William CHENOWETH was born on 10 June 1760 in Frederick County, Virginia, the son of William Chenoweth and Ruth Calvert.
He served in the Revolutionary War, reaching the rank of Major, and appeared on Pottenger's Creek in Kentucky in August or September 1779.
1780. He entered land in Nelson County for services as a permit for land to Major William Chenoweth, issued by Patrick Henry, Governor of Virginia, by virtue of a land office treasury warrant, number 5080, issued on the 22nd day of May 1780. "There is granted by said Commonwealth unto William Chenoweth, who ---- of John Ray, who was of Samuel Meade, a tract of land containing 600 acres--survey dated May 15, 1784, in Jefferson County, Virginia." Grant Book 5, page 327.
On March 5, 1781, in Jefferson County, Kentucky, he was appointed administrator of the estate of David Henton, who drowned in the Ohio River at the time of the Van Meter migration to Kentucky.
In October 1781 at Hardin, Nelson County, Kentucky, he married the widow, Mary Van Meter Henton, who was the daughter of Jacob Van Meter. (Mary was born 11 February 1757 and died 29 June 1832.) Their children were:
William Jr., born on 22 September 1782 and died on 8 July 1805;
Jacob Van Meter, born in Kentucky on 2 March 1784, married Mary Haycraft and had 11 children, and died on 29 July 1851 at Perry, Pike County, Illinois;
Abraham, born in Nelson County, Kentucky on 27 December 1785, married his cousin Rachel Chenoweth, had nine children and died 10 April 1861 in Pike County, Illinois;
Isaac Calvert, born on 6 July 1789, married Sarah Elizabeth Fairleigh, and died 23 July 1858 in Hardin County;
Miles Hart, born on 7 July 1791, married Rebecca Fairleigh (Sarah's sister) in 1811, and died near St. Joseph, Missouri in 1846;
Hardin Thomas, born on 5 May 1793, married Nancy Hart, and died in Sherman, Texas;
Letitia Van Meter, born on 11 June 1796, married Hardin Hawkins, and died on 3 November 1875 in Hardin County;
Ruth, born on 18 January 1798, married William Forman, and died on 23 October 1868; and
James Hackley, born on 7 July 1801, married Artemisia Catherine Birkhead in Nelson County, Kentucky, moved to Pike County, Illinois, had ten children, and died at Perry on 19 April 1882. OLD WILSON CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH - only a few field stones, William & Mary Chenowith were buried there, moved to New Salem Cemetery, Deatsville
"The Chenoweth children, like their parents before them, appear to have been restless, with a desire to 'move on,' a trait found in many of the pioneers, searching for a place to 'put down roots.' ...two of them went to Texas and died there. Three joined the emigrations to early-day Illinois: Abraham, Jacob Van Meter and James Hackley, who settled in Pike County in that state. In that area they joined with others from the Severns Valley section of Kentucky, members of the Vertrees, Haycraft, Hobbs and other related families, whose parents and grandparents had been among those who had, a half-century earlier, brought civilization to the future Hardin County. There was much inter-marrying among those early families, which continued in later generations."
William died on 16 April 1828 at his home in Nelson County, Kentucky, near Dateville and about ten miles from Barstown, the county seat. He was buried at Wilson Creek Baptist Church, built on land which he gave for church and which was organized in 1801. The graves of William and Mary are well preserved and marked with stones.
Their home is also standing, a large stone house and the spring where they kept milk, is arched over with stones and in good condition.
He served in the Revolutionary War, reaching the rank of Major, and appeared on Pottenger's Creek in Kentucky in August or September 1779.
1780. He entered land in Nelson County for services as a permit for land to Major William Chenoweth, issued by Patrick Henry, Governor of Virginia, by virtue of a land office treasury warrant, number 5080, issued on the 22nd day of May 1780. "There is granted by said Commonwealth unto William Chenoweth, who ---- of John Ray, who was of Samuel Meade, a tract of land containing 600 acres--survey dated May 15, 1784, in Jefferson County, Virginia." Grant Book 5, page 327.
On March 5, 1781, in Jefferson County, Kentucky, he was appointed administrator of the estate of David Henton, who drowned in the Ohio River at the time of the Van Meter migration to Kentucky.
In October 1781 at Hardin, Nelson County, Kentucky, he married the widow, Mary Van Meter Henton, who was the daughter of Jacob Van Meter. (Mary was born 11 February 1757 and died 29 June 1832.) Their children were:
William Jr., born on 22 September 1782 and died on 8 July 1805;
Jacob Van Meter, born in Kentucky on 2 March 1784, married Mary Haycraft and had 11 children, and died on 29 July 1851 at Perry, Pike County, Illinois;
Abraham, born in Nelson County, Kentucky on 27 December 1785, married his cousin Rachel Chenoweth, had nine children and died 10 April 1861 in Pike County, Illinois;
Isaac Calvert, born on 6 July 1789, married Sarah Elizabeth Fairleigh, and died 23 July 1858 in Hardin County;
Miles Hart, born on 7 July 1791, married Rebecca Fairleigh (Sarah's sister) in 1811, and died near St. Joseph, Missouri in 1846;
Hardin Thomas, born on 5 May 1793, married Nancy Hart, and died in Sherman, Texas;
Letitia Van Meter, born on 11 June 1796, married Hardin Hawkins, and died on 3 November 1875 in Hardin County;
Ruth, born on 18 January 1798, married William Forman, and died on 23 October 1868; and
James Hackley, born on 7 July 1801, married Artemisia Catherine Birkhead in Nelson County, Kentucky, moved to Pike County, Illinois, had ten children, and died at Perry on 19 April 1882. OLD WILSON CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH - only a few field stones, William & Mary Chenowith were buried there, moved to New Salem Cemetery, Deatsville
"The Chenoweth children, like their parents before them, appear to have been restless, with a desire to 'move on,' a trait found in many of the pioneers, searching for a place to 'put down roots.' ...two of them went to Texas and died there. Three joined the emigrations to early-day Illinois: Abraham, Jacob Van Meter and James Hackley, who settled in Pike County in that state. In that area they joined with others from the Severns Valley section of Kentucky, members of the Vertrees, Haycraft, Hobbs and other related families, whose parents and grandparents had been among those who had, a half-century earlier, brought civilization to the future Hardin County. There was much inter-marrying among those early families, which continued in later generations."
William died on 16 April 1828 at his home in Nelson County, Kentucky, near Dateville and about ten miles from Barstown, the county seat. He was buried at Wilson Creek Baptist Church, built on land which he gave for church and which was organized in 1801. The graves of William and Mary are well preserved and marked with stones.
Their home is also standing, a large stone house and the spring where they kept milk, is arched over with stones and in good condition.
William CHENOWETH was born on 10 June 1760 in Frederick County, Virginia, the son of William Chenoweth and Ruth Calvert.
He served in the Revolutionary War, reaching the rank of Major, and appeared on Pottenger's Creek in Kentucky in August or September 1779.
1780. He entered land in Nelson County for services as a permit for land to Major William Chenoweth, issued by Patrick Henry, Governor of Virginia, by virtue of a land office treasury warrant, number 5080, issued on the 22nd day of May 1780. "There is granted by said Commonwealth unto William Chenoweth, who ---- of John Ray, who was of Samuel Meade, a tract of land containing 600 acres--survey dated May 15, 1784, in Jefferson County, Virginia." Grant Book 5, page 327.
On March 5, 1781, in Jefferson County, Kentucky, he was appointed administrator of the estate of David Henton, who drowned in the Ohio River at the time of the Van Meter migration to Kentucky.
In October 1781 at Hardin, Nelson County, Kentucky, he married the widow, Mary Van Meter Henton, who was the daughter of Jacob Van Meter. (Mary was born 11 February 1757 and died 29 June 1832.) Their children were:
William Jr., born on 22 September 1782 and died on 8 July 1805;
Jacob Van Meter, born in Kentucky on 2 March 1784, married Mary Haycraft and had 11 children, and died on 29 July 1851 at Perry, Pike County, Illinois;
Abraham, born in Nelson County, Kentucky on 27 December 1785, married his cousin Rachel Chenoweth, had nine children and died 10 April 1861 in Pike County, Illinois;
Isaac Calvert, born on 6 July 1789, married Sarah Elizabeth Fairleigh, and died 23 July 1858 in Hardin County;
Miles Hart, born on 7 July 1791, married Rebecca Fairleigh (Sarah's sister) in 1811, and died near St. Joseph, Missouri in 1846;
Hardin Thomas, born on 5 May 1793, married Nancy Hart, and died in Sherman, Texas;
Letitia Van Meter, born on 11 June 1796, married Hardin Hawkins, and died on 3 November 1875 in Hardin County;
Ruth, born on 18 January 1798, married William Forman, and died on 23 October 1868; and
James Hackley, born on 7 July 1801, married Artemisia Catherine Birkhead in Nelson County, Kentucky, moved to Pike County, Illinois, had ten children, and died at Perry on 19 April 1882. OLD WILSON CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH - only a few field stones, William & Mary Chenowith were buried there, moved to New Salem Cemetery, Deatsville
"The Chenoweth children, like their parents before them, appear to have been restless, with a desire to 'move on,' a trait found in many of the pioneers, searching for a place to 'put down roots.' ...two of them went to Texas and died there. Three joined the emigrations to early-day Illinois: Abraham, Jacob Van Meter and James Hackley, who settled in Pike County in that state. In that area they joined with others from the Severns Valley section of Kentucky, members of the Vertrees, Haycraft, Hobbs and other related families, whose parents and grandparents had been among those who had, a half-century earlier, brought civilization to the future Hardin County. There was much inter-marrying among those early families, which continued in later generations."
William died on 16 April 1828 at his home in Nelson County, Kentucky, near Dateville and about ten miles from Barstown, the county seat. He was buried at Wilson Creek Baptist Church, built on land which he gave for church and which was organized in 1801. The graves of William and Mary are well preserved and marked with stones.
Their home is also standing, a large stone house and the spring where they kept milk, is arched over with stones and in good condition.
He served in the Revolutionary War, reaching the rank of Major, and appeared on Pottenger's Creek in Kentucky in August or September 1779.
1780. He entered land in Nelson County for services as a permit for land to Major William Chenoweth, issued by Patrick Henry, Governor of Virginia, by virtue of a land office treasury warrant, number 5080, issued on the 22nd day of May 1780. "There is granted by said Commonwealth unto William Chenoweth, who ---- of John Ray, who was of Samuel Meade, a tract of land containing 600 acres--survey dated May 15, 1784, in Jefferson County, Virginia." Grant Book 5, page 327.
On March 5, 1781, in Jefferson County, Kentucky, he was appointed administrator of the estate of David Henton, who drowned in the Ohio River at the time of the Van Meter migration to Kentucky.
In October 1781 at Hardin, Nelson County, Kentucky, he married the widow, Mary Van Meter Henton, who was the daughter of Jacob Van Meter. (Mary was born 11 February 1757 and died 29 June 1832.) Their children were:
William Jr., born on 22 September 1782 and died on 8 July 1805;
Jacob Van Meter, born in Kentucky on 2 March 1784, married Mary Haycraft and had 11 children, and died on 29 July 1851 at Perry, Pike County, Illinois;
Abraham, born in Nelson County, Kentucky on 27 December 1785, married his cousin Rachel Chenoweth, had nine children and died 10 April 1861 in Pike County, Illinois;
Isaac Calvert, born on 6 July 1789, married Sarah Elizabeth Fairleigh, and died 23 July 1858 in Hardin County;
Miles Hart, born on 7 July 1791, married Rebecca Fairleigh (Sarah's sister) in 1811, and died near St. Joseph, Missouri in 1846;
Hardin Thomas, born on 5 May 1793, married Nancy Hart, and died in Sherman, Texas;
Letitia Van Meter, born on 11 June 1796, married Hardin Hawkins, and died on 3 November 1875 in Hardin County;
Ruth, born on 18 January 1798, married William Forman, and died on 23 October 1868; and
James Hackley, born on 7 July 1801, married Artemisia Catherine Birkhead in Nelson County, Kentucky, moved to Pike County, Illinois, had ten children, and died at Perry on 19 April 1882. OLD WILSON CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH - only a few field stones, William & Mary Chenowith were buried there, moved to New Salem Cemetery, Deatsville
"The Chenoweth children, like their parents before them, appear to have been restless, with a desire to 'move on,' a trait found in many of the pioneers, searching for a place to 'put down roots.' ...two of them went to Texas and died there. Three joined the emigrations to early-day Illinois: Abraham, Jacob Van Meter and James Hackley, who settled in Pike County in that state. In that area they joined with others from the Severns Valley section of Kentucky, members of the Vertrees, Haycraft, Hobbs and other related families, whose parents and grandparents had been among those who had, a half-century earlier, brought civilization to the future Hardin County. There was much inter-marrying among those early families, which continued in later generations."
William died on 16 April 1828 at his home in Nelson County, Kentucky, near Dateville and about ten miles from Barstown, the county seat. He was buried at Wilson Creek Baptist Church, built on land which he gave for church and which was organized in 1801. The graves of William and Mary are well preserved and marked with stones.
Their home is also standing, a large stone house and the spring where they kept milk, is arched over with stones and in good condition.
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