John McKenzie

1786 - 1866  (79 years)

• Name	John McKenzie
  Birth	17 Oct 1786	Frederick County, Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Jun 1866	Ross County, Ohio
  Notes	The following information is from Bobbie McKenzie, December, 2013: We all appreciate sharing information we find, but I am not the source of all the information posted on the website. There are several researchers on John’s line in Christian Co whose names I supplied to Mike McKenzie. 1. There must be two Hares. Hare, Va. and Hare’s Valley. PA. It may have been so small it was never mapped. Elizabeth, dau of Daniel and Martha b. 6 May 1789( place is debatable, according to the memories of the contributors below.) Kentucky d. 12 April 1879 Ross Co Oh buried Plug Run The following list contains the names of early settlers in various localities in the county. The figures following the names respectively indicate the earliest year in which those persons are known to have resided in the county. Many of them may have settled still earlier. Dublin and Tell Townships: James COYLE, John APPLEBY, James NEELY, James MORTON, Samuel MORTON, and John STITT, 1778; Samuel FINLEY; George HUDSON, 1786. Cromwell Township: James, Gavin, George, Robert, and Thomas CLUGGAGE, 1766; Thomas CROMWELL, 1785. Shirley Township: James CARMICHAEL, 1762; James, Robert, and Patrick GALBRAITH, 1771; James FOLEY, 1772; Charles BOYLE, 1773; William MORRIS, Jacob HARE and Gideon MILLER, 1762. Brady Township: Peter VAN DEVANDER, 1775; David EATON, 1775; Joseph PRIDMORE, 1781; Caleb ARMITAGE. Henderson Township: John FEE, 1775; John DORLAND; Joseph NEARON, 1781; Daniel EVANS, 1778; Benjamin DRAKE, 1785. Huntingdon written by J Simpson AFRICA of Huntingdon, in Egle's 1876 "History of t Commonwealth of Pennsylvania"; a. portion of Bedford County was taken off to form ... Ohio Family Group Sheet for Jacob HARE Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Donna Barnes Clark Email address: wherearemyrelatives@earthlink.net Husband: Jacob HARE Birthdate: abt 1740 Birthplace: Germany Death date: abt 1820 Place of death: Ross County, Ohio Father: Mother: Marriage date: Marriage place: Wife: Christine EPHAU Birthdate: abt 1746 Birthplace: Germany Death date: abt 1823 Place of death: Ross County, Ohio Father: Mother: CHILDREN Child No. 1: Michael HARE Sex: M Birthdate: November 11, 1759 Birthplace: Hares ValleY, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania Death date: January 1837 Place of death: Highland County, Ohio Marriage date: June 5, 1781 Marriage place: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Spouse's name: Isabella ROE Child No. 2: Daniel HARE father of Elizabeth Hare McKenzie Sex: M Birthdate: March 5 1767 Birthplace: Hares ValleY, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania Death date: December 22, 1850 Place of death: Bourneville, Ross County, Ohio Marriage date: abt 1788 Marriage place: Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Spouse's name: Martha ARMITAGE Child No. 3: Mary HARE Sex: F Birthdate: May 15, 1787 Birthplace: Hares ValleY, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania Death date: June 16, 1845 Place of death: Ross County, Ohio Marriage date: Marriage place: Ross County, Ohio Spouse's name: Thomas EDMISTON Child No. 4: Jacob HARE` Sex: M Birthdate: August 21, 1768 Birthplace: Hares ValleY, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania Death date: April 8, 1862 Place of death: Ross County, Ohio Marriage date: May 19, 1829 Marriage place: Ross County, Ohio Spouse's name: Anne MELSON Child No. 5: Elizabeth HARE Sex: Birthdate: 1770 Birthplace: Hares ValleY, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania Death date: December 7, 1803 Place of death: Twin Twp., Ross County, Ohio Marriage date: April 3, 1794 Marriage place: Kentucky Spouse's name: Lewis IGOU Child No. 6: Philip HARE Sex: M Birthdate: abt 1774 Birthplace: Hares ValleY, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania Death date: February 1848 Place of death: Hamilton County, Indiana Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Mary HALL Documentation: Notes for Jacob Hare: From page 48, HISTORY OF HUNTINGDON CO. PA,: Hare's real estate consist of four adjoining tracts of land, situated on the south side of the Juniata River, including the borough of Mapleton, and extending there from up the river and up Hare's Valley. These tracts, containing over 400 acres, were confirmed to Frances Reed by patents issued June 1794. On page 44, 100 acres and 5 acres on the Juniata R. were identified as 'The old Plowman Farm'. Chapter XXII HISTORY OF JUNIATA VALLEY: "In a small isolated valley, about a mile south of Jack’s Narrows, lived a notorious Tory named Jacob HARE." RESIDENCES(2): Where did Jacob HARE emigrate from? Page 371, HISTORY OF HUNTINGDON CO. PA.: This portion of Huntingdon County was settled almost wholly by immigrants from Maryland, who came over Indian trails amd brought their effects on theior backs. "During the latter part of the year 1799, Jacob HARE came from Virginia and settled in the northern part of Paint township, and he was one of t very earliest, if not actually the first settler north of Amsterdam. He was a man of great determination, almost amounting to obstinacy, and well-fitted to encounter the hardships of pioneer life. During the Revolution, he had been a strong Royalist, and bore the marks of his sentiments in his ears which zealous patriots of Virginia had cropped as a punishment for his determined Toryism. It is related of him that he hurrahed for King George on his death-bed many years after his removal to Ohio. He purchased the land of MASSIE, and settled about a mile and a half from Bethesda chapel. One day, while at work about his house, Mr. Hare heard a great commotion in a ravine nearby, and taking his gun and hunting knife, went to the spot where he found his dogs had attacked a large bear and brought him to bay. Fearing to shoot lest he injure the dogs, Mr. Hare attacked the bear with his knife. It reared on its hind legs and succeeded in a hold about his body, embracing h a manner more close than affectionate. While in this position, Mr. HARE plunged his knife into the body of his huge enemy time after time until its hold relaxed and it fell dead, leaving him none the worse except for a few scratches." REMARKS: The above account, particularly the statement "bore the marks of his sentiments in his ears which zealous patriots of Virginia had cropped as a punishment for his determined Toryism." fairly clearly confirms that this Jacob Hare and the one described on page 46 of the HISTORY OF HUNTINGDON COUNTY, PA. are one and the same. The only discrepancy is he statement "patriots of Virginia" since the HISTORY OF HUNTINGDON COUNTY describes that occurrence as happening in that local area. LOCAL COLOR: The following is copied from page 340 of HISTORY OF ROSS AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES, OHIO: "The early settlers had their times for enjoyment and jollity, among which were gatherings for log rollings, house raising, corn hucking, etc. At such times rhymes were made and sung, in which the names of most of the settlers were brought in something as follows: "I see a bear, Said Jacob HARE Shoot him down Said George BROWN He's very poor Said Ben McCLURE Poor as carrion Said Sam Irwin Throw it to the dogs Said Alex SCROGGS" etc. Laurence A. Weaver, Jr. is the complier. In the compiler's file 47, generation 6 will be found a photocopy of a very old hand-written document which appears to be in very bad conditio The hand-writing seems old-fashioned and belabored. There are apparently two documents photocopied on the same paper, so that wording below follows the positioning, misspelling etc. as closely as possible: "Jacob HARE was born about 1730 in Germany. Died about 1820 in Ross County O. and buried in Twin Township. This wife Christine Afau was born about 1734 in Germany. Lived in Huntington County, Pennsylvania on Hares Valley. Died in Ross County O. about 1823. Their children were Michel, Daniel, Jacob, Philip and Elizabeth HARE. Lewis Igo married Elizabeth HARE in Kentucky Apr 3d 1794. HISTORY OF JUNIATA VALLEY, Chapter XXII, pages 259 -->265, go in to details of the exploits of Michael's father, Jacob HARE RIN183, no where in the passage is any mention of Michael's participation. However, the last paragraph of page 264 says in part: .....but, after peace was declared and the treaty between the United States and Great Britain ratified, HARE returned, and claimed the benefit of that part of the treaty which restored their possessions to all of his Majesty's subjects that had not taken up arms against the colonists. As there was no direct evidence that he had killed LOUDENS-LAGER, Congress was compelled to purchase back and restore his property to him." Compiler's comment: "If the above is correct it has a direct bearing on the Deed - Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book H-1, pages 158-159 - 6 March 1801 - 'Deed - Jacob HARE & Daniel HARE By their atty Hezekiah RICKETTS to Joseph RICKETTS'. This Deed which gives the residence of both Jacob and Daniel as Adams County, North West Territory contradicts page 265 of the Juniata Valley history which states that Jacob return a lived the reminder of his life in Hare's Valley." Notes for Daniel Hare: PIONEER RECORD AND REMINISCENCES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS AND SETTLEMENT OF ROSS COUNTY, OHIO - pages 56-57 - By Mrs. MCKENZIE-1091, mother-in-law of Mr. William Igo-156. "Her father, Daniel HARE-187, emigrated from Pennsylvania to Kentucky, -----SO SHE MAY HAVE BEEN BORN IN KTY?? and from there to Ohio, in 1796. Her husband's grandfather was a drum- major in the Revolutionary War, and served seven years. Her husband, Mr. MCKENZIE, was in the war of 1812, as the captain of a company for some time, when the companies were consolidated, which relieved him. died aged about eighty years. He was for many years a leader in the M.E. Church. Mrs. MCKENZIE says her father came to Ohio without bringing his family, for the purpose of hunting and laying up a supply of meat for t next summer. He first chopped down a large tree, and cut it off some twelve or fifteen feet long; this her split in two and dug them out in the shape of troughs; the one half he filled with buffalo, bear, deer, and wild turkey, and salted them down; then placing the troughs togethe one on top of the other, he covered it with a lot of brush so as to deceive the Indians, telling them that when he came out in the spring, and the brush had become dry, he intended to burn that log up. In the spring when Mr. HARE and his family arrived, they found their meat all right. At one time Mr. HARE went to watch a deer lick, and after fixing up a blind and being seated sometime, he heard something approaching him through the brush in his rear, and upon turning around, near him, was a large panther crouching, and in the act of springing upon him; he fired his rifle at the panther, when it made one terrible cream and took off through the thick woods one way and Mr. HARE the other, fully satisfied to leave for the present. Mrs. MCKENZIE is now aged about seventy-nine years; she and her mother were the first two white women who settled on Paint creek. Her playmates were the young squaws, and she says 'many a romp I had with them, and as fearless of danger as though they had been white children 'When we first settled on Paint creek, father had to go to Limestone for our meal and salt; some times we would use the hominy block in lieu of going to the mill for meal.' At one time when her father was away from home, some Indians came to their cabin and asked her mother for salt, they being very fond of that article. The old lady refused to give them any. One Indian became enraged, and said: 'My gun shoot by and But the old lady did not give them salt, and they left seemingly much enraged. She, after they left, feared they would return before her husband and do some mischief. But they did not; and when he returned, she told him how the Indians had treated her in his absence, whereupon he went to the Indian camp and informed their chief that one of his men had been at his cabin and insulted his wife. The chief called up the guilty Indian, and snatching the hatchet from Mr. MCKENZIE'S belt, he beat the Indian over the head with it at a terrible rate. The Indian cried piteously during the castigation, and when the chief returned Mr. MCKENZIE'S hatchet, he told him that that Indian would not trouble his family any more, and he did not. Mrs. MCKENZIE says her father was a great hunter in his time and killed many bears, turkeys, panthers, buffalo, etc. The buffalo used to mix with their farm cattle and were quite tame. Her father first settled near the big falls of Paint creek, on MASSIE'S land, and while living there she has heard the screams of the panther and wolf in the night quite near their cabin. The first school teacher was David REED; the first preachers were William and Edward CARNES; the first schoolhouse was built on lands now owned by Howard NEWMAN." More About Jacob Hare: Age at time of death: 92Y 7M 18das8 Burial: South Salem Cemetery, Ross County, Ohio9 More About Anne Melson: Age at time of death: Abt. July 20, 1803, 57Y 2M 21das Burial: South Salem Cemetery, Ross County, Ohio10 More About Elizabeth Hare: Burial: Hare Cemetery, Metcalfe Farm, Ross County, Ohio Notes for Lewis Igou: From page 292, HISTORY OF ROSS AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES, OHIO - "One of the first settlers was Lewis IGO. He was a native of Maryland, born near Baltimore in the year 1767. In the fall of 1797 he came from Kentucky to the Scioto valley, purchased a tract of land of General MCARTHUR, on Lower Twin, and built a cabin on the farm now owned by his son William. The following spring he brought out his family and was accompanied by his brother-in-law, Philip HARE." Complier Laurence A. Weaver, Jr. In the compiler's file 47, generation 6 will be found the original letter dated November 5, 1982 from Miss Josephine METCALFE: "Dear Mr. WEAVER We are enclosing some Xeroxed copies of the IGOU and HARE lines that might help you. They were researched by a cousin in Las Vegas who hand- carried them to the Mormon Genealogical Library in Salt Lake City and saw them put on microfilm and then into the Granite Mountain Vault. Elizabeth HARE was the first wife of Lewis IGOU. She is buried on one of the knolls on the back of our farm. There are 3 or four other stones with no readable markings. They had 5 children. Nancy MARSH was the second wife - 3 children. I am the sixth generation on the farm and the old log cabin, second built in Twin Township 1800-1801 is still standing. Please feel free to ask any questions. I might know the answers. Sincerely Josephine METCALFE" In the letter was a rough sketch of the tombstone: DEC 7 ELIZA BETH 80 - 1803. More About Lewis Igou and Elizabeth Hare: Marriage: April 03, 1794, Kentucky Information provided by Laurence A. Weaver, Jr. Noblesville, Hamilton Co. IN. In 1829, the family moved to Hamilton County, Indiana, where Philip bought land on Stony Creek, a little southeast of Noblesville, on which was a grist mill formerly owned by Albert G. BETTS. The mill was operated by the HARE family and the land around it was farmed by them. The mill was sold in 1840 to William STOOPS. Various transfers of land and lots in Noblesville are on record at the County Court House. Several members of the HARE family migrated to Iowa -- Daniel and wife, Eleanor with daughter, Sarah, to Cedar County in 1837. Daniel died there in 1852. A daughter, Elizabeth and husband, Jacob MAHIN (MAHAN) and daughter. Amanda, went to Muscatine County. Another daughter, Mahala and husband, John RIDGEWAY went to Cedar County in 1839 or 1840. John McKenzie (HARE?) and wife, Margaret, went to Cedar County also in 1846. He died there in 1854. Margaret and her family returned to Noblesville. There are no known records of the birth of the 12 children. The source of this information was collected through public records - - census reports, various Ohio and Indiana history accounts of early settlers, final distribution and settlement of Philip HARE's estate." E-Mail, "Electronic," Laurence A. Weaver, Jr., at sfvoeb7@icubed.net. Complied by Ross County Genealogical Society, Tombstone Inscriptions Tw Township, Ross County Ohio. Family Search, GD6L-OD. 1840 United States Census Paint Twp., Ross co., Ohio, pg 357C. Faye Christmas Tucker, Doddridge and Teter Some Ancestors and Descendants, (1986, Dallas, Texas - Copy of book is in possession of Donna Barnes Clark), pg 34. Ross County Marriages 1798-1849. South Salem Cemetery, pg. 18. South Salem Cemetery Buckskin Twp., Ross County, Ohio, "Electronic 2. I never thought Grove City was in Jasper Co. Must be from some other researcher. 3) John b. 1815 p.b. Bourneville, Ross Co OH m. Leah Guilford b. 1818 Hillsboro, Highland Co., OH d. 29 Dec. 1891 buried Grove City ILL Lived Christian Co Ill 1850 census, p 158 Issue: 1. John A. b. 1840 lived Atlanta and McLean Co,IL 2. Mariah b. 1847 OH 3. Zachariah Wharton b. 3 March 1849 log cabin, Mt Auburn Twp Christian Co ILL m. Alice L. Shore 20 June 1876 Christian Co Ill 4. James m. Louisa Ewing dau Leah m. M. L. Williams, dau Marion Alice 3. info on son James is from the DAR application of Marion Alice Williams, James’ granddaughter From: Dick MacKenzie Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2013 8:48 AM To: Bobbie mckenzie ; Don Kagle ; Michael McKenzie Subject: John McKenzie of Joshua line from Ross Co. All: While I was fooling around with Christian Co., IL, thought I’d try to work up a bit more extensively the 3 sons of John McKenzie (1786-1866) who transplanted from Ross Co., OH to Christian Co., IL during the 1840’s to 1850’s, since both the web site and Don’s tree don’t have tons of info on descendants. Here’s what I discovered, in the attachment included. Interestingly, it appears John came to Christian Co. first, in the mid 1840’s, Eli came next in mid-1850, and William came last in the mid-1850’s. I base these dates on the places of birth of the children in the cases of John and William, and, in Eli’s case, the fact that he appears twice in the 1850 Census, in Ross Co., OH with brother William and his first wife as a 21 year old, and also in Christian Co., IL with brother John and his first wife and family as a 22 year old. I suspect he relocated after his September birthday, and the IL Census was after that. I also became curious about the place of birth of their mother, since all the trees (including ours) shows Elizabeth Hare being born in Hares Valley, Huntingdon Co., PA, yet none of the sons show that, John shows KY, William OH and Eli VA. So, I went looking for Hares Valley, and it’s actually Hare Valley, and it’s in Northampton Co., VA, not anywhere in PA, so Eli was the only one correct (unless there were multiple wives and the sons had different mothers.) In any event, we need to correct our trees. Two other things I noticed in our existing information that don’t jibe with my findings: John 1815 and Leah Guilford have a son James shown in the web site. I did not find such a person. Also John’s place of death is shown as Grove City, Jasper Co., IL. Not sure where that came from, as Grove City is in Christian Co., so that needs correcting. I didn’t think Bobbie would mind if I played around a bit with Joshua’s line, and I know Mike and Don are looking for more stuff to add to their respective works. Waiting for (more) snow – winter ought to really be interesting at this rate. Regards, Dick
  Person ID	I00114	McKenzie Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Joshua McKenzie,   b. 20 Mar 1764, Baltimore County, Maryland d. 1835, Ross County, Ohio (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Jones,   b. 20 Aug 1768, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania d. 1835, Ross County, Ohio (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	22 Jan 1784	Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F00136	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Hare,   b. 6 May 1789, Hares Valley, Huntingdon County, Pennslyvania d. 12 Apr 1879, Ross County, Ohio (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	19 Oct 1809	Ross County, Ohio
  Children	1. Joshua McKenzie,   b. Between 1800 and 1810, Ohio d. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Daniel McKenzie,   b. Between 1810 and 1816   d. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Mary McKenzie,   b. Mar 1813, Twin Township, Ross County, Ohio d. 24 Feb 1907, Twin Township, Ross County, Ohio (Age ~ 93 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. John McKenzie,   b. Abt 1815, Twin Township, Ross County, Ohio d. 29 Dec 1891, Grove City, Christian County, Illinois (Age ~ 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Julia Ann McKenzie,   b. 18 Jun 1816, Ohio d. 3 May 1898, Ross County, Ohio (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Mariah McKenzie,   b. Abt 1817   d. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Susan McKenzie,   b. 1820, Ross County, Ohio d. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. William McKenzie,   b. Jul 1826, Ross County, Ohio d. 1909, Christian County, Illinois (Age ~ 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Eli McKenzie,   b. 18 Sep 1828, Ross County, Ohio d. 4 Jan 1909, Macon County, Illinois (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F00138	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021