First Families of Union County  

EWING

First Generation

1.     Thomas EWING was born 1730/1740 in Scotland. He died 22 Oct 1800 in Laurens District, South Carolina and was buried in Duncan's Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

BIOGRAPHY:

Thomas and Sarah Ewing were living on Ligget's Branch in the Waxhaws in 1765 on a grant issued by North Carolina, which fell into South Carolina when surveyed 4-20-1766. They gave Andrew and Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson (parents of President Jackson), the right to settle on 200 acres of their entry; and in 1770, when the boundary between North and South Carolina was settled and the entry became a part of Mecklenburg Co., H. C., Thomas Ewing gave title to this 200 acres to Hugh, Hobert and Andrew Jackson, their father, Andrew Jackson, Sr., having died in 1767.

Ewing himself settled at Duncan Creek, founded about 1752 on the waters of the Enoree, a branch of the Broad River,  in what is now Laurens Co.,  S. C, by John Buncan.  Laurena Co. was taken from District 96 in 1785.  He was an Elder in the Duncan Creek Presbyterian Church, and is buried in the churchyard.

His will, dated 7-23-1800 at Duncan Creek, witnessed by Rodger Brown and John ann Margaret Finney, was proven 10-22-1800 at Laurens County, S. C.  His name is listed In the South Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts as having witnessed signatures of Revolutionary soldiers assigning their pay to someone else, and also as asking appraisals of the value of horses "lost in the war by their owners,'' having been impressed into service.  This information, accepted by the D.A.R., was received from Mr. A. S. Salley, Secretary of the S. C. Historical Commission on December 51, 1948.

Thomas married Sarah FINNEY about 1759 in Probably Scotland. Sarah was born about 1745 in Scotland.

They had the following children:

                2    F     i.                Jane EWING.

                3    F    ii.                Sarah Elizabeth EWING was born 1759. She died 1820.

Sarah married John GAMBLE before 1788.

+              4    M  iii.                John Thomas EWING was born 24 Feb 1763 and died 23 Jul 1828.

                5    M iv.                William B. EWING was born 1765. He died 1820.

                6    M  v.                David EWING.

                7    F   vi.                Margaret EWING.

                8    M vii.                James EWING was born about 1785 in Laurens District, South Carolina.

Second Generation

4.     John Thomas EWING (Thomas) was born 24 Feb 1763 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. He died 23 Jul 1828 in Union County, Indiana and was buried in Linegar Farm, Union County, Indiana.

BIOGRAPHY: With thier five children they removed to southern Indiana about 1801, taking out land on the borderline between the present Franklin and Union Counties.  The name of John Ewing and his brothers, William and David, appear on Frankin County's first taxlist in 1811.

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John Ewing also served as one of the first Justices of the Peace in Franklin County, appointed in 1811 and again in 1817.  His house was on the west bank of the East Fork of the Whitewater River.  His will was filed in Union County will book A1 page 58-59

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Title:  Adair family genealogy : an accounting of our South Carolina-Indiana-Idaho Adair ancestry, with brief analysis of our Scotch-Irish forefathers.

 Authors:  Adair, Walter William, 

 City of Publication:  Huntington Beach, Calif.? 

 Publisher:  unknown

 Date:  1974?

 Page Count:  204

As submitted by Mrs. Clara Hood

Thomas Ewing - b in Scotland, d October 22, 1800 Laurens Co., S. C.

Sarah      - d after 1800

     Thomas and Sarah Ewing were living on Ligget's Branch in the Waxhawa in 1765 on a grant issued by North Carolina, which fell into South Carolina when surveyed 4-20-1?66. They gave Andrew and Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson (parents of President Jackson), the right to settle on 200 acres of their entry} and in 1770, when the boundary between North and South Carolina was settled and the entry became a part of Mecklenburg Co., K. C., Thomas Ewing gave title to this 200 acres to Hugh, Robert and Andrew Jackson, their father, Andrew Jackson, Sr., having died in 1767.

     Thomas Ewing ; himself settled at Duncan Creek, founded about 1752 on the waters of the Enoree, a branch of the Broad River, in what is now Laurens Co., S. C., by John Duncan. Laurens Co. was taken from District 96 in 1785. He was an Elder in the Duncan Creek Presbyterian Church, and is buried in the churchyard. A picture of this church is in D.A.R. Magazine for August 1931"

     His will, dated 7-23-1800 at Duncan Creek, witnessed by Rodger Brown and John and Margaret Pinney, was proven 10-22-1800 at Laurens County, S. C. His name is listed in the South Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts as having witnessed signatures of Revolutionary soldiers assigning their pay to some-one else, and also as making appraisals of the value of horses "lost in the war by their owners," having been impressed into service. This information, accepted "by the D.A.R., was received from Mr. A. S. Salley, Secretary of the S. C. Historical Commission on December 31" 1948.

   Children named in his (Thomas Ewin) will: Jane -Sarah-John - b 2-24-1763, d 7-23-1828, m about 1788 to Margaret Adair,aged 14 - to Indiana 1801. William - Removed to Indiana 1801 with wife Mary and 3 children,d 1828 (Had 2 sons, 7 daughters). David - To Indiana 1801 with wife and 2 children. Had 10 sons and J daughters. Margaret -James - b about 1785

     John Ewing - b 2-24-1763 in Carolina, d 7-23-1828, buried on Linegar Farm, Union County, Indiana.

     Margaret Adair - b 1773 Carolina, daughter of James and Rebecca Montgomery Adair, d 5-11-1855" o about 1788 Laurens Co., S. C. - they are listed in 1790 census.

     With their five children they removed to southern Indiana about 1801, taking out land on the borderline between the present Franklin and Union Counties. The name of John Ewing and his brothers, William and David, appear on Franklin County's first taxlist in 1811, as listed in Historical Atlas of Franklin Co., published 1882, p. 100, and also printed in D.A.R. Magazine for May 1953.

     He (John Ewing) also, served as one of the first Justices of Peace in Franklin County, appointed 1811, and again in 1817. His house was on the west bank of the East Pork of the Whitewater River. His will is filed in Union County Will Book A-l, p.58-9. Children named in his will

Sarah - m 12-31-1812 John Logan, son of Wm. and Eleanor Craig Logan

Rebecca - m 7-12-1823 Peter Duncan Catherine - m about 1815 James Brownlee, son of James and Jean Rankin Browniee

George V. - b 1799, m 2-13-1823 Mahala Osborn

Nancy - m 3-28-1826 Martin Harrell, son of Isaac

Thomas - b 7-11-1805, d 7-2-1878, 0 11-18-1830 Elizabeth Ferguson, daughter of Wm. and Mary (Craven)Ferguson. (To Clinton Co. 1832; to Tippecanoe Ca. 1840)

Isabel Ann - b 10-1807. d 4-14-1844. m 8-26-1830 John Skinner, son of Thomas Skinner (Rev. soldier) and Anne Caton, who removed to Dearborn Go., Indiana from Kent County, Delaware in 1805. He and his sons, William and Thomas, were on Franklin County's 1811 taxlist.

Jane - b 1812, m Dr. George Winchell 3-16-1830

John - b 1811, m (l) Mary Smith, (2) Widower Gaddis-Cox

William Clark - m Catherine Chittick 1836 in Clinton Co.

(James) Washington - m Melinda Green, lived near Fort Wayne, Ind.

     The Duncan Creek Church, Laurens County, S. C., referred to above was founded 1763-4 hy Joseph Adair, Thomas Ewing, William Hanna and Andrew McCrary and his brothers.

BIOGRAPHY: 

1800_FEDERAL_CENSUS: Laurens District, South Carolina

Males to 10 - 2

      26-45 - 1

1800_FEDERAL_CENSUS: Females to 10 - 3

        26-45 - 1

1820_FEDERAL_CENSUS: Franklin County, Indiana

Males to 10 - 3

      10-16 - 1

      16-26 - 1

      45 Up - 1

1820_FEDERAL_CENSUS: Females to 10 - 1

        10-16 - 1

        16-26 - 2

        45 Up - 1

John married Margaret Jane ADAIR, daughter of James ADAIR and Rebecca MONTGOMERY, about 1792 in Laurens District, South Carolina. Margaret was born 1773 in Laurens District, South Carolina. She died 11 May 1855 in Union County, Indiana.

They had the following children:

+              9    F     i.                Sarah EWING was born about 1793 and died 1850/1870.

+            10    F    ii.                Rebecca EWING was born 08 Aug 1795 and died 10 Oct 1870.

+            11    F   iii.                Catherine EWING was born about 1797 and died 1854.

+            12    M iv.                George Vernon EWING was born 15 May 1799 and died 13 Mar 1860.

+            13    F    v.                Nancy EWING was born about 1801 and died 1880/1910.

+            14    M vi.                Thomas EWING was born 11 Jul 1805 and died 02 Jul 1878.

+            15    F  vii.                Isabell Ann EWING was born Oct 1807 and died 14 Apr 1844.

+            16    M                viii.                John A. EWING was born 1811/1812 and died 1880/1900.

              17    F    ix.                Margaret Jane EWING "Jane" was born Jun 1812 in Franklin County, Indiana.

Jane married George WINCHELL, son of Robert Samuel WINCHELL and Susannah Ruth HART, on 16 Mar 1830 in Union County, Indiana. George was born 07 Aug 1802 in Scripio, Cayuga, New York. He died 02 Jun 1875 in Marion, Grant County, Indiana.

IOOF Cemetery Grant County IN

This may be George Winchell and part of his family

Winchel,

   Delight S.  Oct. 19, 1838 - Aug. 15, 1879

   Druzilla  Apr. 22, 1840 - Dec. 12, 1879

   George  "Dr." died June 2, 1875 aged 71y.9m.25d.

   George N.  Sept. 10, 1831 - Feb. 6, 1890

   Zimri A.  Sept. 1, 1829 - May 14, 1849

+            18    M   x.                William Clark EWING was born 07 Apr 1816 and died after 1880.

+            19    M  xi.                James Washington EWING was born 23 Jan 1818 and died 05 Apr 1870.