Family History Written by son of Malinda Ewing Jones

 Dillard Ewing Jones Family history 1800-1922

 
The following is the family history written by John Newton Jones, son of Malinda Ann Ewing Jones and Robert Jones. It apparently was a type written version of the letter and typed by a grandson of Robert Jones. The name at the bottom is J.G.Gubage from Oklahoma City, OK.
 
These are the words of John Newton Jones, Texas Ranger at one time. One can never dismiss the words of a person who lived back in that time…but…this history was gleaned from and acquaintance of John Newton Jones, old man McDay who was 80 years old at the time. This is not my direct line but certainly gives credence to the daughter Malinda Ewing Jones and her husband, Robert Jones. They are the ones that settled our James Ewing, Jr.’s estate many years after his death. I will not edit the typos.
 

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"Well, according to request, I will write what I know of the early hisptory of the Jones Family. I came to Texas in the Fall of 1853 and stayed till the summer of 1857, and while in Texas, in Bastrop Cpounty, I got acquainted with an old man by the name of McDay that was the rise of 80 years old that claimed to be raised by my Grandfahter. He said he was bound to him when he was 8 years old and stayed with him till he was 21. He told me more than I ever heard about the Jones Family, and when I got back to Arkansas Grandmother was alive and she said he had given me a true history of the Family.
 
He said my Great-Grandfather was a Welshman and a military man under the English Governenment and was put over a portion of the Irish that was about to rebel and was so lenient with them there was charges preferred against him, and he deserted and came to America some time before the Revolutionary War. When the War came up my Great-grandfather (John Jones,1st) was living in Charleston, S.C., where my Grandfather (Andrew Jones) was born. Fearing that he would fall into the hands of the English, Great-grandfather went into the mountains of North Carolina and died there. When Daniel Boone moved his family to Kentucky, my Grandfather came with him, and my father (Robert Jones) was born there--somewhere in Kentucky.
 
Grandfather was in several Indain fights with Boone. He lived there a few years--till 1811--then moved to Alabama and settled where the town of Tuscaloosa is now, and cleared out a farm there. There were eight families of them. It was forty miles to the nearest white settlement. He fought the Indians all up and down the Black Warrior River and was Captain of the Militia. He then moved to West Tennessee then to Mississippi (1831), and died there before the Chickasaw Indians left there (1837).
 
Grandfahter and 12 children, 6 boys and 6 girls. The boys were Elijah, John A., Robert (my father), Willis, Abraham and Jolly. Uncle John once represented Tippah County, (Mississippi) in the Legislature. He died on the Saline River in Arkansas (near Benton) on a return trip from Mississippi to his home near Alpine, Arkansas. Uncle Willie represented Pike, Polk, and Montgomery counties in the Arkansas Stat Senate. (This seems to be an error as the Report of the Arkansas Secretary of State shows Willis Jones as a Representative from Pike County, but not as Senator- - -J.G.C) He died at Little Rock, Ark. while a Major in the 4th U.S. Cavalry Regiment.
 
I don't think my father (Robert Jones) ever held any office. He had very little education. He had ten children, 5 boys and 5 girls. The boys were Alfred, Willis C., John N. Joseph and Robert.
 
My grandmother on my father's side was a Box (Rebecca) and several years younger than Grandfather. McDay said he lived with Grandfather several years before he married, and that Grandmother was of a very aristocratic and wealthy family and the family was opposed to Grandfather.
 
My mother was a Ewing. They were English (probably Scotch-Irish)), settled first in Virginia, then went to Middle Tennessee. Her father was a first cousin to Finis Ewing, the founder of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mother had four half-brothers-John, Reuben, James and William Ewing, and one own brother, Alfred Ewing. They fought through the war of 1812. Reuben once ran for Governor of Illinois, but was beaten. James died at the Alamo, in Texas, with Crockett. Uncle William Ewing died in Arkansas, near Curtis.
 
Alfre Ewing died near Elm, Arkansa. My Mother lived to be very old. She only lacked from 5th of March to the 10th of May of being 96 years old. (Born May 10, 1806). Died March 5, 11902. She was buried at Dallas, Polk County, Arkansas.
 
I will state here that brother Alfred was on of the most moral boys I ever saw in my life. His great aim was to do right and learn all he could. He got every book on history he could and idled no time away. A many a load of pine knots have I helped to carry up for him to study by while the rest of us were romping around fooling off our time. I have often wished I was a sgood a man as he and had the same control over my temper and had that forgiving spirit.
 
I will give a brief sketch of my up ans downs-- and down a heap oftener than up. I ran away from home, came to Texas in 1851, when I was only 16 years old, stayed one year, then went home-Point Cedar, Ark., then came back to Texas, stayed three years. Went into Ranger Service. Went on to the frontier and was in company with the wildest men in the Nation. When mustered out I traveled with Gen. Sam Houston when he ran for Governor of Texas in 1857. While in the United States Senate he had voted against the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. He said this was the best vote he ever cast in his life, for the repeal of it made war inevitable between the states at no distant day, and he would go on and tell us what would be the final issue of the war. The South would be subjugated and the Negroes would be free. I heard him make seven speeches, and as I regaed him as the smartest man I ever had seen, when Secession came up I did evrything I could against it. I tell this to show why I opposed the war.
 
I have been married three times. I first married Miss Jane Box. We had two children. One died in infancy. The girl lived to be grown and married a man by the name of Swanner. They have four boys living, all born in Texas. Two are farming, one in the cattle business in Arizona. Two are unmarried.
 
I next Married Mrs. Mary Dedwiley. No children by her. She only lived seven months--got a fall from a horse that caused her death. She was buried in St. John's Cemetery in Little Rock, Arkansas.
 
I next married Miss Ann Campnell in Pike County, Arkansas. We had seven children living to be grwon. The oldest is Joseph Wilson Jones, born in Pike County, Arkansas, Dec. 23, 1866. The next a girl born in Pike Copunty, Ark.m Jan. 15, 1868. Malinda was born Oct. 30, 1870 in Texas. Jolly was born in July 1874. Josie was born in Texas, Sept. 9, 1876. Angeline was born in Texas, August 19, 1879. Wilson never married. He lives near Goliad, Texas. Owns a farm. Elida Ledufan married R. M. Parrish. They have nine children, six boys and three girls all grown but one. Oldest boy, 30 years old, is a farmer, owns a good farm. Next, a girl, married a man by the name of Garrett. They own a farm. A girl named Atoka lives in Florida. Chester and Omer are farmers, owns good farms. Otto, Joe and Creed are school boys. The youngest is a girl named Berlin, 12 yrears old. All were born in Texas.
 
Mainda married J.C. Garrett. They have five childre, two boys and three girls. James, 30, and WAl;ter, 28 are farmers in New Mexico. Annie, 33, married a man named Stephens. Maimie married a man named Martem, a farmer. Lila is teaching school, owns land in New Mexico. Jolly has three girls and a boy, Henry Jones. He lives in Calahan County, opwns a farm. The three girls live here -(Cone, Tex._ Angeline had two boys and one girl. James Alonzo Campbell, 25 served with the Military two years. One year in France. He now owns a farm near Carlsbad New Meico. He married Mittie Smith last June. Samuel Augustus Campbell is a bookkeeper in Duncan, Olka. Madccan is attending the Christian University at Enid, Okla.
 
This leaves me in tolerable health. I m expecting to go to Goliad in October. So with best regards, I wil close.
 
(Signed) J. N. Jones
  
P.S.
 
At the proper place I forgot to tell about my Grandfather's (Andrew Jones) brothers. He had two brothers, John & Jolly. John never married. (This is probably the John Jones who died near Smithland, KY. in 1811 (J.G.G.) Jolly went with Grandfather to Alabama and stayed there. He represented his country in the Legislature. He held some office all his life. As for my brothers and sisters, they areknown to you people there better than to me. I wrote a sketch of my life and my war record but have never had it published.
 
With my best compiments to all ,
 I will close,
 
J. N. Jones
 
Comment: It had been supposed that the original John Jones died in KY in 1811. From this letter it would appear this was the son of the first John Jones. Daniel Boon's family came to KY. in 1775 and again in 1780/ Jones probably came on the first trip. J. G. G.
 
NOTE: apparently this was a type written version of the letter and was typed by
 
J. G. Gubage 508 E. Park Place Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (grandson of Robert Jones)

Dillard & Ewing Family Diagram

 There are so many connections between these two families. I began to diagram these connections. I am not positive about all of the Dillards listed above Ladovsey....but research done from others seems to make this very plausible. 

I am also finding the WRIGHT family name mingled in...here and there -- as well as the SPROUL SPROWL FAMILY.

Dillard & Ewing Family connections

 

Contacting Wallace Kelley Ewing

My 2012 Contact with wally1932
Finding his research on Ancestry was tricky.
PLEASE READ MY NOTE AT BOTTOM OF PAGE
 
Wallace K. Ewing
The man who has done so much research for the Ewing Family.
 
Dec 13 2012 sent 1:52  read 1:52 pm
Good morning! You have clearly done much research on the Ewing family. We connect at James Ewing 1721-1891 and Sarah Edwards. If I can be of help on my branch, let me know. I think your research is some that I found online several years ago...and it helped substantiate my line. This is my dad's mother's line. I was not as close to that side of the family, but I think I've done some accurate research. It's always hard to know for sure.
 
His response 2:29 pm
Thanks for your note. Yes, the research goes on, sometimes fruitfully, sometimes not. James's marriage to Sarah Edwards and the existence of a second family was once convincing but is now suspect. There simply isn't enough supporting evidence, and I recently removed the entry from my family tree. Sadly, once an item is posted to the Internet, it seems to live forever. Perhaps you have found some evidence that adds credence to the possibility of James's second family. If so, I hope you will share it. Wally
 
My response 3:04   read at 3:04
Oh no! That is not good news. So...you are saying that the evidence for Sarah Mayes is not there? Hopefully, I'm still good on the Sarah Edwards connection. I try hard to avoid what other people have on Ancestry....some of it is jumbled. But I have followed you on other forums and the research always made sense to me. Yes, it is too bad that once info is on the internet that you can't wipe the slate clean. After you wrote, I was trying to find your Ewing tree to see what alterations you made...no success finding you. Nancy
 
His response 3:55 pm
The argument for James's second family came from correspondence from the 1820s. Anne Toohey wrote a convincing summary of the evidence for a second family in an article dated April 11, 1996(The copy I have is labeled "Draft.") It is titled "James Ewing, Pioneer," which, curiously, is the same title my sister gave to her extensive genealogy written in the mid-1980s. Do you have that article? I imagine there was a James Ewing who married Sarah Edwards, but apparently he was not my family's James Ewing. The fun continues. Wally
 
My response  6:14 pm  read at 6:14 pm
First, I stand in admiration of all those who have done such extensive research. Secondly, you have me scrambling to find my sources this morning. One of my first sources may have been you with a Wally Ewing on Ancestry in April 2002. I put it away for several years. Then I discovered an ahnentafel by a jimmy ewing. To substantiate, I found ewingfamilyassoc with articles by David Benbow. Started seeing the name of Elizabeth Ewing Jamison "Aunt Sallie" and finally landed in a book, I think by S.S. Jamison, chapter XI John Ewing of Carnashanaugh. I could see the confusion with James Ewing of Pocahontas. I felt fairly confident in my research. Right before I ended, I found "Early Ewings of Augusta" where they credited a Dr. Wallace Ewing (which I think may be you) with Ewings: One American Family. I do see up above that a…Nancy Hank Ewing's name with James Ewing-Pioneer. Where should I go to see your "Draft"?
 
December 14, 2012
His response  1:47 pm
You are right on all counts. Nancy Hank Ewing is my sister. She died about 15 years ago with her work unfinished, but her extensive genealogy was close to done, and others wrapped it up for her. As for the Anne Toohey article, I don't know how you would find it. My copy has Library of Congress on the title page. You might try to google it and see if anything comes up. I will be out of town for the next two weeks, but if needed, I could copy the article and mail it to you in January. Are you a member of the Ewing Family Association? If so, you will see that the EFA Journal has been running a series of articles by me about my ancestors, back to James. Part IV will appear in the Feb. issue. I wish you continued good luck as you do more research.
 
My response 3:59 pm   read 3:59 pm
I KNEW it!!! I'm so pleased and honored to make a connection with you. And thank you generously for taking time to respond to me. I DID find the awesome website that appears to be updated from when I last found it. It was so easy to find; I felt silly for asking you..but you headed me in the right direction. I saw your name as chancellor and board chair. I just knew that was you. What admirable work your sister did and that you are carrying on into the future! I appreciate that this research is open for others to see. I began researching in the 80's, at a time when we had to beat the streets, write letters and pay visits to relatives. (I kind of miss that.) But computers are such a wonderful convenience. However, I feel it can be very confusing, especially for those of us who are trying to be accurate. It becomes jumbled by those who leap frog...so to speak. I can't wait to re-read into this wonderful source. I, too, am going to suspend my research until after the holidays, but I will be back in touch with you. No, I am not a member of the Ewing fam assoc. Would love to know what this entails. I'll close now with best regards to you. Merry Christmas! I will be in touch after the first of the year. Thank you, Thank you for reaching out to me.
 
NOTE:
I was so awestruck that I never contacted him again, as I could add no more information to his research. HOWEVER, today 16 Jan 2024, as I prepare more information for my cousin, Patricia Emmons Whitworth, I went WAY back to my correspondence with wally1932 on Ancestry and I found his skeleton tree. It was in the margin of his correspondence. He downloaded a backup tree on Family Tree Maker. He had 3 downloads. I found the one with the most people, and lo and behold, Wallace Ewing has added my whole branch to this tree… all the way down to Daddy, Truman Bryan Quillin, Sr. I’m amazed and HONORED!

Most Trusted Ewing Source

Wallace Kelly Ewing - Credentials

 

I have followed Wallace “Wally” for a long time. I trust the research he has done because of his credentials and his research in conjunction with others. He has written published books. I refer to him as Wally because that is his incognito signature on Ancestry.

 

Personal story: After years of following his research, I found him on Ancestry. I couldn’t believe that he had a tree. His tree offers very little information. One would not know how knowledgeable he is in family history. SO….I messaged him on Ancestry, and lo and behold, he rapidly answered. (See my copy of the correspondence on My 2012 Contact with wally1932.)

 https://www.genealogycenter.info/search_ewingoneamerican.php

Wallace wrote a complete history of his life on the above website.
 
Wallace K. Ewing, Ph.D. served on the Board of Directors of the Ewing Family Association 2016. He was a former Chancellor and Board Chair 2012.
 
Wallace K. 'Wally' Ewing pre-college education was in schools in Grand Haven and Chicago. He attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison and received his bachelor and master degrees from Michigan State University in 1962 and 1964. He completed his doctoral studies in English at the University of Illinois in Champaign in 1971. He has taught at Michigan State University, Iowa State University and the University of Illinois. He was a Fulbright Lecturer in Tehran, Iran; he worked for the Peace Corps in Sierra Leone, West Africa; and he supervised English teachers in Puerto Rican public schools. Wally was Dean of the College at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire. It was upon completion of his work there that he returned to his hometown for good.
 
Upon retirement from the Red Cross in 1995, Wally worked as Curator of Education at the Tri-Cities Historical Museum for two years and subsequently became a volunteer for the Museum. In recognition of his work, the Museum twice named Wally 'Historian of the Year'.
 
In August, 2006, Wally married Betty Jane Pickel Livingston, and, after a two-week honeymoon in England, the newly-married couple flew to Dalian, China, where Wally taught English writing and literature to Juniors at Dongbei University of Finance and Economics.
 
Wally and Jane returned to Grand Haven, where Wally continues to research and write about local history and family genealogy. He has co-authored several books and articles on local history, including Grand Haven Then and Now, released in late 2009, and “Poet in Repose,” an article about the dozen or so summers that the poet Edgar Lee Masters spent in the Grand Haven area. He has also published Our People, Their Stories, bios of local people; Covenant Life Church 1988-2013, a 25-year history; and Substance and Light, 75 Years of the West Michigan Symphony. In 2011, Wally published three more books: Ace in Spoken English, a text book for Chinese university students learning English; Slaves Soldiers Citizens, African Americans in Northwest Ottawa County; and From Home to Trench, the Civil War Letters of Mack and Nan Ewing.

So Much Fun Reuniting With My Cousin

 To celebrate my cousin’s birthday, her daughters decided to bring her to Austin to visit with Derek and me. I knew beforehand, as it was supposed to be a secret, so I prepared a complete Ewing family history book. It was a very meaningful reunion with a cousin that I had grown up with, and at times she was more like a sister. Two of Patricia’s 3 daughters were able to make the trip. 

Pictured above: Nancy Quillin Long, Tracey Herwig, Patricia Emmons Whitworth, Melanie Harkey 

Sharing the Ewing Family History Book

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.
 

S.S. Jamison's Infamous Letters

Forever, I have followed information that was gleaned from the letters that Robert Ewing born 1790 had written to Sarah Sally Jamison (born 1792) about her grandmother, Margaret McMichael Ewing born 1723. With information from someone that far back, it had to be fairly accurate. Then I ran into problems because I realized there was another S.S. Jamison in Burnet Texas. Turns out, it was a respected man of the community named Samuel Sumner Jamison born 1827. He was from the same Elizabeth Ewing, just a different generation later. But I FINALLY figured it out!

Substantiating My Research—S.S. Jamison
 
For some time, I have wondered/doubted the source of S.S. Jamison in BURNET, TEXAS. The dates never matched up. I could go no further in my research until I solved this problem. Previous research was always attributed to information from S.S. Jamison, the Sarah Sally who had received letters from Robert Ewing who had written down all of the family history given to him by Margaret McMichael Ewing just a year before she died. Margaret was the wife of Samuel, son of John Ewing of Carnshanaugh 1648.
 
So how could this be the S.S. Jamison of Burnet, Texas…. see quote below taken from the Story of Clan Ewing on the Ewing Family Association website:
 As was mentioned in Chapter II, the History of Cecil Co., Maryland Ewing family had been given to Col. Wm. A. Ewing of Chicago IL in 1846 by Nathaniel Ewing born 1772, a grandson of the Cecil Co., Md. family. Col. Wm. A. Ewing was also given material on John Ewing by S.S. Jamieson of Burnet, Texas. It was published in Pioneers of Washington Co., Ky. and it matches word for word the information I will quote presently.”
  
S.S.Jamison of Burnet > John Jamison > Elizabeth Ewing > Samuel Ewing > John Ewing 1648
S.S. Jamison (Sarah Sally) 1792 > Elizabeth > Samuel Ewing > John Ewing 1648
Our James Ewing Jr 1758 > Our James (Pocahontas) 1721 > John Ewing 1648
  
Further down there are references given to other cousins in Texas. I do not have a clue who they are as of today.
 
Sometime before May 13,1983, Ono Ruth Klemann of Temple, TX sent me a copy of a letter she had received from Euline Benbow of El Camino Courts, 2102 Highway 21 East, Bryan, TX 77801. All attempts to contact Ms.Benbow have failed. Ms. Benbow's note read:
“I took this from an old letter I found in a trunk that I was blessed to receive. The letters are all 75 to 100 years old. Really thought you might enjoy this and tie some of it in with yours. If so, let me know.”

Ladovsey Ewing's Death

 When James Ewing, Jr.'s (1758 - 1810) wife Ladovsey Dillard Ewing (1785-1821) died, there were minor children left that became orphans. These are the Court documents that were filed in order to take care of these young children. 

This information was Recorded by wmjg3 on ANCESTRY   8 March 2011

It substantiates Ladovsey's death and the death of their daughter Nancy.

Tennessee Court Minutes 1820-1822
Tennessee Court Minutes 1824-1831
Guardianship of Alfred, Sally and Malinda Ewing
Evidence of Deaths of
Nancy and Ladovesy Ewing
  
Source:  Smith Co., TN Court Minutes 1820-1822, p.164, 493
 
1821, 18 Feb: William PETTY appointed guardian to Alfred, Sally and Malinda EWING and together with Simon P. HUGHES and William DILLARD, his securities, entered into bond in the sum of $1200, Smith Co., TN.
 
1821, 11 Dec: James RAULSTON appointed guardian to Alfred, Sally and Malinda EWING and together with William JARED and John BALLARD his securities entered into bond in the sum of $1200, Smith Co., TN. The court ordered that the bond executed by William PETTY to said orphans be void and that he be discharged from further accountability as their guardian.
 
 
Source:  Smith County, Tennessee Court Minutes 1824-1831, p.397
 
1825, 29 Aug: David DOUGLAS appointed guardian to Alfred, Sarah and Malinda EWING, who came into court and together with William PETTY and John B. HUGHES entered into Bond.
 
Notes:
 
1.  Nancy Ewing:  Since Nancy was mentioned in her father’s will dated 1810 and was the youngest child, and she is not mentioned in the guardianship papers the assumption is that she must have died before Feb 1821.
 
2.  Ladovesy Ewing:  Guardianship of her minor children would indicate that Ladovesy died prior to 18 Feb 1821, so presumptive date of death would be Feb, 1821.
 
3.  The guardianship of the three youngest surviving children of James Ewing might indicate that William P. Ewing, their older brother had not yet married by 1825.   James and John Ewing were probably in Illinois by now with their own families as evidenced by 1820 census data and Illinois marriage records.
 
Excellent find on Ancestry. This was a tree done by ….wmjg3…..with thorough research and documentation. I have not seen these court minutes.

James Ewing Jr 1758 - 1810 Will Transcription

Will of James Ewing

  Transcription of Will     wmjg2 posted on Ancestry 2011

 Smith Co., TN Deed Bk K, p.391-392. Will attached to deed of John Conger to Alfred Ewing, 22 Sep 1810, proved Dec 1810.

1810, 22 Sep: James EWING of Smith Co., TN made his will. Called himself sick and weak of body. Gave to my wife Ladovesy EWING during her chaste widowhood to me, the plantation I now live on and after her widowhood ceases if the children are not of age, my wish and desire is that my Executors shall rent out the farm for the support of Reuben EWING, William EWING, Alfred EWING, Salley EWING, Malinda EWING and Nancy EWING, and when they come of age the land to be sold and equally divided between James EWING, Reuben EWING, William EWING, Alfred EWING, Salley EWING, Malinda EWING and Nancy EWING to them and their heirs forever. My wish and desire is that my Executors shall rent out my plantation where William SEXTON lives and the profits arriving for the support of Reuben EWING, William EWING, Alfred EWING, Salley, Melinda and Nancy EWING and when they come of age, my desire is that the plantation be sold and equally divided between James EWING, Reuben EWING, William EWING, Alfred EWING, Salley EWING, Melinda EWING and Nancy EWING to them and their heirs forever. My wish and desire is that my negro woman, Milley, shall continue a servant of my wife as long as she keeps my young children and treats them well, Reuben EWING, William EWING, Alfred EWING, Sally EWING, Melinda EWING and Nancy EWING and when they get able to maintain themselves, my wish is for the negro woman and increase to be sold to the highest bidder and the profit divided between all of my children herein named to them and their heirs forever. My wish is for all my stock of horses, cows, hogs and my shop tools, household and kitchen furniture, farming utensils to be sold and the profit arising to pay my just debts and legacies given away after this clause of this my wish and the balance if any to be divided equally between all of my children to them and their heirs forever. I give my son John EWING one dollar to him and his heirs forever. I give my daughter Ruthy CELLARS one dollar to her and her heirs forever. I give my daughter Edy EWING ten dollars to her and her heirs forever. My wish and desire is that my executors shall use the profits arising from my lands to support my younger children and give them a liberal education such as this income will admit of Reuben, William, Alfred, Sally, Melinda and Nancy. Appointed John LANCASTER and Thomas S. GREEN executors. Signed James EWING. Wits. Henry DICKENS, Jr., Lyddia DICKENS, James E. SEXTON.

1810, Dec: Will proved, Smith Co., TN. Letters Testamentary granted to John LANCASTER, Thomas S. GREEN the other executor therein named refusing to qualify.

James Ewing, Jr 1758 -1810 Written Will

Will Page 1

 

Will Page 2

Will Page 3

James Ewing, Jr 1758-1810 Will Cover

 

James Ewing, Jr - Probate

 James Ewing – 1758-1810

Tennessee, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008

Will Records, Vol 1-3, 7-8, 1803-1896, page 5

Probate Date: Dec 1810

Probate Place : Smith, Tennessee, USA

Inferred Death Year   1810

Individuals Listed       13

4th Entry from Top

James Ewing, Jr's Estate is settled

 Our 4th great grandfather's estate was settled by his oldest son John Ewing, who was a son by his first unknown wife. Many clues about this family can be found in the research done by John Ewing's (b.1785) family. See the following and the source at the bottom.

History of Logan County ILL Vol 1 Chapter VI Early settlement

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

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.
 

My 4th Great Grandfather - James Ewing, Jr. (1758)

 James Ewing, Jr was born in 1758 and died in 1810. He and his second wife, Ladovsey Dillard, were the parents of my 3rd great grandfather, William P Ewing. 

James Ewing, Jr. 1758 and his first wife, name unknown.

Son John Buys William P Ewing's Casket

 

William P Ewing -Adminstrator's Oath

 Posted on Ancestry 2011 by wmjg3 

Administrator's Oath of John Ewing (William P Ewing's son).  John served as administrator of the estate.  Documents provides a list of William P. Ewing's children.  William P died during the Civil War (1864) and when John Ewing returned home he had to pay back taxes on real estate and put the estate in order. 

William P Ewing Probate Record

 William P Ewing died in 1864, but because of the Civil War, his son John, was not able to settle his estate until 1867. It is fascinating to see these old documents.

Arkansas, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1818-1998
 
Name              William P Ewing
Probate Date   22 Jan 1867
Probate Place  Clark, Arkansas, USA
Inferred Death Year    [1864]
Inferred Death Place   Arkansas, USA
Item Description         Letters of Administration, Vol A-B, 1827-1883
Accessed on Ancestry.com 2015
Filmstrip image #276

William & Sarah Ewing's Marriage Record

 Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965

 
Name                          William D. Ewing
(I corrected this on Ancestry to William “P”)
Gender                        Male
Marriage Date             12 Apr 1820
Marriage Place            Logan, Kentucky, USA
Spouse                         Sarah Punteny
Film Number               002134965

William P Ewing

 The father of James H Ewing was 

WILLIAM P EWING

Someone dubbed him as “A Man on the Move.” They created a map and wrote a wonderful description. They claim that he was born in Virginia…. but William always gave his birthplace as Kentucky on the census.
 
My research has shown that our Ewings landed in Virginia, settled in Pennsylvania, and eventually moved to Tennessee. Our William P gave his birthplace as Kentucky where he married his wife. They followed his brothers to Illinois, moved to Missouri and settled in Arkansas. Most of our Ewings from then on hailed from Arkansas.

 William P. Ewing - A Man on the Move
Added by dlm1944 on 14 Jul 2007     I found on ancestry Jan 2015

The surname Ewing is Scottish. It is derived from the Gaelic personal name "Eo'gann" which means "well born" or "kind natured". The Ewing family was well established in Scotland before the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 AD. Records indicate that a John, Robert, and Elizabeth "Ewens" settled in Virginia as early as 1623.

The ancestors of the Ewing Family descendants who arrived in Clark County Arkansas in the early to mid 1800's immigrated to America in the early 1700's. Their ancestors were originally from Scotland and then moved to Ireland in the mid 1600 's. After their arrival in America, records indicate our Ewing family ancestors migrated from northern Virginia, through southwest Virginia into eastern Tennessee, to northern Kentucky, to central Illinois, to southern Missouri, and finally to western Arkansas.

William P. Ewing was the son of James Ewing who was born in Virginia and later lived in Kentucky where William P. was born about 1802. William P Ewing married Sarah (Pentenny?) about 1828 near her home in eastern Tennessee. After their first child was born, William P. and Sarah moved to the central part of Illinois near the Springfield area. W. P. and two of his older brothers lived in the area of Sangamon, Tazewell, Logan and Moultrie Counties. According to Illinois land records, William P. purchased 160 acres in Moultrie County, IL in 1836 at a price of $1.25 per acre. There were a number of land purchases by his brothers, as well. His two brothers, John and Reuben B. Ewing continued to live in central Illinois until their death.

Why William P. Ewing moved his family westward in the late 1830's is not known. The 1840 Federal Census records him and his family living in Ripley County Missouri which was a known hangout for thieves and outlaws and a no man’s land during the Civil War. The county was located on the historic Natchitoches Trail which was a route from Illinois to the southwest and into Arkansas.....in Arkansas, it was known as the "Old Military Road". Ironically, it is this road that traverses Arkansas from the northeast to the southwest part of the state near where he and his family settled in Clark County around 1843-44. His son, William N. Ewing was the first child born in Arkansas (1844) after their arrival.

William P. and his wife, Sarah had eleven children.....four girls and seven boys. One was born in eastern TN, three were born in central IL, three in southern MO, and four in Arkansas.

William P. Ewing died about 1864 in Clark County Arkansas. His burial place is not known at this time.