Jesse Brock (1751 - 1843)

Born 8 Dec 1751 in Cumberland, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Howard) Brock — married 8 Jun 1771 in ,Cumberland, Virginia, Colonial America

Descendants

Died 13 Oct 1843 at age 91 in Wallins Creek, Harlan, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Jesse Brock is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-121530
Rank: Private

Jesse Brock served with North Carolina during the American Revolution.

Jesse Brock was born 8 Dec 1751 in Cumberland, Virginia^[1] His parents are unknown, but research in conjunction with the Brock DNA Study (which found that a descendant of Jesse Brock has a 67/67 Y-DNA match with a descendant of Elder George Brock) suggests that he was the grandson of George Brock Senior, born about 1680, who can be located as early as 1703 in New Kent Co., Virginia. George Brock Senior is known to have at least two sons, Joshua Brock and George Brock Junior. George Brock Junior is currently the only Brock that has been found to reside in Cumberland County where Jesse Brock stated he was born. ^[2]

Some believe he was the brother of Susannah Mahala (Brock) Callahan. ^[3]

He married Rebecca Howard, possibly in Virginia 2 June 1771.^[4]

Rebecca Howard may have been the sister of Samuel Howard, one of the first settlers of the Harlan, Kentucky area. ^{[citation needed]}

Jesse's children (those with * survived him ^[5]) are believed to be:

1. Barthena Brock*
2. Jesse Brock (sometimes seen as Jesse Allen Brock?)
3. James Calvin Brock
4. Susannah Brock*
5. George Brock
6. Aaron Brock*
7. Amon Brock *
8. Mahala Brock
9. Mary Polly Brock *
10. Sarah Sally Brock *

The first record which names Jesse is a membership record of the Matrimony Creek Baptist Church in Guilford County, NC; Jesse and two women, Judey Brock (probably Juda Walker, wife of John Brock) and Hester Brock, were named in the list of parishioners dated September 17, 1776. At that time there were less than 75 members of the church. No other Brocks were listed as members of this church. Jesse was excommunicated for excessive swearing in 1785. .^[6]

Jesse stated in his pension application that the first two times he enlisted he lived in Guilford, and the third time he lived in Surrey, North Carolina. After his last discharge he returned to Guilford. In the years after the war he moved back and forth from Guilford, NC to Franklin County, VA. Eventually he moved west to Russell County, VA, ^[7] and finally to Knox County, KY (later Harlan). He settled on Wallins Creek and claimed to be the first settler of Wallins Ridge. ^{[8] [9]}

Jesse was involved in a court case involving a suit by Joseph Wilder against Jesse's son George Brock In September of 1805 in Knox Co., Kentucky:^[10]

Lawsuit, Commonwealth of Kentucky. JOSEPH WILDER, by his attorney complains of GEORGE BROCK of a plea of trespass on the case for this that whereas the said plaintiff had made improvement on a piece of vacant land in the county afsd, the said defendant in consideration that the said plaintiff would remove off the said land _____ up his said improvement to him the said defendant he, on the __ day of May 1804 undertook and promised that he would execute whenever requested, his writing, obligatory with AARON BROCK security, to pay the said plaintiff avers that he then and there yielded up, delivered to the said defendant, peacable possession of his said improvement and that he demanded of the said defendant the execution of his said writing with security as afsd., afterwards to wit: on the __ day of May in the year 1804 at his, the said defendant's place of residence in Knox Co. afsd., nevertheless the said defendant, not regarding his said promise and undertaking hath utterly refused to execute the said writing obligatory to the damage of the plaintiff 30 pounds and therefore he sues, etc.

Signed: MONTGOMERY, attorney for plaintiff.

The Commonwealth of Kentucky to the Sheriff of Knox Co., Greetings: We command you to summons JOHN HOSKINS and MARY HOSKINS to appear before the judge of the Circuit Court of Knox Co. at the Courthouse in Barboursville on the 2nd day of our next October term to testify and the truth to say in behalf of JOSEPH WILDER, in a certain matter of controversy in our said Court depending and undetermined wherein the said JOSEPH WILDER is plaintiff and GEORGE BROCK is defendant, and this in no wise omit under the penalty of 100 pounds and have then there this writ. Witness RICHARD BALLINGER, Clerk of our said Court at the courthouse this 3rd day of September 1805 & 14th year of this Commonwealth.

RICHARD BALLINGER, C. K. CC

The commonwealth of Kentucky to the Sheriff of Knox Co., Greetings: We command you to take GEORGE BROCK if he be found in your bailiwick and him safely keep so you have his body before the Justice of our Court of Quarter Session on the 1st day of our October Court to answer JOSEPH WILDER of a plea of trespass on the case. Damage Thirty Pounds, and have then there this writ. Witness RICHARD BALLINGER, Clerk of our said Court at the Courthouse this 3rd day of July 1804 and 13th year of this Commonwealth Knox Co., KY,

The 1810 U.S. Census lists Jesse and a woman, both over 45, living with three girls under 15 and a male age 16-25. ^[11]

The 1820 U.S. Census in Harlan County lists "Jessey" Brock and a female, both over age 45, living with a boy under ten and a young man age 16-25. ^[12]

In 1833, Jesse filed for a Revolutionary War pension, which was approved. ^{[citation needed]}

The 1840 census in Harlan County shows Jesse, age 80-90, living alone and next to his son, Amon. ^[13]

Jesse died on October 13, 1843 at Wallins Creek, Harlan County, Kentucky ^[5] and is buried in the Wallins Creek Graveyard, Harlan County, Kentucky. ^[14]

Research Notes

Disputed Native Origins

A previous version of this profile claimed, without source, that he was son of a Cherokee man named Redbird and that Redbird was the same as someone named Aaron Brock [Sr]. There is no documented wife or children for any Cherokee man named Redbird. There is no record that associates him with a man called Aaron Brock.^[15] He has been detached as father of this profile. Jesse has also been claimed as son of Aaron Brock, and Susannah Caroline Sizemore.^{[citation needed]} There is no contemporaneous documentation to support such parents. They have been detached.

A great-grandson, Elijah Brock (born after Jesse's death) stated in an interview^{[citation needed]} that Jesse "was about three-quarters Indian," a statement that is unsupported by any facts. The interview is not dated, but was apparently done shortly before Elijah's death in 1939.

Another descendant, Parks Howard, stated in 1941 "I was informed by older members of his family that Jesse Brock was the first white man to purchase land and settle on Wallins Creek…. " ^{[citation needed]}

Please use g2g to discuss evidence for his origins. Thank you.

DNA

J-M267 / J-Z18243 haplogroup

test kit N2229; 315569; 293232; 91251; 88019; 193183;100594; 895607; 895607; 79942: all for Jesse Brock s/o George and Susannah

test kit 448079, exact match to Jesse Brock, s/o George Jr. 448079 is for George Sr (Brock-696), his father. Proving a direct match between George Sr, to George Jr, to Jesse who died in KY. Brock-696-7826-288

test kit 46928 is for James Brock-645, s/o George Jr and Susannah, and is brother to Jesse Brock-288, provers they were brothers.

test test 448079 is for George Brock, sr (-696). It is an exact match, at all 111 markers, which is the HIGHEST Y-dna test in existance, to 202519 test kit, which lists his earliest known ancestor as Chief Red Bird. (aka father of Jesse, husband of Susannah)

https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~brockancestry/genealogy/virginia/timeline.htm

Jesse was born in 1751. He passed away in 1843.

Sources

1. ↑ Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service NARA M804. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. #S. 30,887, Jesse Brock. Images at Fold3 Brock
2. ↑ Jerry Taylor, "Brock Connections - Following the Path," Originally dated 8/8/2007, Revised 12/20/2008.
3. ↑ Mrs J.C. Hurst, Strong Family, Lexington, KY, 1958.
4. ↑ A family Bible in possession of Myrtle Sizemore in 1935, notarized affidavit of transcript in DAR files, dates have since been called into question
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Jesse Brock estate affidavit, Harlan Co Court Orders, January 1856 term (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PK-N9QR-8?i=374&cat=130188); image also attached
6. ↑ Judy Wright, , Matrimony Creek Baptist Church Records church , USGenWeb Digital Archives, North Carolina, Rockingham County, © 1997.
7. ↑ 1795, Russell Co., VA; Jesse Brock-3 tithes; Source: 1795 Russell Co., VA Tax List, Russell also, 1796, 1797, 1798
8. ↑ 1803 Tax List, Knox Co., KY Wallins
9. ↑ 1825 Deed Abstracts for Harlan County Ky: Jesse BROCK Sr. to Aaron BROCK Oct. 25, 1824 for $100. 60 acr. on Wallens Creek, part of Jesse BROCK's original survey. Witness: Elijah GREEN, Terry MELTON, Larkin HOWARD. The First Settler on Wallins Creek KY Misc Wallins Creek (Harlan Co.) KY
10. ↑ Knox Co., KY, Genealogical Society, Inc. Box 3 Suits, Transcribed by: Mrs. Elizabeth Masterson
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2P-WHK : accessed 14 October 2020), Jesse Brock, Knox, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 84, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 181,352.
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLR-295 : accessed 19 October 2020), Jessey Brock, Harlan, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 102, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 23; FHL microfilm 186,183.
13. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRK-VG8 : 19 May 2020), Jesse Brock, Harlan, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 113, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm
14. ↑ Affidavit of Parks Howard, Nov. 17, 1941, image attached
15. ↑

    For an analysis of the Jesse as son of Aaron Brock/Red Bird, see https://www.indianreservations.net/2017/06/aaron-brock-red-bird-father-of-jesse.html

• Morris, Leon. Morris Fork Kentucky: Family Stories and Genealogies from Breathitt County and Eastern Kentucky. Elkhart, Indiana, 1995. link Jesse is listed as #144 on the pedigree chart in the book. This source lists an alternate date for his death on October 16, 1833.

• https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/j/o/h/Michael-D-Johnson-ky/GENE3-0001.html
• https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/248630/I00567/-/individual
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brockancestry/family.htm

• Sons of the American Revolution Patriot #P-121530

• http://www.kykinfolk.com/breathitt/reading/morris_fork/mf_corrections.html

• http://www.indianreservations.net/2017/06/aaron-brock-red-bird-father-of-jesse.html

• http://www.tngenweb.org/cessions/ilcmap54.jpg<

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5052123/jesse-brock : accessed 13 September 2021), memorial page for Jesse Brock Sr. (8 Dec 1751–13 Oct 1836), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5052123, citing Old Masonic Cemetery, Wallins Creek, Harlan County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by joan blanton (contributor 2803111) .

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed June 20, 2015), "Record of Jesse Brock", Ancestor # A790774.
• Ancestry.com match