Did not marry.
Did not marry.
Monterrey, California
"brent and sherry" svcowger@budget.net
My name is Brent A Cowger Sr. My grandmother was Nancy Cassandra Peterson . First daughter of Robert & America Widner Peterson. Robert and America had three daughters, Nancy C, Emma, Laura Belle. Grandmother got married to James Albert Cowger in Miss. Co Ark on 21 Feb 1904, They had 6 children 5 boys and 1girl. James died in 1929 in Fresno, Co Calif. Then she Married Albert Walter Bergstrom about 1936/37. I havent found this md record yet.
Living in Big Lake Township, Mississippi Co, Arkansas at time of SAW's research.
Living in Big Lake Township, Mississippi Co, Arkansas at time of SAW's research.
There is another reference to William in Lancaster County, PA, in the area that would later become Cumberland County. There were a number of inhabitants of the area who signed a petition to the Penns asking for a road to be built from John Harris' ferry on the Susquehanna, which would later become the site of Harrisburg, through Cumberland County to an area not distinguished. Quite a number of early settlers signed it, including James and William, here spelled Wekely as well as Robert Weakley's grandfather, Robert Rutherford. (Not sure if he is also grandfather of James & William). The petition was dated May 21, 1735.
On this same list of petitioners is James Woods, whose son Robert Woods appears in the 1749 tithables of Lunenburg County, VA. This same Robert Woods patented 5,000 acres of land in 1765 in what would become Franklin County, VA.
Source: The Pennsylvania Archives, series 6,vol. 14, pg. 273
James probably lived with his brother Robert or William in Lunenburg Co until he moved to Prince Edward Co VA. He purchased a tract of 150 A in Prince Edward County on Tany's (Sawney) Creek from Andrew Porter on Mch. 19, 1764 for 15L (Prince Edward deed 2 p 201). He sold the tract to Robt Jameson in 1779 (Prince Edward deed 6 p 151). At an unknown date he was living on part of the Peter Coffee estate. On Nov. 6, 1786 (Prince Edward deed 7 p 275) Susannah Coffee, "in consideration of the esteem I do bare to James Weakley -- appoint him lawful attorney in her name to sell and be sued and to look after the whole estate, left me by my husband, Peter Coffee."
There was a long drawn-out suit about the Peter Coffee estate, and in various papers was shown all of the Coffee and Weakley names of those to benefit from the estate. These Weakley names were shown: Hannah Weakley, John Weakley, Nelson McDowell and Suckey his wife, David Jones and Polly his wife (note by SAW: Son David Weakley died in Tenn in 1807.) Hannah Weakley and all of her 8 children came to Tennessee prior to 1796.
James Weakley was living on the 247 Acre tract in May 1789 (Prince Edward Order book 9 p 135) and most probably died on that plantation.DEEDS: [From Bulletin of the Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County, Vol XXX, No 2, May 2002]
A James Weakley was listed (1829-P) with 435 Acres in Anson County North Carolina, 3 October 1755 (LG Bk. 2, p. 135. LGO Anson-409 and Anson-2179). This was issued at the same time as a grant to William Pickins and Griffith Rutherford (1830-P) "On the Wt side of Cataba river and on Rockey Creek" (LG Bk 2, p. 135. LGO Anson-410 and Anson-2180).
[From North Carolina Abstracts of Land Patents Vol One (1735-1764), by Margaret M. Hoffman, p 59 -- Patent Book 2]
847 P. 135 Arthur Dobbs, Royal Governor to James Weakley 3 Oct 1755. 435 A in Anson County, joining an old Indian Field on the west side of Sugar Creek above the fork of sd. creek.
SVWF contains following entries on page 27:
"Montgomery Co. Tenn will book B p 204. Administration bond of the estate of Hannah Weakley deceased by John Weakley, William Weakley and Nelson McDowell, and Lemuel Clifton. July 18, 1814."
"Montgomery Co. Tenn will book B p 227. Inventory of the property of Hannah Weakley, deceased. Taken Aug 4, 1814 by John Weakley: 1 pair hooks, 2 pots, 1 dutch oven, 1 skillet, 1 puter dish, 1 churn, 1 flax wheel, 3 chairs, 1 large trunk, 5 books, 3 beds, 1 table, 1 shovel, 1 poker, 1 lantern, 1 copper tea kettle, 4 cows, 2 steers, 2 heifers, 2 bulls, 3 mares, 46 hogs."
SVWF, page 27, states: "Hannah Weakley and all of her 8 children came to Tennessee prior to 1796. In this year and in the years following their names appear often in the records in Middle Tennessee Counties."
No records of Benj. Weakley were found in Virginia, except that shown on pages 26-27. [estate of Peter Coffee]
The first record of Benjamin in Tenn. was on Jan 14, 1796, when he, with Isaac Weakley and others in the White's Cr. section of Davidson Co, were assigned to work road from Baker's Ferry on the Cumberland River to Heaton's Lick, thence to Clarksville by way of the Turnbull Horse Stamp...
Montg. Co. record Bk A p 163. Benj. Weakley, granted a permit for a cotton gin, Oct 26, 1802.
Montg. Co deed B p 617. Andrew Armstrong, 1286 Acre Grant. Sold by Montg. Co. Sheriff to Benj. Seawell, on Oct 1, 1803 for $360...
Montg. Co. deed B p 633. Benj. Seawell sold to Benj. Weakley on Jan 27, 1804, 696 A for $800
Davidson Co deed F p 324. Benj. Weakley sold to Frederick Stump, 696 Acres on Sept. 28, 1805. $210.
Montg. Co. minutes, betw. 1805 and 1813. Benj. Weakley is mentioned 93 times, mostly as Esquire, sitting as judge at court.