Robert Witt and Nancy Reese
Husband Robert Witt
Born: 24 Apr 1765 - Bedford Co., Virginia Christened: Died: 31 Mar 1849 1 Buried:Marriage: 19 Aug 1790 - Bedford Co., Virginia 2
Wife Nancy Reese
Born: Abt 1771 - Virginia Christened: Died: 9 Oct 1836 3 Buried: - Young-Morehead Cem., Russellville, Logan Co., Kentucky
Father: Sloman Reese ( -Abt 1803) Mother:
Children
1 M Christopher R. Witt
Born: Abt 1791 - Virginia Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Hannah B. Bishop ( - ) Marr: 6 Aug 1812 - Hopkins Co., Kentucky 4
2 M Mills Witt
Born: Abt 1792 - Virginia Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Jane Dawson (Abt 1798- ) Marr: 12 Apr 1815 - Logan Co., Kentucky 4
3 M William Witt
Born: Abt 1794 - Virginia Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Polly Witt ( - ) Marr: 22 Dec 1813 - Logan Co., Kentucky 5Spouse: Lucy Smith ( - ) Marr: 26 Dec 1818 - Logan Co., Kentucky 6 7
4 F Sally Witt
Born: Abt 1795 - Virginia Christened: Died: 4 Aug 1859 - Butler Co., Kentucky 8 Buried:Spouse: Reuben Willard ( - ) Marr: 5 Jun 1816 - Logan Co., Kentucky 4Spouse: Benjamin Wester (Abt 1790- ) Marr: 9 Jun 1824 - Logan Co., Kentucky 9
5 F Nancy Witt
Born: Abt 1795 - Virginia Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Eli Stroud (Abt 1790- ) Marr: 8 Aug 1812 - Logan Co., Kentucky 4
6 F Martha Witt
Born: Abt 1803 - Virginia Christened: Died: 26 Jul 1865 10 Buried: - Doyle Cem., Logan Co., KentuckySpouse: Joel Stroud (Abt 1796-1878) Marr: 3 Mar 1819 - Logan Co., Kentucky 11
7 F Elizabeth Caroline Witt
Born: 22 Dec 1804 - Virginia Christened: Died: 26 Dec 1891 - Rockport, Kentucky 12 Buried: - Rockport, Ohio Co., KentuckySpouse: Aaron Ballard ( - ) Marr: 21 Dec 1822 - Logan Co., Kentucky 4Spouse: John Jefferson Young (1802-1834) Marr: 19 Jan 1831 - Logan Co., Kentucky 13
8 F Rhoda Witt
Born: Abt 1805 - Virginia Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Jacob Reese (Abt 1796-1870/1880) Marr: 7 Jan 1826 - Logan Co., Kentucky 14
9 M Caleb E. Witt
Born: Abt 1807 - Virginia Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Elizabeth Hopkins ( - ) Marr: 1 Aug 1827 - Logan Co., Kentucky 15
10 M Reuben C. Witt
Born: Abt 1811 Christened: Died: Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Robert Witt
CENSUS:
<pre>1820 Logan Co., Kentucky, Russellville
Robert Witt 110101-11101; 3 in agriculture, no slaves
male female
1 <10 1
1 10-16 1
16-18
1 16-26 1
26-45
1 >45 1 </pre>
He is in the sequence Robert Witt, William Witt, Joel Stroud.
<pre>1830 Logan Co., Kentucky, Russellville
Robert Witt Sen'r 000010001-010010001; 2 slaves
male female
< 5
5-10 1
10-15
15-20
1 20-30 1
30-40
40-50
50-60
1 60-70 1 </pre>
Joel Stroud is the next entry. The two younger females are probably Elizabeth Caroline Ballard and her daughter.
PENSION:
Red River Settlers, Miscellaneous Records at Ancestry.com, page 129, image 138/198:
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/48271/images/RedRiverSettlers-000457-129?usePUB=true&pId=274409
Robert Witt; of Kentucky; applied for Revolutionary pension while living in Logan County, Kentucky; was born in Bedford County, Virginia on April 24, 1765; enlisted in that county on April 24, 1780 and served until 1783 under Capt. John Baley (Bailey) and Col. George Rogers Clark in the Virginia Troops; married Nancy Reese. Note: He died March 31, 1849. His children were William, Martha, Sarah, Rhoda, and Rebecca.
Red River Settlers, Records of the Settlers of Northern Montgomery, Robertson, and Sumner Counties, Tennessee by Edythe Rucker Whitley (1980)
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
Genealogy of the Hill family, Kentucky and Virginia, compiled by David Gordon Young, published by Col. Francis Hill Kuhn, 1969, "The Witts", image 45/143:
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/29926/images/dvm_GenMono008519-00026-1?usePUB=true&pId=45
ROBERT WITT, my great grandfather. The limited data I have on him is in some instances conflicting. One source gives his birth as 1765, another as 1768. The former is the more likely, as he enlisted in the Continental Army in 1780. He was born and lived in Bedford County, Va. until he came to Kentucky in 1811 or 1813. My father in his diary states there were nine children, but one application for membership in the D.A.R. lists 13, as follows:
1. William Witt, born 1791, married Mary Witt,
2. Mills Witt, married Jane Dawson,
3. Caleb Witt,
4. Lockey Witt,
5. Martha Witt, born 1798, married Joel Strode,
6. Robert Witt, born 1801,
7. Elizabeth Caroline Witt, born 1804, married Aaron Ballard and John Jefferson Young,
8. Reuben Crawford Witt, born 1811, married Rebecca Stall,
9. Rhoda Witt, married ______ Reese,
10. Sallie Witt, married ______ Willard,
11. Christopher Witt,
12. Beckie Witt,
13. Nancy Witt, married Eli Strode.
Robert Witt, Sr., married Nancy Reese on Aug. 19, 1790. He was a veteran of the George Rogers Clark Northwest Expeditions, and campaigned throughout the West. He received in recognition of his services two land grants totalling 108 acres. I have no data on their location, value, or disposition. By 1834 he was in indigent circumstances, and spent the last 14 years of his life with his daughter, Elizabeth Caroline Young, my grandmother. He was paralyzed on his left side, and nearly or quite blind. These conditions were supposed to have been brought about by the hardships endured during his service in the Clark Expeditions. He was buried in the Martin Young family burying ground in Logan County, Ky.
MIGRATION:
The family moved from Virginia to Kentucky when Elizabeth Caroline was about 7. She was born in 1804, so they moved in about 1811.
General Notes: Wife - Nancy Reese
Bedford Co., Virginia March Court 1787: Com:wealth vs Nancy Reese -- for having a Bastard child -- find accg to Law 20/ [fined according to Law 20 shillings] (Order Book 9, page 38, image 262/625)
In November 1787 a jury was selected to try the case "Reese vs McCraw & Read". That case may or may not be related to Nancy Reese's bastard child. In Reese vs McCraw & Read, Salley Reese was allowed/allotted 9 days attendance, Mary Owell 10 days, and John Reese 11 days. William Read was allowed/allotted 4 days in "McCraw &c ads Reese". No report as to verdict. (Order Book 9, page 127, image 307/625)
March Court 1788: McCraw vs Reese, Reese vs McCraw &c -- "By Consent of Parties refered to Wm Leftwich Charles Gwatkim, Jno Trigg & Archelaus Moon & in Case they Disagree they to Choose an Ump: & their Accd or the Accd of such ump to be the Jd of the Court (the Jury in the last Cause Sworn at Nov: Court Not Appg)" (Order Book 9, page 146, image 317/625)
May Court 1788: Reese vs McCraw &c -- "Jd vs McCraw for £5.0.0 & Co: Accg to Accd"
McCraw vs Reese -- "Jd for £2.0.0 Accg to Accd & Co"
Reese vs McCraw -- "Salley Reese alld 2 Days attce"
Reese vs McCraw -- "John Reese alld 2 Days attce"
Reese vs McCraw -- "Mary Owell alld One Days attce"
(Order Book 9, page 172, image 330/625)
WHO IS HER FATHER?
Nancy is the right age and is in the right place to be a daughter of Sloman Reese. Rhoda is a documented daughter of Sloman, and Nancy names one of her daughters Rhoda. Sally and John Reese are children of Sloman, and they testify in her behalf in the court case.
1 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 101815645.
2 "Familysearch.org," "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRCV-BPV : 6 August 2020), Robert Witt, 1790; film # 007578830, page 221, image 120/199.
3 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial #101815800.
4 "Kentucky, U.S., Compiled Marriages 1802 - 1850," Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.
5 "Kentucky, U.S., Compiled Marriages 1802 - 1850," No image. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.
6 "Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965," Logan > 1818-1919. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.
7 "Familysearch.org," "Kentucky, Marriages, 1785-1979", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4W4-9XW : 29 November 2023), William M. Witt, 1818.
8 Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965, image 819/956. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.
9 "Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965," Logan > 1818-1919, image 1218/1276. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.
10 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 146384467.
11 "Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965," Logan > 1818-1867. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.
12 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 53333013.
13 "Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965," Logan > 1818-1919; film # 002134965. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.
14 "Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965," Logan > 1818-1919, film # 002134965, image 1197/1276. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.
15
"Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965," film # 002134965, image 378/1276. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.
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