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Ancestors of Larry Maggard

Generation No. 7


      64. John Benjamin Maggard, born October 10, 1796 in Russell (now Scott) County, Virginia/Russell Co., VA; died May 13, 1886 in Leslie County, Kentucky. He was the son of 128. Samuel Maggard and 129. Rebecca Robertson. He married 65. Sarah Adams.

      65. Sarah Adams, born June 8, 1802 in Carter County, Tennessee; died April 23, 1870 in Leslie County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of 130. Moses Adams and 131. Mary Garland.

Notes for John Benjamin Maggard:
John was born in Lower District, Russell now Scott County, Virginia. He was a Gunsmith, Blacksmith and a Farmer. He found the silver he used in his guns in the Leslie County mountains. He made 'hog rifles'. The gun was marked with his initials, J.B.M. Even today there may be one or more gund made by him among the treasures of the mountain people.

Sarah was born near what was then Rocky Mount, the 1st capital (1790-1792) of The Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio in Carter County, Tennessee what is now near Johnson City to Moses Adams and Mary Garland. They area was settled in the 1780's.

They moved to Cutshin Creek in 1847 among the first settlers in what is now Leslie County, built a large log house near his parents' home. Both died in Leslie County, Kentucky.


He and wife Sarah Adams lived in Letcher County thirty-nine years. They had twelve children.
In 1847 John and Sarah moved to unsettled Leslie County. They settled on Cutshin Creek. They were among the first settlers in what is now Leslie County.

     
Children of John Maggard and Sarah Adams are:
  i.   Polly Maggard, born 1819.
  ii.   Henry Maggard, born 1820.
  iii.   Issac Maggard, born 1822.
  32 iv.   Moses Maggard, born March 5, 1824 in Leslie County, Kentucky; died 1899 in Letcher County, Kentucky; married (1) Betsey Pace; married (2) Unknown; married (3) Elizabeth Ruth Miniard February 15, 1849 in Harlan County, Kentucky.
  v.   Samuel Maggard, born 1826.
  vi.   Jesse Maggard, born 1828.
  vii.   Rebecca Maggard, born 1830.
  viii.   Sarah "Sally" Maggard, born 1836.
  ix.   Gilbert Maggard, born 1837.
  x.   Rhueben Maggard, born 1840.
  xi.   Nancy Maggard, born 1842.
  xii.   John B. Maggard Jr., born 1844.


      66. Israel Miniard He married 67. Mary Turner.

      67. Mary Turner
     
Child of Israel Miniard and Mary Turner is:
  33 i.   Elizabeth Ruth Miniard, born 1829; died 1864; married Moses Maggard February 15, 1849 in Harlan County, Kentucky.


      80. Philip Seiber, born October 6, 1794 in Baltimore, Maryland; died 1815 in Tennessee. He was the son of 160. Philip Seiber and 161. Maria Elizabeth Himmelberger.
     
Child of Philip Seiber is:
  40 i.   John Seiber, born April 28, 1809 in Tennessee; married Barbara Leinhart.


      88. Issac Phillips, born 1794 in North Carolina; died 1866 in Campbell County, Tennessee. He was the son of 176. Charles Phillips and 177. Melvina. He married 89. Nancy Bunch.

      89. Nancy Bunch, born 1790.

Notes for Issac Phillips:
NEW RIVER SETTLERS BY; WILLAIM JASPER SMITH

ISAAC PHILLIPS, THE FATHER OF ALL THE PHILLIPS, SETTLED ON NEW RIVER OVER 100 YEARS AGO. HE BUILT A LOG HOUSE JUST BELOW ELIJAH'S CREEK. HE CAME FROM HAYWOOD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA TO ANDERSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. HE REARED FOUR BOYS, TOM, ISAAC, JAMES AND CHARLES. THERE IS A HOST OF HIS RELATIVES STILL LIVING THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT NATIONALITY THEY WERE, BUT THEY SPOKE A BROKEN LANGUAGE. THEY WERE A PECULIAR PEOPLE, BUT CLEVER. THEY LOVED THEIR WHISKEY AND IT WAS A COMMON DRINK THEN. A QUART BOTTLE SET ON THE DINING TABLE AND A WOODEN BOWL AND SPOON. PREACHERS DIDN'T THINK IT WAS WRONG TO TAKE A SUP.

ISAAC WOULD HIDE HIS MONEY, GOLD AND SILVER WAS THE CURRENCY THEN. HE GOT HOLD OF NANCY'S, HIS WIFE'S OLD STOCKING ONE DAY AND PUT MONEY IN IT AND PUT IT IN THE CELLAR. HIS WIFE WENT DOWN IN THE CELLAR TO GET SOME POTATOES. HE PEEPED THROUGH A CRACK TO SEE IF SHE FOUND IT AND SHE DID, SHE COULD HARDLEY MOVE IT. HE TOLD HER NOT TO BRING IT UP THRE HE DIDN'T NEED THE BEGGARS TO SEE IT, THAT HE WOULD MOVE IT. HE WOULD GT DRUNK AND PUT HIS FINGERS IN HIS EARS AND SAY, OLD IKE WILL DIE IN THE MOUNTIANS. AT THE CLOSE OF THE CIVIL WAR HE DIED IN THE OLD LOG HOUSE HE BUILT IN HIS EARLY DAYS. HE HID ALL HIS MONEY SOMEWHERE ON THE CREEK AND IT HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND.

MY FATHER WENT TO BORROW SOME MONEY FROM HIM, KNOWING THAT HE LOVED HIS DRAM, HE TOOK A QUART OF BRANDY WITH HIM. IT WAS WINTER AND MY FATHER GOT COLD RIDING ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN. HE HITCHED UP HIS HOSE AND WENT IN. IKE WAS IN ONE CORNER AND HIS WIFE WAS IN THE OTHER. HE DREW UP A STOOL AND SAT DOWN, WHEN HE GOT WARM HE TOLD IKE HIS BUSINESS. HE SAID I HAVEN'T GOT IT. MY FATHER PULLED OUT HIS BRANDY AND IKE TOOK SEVERAL DRINKS AND BEGIN SINGING. HE TOLD HIS WIFE TO SEE IF SHE COULD FIND BILL ANY MONEY. SHE WENT BACK IN THE OTHER END OF THE HOUSEE AND KNOCKED A PIN OUT OF THE SIDE OF THE WALL. HE HAD HIS MONEY HID IN THAT HOLE AND I HAVE OFTEN THOUGHT HIS MONEY WAS STILL SOME WHERE IN THE WALL OF THAT HOUSE.

NOTE--THIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE ANDERSON COUNTY TIMES.
     
Children of Issac Phillips and Nancy Bunch are:
  i.   Issac Phillips
  ii.   Hannah Phillips, born 1813.
  56 iii.   Moses Phillips, born 1825; died April 22, 1877; married (1) Nancy J. Patterson; married (2) Susannah Ward.
  iv.   James Phillips, born December 10, 1826.
  v.   Sarah Phillips, born April 1827.
  vi.   Eliazbeth Phillips, born 1834.
  vii.   Thomas Phillips, born 1834.
  44 viii.   Charles Phillips, born June 6, 1836 in Tennessee; died February 1, 1898 in Tennessee; met (1) Nancy E. Davis; married (2) Brazilla Kennedy.


      114. Benjamin Ward, born Bef. 1775 in Turkey Knob, Alleghney, North Carolina. He was the son of 228. Benjamin Ward and 229. Selah Duke. He married 115. Catherine Harmon.

      115. Catherine Harmon, born Bef. 1780 in Ashe County, North Carolina. She was the daughter of 230. Cutliff Harmon and 231. Susan Fouts.
     
Child of Benjamin Ward and Catherine Harmon is:
  57 i.   Susannah Ward, born February 9, 1827; died 1871; married Moses Phillips.


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