William Wells
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William A Wells (abt. 1774 - abt. 1860)

William A [uncertain] Wells
Born about in Virginiamap [uncertain]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1805 in Lee, Virginia, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 86 in Kentucky, United Statesmap [uncertain]
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""Note"" William's DNA matches that of David Wells 23 Nov 1730. Bristol Parish, Prince George, Virginia. His parents were a William Wells and Frances Baker. These Wells lived in Mecklenburg, VA, Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, KY and Giles, VA. But there is no primary documentation.

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Biography

William Wells was born about 1774 in Virginia. He married Susan Ward(no proof for lnab) born in 1776 and died March 18, 1860. William was a Baptist Preacher and known as Elder William Wells. He traveled southeast Kentucky and southwest Virginia helping to establish new churches. Church records mentioning his name are Stoney Creek Baptist Church, Nickelsville Baptist Church, Virginia, Sandlick Church, Perry County, Kentucky, Oven Fork Church, Letcher County, Kentucky, Union Association of United Baptists, Kentucky, Three Forks Baptist Church, Wise County, Virginia. William Wells and wife, Susanna were received by letter July 1835 to Three Forks Baptist Church. Officiated several weddings of nieces and nephews. On May 27, 1807, the Stoney Creek Primitive Baptist Church minutes mention Brother William Wells. William became the pastor in 1808. As of 1813, the members listed were William Wells, Susannah, Zachariah Wells, Rebecca, Comfort Osborn, Jemima Osborn, Stephen Osborn, Sturgill’s, Pendletons, Landers To Include Thomas, Mode, And Elizabeth. Culbirth, Swinney, Culbertsons, etc.

Siblings: Wells, Joseph Wells, Thomas Wells, Nancy (1) Wells, Margaret Wells, Jacob Wells, Zachariah Jr. Wells, Jemina Wells, Elizabeth Wells, Jemima Wells, Nancy Spouse: Ward, Susannah Children: Wells, Zachariah H Wells, David Wells, Jeremiah Wells, Nancy Wells, Ezekiel Wells, William S Wells, Solomon Wells, Aurora Wells, Elizabeth

Marriage

Husband: William Wells
Wife: Susan (Susannah) Ward
Child: Nancy Wells
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Child: Elizabeth Wells
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Child: Nancy Wells
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Child: Ezekial Wells
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Child: William S Wells
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Child: David Wells
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Child: William Wells
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Child: Sarah Elizabeth Wells
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Child: Aurora Wells
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Marriage:
Date: 1805

Notes: William's DNA matches that of David Wells 23 Nov 1730. Bristol Parish, Prince George, Virginia, USA. His parents were a William Wells and Frances Baker. These Wells lived in Mecklenburg, VA, Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, KY and Giles, VA. One of his relatives was named Sterling Montgomery Wells.

Primary Sources

  • Minutes of the Ohio Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church for [1]
  • "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch [2] : accessed 20 March 2016), Susan Wells in entry for Wm S Wills and Mary Shepherd, 03 Nov 1853; citing Lee Co, Virginia, reference p2 line 9; FHL microfilm 32,441.
  • "United States Census, 1820", database with images, FamilySearch ([3] : accessed 10 June 2016), William Wells, 1820.
  • "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch ([4] : accessed 10 June 2016), William Wells in entry for Wm Blanton and Elizabeth Creech, 05 Aug 1856; citing Wise, Virginia, reference p 1 cn 2; FHL microfilm 34,394.

Secondary Sources

  • RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project[5]op=GET&db=jflouther&id=I01310
  • Historical Sketches of Southwest Virginia: Stoney Creek Primitive Baptist Association. Publication No. 23 - 1989. [6]
  • "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3JSW-72W : accessed 10 May 2019), entry for Ward Beecher Creech, cites sources; "Burke Family Tree April 2018" file (2:2:2:MM6Z-PL9), submitted 29 April 2018 by Eburke31 [identity withheld for privacy].


Notes for further research: Maryland County Boundary Divisions: 1650 First settled as Charles County (not the Charles Co of today) Renamed Patuxent 1654 renamed Calvert in 1658 Prince George County Maryland: formed 1695 Frederick County Maryland formed 1748 Anne Arundel Original County 1650.


Virginia County Boundary Divisions dealing with this genealogy lines are:

Washington Co. Virginia Was Formed 1777 Form Fincastle. Montgomery Co. Va. Was Formed From Fincastle 1777 Russell Co. Va. Was Formed 1786 From Washington Co. Va. Lee Co. Va. Was Formed In 1793 From Russell Co. Va. Grayson Co. Va. Was Formed From Wythe In 1793 Wythe Co. Va. Was Formed From Montgomery In 1790 Scott Co. Va. Was Formed 1814 From Lee, Russell, And Washington Counties In Va. Wise Co Va. Was Formed 1856 From Lee, Russell, And Scott Va. In 1777 Virginia's General Assembly Divided Fincastle County Into Three Parts And Created Washington, Montgomery, And Kentucky Counties. In 1780, Kentucky County Was Divided Into Three Counties -- Jefferson, Fayette, And Lincoln The Act Creating These Counties Described Kentucky County As Being "To The South And Westward Of A Line Beginning On The Ohio At The Mouth Of Great Sandy Creek And Running Up The Same And The Main, Or Northeasterly, Branch Thereof To The Great Laurel Ridge Of Cumberland Mountain, Then South Westerly Along The Said Mountain To The Line Of North Carolina."

The State Of Kentucky Was Formed In 1792; Any Genealogy Before That Time Is In Virginia. Although Kentucky County Virginia Was Often Referred To As Kentucky. Kentucky Divisions: Lincoln Co. Was Formed From Kentucky County Virginia In 1780 Knox Co. Ky. Was Formed 1799 From Lincoln County Ky. Harlan Co. Ky. Formed 1819 From Knox County Ky. Letcher Co. Ky. Was Formed From Perry Co. And Harlan Co. In 1842. Perry Co. Ky. Formed 1820 From Clay And Floyd Counties. Leslie Formed 1878, From Clay, Harlan And Perry Counties [7]


"The first Baptist preacher in what is now Scott County was Squire Boone, a brother of Daniel Boone." THE STONY CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH THE NICKELSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH

On April 16, 1808, the following entry was made: "David Jessee, Wm. Wells, Edward Kelly choose as a Presbytery to constitute a Church and to look in the ordination of Br. Robert Kilgore. [8]

Historical Melungeons: Stony Creek Baptist Church [9]

In 1811 Zachariah gave a bushel of corn to the Church were Rev. William Thomas Wells was a minister and his wife Susan Ward(?). Close to Blackmore. File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jenny Stilwell - jstill@midohio.net

Stony Creek Baptist Church Minute Books

1801 - 1811 1811 - 1814 Fort Blackmore, Scott County, Virginia.This copy of what is perhaps the first book of the Stony Creek Primitive Baptist Church, located on Stony Creek, near Fort Blackmore, Scott County, Virginia, was in the possession of Mr. Scott Beatright of Colburn, Virginia, whose grandfather was once a Minister of this church."

Copied August 1966, by Emory L. Hamilton, Wise, Virginia, with a copy filed in the Archives of the Southwest Virginia Historical Society, at Clinch Valley College, Wise, Virginia and a copy sent to the Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia. CHURCH BOOK FOR STONY CREEK CHURCH NEVEL WAYLAND, CLERK FOR THE CHURCH

June the 27th day 1807
Church meeting held on Stony Creek. The church met and found in love. A query put to the church by William Wells whither a member that has got his letter and not going away and is still living by the same church and with not giving up his letter, whither it is disorder or not. The church answer, disorder. A call church meeting the ensuing Saturday appointed by the church. Five members appointed to cite Br. James Brickey to give satisfaction to the church: David Coks, William Wells, George Stacy, William Broadrick, Robin Kilgore. Dismissed in order.
October the 24, 1807
Church met together and found in love. Agreed by the church that members should go to Georges to receive members by experience and baptism. Members, David Cock, John Brickey, Joseph Carter, Henry Cox, Nevil Wayland, William Brickey, William Wells. Dismissed in order.
December the 28, 1807
The church met and found in love, all but Brother Cox. He gives up for the

church to go on. The church gives him up not to sit in the church. The church appoints Brother Wayland, Brother Zachariah (Wells) to invite Brother Sexton to attend next meeting and make his excuse for neglecting two meetings.

Corn

"John Brickey 1 bushel David Cok 2/2 bushels William Brickey 1/2 bus. Nevil Wayland 1 bus. James Wayland 1 bus. James Brickey 1 bus. Zachariah Wells 1 bus. Nimrod Taylor 1/2 bus."

BOOK NUMBER 2 of the STONY CREEK PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH

Book Number 2, has a few faded pages with no cover. Book 2, starts with what seems to be part of the Minutes of the November meeting 1811. These minutes between July 1811 and November 1811

November meeting, 1811 Brother Wells motions to the church for to now

if they have any person in view or not, to be a Deacon in the place of Brother Brickey, he being removed. The church appoints Zachariah Wells and William Steward to be proved in the Office of a Deacon. Brother Steward submits to serve the church. Brother Zachariah objects to serve if the church pleases, if at last the submits to be proved. Dismissed in love.

January the 25, 1812. Church meeting held on Stony Creek. They called Brother Steward and Brother Zachariah (Wells). They refuse. Dismissed in order.
March the 27, 1813
Church met and found in love. Brother Wells and his wife received a letter of dismission from us, and Sister Nancy Farmer and Sister Lucy farmer received letters from us. Dismissed in order. (The next page in the book is upside down and contains what appears to be a roster of members, with small square cut off the bottom right hand corner,

which contained about nine names.)

Zahariah Wells Chloe France

Rebecca Wells Nancy Farmer David Cox Lucy Farmer Jemina Cox William George James Kitchen William Wells

August 22, 1801.
Many of the church minutes began with the terse, but significant statement: "Church sat, and found in love". An entry of August 26, 1816, states, "Then came forward Brother Gnash and made his excuse for neglecting his church meeting; they (the church) forgave him also". The last legible date in this old church minute book is August 24, 1819.
Some of the church members prior to 1819 are:

William Buster Bates Buster John McKinsey(black) Elizabeth Wallice Charles Buster William Wells Charley Buster Thomas Owins John Fraisure Simon Stacey

Stony Creek Baptist Church 1801 - 1814

USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation.[10] William mentioned as both minister and physician but is this the right Wells. There are more than a few William Wells who were preachers. Mentions Wells family in Big Sandy and what is the relationship. [11] [12]

Acknowledgement

Note:

Clue to which Zachariah was his father which is supported by the DNA theory that Zachariah was related to Thomas Wells. "Loudoun Co, VA Court Minutes C:172 14 Aug 1766 Bryan Fairfax Gent vs Thomas William Wells - in debt D:139 13 Oct 1768 Timothy Howell witness for Levi Wells D:200 15 Apr 1769 Humphrey Wells vs William Furr - in debt E:35 12 Sep 1770 Zachariah Wells witness for Benjamin Huff

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Index to Wills Loudoun Co.: Thomas William Wells intestate 1768 Thomas William Wells intestate 1774 1768, a Zachariah Wells "heir at law of Thomas William Wells deceased" made a claim against the estate. Loudoun Co VA Order Book G, page 222, Zechariah Wells was bonded (with David Beaty and Jacob Dehaven) as administrator of the estate of JACOB WELLS, deceased, and potential appraisers were named: William Douglass, William Willard, Thomas Respess, John Todhunter, and John Saunders. The date of the court action was February 14, 1780. I did find that on June 14, 1784, Zechariah Wells had a bill of sale to Beaty and Dehaven.

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1787 tax lists: Jessee Wells in Lunenburg Co, VA Moses Wells in Montgomery Co, VA Zachariah Wells in Loudoun Co, VA David Wells in Loudoun Co, VA Jacob Wells is not on the 1787 tax lists. [13]

Notes for REV. WILLIAM WELLS: This William Wells was a Baptist preacher and was known as Elder William Wells. He traveled all over SE KY and SW VA helping establish new churches. Church records which mention his name are those of the Stoney Creek (VA) Baptist Church; Baptist Church at Nickelsville, VA; Sandlick Church, Perry County, KY; Oven Fork Church, Letcher County, KY; Union Association of United Baptists (KY); and Three Forks Baptist Church, Wise County, VA. At Three Forks Baptist Church Elder William Wells and his wife Susannah were received by letter in July 1835. Marriage records of Lee and Scott Counties, VA show he officiated at the weddings of several of his nieces and nephews. He died sometime during the period between 1845 and 1850. Notes for SUSAN WARD: The following entry from an old diary was sent to Miss Martha Heinemann of Memphis, TN (?) by Dexter Dixon of Letcher County, KY; "Susanah Wells deceased March the 18th day 1861, wife of William Wells who preached the gospel for many years, Old Baptist." [14] "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3JSW-72W : accessed 10 May 2019), entry for Ward Beecher Creech, cites sources; "Burke Family Tree April 2018" file (2:2:2:MM6Z-PL9), submitted 29 April 2018 by Eburke31 [identity withheld for privacy]. There is a connection with the Webbs and Lynns of Paintsville and Van Lear, Johnson County, Kentucky.





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