James Forgy was born 1752 in Northern, Ireland, died 28 May 1828 in Berry's Lick, Logan, Kentucky, and was buried in the Askew burial ground. He came to America with his parents around 1765-68.
He married ca 1780 in Rowan County, North Carolina to a widow, Rebecca Clements (Clemons) Haws, daughter of Jacob Clemons and Mary Campbell. She was born in 1742 Augusta County, Virginia, died in July 1822, and was buried in the family cemetery near Berry's Lick, Butler County, Kentucky. Her first husband, Benjamin Haws, died about 1774 in Rowan County, North Carolina, leaving her with three sons.
James fought in the war of the Revolution, and is listed on the muster rolls of Captain David McClure's Company in 1775. Captain McClure and his men were from Augusta County, Virginia. James' name also appears on a muster roll for August 1777, and on a roll for April 1778 in Captain George McCormick's company of the 13th Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel William Russell (General Services Administration, National Archives and Records, Washington, DC) Many of Colonel Russell's men settled in Logan County, Kentucky. Family legion says that James Forgy held the rank of Major in the Revolution and fought under General Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox", but that record has not been verified. He was called Major Forgy. He lost one of his fingers during the war and when asked the cause of the loss would say, "A damn Tory shot it off". He must have been injured more severely as his war record shows as he spent the greater part of one year in hospitals at Philadelphia, Bethlehem and Shavertown.
In Burke County, North Carolina, on 15 March 1780, James Forgy was granted 150 acres on both sides of Camp Creek and on 20 March 1780 was granted two hundred acres of land on both sides of the main fork of Crooked Creek. In 1781 he was residing in Rowan County, Salisbury District, but by 1784, had moved to Morgan District, Burke County, North Carolina. There are vouchers dated 1781 and 1784 showing James Forgy was paid for assisting in some way to help the cause of freedom. His name is mentioned in a list of militia paid off at Pittsburg (Fort Pitt) and on another list was paid for 'provisions specie'. He and his brother, Samuel, were granted 5,000 acres of land in Tipton County, Tennessee, on the Mississippi River in 1784, but they never settled this land. The land in this grant was swampy and settlers in the area were afraid of malaria and other fevers which attacked them in the swamps. In the 1790 census, James Forgy and his family, which consisted of three males in the household over sixteen years of age, three males under sixteen, and four females were living in Morgan District Company 4, Burke County, North Carolina. He left North Carolina circa 1790-94 with his family and started on the long road to Kentucky. They probably took the regular route of the early settlers to Cumberland Gap, then turned southward coming by the way of Tennessee through Nashville, then to Logan County, Kentucky, settling near Barry's Lick , which is located between Lewisburg and Quality.
James Forgy was among the first pioneers of the Mud River country in Butler County. (Butler County was formed in 1810 from Logan and other surrounding counties.) Game was abundant, wild turkeys were to be seen in great droves also deer, buffalo and elk and a good number of bears. James Forgy assisted in helping his neighbors and friends such as being an appraiser in settlements of estates, etc. He, as other officers in the Revolution did, assumed leadership in civic and church activities in their various communities. James Forgy was said to have been "very much Irish" and a very devout Presbyterian.
In 1807, he, with others in the community, bought from Moses Reed, two acres of land to build a Presbyterian Meeting House. This was the Caney Fork Presbyterian Church which is still in existence. It was located about two miles from his farm. He and his wife are listed in the minutes of this church as original members. He was also an elder in the church. In June 1810, James was appointed to be one of the Commissioners of the Tax to represent the District of William Carson. On September 1, 1813 James Forgy, Samuel McReynolds, Jacob D. Chenoweth, Abner Womack and Richard Dellium bought land from William Carson to establish a Union Church. This church was located a few miles from Caney Fork in Butler County. It was named Concord probably for the Old Concord Presbyterian Church in Campbell County, Virginia. This church is still in existence, and is located near Quality, Kentucky.
On April 8, 1823, James Forgy sold to Richard B. Dellium for $1,000 the following property: 100 acres of land where he lived, one black mare about 16 yrs old, one black mare about 8 years old, one gray mare about 6 years old, one sorrel filley 2 years old, one gray colt 1 year old, twelve head of cattle being all he had, 20 head of hogs, sows, barrows, and all his stock, one copper still and worm, two feather beds and bedding, all his household and kitchen furniture, three plows, one ax, one mattox, three weeding hoes, and all his farming utensils.
References: "Forgy, Forgey and Forgie Family History", by Lucille Forgy Wallace, p 17, "North Carolina Land Grants", John Armstrong's Entries, Numbers 1-2062, Warrant Number 1058, Tennessee State Library, Nashville, TN, "Vouchers of War of Revolution", State Department Archives and History, Raleigh, NC, "Accounts of Comptrollers' Office, War of Revolution, Vol. A, p 188, "Accounts of the United States with North Carolina, War of Revolution", p 75-146, No. 5824, "State Department of Archives and History", Raleigh, NC, p 19, "Grant Book No. 28", Burke Co, NC, Grant No. 185, p 184, Grant No. 272, p 271, Grant No. 487 "Office of the Secretary of State", Raleigh, NC, "1790 Census North Carolina", p 107, "Bundles of Old Papers Unmarked", Augusta County Court House, Staunton, VA, "Minutes of Caney Fork Presbyterian Church", Butler Co., KY, p 3, "Collins Kentucky History Volume II", Lewis & R. H. Collins, Covington, KY, p 107, "History of Muhlenburg County", J.P. Morton & Co., Inc., Louisville, KY, Otto Rothert, p 19, "History of Russellville and Logan County", Allen C. Finley, p 24, "Entry Book D", Logan County Courthouse, Russellville, KY, "Church Register of Caney Fork Presbyterian Church", 1821-1825, p 3 and 5, Kentucky Library, Western State College, Bowling Green, KY, "Butler County Courthouse, Morgantown, KY. Deed Book A", p 203, "Deed Book N", Logan County Courthouse, Russellville, KY, p 387, "Logan County, Kentucky Abstract of Equity Cases Vol.2 by Montomery Vanderpool" p. 26, "Butler County Kentucky, A History of Butler County Kentucky and its People", Published by: Butler County Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. 1987, p 114, "The Early Days of Butler County, Kentucky taken from The County Court Order Book "A" & Circuit Court Order Books "A" and "B", compiled by Raymond Paul DeWeese, "Pioneer Families of Butler County, Kentucky South of the Green River" by Merriel Russ Austin and Hazel Russ Rouk, p 143, p 169.
Children of Rebecca Clements by Benjamin Haws:
1. John Haws, born ca 1762 Rowan Co, NC; married Nancy Smith
2. Samuel Haws, born ca 1764 Rowan Co, NC; married (1) Ruth and (2) Nancy Garner
3. Jacob Haws, born ca 1766 Rowan Co, NC; married Hannah Neil, daughter of William Neil
Children of James Forgy and Rebecca Clements Haws:
1. Cynthia Forgy, born 1782-86, Rowan /Burke Co, NC; died aft September 1854 Logan County, Kentucky
2. James T. Forgy, born 1786 Burke Co, NC; died 1841 Butler County, Kentucky; married Ellender Jenkins
3. Ezekiel Forgy, born 1790 Logan County, Kentucky; married Elizabeth Neill, daughter of James Neill, II (son of James Neill and widow Agness Snoddy) and Sarah Neill (possibly a daughter of Captain William Neill and Mary Clinton)
4. Samuel Cements Forgy, born 18 October 1791 Logan County, Kentucky; died 17 April 1830; married Elizabeth C. Scott
5. Matilda Forgy, born 1793 Logan County, Kentucky; died 1813
He married ca 1780 in Rowan County, North Carolina to a widow, Rebecca Clements (Clemons) Haws, daughter of Jacob Clemons and Mary Campbell. She was born in 1742 Augusta County, Virginia, died in July 1822, and was buried in the family cemetery near Berry's Lick, Butler County, Kentucky. Her first husband, Benjamin Haws, died about 1774 in Rowan County, North Carolina, leaving her with three sons.
James fought in the war of the Revolution, and is listed on the muster rolls of Captain David McClure's Company in 1775. Captain McClure and his men were from Augusta County, Virginia. James' name also appears on a muster roll for August 1777, and on a roll for April 1778 in Captain George McCormick's company of the 13th Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel William Russell (General Services Administration, National Archives and Records, Washington, DC) Many of Colonel Russell's men settled in Logan County, Kentucky. Family legion says that James Forgy held the rank of Major in the Revolution and fought under General Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox", but that record has not been verified. He was called Major Forgy. He lost one of his fingers during the war and when asked the cause of the loss would say, "A damn Tory shot it off". He must have been injured more severely as his war record shows as he spent the greater part of one year in hospitals at Philadelphia, Bethlehem and Shavertown.
In Burke County, North Carolina, on 15 March 1780, James Forgy was granted 150 acres on both sides of Camp Creek and on 20 March 1780 was granted two hundred acres of land on both sides of the main fork of Crooked Creek. In 1781 he was residing in Rowan County, Salisbury District, but by 1784, had moved to Morgan District, Burke County, North Carolina. There are vouchers dated 1781 and 1784 showing James Forgy was paid for assisting in some way to help the cause of freedom. His name is mentioned in a list of militia paid off at Pittsburg (Fort Pitt) and on another list was paid for 'provisions specie'. He and his brother, Samuel, were granted 5,000 acres of land in Tipton County, Tennessee, on the Mississippi River in 1784, but they never settled this land. The land in this grant was swampy and settlers in the area were afraid of malaria and other fevers which attacked them in the swamps. In the 1790 census, James Forgy and his family, which consisted of three males in the household over sixteen years of age, three males under sixteen, and four females were living in Morgan District Company 4, Burke County, North Carolina. He left North Carolina circa 1790-94 with his family and started on the long road to Kentucky. They probably took the regular route of the early settlers to Cumberland Gap, then turned southward coming by the way of Tennessee through Nashville, then to Logan County, Kentucky, settling near Barry's Lick , which is located between Lewisburg and Quality.
James Forgy was among the first pioneers of the Mud River country in Butler County. (Butler County was formed in 1810 from Logan and other surrounding counties.) Game was abundant, wild turkeys were to be seen in great droves also deer, buffalo and elk and a good number of bears. James Forgy assisted in helping his neighbors and friends such as being an appraiser in settlements of estates, etc. He, as other officers in the Revolution did, assumed leadership in civic and church activities in their various communities. James Forgy was said to have been "very much Irish" and a very devout Presbyterian.
In 1807, he, with others in the community, bought from Moses Reed, two acres of land to build a Presbyterian Meeting House. This was the Caney Fork Presbyterian Church which is still in existence. It was located about two miles from his farm. He and his wife are listed in the minutes of this church as original members. He was also an elder in the church. In June 1810, James was appointed to be one of the Commissioners of the Tax to represent the District of William Carson. On September 1, 1813 James Forgy, Samuel McReynolds, Jacob D. Chenoweth, Abner Womack and Richard Dellium bought land from William Carson to establish a Union Church. This church was located a few miles from Caney Fork in Butler County. It was named Concord probably for the Old Concord Presbyterian Church in Campbell County, Virginia. This church is still in existence, and is located near Quality, Kentucky.
On April 8, 1823, James Forgy sold to Richard B. Dellium for $1,000 the following property: 100 acres of land where he lived, one black mare about 16 yrs old, one black mare about 8 years old, one gray mare about 6 years old, one sorrel filley 2 years old, one gray colt 1 year old, twelve head of cattle being all he had, 20 head of hogs, sows, barrows, and all his stock, one copper still and worm, two feather beds and bedding, all his household and kitchen furniture, three plows, one ax, one mattox, three weeding hoes, and all his farming utensils.
References: "Forgy, Forgey and Forgie Family History", by Lucille Forgy Wallace, p 17, "North Carolina Land Grants", John Armstrong's Entries, Numbers 1-2062, Warrant Number 1058, Tennessee State Library, Nashville, TN, "Vouchers of War of Revolution", State Department Archives and History, Raleigh, NC, "Accounts of Comptrollers' Office, War of Revolution, Vol. A, p 188, "Accounts of the United States with North Carolina, War of Revolution", p 75-146, No. 5824, "State Department of Archives and History", Raleigh, NC, p 19, "Grant Book No. 28", Burke Co, NC, Grant No. 185, p 184, Grant No. 272, p 271, Grant No. 487 "Office of the Secretary of State", Raleigh, NC, "1790 Census North Carolina", p 107, "Bundles of Old Papers Unmarked", Augusta County Court House, Staunton, VA, "Minutes of Caney Fork Presbyterian Church", Butler Co., KY, p 3, "Collins Kentucky History Volume II", Lewis & R. H. Collins, Covington, KY, p 107, "History of Muhlenburg County", J.P. Morton & Co., Inc., Louisville, KY, Otto Rothert, p 19, "History of Russellville and Logan County", Allen C. Finley, p 24, "Entry Book D", Logan County Courthouse, Russellville, KY, "Church Register of Caney Fork Presbyterian Church", 1821-1825, p 3 and 5, Kentucky Library, Western State College, Bowling Green, KY, "Butler County Courthouse, Morgantown, KY. Deed Book A", p 203, "Deed Book N", Logan County Courthouse, Russellville, KY, p 387, "Logan County, Kentucky Abstract of Equity Cases Vol.2 by Montomery Vanderpool" p. 26, "Butler County Kentucky, A History of Butler County Kentucky and its People", Published by: Butler County Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. 1987, p 114, "The Early Days of Butler County, Kentucky taken from The County Court Order Book "A" & Circuit Court Order Books "A" and "B", compiled by Raymond Paul DeWeese, "Pioneer Families of Butler County, Kentucky South of the Green River" by Merriel Russ Austin and Hazel Russ Rouk, p 143, p 169.
Children of Rebecca Clements by Benjamin Haws:
1. John Haws, born ca 1762 Rowan Co, NC; married Nancy Smith
2. Samuel Haws, born ca 1764 Rowan Co, NC; married (1) Ruth and (2) Nancy Garner
3. Jacob Haws, born ca 1766 Rowan Co, NC; married Hannah Neil, daughter of William Neil
Children of James Forgy and Rebecca Clements Haws:
1. Cynthia Forgy, born 1782-86, Rowan /Burke Co, NC; died aft September 1854 Logan County, Kentucky
2. James T. Forgy, born 1786 Burke Co, NC; died 1841 Butler County, Kentucky; married Ellender Jenkins
3. Ezekiel Forgy, born 1790 Logan County, Kentucky; married Elizabeth Neill, daughter of James Neill, II (son of James Neill and widow Agness Snoddy) and Sarah Neill (possibly a daughter of Captain William Neill and Mary Clinton)
4. Samuel Cements Forgy, born 18 October 1791 Logan County, Kentucky; died 17 April 1830; married Elizabeth C. Scott
5. Matilda Forgy, born 1793 Logan County, Kentucky; died 1813
James Forgy was born 1752 in Northern, Ireland, died 28 May 1828 in Berry's Lick, Logan, Kentucky, and was buried in the Askew burial ground. He came to America with his parents around 1765-68.
He married ca 1780 in Rowan County, North Carolina to a widow, Rebecca Clements (Clemons) Haws, daughter of Jacob Clemons and Mary Campbell. She was born in 1742 Augusta County, Virginia, died in July 1822, and was buried in the family cemetery near Berry's Lick, Butler County, Kentucky. Her first husband, Benjamin Haws, died about 1774 in Rowan County, North Carolina, leaving her with three sons.
James fought in the war of the Revolution, and is listed on the muster rolls of Captain David McClure's Company in 1775. Captain McClure and his men were from Augusta County, Virginia. James' name also appears on a muster roll for August 1777, and on a roll for April 1778 in Captain George McCormick's company of the 13th Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel William Russell (General Services Administration, National Archives and Records, Washington, DC) Many of Colonel Russell's men settled in Logan County, Kentucky. Family legion says that James Forgy held the rank of Major in the Revolution and fought under General Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox", but that record has not been verified. He was called Major Forgy. He lost one of his fingers during the war and when asked the cause of the loss would say, "A damn Tory shot it off". He must have been injured more severely as his war record shows as he spent the greater part of one year in hospitals at Philadelphia, Bethlehem and Shavertown.
In Burke County, North Carolina, on 15 March 1780, James Forgy was granted 150 acres on both sides of Camp Creek and on 20 March 1780 was granted two hundred acres of land on both sides of the main fork of Crooked Creek. In 1781 he was residing in Rowan County, Salisbury District, but by 1784, had moved to Morgan District, Burke County, North Carolina. There are vouchers dated 1781 and 1784 showing James Forgy was paid for assisting in some way to help the cause of freedom. His name is mentioned in a list of militia paid off at Pittsburg (Fort Pitt) and on another list was paid for 'provisions specie'. He and his brother, Samuel, were granted 5,000 acres of land in Tipton County, Tennessee, on the Mississippi River in 1784, but they never settled this land. The land in this grant was swampy and settlers in the area were afraid of malaria and other fevers which attacked them in the swamps. In the 1790 census, James Forgy and his family, which consisted of three males in the household over sixteen years of age, three males under sixteen, and four females were living in Morgan District Company 4, Burke County, North Carolina. He left North Carolina circa 1790-94 with his family and started on the long road to Kentucky. They probably took the regular route of the early settlers to Cumberland Gap, then turned southward coming by the way of Tennessee through Nashville, then to Logan County, Kentucky, settling near Barry's Lick , which is located between Lewisburg and Quality.
James Forgy was among the first pioneers of the Mud River country in Butler County. (Butler County was formed in 1810 from Logan and other surrounding counties.) Game was abundant, wild turkeys were to be seen in great droves also deer, buffalo and elk and a good number of bears. James Forgy assisted in helping his neighbors and friends such as being an appraiser in settlements of estates, etc. He, as other officers in the Revolution did, assumed leadership in civic and church activities in their various communities. James Forgy was said to have been "very much Irish" and a very devout Presbyterian.
In 1807, he, with others in the community, bought from Moses Reed, two acres of land to build a Presbyterian Meeting House. This was the Caney Fork Presbyterian Church which is still in existence. It was located about two miles from his farm. He and his wife are listed in the minutes of this church as original members. He was also an elder in the church. In June 1810, James was appointed to be one of the Commissioners of the Tax to represent the District of William Carson. On September 1, 1813 James Forgy, Samuel McReynolds, Jacob D. Chenoweth, Abner Womack and Richard Dellium bought land from William Carson to establish a Union Church. This church was located a few miles from Caney Fork in Butler County. It was named Concord probably for the Old Concord Presbyterian Church in Campbell County, Virginia. This church is still in existence, and is located near Quality, Kentucky.
On April 8, 1823, James Forgy sold to Richard B. Dellium for $1,000 the following property: 100 acres of land where he lived, one black mare about 16 yrs old, one black mare about 8 years old, one gray mare about 6 years old, one sorrel filley 2 years old, one gray colt 1 year old, twelve head of cattle being all he had, 20 head of hogs, sows, barrows, and all his stock, one copper still and worm, two feather beds and bedding, all his household and kitchen furniture, three plows, one ax, one mattox, three weeding hoes, and all his farming utensils.
References: "Forgy, Forgey and Forgie Family History", by Lucille Forgy Wallace, p 17, "North Carolina Land Grants", John Armstrong's Entries, Numbers 1-2062, Warrant Number 1058, Tennessee State Library, Nashville, TN, "Vouchers of War of Revolution", State Department Archives and History, Raleigh, NC, "Accounts of Comptrollers' Office, War of Revolution, Vol. A, p 188, "Accounts of the United States with North Carolina, War of Revolution", p 75-146, No. 5824, "State Department of Archives and History", Raleigh, NC, p 19, "Grant Book No. 28", Burke Co, NC, Grant No. 185, p 184, Grant No. 272, p 271, Grant No. 487 "Office of the Secretary of State", Raleigh, NC, "1790 Census North Carolina", p 107, "Bundles of Old Papers Unmarked", Augusta County Court House, Staunton, VA, "Minutes of Caney Fork Presbyterian Church", Butler Co., KY, p 3, "Collins Kentucky History Volume II", Lewis & R. H. Collins, Covington, KY, p 107, "History of Muhlenburg County", J.P. Morton & Co., Inc., Louisville, KY, Otto Rothert, p 19, "History of Russellville and Logan County", Allen C. Finley, p 24, "Entry Book D", Logan County Courthouse, Russellville, KY, "Church Register of Caney Fork Presbyterian Church", 1821-1825, p 3 and 5, Kentucky Library, Western State College, Bowling Green, KY, "Butler County Courthouse, Morgantown, KY. Deed Book A", p 203, "Deed Book N", Logan County Courthouse, Russellville, KY, p 387, "Logan County, Kentucky Abstract of Equity Cases Vol.2 by Montomery Vanderpool" p. 26, "Butler County Kentucky, A History of Butler County Kentucky and its People", Published by: Butler County Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. 1987, p 114, "The Early Days of Butler County, Kentucky taken from The County Court Order Book "A" & Circuit Court Order Books "A" and "B", compiled by Raymond Paul DeWeese, "Pioneer Families of Butler County, Kentucky South of the Green River" by Merriel Russ Austin and Hazel Russ Rouk, p 143, p 169.
Children of Rebecca Clements by Benjamin Haws:
1. John Haws, born ca 1762 Rowan Co, NC; married Nancy Smith
2. Samuel Haws, born ca 1764 Rowan Co, NC; married (1) Ruth and (2) Nancy Garner
3. Jacob Haws, born ca 1766 Rowan Co, NC; married Hannah Neil, daughter of William Neil
Children of James Forgy and Rebecca Clements Haws:
1. Cynthia Forgy, born 1782-86, Rowan /Burke Co, NC; died aft September 1854 Logan County, Kentucky
2. James T. Forgy, born 1786 Burke Co, NC; died 1841 Butler County, Kentucky; married Ellender Jenkins
3. Ezekiel Forgy, born 1790 Logan County, Kentucky; married Elizabeth Neill, daughter of James Neill, II (son of James Neill and widow Agness Snoddy) and Sarah Neill (possibly a daughter of Captain William Neill and Mary Clinton)
4. Samuel Cements Forgy, born 18 October 1791 Logan County, Kentucky; died 17 April 1830; married Elizabeth C. Scott
5. Matilda Forgy, born 1793 Logan County, Kentucky; died 1813
He married ca 1780 in Rowan County, North Carolina to a widow, Rebecca Clements (Clemons) Haws, daughter of Jacob Clemons and Mary Campbell. She was born in 1742 Augusta County, Virginia, died in July 1822, and was buried in the family cemetery near Berry's Lick, Butler County, Kentucky. Her first husband, Benjamin Haws, died about 1774 in Rowan County, North Carolina, leaving her with three sons.
James fought in the war of the Revolution, and is listed on the muster rolls of Captain David McClure's Company in 1775. Captain McClure and his men were from Augusta County, Virginia. James' name also appears on a muster roll for August 1777, and on a roll for April 1778 in Captain George McCormick's company of the 13th Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel William Russell (General Services Administration, National Archives and Records, Washington, DC) Many of Colonel Russell's men settled in Logan County, Kentucky. Family legion says that James Forgy held the rank of Major in the Revolution and fought under General Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox", but that record has not been verified. He was called Major Forgy. He lost one of his fingers during the war and when asked the cause of the loss would say, "A damn Tory shot it off". He must have been injured more severely as his war record shows as he spent the greater part of one year in hospitals at Philadelphia, Bethlehem and Shavertown.
In Burke County, North Carolina, on 15 March 1780, James Forgy was granted 150 acres on both sides of Camp Creek and on 20 March 1780 was granted two hundred acres of land on both sides of the main fork of Crooked Creek. In 1781 he was residing in Rowan County, Salisbury District, but by 1784, had moved to Morgan District, Burke County, North Carolina. There are vouchers dated 1781 and 1784 showing James Forgy was paid for assisting in some way to help the cause of freedom. His name is mentioned in a list of militia paid off at Pittsburg (Fort Pitt) and on another list was paid for 'provisions specie'. He and his brother, Samuel, were granted 5,000 acres of land in Tipton County, Tennessee, on the Mississippi River in 1784, but they never settled this land. The land in this grant was swampy and settlers in the area were afraid of malaria and other fevers which attacked them in the swamps. In the 1790 census, James Forgy and his family, which consisted of three males in the household over sixteen years of age, three males under sixteen, and four females were living in Morgan District Company 4, Burke County, North Carolina. He left North Carolina circa 1790-94 with his family and started on the long road to Kentucky. They probably took the regular route of the early settlers to Cumberland Gap, then turned southward coming by the way of Tennessee through Nashville, then to Logan County, Kentucky, settling near Barry's Lick , which is located between Lewisburg and Quality.
James Forgy was among the first pioneers of the Mud River country in Butler County. (Butler County was formed in 1810 from Logan and other surrounding counties.) Game was abundant, wild turkeys were to be seen in great droves also deer, buffalo and elk and a good number of bears. James Forgy assisted in helping his neighbors and friends such as being an appraiser in settlements of estates, etc. He, as other officers in the Revolution did, assumed leadership in civic and church activities in their various communities. James Forgy was said to have been "very much Irish" and a very devout Presbyterian.
In 1807, he, with others in the community, bought from Moses Reed, two acres of land to build a Presbyterian Meeting House. This was the Caney Fork Presbyterian Church which is still in existence. It was located about two miles from his farm. He and his wife are listed in the minutes of this church as original members. He was also an elder in the church. In June 1810, James was appointed to be one of the Commissioners of the Tax to represent the District of William Carson. On September 1, 1813 James Forgy, Samuel McReynolds, Jacob D. Chenoweth, Abner Womack and Richard Dellium bought land from William Carson to establish a Union Church. This church was located a few miles from Caney Fork in Butler County. It was named Concord probably for the Old Concord Presbyterian Church in Campbell County, Virginia. This church is still in existence, and is located near Quality, Kentucky.
On April 8, 1823, James Forgy sold to Richard B. Dellium for $1,000 the following property: 100 acres of land where he lived, one black mare about 16 yrs old, one black mare about 8 years old, one gray mare about 6 years old, one sorrel filley 2 years old, one gray colt 1 year old, twelve head of cattle being all he had, 20 head of hogs, sows, barrows, and all his stock, one copper still and worm, two feather beds and bedding, all his household and kitchen furniture, three plows, one ax, one mattox, three weeding hoes, and all his farming utensils.
References: "Forgy, Forgey and Forgie Family History", by Lucille Forgy Wallace, p 17, "North Carolina Land Grants", John Armstrong's Entries, Numbers 1-2062, Warrant Number 1058, Tennessee State Library, Nashville, TN, "Vouchers of War of Revolution", State Department Archives and History, Raleigh, NC, "Accounts of Comptrollers' Office, War of Revolution, Vol. A, p 188, "Accounts of the United States with North Carolina, War of Revolution", p 75-146, No. 5824, "State Department of Archives and History", Raleigh, NC, p 19, "Grant Book No. 28", Burke Co, NC, Grant No. 185, p 184, Grant No. 272, p 271, Grant No. 487 "Office of the Secretary of State", Raleigh, NC, "1790 Census North Carolina", p 107, "Bundles of Old Papers Unmarked", Augusta County Court House, Staunton, VA, "Minutes of Caney Fork Presbyterian Church", Butler Co., KY, p 3, "Collins Kentucky History Volume II", Lewis & R. H. Collins, Covington, KY, p 107, "History of Muhlenburg County", J.P. Morton & Co., Inc., Louisville, KY, Otto Rothert, p 19, "History of Russellville and Logan County", Allen C. Finley, p 24, "Entry Book D", Logan County Courthouse, Russellville, KY, "Church Register of Caney Fork Presbyterian Church", 1821-1825, p 3 and 5, Kentucky Library, Western State College, Bowling Green, KY, "Butler County Courthouse, Morgantown, KY. Deed Book A", p 203, "Deed Book N", Logan County Courthouse, Russellville, KY, p 387, "Logan County, Kentucky Abstract of Equity Cases Vol.2 by Montomery Vanderpool" p. 26, "Butler County Kentucky, A History of Butler County Kentucky and its People", Published by: Butler County Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. 1987, p 114, "The Early Days of Butler County, Kentucky taken from The County Court Order Book "A" & Circuit Court Order Books "A" and "B", compiled by Raymond Paul DeWeese, "Pioneer Families of Butler County, Kentucky South of the Green River" by Merriel Russ Austin and Hazel Russ Rouk, p 143, p 169.
Children of Rebecca Clements by Benjamin Haws:
1. John Haws, born ca 1762 Rowan Co, NC; married Nancy Smith
2. Samuel Haws, born ca 1764 Rowan Co, NC; married (1) Ruth and (2) Nancy Garner
3. Jacob Haws, born ca 1766 Rowan Co, NC; married Hannah Neil, daughter of William Neil
Children of James Forgy and Rebecca Clements Haws:
1. Cynthia Forgy, born 1782-86, Rowan /Burke Co, NC; died aft September 1854 Logan County, Kentucky
2. James T. Forgy, born 1786 Burke Co, NC; died 1841 Butler County, Kentucky; married Ellender Jenkins
3. Ezekiel Forgy, born 1790 Logan County, Kentucky; married Elizabeth Neill, daughter of James Neill, II (son of James Neill and widow Agness Snoddy) and Sarah Neill (possibly a daughter of Captain William Neill and Mary Clinton)
4. Samuel Cements Forgy, born 18 October 1791 Logan County, Kentucky; died 17 April 1830; married Elizabeth C. Scott
5. Matilda Forgy, born 1793 Logan County, Kentucky; died 1813
