John William McJunkin was the son of Samuel McJunkin Sr. and Mary Ann Bogan of Union County, South Carolina. He was too young to fight in the Revolutionary War, but his father and brothers participated with intense conviction. John married a Susannah in South Carolina then subsequently migrated about 1804-05 to Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana.
John and Susannah McJunkin settled on that part of Knox County that became Gibson County, Indiana, on the southside of White River. Per court records, John by 1812 was a ferryman, and transported pioneers and militia units across the White River. His land and ferry per Knox County court records were on the south side of White River near Joseph Decker's Ferry which was on the north side of White River on the Knox County line. HWY 41 goes between Decker's Ferry and Vincennes, Indiana.
By 1818 tax records John and Susannah McJunkin had migrated south to the Red River, Simpson County, KY, where he received a land grant. He settled here to live close to his mother's Bogan relatives who migrated here from South Carolina. He was still living here for the 1820 census, where he was head of household, with wife Susannah, one daughter, one son b. 1801-1810 (Samuel McJunkin) and one son b. 1811-1815 (John McJunkin, Jr.)
By 1825-1829 the John McJunkin family had migrated to Washington County (now Bolivar) Mississippi where in 1830 he sold his preemption federal land grant. His sons, Samuel and John, Jr. also received land grants. They sold these grants by 1832.
Samuel McJunkin along with his father, brother, and brother-in-law William H. Dempsey settled Natchez, Adams County, MS. Here Samuel and William each received federal land grants.
The young men were in the lumber business, transporting lumber from the newly created Bolivar County on Lake Whittington, their prior residence, down the MS River to Natchez and New Orleans.
John McJunkin died by 1839 in Natchez, MS. His son Samuel McJunkin and William H. Dempsey both migrated to New Madrid (now Pemiscot), Missouri, by 1840 census. Samuel McJunkin lived out his life here in Pemiscot County with wife Eliza Jane Dempsey McJunkin and children.
William H. Dempsey (brother of Eliza Jane) and family went back to Bolivar, MS, Lake Whittington, where he died prior to 1850 census. His widow Josephine Dempsey and children in 1850 were living across the Ms River in Desha County, Arkansas.
(compiled by Juliet Adams Wills)
John and Susannah McJunkin settled on that part of Knox County that became Gibson County, Indiana, on the southside of White River. Per court records, John by 1812 was a ferryman, and transported pioneers and militia units across the White River. His land and ferry per Knox County court records were on the south side of White River near Joseph Decker's Ferry which was on the north side of White River on the Knox County line. HWY 41 goes between Decker's Ferry and Vincennes, Indiana.
By 1818 tax records John and Susannah McJunkin had migrated south to the Red River, Simpson County, KY, where he received a land grant. He settled here to live close to his mother's Bogan relatives who migrated here from South Carolina. He was still living here for the 1820 census, where he was head of household, with wife Susannah, one daughter, one son b. 1801-1810 (Samuel McJunkin) and one son b. 1811-1815 (John McJunkin, Jr.)
By 1825-1829 the John McJunkin family had migrated to Washington County (now Bolivar) Mississippi where in 1830 he sold his preemption federal land grant. His sons, Samuel and John, Jr. also received land grants. They sold these grants by 1832.
Samuel McJunkin along with his father, brother, and brother-in-law William H. Dempsey settled Natchez, Adams County, MS. Here Samuel and William each received federal land grants.
The young men were in the lumber business, transporting lumber from the newly created Bolivar County on Lake Whittington, their prior residence, down the MS River to Natchez and New Orleans.
John McJunkin died by 1839 in Natchez, MS. His son Samuel McJunkin and William H. Dempsey both migrated to New Madrid (now Pemiscot), Missouri, by 1840 census. Samuel McJunkin lived out his life here in Pemiscot County with wife Eliza Jane Dempsey McJunkin and children.
William H. Dempsey (brother of Eliza Jane) and family went back to Bolivar, MS, Lake Whittington, where he died prior to 1850 census. His widow Josephine Dempsey and children in 1850 were living across the Ms River in Desha County, Arkansas.
(compiled by Juliet Adams Wills)
John William McJunkin was the son of Samuel McJunkin Sr. and Mary Ann Bogan of Union County, South Carolina. He was too young to fight in the Revolutionary War, but his father and brothers participated with intense conviction. John married a Susannah in South Carolina then subsequently migrated about 1804-05 to Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana.
John and Susannah McJunkin settled on that part of Knox County that became Gibson County, Indiana, on the southside of White River. Per court records, John by 1812 was a ferryman, and transported pioneers and militia units across the White River. His land and ferry per Knox County court records were on the south side of White River near Joseph Decker's Ferry which was on the north side of White River on the Knox County line. HWY 41 goes between Decker's Ferry and Vincennes, Indiana.
By 1818 tax records John and Susannah McJunkin had migrated south to the Red River, Simpson County, KY, where he received a land grant. He settled here to live close to his mother's Bogan relatives who migrated here from South Carolina. He was still living here for the 1820 census, where he was head of household, with wife Susannah, one daughter, one son b. 1801-1810 (Samuel McJunkin) and one son b. 1811-1815 (John McJunkin, Jr.)
By 1825-1829 the John McJunkin family had migrated to Washington County (now Bolivar) Mississippi where in 1830 he sold his preemption federal land grant. His sons, Samuel and John, Jr. also received land grants. They sold these grants by 1832.
Samuel McJunkin along with his father, brother, and brother-in-law William H. Dempsey settled Natchez, Adams County, MS. Here Samuel and William each received federal land grants.
The young men were in the lumber business, transporting lumber from the newly created Bolivar County on Lake Whittington, their prior residence, down the MS River to Natchez and New Orleans.
John McJunkin died by 1839 in Natchez, MS. His son Samuel McJunkin and William H. Dempsey both migrated to New Madrid (now Pemiscot), Missouri, by 1840 census. Samuel McJunkin lived out his life here in Pemiscot County with wife Eliza Jane Dempsey McJunkin and children.
William H. Dempsey (brother of Eliza Jane) and family went back to Bolivar, MS, Lake Whittington, where he died prior to 1850 census. His widow Josephine Dempsey and children in 1850 were living across the Ms River in Desha County, Arkansas.
(compiled by Juliet Adams Wills)
John and Susannah McJunkin settled on that part of Knox County that became Gibson County, Indiana, on the southside of White River. Per court records, John by 1812 was a ferryman, and transported pioneers and militia units across the White River. His land and ferry per Knox County court records were on the south side of White River near Joseph Decker's Ferry which was on the north side of White River on the Knox County line. HWY 41 goes between Decker's Ferry and Vincennes, Indiana.
By 1818 tax records John and Susannah McJunkin had migrated south to the Red River, Simpson County, KY, where he received a land grant. He settled here to live close to his mother's Bogan relatives who migrated here from South Carolina. He was still living here for the 1820 census, where he was head of household, with wife Susannah, one daughter, one son b. 1801-1810 (Samuel McJunkin) and one son b. 1811-1815 (John McJunkin, Jr.)
By 1825-1829 the John McJunkin family had migrated to Washington County (now Bolivar) Mississippi where in 1830 he sold his preemption federal land grant. His sons, Samuel and John, Jr. also received land grants. They sold these grants by 1832.
Samuel McJunkin along with his father, brother, and brother-in-law William H. Dempsey settled Natchez, Adams County, MS. Here Samuel and William each received federal land grants.
The young men were in the lumber business, transporting lumber from the newly created Bolivar County on Lake Whittington, their prior residence, down the MS River to Natchez and New Orleans.
John McJunkin died by 1839 in Natchez, MS. His son Samuel McJunkin and William H. Dempsey both migrated to New Madrid (now Pemiscot), Missouri, by 1840 census. Samuel McJunkin lived out his life here in Pemiscot County with wife Eliza Jane Dempsey McJunkin and children.
William H. Dempsey (brother of Eliza Jane) and family went back to Bolivar, MS, Lake Whittington, where he died prior to 1850 census. His widow Josephine Dempsey and children in 1850 were living across the Ms River in Desha County, Arkansas.
(compiled by Juliet Adams Wills)
