William Rogers (1777 - 1836)

Born 4 Feb 1777 in Wythe County, Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine Susan (Lewis) Rogers — married 1796 in Virginia

Descendants

Died 6 Jun 1836 at age 59 in Speedwell, Claiborne County, Tennessee, USA

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Biography

Name

Name: William /Rogers/^[1]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1777

Place: Wythe Co., Virginia^[2]

Death

Death:

Date: BET MAY AND JUN 1836

Place: Speedwell, Claiborne Co., Tennessee^[3]

Burial

Burial:

Date: UNKNOWN

Place: Shutter Cemetery, Academy Lane, Speedwell, Claiborne Co., Tennessee^[4]

Marriage

Husband: William Rogers

Marriage:

Date: BET 1798 AND 1801

Place: Tennessee^[5]

Husband: John Rogers

Wife: A. Brittain

Child: William Rogers

Child: David Franklin Rogers

Child: Benjamin Rogers

Child: John Rogers

Child: Girl Rogers

Child: Sarah Rogers

Child: Reuben B. Rogers

Child: Jesse Rogers

Marriage:

Date: ABT 1776

Place: Wythe Co., Virginia^[6]

Notes

Note NI2222From FAMILIE OF DALLAS, LOURENS, ROGERS AND SOME OF THEIR RELATIVES.:

William Rogers, 1777-1836, was a physician and surgeon, a farmer, a minister and presiding elder of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was one of the greatest preachers of his time in East Tennessee. According to family tradition, he could quote verbatim most of the Bible. Dr. William Rogers was ordained by Bishop Francis Asbury 1745-1816, first U.S. Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

About 1800, just before his second child was born, William Rogers bought 1,260 acres in the area of Powell Valley, Campbell County and Claiborne County, Tennessee. On the main wagon road traversing the two counties, about 17 miles northeast of LaFollette TN, William and his father, John Rogers, 1757-1822, began building a two-storied, log house of hewn yellow poplar. The house was finished about 1805. Later, William build a more luxurious house in the Valley.

After William's death in 1836, his sons sold the first log house with some acreage to a Sowders' family. Soon afterward, Sowders sold it to a Kincaid family. In 1863, when Confederate Kincaid families moved out of Powell Valley, the house was bought by Wiliam Smith Wilson. In 1907, . . . the house was bought by Jefferson Dunn.

About 1945, to accommodate widening of the main road [Tennessee Highway 63], the Dunns dismantled the house, log by log, and moved it a few yards from its original location. Every log was placed back exactly as it was. The interior, with its beautiful old overhead joists and the rare staircase leading to the second story, is just as it was.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S01967 Page: 3003
2. ↑ Source: #S01967 Page: 3003
3. ↑ Source: #S01967 Page: 3003
4. ↑ Source: #S01967 Page: 3005
5. ↑ Source: #S01967 Page: 3003
6. ↑ Source: #S01967 Page: 3003

• Source: S01967 Title: Families of Dallas, Lourens, Rogers and Some of Their Relatives, Volumes 1-4 Author: Zella Rogers Dallas and Eureatha Rogers Lourens Publication: Writers Publishing Service Co. Note: #NS19671 Repository: Note: #NS19673 Call Number: Media: Book

No NOTE record found with id NS19671. No NOTE record found with id NS19673.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 December 2018), memorial page for Rev William Rogers (4 Feb 1777–6 Jun 1853), Find A Grave: Memorial #8051981, citing Monday Cemetery, Speedwell, Claiborne County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Melani (Webster) McKamey (contributor 47309088) .

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Rogers-3159 created through the import of williamrogers.ged on Jul 11, 2011 by Herbert Wolfe. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Herbert and others.
• Bob Sullivan, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Bob and others.