John Benjamin Maggard Sr (1796 - 1882)

Born 10 Oct 1796 in Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 13 May 1882 at age 85 in Leslie County, Kentucky, USA

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Biography

John was born in 1796. He was the son of Samuel Maggard and Rebecca Robertson. He passed away in 1882. Entered by Marie Allen, Apr 2, 2013 Find a Grave, database and images ^[1]

Name

Name: John Benjamin /Maggard/ Source: #S8 FOOT Maggard Family in Kentucky, The Source: #S16 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Sarah Adams Source: #S16 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Moses Maggard

Birth

Birth:

Date: 10 OCT 1796

Place: Shenandoah, Virginia, USA Source: #S16 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Sarah Adams Source: #S16 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Moses Maggard

Death

Death:

Date: 13 MAY 1882

Place: Wooton, Leslie County, Kentucky, USA Source: #S16 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Moses Maggard Source: #S16 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Sarah Adams

Residence

Residence:

Date: 01 JUN 1840

Place: Harlan, Harlan County, Kentucky, USA Source: #S16 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Sarah Adams

Residence:

Date: 1820

Place: Harlan, Harlan County, Kentucky, USA Source: #S16 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Sarah Adams

Burial

Burial: In Stone Mausoleum at Brewer Cemetery, Wooten, Leslie County, Kentucky Source: #S16 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Moses Maggard

Occupation

Occupation: Gunmaker, blacksmith, farmer. Had initials JBM on guns, some still exist Source: #S16 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Moses Maggard

Note

Note: #N7

PHOTO

PHOTO @M135@

Object

Object: @M135@

Marriage

Husband: John Benjamin Maggard

Wife: Sarah Adams

Child: Mary Polly Maggard

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Henry Maggard

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Isaac Maggard

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Moses Maggard

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Samuel Maggard

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Jesse Maggard

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Rebecca Maggard

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Sarah Maggard

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Gilbert Maggard

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Rhueben Maggard

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Nancy Maggard

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: John Benjamin Maggard

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: John A Maggard

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 12 AUG 1818

Place: Prestonsburg, Floyd County, Kentucky, USA^[2]

See Also

• WikiTree profile Maggard-253 created through the import of LNMaggard GEDCOM.ged on Apr 9, 2012 by Larry Maggard. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Larry and others.

• Source: Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R9
• Repository: Name: Ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: Title: Maggard Family in Kentucky, The Repository: #R5
• Repository: Name: Shenandoah County, Virginia Genealogy Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Daughter's death record gives parents' names:

"Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961",^[3]

Notes

Note John was born in Lower District, Russell now Scott County, Virginia. He was a Gunsmith, Blacksmith and a Farmer. He found the silver he used in his guns in the Leslie County mountains. He made 'hog rifles'. The gun was marked with his initials, J.B.M. Even today there may be one or more gund made by him among the treasures of the mountain people.

Sarah was born near what was then Rocky Mount, the 1st capital (1790-1792) of The Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio in Carter County, Tennessee what is now near Johnson City to Moses Adams and Mary Garland. They area was settled in the 1780's.

They moved to Cutshin Creek in 1847 among the first settlers in what is now Leslie County, built a large log house near his parents' home. Both died in Leslie County, Kentucky.

He and wife Sarah Adams lived in Letcher County thirty-nine years. They had twelve children.

In 1847 John and Sarah moved to unsettled Leslie County. They settled on Cutshin Creek. They were among the first settlers in what is now Leslie County.

Buried Brewer Cemetery, Wooton, Leslie, Kentucky, United States.

FSFTID LHZR-Z32.

Residence 1820 Harlan, Kentucky, United States. 1840 Harlan, Kentucky, United States. 1860 District 1, Perry, Kentucky, United States. 1870 Kentucky, United States. 1880 Magisterial District 1 Hyden, Leslie, Kentucky, United States.

Baptism: 9 APR 2006.

Occupation: Farmer, Gunsmith & Blacksmith.

Buried Brewer Cemetery, Wooton, Leslie, Kentucky, United States.

FSFTID LHZR-Z32.

Residence 1820 Harlan, Kentucky, United States. 1840 Harlan, Kentucky, United States. 1860 District 1, Perry, Kentucky, United States. 1870 Kentucky, United States. 1880 Magisterial District 1 Hyden, Leslie, Kentucky, United States.

Baptism: 9 APR 2006.

Occupation: Farmer, Gunsmith & Blacksmith.

Sources

1. ↑ (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 April 2020), memorial page for John Benjamin Maggard (10 Oct 1796–13 May 1882), Find A Grave: Memorial #61828521, citing Brewer Cemetery, Wooton, Leslie County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by My Genealogy (contributor 47515902) .
2. ↑ Source: #S16 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Sarah Adams
3. ↑ "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSMB-XLL : accessed 26 February 2016), John Maggard in entry for Nancy Melton, 1911.