4 ANDERSON (ABIHU3, NICHOLAS2, NICHOLAS (POSSIBLY)1) died June 17, 1829. He married LUCINDA UNKNOWN.
Children of JAMES ANDERSON and LUCINDA UNKNOWN are:
i. CHARLES N5 ANDERSON, b. December 18, 1823.
ii. NANCY N ANDERSON.
10. ANNIS ANN4 ANDERSON (NIMROD3, NICHOLAS2, NICHOLAS (POSSIBLY)1) was born February 05, 1811 in Montgomery Co, KY. She married EVAN S HENSLEY. He was born Abt. 1809 in Kentucky.
Children of ANNIS ANDERSON and EVAN HENSLEY are:
i. EMILY JANE5 HENSLEY, b. Abt. 1835.
ii. JOHN W HENSLEY, b. Abt. 1837.
iii. JULIA A HENSLEY, b. Abt. 1838.
iv. JOSEPH A HENSLEY, b. Abt. 1840.
v. WILLIAM F HENSLEY, b. Abt. 1842.
vi. JAMES A HENSLEY, b. Abt. 1845.
vii. ISABELLA HENSLEY, b. Abt. 1846.
viii. CHARLOTTE HENSLEY, b. Abt. 1849.
11. ALEANE "LENA"4 ANDERSON (NIMROD3, NICHOLAS2, NICHOLAS (POSSIBLY)1) was born August 19, 1803 in Montgomery Co, KY, and died September 28, 1884 in Means, Menifee Co, KY. She married JAMES WILLS December 08, 1819 in Menifee Co, KY. He was born February 15, 1801 in Winchester, KY, and died February 12, 1875 in Means, Menifee Co, KY.
Children of ALEANE ANDERSON and JAMES WILLS are:
i. NIMROD ANDERSON5 WILLS, b. December 10, 1820, Wolf Co, KY; d. June 09, 1909, Means, Menifee Co, KY; m. (1) LETTIE M STEPHENS, August 26, 1841, Campton, Wolf Co, KY; b. 1820; d. December 27, 1869, Cynthiana, Harrison Co, KY; m. (2) CATHERINE SPENCER.
More About NIMROD ANDERSON WILLS:
Burial: Travelers Rest, Means, KY
ii. MARY "POLLY" ANN WILLS, b. January 25, 1823.
iii. DURRETT WILLS, b. March 08, 1825.
iv. WILLIAM WILLS, b. July 08, 1827.
v. ANDREW WILLS, b. August 04, 1829.
vi. EMILY WILLS, b. 1831.
vii. ALEATHA WILLS, b. 1834.
viii. A W WILLS, b. May 07, 1836.
ix. R W WILLS, b. May 07, 1836.
x. JOHN WILLS, b. 1837.
xi. THEODICIA WILLS, b. 1839.
xii. CAROLINE WILLS, b. 1841.
xiii. SARAH BELLE WILLS, b. 1843.
xiv. JAMES THORNTON WILLS, b. August 28, 1846.
xv. AMANDA JANE WILLS, b. May 08, 1849.
12. BARBARA ANN4 ANDERSON (NIMROD3, NICHOLAS2, NICHOLAS (POSSIBLY)1) was born October 19, 1814 in Montgomery Co, KY, and died April 28, 1887 in Montgomery Co, KY. She married WILLIAM HARRISON FOX February 23, 1837 in Montgomery Co, KY. He was born 1813 in Montgomery Co, KY, and died 1890 in Montgomery Co, KY.
More About BARBARA ANN ANDERSON:
Burial: Fox Cem, Montgomery Co, KY
More About WILLIAM HARRISON FOX:
Burial: Fox Cem, Montgomery Co, KY
Children of BARBARA ANDERSON and WILLIAM FOX are:
i. ANN5 FOX, b. December 17, 1837; m. NELSON WILLS.
ii. GEORGE FOX, b. August 12, 1839; m. ANN UNKNOWN.
iii. JOHN FOX, b. May 16, 1841; m. ELIZABETH CAROLINE HON.
iv. ELIZABETH FOX, b. May 10, 1843; m. JAMES WELDON.
v. WILLIAM JOSEPH FOX, b. August 04, 1845.
vi. ASENA FOX, b. December 04, 1847; m. WILLIAM ESTRIDGE DANIEL.
vii. JAMES THOMAS FOX, b. November 12, 1849; m. NANCY CATHERINE COLLINGS.
viii. LOUISA FOX, b. February 26, 1853.
ix. MARY ADELINE FOX, b. May 26, 1856; m. DANIEL TRIGG COLLINGS.
x. SALLY FOX, b. August 01, 1858; m. NEWTON DENNIS.
xi. LAURA CORNILA FOX, b. December 08, 1860; m. REUBEN MAY.
13. NIMROD4 ANDERSON, JR (NIMROD3, NICHOLAS2, NICHOLAS (POSSIBLY)1) was born March 07, 1821 in Montgomery Co, KY, and died December 31, 1857 in Montgomery Co, KY. He married L MAHALA UNKNOWN Abt. 1842. She was born Abt. 1825 in Kentucky, and died Bet. 1860 - 1870 in Montgomery Co, KY.
Notes for NIMROD ANDERSON, JR:
Sept. 30, 1853 - Deposition of William Ragan - "Known Nimrod N. Anderson for 12 - 13 years (got to drinking). Lived on Slate Creek 3 years ago. Wife Mahala Anderson (guilty of whoring). Couple parted"
Notes for L. MAHALA UNKNOWN: Maiden name may have been Warmsley.
Children of NIMROD ANDERSON and L UNKNOWN are:
i. GEORGE W5 ANDERSON, b. Abt. 1843, Montgomery Co, KY.
ii. JAMES K P ANDERSON, b. Abt. 1845, Montgomery Co, KY.
iii. BARBARY A ANDERSON, b. Abt. 1846, Montgomery Co, KY; d. September 14, 1854, Montgomery Co, KY.
iv. JOHN W ANDERSON, b. Abt. 1849, Montgomery Co, KY.
14. ELIZABETH4 ANDERSON (NIMROD3, NICHOLAS2, NICHOLAS (POSSIBLY)1) was born October 15, 1826 in Montgomery Co, KY. She married JAMES J MEANS September 13, 1843 in Montgomery Co, KY. He was born 1815 in Kentucky.
Children of ELIZABETH ANDERSON and JAMES MEANS are:
i. NIMROD5 MEANS, b. Abt. 1844, Montgomery Co, KY.
ii. WILLIAM MEANS, b. Abt. 1846, Montgomery Co, KY.
iii. SARAH MEANS, b. Abt. 1848, Montgomery Co, KY.
Generation No. 5
15. LAUREL5 SUMMERS (ALSY4 HADDEN, ANNIS "ANN" E3 ANDERSON, NICHOLAS2, NICHOLAS (POSSIBLY)1) was born October 02, 1812 in Montgomery Co., Kentucky, and died April 17, 1890 in LeClaire, Scott Co., Iowa. He married MARY PARKHURST May 27, 1841 in LeClaire, Scott Co., Iowa, daughter of STERLING PARKHURST and ANNA SPEARS. She was born January 11, 1822 in Hopewell, Ontario Co., New York, and died June 15, 1921 in LeClaire, Scott Co., Iowa (Marion Junction, AL).
Notes for LAUREL SUMMERS:
Laurel Summers was born in Montgomery Co., Ky. He moved to Parkhurst, IA (now LeClaire, IA) in 1837. He started a farm & cattle ranch, & then went into politics. In 1838 he was elected to the 1st Territorial Legislature in IA., & was re-elected the 2 succeeding years. In 1844 he was elected to the Legislative Council & served 2 years. This was the council set up to write the Iowa State constitution. In 1850 he was elected to the State Legislature, & in 1853 was appointed U.S. Marshal of the District of Iowa under Pres. Pierce; served through his administration & was reappointed under James Buchanan for 8 more years. He was elected mayor of LeClaire for 4 terms, deputy sheriff of Scott Co., IA for 3 years. In 1874 he was elected trustee of IA. Agricultural College, Ames, IA for 4 years.
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"From History of Scott County, Iowa 1882 Chicago: Interstate Publishing
Co."
Laurel Summers was born in Montgomery Co., Ky., Oct. 2, 1812; was a son
of Enoch and Elsie Summers, nee Hadden, natives of Kentucky, who were married
in 1811, in Montgomery County of that State. In 1823 they removed to Morgan
Co., Ind., where Enoch Summers entered land and farmed until his death,
which occurred in 1845. The family then removed to Iowa, where the mother
died in Jackson County, in 1867, having been the mother of six children
- Laurel, Presley, Redman, Shelton, Dolly and Caleb. Mr. and Mrs. Enoch
Summers in early life were members of the Baptist church, but upon the
organization of the Christian church, joined that denomination, and affiliated
with them until their death. He gave time and money to the building up
of the church, and was one of its most zealous workers. The subject of
this memoir remained on the farm in Morgan County until 1830, when he went
to Indianapolis, where he learned the trade of brick mason. This he followed
until 1837, when, being drawn thither by the then prevailing current, he
came West, and located in the Territory of Wisconsin, in what is now Scott
Co., IA. He here made a Government claim and embarked in farming. He also
established a cattle ranch partnership with his brother, buying cattle
from Indiana. The investment did not prove a lucrative one, and it was
abandoned soon after. In 1838 he was elected to the first Territorial Legislature,
and was re-elected the two succeeding years. In May, 1841, he married Miss
Mary Parkhurst, who was born in Ontario Co., N. Y., Jan. 11, 1822, and
was a daughter of Sterling and Ann Parkhurst, the former a native of Massachusetts,
and the latter of New Hampshire, who were married in the State of New York.
The union of Mr. and Mrs. Summers has been blessed with five children -
Helen L., now Mrs. C. P. Whitford; Elsie A., widow of E. S. Curtis; Sarah,
now Mrs. W. P. Headley, Lewis C., who died in infancy, and Augustus D.
Mr. Summers followed his trade until 1844, when he was elected to the Legislative
Council, and served two years. In 1850 he was elected to the State Legislature,
and in 1853 was appointed United States Marshal of the district of Iowa
under President Pierce; served through his administration and was reappointed
under James Buchanan, and served eight years. Since 1861 he has followed
contracting and various other occupations. He was elected to the mayoralty
of Le Claire four terms, and served as deputy sheriff of Scott County for
three years. In 1874 he was elected one of the trustees of the Iowa Agricultural
College at Ames, and served in that capacity four years. Mr. Summers was
educated in the Democratic school of politics, and still adheres to the
principles of that party.
Old settlers of Scott Co letter to:
LeClaire, Feb. 20, 1858
HON. JAMES GRANT:-Dear Sir: I am fearful that I shall not be able to attend the festival of the old pioneers of Scott county on the 22d inst., in your city. I have a severe cold, and am quite unwell to-day-trust, however, I shall be better on Monday. If so, I shall certainly be down. After witnessing the struggles of the "Old Settlers" for nearly twenty-one years, I feel like rejoicing when they rejoice, feasting when they feast, and mourning when they mourn.
In the event that I am too indisposed to come down, and there should be no person from here to respond to the twelfth regular toast, please do so yourself. I know I am safe in saying that our people would feel safe with their interests confided to your hands.
I think a good many of our old citizens will be down, but very few of them are public speakers.
I send you a volunteer toast, to be read if I cannot come.
Truly yours,
LAUREL SUMMERS.
"From History of Scott County, Iowa 1882 Chicago: Interstate Publishing Co."
Rev. William Rutledge, who was pastor of the Baptist Church in Le Claire for several years, and who aided in the erection of its first house of worship, entered upon his work in that connection in the summer of 1847. He was a native of England, having been born in Braintree, County of Essex, Aug. 19, 1804. He served the long apprenticeship to a tailor in London, to his uncle, then common and required in that country, and a few years after attaining his majority succeeded to the business of his employer, in Avery Row, Bond street, and became quite prosperous. Jan. 21, 1828, he married Sarah Ann Sharp, at St. James, Westminister, a very estimable woman who still survives, making her home with her daughter, Mr. Edward Russell, Davenport. While energetic in Business, the young master tailor exercised his abilities in earnest labors in the Sunday-school and temperance causes particularly, and at length enjoyed an extended reputation as a public speaker in their behalf. The result was that about the year 1843 he surrendered his business and devoted his entire time to lecturing in aid of the "Teetotalers" societies and the Rechabite order. In that connection he labored mainly in Essex and adjacent counties, with frequent visitations in London. Meanwhile along cherished desire to acquire citizenship in the United States, because of his great admiration for American institutions, grew stronger month by month. Securing at last the agreement of his intimate and cherished personal friend, Mr. William Russell (also an earnest laborer in the temperance reform, a "radical" in politics and a life-long enologist of the American Republic), that he, too, would emigrate, Mr. Rutledge closed up his engagements in England, and, leaving with his family, arrived in New York Sept. 1, 1845. Establishing himself in Philadelphia, he soon became intimate with Rev. John Lansing Burroughs, pastor of the Broad Street Baptist Church, by whom he was invited to active participation in the Sunday-school and temperance work of that organization. As a result, he was led to examine the scriptural grounds of the Baptist faith, and to accept that faith as his own. His abilities and worth being speedily recognized, he was appointed a colporteur of the Baptist Publication Society, and accepted a commission to the West. Journeying with his family via the Pennsylvania and Ohio canal and the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, he reached Davenport on May 5, 1847, having been previously, in Philadelphia, regularly ordained as minister of the gospel in the Baptist denomination. In Davenport he was gladly welcomed by the Baptist Church, and after a short residence in the city, was invited to labor with the Baptist Church of Le Claire, Iowa, and Cordova, Ill. These organizations he faithfully served until, in 1855, he was invited to the pastorate of the First Baptist Church in Davenport, in which relation he continued rather more than a year, returning to his old home in Le Claire. Thenceforward, until his death, he continued to labor in the ministry wherever called to the duty he loved so well. Part of the time he was the regular pastor of the Le Claire Church. During other periods he preached at Cordova and Port Byron, Ill., and at Princeton, Iowa, and neighboring towns. Everywhere he was known as "The Elder," and enjoyed the highest esteem of the people. All classes knew him as a thoroughly good man, sincere of speech, warm at heart and pure in life. He died on Oct. 27, 1868, in his Le Claire home, of diabetics, at the age of 64 years, 2 months and 8 days, rejoicing in the realities of the faith and hope he had so long presented to others as the consolation of a dying hour. He was a man of simple habits, earnest purpose and marked trust in Divine Providence. Laboring at his old trade whenever work was offered to him, and accepting that as an aid to his chosen labor of preaching the gospel, his meager salary as a minister always sufficed not only to support his family, but to render his home the hospitable resort for many a friend and wayfarer. A favorite with the young, he married in his day a larger number of couples in Le LeClaire, Princeton, Cordova, Port Byron and vicinity than any other minister ever resident thereabouts, while none were more sought for to attend funerals, or administer consolation in sickness and sorrow.
As an illustration of the kind of duty devolving upon pioneer ministers in the county a third of a century ago, it may be stated that when the Baptist of Le LeClaire erected their first house of worship in 1847, "Elder" Rutledge carried the hod for several successive days taking to the scaffold the brick and mortar with which Mr. Laurel Summers laid up the walls. That building, since torn down, stood on the north side of Wisconsin avenue, on the corner, one square west of Main street. The basement was long occupied for public-school purposes, town meetings, elections, etc., in common with the uses of the Church; the upper part not being finished until several years after the building was erected. Indeed, the public subscription made for the church erection was conditioned on the uses of the basement herein mentioned.
Long will the memory of those early days be recalled even by those who then were boys and girls among the residents of Le Claire. To all of these the genial smile, the kind word, the earnest life of elder William Rutledge, will have happy recollection to the end of their days
More About LAUREL SUMMERS:
Burial: Glendale Cem, LeClaire, IA, lot 103 S 1/2, site 2
Occupation: Politition, brick mason
More About MARY PARKHURST:
Burial: Glendale Cem, LeClaire, IA, lot 103 S 1/2, site 1
Misc: Buried at Glendale Cem, LeClaire, Iowa
Children of LAUREL SUMMERS and MARY PARKHURST are:
i. HELEN L.6 SUMMERS, b. April 1842, LeClaire, Scott Co., Iowa; d. Abt. 1920, Beloit, Rock Co, Wisconsin.
ii. LEWIS CASS SUMMERS, b. 1844, LeClaire, Scott Co., Iowa; d. April 04, 1858, LeClaire, Scott Co., Iowa.
More About LEWIS CASS SUMMERS:
Burial: Glendale Cem, LeClaire, IA, lot 103 S 1/2, site 5
Misc: Died in infancy
iii. ELSIE ANN SUMMERS, b. August 26, 1846, LeClaire, Scott Co., Iowa; d. November 21, 1919, LeClaire, Scott Co., Iowa.
iv. SARAH SUMMERS, b. July 28, 1849, LeClaire, Scott Co., Iowa; d. December 31, 1882, LeClaire, Scott Co, IA.
v. AUGUSTUS DODGE SUMMERS, b. June 13, 1859, LeClaire, Scott Co., Iowa; d. September 29, 1943, Marion Junction, Dallas Co, Alabama.
16. REDMON CORNELIUS5 SUMMERS (ALSY4 HADDEN, ANNIS "ANN" E3 ANDERSON, NICHOLAS2, NICHOLAS (POSSIBLY)1) was born November 30, 1816 in Montgomery Co., Kentucky, and died July 23, 1896 in Southfork, Jackson Co., Iowa. He married VASHTIM MARIAN BLAKEY March 25, 1841 in Jackson Co, IA, daughter of ROSWELL BLAKEY and ANNA RICHARDS. She was born 1820 in Sodus, Wayne Co, New York, and died January 20, 1906 in South Fork, Maquoketa, Jackson Co., Iowa.
Notes for REDMON CORNELIUS SUMMERS:
Born in Kentucky, the family moved to Morgan Co, Indiana. In 1839 following the path of his older brother Laurel, he moved to Camanche, Iowa and for a short time, shared a cabin with his brother Sheldon. The cabin had one big room and a chalk mark dividing it.
Redman began a cattle business with his brother Laurel after moving to Iowa. The business was short lived and in 1844 a devastating tornado struck destroying his cabin.
The tornado swept over the country through Camanche crossing the Mississippi River. Vashtim, Redman's wife and daughter Amanda were saved by being under the bed. A log fell on the bed holding it down. Redman was blown into a cherry tree. His hands were badly scratched by holding onto a branch. Following the loss of his cabin, Redman moved to Waterford, Jackson County, Iowa and farmed there for many years.
In 1845 Redman and his brother Sheldon made a trip to Indiana by horse, one horse for both of them. They rode by the ride and walk plan. One would ride then tie the horse and walk on. When the other caught up they would change again.
More About REDMON CORNELIUS SUMMERS:
Burial: Buckhorn Cem, Maquoketa, IA, Lot 214
Migrated: to Iowa 1854
Passed Away: at the home of Ezra Dutton
More About VASHTIM MARIAN BLAKEY:
Burial: Buckhorn Cem, Maquoketa, IA
Children of REDMON SUMMERS and VASHTIM BLAKEY are:
i. AMANDA L.6 SUMMERS, b. February 12, 1843, Camanche, Clinton Co., Iowa; d. June 14, 1909, South Fork, Maquoketa, Jackson Co., Iowa.
ii. ADELINE (ADDIE) SUMMERS, b. 1846, South Fork, Maquoketa, Jackson, IA; d. 1921.
iii. ANNA SUMMERS, b. October 14, 1848, South Fork, Maquoketa, Jackson, IA; d. October 22, 1923, Maquoketa, Jackson, IA.
iv. WILSON SUMMERS NORTHROP, b. 1856; d. November 26, 1923, Maquoketa, Jackson, IA; m. LUELLA FRANKS.
More About WILSON SUMMERS NORTHROP:
Adoption: Bef. 1860, adopted
Burial: Buckhorn Cem, Maquoketa, IA
Children: No Children
Misc: 1860, Census name S. W. Northrop
17. SHELDON5 SUMMERS (ALSY4 HADDEN, ANNIS "ANN" E3 ANDERSON, NICHOLAS2, NICHOLAS (POSSIBLY)1) was born August 09, 1818 in Montgomery Co., KY, and died September 12, 1899 in South Fork, Jackson Co., Iowa. He married MARTHA E. JOHNSON May 12, 1839 in Kentucky, daughter of JOHN JOHNSON and POLLY UNKNOWN. She was born 1822 in Kentucky, and died December 07, 1908 in South Fork, Jackson Co., Iowa.
Notes for SHELDON SUMMERS:
Shelton farmed 6 miles west of Maquoketa, Iowa from 1841. Moved to Maquoketa in 1891.
More About SHELDON SUMMERS:
Burial: Buckhorn Cem, Maquoketa, IA, Lot 135
Occupation: Farmer
More About MARTHA E. JOHNSON:
Burial: Buckhorn Cem, Maquoketa, IA
Children of SHELDON SUMMERS and MARTHA JOHNSON are:
i. HARRIET6 SUMMERS, b. Abt. 1844, South Fork, Jackson Co., Iowa; m. THOMAS BROCK, 1862.
ii. MARY JANE SUMMERS, b. Abt. 1846, South Fork, Jackson Co., Iowa; m. ALEXANDER FORTNER, June 08, 1867.
More About MARY JANE SUMMERS:
Children: unknown
iii. SAMANTHA A. SUMMERS, b. Abt. 1851, South Fork, Jackson Co., Iowa.
iv. JOHN HENRY SUMMERS, b. May 12, 1853, South Fork, Jackson Co., Iowa; d. February 19, 1899, Baldwin, Jackson, Co, IA.
v. NANCY JANE SUMMERS, b. January 23, 1860, Jackson Co, IA; d. August 17, 1895, Jackson Co, IA; m. GEORGE LISTON, March 03, 1881; d. March 31, 1893, Jackson Co, IA.
More About NANCY JANE SUMMERS:
Burial: Buckhorn Cem, Maquoketa, IA, lot 170
Children: had 5 children
More About GEORGE LISTON:
Burial: Buckhorn Cem, Maquoketa, IA, lot 170
18. DOLLY5 SUMMERS (ALSY4 HADDEN, ANNIS "ANN" E3 ANDERSON, NICHOLAS2, NICHOLAS (POSSIBLY)1) was born Abt. 1820 in Morgan Co., IN. She married SAMUEL ROSS January 13, 1842 in Morgan Co., IN, son of JOHN ROSS and SARAH HADDEN. He was born Abt. 1810 in Kentucky.
More About DOLLY SUMMERS:
Migrated: to Canton, IA between 1842 & 1846
Residence: 1850, Dolly's family is living next door to Alsy & Caleb
Notes for SAMUEL ROSS:
Two children are living with the Ross family in 1850 in Iowa. John Hiner age 10 born in Indiana & Mary Hiner age 10 born in Indiana.
More About SAMUEL ROSS:
Occupation: 1850, Census states farmer worth $700
Residence 1: 1850, Canton, Jackson Co, IA
Residence 2: 1854, Pierce Twp, Jones Co, IA
Residence 3: 1856, Pierce Twp, Jones Co, IA
Children of DOLLY SUMMERS and SAMUEL ROSS are:
i. THOMAS J6 ROSS, b. Abt. 1842, Kentucky.
ii. ENOCH ROSS, b. Abt. 1846, Indiana.
iii. MARTHA ROSS, b. Abt. 1848, Iowa.
iv. ALSY ROSS, b. Abt. 1850, Jackson Co, IA.
v. ELIZABETH ROSS, b. Abt. 1855, Jones Co, IA.
19. CALEB5 SUMMERS (ALSY4 HADDEN, ANNIS "ANN" E3 ANDERSON, NICHOLAS2, NICHOLAS (POSSIBLY)1) was born January 06, 1834 in Morgan Co., Indiana, and died March 24, 1914 in South Fork, Jackson Co., Iowa. He married (1) NANCY JANE GREGG October 23, 1855 in Maquoketa, Jackson Co, IA, daughter of JOHN GREGG and MARY JAMES. She was born March 25, 1836 in Kentucky, and died January 25, 1889 in South Fork, Jackson Co., Iowa. He married (2) MARY LAFAYETTE December 31, 1894 in Jackson Co, IA.
Notes for CALEB SUMMERS:
Caleb was born in Morgan Co, IN. In 1846, at the age of 12, he came with his mother to Iowa in a two-horse wagon and was eighteen days on the way, and arrived in Jackson Co Oct 20, 1846. They located at Canton and lived there five years, then moved to Waterford. They were early settlers and were engaged in farming. Caleb worked two days to earn enough to pay the postage on two letters and to take them out to the post office; he owned a 105 acre farm on Sec 19 in Nashville, IA. Caleb raised and dressed pork for market in Bellevue, IA.
More About CALEB SUMMERS:
Burial: Buried in Buckhorn Cem, Lot 168
Occupation: Farmer
More About NANCY JANE GREGG:
Burial: Buckhorn Cem, Maquoketa, IA
Children of CALEB SUMMERS and NANCY GREGG are:
i. HELEN S6 SUMMERS, b. Abt. 1856, Maquoketa, Jackson, IA; d. April 03, 1939, Maquoketa, Jackson, IA; m. UNKNOWN LOCKHART.
More About HELEN S SUMMERS:
Burial: Buckhorn Cem, Maquoketa, IA
Children: unknown
ii. EVA ANN SUMMERS, b. Abt. 1861, Maquoketa, Jackson, IA; m. UNKNOWN STAUFFER.
More About EVA ANN SUMMERS:
Residence: resided in Ft Wayne, IN in 1945
iii. JAMES GREGG SUMMERS, b. July 06, 1866, Maquoketa, Jackson Co., Iowa; d. March 06, 1945, Maquoketa, Jackson Co., Iowa.
iv. MARY ISABEL (MAMIE) SUMMERS, b. December 1872, Jackson Co., Iowa; d. June 1933, drowned in Deep Creek, Jackson Co, IA.
20. CHARLES N5 ANDERSON (JAMES4, ABIHU3, NICHOLAS2, NICHOLAS (POSSIBLY)1) was born December 18, 1823. He married ANN J. NOBLE February 01, 1849 in Lexington, KY, daughter of JAMES NOBLE and MARY BAXTER.
Notes for CHARLES N ANDERSON:
SOURCE: "Portrait and Biographical Album of Champaign County, Illinois," Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1887
CHARLES N. ANDERSON, formerly engaged in agricultural pursuits in this county, is now retired from active labor, and, surrounded by the comforts of life, is living in a pleasant home in Champaign City. He has been a resident of this county since 1857, in which year he purchased a farm of 200 acres in Champaign Township. This he operated until 1885, with the exception of a brief time spent in Kentucky, in the meantime having made of it a beautiful country estate, supplied with handsome and substantial buildings and all other modern improvements. In the year mentioned he purchased his present residence on Church street, where he has since lived. Mr. Anderson was born in Mt. Sterling, Ky., Dec. 18, 1823, and is the son of James and Lucinda ANDERSON, natives of Montgomery County, Ky., where the father followed blacksmithing all his life, and died on the 17th of June, 1829. The grandfather of our subject, Abihu ANDERSON, and his great-grandfather, Nicholas ANDERSON, were both natives of Virginia, and engaged in farming pursuits. The latter removed to Kentucky with his family, locating at Boonesbury, where he was among the earliest settlers, and became acquainted with Daniel Boone, the famous pioneer and Indian fighter. Abihu Anderson removed to Indiana in about 1825, where he spent the last years of his life. His son James, the father of our subject, after reaching manhood was married, and became the father of seven children, of whom only two are now living-Nancy N., Mrs. MORRIS, and C. N. of our sketch. The subject of this history remained on the farm of his father in his native town until about fifteen years old, and was then apprenticed to learn the trade of cabinet-maker, at which he served four years, and afterward worked three years as a journeyman. Then, wishing to still further perfect himself in his studies, he entered Franklin College, about five miles east of Nashville, Tenn., where for four years he thoroughly applied himself to the books, in the meantime defraying his expenses by working at his trade as opportunity afforded. He began college life with his books and $7 in cash, and graduated on the 18th of October, 1848, without any assistance from outside parties. After leaving school Mr. Anderson started on horseback for the purpose of securing employment as a teacher. He rode three days and could only secure an offer of $30 per month and board himself. He declined this and returned to Nashville, where he worked in a cabinet-shop for three months and then engaged to teach a subscription school near Lexington. After eighteen months' experience, during which time he gained the approval of the Trustees, he was elected Principal of a graded school in the same city, which position he held for the following five years, and until coming to this county. After purchasing his farm in Champaign Township he was re-elected Principal of the school at Lexington, which position he accepted. About this time, however, the war excitement became so great that the schools closed and Mr. Anderson returned to his farm. His subsequent course we have already indicated. The marriage of C. N. Anderson and Miss Ann J. NOBLE took place in Lexington, Ky., Feb. 1, 1849. Mrs. A. is a native of Harrodsburg, Ky., and the daughter of James and Mary (BAXTER) NOBLE, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of Virginia. Of the seven children born to them, four are now living, namely: Lucy; Laura M., Mrs. GREENHALGH, of Champaign City; William N., a merchant of Chicago, and Ida V., at home. Those deceased are Mary F., and Charles E., both of whom died in infancy, Ella J. died when an interesting young lady of nineteen years old. She was a student at the University of Illinois, greatly admired and beloved by all her associates, and her death was a sore affliction to her fond parents and many friends. Mr. Anderson is Democratic in politics, and with his wife and daughters is a member and regular attendant of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has long been widely and favorably known in Champaign County as a representative man and useful citizen.
Children of CHARLES ANDERSON and ANN NOBLE are:
i. LUCY6 ANDERSON.
ii. LAURA M ANDERSON, m. UNKNOWN GREENHALGH.
iii. WILLIAM N ANDERSON.
iv. IDA V ANDERSON.
v. MARY F ANDERSON.
vi. CHARLES E ANDERSON.
vii. ELLA J ANDERSON.
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08/12/2006
Nicholas Anderson is my 7th Great Grandfather