RUARK PETER

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  RUARK PETER was born in 1842 (son of RUARK PETER and HERRIN JANE).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  RUARK PETER was born on 12 Apr 1810 in Pulaski County, Kentucky (son of RUARK PETER and PRICE MILKAH); died on 14 Apr 1874 in Wright, Wayne County, Iowa.

    Notes:

    Per Larry Herrin:
    !BIRTH: Letter from Goria Powell of Moscow, ID to Larry Herrin rec. 1-25-1993.

    !MARRIAGE: Goria Powell (1993).

    !DEATH: Goria Powell (1993).

    !BURIAL: McDaniel Cemetery, Wayne Co., IA.

    PETER married HERRIN JANE on 23 Dec 1829 in Pulaski County, Kentucky. JANE (daughter of HERRIN WILLIAM SR and UNKNOWN JANE) was born in 1811 in Pulaski County, Kentucky; died in 1853 in Corydon, Wayne County, Iowa. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  HERRIN JANE was born in 1811 in Pulaski County, Kentucky (daughter of HERRIN WILLIAM SR and UNKNOWN JANE); died in 1853 in Corydon, Wayne County, Iowa.

    Notes:

    Per Larry Herrin:
    !BIRTH: Letter from Goria Powell of Moscow, ID to Larry Herrin rec. 1-25-1993.

    !DEATH: Goria Powell (1993).

    !BURIAL: McDaniel Cemetery, Wayne Co., IA.

    Children:
    1. RUARK THOMAS
    2. RUARK JOHN MONROE was born on 13 Sep 1835 in Franklin County, Indiana; died on 25 Nov 1922 in Pomeroy, Garfield County, Washington.
    3. 1. RUARK PETER was born in 1842.
    4. RUARK SARAH J. was born in 1846.
    5. RUARK WILLIAM M. was born in Aug 1848.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  RUARK PETER was born on 26 Apr 1778 in Maryland (son of RUARK TIMOTHY and SMITH ELIZABETH).

    Notes:

    Per Larry Herrin:
    !BIRTH: Pedigree chart of Goria Powell of Moscow, ID.

    !CENSUS: 1850 Pulaski County, KY Division 1, Dwelling 92 Family 92.
    Peter Ruark, 72, male, farmer, b. Maryland

    PETER married PRICE MILKAH before 1800. MILKAH was born on 15 Jun 1784. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  PRICE MILKAH was born on 15 Jun 1784.

    Notes:

    Per Larry Herrin:
    !MARRIAGE: Family Group Sheet of Thomas Ruark listing parents Peter Ruark and
    Milkah Price from Lois Doyle, P.O. Box 237, Daggett, MI 49821.

    Children:
    1. RUARK THOMAS was born on 28 May 1800 in North Carolina; died on 6 Feb 1888 in Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana; was buried in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Putnam County, Indiana.
    2. RUARK ELIZABETH was born about 1807 in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
    3. 2. RUARK PETER was born on 12 Apr 1810 in Pulaski County, Kentucky; died on 14 Apr 1874 in Wright, Wayne County, Iowa.
    4. RUARK TIMOTHY was born about 1815 in Pulaski County, Kentucky.

  3. 6.  HERRIN WILLIAM SR was born before 1765 (son of HERRING EDWARD and NIN MARY ANN); died about 1818 in Pulaski County, Kentucky.

    Notes:

    Per Larry Herrin:
    !BIRTH: Calculated from the 1790 Wilkes Co. NC and 1810 Pulaski Co. KY Census
    as well as the age of the oldest child.

    !CENSUS: Montgomery Co., KY 1797 Census (Aug 6). 1 W M > 21, 3 horses

    !DEED: Pulaski County Kentucky Deed Book 2, page 320

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    I James Rece, have this day bargained and sold a sertain tract or parcel
    of Land lying in the County of Pulaski and state of Kentucky on the waters
    of Flat Lick, Beginning on a pin oak on George Wilsons line thence to
    another pin oak marked as a corner thence to another pin oak thence on a
    streigh line to the Backline thence takeing the lower End of my tract of
    land as it was Shoon and mentioned to Thomas McGuire and John Evans &
    the abovementioned James Rece, do bind myself my heirs Be to make William
    Herring or heirs or assignees a good soficient general warrantee deed
    against the first day of october 1805, as witness by hand and seal this
    third day of November 1804.
    Atteste William Hill James Reese
    William Richardson
    --
    At a County Court held for Pulaski County on the 28th day of June 1813.
    The within Bond was exhibited to the court for the purpose of having
    Commissioners appointed agreeably to an act of the General assembly and
    proof made as required by said act of the consideration money being paid
    Be and afterwards to wit, at the September Term of the Court aforesaid the
    said Bond, was ordered to be recorded and the same done accordingly.
    Teste Will Fox Clk
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    !COURT: a) Pulaski County Kentucky
    Court Order Book 2, page b) Pulaski Co. KY Court Order Book 2, page 474
    c) Pulaski Co. KY Court Order Book 2, page 485

    source a):
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    May Court 1811
    At a county court held for Pulaski County at the Courthouse therof in the
    Town of Somerset on monday the twenty seventh day of May one thousand
    eight hundred & eleven Present John Chesney, Hugh Logan, George Alcorn and
    Francis Clare, Esquires.
    --
    The last will and Testament of Benjamin Stogsdale Deceased was proved
    by the Oath of Benjamin Reynolds & William Herrin two of the Subscribing
    Witnesses thereto to be the Last Will & Testament of the said Stogsdale,
    and ordered to be Recorded; And on the motion of Sarah Herrin the Exec-
    utrix named in the said Decedents Will a certificate is granted her for
    obtaining a probate thereof as is due form she having first made oath
    as required by law and Entered unto & Acknowledged Bond and in the penalty
    of three hundred Pounds with William Alexander, William herrin, Junr, and
    William Herrin Senr, her Securities conditioned as the law directs & It
    is Ordered to be entered of Record that leave is given to Elijah Barnes
    the other Executor to Join in the probate at any time hereafter he may
    come forward & It is further ordered that John James Daniel McKinsey and
    Jonathan Smith or any three of them who being first sworn do Inventory
    & appraise the personal Estate and Slaves if any late the property of
    said Decedents and that the Executors return a list thereof to Court
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    source b):
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    June Court 1813
    On the motion of William Herring to have commissioners appointed agreeably
    to an act of the General Assembly Kentucky in such cases made and provided
    to convey to him said William Herring a certain boundary of land as
    specified in a Bond on obligation executed by James Reece Deed to said
    William Herring he said William Herring having made satisfactory proof
    that the consideration agreed uopn between said Reece in his lifetime &
    & said Herring was paid John Evans was introduced before the court and
    deposed to the same bond filed and reference to the Writings in the fore-
    going and similar Order made upon the application of James Bobbit will be
    futher evidence to the Court motion continued.
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    source c):
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    September Court 1813
    On the motion of William Herring to have commissioners appointed to convey
    unto him said Herring a certain bounary of land as specified in
    Obligation Exempted by James Reece Deceased in his lifetime, he said
    Herring having made the necessary proof to this Court at their June Term
    last past as required by an Act of the General Assembly Kentucky in such
    cases made & provided It is therefore ordered that John Newby Elias B
    Poston & John Cheney Esquires be appointed commissioners In pursuance
    of said Act of Assembly to convey to said Herring said Boundary of land
    Agreeably to an Obligation Executed as aforesaid by said Reece Deceased,
    to said Herring which said Bond or obligation is here filed & ordered
    Recorded.
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    (This is the land shown on the Tax List of 1827 on which the widow, Jane
    Herrin still lived).

    !DEATH: Deed dated 14 March 1834 naming his wife, children and in-laws.

    !NOTES: a) Robert Moddrell's Day Ledger for Blacksmith Shop Apr 13, 1798 to May
    1816 on file at Pulaski County, KY Historical Society Library

    source a):
    page 31
    May 22, 1800 William herron
    Fo sharping a pare of Irons 030

    page 132
    Sep 29, 1803 William Harren L 0.0
    Fo to Remove----- 0-1-0
    Jan the 24th 1804 Harren Dr
    Fo nails and saddel irons 0-2-6
    25th Fo making 24 nails ----- 0-1-0

    WILLIAM married UNKNOWN JANE in Virginia. JANE died after 14 Mar 1834; was buried in Marion County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  UNKNOWN JANE died after 14 Mar 1834; was buried in Marion County, Indiana.

    Notes:

    Per Larry Herrin:
    !BIRTH: Dates 1770/1775 calculated from the 1810, 1820 & 1830 Census of
    Pulaski Co. KY fro Wm. Herrin, Jane Herrin & Jesse Herrin, respectively.

    !DEATH: Deed of William Herrin dated 14 March 1834 naming his wife, children and
    in-laws. (dated 14 March 1834, certified in Pulaski Co. 16 Aug. 1834).

    !DEED: Indenture between Franklin Gorin, admin. of the will of James Heron,
    dec. of Glasgow, KY and John B. Curd and Fountain L. Fox of Somerset, Pulaski
    County, Kentucky. Refers to 2 notes payable to F. Gorin for Jane Heron, dec.,
    for land on Pitman Creek. Deeded the land of James Heron, dec'd to John B.
    Curd and Fountain L. Fox. Certified 6 Oct 1836.

    !DEED: Thomas Herrin and Sally, his wife, of Bourbon County and John Douglas
    and Nancy Douglas, his wife, late Nancy Herrin, Jesse Herrin and Ceala, his
    wife, William McKinsey and Betsy, his wife, late Betsy Herrin of Pulaski
    County, Ky, four of the heirs of William Herrin and Jane Herrin. For $100 to
    be paid to Jane Herrin, widow of William Herrin, a parcel of land on Buck Creek
    in Pulaski County, Ky. (Dated 14 Oct 1830, certified 14 Oct 1830).

    Children:
    1. HERRIN ELIZABETH (BETSY) was born in in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
    2. HERRIN NANCY (ANN) was born in in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
    3. HERRIN NANCY ANNA was born in in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
    4. HERRING PEYTON was born about 1785 in Virginia; died on 10 Nov 1852 in Texas; was buried in Texas.
    5. HERRING WILLIAM JR. was born in 1790 in North Carolina; died in Jan 1853 in Marion County, Indiana.
    6. HERRIN THOMAS was born in 1793 in South Carolina; died in 1853 in Bourbon County, Kentucky; was buried in 1853 in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
    7. HERRIN JESSIE H. was born on 10 Mar 1801 in Pulaski County, Kentucky; died in 1895; was buried in Lawrence, Marion County, Indiana.
    8. HERRIN JOHN was born in 1803 in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
    9. 3. HERRIN JANE was born in 1811 in Pulaski County, Kentucky; died in 1853 in Corydon, Wayne County, Iowa.
    10. HERRIN JEREMIAH was born in 1816; died on 19 Apr 1870 in Bourbon, Indiana.
    11. HERRIN JESSE H. was born on 10 Mar 1881 in Pulaski County, Kentucky; died in 1895; was buried in Lawrence, Marion County, Indiana.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  RUARK TIMOTHY was born about 1745 in Maryland?; died on 5 Sep 1813 in Pulaski County, Kentucky; was buried in 1813 in Mark, Pulaski County, Kentucky.

    Notes:

    Per Larry Herrin:
    !BIRTH: a) Gene Clark's Pedigree Charts.
    b) Pedigree chart of Goria Powell of Moscow, ID.

    !MARRIAGE: Letter from Goria Powell of Moscow, ID to Larry Herrin rec. 1-25-93.

    !RESIDENCE: Maryland, Caswell Co., NC and Pulaski Co., Ky.

    !TAX LIST: (1972), "Montgomery County, Virginia Tax Lists A, B, & C for the
    Year 1788".

    1788 May 15 Timothy Roark 1 WM 16-21 0 slaves 8 horses Tax List A
    1788 May 13 James Roark 0 0 1 Tax List A
    1788 May 2 Timothy Roark 0 0 2 Tax List B

    !MARRIAGE:
    North Carolina Marriage Records show Timothy Roark married Elizabeth Gymon
    03 SEP 1801, may be a later marriage. Bond # 0000141172. (Stokes Co.).

    !DEATH: "Abstract of Wills of Pulaski County Kentucky" Vol. 1. page 3.
    "Ruark, Timothy Name of wife not given; heirs Peter Ruark and Timothy. Also had
    three daughters, names not given. Probated 9-27-1813. Executor: Timothy Ruork,
    Witness: Clark, Stewart, John James and Clary James."

    !DEED: Cook, M. L. & Cook, B. A. C. (1987). "Fincastle & Kentucky Co.,
    Virginia-Kentucky Records and History", Vol. 1, Cook Publishing: Evansville,
    In., page 228.

    page 125. Timothy Roark, 110 acres, part of Loyal Company grant, on both sides
    of Beaver Dam Fork, waters of Elk Creek, a branch of New River, beginning in
    line of Dr. Walker's Survey and bounded by Roberts line. Dec. 12, 1774.

    !COURT: Cook & Cook (1987), page 308 & 365.

    March 3, 1774
    Timothy Roark, v. Samuel Simpson, on petition. Suit being agreed. Case
    dismissed.

    Sep 9, 1773
    Timothy Roark, v. Samuel Simpson, on petition. Defendant not appearing,
    judgement awarded plaintiff for 2 pounds, 10 shillings, and costs.

    !BURIAL:
    His tombstone is on the old Gilliland farm, later owned by Lee Whitis and
    Jessie Gilliland Whitis. It is called the Langdon Family Cemetery and it is
    located just on the N.E. quadrant at the intersection of Old Hwy. 80 and
    Mark-Welburn Rd. It is behind the barn in a cedar thicket. A photo of the
    stone is on file.

    !VOCATION:
    Timothy Ruark came to Kentucky with the Loyal Land Company, the same
    company which Dr. Thomas Walker was with.

    TIMOTHY married SMITH ELIZABETH. ELIZABETH (daughter of SMITH JAMES) died after Mar 1825 in Pulaski County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  SMITH ELIZABETH (daughter of SMITH JAMES); died after Mar 1825 in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
    Children:
    1. RUARK TIMOTHY CAPT. was born in 1767 in Maryland; died before 20 Feb 1843 in Pulaski County, Kentucky; was buried in 1843 in Shopville, Pulaski County, Kentucky.
    2. 4. RUARK PETER was born on 26 Apr 1778 in Maryland.

  3. 12.  HERRING EDWARD was born in 1733 (son of HERRIN EDWARD and CATHERINE); died in Jul 1813 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina - 1816?.

    Notes:

    Per Larry Herrin:
    !DEATH: Holcomb, Brent. "Spartanburg Co. SC Will Abstracts 1787-1840."

    5 July 1813 pg. 76 Journal of the Ordinary
    The last will and testament of Edward Herring dec'd was proven by the
    evidence of Jesse Matthias who saith that he saw William Cantrell and
    Mourning Barns subscribe their names ... qualifying Maryan Herrin extx.

    Will Book A - pgs. 30-31.
    Last will and testament of Edward Herring of Spartanburg rec. 14 July 1813
    - made 26 Jul 1811 - wife Marian Herrin have all property and at her death
    to divide amg. my chn. (not named). Wit: Jesse Mathias, Wm. Cantrell,
    Manning Barnes.

    EDWARD married NIN MARY ANN. MARY was born about 1733; died about 1827 in Lee County, Georgia. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  NIN MARY ANN was born about 1733; died about 1827 in Lee County, Georgia.

    Notes:

    Per Larry Herrin:
    !LAND: Houston, M. KL. (1928). "Reprint of the Official Register of the
    Land Lottery of Georgia 1827". Walton-Forbes Co.: Columbus
    Georgia.

    pg. 113 Land Lottery Register No. 17
    Apr 18 Dolcey Heren, widow R.S. Collins (Lee County) No. 9 Dt. 17 Sec. 1

    pg. 199 Land Lottery Register No. 29
    May 19 Mary Ann Herrin w. R. S. Jones (Lee County) No. 86 Dt. 11 Sec. 1

    pg. 18 Land Lottery Register No. 3
    Mar 14 Warren Herrin Robertsons (Lee County) No. 61 Dt. 3 Sec. 1

    pg. 162 Land Lottery Register No. 24
    May 5 Elisha Herring Yagers (Lee County) No. 116 Dt. 21 Sec. 2

    pg. 62 Land Lottery Register No. 9
    Mar 30 George Herring R.S. Beards (Lee County) No. 79 Dt.11 Sec. 1

    pg. 187 Land Lottery Register No. 27
    May 15 Hollin Herring w. R.S., do (Lee County) No. 125 Dt.19 Sec. 1

    Children:
    1. HERRIN SHADRACK SR. was born in 1765; died in 1842.
    2. HERRIN ELIJAH was born in in North Carolina; died in Mar 1850 in Jackson County, Alabama.
    3. HERRIN JAMES ?
    4. HERRIN SAMUEL?
    5. HERRIN DANIEL ?
    6. HEARN JOHN ?
    7. 6. HERRIN WILLIAM SR was born before 1765; died about 1818 in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
    8. HERRIN DAVID was born about 1765; died in in Fayette County, Kentucky.


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