1913. vi. 1914. 1915. MATTHEW McCorkle'; b. January 25, 1803; d. near Brainbridge, Ill., March 1, 1884; m. April 21, 1825, Margaret Patton, they had four children. vii. PEGGY McCorkle'; b. February 14, 1805; d. Aug. 3, 1855; married Zelick Magner, they had five children. viii. JOHN McCorkle'; b. March 12, 1807; d. near Richland, Ind., January 4, 1850; m. March 13, 1828, 1916. ix. 1917. X. Sally Young, they had eleven children. ZIBBEAH McCorkle'; b. January 4, 1809; d. EMILY McCorkle'; b. September 5, 1811; d. at Paris, Ill., October 10, 1884; m. March 12, 1833, John Osborne, they had five children. Margaret, the second wife of Joseph McCorkle3, d. Dec. 13, 1859. ROBERT MCCORKLE, who lived in Virginia, was a Revolutionary soldier, he had a daughter, Mary, (17891825) who married John Morrison in Virginia. They later moved to Ohio, and thence to Illinois. Miss Estelle Ress Morrison, of Omaha, Nebraska, is a descendant of this Robert McCorkle. RUTH FAMILY Calendar, Delaware Wills-Newcastle County 1682-1800 Hitchcock. Pages 39-126-7. 1. SAMUEL RUTH1; Yeoman; b.. in Mary 17 -in ; m. Had children. Lived in Newcastle County, Delaware. He died January 28, 1748; will probated February 7, 1748. Following children mentioned in his will: ; m. Ann *SAMUEL RUTH2; (Sr.) of Newcastle County, Delaware; b. — in 17— in Had children. Lived in Newcastle County, Delaware, where he died February 17, 1792. His will was probated June 16, 1792 (N. 280). In addition to the following children the will mentioned William Scott and Robert Bryan. Executors were his sons William and Samuel. (page 126-7, of above Calendar of Wills). **JOHN RUTH2; (of Virginia) had a daughter Elizabeth, who married John McCorkle, (ancestor of Pierson W. Banning,) to whom we are indebted for the above record. p. 228. p. 228. p. 228. p. 228. p. 193. p. 195. p. 195. VIRGINIA IN THE REVOLUTION By McAllister -Alexander Walker; (July, 1778); S. L. S. -Alexander Tedford; Capt. S. Nov. 7, 1780, -John Baird; Cap. A. July 12, 1781. -William Scott; En. A. Sept. 13, 1781; nice Hanly under J. Baird. 1777. -Anthony Thornton, Jr.; Lieut. Col. S. Nov. -George Thornton; Lieut. S. Dec., 1777. Arthur Connelly; En. S. Feb. 20, 1782; 2nd Battalion. David Gray; Captain, 1777. p. 38. Capt. John McCorkle's Company serving against the Cherokee Indians 150. (Note. "It is very probable that some of these Com panies may have gone out from Washington County instead of Montgomery, but I am listing them under this head”). p. 42. Captain David Gray's Company was in service against the Indians in Greenbrier County, 123, 105, 125. p. 42. Capt. James Hall's Company, Capt. Camp bell's Company, Capt. David Gray's Company were in service around Richmond, 109, 137. p. 42. Capt. David Gray's Company was at the Siege of York, 105. p. 190. Hugh Allen, (Big Mouth), S. L. R. May 10, 1781, under Pryor. p. 192. Col. George Poage, S. Sept. 3, 1778. p. 126. Gen. Stephens was wounded and Captain Tilford was killed at the battle at Guilford. SCOTT FAMILY "The Scott Coat of Arms and Traditions that cluster around the Scott Family" from an article by Eleanor Lexington: To trace one's ancestry back to the time of Moses is not given to every family. More than ordinarily full of interest, therefore, is the tradition regarding the family of Scott. One historian asserts that the name originated from Scota, daughter of that Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who was drowned in the Red sea. Gathelus, son of the first king of Athens, was so troublesome that his family sent him to Egypt, where he married Scota. To escape from the plagues of which we read in the Bible, Gathelus and Scota, with a large number of Greeks and Egyptians, put to sea, and finally landed in what is now Scotland, thus named in honor of Pharaoh's daughter. FIRST OF THE AMERICAN SCOTTS. In this country the name is common in the southwest and northwest. Richard Scott is regarded in genealogical parlance as the "emigrant ancestor," or the "settler," "the pilgrim" or "Richard of the first generation." He and three brothers who came over in the seventeenth century, settling in Boston, Newport and Providence, are regarded as the progenitors of the American family of Scotts. "The ancient family of Scott has been seated at Great Barr, in the Co. Stafford, from the reign of Edward I. In 1296 a member of this family who was detained a prisoner in London, and restrained with the rest of his countrymen from passing to the north of the river Trent under pain of losing their heads, fixed himself as near that stream |