Eli Bailey Park

Other Events and Attributes:

• HIST: Place name: Stanton Description: A small mining community in the east central part of Meramec Township. It is the successor to a vanished town on a site a short distance to the south, originally called Reedville. Reedville was named for its founder, Dr. Silas Reed, a physician who was born in Ohio in 1810. He came out to Franklin County and became surveyor for Missouri. When the post office was established at Reedville on July 25, 1856, he was its only postmaster. A few months later in the same year, Dr. Reed discovered a very rich copper deposit nearby in the southern part of Meramec Township. These were given the name of the Stanton Copper Mines, for John Stanton, an Eastern man who had come out to Missouri and was proprietor of a powder mill in the vicinity. John Stanton had died a few years earlier, about 1850. On November 11, 1856, the name and location of the post office was changed to Stanton Copper Mines. August Wengler was the first postmaster, and was succeeded by Dr. Silas Reed. The first mine was opened in 1860 and the yield proved abundant. From 1865 to 1867 the town was one of the most flourishing in Franklin County. By 1868, however, deterioration set in, and the population steadily dwindled. In 1920 there was only one person, a renter, living at the former site of Reedville. Meanwhile another community began to grow up a short distance to the north. Charles Gallaher was the first white person to settle there. Bennett Thurmond built the first house in 1866. In 1868 a new town was platted by Theophile Papin, H.W. Leffingwell, R.S. Elliott, Sylvester Papin, and Henry T. Mudd, and given the name of Stanton, shortened from the name of the copper mines. A post office by the name of Stanton was finally established here on August 19, 1880, and has since remained. Also spelled Staunton. (Postal Guide; Davis & Durrie, 364; COUNTY ATLAS 1878, 13, 16; HIST. FRANKLIN, 338-9; Eaton; Kiel's BIOG. DIR., 209; 211; Miss Johnson: Charles Ripley) Source: Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943. Place name: Stanton Copper Mines Description: See Stanton. Source: Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943. Stanton Description: A small mining community in the east central part of Meramec Township. It is the successor to a vanished town on a site a short distance to the south, originally called Reedville. Reedville was named for its founder, Dr. Silas Reed, a physician who was born in Ohio in 1810. He came out to Franklin County and became surveyor for Missouri. When the post office was established at Reedville on July 25, 1856, he was its only postmaster. A few months later in the same year, Dr. Reed discovered a very rich copper deposit nearby in the southern part of Meramec Township. These were given the name of the Stanton Copper Mines, for John Stanton, an Eastern man who had come out to Missouri and was proprietor of a powder mill in the vicinity. John Stanton had died a few years earlier, about 1850. On November 11, 1856, the name and location of the post office was changed to Stanton Copper Mines. August Wengler was the first postmaster, and was succeeded by Dr. Silas Reed. The first mine was opened in 1860 and the yield proved abundant. From 1865 to 1867 the town was one of the most flourishing in Franklin County. By 1868, however, deterioration set in, and the population steadily dwindled. In 1920 there was only one person, a renter, living at the former site of Reedville. Meanwhile another community began to grow up a short distance to the north. Charles Gallaher was the first white person to settle there. Bennett Thurmond built the first house in 1866. In 1868 a new town was platted by Theophile Papin, H.W. Leffingwell, R.S. Elliott, Sylvester Papin, and Henry T. Mudd, and given the name of Stanton, shortened from the name of the copper mines. A post office by the name of Stanton was finally established here on August 19, 1880, and has since remained. Also spelled Staunton. (Postal Guide; Davis & Durrie, 364; COUNTY ATLAS 1878, 13, 16; HIST. FRANKLIN, 338-9; Eaton; Kiel's BIOG. DIR., 209; 211; Miss Johnson: Charles Ripley) Source: Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943. Place name: Stanton Copper Mines Description: See Stanton. Source: Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943. Description: A small mining community in the east central part of Meramec Township. It is the successor to a vanished town on a site a short distance to the south, originally called Reedville. Reedville was named for its founder, Dr. Silas Reed, a physician who was born in Ohio in 1810. He came out to Franklin County and became surveyor for Missouri. When the post office was established at Reedville on July 25, 1856, he was its only postmaster. A few months later in the same year, Dr. Reed discovered a very rich copper deposit nearby in the southern part of Meramec Township. These were given the name of the Stanton Copper Mines, for John Stanton, an Eastern man who had come out to Missouri and was proprietor of a powder mill in the vicinity. John Stanton had died a few years earlier, about 1850. On November 11, 1856, the name and location of the post office was changed to Stanton Copper Mines. August Wengler was the first postmaster, and was succeeded by Dr. Silas Reed. The first mine was opened in 1860 and the yield proved abundant. From 1865 to 1867 the town was one of the most flourishing in Franklin County. By 1868, however, deterioration set in, and the population steadily dwindled. In 1920 there was only one person, a renter, living at the former site of Reedville. Meanwhile another community began to grow up a short distance to the north. Charles Gallaher was the first white person to settle there. Bennett Thurmond built the first house in 1866. In 1868 a new town was platted by Theophile Papin, H.W. Leffingwell, R.S. Elliott, Sylvester Papin, and Henry T. Mudd, and given the name of Stanton, shortened from the name of the copper mines. A post office by the name of Stanton was finally established here on August 19, 1880, and has since remained. Also spelled Staunton. (Postal Guide; Davis & Durrie, 364; COUNTY ATLAS 1878, 13, 16; HIST. FRANKLIN, 338-9; Eaton; Kiel's BIOG. DIR., 209; 211; Miss Johnson: Charles Ripley) Source: Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943. Place name: Stanton Copper Mines Description: See Stanton. Source: Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.
• MILF: Y
• Occupation: Farmer
• USR1: Bronchial Pneumonia
• Census: 1880, Boone Twp., Franklin Co., MO
• Residence: Apr 1921, Gerald, Franklin Co., MO

Notes:

Elizabeth Boone, daughter of Frank Park, tells the story her grandfather, Eli B. Park, told her as a child how he lost one of his fingers: In a letter dated July 8, 1993, Elizabeth relates:

"It was when he was in the war between the North and South. The war was over, but he had been taken prisoner by the South (and was still being held by them). It was late in the afternoon and he was with a bunch of other prisoners in the back of a wagon. They came to a big corn field which covered many acres. The captain of the North said, 'Some of you fellows get out and gather enough corn and we will stop and build a fire and roast it for supper.' Grandpa and the next guy to him jumped out and he picked up a hatchet out of the wagon to take along. They ran down the rows of corn and when they were out of sight they just kept going. When they got to the end of the field, there was another road. They went across into the woods and tried to hide. After dark they decided to roast some corn to eat.

"Grandpa took out his hatchet, started cutting wood for a fire, but hit his finger and cut it off. It was winter and had it not been so cold he probably would have bled to death, but as it was, his finger froze as it began to bleed and froze it over. About the time this was happening they heard a wagon coming, so they hid under a brush pile until the wagon went by. When it was far enough away they built a fire and roasted the corn and tried to wrap up Grandpa's finger. They walked back the other way until they thought they were over the northern line and then slept until the sun came up. They ran into some of their (northern) men and kept walking and getting a ride on wagons until they got home."

According to Dave Boone, Frank Park’s grandson, his grandfather told the following stories about Eli:

“Eli went to a neighbor’s farm to visit and found two brothers about to kill one of their cousins. He took a singletree and knocked them out and stopped the fight. Later they did kill the cousin and put the blame on Eli. Eli had to hide out in the woods because the sheriff had people watching the house. Eli’s mother would hang a colored towel in the window if it was not safe to come in and get food, and a white towel if it was safe. He hid several weeks until someone told who really killed the cousin.

“When Eli was plowing by the river, three men came and asked to borrow his mule to cross the river. He refused, but offered to take them across one at a time. He took the first one over and when he went back the other two said they would take the mule away from him anyway. There was a fight and he whipped them both and they had to swim the river to get away.

“My grandfather said he (Eli) had a reputation as a fighter and a fiddler.”

12 Dec 1890 Tribune Champion City Items, reports, “Mr. Eli Park is erecting a new house, he says he knows it is set straight East and West because he set it by his corn rows and Otto Gahlough marked off the ground.”

In the year 1905 (Sept 29) the Tribune Champion City Chips reported, “Our famers have nearly completed corn cutting and are preparing to sow wheat. Most of the fodder cut before the rain is reported worthless and some corn is spoiling in the shock. But the ridge farmers should feel sorry for the bottom farmers this season. And in return the bottom farmers should be sorry for the ridge farmers five to one as it has been about five years since the ridge farmers harvested a crop equal to the one they are harvesting at present.”

FAG gives another child to the couple: Charles E. Park.




Eli Park, Pvt. in Company I under Captain Crowe in 26th Regiment of Infantry Volunteers; Enlisted Sept. 21, 1861 at Union, MO. and mustered in Dec. 26, 1861 at Pacific, MO.; Dis (discharged) Nov 21, 1862 at St. Louis, MO.}

Census:
#73, age 32, farmer, with wife and five children

Died:
Informant was Mrs. E.B. Parks of Stanton, Cert. signed by Walter R. Mattox of Sullivan

Buried:
Stanton Cemetery

Eli married Melinda Olive Thompson on 28 Mar 1867 in Franklin Co., MO. Melinda (daughter of John Anderson Thompson and Angeline Park) was born on 30 Mar 1847 in Franklin Co., MO; died on 6 Oct 1930 in Overland, St. Louis Co., MO; was buried on 9 Oct 1930 in Stanton, Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Copy of certificate in file

1. Mary Angeline (Mollie) Park was born on 25 Jan 1868 in Champion City, Boone Twp., Franklin Co., MO; died on 11 Dec 1938 in Stanton, Franklin Co., MO; was buried in Stanton, Franklin Co., MO.
2. John William Spencer (Jack) Park was born on 7 Feb 1869 in Leslie, Franklin Co., MO; died on 2 Apr 1910 in Lutesville, Boliinger Co., MO; was buried on 4 Apr 1910 in Lutesville, Boliinger Co., MO.
3. Virginia Ann (Jenny) Park was born on 11 Nov 1872 in Little Creek, Franklin Co., MO; died on 9 Mar 1954 in Sullivan, Franklin Co., MO; was buried in Gerald, Franklin Co., MO.
4. Mahala Clementine Park was born on 6 Sep 1873; died on 22 May 1925 in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., MO.
5. Elviney Elizabeth (Viney) Park was born on 26 Sep 1876; died on 30 Sep 1877.
6. James Alfred Park was born on 6 May 1877 in Leslie, Franklin Co., MO; died on 24 Nov 1942 in Stanton, Franklin Co., MO; was buried on 27 Nov 1942 in Stanton, Franklin Co., MO.
7. Baby (J .H.?) Park was born on 2 Mar 1879; died on 20 Apr 1879.
8. Sarah Elizabeth Park was born on 16 Oct 1880; died on 20 May 1925 in Farmington, MO.
9. Eli Oscar Grover Park was born on 7 Aug 1884 in Gerald, Franklin Co., MO; died on 25 Nov 1952 in Kankakee, Kankakee Co., IL; was buried on 29 Nov 1952 in Kankakee, Kankakee Co., IL.
10. David Franklin (Frank) Park was born on 13 Jun 1886 in Champion City, Franklin Co., MO; died on 21 Nov 1976 in Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., TX; was buried in Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., TX.
11. Malinda Ella (Ella Mae) Park was born on 24 Apr 1888 in MO; died on 19 Mar 1969 in Creve Coeur, St. Louis Co., MO; was buried in Bridgeton, St. Louis Co., MO.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• PURC: 1848, Franklin Co., MO
• Census: 1850, Franklin Co., MO

Notes:

Served as administrator for Jesse Park’s estate, and for his son James’ estate.

“This deed made and entered into this twenty fifth day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty nine between William Park and Polly (Cromer) his wife, of the County of Franklin and State of Missouri, parties of the first part, and Ira Vallentine, James Parsons, and Peyton D. Sawyers, trustees of the Church of Christ upon the Burbois river, parties of the second part, Witnesseth that the said William Park and Polly his wife parties of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of five dollars to have in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, does this day bargain grant sell convey and confirm unto the said parties of the second part and to their succession in said office forever, the following described parcel or tract of land, being and situated in the County of Franklin and State of Missouri on the west side of Little Creek, one acre of land to include the meeting house built by said Church and neighbors, it being an undivided part of the North east quarter of the North____qtr? of section No. fourteen, township No. 42 of range No. 3 west, together with all and singular the appertenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining. To have and to hold the above described premises unto the said parties of the second part and their successors in said office forever and the said party o unto the said party of the second part and their successors in office against the claims or claim of all and any person or persons whomsoever do and will warrant and____forever defend by these presents. In witness whereof the said William Park and Polly his wife parties of the first part have herewith set their hands and seals the day and year first above written. “ Martin L. G. Crowe, J.P.

Polly signed with her mark.
Filed 13 Aug 18__, Recorded 19 Jan 1851


Place name: https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_franklin.html
Meramec Cavern
Description:
A cave in the southern part of Meramec Township, near Meramec River. Earlier known as Saltpeter Cave. Gunpowder was made here during the Civil War from saltpetre found in this cave. In 1933 Mr. Dill adopted the name Meramec Cavern because the cave was near the Meramec River. (HIST. FRANKLIN, 212-13; Miss Johnson; Charles Ripley; Benton Dill; Stephen Sullivan)
Source:
Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.

Place name:
Meramec Hills
Description:
A resort and former post office in the northwest part of Calvey Township. It was established as a post office during 1887 under the name Mackie and discontinued in 1896. It was probably named for James Mackie, a Scotchman, who was its only postmaster. The place was also called Frisco Heights, as it was located on the Frisco Railroad between Robertsville and Moselle, south of the Meramec River. Morley was the earliest name of the switch on the Frisco Railroad at this place. Morley was named for a man in St. Louis who tried to build a town here. The name Shewell replaced Frisco Heights when Mrs. C.F. Shewell bought the land on the hill after the post office had been discontinued. The new name was given in her honor. The name Meramec Hills replaced the name Shewell when Charles Halsworth bought the land from Mrs. Shewell and made the resort. Cf. above. It no longer exists. However, in 1925, Kiel says the switch was still called Shewell. (Postal Guide; HIST. FRANKLIN, 342; Kiel's BIOG. DIR., 194, 205 & map; Miss Johnson: Miss Martha May Wood; G.B. Zumwaldt)
Source:
Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.

Place name:
Meramec Mine
Description:
A mine north of Silver Lead Mine in Prairie Township. The earliest name was Buskett Mine, for John Buskett, who operated it. The later name Meramec Mine, or the Meramec Mines, was given for its location on the Meramec River. According to the Washington Library Records, a disastrous fire occurred at the mines on July 1, 1901, causing a loss of about $50,000. (Washington Library Records; Miss Johnson: E.H. Hoff)
Source:
Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.

Place name:
Meramec Mines
Description:
See Meramec Mine.
Source:
Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.

Place name:
Meramec River
Description:
This "large, crooked, and beautiful stream," as it has been called, is the most important river in Franklin County, and is also one of the oldest names in the region. It rises in the northeast part of Crawford County, enters Franklin near the center of the southern border of Meramec Township, and flows in a generally northeast direction across the county, continuing as the boundary line between St. Louis and Jefferson Counties till it empties into the Mississippi River. The name is usually interpreted as an Indian word meaning "catfish," and this etymology is supported by Hodge and Gannett. Mr. Bert Lowenstein, however, writing in the St. Louis POST-DISPATCH for September 10, 1938, disagrees, and gives by far the best and most detailed history of the name Meramec. He writes that Joliet and Marquette were probably the first Europeans to pass the mouth of the Meramec; for although they make no mention of the river in their account of the voyage down the Mississippi River to the mouth of the Arkansas River, Father Marquette notes the location of the "Maroa" tribe in the country of the Illinois. The Recollect missionary, Father Membre, who accompanied the La Salle and De Tonty expedition, writes of "the village of the Tamaroas on the east bank, about six leagues below the River of the Osages." La Salle, De Tonty, Fathers Joutel, Marest, Pinet, and other missionaries mention the "Tamaroas" or "Maroas" and their villages, which they locate "ten leagues below the River of Illinois," or six miles below the mouth of the Pekitanoui," the river of the "Missouries." The first historical notice of the river is found in the account of a voyage by Father James Gravier in the year 1700. He wrote: "We discovered the river Mearamigoua where a rich lead mine is situated." Penicaut, a member of Le Seur's mineralogical expedition mentions it in 1700, "one finds a small stream called the Meramecsipy." In 1702 De Iberville applied to the French Government for the exclusive privilege to work the lead mines on the Riviere Maramecquisipi. The Sieur La Renaudiere explored the region in 1723 and wrote an "Account of the mines of M. de la Motte and M. de Maramet." In May, 1723, Dixon D' Artaguiette wrote, "About one o'clock M. Renault, director of the mines, arrived here from the Meramec Mines." On June 14, 1723, Pierre Duque de Boisbriant and Marc Antoine de La Laire des Ursin, Intendant, granted to Renault a league and a half of ground upon the "Little Merameig" and in the "river Mearmeig." The "Maroa," the Indian tribe whose villages were nearest to the river's mouth, seems to be the origin of the word according to Mr. Lowenstein. The second syllable "mec," "mac," "meg," or "meq" is a term common among the Algonquin tribes. It apparently signifies a branch river or small stream as opposed to "missi," "mitche" meaning great. The name also appears as Merramec River. The many spellings would naturally result from the difficulty of settlers with the original name. (Wetmore; Gannett, 205; Houck, HIST. MISSOURI I, 281; COM. ATLAS, 229; John E. Rothensteines, MHR XX, 200, EARLIEST HISTORY OF MINE LA MOTTE"; Bert Lowenstein, St. Louis POST DISPATCH, Sept. 10, 1938; Miss O'Brien's thesis; Miss Welty's thesis)
Source:
Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.

Place name:
Meramec State Park
Description:
A famous area of great natural beauty in the southern part of Meramec Township. In 1928 the state bought this 7,124-acre tract for the fish and game department, made it into a state park and named it for the Meramec River, which flows through the park. There are more than twenty caverns in this park. A CCC camp is now located here. (Schultz, 14; Miss Johnson: Benton Dill; Stephen Sullivan)
Source:
Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.

PURC:
NE qtr of NW qtr of Twp.42, Sec 14, R3W (40 acres)

Census:
#206 Listed with wife Mary, three of Polly Stites’ children, and Eli, Nancy A. and Ebenezer

Buried:
Probably Little Creek Cemetery

William married Mary (Polly) Cromer on 21 Dec 1843 in Franklin Co., MO. Mary (daughter of Martin Cromer and Malvina Franziska Kellenbach) was born on 23 Nov 1821 in IN; died on 31 Dec 1864 in Franklin Co., MO; was buried in MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Birthplace is according to the 1900 Census

Buried:
Little Creek Cemetery (probably)

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]

Notes:

Buried:
Valentine-Armstrong Family Cemetery (probably)

Martin + Malvina Franziska Kellenbach. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

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

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]

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.