The Descendants of John Hinkson

Sources
1. Bourbon County, Kentucky, 1850 census.
2. Holliday Memo: "Elizabeth was 12 yrs older than her husband." From "William McCune: The Pennsylvanian and Kindred Families" Compiled by Kathryn Hutcherson Campbell, April, 1974, p. 15.
3. Elizabeth's name is listed in the Old Stonermouth Presbyterian Cemetery record, as follows: Elizabeth (or Emily) McCune Age 65--?-1812 (Wife of William McCune).
4. William McCune Family Bible owned by Miss May Shannon, Vandalia, Missouri. Reference: Campbell, Kathryn Hutcherson. "William McCune The Pennsylvanian and Kindred Families," p. 16.
5. Arlene Hill's source has deathdate: 1834 and place of death Pulaski, Arkansas.
6. Nickname "Peggy" is on John Hinkson's request for the marriage of his daughter. "September the 6th 1786. Sir, you will please to Isue Lysons for my daughter Peggy to be married to Thomas Ravescraft from yours &c John Hinkson. Witness--Robert Hinkson. Clk. John Edwards."
7. Ruth Thayer Ravenscroft states that Robert was "alive in 1833." (Ravenscroft, p. 116). The 1850 Harrison County census lists a Robert Ravenscraft, age 41, living with the Humphrey Hinkson family.
8. Arlene Hill, "Some Hinkson Bits and Pieces," December 1, 1997, dahill@worldaccessnet.com.
9. Mabel Hoover Genealogy, March 7, 2000--lists marriage date as August 11, 1791.
10. Mabel Hoover Genealogy, March 7, 2000--lists death date as 1814.
11. Mabel Hoover Genealogy, March 7, 2000
12. William McCune Family Bible owned by Miss May Shannon, Vandalia, Missouri. The Bible places the birth year as 1775. Reference: Campbell, Kathryn Hutcherson. "William McCune The Pennsylvanian and Kindred Families," p. 16. The May 20, 1776 date is taken from Hills, William G.; Shawhan, Violet Romer; Norton, Nell Downing; Lemley, Marie Perrin. "Shawhan-Shaughen Genealogy," p. 33.
13. The location of this family cemetery is 5.5 miles north of Paris, Kentucky, on State Highway 27. It sits just behind the current Custom Wood Products company.
14. "Andrew Henry Hinkson" genealogy, provided by Lois Hinkson, November 15, 2000. E-mail address: lchin@deseretonline.com
15. Other sources list his name as William Milton.
16. Ravenscroft, p. 119
17. Ravenscroft FamilyTree Maker Web Site, "The Descendants of Samuel Ravenscroft." Compiled by John Ravenscroft.--John has two listings for Thomas Ravenscraft, Jr. The first listing has Thomas married to "Peggy Hinkson." I suspect that he is confused with his father's marriage to Margaret "Peggy" Hinkson.--REF
18. Ruth Thayer Ravenscroft, Ravenscroft Family History, 1954.
19. "Marriage Bond," August 12, 1812, Harrison County, Kentucky, Hand written, Harrison County, Kentucky, Office of Records.
20. "The True Kentuckian," Paris, Kentucky, June 16, 1869.
21. "Marriage Bond," January 11, 1813, Harrison County, Kentucky, Script, Harrison County, Kentucky, Records Department.
22. Nancy's birthdate is calculated from the Harrison County, Kentucky, 1850 census.
23. Ravenscroft, p. 128
24. From Ravenscroft FamilyTree Maker Web Site, "The Descendants of Samuel Ravenscroft." Compiled by John Ravenscroft.
25. "Cinthy, wife of John Redmon, died July 22, 1845, aged 22 years." (McAdams, Kentucky and Pioneer Court Records, p. 228)
26. Carroll County Marriages, 1833-1884, Book B, p. 26
27. LDS Film Number #1260629, 0935347 & 1260964. Patron Submitted Forms
28. Bourbon County Marriage Book 2, p. 58:
Date of Marriage--1816, Jan. 12
Parties names--William Reding and Peggy Shannon
By whom married--John R. Moreland
29. From Old Grassy Creek Cemetery records. "George E. son of William and Maraget d. July 1838 age 4 yrs 4 mo 18 days."
30. 1834 {ES}
31. Old Grassy Creek Cemetery records list the daughter as birth and death on October 16, 1835.
32. From Old Grassy Creek Cemetery, Pike County, Missouri, records. "Niel son of William and Margaret" stone marker, birth and death dates illegible.
33. Bourbon County Court House Marriage Register Book, March 25, 1861, p. 111
34. Date taken on March 6, 1999 by Bob Francis from gravestone in Smith family plot located on the farm of Mr. Evans, Shawhan, Kentucky. The plot is located on the high point of the farm.
35. 16 June 1799--George Bush genealogy
36. Monroe County Marriages LDS #0975086 Batch #M515871
37. This family line was researched by Virginia Ann Garnett Knight. Taken from "Our Ewalt Heritage," Volume One, compiled by Lenora Smith Brakke, February, 1981, pp. 254-256.
38. Bourbon Co, KY Marriage Book 2, pg 58: Date of Marriage--1816, Jan. 12; Parties names--Nicholas Smith and Nancy Shawhan; By whom married--John R. Moreland
39. References to Rev. John Moreland in "Presbyterianism in Paris and Bourbon County, Kentucky" by Rev. Stuart Sanders:
"Wednesday, April 28, 1817: The Reverend John R. Moreland will preach at John Hamilton's on Saturday next at 3 O'clock and at Cane Ridge at 12 O'clock on Sabbath day next." (p. 19)
Pastors and Supplies for the Millersburg and Stonermouth Churches (p. 236):
1818 John R. Moreland
1819 John R. Moreland, John T. Edgar, John Rankin and Joseph P. Howe
1820-1825 John R. Moreland
40. The Nicholas Smith family burial ground is located on the farm of Mr. Evans, Shawhan, Kentucky. Refer to the U. S. Geological Survey map, Shawhan Quadrant. The plot is located .7 miles north of the Shawhan road at the southern tip of the 860 ft. elevation. It is about .5 miles east of the Louisville and Nashville railroad.
41. On October 5, 1999, Tom and Bob Francis unearthed the grave of Joseph Smith. They found the gravestone beneath 5-6 inches of dirt. The stone was broken in three part, the middle part lying on top of the top section. The bottom 14" was upright with the name of the engraver on the bottom right named "Rhoda Torrey." The gravestone reads:

In Memory of
JOSEPH SMITH
DIED
NOV.27.1850
AGED
23 years & 9 mos.

A poem inscribed at the base of the stone reads:
Shed not for me the bitter tear,
Nor give the heart to vain regret,
Tis' but the casket that lies here
The gem that filled it sparkles yet.--REF
42. Source: Bourbon Co, KY Marriage Book 2, pg 219. Nancy Smith married George Rush on 29 Jan 1839.
43. Words on gravestone:
(Name illegible--birth and death dates indicate it is John, Son of Daniel and Minerva Shawhan)
Born____1831
Died_____1846
44. On the tombstone in the Redmon family plot, farm of Phillip Linehan, on the Old Lair Pike:

In memory of Joseph B. Shawhan
Born April 9, 1839
Died Oct. 21, 1841
Aged 1 year 6 mo. 15 days
45. Gravestone marker spells last name as "Culf."
46. Burgess, Louis A. Virginia Soldiers of 1776, Vol. I. (Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Company, 1973), p. 350. Reproduced from 1927 edition of the Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia.
47. The placement of COL Samuel Ewalt as the son of John Ewalt and Elizabeth Ravenscraft is purely speculative at this juncture. The reasons for placing him here is that (1) Jerry and Janice Dewitz mentions a "mother" of Samuel named "Sarah" in an explanation of the description of Ewalt land: "Notes: The "Ewalt Land" referred to above was owned by Sarah, mother of Samuel Ewalt, who married Nicholas III's sister Margaret. The old stone house pictured on the next page is the old David Family home, referred to above, which still stands." (Jerry and Janice Dewitz, "Before You," Alpha Publishing Group, Houston, Texas, 1997, p. 125) John Ewalt married Sarah Flowers in June, 1844, which would have made her Samuel's step-mother. A second piece of evidence is the Stonermouth Presbyterian Church, Ruddle's Mills, Ky, cemetery listing. An "Ewalt, John Sr., 1791-1857" is listed along with COL Samuel Ewalt "1826-1868." This dating places John Ewalt, Sr., as a real possibility as Samuel's father.

Prior to receiving the Dewitz information and the Ruddle's Mills cemetery listing, I had the following information on John Ewalt: Birth: 1789 Paris, Bourbon County, KY Father: Henry EWALT (1754-1829) Mother: Elizabeth FREY/FRYE (1757-1837)
Spouses: 1: Elizabeth RAVENSCRAFT Birth: 1793 Paris, Bourbon County, KY Death: bef 15 May 1827 Age: 34 Father: Thomas RAVENSCRAFT (~1756-1827) Mother: Margaret HINKSON (~1770-) Marriage: 3 Jul 1809 Harrison County, Kentucky
Children: Henry (1810-)
Margaret (1813-1873)
Juliana (1815-)
Elizabeth (1818-)
Rebecca (1820-)
Nancy Ann (1822-)
Samuel (1817-)

Spouse 2: Polly HALEY
Marriage: 6 Nov 1833

Spouse 3: Sarah FLOWERS
Marriage: 24 Jun 1844

With the new information, the pieces of the puzzle come together. It looks as if Samuel, the last son of John and Elizabeth Ewalt, may have actually been born in 1826. Elizabeth is mentioned as dying sometime before 1827. She may have died giving birth to Samuel.
48. Margaret's will (Will Bk. U, pp. 151-152) was probated in the Bourbon County Court, January term, January 21, 1904.
49. The birth and death data for this child was taken from a cemetery listing of the old Stonermouth Cemetery, Ruddell's Mills, Bourbon County, Kentucky, by Hattie Scott and Julia Ardery, December 15, 1928. The list is from "Presbyterianism in Paris and Bourbon County, Kentucky, 1786-1961" by Rev. Robert Stuart Sanders, D. D., The Dunne Press, Louisville, Kentucky, 1961, p. 267. While there is no proof that this is the child of Samuel Ewalt and Margaret Elizabeth Smith, circumstancial evidence points in that direction. The listing is found above the name "Ewalt, Col. Samuel, born Feb. 6, 1826, died 1868." The child's inscription reads: Ewalt, Nancy Kate, dau. of C.S. and E.M. Ewalt, b. 1852, di. 1867." The initials "C. S." may stand for "Col. Samuel" and "E. M." may be transposed initials for "Margaret Elizabeth." Also, the first name "Nancy" may have been a family name for Margaret's mother Nancy Shawhan Smith. --REF
50. "The True Kentuckian," Paris, Kentucky, October 20, 1869.
51. "The Western Citizen," Paris, Kentucky, December 12, 1850.
52. "The Western Citizen," Paris, Kentucky, January 15, 1841.
53. "Kiser Family of Bourbon County" by Betty Smith Skillman lists Elizabeth's birthday as 1819.
54. "Portrait & Biographical Record of Marion, Ralls & Pike County, Missouri," 678-679, copy of original, Pike County Genealogical Society; Craig Crouch, "Crouch, Ashley, Tompkins, Hawkins familes," http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cecrouch&id=I1358, 10/24/00.
55. "Portrait & Biographical Record of Marion, Ralls & Pike County, Missouri," 678-679, copy of original, Pike County Genealogical Society.
56. LDS Film #0974634; LDS FHC #1260629 (Patron Submitted Form)
57. March 5 {ES}
58. February 15 {ES}
59. November 19 {ES}
60. The family line of Joseph Harper Gwyn and Elizabeth Brewer Holliday was contributed by Marilyn Mertens (msmertens@cox-internet.com), 16 April 2002.
61. Unverified information from LDS descendancy chart, 30 Dec 1997. Ancestors of Elias are taken from this unverifiable source.
62. John F. Eisenberg descendancy chart lists Mary's surname as "Davis."
63. Taken from a book compiled in 1978-1979 by Patty Biddle, from Western Citizen Newspapers: KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON--DEATHS AND MARRIAGES (1808-1865)--Patty M. Biddle SMITH, Nicholas, at his residence in Bourbon County, on the 2d inst. aged 33 years, November 9, 1855.

On October 4, 1999, Tom and Bob Francis found Nicholas Smith III's gravestone at the Smith Family Burial Ground. The inscription on the stone:

At Rest
Nicholas Smith
Born July 1, 1823
Died November 9, 1855
Aged 32 Years 5 Months 1 Day
64. On October 3, 1999, Tom and Bob Francis uncovered Nicholas Smith III's gravestone on the farm of Mr. Evans, Shawhan, Kentucky.
65. Information for the ancestors of Harvey C. Ireland was taken from the LDS "FamilySearch" web site. To date, there is no definitive proof of this connection.--REF
66. Bourbon County Marriage Register--3/49. 1855, Dec. 25--William Shawhan and Julia A. Ravenscraft, ages 23 and 20, places of birth--Bourbon and Harrison Counties, residence--Bourbon County.
67. September 7 {ES}
68. Bourbon County Marriage Register 3/156--James D. Hurst and Mary S. Shawhan; witnesses--William Redmon/George Shawhan; by whom married--Rev. Samuel Rogers, Christian church.
69. "The Birch Family History: Part 4, Descendants of Dr. Charles Birch of St. Kitts 1729-1768" by Dr. Bernherd O'Neil, pp. 250-252.
70. Cynthiana News, August 28, 1873. "Births: To the wife of John Shawhan, a son."
71. "Kentucky Pioneer and Court Records" by Mrs. Harry McAdams, p. 168
72. "Kentucky Pioneer and Court Records," p. 170
73. A Souvenir History of the Christian Church in Cynthiana, Ky., by W. S. Cason, Lily Webster, Maude Smith and Bettie M. Cromwell.
74. "Shawhan-Shaughen Genealogy" lists death date as 1888. (p. 41).
75. The CYNTHIANA DEMOCRAT, Page 5, 27 September 1945
76. Listed as "Edward Ewalt" in McCann's Current Family genealogy, p. 23.
77. SMYRNA CHURCH
This congregation was organized under the auspices of the Cumberland

Presbyterian Church in July 1853 by Rev. George Rice. When they organized there were only seven members but in less than a week the number increased to nineteen. The first seven were; Darius McDonald, Elizabeth McDonald, E. A. Coffman, Winifred Coffman, Adam F. Trainer, Cyrus McDonald and Corelia A. Trower.

Among the elders who served this church were Darius McDonald, Adam F. Trainer, Henry Trainer, William Dums, Robert M. Vannoy, George Wagner, Cyrus McDonald, Z. B. Blackmore and William M. VanArsdel. [102]
78. Madsen, p. 34.
79. Perrin (p. 452) lists first name as Oscar. History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882
80. Information on this family was provided to Mabel Hoover by Hildred Dobbins Stephenson.--REF
81. "1870 Pike County Census," Pike County, Missouri, 1870, microfilm images, Ft Smith Public Library, Sebastian Co, AR, 11/7/00.
82. Obit. Pike County Genealogical Society archives.
83. Norma Jean Holliday Beal Correspondence 10/14/2000
84. Pike County, Missouri, People, Places and Pikers 1981, via Norma Jean Beal 9/2000
85. Bev Armstrong research at LDS Library in Salt Lake City, UT.
86. Norma Jean Beal. Correspondence 9/2000
87. Wallace Batterton may be the same as "William A. Batterson" of Harold T. David's reference, p. 37, (see "William H. David, Kentucky Pioneer and Related Families")
88. Margaret and William were married in her parent's home.
89. Mentioned in Margaret Elizabeth (Smith) Pugh's will.
90. November 16, 1884. {Shawhan--Shaughen Genealogy, p. 74}
91. Birthdate: 1872 --Krusor, p. 90.
92. Edith died of a heart attack.
93. The Shannon family data was provided to Mabel Hoover by Anna Irene Shannon.--REF
94. Unknown first name, daughter of Lou Emma Downing Wilson. {NDN, p. 55}
95. NDN, p. 57
96. Church of Open Door, Los Angeles; RadioLos Angeles Bible Institute; Associated with Trottman in the Navigator's Club, headquartered at Long Beach, Calif. (1940) {NDN, p. 57}
97. Frederic and Blanche were cousins.
98. Sold in 1955 and retired.
99. From Social Security Death Index: SHAWHAN, GEORGE 495-42-6153 (MO) b. 17 Oct 1894, d. Nov 1969. Evidence is inconclusive that this is the same person. --REF
100. Sagil Elizabeth's name was officially changed to Katelyn Marie, due to the influence of grandmother Betty Hymes. The bitch strikes again!--REF July 5, 1999.
101. Name was changed from Sanders to Starnes. {REF}
102. Missouri Pioneers of Pike County. (Bowling Green, Missouri: InfoTech Publications, 1992), p. 79.

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