John Ewing - Brother to William P Ewing

 Montgomery County (AR): Our Heritage: Quartz Crystal Capital of the World

Montomery County Historical Society; 1 Jan 1986, 670 pages. Vol 1, compiled and edited by the Sesquicentennial Committee, contains the county, school and church histories and numerous family histories. This book contains the information about John and Martha (Hines) Ewing. John was a younger brother to our James H Ewing. It substantiates their lineage. Pages 67-68 were devoted to their family.

                                 JOHN EWING written by Linda Warner
"My great-great-great-grandfather John Ewing and his wife Martha Hines Ewing moved to Arkansas before the Civil War and eventually settled in the southeastern part of Montgomery County. They purchased eighty acres of land and established their farm home.
            John Ewing, born February 22, 1840, was the son of William P. and Sarah Ewing. William P. Ewing, born in 1802, in Kentucky, and other relatives had settled in Arkansas, especially in Clark County. The known brothers and sisters of John Ewing were James H., Adeline, who later married Alexander Maynard, Henderson, Alfred, Reuben, William N., Joseph R., Emelizer S., who married Jeff Stafford, and Malinda, who married William F. Keith. John Ewing and his brother William N. Ewing fought in the civil War, serving in the Confederate Army. John brought home a cannon mini ball from one of the battles in which he participated. For many years, this Civil War souvenir was used as a door stop and then passed down to the next generation of relatives.
            Children of John Ewing and his wife Martha (1844) were Laura, who married Richard Monroe Coker on 2 March 1877 in Montgomery County; Mary, married her cousin James Ewing, Albert, who died young, John Henry, my great-grandfather, Joseph A., Edward C., and Sarah.
            A few weeks after the birth of her last child, Martha Hines Ewing died in 1880. She is buried in Mount Tabor Cemetery near her husband. On September 13, 1884, John Ewing wrote his last will and testament and by November, he, also, had died, leaving several small children. John Ewing was buried on his farm that he willed to his children for their support.
            The Montgomery County courts appointed Laura Ewing’s husband, Richard Monroe Coker, guardian of the miner heirs of John Ewing. Laura was the eldest child of John and Martha Ewing. Mr. and Mrs. Coker were residents of Montgomery County and the parents of two children: James Allen, born 29 Jun 1880, and Susan Etta born 16 September 1882. They continued living on the John Ewing property and the births of all their children were recorded in Miles Langley’s book.
Besides the first two children, they had the following: Martha Ann, Florence, Viola, Uretha Bell, John Henry, Pittman Monroe, Rod Arthur, and Claude Nathaniel.
            All of the heirs of John Ewing eventually left Montgomery County and settled in Texas, where they became farmers, ranchers, schoolteachers, and Baptist preachers. The R.M. Coker family later moved to Texas, also. These families left numerous descendants that became prominent citizens of Texas. In later years, some have moved back to Arkansas to make their homes."

 

 

 

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.

Sources for James Henry Ewing

 Sources: James Henry Ewing

 
1830 United States Federal Census. “William Ewing,” Edwards, Illinois; Series: M19; Roll: 25; Page: 38; Family History Library Film: 0007650. [Online: Ancestry.com 2010]
 
1840 United States Federal Census. “William P Ewing,” Ripley, Missouri; Roll: 229; Page: 336; Family History Library Film: 0014857 [Online: Ancestry.com 2010]
 
1850 United States Federal Census, “James H Ewing,” Cedar, Clark, Arkansas; Roll: M432_25; Page: 196B; Image: . [Online: Ancestry.com 2009]
 
1870 United States Federal Census. “James Ewing,” Cedar, Clark, Arkansas; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .[Online: Ancestry.com 2009]
 
1880 United States Federal Census. “James H. Ewing,” Mazarne, Montgomery, Arkansas; Roll: 52; Family History Film: 1254052; Page: 391B; Enumeration District: 111; Image: 0084. [Online: Ancestry.com 2010]
 
Arkansas Marriages to 1850. “Malinda Dillard & James H Ewin,” Dodd, Jordan R, et. al.. Early American Marriages: Arkansas to 1850. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers [Online: Ancestry.com 1997]

James H Ewing

 The father of Frederick Short Ewing was James H Ewiing.

History Sheet – James H Ewing

 

Researching this era becomes dicey. The census sheets do not list the names of members in the household. It only gives the number of members in age categories. I believe that James’s father, William P Ewing, moved around a lot which also compounds the research as they are found in different states. With that said, I believe that I have found them in conjunction with another Ancestry member who wrote a short summary of William P Ewing’s whereabouts.

 

James H Ewing was born in 1829. He states in the 1850 census that he was born in Tennessee. When he was 1 year old, his parents, William P Ewing and Sarah, moved to Illinois along with two of William’s brothers. This was their home only for a short while, as they are found in Ripley County, Missouri in 1840. James would have been 11 years old.

 

James married Malinda Dillard on 18 Dec 1849 in Cold Bath, Clark County, Arkansas, where they took up residence in Cedar, Clark County AR near her family.  Malinda was 15 years old when they married, and it appears that she died around the age of 46. James and Malinda are found in the 1850 census. I cannot find them in the 1860 census, but they are found still in Cedar, Clark County in 1870 with my great grandfather, Frederick Short Ewing. The problem with this census is her name is listed as “Mary”.  They had their last child, Louisa, in 1872. Malinda died before the 1880 census. I wonder if it was in childbirth…just speculation.

 

James is found as a widower in Mazarne, Montgomery, Arkansas. Living with him are John F. Ewing 15, Fredrick S. Ewing 11, Louisa L. Ewing 8.

I have no record of his death.

 

ADDENDUM

I do not have much information on this James, but I am confident in my research of him. As I peruse my old notes, I see that the information leads me back to the older Ewing brothers that immigrated from Ireland. There is much to sort out about these brothers. They are documented but I find conflicting information about who’s who and their fathers. With that said, they are all connected in some way, and they all immigrated together.

 

I’m hoping that when I continue my research on the Dillard family that I may be able to find more about James H Ewing. I found evidence of him in the Ewing Clan research connected to the Dillard family which suggests that I am on the right path. I have seen him referenced as James Henry and James Hayward. If it is either, my belief is that it would be James Henry. My research of him may later reveal that this couple lived more closely with the Dillard family than the Ewing family. If that is the case, then I may learn more about our James H Ewing.

 

There has been much research done on his younger brothers, John William Ewing 1840 and William N Ewing 1844. James was 11-12 years old than them so this places him in a completely different decade/generation. As if I flesh out their information, more will be revealed about their family history, which hopefully will give more answers about our James.

 

Once again, I am confident this morning, as I came across an invitation sent to me in April 2002 from Wallace Ewing to join the Ewing Family Website complete with a user name and password. Unfortunately, I never followed up with that. It is no longer an active link. Probably what happened is that it was swallowed up by the giant ANCESTRY.COM.  They have done that with many of my valued prior links.

My Ewing Sources

 EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER OF MY FAMILY TREE   

As I add a family member to the tree, I try to find a source. My tree on Ancestry is large because I have added children and their spouses. Most of the time, I have listed each of the children’s family. For each person added, I feel fairly certain that it came from a ‘found’ source.

http://www.ewingfamilyassociation.org/documents/Ewing_James/james_ewing_pioneer_toohey.pdf

By Anne Toohey, Library of Congress, 11 April 1996

VERY important documentation of the early 1800 letters - her research caused Wallace Ewing to take off the last name of Sarah Edwards as the wife of Jame (Pocahontas) Ewing 1721-1801.

The Ewings of Frederick Co. VA By Evelyn Jones Ewing and James Earl Ewing, Jr. Copyright 1986

Follows the line of John of Carnshanaugh (1648-1745) and his second wife Jennet McElvaney through his son William (1711-1781) through his son Robert (1761-1826). Robert was part of the correspondence of letters in the early 1800s. This William would have been a brother to my James (Pocahontas) Ewing Sr. (1721-1801).

They site sources including The History of Epler Oldwiller, Huckleberry, Carr, and Ewing Families. These were all tied to S.S.Jameson of Burnet Texas 1895. This family history ties directly to my line. They record information from the Burt Book, found in the Magee Library, Londonderry. The Burt Book has records kept by Rev. A Ferguson, minister of the Presbyterian Congregation at Burt, County Donegal from 1685-1718.  This book shows our lineage all the way to Elizabeth Ewing b. 1755 who married Samuel James Jameson, who is their grandson of Burnet, Texas. He supplied all the information.  

 Ewing Family Journal, Vol 18 No.2 (May 2012) Douglas Rohde found a Confession of Faith Book printed in 1700. This was passed down through Margaret Ewing (1750-1815) who married her cousin Robert. Robert was part of the correspondence mentioned above. This Confession of Faith Book listed many birth, death, marriage dates. This book was brought to America in c.1729 by John of Carnshanaugh. Douglas Rohde would be Margaret’s great-grandson.

 John Ewing (1648-1745) of Carnashannagh Developed by James R. McMichael

http://www.ewingfamilyassociation.org/genealogy-and-history/ewing-genealogy-documentation/john-ewing-1648-1745-of-carnashannagh

 http://www.ewingfamilyassociation.org/books/EwingInEarlyAmerica/Fife_Ch11.pdf 

 This gives all of the documentation of this family as pulled together by the professionals, as best as they could.

Chapter XI in John Ewing (1648-1745) Of Carnshanaugh p 54-86

https://www.genealogycenter.info/viewpage_ewingoneamerican.php?realpage=5&display=eoa

One American Family – Pocahontas James by Wallace K. Ewing Ph.D.

I have followed “Wally” since I began the research. There would be nothing more that I could add about the Ewing Family, except to document my line from F.S. Ewing (1869-1962) to James H (Henry?) Ewing b. 1829 to William P Ewing (1804-1864). All sources after that have my line connected to William P Ewing,

http://www.ewingfamilyassociation.org/documents/Sproul/Sproul_Part_2.html

The Early Ewing Families of Augusta County, Virginia: Parts II to IV

By William W. Sproul, III 
 http://o.pcahs.org/pcaolr/database/acdpcd-p/p981.htm#i75590 

Website through Pike County Arkansas Archives and History Society gives connections all the way to F.S. Ewing.  I’m not sure how to access their sources. Has my William P Ewing (1804-1864) as the son of James (1758-1810) and unknown mother. Wallace K Ewing placed William P as the son of James and Ladovsey Dilliard. Because Wallace “Wally” and the Ewing Family Assoc have documented and written out so much history, I have used his information as my “Bible” for this family.

http://www.sproulfamily.net/jemc.pdf

By William Sproul Found in the Ewing Family Journal Vol. 15 No.2 May 2009, 14 pages. This includes a lot of Ewing history. Interesting that my great-grandfather married a Sproul but I have never been able to find documentation on her or her Sproul family.

 

 

Researching My Quillin/Ewing Line

 My daddy was Truman Bryan Quillin, Sr.

 Surnames involved: Quillin, Ewing, Sprowls, Wright, Woodall, Elliot, Adams

 Researching Daddy’s lineage has been fraught with complications. I have not had the same support system to develop these lines. There were no older relatives that were able to give me the much needed past history, and it seems that the gaps are created by not knowing the small tidbits that could open a door for me. Daddy helped me immensely by taking me around the countryside to see all the old places. He carried me to cemeteries and took me to courthouses, but there were no older relatives to visit….except for one. B.M. “Buster” Quillin. See my information about him.

The Quillin Line

Daddy did contact “J.B” James Beverly Quillin (1917-2004) because he recalled that J.B. had a family history book. J.B. was the son of Horace Cleveland Quillin, brother to our Paul Bryan Quillin.  J.B. informed Daddy that indeed he did indeed have a book that could help me with the Quillin history, and he generously offered to send the book by mail. However, J.B. did want the book back. I hit the jackpot with that book and it became my “bible” for the Quillin history. I refuse to stray from the information given in the book. Daddy, of course, could always track down anything. He found a place where he could order the book, so he promptly made an order, and I still have it in my possession. We lucked out as that was truly the last time it was produced in bulk by the Quillin family. It is now online, I believe, but that is nothing like having the book in hand. CAUTION: be careful of family heritage books that are no more than something like a telephone book, just names listed. That was common back then. It was incredible to receive this information in the winter prior to our summer visit to Ireland. I had no idea that we had such roots to that part of the world through the MacQuillin clan. There is much more about that in my Quillin history.

The Sprowls Line

Besides seeing the gravestone of Polly Ann Sprouls who was buried with Beverly Johnson Quillin, I had no clue about her until Buster filled in a few tips. These tips have not produced much in the way of tracking down this family. Sprowls had many spellings, just as Quillin does. That doesn’t mean it isn’t accepted; however there just hasn’t been enough for me to fill in this line. I feel that the Sproul/Sprowls (or however it is spelled for us) line was interconnected a LONG time ago with the Ewing line, but I can not make my immediate connection, therefore always falling short.

The Wright Line

Buster always said that Polly’s mother came to live with them for a while. He identified Polly’s mother as Milly Wright. Milly would have married a Sprowls. I have only found one single source that could confirm that, but it was not enough to carry me onto the next level. Milly could be a nickname. There were some Sprowls that lived in Seymour, probably Polly’s brother James. There obviously has been no one in that family that was interested in family history. My theory is that somewhere along the way, a male Sprowls family member fell out of favor and was disconnected from family. This could make researching this man difficult.

 The Ewing/Dillard Lines

The Ewing line has fallen into place because there have been some “big guns” doing research for the Ewing Family Association. These men and women have access to family notes from the early 1800s, journals, Bibles and support from Historical Societies, etc. They have done a tremendous job piecing it all together. There is not much more that I could add to the “way back” history. In the more current lines, I have spent hours substantiating the tidbits I have found. I never know if it is the correct direction. (Before 1850, censuses only list the numbers of people in the households. They are not listed by names. It becomes a guessing game.)  But I will say…looking back. I have done some good research, enough so that Wallace K Ewing has added my branch to his Ancestry tree all the way down to Daddy. That means something!

The Dillards…well, I found some credible information on the web by a man name Chris Kraft and others. They had built tremendous trees, not so much with sources, but these “world connect” trees have been taken down, I think by Ancestry. Ancestry has promised that these websites will return. It seems we live in a world where something that is good is always gobbled up by the greedy people who want to own it all. But in the meanwhile, it has disrupted my research. The Dillard line involved a marriage by a Ewing lady to the Dillard twins. When one twin died, she married the other. And I believe that there may be some double cousins. Interesting note: as I was putting this information together, I found amid the Ewing pages, some small print about Orrin Dillard. I’m anxious to go back to and review more closely. I also wondered why our William P Ewing was born in Kentucky. The notes mentioned above may show me why/how the Dillards or Ewings had land in Kentucky. I am hopeful with a new DNA connection to Patricia about the Ewing/Dillard connection.

 The Woodall/Adams/Elliot Lines

I have made an honest attempt several times in the past at these lines. It seems that there has been no real commitment by anyone to record their history, and unless I could go to the area and visit the archives, courthouse, etc., I may never be able to solve these lines. The trees I see are all jumbled with no sources or research. I have given up putting too much time or energy into these lines. I am hopeful about having Patricia’s DNA, as that may help unveil the mysteries. My initial attempts with this DNA, though, has be futile. It is disappointing to see trees all jumbled with no research done, nor sources given. Maybe in time, more will be revealed.

 

Back to the Ewing Research - A Cousin is Coming!

 On the regular feed of my blog, I had shifted to the Bridges family. Now after learning that a very special cousin is coming for a visit, I plan to suspend the Bridges and go back to the Ewing line.

My cousin has a birthday coming up in February, and her daughters are planning a surprise trip to see me. She is turning 77 and we haven't seen one another in years. I keep up with her on FB and on the phone, but it will be glorious to hug her and see her in person. I was very close to her family as I grew up. I'm ten years younger and she treated me more like a sister, and I often called her mother (my aunt Francelle) my 2nd mother. More about that later. 

But why the shift back to the Ewing line? I am building her a family history book with our common Ewing connection as a gift. She has done a DNA profile and has kindly offered me to be the manager of that profile. I'm hopeful for more discoveries in the future. Since I am deeply into those files, I might as well share it on the blog. It is a line that I have not done a book for, and this line goes WAY back. 

The Ewing Family Association has done excellent research and sourcing on all of the Ewing lines, but I have had to document my lineage up to the 1700s, which has taken much time and effort over the years. It has paid off as one of the best researchers picked up on my line, and I received great validation in that. I began to follow Wallace K Ewing P.H.D. (much more about him in the days to come) as he is from the same James Ewing, Jr. 1758 as my lineage. More about this wonderful man later in the blog.

Since I am building the book, I will add that information to my blog. So....let's get start....stay tuned.