Robert E. Ewing II (1760 - 1832)

Born 7 Jul 1760 in Peaks of Otter, Bedford County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (McLean) Ewing — married 4 Jul 1787 in Nashville, TN

Descendants

Died 14 Jul 1832 at age 72 in Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Robert Ewing II is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A038111.

Birth: 1760 Bedford County Virginia, USA Death: Jul. 14, 1832

Robert Ewing (II) is listed as the 6th of 12 children of Robert Ewing (I) and Mary Baker. The youngest of these 12 children was Rev. Finis Ewing (1773-1841), a famed minister and one of the founders of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Robert Ewing (II) moved to Tennessee in 1784 and from there served two sessions in the North Carolina Legislature.

Robert Ewing (II) married Jane McLean on July 4, 1787 and had children (Judge) Ephriam Ewing, Elizabeth Ewing, and Robert Allen Ewing (III).

Robert Ewing (II) served in the Kentucky Legislature for 21 years from 1797, sixteen of them in the Senate, the last two as its President.

Robert Ewing (II) achieved the rank of General and served in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.

From the book, Augusta County, Virginia: In The History of The United States by Boutwell Dunlap, Kentucky State Historical Society, 1918: "General Robert Ewing, Kentucky legislator and general officer in The War of 1812."

Robert Ewing (II) died at age 73, on July 14, 1832 and was buried at Red River Meeting House Cemetery, Adairville, Logan County, Kentucky.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #18572839 accessed 30 August 2019, memorial page for Gen Robert Ewing, II (1760–14 Jul 1832), citing Red River Meeting House Cemetery, Adairville, Logan County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Don Giddens.

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGC-3HN : accessed 31 August 2019), Robert Ewing, Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 39, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 26; FHL microfilm 186,186.

• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP1-WSJ : 12 August 2017), Robert Ewing, Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States; citing 43, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 39; FHL microfilm 7,818.