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Andrew was born about 1851 in Wake County, North Carolina, the son of Jacob Franks and Flora McPherson. As of February 1776 he was serving in the Revolutionary War as a Drummer in Continental Line, North Carolina Brigade. He married Celia SileyMcCinsey on 12 Jan 1780 in Wake Co, NC . It is not clear whether Andrew severed a second time, but his name also appears on the Army Accounts of the N.C Line settlement papers for the period of September 1784 to February 1786. Andrew is apparently had wonder lust; Before the end of the 18th century, the family was in or near what became Cape Girardeau District of Missouri after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. By 1818 the family was in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana where he died 22 March 1836.
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Andrew Franks Information Source: Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina Compiled by D.A.R. of North Carolina Durham, N.C. 1932 (12,709p.):336,526
Source: Conveyance Records of Catahoula Parish, Louisiana Book A Page 6 "26 October 1808 - Gregory Michael Rousseau Villejoin to James Murphy Deed of Bargain and Sale of Plantation in the Parish of Catahoula at the fork of Bushley Creek. Land was opened and claimed by ANDREW FRANKS in February 1805 and sold by FRANKS to Frederick Foy December 1807 - price 10,000 weight of seed cotton. /s/ Gregory Michael Rousseau Villejoin Witness: David Dunagan, Frederick Foy Recorded 17 January 1809"
Source:
"History of Bienville Parish" Vol. 1
Published 1984
Article submitted by: Dr. H. Glenn Jordan
"In 1818 Andrew [Franks] purchased land on the east bank of Black Lake in what is now Bienville Parish."
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FRANKS, Peter He may very well have been the earliest permanent
settler in Bienville Parish according to noted parish historian
Philip Cook. Lavinia Egan, another noted historian argues that he
arrived at the same time as that if Isaac ALDEN and John MURRELL in
what is now Webster Parish. MURRELL settled near ALDEN on Aug 6,
1818 north of present day Minden LA. Murrell himself states that
Peter Franks "was an early settler on Brushy Creek in what is now
Bienville Parish." Franks is mentioned as a charter member of the
Providence Church, formed 11 June 1825, and located between Gibs
land and Arcadia. (Many sources mention Peter Franks as a very
early settler) Peter's gr-grandfather was John Martin Franks (1682-
1845), a Lutheran schoolteacher, who arrived in London in 1709 from
the German Paltinate. He married Civilla MILLER, daughter of
Captain John and Catherine MILLER and migrated to America, settling
in Craven Co. NC. He was a farmer, large landowner, government
official. Children: Jacob, John Martin, Edward, Elizabeth, Mary
Susanna, Katharina, Barbara and Anna Sibyella. Jacob Franks,
Peter's grandfather, moved to Wilkes Co. GA, married Mary Ann
ASHLEY, daughter of John Plowman ASHLEY of Anson Co. NC. Children:
Anthony, Joseph, Peter, Andrew, Brittain, Mary. Peter's father,
Andrew Franks, born 1758 in Wake Co. NC, married Seley (Celia)
McKENZIE on 12 Jan 1780. Children: Elizah, Burrill I., Joseph,
Peter, Lucy and Celia. The family was in the Cape Girardeau
District MO. Around the turn of the century. In 1818 Andrew
purchased land on the east bank of Black Lake in what is now
Bienville Parish. Peter Franks was born 6 Dec 1781 in NC. He
married Rachel HITT, daughter of John and Frances Banks Hitt on 5
Aug 1808. Children: Elizabeth, Elizah, John, Green, Henry, Doctor,
Frankey, Morgan, Celia, Isaac. Peter died 14 Aug 1866, Rachel died
2 Oct 1869. They are believed to be buried in unmarked graves in
the old section of Liberty Hill Cemetery. (submitted by Dr. H.
Glenn Jordan)
Andrew Franks NC Division of Archives & History, Bond #000153223
Roster of Soldiers from NC – Compiled by DAR of NC
(Durham NC 1932 C12, 709 p) 336, 526
He was a drummer.
FRANKS, ANDREW
Ancestor #: A041853
Service:
NORTH CAROLINA Rank: NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER
Birth:
ANTE 1759
Death:
ANTE 3-22-1836 NATCHITOCHES PARISH LOUISIANA
Service Source:
HAUN, NC REV ARMY ACCTS, VOL VIII, PART VI, FOLIO 54, P 759; NC REV WAR PAY VOUCHERS, #1953, ROLL #S.115.88
Service Description:
1) DRUMMER IN THE CONTINENTAL LINE
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