John Ewing (1754 - 1832)

Born 10 Apr 1754 in Newton, Frederick, Virginia Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Esther Cook — married 7 Aug 1778 in , Rockingham, Virginia

Husband of Alice (Casewell) Ewing — married 10 Mar 1794 in Bourbon, Kentucky, United States

Husband of Mary (McCann) Ewing — married 3 Sep 1825 in Pendleton, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 25 Apr 1832 at age 78 in Pendleton, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

John Ewing is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A037088.

Burial

Ruddels, Mills Ky

FSFTID

FSFTID 26LC-BNN

Note

Note:  !NOTE: John Ewing was the administrator of his father's estate, William Ewing, in 1782

Virginia Valley Records, by Waylan "Rockingham Co....VA, John m. Ester Cook 8/7/1778.

Rowen's VA Centennial Gazette 2 Apr 1792 "Ester Ewing has eloped from husband John (Margaret Fife's book Ewings in America).

 !NOTE: John Ewing was the administrator of his father's estate, William Ewing, in 1782

Virginia Valley Records, by Waylan "Rockingham Co....VA, John m. Ester Cook 8/7/1778.

Rowen's VA Centennial Gazette 2 Apr 1792 "Ester Ewing has eloped from husband John (Margaret Fife's book Ewings in America).

CENSUS: From George Ewing -

1810 - Location not given - 2 males under 10, 2 males 10 to 16, 1 male 26 to 45, 1 male head of family 45 and up. 2 females 10 to 16, 1 female over 45.

1820 - Location not given - 2 males 10 to 16, 1 male 16 to 26, 1 male over 45, 1 female 16 to 26, and 1 slave to 45.

LETTER: Located in the Clerks office at Pendelton Co., KY, dated 21 Dec 1829 requesting a pension in this is stated that he was 75 years old.

BIOGRAPHICAL: From e-mail from George Ewing to Dean Busby 6 Aug 2000.

He enlisted as a member of the Virginia Sea Service on 14 Jun 1776 at Stauntown, VA and served as a Landsman on the "Safeguard" Galley und the command of Captain George Elliot. This ship defended the coast and capes of VA against the enemy until 16 Jun 1777. (1st Vol. Navy Papers page 11, original, VA. Archives.) after serving his one year enlistment, John was discharged on the 22nd of June 177 at Yorktown, VA (document signed by George Elliott, Capt. on file in the Rev. War pensions National Archives, Washington, DC.) and declaration in KY book of abstract.

RESIDENCE: From e-mail from George Ewing to Dean Busby 6 Aug 2000. - John was a resident of Greenbrier Co., VA (now WVA) at the time of his father's death in 1781 and was given the task of dividing up his father's property (Frederick Co. Deed Book 19, page 327.)

John was appointed trustee of the town of Falmouth on 12 Apr 1794 and was also a large land owner in the Pendleton Co. area in the late 1700's and early 1800's. At the time of his death in 1832, John owned a 166 acre farm on Fork Lick Creek, which is west of Morgan, in SW Pendelton County, KY.

DEATH: John died 25 Apr 1832, at the age of 78, intestate (without a will), and James Ewing was named the administrator of John's estate. John is said to be burried near Ruddels Mills, KY.

LAND: Kentucky Land entries, who John Ewing pruchased two 500 acre parcels on Prettys Run on 4 Dec 1782 and two other entries show a Ewing and Barker purchasing two 11,000 acre parcels in 1784 and 1785. He later purchased land which was known as South Fork on Licking Creek in what is now Pendleton Co., KY.

MARRIAGE: A marriage bond on file in the Bourbon Co., KY clerks office shows John posting a 50 pound bond with the clerk for his marriage to Alice Caswell on 10 Mar 1794.

BIOGRAPHICAL: John was appointed a trustee for the town of Falmouth, KY at a meeting of the trustees on 12 Apr 1794. In April 1805, excerpt from county court records show John Ewing, Esq. produced a Commission for the Governor of the Commonwealth appointing him Sheriff of the county. In may of 1811, he entered into a bond for $333.1/3 and was granted a license for a tavern.

NOTE: A copy of the inventory of his estate at the time of his death shows that he owned 7 Negro slaves in addition to his household goods, farm animals, tools and land on Fork Lick Creek, all of which had to be sold to settle his estate. A list of his debts at the time of his death, indicated th ad some unusual ones, including a bill for wiskey.

FAMILY: Several members of John's family, including his second wife, Mary, later settled in Missouri and founded Ewing, MO which is in Lewis County. Milton stayed in KY and James M Ewing became an original land owner in Rush Co., IN.

Sources

Citation In Ewing, Evelyn and Jim, The Ewings of Frederick County, Virginia, Emporia, Virginia, Unpublished, Revised 2005, page 26. Notes Will: 1782, Frederick Co., VA. "In the County and Parcsch of Frederick 29th day of february in year 1773 ... I order my wife Elizabeth ... may [my] old Son John on [one] shilling and may wifes Son Jonthana Bakle on [one] shilling I order the land I now live on to be equally divided betwxt may [my] three Sons with all houses and tenement which is six hundred twenty four acers to William Robert Samuel may three daughters Elizabeth and Mary and Jannet and to them all the rest of my land to be equally divided ...." /s/ Willaim Ewing Teste John Collins Recorded 1782 June 4th ... granted Eliza the widow & Jno. Ewing they haveg comp. Law. [Comment: The date is given as February 29, 1773 and, since 1773 is not a leap year, it appears there is an error in the date.]

Bond: 1782, Greenbrier Co., VA. John Ewing's bond: "Known all men by these presents that I John Ewing of the County of Greenbrier and State of Virginia hold and firmly bound unto Wm. Ewing, Robert Ewing, Samuel Ewing, and Thomas Ewing ... dated this twenty-first day of June AD One Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty two ----" /signed/ John Ewing (SS) Bond for the estate of William Ewing his father.

Abstracted in - Ewing, George, "Descendants of John Ewing ..." E-mail to James R. McMichael, April 10, 2006 (Ewing Papers, Cecil County Historical Society, Elkton, MD), File: John Ewing (1754-1832) Notes Military: 1776, Virginia.40 "John Ewing, aged 75 years, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, filed the following declaration, dated 21 December 1829: ... This declaration was an application for pension which was rejected (War Department Pension Office letter dated January 8, 1830, stating the marine forces of the State of Virginia was not on the continental establishment, claim rejected.

Citation Bible Record Notes birth: 10 April 1754; Frederick, Virginia, United States William Ewing family bible

Sources

• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5Z4-7KR : 9 March 2021), John Ewing and Alice Caswell, 10 Mar 1794; citing Marriage, Bourbon, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 183,075.
• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q284-GKC6 : 22 July 2021), John Ewing and Alice Caswell Or Caswill, 10 Mar 1794; citing Marriage, Bourbon, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 8,668.
• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5ZH-81R : 9 March 2021), John Ewing and Ailse Caswell, 12 Mar 1794; citing Marriage, Bourbon, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 183,145.
• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5ZC-2B3 : 9 March 2021), John Ewing and Ailse Caswell, 12 Mar 1794; citing Marriage, Bourbon, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 183,145.
• "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWYN-N5Z : 23 February 2021), John Ewing, 1794.
• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ9-SL68 : 9 March 2021), John Ewing and Mary McCann, 3 Sep 1825; citing Marriage, Pendleton, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 272,803.
• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ9-S9DS : 9 March 2021), John Ewing and Mary McCann, 3 Sep 1825; citing Marriage, Pendleton, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 272,800.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180685470/john-ewing
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CVJ4-ZR6Z : 6 August 2020), John Ewing, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 180685470, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.