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Blevins ~Boswell ~ Broad ~ Brewsaugh ~ Cline 

Donnelson ~ Draper ~ Fountain ~ Freelove  Gearheart  ~ Hale

Hargase ~ Johnson ~ Justice ~ Lea  ~ Manley ~ McGraw

McMumm ~ Morris ~Rogers ~ Travers ~ Turman

Wade ~ Weddington ~ Whiteside

 

 

 

Hargis Origins

 

 

The Hargis family originated in Denmark.  One member of the family departed to Normandy, France, where the name became Harguess.  Then Louis and Louise Harguess immigrated to England, where surnames became Harges and Hargase.  Here is the Hargis family coat of arms:

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Hargase Family of England

 

1 – George Hargase – b-1591, St. Mary Magdalene, NE England

                                            m-1616, St. Mary Magdalene, NE England

  s – KATTEREEN (surname unknown) – b-1595, St. Mary Magdalene, NE England

                2 – George Hargase II – b-October 26, 1617, St. Mary Magdalene, NE England

                                                                m-1642

                                                                 d-after 1659, Maryland

                  s – Susannah Lea – b-England

                                                         d-Maryland

                                3 – William Asa Hargis – b-1640, England

                                                                                 d-1685, Charles County, MD

                                  s – ELIZABETH ANN DRAPER – b-abt 1645, England

                                (SEE CHILDREN IN THE HARGIS FAMILY OF MARYLAND SECTION BELOW)

                                3 – Thomas Lea Hargis – b-1647

                                                                         d-January 1715/16, Charles County, MD

                2 – Ann Hargase – b-March 5, 1617/18, St. Mary Magdalene, NE England 

                  

 

Notes on the Hargase Family of England:

 

George Hargase II brought his family to Virginia about 1642.  His sons, William and Thomas, moved to Charles County, Maryland, where they owned and operated a plantation called Hargis Hope.  It would also appear that they began spelling the name Hargis. 

 

 

 

The Hargis Family in Maryland, Virginia, and Kentucky

 

1 – William Asa Hargis – b-1640, England

                                                 d-1685, Charles County, MD

  s – Elizabeth Ann Draper – abt 1645, England

                2 – John Draper Hargis – b-1661, Charles County, MD

                                                                    m-Accomack County, VA

                                                                    d-1731, Westmoreland County, VA

                 s – Catherine Ann Fountain

                                3 – John Draper Hargis II – b-abt 1687, Maryland

                                                                                       m-abt 1720, Westmoreland County, VA

                  s – Grace Boswell – b-abt 1690, Virginia

                                                4 – John Hargis – b-1722, Washington County, VA

                                                                                  m-abt 1739, Oldham, VA

                                                                                  d-abt 1779, Christian County, KY

                                                  s – Ann Elizabeth Whiteside – abt 1720, Virginia

                                                                5 – William Hargis – b-1740, Westmoreland County, VA

                                                                                                 d-September 6, 1819, Christian County, VA

                                                5 - John Hargis II – b-1742, Virginia

                                                                                                      d-1779, Washington County, MD

                                                                  s – Elizabeth Freelove – b-abt 1746, Virginia

                                                                                6 – Mary Hargis – b-November 22, 1761, Virginia

                                                                                                             d-January 11, 1839, Litchfield, Grayson County, KY

                                                            6 – John Hargis III – b-1762, Grayson/Wythe County, VA

                                                                                                                 d-before 1824, Pulaski County, KY

                                                                6 – Isaac Hargis – b-before 1765

                                                                                                              d-abt 1825, Christian County, KY

                                                                                6 – Amelia Hargis – b-December 26, 1765, Washington County, VA

                                                                                                                m-1781, Washington County, VA

                                                                                                                d-April 1860, Washington County, VA

                                                                                  s – George McNew –b-November 17, 1763, Frederick County, VA

                                                                                                                   d-May 5, 1846, Washington County, VA

                                                                                6 – Chloe Hargis – b-abt 1770

                                                                                                              m-January 14, 1800

                                                                                   s – John Stone

                                                                6 – Samuel Whiteside Hargis – b-1774, Russell County, VA

                                                                                                                                               d-August 3, 1859, Russell County, VA

                                                                                  s – Nancy McMumm – b-February 5, 1770, Russell County, VA

                                                           d-March 18, 1839, Russell County, VA

(SEE CHILDREN IN THE Hargis/Weddington Family section below)

                                                                6 – Thomas Hargis – b-1775, Washington County, VA

                                                                                                                  d-April 1850, Fulton County, IL

                                                                  s – Rachel Province – b-abt 1761                                                                                        

                                                                5 – Samuel Hargis – b-abt 1744

                                                5 – Elizabeth Hargis – b-abt 1745

                                                                5 – Whiteside Hargis – b-abt 1745

                                                                5 – James Hargis – b-abt 1745                                               

                3 – Mary Hargis – b-abt 1695

                  s – John Selden

                                3 – Millorit Hargis – b-abt 1695

                2 – William Hargis – b-1664, Charles County, MD

                                                 d-Charles County, MD

                2 – Roger Hargis – b-abt 1664, Charles County, MD

                2 – Ellenor Hargis – b-abt 1670

            2 - Helena Hargis – b-abt 1670

                                               m-November 1728

                  s – Samuel Noe – b-1690, Maryland

                                               d-1740, Maryland

                2 – Anne Hargis – b-abt 1685

                                             d-1762, Charles County, MD

                                               

         

The Draper Connection

 

1 – John Draper

                2 – Elizabeth Ann Draper – b-abt 1645, England

                  s - William Asa Hargis – b-1640, England

                                                                  d-1685, Charles County, MD

 

 

Notes on the Hargises in Maryland, Virginia, and Kentucky: 

 

I’ve gotten this information from a source that seems informed, yet some of the info on John Hargis’s and Elizabeth Freelove’s children struck me as suspect, such as one child was listed as having been born eleven years after John’s death.  That said, I removed that child from the list, but left the rest, although I also find it unusual that each of them is born in a different place.  The fact is, there were an enormous number of Hargises in the Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky area in the 1700’s and 1800’s and many of them named their sons John, Thomas, and Samuel, so it’s very difficult to follow the trail.  I’m entirely unsure if the above info holds water, but I’m going with it until I find evidence otherwise, and I do feel very confident that the line from Samuel Whiteside Hargis forward is correct.  I also feel fairly confident that our Hargis line originated in England with George Hargase, as he has a tremendous number of descendants and is the only Hargis I have found immigrating.

 

 

 

 

The Hargis and Weddington Families in Virginia and Kentucky

 

1 - Samuel Whiteside Hargis – b-1774, Russell County, VA

                                                             m-January 24, 1795, Orange County, NC

                                                             d-August 3, 1859, Russell County, VA

  s – Nancy McMumm – b-February 5, 1770, Russell County, VA

                                           d-March 18, 1839, Russell County, VA

                2 – Mary B. Hargis –b-1795, North Carolina

                                                 d-October 22, 1865, Breathitt County, KY

                2 – William Hargis – b-July 31, 1797, Russell County, VA

                                                 d-August 8, 1864, Russell County, VA

                2 – Elizabeth Hargis – b-January 1, 1799, Russell County, VA

                                                    m-October 22, 1817

                  s – Samuel Bromley

                2 – James M. Hargis – b-February 4, 1801, Russell County, VA

                                                     d-1876, Tennessee

                2 – John Louis Hargis – b-March 2, 1802, Russell County, VA

                                                      d-April 2, 1886, Morehead, Rowan County, KY

                2 – Samuel Hargis II – b-July 12, 1804, Russell County, VA

                                                    d-1863

                2 – Nancy Hargis – b-May 3, 1807, Russell County, VA

                                               m-Buchanon County, VA

                                                d-1861, Ripley County, MO

                  s – Francis Calloway

                2 – Thomas Hargis – b-July 29, 1809, Russell County, VA

                                                         m-June 28, 1828, Russell County, VA

                                                         d-1852, Pike County, KY

              s – Jane Weddington – b-August 18, 1802, Russell County, VA

                                                                d-1869    

                                3 – Elizabeth J. Hargis – b-1834

                                3 – John P. Hargis – b-1836

                                3 – Jacob Weddington Hargis – b-December 1837

                                                                                                2nd m-1876, Elliott County, KY

                                                                                                d-February 13, 1915

                                                4 – Maggie Hargis – b-abt 1863, Kentucky

                                  2nd s – Isouria Frances McGraw – b-abt 1859, Virginia

      d-October 23, 1915

                                                4 – Nora L. Hargis – b-October 1876, Kentucky

                                                4 – Vernon Hargis – b-abt 1879

                                                4 – Addie Hargis – b-January 1881

                                                4 – Samuel Hargis – b-September 29, 1882, Elliott County, KY

                                                                                        m-October 26, 1905

                                                                                         d-March 24, 1947, Rowan County, KY

  s– Eunice Johnson – b-August 22, 1890, Elliott County, KY

                                                                                            d-April 25, 1972, Rowan County, KY

                                                (see children in the Samuel Hargis Family section below)

                                                4 – Linda Hargis – b-July 1886

                                                4 – Anna Hargis – b-August 1889

                                                4 – Jesse Hargis – b-August 1892

                        3 – Samuel Hargis – b-1840

                                3 – James Hargis – b-1841

                                3 – Louisa Hargis – b-1843

                                                                d-abt 1934

                                  s – John Miller

                                  2nd s – John Elliott

                                3 – Nancy Hargis – b-1845

                                3 – Jesse Hargis – b-1849

 

 

1 - Jacob Weddington – b-May 1, 1777, Shendendoah County, WV

                                               m-abt 1801

                                                d-March 27, 1869, Elliott County, KY

  s – Jane Pressley – b-October 25, 1784

                2 – Jane Weddington – b-August 18, 1802, Russell County, VA

                                                             m-June 28, 1828, Russell County, VA

              d-1869

                  s-Thomas Hargis – b-July 29, 1809, Russell County, VA

                                                        d-1852, Pike County, KY

                2 – Elizabeth Weddington – b-March 17, 1804, Russell County, VA

                                                             m-1823

                  s – John Hargis    

                2 – James Weddington – b-November 18, 1806, Russell County, VA

                                                         m-August 25, 1825, Russell County, VA

                                                         d-June 29, 1874

                  s – Nancy Fletcher

                2 – Jacob “Jack” Weddington, Jr. – b-January 22, 1814, Russell County, VA

                                                                         m-February 16, 1837, Russell County, VA

                                                                         d-February 1865

                  s – Sarah Alice Cassidy –b-abt 1822, Tazewell County, VA

                                3 – Henry Weddington – b-abt 1837, Pike County, KY

                                3 – William Weddington – b-abt 1838, Pike County, KY

                                3 – Marietta Weddington – b-abt 1840, Pike County, KY

                                3 – Nancy Weddington – b-abt 1842, Pike County, KY

                                3 – Londermia Weddington – b-abt 1846, Pike County, KY

                                3  - Richard French Weddington – b-1847, Pike County, KY

                                                                                       m-June 17, 1869

                                                                 d-1911, Pike County, Kentucky

                                  s – Mary Jane Blackburn

                                3 – Elizabeth Weddington – b-May 10, 1849, Pike County, KY

                                3 – George C. Weddington – b-April 29. 1850, Pike County, KY

                                3 – McDonald Weddington – b-May 2, 1852, Pike County, KY

                                3 – Jacob Weddington – b-1856, Pike County, KY

                                                                       d-before 1865

                2 – Hency C. Weddington – b-February 2, 1816

                2 – John Tazewell Weddington – b-November 7, 1821

                                                                     m-June 6, 1836

                                                                     d-1850

                  s – Hannah Meade

                2 – Louisa Weddington – b-November 6, 1822

                  s – Richard Ratliff

                  2nd s – James W. Williams

                2 – Abigail “Abby” Weddington – b-January 7, 1824

                                                                     m-September 28, 1837

                  s – Jesse P. Meeks

                2 – Martha Jane Weddington – b-November 16, 1824

                                                                  m-October 12, 1837

                  s – Reuben Mead

  2nd s – Parthenia “Therry” Davis Hunt

                2 – Harvey B. Weddington, Elliott County, KY

                2 – William J. Weddington, Elliott County, KY

   3rd s – Catherine Daily

Notes on the Hargis/Weddington family: 

 

It bears noting that during the 1800’s, there were two men named Jacob Weddington Hargis in Rowan County, Kentucky.  The first was born in 1826 and went on to become a prominent attorney, the second was born in 1836 and was a farmer.  Ours was the farmer.  It so happens that both men had mothers whose maiden names were Weddington, but so far as I can tell, they are of a different line of Hargises entirely and a different line of Weddingtons entirely, whose lines likely meet a generation or two back, but were not closely related.  To make matters even more confusing, both Jacob Weddington Hargises died in 1915.  However, using the Hargis Family Bible and census records from the period, as well as the work of other genealogists, I feel confident my information is correct.

 

It’s also worth mentioning that around 1860, Rowan County, Kentucky was created from portions of Elliott and Morgan Counties, Kentucky.  So it may be that mentions of these places are somewhat synonymous.

 

One record puts the marriage of Thomas Hargis and Jane Weddington at June 27, 1833, which would fit with the birth of their first child a year later.

 

Jane Weddington’s brother, Jacob Weddington, Jr. served in the Civil War, in the Kentucky Mounted Infantry.  He died in Ashland, Kentucky near the end of the war from “a disease called dropsy, contracted while in line of duty in the service of the United States.”

 

It would appear that Jacob Hargis, husband to Isouria and father to Samuel, had a previous marriage.  One report states that this is the case, and that two children, Mary T. Hargis (b. 1862) and Nancy Hargis (b.1864), resulted.  Also, in the 1880 census for Elliott County, Kentucky, Jacob is listed as having a daughter, Maggie, only five years younger than wife Isouria.  The 1880 census also shows that Jacob’s younger brother James was living with his family.

 

Isouria’s name may have also been referred to as Isoura, Issoura, Isouri, Missouri, and/or Suerie.  Strangely enough, two marriage records exist, of for Jacob Hargis and Missouri F. McGraw on November 24, 1876 and another for Jacob Hargis and Suerie McGraw on March 26, 1876.  Considering the similarities of name and date, I tend to think this might be the same marriage listed with different dates.  In the 1880 Elliott County, Kentucky census, she is listed as Isouri.

 

 

 

 

Weddington Origins

 

 

Weddington was originally spelled "Waddington".  It is of ancient Scotch origin; however, many of the family moved from Ireland and Scotland into England to escape social pressures.  The name came from the celtic word "Wadding", meaning to join, and "tone or ton" which is defined as a low hill or mountain; hence the name signifies the joining of mountains, or more simply, "A Valley."  The motto of the family, as shown on its Coat of Arms, is "Semper Paratum" (Always Ready).

 

 

 

 

The John McGraw Family of West Virginia and Kentucky

 

1 – JOHN McGRAW – b – abt 1840, Virginia

  s – MARY JANE STEWERT

                2 – Isouria Frances McGraw – b-abt 1859, Virginia

                                                                              m-1876, Elliott County, KY

                              d-October 23, 1915

                  s – Jacob Weddington Hargis – b-December 1837

                                                                                  d-February 13, 1915

                (SEE CHILDREN IN THE HARGIS/WEDDINGTON FAMILY SECTION ABOVE)

                2 – Calvin D.  McGraw – b-1861, Virginia              

2 – Jno C. H.? McGraw

                2 – John McGraw– b-1864, West Virginia

                2 – Mahala McGraw– b-1866, West Virginia

                                                   m-Rowan County, KY

                  s – William Marion Tyree – b-1856

                                                              d-1922

                2 – Nancy McGraw

                2 – Samuel McGraw – b-1868, Boyd County, KY

                  s – Sarah Shearer

                        3 – Paris McGraw

                                3 – Bessie McGraw – b-1908, Lee County, Kentucky

                                3 – Milford McGraw – b-1912, Morgan County, KY

                                3 – Jessie McGraw

                                3 – Charlie McGraw

                                3 – John McGraw

                2 – Archibold McGraw– b-1871, Kentucky

                2 – Alice McGraw– b-1885

                            

                    

Notes on the John McGraw family: 

 

One sources says John V. McGraw had sisters named Amy, Martha, Mary Ann, and Catherine and that by 1860, they were all living with a family in Kentucky, without their parents.  I have also run across some discrepancies in John’s middle name.  One source says it’s Viney and another says it’s Joseph.

 

As stated above, Isouria’s name may have also been referred to as Isoura, Issoura, Isouri, Missouri, and/or Suerie.  Strangely enough, two marriage records exist, of for Jacob Hargis and Missouri F. McGraw on November 24, 1876 and another for Jacob Hargis and Suerie McGraw on March 26, 1876.  Considering the similarities of name and date, I tend to think this might be the same marriage listed with different dates.

 

Records indicate that most Irish McGraws were McGraths, Magraths, McCraiths, or McCragh before leaving Ireland. 

 

 

 

 

McGraw/McGrath Origins

 

McGrath and its many variants (McGraw, Magraw, MacGraw, Magrath, MacGrath, Magra, McCraith, MacCraith, McCragh) comes from the Irish name Mac Raith, which comes from the personal name Rath, meaning “grace” or “prosperity.”  The Mc or Mac in front of an Irish name generally means “son of.”  Two native Irish families originally adopted the name MacGrath.  Here is the McGraw/McGrath family coat of arms: 

 

 

 

 

Castle Mcgrath, dating from the 16th century, stands in the ancient market town of Pettigo, not far from Donegal, in County Fermanagh:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The John Johnson Family of Floyd and Breathitt Counties, Kentucky

The Peter Johnson Family of Breathitt and Elliott Counties, Kentucky

 

1 – John Johnson – b-October 20, 1816, Virginia

                                       d-August 14, 1908

  s – MARGARET “PEGGY” GEARHART – b-January 14, 1818, Floyd County, KY

                                                                        d-December 29, 1878

                2 – William Baldwin Johnson – b-abt 1836

                  s – Nancy Jane Patton

                                3 – Mary “Poppet” Johnson – b-May 1862, Kentucky

                                                                                d-West Virginia

                                  s – William M. Hall – b-December 15, 1857, Letcher County, KY

                                                                   d-West Virginia

                2 – Adam Johnson – b-abt 1838

                2 – Sarah Johnson – b-abt 1841

                2 – Lemuel Johnson – b-1844, Floyd County, KY

                2 – Ann/Anna Johnson – b-1846, Floyd County, KY

                2 – Peter Johnson – b-November 13, 1843/8, Breathitt County, KY

                                                         m-April 10, 1870, Carter County, KY

                                                         d-April 16, 1916/17

                  s – Mary Frances CLINE – b-October 1, 1850, Carter County, KY

                                                                     m-April 10, 1870, Carter County, KY

                                                                     d-December 23, 1935

                                3 – Lydia Margaret “Pet” Johnson – b-September 1873

                                  s – James Elkins Moore

                                3 – Rebecca Ann “Becky” Johnson – b-July 31, 1875

                                                                                            d-October 30, 1960

                                  s – Milton Cline

                                                4 – James A. Cline – b-October 16, 1893

                                                                                  d-October 26, 1893

                                                4 – Leonard Cline – b-May 26, 1895

                                                                                d-September 21, 1896

                                3 – John Adam Johnson – b-September 4, 1878, Elliott County, KY

                          s – Bessie Tackett

                                3 – Caroline Belle Johnson – b-July 16, 1880

                                                                               d-May 29, 1918

                                  s – Eddie Cline – b-May 3, 1878          

                                                              d-February 15, 1906

                                                4 – Florence Johnson

                                                  s – James Tackett

                                  s – Ephraim M. Tackett

                                3 – Richard Columbus Johnson – b-October 1881, Morehead, Rowan County, KY

                                                                                      d-August 1963

                                  s – Mary Ann Lucretia Caroline Brown – b-October 8, 1885

                                                                                                   d-October 2, 1923

                                3 – Lucy Jane Johnson – b-January 1885, Kentucky

                                  s – Zorie Johnson –b-May 10, 1879

                                3 – James Harlan Johnson – b-May 1, 1887, Kentucky

                                                                               d-June 24, 1971

                                3 – Eunice Johnson – b-August 22, 1890, Elliott County, KY

                                                                          m-October 26, 1905

                                                                          d-April 25, 1972, Rowan County, KY

                                  s – Samuel Hargis - b-September 29, 1882, Elliott County, KY

                                                                          d-March 24, 1947, Rowan County, KY

                                (SEE CHILDREN IN THE SAMUEL HARGIS FAMILY SECTION BELOW)

                2 – Joseph Johnson – b-April 10, 1850, Breathitt County, KY

                                                    d-January 3, 1917

                  s – Margaret (surname unknown) – b-September 15, 1855

                                                                            d-1941

            2 – John J. Johnson – b-abt 1851, Breathitt County, KY

                2 – Henry Gardner Johnson – b-abt 1853, Breathitt County, KY

                2 – Aggy Johnson – b-abt 1855, Breathitt County, KY

                2 – Samuel Johnson – b-abt 1860, Breathitt County, KY

 

 

The Cline/Manley connection

 

1 – LEVI WHEELER CLINE – b-May 7, 1826

                                                 d-after 1900           

  s – Lydia Manley COLLINS – b-abt 1812

                                                        d-August 19, 1886

                2 – MARY FRANCES CLINE – b-October 1, 1850, Carter County, KY

                                                                    m-April 10, 1870, Carter County, KY

                                                                    d-December 23, 1935

                  s – PETER JOHNSON – b-November 1848, Breathitt County, KY

                                                           d-April 16, 1916

                2 – Thomas Cline – b-1860

 

 

Notes on the John Johnson and Peter Johnson families: 

 

John Johnson was a farmer.  In 1850, his real estate value was $300, and by 1860, his real estate valued $400 and his personal value was $227.

 

The 1850 Breathitt County, Kentucky census lists another son, Benjamin, 6 months old, who does not appear on the 1860 census.  It could be that Benjamin and Joseph Johnson are the same person, perhaps going by a middle name in 1860, or it could be that that Benjamin died and Joseph’s age is a little off in the 1860 census, a problem I’ve found to be pretty common.

 

There is a discrepancy in Peter Johnson’s date of birth and date of death.  Generally, sources say he was born in 1848, but his tombstone says 1843.  As for his date of death, the family Bible say 1916, but his tombstone says 1917.

 

 

Notes on the Levi Wheeler Cline family: 

 

It so happens that there were several Levi Wheeler Clines around the Carter/Rowan/Elliott Counties area in the 1800s, and although I feel there must be a connection between them all, so far I cannot connect Levi Cline born 1826 with the others. 

 

Lydia Manley had a previous marriage that produced at least five children, all of which whom lived with Levi and Lydia’s family for a time:  P.O. “Pad” Collins, Caroline Collins Brammer, Lucy Myers Collins Gilbert (born abt 1842), Paulina Collins Goodpaster (born abt 1844), and Josiah W. Collins (born abt 1846.)  Their father was J. Bohannon Collins.

 

Levi Wheeler Cline and Lydia Manley Collins Cline were living with daughter Mary Frances and her husband Peter Johnson by 1880. 

 

 

Notes on the Cline and Johnson families:

 

Mary Frances Cline Johnson and husband Peter Johnson are buried in the Haywood Cemetery in Elliott County, Kentucky, not far from Lawton, Kentucky.  Also there are both sets of their parents, John and Margaret Johnson and Levi and Lydia Cline.  Additionally, some of Peter and Mary Frances’s children are buried there:  Caroline Johnson Tackett, James Harlan Johnson, and Richard C. Johnson with his wife Mary Ann.

 

 

 

 

The Hale Family of England, Virginia, Maryland, & Kentucky

The Gearheart Family of Virginia & Kentucky