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The Descendants of William Ewing
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1. William Ewing {64} was born 18 Jun 1764 most likely in Maryland since the father did not move to Virginia until about 1771 or 1772. He was the son of John Ewing {61}. William died about 1852 in White Shoals, Lee County, Virginia. He married (1) Elizabeth Saunders {3149} 14 Mar 1788 in Montgomery County, Virginia. She was born about 1770/1771. She was the daughter of Stephen Saunders {4305}. Elizabeth died before 1818.
Known children of William and Elizabeth are:
+ 2. i. Stephen Saunders Ewing {3150}, born 12 Feb 1789, died 14 Dec 1867.
3. ii. Doshia Ewing {3151}, born 1791 in Lee County, Virginia.
+ 4. iii. Letitia Ewing {3152}, born 1793, died 23 Dec 1848.
+ 5. iv. Sarah E Ewing {3153}, born 1795.
6. v. Alexander Ewing {3154}, born 1797 in Virginia, died Mar 1889 in Lee County, Virginia. He never married.
William married (2) Sarah Hix {3156} 1818 in Virginia. She was born 1790 in Virginia. Sarah died 1872 in White Shoals, Lee County, Virginia.
William had 2 stepchildren:
7. vi. William Wynn {3157}. He was the son of Samuel Wynn {3155} and Sarah Hix {3156}.
8. vii. Lavina Wynn {3158}. She was the daughter of Samuel Wynn {3155} and Sarah Hix {3156}.
Known children of William and Sarah are:
+ 9. viii. Minerva Ewing {3159}, born 20 Nov 1820, died 5 Apr 1874.
+ 10. ix. Robert S Ewing {3160}, born 1824.
+ 11. x. Celina Ewing {3161}, born 1827.
12. xi. Eliza Ewing {3162}, born 1828 in Virginia. She married Jim Overton {3616}.
+ 13. xii. Rhoda Ewing {3164}, born 20 May 1829, died 18 Jan 1897.
+ 14. xiii. Bathsheba Ewing {3163}, born 19 Mar 1832, died 27 Dec 1882.
+ 15. xiv. Joseph Hix Ewing {3165}, born 24 Nov 1834, died 12 Mar 1900.
+ 16. xv. Caroline Ewing {3166}, born 30 Oct 1837, died 3 Mar 1911.
Sarah also married (1) Samuel Wynn {3155}.
(The following is from Chapter XXVII of Clan Ewing of Scotland, page 284-299.)
“John Ewing died in Montgomery County between January 25, 1787, the date of his will, and March 5, 1788, the date that instrument was admitted to probate by the court. He was my great-grandfather. William Ewing, one of his children, was my grandfather. Grandfather died late in or shortly after 1852. In that year he conveyed to father part of the farm on which I was born. At grandfather's death my father, Joseph Hix Ewing, was about seventeen or eighteen years old, I have often heard him say. He was born in 1834. Unfortunately, I did not get interested in our genealogy until after father had gone. Grandfather, as we shall see, had a very large family; father was the next to the youngest; and the oldest was born in 1789. Father was one of the children by grandfather's second wife; and so it was that the older children had gone from the paternal home long before father was, and never in life did he see them. One of father's half-brothers, Alexander Ewing, I knew, and three of his sisters, Aunt Eliza Overton, Aunt Rhoda McNeil, and Aunt Caroline Gibson. Aunt Minerva Thomas and Aunt Basheba Kincaid, two other sisters, died when I was small, and their burials in the old Ewing graveyard on the farm in Powell Valley, where I was born, is all I recall of them. Uncle Alexander died when I was in college. My aunts who I knew had no family records; when consulted, were advanced in life, and could assist me only in a general way. So I had to rely largely upon such information as I could get from old people not belonging to our family, who knew grandfather, or who knew of him. Of the latter class was my uncle by marriage, Alexander C. McNeil, the husband of father's sister, Rhoda, who in his 84th year, on April 27, 1911, wrote me an interesting and intelligent account of his knowledge and information regarding our family.
“According to the survey records at Abingdon, the 815-acre tract was surveyed July 18, 1787, "for William Ewing, Jr., assignee of John Ewing." That this William Ewing was my grandfather there is no question, particularly since I know intimately the land involved; but why the "Jr." was used I don't know, unless to distinguish him from William Ewing of one of the older counties. There was in that day no other William Ewing in the Powell Valley section. This junior probably suggests that he was so known in his old home and before he became a resident of Powell Valley. The old records at Abingdon show that in other instruments before and about 1783 he was described as "William Ewing, Jr."
“When great-grandfather acquired his first Virginia lands, or where he first lived, I regret I have been unable to determine. Just where to look for the deeds depends upon where the land lay and the date, as is true of so much of early Virginia records. With nothing to give me any clue, it was only after years of search that I located his will. Montgomery County, including territory now within Wythe and Grayson, was formed in 1776 from Fincastle.
The records were kept in Fincastle town, or Court House. Fincastle was created in 1770 from part of widely flung Batetourt [Botetourt]. Up to 1776 Fincastle was one of the many empires once within Virginia's sweeping limits. Reaching far beyond the mountains, Fincastle included what are now the States of Kentucky and Illinois. The same law which established Montgomery created Washington County, which included all of what is now Southwest old Virginia. West of the Cumberlands the same act established the county of Kentucky; and later Kentucky was partitioned and Illinois County, Virginia, both long since States, was established.
“Batetourt (sic) was established over part of yet more extensive and justly famous Augusta in 1769; and, as we have seen, Augusta was formed from Orange, once a county, mostly an uninhabited wilderness, almost without limits. Hence it is easy to see why many deeds and other important papers were never recorded. When grandfather built his home in Powell Valley, he was nearly one hundred miles by the indifferent road of that day, over mountains and across many streams, to the court house at Abingdon. It was a horseback trip of about three days each way. With these county changes before the mind, it is also easy to see how difficult it often is to know who is who when seen in old records. Then, too, look at the names: John, William, Samuel, Joshua, George, &c.
“What became of the Cockes mentioned in great-grandfathers's will I have been unable to learn. I trust this publication will be the means of disclosing their descendants.
“Lee County was established over the southwestern section of Russell County by an act of the legislature passed in 1792. At that time the courts were held by justices, the usual eight being named as the first judges of the courts of Lee. Among the number are Joshua Ewing and grandfather, William Ewing (6 Virginia State Papers, 184.) At that time the judges of the courts held for each county were appointed under a law first enacted in 1661, which required for the position of a Virginia justice, "eight of the most able, honest and judicious persons of the County." At the time grandfather was on the justice's bench his court exercised criminal and civil jurisdiction, the criminal extending to capital punishment and the civil including the most extensive chancery or equity jurisdiction. In other words, he was a judge of the only court then held in his county.
“That this William Ewing, one of the first judges of my native county nearly one hundred and thirty years ago, [E.W.R. Ewing’s book was published in 1922] was my own grandfather, there is not the slightest doubt, --unusual as it is on account of the great lapse of time from that dreamy distance to this age of wonders. That such is true is tradition verified by documents left in the family and corroborated by the fact that not until the time of William Smith Ewing, many years subsequent, was there any other William Ewing in that section of Virginia. Joshua, appointed as grandfather's associate, was the brother of Samuel, the county's first sheriff.
“Unfortunately, the court records of Lee are missing up to May 8, 1808, probably due to the ravages of the Union army. How long grandfather served cannot be known. The oldest records now extant show that the court held May 8, 1808, was held by Judges William Neill, Samuel Ewing, John W. McKinney, and Robert Duff; but as only a majority of the justices were necessary, it can not be known who of those earliest commissioned had resigned. At a session begun March 28, 1809, Justices Joshua and Samuel Ewing (the ex-sheriff, who subsequently again became sheriff) were of those on the bench.
“It was not until April 17, 1809, that part of the jurisdiction of the court held by the justices was assumed by what was known as the "Superior Court of Law" over which one judge presided. At that term Samuel Ewing and grandfather, William Ewing, were members of the grand jury.
“Considered in the light of their day, such records are enlightening and very gratifying. Among others, indicative of character and standing and interesting for their light upon the conditions of grandfathers's section of Virginia, a few more instances are worth while.
“November 17, 1792, the Virginia legislature passed a law "to facilitate the intercourse of the inhabitants of this commonwealth with the State of Kentucky," authorizing a wagon road leading from the old Block house (a frontier fort) near what is now Bristol, across Powell Mountains, down Powell Valley, to the top of Cumberland Mountain in Cumberland Gap. Up to that time the route to followed by the road was one of the most traveled by the westward bound pioneers, large caravans and numerous bands and slowly moving parties, convoyed by armed men, being a daily sight. Yet no effort by any authority to open or improve the road was made up to this act of the Virginia legislature in 1792. But nothing except to view the route was done toward bettering this much-traveled path along which the great American expansion was moving, until December 18, 1794, when William Ewing and Charles Cocke (believed to have been grandfather's nephew) and three other residents of Lee County, or any three of them, were authorized to spend, without bound, $1,000 in building the first section of this road. (14 Hening, Virginia Statues, 314. Hening misspelled grandfather's name, and has it Irving.)
“An act of the legislature on December 19, 1794, authorized the town of Jonesville, and made it the county seat. Fifty-five acres of land, on which the town was located, were conveyed to William Ewing, my grandfather, and nine others as trustees for the use of the county. (Idem, 322).
“Again on January 25, 1799, grandfather, William Ewing was named as one of the commissioners who were authorized to expend, without bound, money to open and improve another section of the old wilderness path. (15 Hening, 164, 212).
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“We estimate that this William Ewing was born about 1760 [he was born 18 June 1864]. He died about 1852, on the extensive valley lands he long owned, much of which he bought or obtained from the State and about 2,000 acres of which he acquired under the will of his father. There is very conclusive traditional evidence of his service in the patriot armies of the Revolution. The meager data now extant from which the Virginia State Library has compiled rosters of soldiers of the Revolution, make it impossible to say which of the William Ewings there found is this ancestor of mine. Then, as is well known, the rosters of patriot soldiers, particularly those who rendered such valuable service against the Indian allies of the British, a service it is certain, among others, grandfather rendered, is incomplete. Tradition must be trusted. For years many Ewings of the southwestern part of Virginia were lost from the Virginia genealogies; and this led to conclusions regarding the military service of those in other parts of the country that has led to some error, due wholly to the distressing repetition of first names.
“About five miles nearly west of what is now Jonesville, this William Ewing built, at least as early as 1782, his home on the south bank of Trading Creek. Far away to the north the Cumberlands tower above the valley. From an elevation near the house one gets an enchanting view of the Powell Mountains, miles away and on the eastern side of the valley. The original house was a large two story building of heavy, hand-hewn logs; and, the white plaster filling the interstices, the appearance was pleasing. With its big, open fire places, it became a commodious and hospitable home, representative of the better homes of prewar Virginia. Particularly when the numerous, cleanly and well kept ‘negro quarters’ stood in the background, it was a prosperous home on the immense farm of a typical Southern gentleman. Built of heavy logs hewn to about six inches of thickness, the structure was home and fort. For more than ten trying years after it was built, again and again the bloody savages swept into the valley, committed arson and murder and hurried through the few inaccessible mountain gaps into the wilderness. Interesting are the stories of siege and defense through which that old house passed to stand, remodeled and now and again modernize, and to become the birth-place of all of grandfather's family and of my father's family, for nearly one hundred and forty years! In a deposition by Peter Fulkerson of Lee County, given May 28, 1811, in the case of McKenny v. Preston (2 Chalkley, 227), it is shown that the county west of Clinch River was little settled "and dangerous in 1785 on account of Indians." Powell Valley, now in Lee County, was the outpost of that dangerous zone. There is much evidence of this danger we cannot examine here. On December 22, 1792, Col. Andrew Lewis, charged with the military defense of the valley, reporting to the governor of Virginia said:
‘I think it necessary that troops for Powell's Valley should as soon as raised be sent there; the people by no means think themselves safe. Captain Neale must, of course, be continued in that place.’ (See The Pioneer Gateway of the Cumberlands.)
“Captain "Neale" (Neil) was already patrolling the valley with troops; yet the stealthy Indians, in small bands, continued deadly raids. On one of such raids Grandfather Ewing, apprised of the attack, hurried alone into one of the gaps in the rock-crowned Cumberlands through which gap he though it probable the savages would retreat. He concealed himself far up the heights. The sun hurried over the distant Powell. As the light gladdened the valley at his feet, he got his eye on a small detachment of the marauding savages, one following another, coming up the torturous trail leading through the gap. At the opportune movement his old flint lock brought down the leader; and then incredible as it appears, two more paid the last penalty for the booty which they had gathered from his neighbors by knife and torch. The others, terror wild, plunged into the laurels and escaped.
“For many years after grandfather built his home in the valley, buffalo, deer, bear, and all the other wild game abounded in that region. Dressed in a red hunting shirt, he had many dangerous encounters with the wild beasts. Thrilling stories of those adventures come down to us by authenticated tradition; but there is no space here for them.
“One story, however, became illustrative of prevailing conditions of the valley region for many years, is worth while. Until 1793 the courthouse, the county seat of justice, was about one hundred miles from grandfather's home. He was a large stock raiser. Much of the land grew the famous blue-grass; and corn and other grains grew in the greatest yield. Much of the immense boundary was yet in virgin timber, great oaks, towering walnuts, poplars sometimes 10 and 15 feet in diameter, and other trees. Hogs brought a good price and thrived most of the feeding season on the acorns of the oak. Often great droves would wander far from inhabited sections. Once two men stole a large number thus found isolated and began to drive them out of the community. In some way grandfather heard of the attempt to drive off his valuable herd; mounted his horse, armed with his ready gun; pursued and alone overtook the trespassers. He is described as well built, fearless, as was my father, keen of eye, quick of wit, and relentless of purpose once his resolution was formed; but, withal fair and just. A man who alone would fight a bank of Indians, on murder bent, in a distant and lonely mountain pass, was not to be regarded lightly. At the point of his gun he took both the thieves. He was recovering the property; the jail was one hundred miles beyond the mountains. So he tied both men to a tree and administered on their bare backs the number of lashes with "a cowhide whip," while the victims writhed and swore lustily, prescribed by the law for misdemeanors. Each miscreant agreed, as something of a penance of honor, to hold up his shirt rather than remove it, and thus "take his medicine like a man." One, however, lost his nerve, dropped his shirt at each cut of the keen whip and bellowed lustily. This lost whatever respect grandfather may have had for him, resulting in a very bitter "double dose" for failure to keep his contract.
“This truthful story not only disclosed character; but quite as much opens a flood of light upon the early days of Powell Valley before grandfather became one of the judges of the court which after 1793 sat within five miles of his home.
“Grandfather William Ewing left the identified descendants whose names follow, and no doubt others, whom I have not "discovered." Many of those given are men and women of ability and at least equally as prominent as are those of any other branch of our family. I have not the space to give to them the credit they richly deserve, simply because this work has long since gone beyond its commercial possibilities.”
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2. Stephen Saunders Ewing {3150} was born 12 Feb 1789 in Lee County, Virginia. He was the son of William Ewing {64} and Elizabeth Saunders {3149}. Stephen died 14 Dec 1867 in Aberdeen, Monroe County, Mississippi, and was buried in the Walter W. Troup plot in the Aberdeen Cemetery in Aberdeen, Monroe County, Mississippi. He married Mary Huston “Polly” Carter {3167} about 1814. She was born 18 Dec 1796 in Lee County, Virginia. She was the daughter of Charles Carter {3179}. Mary died 6 Nov 1849 in near Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. Return to parents
Known children of Stephen are:
+ 17. i. Alexander Ewing {3168}, born 2 Jun 1815, died 22 Aug 1857.
+ 18. ii. Charles Carter Ewing {3169}, born 22 Aug 1816, died 26 Jun 1852.
19. iii. Stephen S. Ewing {4306}, born 10 Nov 1817, died in childhood 21 Mar 1823. Another child born later is named the same.
+ 20. iv. Sarah Elizabeth Ewing {3170}, born 18 Jun 1819, died 15 Oct 1899.
21. v. William B. Ewing {4307}, born 16 Sep 1820, died in infancy 15 Aug 1821. Another child born later is named the same.
22. vi. Mary Ewing {4308}, born 17 Nov 1822, died in infancy 26 Nov 1822. Another child born later is named the same.
+ 23. vii. James Ewing {3171}, born 12 Jun 1824, died 10 Mar 1850.
+ 24. viii. John Ewing {3172}, born 24 Apr 1825, died 9 Feb 1895.
+ 25. ix. George Ewing {3173}, born 28 Feb 1828, died 27 Oct 1911.
+ 26. x. Stephen Saunders Ewing, II {3174}, born 27 Dec 1830.
+ 27. xi. Mary Ellen Ewing {3175}, born 30 Aug 1832, died 13 Jan 1866.
+ 28. xii. William Bromfield Ewing {3177}, born 4 Jul 1833, died 30 Sep 1892.
+ 29. xiii. Thomas Morgan Ewing {3176}, born 13 Nov 1834, died 2 Oct 1906.
+ 30. xiv. Susan Purdom Ewing {3178}, born 2 Oct 1838, died 24 Sep 1903.
William R. Ewing, Sr. wrote in 1994 “the birth and death dates for his children were recorded in the family Bible of Stephen S. Ewing, Sr., but have not been included in reports I have seen to date. Even my Great Grandfather Thomas M. Ewing, Sr. did not include them in notes he had made. Nor were they given to E. W. R. Ewing by my grandfather William B. Ewing, II.”
In his late teens or early twenties Stephen S. Ewing migrated to Alabama. He was listed in the 1810 Census as living in Cherokee County. By 1812 he was in business and acquiring property in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. In 1814 he was a partner in the partnership of Beatty, Ewing, and Henderson. He organized the first bank in Huntsville and named it "The First National Bank of Huntsville" according to data gathered by Battle Bell Ewing dated 25 December 1976. He was for several years the president of the National Bank of Huntsville. Stephen S. Ewing invested in a number of businesses including the Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company. He managed several businesses in Aberdeen, Mississippi with his sons, Charles C. and James Ewing.
After his wife died in 1849 and his son Charles C. Ewing died in 1852 in Aberdeen, Mississippi, Stephen S. Ewing moved to Aberdeen and lived there until his death.
4. Letitia Ewing {3152} was born 1793 in Virginia. She was the daughter of William Ewing {64} and Elizabeth Saunders {3149}. Letitia died 23 Dec 1848. She married Robert B. Beaty {3389} 6 May 1806. Return to parents
Known children of Letitia are:
+ 31. i. Elizabeth Saunders Beaty {3390}, born 14 Apr 1836, died 28 Jun 1909.
+ 32. ii. Catherine Eliza Beaty {3391}, born 7 Jan 1839, died 27 Jul 1923.
33. iii. John A. Beaty {3392}, born 25 Apr 1840
John died 7 Jan 1907 in Texas. He married in Texas and had 11 children.
+ 34. iv. Mary Jane Beaty {3393}, born Jun 1842, died Aug 1928.
35. v. Sarah Beaty {3394}, born 30 Nov 1844, died 18 Mar 1874.
36. vi. Narcissus H. Beaty {3395}, born 4 Aug 1846. She married Hiram J. Yeary {3417}. Narcissus died 29 Jan 1941.
37. vii. Margaret Beaty {3396}, born 1 May 1848. She married John Thompson {3418}. Margaret died 8 Aug 1913.
+ 38. viii. Celina Beaty {3397}, born 24 Jan 1842 [1852], died 12 Aug 1888.
5. Sarah E Ewing {3153} was born 1795 in Virginia. She was the daughter of William Ewing {64} and Elizabeth Saunders {3149}. She married William Carter {3441} 1837. He was born 1793. William died 1852. Return to parents
Known child of Sarah is:
39. i. Sarah E. Carter {3442}. She married ________ Coffin {3443}.
9. Minerva Ewing {3159} was born 20 Nov 1820 in Virginia. She was the daughter of William Ewing {64} and Sarah Hix {3156}. Minerva died 5 Apr 1874. She married William S. Thomas {3444} 26 Apr 1842. He was born 26 Oct 1820. William died in Camp Chase, Ohio. The source information indicated William died 6 June 1824 which has to be incorrect. He died in a federal prison camp in Camp Chase, Ohio. That must have been a civil war prison camp. Date could be 4 May 1864 since that is another date for the next person and that date would be wrong for that person. Return to parents
Known children of Minerva are:
+ 40. i. Josephine Virginia Thomas {3445}, born 31 May 1840.
+ 41. ii. William Ewing Thomas {3446}, born 1 Jun 1843, died 17 Jul 1930.
+ 43. iv. James Thomas {3448}, born 22 Dec 1849, died 16 Jan 1918.
+ 44. v. Sarah Thomas {3449}, born 26 Apr 1852, died 23 Feb 1932.
10. Robert S Ewing {3160} was born 1824 in Virginia. He was the son of William Ewing {64} and Sarah Hix {3156}. He married Mary Miller {3507}. Return to parents
Known children of Robert are:
45. i. Robert Ewing, Jr. {3508}.
46. ii. Charles H. Ewing {3509}.
47. iii. Letitia Ewing {3510}. She married ________ Nare {3513}.
48. iv. Ellen Ewing {3511}. She married A. S. Whitehead {3514}. She died in the far west.
49. v. Bathsheba Ewing {3512}. She married William Milbourne {3515}.
11. Celina Ewing {3161} was born 1827 in Virginia. She was the daughter of William Ewing {64} and Sarah Hix {3156}. She married George W. Cox {3493}. Return to parents
Known children of Celina are:
+ 50. i. Sarah Jane Cox {3494}, born 15 Feb 1848.
51. ii. James Cox {3495}, died in Tombstone, Arizona. He never married.
+ 52. iii. William Alexander Cox {3496}.
13. Rhoda Ewing {3164} was born 20 May 1829 in Lee County, Virginia. She was the daughter of William Ewing {64} and Sarah Hix {3156}. Rhoda died 18 Jan 1897 in Lee County, Virginia. She married Alexander Campbell McNiel {3617}. He was born 15 Jan 1829. Alexander died 8 Sep 1921. Return to parents
Known children of Rhoda are:
+ 53. i. Virginia McNiel {3618}.
+ 54. ii. Alexander C. McNiel, Jr. {3619}, born 13 Nov 1863, died 1 Oct 1918.
55. iii. Benjamin Franklin McNiel {3620}, born 12 Aug 1866, died 1 Oct 1918. The death date of 1 Oct 1918 is also given for his brother Alexander. It appears that one of the dates could be incorrect.
+ 56. iv. Mary McNiel {3621}, born 16 Sep 1870, died 19 Mar 1942.
14. Bathsheba Ewing {3163} was born 19 Mar 1832 in White Shoals, Lee County, Virginia. She was the daughter of William Ewing {64} and Sarah Hix {3156}. Bathsheba died 27 Dec 1882 in White Shoals, Lee County, Virginia. She married Benjamin Franklin Kincaid {3516} 6 Jan 1855 in Lee County, Virginia. He was born 25 Sep 1824 in Fincastle, Tennessee. He was the son of John Kincaid {4744} and Jane [———?———] {4745}. Benjamin died 13 Feb 1873 in White Shoals, Lee County, Virginia. One record shows Fincastle, Tennessee, another, shows Campbell County, Tennessee. Correspondence with Sara S. Hummel gives Fincastle, Tennessee now La Follette which is in Campbell County. Return to parents
Known children of Bathsheba are:
+ 57. i. Charles Kincaid {3517}, born Oct 1855, died 5 Apr 1943.
58. ii. Sarah Kincaid {3518}, born 20 Apr 1857. She married W. S. Ely {3524} 1 Mar 1882. Sarah died 29 May 1883.
59. iii. Callie Helen Kincaid {3519}, born 23 Dec 1859, died 4 Jan 1872.
+ 60. iv. Benjamin Franklin Kincaid {3520}, born 20 Sep 1860, died 15 Sep 1942.
+ 61. v. Mary Lee Kincaid {3521}, born 22 Jul 1863, died 1947.
62. vi. Elizabeth D. “Lizzie” Kincaid {3522}, born 16 Dec 1869. She married Timothy Thomas {3613} 9 Mar 1887. Elizabeth died 31 Mar 1964.
63. vii. John Kincaid {3523}. He married (1) Lydia Face {3614}.
John married (2) Alice [———?———] {3615}.
John died 16 Nov 1931.
15. Joseph Hix Ewing {3165} was born 24 Nov 1834 at the old Ewing farm in Lee County, then known as Acadia, Virginia. He was the son of William Ewing {64} and Sarah Hix {3156}. Joseph died 12 Mar 1900 in Lee County, Virginia. He was a Confederate officer during the entire Civil War. He married Mary Elanor Chrisman Woodward {3684} Oct 1866. She was born 29 Apr 1839. She was the daughter of Valentine A. Woodward {3727} and Mary Ely {3728}. Mary died 14 Nov 1921. Return to parents
Known children of Joseph are:
64. i. Elbert William Robinson Ewing {3685}, born 22 Sep 1867 in Lee County, Virginia, died 26 Jun 1928. He never married. He is the author of Clan Ewing of Scotland published in 1922.
+ 65. ii. Charles Wightman Ewing {3686}, born 28 Feb 1869, died 23 Dec 1956.
66. iii. Mary Sullins Ewing {3687}, born 8 Dec 1872. She married Lester B. Murphy {3690}.
67. iv. Bennie Morgan Ewing {3688}, born 8 Dec 1874. Died in infancy.
68. v. Frank Carroll Ewing {3689}, born 22 Feb 1878, died 15 Aug 1901.
16. Caroline Ewing {3166} was born 30 Oct 1837 in Lee County, Virginia. She was the daughter of William Ewing {64} and Sarah Hix {3156}. Caroline died 3 Mar 1911 in Lee County, Virginia. She married Z. S. Gibson {3679}. He was born 15 Feb 1846. Z. S. died 26 Mar 1901.
Known children of Caroline are:
69. i. Robert Gibson {3681}, born 7 Dec 1870. He married Dora Hoden {3683}. Dora died 1967 in Illinois. Robert died 18 Apr 1921.
70. ii. Ida Gibson {3680}, born 15 May 1882. She married John Trent {3682}. He was born 22 Feb 1873. John died 4 Nov 1937.
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17. Alexander Ewing {3168} was born 2 Jun 1815 in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. He was the son of Stephen Saunders Ewing {3150} and Mary Houston Carter {3167}. Alexander died 22 Aug 1857 near Seguin in Guadalupe County, Texas and is buried in Geronimo Cemetery in Seguin, Texas. He married Mary Jane Malone {3180}. Return to parents
Known children of Alexander are:
+ 71. i. Sarah Ewing {3181}.
+ 72. ii. Mary Houston Ewing {3182}.
+ 73. iii. Alice Lea Ewing {3183}.
+ 74. iv. Stephen Malone Ewing {3184}, born 21 Jun 1850, died 2 Feb 1901.
75. v. John Ewing {3185}. Died in infancy.
76. vi. Susan Ewing {3186}. Died in infancy.
77. vii. Alexander Ewing, Jr {3187}.
By deed dated December 19, 1853, Alexander Ewing of Madison County, Alabama, acquired from Jose Antonio Navarro 6,509 acres of land, almost one and one-half leagues, the northern portion of the M. Cherino Two League Grant. Here he established his plantation. This land is north of Seguin, Texas and east of San Marcos Highway, extending eastward about 2 1/2 miles and almost 4 miles north and south. This plantation was near Geronimo, Texas. The plantation consisted of many assets including 72 slaves upon the Inventory and Appraisement of the Estate of Alexander Ewing who died August 22, 1857. Of the 72 slaves, 39 were children. The slaves were listed in family groups: Rebecca & 2 children, James & infant, $1,500; Reuben & Luckey & 5 children, Polly, Eliza, James, Isaiah, Infant, $3,200; Peter & Nancy, $500.00; Zilpha 6 children, Gray, Eliza, Jane William, Amy Pheby, $4,200. The total value of the estate of Alexander Ewing was $107,782.01. After the death of Alexander Ewing, his widow and children returned to Madison County, Alabama. However, his son, Stephen M. Ewing returned.
18. Charles Carter Ewing {3169} was born 22 Aug 1816 in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. He was the son of Stephen Saunders Ewing {3150} and Mary Huston Carter {3167}. Charles died 26 Jun 1852 in Aberdeen, Monroe County, Mississippi. He married Mary Ann Lyle {3228} before 1849. She was the daughter of Peyton Harrison Lile {3231}.
Known children of Charles are:
78. i. Stephen Saunders Ewing {3229}, born 8 Nov 1849, died 6 Mar 1874.
+ 79. ii. Charles Carter Ewing, Jr. {3230}, born 17 Oct 1852.
20. Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” Ewing {3170} was born 18 Jun 1819 in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. She was the daughter of Stephen Saunders Ewing {3150} and Mary Huston Carter {3167}. Sarah died 15 Oct 1899 in Hermitage, Gadsen County, Florida, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Mount Pleasant, Gadsen County, Florida. She married Andrew Jackson Rice {3236} 26 Nov 1835 in Madison County, Alabama. He was born 3 Jun 1814 in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. Andrew died 1901 in Quincy, Gadsden County, Florida, and was buried in Mount Pleasant, Gadsden County, Florida. Return to parents
Known children of Sarah are:
+ 80. i. Stephen Ewing Rice {3238}, born 1838, died 1919.
+ 81. ii. Elisha Higgerson Rice {3237}, born 1840.
+ 82. iii. Mary Elizabeth Rice {3239}, born 1844, died 14 Feb 1908.
+ 83. iv. Joel Rice, II {3240}, born 15 Apr 1852, died 1931.
In correspondence with Tammy Young in 1993, the following was received: “Turner Rice believes Andrew was named for the president because Jackson marched through Huntsville around the time of Andrew's birth. At some point circa 1844, Andrew and Sarah traveled from Alabama to Texas. In the 1850 census, they are listed under Titus County, Texas. We have some excerpts of Mollie Rice's diary, dated Seguin, Texas, 1859. Turner Rice believes that by 1860, the family was in Victoria County, Texas, and when Civil War broke out in 1861, the family moved to Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama. Andrew and his oldest son both fought for the Confederate Army. According to Turner Rice, ‘Andrew J. Rice was captured by Yankee raiders in August of 1862, while on leave visiting his family in Florence. He was taken to Tuscumbia as a prisoner, but either escaped or was freed by his captors. Family legend has it that during the war Captain Rice learned his wife was desperately short of funds. He applied for leave, slipped through enemy lines to his former home in Texas, where he sold his property for gold, and returned to Florence with the gold in the same venturesome manner.’ In 1876, the Rice and Key families moved to Florida. There is some debate about whether Andrew and Sarah had another son, Andrew Jackson Rice, Jr., who either died at a young age or ran away. I have seen no proof of the existence of this son, but the possibility cannot be ruled out.”
23. James Ewing {3171} was born 12 Jun 1824 in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. He was the son of Stephen Saunders Ewing {3150} and Mary Huston Carter {3167}. James died 10 Mar 1850 in Aberdeen, Monroe County, Mississippi. His spouse has not been identified. Return to parents
Known children of James are:
84. i. Adrian Ewing {3224}. She married ________ Spratt {3226}.
85. ii. Jennie Ewing {3225}. She married ________ Love {3227}.
24. John Ewing {3172} was born 24 Apr 1825 in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. He was the son of Stephen Saunders Ewing {3150} and Mary Huston Carter {3167}. John died 9 Feb 1895 in Clark County, Arkansas. Return to parents
Known children of John are:
86. i. Margaret Ewing {3371}. She married ________ Lee {3375}. They lived in Aberdeen, Monroe County, Mississippi.
87. ii. Bettie Ewing {3372}. She married ________ Wilkerson {3376}. They lived in Caldwell, Texas.
+ 88. iii. Josephine Ewing {3373}.
89. iv. Mollie Ewing {3374}. She married ________ Wood {3382}. They lived in Washington, Washington County, Texas.
25. George Ewing {3173} was born 28 Feb 1828 in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. He was the son of Stephen Saunders Ewing {3150} and Mary Huston Carter {3167}. George died 27 Oct 1911. He married Kate Stevens {3350} in Aberdeen, Monroe County, Mississippi. In 1911, he was living in Chappell Hill, Texas Return to parents
Known children of George are:
90. i. Adriene A. Ewing {3351}. She married W. B. Bizzell {3357}.
92. iii. Kate S. Ewing {3358}, born 17 Dec 1862. She married T. P. Robinson {3359}.
93. iv. George E. Ewing {3353}, born 9 Jan 1864. He married Sallie Sample {3360}.
94. v. Mary J. Ewing {3354}, born 17 Sep 1867, died in childhood 15 Aug 1870.
95. vi. William R. Ewing {3355}, born 21 Oct 1869.
+ 96. vii. Minnie L. Ewing {3356}, born 13 Mar 1873.
26. Stephen Saunders Ewing, II {3174} was born 27 Dec 1830 in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. He was the son of Stephen Saunders Ewing {3150} and Mary Huston Carter {3167}. Stephen, II died in Burleson, Johnson County, Texas. He married Annie Lee {3361}.
Known children of Stephen, II are:
+ 97. i. Alexander Ewing {3362}.
+ 98. ii. Tom Ewing {3363}.
27. Mary Ellen Ewing {3175} was born 30 Aug 1832 in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. She was the daughter of Stephen Saunders Ewing {3150} and Mary Huston Carter {3167}. Mary died 13 Jan 1866. She married Walter Troup {3213}. Return to parents
Known children of Mary are:
99. i. Minnie Troup {3214}. She married E. J. Smith {3220}.
102. iv. Carrie Troup {3217}. She married ________ Baskin {3221}.
103. v. Mary Troup {3218}. She married Alfred Bowner {3222}.
Walter also married (2) Susan Purdom Ewing {3178} (See number 30). She was born 2 Oct 1838 in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. She was the daughter of Stephen Saunders Ewing {3150} and Mary Huston Carter {3167}.
28. William Bromfield Ewing {3177} was born 4 Jul 1833 in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. He was the son of Stephen Saunders Ewing {3150} and Mary Huston Carter {3167}. William died 30 Sep 1892. He married Carrie Walker {3383}. Carrie was married to Mr. Johnston before this marriage. Return to parents
Known child of William is:
+ 105. i. Dora Ewing {3384}.
29. Thomas Morgan Ewing {3176} was born 13 Nov 1834 in Huntsville, Alabama. He was the son of Stephen Saunders Ewing {3150} and Mary Huston Carter {3167}. Thomas died 2 Oct 1906 in Clark County, Arkansas, and was buried in Arkadelphia, Clark County, Arkansas. He married Mary L. Cook {3333} 19 Nov 1862. She was born 23 Sep 1836. Mary died 5 Nov 1918. A prior marriage must have been to a Mr. Spence, since she was Mary L. Spence when this marriage took place. Return to parents
Known children of Thomas are:
+ 106. i. William Bromfield Ewing {3334}, born 10 Aug 1863, died 29 Jun 1933.
107. ii. Thomas Morgan Ewing {3335}, born 17 Jan 1865. He married Ida Gunter {3341} in Curtis, Clark County, Arkansas.
+ 108. iii. Walter F. Ewing {3336}, born 8 Mar 1868.
+ 109. iv. George Brice Ewing {3337}, born 18 Aug 1874.
30. Susan Purdom Ewing {3178} was born 2 Oct 1838 in Huntsville, Alabama. She was the daughter of Stephen Saunders Ewing {3150} and Mary Huston Carter {3167}. Susan died 24 Sep 1903 in Jackson, Mississippi. She married Walter Troup {3213}. Return to parents
Known child of Susan is:
109. i. Anne Troup {3219}.. She married ________ Savage {3223}.
Walter also married (1) Mary Ellen Ewing {3175} (See number 27).
31. Elizabeth Saunders Beaty {3390} was born 14 Apr 1836. She was the daughter of Robert B. Beaty {3389} and Letitia Ewing {3152}. Elizabeth died 28 Jun 1909. She married John G. Wood {3398}. John died 1881. He was the leading hotelman in Bristol, Virginia.
Known children of Elizabeth are:
111. ii. Cornie L Wood {3400}.
32. Catherine Eliza Beaty {3391} was born 7 Jan 1839. She was the daughter of Robert B. Beaty {3389} and Letitia Ewing {3152}. Catherine died 27 Jul 1923. She married William Merriman {3401} 1859 in Durham, North Carolina. William died 1863 in a prison camp.
Known child of Catherine is:
+ 112. i. William Beaty Merriman {3402}, born 25 Nov 1861, died 2 Sep 1944.
34. Mary Jane Beaty {3393} was born Jun 1842 in Lee County, Virginia. She was the daughter of Robert B. Beaty {3389} and Letitia Ewing {3152}. Mary died Aug 1928 in Lee County, Virginia. Her year of birth was given as the same year, 1842, as her sister Celina. One of the dates must be in error, unless they are twins. She married Napoleon Bonaparte Havely {3403}. He was born 28 Feb 1845 in Lee County, Virginia. Napoleon died 2 Jan 1886 in Lee County, Virginia. Return to parents
Known children of Mary are:
+ 113. i. Margaret Ann Havely {3404}, born 27 May 1870, died 27 Jul 1965.
116. iv. Robert Beaty Havely {4765}.
38. Celina Beaty {3397} was born 24 Jan 1842 [birth mostly likely 1852]. She was the daughter of Robert B. Beaty {3389} and Letitia Ewing {3152}. Celina died 12 Aug 1888. She married Thomas Shelby Gibson {3419}. He was born 4 Mar 1828. Thomas died 20 Feb 1909.
Known children of Celina are:
117. i. Hugh Rentfro Gibson {3420}, born 1867. He married Bernice Orr {3426}. Hugh died 1917.
+ 118. ii. Amelia Gibson {3421}, born 1868, died 1948.
119. iii. Wade Moss Gibson {3422}, born 1870, died 1935.
120. iv. Thomas Shelby Gibson, Jr. {3423}, born 1873, died 1935.
121. v. Burgonye H. Gibson {3424}, born 1875. He married Mettie Lews {3427}. Burgonye died 1938.
+ 122. vi. Robert B. Gibson {3425}, born 1889, died 1931.
40. Josephine Virginia Thomas {3445} was born 31 May 1840. Her birth year could be in error since it is two years before parents married. She was the daughter of William S. Thomas {3444} and Minerva Ewing {3159}. She married James G. Rose {3450} 5 Jul 1866.
Known children of Josephine are:
123. i. Jennie Rose {3451}, born 29 Jun 1867. She married Hampton Rice {3454} 18 Sep 1888. Jennie died 12 Oct 1946.
124. ii. Lillie Rose {3452}, born 31 May 1870.
125. iii. Issac Thomas Rose {3453}.
41. William Ewing Thomas {3446} was born 1 Jun 1843 in Hancock County, Tennessee. He was the son of William S. Thomas {3444} and Minerva Ewing {3159}. William died 17 Jul 1930. He married (1) Lavina Jane Bishop {4793} 11 Feb 1866. She was born about 1844 in Washington County, Virginia. She was the daughter of Joseph P. Bishop {4806} and Martha Pennington Parsons {4807}. Lavina died 18 Aug 1869 in Hancock County, Tennessee and was buried in the old Thompson Settlement Baptist Church Cemetery. Return to parents
Known children of William are:
+ 126. i. William Preston Thomas {4794}, born 30 Jan 1866, died 17 Jan 1907.
127. ii. Emmett Bascom Thomas {4795}, born 8 Feb 1868 in Mulberry Gap, Tennessee, died 4 May 1933 in Wichita Falls, Texas, and was buried in Grapevine Cemetery in Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas.
128. iii. Martha Lavina Thomas {4796}, born 28 Jun 1869. She married William D. McGeehee {4827} 17 Sep 1885. Martha died 14 Mar 1956.
William married (2) Frances E. Hatfield {4797} 6 Jan 1873. She was born 24 May 1859 in Hancock County, Tennessee. Frances died 24 Apr 1888, and was buried in Grapevine Cemetery in Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas.
Known children of William are:
129. iv. Minnie A. Thomas {4798}, born 21 Oct 1873 in Texas. She married J. D. McNeely {482