Isam Ebenezer Cooper: The Schrock-Birkey Connection

Isam Ebenezer Cooper

Male 1846 - 1865  (19 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Isam Ebenezer Cooper was born in 1846 in Franklin Co., MO (son of George Washington Cooper and Serena Lavera Park); died in 1865.

    Notes:

    Died:
    At age 19 years


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  George Washington Cooper was born on 5 Sep 1810 in MO; died on 12 Oct 1866.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • USR1: Killed during Civil War by bushwackers and home burned.
    • Census: 1850, Franklin Co., MO

    Notes:

    Census:
    #497 Listed with wife and 5 children (Isam not listed)

    Died:
    killed during Civil War by bushwackers and home burned.

    George married Serena Lavera Park on 30 Jul 1834 in Franklin Co., MO. Serena (daughter of Jesse James Park and Winnie Ann Dent) was born on 3 Apr 1823 in Franklin Co., MO; died before 1860 in Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Serena Lavera Park was born on 3 Apr 1823 in Franklin Co., MO (daughter of Jesse James Park and Winnie Ann Dent); died before 1860 in Franklin Co., MO.

    Notes:

    Married by Lewis Williams, a Baptist minister in Franklin Co., MO.

    Children:
    1. Nancy Ann Cooper was born in 1837 in Franklin Co., MO; died on 26 Apr 1890 in Franklin Co., MO; was buried in Franklin Co., MO.
    2. Mary Melvina Cooper was born in 1839 in Franklin Co., MO.
    3. Susan Ellen Cooper was born in 1841 in Franklin Co., MO.
    4. Jesse Cooper was born in 1843 in Franklin Co., MO.
    5. 1. Isam Ebenezer Cooper was born in 1846 in Franklin Co., MO; died in 1865.
    6. Eli Bailey (Eal) Cooper was born on 14 Oct 1848 in Shannon Co., MO; died on 12 Feb 1924 in Shannon Co., MO; was buried in Flat Rock, MO.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Jesse James Park was born about 1790 in Rowan Co., NC (son of Ebenezer Park and Tabitha Mills); died on 14 Oct 1845 in Franklin Co., Boone Twp., MO; was buried in Franklin Co., Boone Twp., MO.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: Abt 1820, Franklin Co., Boone Twp., MO
    • Census: 1830, Franklin Co., St. John’s Twp., MO
    • Residence: 24 Jan 1831, Franklin Co., St. John’s Twp., MO

    Notes:

    A marriage bond date of August 8, 1809 showed bondsman Samuel Dent and Ebenezer Park. Madison Co., Ky. Marriage Records, Vol. i,1786-[1822..Compiled by Bill and Kathy Vockery, p. 62. Also named in the will of Samuel Dent 1834, Franklin Co., MO. Jessie park purchased land in Franklin Co. MO in 1831 - 106 acres Fred Kinder - descendant.
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    “Jesse was supposedly perceived as the black sheep of the family as family history has it, for his rather abrupt departure to Missouri. At one time, Jesse farmed the land in Eastern Madison County along Drowning Creek (original owner was Jesse's father, Ebenezer Park, Sr.) and per agreement with his father, gave him so many bushels of corn each year. Eb Park, Sr. had previously moved to the Station Camp area of Estill County. Jesse's brother, Col. Eli Park (m. Winnaford Dillingham) and sister, Mary (m. John Scrivner) both lived on this same Drowning Creek tract of land where Eb and wife, Tabitha Mills were eventually buried (I found their graves on 20 June 2000 under fallen Pine trees), having moved in with son, Col. Eli Park in the last years. Jesse moved to Missouri at the invitation of Winnie’s father, having been promised land there.”
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    “This Deed made the fifth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight between Jesse Park and his wife Anna of the County of Franklin and State of Missouri for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred forty five dollars to them in hand paid by John Voss of the County and State aforesaid, the receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge, and do grant bargain and sell convey and confirm, unto the said John Voss and to his heirs and assigns forever all that certain tract or parcel of land situated or being in the County of Franklin and State aforesaid, being the south west quarter of the north west quarter of Section No. seventeen in Township No. forty three of Range No. one west, containing forty acres, with the exception however of a small piece of said __ separation? in the North West corner which is separated form the rest of said ___ ___ section by a stream running and the said North West corner separated to be about five acres--to have and hold the same with the privileges and appertenance thereunto belonging to the said John Voss his heirs and assigns forever, the said Jesse Park and Anna his wife hereby _____that their heirs____and administrator will warrant and defend the title to the said premises to the said John Voss his heirs and assigns forever, against the claim or claims of all persons whatever lawfully claiming the same--In witness whereof, the said Jesse Park and Anna his wife party of the first part have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written. “

    Anna signed with her mark in the presence of W. V. N. (Bay?)

    Filed and Recorded March 5, 1838, C. S. Jeffries, Clerk, per W.V.N. Bay?

    Deeded land is in Krakow area.

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    Jesse Park and Anna his wife; Henry Dent and Louisa his wife;
    Robert Beatty and Viney his wife; Dyson Johnson and Malinda his wife;
    and Olive Dent, heirs of Samuel Dent, deceased,
    and Ephriam B. Strickland
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    Indenture made 5th day of May, 1842, between above parties
    for the sum of $225
    the west half of the southeast quarter, section five, township 43, range 1 west, consisting of 80 acres.
    Attest: John R. Browne

    Filed Oct 24, 1849, Recorded March 1, 1850, C.S. Jeffries, Clerk

    Deeded land is in Krakow area.
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    Names on Jesse Park estate papers:

    Administrator: William Park
    Heirs: William Park,
    Robert Park, Jane Park, Ephraim Park, Lewis Park, minor heirs of Willson Park, deceased
    Syrena Cooper, Anderson Park, Ebenezer Park, Lavina Allum, Eli Park, Savica Park
    Sworn before C. Jeffries, and D. Bishop, Clerk and Deputy Clerk
    Witnesses: Ira and Eli Valentine

    Inventory of estate was administered by William Park
    Witnesses: Payton R. Sawyers and Ira Valentine

    Names of Debtors:
    Wm. C. Stites, William and Nancy Park (for 40 acres of land)
    Spencer Altum, John Tomson (Thompson) James Park, David Stites, Anderson Park, Benjamin Noss?

    Appraisers of the slaves and personal estate: (no slaves itemized)
    Ira Vallantine, Peter B. Persell and Mathew Scott
    sworn before Payton R. Sawyers, JP Total value of personal estate: $419.55

    Receipts for estate payment from:
    Ebenezer Park (signed), Anderson Park (his mark), George Cooper (his mark), Spencer Altum (signed).

    Purchaser’s names:
    Spencer Altum, George Cooper, Ebenezer Park, Anderson Park, John Ramsey, M.R. Childers, D. Dndee, Jess Altum, Mathew Scott, Jesse Hull (?), T. B Gereel, A. W. Leffers, William Park, Ira Valentine, T. B. Peneel (?), Levi Stites, James Valentine, D. Drace, Martin Cromer, John L. Linten (?), Eli Park, L. C. Inman, Isaac Stites, John Thompson, Mrs. (?), Savica Park, Chesney Cromer, Gilford….(?).

    Census:
    Microfilm roll #72, p. 134

    Residence:
    Taken up by Jesse Park living in St. John’s Twp., Franklin County, two hogs, one a barrow and the other a spaid sow, supposed to be something like two years old. The barrow is a pale red with black spots on him, marked in the left ear with a hole, swallow fork and underbit and a swallow fork and underbit in the right. The sow is a pale red and few black spots, marked with an oven bit and swallow fork in the left ear, a bit and an underbit in the right. Appraised two dollars and seventy five cents by John Stites andWlliam Park, appraiser, duly sworn before me 26th January 1831. Wm. G. Owens, JP

    Buried:
    Valentine-Armstrong Family Cemetery (probably)

    Jesse married Winnie Ann Dent on 10 Aug 1809 in Madison Co., KY. Winnie (daughter of Samuel Dent and Martha “Patsy” Harris) was born between 1792-1795 in Franklin Co., VA; died after 1832 in Franklin Co., Boone Twp., MO; was buried in Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Winnie Ann Dent was born between 1792-1795 in Franklin Co., VA (daughter of Samuel Dent and Martha “Patsy” Harris); died after 1832 in Franklin Co., Boone Twp., MO; was buried in Franklin Co., MO.

    Notes:



    Buried:
    Valentine-Armstrong Family Cemetery (probably)

    Children:
    1. William Park (Parks) was born on 10 Jun 1810 in Madison Co., KY; died on 3 Apr 1870 in Franklin Co., MO.
    2. Wilson Park was born in 1812 in Madison Co., KY; died in 1844 in MO.
    3. Samuel Park was born in 1815 in Madison Co., KY; died before 10 Oct 1845 in Franklin Co., MO.
    4. Anderson Park was born on 20 Aug 1816 in Madison Co., KY; died on 25 Dec 1889 in Franklin Co., MO; was buried in Henry Co., MO.
    5. Savica Park was born before 1821 in Madison Co., KY.
    6. Lavina Parks was born on 26 Jan 1821 in Madison Co., KY; died on 25 Apr 1853 in Franklin Co., MO; was buried in Apr 1853 in Beaufort, Boone Twp., Franklin Co., MO.
    7. 3. Serena Lavera Park was born on 3 Apr 1823 in Franklin Co., MO; died before 1860 in Franklin Co., MO.
    8. Ebenezer Park was born in 1824 in Franklin Co., MO.
    9. Elijah (Eli) Baily Park was born on 20 May 1827 in Stanton, Franklin Co., MO; died on 24 Mar 1910 in Villa Ridge, Franklin Co., MO; was buried in Leslie, Franklin Co., MO.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Ebenezer Park was born in 1747 in Frederick Co., VA (son of John Parke, Jr. and Mary Unknown); died on 25 Apr 1839 in Drowning Creek, Madison Co., KY; was buried in 1839 in Madison Co., KY.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Education: A man of unusual education for his day.
    • Occupation: Tailor, then farmer, Baptist Minister
    • Religion: Baptist
    • PURC: Abt 1796, Madison Co., KY
    • Residence: 1796, Madison Co., KY

    Notes:

    Ebenezer was a man of unusual education for his day. Born in Virginia, he settled in North Carolina (perhaps as a result of the French and Indian War), where most if not all of his children were born. We don't know exactly when the Park families moved from Hampshire County, WV, to Rowan Co., NC, by way of the Great Wagon Road of Pennsylvania, but the first record of Ebenezer in Rowan Co. is 1772.

    "Several Parks lived in what was then called the Bald Mountain District of Rowan County. These were George, Moses, Ebenezer, Allen, Timothy, and Charles. It is not known exactly where in the District George lived, but the others were all in or near what is now Jackson Hill Township, in western Davidson County, on or close to the Yadkin River."

    "On August 8, 1778, Ebenezer was listed as one of many throughout Rowan County 'who neglected or refused to appear before the Justice of their respective Districts and take the Oath of Affirmation of Allegiance to the State agreeable to Act of Assembly and who have omitted appearing at Court and rendering Excuse for such Neglect or Refusal.' "

    According to Doug Park, Ebenezer lived 24 years along Cabin Creek in the township of Jackson Hill before going to Kentucky. But his brother Noah and wife Anna remained and died on their farm in NC. They are buried on that farm (see note for Noah Park) in a cemetery known as the Park-Bean-Wyatt Cemetery.

    In 1796, he and Tabitha “followed Daniel Boone into KY using the [Boone’s] Wilderness Trail and was considered to be a Pioneer of Madison Co. They traveled on pack horses, with their ten children, and settled near the town of Richmond. Later Ebenezer moved to Station Camp, where he lived for many years. He finally settled on the waters of Drowning Creek in Madison County, where he lived and died. In the marriage bond, signed by John Hawkins, Ebenezer spelled his name "Parke." He would not take the oath of allegiance to the State of North Carolina against the King in 1778.,

    Ebenezer bought four hundred acres of land on Station Camp Creek, Madison Co., Kentucky, practically at the mouth of Middle Fork. To his four oldest sons he deeded one hundred acres each. He made a most remarkable division of this land. To Asa he gave the lower tract, to Ebenezer, Jr., the upper tract, and to Jonathan the next lower tract. These three tracts were all locate on the east side of Station Camp Creek. To John he gave the land on the west side of the creek. The four hundred acres were so divided that each son received the same number of acres of low land and each son received the same number of acres of hill land and each had Station Camp Creek water course.
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    “…surprised to read that Eb, Sr. was a Baptist minister, though I have known for years that his son, Eb, Jr. and also Eb, Jr.'s son, Rev. John Mills Park (1806-1877) were Baptist Ministers. We found this info in court records and family documents at the EKU Library's Archives and Special Collections section.”

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    “From Hampshire Co., VA(WV) Ebenezer Park settled on Cabin Creek by the Yadkin River in Rowan Co. in the Bald Mtn. District, Capt. Israel Cox'sDistrict along with his brothers, Allen, George, Noah & Moses, and cousins Charles, Nathan & Timothy. In 1779 Ebenezer was a witness to a deed record for Allen Parke, Rowan Co., NC Deed Book 9, page 105, Dec.25, 1779. Allen Park & wife Elizabeth to Phineas Runyon for 200 poundsNC money, 240 acres on Cabin Creek bought from George Smith Jr. of PA,Feb. 21, 1767. Jonathan Davis, Ebenezer Parke, Feb. 1780, 1786, Ebenezer received a state grant of 270 acres on the northwest side of Cabin Creek,202, p. 138, Oct. 25, 1786. State Grant #1208 @50 shillings per 100 acres to Ebenezer Parks/Parker, 270. He remained in NC for about 20 years before departing for Madison Co. KY in 1796.

    The 1778 Tax List for Bald Mt. district, in 1778 known as Capt. IsraelCox's District, lists these Park men: Allen, Charles, Ebenezer, George,Moses, Nathan and Timothy. Charles was the son of Nathan Parke. Allen, Ebenezer, George, Moses and possibly Timothy were brothers. However,Timothy had close ties with Nathan and his son, Charles and could have been a son of Joseph Parke of Warren Co., NJ, who was a brother to Nathan Parke. This relationship has not been proven either way. On this Aug.8, 1778 Persons in the district of Capt. Cox among those listed as not having taken the Oath of Allegiance to the State was Ebenezer Park.”

    Birth:
    (Hampshire)

    Buried:
    Drowning Creek (Eli Park land)

    Ebenezer married Tabitha Mills on 6 Jan 1772 in Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC. Tabitha (daughter of John (Jonathan?) Mills, Sr. and Rebeckah Harrold (?)) was born on 27 Feb 1752 in Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC; died on 18 Oct 1826 in Estill, Madison Co., KY; was buried in Madison Co., KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Tabitha Mills was born on 27 Feb 1752 in Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC (daughter of John (Jonathan?) Mills, Sr. and Rebeckah Harrold (?)); died on 18 Oct 1826 in Estill, Madison Co., KY; was buried in Madison Co., KY.

    Notes:

    Since the Mills family was staunchly Quaker for generations, it is likely that Tabitha was “disowned” or otherwise “shunned” for marrying outside the Society of Friends.

    Birth:
    Birth is recorded at New Garden MM, Guilford County, NC

    Buried:
    Near Drowning Creek (Eli Park land). Doug Park would find the final resting place of our Ebenezer and Tabitha on land that was once their son, Eli Park's Farm in the woods--underneath fallen yellow pine trees (a result of an ice storm three years prior.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Matt Troy and John Hankins, Bondsmen

    Children:
    1. Jonathan Allen Park was born on 19 Nov 1773 in Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC; died on 11 Jan 1814.
    2. John Park was born on 19 Nov 1773 in Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC; died on 3 Mar 1828 in Station Camp Creek, Estill Co., KY.
    3. Ebenezer Park,, Jr. was born on 27 Nov 1777 in Rowan Co., NC; died on 11 Aug 1860 in Estill Co., KY.
    4. Asa Park was born in 1780 in Rowan Co., NC; died on 10 Nov 1859 in Wagersville, Estill Co., KY; was buried in Wagersville, Estill Co., KY.
    5. William Park was born in 1784 in Rowan Co., NC; died on 18 Dec 1851 in Estill Co., KY.
    6. Eli Park was born on 10 Jul 1787 in Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC; died on 6 Dec 1858 in Station Camp Creek, Richmond Co., KY; was buried in Madison Co., KY.
    7. Rebecca Park was born in 1788.
    8. 6. Jesse James Park was born about 1790 in Rowan Co., NC; died on 14 Oct 1845 in Franklin Co., Boone Twp., MO; was buried in Franklin Co., Boone Twp., MO.
    9. Mary (Milly) Leary Park was born in 1792 in Rowan Co., NC; died after 1870 in Estill Co., KY.
    10. Charity Park was born in 1795; died in 1795.

  3. 14.  Samuel Dent was born about 1760-1761 in Newport W Hd, Charles Co., MD (son of Thomas Manning Dent and Catherine Manning); died on 10 Apr 1834 in Franklin Co., MO; was buried in Franklin Co., MO.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • HIST: Place name: St. Johns https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_franklin.html Description: A small village or settlement once located somewhere on St. Johns Creek. According to Kiel, when a post office was established there on August 30, 1833, it was on the upper part of the creek, in what is now the northeast part of Lyon Township. The post office was discontinued on July 29, 1840, and the place has so entirely disappeared that its exact location is uncertain. The earlier St. Johns Settlement, from which the village was doubtless descended, was probably nearer the mouth of the creek, a short distance west of the present Washington. It seems always to have been a scattered country community, and never became a place of any importance. Its insignificance probably accounts for the apparent mistake made on May 25, 1804, by the companies of Lewis and Clark in transferring the name to the village of La Charrette across the river in Warren County. The mistake is not made by Clark himself, or by Lewis, both of whom knew it as La Charrette or Charrette's village; but in the four other journals that are preserved, kept by subordinate members of the party, the place is called St. Johns. The four sergeants Floyd (Thwaites' ed., VII. 5), Whitehouse (Thwaites' ed., VII. 25), Gass (1847 ed., p. 15), and Ordway (Quaife's ed., p. 81) record the events of May 25 in almost identical words: After telling how they spent the night of May 23 encamped near Tavern Creek (q.v.) on the south side of the river, then occupied the whole day of May 24 in a difficult struggle with the rapid known as the Devil's Race-Ground, winning only ten miles during the day, and again encamping on the south side, they started out on the morning of Friday, May 25, and after passing the mouth of "a creek called Wood River" (i.e., on the north side) called St. Johns. This is the last settlement of whites on this River." The editors Coues, Thwaites, and Quaife accept these entries of the worthy sergeants as evidence that the Warren County village of La Charrette had previously borne the name of St. Johns, although they note that no other records survive of the use of the name on the north side of the river, whereas it was indubitably applied to a creek, an island, a village, and a township on the southern side. It may be observed that the almost identical wording of the four journals suggests that three of the entries were copied from the fourth, as we know was often the case among the Lewis and Clark diarists; hence we really have only a single witness to the name St. Johns for La Charrette, as against that of the two leaders Clark and Lewis. It is at least possible that these men, who had just passed close to the mouth of St. Johns Creek and perhaps also the St. Johns settlement on the south side, and near the St. Johns Islands (q.v.) as they crossed over, merely transferred the name to La Charette by pure inadvertence. Closely tied up with the question of whether the village of St. Johns was on the south or the north side of the river is that of the location of what must have been its predecessor, the Spanish "Fort San Juan del Misuri." Our information about the Spanish fort comes from Houck, who bases it apparently on a document from the Spanish archives which he unfortunately fails to quote in full. "Of this fort one Antonio Gautier, lieutenant of the militia, and who in 1796 was an inhabitant of St. Charles, had command. What manner of fort this San Juan del Misuri was, we do not know, nor whether the garrison was a squad of Spanish soldiers or composed of local militia; but most likely this fort was a small log-house built to protect the first settlers against the Indians" (Houck, HIST. MISSOURI, II, 91). In his SPANISH REGIME IN MISSOURI, Houck gives a little more information about the officer who was in command of the fort: he gives us the roster of St. Louis militia companies in 1780, and in the list appears (p. 184) the name "Antonio Gotie, twenty-six years old, born in Canada, rower." To this Houck adds a footnote (p. 190): "Antoine Gauthier married Elizabeth Becquet, widow of St. Joseph Chancelier. He moved to St. Charles, where he was an officer in the militia and in command of the Fort San Juan del Misuri above St. Charles, presumably where the village of Charette afterwards stood." Another document reproduced by Houck (p. 30) is a commission, dated July 9, 1793, to Don Antonio Gautier as Lieutenant in the militia at San Carlos del Misouri, granted by Baron de Carondelet." As for the location of his "Fort San Juan del Misuri" which is obviously not exactly given in the documents before him, Houck accepts La Charrette on the north side of the river. His only ground for doing so is the fact that Gass names the settlement "St. Johns" in his journal, although he notes with surprise that "All rememberance of Fort San Juan del Misuri in 1804 appears to have faded from the recollection of the people there" (HIST. MISSOURI II, 91). It would indeed have been strange if a fort in full operation in 1796 were already completely forgotton in 1804, and on the face of the facts we have it seems far more likely that the fort was south of the river, where it has left so large a crop of descendants. One other possibility may be suggested. Houck gives in his Spanish Regime in Missouri an account, taken from the Spanish archives, of a double fort erected by the Spanish at the mouth of the Missouri River on March 10, 1769: "the royal Spanish fort, Don Carlos el Senor Principe de Asturias, and of the blockhouse Don Carlos Tercero el Rey, both of which are located at the mouth of the Misuri--the first on the south bank, and the latter on the north bank." (p. 49). Might not the later "Fort San Juan del Misuri" have been a similar double fort or pair of blockhouses, one south of the Missouri at the mouth of the "Riviere St. Jean," and the other on the north side, somewhere near La Charrette? This would account for all the facts we have, and vindicate the sergeants from the imputation of error. A definitive solution of the whole problem must await the fuller publication of material from the Spanish archives. In any event, all the St. John names, on both sides of the river, must have been derived from the Fort. The name San Juan was doubtless chosen by the Spaniards in the same spirit as inspired the choice of San Carlos and San Fernando (q.v.): i.e., directly in honor of well known saints of the church, indirectly in honor of royal personages who also bore those names. Thus San Juan would be primarily named for the Apostle, secondarily for one of the many Johns in the royal lines of Spain or Portugal. The most likely candidate for such honor at this time was Don Juan of Austria (1547-1578), the famous Spanish general and victor at Lepanto, illegitimate son of the emperor Charles V. (L&C, & Pike, ed. Coues; L&C, & EWT, ed Thwaites; Gass's JOURNAL, 1847 ed.; Ordway's JOURNAL, ed. Quaife; Houck's HIST. MISSOURI & SPANISH REGIME; all with pp. as cited above; HIST. FRANKLIN, 217; Kiel's BIOG. DIR., 210; Miss Johnson: George Klenke) Source: Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.
    • MILF: Y
    • Residence: By 1787, Franklin Co., VA
    • Residence: 1795, Madison Co., KY
    • Census: 1810, Madison Co., KY
    • PURC: 1818, Franklin Co., MO
    • Census: 1820, St. John’s Twp., Franklin Co., MO
    • Census: 1830, St. John’s Twp., Franklin Co., MO
    • PURC: 1 Oct 1835, Franklin Co., MO

    Notes:

    Following info from Leon Wilde's Genealogical Research Website:

    In 1777, in Charles Co., VA, Samuel was on county-wide militia list (listing able-bodied men 16-50 years) as private in Henry Clarkson’s Company of militia, 12th Bttn, published in Clements & Wright “Maryland Militia of the Revolutionary War.”
    1778 - Charles Co. MD. Samuel Dent not in 1778 constables' lists, and not in Co. oath of fidelity lists of men 18 and up.
    Virginia courthouse records show Samuel was in Henry and Franklin Co. Virginia from about 1782. He probably moved there in 1786-87.
    1781-82 - Samuel Dent on 18 Aug 1781 to receive 18s each from the western shore treasurer "of the money appropriated for the present Campaign for rations."
    1787 - By this time Samuel had moved his family from Charles Co. MD to the Snow Creek area of Franklin Co. VA.. Bought 150 acres of land.
    1791 - Married Martha Harris, possibly in Henry Co. VA
    1795 - Moved to Madison Co. KY
    Samuel sold his 150 acres on Reedy Creek (NC) in 1795 to John Dent (possible brother), and by 1796, both Samuel and his father-in-law Henry Harris, were living in Madison Co., Ky. and were listed on the annual tax list.
    1818 - Went to Franklin Co., MO and received a land grant in 1818.
    Samuel is listed in the 1810 census for Madison Co., Ky., but in 1817 once again sold land, this time 118 acres on Drowning Creek in Madison Co., KY. A year later Samuel was granted land, on Aug. 26, 1818, in Franklin Co., MO. (SE Qtr. of Sec 5, Twp. 43, Range 1 W, and the NE Qtr. of Sec 6, same Twp. and Range.) Krakow area.
    Settled and owned property at what is now Krakow, MO. Purchased more land in 1831 and 1835.
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    Early land entries – Franklin Co. MO
    Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
    Transcribed by: Barb Z. © 2009
    August 26, 1818-  Samuel Dent, southeast quarter of Section 5, Township 43, Range 1 west, and the northeast quarter of Section 6, same township and  range; 
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    Deed made 6th day of August, 1827, between Samuel Dent and his wife Patsy and Baley Dent for the sum of $1

    The western half of the north east quarter of section six in township forty three or range one west.

    Patsy signed with her mark.

    Entered and recorded 6 August, 1827, Hurt, J.P. and Owens, Clerk

    Deeded land is northwest of Krakow.


    Deed made 6th day of August, 1827, between Samuel Dent and his wife Patsy and Ephriam Strickland for the sum of $250

    The eastern half of the north east quarter of section six in township forty three of range one west.

    Patsy signed with her mark.

    Entered and recorded 6 August, 1827, Armstrong Hurt, J.P. and Wm. G. Owens, Clerk in Book A, page 383 ff.

    Deeded land is northwest of Krakow.}


    This info from a book named PIONEER TIMES/July 1966 Vol. 10., NO 3
    THE FAMILY OF SAMUEL DENT 1755-1834
    Bonds and Administrations of Franklin Co., MO. 1836 - 1847 list Patsy Dent, Dec'd. Administrator of her estate was Robert Beatty, son-in-law, and husband of daughter, Lavinia. Securities were Thomas McCalister/ McAlister and Masters Campbell. This document was dated 10 Feb. 1842 and recorded 3 March 1842. Patsy Dent died intestate in Franklin Co., MO. Robert Beatty, son-in-law, was the administrator of her estate in records dated 10 Feb. 1842 (book A p. 230). Her personal property was sold 25 Feb. 1842. Some purchasers included: F. Regle, M. Closemore, Wm. Neidermire, James Parks, John Williams, John Barrett/Bassett, G. Stumper, D. Johnson, Wm. Quesenberry, C. Dimler, R. Beatty, F. Dearking/Dearling, Wm. Holtmire, H. Sickendick, Lewis Cox, Samuel Cahill, Richard Clark, C. Lesker, John River, E. B. Stricklen/Strickland, F. G. Mosley, H. Kahmann, J. T. Gregory, Thomas G. Childers, H. Otty, H. Longumback, J. T. Gregory, F. Beckmann, G. Lay, and a couple of others.

    PIONEER TIMES, July 1966 Vol. 10., NO 3
    THE FAMILY OF SAMUEL DENT 1755-1834
    Samuel Dent, according to census records, was born circa 1755, although his birthplace and his family ties have not been determined. Many Dent families settled originally in Maryland during the late 1600s and early 1700s. Some of these Dents are said to have emigrated from Yorkshire, England. Records in the Maryland Archives list a Revolutionary War service record of one Samuel Dent, of Capt. Clarkson's Company in the Charles Co., MD militia. Many of the Maryland Dents moved westward into neighboring Virginia. Courthouse records list a Samuel Dent in Henry and Franklin (formed 1786 from portions of Henry and Bedford) Counties, from about 1782, as the name appeared on a petition of inhabitants requesting that the county be divided and again on a land record in 1787. Oaths of Allegiance were recorded for Peter Dent and John Dent in 1777 in Bedford Co., Va. Samuel Dent married MARTHA (PATSY) HARRIS, daughter of Revolutionary War Soldier, HENRY HARRIS and ANNIE BIRD/BYRD of that same area, although the Harrises had lived in pre-revolutionary war days in Orange Co. and possibly in Albermarle Co. Patsy Harris Dent was born 23 May 1770. Samuel Dent sold his 150 acres on reedy Creek in 1795 to John Dent, and by 1796, both Samuel Dent and Henry Harris were living in Madison Co., KY., and were listed on the annual tax list. In 1817, Samuel and Patsy Dent decided to head west and once again sold land, this time, 188 acres on Drowning Creek in Madison Co., KY. (Book M, page 212) A year later, the Dents were over in Franklin Co., MO. Many of the other settlers of Franklin Co., MO were familiar names from KY. About twelve years later, in 1830, Henry Harris, Samuel's father-in-law, being old and infirm, divided and deeded all his Madison Co., KY property to his children and grandchildren. Samuel Dent died in 1834 in Franklin Co., MO. The inventory of his estate was witnessed by John Goode, William Truesdell and C. B. Hinton. Alexander Chambers was executor of the will. The inventory contained notes on H. Fackler, A. Chambers, Samuel Beatty, Dyson Johnson, William Parks, John Harris, Prior Brauly and L. D. Walls. Securities of the estate were William Truesdell and Sion Pritchett.
    (Note: Anthony S. Garrett died in 1855 in Monroe Co., MO. Bailey Dent was a witness. Garrett (1850 census) lived with his grandson, John Truesdell. Perhaps the William Truesdell, mentioned above, was related to him).

    See http://dkwilde.com/Genealogy/Dent/genmain/dent/john1/john2/thos3/saml4_chrono.html for more information about Samuel Dent.

    Place name: https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_franklin.html
    Krakow
    Description:
    A town located on the northern border of Union Township. It is the successor of Henrietta, which was only a short distance to the north, on the southern border of St. Johns Township. Henrietta was named by Peter Haeverle, the only postmaster, for his wife. The post office was established July 15, 1867, and discontinued November 8, 1869. Its place was taken by Krakow, where a post office was established August 11, 1870. The office was discontinued in 1867 or thereabouts to the star mail route between Union and Washington. Krakow, which had many Polish settlers, was named for Krakow, chief city of Galicia, Poland, formerly a province of Austria-Hungary. Krakow is the correct Polish spelling of the city, which usually appears as Krakau in German and Cracow in English. Both Krakow and Henrietta were and still often called St. Gertrude, from St. Gertrude Catholic Church (q.v.) and Cemetery in the same neighborhood. (Postal Guide; COUNTY ATLAS, 1878, 13; HIST. FRANKLIN 342; Kiel's BIOG. DIR., 203-5; Miss Johnson: Charles Cole; Miss Agnes Neider; Rev. R.B. Schuler; E.O. Griese)
    Source:
    Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.

    Birth:
    Date 1760 calculated from census. GENI information gives birth year as 1765.

    Residence:
    Moved from Chas Co. MD to Snow Creek area of VA

    Census:
    Head of household, with family

    PURC:
    southeast quarter of Section 5, Township 43, Range 1 west, and the northeast quarter of Section 6, same township and  range

    Census:
    Head of household

    Census:
    Head of household, with family and 12 slaves

    PURC:
    Twp. 43N, R1W

    Died:
    Will in file. Franklin Co., MO

    Buried:
    Valentine Miller Cemetery or nearby that area

    Samuel married Martha “Patsy” Harris about 1791 in Henry Or Franklin Co., VA. Martha (daughter of Henry Harris and Annie Byrd (Bird)) was born on 3 May 1770 in Orange Co., VA; died on 10 Feb 1842 in Franklin Co., MO; was buried in Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Martha “Patsy” Harris was born on 3 May 1770 in Orange Co., VA (daughter of Henry Harris and Annie Byrd (Bird)); died on 10 Feb 1842 in Franklin Co., MO; was buried in Franklin Co., MO.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1840, St. John Co., Franklin Co., MO

    Notes:

    Daughter of Henry Harris (1742-1833) and Annie (Byrd) Harris (1740-1816)

    Bonds and Administrations of Franklin Co., MO. 1836 - 1847 list Patsy Dent, Dec'd. Administrator of her estate was Robert Beatty, son-in-law, and husband of daughter, Lavinia. Securities were Thomas McCalister/ McAlister and Masters Campbell. This document was dated 10 Feb. 1842 and recorded 3 March 1842.

    Patsy Dent died intestate in Franklin Co., MO. Robert Beatty, son-in-law, was the administrator of her estate in records dated 10 Feb. 1842 (book A p. 230). Her personal property was sold 25 Feb. 1842. Some purchasers included: F. Regle, M. Closemore, Wm. Neidermire, James Parks, John Williams, John Barrett/Bassett, G. Stumper, D. Johnson, Wm. Quesenberry, C. Dimler, R. Beatty, F. Dearking/Dearling, Wm. Holtmire, H. Sickendick, Lewis Cox, Samuel Cahill, Richard Clark, C. Lesker, John River, E. B. Stricklen/Strickland, F. G. Mosley, H. Kahmann, J. T. Gregory, Thomas G. Childers, H. Otty, H. Longumback, J. T. Gregory, F. Beckmann, G. Lay, and a couple of others.

    Children:

    Bailey Dent (1794-1870), m. Rebecca Harris
    Winnie Anne Dent (1795-____), m. Jesse Park(s)
    Josiah Dent (1800-1875), m. Mary "Polly" Jamison
    Henry Dent (1801c-____), m. Lavice Williams
    Ollie Dent (1802c-____), m. James Park(s)
    Lavina Dent (1804c-1873), m. Robert Beatty
    Malinda Dent (1810c-____), m. Dyson Johnson.
    Source

    Census:
    Listed in the next household is daughter Olly Parks and children.

    Children:
    1. 7. Winnie Ann Dent was born between 1792-1795 in Franklin Co., VA; died after 1832 in Franklin Co., Boone Twp., MO; was buried in Franklin Co., MO.
    2. Bailey Dent was born on 5 Dec 1794 in Franklin Co., VA; died after 1870 in Randolph Co., MO.
    3. Olive (Olly) Dent was born about 1800-1802 in KY; died after 1850 in Franklin Co., Boone Twp., MO.
    4. Josiah Dent was born on 4 Feb 1800 in Madison Co., KY; died on 9 Nov 1875 in Hickory Co., MO; was buried in Cross Timbers, Hickory Co. MO.
    5. Henry Dent was born in 1801/02 in Madison Co., KY; died before 1860 in St. Clair, Franklin Co., MO.
    6. Lavina Dent was born in 1804 in Madison Co., KY; died in 1873 in Livingston Co., MO; was buried in Mooresville, Livingston Co., MO.
    7. Malinda Dent was born on 6 Apr 1814 in Madison Co., KY; died on 13 Nov 1897 in Franklin Co., MO.


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