OK, I'm jumping in the middle of this, and I'm sorry if there are duplications or something that's already been covered. A few years ago I answered a request for a lookup on John Donan in Grayson County and saved the emails - I'll include at least parts of them below. I have no information other than what I'm including and no connection to this family so can't answer any other questions. I've tried to group the info somewhat, but it does jump around. ~Sherri ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the 1850 Grayson Co. census, dwelling 94, family 94: DONAN, JOHN M., age 65, occupation, farmer, value of real estate, $500, b. VA -------- ELIZABETH, age 57, female, b. KY -------- SARAH, age 32, b. KY, can't read or write -------- LUCY, age 18, b. KY -------- JOHN E., age 15, farmer, b. KY, attended school in the last 12 months -------- THOMAS I., age 11, b. KY, attended school in the last 12 months KELLY, JOHN M., age 21, farmer, b. KY In household 98, family 98: KELLY, ALEXANDER, age 46, farmer, value of real estate, $300, b. VA -------- CHARLOTTE, age 39, b. KY, can't read or write -------- AMERICA, age 20, b. KY -------- JAMES M., age 19, b. KY, attended school within the last 12 months -------- SUSAN E., age 17, b. KY, attended school within the last 12 months -------- WILLIAM M., age 16, b. KY, attended school within the last 12 months -------- CYNTHIA I., age 15, b. KY, attended school within the last 12 months -------- MALINDA C., age 13, b. KY, attended school within the last 12 months -------- RICHARD, age 11, b. KY -------- MARTHA F., age 9, b. KY -------- FRANCIS B., age 7 (male), b. KY -------- AMY C., age 4, b. KY -------- MARGARET E., age 2, b. KY Barren County census, household 470, family 481: DONAN, ELIZABETH, age 45, value of real estate, $1900, b. VA --------- , FOUNTAIN, age 19, (male), occupation, mining, b. KY --------- WILLIAM, age 17, student, b. KY, attended school within the last 12 months --------- DAVID, age 13, b. KY, attended school within the last 12 months GARERA, FRANIDA, age 12, b. Mexico ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are 5 land grants to Jno or John M. DONAN, 3 in Barren County, 1 in Green County, and 1 in Hart County. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KY Marriages: (This does not include Hart County prior to 1850) Donan, Betsy C. married Kelly, Andrew on 27 Aug 1795 in Green County, Kentucky Donan, Nelly married Howke, Michael on 26 Feb 1799 in Lincoln County, Kentucky Despain, Susannah married Donan, John on 17 May 1806 in Green County, Kentucky Donan, David C. married Gillaspy, Elizabeth on 15 Jan 1823 in Barren County, Kentucky Donan, Lucy married Uriah G. Edgar on May 9, 1855 in Hart County, Kentucky Donan, William married Narcissa Minton on April 9, 1857 in Barren County, Kentucky Donan, Thomas J. married Mary C. Burks on July 1, 1858 in Grayson County, Kentucky Donan, Thomas J. married Nancy McCubbins on May 21, 1861 in Hart County, Kentucky Donan, Nancy A. E. married John H. Montgomery on July 15, 1867 in Green County, Kentucky Donan, John T. married Lula Houstion on Dec 12, 1877 in Hart County, Kentucky Hart County Marriages: John T. Donan; age 24; 1st marriage; farmer;, born Hart County; father born Hart County; mother born Hardin County to Hula Houstin; age 16; born Hart County; father born Hart COunty; mother born Hart County; married 12 Dec 1877. Thos J. Donan; age 23; 2nd marriage; farmer; residence, Grayson County; born Hart County; father born USA; mother born USA to Nancy McCubbins; age 22; 1st marriage; born Green County; father born USA; mother born USA: place of marriage, Jas McCubbins; married 21 May 1861. John Donan to Susanah Despain on 17 May 1806. Green County Marriage: Andrew Kelly to Betsy Clinch Donan bond date 27 Aug 1795; Andrew Kelly & Wm. T. Carnahan surety; c. Amy Donan; witnesses Wm T. Carnahan & Robert Coy; married 20 Aug 1795 by Joseph Anderson Grayson County Marriage Licenses: Thomas J. Donan, 19 to Mary C. Burks, 18 on July 1, 1858 Metcalf County Marriages: John E. Donan to Elizabeth Houk, bond 27 March 1872 James W. Jameson on bond. Groom age 37, bride age 28. Married 28 March 1872 at Richard Houk's by B. D. Porter. Wit. John C. Ford & J. B. Hicks (He may be the son of your John, listed as age 15 in the 1850 Grayson Co. Census.) Green County Marriages: (I'm not listing the ones already sent) Thomas J. Donan to Mary E. Vaughn Bond 26 Sep 1887. E. C. Vaughn on bond. Groom age 23, 1st marriage, farmer, born Grayson COunty, father born unknown, mother b. Hart County. Bride age 22, 1st marriage, born Green County, parents born Green COunty. Married at Ebb Vaughn's 27 Sept 1887 by L. Sidebottom. Witness Thomas Wells & Warner Sidebottom Jacob T. Whitlow to Sophronia C. Donan bond 24 Mar 1879. J. H. Montgomery on bond. Groom age 21, 1st marriage, farmer, born Green County, father b. VA, mother b. Green County. Bride age 16, 1st marriage, born Green County, father b. Hart County, mother b. Green COunty. Married at John Montgomery's 27 Mar 1879 by W. H. C. Sandidge. Wit. George Towles, Miss Mary M. Bibb & Ida F. Bibb Hardin County marriages: Jeremiah Donan to Somira Harrington, 16 May 1845, surety John Harrington. Man of age, John Harrington, girl's father, consented in person. Married 19 May 1846 by W. Maxey Thornton Y. South to America A. Kelly, 30 Nov 1850. Surety Wm. Smallwood, 2 Dec 1850 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Article I found (sorry, don't have a ready reference for it).. David Cox Donan was married Dec. 21, 1772 in Surry Co., VA to Amy Davis Bouth. Sometime before 1790, accompanied by four sisters, wife and children, David traveled via the Wilderness Trail to Bryan's Station, near Lexington. Later, he and his family moved to Green Co. There, he is said to have been the first man to take up land near Greensburh, where his holdings included the spring near the Court House. He built the first log cabin there. David started raising tobacco on his land in Green Co. and transporting it via the Ky. tributaries to the Mississippi River and down to New Orleans for sale. According to his grandson, he built the first flatboat at Greensburg. David and Amy's children were: (1) David Crews b. 1774 mar. Eliz Gillaspy, (2) Eliz. Clinch b. 1776 mar. Andrew Kelley and Frederick Mouser, (3) Nelly Mar. ? Houk, (4) Margaret mar. Wm. South, (5) John Mansfield mar. Susannah Despain and Sallie mar ? Givens. David Crews Donan was born in either N. Car. or Va. His family went by "Donnan" at the time of his birth, the spelling changing to Donan in Rev. War days. He fought in the War of 1812. He acquired land in Barren Co. in 1816 and afterwards. He appeared on the 1819 tax list of Hart County, then newly formed from parts of Barren Co. David Crews married Eliz. Jan. 14, 1823, the only daughter of John and Millie White Gillaspy. He and Eliz. settled at Hicks' Spring, about four miles northeast of Three Springs, KY. Eliz. inherited land from her father (her only brother died in 1828), which along with her husband's land, totaled on the 1850 census 1900 acres. David died in 1841. A widow at 36, Elizabeth was left to raise their four sons, ages 15, 10, 8 and 4. She also had responsibility of from 14-24 slaves. The birth and death of each was recorded in the Donan family Bible, the slaves using the Donan name as their own, as was the general custom. When the slaves were freed, each family was given a plot of land upon which their cabin stood. Eliz. died in 1886. Aaron and Malvina were listed in the 1841 will as slaves. (This runs off of the page here, I can try for another copy.) David Crews and Eliz.'s first child, a daughter, died in 1829 at age 5. The sons were John Gillaspy Donan who mar. Henrietta Wood; Fountin who mar. Mary Melissa Ashby, Wm. who mar. Narcissa F. Minton and Dr. David Crews who mar. Bettie W. Hazell and Victoria Grady. John became the first elected Sheriff of Hart Co. and practiced law. His mother bought a house in Munfordville for John's use, later described as the largest one there. Dr. David Crews Donan received his M.D. in 1859 and returned to Bear Wallow, where he worked for a time with Dr. Pete Taylor before est. his own practice in Three Springs. The children of his first mar. were Martha L. 1873 mar. Milton t. Cann and Lucy Anne 1876 mar. Albert Edwards. The children of his next mar. were David C. 1882 mar. Adeline Jones Callaway and Arthur L. 1885 mar. Eliz. A. Sugg. Milton's parents were James Cann and Frances Gooch. Frances Donan Patchett tells of David Crews Donan and his family 1774-1974 in an interesting informative style. Check the Hart County Public Library for her book. Donansburg was named for Dr. David Crews Donan, who was sheriff of Hart Co. in 1869 and 1871. The brick house he built for his mother, remodeled, was still standing in 1977. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In skimming the Hardin County Circuit Court minutes, I found a reference that David Donan was sworn as attorney at the April term, 1796 in Elizabethtown. (I am assuming this would be David Cox Donan, the father of your John M. and David Crews.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was just glancing again over the 1850 census page and realized that there is a Thomas B. Adams, age 46, farmer, living next door to John M. Donan. Also in the household are Amy, his wife, age 43, John Q. (or D.), age 18, Susan E., age 15, Rhodar I., age 12 (female), James D., age 10, Jeremiah, age 7, William H., age 5, and Robert T., age 2. Amy is the only one listed as not reading or writing, and John, Susan, and James are listed as attending school within the last year. Alexander and Charlotte Donan Kelly live 3 doors down. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GRAYSON CO. DEATHS: Mary C. Donan, white, 21, female, married, died 12 Dec 1859, cause of death, childbirth, daughter of L. L. Burks, born Washington Co. (There was also WHAHINLAN recorded, but I haven't a clue what that is supposed to be) Amy C. Kelly; age 5; female; married ?; farmer; died 25 July 1854; cause of death, flux; daughter of Alex & Charlotte Kelly ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Plain as anything in my Barren County marriage records is the marriage record of Thomas B. Adams and Amy or Anny Donan, Dec 20, 1830; Surety Wm. E. Moss. Consent father John M. Donan; witness Alexander Kelly. Alexander Kelly and Charlotte Donan were married Oct. 30 or 31, 1827. Surety was Andrew Ralston and minister was Sylvanus Bagby. Margaret Ellen Donan married William South on 24 April 1801. (I have not verified this, it came from a reference to the William South family bible.) William South was born on Nov. 5, 1780 and died on Aug 16, 1849. He is buried in Moore Cemetery, Hardin County (about 5 miles from my house). Margaret Ellen "Peggy" Donan was born Aug 7, 1783 in Virginia and died on Aug 7, 1865 in Anderson, TX, while on her way home to KY. William & Margaret Donan South had 13 children, which I can give you the names of if you want them. Sarah "Sally" Donan married William Dodson Givan on Dec 14, 1798. William Dodson Givan was born on Nov 2, 1759 and probably died between 1827 and 1850. Sarah "Sally" Donan was born in 1787 in VA and death date unknown. They had 9 children, which I can give you the names of if you want them. John E. Donan to Elizabeth Ann Sawtell on 12 Nov 1861, Hardin County, John Q. Adams, James Holbert & E. R. Vertrees as witnesses Thomas M. Kelly to Marriah L. Wigginton on 8 Aug 1861, Hardin COunty, J. Kelley & C. Brown as witnesses John R. Kelly to Sarah Rigney on 10 Jan 1864, Hardin County, H. Allen & Thomas R. Westtery (?) as witnesses Mr. John R. Perry to Susan S. Donan on (?) 1866, Hardin County, J. D. Glasscock, John H. Wortham & G. Carby Scammel as witnesses John R. Kelly to Susan E. Farris on 12 Oct 1873, Hardin County, Joseph M. Applegate, Walter Fletcher & others as witnesses Thomas M. Kelly to Mary Willis on 4 May 1875, Hardin COunty, James Bruce & Alfonsa Robinson as witnesses William F. Kelly to Eloisa M. Meredith on 17 May 1877, Hardin COunty, Sam Meredith & J. H. May as witnesses William T. Brack to Mollie Donan on 15 Jan 1880, Hardin County, J. R. Perry & Ed H. Cox as witnesses William P. Crume to Allice Donan on 18 May 1885, Hardin COunty, (?) Stiles & Dr. Pirtle as witnesses William M. Kelly and Mary E. Nottingham on 27 Mar 1877, Hardin County, witnesses I can't make out. Mary J. Donan to John R. Thompson, 2 Apr 1888, Hardin County James T. Edgar to Mary A. E. Larimore, Dec 14, 1853, Hart County John C. Edgar to Ruthy Smith, 1 Jun 1854, Hart County John M. Coats to Nancy Jane Burks 10 Oct 1854, Hart County Robert C. Richardson to Maria Burks, 24 Apr 1859, Hart County C. H. Burks to C. Owens 15 Jan 1861, Hart County Benjamin Janeson to Laura Burks, 10 Feb 1861, Hart COunty James A. Burks to Narcessa Burnett, 14 Mar 1876, Hart COunty James Earl to Amanda Houk 25 Dec 1876, Hart County Clarence S. Hays to Lishie Huffman 27 Dec 1876, Hart COunty John T. Donan to Lula Houstin 12 Dec 1877, Hart County James B. Priddy to Cora Kelly 31 Mar 1907, Hart County ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listed as Civil War soldiers and their units: [email protected] Regiment, KY Calvary (Confederate) COMPANY A: William H. Burks, rank in PVT, rank out PVT COMPANY C: William Donan, rank in PVT, rank out PVT P. Kelley, rank in PVT, rank out, PVT COMPANY D & L: William P. Hays, rank in PVT, rank out PVT 15th Tennessee Infantry (Confederate) John Donan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From the Abstracts of Green Co., KY Land Entries, 1796 - 1834: July 30, 1824. John M. Donnan 50 acres on No. 13054 on east side of John R. Davis on south side of Greasy Creek. Jan 16, 1799: David C. Donnan - 200 acres second rate land . . . on the waters of Little Russles Creek beginning at a white oak & dogwood the latter of which is marked D. D. & running thence at a right line with some marked trees agreed on between the said David & John Smith 179 poles running thence with the SW quarter at right angles with the first line the same distance & thence at right angles the same distance thence to the begining. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hart County Deaths: March 12, 1852, Donan, Mary Elizabeth, age 5, parents William C. & Ann Donan, cause of death, typhoid April (no date) 1852, George W. Donan, age 2, parents William C. & Ann Donan, cause of death, typhoid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In a Green County Court Orders (abstracts) Book D, page 46-48, 25 Sept. 1799: John Donan, of his own free will and with the consent of his father, David Donan, binds himself apprentice to William Herndon, house carpenter and joiner, to learn the accupation of a joiner. He will dwell with Herndon until he is age 20, and will keep his secrets and obey his master. He shall not imbazzel or wast his goods without his concent. He cannot play chards, dice, or any other unlawful gaimes. He shall not frequint fornacations or play taverns or ail houses. He shall not commit matrimony. Herndon will furnish meat, drinks, washing, lodging, and mending apparel and at expiration of term, give Donan a new suit of clothes, saws and bench plains. Signed: John M. Donnan, William Herndon; wit: James Allen, Richard Morrses(?) John M. Donan is listed in the 1810 census index in Bracken County, KY. (I don't know if I can find that census on microfilm or not, it's really too far away from Hardin County, but I can try.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SURE AM GLAD YOU "JUMPED IN". I CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO THIS INFO. JOYCE EDGAR PHIPPS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherri" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 7:35 PM Subject: [KYHARDIN] Donan - Bits & Pieces OK, I'm jumping in the middle of this, and I'm sorry if there are duplications or something that's already been covered. A few years ago I answered a request for a lookup on John Donan in Grayson County and saved the emails - I'll include at least parts of them below. I have no information other than what I'm including and no connection to this family so can't answer any other questions. I've tried to group the info somewhat, but it does jump around. ~Sherri ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the 1850 Grayson Co. census, dwelling 94, family 94: DONAN, JOHN M., age 65, occupation, farmer, value of real estate, $500, b. VA -------- ELIZABETH, age 57, female, b. KY -------- SARAH, age 32, b. KY, can't read or write -------- LUCY, age 18, b. KY -------- JOHN E., age 15, farmer, b. KY, attended school in the last 12 months -------- THOMAS I., age 11, b. KY, attended school in the last 12 months KELLY, JOHN M., age 21, farmer, b. KY In household 98, family 98: KELLY, ALEXANDER, age 46, farmer, value of real estate, $300, b. VA -------- CHARLOTTE, age 39, b. KY, can't read or write -------- AMERICA, age 20, b. KY -------- JAMES M., age 19, b. KY, attended school within the last 12 months -------- SUSAN E., age 17, b. KY, attended school within the last 12 months -------- WILLIAM M., age 16, b. KY, attended school within the last 12 months -------- CYNTHIA I., age 15, b. KY, attended school within the last 12 months -------- MALINDA C., age 13, b. KY, attended school within the last 12 months -------- RICHARD, age 11, b. KY -------- MARTHA F., age 9, b. KY -------- FRANCIS B., age 7 (male), b. KY -------- AMY C., age 4, b. KY -------- MARGARET E., age 2, b. KY Barren County census, household 470, family 481: DONAN, ELIZABETH, age 45, value of real estate, $1900, b. VA --------- , FOUNTAIN, age 19, (male), occupation, mining, b. KY --------- WILLIAM, age 17, student, b. KY, attended school within the last 12 months --------- DAVID, age 13, b. KY, attended school within the last 12 months GARERA, FRANIDA, age 12, b. Mexico ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are 5 land grants to Jno or John M. DONAN, 3 in Barren County, 1 in Green County, and 1 in Hart County. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KY Marriages: (This does not include Hart County prior to 1850) Donan, Betsy C. married Kelly, Andrew on 27 Aug 1795 in Green County, Kentucky Donan, Nelly married Howke, Michael on 26 Feb 1799 in Lincoln County, Kentucky Despain, Susannah married Donan, John on 17 May 1806 in Green County, Kentucky Donan, David C. married Gillaspy, Elizabeth on 15 Jan 1823 in Barren County, Kentucky Donan, Lucy married Uriah G. Edgar on May 9, 1855 in Hart County, Kentucky Donan, William married Narcissa Minton on April 9, 1857 in Barren County, Kentucky Donan, Thomas J. married Mary C. Burks on July 1, 1858 in Grayson County, Kentucky Donan, Thomas J. married Nancy McCubbins on May 21, 1861 in Hart County, Kentucky Donan, Nancy A. E. married John H. Montgomery on July 15, 1867 in Green County, Kentucky Donan, John T. married Lula Houstion on Dec 12, 1877 in Hart County, Kentucky Hart County Marriages: John T. Donan; age 24; 1st marriage; farmer;, born Hart County; father born Hart County; mother born Hardin County to Hula Houstin; age 16; born Hart County; father born Hart COunty; mother born Hart County; married 12 Dec 1877. Thos J. Donan; age 23; 2nd marriage; farmer; residence, Grayson County; born Hart County; father born USA; mother born USA to Nancy McCubbins; age 22; 1st marriage; born Green County; father born USA; mother born USA: place of marriage, Jas McCubbins; married 21 May 1861. John Donan to Susanah Despain on 17 May 1806. Green County Marriage: Andrew Kelly to Betsy Clinch Donan bond date 27 Aug 1795; Andrew Kelly & Wm. T. Carnahan surety; c. Amy Donan; witnesses Wm T. Carnahan & Robert Coy; married 20 Aug 1795 by Joseph Anderson Grayson County Marriage Licenses: Thomas J. Donan, 19 to Mary C. Burks, 18 on July 1, 1858 Metcalf County Marriages: John E. Donan to Elizabeth Houk, bond 27 March 1872 James W. Jameson on bond. Groom age 37, bride age 28. Married 28 March 1872 at Richard Houk's by B. D. Porter. Wit. John C. Ford & J. B. Hicks (He may be the son of your John, listed as age 15 in the 1850 Grayson Co. Census.) Green County Marriages: (I'm not listing the ones already sent) Thomas J. Donan to Mary E. Vaughn Bond 26 Sep 1887. E. C. Vaughn on bond. Groom age 23, 1st marriage, farmer, born Grayson COunty, father born unknown, mother b. Hart County. Bride age 22, 1st marriage, born Green County, parents born Green COunty. Married at Ebb Vaughn's 27 Sept 1887 by L. Sidebottom. Witness Thomas Wells & Warner Sidebottom Jacob T. Whitlow to Sophronia C. Donan bond 24 Mar 1879. J. H. Montgomery on bond. Groom age 21, 1st marriage, farmer, born Green County, father b. VA, mother b. Green County. Bride age 16, 1st marriage, born Green County, father b. Hart County, mother b. Green COunty. Married at John Montgomery's 27 Mar 1879 by W. H. C. Sandidge. Wit. George Towles, Miss Mary M. Bibb & Ida F. Bibb Hardin County marriages: Jeremiah Donan to Somira Harrington, 16 May 1845, surety John Harrington. Man of age, John Harrington, girl's father, consented in person. Married 19 May 1846 by W. Maxey Thornton Y. South to America A. Kelly, 30 Nov 1850. Surety Wm. Smallwood, 2 Dec 1850 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Article I found (sorry, don't have a ready reference for it).. David Cox Donan was married Dec. 21, 1772 in Surry Co., VA to Amy Davis Bouth. Sometime before 1790, accompanied by four sisters, wife and children, David traveled via the Wilderness Trail to Bryan's Station, near Lexington. Later, he and his family moved to Green Co. There, he is said to have been the first man to take up land near Greensburh, where his holdings included the spring near the Court House. He built the first log cabin there. David started raising tobacco on his land in Green Co. and transporting it via the Ky. tributaries to the Mississippi River and down to New Orleans for sale. According to his grandson, he built the first flatboat at Greensburg. David and Amy's children were: (1) David Crews b. 1774 mar. Eliz Gillaspy, (2) Eliz. Clinch b. 1776 mar. Andrew Kelley and Frederick Mouser, (3) Nelly Mar. ? Houk, (4) Margaret mar. Wm. South, (5) John Mansfield mar. Susannah Despain and Sallie mar ? Givens. David Crews Donan was born in either N. Car. or Va. His family went by "Donnan" at the time of his birth, the spelling changing to Donan in Rev. War days. He fought in the War of 1812. He acquired land in Barren Co. in 1816 and afterwards. He appeared on the 1819 tax list of Hart County, then newly formed from parts of Barren Co. David Crews married Eliz. Jan. 14, 1823, the only daughter of John and Millie White Gillaspy. He and Eliz. settled at Hicks' Spring, about four miles northeast of Three Springs, KY. Eliz. inherited land from her father (her only brother died in 1828), which along with her husband's land, totaled on the 1850 census 1900 acres. David died in 1841. A widow at 36, Elizabeth was left to raise their four sons, ages 15, 10, 8 and 4. She also had responsibility of from 14-24 slaves. The birth and death of each was recorded in the Donan family Bible, the slaves using the Donan name as their own, as was the general custom. When the slaves were freed, each family was given a plot of land upon which their cabin stood. Eliz. died in 1886. Aaron and Malvina were listed in the 1841 will as slaves. (This runs off of the page here, I can try for another copy.) David Crews and Eliz.'s first child, a daughter, died in 1829 at age 5. The sons were John Gillaspy Donan who mar. Henrietta Wood; Fountin who mar. Mary Melissa Ashby, Wm. who mar. Narcissa F. Minton and Dr. David Crews who mar. Bettie W. Hazell and Victoria Grady. John became the first elected Sheriff of Hart Co. and practiced law. His mother bought a house in Munfordville for John's use, later described as the largest one there. Dr. David Crews Donan received his M.D. in 1859 and returned to Bear Wallow, where he worked for a time with Dr. Pete Taylor before est. his own practice in Three Springs. The children of his first mar. were Martha L. 1873 mar. Milton t. Cann and Lucy Anne 1876 mar. Albert Edwards. The children of his next mar. were David C. 1882 mar. Adeline Jones Callaway and Arthur L. 1885 mar. Eliz. A. Sugg. Milton's parents were James Cann and Frances Gooch. Frances Donan Patchett tells of David Crews Donan and his family 1774-1974 in an interesting informative style. Check the Hart County Public Library for her book. Donansburg was named for Dr. David Crews Donan, who was sheriff of Hart Co. in 1869 and 1871. The brick house he built for his mother, remodeled, was still standing in 1977. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In skimming the Hardin County Circuit Court minutes, I found a reference that David Donan was sworn as attorney at the April term, 1796 in Elizabethtown. (I am assuming this would be David Cox Donan, the father of your John M. and David Crews.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was just glancing again over the 1850 census page and realized that there is a Thomas B. Adams, age 46, farmer, living next door to John M. Donan. Also in the household are Amy, his wife, age 43, John Q. (or D.), age 18, Susan E., age 15, Rhodar I., age 12 (female), James D., age 10, Jeremiah, age 7, William H., age 5, and Robert T., age 2. Amy is the only one listed as not reading or writing, and John, Susan, and James are listed as attending school within the last year. Alexander and Charlotte Donan Kelly live 3 doors down. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GRAYSON CO. DEATHS: Mary C. Donan, white, 21, female, married, died 12 Dec 1859, cause of death, childbirth, daughter of L. L. Burks, born Washington Co. (There was also WHAHINLAN recorded, but I haven't a clue what that is supposed to be) Amy C. Kelly; age 5; female; married ?; farmer; died 25 July 1854; cause of death, flux; daughter of Alex & Charlotte Kelly ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Plain as anything in my Barren County marriage records is the marriage record of Thomas B. Adams and Amy or Anny Donan, Dec 20, 1830; Surety Wm. E. Moss. Consent father John M. Donan; witness Alexander Kelly. Alexander Kelly and Charlotte Donan were married Oct. 30 or 31, 1827. Surety was Andrew Ralston and minister was Sylvanus Bagby. Margaret Ellen Donan married William South on 24 April 1801. (I have not verified this, it came from a reference to the William South family bible.) William South was born on Nov. 5, 1780 and died on Aug 16, 1849. He is buried in Moore Cemetery, Hardin County (about 5 miles from my house). Margaret Ellen "Peggy" Donan was born Aug 7, 1783 in Virginia and died on Aug 7, 1865 in Anderson, TX, while on her way home to KY. William & Margaret Donan South had 13 children, which I can give you the names of if you want them. Sarah "Sally" Donan married William Dodson Givan on Dec 14, 1798. William Dodson Givan was born on Nov 2, 1759 and probably died between 1827 and 1850. Sarah "Sally" Donan was born in 1787 in VA and death date unknown. They had 9 children, which I can give you the names of if you want them. John E. Donan to Elizabeth Ann Sawtell on 12 Nov 1861, Hardin County, John Q. Adams, James Holbert & E. R. Vertrees as witnesses Thomas M. Kelly to Marriah L. Wigginton on 8 Aug 1861, Hardin COunty, J. Kelley & C. Brown as witnesses John R. Kelly to Sarah Rigney on 10 Jan 1864, Hardin County, H. Allen & Thomas R. Westtery (?) as witnesses Mr. John R. Perry to Susan S. Donan on (?) 1866, Hardin County, J. D. Glasscock, John H. Wortham & G. Carby Scammel as witnesses John R. Kelly to Susan E. Farris on 12 Oct 1873, Hardin County, Joseph M. Applegate, Walter Fletcher & others as witnesses Thomas M. Kelly to Mary Willis on 4 May 1875, Hardin COunty, James Bruce & Alfonsa Robinson as witnesses William F. Kelly to Eloisa M. Meredith on 17 May 1877, Hardin COunty, Sam Meredith & J. H. May as witnesses William T. Brack to Mollie Donan on 15 Jan 1880, Hardin County, J. R. Perry & Ed H. Cox as witnesses William P. Crume to Allice Donan on 18 May 1885, Hardin COunty, (?) Stiles & Dr. Pirtle as witnesses William M. Kelly and Mary E. Nottingham on 27 Mar 1877, Hardin County, witnesses I can't make out. Mary J. Donan to John R. Thompson, 2 Apr 1888, Hardin County James T. Edgar to Mary A. E. Larimore, Dec 14, 1853, Hart County John C. Edgar to Ruthy Smith, 1 Jun 1854, Hart County John M. Coats to Nancy Jane Burks 10 Oct 1854, Hart County Robert C. Richardson to Maria Burks, 24 Apr 1859, Hart County C. H. Burks to C. Owens 15 Jan 1861, Hart County Benjamin Janeson to Laura Burks, 10 Feb 1861, Hart COunty James A. Burks to Narcessa Burnett, 14 Mar 1876, Hart COunty James Earl to Amanda Houk 25 Dec 1876, Hart County Clarence S. Hays to Lishie Huffman 27 Dec 1876, Hart COunty John T. Donan to Lula Houstin 12 Dec 1877, Hart County James B. Priddy to Cora Kelly 31 Mar 1907, Hart County ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listed as Civil War soldiers and their units: [email protected] Regiment, KY Calvary (Confederate) COMPANY A: William H. Burks, rank in PVT, rank out PVT COMPANY C: William Donan, rank in PVT, rank out PVT P. Kelley, rank in PVT, rank out, PVT COMPANY D & L: William P. Hays, rank in PVT, rank out PVT 15th Tennessee Infantry (Confederate) John Donan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >From the Abstracts of Green Co., KY Land Entries, 1796 - 1834: July 30, 1824. John M. Donnan 50 acres on No. 13054 on east side of John R. Davis on south side of Greasy Creek. Jan 16, 1799: David C. Donnan - 200 acres second rate land . . . on the waters of Little Russles Creek beginning at a white oak & dogwood the latter of which is marked D. D. & running thence at a right line with some marked trees agreed on between the said David & John Smith 179 poles running thence with the SW quarter at right angles with the first line the same distance & thence at right angles the same distance thence to the begining. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hart County Deaths: March 12, 1852, Donan, Mary Elizabeth, age 5, parents William C. & Ann Donan, cause of death, typhoid April (no date) 1852, George W. Donan, age 2, parents William C. & Ann Donan, cause of death, typhoid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In a Green County Court Orders (abstracts) Book D, page 46-48, 25 Sept. 1799: John Donan, of his own free will and with the consent of his father, David Donan, binds himself apprentice to William Herndon, house carpenter and joiner, to learn the accupation of a joiner. He will dwell with Herndon until he is age 20, and will keep his secrets and obey his master. He shall not imbazzel or wast his goods without his concent. He cannot play chards, dice, or any other unlawful gaimes. He shall not frequint fornacations or play taverns or ail houses. He shall not commit matrimony. Herndon will furnish meat, drinks, washing, lodging, and mending apparel and at expiration of term, give Donan a new suit of clothes, saws and bench plains. Signed: John M. Donnan, William Herndon; wit: James Allen, Richard Morrses(?) John M. Donan is listed in the 1810 census index in Bracken County, KY. 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