at death
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U.S., Sons of the American Revolution
Membership Applications, 1889-1970
about John Forman
Name: John Forman
SAR Membership: 97423
Birth Date: 1725
Death Date: 1808
Johns father was Benjamin Forman who settled on the Potomac river and established fort Forman,Johns mother was Elizabeth Ann Hamilton who was born in Bones Falkirk Scotland.
John Forman married Marrie Hoagland
John appears on heads of families in 1782 -- virginia list in hampshire co{now west va} John was the brother of CaptainWilliam Forman known for getting killed by indians in Formans deafeat in 1777
children listed William,Catherine,Nancy,Elizabeth, John,Aaron,Mary, Margarete ,,documents show Johns wife Mary Forman living in Bourbon county Kentucky 1812 and filing an emancipation of three negro slaves after her husbands death
From Tom Holloway's History of the Formans:53
The birth date of John Foreman is not known, but it is believed to be about 1725. He was married, probably in Hampshire County, to a woman named Mary. Long-standing family tradition tells us her maiden name was Hogan, but there is no conclusive evidence of it. Very few references to the name Hogan can be found in regional records. In one, a Thomas Hogan is named as an executor to the estate of Richard Boyce on September 3, 1790. Richard's son, Nicholas Boyce, married John Foreman's daughter Nancy. Mary may have been related to this man. Or her name may have been Houghland. On August 12, 1762, a Richard Houghland sold Lot #23, which was across the South Branch River from Benjamin Foreman, Sr.'s Lot #22, to John Foreman. Houghland came into the land via a Fairfax grant dated August 7, 1748. On June 22, 1669, John Foreman and John Houghland served as witnesses to a deed executed between John's brother William and their nephew John Foreman. Could either of these Houghland men be Mary's father or brother? We may never know.
The earliest record found for John Foreman is dated June 17, 1755, on which day he bought 112½ acres of Hampshire County land from his brother, Benjamin, Jr. This was part of Lot #25, a 400-acre tract that Lord Fairfax granted to Benjamin, Jr., on August 18, 1749. One year earlier, on July 22, 1754, Benjamin, Jr., had deeded the other 287½ acres of Lot #25 to his brother William. In early 1755, the family built a stockade on Lot #25 that would be called Fort Forman. Although the fort's exact location on the lot has not been determined, most researchers believe it was constructed on the portion of the lot owned by William, east of the South Branch River and just to the northwest of John's section. Small stockades like Fort Forman dotted the frontier landscape, providing neighboring families with protection from Indian incursions. Historian William Ansel writes "Forman was generally considered a settler's fort, but troops, principally militia, were stationed there from time to time . . . This defense was probably a block house surrounded by a stockade, its dimensions not being known. It was built as a refuge for members of the Forman family and perhaps their neighbors, who would have included Richard Hoagland, John Blue, John Calvin . . . and Nicholas Casey, all of whom owned river lots near the fort location."
In the spring of 1764, a William Forman (probably John's nephew, and the son of either James or William), and Nimrod Ashby went to hunt deer at a lick located to the east of the fort at the base of the Jersey Mountain (so called for the New Jersey natives who first settled the area). While away from the fort, a party of Delaware Indians surprised them and killed them. When this incident occurred, the local militia was away, escorting a wagon train of supplies to neighboring Pennsylvania in violation of a law that forbade militias to leave the boundary of Virginia. Such a furor arose that the Virginia House of Burgesses convened a special committee to investigate the matter. In December of that year several Hampshire County men traveled to nearby Winchester, Virginia to give depositions in the case. The House committee eventually ruled that the militia's absence did not contribute to the deaths of Forman and Ashby.
We know that John and wife Mary were married as early as October 8, 1765, as they were named in a deed in which they and John's brother William sold Lot #22 to John Keating. This was the tract of land granted by Fairfax to Benjamin, Sr., which had passed into the hands of his "eldest son and heir at law," James Foreman, who in turn deeded it to his brothers John and William on March 9, 1761.
A census taken in Hampshire County in 1782 counts John Foreman with seven free whites and six slaves. A similar census taken two years later counted eight whites, but did not enumerate slaves.
It is not known exactly when John and Mary became permanent residents of Kentucky, but we know it was no later than May 19, 1795, because a Hampshire County deed bearing that date describes both John and wife Mary as being "of Kentucky." But they clearly arrived several years before then. According to legend, a group of Hampshire County men set out in 1791 for Kentucky. Among the names of men making the journey were Strode, Blue, Foreman, and Lander. On October 23, 1790, John Foreman, still of Hampshire County, granted to Joseph Foreman of Berkeley County (probably his nephew, a son of James) the power of attorney to collect any debts due him. This seems to indicate that John was preparing to leave Virginia, but we can't be sure. Several months later, on April 14, 1791, he conveyed Hampshire County land to Ephraim Herriott with a deed that seems to indicate that he was still in Virginia at the time. But on October 21, 1791, John's daughter, Margaret, married James Strode in Bourbon County. She was barely five months beyond her sixteenth birthday at the time, which strongly suggests that the family was in Bourbon County by then. John first appears in Bourbon County records on a tax roll taken on March 29, 1792. His reported estate included two white males more than twenty-one years of age, four blacks, five horses and mules, twelve cattle, and no land. He appeared again on the tax roll on October 24, 1793, this time with two whites more than twenty-one, four blacks, five horses and mules, and sixteen cattle. And he owned 713 acres of land. Two years later the tax rolls show him owning 813 acres of land on Stoner Creek in Bourbon County (near North Middletown). But it appears that he did not actually own that land.
Despite the fact that John had been on Bourbon County tax rolls since 1792 and was credited with holding acreage there as early as 1793, no land record can be found for him prior to January 15, 1807. On that day he purchased from John Rogers of Fayette County, Kentucky, a "tract or parcel of land whereon the said John Forman now lives lying on Stoners fork of Licking River in the county of Bourbon. . . . " Although not perfectly conclusive, this suggests that John was a tenant farmer throughout most of his seventeen years in Bourbon County, and did not actually own the land he farmed until very late in his life.
John Foreman's will was written in Bourbon County, Kentucky on October 6, 1808, and his estate was sold on January 20, 1809. So he clearly died sometime between those two dates. His final resting place is unknown, but Bourbon County historian Edna Talbot Whitley gives reason to believe that he and other family members may be buried in a large cemetery in North Middletown "where numbers of unrelated and related families from Hampshire are buried." She reports that this burial ground "may have been set aside for the use of the members of this Methodist church [the Pleasant Green Church]. It is on land formerly owned by John Forman, father of the preacher [William Foreman], and by Charles Lander, his [William's] brother-in-law."
Spouses. Info from Thomas Holloway Forman family history,.,John Forman appears on the "Heads of Families--Virginia, 1782" list in Hampshire Co. (now West VA) 51-- though may not be the same man.
From Ardery, vol. 2, p.14. Bourbon Co., Kentucky estates, Bk C,
p.468.46
Will dated Oct 6, 1808, proved Jan 1809:
"Wife Mary; sons William, Aaron; daughters Catherine Landers,
Elizabeth Hannah, Nancy Boyce, Polly Evans, Margaret Strode.
Wits. John Shortridge, Isaac Clinkenbeard, John Scott, Simon Taylor."
From Tom Holloway's History of the Formans:53
The birth date of John Foreman is not known, but it is believed to be about 1725. He was married, probably in Hampshire County, to a woman named Mary. Long-standing family tradition tells us her maiden name was Hogan, but there is no conclusive evidence of it. Very few references to the name Hogan can be found in regional records. In one, a Thomas Hogan is named as an executor to the estate of Richard Boyce on September 3, 1790. Richard's son, Nicholas Boyce, married John Foreman's daughter Nancy. Mary may have been related to this man. Or her name may have been Houghland. On August 12, 1762, a Richard Houghland sold Lot #23, which was across the South Branch River from Benjamin Foreman, Sr.'s Lot #22, to John Foreman. Houghland came into the land via a Fairfax grant dated August 7, 1748. On June 22, 1669, John Foreman and John Houghland served as witnesses to a deed executed between John's brother William and their nephew John Foreman. Could either of these Houghland men be Mary's father or brother? We may never know.
The earliest record found for John Foreman is dated June 17, 1755, on which day he bought 112½ acres of Hampshire County land from his brother, Benjamin, Jr. This was part of Lot #25, a 400-acre tract that Lord Fairfax granted to Benjamin, Jr., on August 18, 1749. One year earlier, on July 22, 1754, Benjamin, Jr., had deeded the other 287½ acres of Lot #25 to his brother William. In early 1755, the family built a stockade on Lot #25 that would be called Fort Forman. Although the fort's exact location on the lot has not been determined, most researchers believe it was constructed on the portion of the lot owned by William, east of the South Branch River and just to the northwest of John's section. Small stockades like Fort Forman dotted the frontier landscape, providing neighboring families with protection from Indian incursions. Historian William Ansel writes "Forman was generally considered a settler's fort, but troops, principally militia, were stationed there from time to time . . . This defense was probably a block house surrounded by a stockade, its dimensions not being known. It was built as a refuge for members of the Forman family and perhaps their neighbors, who would have included Richard Hoagland, John Blue, John Calvin . . . and Nicholas Casey, all of whom owned river lots near the fort location."
In the spring of 1764, a William Forman (probably John's nephew, and the son of either James or William), and Nimrod Ashby went to hunt deer at a lick located to the east of the fort at the base of the Jersey Mountain (so called for the New Jersey natives who first settled the area). While away from the fort, a party of Delaware Indians surprised them and killed them. When this incident occurred, the local militia was away, escorting a wagon train of supplies to neighboring Pennsylvania in violation of a law that forbade militias to leave the boundary of Virginia. Such a furor arose that the Virginia House of Burgesses convened a special committee to investigate the matter. In December of that year several Hampshire County men traveled to nearby Winchester, Virginia to give depositions in the case. The House committee eventually ruled that the militia's absence did not contribute to the deaths of Forman and Ashby.
We know that John and wife Mary were married as early as October 8, 1765, as they were named in a deed in which they and John's brother William sold Lot #22 to John Keating. This was the tract of land granted by Fairfax to Benjamin, Sr., which had passed into the hands of his "eldest son and heir at law," James Foreman, who in turn deeded it to his brothers John and William on March 9, 1761.
A census taken in Hampshire County in 1782 counts John Foreman with seven free whites and six slaves. A similar census taken two years later counted eight whites, but did not enumerate slaves.
It is not known exactly when John and Mary became permanent residents of Kentucky, but we know it was no later than May 19, 1795, because a Hampshire County deed bearing that date describes both John and wife Mary as being "of Kentucky." But they clearly arrived several years before then. According to legend, a group of Hampshire County men set out in 1791 for Kentucky. Among the names of men making the journey were Strode, Blue, Foreman, and Lander. On October 23, 1790, John Foreman, still of Hampshire County, granted to Joseph Foreman of Berkeley County (probably his nephew, a son of James) the power of attorney to collect any debts due him. This seems to indicate that John was preparing to leave Virginia, but we can't be sure. Several months later, on April 14, 1791, he conveyed Hampshire County land to Ephraim Herriott with a deed that seems to indicate that he was still in Virginia at the time. But on October 21, 1791, John's daughter, Margaret, married James Strode in Bourbon County. She was barely five months beyond her sixteenth birthday at the time, which strongly suggests that the family was in Bourbon County by then. John first appears in Bourbon County records on a tax roll taken on March 29, 1792. His reported estate included two white males more than twenty-one years of age, four blacks, five horses and mules, twelve cattle, and no land. He appeared again on the tax roll on October 24, 1793, this time with two whites more than twenty-one, four blacks, five horses and mules, and sixteen cattle. And he owned 713 acres of land. Two years later the tax rolls show him owning 813 acres of land on Stoner Creek in Bourbon County (near North Middletown). But it appears that he did not actually own that land.
Despite the fact that John had been on Bourbon County tax rolls since 1792 and was credited with holding acreage there as early as 1793, no land record can be found for him prior to January 15, 1807. On that day he purchased from John Rogers of Fayette County, Kentucky, a "tract or parcel of land whereon the said John Forman now lives lying on Stoners fork of Licking River in the county of Bourbon. . . . " Although not perfectly conclusive, this suggests that John was a tenant farmer throughout most of his seventeen years in Bourbon County, and did not actually own the land he farmed until very late in his life.
John Foreman's will was written in Bourbon County, Kentucky on October 6, 1808, and his estate was sold on January 20, 1809. So he clearly died sometime between those two dates. His final resting place is unknown, but Bourbon County historian Edna Talbot Whitley gives reason to believe that he and other family members may be buried in a large cemetery in North Middletown "where numbers of unrelated and related families from Hampshire are buried." She reports that this burial ground "may have been set aside for the use of the members of this Methodist church [the Pleasant Green Church]. It is on land formerly owned by John Forman, father of the preacher [William Foreman], and by Charles Lander, his [William's] brother-in-law."
Spouses
1Mary HOGAN HOUGHLAND36
Marriagebef 1757
ChildrenWilliam (~1757-1814)
Catherine (1758-1825)
Nancy (-1809)
Elizabeth (Betsy) (-1846)
John ( Aaron (1769-1833)
Mary (Polly) (1772-1858)
Margaret (Peggy) (1775-1859)
Last Modified 7 Jan 2017
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U.S., Sons of the American Revolution
Membership Applications, 1889-1970
about John Forman
Name: John Forman
SAR Membership: 97423
Birth Date: 1725
Death Date: 1808
Johns father was Benjamin Forman who settled on the Potomac river and established fort Forman,Johns mother was Elizabeth Ann Hamilton who was born in Bones Falkirk Scotland.
John Forman married Marrie Hoagland
John appears on heads of families in 1782 -- virginia list in hampshire co{now west va} John was the brother of CaptainWilliam Forman known for getting killed by indians in Formans deafeat in 1777
children listed William,Catherine,Nancy,Elizabeth, John,Aaron,Mary, Margarete ,,documents show Johns wife Mary Forman living in Bourbon county Kentucky 1812 and filing an emancipation of three negro slaves after her husbands death
From Tom Holloway's History of the Formans:53
The birth date of John Foreman is not known, but it is believed to be about 1725. He was married, probably in Hampshire County, to a woman named Mary. Long-standing family tradition tells us her maiden name was Hogan, but there is no conclusive evidence of it. Very few references to the name Hogan can be found in regional records. In one, a Thomas Hogan is named as an executor to the estate of Richard Boyce on September 3, 1790. Richard's son, Nicholas Boyce, married John Foreman's daughter Nancy. Mary may have been related to this man. Or her name may have been Houghland. On August 12, 1762, a Richard Houghland sold Lot #23, which was across the South Branch River from Benjamin Foreman, Sr.'s Lot #22, to John Foreman. Houghland came into the land via a Fairfax grant dated August 7, 1748. On June 22, 1669, John Foreman and John Houghland served as witnesses to a deed executed between John's brother William and their nephew John Foreman. Could either of these Houghland men be Mary's father or brother? We may never know.
The earliest record found for John Foreman is dated June 17, 1755, on which day he bought 112½ acres of Hampshire County land from his brother, Benjamin, Jr. This was part of Lot #25, a 400-acre tract that Lord Fairfax granted to Benjamin, Jr., on August 18, 1749. One year earlier, on July 22, 1754, Benjamin, Jr., had deeded the other 287½ acres of Lot #25 to his brother William. In early 1755, the family built a stockade on Lot #25 that would be called Fort Forman. Although the fort's exact location on the lot has not been determined, most researchers believe it was constructed on the portion of the lot owned by William, east of the South Branch River and just to the northwest of John's section. Small stockades like Fort Forman dotted the frontier landscape, providing neighboring families with protection from Indian incursions. Historian William Ansel writes "Forman was generally considered a settler's fort, but troops, principally militia, were stationed there from time to time . . . This defense was probably a block house surrounded by a stockade, its dimensions not being known. It was built as a refuge for members of the Forman family and perhaps their neighbors, who would have included Richard Hoagland, John Blue, John Calvin . . . and Nicholas Casey, all of whom owned river lots near the fort location."
In the spring of 1764, a William Forman (probably John's nephew, and the son of either James or William), and Nimrod Ashby went to hunt deer at a lick located to the east of the fort at the base of the Jersey Mountain (so called for the New Jersey natives who first settled the area). While away from the fort, a party of Delaware Indians surprised them and killed them. When this incident occurred, the local militia was away, escorting a wagon train of supplies to neighboring Pennsylvania in violation of a law that forbade militias to leave the boundary of Virginia. Such a furor arose that the Virginia House of Burgesses convened a special committee to investigate the matter. In December of that year several Hampshire County men traveled to nearby Winchester, Virginia to give depositions in the case. The House committee eventually ruled that the militia's absence did not contribute to the deaths of Forman and Ashby.
We know that John and wife Mary were married as early as October 8, 1765, as they were named in a deed in which they and John's brother William sold Lot #22 to John Keating. This was the tract of land granted by Fairfax to Benjamin, Sr., which had passed into the hands of his "eldest son and heir at law," James Foreman, who in turn deeded it to his brothers John and William on March 9, 1761.
A census taken in Hampshire County in 1782 counts John Foreman with seven free whites and six slaves. A similar census taken two years later counted eight whites, but did not enumerate slaves.
It is not known exactly when John and Mary became permanent residents of Kentucky, but we know it was no later than May 19, 1795, because a Hampshire County deed bearing that date describes both John and wife Mary as being "of Kentucky." But they clearly arrived several years before then. According to legend, a group of Hampshire County men set out in 1791 for Kentucky. Among the names of men making the journey were Strode, Blue, Foreman, and Lander. On October 23, 1790, John Foreman, still of Hampshire County, granted to Joseph Foreman of Berkeley County (probably his nephew, a son of James) the power of attorney to collect any debts due him. This seems to indicate that John was preparing to leave Virginia, but we can't be sure. Several months later, on April 14, 1791, he conveyed Hampshire County land to Ephraim Herriott with a deed that seems to indicate that he was still in Virginia at the time. But on October 21, 1791, John's daughter, Margaret, married James Strode in Bourbon County. She was barely five months beyond her sixteenth birthday at the time, which strongly suggests that the family was in Bourbon County by then. John first appears in Bourbon County records on a tax roll taken on March 29, 1792. His reported estate included two white males more than twenty-one years of age, four blacks, five horses and mules, twelve cattle, and no land. He appeared again on the tax roll on October 24, 1793, this time with two whites more than twenty-one, four blacks, five horses and mules, and sixteen cattle. And he owned 713 acres of land. Two years later the tax rolls show him owning 813 acres of land on Stoner Creek in Bourbon County (near North Middletown). But it appears that he did not actually own that land.
Despite the fact that John had been on Bourbon County tax rolls since 1792 and was credited with holding acreage there as early as 1793, no land record can be found for him prior to January 15, 1807. On that day he purchased from John Rogers of Fayette County, Kentucky, a "tract or parcel of land whereon the said John Forman now lives lying on Stoners fork of Licking River in the county of Bourbon. . . . " Although not perfectly conclusive, this suggests that John was a tenant farmer throughout most of his seventeen years in Bourbon County, and did not actually own the land he farmed until very late in his life.
John Foreman's will was written in Bourbon County, Kentucky on October 6, 1808, and his estate was sold on January 20, 1809. So he clearly died sometime between those two dates. His final resting place is unknown, but Bourbon County historian Edna Talbot Whitley gives reason to believe that he and other family members may be buried in a large cemetery in North Middletown "where numbers of unrelated and related families from Hampshire are buried." She reports that this burial ground "may have been set aside for the use of the members of this Methodist church [the Pleasant Green Church]. It is on land formerly owned by John Forman, father of the preacher [William Foreman], and by Charles Lander, his [William's] brother-in-law."
Spouses. Info from Thomas Holloway Forman family history,.,John Forman appears on the "Heads of Families--Virginia, 1782" list in Hampshire Co. (now West VA) 51-- though may not be the same man.
From Ardery, vol. 2, p.14. Bourbon Co., Kentucky estates, Bk C,
p.468.46
Will dated Oct 6, 1808, proved Jan 1809:
"Wife Mary; sons William, Aaron; daughters Catherine Landers,
Elizabeth Hannah, Nancy Boyce, Polly Evans, Margaret Strode.
Wits. John Shortridge, Isaac Clinkenbeard, John Scott, Simon Taylor."
From Tom Holloway's History of the Formans:53
The birth date of John Foreman is not known, but it is believed to be about 1725. He was married, probably in Hampshire County, to a woman named Mary. Long-standing family tradition tells us her maiden name was Hogan, but there is no conclusive evidence of it. Very few references to the name Hogan can be found in regional records. In one, a Thomas Hogan is named as an executor to the estate of Richard Boyce on September 3, 1790. Richard's son, Nicholas Boyce, married John Foreman's daughter Nancy. Mary may have been related to this man. Or her name may have been Houghland. On August 12, 1762, a Richard Houghland sold Lot #23, which was across the South Branch River from Benjamin Foreman, Sr.'s Lot #22, to John Foreman. Houghland came into the land via a Fairfax grant dated August 7, 1748. On June 22, 1669, John Foreman and John Houghland served as witnesses to a deed executed between John's brother William and their nephew John Foreman. Could either of these Houghland men be Mary's father or brother? We may never know.
The earliest record found for John Foreman is dated June 17, 1755, on which day he bought 112½ acres of Hampshire County land from his brother, Benjamin, Jr. This was part of Lot #25, a 400-acre tract that Lord Fairfax granted to Benjamin, Jr., on August 18, 1749. One year earlier, on July 22, 1754, Benjamin, Jr., had deeded the other 287½ acres of Lot #25 to his brother William. In early 1755, the family built a stockade on Lot #25 that would be called Fort Forman. Although the fort's exact location on the lot has not been determined, most researchers believe it was constructed on the portion of the lot owned by William, east of the South Branch River and just to the northwest of John's section. Small stockades like Fort Forman dotted the frontier landscape, providing neighboring families with protection from Indian incursions. Historian William Ansel writes "Forman was generally considered a settler's fort, but troops, principally militia, were stationed there from time to time . . . This defense was probably a block house surrounded by a stockade, its dimensions not being known. It was built as a refuge for members of the Forman family and perhaps their neighbors, who would have included Richard Hoagland, John Blue, John Calvin . . . and Nicholas Casey, all of whom owned river lots near the fort location."
In the spring of 1764, a William Forman (probably John's nephew, and the son of either James or William), and Nimrod Ashby went to hunt deer at a lick located to the east of the fort at the base of the Jersey Mountain (so called for the New Jersey natives who first settled the area). While away from the fort, a party of Delaware Indians surprised them and killed them. When this incident occurred, the local militia was away, escorting a wagon train of supplies to neighboring Pennsylvania in violation of a law that forbade militias to leave the boundary of Virginia. Such a furor arose that the Virginia House of Burgesses convened a special committee to investigate the matter. In December of that year several Hampshire County men traveled to nearby Winchester, Virginia to give depositions in the case. The House committee eventually ruled that the militia's absence did not contribute to the deaths of Forman and Ashby.
We know that John and wife Mary were married as early as October 8, 1765, as they were named in a deed in which they and John's brother William sold Lot #22 to John Keating. This was the tract of land granted by Fairfax to Benjamin, Sr., which had passed into the hands of his "eldest son and heir at law," James Foreman, who in turn deeded it to his brothers John and William on March 9, 1761.
A census taken in Hampshire County in 1782 counts John Foreman with seven free whites and six slaves. A similar census taken two years later counted eight whites, but did not enumerate slaves.
It is not known exactly when John and Mary became permanent residents of Kentucky, but we know it was no later than May 19, 1795, because a Hampshire County deed bearing that date describes both John and wife Mary as being "of Kentucky." But they clearly arrived several years before then. According to legend, a group of Hampshire County men set out in 1791 for Kentucky. Among the names of men making the journey were Strode, Blue, Foreman, and Lander. On October 23, 1790, John Foreman, still of Hampshire County, granted to Joseph Foreman of Berkeley County (probably his nephew, a son of James) the power of attorney to collect any debts due him. This seems to indicate that John was preparing to leave Virginia, but we can't be sure. Several months later, on April 14, 1791, he conveyed Hampshire County land to Ephraim Herriott with a deed that seems to indicate that he was still in Virginia at the time. But on October 21, 1791, John's daughter, Margaret, married James Strode in Bourbon County. She was barely five months beyond her sixteenth birthday at the time, which strongly suggests that the family was in Bourbon County by then. John first appears in Bourbon County records on a tax roll taken on March 29, 1792. His reported estate included two white males more than twenty-one years of age, four blacks, five horses and mules, twelve cattle, and no land. He appeared again on the tax roll on October 24, 1793, this time with two whites more than twenty-one, four blacks, five horses and mules, and sixteen cattle. And he owned 713 acres of land. Two years later the tax rolls show him owning 813 acres of land on Stoner Creek in Bourbon County (near North Middletown). But it appears that he did not actually own that land.
Despite the fact that John had been on Bourbon County tax rolls since 1792 and was credited with holding acreage there as early as 1793, no land record can be found for him prior to January 15, 1807. On that day he purchased from John Rogers of Fayette County, Kentucky, a "tract or parcel of land whereon the said John Forman now lives lying on Stoners fork of Licking River in the county of Bourbon. . . . " Although not perfectly conclusive, this suggests that John was a tenant farmer throughout most of his seventeen years in Bourbon County, and did not actually own the land he farmed until very late in his life.
John Foreman's will was written in Bourbon County, Kentucky on October 6, 1808, and his estate was sold on January 20, 1809. So he clearly died sometime between those two dates. His final resting place is unknown, but Bourbon County historian Edna Talbot Whitley gives reason to believe that he and other family members may be buried in a large cemetery in North Middletown "where numbers of unrelated and related families from Hampshire are buried." She reports that this burial ground "may have been set aside for the use of the members of this Methodist church [the Pleasant Green Church]. It is on land formerly owned by John Forman, father of the preacher [William Foreman], and by Charles Lander, his [William's] brother-in-law."
Spouses
1Mary HOGAN HOUGHLAND36
Marriagebef 1757
ChildrenWilliam (~1757-1814)
Catherine (1758-1825)
Nancy (-1809)
Elizabeth (Betsy) (-1846)
John ( Aaron (1769-1833)
Mary (Polly) (1772-1858)
Margaret (Peggy) (1775-1859)
Last Modified 7 Jan 2017
at death
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U.S., Sons of the American Revolution
Membership Applications, 1889-1970
about John Forman
Name: John Forman
SAR Membership: 97423
Birth Date: 1725
Death Date: 1808
Johns father was Benjamin Forman who settled on the Potomac river and established fort Forman,Johns mother was Elizabeth Ann Hamilton who was born in Bones Falkirk Scotland.
John Forman married Marrie Hoagland
John appears on heads of families in 1782 -- virginia list in hampshire co{now west va} John was the brother of CaptainWilliam Forman known for getting killed by indians in Formans deafeat in 1777
children listed William,Catherine,Nancy,Elizabeth, John,Aaron,Mary, Margarete ,,documents show Johns wife Mary Forman living in Bourbon county Kentucky 1812 and filing an emancipation of three negro slaves after her husbands death
From Tom Holloway's History of the Formans:53
The birth date of John Foreman is not known, but it is believed to be about 1725. He was married, probably in Hampshire County, to a woman named Mary. Long-standing family tradition tells us her maiden name was Hogan, but there is no conclusive evidence of it. Very few references to the name Hogan can be found in regional records. In one, a Thomas Hogan is named as an executor to the estate of Richard Boyce on September 3, 1790. Richard's son, Nicholas Boyce, married John Foreman's daughter Nancy. Mary may have been related to this man. Or her name may have been Houghland. On August 12, 1762, a Richard Houghland sold Lot #23, which was across the South Branch River from Benjamin Foreman, Sr.'s Lot #22, to John Foreman. Houghland came into the land via a Fairfax grant dated August 7, 1748. On June 22, 1669, John Foreman and John Houghland served as witnesses to a deed executed between John's brother William and their nephew John Foreman. Could either of these Houghland men be Mary's father or brother? We may never know.
The earliest record found for John Foreman is dated June 17, 1755, on which day he bought 112½ acres of Hampshire County land from his brother, Benjamin, Jr. This was part of Lot #25, a 400-acre tract that Lord Fairfax granted to Benjamin, Jr., on August 18, 1749. One year earlier, on July 22, 1754, Benjamin, Jr., had deeded the other 287½ acres of Lot #25 to his brother William. In early 1755, the family built a stockade on Lot #25 that would be called Fort Forman. Although the fort's exact location on the lot has not been determined, most researchers believe it was constructed on the portion of the lot owned by William, east of the South Branch River and just to the northwest of John's section. Small stockades like Fort Forman dotted the frontier landscape, providing neighboring families with protection from Indian incursions. Historian William Ansel writes "Forman was generally considered a settler's fort, but troops, principally militia, were stationed there from time to time . . . This defense was probably a block house surrounded by a stockade, its dimensions not being known. It was built as a refuge for members of the Forman family and perhaps their neighbors, who would have included Richard Hoagland, John Blue, John Calvin . . . and Nicholas Casey, all of whom owned river lots near the fort location."
In the spring of 1764, a William Forman (probably John's nephew, and the son of either James or William), and Nimrod Ashby went to hunt deer at a lick located to the east of the fort at the base of the Jersey Mountain (so called for the New Jersey natives who first settled the area). While away from the fort, a party of Delaware Indians surprised them and killed them. When this incident occurred, the local militia was away, escorting a wagon train of supplies to neighboring Pennsylvania in violation of a law that forbade militias to leave the boundary of Virginia. Such a furor arose that the Virginia House of Burgesses convened a special committee to investigate the matter. In December of that year several Hampshire County men traveled to nearby Winchester, Virginia to give depositions in the case. The House committee eventually ruled that the militia's absence did not contribute to the deaths of Forman and Ashby.
We know that John and wife Mary were married as early as October 8, 1765, as they were named in a deed in which they and John's brother William sold Lot #22 to John Keating. This was the tract of land granted by Fairfax to Benjamin, Sr., which had passed into the hands of his "eldest son and heir at law," James Foreman, who in turn deeded it to his brothers John and William on March 9, 1761.
A census taken in Hampshire County in 1782 counts John Foreman with seven free whites and six slaves. A similar census taken two years later counted eight whites, but did not enumerate slaves.
It is not known exactly when John and Mary became permanent residents of Kentucky, but we know it was no later than May 19, 1795, because a Hampshire County deed bearing that date describes both John and wife Mary as being "of Kentucky." But they clearly arrived several years before then. According to legend, a group of Hampshire County men set out in 1791 for Kentucky. Among the names of men making the journey were Strode, Blue, Foreman, and Lander. On October 23, 1790, John Foreman, still of Hampshire County, granted to Joseph Foreman of Berkeley County (probably his nephew, a son of James) the power of attorney to collect any debts due him. This seems to indicate that John was preparing to leave Virginia, but we can't be sure. Several months later, on April 14, 1791, he conveyed Hampshire County land to Ephraim Herriott with a deed that seems to indicate that he was still in Virginia at the time. But on October 21, 1791, John's daughter, Margaret, married James Strode in Bourbon County. She was barely five months beyond her sixteenth birthday at the time, which strongly suggests that the family was in Bourbon County by then. John first appears in Bourbon County records on a tax roll taken on March 29, 1792. His reported estate included two white males more than twenty-one years of age, four blacks, five horses and mules, twelve cattle, and no land. He appeared again on the tax roll on October 24, 1793, this time with two whites more than twenty-one, four blacks, five horses and mules, and sixteen cattle. And he owned 713 acres of land. Two years later the tax rolls show him owning 813 acres of land on Stoner Creek in Bourbon County (near North Middletown). But it appears that he did not actually own that land.
Despite the fact that John had been on Bourbon County tax rolls since 1792 and was credited with holding acreage there as early as 1793, no land record can be found for him prior to January 15, 1807. On that day he purchased from John Rogers of Fayette County, Kentucky, a "tract or parcel of land whereon the said John Forman now lives lying on Stoners fork of Licking River in the county of Bourbon. . . . " Although not perfectly conclusive, this suggests that John was a tenant farmer throughout most of his seventeen years in Bourbon County, and did not actually own the land he farmed until very late in his life.
John Foreman's will was written in Bourbon County, Kentucky on October 6, 1808, and his estate was sold on January 20, 1809. So he clearly died sometime between those two dates. His final resting place is unknown, but Bourbon County historian Edna Talbot Whitley gives reason to believe that he and other family members may be buried in a large cemetery in North Middletown "where numbers of unrelated and related families from Hampshire are buried." She reports that this burial ground "may have been set aside for the use of the members of this Methodist church [the Pleasant Green Church]. It is on land formerly owned by John Forman, father of the preacher [William Foreman], and by Charles Lander, his [William's] brother-in-law."
Spouses. Info from Thomas Holloway Forman family history,.,John Forman appears on the "Heads of Families--Virginia, 1782" list in Hampshire Co. (now West VA) 51-- though may not be the same man.
From Ardery, vol. 2, p.14. Bourbon Co., Kentucky estates, Bk C,
p.468.46
Will dated Oct 6, 1808, proved Jan 1809:
"Wife Mary; sons William, Aaron; daughters Catherine Landers,
Elizabeth Hannah, Nancy Boyce, Polly Evans, Margaret Strode.
Wits. John Shortridge, Isaac Clinkenbeard, John Scott, Simon Taylor."
From Tom Holloway's History of the Formans:53
The birth date of John Foreman is not known, but it is believed to be about 1725. He was married, probably in Hampshire County, to a woman named Mary. Long-standing family tradition tells us her maiden name was Hogan, but there is no conclusive evidence of it. Very few references to the name Hogan can be found in regional records. In one, a Thomas Hogan is named as an executor to the estate of Richard Boyce on September 3, 1790. Richard's son, Nicholas Boyce, married John Foreman's daughter Nancy. Mary may have been related to this man. Or her name may have been Houghland. On August 12, 1762, a Richard Houghland sold Lot #23, which was across the South Branch River from Benjamin Foreman, Sr.'s Lot #22, to John Foreman. Houghland came into the land via a Fairfax grant dated August 7, 1748. On June 22, 1669, John Foreman and John Houghland served as witnesses to a deed executed between John's brother William and their nephew John Foreman. Could either of these Houghland men be Mary's father or brother? We may never know.
The earliest record found for John Foreman is dated June 17, 1755, on which day he bought 112½ acres of Hampshire County land from his brother, Benjamin, Jr. This was part of Lot #25, a 400-acre tract that Lord Fairfax granted to Benjamin, Jr., on August 18, 1749. One year earlier, on July 22, 1754, Benjamin, Jr., had deeded the other 287½ acres of Lot #25 to his brother William. In early 1755, the family built a stockade on Lot #25 that would be called Fort Forman. Although the fort's exact location on the lot has not been determined, most researchers believe it was constructed on the portion of the lot owned by William, east of the South Branch River and just to the northwest of John's section. Small stockades like Fort Forman dotted the frontier landscape, providing neighboring families with protection from Indian incursions. Historian William Ansel writes "Forman was generally considered a settler's fort, but troops, principally militia, were stationed there from time to time . . . This defense was probably a block house surrounded by a stockade, its dimensions not being known. It was built as a refuge for members of the Forman family and perhaps their neighbors, who would have included Richard Hoagland, John Blue, John Calvin . . . and Nicholas Casey, all of whom owned river lots near the fort location."
In the spring of 1764, a William Forman (probably John's nephew, and the son of either James or William), and Nimrod Ashby went to hunt deer at a lick located to the east of the fort at the base of the Jersey Mountain (so called for the New Jersey natives who first settled the area). While away from the fort, a party of Delaware Indians surprised them and killed them. When this incident occurred, the local militia was away, escorting a wagon train of supplies to neighboring Pennsylvania in violation of a law that forbade militias to leave the boundary of Virginia. Such a furor arose that the Virginia House of Burgesses convened a special committee to investigate the matter. In December of that year several Hampshire County men traveled to nearby Winchester, Virginia to give depositions in the case. The House committee eventually ruled that the militia's absence did not contribute to the deaths of Forman and Ashby.
We know that John and wife Mary were married as early as October 8, 1765, as they were named in a deed in which they and John's brother William sold Lot #22 to John Keating. This was the tract of land granted by Fairfax to Benjamin, Sr., which had passed into the hands of his "eldest son and heir at law," James Foreman, who in turn deeded it to his brothers John and William on March 9, 1761.
A census taken in Hampshire County in 1782 counts John Foreman with seven free whites and six slaves. A similar census taken two years later counted eight whites, but did not enumerate slaves.
It is not known exactly when John and Mary became permanent residents of Kentucky, but we know it was no later than May 19, 1795, because a Hampshire County deed bearing that date describes both John and wife Mary as being "of Kentucky." But they clearly arrived several years before then. According to legend, a group of Hampshire County men set out in 1791 for Kentucky. Among the names of men making the journey were Strode, Blue, Foreman, and Lander. On October 23, 1790, John Foreman, still of Hampshire County, granted to Joseph Foreman of Berkeley County (probably his nephew, a son of James) the power of attorney to collect any debts due him. This seems to indicate that John was preparing to leave Virginia, but we can't be sure. Several months later, on April 14, 1791, he conveyed Hampshire County land to Ephraim Herriott with a deed that seems to indicate that he was still in Virginia at the time. But on October 21, 1791, John's daughter, Margaret, married James Strode in Bourbon County. She was barely five months beyond her sixteenth birthday at the time, which strongly suggests that the family was in Bourbon County by then. John first appears in Bourbon County records on a tax roll taken on March 29, 1792. His reported estate included two white males more than twenty-one years of age, four blacks, five horses and mules, twelve cattle, and no land. He appeared again on the tax roll on October 24, 1793, this time with two whites more than twenty-one, four blacks, five horses and mules, and sixteen cattle. And he owned 713 acres of land. Two years later the tax rolls show him owning 813 acres of land on Stoner Creek in Bourbon County (near North Middletown). But it appears that he did not actually own that land.
Despite the fact that John had been on Bourbon County tax rolls since 1792 and was credited with holding acreage there as early as 1793, no land record can be found for him prior to January 15, 1807. On that day he purchased from John Rogers of Fayette County, Kentucky, a "tract or parcel of land whereon the said John Forman now lives lying on Stoners fork of Licking River in the county of Bourbon. . . . " Although not perfectly conclusive, this suggests that John was a tenant farmer throughout most of his seventeen years in Bourbon County, and did not actually own the land he farmed until very late in his life.
John Foreman's will was written in Bourbon County, Kentucky on October 6, 1808, and his estate was sold on January 20, 1809. So he clearly died sometime between those two dates. His final resting place is unknown, but Bourbon County historian Edna Talbot Whitley gives reason to believe that he and other family members may be buried in a large cemetery in North Middletown "where numbers of unrelated and related families from Hampshire are buried." She reports that this burial ground "may have been set aside for the use of the members of this Methodist church [the Pleasant Green Church]. It is on land formerly owned by John Forman, father of the preacher [William Foreman], and by Charles Lander, his [William's] brother-in-law."
Spouses
1Mary HOGAN HOUGHLAND36
Marriagebef 1757
ChildrenWilliam (~1757-1814)
Catherine (1758-1825)
Nancy (-1809)
Elizabeth (Betsy) (-1846)
John ( Aaron (1769-1833)
Mary (Polly) (1772-1858)
Margaret (Peggy) (1775-1859)
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U.S., Sons of the American Revolution
Membership Applications, 1889-1970
about John Forman
Name: John Forman
SAR Membership: 97423
Birth Date: 1725
Death Date: 1808
Johns father was Benjamin Forman who settled on the Potomac river and established fort Forman,Johns mother was Elizabeth Ann Hamilton who was born in Bones Falkirk Scotland.
John Forman married Marrie Hoagland
John appears on heads of families in 1782 -- virginia list in hampshire co{now west va} John was the brother of CaptainWilliam Forman known for getting killed by indians in Formans deafeat in 1777
children listed William,Catherine,Nancy,Elizabeth, John,Aaron,Mary, Margarete ,,documents show Johns wife Mary Forman living in Bourbon county Kentucky 1812 and filing an emancipation of three negro slaves after her husbands death
From Tom Holloway's History of the Formans:53
The birth date of John Foreman is not known, but it is believed to be about 1725. He was married, probably in Hampshire County, to a woman named Mary. Long-standing family tradition tells us her maiden name was Hogan, but there is no conclusive evidence of it. Very few references to the name Hogan can be found in regional records. In one, a Thomas Hogan is named as an executor to the estate of Richard Boyce on September 3, 1790. Richard's son, Nicholas Boyce, married John Foreman's daughter Nancy. Mary may have been related to this man. Or her name may have been Houghland. On August 12, 1762, a Richard Houghland sold Lot #23, which was across the South Branch River from Benjamin Foreman, Sr.'s Lot #22, to John Foreman. Houghland came into the land via a Fairfax grant dated August 7, 1748. On June 22, 1669, John Foreman and John Houghland served as witnesses to a deed executed between John's brother William and their nephew John Foreman. Could either of these Houghland men be Mary's father or brother? We may never know.
The earliest record found for John Foreman is dated June 17, 1755, on which day he bought 112½ acres of Hampshire County land from his brother, Benjamin, Jr. This was part of Lot #25, a 400-acre tract that Lord Fairfax granted to Benjamin, Jr., on August 18, 1749. One year earlier, on July 22, 1754, Benjamin, Jr., had deeded the other 287½ acres of Lot #25 to his brother William. In early 1755, the family built a stockade on Lot #25 that would be called Fort Forman. Although the fort's exact location on the lot has not been determined, most researchers believe it was constructed on the portion of the lot owned by William, east of the South Branch River and just to the northwest of John's section. Small stockades like Fort Forman dotted the frontier landscape, providing neighboring families with protection from Indian incursions. Historian William Ansel writes "Forman was generally considered a settler's fort, but troops, principally militia, were stationed there from time to time . . . This defense was probably a block house surrounded by a stockade, its dimensions not being known. It was built as a refuge for members of the Forman family and perhaps their neighbors, who would have included Richard Hoagland, John Blue, John Calvin . . . and Nicholas Casey, all of whom owned river lots near the fort location."
In the spring of 1764, a William Forman (probably John's nephew, and the son of either James or William), and Nimrod Ashby went to hunt deer at a lick located to the east of the fort at the base of the Jersey Mountain (so called for the New Jersey natives who first settled the area). While away from the fort, a party of Delaware Indians surprised them and killed them. When this incident occurred, the local militia was away, escorting a wagon train of supplies to neighboring Pennsylvania in violation of a law that forbade militias to leave the boundary of Virginia. Such a furor arose that the Virginia House of Burgesses convened a special committee to investigate the matter. In December of that year several Hampshire County men traveled to nearby Winchester, Virginia to give depositions in the case. The House committee eventually ruled that the militia's absence did not contribute to the deaths of Forman and Ashby.
We know that John and wife Mary were married as early as October 8, 1765, as they were named in a deed in which they and John's brother William sold Lot #22 to John Keating. This was the tract of land granted by Fairfax to Benjamin, Sr., which had passed into the hands of his "eldest son and heir at law," James Foreman, who in turn deeded it to his brothers John and William on March 9, 1761.
A census taken in Hampshire County in 1782 counts John Foreman with seven free whites and six slaves. A similar census taken two years later counted eight whites, but did not enumerate slaves.
It is not known exactly when John and Mary became permanent residents of Kentucky, but we know it was no later than May 19, 1795, because a Hampshire County deed bearing that date describes both John and wife Mary as being "of Kentucky." But they clearly arrived several years before then. According to legend, a group of Hampshire County men set out in 1791 for Kentucky. Among the names of men making the journey were Strode, Blue, Foreman, and Lander. On October 23, 1790, John Foreman, still of Hampshire County, granted to Joseph Foreman of Berkeley County (probably his nephew, a son of James) the power of attorney to collect any debts due him. This seems to indicate that John was preparing to leave Virginia, but we can't be sure. Several months later, on April 14, 1791, he conveyed Hampshire County land to Ephraim Herriott with a deed that seems to indicate that he was still in Virginia at the time. But on October 21, 1791, John's daughter, Margaret, married James Strode in Bourbon County. She was barely five months beyond her sixteenth birthday at the time, which strongly suggests that the family was in Bourbon County by then. John first appears in Bourbon County records on a tax roll taken on March 29, 1792. His reported estate included two white males more than twenty-one years of age, four blacks, five horses and mules, twelve cattle, and no land. He appeared again on the tax roll on October 24, 1793, this time with two whites more than twenty-one, four blacks, five horses and mules, and sixteen cattle. And he owned 713 acres of land. Two years later the tax rolls show him owning 813 acres of land on Stoner Creek in Bourbon County (near North Middletown). But it appears that he did not actually own that land.
Despite the fact that John had been on Bourbon County tax rolls since 1792 and was credited with holding acreage there as early as 1793, no land record can be found for him prior to January 15, 1807. On that day he purchased from John Rogers of Fayette County, Kentucky, a "tract or parcel of land whereon the said John Forman now lives lying on Stoners fork of Licking River in the county of Bourbon. . . . " Although not perfectly conclusive, this suggests that John was a tenant farmer throughout most of his seventeen years in Bourbon County, and did not actually own the land he farmed until very late in his life.
John Foreman's will was written in Bourbon County, Kentucky on October 6, 1808, and his estate was sold on January 20, 1809. So he clearly died sometime between those two dates. His final resting place is unknown, but Bourbon County historian Edna Talbot Whitley gives reason to believe that he and other family members may be buried in a large cemetery in North Middletown "where numbers of unrelated and related families from Hampshire are buried." She reports that this burial ground "may have been set aside for the use of the members of this Methodist church [the Pleasant Green Church]. It is on land formerly owned by John Forman, father of the preacher [William Foreman], and by Charles Lander, his [William's] brother-in-law."
Spouses. Info from Thomas Holloway Forman family history,.,John Forman appears on the "Heads of Families--Virginia, 1782" list in Hampshire Co. (now West VA) 51-- though may not be the same man.
From Ardery, vol. 2, p.14. Bourbon Co., Kentucky estates, Bk C,
p.468.46
Will dated Oct 6, 1808, proved Jan 1809:
"Wife Mary; sons William, Aaron; daughters Catherine Landers,
Elizabeth Hannah, Nancy Boyce, Polly Evans, Margaret Strode.
Wits. John Shortridge, Isaac Clinkenbeard, John Scott, Simon Taylor."
From Tom Holloway's History of the Formans:53
The birth date of John Foreman is not known, but it is believed to be about 1725. He was married, probably in Hampshire County, to a woman named Mary. Long-standing family tradition tells us her maiden name was Hogan, but there is no conclusive evidence of it. Very few references to the name Hogan can be found in regional records. In one, a Thomas Hogan is named as an executor to the estate of Richard Boyce on September 3, 1790. Richard's son, Nicholas Boyce, married John Foreman's daughter Nancy. Mary may have been related to this man. Or her name may have been Houghland. On August 12, 1762, a Richard Houghland sold Lot #23, which was across the South Branch River from Benjamin Foreman, Sr.'s Lot #22, to John Foreman. Houghland came into the land via a Fairfax grant dated August 7, 1748. On June 22, 1669, John Foreman and John Houghland served as witnesses to a deed executed between John's brother William and their nephew John Foreman. Could either of these Houghland men be Mary's father or brother? We may never know.
The earliest record found for John Foreman is dated June 17, 1755, on which day he bought 112½ acres of Hampshire County land from his brother, Benjamin, Jr. This was part of Lot #25, a 400-acre tract that Lord Fairfax granted to Benjamin, Jr., on August 18, 1749. One year earlier, on July 22, 1754, Benjamin, Jr., had deeded the other 287½ acres of Lot #25 to his brother William. In early 1755, the family built a stockade on Lot #25 that would be called Fort Forman. Although the fort's exact location on the lot has not been determined, most researchers believe it was constructed on the portion of the lot owned by William, east of the South Branch River and just to the northwest of John's section. Small stockades like Fort Forman dotted the frontier landscape, providing neighboring families with protection from Indian incursions. Historian William Ansel writes "Forman was generally considered a settler's fort, but troops, principally militia, were stationed there from time to time . . . This defense was probably a block house surrounded by a stockade, its dimensions not being known. It was built as a refuge for members of the Forman family and perhaps their neighbors, who would have included Richard Hoagland, John Blue, John Calvin . . . and Nicholas Casey, all of whom owned river lots near the fort location."
In the spring of 1764, a William Forman (probably John's nephew, and the son of either James or William), and Nimrod Ashby went to hunt deer at a lick located to the east of the fort at the base of the Jersey Mountain (so called for the New Jersey natives who first settled the area). While away from the fort, a party of Delaware Indians surprised them and killed them. When this incident occurred, the local militia was away, escorting a wagon train of supplies to neighboring Pennsylvania in violation of a law that forbade militias to leave the boundary of Virginia. Such a furor arose that the Virginia House of Burgesses convened a special committee to investigate the matter. In December of that year several Hampshire County men traveled to nearby Winchester, Virginia to give depositions in the case. The House committee eventually ruled that the militia's absence did not contribute to the deaths of Forman and Ashby.
We know that John and wife Mary were married as early as October 8, 1765, as they were named in a deed in which they and John's brother William sold Lot #22 to John Keating. This was the tract of land granted by Fairfax to Benjamin, Sr., which had passed into the hands of his "eldest son and heir at law," James Foreman, who in turn deeded it to his brothers John and William on March 9, 1761.
A census taken in Hampshire County in 1782 counts John Foreman with seven free whites and six slaves. A similar census taken two years later counted eight whites, but did not enumerate slaves.
It is not known exactly when John and Mary became permanent residents of Kentucky, but we know it was no later than May 19, 1795, because a Hampshire County deed bearing that date describes both John and wife Mary as being "of Kentucky." But they clearly arrived several years before then. According to legend, a group of Hampshire County men set out in 1791 for Kentucky. Among the names of men making the journey were Strode, Blue, Foreman, and Lander. On October 23, 1790, John Foreman, still of Hampshire County, granted to Joseph Foreman of Berkeley County (probably his nephew, a son of James) the power of attorney to collect any debts due him. This seems to indicate that John was preparing to leave Virginia, but we can't be sure. Several months later, on April 14, 1791, he conveyed Hampshire County land to Ephraim Herriott with a deed that seems to indicate that he was still in Virginia at the time. But on October 21, 1791, John's daughter, Margaret, married James Strode in Bourbon County. She was barely five months beyond her sixteenth birthday at the time, which strongly suggests that the family was in Bourbon County by then. John first appears in Bourbon County records on a tax roll taken on March 29, 1792. His reported estate included two white males more than twenty-one years of age, four blacks, five horses and mules, twelve cattle, and no land. He appeared again on the tax roll on October 24, 1793, this time with two whites more than twenty-one, four blacks, five horses and mules, and sixteen cattle. And he owned 713 acres of land. Two years later the tax rolls show him owning 813 acres of land on Stoner Creek in Bourbon County (near North Middletown). But it appears that he did not actually own that land.
Despite the fact that John had been on Bourbon County tax rolls since 1792 and was credited with holding acreage there as early as 1793, no land record can be found for him prior to January 15, 1807. On that day he purchased from John Rogers of Fayette County, Kentucky, a "tract or parcel of land whereon the said John Forman now lives lying on Stoners fork of Licking River in the county of Bourbon. . . . " Although not perfectly conclusive, this suggests that John was a tenant farmer throughout most of his seventeen years in Bourbon County, and did not actually own the land he farmed until very late in his life.
John Foreman's will was written in Bourbon County, Kentucky on October 6, 1808, and his estate was sold on January 20, 1809. So he clearly died sometime between those two dates. His final resting place is unknown, but Bourbon County historian Edna Talbot Whitley gives reason to believe that he and other family members may be buried in a large cemetery in North Middletown "where numbers of unrelated and related families from Hampshire are buried." She reports that this burial ground "may have been set aside for the use of the members of this Methodist church [the Pleasant Green Church]. It is on land formerly owned by John Forman, father of the preacher [William Foreman], and by Charles Lander, his [William's] brother-in-law."
Spouses
1Mary HOGAN HOUGHLAND36
Marriagebef 1757
ChildrenWilliam (~1757-1814)
Catherine (1758-1825)
Nancy (-1809)
Elizabeth (Betsy) (-1846)
John ( Aaron (1769-1833)
Mary (Polly) (1772-1858)
Margaret (Peggy) (1775-1859)
Last Modified 7 Jan 2017
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