John Whelchel, a son of Nancy (nee Barnes) and Davis Whelchel [Sr.] (c.1851-1833), died on April 7, 1839, in Polk County, Missouri. It appears that John was born about 1780 near Gaffney, Cherokee County, South Carolina.
John Whelchel paternal grandparents, Martha Ann (nee Stockton) and Francis Whelchel [Sr.], appear to have met and married in Goochland (now Albemarle) County, Virginia. Martha Ann's father was Davis Stockton (c.1685-1761) who is proven by property records to have been in what is now Albemarle County by 1737. Francis Whelchel appears to have arrived in Philadelphia on the ship "Betsy" or "Snow Betsie" on August 27, 1739.
Martha Ann (nee Stockton) and Francis Whelchel [Sr.] owned property next to Davis Stockton on Virgin Spring Creek, a branch of Mechum's River. It appears that all of Martha and Francis Whelchel's children were born there, including their son Davis Whelchel [Sr.] (1752-1833) who was named for his grandfather Davis Stockton (c.1685-1761). [Note: Davis Whelchel [Sr.] (1752-1833), is incorrectly shown as Samuel Davis Whelchel here at Find A Grave. There is absolutely no evidence, whatsoever, that name is correct.]
Martha Ann and Francis Whelchel [Sr.], along with their children, moved to the Broad River area in Cherokee County, South Carolina, near Kings Mountain. Their sons would later fight in the Revolutionary War at the Battle of Kings Mountain and at the Battle of Cowpens.
Davis Whelchel [Sr.] (1752-1833), who fought in the Revolutionary War, married Nancy Barnes and moved to Tennessee and then Indiana. He is buried at the Whelchel Family Cemetery in Hamilton County, Indiana, as is his son Davis Whelchel [Jr.] (c.1809-1876). That cemetery no longer exists.
John Whelchel, who died in 1839, was a son of Nancy (nee Barnes) and Davis Whelchel [Sr.], and was the father of Davis Whelchel, born October 5, 1807, and died November 17, 1876, who is buried at Highland Cemetery, Hamilton County, Indiana.
It appears that John Whelchel might have married three times:
1st to unknown who might have died c.1814.
2nd to a cousin Mary (nee Whelchel) (c.1789-c.1820), a daughter of William Whelchel.
3rd to Catharine Hiday (1799-1881) on March 25, 1822, in Wayne County, Indiana. After John's death Catherine married Hartwell Weaver. Catharine was a daughter of Sarah (nee Fruitts) and Jacob Hiday .
Polk County, Missouri
Will of John Whelchel
March 14, 1839
wife Caty
son John Perry Whelchel
son Davis Whelchel (1807-1876)
son Francis Whelchel
daughter Nancy (Whelchel) Waterman
daughter Edamiah (nee Whelchel) Kiniman
daughter Drucilla (Whelchel) Clark
Davis Whelchel at Highland Cemetery:
Davis Whelchel (1807-1876)
A History of the Formation, Settlement and Development of Hamilton County, Indiana
Fall Creek Township
"The first white man who made permanent settlement in this township was James McNutt. He settled not far from the cabin built by Bridge. He was an Irishman. Hiram Coffee, John Whelchel and Abraham Helms followed McNutt in the order named. F. Kinkaid, Samuel Holliday, Richard Curry and Francis Whelchel followed those last named. . . . At the October term, 1826 . . . John Whelchel . . . "
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History of Hamilton County, Indiana, Fall Creek Township, 1880.
"Toward the latter part of the year 1821, Messrs. Kincaid and Coffee were joined by two neighbors Samuel Halliday and James McNutt. Richard Curry, Abraham Helms and Francis Whelchel settled in the following year, and in 1825, each entered the several tracts of land which they cultivated for years afterward. . . . Other Early Settlers . . . John Whelchel . . . settled in the year 1832 . . . [in] 1833 - Davis Whelchell [settled] . . . [and in] 1835 . . . Charles B. Whelchel [settled] . . . The first election was held at a cabin on the farm of Francis Whelchel, in 1833 or 1834 . . . It was stated, by Davis Whelchel, prior to his demise, that the first cabins were erected, one on the south bank of Fall Creek, near the mouth of Thorpe's Creek, on the Isaac Helms farm; the other on what became known as the John Z. Patterson farm, where the Greenfield and Noblesville Pike crossed Fall Creek."
Per Author: Lula Pettigrew Ritchey and Mary Helen Whelchel:
"Davis Whelchel, Sr. enlisted in the War in 1775 and served as a ranger, private, spy, lieutenant and major under various commanders and leaders. One was his cousin, Captain Whitesides. Other officers under whom he served were Captains Terrell, McMullen, Jefferies, Thompson; Colonels Neel, Thomas, Fair, Steen and Brandon. According to the different pension claims of Davis and his brothers, all had served as comrades throughout the War under the same officers. Nancy Barnes Whelchel applied for a pension in 1844 while in Missouri."
"Following the War, the young Whelchels, like many other familes, braved the wilderness and its dangers to wend their way westward. On September 23, 1787, Davis Sr. transferred his service pay from South Carolina. He was not listed in the 1790 South Carolina Census. His daughter, Jemima, was born in Tennessee, so it can be assumed that between 1781-1794 he and his family pushed their way westward to Tennessee. They lived in Tennessee a number of years as their youngest child, Davis Jr. was born there in 1809. His nephew, William, came to live with them in Tennessee after his father's death. In the 1820 census he was in Hamilton County, Indiana. Davis Sr. and Nancy Barnes Whelchel, with a part of their family, settled on the top of the hill on a farm in the Northwest Corner of Section 1 of Fall Creek Township, Hamilton County, a bit northeast of Germantown, now a part of the Lake owned by the Indianapolis Water Company. They lived here until the death of Davis Sr. in September of 1833. He was buried on the farm. There are three graves on this farm - one was that of Davis Sr. and Nancy Barnes Whelchel, and the other grave was that of Mary Whelchel, the wife of Davis Whelchel Jr."
"After the death of Davis Sr., his wife, Nancy, with her son, John and his wife, Catherine, Nancy's daughter, Keziah and her husband, William Whelchel, their daughter, Edamiah and husband, David Torrance, with their families again started a trek westward in covered wagons. They settled in Cedar and Bates Counties, Missouri. Nancy Barnes Whelchel took sick in the home of her daughter, Keziah Whelchel and died there in October 1846. Nancy often spoke of her Uncle Charles Barnes who lived in South Carolina and was attacked by the Indians during the War."
"While the Whelchel family sojourned in Tennessee, they were closely associated with the Mayberry family, either as relatives or friends. The name of Mayberry became a Whelchel family name. The Davis Sr. household included a nephew, William Whelchel, born in South Carolina in 1787 whose father had been reported killed in the Revolutionary War. Later, this nephew married Keziah Whelchel, the daughter of Davis Sr. and William's first cousin."
Find A Grave bio by Jerry J. Stockton
John Whelchel paternal grandparents, Martha Ann (nee Stockton) and Francis Whelchel [Sr.], appear to have met and married in Goochland (now Albemarle) County, Virginia. Martha Ann's father was Davis Stockton (c.1685-1761) who is proven by property records to have been in what is now Albemarle County by 1737. Francis Whelchel appears to have arrived in Philadelphia on the ship "Betsy" or "Snow Betsie" on August 27, 1739.
Martha Ann (nee Stockton) and Francis Whelchel [Sr.] owned property next to Davis Stockton on Virgin Spring Creek, a branch of Mechum's River. It appears that all of Martha and Francis Whelchel's children were born there, including their son Davis Whelchel [Sr.] (1752-1833) who was named for his grandfather Davis Stockton (c.1685-1761). [Note: Davis Whelchel [Sr.] (1752-1833), is incorrectly shown as Samuel Davis Whelchel here at Find A Grave. There is absolutely no evidence, whatsoever, that name is correct.]
Martha Ann and Francis Whelchel [Sr.], along with their children, moved to the Broad River area in Cherokee County, South Carolina, near Kings Mountain. Their sons would later fight in the Revolutionary War at the Battle of Kings Mountain and at the Battle of Cowpens.
Davis Whelchel [Sr.] (1752-1833), who fought in the Revolutionary War, married Nancy Barnes and moved to Tennessee and then Indiana. He is buried at the Whelchel Family Cemetery in Hamilton County, Indiana, as is his son Davis Whelchel [Jr.] (c.1809-1876). That cemetery no longer exists.
John Whelchel, who died in 1839, was a son of Nancy (nee Barnes) and Davis Whelchel [Sr.], and was the father of Davis Whelchel, born October 5, 1807, and died November 17, 1876, who is buried at Highland Cemetery, Hamilton County, Indiana.
It appears that John Whelchel might have married three times:
1st to unknown who might have died c.1814.
2nd to a cousin Mary (nee Whelchel) (c.1789-c.1820), a daughter of William Whelchel.
3rd to Catharine Hiday (1799-1881) on March 25, 1822, in Wayne County, Indiana. After John's death Catherine married Hartwell Weaver. Catharine was a daughter of Sarah (nee Fruitts) and Jacob Hiday .
Polk County, Missouri
Will of John Whelchel
March 14, 1839
wife Caty
son John Perry Whelchel
son Davis Whelchel (1807-1876)
son Francis Whelchel
daughter Nancy (Whelchel) Waterman
daughter Edamiah (nee Whelchel) Kiniman
daughter Drucilla (Whelchel) Clark
Davis Whelchel at Highland Cemetery:
Davis Whelchel (1807-1876)
A History of the Formation, Settlement and Development of Hamilton County, Indiana
Fall Creek Township
"The first white man who made permanent settlement in this township was James McNutt. He settled not far from the cabin built by Bridge. He was an Irishman. Hiram Coffee, John Whelchel and Abraham Helms followed McNutt in the order named. F. Kinkaid, Samuel Holliday, Richard Curry and Francis Whelchel followed those last named. . . . At the October term, 1826 . . . John Whelchel . . . "
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History of Hamilton County, Indiana, Fall Creek Township, 1880.
"Toward the latter part of the year 1821, Messrs. Kincaid and Coffee were joined by two neighbors Samuel Halliday and James McNutt. Richard Curry, Abraham Helms and Francis Whelchel settled in the following year, and in 1825, each entered the several tracts of land which they cultivated for years afterward. . . . Other Early Settlers . . . John Whelchel . . . settled in the year 1832 . . . [in] 1833 - Davis Whelchell [settled] . . . [and in] 1835 . . . Charles B. Whelchel [settled] . . . The first election was held at a cabin on the farm of Francis Whelchel, in 1833 or 1834 . . . It was stated, by Davis Whelchel, prior to his demise, that the first cabins were erected, one on the south bank of Fall Creek, near the mouth of Thorpe's Creek, on the Isaac Helms farm; the other on what became known as the John Z. Patterson farm, where the Greenfield and Noblesville Pike crossed Fall Creek."
Per Author: Lula Pettigrew Ritchey and Mary Helen Whelchel:
"Davis Whelchel, Sr. enlisted in the War in 1775 and served as a ranger, private, spy, lieutenant and major under various commanders and leaders. One was his cousin, Captain Whitesides. Other officers under whom he served were Captains Terrell, McMullen, Jefferies, Thompson; Colonels Neel, Thomas, Fair, Steen and Brandon. According to the different pension claims of Davis and his brothers, all had served as comrades throughout the War under the same officers. Nancy Barnes Whelchel applied for a pension in 1844 while in Missouri."
"Following the War, the young Whelchels, like many other familes, braved the wilderness and its dangers to wend their way westward. On September 23, 1787, Davis Sr. transferred his service pay from South Carolina. He was not listed in the 1790 South Carolina Census. His daughter, Jemima, was born in Tennessee, so it can be assumed that between 1781-1794 he and his family pushed their way westward to Tennessee. They lived in Tennessee a number of years as their youngest child, Davis Jr. was born there in 1809. His nephew, William, came to live with them in Tennessee after his father's death. In the 1820 census he was in Hamilton County, Indiana. Davis Sr. and Nancy Barnes Whelchel, with a part of their family, settled on the top of the hill on a farm in the Northwest Corner of Section 1 of Fall Creek Township, Hamilton County, a bit northeast of Germantown, now a part of the Lake owned by the Indianapolis Water Company. They lived here until the death of Davis Sr. in September of 1833. He was buried on the farm. There are three graves on this farm - one was that of Davis Sr. and Nancy Barnes Whelchel, and the other grave was that of Mary Whelchel, the wife of Davis Whelchel Jr."
"After the death of Davis Sr., his wife, Nancy, with her son, John and his wife, Catherine, Nancy's daughter, Keziah and her husband, William Whelchel, their daughter, Edamiah and husband, David Torrance, with their families again started a trek westward in covered wagons. They settled in Cedar and Bates Counties, Missouri. Nancy Barnes Whelchel took sick in the home of her daughter, Keziah Whelchel and died there in October 1846. Nancy often spoke of her Uncle Charles Barnes who lived in South Carolina and was attacked by the Indians during the War."
"While the Whelchel family sojourned in Tennessee, they were closely associated with the Mayberry family, either as relatives or friends. The name of Mayberry became a Whelchel family name. The Davis Sr. household included a nephew, William Whelchel, born in South Carolina in 1787 whose father had been reported killed in the Revolutionary War. Later, this nephew married Keziah Whelchel, the daughter of Davis Sr. and William's first cousin."
Find A Grave bio by Jerry J. Stockton
John Whelchel, a son of Nancy (nee Barnes) and Davis Whelchel [Sr.] (c.1851-1833), died on April 7, 1839, in Polk County, Missouri. It appears that John was born about 1780 near Gaffney, Cherokee County, South Carolina.
John Whelchel paternal grandparents, Martha Ann (nee Stockton) and Francis Whelchel [Sr.], appear to have met and married in Goochland (now Albemarle) County, Virginia. Martha Ann's father was Davis Stockton (c.1685-1761) who is proven by property records to have been in what is now Albemarle County by 1737. Francis Whelchel appears to have arrived in Philadelphia on the ship "Betsy" or "Snow Betsie" on August 27, 1739.
Martha Ann (nee Stockton) and Francis Whelchel [Sr.] owned property next to Davis Stockton on Virgin Spring Creek, a branch of Mechum's River. It appears that all of Martha and Francis Whelchel's children were born there, including their son Davis Whelchel [Sr.] (1752-1833) who was named for his grandfather Davis Stockton (c.1685-1761). [Note: Davis Whelchel [Sr.] (1752-1833), is incorrectly shown as Samuel Davis Whelchel here at Find A Grave. There is absolutely no evidence, whatsoever, that name is correct.]
Martha Ann and Francis Whelchel [Sr.], along with their children, moved to the Broad River area in Cherokee County, South Carolina, near Kings Mountain. Their sons would later fight in the Revolutionary War at the Battle of Kings Mountain and at the Battle of Cowpens.
Davis Whelchel [Sr.] (1752-1833), who fought in the Revolutionary War, married Nancy Barnes and moved to Tennessee and then Indiana. He is buried at the Whelchel Family Cemetery in Hamilton County, Indiana, as is his son Davis Whelchel [Jr.] (c.1809-1876). That cemetery no longer exists.
John Whelchel, who died in 1839, was a son of Nancy (nee Barnes) and Davis Whelchel [Sr.], and was the father of Davis Whelchel, born October 5, 1807, and died November 17, 1876, who is buried at Highland Cemetery, Hamilton County, Indiana.
It appears that John Whelchel might have married three times:
1st to unknown who might have died c.1814.
2nd to a cousin Mary (nee Whelchel) (c.1789-c.1820), a daughter of William Whelchel.
3rd to Catharine Hiday (1799-1881) on March 25, 1822, in Wayne County, Indiana. After John's death Catherine married Hartwell Weaver. Catharine was a daughter of Sarah (nee Fruitts) and Jacob Hiday .
Polk County, Missouri
Will of John Whelchel
March 14, 1839
wife Caty
son John Perry Whelchel
son Davis Whelchel (1807-1876)
son Francis Whelchel
daughter Nancy (Whelchel) Waterman
daughter Edamiah (nee Whelchel) Kiniman
daughter Drucilla (Whelchel) Clark
Davis Whelchel at Highland Cemetery:
Davis Whelchel (1807-1876)
A History of the Formation, Settlement and Development of Hamilton County, Indiana
Fall Creek Township
"The first white man who made permanent settlement in this township was James McNutt. He settled not far from the cabin built by Bridge. He was an Irishman. Hiram Coffee, John Whelchel and Abraham Helms followed McNutt in the order named. F. Kinkaid, Samuel Holliday, Richard Curry and Francis Whelchel followed those last named. . . . At the October term, 1826 . . . John Whelchel . . . "
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History of Hamilton County, Indiana, Fall Creek Township, 1880.
"Toward the latter part of the year 1821, Messrs. Kincaid and Coffee were joined by two neighbors Samuel Halliday and James McNutt. Richard Curry, Abraham Helms and Francis Whelchel settled in the following year, and in 1825, each entered the several tracts of land which they cultivated for years afterward. . . . Other Early Settlers . . . John Whelchel . . . settled in the year 1832 . . . [in] 1833 - Davis Whelchell [settled] . . . [and in] 1835 . . . Charles B. Whelchel [settled] . . . The first election was held at a cabin on the farm of Francis Whelchel, in 1833 or 1834 . . . It was stated, by Davis Whelchel, prior to his demise, that the first cabins were erected, one on the south bank of Fall Creek, near the mouth of Thorpe's Creek, on the Isaac Helms farm; the other on what became known as the John Z. Patterson farm, where the Greenfield and Noblesville Pike crossed Fall Creek."
Per Author: Lula Pettigrew Ritchey and Mary Helen Whelchel:
"Davis Whelchel, Sr. enlisted in the War in 1775 and served as a ranger, private, spy, lieutenant and major under various commanders and leaders. One was his cousin, Captain Whitesides. Other officers under whom he served were Captains Terrell, McMullen, Jefferies, Thompson; Colonels Neel, Thomas, Fair, Steen and Brandon. According to the different pension claims of Davis and his brothers, all had served as comrades throughout the War under the same officers. Nancy Barnes Whelchel applied for a pension in 1844 while in Missouri."
"Following the War, the young Whelchels, like many other familes, braved the wilderness and its dangers to wend their way westward. On September 23, 1787, Davis Sr. transferred his service pay from South Carolina. He was not listed in the 1790 South Carolina Census. His daughter, Jemima, was born in Tennessee, so it can be assumed that between 1781-1794 he and his family pushed their way westward to Tennessee. They lived in Tennessee a number of years as their youngest child, Davis Jr. was born there in 1809. His nephew, William, came to live with them in Tennessee after his father's death. In the 1820 census he was in Hamilton County, Indiana. Davis Sr. and Nancy Barnes Whelchel, with a part of their family, settled on the top of the hill on a farm in the Northwest Corner of Section 1 of Fall Creek Township, Hamilton County, a bit northeast of Germantown, now a part of the Lake owned by the Indianapolis Water Company. They lived here until the death of Davis Sr. in September of 1833. He was buried on the farm. There are three graves on this farm - one was that of Davis Sr. and Nancy Barnes Whelchel, and the other grave was that of Mary Whelchel, the wife of Davis Whelchel Jr."
"After the death of Davis Sr., his wife, Nancy, with her son, John and his wife, Catherine, Nancy's daughter, Keziah and her husband, William Whelchel, their daughter, Edamiah and husband, David Torrance, with their families again started a trek westward in covered wagons. They settled in Cedar and Bates Counties, Missouri. Nancy Barnes Whelchel took sick in the home of her daughter, Keziah Whelchel and died there in October 1846. Nancy often spoke of her Uncle Charles Barnes who lived in South Carolina and was attacked by the Indians during the War."
"While the Whelchel family sojourned in Tennessee, they were closely associated with the Mayberry family, either as relatives or friends. The name of Mayberry became a Whelchel family name. The Davis Sr. household included a nephew, William Whelchel, born in South Carolina in 1787 whose father had been reported killed in the Revolutionary War. Later, this nephew married Keziah Whelchel, the daughter of Davis Sr. and William's first cousin."
Find A Grave bio by Jerry J. Stockton
John Whelchel paternal grandparents, Martha Ann (nee Stockton) and Francis Whelchel [Sr.], appear to have met and married in Goochland (now Albemarle) County, Virginia. Martha Ann's father was Davis Stockton (c.1685-1761) who is proven by property records to have been in what is now Albemarle County by 1737. Francis Whelchel appears to have arrived in Philadelphia on the ship "Betsy" or "Snow Betsie" on August 27, 1739.
Martha Ann (nee Stockton) and Francis Whelchel [Sr.] owned property next to Davis Stockton on Virgin Spring Creek, a branch of Mechum's River. It appears that all of Martha and Francis Whelchel's children were born there, including their son Davis Whelchel [Sr.] (1752-1833) who was named for his grandfather Davis Stockton (c.1685-1761). [Note: Davis Whelchel [Sr.] (1752-1833), is incorrectly shown as Samuel Davis Whelchel here at Find A Grave. There is absolutely no evidence, whatsoever, that name is correct.]
Martha Ann and Francis Whelchel [Sr.], along with their children, moved to the Broad River area in Cherokee County, South Carolina, near Kings Mountain. Their sons would later fight in the Revolutionary War at the Battle of Kings Mountain and at the Battle of Cowpens.
Davis Whelchel [Sr.] (1752-1833), who fought in the Revolutionary War, married Nancy Barnes and moved to Tennessee and then Indiana. He is buried at the Whelchel Family Cemetery in Hamilton County, Indiana, as is his son Davis Whelchel [Jr.] (c.1809-1876). That cemetery no longer exists.
John Whelchel, who died in 1839, was a son of Nancy (nee Barnes) and Davis Whelchel [Sr.], and was the father of Davis Whelchel, born October 5, 1807, and died November 17, 1876, who is buried at Highland Cemetery, Hamilton County, Indiana.
It appears that John Whelchel might have married three times:
1st to unknown who might have died c.1814.
2nd to a cousin Mary (nee Whelchel) (c.1789-c.1820), a daughter of William Whelchel.
3rd to Catharine Hiday (1799-1881) on March 25, 1822, in Wayne County, Indiana. After John's death Catherine married Hartwell Weaver. Catharine was a daughter of Sarah (nee Fruitts) and Jacob Hiday .
Polk County, Missouri
Will of John Whelchel
March 14, 1839
wife Caty
son John Perry Whelchel
son Davis Whelchel (1807-1876)
son Francis Whelchel
daughter Nancy (Whelchel) Waterman
daughter Edamiah (nee Whelchel) Kiniman
daughter Drucilla (Whelchel) Clark
Davis Whelchel at Highland Cemetery:
Davis Whelchel (1807-1876)
A History of the Formation, Settlement and Development of Hamilton County, Indiana
Fall Creek Township
"The first white man who made permanent settlement in this township was James McNutt. He settled not far from the cabin built by Bridge. He was an Irishman. Hiram Coffee, John Whelchel and Abraham Helms followed McNutt in the order named. F. Kinkaid, Samuel Holliday, Richard Curry and Francis Whelchel followed those last named. . . . At the October term, 1826 . . . John Whelchel . . . "
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History of Hamilton County, Indiana, Fall Creek Township, 1880.
"Toward the latter part of the year 1821, Messrs. Kincaid and Coffee were joined by two neighbors Samuel Halliday and James McNutt. Richard Curry, Abraham Helms and Francis Whelchel settled in the following year, and in 1825, each entered the several tracts of land which they cultivated for years afterward. . . . Other Early Settlers . . . John Whelchel . . . settled in the year 1832 . . . [in] 1833 - Davis Whelchell [settled] . . . [and in] 1835 . . . Charles B. Whelchel [settled] . . . The first election was held at a cabin on the farm of Francis Whelchel, in 1833 or 1834 . . . It was stated, by Davis Whelchel, prior to his demise, that the first cabins were erected, one on the south bank of Fall Creek, near the mouth of Thorpe's Creek, on the Isaac Helms farm; the other on what became known as the John Z. Patterson farm, where the Greenfield and Noblesville Pike crossed Fall Creek."
Per Author: Lula Pettigrew Ritchey and Mary Helen Whelchel:
"Davis Whelchel, Sr. enlisted in the War in 1775 and served as a ranger, private, spy, lieutenant and major under various commanders and leaders. One was his cousin, Captain Whitesides. Other officers under whom he served were Captains Terrell, McMullen, Jefferies, Thompson; Colonels Neel, Thomas, Fair, Steen and Brandon. According to the different pension claims of Davis and his brothers, all had served as comrades throughout the War under the same officers. Nancy Barnes Whelchel applied for a pension in 1844 while in Missouri."
"Following the War, the young Whelchels, like many other familes, braved the wilderness and its dangers to wend their way westward. On September 23, 1787, Davis Sr. transferred his service pay from South Carolina. He was not listed in the 1790 South Carolina Census. His daughter, Jemima, was born in Tennessee, so it can be assumed that between 1781-1794 he and his family pushed their way westward to Tennessee. They lived in Tennessee a number of years as their youngest child, Davis Jr. was born there in 1809. His nephew, William, came to live with them in Tennessee after his father's death. In the 1820 census he was in Hamilton County, Indiana. Davis Sr. and Nancy Barnes Whelchel, with a part of their family, settled on the top of the hill on a farm in the Northwest Corner of Section 1 of Fall Creek Township, Hamilton County, a bit northeast of Germantown, now a part of the Lake owned by the Indianapolis Water Company. They lived here until the death of Davis Sr. in September of 1833. He was buried on the farm. There are three graves on this farm - one was that of Davis Sr. and Nancy Barnes Whelchel, and the other grave was that of Mary Whelchel, the wife of Davis Whelchel Jr."
"After the death of Davis Sr., his wife, Nancy, with her son, John and his wife, Catherine, Nancy's daughter, Keziah and her husband, William Whelchel, their daughter, Edamiah and husband, David Torrance, with their families again started a trek westward in covered wagons. They settled in Cedar and Bates Counties, Missouri. Nancy Barnes Whelchel took sick in the home of her daughter, Keziah Whelchel and died there in October 1846. Nancy often spoke of her Uncle Charles Barnes who lived in South Carolina and was attacked by the Indians during the War."
"While the Whelchel family sojourned in Tennessee, they were closely associated with the Mayberry family, either as relatives or friends. The name of Mayberry became a Whelchel family name. The Davis Sr. household included a nephew, William Whelchel, born in South Carolina in 1787 whose father had been reported killed in the Revolutionary War. Later, this nephew married Keziah Whelchel, the daughter of Davis Sr. and William's first cousin."
Find A Grave bio by Jerry J. Stockton
