Bob, and others, Check out the URL below. Ancestry is offering FREE access to their military databases until Nov 17. I found some very interesting information on some familiar HARRISON County names. I recognize these names from queries posted in the past. Unfortunately, none of them are mine. However, I hope this helps someone. If you log on to the URL below, go to the bottom of the list of databases and you will find the source of this information - Virginia Soldiers of 1776, Vol. 1 - and there is more information that what I've included here. Good Luck and Have Fun! Joyce Carey - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - <A HREF="http://www.ancestry.com/dailynews/militaryDBs.htm">Memorial Day</A> http://www.ancestry.com/dailynews/militaryDBs.htm - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------- Data Concerning Quarles Family. --- John Hinkson and Margaret his wife who was daughter of Elizabeth Ewalt who was a daughter of Thomas Ravenscroft of Harrison Co., Ken. appointed the same Atty. 7 Sept., 1836. --- Humphrey Hinkson, guardian of Elizabeth Ewalt, daughter of Elizabeth Ewalt, decd. who was daughter of Thos. Ravenscroft, appointed the same Atty. --- Elizabeth Ewalt infant daughter of John Ewalt, being over fourteen years of age, came into court and chose Humphrey Hinkson to be her guardian. --- The children of Lieut. Thomas Ravenscroft were:-- James, Thomas, William, Robert, Polly (now the wife of Aaron Miller), Mary (the wife of Humphrey Hinkson), John, decd., Betsy, decd. (wife of John Ewalt), Margaret Humble, decd. --- The children of John (son of Lieut. Thomas) Ravenscroft were:--Sally Culp, Betsy (married John Montgomery), and Milton. --- The children of Betsy Ewalt (daugh. of Lieut. Thomas) were:--Margaret (wife of John Hinkson), Julie (wife of George W. C. Smith), Elizabeth, Rebecca, Henry, Samuel, Nancy Ann. --- The children of Margaret Humble, decd. were:--Harry (Harvey), John, Louisa, and Uriah. --- Deposition of Joseph Shawban, Sr, Harrison Co., Ken. 8 Nov., 1834: --- Thomas Ravenscroft, Lieut. in the Illinois Regiment, died 1827, at that time a citizen of Harrison Co. Ken. He left the following children:--James, Thomas, William, Robert, Polly, page 350 [p.350 cont.] married Aaron Miller; Nancy, married Humphrey Hinkson:--the living children of said Thomas Ravenscroft, decd. That John, another son, now deceased, left Sally (married John Culp), Betsy (married John Montgomery), and Milton Ravens-croft his children. --- That Betsy Ewalt another daughter of said Thomas is now dead, leaving Margaret Hinkson wife of John Hinkson, Juliana Smith, wife of George C. Smith, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Henry, Samuel and Ann Ewalt her children. --- That Margaret Humble another daughter of said Thomas Ravenscroft is now dead having left Harvey, John, Louisa and Uriah, her children. Signed under oath, Joseph Shawhan. --- Note. The name Hinkson is in most instances spelt as given, but in the deposition of Shawhan, it was spelled Hink-stone. --- Warrant 9259 for 88-2acres issued Dec. 10th, 1850 to Sally Culp the heir of John Ravenscroft, late Lieut. in Va. State line. --- Harrison Co. Court, Ken. Oct., 1850. On oath of Joseph Shawhan and Henry E. Shawhan it is proved that Sally the wife of John Culp is the daughter of John Ravenscroft, she being the eldest daughter. That there were two other children Milton and Elizabeth Ravenscroft (who married John Montgomery). That John Ravenscroft was the son of Capt. Thomas. That John had no other children, and that he died in the year 1813 or about that time, that his father, Thomas has been dead upwards of twenty years. Certified as true transcript, Th. B. Woodward, Clerk. 14 Oct., 1850. --- At the same court, 10th June, 1833. On the oath of Humphrey Hinkson who married Nancy Ravenscroft--it was proven upon testimony of William K. Wall and Washington Wilson that Thomas, James, Robert and William are the surviving sons of Thomas Ravenscroft, decd. --- Note. John, son of Thomas died 1813 and this affidavit was made twenty years later. Thomas had four daughters:--Polly (married Aaron Miller), Patsy (married John Ewalt), Nancy (married Humphrey Hinkson) and Peggy (married Garrett Humble). The wives of Ewalt and Humble died leaving infant children. --- page 351 The deposition continues:--That Samuel and John, two [p.351] other sons of Thomas Ravenscroft died leaving infant children, and that there are no other heirs of of Thomas Ravenscroft than the aforementioned. The heirs agreed that Humphrey Hinkson should administer the estate according to annexed will. Certified as true transcript of court record, Thomas Woodyard, Clerk. 25 Nov., 1850. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------- Bibliography: Burgess, Louis Alexander. Virginia Soldiers of 1776. Richmond, VA: Richmond Press, 1927.