George Jr. EWING [Parents] was born 11 Mar 1779 in Greenwich, Cumberland Co., NJ. He died 28 Nov 1849 in Perry Co., IN and was buried in Cannelton, Perry Co., IN. George married Hannah BOYLES on 19 Aug 1809 in Ames Township, Athens Co., OH.
George and Hannah Boyle had eleven children. One of them was
named Marquis de LaFayette, after the French soldier who helped
Washington train his troops at Valley Forge. George died at
Rome, Indiana, in 1850, leaving numerous descendants. Among the
Thomas Ewing papers in the Division of Manuscripts in the
Congressional Library are letters from George Ewing giving
family news. In Jane Hunter Ewing's letters to brother Thomas in
1827 and 29, she says that George lived about 15 miles from the
Latimers in Perry Co., Indiana.Census records for Perry Co. IN for 1830,p. 620,Tobin Twp. shows
the following household for George Ewing, Jr.: [I've added the
names/a ges.] 1 Male 50-60 George, Jr. [age 51] 2 Males 15-20
Nathaniel [age 19] and James V. [age 17] 1 Male under 5 Thomas
George [age 3] 1 Female 40-50 Hannah [age 41] 1 Female 20-30
Anna M. [age 20] 3 Females 5-10 Rachel [age 10]; Abigail [age
8]; Hannah M. [age 5][Lafayette was b. in 1830 evidently after census ta ken]
[Nancy b.1826 [age 4] should appear as female under age 5]
The book, GEORGE EWING, GENTLEMAN, A SOLDIER OF VALLEY FORGE,
pub. 19 28, p. 77 states that there were 11 children in George,
Jr. and Hannah Ewing's family. Only nine are known at this time.The George Ewing, Jr. family appears on the Perry Co. 1840
census, p . 392.Records for Washington Co. OH for 1800 and 1803 show George
Ewing, Jr . in Ames Twp.; also listed in these records are
George, Jr.'s brother, Thomas, and their father, George, Sr. The
1810 Athens Co.OH shows George, Jr. and the 1816 Athens Co. OH
tax list shows both George Jr. and Sr. It is not known where
George, Jr. was for the 1820 census ; however, his parents were
in Perry Co. IN at the time of the 1820 census (page 149).
George, Jr. evidently was in Perry Co. IN in 1820 because his
father, George, Sr.'s, Revolutionary War pension application
(dated 21 Sept. 1820) indicates that George, Sr. and his wife
were living on property belonging to their son, George, Jr.George Ewing, Jr. died intestate. Nathaniel Ewing was appointed
executor for the estate and Nathaniel's sureties were Alexander
McCollum and Nicholas Vaughn, both believed to be
brothers-in-law to Nathaniel.DAR applications #112009 (Mabel C. Jones Pettingill) and #123599
(Daisy Jones Elwell) list brothers and sisters of George, Jr.Excerpt from writings of Sen. Thomas Ewing from Ohio in HISTORY
OF ATHENS COUNTY, OHIO By Charles M. Walker, 1869, refers to
Thomas' brother George [Jr.] who was 11 years older than Thomas.George Ewing, Jr. is buried in Cliff Cemetery, Cannelton, IN
next to his wife Hannah Boyles Ewing.
Hannah BOYLES married George Jr. EWING on 19 Aug 1809 in Ames Township, Athens Co., OH.
They had the following children:
M i James Vickery EWING was born 1 Nov 1813 and died 21 Jan 1884.
Daniel Webster EWING [Parents] was born 30 May 1837 in Perry Co., IN. He married Victoria Gilson.
DEATH: After 1905
Sources: THE RALSTON FAMILY TREE by Doris Wedo and information
by Beu lah Livingood. On 1860 Census for Allamakee Co. IA p. 279
family #26 63.
Victoria Gilson married Daniel Webster EWING.
They had the following children:
M i Bell EWING F ii Effie EWING M iii Leo EWING
Alexander Scott EWING [Parents] was born 10 Mar 1843 in Perry Co., IN. He died 1902 in Wellston, Lincoln, OK. Alexander married Mary Frances HARRISON.
From information in THE RALSTON FAMILY TREE by Doris Wedo and
from Beulah Livingood's information.On 1860 Census for Allamakee Co. IA in parents' household #2663
p. 27 9.Information on the descendants of Alexander Scott Ewing came
from Evelyn (White) Rudolph, 2545 Terry Ave., Billings, MT 59102
and her sist er Marilyn (White) Allen, 449 W. Plumb Lane, Reno
NV 89509 through co rrespondence with Beulah (Ralston) and
Roberta (Ralston) Livengood.
Mary Frances HARRISON married Alexander Scott EWING.
James CHAMBERS married Hannah Elizabeth EWING.
Hannah Elizabeth EWING [Parents] was born 11 Feb 1845 in Perry Co., IN. She died after 1905. Hannah married James CHAMBERS.
Living in No. Platte, NE at time of her mother's death in 1905.
Other information from THE RALSTON FAMILY TREE by Doris Wedo and
information from Beulah Livingood. Had six children; the names
of two additional daughters are not known. On 1860 Allamakee Co.
IA Census in parents' household #2663 p. 279.
Jacob Wilson EWING [Parents] was born 21 Sep 1847 in Perry Co., IN. He died 12 May 1931 in Iowa and was buried in Cleveland Cemetery, Allamakee, IA. Jacob married Alice LAWSON.
Buried in Cleveland Cemetery, Allamakee Co. IA from ALLAMAKEE
COUNTY , IOWA BURIAL GROUNDS 1855-1988 by Dale Woodmansee p.
577. Information from the THE RALSTON FAMILY TREE by Doris Wedo
and from information from Beulah Livingood. Jacob appears on the
1860 Allamakee Co. IA Census in parents' household #2663 p. 279.
Alice LAWSON was born 1850. She died 29 Aug 1935 in Allamakee Co., IA and was buried in Cleveland Cemetery, Allamakee, IA. Alice married Jacob Wilson EWING.
David Wilson Jr. DOUGLASS was born 3 Sep 1838 in Ayrshire, Scotland. He died 6 Nov 1913 in Waukon, Allamakee Co, IA and was buried 10 Nov 1913 in Waukon, Allamakee Co, IA. David married Adaline Demanault EWING on 1867.
Adaline Demanault EWING [Parents] was born 1 Dec 1850 in Perry Co., IN. She died 31 Mar 1921 in Waukon, Allamakee Co, IA and was buried 2 Apr 1921 in Waukon, Allamakee Co, IA. Adaline married David Wilson Jr. DOUGLASS on 1867.
Adaline is buried in Oakland Cemetery, Waukon, IA beside her
husband.Information from THE RALSTON FAMILY TREE by Doris Wedo, Waukon,
IA. ALLAMAKEE COUNTY IOWA BURIAL GROUNDS 1845-1988 by Dale
Woodmansee p . 293 On 1860 Allamakee Co. IA Census in parents'
household #2663, p. 279
George Sr. EWING was born 18 Mar 1754 in Greenwich, Cumberland Co., NJ. He died 15 Jan 1824 in Perry Co., IN and was buried in Cliff Cemetery, Cannelton, IN. George married Rachel HARRIS on 10 Aug 1778 in Cumberland Co., NJ.
On November 11, 1775, George Ewing enlisted for one year in the
5th Company, 2nd Battilion, 1st Establishment New Jersey Line
Continental Troops and served the year on the ill fated
expedition of Montgomery against Quebec. The following excerpts
about Montgomery's expedition during the time Ewing served are
from "The Fraser Highlanders" by J.R.Harper, published by Museum
Restoration Services:"A two-pronged expedition was planned under Generals Richard
Montgomery and Philip Shuyler, to penetrate into Canada via the
Richelieu River, capture the forts at St. John, Chambly, and
Montreal, and then proceed to Quebec, where they would join up
with General Benedict Arnold and his 1100 men.Generals Montgomery and Arnold with 2000 troops arrived in the
suburbs of Quebec on 4 December and called upon General Carelton
to surrender. He refused and General Carleton had no further
discussion with the Americans, who laid siege to the city for
the next three weeks.Eventually Montgomery decided to take the city by storm, as his
contract with his men expired at year's end. On the night of 31
December he moved his men into position off the St. John's Gate
and the northern and southern gates of the Lower Town. Early in
the morning of 1 January 1776, Captain Malcolm Fraser, who was
field officer of the day, noticed some suspicious signals beyond
St. John's Gate; he turned out the guard and they were fired at
by a body of rebels concealed in a snowbank.General Montgomery led a column of 500 men toward the southern
exit of the Lower Town, but the men manning No. 1 Battery were
ready. As the Americans rushed forward to attack, the command
was given to fire. The head of the column fell under the fatal
discharge of grapeshot and muskets. The survivors made a rapid
retreat leaving their General and 12 others dead in the
snow............A large body of troops arrived from England under General
Burgoyne and the first division under Brigadier Simon Fraser of
Balmain landed at Trois-Rivieres and surprised the retreating
Americans, taking 500 prisoners, including their General. The
remainder were allowed to escape and retreated to Crowne Point.
On 15 June, the British flag was raised again over Montreal, the
American invasion of Canada was over. "On his discharge in November 1776, he enlisted and served as
Sergeant in the 2nd Battilion, Cumberland Co. State Malitia,
under Captain John Barkar. He participated in the battles of
Germantown and Brandywine and spent the winter of 1777 at Valley
Forge. In Februrary 1777, he was commissioned as Ensign in the
7th Company, 3rd Battillion, 2nd Establishment, New Jesey Line
Continental Troops which was known as Maxwell's Brigade. This
was considered a proud mark of distinction to be placed in the
noted corps, the Jersey Blues. He resigned the commission in
April 1778 and several weeks later entered Captain Randall's
Company of Artillery--Col. Lamb's Regiment, the 2nd Regiment of
Artillery, Continental Line.George Ewing married Rachel Harris, daughter of Nathanial and
Abigal Padgett on August 10, 1778. Following the end of the war,
he and his young family left New Jersey for the West seeking new
homes and the promise of more prosperous times. In 1786, he
moved to West Liberty, Ohio County, Virginia (now West Virginia)
and resided a few years near Wheeling, Virginia. In 1793, with
other families of that vicinity, he moved to Waterford, the
frontier settlement on the Muskingum River, near Marietta, Ohio.
They were entitled to lands on the tract donated by Congress to
those who had defended their country. They chose a selection
about four miles above Fort Frye, at the mouth of Olive Green
Creek, on the bank of the Muskingum river. They prepared a
stockade garrison, to which they moved, and began to improve
their lands. The Indians watched them closely, and one of their
party was killed by them.In 1797, Ephraim Cutler, the proprietor of several shares in the
Ohio Company's purchase, ascertaining that a considerable amount
of his lands were situated on the waters of Federal creek in
Athens County, Ohio, sought to develop this fertile farmland.
Accompanied by George Ewing, they explored a way through the
wilderness, cutting out a pack-horse path, twenty miles in
length, from Waterford to Federal Creek. About the 1st of March,
1798, Ewing's family moved to Athens County and settled on what
is now known as the Thomas Gardiner farm. George was ever ready
to promote schools, the library, and the good of the people. He
was fond of reading; was intelligent; possessed a fund of
sterling sense, combined with lively wit and good humor. He
sometimes indulged in a natural propensity for poetic and
sarcastic descriptions and often served on juries at the
freehold courts that were held to settle conflicting claims on
the college lands at Athens. There were one or two individuals
sometimes employed as advocates, demagogues, who frequently made
sad havoc with the king's English. He could not help versifying
some of these bombastic speeches, which he did in a masterly
manner, but always in a vein of good humor.George's son, Thomas, recalled a story about his father that is
certainly worth sharing. "My father was always a very polite
man, far more so than most of the settlers about us. But I
remember once when he was not. One day when I was about fifteen
he and I were working in the cornfield when a finely dressed
rider stopped and asked if we could entertain him for the night.
My father agreed, but very coldly, and told me to show him to
the cabin. I took his horse and tried to be very polite to make
up for my father's unusual rudeness. We had a wonderful evening
and the visitor told many interesting stories, but my father
would not unbend. Next morning he asked me to go with the
stranger the mile that courtesy required of a host, and when I
came back he told me who the visitor was. It was Aaron Burr, who
had killed the great Alexander Hamilton."George and his family lived in Athens Co. for 20 years. In May
of 1818, at the age of 64, George and his wife Rachel, moved to
Perry County, Indiana with the following members of his family:
son George Jr and wife Hannah Boyle; daughter Abigail Padgett,
daughter Rachel Hannah Harris, and daughter Jane Hunter Ewing
and her husband Elijah Latimer.It is believed that George died in Perry County on January 15,
1824, however, there is some confusion because this date does
not match the tombstone inscription of 20 Feb 1821. In Geoge
Ewing, Gentleman, p. 152, is a letter written by George, Sr.,
dated 5 March 1823.In June of 1907, under the direction and supervision of John G.
Ewing (b. 1860) , the remains and tombstones of George Ewing and
Rachel Harris were removed from their original gravesites on the
banks of the Ohio River in Tobin Township and were placed in
Cliff Cemetery, Cannelton, Indiana.
Rachel HARRIS [Parents] was born 2 Sep 1754 in Roadstown, NJ. She died 29 Sep 1825 in Perry Co., IN and was buried in Cliff Cemetery, Cannelton, IN. Rachel married George Sr. EWING on 10 Aug 1778 in Cumberland Co., NJ.
An immense amount of information about the Harris family can be
found in the Thomas Ewing Collection at the Library of Congress,
the Madison Building, in the Manuscript Division. Boxes 284-290
contain many records.The book, EARLY RECORDS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY NEW JERSEY by
Charlott e Meldrum (1998) p. 93 lists the parents of Rachel as
Nathaniel and Abigail Harris. She was born September 2, 1750;
she and George Ewing were married August 10, 1778.The book, CUMBERLAND COUNTY NEW JERSEY GENEALOGICAL DATA,
compiled b y H. Stanley Craig, p. 58 states: Ewing, George m.
Rachel Harris of Hunterdon Co. [N.J.], license August 7, 1778.The book, CUMBERLAND COUNTY (NEW JERSEY) MARRIAGES, compiled by
H. Stanley Craig from the records of the New Jersey Archives,
reprinted 1987, p. 6 also shows: Ewing, George and Rachel
Harris, Hunterdon Co. , August 7, 1778 for date of marriage
license.In an address delivered at the centennial celebration in
Marietta, Ohio, by General Thomas Ewing (son of Hon. Thomas
Ewing,) the following was spoken about Rachel Harris: "She was
the wife of a soldier of the Revolution, who emigrated to the
far West after the war ended. She had made the journey from the
Ohio over river and mountain, by flood and fell, through an
almost trackless wilderness, on horseback, unattended, carrying
a boy baby in her arms. No man ever boasted of his lineage with
loftier pride than I, when I say that that brave and loving
woman was my grandmother and the baby my father." Later, the
family with several other families moved up the Muskigum River
to the mouth of Olive Green Creek, where they erected block
houses and cabins. They had little but the bare necessites of
life.She and her husband, George, were buried on the banks of the
Ohio River in Tobin Township but in June 1907, their remains and
headstones were removed to Cliff Cemetery in Cannelton, Indiana.
This was done under the supervision of John G. Latimer (b. 1860)
It is believe, like her husband, that the death dates written on
the gravestone are incorrect.
They had the following children:
M i George Jr. EWING was born 11 Mar 1779 and died 28 Nov 1849.
Dorothy BUNTROCK [Parents]
They had the following children:
M i Gary GRACK M ii Gordy GRACK M iii Darv GRACK F iv Bonnie GRACK
James CHAPLIN married Martha MITCHELL on 1804.
Martha MITCHELL married James CHAPLIN on 1804.
They had the following children:
F i Rebecca CHAPLIN was born 1815 and died 18 Jun 1890.
Edward ALLEN [Parents] was born 1849. He married Louisa.
Louisa was born 1857 in Chelsea, London. She married Edward ALLEN.
They had the following children:
M i Edward ALLEN was born 1892. F ii Louisa ALLEN was born 1893.