“The challenge: have one blog post each week devoted to a specific ancestor. It could be a story, a biography, a photograph, an outline of a research problem — anything that focuses on one ancestor.”
This is entry #35 in Amy Johnson Crow’s Challenge: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks.
#35 Margaret KINCAID abt. 1794-abt. 1865
Margaret KINCAID was my four times great-grandmother. Although many family researchers have her nicknamed Peggy, I haven’t seen any document with this name and cannot bring myself to refer to her as “Peggy.” Margaret was the daughter of John KINCAID (1760-1834) and Elizabeth GILLESPIE (1760-1829). Her parents were both born the year George III became the King of England.
John KINCAID and Elizabeth GILLESPIE married on 11 February 1782 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia by John ALDERSON.1,2 This was towards the end of the American Revolutionary War (19 April 1775-14 January 1784) and in the middle of the little over one year that John served his country: 6 or 7 months from February 1781, 3 months from September 1782, and 3 months in the summer of 1783.3
Court Records Prove A Lot of the Children, In-Laws, and Outlaws
While visiting West Virginia in June 2007, Linda Crowder Perdue found the “micro film for the Kanawha County Court Records in which the case against John Kincaid and Matthew Kincaid for burning down the bridge across the Gauley River in July 1826 is recorded.”4,5
At a Court held for Kanawha County at the court house thereof on Monday the 24th day of July 1826 for the examination of Matthew Kincaid and John Kincaid who have charged with having on the 11th of July 1826 feloniously burned the bridge across the Gauley River.
This wonderful find included the names of witnesses called for the defendants, Margaret’s brother Matthew and her father John, and for the Commonwealth. The persons listed, as Sarah Kincaid so aptly wrote, prove some relationships in the KINCAID family including in-laws and outlaws.6
Update as of 1 January 2020: Since this post was written five years ago, the content from the old archives of Rootsweb’s mailing lists has been imported into new archives. The links (now in the footnotes) to the Kincaid Mailing List (kincaid@rootsweb.com) for the posts made by Linda Perdue and Sarah Kincaid have been updated (once again in August 2022 as the links had again changed). Thank you to my cousin/reader for bringing the broken links to my attention.
Who Were Margaret’s Siblings?
I needed help with this question. Who better to ask than Linda who found the court records? I had one or two persons who were not correct and a couple of siblings were missing. At the present time, with the research that has been done so far, this is, I believe, a reliable list even though I question the estimated birth of son Samuel.
John KINCAID and Elizabeth GILLESPIE were the parents of the following children, all born in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia:
◉ Sarah “Sallie” KINCAID (1783- ) was born about 1782
◉ Hannah KINCAID (1783- ) was born about 1783
◉ Matthew KINCAID (1785-1857) was born about 1785
◉ Samuel KINCAID (1787- ) was born between 1787-1791 [or about 1802??]
◉ James Gillespie KINCAID (1792-1852) was born on 19 December 17927
◉ Elizabeth “Betsey” KINCAID (1793-1850) was born on 2 December 17938
◉ Margaret KINCAID (1793-1865) was born about 1794
◉ Virginia “Jane” KINCAID (1795-1870) was born about 1795
◉ Nancy KINCAID (1801-aft 1880) was born about 1801
◉ Magdaline “Lina” KINCAID (1806-1876) was born on 7 March 18069
◉ Lanty KINCAID (1806- ) was born on 7 March 1806
Marriages of Margaret’s Siblings
In 1798 when Margaret was about four years old her two oldest sisters married, Sarah in October and Hannah in December. They appear to have been very close in age but not yet of age as their father signed permission slips for both. It is not known if they were twins like Lina and Lanty.
◉ Sarah “Sallie” KINCAID married Thomas Alexander TERRY ( -1839) on 23 October 1798 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia10,11
◉ Hannah KINCAID married James M. WALKER on 13 December 1798 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia12,13
◉ Matthew KINCAID married Mary “Polly” MURDOCK (1788-1839) on 2 June 1807 in Monroe County, (West) Virginia14
◉ Samuel KINCAID married Elizabeth “Betsy” WALKER ( – ) on 26 Apr 1809?? This marriage has not been proven.15
◉ Margaret KINCAID married James INGRAM on 24 October 1809 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia16
◉ James Gillespie KINCAID married Mary “Molly” Magdalene TRITT (1792-1869) on 17 December 1809 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia. No marriage record was found.17
◉ Virginia “Jane” KINCAID married William “Moccasin Bill” KINCAID (1787-1870) on 22 November 1810 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia18
◉ Elizabeth “Betsey” KINCAID married(1) Samuel LINEGAR (1789- ) about 1810. No marriage record was found.
◉ Magdaline “Lina” KINCAID married Reuben WYATT (1796-1853) on 25 June 1823 in Nicholas County, (West) Virginia19
◉ Elizabeth “Betsey” KINCAID married(2) Squire James STURGEON (1785- ) before 1823. No marriage record was found.
◉ Nancy KINCAID married Thomas HUGHES (1778-1853) on 24 February 1825 in Nicholas County, (West) Virginia20
◉ Lanty KINCAID married Nancy FLANAGAN (1802- ) on 25 December 1827 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia21
Margaret’s Life With/Without James INGRAM
As noted above, Margaret KINCAID married James INGRAM on 24 October 1809 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia. She was only 15 at the time of her marriage (1850 age 56) and James, her groom, was more than twice her age, about 35 years old (1860 age 86).
In 1810 when the census was taken Margaret and James were most likely in their own household and not yet parents. Greenbrier is one of the counties that were “lost.” We see James INGRAM as head of household in 1820, 1830, and 1840 censuses with tick marks for his wife Margaret and children:22,23,24
Margaret’s Children
◉ Ch 1: James INGRAM (1811-1835) was born about 1811 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia, and died before April 1835 in Fayette County, (West) Virginia. He did not marry or have children.25
◉ Ch 2: Joshua INGRAM (1813-1860) was born about 1813 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia. Joshua married Mahala C. STEELE (1823-1888) bet. 1841-1845 in Fayette County, (West) Virginia. They were the parents of six children. Joshua died between 1860-1862. His widow remarried and applied for a Mexican War Pension after the death of her second husband.26
◉ Ch 3: _____ (daughter) INGRAM was born between 1811-1820 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia. This child was not with the family in 1830.
◉ Ch 4: Robert INGRAM (1819-1902) was born about 1819 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia. Robert married Huldah JOHNSON (1817-1880) about 1841 in Fayette County (West) Virginia. They were the parents of seven children. He died about 1902 in Fayette County at the home of his cousin Preston KINCAID, son of Margaret’s brother James Gillespie KINCAID.27
◉ Ch 5: John INGRAM (1820-1870) was born about 1820 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia. John married(1) Lucy Jane SKAGGS (1824-1853) on 13 February 1851 in Fayette County, (West) Virginia28; married(2) Delilah CRAIG (1826-1869) on 12 July 1860 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia29; and married(3) Mary F. LEGG (1843-1870) on 1 December 1869 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.30 John had a son with his first wife and a daughter and a son with his second wife. He died after 1870 and was buried near his home on the Poca according to family tradition.
◉ Ch 6: Matthew INGRAM (1824-1900) was born on 9 January 1824 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia.31 Matthew married Sarah Francis MARTIN (1834-1906) on 20 August 1854 in Meigs County, Ohio.32 They were the parents of ten children. He died on 12 July 1900 in Sissonville, Kanawha County, West Virginia, and was buried in Pauley Cemetery on Little Sandy in Elk District in Kanawha County.33,34
◉ Ch 7: Cynthia INGRAM (1828-1910) was born on 25 March 1828 in (West) Virginia.35 Cynthia married John B. “Johnny” TINCHER (1815-1890) on 23 March 1851 in Fayette County, (West) Virginia.36 They were the parents of six children. She died on 3 May 1910 and was buried in Carter Cemetery, Dempsey, Fayette County, West Virginia.37
◉ Ch 8: Ruth INGRAM (1832-1880) was born about 1832 in Fayette County, (West) Virginia. Ruth married John Johnson DARLINGTON (1826-1900) on 9 January 1851 in Fayette County, (West) Virginia.38 They were the parents of a dozen children. She died between 1880-1900.
Other Events in the Life of Margaret
In 1826 while Margaret was raising her family, her husband James INGRAM was one of the persons who had to make a personal appearance to give evidence at the trial of his father-in-law John KINCAID and his brother-in-law Matthew KINCAID. They were on trial for the 11 July 1826 burning of the first bridge built across the Gauley River.39,40,41,42,43,44
Following the trial, Margaret’s sister Hannah and her husband James WALKER moved from Kanawha County in (West) Virginia to Darke County, Ohio. The move must have been soon after Hannah was a witness for the trial and before 1830. In a biographical sketch of their son-in-law Samuel LITTON we see that the WALKERs, Hannah and James, moved to Adams County, Indiana, in 1850 where they died in 1871.45 I read the article several times to be sure the author was referring to Hannah and James and not to their daughter Margaret and her husband Samuel LINTON as I have not been able to prove Hannah and James were living in 1850.
Margaret’s mother Elizabeth GILLESPIE died in 1829 in Nicholas County, (West) Virginia.46
Margaret’s youngest brother Lanty KINCAID, who was last seen in a land deed dated 1832, disappeared around this time.47 The search for him has been hampered by another Lanty KINCAID of approximately the same age who lived in Greenbrier and Fayette counties. This second Lanty left a few more records that prove that he was the son of Lancelot “Lanty” KINCAID and Catherine SCOTT.
Margaret’s father John KINCAID applied for a Revolutionary War pension. He appeared in the court of Fayette County on 15 February 1834 to give his statement about the service rendered.48 His death is not mentioned in the pension papers and is estimated at after 15 February 1834.
Margaret’s sister Elizabeth STURGEON was most likely the first of her siblings to pass away about 1850.49 This is assuming their youngest brother Lanty did not die between 1832-1850.
In 1850 Margaret had her own household while her husband James INGRAM was living in the household of John TINCHER who would become his son-in-law in less than a year.50,51
In 1860 Margaret was not found in the census. Her children were married and had their own households. Her husband James INGRAM was listed alone in a household.54 There are two family traditions concerning the deaths of Margaret and James. One is that James moved to Sissonville to live with their son Matthew after Margaret died. The other is that James died first and Margaret lived with her nephew James Gillespie KINCAID Jr. until her death several years later. The year 1865 seems to be the pivot point as Margaret’s husband James is said to have died in the fall of 1865.
Margaret’s surviving siblings were Virginia “Jane” KINCAID55 and Magdaline “Lina” WYATT56 died after the 1870 census while Nancy HUGHES57 died after the 1880 census. Her brothers Samuel and Lanty KINCAID, whose whereabouts remain a mystery (for now), may have also survived her.
This Post was Updated on 28 August 2022: Missing source citations were added, images were scaled, and some corrections were made to the text and format.
© 2014-2022, copyright Cathy Meder-Dempsey. All rights reserved.
- West Virginia Vital Research Records Project (database and images), West Virginia Division of Culture and History citing county records in county courthouses, West Virginia (A collaborative venture between the West Virginia State Archives and the Genealogical Society of Utah to place vital records online via the West Virginia Archives and History Web site accessible at https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr), West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970, FHL microfilm 595040, image 32, Greenbrier County Minister Returns, page 71, entry 4, 11 Feb 1782, John Kincaid and Eliza Gillaspy married by John Alderson. (http://images.wvculture.org/595040/00032.jpg : accessed 24 March 2020). ↩
- The bride’s name was written Eliza Gillaspy on her marriage record. The middle name Hannah appears to have been added by someone in their tree and copied by others. I have found no record of her being named Elizabeth Hannah Gillespie (or Gillaspy). ↩
- “U.S. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900” (index and images), Ancestry.com, citing original data: Records of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C.(NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls), Roll M804_1485, Surname Range: Kimmer, Nicholas – Kiney, James, images 467 thru 501 of 1150, John Kincaid, pension file number S 19367 (accessed 6 October 2011). ↩
- [KINCAID] Surname Mailing List, RootsWeb (https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=kincaid), [KINCAID] Gauley River Bridge Burning by Linda Perdue dated 9 Nov 2007. (https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=kincaid&thread=4774008 : accessed 18 August 2022). ↩
- Ibid., [KINCAID] Gauley River Bridge Burning–Part 2 by Linda Perdue dated 9 Nov 2007. (https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=kincaid&thread=4774018 : accessed 18 August 2022). ↩
- Ibid., Re: [KINCAID] Gauley River Bridge Burning by Sarah Kincaid dated 11 November 2007. (https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=kincaid&thread=4773999 : accessed 18 August 2022). ↩
- Transcribed from the Gillespie Bible. On the back inside cover is written: “James Gillespie Jr. His book. July 20, 1760 Cow Pasture.” The dates of birth of Elizabeth Gillespie, Elizabeth Kincaid, and the twins were included between the covers. ↩
- Ibid. ↩
- Ibid. ↩
- WVCulture.org, West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970, FHL microfilm 595040, image 62, Greenbrier County Minister’s Returns, page 143, entry 27, 23 Oct 1798, Thomas Terry and Sarah Kincaid, married by Josiah Osbourn. (http://images.wvculture.org/595040/00062.jpg : accessed 25 August 2022). ↩
- The original marriage bond and consent are held by the Greenbrier Historical Society. “Sir Please grant Thomas Terry marriage licience to marry my dauter Sarrah Kinciad and in so doing you will oblige ……….. friend. John Kincaid and Elizabeth Kincaid. Test: George Kincaid and Archibald Campbell” ↩
- WVCulture.org, West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970, FHL microfilm 595040, image 68, Greenbrier County Minister’s Returns, page 160, entry 9, 13 Dec 1798, James Walker and Hanna Kincaid, married by Jno Alderson. (http://images.wvculture.org/595040/00068.jpg : accessed 25 August 2022). ↩
- Greenbrier Historical Society. “December the 7 day of 1798 Sir
please to grant marrage lisons to James Walker and my dauter Hannah
Kincaid and in so doing you will much oblidge your friends. John Kincaid Elizabeth Kincaid Test George Kincaid Tho. Terry. This certificate sworn to by George Kincaid A Hamilton. Col John Stuart” ↩ - WVCulture.org, West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970, FHL microfilm 1710518, image 1138, 2 Jun 1807 Matthew Kincade and John Murdock went bond for the marriage of Matthew Kincade and Polly Murdock in Monroe County. (http://images.wvculture.org/1710518/01138.jpg : accessed 25 August 2022). ↩
- 1809 marriage not proven. I have a problem with this one as I found a marriage for a couple with the same names in Kanawha County on 26 September 1826. This could be a match with Samuel Kincaid b. abt. 1802 who is seen in the 1850 census in Fayette County with two children Mary and Alex. Is there a document that proves that Samuel who married Elizabeth Walker was the son of John and Elizabeth? ↩
- WVCulture.org, West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970, FHL microfilm 595040, image 31, Greenbrier County Minister’s Returns, page 64, entry 16, Jas. Ingram and Margaret Kincaid, married by Josiah Osburn. (http://images.wvculture.org/595040/00031.jpg : accessed 18 August 2022). ↩
- No marriage record was found in Greenbrier or Monroe. There are discrepancies in facts and locations; material found may be based on tradition and “facts” related by family members. ↩
- WVCulture.org, West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970, FHL microfilm 595040, image 33, Greenbrier County Minister’s Returns, page 72, lin 22, 22 November 1810, William Kincaid and Jane Kincaid, married by X. (http://images.wvculture.org/595040/00033.jpg : accessed 26 August 2022). ↩
- Ibid., West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970, FHL microfilm 495643, image 130, Re-Index and Copy of Marriage Record No. 1 Nicholas County, line 4, 25 Jun 1823 Ruben Wiatt and Magdelina Kincade, married by Isaac Reynolds. (http://images.wvculture.org/495643/00130.jpg : accessed 26 August 2022). ↩
- Ibid., West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970, FHL microfilm 495643, image 49, Re-Index and Copy of Marriage Record No. 1 Nicholas County, line 11, 24 Feb 1825, Thomas Hughes and Nancy Kincaid, married by Jno. Campbell. (http://images.wvculture.org/495643/00049.jpg : accessed 26 August 2022). ↩
- Ibid., West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970, FHL microfilm 595040, image 33, Greenbrier County Minister’s Returns, page 73, line 21, 25 Dec 1827, Lanty Kincaid and Nancy Flanagan, married by C. Alderson. (http://images.wvculture.org/595040/00033.jpg : accessed 26 August 2022). ↩
- 1820 U.S. Federal Census (index and images), Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7734/), citing Fourth Census of the United States, 1820 population schedule, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C., NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls, NARA Roll: M33_132, image: 154, Virginia, Greenbrier County, Lewisburg, page 176 (crossed out, should be 178), line 14, James Ingram (accessed 22 August 2014). ↩
- 1830 U.S. Federal Census (index and images), Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8058/), citing Fifth Census of the United States, 1830 population schedule, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C. NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls, Nara Roll M19_191, FHL Film: 0029670, Virginia, Kanawha, page 197 (double-page spread), line 17, James Ingram (accessed 22 August 2014). ↩
- 1840 U.S. Federal Census (index and images), Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8057/), citing Sixth Census of the United States, 1840 population schedule, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C., NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls, NARA Roll: M704_555, FHL Film: 0029685, Virginia, Fayette County, page 3 (double-page spread, left side), line 17, James Ingram (accessed 22 August 2014). ↩
- Fayette County Chamber of Commerce, History of Fayette County, West Virginia 1993 (Fayette County Chamber of Commerce, 310 Oyler Avenue, Oak Hill, WV 25901,1993), pg. 21. Personal copy bought 2000. In April of 1835, an election was held in Fayette Co. (including the area that is now Raleigh Co.) to determine the location of the new Court House and County Seat, James Ingrahm and his son Joshua Ingraham are on the list of voters who voted for Kanawha Falls. James, Jr. could possibly have been deceased at this time. ↩
- “United States Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926,” database with images, FamilySearch, citing NARA microfilm publication T317 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.) Lea, Adolphe – Memorank, Ferdinand, v. 9 > image 383 of 4434 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GBCZ-5R1?cc=1979390&wc=M61R-NZ9%3A321930601 : accessed 3 October 2018). ↩
- Luella Arlene Loving Lowther, First Tidbits of Information on Robert Ingram and Huldah Johnson (email correspondence in May 2000). ↩
- WVCulture.org, West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970, FHL microfilm 584764, image 218, Fayette County Marriages, page 57, entry 7, 13 Feb 1851, John Ingram and Lucy Jane Skaggs, married by Allen Wood. (http://images.wvculture.org/584764/00218.jpg : accessed 24 April 2022). ↩
- Ibid., West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970, FHL microfilm 521719, image 379, Registry of Marriage Licenses, Kanawha County, no page number (double-page spread), lin 8, 11 Jul 1860 (license), John Ingraham and Delilah Smith . (http://images.wvculture.org/521719/00379.jpg : accessed 24 April 2022). ↩
- Ibid., West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970, FHL microfilm 521719, image 511, Register of Marriage Licenses, Kanawha County, and Record of Marriages Returned, page 26 (stamped), line 184, 29 Nov 1869 (license), John Ingram and Mary E. Adkins, 1 Dec 1869 (marriage). (http://images.wvculture.org/521719/00511.jpg : accessed 24 April 2022). ↩
- Ibid., Kanawha County, Upper District, Register of Deaths, page 191, line 23, died 12 Jul 1900, Mathew Ingram, born 9 Jan 1824. (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=460366&ImageNumber=206 : 27 April 2013). ↩
- “Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016,” database with images, FamilySearch, citing digital images of originals housed at the county courthouses in Ohio, Meigs > Marriage records 1852-1862 vol 2 > image 77 of 271 > page 96 (stamped), entry 1, 20 Aug 1854, Matthew Ingram and Sarah Frances Martin, married by R. Wilkinson, M.G., citing Meigs County, Ohio. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-91QN-R8?cc=1614804&wc=Z51G-DP8%3A121348301%2C121390201 : accessed 24 April 2022). ↩
- See Note 29, supra. ↩
- James Simon Ingram, compiler, History of the Ingram Family, includes family groups sheets and census information sent per email by the compiler to Cathy Meder-Dempsey in May 2001 (prepared in October 1997). Before 1850. ↩
- WVCulture.org, West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999, FHL microfilm 584754, image 164, Fayette County Register of Deaths, page 165 (double-page spread), entry 27, 2nd district, Cynthia Tincher, 3 May 1910, age 82 yrs 1 month 8 days, died in Page. (http://images.wvculture.org/584754/00164.jpg : accessed 18 August 2022). Note: age at death calculates to a birth date of 25 March 1829. ↩
- Ibid., West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970, FHL microfilm 584764, image 219, Fayette County Marriages, page 59, entry 2, 23 Mar 1851, John Tincher and Cinthy Ingram, married by John Johnson. (http://images.wvculture.org/584764/00219.jpg : accessed 24 April 2022). ↩
- See Note 3, supra. ↩
- WVCulture.org, West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970, FHL microfilm 584764, image 218, Fayette County Marriages, page 56, entry 9, 9 Jan 1851, John Johnson Darlington and Ruth Ingram, married by John Johnson. (http://images.wvculture.org/584764/00218.jpg : accessed 24 April 2022). ↩
- Kanawha County (West Virginia). County Clerk, County Court record book, 1803-1880 (images), FamilySearch (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1967 citing microreproduction of original at the County Courthouse.), Record book, v. 4 1825-1837, image 54 of 561, page 76-77 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34C-B9C2-J?i=53&cat=295049 : accessed 1 January 2022). ↩
- Ibid., Record book, v. 4 1825-1837, image 55 of 561, page 78-79 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34C-B9C3-D?i=54&cat=295049 : accessed 1 January 2021). ↩
- Ibid., Record book, v. 4 1825-1837, image 56 of 561, page 80-81 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34C-B98M-1?i=55&cat=295049 : accessed 1 January 2021). ↩
- [KINCAID] Surname Mailing List, RootsWeb (https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=kincaid), A mailing list for the discussion and sharing of information regarding the Kincaid surname and variations in any place and at any time; [KINCAID] Gauley River Bridge Burning by Linda Perdue dated 9 Nov 2007 (https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=kincaid&thread=4774008 : accessed 18 August 2022). ↩
- [KINCAID] Surname Mailing List, [KINCAID] Gauley River Bridge Burning–Part 2 by Linda Perdue dated 9 Nov 2007 (https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=kincaid&thread=4774018 : accessed 18 August 2022). ↩
- [KINCAID] Surname Mailing List, Re: [KINCAID] Gauley River Bridge Burning by Sarah Kincaid dated 11 November 2007 (https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=kincaid&thread=4773999 : accessed 18 August 2022). ↩
- Biographical and historical record of Adams and Wells counties, Indiana
(The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago 1887), “History of Adams County,” a biographical sketch of Samuel Litton, page 284 (https://archive.org/details/biographicalhistawcty01chic/page/n523/mode/2up?view=theater : accessed 1 September 2014). ↩ - [WVFAYETT] County Mailing List, RootsWeb, (https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=wvfayett), [WVFAYETT] 2001-06-13 Kincaid info posted by Barb Harvey (her source Gertrude Settle Draper)(https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=wvfayett&thread=18960581 : accessed 19 August 2022) ↩
- Greenbrier County (West Virginia) County Clerk, “Deeds (Greenbrier County, West Virginia), 1780-1901” (non-indexed images), FamilySearch, Microfilm of original records at the Greenbrier County Courthouse in Lewisburg, West Virginia, Film 593552, DGS 8589066, Deeds, v. 13-14 1829-1840, Deed Book 13, page 330-331, 24 Dec 1832 Lanty Kincaid and Nancy of Fayette County Virginia to Mathew Kincaid, $1.00, one moiety of an undivided tract of land containing 50a in Greenbrier County on the waters of Lick Creek, bounded … , it being the one undivided moiety of the same tract conveyed to John Kincaid Senr. by Sam’l Withrow and wife by deed bearing date the 28th May 1816 … (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C37T-HT99?i=173&cat=98577 : accessed 26 August 2022). ↩
- See Note 3, supra. ↩
- “U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850-1880”, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/), compiled and digitized by Ron V. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes, Elizabeth Sturgeon, 1850, Fayette County, WV, age 56, female, died in April, state of birth not given, occupation none listed, cause of death fever, ID# 197_321570, index only, no image (accessed 19 August 2022). ↩
- 1850 U.S. Federal Census (index and images), Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/), citing Seventh Census of the United States, 1850 population schedule, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C., NARA microfilm publication M432, 1009 rolls, Roll: M432_943, Virginia, Fayette County, sheet 366A, household 462-462, lines 4-7, Margaret Ingram (accessed 11 June 2018). The official enumeration day of the 1850 census was 1 June 1850. ↩
- Ibid., Virginia, Fayette County, sheet 362B, household 419-419, lines 10-15, laborer in the John Tincher household (accessed 19 December 2012). The official enumeration day of the 1850 census was 1 June 1850. ↩
- “Court minutes and order books, 1837-1928,” browse-only images, FamilySearch, citing microfilm of original records at the Fayette County, West Virginia courthouse., Film 585503, DGS 8613698, Minute books, v. 3-4 1848-1861, image 106 of 393, page 487, 10 June 1852, entry 5, letters of administration for the estate of James Kincaid granted to John Kincaid. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34C-1GRR?i=105&cat=100698 : accessed 27 August 2022). ↩
- 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Roll: M432_943, Virginia, Fayette County, sheet 334A, household 56-56, lines 37-41, Thomas Terry including his mother and sister (accessed 30 August 2014). The official enumeration day of the 1850 census was 1 June 1850. ↩
- 1860 U.S. Federal Census (index and images), Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/), citing Eighth Census of the United States, 1860 population schedule, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C., NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls, Roll: M653_1344; Family History Library Film: 805344; Virginia, Fayette County, District 4, sheet 422, page 126, household 937-864, line 33, James Ingrum (accessed 22 August 2014). ↩
- 1870 U.S. Federal Census (index and images), Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/), citing Ninth Census of the United States, 1870 population schedule, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C., NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls, Roll: M593_1686; West Virginia, Fayette County, Falls of Kanawha, sheet 105A, page 21, household 138-134, lines 22-30, Sam Kincaid family with his mother Jane (accessed 10 July 2018). The official enumeration day of the 1870 census was 1 June 1870. ↩
- Ibid., Roll: M593_1231; Ohio, Lawrence County, Perry, sheet 450A, household 22-22, lines 33-38, William H. Wyatt family with his mother Magdaline (accessed 28 August 2022). The official enumeration day of the 1870 census was 1 June 1870. ↩
- 1880 U.S. Federal Census (index and images), Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/), citing Tenth Census of the United States, 1880 population schedule, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C., NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls, Roll:1409; West Virginia, Nicholas County, Grant, Enumeration District: 103, page 6, sheet 68B, household 48-48, lines 28-32, Thomas Hughes family with his grandmother Nancy Hughes in household (accessed 29 August 2014). The official enumeration day of the 1880 census was 1 June 1880. ↩
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You have so many great details! Excellent post.
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Thank you! It wasn’t easy but in the end I got everything I wanted included.
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I am a descendant of Thomas Terry and Sarah Kincaid and Matthew Kincaid and Mary Polly Murdock. And am never sure which Matt is which. But I did find this several years ago on a trip to West Virginia: Greenbrier Co., WV Court of Chancery: Edward Syms vs Thomas Terry.
Under oath, Samuel Kincaid stated that he married a sister of the wife of
Thomas Terry.
Thomas married Sarah Kincaid. But there was no name given for the name of the wife.
Daughters of Thomas and Sarah and known spouses:
Mary b abt 1806 mar Job Martin 1831
Jane b 1811 mar David Siders (my line)
Sarah D. b abt 1817.
Cynthia b abt 1817 mar William Hess.
Martha b abt 1818 mar Smith Ferrel or Ferel.
Susan b abt 1822 mar William Martin.
Elizabeth.
Nancy b 1831 mar John Zimmerman.
So could the spouse of this Samuel Kincaid be Elizabeth or Sarah???
In the same case, Mathew Kincaid stated that all of the witnesses who gave
evidence in this case were relatives of the defendant, Thomas Terry.
I will have to go back and find the names. I did not put them in FTM.
Margie
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Margie,
Thank you so much for getting in touch. I really would be interested in the court case of Edward Syms vs Thomas Terry. Not only because of the relationships that you say are mentioned but also because of Edward Syms.
You do not mention the year of this case. I wonder if this was Thomas Terry Sr. or his son-in-law Thomas Terry Jr. who married Sr.’s daughter Elizabeth in 1816. This would shed a completely different light on the relationships.
Mary Terry didn’t marry Job Martin until 1841. Martha’s husband was Smith Fewel. Elizabeth as I mentioned married Thomas Terry Jr. I have no idea how they may have been related. In this case the Sr. and Jr. are used to differentiate between the men.
In Thomas Terry Sr.’s will he mentions his daughters (those married with their married name) and then that Elizabeth Terry is his oldest daughter. He mentions two sons Lewis and Thomas A. He also mentions Thomas Jr. but does not say “my son”. Thomas A. was not of age when the will was written. This is what caused me to doubt that Thomas Jr. was the son of Thomas Sr.
So to answer your question, Samuel Kincaid would not be the husband of Elizabeth as she was married to Thomas Jr. Sarah Terry was on the 1850 census as 33 yrs old in the household of her brother Thomas A. Terry and their mother Sarah was also in the household. If this court case took place after 1850 then perhaps Sarah Terry was the wife of Samuel Kincaid.
I look forward to hearing more about the court case. I wonder if Edward Syms may be Edward Sims, son of James Sims but need to know more about when the case was etc. to be sure.
Best wishes,
Cathy
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Wow! How interesting, and how wonderful to hear from a relative with more information! I believe some of my ancestors moved from western Virginia to Greenbrier, I’ll have to check and see! Great read, and very interesting.
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My families in this area of old Virginia which became West Virginia left tons of descendants and I am fortunate to be in contact with many of the ones who have made genealogy their passion! Thank you Helen for always stopping in to read my posts.
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I am descended from Margaret’s sister Virginia Jane and William Kincaid. Will look more closely to your post. I also found a newspaper report of the Bridge burning at WV history and cultural arts center.
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Thanks for stopping by Eva.
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I am interested in more information on Hannah Kincaid and James Walker of darke county.
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I have very little information on this couple. Most of what I have is in the post and in my gedcom file: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=meder-dempsey&id=I18524
If you like, you may get in touch with me per email at openingdoorsinbrickwalls at pt.lu. Thank you for stopping by.
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I have information about their family (descendants). I also believe her parents were John Kincaid and Elizabeth Gilliespie (Galespie), but know nothing of his parents.
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Thank you for your research! I am a descendant of Hannah Kincaid Walker and had no proof that she was the daughter of John Kincaid and Elizabeth Gillespie. Now I do!
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Thank you Marsha. Linda Crowder Perdue has to be thanked for finding the microfilm which helped to list the children of John Kincaid. I haven’t followed through on all of my Margaret’s siblings.
If you checked the link I posted in the comment above and then her husband James Walker, you will see I quoted a post you made to Genforum. Preliminary searches have been done but I have not continued on your line.
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Yes, I followed the comments after your blog post and found the microfilm transcript. Thanks to Linda for that tedious but valuable work. I have never found any proof for James before his marriage bond.
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I am a descendant of Thomas Hughes and Nancy Kincaid. I believe that Nancy may be the daughter of John Kincaid and Elizabeth Gillespie, though I am not sure. I am wondering if you have ever found evidence that Nancy could be their daughter, or if you have found evidence of who the parents of John and Elizabeth Kincaid are.
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The Kincaid mailing list on Rootsweb has a lot of vetting information from serious researchers. On 7 January 2020, Alice Gedge wrote about her sister’s notes and sources having been stripped from her GEDCOM file. Alice got her “old web site out of the mothballs and added a file made by Ancestral Quest.”
Here is the address: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~adgedge/genealogy/ourresearch/index.htm
Just make sure that you click on the NOTES, if there are any.
I don’t know if you will find something in the above that will help with proving Nancy Kincaid, wife of Thomas Hughes, was the daughter of John Kincaid and Elizabeth Gillespie.
I also have a lot of information sent to me by another Kincaid researcher who was using court records she accessed in person at the WV Archives. I think there may have been some kind of mention of children in a document. I’ll take a look and let you know.
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Hello. I am wondering if you were able to find documentation that proves Nancy Hughes was the daughter of John Kincaid? Thanks.
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