Andrew J McEver

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• Find-A-Grave: 71588188
• Name: Andy
• Reference Number: 9495
• Residence: USA
• Residence: 1840, Franklin, Arkansas, USA
• Residence: 1850, Pope, Arkansas, USA
• Residence: 1860, Pope, Arkansas, USA
• Residence: 1867, Arkansas, USA
• Residence: 1870, Illinois, Pope, Arkansas, USA
• Residence: 1880, Illinois, Pope, Arkansas, USA

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Andrew and Delphia had thirteen children plus the little brother William Hampton. Eleven of these thirteen raised families of their own. Sarah was born in 1838, married Jasper Chafin on August 14, 1861 and died in 1913. John R. was born in 184 1, married Eliza Jane and died in 1913. Mary was born in 1843 and married Madison Epps. Celia Ann was born in 1845, married Jonah Teeter in 1866 and died in 1889. Singleton was born in 1847 and married Celia A. Loupe on October 22, 1867. Martha A was born in 1850 and married Frank Hammock on February 5, 1872. Brice N. was born July 27, 1852, married Martha (Sis) Hamilton (sister of Nancy Hamilton) and died June 18, 1897. Jacob Aaron was born in 1854, married Martha J. Lynn on April 4, 1873 and died October 6, 1936. Albert Monroe was born July 19, 1873, married Nancy Hamilton on March 8, 1877 by Justice of the Peace G. E. Burney in Russellville, Arkansas. Albert died August 12, 1926 and Nancy died October 6, 1936. Paulina Adeline was born January 1, 1857, married David R. Bell in June 25, 1952. Laura was born in 1860, married W. P. Benefield and died in 1913.

Andrew changed the spelling of McEver to McKever and William Hampton later changed it to McKeever. Andrew and Delphia lived their remaining years at Russellville, Arkansas in a large, hewed log house with two chimneys. Delphia died in 1861 and is buried at Delphia Cemetery in Russellville. Andrew then married Catherine Graham on June 21, 1862. No children were born to this union. He died July 6, 1883 and in buried in Oakland Cemetery in Russellville. His obituary reads: "A man very highly respected in his community."

Buried:
Oakland Cemetery

Andrew married Delphia Petree 22 Oct 1835, Clinton, Illinois, USA. Delphia (daughter of William E Petree and Susannah Kereher) was born 1818, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA; died 1861, Russellville, Pope, Arkansas, USA; was buried , Russellville, Pope, Arkansas, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Albert Monroe McKeever was born 19 Jul 1856, Russellville, Pope, Arkansas, USA; died 12 Aug 1926, Burleson, Texas, USA; was buried , Palmer, Ellis, Texas, USA.
2. Brice N McKeever was born 27 Jul 1852, Arkansas, USA; died 18 Jun 1897, Ellis, Texas, USA; was buried , Palmer, Ellis, Texas, USA.
3. Celia Ann McEver was born 1845, Arkansas, USA; died 1889, Pope, Arkansas, USA.
4. Jacob Aaron McEver was born 22 Oct 1854, Russellville, Pope, Arkansas, USA; died 6 Oct 1936, Vivian, Caddo, Louisiana, USA.
5. John Robert McKeever, Sr was born 22 Mar 1841, Arkansas, USA; died 23 Jul 1915, Hopkins, Texas, USA; was buried , Union, Hopkins, Texas, USA.
6. Laura McEver was born 9 May 1860, Pope, Arkansas, USA; died 19 Jan 1913, Pope, Arkansas, USA; was buried , Russellville, Pope, Arkansas, USA.
7. Marion McEver was born 1848, Arkansas, USA; died 1859, Pope, Arkansas, USA.
8. Martha Ann McEver was born 10 Nov 1852, Arkansas, USA; died 9 Mar 1936, Vivian, Caddo, Louisiana, USA; was buried 10 Mar 1936, Vivian, Caddo, Louisiana, USA.
9. Mary J McKeever was born 1843, Arkansas, USA.
10. Paulina Adeline McKeever was born 1 Jan 1857, Pope, Arkansas, USA; died 25 Jun 1952, Palmer, Ellis, Texas, USA; was buried , Palmer, Ellis, Texas, USA.
11. Sarah Ann McEver was born 1838, Pope, Arkansas, USA; died 1913, Russellville, Pope, Arkansas, USA; was buried , Russellville, Pope, Arkansas, USA.
12. Singleton A McEver was born 1847, Pope, Arkansas, USA; died 8 Apr 1928, Vivian, Caddo, Louisiana, USA.

Andrew married Catherine Graham 21 Jun 1862, Russellville, Pope, Arkansas, USA. Catherine was born Abt 1820, Tennessee, USA; died 6 Jul 1883, Pope, Arkansas, USA; was buried , Russellville, Pope, Arkansas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 9537

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Robert Collins McEver married Celia (Seley) A. Wadsworth, a welsh girl, in Jackson County Georgia. By 1814, they had Robert Collins, Jr., John, Lacey and Sarah. They moved by lumber wagon, drawn by 4 horses to declare County Illinois, and were in Clinton County by the fall of 1816, where he filed on two parcels of Land. Robert Collins McEver and Thomas Wadsworth were prominent in organizing the County government and public school system for Clinton County Illinois. R. C. McEver was an associate Justice of Illinois. He was well to do.

Andrew McEver was born March 12, 1816, Brice in 1819, Arnold, Holleywell and Celia between 1819 and 1835. William Hampton, the last child, was born January 25, 1835. Andrew married Delphia ( Nicey) Petre or Petray, daughter of William and Susanah (Kershea) Petre, on October 21 1835, with their parent's consent. Thomas Wadsworth officiated the ceremony. Delphia was born 1817, in North Carolina, Andrew and Delphia left Illinois with Robert and Seley, and younger brothers and one sister in 1835 for Arkansas. They settled in south Madison County now Franklin County near what is known as Ozark.

Robert died in 1838 and Seley in 1839. Brice married Mary Ann Petray, daughter of Jacob Petray at Russellville Pope County Arkansas, October 11, 1838, Andrew and family, Brice and family, Arnold and Holleywell were on the census for Franklin County in 1840. They moved to Pope County in 1840 and settled west of Russellville. Brice with one quarter section, Andrew with one quarter section just top the north of Brice and by 1856, William Hampton on 80 acres just south of Brice.

Robert married Celia Ann Wadsworth 1803, Jackson, Georgia, USA. Celia (daughter of Thomas Wadsworth and Sarah (Unknown)) was born Abt 1790, Wilkes, Georgia, USA; died 1839, Pope, Arkansas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: McKeever
• Reference Number: 9516

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The following information about John McEver was adapted from information received from Earl Strebeck and Truman McEver. Most came from a journal of John McEver Forbes, which he wrote in 1887 at the age of 87. It later (1934) appeared in the Anniston Times, Anniston, Alabama. John Forbes was the son of Arthur and Catherine McEver Forbes. Catherine was the daughter of John McEver.
John was born December 1739. He lived in Pennsylvania during the Colonial days, and there, about 1764, he married Margaret Collins, an Irish girl, daughter of John and Catherine Collins of the same state. During the American Revolution, John served under General George Washington. In Pennsylvania, he owned a farm, which was well improved with all the necessary out buildings to sustain itself. His dwelling was built of limestone over a large limestone spring, having a basement that contained a kitchen and dining room.
Being a trusting soul, John stood account for a man in the amount of 500 pounds sterling and unfortunately, was left to pay the debt, To cover the amount, he was forced to sell his farm. After selling his property and paying the debt, John and his family moved south and settled in Georgia. John and Margaret had. a large family. Andrew was born 1768, John, Jr. in 1771, Brice in 1774, James in 1776, Robert Collins McEver in 1777, Samuel in 1778, William in 1780, Mary Margaret in 1783, Isaac and Thomas M. between 1783 and 1789, Catherine in 1789, and Joseph in 1790. The family was in Jackson County Georgia in 1787. In Georgia, John McEver bought a tract of land in Jackson County on the Mulberry Fork- of the Oconee River, adjoining the then Cherokee Nation, ten miles from Hog Mountain. He began farming again and paid for the land. with tobacco. He also built a good frame house with corner posts twelve inches square. About 1807 or 1808, John road horseback top the Louisiana Territory where he purchased 2 shares of the Mississippi Land Company (Louisiana Purchase, 1803). He paid 2,000 pounds for 15,000 acres (two or three leagues) of land He placed a man in charge of his purchase until he could return to Georgia, dispose of his property, and move his family to the Louisiana Territory.
On his way home, he put up for a night with a man living on the Tennessee River in the Cherokee Nation. That night his mare was stolen. Being subject to rheumatism, he couldn't walk, so he wrote to one of his sons telling him to meet him 30 or 40 miles up the Tennessee River at a designated point with a horse. Also, in his letter to his son, John gave instructions that if he were not at this meeting place agreed upon, then the son was to come down the river to the man's house where he had lodged and from where his horse was stolen. He further wrote that he had bought land for a home for every grandchild that he might have.
After writing his letter to his son, John bought a canoe and started up the river to meet his son. When John's son reached the meeting place agreed upon, he could not fine his father. He went further down the river until he reached the man's house where John had stayed and from whom John has purchased the canoe. There, he inquired about his father. The man told him his father had left in the canoe loaded with his saddle bags and other possessions. Three days later the same canoe came floating back down the river smeared with blood and empty! It was thought that all was lost, John, his papers identifying his land purchase and the man's name that he had left in charge of his purchase. With a sad heart, the son started home. After riding about 20 miles, he thought he heard a horse neigh. He explored and behold a short distance from the road was his father's mare, tied to a tree. He untied the horse and she followed his home, but John's body and his precious papers were never found. Margaret Collins McEver, John's widow, continued to live in Jackson County Georgia, and I assume. she died there and is buried there.

John married Margaret Collins 1764, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. Margaret (daughter of John Collins and Catherine Brice) was born 1740, Pennsylvania, USA; died 1807, Jackson, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Thomas married Sarah (Unknown) Georgia, USA. Sarah died Aft 1809, Jackson, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• _MILT: French/Indian War
• Birth: 1716, Lancaster, Huntington, Indiana, USA
• Death: 1768, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA

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Here is a verbatim account of the adventures of Andrew
McEver, from the court records in Frederick County. It begins
in August, 1751.
"Andrew McEver
vs Judgment Sur (?) Report of Referee
Michael Kirkpatrick for the
"Command was given to the Sheriff of Frederick County that he
should take Michael Kirkpatrick Late of Frederick County Farmer
if he should be found in his Bailiwick and him should safe keep
so that he might have his body before his Lordships Justices of
his Lordships then next County Court to be held at Frederick
Town in said County on the third Tuesday in August then next to
answer unto Andrew McEver of a plea of Trespass upon the Case
and that thereof he the said Sheriff should not fail at his
Peril and that he should have then and There that Wit est? At
which said Third Tuesday of August to wit the Twentieth day of
the Same Month Anno Domini Seventeen hundred and fifty one being
the day of The Return of the aforegoing Wit Comes the said
Andrew McEver by Daniel Dulany Junior his attorney (whose
father, Daniel Dulany, was the founder of Frederick, Maryland)
and the Sheriff of Frederick County to whom the Same Wit was
Divested also _____ and makes Return thereof to the Court here
thus Indorsed to wit.
Cepi? Geo Gordon Sheriff
"And hereupon this day to wit The Third Tuesday in August in the
first Year of his Lordship the Lord Proprietary Dominion.
Thomas Kelly and John Henthorn (?) of Frederick County Farmers
in thier Proper (?) Persons in Court here becomes Pledges and
Manucaptors for the said Mimchael Kirkpatrick that in Case the
said Michael Kirkpatrick in the Plea aforesaid should be Convict
then the said ThomasKelly and John Henthorn Yielded (?) and
Granted that as well all Damages Costwhich to the said Andrew
McEver in this Part Should be Adjudged of their Lands and
Chattles Should be made and Levied (?) to the use of the said
Andrew McEver in Case the said Michael Kirkpatrick ____next line
illegible_____Andrew McEver do not Pay or his Body into Custody
of The Sheriff by Cuasion (?) thereof not Render And the said
Andrew McEver Declared against the said Michael Kirkpatrick in
the plea aforesaid as followes to wit Frederick County
__Michael Kirkpatrick late of Frederick late of Frederick County
farmer was attacked (?)to answer unto Andrew McEver of a plea
of Trespass upon The Case. And Whereupon the same Andrew by
Daniel Dulany Junior his attorney complains that whereas the
said Michael on the seventeenth day of April Anno Domini
Seventeen hundred and Fifty at Frederick County Aforesaid was
Indebted to the aforesaid Andrew in the Sum of ten pounds
Current Money of Pensilvania of the Value of Eleven pounds
thirteen shilling and four Pence Current Money of Maryland being
fora Particular article Properly Chargeable in an amount as by
a Particular amount thereof Herewith into Court brought may
appear and being so Indebted the aforesaid Michael in
Consideration thereof afterwards to wit On the Same Day andYear
Last Mentioned at Frederick County aforesaid upon himself
Assumed And to the said Andrew Then and There Faithfully
Promised that he the aforesaid Michael the aforesaid Sum of
Pensilvania Current Money of the Value aforesaid Current Money
of Maryland to the aforesaid Andrew when Thereto he should be
afterwards Required would well and Truly Content and

Andrew married Mary Elizabeth (Unknown) Pennsylvania, USA. Mary was born Abt 1702. [Group Sheet]

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John married Catherine Brice 1745, Pennsylvania, USA. Catherine was born Abt 1720, Pennsylvania, USA; died Apr 1815, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Death: 1815, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA
• Death: Apr 1815, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA

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Will: dated 12 July 1816, probated 20 November 1821 Lincoln County, GA
Copy of this will can be found on page 203 of Wadsworth Family in America 1663-1985 Book 2 by Mary Jane Wadsworth.
ACT 1: THOMAS WADSWORTH'S LAST WILL IN THE LINCOLN COUNTY
GENERALOGY AND HISTORY, COMPLIED BY ROBERT S. DAVIS, JR. AND JAMES DORSEY, ON PAGE 110,
THE WILL OF THOMAS AND WIFE NANCY DATED 12 JUL 1816,
PROVED 20 NOV 1821. A TRANSCRIPTION OF THE WILL IS IN MRS. JANE FRY WADSWORTHS BOOK.
FACT 2: SON, WILLIAM WAS DEAD AT THE TIME OF THOMAS' WILL.
FACT 3: THOMAS WADSWORTH DEEDED LAND TO WILLIAM WADSWORTH
9 OCT. 1800. DEED FOR 150 ACRES ON CHEROKEE CREEK, PART OF A 300 ACRE GRANT TO THOMAS WADSWORTH, 18 SEPTEMBER 1784, ADJOINING JACOB JORDAN.
FACT 2:THOMAS WADSWORTH DEEDED THE FOLLOWING ACCORDING TO THE
LINCOLN CO., GENEALOGY AND HISTORY: WADSWORTH, THOMAS,
NOV. 20, 1820, WIFE NANCY, SON JAMES WADSWORTH AND HIS CHILDREN, ELIZABETH & MARY.
"MY FOUR CHILDREN : SELA SMITH, ELIZABETH SMITH, ESTER MCVERNETT, AMY JORDAN. cHILDREN OF DECEASED SON WILLIAM, THOMAS AND HOGAN WADSWORTH, JOHN AND ELIZABETH WADSWORTH, DAUGHER RUTH, WIFE OF JOHN WILLIAMS, HEIRS OF THOMAS WADSWORTH AND HIS WIFE. EXRS. SON JAMES, WILLIAM COVINGTON. WITNESS BY: WILLIAM DOWSING SR., JOHN LITTLE, WILLIAM P. SALMON.
FACT 3: THE LANDS OF THOMAS WADSWORTH ON CHEROKEE CREEK WERE
BOUNDED BY THE LANDS OF ZACHARIAH JORDAN OF WILKES CO.,
SEE SEPT. 9, 1796, PG. 7-8, DEEDBOOK A, 1796-1799; ALSO BY JACOB JORDEN (JORDAN) AND WIFE JENNET TO JOHN FLEMING OF COLUMBIA COUNTY, BOUNDED BY PROPERTIES ON CHEROKEE CREEK OF MCCALL, APPLEWHITE, WADSWORTH AND JEMISON. PROPERTY OF JOHN CHANCEY JORDAN, WIFE RHODA TO DANIEL HUNTER, 27 JULY 1802, DEEDBOOK 1803-1805, 100 ACRES, PART OF TRACT OF 750 ACRES GRANTED TO ZACHARIA JORDAN 17 JAN 1787 AND ALSO A PART OF 200 ACRES CONVEYED FROM Z. JORDAN TO CHARLES JORDAN 5 JAN 1789 ON CHEROKEE CREEK ADJOINING THOMAS WADSWORTH AND ELIJAH OFFIELD. CHARLES JORDAN AND WIFE AMEY TO JOHN CHANCEY JORDAN 28 DEC.1801, DEEDBOOK D, 1803-1805. DEED FOR 100 ACRES PART OF 750 ACRES GRANTED TO Z. JORDAN 17 JAN 1787 IN CHEROKEE CREEK ADJOINING THOMAS WADSWORTH, ELIJAH OFFIELD AND TRIPLETT. THOMAS WADSWORTH TO WILLIAM WADSWORTH 9 DEC 1800. DEED FOR 150 ACRES, DEEDBOOK D 1803-1805 ON CHEROKEE CREEK PART OF A 300 ACRE GRANT TO THOMAS WADSWORTH 18 SEPT. 1784 ADJOINING JACOB JORDAN.

Thomas — Elizabeth (Unknown). [Group Sheet]

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