Ewing / Dillard Connection ?

James Ewing, Jr’s (1758) son John S Ewing(1785)
 

History of Logan County ILL Vol 1 Chapter VI Early settlement

James’s son John S Ewing married Elizabeth Dillard sister to our Ladovsey Dillard.
They were daughters of Osborn Dillard and Nancy Petty
There is much information about John S. and his descendants.
This information was from Nellie Ritchie in 2015. Her line is John S. Ewing.
 
John S. Ewing
Birth 10 April 1785 in Tennessee, USA
Death 3 March 1847 in Lawndale, Logan, Illinois, USA
Marriage to Elizabeth Dillard (sister to our Ladovsey, 2nd wife to James 17
1805 — Age: 20
Elizabeth Dillard
Birth 25 Feb 1791 in North Carolina, USA
Death 11 March 1854 in Lawndale, Logan, Illinois, USA  
 
The following was taken from the History of Logan County Illinois, Published in 1911.
John Ewing was born in 1784 in Eastern Tennessee.  In 1804 he volunteered in the Indian campaign and served during the War of 1812.  He married Elizabeth Dillard, a native of North Carolina.  They lived in White County, Illinois, having come to Illinois while it was yet a territory.  Here, Christopher C. Ewing, his son was born in 1818.  When John Ewing settled in Logan County Illinois in 1829, the Indians were their neighbors and were often troublesome, even quarrelsome.  The Black Hawk war broke out the year following their settlement, and the oldest son enlisted and served till its close.  There were four children in John Ewing’s family besides Christopher C., namely:  Osborn and James, who moved to Kansas; Sidney, who moved to Iowa, and William who moved to Kansas.  Christopher Ewing remained with his parents until his majority.
 
They lived for a while in White County, Illinois, having come to Illinois while it was yet a territory. Here, Christopher C. Ewing, his son, was born in I8I8. When John Ewing and his family settled here,
the Indians were their neighbors and were often troublesome, even quarrelsome.
The Black Hawk War broke out the year following their settlement, and the oldest son en1isted and served to its close. In the summer of 1835, Christopher C. Ewing and his brother hauled a load of wheat to Chicago. They drove an ox team and were two weeks in making the trip and six weeks in completing the journey home. They sold their wheat at seventy-five cents a bushel and loaded their wagon with salt, sugar, coffee and the like. Chicago was then a small village with two or three grocery stores on the north side of the river, a dry goods store and a grocery store on the south side, the river being spanned by a single bridge. Fort Dearborn was located there, to keep the Indians in check. There was a small store at Bloomington and one at Joliet, also a store at Pekin, but when wheat would bring seventy-five to ninety cents in Chicago, it would only bring fifty to sixty cents in Pekin. White supplies were cheaper in Chicago, hence the settlers would often make the longer trip to market.
 
Christopher Ewing remained with his parents until his majority. In 1838 he was elected as captain of militia, withThomas R. Skinner being Colonel of the regiment. In I842 he married Margaret Ann Williams. Two years later he was elected Justice of the Peace which office he retained four years. In 1849 his wife died, leaving two children. He was re-married to Adaline Metcalf, who died in 1877. In 1878 he married Elizabeth Ellis, a native of Ohio. Mr. Ewing died February 9, 1887, leaving a widow and twelve children. In 1849 he was elected as Associate Justice to the County Judge, the County Court, under the law in force at that time, consisting of the County Judge and two Associate Justices. He served until 1853.
 
In a letter to the Old Setttlers' Association of the county, Mr. Ewing (Christopher) said: "I emigrated with my parents from Tazewell County about May 30, 1829. We settled upon the border of Kickapoo, about one mile west of where Lawndale now stands. My father brought with him about 15 head of cattle, besides other stock. "We had to settle on raw land there being little cultivated. We broke sod and planted sod, come about the twenty-fifth of June, on which to winter our stock. The fall was very favorable and the corn matured well. There was any quantity of blue-stem prairie grass, and of this we availed ourselves abundantly. Yet we had to buy corn and haul it four miles. Cooking stoves were rarely seen and a match hadn't yet been thought of. On our long trips to Chicago, we had to keep a supply of flints, steel, tow and punk."
 
Mr. Ewing died February 9, 1887, leaving a widow, Elizabeth Ewing, and twelve children.