-m-7-11-1849 Martha Hurst in Claiborne Co, Tn
S/O Newell & Mahala "Sourbear" Whicker Father/O Nancy Elizabeth who -m- "Fiddler" John Smith
Served in the Civil War in the Union. First in Co C Ohio 6th Inf Reg, enlisting 4-20-1861 - released 8-21-1861. Then he served in Co E, 75th Ohio Inf, released for medical reasons. Tried a third time but was refused. The 1860 census lists his wife, Martha, a widow in Owsley Co w/five children- 2 boys & 3 girls. The 1870 & 1880 census still lists her as widow. She applied for a war pension but was refused as Zach was supposedly still alive. He had walked out on her prior to 1860 & was found in Cincinnati, Oh, years later. He had never divorced Martha but had re-married, 1-31-1880 Lucia Ann "Pressdee", had 3 more children - Mary Jane, Emma Clara, & John Newell, & was widowed. He was brought back to Owsley Co to be back together with Martha. She didn't want him back, but their children convinced both, as she had a sixth child out of wedlock, to do so. They lived out their remaining lives together & are buried together.

The following will provided by contributor Robert Hill #47088531.
At a court held for Washington County the 27th day of February 1854 Ordered that it be certified that it appears to this court by legal and satisfactory evidence, to wit,
by the testimony of William R. Rhea and Newell Whicker, that Frederick Leonard Senior
departed this life some years since in this County, and that he had the following children, to wit: Elizabeth, Christiana, Mary, Frederick, John, Henry, Michael, George, Gasper, William, Samuel, Nancy and Margaret. – That the said Elizabeth married Sourbear and is now dead, leaving Frederick Leonard, Mahala, Thomas J, Elizabeth, George and Catharine Sourbear her children and heirs. – That the said Mahala Sourbear married Newell Whicker and is now dead leaving the following children, to wit, Samuel, Zachariah, Sarah E, Malvina, Jane, Thomas P., Louisa and Willis. – That the said Christiana married John Malone, and is now dead, leaving Elizabeth the wife of Zachariah Jordan & Dulaney Malone her children and heirs. – That the said Mary is
married to David Harr, the said Nancy to John Green and the said Margaret to William Green. And it is further ordered to be certified that the said William R Rhea and Newell Whicker are residents of this County and of the neighborhood where the said George Leonard Senior deceased lived, that they are respectable persons, and that they are entitled to credit, and that it appears to the court from the evidence aforesaid, that Frederick Leonard son of Elizabeth Sourbear, Thomas J, Elizabeth, George & Catharine Sourbear, Samuel, Zachariah, Sarah E, Malvina Jane, Thomas P, Louisa and Willis Whicker, Zachariah Jordan and Elizabeth his wife, Dulaney Malone, David Harr & Mary his wife, Frederick, John, Henry, Michael, George, Gasper, William and Samuel Leonard, John Green & Nancy his wife and William Green and Margaret his wife all the heirs and legal representatives of said Frederick Leonard Senior
deceased.
The foregoing is a true copy from the records of the court of the said County of
Washington. In Testimony thereof I Jacob Lynch Clerk of the court of the said County have hereunto subscribed my name affixed the seal of the said court this 10th day of April 1854
S/ Jacob Lynch, CC