Ralph Rogers (1760 - 1836)

Born 8 Mar 1760 in East Windsor, Middlesex, New Jersey Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Judith Morton (Goode) Rogers — married 1810 in Kentucky

Descendants

Died 20 Apr 1836 at age 76 in White's Bend, Jackson, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Ralph was born in 1760. Ralph Rogers ... He passed away in 1836. ^[1]

Ralph Rogers was born in the state of New Jersey near Trenton in March 1760 and had a record of his age he made from the information of his parents while living in South Carolina which he had in his possession at the time he applied for a Revolutionary War Veteran's pension. From the state of New Jersey his parents moved to South Carolina when he was about 12. At the age of 17, he volunteered to serve with the local militia to fight against the Tories and the British soldiers. He served off and on until 1782, and lived in South Carolina the whole time he was in the service during the Revolutionary War.

After the War, Ralph Rogers married Mary Gilkey Rogers. They had at least five children: Johnathon, John, Matthew, Clarissa and Edith. We have no record of Mary’s death. Mary Polly was likely Mary Gilkey’s daughter.

In 1805, he moved from South Carolina with some or all of his children to Jackson County, Tennessee where he lived in 1833. He bought land from John Fitzgerald, and settled on the Cumberland River at White's Bend, ~ mi. upstream from old Fort Blount. On a map, the river forms a large lnver-ted U at this point, about 5 miles west of Gainesboro. The community of WhIte's Bend is on the south side of the river, on the low-lying bottom land inside t he U. His son Ralph described his birthplace as "7 mi. from town on Grandpa [Matthew) Brooks' farm."

About 1809, Ralph Rogers married Mrs. Judith Morton (Goode) Lyles, the widow of Burgess "Bud" Lyles. Judith was born in 1783, daughter of Thomas Goode (1760-1846) and Sarah Hawkins (b. ca 1758, died 1846). Thomas Goode served as a Private in Capt. Hopkins Co., 6th VA Regt. in the Revolution. Several of the Goode family married Clarks in Christian County.

Judith Goode had married her first husband Burgess Lyles Feb. 3, 1802. He then then died in 1808. Judith and Bud had three children, Raymond, Hiram, and Lorenzo. Lyles died in Christian Co., KY in Aug 1808.

Three of Ralph's sons married Brooks sisters: Joseph B. married Nancy Brooks; William married Frances Brooks; and Clayton married Elizabeth Brooks.

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Ralph Rogers, Sep 20, 2011

• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/j/a/h/Linda-K-Jahraus-CA/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0039.html

• http://www.geni.com/people/Ralph-Rogers/6000000003222522381

Notes

Ralph Rogers was listed 1830 jackson Co., TN census and served Am Rev, under General Sumpter/Col Breannon

found this information on Ralph's sister and other siblings??? I am going to add it as notes to research in this profile. I have always wondered where the name McNeese came from...My great uncle was Hermit McNeese Clark. I see Ralph had a sister with that as her middle name.

Margaret Gilmer Kirkpatrick (born Rogers) Ralph Roger's sister Born in 1738 - Craven County, British Province of South Carolina, North America Died in 1798 - Camden, Chester District, South Carolina, USA

Matthew L. Rogers III His brother Born in 1766 - Monmouth, New Jersey, United States Died in 1850 - Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States

Rachel McNeese or McNees (born Rogers) His sister Born in 1765 - South Carolina, United States Died in 1793 - Jackson, GA, USA

John Rodgers His brother Born in 1774 - Marion, South Carolina, United States Died - Marion, South Carolina, United States

Clayton Rogers His brother Born in 1749 - Windsor, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States Died in 1837 - Bullards Creek, Jackson, Tennessee, United States

Edith Rogers His sister Born in 1756 - New Jersey, United States Died in 1800 - Kershaw, South Carolina, United States

Margaret Rogers His sister Born in 1763 - New Jersey, United States Died in 1848 - Union Co. (now Cherokee Co.) South Carolina

William Rogers His brother Born in 1764 - South Carolina, United States Died in 1784 - Kershaw, South Carolina, United States

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