Notes
Note for: James EWING, BEF JAN 1818 - 1834 Index
Note: [McNutt7.FTW]
References in Early West Virginia Settlers, 1600s-1900s; West Virginia
Estate Settlements, Monroe County, P. 170:
EWING, James - Inv 1-1834; I.S. 4-1834; Set. 1-1846
Notes
Note for: Oliver EWING, BEF JAN 1818 - 1847 Index
Note: [McNutt7.FTW]
References in Early West Virginia Settlers, 1600s-1900s; West Virginia
Estate Settlements, Monroe County, P. 170:
EWING, Oliver - Will 12-1847; Dev. Frances, Sidney Nelson, sisters;
Joseph, John bros; Set. 7-1850
Notes
Note for: Alexander Scott EWING, 31 OCT 1804 - 11 MAR 1874 Index
Burial:
Date: 1874
Place: Chestnut Level Presbyterian Cemetery, Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Notes
Note for: James Patterson EWING, BET 1809 AND 1810 - 4 DEC 1868 Index
Burial:
Date: 1836
Place: Cemetery of San Javier, Los Breizos, Mexico
Notes
Note for: Eliza Amelia EWING, 7 FEB 1815 - 20 APR 1880 Index
Burial:
Date: 1880
Place: Dobbins Cemetery, Vermont Township, Fulton County, Illinois
Notes
Note for: Samuel S. EWING, 11 MAR 1813 - 5 APR 1881 Index
Burial:
Date: 1881
Place: Little Britain Presbyterian Cemetery, Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Notes
Note for: Joseph Perry E. CHARLTON, BET 1784 AND 1790 - Index
Note: [McNutt7.FTW]
James City Virginia is very near Williamsburg VA.
The 1784 Viginia Census shows the following Charltons in Virginia
Edward Charlton, Williamsburg VA - 2 white, 2 black. (Probably older with
2 slaves)
Abram Charlton, Cumberland County, 7 White Souls, 2 dwellings, 5 other
buildings.
John Charlton, Cumberland County, 5 White Souls, 1 dwelling, 4 other
buildings.
Thos Charlton, Greenbrier County
Notes: Greenbrier County is in present day West Virginia (Eastern border)
just west of the Alleghany Mountains.
Cumberland County is west (slightly south) of Richmond VA.
Jacob was in Tennessee at this time.
Thomas Charlton found in:
Colonial America, 1607-1789 Census Index
State: VA
County: Greenbrier Co.
Census/Enumeration year: 1786
Census type code: Tax List
Data Introduction
Thomas Charlton found in:
Colonial America, 1607-1789 Census Index
State: MD
County: Washington Co.
Census/Enumeration year: 1778
Census type code: Fidelity Oath
Data Introduction
Notes
Note for: James [Capt.] EWING, 1703 - ABT 1800 Index
Note: [McNutt7.FTW]
James accompanied his cousins Charles and Robert Ewing from his
half-brother Nathaniel's home in Cecil County, Maryland to Prince Edward
County, Virginia, and later joined an adventurous colony and settled near
the Peaks of Otter, in Bedford County, Virginia. At least some of the
Ewings remained there until they died. James, however, either himself or
his offspring ended up in Monroe County, Virginia [now West Virginia].
Early on, this part of Virginia was a portion of Augusta County, then
became Greenbrier County, and finally was set off as Monroe County.
********To Do*********Track refernces to land in Augusta County, Virginia
for actual location and present day political location.
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1774
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Ewing, Capt. James: Witness, Augusta County, Virginia, Nov 19, 1774;
Prove Date 17 Mar 1778
"Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800.
Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman
Chalkley: Volume 3, Will Book 6-1
19 November, 1774. David Cunningham's will--To wife, Ann, executrix; to
son, David, executor; to son, Patrick, 1 shilling; to son,
William, 1 shilling; to daughter, Ann, 1 shilling; to daughter, Mary, 1
shilling; to John, David, James, Alexander, Jane, Sarah, all estate.
Teste: James Ewing, Capt. James Ewing. Proved, 17th March, 1778, by the
witnesses. Executor qualified.
[ESTABLISHES that James Ewing and Capt. James Ewing are two distinct
individuals. Thus, references to James Ewing in Chaulkley's volumes may
or may not refer to Capt. James Ewing; they may be father and son, as
shown in Estate of James Ewing, 3 Feb 1795]
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1777
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James Ewing was a Captain in the Augusta County, Virginia Militia during
the American Revolution. See "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement
in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of
Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley: Volume I, Order Book VII, Page 253
[Court Grants Qualification of Captain] & Order Book IX, Page 344
[allowing claim for provisions] & Order Book XVI, Page 191 [Captain
James Ewing resigned].
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1797
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Augusta County, Virginia; Court Records
From "Scotch-Irish Settlements in Virginia," Vol. 1, Augusta County Court
Records
August 1797, Page 410
Text of Entry:
"James McNutt v. William Sprowl, devisee of Samuel Sprowl -- Writ, 1st
August [17]'95. Notice given by plaintiff to take depositions of Robert
Gamble, James Beard and other witnesses of the inhabitants of the
Southwest Territory. Depositions of Saml Henry, James Tedford and James
Ewing before David Craig, James Gillespy and James Houston, in Blount
County, Territory S. Ohio, October 30, 1795, that they viewed 320 acres
and appraised it. Depositions of Robert Gamble and James Beard before
Thomas McCullock, James Gillespy, and James Houston, in Blount County,
Territory S. Ohio, 22d December. 1795, say: James Beard sent the pocket
book and papers of Samuel Sprowl, deceased, to his house, and when
William Sprowl came out to this Country, Ro. Gamble delivered the whole
of the papers of Samuel, deceased, to William Sprowl. Covenant by Samuel
Sprowl to convey land to McNutt, in Sevier County, State of Franklin,
18th September, 1787. James McNutt, of County of Augusta, and Samuel
Sprowl, of County Sevier, in State of Franklin. The land joins Jacob
Alexander."
Possible Legal Explanation: William Sprowl is named plaintiff because the
property -- located in "Sevier County, Sate of Franklin" (now Sevier
County, Tennessee) belonged to Samuel Sprowl; before he died Samuel
Sprowl gave McNutt his "covenant" [a legally enforceable promise] to sell
the land to James McNutt. Samuel died before the covenant was fulfilled;
William inherited the property Samuel had promised to sell, so, he "stood
in the shoes" of Samuel Sprowl for legal purposes. The coventant was
probably documented in the papers delivered to William by Robert Gamble;
William probably claimed he knew nothing about it, had no such paper, and
refused to sell the land. So, McNutt had to sue to enforce the covenant
after Samuel's death; as part of the case, he produced deposition
testimony from others who could verify the existence of the covenant
(McNutt would not have appraised the land if he did not intend to buy it)
and that the paper documenting it was not in McNutt's possession; rather,
it was in the possession of William, who claimed not to know about it.
That would have made sense if McNutt had promised to buy the land and
Sprowl wanted to sell it; Sprowl would have kept the document as his
guarantee that the land would later be purchased by McNutt. In the
lawsuit, McNutt was required either to produce the original document or
explain its absence; thus, delivery of the original to William (who did
not want to sell) adequately explained why the original paper was not
produced.
That would adequately explain why these depositions were needed.
Query: Was James Beard related to Joseph Beard who married Sidney Sprowl,
daughter of William Sprowl [and Susannah Ewing?]?
Augusta County, Virginia; Court Records
From "Scotch-Irish Settlements in Virginia," Vol. II, Augusta County
Court Records
September 1801, Page 25
Text of Entry:
"Boggas v. Sprowl-- Deposition taken in Blount County, Tennessee, 1800,
of John Ewing. In 1790 he went with William Sprowl down into the
Tennessee country and helped him build a cabin; planted a crop. Also of
Mathew Wallace. Also George Townsley, taken before J. Houston, James
Gillespy, James Campbell, James McNutt."
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References in Early West Virginia Settlers, 1600s-1900s; West Virginia
Estate Settlements, Monroe County, P. 170:
COLLINS, James - 12-17-1820; Dev. Jno. McNutt, Ruth McNutt, friends.
EWING, James - Inv 1-1834; L.S. 4-1834; Set. 1-1846
EWING, Joseph - Inv 1-21-1823; Set. 2-1835
EWING, Oliver - Will 6-1823; Dev. Oliver Ewing, Sidney, others; L.S.
3-1824
EWING, Oliver - Will 12-1847; Dev. Frances, Sidney Nelson, sisters;
Joseph, John bros; Set. 7-1850
EWING, Robert - Set. 1-1831
EWING, Samuel - Inv. 6-20-1815; L.S. 10-15-1816; Set. 3-21-1822
EWING, William - Will 3-17-1818; Dev. Joseph, bro; others; L.S. 1-1831
***
NICKELL, Margaret - Will 12-1825; Dev. Elinor Dyer, Elizabeth King,
sisters; others
PATTERSON, Jean - Will 7-1830; Dev. Olover [sic] Ewing, William Ewing,
nephews; others
PATTON, Robert - Will 1823; Dev. Jean, wife; William, Mark, Tristram,
sons; Margaret, Jean Cornwell, Mary Ann Nickell, daughters; others; L.S.
4-12-1805; Inv. 10-1808; Set. 3-1837.
PATTON, Tristram - Inv. 4-1844; L.S. 9-1844; Set. 11-1869.
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Two sources, not completely consistent:
First:
Ewing: James (F.____)-captain, 1762--C: Oliver (d.1823)--Samuel
(d.1815c) (app. $1392.17)--William (d.1816)--James--Jean (___Patterson)
(d.1830)--Joseph. C. of Joseph: Robert, William, Joseph, Oliver
(d.1847), John, James, Sidney (?___McNutt), Frances; C. of Samuel of
James: Oliver, Sidney. Source: "A History of Monroe Co. WV" by Oren F.
Morton
Second:
196-98 Oliver Ewing; Will, 17 Jan 1818 probated Jun 1823. Nephew; Olive
Ewing s/o Samuel; niece, Sidney Ewing d/o Samuel. Other devisees; Fanny
Ewing d/o brother Joseph Ewing, Gean (Jean) Charlton d/o sister Fanny
Ewing, heirs of brother James Ewing, sister Gean (Jean) Patton, heirs of
sister Fanny Ewing, heirs of sister Susanna Sprowl, heirs of brother John
Ewing, heirs of sister Sidney McNutt, brother William Ewing. Exec: Isaac
Hanly, Joseph Ewing s/o brother Samuel Ewing. Wit: Andrew Walker, John
Tackett. Source: "Monroe Co. (W)Va Abstracts (Wills 1799-1829)" by Larry
G. Shuck
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Analysis
SOURCE 1 SOURCE 2 PROBABLY CORRECT [see
below]
[1[ JAMES James
[1] Oliver d. 1823 [2] Oliver d. 1823
Oliver d. 1823
[1] William d. 1816 [2] William
William d. 1818
[1] Samuel d. 1815c [2] Samuel
Samuel d. 1815
[1] Oliver [2] Oliver
Oliver d. 1850
[1] Sidney [2] Sidney
Sidney [Nelson]
[Frances ?]
[Joseph ?]
[John ?]
William
[1] James [2] James James d.
bef 1823
[1] Jean [1- Patterson]* d. 1830 [2] Jean [Patton]*
Jean [Patterson] d. 1830
[1] Joseph [2] Joseph Joseph
d. 1823
[1] Robert Robert
d. 1831
[1] William [William
?]
[1] Joseph [Joseph
?]
[1] Oliver d. 1847
[1] John [John ?]
[1] James [James
d, 1834 ?]
[1] Sidney [McNutt]*
[1] Frances [2] Frances
Frances
[2] Fanny Frances d.
bef 1823
[2] Jean Charlton Jean
Charlton
[2] Susanna [Sprowl]* Susanna
[Sprowl] d. bef 1823
[2] John* John d, bef
1823
[3] Sidney [McNutt]* Sidney
[McNutt] d. bef 1823
Oliver's will must be assumed to be more authoritative on the delination
of family relationships because it is written by somebody with first-hand
knowledge; therefore, I will assume that the more accurate statement of
family relationships is the second source. Following this reasoning, I
must assume that the following discrepancies in the description of the
family of James, above, are incorrect unless shown otherwise with further
evidence: Oliver's sister Jean, husband's name is probably Patton
instead of Patterson; Joseph's daughter named Sidney is not Sidney
McNutt; that Sidney is the sister of Oliver and the sister of Joseph, not
his daughter. Oliver has several more siblings not named in the James
family group; these include Fanny [married Charlton], Susanna [married
William Sprowl], John, and Sidney [married James McNutt]. Perhaps these
children are from a second wife; if, however, Oliver d. 1823 is the son
of Capt. James Ewing, these other Ewing children are his as well. It
also appears that the first source may have simply listed some of the
additional siblings of Oliver as children of Joseph; thus, I cannot
assume that the enumeration of Joseph's children in the first source is
accurate without other substantiation. Additional information comes from
the Monroe County Ewing Wills Abstracts above. In that list, we find
that Joseph's son Oliver's will names his sister "Sidney Nelson," which
correctly differentiates between that Sidney and the Sidney who married
James McNutt. Also, that will correctly summarizes the list of Joseph's
children if we assume that the Robert Ewing, the William Ewing, and the
James Ewing on that list were all three Joseph's children who predeceased
Oliver.
Oliver died 1823: at that time, Alive: Nephew Oliver, son of Samuel;
Niece Sidney, daughter of Samuel; Fanny, daughter of Joseph; Jean
Charlton, daughter of Fanny; Jean Patton, sister; William, brother
[error?]; Joseph, son of Samuel. Also at that time, Predeceased (by
reference to "heirs"): James, brother [so, therefore, the James who died
in 1834 could not have been the brother; probably a nephew]; Fanny Ewing,
sister [last name should be Charlton?; possibly a sister-in-law?];
Susanna Sprowl, sister; John, brother; Sidney McNutt, sister. By 1847
when the nephew Oliver drafts his will, his sisters Frances and Sidney
Nelson are still alive, as well as his brothers Joseph and John.