Aaron Brock (abt. 1721 - 1820)

Born about 1721 in Cumberland County, Virginia, British Colonial America

Died 1820 at about age 99 in Clay County, Kentucky, USA

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This profile is being protected and co-managed by WikiTree's Native Americans project due to claims that Aaron Brock was a Native American or part-Native American.

Disputed Origins

There is no documentary evidence to support the existence of this man. He first appeared in an undocumented family history from the 1960s and has been duplicated in endless family trees. Current research by Brock descendants (including DNA) has ruled out anyone named "Aaron Brock" as the father of Jesse and Mahala/Susannah.

Biography

This profile represents a man some call Aaron Brock and the disputed father of Mahala Susannah (Brock) Callahan.

Despite a proliferation of claims on online family trees,^{[1][2] [3]} there is no evidence that he was himself or was related to any Native American.

Based on the estimated age of his daughter, he was born about 1721 and is believed to have died about 1820. More details are sought about his details.

There was an Aaron Brock in Scott Co., Kentucky in the 1810 census.^[4]

The Aron/Aaron Brock in Harlan Co., Kentucky in the 1820 census^[5] was the son of Jesse Brock.

A previous version of this profile attached:

• a wife Susannah Caroline (Sizemore) Brock (abt.1725-abt.1841) for whom there is no evidence; she has been detached.
• an additional son, Rudolph Brock, without reliable sourcing. This son has been detached.

Sources

1. ↑ one online family tree
2. ↑ another online family tree
3. ↑ "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:94YQ-RSC : accessed 27 April 2019), entry for Aaron Brock; file (2:2:2:MM9R-5QX), submitted 10 February 2003 by gstinson2756597 [identity withheld for privacy].
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YY2-SPYR?cc=1803765&wc=QZZC-BTF%3A1588180103%2C1588181720%2C1588179902 : 1 December 2015), Kentucky > Scott > Not Stated > image 10 of 30; citing NARA microfilm publication M252, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBZ-SPQ?cc=1803955&wc=3L7N-HD3%3A1586986501%2C1586987643%2C1586984616 : 16 July 2015), Kentucky > Harlan > Not Stated > image 4 of 15; citing NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

See also:

• Jillson, Willard Rouse. The Kentucky Land Grants. Vol. I-II. Louisville, KY, USA: Filson Club Publications, 1925:
  • p 153 Regarding an 1823 land grant at Wallins Creek, Harlan Co., KY; again, a later Aaron Brock?
  • p 487 Regarding a land grant in Laurel Br, Harlan Co., 1836; again, a later Aaron Brock.
  • p. 1048 This appears to relate to a later Aaron Brock, as the land grant for a) Sandy Fk and Phillips Fk, Clay Co, was 1851; and b) for Wallins Cr, Harlan Co., was 1852, long after this Aaron Brock was dead.
• William H. Shackleford, Executive Tribal Manager, Ridgetop Shawnee, "The Myth of Chief Redbird A.K.A Aaron Brock," (undated blogpost), https://ridgetopshawnee.blogspot.com/p/how-do-we-break-cycle-of-native.html. Examines the origins of and debunks the myth that equates Aaron Brock with a Cherokee chief named Redbird.