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| THE DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM HUGHES === =========== == ======= ====== (Copyright 1995, Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035-2537) Jonathan Hughes, a son of Hugh and Susannah Hughes, was born in Hampshire County VA (WV) March 25, 1753 and died near Salem, Harrison county VA (WV) in September 1849. Jonathan married Vercetta ---- about 1781. This marriage didn't last and he married Sarah Abigail Jackson in Wilkes county North Carolina in 1785. Sarah, a daughter of Edward and Martha (Miller) Jackson, was born in New Jersey in 1765 and died in Harrison county VA (WV) Jul 1, 1842. Jonathan was a veteran of the American Revolution. His successful application for a veteran's pension in Gallia County, Ohio was dated March 19, 1834. Excerpts from his pension file, S9591, detail his military service. He enlisted in Greenbrier County VA as a Minuteman in June 1774, under Captain John Cook and Lieutenant William Gilliland and was sent to Ellis Fort at the "Little Levels". He continued there until the spring of 1777, when he was attached to Captain Hamilton's company and stationed at Jamor Rennix's for three months. In the spring of 1778, he went to Hampshire County VA and in October 1779 joined Captain George Bell's Company of Colonel Posten's Regiment and was promoted to Ensign and served a tour of three months. In 1780, he served a further tour of duty under the same officers. After the war, Jonathan was an itinerant schoolmaster and was teaching in Gallia County, Ohio when he was 90. He went to Wilkes County North Carolina in 1783, to South Carolina in 1790, to Georgia in 1791, to Greenbrier County VA in January 1792 and to Harrison County in 1808. On January 28, 1829, he was in Gallia County, Ohio. In 1833, he spent four months in Jefferson county, Indiana. On July 7, 1835, Jonathan applied for a transfer of pension from the Ohio roll to VA, as he had "...returned to Harrison County, where my children live." Children of Jonathan and Vercetta Hughes. 40. (1). Mary b.Mar 5 1773 m.Jacob Trumba Children of Jonathan and Sarah Abigail (Jackson) Hughes. 41. (1). Nancy b. 1787 m.Elias Stutler 1816 42. (2). Anderson b. 1790 d.Feb 20 1874 m.Permilia Mathews 43. (3). Rebecca m.Samuel Childers m.William Roach 44. (4). Dudley d.May 14 1820 m.Asenath Davis 45. (5). Rachel b.May 2 1797 d.May 15 1843 m.William F. "Flint Billy" Davis Nov 25 1813 46. (6). Elizabeth b.May 2 1797 m.William Waddell 47. (7). Martin b.Sep 25 1800 d.Apr 7 1855 m.Ann Davis Jun 22 1819 48. (89. Jackson b.Apr 22 1821 m.Lavinah Ash 49. (9). Hannah b. 1805 m.Adam Ash Dec 23 1823 50. (10). Leah b. 1806 m.Robert Stutler May 1820 51. (11). Stephen Jesse b.Jun 15 1808 d.Jul 21 1882 m.Mary Westfall Sep 5 1833 52. (12). Martha "Patty" b.Apr 6 1809 d.Mar 15 1893 m.William B. "Buckeye Billy" Davis 53. (13). William m.---- Frye ======================================================== ["Hugheses of Gallia County"? Written in the 1960s?] written and compiled by Alfred F. Hughes JONATHAN... was born in Hampshire County, March 25, 1753. He married Sarah Abigail Jackson, daughter of Edward Jackson, in 1785. She was born in Dover, New Jersey, in 1765. Her father was born in that colony in 1741, and died in Harrison County. Her mother was Martha (Miller) Jackson. Jonathan Hughes' service records for the part he partook in the Revolution are far more complete than those of any of the other brothers, unless it be Ellis. We have before us the photostatic copies of some of these original records, furnished by a direct descendant, Mr. Boyd B. Stutler, editor of the American Legion Magazine, and now of New York City. Besides being a distinguished soldier, Jonathan Hughes was also a school teacher. In the documents mentioned he subscribed his name in a beautiful, clear hand-writing. He is said to have taught school in his ninetieth year. He entered the services of his country as a spy, and patroled the border until 1776. In the spring of 1777, he was called to Major RennickÕs fort at the Big Levels of Greenbrier County, and served under Captain Hamilton. In 1779 he was called to Captain BellÕs company in Hampshire, and promoted to ensign. We have a copy of the commission signed by Thomas Jefferson, together with the oath of allegiance and certificate of service in Captain CookÕs company by Jonathan Hughes, dated October 20, 1780. He resided in Hampshire County at the close of the war, and migrated to North Carolina during the winter of 1783, where he continued till 1808, when he moved to Harrison Countys now West Virginia. Then in 1829 he removed to Gallia County, Ohio, where he spent the greater part of his remaining days. He once taught school for a short period in Jefferson County, Indiana. Then before the close of his life, he returned to Salem, West Virginia, where he resided with some of his children. He was granted a pension and it was listed with the Virginia division of claims. He died in October, 1837, and his wife followed him in 1841 or 1842. ----------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Revolutionary War Record of Jonathan Hughes, from government files. SUMMARY SHEET HUGHES, JONATHAN S9 591 Parents: Names not stated Birth: On March 25, 1753 in Hampshire County, Virginia Service: When this veteran applied for pension in March 1834, stated: He enlisted about May 1, 1775 as an Indian spy under command of Captain John Cook of Greenbrier County, Virginia for service on the frontier and served until the last of September, and served under this same officer from May 1, 1776 until the last of September 1776; he enlisted in May 1777 and served until the last of Deptember as Indian Jpy under Captain Andrew Hamilton of Virginia and was in an engagement with the Indians at McCoyÕs Fort; he enlisted in the Spring of 1779 in Captain George BellÕs Virginia Company, was appointed Ensign in the Virginia Militia on November 9, 1779; from May 1780 he served about 5 weeks as Ensign in Captain George BellÕs Company under Colonels Poston and Morgan and was in a "small engagementÓ with the Tories. Pension: Pension Certificate No. 26 219 was issued April 12, 1834 to Jonathan Hughes, rate $45.66 per annum, act of June 7, 1832, Virginia Agency (transferred from Ohio Agency). Family: The name of the veteranÕs wife and date of their marriage are not stated, When he returned to Harrison County, Virginia in 1835 he mentioned his children who were living in Virginia who could take care of him but did not state any of their names. Residences: He resided in Greenbrier County, Virginia when he entered service and moved in 1778 to Hampshire County, Virginia where he resided until the winter of 1783, moved to Wilkes County, North Carlina and remained until 1790, moved to South Carolina, in 1791 moved to Georgia and in January 1792 returned to Greenbrier County, VirgÏnia and remained until 1808, after that resided in Harrison County, Virginia until January 18, 1829 when he moved to Gallia County, Ohio; he resided there, with the exception of some time in the year 1833 when he taught school in Jefferson County, Indiana, until shortly before July 1835 when he returned to Harrison County, Virginia. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- No mention is made in the histories of border warfare in Virginia of Jonathan Hughes, while much space is devoted to his brothers Jesse and Ellis. The reason is simple -- he was never involved in this warfare. Government records show that in 1775 when he enlisted as a scout he resided in Greenbrier County. He was fifteen years old when his father settled on HackerÕs Creek in Harrison County. Seven years later he had gone to a county east of the mountains. He later, in 1778, moved to Hampshire County, also east of the mountains, after which from 1783 he spent nine years in North and South Carolina and Georgia. In 1792 he was back in Greenbrier County, remaining there until 1808, when he came back to Harrison County, remaining there until he came to Gallia County, Ohio in 1829. In 1835, at the age of 90 he returned to Harrison County, Virginia, where he died in 1845. He served as a scout and soldier in government service from 1775 to 1780. It is noted that from his late youth until he returned to Harrison County his life had been spent in older settled counties of Virginia and three southern states. During these years there was no such Indian warfare as that in which Jesse and Ellis had engaged. He had been away from his early home for more than a dozen years when the murder by Indians of his father Thomas had driven his two brothers into a life-long vendetta against Indians. In his ÒLife of Stonewall JacksonÓ the author, Lenoir Chambers, writes of Harrison County, ÒThis was a region far different from any part of Virginia east of the Allegheny Mountains. The people of these western hills lived much closer to the early buckskin hunters and trappers, the bloody Indian wars, the crude tools and implements, the coarse clothes and rough manners.Ó The records show that whereas neither Jesse nor Ellis were at all educated, Jonathan was a school teacher. In the census of 1785, each of the former signed his name as ÒHuseÓ, while Jonathan signed his name, ÒHughesÓ, in a Òbeautiful clear handÓ. Since at that time school teachers found the pupils they were to teach, going from neighborhood to neighborhood, this accounts for his living in these different states. He was a school teacher to the end, teaching for a time in Jefferson County, Indiana, at the age of ninety. While we cannot at this date state definitely what influences led Jonathan from a life of frontier Indian fighting to life in the older settled parts of the country as a school teacher, we can record a fact that could well have been a dominant influence in that direction - -the fact of his marriage in 1785 to Sarah Abigail Jackson. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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