Hugh McElroy (1734 - bef. 1794)

Born 1734 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy Esther (Irvine) McElroy — married 1760 in Campbell County, Virginia

Descendants

Died before 5 Jun 1794 before age 60 in Washington County, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Washington County was created 22 June 1792 from Nelson County.

Hugh McElroy was born in 1734 in Pennsylvania. He married Nancy Esther Irvine. He died in 1794 in Washington County, Kentucky. Probate was 5 June 1794.

Hugh McElroy, and brothers James and Samuel, emigrated from Prince Edward County, Virginia, to Kentucky in 1789. They were sons of James McElroy and his wife, Sarah, natives of Ireland.

Hugh McElroy was born in Pennsylvania; married Esther Irvine in Virginia, before coming with his brothers to what is now Washington County, Kentucky. When the county was formed in 1792, the county Court established the first jail in a cabin belonging to Hugh McElroy. Several settings of the Court were at his home previous to the building of the Courthouse.

In 1794 Hugh McElroy fell victim to the epidemic of smallpox that swept the county that year.

Hugh and Esther McElroy were the parents of ten children - James married Rosa Hardin, then a Mrs. Dorsey, no issue; Margaret married Captain John Muldraugh, a pioneer settler in the Rolling Fork neighborhood (for him the submountainous range of over 100 miles in length and known as 'Muldrough's Hill' was named); Sarah married a Sandusky and left a small family; Mary married first John Simpson and second, John McElroy, her cousin, a son of Samuel McElroy; John married a Miss Hundley; Hugh, Jr., married a Miss Dorsey; Samuel married a Miss Weston and his family moved to Missouri and Texas; Robert Abraham married Dicia Hundley and left a small family; William married a Miss Crawford and left issue; Elizabeth died single.

Above information from Pioneer History of Washington County, Kentucky by Orval W. Baylor.

Land Grant
Survey # 7536 - Hugh McElroy, 1,000 ac., Nelson County, Rolling Fork Salt River, 12/23/1785 - Original Book 9 page 231. Grantee: Same & Heirs; grant dte. 12/06/1788. Original book 13, pages 509-510.

Land Grant
Survey #7540 - Hugh McElroy, 500 acs., Nelson County, Unkn. Branch Pleasant Run, 12/09/1785. Original book 9, page 231. Grantee: Same & Heirs. Grant dte. 12/06/1788 - Original book 13, pages 533-534.

Will dated: 30 Jan 1794 will proved: 5 Jun 1794 Hugh McElroy
Wife: Easter
Sons: James, John, Samuel, Hugh, Abraham
Daus: Peggy, Sally Sandusky, Mary Simpson, Elizabeth McElroy
Ex: wife, James McElroy, John McElroy (sons)
Wit: John Irvine, Philip King, Thomas King
Being sick and weak of body, etc. I then lend to my loving wife Easter McElroy the house and tract of land wher on I now live three negroes (to wit.) Beck Torn and Jack three horses and one mare of her own choice all the plantation tools one half of the household furniture the wagon and geers and one third part of the cattle hogs and sheep during her life. I give to my son James McElroy a negro boy by name Len to him and his heirs forever. I give to my son John McElroy a negro boy by name Sie to him and his heirs forever. I give to my son Samuel McElroy a negro boy by name Dick to him and his heirs forever. I give to my son Hugh McElroy Ned to him and his heirs forever. I give to my daughter Peggy Muldrow a negro girl by name Kitty to her and her heirs forever. I give to my daughter Sally Sandusky a negro boy by name Stephen to her and her heirs forever also twenty pounds to be paid out of my estate at the decease of my wife. I give to my daughter Mary Simpson a negro boy by name Fleming to her and her heirs forever. I give to my daughter Elizabeth McElroy a negro girl by name Rose and the house and lot in Town to be sold and the money arising there from a feather bed a horse worth fifteen pounds and riding saddle to her and her heirs forever. At the death of my wife I give to my son William McElroy the tract of land where on I now live also the roan mares station colt to him and his heirs forever. My will and desire is that the remainder of my lands stock and household furniture be equally divided between my four sons John Samuel Hugh and Abraham McElroy. My will and desire is that at the death of my wife my son Abraham McElroy shall have my negro boy Jack and my son William McElroy to have Tom or any other that my wife may think proper to let him have. My will and desire is that at the death of my wife all the moveable property lent to her and not otherways disposed of equally divided between all of my children. My will and desire is that my son William and daughter Elizabeth McElroy be schooled out of my estate. My will and desire is that my stills be disposed of as my wife may think proper; and I hereby appoint my loving wife Easter McElroy Executrix and my sons James and John McElroy Executors to this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal. Witnesses: Burwell Jackson John Irvine Philip King Thomas King^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Washington County, Kentucky Will Book A, page 27

• McElroy, John M. "The Scotch-Irish McElroys in America, A. D. 1717-A. D. 1900." Albany, N. Y.: Fort Orange Press, Brandow Printing Company, 1901.[1]

• Nara: Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service, compiled ca. 1800 - ca. 1912, documenting the period ca. 1775 - ca. 1900 Samuel Seay’s Journal and Revolutionary War Documents recorded the family history as it happened. Citing High McElroy’s death of the Small Pox February 1794.

• Baylor, Orval W. Early Times in Washington County Kentucky. Cynthiana, Kentucky: The Hobson Press, 1942.

• Cook, Michael L., and Bettie Anne Cook. Pioneer History of Washington County, Kentucky: As Compiled From Newspaper Articles by Orval W. Baylor and Others. Utica, Kentucky: McDowell Publications, 1980.