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RESEARCHER: Information sent to T.Mason on 3 Oct 2003 by Bradley Canon [poll40@uky.edu]. "Samuel was a dry-goods merchant on Lexington's Main St. for about three decades beginning around 1790. In partnership with Captain James Moody, his store helped outfit the 1791 expedition against nearby Indians. Later he went into business for himself, running a general store on Main. He did well, retired early and set up his sons as farmers or businessmen. His store was located on Water St. in 1818. He was interested in horse racing and was a charter member of the Jockey Club formed in 1797. Along with his brother Richard W. Downing, he served on the admissions committee for some years. He lived until age 85 or 86, passing on at the home of his son, Richard Downing, on Georgetown Rd. about three miles north of the city and is buried there. He seems to have been the original Downing purchaser of this land which was owned by Downings for much of the 19th century."
Register, Kentucky State Historical Society, Volume 40, Number 133, October 1942, pages 353-375. This is the third of eight Register articles containing a transcription of a photocopy of the original William Leavy manuscript located in Special Collections, Transylvania University, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky.
A MEMOIR OF LEXINGTON AND ITS VICINITY
With Some Notice of Many Prominent Citizens and Its Institutions of Education and Religion
By WILLM. A. LEAVY
Continued from the July [1942] RegisterSaml. Downing, father of Josiah and Richd. W., and whom I knew well as an old friend of my fathers, who first in conjunction with a partner named Moody was in business as early as 1790, Moody & Downing, and had their store on the S.E. corner Main & Mill Streets. They were contractors and purchasers of horses in furnishing the expedition against the Indians in 1791 I have no doubt a lucrative contract. Mr. D. subsequently had a store of his own selling for a number of years Iron, Castings and Salt &c. He retired early from business with handsome earnings establishing his sons, who became farmers and purchasers of horses, with which they carried on a trade to So. Carolina. Josiah became the owner of the farm 4 miles from town on the Henry's Mill Road formerly the residence of Gwin Tompkins Esq. & successively of John Gilbert and now of Price McGrath: Richard of the residence built on the Georgetown road by Lewis Saunders 3 miles from town & a farm of 300 acres at which his father died in the year ____ at an advanced age. The son Richd. reared his family upon it and died only a few years ago, with his means unreduced. But his older brother Josiah was unfortunate and lost the greater part of his property before his death which was in the yr. ____ Dr. Richard W. Downing brother of Saml. was like his brothers Saml. & Frank one of the very early settlers of Lexington, and a physician in reputable practice for a number of years. He was remarkable for his facitousness and good humor. He died in the year ____ his residence was a brick one on Main Street two doors on E. side from the corner of Spring Street set a little back I remember his two amiable daughters, much esteemed by their acquaintances the elder one Miss Betsy died a few years ago at the residence of her relative Mrs. D.M. Craig, the other Priscilla married to Mr. _____ whom I never knew. Dr. D. had a son who died early of dissipated habits.
Moved from Baltimore, Md. in 1776 to Hartford, Md. then to Fayette, KY.
Ref: Mentioned in article - Mt. Sterling Advocate by Harry Mills: Major in 2nd. battalion, Montgomery,KY. Militia 1798- came to Ky. from Md. He was a doctor.
BIRTH: cal 1752
DEATH: [HYPERLINK http://local.lexpublib.org/detail.cfm?counter=60477 ]
Subject Heading: DOWNING, SAMUEL
Source: Observer and Reporter.
Date: January 30, 1847
Location: p. 3 col. 7.
Abstract: Died Samuel Downing on 29th at home of his son Richard an old citizen.GEDCOM from Sue Hodnett, Caldwell, ID in Aug1998 to T. Mason; NOTES: He married Constant Priscilla Webb in Harford County, Maryland in 1783 (licenses). This next fact I find interesting. The will of one Aquilla Paca left a bequest to Priscilla Webb, daughter of William, and her sister, Margaret, wife of Richard Downing. Are the Pacas related to the Webbs, and thus to the Downings? I find them intertwined in records such as these, and in other records dealing with Norrises, I also find them listed, though not specifically related. The 1787 Harford County will of Samuel Webb mentions Constant Priscilla Webb,"alias Downing," and Margaret Webb, "alias Downing".
Samuel was a Rev. War Soldier from 3-16-1777 to 3-16-1780. He drew a war pension from 11-15-1819 in sum of $1,373.29 (Barren county, KY). He was in the Maryland Line.
He owned a magnificent horse ranch now called "McGranthis". Samuel died in 1844 and is buried on the Old Downing Homestead, in Lexington, Kentucky.
RESEARCHER: Hazel Mason Boyd (deceased) wrote T.Mason on 9 Jan 1965 from Mt. Sterling, KY. She typed an article written by Harry W. Mills in Mt. Sterling Advocate. On the second page is the following:
The family data about Marquis Richardson, the Calmes, and Catlett's came from descendants: Miss Albert Young, now deceased; Mrs. John H. Oldham, N. Sycamore St., Mt. Sterling; the Turners. They say: Marquis Richardson, youngest son of William Richardson, b. 1720, was son of Joseph and Sarah (Thomas) Richardson. William Richardson married Henrietta Catlett, daughter of Robert and Mary Ann (Floyd) Catlett, 1789. They had much on the Virginia Catletts, who as you know were one of the prominent early families in Virginia.Ref: VA Historical Marriage Register, Frederick County, Virginia
1738-1850. Iberian Publishing Co., Athens, GA, 1984, revised 1987. Officiating: Alex Bahlman.REF: Montgomery Co. Circuit Ct. records Box 55, bundle 235-Marquis Richardson hrs. vs. C.G.Richarson adm. 185_ to 1876.
WILL: Deposition to M.R. Everett. Probated 5 July 1855. (Lists names of his 7 children, which were deceased and also names the spouses and their children.)
REF: Cemetery records copied from Old Morgan Station Block House- former home of Marquis Richardson.
Marriage Notes for Marquis Calmes Richardson and Henrietta CATLETT-231
Rev. Alex Bahlman officiating
Died without issue.
Was governor of Missouri.
Married his first cousin.
Wheeler, Mason, Bean family bible in John Mason file. Was drowned in Licking River. Mary then married ___Iles in Bath Co., KY. She was also drowned at the river.
RESEARCHER: Information sent to T.Mason by Doris Wheeler on 27 Dec 2003. "He must have been too young to have fought in the Revolutionary War since his father and brothers served and he stayed home. Joseph Wheeler was 51 years old when he volunteered for the Pennsylvania Line. He, along with sons John and Samuel, survived the war. Benjamin, only 20 when he died, was killed at the Boyd/Parker massacre in New York. Levi must have been receiving some sort of pension on the part of Benjamin because it is to this that the papers refer."