Mourning (Hogg) Denton (abt. 1740 - aft. 1790)

Born about 1740 in Caswell County, North Carolina [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Abraham John Denton III — married 1769 in Caswell, North Carolina

Descendants

Died after 1790 after about age 50 in Monroe County, Tennessee

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Biography

Mourning Hogg was born in 1740 in Caswell County, North Carolina.

Her parents were Gideon Hogg and Judith Pittman.

She married Abraham Denton in 1769

Together they had 8 children:

1. Nancy Denton
2. Agnes Denton
3. Margaret Denton
4. Elijah Denton
5. Isaac Denton
6. Jeremiah Denton
7. Elizabeth Denton
8. Samuel Denton

There are 2 more children with no profiles as of yet,

Sarah Sally Denton 1769–Deceased

Martha Denton 1787–1845

She died in 1790 in Monroe County, Tennessee

Notes

Many researchers think that Abraham was married twice, first to Elizabeth (unknown) and then to Mourning Hogg. According to researcher Judy033 on ancestry.com, strong evidence points to Elizabeth Lusk being Abraham's first wife.

"In the book, Pioneer Baptist Church Records of South Central Kentucky and the Upper Cumberland of Tennessee 1799-1899, by Cawthorn and Warnell, we learn that a small group of church members from the Sandy Creek Baptist Church in North Carolina left that area to take the gospel into the wilderness. Under the pastoral care of Rev. Jonathan Mulkey a church named Buffaloe Ridge Baptist Church was begun in the area of Boon’s Creek (p. 27.)

"The ministers of Buffaloe Ridge did the ground work for another church in the area of the French Broad and Big Pigeon Rivers and on December 6, 1787 the Big Pigeon Baptist Church, located in what is now Cocke County, Tennessee, was organized. Among the names of the fourteen charter members was Mourning Denton (p. 421.) The group met in various homes for worship and to conduct business. Indian uprisings later caused members to be confined within the walls of the fort for safety.

"As the church continued to send out arms, some of the Big Pigeon Church traveled into the region of the Upper Cumberland Valley (now Monroe County, Kentucky) and sometime between September 30, 1797 and September 11, 1798, along with other Baptists in the area formed the Mill Creek Baptist (now known as the “Old Mulkey Meeting House”) under the care of Rev. John and Phillip Mulkey. This was the first religious body of any kind in that county (p. 28.) In 1797 Mourning Denton was one named to join Mill Creek Church in Monroe County, Kentucky “by living testimony.” Other familiar names associated with that church were Abraham Hestand; Phillip Mulkey’s wife Jane Odell; Obediah Howard and wife Priscilla; and Hannah Boone.

"We don’t know the spiritual condition of Abraham Denton at this time but the Minutes of the Mill Creek Church report: “March 20, 1802, Saturday…Church met at Abram Denton’s” …Abram Denton lived in Tennessee.” (p. 599) It was years before the early churches in the wilderness had permanent meeting places. In this case, they met in members’ homes on both sides of the Cumberland River, in Kentucky and Tennessee. A small stream that rises near the “Old Mulkey” flows southward into Jackson/Clay County to the mouth of Brimstone Creek, distance of about 15 miles, where it appears Phillip Mulkey organized another church (p. 502): “The earliest record of a church on Brimstone Creek is contained in an entry made in the Mill Creek Church Book April 10, 1802…’Brethren enquire into the fitness of a part of this church for constitution’…’A door opened for the reception of members three came forward and joined by experience: Peggy Grogg, Elijah Denton, and Abram Denton by recantation.’ ‘Three months later Abraham Denton appeared along with Phillip Mulkey and Welcome Ussery as messengers to the Green River Association.’” On page 503, mention is made that Abraham along with Samuel and John Denton all appear on the 1802 Tax List of Jackson County, Tennessee in the Russell and Hays district." ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/73251282/person/34268531068/media/854c3fea-253c-48d0-8c08-631ddd34578b

• Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.