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RESEARCHER-PARENTS: Information from Freida Wells to T.Mason on 29 Jun 2005.
BIRTH: possibly in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee
BIOGRAPHY: Family History Records; ; compiled by Michael S. Cole, [HYPERLINK http://www.thecolefamily.com/hobby/ahnentafel.htm#ahnentafel ] ; ; copy dated 26 Jan 1994 sent to T Mason; NOTES: source lists 10 children
COURT: Drawer #1, AUGUSTA COUNTY VIRGINIA - CIRCUIT COURT CLERK; 23Jan1841; ; in the cases of Peck vs. Borden, Borden vs. Peck; REFERENCE: Wheeler Cousins, First edition 1984, compiled by Wheeler Cousins, Inc., Means Lithographers, Aurora, MO. Also see "The Genealogical & Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America" compiled by American College of Genealogy, by Albert Gallatin Wheeler, Jr., published in Boston, MA in 1914; EXTRACTS: Affidavits of Thomas Anderson, William Wheeler, and William Tipton --
... That Sally Borden the fifth daughter and last child of the elder John and Anne Borden deceased married Enoch McCoy and they are both dead and left ten children viz: Rebecca, Anne, Rachel, John, Patience, Borden, Sarah, Peggy, David and Pollly McCoy. That Anne McCoy married Matthew Neely, Rachel McCoy married Reubin Cassada, Patience McCoy married Joseph Bartlett and lives in Illinois and Sarah McCoy married James Pearce and he is dead, leaving children and Mrs. Rachael Cassada is also dead, leaving children, as this affiant has been informed.
BIOGRAPHY: Family History Records; ; compiled by Michael S. Cole, [HYPERLINK http://www.thecolefamily.com/hobby/ahnentafel.htm#ahnentafel ] ; ; copy dated 26 Jan 1994 sent to T Mason; EXTRACT: served in Revolutionar War. REF: 1799 Knox,TN tax list. REF: 1812 living in Bledsoe,TN. REF: Bledsoe,TN Deed Book F, p176. REF: 1830 living in McMairy,TN. REF: The KEITH Family by George & John Keith. REF: William & Mary Quarterly, Oct 1931,p328. REF: Marshall's "Desc. Keith & Borden".
BIOGRAPHY: Marshall, Roy T. "Descendants of Nichodemus Keith and Margaret Borden", Eagle Lake, Tx. 1987. EXTRACT: Nichodemus was listed on the tax roll in Knox Co., Tn. in 1799, He was in Bledsoe Co. in 1812. From 'Bledsoe Co., Deed Bk. pg. 176, 14 Nov. 1826 we find that Nichodemus Keith and Margaret his wife, who was one of the heirs of John Burdin (Borden) dec'd., and her sister Anna McWilliams, gave Power of Attorney to William Burdin (Borden), of White Co. Tn., to represent them in the 'John Borden Estate Court Case' in VA.
In 'Bledsoe County, Deed Bk. F, pg.142' we find this indenture made this 24 Dec. 1829, Jesse Oden, Admin. of John Borden Estate, of the County of McNairy, TN. of the one part and Nicodemus Keith of the Co. and State aforesaid of the other part, witnesseth that Jesse Oden for the sum of one hundred and sixty dollars hath sold unto Nicodemus Keith a certain tract of land containing forty acres in the County of White, dated the 24th day of June 1814. Registered in the County of McNairy Tn. Book A, pg 69, on 29 Dec 1829.Bledsoe Co. Deed Bk. F, pg 160: This indenture made this 20 Dec 1830, between Nichodemus Keith of the Co. of McNairy and State of TN. of the one part and Isaac Hicks (his son-in-law) of the Co. of Marion in the state aforsaid of the other part, witnesseth the Nichodemus Keith for the sum of fifty dollars hath sold unto Isaac Hicks a tract of land containing forty acres in Bledsoe Co. on Buffalo Creek of Main Cany Fork occupied by John Borden. Filed: Nov.,1832.
According to family tradition, he came to America early enough to fight in the Revolution under Washington, however, we have not been able to verify this. Again, according to tradition, he settled in Virginia.
From "Genealogy of Virginia Families"' Vol 1, pg. 399, we find the following article: "Benjamin Borden, Shenandoah Valley Pioneer, Notes On His Ancestry And Descendants"' by J.A. Kelly, which states on pg 402, "John Borden (d. 1798) m. Ann Hawkins (?). About 1770 they removed from Frederick County to Bedford County, Virginia, and a few years later to Knox County, Tenn. (John Borden was the son of Benfamin Borden II)(Nine children were listed), the 9th Margaret Borden m. Judge Nichodemus Keith, of Knoxville." If the statement is true, it appears that Judge Nichodemus Keith was living in Knoxville, Tn. when he married Margaret Borden. They were married about the year 1776, (estimated from age of children).
We have not been able to find why Nichodemus was called 'Judge'. We are inclined to think it was a title because 'Judge' was not used in any other record we have found, and neither have we found it used by any of his descendants.
The manuscript, "The Keith Family", a partial review as remembered and reported by George M. Keith, of Abilene, Texas, and John M. Keith, of South Fort Worth, Texas, from the tradition of their father, Captain John J. Keith, son of John 'Birden' Keith, was sent to us by Mrs. E. E. Watson, James Canyon RT, Mayhill, NM 88339. It served as the foundation for additional research from which we, and many others, accumulated and developed the information to compile this book.
Quote from the above manuscript: "Gabriel and Nichodemus Keith, sons of William Keith, were born in Ireland, and came to America at an early day - early enough to join the Revolutionary Army - and fought under Washington, and for every war this country has engaged in since then, their descendants have furnished their full quota of soldiers.
Gabriel settled in New York State, and the only descendant I know of is Mr. George Keith of Socorro, New Mexico, who could probably give an account of his ancestry.
BIOGRAPHY: Family History Records; ; compiled by Michael S. Cole, [HYPERLINK http://www.thecolefamily.com/hobby/ahnentafel.htm#ahnentafel ] ; ; copy dated 26 Jan 1994 sent to T Mason;
NOTE: source lists 8 children, 45 g-children and following descendants: Dau: Sarah Margaret Keith Cowan; son: Eli Cowan; dau: Emily Jane Cowan Hawkins; dau: Samantha Catherine Caroline Caldona Belle (Dona) Hawkins Hunt; dau: Mellie Lee Ann Hunt Cole; son: Billy Maynard Cole; son: Michael Steven Cole, M.D.She was a Baptist.
She was a poet.
1826, Bledsoe Co., TN, Deed Book D, p. 176
Augusta Co., VA, Circuit Court Drawer #1
Info from 1871 letter of George Pennington BORDEN.
1897 Augusta Co., VA, Circuit Court records
Info from 1912 letter of Mary Jane (ELY) LEE.
MARSHALL's "Desc. KEITH & BORDEN," p. 5
BIOGRAPHY: Information sent to T.Mason on 30 May 2004 by Norma Coon.
Col. Samuel Mc Dowell was born 19 Oct 1735 in Pennsylvania (Possibly Dec. 27) and died 25 Sept 1817 in Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky. He was a Captain in the French and Indian War, commissioned 16 Aug 1759. On 21 Nov 1759, he was installed as County Commissioner. He fought at Braddock's Defeat. In the Battle of Point Pleasant, he served as aide-de-camp to General Shelby. On 21 Nov 1759, he was installed as County Commissioner. He was a Colonel in the Revolutionary War, serving in Greene's campaign in North Carolina and commanded a company of scouts, leading the Augusta County regiment at Guilford Court House. He was with the army that drove Cornwallis to Wilmington. In 1775 in conjunction with his kinsman, Thomas Lewis, son of John and brother of the hero of Point Pleasant, he was chosen to represent the freeholders of Augusta in the convention which met at Richmond, Virginia. He was a member of the second convention which met at Williamsburg in 1776. He served with John and James, his two eldest sons as officers in the Revolutionary War. Samuel, his youngest son was a private.
He held the rank of Colonel and distinguished himself in the battle of Guilford Court House. He raised a battalion at his own expense to aid in repelling the invasion of Virginia by Benedict Arnold. In 1783 he was appointed with Col. Thomas Marshall as a surveyor of the public lands in Fayette County, Kentucky, and later to Harrodsburg. He was a Commissioner in 1776, a Justice for Rockbridge County, Virginia, and was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses.
In 1783, Samuel moved his family to Fayette County, KY and later to Harrodsburg. He was appointed a Judge of the first District Court ever held in Kentucky on 3 Mar 1783. He was president of the nine Kentucky conventions called to ratify the Federal Constitution and to frame and to ratify theConstitution of the State of Kentucky. The constitution was ratified 19 April 1792. Samuel sent a copy of the new constitution two weeks before its' framing to President George Washington and received this reply:To Col. Samuel Mc Dowell, Kentucky
From Philadelphia (the Capital)
20 October 1792Sir,
Your letter of the 6th of April, enclosing a copy of the Constitution formed for the State of Kentucky did not get to my hands 'till I was about leaving this place to go to Mount Vernon, and I embrace the earliest opportunity, after my return to the seat of Government to acknowledge the receipt of it, and to thank you for the transmission.
I am, Sir, with esteem,(signed) George Washington.At the age of 81, Samuel rode horseback from Danville to Nashville to represent the Presbytery in a synodical convention, traveling on an average of 40 miles per day. While still in Virginia, he took in his nephew James McDowell (1756), age 16, the son of his brother, Capt. James Mc Dowell, after his death in 1772. As a surveyor, he helped lay out the township of Danville, Kentucky. He organized the Danville Political Club. He served on the bench until shortly before his death at the Kentucky home of his son Joseph. He was respected for his strong sense, intelligence, honesty, and high character and he died honored by all.
1. Fitzpatrick, John C, The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources, 1745-1799, Vol. 2, w/ photocopy.
2. Greenlee, Ralph Stebbins and Greenlee, Robert Lemuel, Genealogy of the Greenlee Families in America, Scotland, Ireland and England, Privately printed, 1908, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 620-621.OCCUPATION: Letter abt McDowell House, Danville, KY; ; Carol Senn, Director; ; in poss of T Mason; NOTES: indicated Samuel brought his family to Danvill in 1783, was appointed by George Washington to be a Land Court Judge.
COURT: A deposition of Samuel McDowell concerning his step-father - Benjamin Borden. REF: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, DRAPER MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION: Virginia Papers; Draper Mss. 4ZZ; ; copy sent to T.Mason by Pixy Lynn Overstreet Morgan in Feb. 1999 (filed B.Borden); EXTRACT: The deposition of Samuel McDowell taken at his home in Petomic County, Kentucky persuant to said Didemus to us Directed from the Court of Chancery held in Staunton Virginia. To be read as evidence in a Suit in Chancery___ depending in the Said Court of Chancery held in Staunton Virginia Between Joseph Bordin Complainent and John Bowyer and Robert Harvey and other defendants.
This Deponant Aged near 68 and being first sworn deponeth and Saith in answer to the questions:
Q 1. Did you live with Benjamin Borden the younger at the time the Plaintiff lived with his Brother Benjamin Borden
A: I lived with Benjamin Borden the younger from and after the time Sd Bordin marryed my Mother which I think was in the year 1743 or 1744 untill the said Bordin my stepfather died which I believe was in April 1753 and said Bordins death was caused by the Small Pox and I remember that Joseph Borden the Pltf lived in the mansion with the family with this Dept several years before the Pltfs Brother Benjamin Borden died. And shortly after the death of the said Benjm Bordin, This deponant, The plaintiff Joseph Bordin, this Depts Brother and Sister McDowell, and my Sister Martha Bordin now Harvey, and I did think two of her sisters, But I am sure one of them, and Several Negroes all tooke the Small Pox and one of Sister Harvey (if not two) died of the disorder and the Pltf Joseph Bordin and Sister Harvey were both very ill. But Sister Harvey was much the worst so bad that her life was disposed of for several weeks so that my mother had to attend her almost day and night for several months before she could walk. And my Mother being thus dist____ with her sick family together with the loss of her husband that she took very little care about any thing but her ____ ___ for about three months.
Q 2. During this Meloncoly Ocasion was not the Papers of the said Benjamin Borden that is his Bonds, Recipts and other papers open or liable to the Inspection of any one who chose to examine them and did your mother afterwards say that she missed some papers.
A. I know the papers were not locked up but might have been examined by any of the family and I have seen the Pltf Joseph Bordin looking over them after his brothers death Sundry time after he got able to get about, before he left the house. And he seemed to be paticular in opening the papers as he tooke them up, and my Mother seemed to take no notice of him as he was one of the family, and brother to her late husband. And She seemly being in great distress about her loss by death, Sick daughter (now Mrs Harvey, who was lying with the Small pox. But after my Mother got over her deficultys in some measure she began to take some notice of her affairs. She got the Papers together and examined them and complained that there ware some papers of consequence a missing that she knew was amngst the papers at or __otty before her husbands death and She mentioned to me that a Bond on a Person whose name I cannot now recolect (who lived to the Northward) for Several hundred pounds was missing and some Recepts for money payed by her late husband to some of the legatees of old Mr Benjn Bordins Estate were missing snd she also doubted that there were some more missing than she then knew of and said that she suspected the Joseph Bordin.
Q 3. Have you heard the Plaintiff say that he had sold his interest in the lands directed to be sold by his fathers will. Also any interest that might have been vested in him of his Fathers estate by the death of his the Plaintiffs Mother as well as his claim to the Personal Estate of the Plaintifs Father.
A. I have heard the Plaintiff say several times and I believe both before and after the death of his Brother Benjm Bordin that he the Plaintiff had sold all his interest in his fathers estate to his Brother Benjamin Bordin as I understood him, his words ware ___g have sold all my claims against the Estate of my father of every kind to Brother Ben.
Q 4. Do you know was the Plaintiffs Mother dead when you heard him say he had sold all his Interest and claim in and to his Fathers Estate to his Brother Brenjamin Bordin and did the Plaintiff acknowledge made to him by the purchaser.
A. I believe the Plainteffs Mother was dead some time before had the conversation with him when he told me he had sold his interest as above stated to his Brother Benjm. And said Joseph the Plainteff mentioned his having been paid by his Brother and I think he mentioned that part or all was paid in land. But this Dept is not certain as to the payment in land. And I also think he said the Land lay in Fredrick County.
Q 5. do you know if John Bordin sold his Interest in his fathers estate and if he did to whom.
A. I do not know that John Bordin sold his Intest in his Fathers Estate. But from what the Plainteff Joseph Borden told me I was led to beleive that John Bordin had Sold his Interest to his Brother Benjamin as well as Said Joseph had done.
Q 6. do you know of any payment being made to any of the Legatees of the Estate of Benjamin ___ ____ ______ ______ younger.
A. I do not know of Payments being made to any of the legatees of the Estate of Benjamin Bordin the Elder by Benjamin Bordin the younger So as to Say expressly what was paid but I remember to have seen one Peck and his Wife and one Branson and his Wife (and these women were Daughters of Old Wm Bordin and Sisters to Benjm Bordin the younger and legatees of old Wm Bordins estate (as I then learned) And the Sd Peck and Wife and Branson and Wife ware Setling with Benjamin Bordin the younger And I believe from thir conversation that ____ it was for their parts of the Estate of Benjm Bordin the Elder. that is for their parts of the land ordered to be sold as also for each of these two Wemens 1000 acres Willed to them by their Father and I Saw Peck and his Wife and Branson and his Wife Receive money from Benjm Bordin the younger and I Saw Peck get a horse cuture in part of his pay and he led it away with him. [smeared like crossed out// And I heard Peck and his Wife and Branson and his Wife Say they had sold all their interest in old Wm Bordins estate to Benjm Bordin the younger and he had paid them and they would ____ _____ ____ ____ the price of //] each of the 1000 acres mentioned above was either three pound or three pounds ten shillings the hundred acres and I now think from my recollection that what was paid to Branson and Wiofe and Peck and Wife at that time was about fifty Pounds to each husband and his Wife.
Q 7. do you know if Benjamin Bordins mother was dead before said Benjamin died of the Small Pox.
A. I am fully of oppinion she was dead some years before Benjm Bordin died with the Small Pox and I form that opinion from hearing She was dead before I had the Small Pox and seeing Sd Benjm ______ ____ and I think it was for his Mother.
Q 8. do you know what price Peck and Branson ha_ for each of their Wifes 1000 acres willed to them by their father _____
A. I have said above that I believe it was either three pounds or three pounds ten shillings. And I have also said above that Each of them got about fifty pounds at that time in the whole. [section stroked out.]
Q 9. do you know or believe that Zeruiah Bordin mother of the Plainteff and Widow of Benjamin Bordin the Elder was dead before the Pltf Sold his part of his fathers Estate to his Brother Benjm.
A. I do not know certainly when Zeruiah Bordin died But I am confident from what I heard from Benjm Bordin the younger that she was dead some years before Sd Benjm died of the Small Pox, and I rather think She was dead before Joseph Bordin the Pltf first came to live with his Brother Benjamin and this opinion I form from said Plainteff being the youngest son (as I believe) and lived with his mother as he told me. he had no house at that time till he came to his brothers ___ ____ boys house being no longer kept as the Plainteff told this Dept.
Q 10. How many years did you live in Bordins Tract of 92100 acres.
A. About forty six years. My father moved from Pensylvania to Virginia when I was not more than two years old as my Mother has often told me. And She also told me that on the way old Wm Bordin came to where they ware and understanding that my father was going up the Valy Some Considerable Distance Wm Borden agreed with my Father to go and Settle on where he had a large grant of land on the Waters of James River ___ not yet Surveyed. If my father would Setle in this land he was to have one thousand acres (for making a Pack horse w_y and setling) arround where he boght settle and ___ hundred acres for each of his family being three in number (totl) my Mother my self and an apprentis boy named Jack Butters. Adjoining his 1000 acres and Mother told me there was some writings made that mentioned the 1000 acres, but as to the 300 acres mentioned above there was nothing but old Wm Bordins word as well as I remember. And when my father setled it was where I formerly lived now called the Red House Tract in Rockbridge County And I was told our nearest neighbour was about fifteen miles from us towards Staunton (and none South Westerly of us) Except my grand father McDowell and Uncle Greenlee who Settled adjoining my father on the North East side at or above the time my father settled.
Q 11. During your residence in said Bordins Tract of 92100 acres did you not live with the Agent that had the managment of Said Bordins Estate or when you did not live in the House with them did you not live a near neighbour.
A. I lived with my Father and Mother till my father was killed by the Indians in December 1742 and afterwards lived with my mother till She marryed Benjm Bordin the younger which hapened in 1744 who I always understood was one of his fathers Executors and had the Sole management of his fathers Estate and I also continued to live with my Mother and her Said Husband, till he died with the Small Pox in the year 1753 and I continued to live with my Mother on the Same Place till my mother marryed _____ _____ ____ which I beleive was in the year 1754 and in the year 1755 Jannary I was Marryed and Build a house on the Same Plantation about 100 yeards from where my Mother lived and where my father Setled in 1737 now Called the Red House and there lived till 1783 when I moved to Kentucky with my family.
Q 12. did you not assist in Surveying and Ploting Land in Said Tract of 92100 Acres for some of the agents who had the mannagement of Said Estate.
A. In the life time of my step-father Benjm Bordin the younger he made me go with him often when he had Surveying done. And I carryed the Chain, and after his death I went to See Lands Surveyed that he had Sold: And after John Bowyer Marryed my mother who was one of Benjamin Bordin the younger Executors and tooke on him the Management of Sd Estate. As I Supposed under my Stepfather Bordins Will. I made Some Surveys by his direction of Peices of Land that he had Sold or that Benjm Bordin the younger had Sold in his life time But I made but few Surveys.
Q 13. At the time that Peck and his Wife and Branson and his Wife came to Benjm Bordin the youngers when they made the Settlement mentioned in a former answer And for ten or more years after of what value was it generally supposed the Lands ware that was not sold by Benjm Bordin the younger in his life time that lay in that Tract of 92100 acres.
A. I then thought them of no Value they ware called Barrens and much of them had no good timber on them. Indeed it was then thought by numbers that it was a loss to have them as there was 2/6 for each hundred acres of assitment to pay anually and I remember that my step-father Bordin shortly before he died was speaking with, I believe Wm Arch Alexander and John Lyle and telling them how he intended to get clear of the land and quitment. That was if he could sell or give the whole to some man that was going out of the Country and make him a deed or deeds then he Wm Bordin would get clear of the quitments and the person that had the deed or deeds could not be found. And my Opinion was till the Revolutionary War Commenced that a great deal of the Lands that Wm Bordin did not get Sold in his life time was worse than nothing as the 2/6 a year on each hundred acres quitment was to pay for them.
Q 14. do you know if Zeruiah Bordin the Widow of Benjamin Bordin the Elder was dead when you saw Peck and his Wife and Branson and his Wife at Benjamin Bordin the youngers when they Setled with Benjm Bordin the younger as mentioned in your former answer.
A. I do not know whether she was dead or not but rather think she was dead as I heard Benjm Bordin the younger several times speak of his Mothers Estate whilst Peck and Branson and their Wifes were Setling with him.
Q 15. do you consider your self interested in the event of this suit.
A. I do not consider my Self Interesed in the event of this suit as I never made a Purchas of Lands from Sd Bordins or from any person on their behalf and had only a claim to my fathers Estate in lands which he owned in that large tract which I believe is Siaure [?] at ___
BIOGRAPHY: Information sent to T.Mason on 30 May 2004 by Norma Coon.
James Mc Dowell, the son of Captain John Mc Dowell and Magdalene Woods, was born in 1739 in Virginia. At the age of 18 years, on 18 Mar 1755, James was qualified as Lieutenant of Augusta County Militia of Kentucky. He died in 1771 in his 33rd year of fever while on his way to Richmond, being at the time sheriff of Rockbridge County. He married Elizabeth Cloyd, a distant relative of his own who died about 1810 at the age of 74 years. They had six children: Elizabeth, Sarah, James, and three others who died in their infancy. Elizabeth administered James' estate, dated 21 Nov. 1771.
1. Chalkey, Lyman, Chronicles of Scotch-Irish settlement in Virginia."
BIOGRAPHY: Information sent to T.Mason on 30 May 2004 by Norma Coon.
Col. George Moffeett was born in 1733 and died 26 Aug 1811 in Augusta County, VA. He was prominent in the French and Indian Wars and also the Revolutionary war. During the French and Indian War against the Indians he released relatives kidnaped by the Indians at Kerr's Creek. He qualified as Captain of the Augusta Co. Militia on 21 Nov 1759 and as Commissioner of the County Court on the same date. He was first listed as one of the Presiding Officers at Court Martial, 30 Oct 1761, as a Captain. He was Captain in the Battle of Point Pleasant, 1774. He made Major on 17 Feb 1776. On 19 May 1778, he was made Colonel of the Augusta County Militia. He served until the close of the war. Additionally he fought at King's Mountain and at Cowpens. He founded the Academy at Lexington, later a college and was one of the founders of Washington and Lee University.
It was not uncommon in those days to have a christening for many children of the area by a traveling pastor. In Sarah's case, Rev. John Craig, was the pastor of Tinkling Springs Presbyterian Church and when he came by "Red House" where her parents lived, Magdalene, her mother found great satisfaction in her home and christening as a part of her rearing of her little family was an integral part of the frontier development of the community.
1. DAR, #21841, 76807, 61137.
NAME: In daughter's (Mary) marriage record.
Dr Ephraim William A. McDowell
OCCUPATION: Letter abt McDowell House, Danville, KY; ; Carol Senn, Director; ; in poss of T Mason; NOTES: On Christmas day 1809 Dr. Ephraim removed a 22 1/2 pound tumor from Jane Todd Crawford opening the way for modern abdominal surgery.
Virginia Biographical Encyclopedia.
Ephraim McDowell was born in Rockbridge county, Virginia, November 11, 1771, son of Samuel and Mary (McClung) McDowell, and grandson of Ephraim McDowell, who with his brothers, James and John, emigrated from Ireland to Pennsylvania. Ephraim and John settled in Rockbridge county, in 1737. He removed with his parents to Danville in 1783; attended a classical school at Georgetown, and studied medicine under Dr. Humphreys of Staunton, and at the University of Edinburgh, 1793-94. He practiced medicine and surgery in Danville, 1785-1830. He was married, in 1802, to Sallie, daughter of Gov. Isaac Shelby of Kentucky. He was elected a member of the Medical Society of Philadelphia in 1817. The honorary degree of M. D. was conferred upon him by the University of Maryland in 1825. He was the first surgeon successfully to perform the operation known as ovariotomy, and a description of his first cases was published in the Eclectic Repertory and Analytic Review, Philadelphia, 1817. His successful operations appeared incredible at the time, and he became known among the profession as the "father of ovariotomy." He was one of the founders of Center College at Danville, and an original trustee, 1819-23. In 1879 a monument to his memory was erected in McDowell Park by the State Medical Society. He died in Danville, Kentucky, June 20, 1830.
REF: Calvin Morgan Fackler in "Early Days in Danville"; 1941; The Standard Printing Co., Louisville, Kentucky; p. 210 footnote: Mrs. Ephriam McDowell, then living at Cambus Kenneth, had some years before left the "Old First" church for "Little Trinity" as also did her mother, Mrs. Isaac Shelby, but not until after the Governor's death. Possibly the Church Fathers were not sorry to get this opportunity. (Session Minutes, August 20, 1844 - Miss Susan R. was charged with immoral conduct ... in that she did in the month of November at the house of Mrs. Sarah McDowell in Mercer County, attend an assemblage of persons then and there held, and then and there wilfully and wickedly engage ant take part in a carnal dance with sundry others of both sexes...)