Rebecca Burns
F, #3126
Last Edited | 15 August 2023 |
Benjamin Cunningham
M, #3128
Parents
Mary Cunningham
F, #3129
Parents
Ruth Cunningham
F, #3130
Parents
Hugh B. Cunningham
M, #3131, b. 1708, d. 1789
There are two Hugh Cunninghams.
Son of James Cunningham and Margaret Graves, born about 1713 and Hugh B. Cunningham born about 1708, son of Alexander Cunningham and Rebecca Burns. And maybe neither of them are the person who died at Blue Licks.
Parents
Birth | 1708 | In Dublin, Ireland.1 |
Death | 1789 | At age ~81 in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.1 |
Misc | | Children. Children of HUGH CUNNINGHAM and NANCY O'NEIL are: i. MARY7 CUNNINGHAM, b. 1729. ii. ADAM CUNNINGHAM, b. March 18, 1744/45; d. 1797, Ritches Co West VA; m. RACHEL MORGAN; b. S. Branch Potmac River VA. iii. EPHRAIM CUNNINGHAM, b. 1732. iv. BENJAMIN CUNNINGHAM, b. 1734. v. JOSEPH CUNNINGHAM, b. 1735. vi. WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, b. 1736. vii. RACHEL CUNNINGHAM, b. 1738. viii. DORCAS CUNNINGHAM, b. 1740. ix. ELIZABETH CUNNINGHAM, b. 1741 |
Misc | 1728 | Married Nancy O'Neill (Irish.)2 |
Citations
- [S4248] "Descendants of ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM." Myhubbardmtn http://www.myhubbardmtn.com/family htm/family/cunningham 6-3-08.htm. Downloaded 15 Aug. 2023., See PDF:
Descendants of ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM -myhubbardmtn.com.pdf - [S4414] Kendall, N. F. (1942). History and Genealogy, Kendalls, Cunninghams, Snodgrasses .... United States: Grafton sentinel publishing Company. Downloaded from familysearch 9/20/2023
Robert Cunningham
M, #3132, b. 1713, d. 1784
Parents
Birth | 17131 | |
Death | 1784 | At age ~71 in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States.1 |
Misc | 1734 | Married Catharine Sinnett (Irish.)2 |
Last Edited | 20 September 2023 |
Citations
- [S4248] "Descendants of ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM." Myhubbardmtn http://www.myhubbardmtn.com/family htm/family/cunningham 6-3-08.htm. Downloaded 15 Aug. 2023., See PDF:
Descendants of ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM -myhubbardmtn.com.pdf - [S4414] Kendall, N. F. (1942). History and Genealogy, Kendalls, Cunninghams, Snodgrasses .... United States: Grafton sentinel publishing Company. Downloaded from familysearch 9/20/2023
Joseph Cunningham
M, #3133, b. between 1717 and 1721, d. 1789
Parents
Birth | between 1717 and 17211 | |
Death | 17891 | |
Misc | 1743 | Married Elizabeth Harris (Scotch).2 |
Last Edited | 20 September 2023 |
Citations
- [S4248] "Descendants of ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM." Myhubbardmtn http://www.myhubbardmtn.com/family htm/family/cunningham 6-3-08.htm. Downloaded 15 Aug. 2023., See PDF:
Descendants of ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM -myhubbardmtn.com.pdf - [S4414] Kendall, N. F. (1942). History and Genealogy, Kendalls, Cunninghams, Snodgrasses .... United States: Grafton sentinel publishing Company. Downloaded from familysearch 9/20/2023
David Cunningham
M, #3134, b. 1721, d. 31 December 1799
David Cunningham was born 1721 in Ireland, and died December 31, 1799 in Dent's Run VA. He married Angeline Wilson 1751 in Belfast Ireland. Rev David Cunningham emmigrated from Dublin Ireland in 1752 and became a Revolutionary Soldier in Capt Cunningham's CO. David was converted to Methodism by the great evangelist John Westley.
Influenced by John Wesley he entered the ministry after the Revolutionary War and returned to Culpepper VA. He died while holding a religous meeting in Dent's Run, VA with William Kendall. Rev Kendall tied his body to his horse and reutrned him to his family in Culpepper.
Parents
Birth | 1721 | In Ireland.1 |
Death | 31 December 1799 | At age ~78 in Dent's Run, Virginia, United States.1 |
Misc | 1751 | Angeline Wilson in Belfast.2 |
Last Edited | 20 September 2023 |
Citations
- [S4248] "Descendants of ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM." Myhubbardmtn http://www.myhubbardmtn.com/family htm/family/cunningham 6-3-08.htm. Downloaded 15 Aug. 2023., See PDF:
Descendants of ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM -myhubbardmtn.com.pdf - [S4414] Kendall, N. F. (1942). History and Genealogy, Kendalls, Cunninghams, Snodgrasses .... United States: Grafton sentinel publishing Company. Downloaded from familysearch 9/20/2023
James Cunningham
M, #3135, b. about 1717
Parents
Last Edited | 15 August 2023 |
Citations
- [S4248] "Descendants of ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM." Myhubbardmtn http://www.myhubbardmtn.com/family htm/family/cunningham 6-3-08.htm. Downloaded 15 Aug. 2023., See PDF:
Descendants of ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM -myhubbardmtn.com.pdf
Alexander Cunningham
M, #3136, b. about 1727
Parents
Last Edited | 15 August 2023 |
Citations
- [S4248] "Descendants of ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM." Myhubbardmtn http://www.myhubbardmtn.com/family htm/family/cunningham 6-3-08.htm. Downloaded 15 Aug. 2023., See PDF:
Descendants of ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM -myhubbardmtn.com.pdf
Esther Wells
F, #3137, b. 1750, d. about 17 January 1834
Birth | 1750 | In Virginia, British America. |
Marriage1 | | |
Death | about 17 January 1834 | In Stanford, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States.2 |
Last Edited | 5 September 2023 |
Citations
- [S2361] The Daughertys. The Advocate Messenger, Danville, Kentucky, Sept 4, 2005, page D2. newspapers.com. Accessed 9/19/2022, See image file:
The Daughertys - The_Advocate_Messenger_Sun__Sep_4__2005_OCR.pdf
- [S4308] "Esther (Wells) Daugherty (abt.1755-abt.1834)." WikiTree FREE Family Tree https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wells-17011. Accessed 5 Sep. 2023.
Charles Daugherty
M, #3138, b. 17 April 1767, d. October 1821
Parents
Birth | 17 April 1767 | In Campbell County, Virginia, British America. |
Marriage | 24 January 1797 | In Lincoln, Kentucky, United States.1,2,3 |
Death | October 1821 | At age 54 in Franklin, Illinois, United States. |
Misc | | Children - many more than those listed. |
Last Edited | 16 August 2023 |
Citations
- [S4249] "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797." 1954 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1D-Y3TX. Accessed 15 Aug. 2023.
- [S4250] "Ancestry.com." Kentucky pioneer and court records https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/28676/images/dvm_LocHist012437-00058-1?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 15 Aug. 2023.
- [S2208] "Kentucky Probate Records, 1727-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GP3K-9B2L?cc=1875188&wc=MMY3-MVD : 20 May 2014), > image 48 of 153; county courthouses, Kentucky., Image attached

John Daugherty
M, #3139, b. 1797, d. 1866
Parents
Birth | 1797 | |
Death | 1866 | At age ~69. |
Last Edited | 16 August 2023 |
Charles Daugherty
M, #3140, b. 1804, d. 1878
Parents
Birth | 1804 | |
Death | 1878 | At age ~74. |
Last Edited | 16 August 2023 |
Mary Clark
F, #3142, b. 11 July 1720, d. before 1786
There is little evidence of anything in her life including her maiden name.
Birth | 11 July 1720 | In Lagan Valley, County Donegal, Ireland.1 |
Marriage | about 1737 | In Virginia, British America.2,3 |
Death | before 1786 | In Montgomery, Virginia, United States. Findagrave says 1796 in Montgomery County, Virginia. So why do I have "before 1786"? and are either correct?1 |
Immigration | 1738 | Philadelphia, Chester, Pennsylvania, British America.1 |
Citations
- [S5384] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/269146992/mary-daugherty: accessed May 18, 2024), memorial page for Mary Clark Daugherty (11 Jul 1720–1796), Find a Grave Memorial ID 269146992, citing Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Winchester City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Sandy Enlow (contributor 48943507)., The child list is not the same as I have. I do not have a Judith and her list does not have a Joseph or William.
- [S2525] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186456224/michael-o'dochartaigh_(daugherty): accessed 22 October 2022), memorial page for Michael “Mor” O'Dochartaigh (Daugherty) Sr. (1690–13 Oct 1761), Find a Grave Memorial ID 186456224, citing Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fishersville, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by RebeccaSue Daugherty (contributor 47328724) ., How much of this is in the letter written in 1882? Is there another letter written by James Daugherty Magill. See the other source...
- [S2236] Daughertys Came from Irleland. The Advocate Messenger, Danville, Kentucky Aug 28, 2005, page 30. newspapers.com. Accessed 9/19/2022, See Media:
Daughertys Came from Ireland - The_Advocate_Messenger_Sun__Aug_28__2005_OCR.pdf
Abraham Henry Childers
M, #3143, b. 1738, d. 20 September 1813

Childers Abraham Henry b1738 headshot
Parents
Daughter | Candicia ("Dicey") Childers (b. about 1750, d. 1804) |
Son | Abraham Childers (b. 15 November 1750, d. 6 May 1849) |
Son | John Childers (b. 1755, d. 1834) |
Son | Goolsby Childers (b. 1 January 1757, d. 25 May 1842) |
Son | Mosby Childers (b. 1759, d. 3 August 1843) |
Son | Pleasant Childers+ (b. about 1761, d. 25 April 1839) |
Son | Robert Childers (b. 1762, d. 1831) |
Son | Solomon Childers (b. 1766, d. 25 May 1838) |
Son | Henry Childers (b. 1767, d. 1852) |
Son | Joseph Childers (b. 1769, d. 1869) |
Son | William Childress (b. 1772, d. 25 January 1855) |
Daughter | Lucrecia Childers (b. 1772, d. 1796) |
Daughter | Sarah Childers (b. 1774, d. 1850) |
Son | Joshua Childers (b. 1777, d. 1856) |
Son | Thomas Goolsby Childers (b. 1782, d. 21 December 1856) |
Daughter | Elizabeth ("Betsy") Childers (b. 1786, d. 1810) |
Birth | 1738 | In Amherst County, Virginia, British America.1,2 |
Marriage | about 1756 | In Virginia, British America.3,1,2,4,5 |
Death | 20 September 1813 | At age ~75 in Garrard County, Kentucky, United States.1,2 |
Misc | | Wife is a Goolsby. "Henry" was apparently Abraham Henry Childers... DNA says I am descended from her father Thomas Goolsby. End of discussion.
http://genforum.genealogy.com/childers/messages/1413
it appears certain that those who show that an Abraham Childer/Childress married a Susannah Goolsby are mistaken.It was actually Henry Childers who married Susannah Goolsby. Per a follow-up post to the above post, the referenced Abraham Childers/Childress actually married the widow Mrs. Susannah (Lax) Childers/Childress (a daughter of a Thomas Lax).When she married Abraham, she already had the married name of "Childress," and the author of the referenced follow-up post believes that her first/earlier Childers/Childress husband MAY have been a Benjamin Childers/Childress (albeit, no apparent proof).
I have seen what appears to be a well-researched file on the children of Henry Childers and Susannah Goolsby, and while a son named Goolsby Childers is included, no son named Pleasant Childers in mentioned.As such, was Pleasant Childers/Childress a son of Abraham Childers/Childress as many show....or perhaps instead a son of the first Childress husband of Susannah Lax (and maybe Abraham became the step-father of Pleasant Childers/Childress when he became Susannah's second husband)?Was that Abraham Childers/Childress also married before he married the widow Mrs. Susannah (Lax) Childress?Finally, is it possible that Pleasant Childers/Childress was a son of Henry Childers and Susannah Goolsby, and some researchers have simply "missed" that particular son via that couple?
Next post: CORRECION:The father of Susannah Lax was apparently William Lax (not Thomas Lax).Sorry for the error.William Lax left his Will in 1778, and his daughter Mrs. Susannah (Lax) Childress married second to Abraham Childers/Childress in 1781, as I recall. |
Misc | | Ancestor of Barack Obama. Abraham Childers/Childress -> Robert Childers -> John Philip Childers -> John Milton Childress -> Nancy Ann Childress (1848-1924) -> Harry Ellington Armour -> Ralph Waldo Emerson Dunham -> Stanley Armour Dunham -> Stanley Ann Dunham (1942-1995)mother of Barack Hussein Obama Jr |
Misc | | DNA Matches - spectacular. 6/8/2024 Scott's DNA as Samuel Anderson Abraham Childers b1738 99 matches on siblings Selections 2 parents Candacia Dicey Hash? 40 matches 2 I tried are Abraham and Susannah... BORING! but William 5 matches comes up only Abraham Childers Joshua both Lucrecia both |
Misc | | Too many children. I have too many children in my list. Which do not belong to this family? Do I believe WikiTree? |
Property | 27 August 1756 | Deed on 27 August 1756 in Henrico County, Virginia, British America.6 |
Residence | 1782 | In Halifax, Virginia, British America.7 |
Residence | 1810 | In Floyd, Floyd, Kentucky, United States. Possible, but family looks strange. Whose young children are these?8 |
Last Edited | 4 October 2024 |
Citations
- [S4523] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/237104975/abraham-henry-childress: accessed 08 October 2023), memorial page for Abraham Henry Childress (1738–20 Sep 1813), Find a Grave Memorial ID 237104975; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Undisclosed Michigander (contributor 50929222).
- [S5932] "Abraham Henry Childers III (1729-1813)." WikiTree FREE Family Tree https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Childers-1671. Accessed 18 Jul. 2024., See PDF:
Childers Abraham Henry (1729-1813) WikiTree.pdf
- [S5165] "Henry Childress in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560." 1900 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/230459:7836?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
- [S5935] Woods, E. (1901). Albemarle County in Virginia: . United States: Michie Company, printers. Downloaded from archive.org 7/19/2024.
- [S6851] "Abraham Childress in the Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785." 1940 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/497836:60214?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 4 Oct. 2024., This marriage date makes no sense! Must be some other Susannah and Abraham Childress.
- [S5976] "The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers, Vol. II." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/48236/images/ValentinePapersII-007620-1032?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 22 Jul. 2024., There are more similar ones of the Childers family.
- [S6852] "Abraham Childress in the Virginia, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1800." 1890 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/33019337:3578?indiv=try&h&_phsrc=DmN453&db. Accessed 4 Oct. 2024.
- [S5164] "Household of Abraham Childers, 'United States Census, 1810'." Familysearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:1TXN-2R3. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024., This is not likely them... More likely his son Abraham? Who are these young children?
Males
2 under 10
2 10-15
2 45 & over
Females
2 under 10
1 10-15
1 45 & over
James Daugherty
M, #3144, b. about 1737, d. before 17 December 1812
It is not clear if Michael and Mary Clark had a son named James and if they did, when and where he was born or anything else for sure about him. I'm leaving this for others...
Some notes:
There is a mixup between James Daugherty b1737 son of Michael and Mary Clark and James Daugherty b1747 son of Charles and Rebecca Cunningham... This is copied for both James Daugherty...
James Daugherty b1747 son of Charles D. and Rebecca Cunningham...
I have... He married (1) UNK in 1776. He married (2) REBECCA
CUNNINGHAM 1764, daughter of WILLIAM MCGILL and JEAN ?. She was born 1750.
[JN I'm assuming Rebecca McGill first married a Cunningham.]
James D b1737 son of Michael D and Mary Clark married a Rebecca Cunningham and their children are known and one has a Cunningham middle name...
Patterson-Magill-Daugherty Pedigree and letter.pdf
This story does not give the parents of James Daugherty but one of the author's grandmotehr was a Cunningham which would fit and a child had a middle name Cunningham.
BUT this family calls itself Magill!
Geneanet tree has the 1747 James son of Charles marrying a Rebecca with a different set of children than the 1737 family.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/7102279606:62476.
Parents
Birth | about 17371 | |
Marriage | about 1763 | In Probably Virginia, British America. There is a mixup between James Daugherty b1737 son of Michael and Mary Clark and James Daugherty b1747 son of Charles and Rebecca Cunningham... This is copied for both James Daugherty...
James Daugherty b1747 son of Charles D. and Rebecca Cunningham... I have... He married (1) UNK in 1776. He married (2) REBECCA CUNNINGHAM 1764, daughter of WILLIAM MCGILL and JEAN ?. She was born 1750. [JN I'm assuming Rebecca McGill first married a Cunningham.]
James D b1737 son of Michael D and Mary Clark married a Rebecca Cunningham and their children are known and one has a Cunningham middle name... Patterson-Magill-Daugherty Pedigree and letter.pdf This story does not give the parents of James Daugherty but one of the author's grandmotehr was a Cunningham which would fit and a child had a middle name Cunningham. BUT this family calls itself Magill!
Geneanet tree has the 1747 James son of Charles marrying a Rebecca with a different set of children than the 1737 family. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/7102279606:624762
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Death | before 17 December 1812 | In Mercer Co., Kentucky, United States.1 |
Military | | DAR Ancestor #: A029943.3 |
Religious Affiliation | | James Daugherty was affiliated with Very religious.2 |
Occupation | | Wheelright.4 |
Misc | | Correct person? The set of children do not match the list in this: Patterson-Magill-Daugherty Pedigree and letter.pdf |
Occupation | 24 May 1791 | Obtained license to practice law. |
Will | 7 July 1812 | In Mercer Co., Kentucky, United States.1 |
Citations
- [S5383] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/263448726/james-daugherty: accessed May 18, 2024), memorial page for James Daugherty (1737–Dec 1812), Find a Grave Memorial ID 263448726; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Charla (Kraft) Perez (contributor 51719899)., See attachments for more about him and his children.


- [S4282] "Patterson-Magill." Daugherty Families of Augusta Co., VA http://ourtexasfamilycom.ipage.com/Longley-Patterson-Campbell/Patterson-Magill-Daugherty-History.html. Accessed and downloaded 1 Sep. 2023., See PDF
Patterson-Magill-Daugherty Pedigree and letter.pdf - [S4283] "DAR Genealogical Research Databases." Services https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/default.cfm?action=full&p_id=A029943. Accessed 2 Sep. 2023.
- [S5382] "William Cunningham (-1780)." WikiTree FREE Family Tree https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cunningham-4429. Accessed 18 May. 2024., Note, the website links are dead.
I cannot find a 1775 will for a James Cunningham
Henry Daugherty
M, #3145, b. 1742
Parents
Birth | 1742 | In Natural Bridge, Rockbridge, VA, British America.1,2 |
Misc | | Married a Jane then Katherine French.1,2 |
Last Edited | 1 September 2023 |
Citations
- [S4277] Genealogies of Kentucky Families: From the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Vol 1. (1981). United States: Genealogical Publishing Company. Accessed 8/31/2023 on ancestry.com, See PDFs of Part I and Part II and IIIThe Doughertys of Kentucky Part I The register of the Kentucky Historical Society - v. 53, no. 183 Apr 1955
The Doughertys of Kentucky Part II and III in Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Vol 54 No 189 1956 - [S4281] "Family of Michael Mor O'Dougherty (b.~1690 Laggan Valley, Donegal Ireland - d.1763 Virginia, U.S.A.)." Family Tree https://fg529.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=fg529&view=0&pid=439&ver=272. Accessed 1 Sep. 2023.
William Daugherty
M, #3146, b. about 1745, d. about 1773
William, who was involved in a debt with Arthur Campbell and Colonel Henry Pauling13 and who died in the summer of 1773.
--The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 53, April, 1955
There seem to be confusions as to various William Daughertys so I'm going to leave it to be solved by his possible descendants. One of them was in Pennsylvania, and this family as far as I know was mostly in Virginia. Plus Scotch-Irish did not seem to go from Virginia to Pennsylvania, but vice versa.
Parents
Birth | about 1745 | In Rockbridge County, Virginia, British America. |
Death | about 17731 | |
Last Edited | 1 October 2023 |
Citations
- [S2360] The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 53, April, 1955, No. 183. https://www.jstor.org/stable/i23374180
John Daugherty
M, #3147, b. 1743, d. 14 February 1828
Capt. JOHN DAUGHERTY, Sr. was born 1743 in Forks of James River, Augusta (now Rockbridge) Co., VA. He married Isabelle Anna Patton BEF 1769 in Augusta Co., VA, daughter of John Patton and Sarah Rogers, sister of James Patton. She was born ABT 1755. (Correction?: Sarah Rogers died in 1752. See Find-A-Grave at #62168992 and John Patton remarried Agnes Snodgrass on 23 March 1754 per Find-A-Grave #62251370 making Isabell the daughter of Agnes--not Sarah.)
The first of the family to go to Kentucky, John moved in 1811 to Indiana. He died on 14 Feb 1828 at Orange Co., IN, and was buried in his field in Sect. 26, Twp. 2 N, Range 1 E, Dugger Ceme., Orange Co. (his wife by his side a few months later, and in due course, their son George and his wife Hannah), in Stamper Creek Primitive Baptist Church, Paoli, IN.
There is a memorial about 4 feet wide. On the west side is Captain John & Isabella's birth and death date and then their children are listed with their wives. All eleven of them. Capt. John's son, Robert b. 1790 and his wife Sarah, and their son Robert S. b. 1818 are also buried there. William b. 1779 and Elizabeth (Betsy Tanner) are buried in the old Dugger Cemetery in Dugger, IN. James Tanner b. 1812 and Amanda Jane (Snyder) are buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, MO.
On the East side on the left is engraved the Dougherty coat of arms....engraved under it is "Original Coat of arms worn by the Lords of Innisowen of Dougherty Castle on Lock Swilley, Donegal Co. Ire. Its meaning: translated ' For My Hereditary Right.' " On the right is an engraving of a castle and under, "Ingraved in stone above the fireplace in main room of the castle: These words: 'Accepted Christianity 652 AD' Our first known ancestor was: Sir Cahir O'Dogherty." It is unknown who placed the memorial or when (Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, pp. 131-132).
In 1774 in Fincastle Co., VA, John Daugherty was a Capt. in the Virginia militia, including a chore of delivering horses prior to the Battle of Point Pleasant on the Ohio River (DAR Patriot Index, by National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. DAR, Washington, DC, 1994, Part I, p. 765).
On 3 May 1774, Fincastle Co., VA, John Daugherty went into court to prove that part of his left ear had been bitten off in an affray. The grand jury, among its members Benjamin Logan who took a colony to Lincoln Co., KY, indicted Isaac Spratt for this act, but also presented John Dougherty for unlawfully quarreling. The Spratts were neighbors who had sold land to John's brother George Daugherty (Annals of Southwest Virginia, by Lewis Preston Summers, p. 624).
Shortly after 7 FEB 1775, JOHN appears to have left Virginia for the Kentucky country, the first of his family to settle there. He and John Wilson settled at Locust Thicket near Danville, KY, having raised a crop of corn there in 1775. In March they made a journey to the Falls of the Ohio "to see the country and make improvements and Entrys." During Indian attacks of 1776, others left to live in a fort, but John Daugherty remained on the disputed land. His near neighbor Archibald McNeil was killed by Indians in 1777; in 1778 Dougherty was Capt. of a militia company (Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 53, 1955, p. 128).
It is unlikely that he brought his family to Locust Thicket until now, but meanwhile he had been acquiring large tracts of land south of Danville. He owned thousands of acres and had Dougherty Station 1.5 miles below Danville on a branch of Clark's Run then known as Dougherty's Creek but now as Balls Branch, near the Wilderness Trace. John built his house on a slight eminence about 200 yards from the confluence of Dougherty's Creek and Clark's Run and it was visible from the Trace. His brother ROBERT lived in the vicinity for several years.
John's brother HENRY followed him to Kentucky permanently within three years, returning to Virginia only to settle the estate of their father, MICHAEL (II) who died in 1789 (Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, p. 128).
On 20 Apr 1776 in Kentucky, JOHN opened an account with Henderson's Transylvania Company. In 1776 he entered land on Goose Creek, near the future site of Louisville, for his brother JOSEPH.
On 27 Oct 1779, Harrodsburg, KY, he appeared in the Virginia Commissioners' land court, and again in Nov, and again on Feb 15 and 16, 1780.
Between 24 Oct and 24 Nov 1782, in Kentucky he led as Capt. a company of 42 men, including his brothers ROBERT and GEORGE, on Clark's expedition following the Blue Licks disaster. The Indians never gave Kentucky any great trouble after this expedition, and the number of settlers increased rapidly.
In 1783, most of the land around Dougherty's Station was being farmed, and a grist mill was built nearby on Dougherty's Creek. John and his brothers JOSEPH and JAMES were the only three Daughertys on the 1783 Lincoln Co. tax list. Between 1784-1785 he continued purchasing land in the Hanging Fork of Dix River area, but evidently by winter he determined move to Jefferson Co. On 2 Mar 1785 he surveyed 1000 acres on Goose Creek, adjoining land he had marked and improved for his brother JOSEPH in 1776 (Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, p. 129; and Kentucky Ancestors, a series, Vol. 28(1), pp. 7, 9, 11).
In 1786, Lincoln Co., KY, he began selling his land in the Danville area at an average of more than a pound per acre.
On 17 Jan 1789, Fayette (now Trimble) Co., KY, he acquired and surveyed 1600 acres on Mill Creek; he now had 4000 acres in the Jefferson Co. area. On 17 Jun 1990, Nelson (now Greene) Co., KY, he acquired and had surveyed 1500 acres on the middle fork of Pitman Creek adjoining James Dozier and John Boss. He sent his sons Michael, about 20, and George, about 17, with James McCullough and Burrell Jackson to make the survey (Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, p. 130).
Between 1790-1793 JOHN was mentioned in a number of Lincoln Co., KY, depositions, and mentioned as "of Lincoln Co." and "of Jefferson Co." on various deeds.
In 1793 JOHN and ISABELLE and their younger children were living in Jefferson Co., KY, on Goose Creek near Louisville, and Michael moved up from Nelson Co. and acquired land on Dougherty's Creek of the Little Kentucky River in Henry (now Trimble) Co., where he remained until his death in 1830.
By 1800 JOHN resided in Jefferson Co., KY, and most of the family, including his brothers HENRY, JOSEPH, and GEORGE and their families, were concentrated in Jefferson or Henry Cos. In 1802, JOHN appointed his son George as agent to sell his Mill Creek land and possibly made his first trip into Indiana Terr., where settlement had begun the previous year.
On 7 Mar 1811, Harrison Co., Indiana Terr., JOHN was appointed Justice of the Peace. Only Michael of his sons remained in KY.
In 1812, Stampers Creek Twp., Orange Co., IN, the family began entering land and most of his sons came to live there; two taught school in log cabins; some operated grist mills; they served in the militia and some had small civil posts, just as in VA and KY. In 1813, John's son-in-law William Charles, Mary's husband, was killed by Indians in one of their last incursions in the area (Register of the KY Historical Society, p. 131).
FamilySearch "Captain John Dougherty." #LMW5-6ZC. Accessed 2 Sep. 2023.
Parents
Birth | 1743 | In Augusta, Virginia, British America. |
Death | 14 February 1828 | At age ~85 in Orange, Indian Territory, United States. |
Misc | | Married Isabella Anna Patton.1 |
Last Edited | 5 September 2023 |
Citations
- [S2360] The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 53, April, 1955, No. 183. https://www.jstor.org/stable/i23374180
Joseph Daugherty
M, #3148, b. Early 1740s, d. after 1830
I can't find records for Joseph Dougherty, but I found information that might help others who want to find out more about Joseph and his family.
Genealogies of Kentucky Families, From The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, James C. Klotter, editor, p. 243.
Joseph Dougherty was born in what is now Rockbridge County,VA in the early 1740's. He married Elizabeth Drake, the widow of William Sayers in what is now Wythe Co., Va November 15, 1781. Was in Kentucky by 1787. They lived in Fayette and Shelby Counties, Kentucky and was alive in 1830. Joseph and Elizabeth had children: Margaret, married Burton Mullikin before May 14, 1807; Eleanor married William Dougherty in Jessamine County, Ky., August 31, 1805; Martha, married Jacob Sodowsky, probably in Jessamine County, before May 14, 1807; Ann, married Shepherd Gum before 1801; Joseph, married Martha White in Shelby County, Ky., December 27, 1817; perhaps Robert, married Sallie Butler in Jessamine County, September 10, 1805; and possibly John and Arthur.
Margaret married Burton Millikin may 14, 1807 (after his first wife Jane died) Jane was daughter of Joseph's older brother Henry.
Eleanor married William Dougherty in Jessamine Co., August 31, 1805
Martha married Jacob Sodowsky probably in Jessamine Co., before May 14, 1807
Ann married Shepherd Gum before 1801
Joseph married Martha White in Shelby Co., Ky December 27, 1817
perhaps Robert married Sallie Butler in Jessamine Co., September 10, 1805
possibly John and Arthur
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~madgenealogist/Daugherty-MajJohn-explorer.html
JOSEPH DAUGHERTY (Michael Daugherty II8, Michael Mor Daugherty I7, Liam O'Dougherty6, Liam O'Dougherty5, Sean O'Dochartaigh4, Conn O'Dochartaigh3, Aodh O'Dochartaigh2, Cornelius O'Dochartaigh1) was born ABT 1745 in now Rockbridge Co., VA, and died AFT 1830 in Shelby Co., KY. He married Elizabeth Drake Sayers 1781 in VA. She was born ABT 1755?
Children of Joseph Daugherty and Elizabeth Drake Sayers are:
35 i. Margaret Daugherty was born ABT 1782 in VA. She married Burton Mullikin BEF 14 MAY 1807 in KY. He was born ABT 1775?
36 ii. Ann Daugherty was born ABT 1783? in VA. She married Shepherd Gum BEF 1801, son of Shepherd Gum Sr. and Elizabeth Ashcraft. He was born ABT 1789 in Nelson Co., KY.
37 iii. Eleanor Daugherty was born ABT 1785? in KY. She married William Daugherty 31 AUG 1805 in Jessamine Co., KY. He was born ABT 1782? in KY.
38 iv. Martha Daugherty was born ABT 1787? in KY. She married Jacob Sadowsky BEF 14 MAY 1807 in Jessamine Co., KY. He was born ABT 1782?
39 v. Robert Daugherty was born ABT 1790? in KY. He married Sallie Butler 10 SEP 1805 in Jessamine Co., KY. She was born ABT 1795?
40 vi. Joseph Daugherty Jr. was born ABT 1792? in KY. He married Martha White 27 DEC 1817 in Shelby Co., KY. She was born ABT 1795?
41 vii. John Daugherty was born ABT 1795? in KY.
42 viii. Arthur Daugherty was born ABT 1797? in KY.
--"Notes for Joseph Dougherty." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/7544850/person/24677412828/media/ef9d6aa5-d0b6-4fc6-bc25-40b6a867d8d0?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 1 Oct. 2023.
Parents
Birth | Early 1740s | In Rockbridge County, Virginia, British North America.1 |
Death | after 1830 | In Shelby County, Kentucky, United States.2,1 |
Misc | 15 November 1781 | Married Elizabeth Drake, widow of William Sayers in Wyeth Co., Virginia, United States.3,2,1 |
Last Edited | 1 October 2023 |
Citations
- [S4280] "Family of Michael Mor O'Dougherty (b.~1690 Laggan Valley, Donegal Ireland - d.1763 Virginia, U.S.A.)." Family Tree https://fg529.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=fg529&view=0&pid=430&ver=272. Accessed 1 Sep. 2023., See Daugherty Michael b1714 - Family Tree tribal pages.pdf
- [S4466] "Notes for Joseph Dougherty." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/7544850/person/24677412828/media/ef9d6aa5-d0b6-4fc6-bc25-40b6a867d8d0?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 1 Oct. 2023.
- [S2360] The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 53, April, 1955, No. 183. https://www.jstor.org/stable/i23374180
Michael Daugherty, III
M, #3149, b. about 1747, d. 11 June 1787
Michael Daugherty was wounded at the Battle of Whitsell's Mills March 6,1781, and died at the Reed Creek farm in 1787.
Parents
Birth | about 1747 | In Virginia, British America.1,2 |
Marriage | after 17621,2 | |
Death | 11 June 1787 | At Reed Creek farm in Montgomery Co., Virginia, United States.3,1,2 |
Military | 6 March 1781 | Possibly him... Wounded in Battle of Whitsell’s Mills.4,1 |
Will | 7 April 1787 | In Montgomery Co., Virginia, United States.1 |
Last Edited | 1 October 2023 |
Citations
- [S4417] "Michael Daugherty III (abt.1747-1787)." WikiTree FREE Family Tree https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Daugherty-3102. Accessed 21 Sep. 2023.
- [S4280] "Family of Michael Mor O'Dougherty (b.~1690 Laggan Valley, Donegal Ireland - d.1763 Virginia, U.S.A.)." Family Tree https://fg529.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=fg529&view=0&pid=430&ver=272. Accessed 1 Sep. 2023., See Daugherty Michael b1714 - Family Tree tribal pages.pdf
- [S4277] Genealogies of Kentucky Families: From the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Vol 1. (1981). United States: Genealogical Publishing Company. Accessed 8/31/2023 on ancestry.com, See PDFs of Part I and Part II and IIIThe Doughertys of Kentucky Part I The register of the Kentucky Historical Society - v. 53, no. 183 Apr 1955
The Doughertys of Kentucky Part II and III in Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Vol 54 No 189 1956 - [S2360] The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 53, April, 1955, No. 183. https://www.jstor.org/stable/i23374180
Robert Daugherty
M, #3150, b. about 1752, d. 1822
Parents
Birth | about 17521 | |
Death | 1822 | In Kentucky, United States.1 |
Last Edited | 1 October 2023 |
Citations
- [S4280] "Family of Michael Mor O'Dougherty (b.~1690 Laggan Valley, Donegal Ireland - d.1763 Virginia, U.S.A.)." Family Tree https://fg529.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=fg529&view=0&pid=430&ver=272. Accessed 1 Sep. 2023., See Daugherty Michael b1714 - Family Tree tribal pages.pdf