SEVENTH GENERATION

118. Francis HEDRICK was born in 1780 in Virginia. He died on 19 Jul 1855 in Washington County, Indiana. He was baptized into the LDS church on 3 Jan 1921. He was endowed on 5 Jan 1921. He was sealed to parents on 12 Aug 1969. He has reference number 1BNZ-BH. He was buried in Flower Gap Cemetery, Washington County, Indiana. FRANCIS HEDRICK
1780-1855
Francis Hedrick, my forefather, was born about 1780 in Virginia to Captain Peter
Hedrick and Margaret Hoerchelradt. While Francis was very young, the family moved from
Virginia back to their homeplace on Four-Mile Branch in Rowan County, North Carolina.
Peter and Margaret had lived here since the early 1760's and owned nearly a thousand
acres.

The date of the marriage of Francis to Elizabeth Howard, who was born in Rowan,
North Carolina, has not been located. They had twelve children, eleven of whom were
born in Rowan County. Inasmuch as Davidson County was formed from Rowan in 1822, the last child, Anne, was born in Davidson County.

The children were:

Child Born Married Date

David 21 April 1803 Susanna Leonard 11 Oct. 1829
Henry 2 July 1804 Ruth
Margaret 14 Sept. 7806 Daniel Leonard 27 July 1828
Reuben about 1808 apparently died in infancy
Elizabeth 10 April 7810 George Garner
Mary (Polly) 25 Sept. 1811 Phillip Garner* 4 April 1830
Sarah (Sally) 17 or 18 Apr. 1814 Henry Wyatt 16 Jan. 1839
Jesse 27 Apr. 1815 Elizabeth McCarn 3 Dec. 1836
Francis (Jr.) 5 Apr. 1817 Sarah
Nancy 17 March 1819 James Sumner
Rachel 20 Nov. 1821 Lige Sumner
Anne 10 March 1825 John Bowen 24 Sept. 1836

*My progenitor

After their marriage, the first two sons, David and Henry, went to White River
country near Paragon and Gossport in Indiana and made their homes. Elizabeth and Mary,
who married Garner brothers in Rowan County, also moved to Indiana. In 1832, Francis
and Elizabeth moved their "partly raised family" to White River country in Indiana where
David and Henry were living.

Relative to the move the family, "they made the trip of 700 miles from North
Carolina to White River, Washington County, Indiana in wagons, with old bows over them
and covered with canvas and were drawn by ox teams." It took seven weeks to make the
trip. They had aimed at going to Paragon but "the people of the Zoar Church talked the
family into staying there."

Francis Hedrick died "when Aunt Phoebe was a little girl. She was born 22 April 1345."
(Daughter of Jesse Hedrick and Elizabeth McCarn.) Elizabeth Howard "died about a year
later." They are buried in Flower Gap Cemetery, Washington County, Indiana.



Bibliography of Francis Hedrick
1780-1855

1. 1850 Census, Washington County, Indiana.

2. Johann Casper Stoever's Parish register p. 99.

3. "Centennial History of Davidson County", by Reverend Jacob Calvin Leonard, p. 456

4. Land Records, Rowan, North Carolina

5. Pearl Brenton Indianapolis, Indiana

6. Ethel Button, Indianapolis, Indiana.

7. Phillip Garner records, in possession of Lolabell Garner Oleson.

8. Bible of Jesse Hedrick, in possession of Pearl Brenton.

9. Hedrick History by Reverend Aubrey Hedrick.

10.Article by Jefferson Hedrick (1906), Davidson County, North Carolina.






















He was married to Elizabeth HOWARD in 1802 in Rowan County, North Carolina.

119. Elizabeth HOWARD was born on 29 Mar 1790 in Rowan County, North Carolina. She was baptized into the LDS church on 5 Feb 1924. She was endowed on 6 Feb 1924. She has reference number 1BNZ-CN. She was buried in Flower Gap Cemetery, Washington County, Indiana. Children were:

child i. David HEDRICK was born on 21 Apr 1803 in Rowan County, North Carolina. He was baptized into the LDS church on 29 Jun 1953. He was endowed on 21 Apr 1954. He was sealed to parents on 16 Jun 1969. He has reference number 1BNZ-PD.
child ii. Henry HEDRICK was born on 2 Jul 1804 in Rowan County, North Carolina. He was baptized into the LDS church on 5 Feb 1924. He was endowed on 7 Feb 1924. He was sealed to parents on 16 Jun 1969. He has reference number 1BNZ-QK.
child iii. Margaret HEDRICK was born on 14 Sep 1806 in Rowan County, North Carolina. She died in 1856. She was baptized into the LDS church on 5 Feb 1924. She was endowed on 6 Feb 1924. She was sealed to parents on 16 Jun 1969. She has reference number 1BNZ-RQ.
child iv. Reuben HEDRICK was born in 1808 in Rowan County, North Carolina. He was baptized into the LDS church on 5 Feb 1924. He was endowed on 7 Feb 1924. He was sealed to parents on 16 Jun 1969. He has reference number 1BNZ-SW.
child v. Elizabeth HEDRICK was born on 10 Apr 1810 in Rowan County, North Carolina. She died on 24 Dec 1840 in Adams County, Illinois. She was baptized into the LDS church on 5 Feb 1924. She was endowed on 7 Feb 1924. She was sealed to parents on 16 Jun 1969. She has reference number 1BNZ-T3.
child59 vi. Mary HEDRICK.
child vii. Sarah (Or Sally) HEDRICK was born on 18 Apr 1814 in Rowan County, North Carolina. She was baptized into the LDS church on 4 Jan 1968. She was endowed on 17 May 1968. She was sealed to parents on 16 Jun 1969. She has reference number 1BNZ-V8.
child viii. Jesse HEDRICK was born on 27 Apr 1815 in Rowan County, North Carolina. He died on 4 Oct 1895. He was baptized into the LDS church on 29 Jun 1953. He was endowed on 5 May 1954. He was sealed to parents on 16 Jun 1969. He has reference number 1BNZ-WF.
child ix. Francis HEDRICK JR. was born on 5 Apr 1817 in Rowan County, North Carolina. He was baptized into the LDS church on 5 Feb 1924. He was endowed on 8 Feb 1924. He was sealed to parents on 16 Jun 1969. He has reference number 1BNZ-XL.
child x. Nancy HEDRICK was born on 17 Mar 1819 in Rowan County, North Carolina. She was baptized into the LDS church on 5 Feb 1924. She was endowed on 7 Feb 1924. She was sealed to parents on 16 Jun 1969. She has reference number 1BNZ-ZR.
child xi. Rachel HEDRICK was born on 20 Nov 1821 in Rowan County, North Carolina. She was baptized into the LDS church on 5 Feb 1924. She was endowed on 8 Feb 1924. She was sealed to parents on 16 Jun 1969. She has reference number 1BP0-0V.
child xii. Anna HEDRICK was born on 10 Mar 1825 in Dudlon, Pennsylvania. She was baptized into the LDS church on 5 Feb 1924. She was endowed on 8 Feb 1924. She has reference number 1BP0-12.

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