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Downing Source Documents

Books

Forrest Calico. History of Garrard County, Kentucky, and Its Churches (New York: Hobson Book Press, 1947), 39

Lyman Chalkley. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia (Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800), 3 vols. (1912; reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980).

Margery Heberling Harding, compiler. George Rogers Clark and His Men: Military Records. (Frankfort: Kentucky Historical Society, n.d.), 189.

James Rood Robertson. Petitions of the Early Inhabitants of Kentucky to the General Assembly of Virginia, 1769-1792(Louisville: John P. Morton, 1914), 68.

Lewis Preston Summers. Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1970).

Dale Van Every. A Company of Heroes: The American Frontier, 1775-1783 (New York: William Morrow, 1962), 296.

 

Census Records

 

Kentucky, 1790

Adrew Downing

Woodford

5/26/1790

John Downing

Fayette

5/23/1789

John Downing

Mason

8/21/1790

John Downing

Woodford

5/26/1790

Patrick Downing

Fayette

2/27/1790

Robert Downing

Mason

8/21/1790

Timothy Downing, Jr.

Mason

8/21/1790

Timothy Downing, Sr.

Mason

8/21/1790

William Downing

Mercer

5/25/1789

Kentucky, 1800 (partial listing)

James Downing

Barren

9/10/1800

James Downing

Mason

1800

John Downing

Fayette

8/19/1800

John Downing

Fayette

8/19/1800

John Downing

Garrard

1800

John Downing

Mason

1800

Joseph Downing

Mason

1800

Rachel Downing

Garrard

1800

Robert Downing

Mason

1800

Timothy Downing

Mason

1800

Kentucky, 1810 (partial listing)

James Downey

Mercer

p. 319

John Downey

Mercer

p. 319

Ezekiel Downing

Grayson

p. 241

James Downing

Christian

p. 68

James Downing

Fayette

p. 36

James Downing

Bracken

p. 143

John Downing

Mason

p. 273

John Downing

Garrard

p. 233

John Downing

Fayette

p. 12

John Downing

Jessamine

p. 41

William Downing

Fayette

p. 54

William Downing

Fayette

p. 33

Kentucky, 1820 (partial listing)

John Downing

Garrard

p. 101


Augusta County, VA (formed from Orange in 1738-45)

5 February 1753 - James Downing grant, 175 acres on Smith's Creek, . . . corner to John Love ... John Davis's line; VA Land Patents Office, Patent No. 32, 1752-1756, reel 30, p. .

Bedford County, VA (formed from Albemarle, Lunenburg in 1753)

13 September 1763 - Margaret Downing & James E. McFarland marriage bond; John Downing, surety.

14 November 1777 - John Downing will, Russell Parish, WB 1:266-267.

30 January 1778 - Ezekiel Downing & Rachael Brown marriage bond; Thomas Brown, surety.

23 March 1778 - John Downing & Rachael Dooling marriage bond; Stephen Dooley surety.

25 August 1783 - William & Rachel Downing to Edward Donahoe, 212.5 acres on Meadows Creek, DB 7:237.

27 August 1783 - William & Rachel Downing to John Otey, land on Little Otter, DB 7:240.


Montgomery County, VA (formed in 1776 from Fincastle, Botetourt, Pulaski)

6 January 1778 - James Downing recommended for 2nd Lieutenant in Captain Stephens Company; Summers' Annals of Southwest Virginia, p. 685.

5 May 1778 - James Downing took oath of first Lieutenant in Militia of this County; Summers' Annals of Southwest Virginia, p. 694.

7 August 1780 - John Downing Warrant, 50 acres on Reed Creek, DB A:2.

6 May 1781 - John & Andrew Downing of Lincoln County to Nicholas Darter, 248 acres in Montgomery County, DB A:263, A:256-257.

Virginia Grants

8 May 1781 - James Downey, 250 acres on Clear Creek, Lincoln County, DB 5:59.

10 May 1781 - John Downey, 300 acres on Middle Fork, Lincoln County, DB 2:73 (Jillson, p. 44).

7 April 1784 - James Downey, 1700 acres on Paint Lick, Lincoln County, DB 2:338 (Jillson, p. 44).

Lincoln County, KY (formed from Kentucky County, VA in 1780)

4 July 1783 - James Downey grant, VSL Grants H, 1782-1783, reel 49, p. 312-314.

22 April 1784 - William Downing entry, 200 acres on Dix River, DB 2:92 (withdrawn).

15 February 1785 - David & Elizabeth Finley to William Downing, 300 acres on Dix River, DB A:79.

5 January 1786 - William Downey entry, 200 acres, DB 2:257.

22 May 1786 - James Downey grant, 1700 acres, VSL Grants Z, 1785-1786, reel 66, p. 582-583.

August Court 1786 - James Downing recommended Captain; OB 3:5.

November Court 1786 - James Downing appointed Captain; OB 3:19.

19 June 1790 - James Downing and wife, John Downing & wife, 106 acres on Clear Creek, DB B-2:160.

February Court 1791 - James and Nancy Downing to Ezekial Downing; OB 3:545

30 November 1793 - James Downing to Matthias Mounce, 221 acres on Clear Creek, Dix River; DB B:310.

March Court 1794 - James Downing to Matthias Mounce; witnesses: Thomas Copelin, Smith Mounce, Ezekiel Downing; OB 4:295.

9 November 1814 - Felix Richards to James Downey, 75 acres on Green River; DB H:40-42.

Madison County, KY (formed from Lincoln in 1786)

6 September 1791 - James & Nancy Downing of Lincoln County to William Hunter of Fayette County, 100 acres on Paint Lick; DB B:189.

10 April 1817 - James Downing heirs to Daniel Ford, 850 acres on Paint Lick & Silver Creek, DB M:492. Case continued through 1841, DB Y:34-36; DB Z:66-68; DB 2:427-429.

Mercer County, KY (formed from Lincoln in 1786)

29 August 1792 - Robert Sawyers to Andrew Downing of Lincoln County, 600 acres on Elkhorn; DB 1:416.

6 June 1795 - James & Nancy Downing to Andrew Rice, 100 acres on Dicks River; DB 2:265.

21 March 1796 - Rachel Downing of Mercer County to John Vories, property on fork of Dicks River and Kentucky River; DB 3:50.

 

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