Elizabeth (Culbertson) Cessna (1747 - 1831)

Born 31 Jan 1747 in Culbertson Row, Franklin County,Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Cessna — married about 1760 in Cumberland, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 19 Aug 1831 at age 84 in Yazoo, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Notes for ELIZABETH CULBERTSON:

daughter of ALEXANDER CULBERTSON and MARGARET DUNCAN. She was born 31 Jan 1746 in Culbertson Row, Franklin County,Pennsylvania, and died 19 Aug 1831 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania.

ELIZABETH CULBERTSON married COLONEL CHARLES3 CESSNA 04 Mar 1770 in Cumberland, Pennsylvania. 49, Children of CHARLES CESSNA and ELIZABETH CULBERTSON are:

i. JOHN4 CESSNA, b. Bet. 1771 - 1785; d. Unknown.

34. ii. SAMUEL CESSNA, b. Bet. 1771 - 1785; d. 1808, Oglethorpe, Georgia.

35. iii. ROBERT CESSNA, b. Abt. 1775, Pennsylvania; d. 1814, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

36. iv. ELIZABETH CESSNA, b. Abt. 1773, Pennsylvania; d. Aft. 1816, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

v. CATHERINE CESSNA, b. Bet. 1771 - 1785; d. 1797, Greene County, Georgia.

37. vi. SARAH SALLIE CESSNA, b. 1786, Georgia; d. Unknown, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

vii. WILLIAM S CESSNA, b. Bet. 1787 - 1791; d. Unknown.

viii. JOSEPH CESSNA, b. Bet. 1787 - 1791; d. Unknown.

38. ix. CULBERTSON D CESSNA, b. 19 Feb 1792, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky; d. 23 Sep 1853, Yazoo City, Mississippi.

ELIZABETH married CHARLES3 CESSNA (CHARLES2, JEAN1DE CESSNA), born 02 Mar 1743 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and died 30 Jul 1837 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania 4 Mar 1774 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

^[1] A quit claim made Mar. 4, 1770 and recorded in Dec. 26, 1774, by Charles Cessna and Elizabeth, his wife; Robert Culbertson, both of Lurgan Tp., Cumb. Co., Pa. (no wife given of Robert) quit claim to brother, Samuel Culbertson.

A quit claim made Dec. 26, 1774, by James Culbertson of Cumb. Tp., Bedford Co. (no wife), Alexander Culbertson (no wife) and John Culbertson (no wife) both of Letter- kenny Tp. to brother Samuel Culbertson, 307 acres for £440 in Lurgan and Letterkenny Tps. This is when John attain- ed his majority. Joseph's name does not appear. He would not then have been of age and would have had to have signed by Gd'n or waited until he became of age in 1775-76. Joseph was killed at Three Rivers, Canada, 1776, the above deed states that this land was patented to Alexander Cul- bertson, father of the above heirs in 1752. Elizabeth Cul- bertson married Chas. Cessna, March 4, 1770. Col. Chas. Cessna was one of the first Commissioners of Bedford Co., Pa., was Major of Second Batt. Bedford Co. Militia, Col. George Wood commanding July, 1776 ; Lt. Col. First Bat. Bedford Co., Col. Wm. Parker, Dec, 1777; Lt. Col. com- manding First Bedford Batt., 1781 (Pa. Arch.). Col. Chas. Cessna was a prominent man in Bedford Co. His father, John Cessna lived near Shippensburg.

Col. Charles Cessna was on Bedford Co., Pa. tax lists 1783. Was a member of the Pa. Assembly 1781. In 1782 the Pa. Gen. Assembly voted that the Controller-General call on all officers of State to give accounting of public monies in their hands. Among those called on was Col. Chas. Cessna. He did not respond and Sept. 11, 1783, the as- sembly directed that action be brought against him for forgery and perjury. Action was brought. Old Pa. Su- preme Court papers show that his case continued from time to time and kept alive on records as late as 1807. This con- firms the conclusion that he left the state to escape prose- cution. These crimes, I have been informed, at that time were punishable by death. He was not on 1790 or 1800 Census of Pa. and not on tax or other court records. My be- lief is that he went to Kentucky under an assumed name (either William Cessna or some other name). It is my be- lief he was the father of Robert Cessna of Muhlenburg County. Ky. There was a record collected by one claiming to be his descendant (Mr. Martin, Supt. of Pullman Car Company on Pa. R. R.) but his record undoubtedly is wrong as he gives Col. Charles Cessna and wife Elizabeth's first born 1788 and other children up to 1802 born in Bedford County. He undoubtedly is giving the children of Charles Cessna of Bedford Co. Pa., a son of Major John Cessna, Jr., of Bedford Co., Pa. (a brother of Col. Charles) and mention- ed in Major John Cessna's will 1794. This Charles would have come of age about 1788.

While it is possible that Wm. Cessna of Muhlensberg Co., Ky., was Col. Chas Cessna in disguise, yet he may have been Wm. Cessna of Franklin Co., Pa., son of John Cessna, Sr., of Shippensburg. Can find no court record of either one in Ky.

Alexander Culbertson's family furnished more officers to the Revolutionary Army than any other Culbertson fam- ily. Col. Chas. Cessna and wife not on 1790 Census of Penna. Probably went to Ky. The Census of 1830 for Muhlenburg Co., Ky., gives EHzabeth Cessna (widow of Robert). This is the only Cessna found. She was a daugh- ter of Capt. John Culbertson of Muhlenburg Co., Ky.

A Wm. Cessna died at Cessna, Ills., many years ago who may have been Wm. Cessna, early settler of Muhlenburg Co., Ky.

Sources

1. ↑ "Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson families" by Culbertson, Lewis Rogers, b. 1867 Publication date 1923. Publisher: Zanesville, O. The Courier Co., printers

• "Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson families"

by Culbertson, Lewis Rogers, b. 1867 Publication date 1923. Publisher: Zanesville, O. The Courier Co., printers

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