Descendents of:

REUBEN³ UNDERWOOD (NATHAN², NATHAN¹) was born 1742 in Madison, VA, and died 1790 in Bourbon Co., KY. He married FRANCES RUCKER Unknown. She was born Abt. 1750 in VA, and died 1807 in KY.

Notes for REUBEN UNDERWOOD:

Melba,

I think I have found your "Nathan", not Nathaniel. This is what I found in

Ben Coke's, "The Underwood Family of Madison County Virginia." I am going

to paraphrase in some cases and give you my spin on things since since the

text is quite lengthy.

*REUBEN UNDERWOOD, SON OF NATHAN UNDERWOOD OF MADISON COUNTY VA

Page 4. Owned land since he bought 100 acres in 1771 and sold it in 1778.

This land was between the Conway and Stanton Rivers. (I think he must have

been a speculator in land since he sold numerous tracts of land.) He also is

found in a Chancery Court suit in Madison County over a land deal. He

stated;

"That he got so much money that he would never work anymore." By 1780 Ruben

moved south of the Conway River to present Greene County VA. There he was a

property appraiser (Personal note: Just like his father, Nathan). In 1781

Ruben was on the Orange County militia petition as was his brother George.

He shows up several times on the tax lists and apparently owned 225 acres.

He appears in the 1782 special census of Orange County with a household on

nine people.

Around 1785 Reuden and family moved to Kentucky. In July 1786 Reuben and

Frances Underwood joined Bryan's Station Baptist Church in Fayette County

KY. In 1787 they joined Cooper's Run Church in Bourbon County. (Personal

note--the word received was used, may be visiting) Frances was a charter

member of Silas Baptist Church in Bourbon in 1800. Reuben appears in the Bourbon tax list from 1787-1789. His Widow Frances appears most years from 1791-1807. Reuben died in 1790. His wife Frances was also known as Francis, Franky, Franke, but her maiden name was not uncovered. She died in 1807.

Reuben and Franky's children are proven by Bourbon Co KY deeds, Op356, Np532, Rp383, Chancery suit 710 Drusilla Underwood vs. John Cullock. Ben Coke recorded the children as follows:

1. Frances Underwood m 1794 Bourbon Co KY to John Johns(t)on Bourbon deed Op356 shows they were in Washington Co MO in 1819. Nothing further uncovered by Ben Coke.

2. Reuben Underwood

3. Bennett Underwood

4. Lucy Underwood c1770-185X, married 1792 in Bourbon Co KY to Thomas Jones. Nothing else found on Mr. Jones. In 1824, Lucy and her sister below Drucilla bought land in Jackson Turnpike, Preble Co Ohio. Lucy Jones appears in the 1850 Preble Co OH census.

5. Durcilla Underwood never married, and after 1824 lived with Lucy Jones in Preble Co OH. She died before the 1850 census.

6. Catherine (Caty) Underwood married Isham Lanier in 1789.

7. NATHAN UNDERWOOD (more to follow below)

*NATHAN (AKA NATHANIEL SEE BELOW) UNDERWOOD, SON OF REUBEN UNDERWOOD OF

Bourbon CO KY

Page 18 of Ben Coke's; "The Underwood Family of Madison County Virginia"

Married Sarah Conway in Bourbon CO, KY in 1793. Paid personal property tax in 1788-1793, 1797, 1799, 1801; and paid in Harrison CO KY 1800, 1802-1811, 1813, 1816, 1817. In 1810 he paid tax on 55 acres in Bourbon.

In Jan 1818 or 1819 he sold his part of his parents estate to his sister Lucy Jones (Bourbon Co deed Np532)

Nathan moved on and nothing else in known. Ben Coke makes a clear statement that the Nathaniel Underwood whose 1812 Veterans record reflects he enlisted in HC Gists Company, 28th Regt Infantry at Paris KY on 26 Jul 1814 and was discharged at Lower Sandusky, Ohio, 25 Jun 1815 with full entitlements to land bounty by law is the same Nathan Underwood recorded above as the seventh child of REUBEN UNDERWOOD. The discharge paper of the time give reference to his birth place VA, approximate age of 40, 5 ft, 9 inches in height, brown complexition, dark eyes, dark hair and occupation of a farmer. The discharge was signed by First Lieutenant Thos. E. Boswell.

Ben Coke uncovered the fact he recieved land bounty in Illinois in Sec 26, Twp 2m, Range 5W. The warrant number was 13897, and the patent was delivered to Hon. R. M Johnosn, Great Crossings KY (REF: War of 1812 Bounty Lands in IL, 1840/1947 pg 424). Mr. Coke states that Nathan and Sarah must have seperated soon after their son Rueben was born. In Bourbon Co KY Court Order Dp499, Jun 1812, proves that son; Rueben, son of Nathan Underwood, age 14 on 17 Mar last is bound to Aaron Griffing, saddler. He referenced the HISTORY OF THE EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON CO IL 1876, pg 733.

Mr Coke recorded "Little" Reuben's birthdate as 17 mar 1798. Nothing more reflected in Mr. Coke's book on "Little" REUBEN SON OF NATHAN UNDERWOOD OF Bourbon COUNTY KY

Hope I helped you in your quest. Looks like a good match. Wish my family

tree was so well documented.

V/R

Lt Col Dave Underwood

Anchorage AK

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ORIGINAL REQUEST:

I was interested in the response that Dave Underwood gave to Robert

Underwood, Henderson, NV. I too am descended from the family of Nathan

and Elizabeth Anderson Underwood through their son, Reuben, who married

Frances "Franky" Rucker. Could Dave go down one generation and tell me

if Nathaniel Underwood (1776) belongs with this family? I can't find

his name with this family on any of the CD's or internet postings or

census records. He married Unknown and had at least two children,

Claiborne and Margaret, my ancestor. Could this be in error because

Nathan's son, Nathan was also listed with a birth date of 1776. Any

help out there?

Melba Cox

Notes for FRANCES RUCKER:

Per the request for children of Rueben Underwood, 1742-1790 (Son of Nathan

Underwood and Elizabeth Anderson). This is what Ben Coke's "The Underwood

Family from Madison County VA had to say on pg 5 and other pages throughout

the text

V/R

Lt Col Dave Underwood

Anchorage AK

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Rueben and Frances (Franky) Underwood's children proven by Bourbon Co KY

deeds Op356, Fp38, Np532, Rp383:

1. Frances Underwood m. 1794 Burnon Co KY to John Johns(t)on. They were in

Washington CO MO in 1819 per deed reference Op356.

2. Reuben Underwood, dc 1815. In 1805 married Catherine (Caty) Secret in

Fayette Co KY.

They had one child, Malinda Underwood, bc 1805. She married John Webster in

1820.

3. Bennett Underwood d 1830. He married Susannah Giltner in 1808, Fayette Co

KY. He lived in Bourbon CO. KY and moved to Preble County OH about 1824.

In 1829 he sold his OH land to son Nathan. Bennett served in Capt Langhornes

Co of 1st Rifle Regiment KY Volunteer Militia during Aug-Nov 1812..He died

15 Apr 1830 in Preble Co OH. His widow Susannah moved to Huntington CO IN.

they had 8 childrn. Nathan who died in 1832-1835 in Preble Co OH, Ruben,

Eliz bc 1812, married John K. Tomlinson, George M. underwood, bc 1814, Mary

Ann Underwood, bc 1816 married Simon Mason, Lucinda bc 1821, married george

Mason, and Bennett Jr. bc 1828.

4. Lucy Underwood, c1770-185X, m.. 1792 Buurbon Co KY to Thomas James, but

had no issue. In 1824 Lucy and her sister Drucilla (below) bought land in

Jackson Twp, Preble Co OH. Lucy Jones in in the 1850 Preble Co OH census.

5. Drucilla Underwood, never married, and after 1824 lived with Lucy Jones

(above) in Preble Co OH. Drucilla died before 1850 census.

6. Catherine (Caty) Underwood, m. 1789 Isham Lanier in Bourbon Co KY. Isham

was a constable in Bourbon Co KY. Before 1820 they moved to Preble Co OH

where he bought land from a nephew, Alexander Lanier. Isham died 27 Jan

1823, Catherine died 7 Nov 1844. Both are buried in Frame Cemetery. They

had 9 children. ReubenLanier b 1794, Mary Lanier b 1790 m 1810 James Waters,

Frances Lanier bc 1794 m. Wm Maddock, Sarah Lanier b. 1797 m 1819 Dennis

Thalls, Lydia Lanier b 1799 m 1819 Wm Zellers, Cynthia Lanier b 1795, Henry

Lanier b 1800, Sampson Lanier, Catherine Lanier b 1801 m 1824 Stephen Swain,

Lucretia Lanier bc 1808, Lucinda Lanier b 1807, Jamies Lanier b 1792,

William Lanier b 1805, and Drucinda Lanier 1809-27

7. Nathan (or Nathaniel) Underwood. In 1793 he married Sarah Conway in

Bourbon Co KY. Suspect he enlisted ub HC Gists Company at Paris KY on 26 Jul

1814. He was discharged at Lower Sandusky OH 25 Jun 1815. He received bounty

land for his service in IL. Nathan and Sarah seperated after Reuben was

born 17 Mar 1798. In 1833 Sarah went to Sangamon Co IL with her son. Little

Rueben m Margret Dawson, 1822. His children are listed in the book too.

Children of REUBEN UNDERWOOD and FRANCES RUCKER are:

i. FRANCES⁴ UNDERWOOD, b. Unknown, Unknown; d. Unknown, Unknown; m. JOHN JOHNSON, 1794, Bourbon Co., KY; b. Unknown, Unknown; d. Unknown, Unknown.

    Notes for FRANCES UNDERWOOD:

        source: Ben Coke's "The Underwood Family of Madison County Virginia."

        Op356 shows they were in Washington Co MO in 1819. Nothing further uncovered

        by Ben Coke.

 

    More About JOHN JOHNSON and FRANCES UNDERWOOD:

        Marriage: 1794, Bourbon Co., KY

ii. REUBEN UNDERWOOD, b. Unknown, Unknown; d. Unknown, Unknown.

iii. BENNET UNDERWOOD, b. Unknown, Unknown; d. Unknown, Unknown.

iv. LUCY UNDERWOOD, b. Unknown, Unknown; d. Unknown, Unknown; m. THOMAS JONES, 1792, Bourbon Co., KY; b. Unknown, Unknown; d. Unknown, Unknown.

    Notes for LUCY UNDERWOOD:

        source: Ben Coke's, "The Underwood Family of Madison County Virginia."

        Lucy Jones appears in the 1850 Preble Co., OH census

        In 1854 Lucy and sister, Drucilla, bought land in Jackson Turnpike, Preble Co., OH

    More About THOMAS JONES and LUCY UNDERWOOD:

        Marriage: 1792, Bourbon Co., KY

 

v. DURCILLA UNDERWOOD, b. Unknown, Unknown; d. Unknown, Unknown.

    Notes for DURCILLA UNDERWOOD:

        source: Ben Coke's, "The Underwood Family of Madison County Virginia."

        Durcilla Underwood never married, and after 1824 lived with Lucy Jones in

        Preble Co OH. She died before the 1850 census.

vi. CATHERINE UNDERWOOD, b. Unknown, Unknown; d. Unknown, Unknown.

vii. NATHAN UNDERWOOD, b. Unknown, Unknown; d. Unknown, Unknown.

 

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