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          1   Ward LeRoy CHURCHILL Professor. Born 2 Oct 1947 in Urbana, Champaign Co., Illinois. Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado

 

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           2   Jack L. CHURCHILL. Born 20 Oct 1924 in IL. Died 18 Dec 1989 in Schuyler Co., IL. Race
  White. He married Maralyn Lucretia ALLEN.

           3   Maralyn Lucretia ALLEN. Born 13 Dec 1926 in Carterville, Williamson Co., IL. Race White.

  

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            4   Ward(en) LeRoy CHURCHILL. Born Oct 1895 in Spring Grove, Warren Co., Illinois. Died
  ? in ?. Race White. He married Ethel M JANES, About 1918.

            5   Ethel M JANES. Born 6 Jan 1897 in Illinois. Died 5 Sep 1992 in Rushville, Schuyler Co., IL.
  Race White.

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            6   Philip Henry ALLEN. Born 27 Jul 1902 in  Murphysboro, Jackson Co., IL. Died 22 Aug 1990 in prob. Illinois. Occupation H.S. Teacher (1930). Race White. He married Minnie B.
BILLINGTON, 30 May 1924 in Metropolis, Massac Co., IL.

            7   Minnie B. BILLINGTON. Born 10 Sep 1904 in Brownfield, Pope Co., IL. Died 11 Oct 1997 in
  Rushville, Schuyler Co., IL. Race White.

   

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            8   Albert E. CHURCHILL. Born Feb 1860 in MO. Died 10 Dec 1947 in Monmouth, Warren Co.,
  IL. Race White. He married Emma Jane GREEN ,
10 Feb 1881 in Mercer Co., IL.

            9   Emma Jane GREEN. Born Apr 1858 in IA. Died 14 Apr 1947 in Monmouth, Warren Co
  Illinois. Race White.

(NOTE: The ancestral data for Emma Jane GREEN has been corrected below, thanks to information provided by Leah Sims.)

(NOTE: In the 1880 Census for Warren Co., IL, Emma is listed as a servant in the Churchill household.)

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  10   Henry Elmer JANES. Born Sep 1862 in IL.   Died 28 Dec 1943 in McDonough Co. IL. He
          married Carrie L. GORSUCH, 11 Mar 1896 in Schuyler Co., IL  Race White.

         (NOTE: More often than not, he went by his middle name Elmer rather than Henry.)

         (SOURCES:  1900 Census for  McDonough Co., IL,
Illinois Marriage and Death Record
          Indeces  Also see additional notes at "Joseph Janes", below.)

   11  Carrie L. GORSUCH. Born Apr 1865 in Schuyler Co., IL. Died 31 Jan 1945 in Schuyler Co.,
         IL. Race
White. (SOURCE:  1900 Census for  McDonough Co., IL)

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         12   Henry Edward ALLEN. Born About 1875 in Jackson Co., IL. Died 28 Sep 1960 in Illinois. Race White. He married Eliza May GLOTFELTY, 28 Mar 1901 in Elkville, Jackson Co., IL.

         13   Eliza May GLOTFELTY. Born 2 Jan 1875 in Macoupin Co, IL. Died 9 Jan 1965 in Illinois.
   Race White.

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         14   William Perry BILLINGTON. Born 14 Feb 1864 in Eddyville, Pope Co., IL. Died 17 Jan 1940 in Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL. He married Addeen Louella "Addie" BAKER, 20 Oct 1896 in Pope Co., IL. Race White. (NOTE: 2nd marriage for William)

         15   Addeen Louella "Addie" BAKER. Born 6 Sep 1871 in Pope Co., IL. Died 3 Dec 1938 in Hodgeville, Jacksonville, FL. Race White.

            

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          16   Daniel CHURCHILL. Born 24 Jan 1835 in Oneida Co., NY. Died 12 Dec 1920 in Rock Island
Co., IL. Race White. He married Caroline CONANT, 9 Oct 1856 in Knox Co., IL.

         17   Caroline CONANT. Born May 1840 in Chenango Co., NY. Died 13 August 1930 in Rock Island Co., IL. Race White.

   (NOTE: It appears that as still a young girl in the early 1850's, Caroline somehow made her
    way west
and joined her Conant relatives, Richard and Mary Conant, in Ohio. She then
    joined them in a move
farther west to Knox Co., IL, where she met and married Daniel
    Churchill.)

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     *   18   Caleb J. GREEN, Jr. Born 4 April 1828 in Steuben Co., NY. Died 20 November 1910, in
  Guthrie Co., Iowa . Race White. He married Sarah YOUNG abt. 1848.

     *   19   Sarah E. YOUNG. Born 30 April 1831 in New York. Died 24 July 1912 in Guthrie Co. Iowa.
  Race White.

      (SOURCES: Census records 1850 to 1910, obituary of Emma Green Churchill, and
          Tombstone record of Guthrie Co., IA)

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        20   Joseph JANES. Born in Tennessee?.  Married the widow Mrs. Mary E. (STOCKTON)
DOWNEN 3 Oct 1861 in McDonough Co., IL. Race: (Undetermined)

         21   Mary (nee STOCKTON) DOWNEN or DOWNER. Born 7 October 1833 in McDonough Co., Illinois.  Died there on27 November 1891. Race: White.

      (NOTE:  The 1900 Census for McDonough Co., IL lists Henry and Carrie JANES living
    in Eldorado Township, with son Earl and daughter Edith (both from Henry’s
    1st  marriage), and their own daughter, Ethel Janes, age 3.  It also lists,
    probably incorrectly, the birth place for Henry’s father and mother to be

    Tennessee
and Illinois, respectively.  The marriage record for Henry and
    Carrie list Henry's parents as "Joseph JONES" and "Mary STOCKTON", but
    no additional information was given about them in the record itself.  Further
    research located a Mary STOCKTON in Eldorado Township in McDonough
    Co., IL who married Job DOWNEN/DOWNER there in 1849.  In the 1860
    census, Mary (STOCKTON) DOWNEN/DOWNER is shown as either widowed
    or divorced head of household. Illinois marriage records list a Mrs. Mary
    DOWNER marrying Joseph Janes in October, 1861 (almost one year before
    the birth of Henry Elmer JANES.  In the 1870  and 1880 censuses for
   Eldorado Township, Mary is still listed under the name "DOWDEN".   Her son
   Henry Elbert (JANES), born about 1863, is also shown with a surname of
   "DOWNEN" . He eventually assumed the surname of his father, Joseph
   JANES. Other than the two marriage record entries, no information could be
   found regarding Joseph JANES, nor could it be determined why Mary reverted
   to the DOWNEN/DOWNER surname after her marriage to Joseph
  JANES apparently ended.

                  Mary STOCKTON was the daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (FRANKLIN)
   STOCKTON, early settlers in McDonough Co., IL who originally came from
   Kentucky.)

               OBITUARY OF MARY E. DOWNEN
Died--Nov 27, 1891, at her home in Eldorado township, Mary E. Downen, aged 58 years, 1 month and 20 days. Mary E. Stockton was born at the home of her parents in Industry township McDonough Co., Ill., October 7, 1833. She was married to Job Downen, April 5th 1849. To them three children were born, Jane, who married Andrew Hills, now deceased, Ellen, wife of T.B. Pennington, of Macomb, and Rachel, wife of Wm. Thomas of Macomb. Job Downen died Nov 5, 1855. Mrs. Downen again married Oct. 3rd, 1861, to Joseph Janes. To them one son was born, Elmer, who now resides on the old homestead, where she had lived over 36 years.She professed religion and united with the Baptist church near Industry in the year 1850. The funeral services were conducted by J.E. Roach at the church at Pennington's Point, and the remains were interred in the cemetery at that place. Her mother, father, two sisters, and a brother have gone on before, leaving Martha Chandler, of Adair, Ill., Julie A. Beck, of Bozeman, Montana, W.H.Stockton, of Larkin, Kansas, E.H.Stockton, Industry, Ill., Lcycurgus Stockton, Chicago, Ill., M.A. Stockton, Champion, Arkansas. Emma Landidge, Ray, Ill., O.E. Stockton, Ray, Ill., Sarah Stockton, Grandmother, age 83 years Ray, Ill.

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          22   Nicholas GORSUCH. Born About 1826 in Brooke Co., (West) Virginia. Died 23 Mar 1892 in Schuyler Co., IL.    He married Jane McNEELEY , 4 Nov 1853 in Alexander Co., IL. Race White. 

         23   Jane McNEELEY. Born 17 Mar 1834 in St. Johns, New Brunswick, Canada. Died 21 Apr 1925 in Rushville, Schuyler Co.,IL. Race White. (Sources: RootsWeb WORLDCONNECT entries of Mary Leitner, and verified by census data.)

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         (The following is a corrected entry)

         24 Charles H. ALLEN. Born 3 Mar 1843 in Ft. Dix, NJ. Died 14 Jun 1917 in Jackson Co., IL. Race White. He married Mary Mary Nancy GILSON, 28 Dec 1871 in Danville, Caledonia Co, VT. 

         25  Mary Nancy GILSON. Born 12 Jul 1840 in Danville, Caledonia Co., VT. Died 6 Apr 1921 in Jackson Co., IL. Race White.

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         26   Henry Charles GLOTFELTY. Born Feb 1834 in Elk Lick Somerset Co.,PA. Died 1908 in Jackson Co., IL. He married Elizabeth E. NORTH, 19 May 1872 in Williamson Co., IL. Race: White 

         27   Elizabeth E. NORTH. Born Feb 1851 in Staunton, Macoupin Co., IL.  Race: White

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         28   Lawson (Lawsen) Messner BILLINGTON. Born 27 Jan 1843 in Ripley, Lauderdale Co., TN. Died 27 Jul 1919 in Golconda, Pope Co., Ill. He married Frances E. SMITH, 8 May 1862 in Pope Co., IL. Race: White
(SOURCE: Illinois Death Record Index, in which his given name is listed as “Loren”)

         29    Frances E. SMITH. Born About 1840 in IL. Race - undetermined

   (NOTE: In the 1880 Census for Pope Co., IL, Lawson BILLINGTON was no longer with the
    family.
   Frances ["F.E. Billington"] shown in the census) was shown as head of the family
   and an entry in the “Marital Status column indicated that she had been deserted.. There was
   no entry for Frances to indicate her race (the column was left blank), although all of the
   children were shown as  "W" (white). In that same census, under the column listed "Where
   born",
Frances's initial entry of  "unknown" was clearly overwritten with "ILL." (Illinois), and
   the birthplaces of both of her parents were  shown as "unknown". All of these entries are
   unusual, and indicate that
Frances was unsure of her  origins. The 1850 Census for Scott Co.
   lists an 11 year old Frances E. Smith, daughter of John and Pamelia  Smith. It states that
   Frances and her mother were born in IL, and John was born in KY.

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         30    Elbert Caswell BAKER. Born Sep 1823 in Illinois. He married Elizabeth A. KELLY,
  14 Dec 1862 in Pope Co., IL. Race: White.

         31   Elizabeth A. KELLY. Born About 1841 in Ohio. Died before 1880. Race: White 

(NOTE:  Obituary of George L. BAKER, brother of Adeen "Addie" BAKER:

George L. Baker, son of Casewell Baker and Elizabeth Kelly Baker, was born Dec. 10, 1868, and died in Missouri Baptist Sanitarium of St. Louis, Mo., June 15, 1936, aged 57 years, 6 months and 5 days.

He was reared in Pope county and became one of our best teachers, after graduating at Northern Normal. In his later years he made his residence in St. Louis. He was for many years a member of the Masonic Lodge of Pontiac. Because of his sweet personality, education and friendly manner he had many friends wherever he was.

Those left to mourn his departure are one sister, Mrs. Perry Billington
[Addie Baker], of Homberg; two half-brothers, Willie Baker, of Homberg, and Ammon Baker, of Metropolis, and a host of other relatives and friends. One sister and brother preceded him to the great beyond.

The body was accompanied home by a most devoted and life-long friend, John C. Rothmeier.

Funeral services were conducted by Rev. W. E. Baker, at Bethany, June 18th, in the presence of a large concourse of friends. --
copied from the Pope County (IL) Herald-Enterprise.

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         32    Benjamin CHURCHILL. Born 3 May 1792 in Newington, Hartford Co., CT. Died Aug 1893 in Alexis, Mercer Co., IL. Race White. He married Catherine SLATER.

         33   Catherine SLATER. Born 29 Jun 1810 in Schenectady, NY  1. Died 3 Jan 1880 in Warren Co., IL. Race White.

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         34    Harrison G. CONANT. Born 1806 in New Hampshire. Died After 1880 in Brookfield, Eaton Co, MI 3. Race White. He married Janet "Polly" JOHNSON.

         35   Janet "Polly" JOHNSON. Born About 1805 in Chenango Co., NY. Died After 1870 in prob. Chenango Co., NY. Race White.

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 *36  Caleb GREEN, Sr. Born 29 Jan 1789 in Saratoga Co., NY. Died 29 July 1855 in Jefferson Co., WI.  Married Catherine CLAUSEN (or Katherine SHANNON) about 1810 in NY. Race White.   (All data unverified)

 *37  Catherine CLAUSEN or Katherine SHANNON Born 29 July 1793 in NY. Died 1882 in ?
(all data unverified)

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 *38   (To be determined) YOUNG. He married (To be determined). 

         39   (To be determined).

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         40    (To be determined) JANES.  

         41     (To be determined) 

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         42 Daniel STOCKTON. Born 17 Aug 1800 in Barren Co., Kentucky. Died 28 Jan 1883 in McDonough Co., IL. Race White. He married Elizabeth FRANKLIN, 27 Nov 1824 in Barren Co., KY.

         43   Elizabeth FRANKLIN. Born About 1800 in prob. Kentucky. Died Oct 1839 in McDonough Co., IL. Race White.

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         44   (To be determined) GORSUCH.  

         45   (To be determined).  

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   46    Andrew McNEELEY. Born Dec 1801 in Scotland. Died 7 Jul 1885 in Schuyler Co., IL. Race White. He married Sarah O'DONALD . (NOTE: Born in Scotland per 1880 Illinois Census entry for Jane Gorsuch) 

         47   Sarah O'DONALD. Born Dec 1800 in Ireland. Died 3 Aug 1873 in Schuyler Co., IL. Race White. (NOTE: Born in Ireland per 1880 Illinois census entry for Jane Gorsuch) 

(NOTE: Andrew and Sarah initially lived in Ireland after their marriage. Their first two children were born there. They then moved to New Brunswick (abt 1830), where three children (including Jane) were born. They came to the US about 1838, settling first in PA, where two more children were born. They then came to Shuyler Co., IL  after 1843 but before 1850.

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   48 (To be determined) ALLEN  

   49 (To be determined)  

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  50 (To be determined) MARTIN 

  51 (To be determined) 

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  52 John Phillip GLOTFELTY . Born 22 Jun 1806 in Somerset Co., PA. He married Eliza DIVELY.
        Race: White

        53   Eliza DIVELY. Born 1 Aug 1812 in Somerset Co., PA.   Race: White 

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        54   Abraham NORTH. Born About 1795 in England. Died Before 1860 in Williamson Co., IL. He married Ann Eliza (TYNER) RYBURN, 6 Feb 1842 in Williamson Co., IL.  Race: White 

        55   Ann Eliza (TYNER) RYBURN. Born 3 Oct 1815 in Montgomery Co., TN. Died 30 Nov 1876 in Williamson Co., IL.  Race: White 

    NOTE: Ann Eliza TYNER was first married to James RYBURN in 1832 in Williamson Co., IL

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        56   (unknown). father of Lawson BILLINGTON. 

        57   Martha BILLINGTON. Born About 1821 in Bedford Co., TN.  Married Gideon Tucker in Pope Co., IL in 1845. Married Allen GUILLIAMS (aka WILLIAMS) in Pope Co., IL in 1846. 

   NOTE:  No record could be found to identify the father of Lawson Billington, son of Martha Billington.  In the 1850 and 1860 censuses. Lawson had assumed the surname Guilliams. After his mother and his stepfather (Allen Guilliams) separated, he reverted back to his mother’s maiden name, carrying forward the Billington surname.. 

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  60  William BAKER. Born Circa 1791 in NC. He married Margaret BEDLOW. Race: White.
( NOTE: William left NC for IL about 1818 ) 

        61  Margaret BEDLOW.  Race: White

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  62  (To be determined) KELLY

  63  (To be determined)

 

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  64      Levi CHURCHILL. Born 28 May 1752, Hartford Co., CT.  Died 12 Feb 1836, Newington, CT. He married Ruth Merrills on 12 Jan 1785 in Hartford, CT. 

        65.     Ruth MERRILLS. Born 9 Dec 1760 Litchfield, CT.  Died after 1807 in Hartford, CT  

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       110    Joshua TYNER. Born 21 Jul 1767 in Wilkes Co., GA. Died 26 Dec 1838 in Franklin/Williamson Co., IL. Buried in Big Muddy River Indian Style, Franklin/Williamson Co., Il. He married Winifred "Teasby" TEASLEY, in Wilkes Co., GA. Race: White

 NOTES: Research done by many genealogists regarding Joshua TYNER's ancestry have provided more questions than answers. Most researchers list Richard and Eliza Jane TYNER as Joshua's parents. Richard TYNER is thought by most to be descended from English ancestors who lived in Isle of Wight, Virginia and Chowan Co., North Carolina long before the Revolutionary War. No surname has been found for Eliza Jane, who Richard married circa 1762. Some researchers have claimed that while Eliza Jane was indeed Joshua's mother, his father was a Cherokee chief, but this cannot be substantiated in any records. One researcher, W. Randy Haynes, who is also a descendant of Richard TYNER, suggests that Richard himself may have been part Indian because of his close association with the Cherokees. Richard Tyner’s Last Will and Testament specifically mentions Joshua as his son. Other records clearly refer to a raid that took place in either 1778 or 1779 on the TYNER homestead by either Creek or Cherokee Indians. The raid took place while Richard TYNER was away from home fighting in the Revolutionary War. According to this account, Richard’s wife Eliza Jane and one daughter were murdered by the Indians. Two other daughters were kidnapped but later recovered. During the raid, Joshua and his brother Noah hid in trees, avoiding capture. After this episode, Richard TYNER married Agnes "Snookie" Daugherty, who reputedly was a Cherokee Indian herself. If this is correct, she would not be in the direct genealogical line but could have provided Indian influence on her stepchildren, including Joshua TYNER. 

Revolutionary War pension records state that in the 1780’s, Joshua TYNER volunteered to be an Indian fighter on the western frontier.  

Documents show that Joshua left Georgia about 1806, settling first in Tennessee, then later (about1817) in Illinois where he lived the rest of his life in what would become Williamson County. Some local stories there suggest that in his later years, Joshua went to live with the Indians of the area, and when he died in 1838, he was buried near Big Muddy Creek "indian-style". The 1830 Census for Franklin Co., IL lists Joshua and his family as “Free White Persons”, but this does not fully answer the question as to whether or not Joshua may have had some Indian lineage. 

While research can neither prove nor disprove Joshua TYNER's Indian bloodline, it is fairly certain that he was at the most 1/2 Indian, not full-blooded Indian. 

MORE NOTES: Another name which has been mentioned regarding Ward Churchill's ancestry is that of Reuben TYNER.  Reuben, according to several other geneaologists, was born in NC in 1794, and died in 1867 in Wauhillau, Indian Territory (Oklahoma). He was the son of Dempsey and Obedience (SEVIER) TYNER. Dempsey TYNER is identified by some of these genealogists as the brother of Richard TYNER, Joshua's father, which would have made him Joshua's first cousin if correct. Reuben lived among the Cherokee Nation in eastern Tennessee, marrying and raising a portion of his family there. The family then moved to Indian Territory (Oklahoma), quite possibly as a part of the forced "Trail of Tears" Cherokee migration. Reuben and his entire family remained there until their deaths.

       111    Winifred "Teasby" TEASLEY. Born 4 Dec 1775 in Bute Co., North Carolina. Died 27 Mar 1842 in Williamson Co., IL. Buried in Wilson Cemetery, Cambria, Williamson Co., Illinois.  

(NOTE: About 1805, Joshua and Winifred left NC and settled temporarily in Montgomery Co., TN.  Later, about 1818, they further migrated to Franklin Co., IL.   In 1839, that portion of Franklin Co., IL where the NORTH and TYNER families resided became a part of Williamson Co.)

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        114 Samuel BILLINGTON. Born About 1786 in Johnston Co., NC. Died 1846 in Ballard Co., KY or Dyer, TN. Race White. He married Tabitha MOORE, 2 Jan 1810 in Tennessee. 

       115  Tabitha MOORE. Born 1793 in North Carolina. Died 1865 in Robertson, TX. Race White.

 

 

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    128.  Charles CHURCHILL, Captain. Born 31 Dec. 1723 in Hartford, CT. Died 29 October
            1802 in Hartford,
CT.   He married Lydia BELDEN 19 Nov 1747 in Hartford, CT. 

  129.  Lydia BELDEN. Born 25 September 1725 in Hartford, CT.  Died 19 March 1803 in Hartford,
           CT.
 

(NOTE:  Numerous researchers indicate that Lydia BELDEN was the great-great-great--granddaughter of Capt. Miles Standish and his first wife Rose of  Mayflower and Plymouth Colony fame. Historical documents, however, consistently state that Miles and Rose had no children. )

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             220.  Richard TYNER, Sr. Born abt. 1738, probably in Chowan, NC. Died 24 September 1824
                     Elbert Co., GA. Married Eliza Jane (Unknown) abt 1761.

   221.  Eliza Jane (Unknown)

(NOTES:  The genealogical information for Richard TYNER is very sketchy, with many varing opinions among many researchers. In general, researchers seem to agree that he was a descendant of Nicholas TYNER who lived first in Isle of Wight, VA, then later in North Carolina.  From there his ancestry becomes unclear and unverifiable, but the names John HARRIS and Sarah TYNER are frequently mentioned as part of his lineage. Apparently, there was a Sarah TYNER who was a mistress of John HARRIS, but there is wide disagreement regarding whether or not Sarah was the daughter of Nicholas TYNER or a Cherokee woman from a band with which John HARRIS frequently traded.

Eliza Jane (unknown) was one of two or three wives of Richard TYNER, and was claimed to be murdered and scalped during an Indian raid on the TYNER homestead [see story below]. )

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        228 Ezekial BILLINGTON. Born 22 Mar 1759 in Essex Co., NJ. Died 26 Sep 1848 in Marshall Co., TN. Race White. He married Elizabeth PENNY, 8 Nov 1874 in Johnston Co., NC.

         229    Elizabeth PENNY. Born 1760 in Johnston Co., NC. Died 1825 in Bedford Co., TN. Race White.

 

 

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256   Samuel CHURCHILL. Born 1688, Hartford, CT.  Died 21 July 1769, Hartford, CT.  He married
         Martha
BOARDMAN 26 June 1717 in Hartford, CT 

257   Martha BOARDMAN.  Born 19 Dec. 1695, Hartford, CT. Died 14 December 1780, Hartford, CT.

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258  Josiah BELDING (BELDEN).  Born 14 February 1683, Hartford, CT.  Died 5 September 1746,
        Hartford, CT.  Married Mabel WRIGHT 1 May 1707 in Hartford, CT. 

259   Mabel WRIGHT. Born 16 January 1686 in Hartford, CT. Died 11 October 1767 in Hartford, CT 

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      456 James BILLINGTON. Born 1723 in England. Died 1763 in Essex Co., NJ. Race White. He married Anna America GARNER, 1 May 1742 in Essex Co., NJ.

      457  Anna America GARNER. Born 1723. Died After 1767. Race White.

 

 

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  512   Joseph CHURCHILL, Jr..  Born 2 December 1649, Hartford, CT. Died 1 April 1699,
           Hartford, CT.
  Married Mary CATLIN 13 May 1674 in Hartford, CT. 

513   Mary CATLIN. Born 20 November 1646, Hartford, CT. Died 4 July 1738 in Hartford, CT. 

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516  John BELDEN, Jr.. Born 12 February 1658 in Hartford, CT.  Died 10 January 1714 in Hartford,
CT.  Married Dorothy WILLARD 15 June 1682 in Hartford, CT 

517   Dorothy WILLARD. Born 1663 in Hartford, CT.  Died 28 February 1754 in Hartford, CT. 

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1024  Joseph CHURCHILL, Sr. Born 1612 prob. England. Died 1686 in Hartford, CT.  Married
         Elizabeth
FOOTE in 1638 in Hartford, CT    
 

1025   Elizabeth FOOTE. Born 1616 in Essex, England. Died 1700 in Hartford, CT 

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1032   John (BELDING/BAILDON) BELDING. Born 4 Feb 1631 in Staffordshire, England. Died 1677
       
in Hartford, CT. Married Lidiah (Lydia) STANDISH in 1657 in Hartford, CT. 

1033   Lidiah (or Lydia) STANDISH.  Born 1640 in Hartford, CT.  Died 1679 in Hartford, CT. 

       (NOTE:  Researchers are in general agreement that Lydia was the daughter of Thomas and
                   Susannah Francis (SMITH) STANDISH.  While some of these researchers also claim
                   that Thomas was the son of Miles and Rose Standish, most historical documents do
                   not support this claim. 
Plymouth Colony records indicate that Miles and Rose
                   STANDISH had no children, and that Rose died in 1623. Thomas was born between
                   1610 and 1612, eight to
ten years before the Mayflower sailed to
America.

 

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SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE TYNER FAMILY

From the Ancestry.com WORLD TREE entries of W. Randy HAYNES (Explanatory comments added in Italics)

?  Rev. Soldiers Buried in Ill. 973.36 W15r p. 39 "Joshua Tyner served in the (Revolutionary) war from GA. He came to Jackson County, IL but removed to Franklin County, where he died. He was pensioned. Moved to IL in 1817. According to the records a Joshua Tyner bought and sold a no. of parcels of land in Middle TN (primarily Montgomery, County) between 1811 and 1819. It appears he left shortly after  Noah (Joshua's brother) died.

Copied the following info. from the Rev. War Records of Joshua Tyner, "I was born
21 July 1767 in Wilkes County, GA. I returned there after the war where my father was living during the latter part of the Rev. war."  Another entry indicated he died in Franklin County, IL. In a letter from a librarian in Franklin Co., That was included in the (Revolutionary War) pension record she stated that Joshua was the son of a Cherokee Indian and Eliza Jane Tyner.

Military: Rev. War Pens Appl. Nat'l Archives M805-0805,32561. Name spelled Tyner throughout except for last one used for issuance of pension as TINER, signed by mark. 1833 res on line between Franklin/Jackson Counties. He was born 21 July 1769, in Wilkes County, GA and died Dec 26 1838 in Franklin County, IL. This an other dates on his family taken from a family Bible that Joshua had kept wrapped in a deer skin. He married Jan 24, 1793 to Winifred Teasley, who was born 4 Dec 1775 and died, Jan 17 1842. Winifred was a daughter of John Teasley III and Lucy Hunt. Winifred's sister, Priscilla Teasley, married Noah Tyner, a brother to Winifred's husband, Joshua Tyner.

Joshua and Winifred Tyner, migrated at an early date to IN, with a short stop over in
Montgomery County, TN. They probably left GA along with Joshua's brother, Noah, and several of Winifred's bothers. Taken from an article on the Hunt family in "History of Elbert County, GA" 1790-1835. There is another story that Josua expressed a wish to be buried on the Big Muddy River near Blairsville IL where he lived. And being elderly left his family and went to live in an Indian settlement near the river. He was an herb doctor. In 19330 workmen excavating for the new bridge near Blairsville, IL disturbed an Indian Burial Ground. Joshua died 26 Dec 1838 and Winifred died 17 Jan 1842. He was buried "Indian Style" by the Big Muddy River. Years later when a bridge was being built, a burial was dug up. Some assumed it was Joshua. Information provided by Dennis Ward


Father: Richard TYNER b: ABT 1738 in Prob. Chowan County, NC
Mother: Eliza Jane UNKNOWN b: ABT 1740

Marriage 1 Winifred TEASLEY b: 4 DEC 1775 in Wake or Bute County, NC

  • Married: 24 JAN 1793 in Wilkes or Elbert County, GA 1 3

Children

  1. Has No ChildrenWillis TYNER b: 1 DEC 1793 in Elbert County, GA
  2. Has No ChildrenSarah TYNER b: 16 JAN 1795 in Elbert or Wilkes County, GA
  3. Has No ChildrenJohn TYNER b: 16 OCT 1796 in Elbert or Wilkes County, GA
  4. Has No ChildrenRichard Alonzo TYNER b: 17 JUL 1798 in Elbert or Wilkes County, GA
  5. Has No ChildrenIsham TYNER b: 8 FEB 1800 in Elbert or Wilkes County, GA
  6. Has No ChildrenNancy TYNER b: 16 SEP 1801 in Robertson County, TN
  7. Has No ChildrenLucy TYNER b: 7 MAR 1803 in Robertson County, TN
  8. Has No ChildrenPriscilla A. TYNER b: BET 9 APR 1804 AND 1805 in Robertson or Montgomery County, TN
  9. Has No ChildrenJoshua TYNER b: 13 DEC 1806 in Robertson County, TN
  10. Has No ChildrenMary H. TYNER b: 15 FEB 1809 in Robertson County, TN
  11. Has No ChildrenMartha TYNER b: 15 FEB 1809 in Robertson County, TN
  12. Has No ChildrenJames G. TYNER b: 25 JUL 1812 in Robertson County, TN
  13. Has No ChildrenWinifred TYNER b: 25 JUL 1812 in Robertson County, TN
  14. Has No ChildrenAnna Eliza TYNER b: 3 OCT 1815 in Franklin County, IL
  15. Has No ChildrenRebecca TYNER b: 17 MAR 1818 in Franklin County, IL


Sources:

  1. Title: Michael Ridgway Jones, <mrjones1@mediaone.net>, July 2001
    Repository:
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    Media: Book
  2. Title: Dennis Ward, <skdward@earthlink.net>, Nov 2001
  3. Title: Courtney Tompkins, <tompkin@c2i2.com>, July 2001

 

More on Richard TYNER (father of Joshua TYNER  (SOURCE: Ken Bell, at ANCESTRY WORLD TREE)

EDITOR'S NOTE:The author of the following apparently shares the opinion of Ward CHURCHILL that the source of his Indian heritage was the TYNER family. The author here cites Richard TYNER as the possible source, while Churchill cites Richard's son Joshua TYNER.  In all censuses in which either could be found, both were listed as "white". If Joshua TYNER was 1/2 Indian by birth, and barring any other unknown interventions in subsequent generations, Ward Churchill would be 1/128 Indian.

Father thought to be William, brother of John Harris Tyner. Richard was closely associated with the Cherokee Indians and may have been part Indian himself. He may have married three times. It is thought that through the Tyners, and their marriages, our Cherokee Inidian blood was passed down.

"Richard was born about 1735, probably in Chowan County, NC. He died 24Sep, 1824 in Elbert County, GA. ........The Tyners were closely associated with the Cherokees, and richard himself may have been part Indian. " per Tom Crump

"Richard Tyner was a Revolutionary War Patriot. He fought in the Battleof Kettle Creek in Feb. 1779,
Wilkes County, GA, where the Tories were routed. The Tories had tried to instigate an Indian uprising against the Georgians so they could not fight in the Revolution.

According to early newspaper chronicles, Tyner lived on Boyd's Creek in
Elbert County. One day, (a number of years prior to the Kettle CreekBattle), he was absent from home when a group of Indians, probably Creek,killed his wife, dashed the baby's head against a tree and carried hisdaughters, Mary and Tamar, off to Coweta. His son, Noah, hid in a tree which was known thereafter as "Noah's Ark."

"Years later, Jack Manack, an Indian trader, found Mary and Tamar. The Indians sold Mary to John and they returned to
Elbert County where they married. The Indians would not sell Tamar and were going to burn heralive as they thought she was trying to escape. An Indian woman felt sorry for her and helped her get a conoe and provisions with which shefloated alone at night down the Chattahoochee. She reached Apalachicola where another boat took her to Savannah and from there was helped to get back to Elbert County. Tamar, born circa 1760, married James Hunt, a revolutionary War soldier. Their first child was born in 1779. (Takenfrom the "Chronicles of Wilkes County, GA" from "Washington's Newspapers1889-1898

From Historical Collections of GA. Pg. 440 "They killed Mrs. Tyner.They then seized the youngest child, and dashed it's brains against a tree. Another child they scalped, and left it for dead. ...........Anelder son of Mr. Tyner fled to the
Savannah River, and was pursued by some of the Indians, but he effected his escape. "

WILL OF RICHARD TYNER--1824

"To all whom these presents shall come be it known and I hereby and makeknown in the name of Almighty God that I Richard Tyner, SR., of the stateof Georgia and of County of Elbert, being very sick and weak but in the right use of my reason and well knowing that it is appointed for all men to die. In order to arrange my affairs as for as in my power I make this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and setting aside all other Wills that I here to fore may have made.

First, I give my Soul to the Almighty Author of my existence and recommend that my body be buried in the Christian form by my realtionsa nd executors, and as touching my estate where with it has pleased God to bless me, I give bequeath and demize the same in the following manner.

To my daughter Abigail Crideendon one dollar and no more.

To my son Richard Tyner, Jr., I give and bequeth the land where on I now live which contains parts of differrent Surveys, also an equal part with the rest of my choldren of the part to be divided.

To my son Harris Tyner, I give and bequeth my best bed and furniture andan equal part with the rest of my children of the property that is to bedivided.

To my grand daughter, Nancy Tyner, I give and bequeath one of my coltsfor her to take choice. My Children herein after named that is-- SamuelTyner or his heirs, Mary Ryley, Tamer Hunt, Joshua Tyner, FrancesMcGuire, Noah Tyner or his heirs, Elizabeth Boatright, Agnes Crump,Marhta Bird, Richard Tyner, Harris Tyner, and the children of CharityBird is to have an equal part of my negros, Fann, a woman, Peter andDanal, men, and Mol a girl, stock of every kind with my crop that may bemade and my furniture not already given. I will and request that thewhole of the same be sold by my executors in the way that their judgmentsay will be the best far the interest of my children herein after named -Son, Samuel Tyner or his heirs, Mary Tyner, Tamer Hunt, Joshua Tyner,Frances McGuire, Noah Tyner or his heirs, Elizabeth Boatright, AgnesCrump, Martha Bird, Richard Tyner, Harris Tyner, and the children ofCharity Bird and after the payment of my just debts that the proceeds ofthe property to wit : negros, stock of evey kind, my crop and thefurniture, be by my executors equally divided between my children justabove nemed or their heirs. I aapoint my friends, William Baily, IshamTeasley, and Thomas A. Banks my Executors and having carefully consideredall the different counts in this my Will, I am certain there with andconfirm this same and in witness thereof I have here onto set my handseal this thirteeth day of September 1823, Signed sealed and acknowledgedin the presence of us."
Richard (x) Tyner
Lauchlin McCurry --Georgia

James Adams --
Elbert County

Nancy
(x) Tyner

per Mr. Tom Crump of
Texas