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Son of Terrence O' CONNOR.

Life History

Notes

• Unverified:[ Terrence ran away from home and ended up in London, England . Terrence was arrested and placed in prison(see records of the time?). He was sentence to be deported to the American coonies aboard the convict ship the "Rose". Per two books 'English Convicts in  Colonial America' vol 1, pg 61 and 'Bonded Passengers to America' vol 2, pg 61 both by Coldham, Peter Wilson, record idicates " Terrence arrived in America in 1755". Others believe he may actually arrived in 1757.
  
  
  Prisoners of this time period were exported to colonies and allowed to work in lieu of jail time. Most worked hard to free themselfves not only of prisom time, but also of persecution and starvation.]
  
  
  Terrence O'Conner was born in Irland in 1757 and at 19 years of age he ran away from home and emigrated to America. In 1776 he enlisted in Prince William Co., Virginia, in Gillihurs Colonel Daniel Morgan's Regiment the 11th,later known as the 15th Reg. Continental Line, he served over three years being dischared in 1779 at the Bush encampment on North River by General Wood. He was in the battles of Brandywine, Monmouth and at the storming of Stoney Point.
  
  
  He recieved bounty land from Virginia and after peace was declared he married Sarah Speaks and settled near Chesapeake Bay in Fairfax County, Virginia. They later moved to Washington County, Kentucky and then to Breckinridge County, Kentucky where they settled on Sugar-Tree Creek about five miles from the Ohio River. In 1806 Terrence and Sarah moved to Perr, county, Indiana about a mile from Rome. Nine childeren of this marriage has been recored. On 16 December 1841 Terrence started down the Ohio River on his son Samuel's flat boat. He intended to spend the winter with his daughter Betsy who lived on the Tennessee River. However he died as the boat reached Troy Indiana. He was buried in the Connor Cemetery near Rome as was his wife Sarah when she diead 10 Jun 1844. His tombstone staes, "A patriot and soldier of the revolution and an associate of Washington and Lafayette."
  
  
  Terrence O'Conner was born in Irland in 1757 and at 19 years of age he ran away from home and emigrated to America. In 1776 he enlisted in Prince William Co., Virginia, in Gillihurs Colonel Daniel Morgan's Regiment the 11th,later known as the 15th Reg. Continental Line, he served over three years being dischared in 1779 at the Bush encampment on North River by General Wood. He was in the battles of Brandywine, Monmouth and at the storming of Stoney Point.
  
  
  He recieved bounty land from Virginia and after peace was declared he married Sarah Speaks and settled near Chesapeake Bay in Fairfax County, Virginia. They later moved to Washington County, Kentucky and then to Breckinridge County, Kentucky where they settled on Sugar-Tree Creek about five miles from the Ohio River. In 1806 Terrence and Sarah moved to Perr, county, Indiana about a mile from Rome. Nine childeren of this marriage has been recored. On 16 December 1841 Terrence started down the Ohio River on his son Samuel's flat boat. He intended to spend the winter with his daughter Betsy who lived on the Tennessee River. However he died as the boat reached Troy Indiana. He was buried in the Connor Cemetery near Rome as was his wife Sarah when she diead 10 Jun 1844. His tombstone staes, "A patriot and soldier of the revolution and an associate of Washington and Lafayette."
  
  
  From:  "Marriages of Some Virginia Residents, 1607 - 1800", Series 1 , Vol 2, Wulfeck, 1963:  "Terrence, b. 1752, VA, d. 1841, Rome, IN, m . Sarah J. Speaks. DAR Number 47627."
  
   From "Pension Records of the American Revolutionary War":  Terrence
  Conner/Connor, ID number S35862.
  
   From:  "History of Perry County".
  
   The Connors were prominent people.  Terrence Connor, Sr. had serve d in
  Revolution.  His sons were Dade, Terrence, Jr., John, Samuel, and Wil liam.
  
   Terrence Connor Purchased Section 4, Perry County, IN, in 1812 .  A Terrence
  Connor also acquired Section 29, Perry County, IN, in 1817.
  
   NOTE   An election was held on 3 Aug 1818 in Tobin Township at th e home of
  Lemuel Mallory.  Those voting included:  ...Terrence Connor, Jr., .. . William
  Connor, ... John Conner, Sr., ... Terrence Connor, Sr., ... John Conn or,
  Jr., ... Samuel Connor.
  
   From "History of Perry County" Second Version:
  
   [Terrence was born in Ireland in 1752.  He ran away from home at ag e 19 to
  America to fight the British.]
  
   Terrence was born in 1757, in Virginia,, and there married Sarah Sp eaks, the mother of his eight children:
  
   NOTE   Terence Connor enlisted in September, 1776, in Prince Willia m County, Virginia, in the Virginia Line Continental Troops, under Co lonel Daniel Morgan, in the brigade commanded by General Woodford, se rving three years and two months, or until honourably discharged by G eneral Woodford, at the Bush encampment on North River.
  
   NOTE   [He returned to Prince William County after the war and star ted
  working for a shipbuilder named Robert Speke.  He fell in love with h is
  employer's daughter, Sarah , and married her.  They eventually went to
  Fairfax County.]
  
   NOTE   Some time prior to the beginning of the nineteenth century h e came
  with his family across the mountains into Kentucky (Washington County ), having received from Virginia bountylands in what was "Fincastle C ounty" when a part of the mother state.
  
   NOTE   As in the case of many other families, Kentucky was but a st opping
  place for the Connors, and in 1807 they settled permanently in Indian a, Samuel Connor then entering lands in Perry County and Terence Conn or, Sr.,
  taking up more, five year  afterwood.  By Act of May 25, 1819, he bec ame
  eligible to an annual pension of $96 and was placed upon the rolls Se ptember
  10, 1819, some twelve years after his earliest recorded residence i n Perry County.
  
   NOTE   He continued a pensioner until his death, December 16, 1841 , which
  occurred at Troy, although his remains were interred near Rome, in th e Connor
  Burying ground," which has never passed out of the Connor descendants , the sixth generations now residing there on. The stone at his hea d bears the inscription:  "A Soldier of the Revolution.  An Associat e of Washington and Lafayette."
  
   NOTE   Version by Median Hawn Long:  Tarrence Conner married Sara h Jane
  Speake in 1780.  He was born near Dublin, Ireland, 1757, son of Tarre nce Conner and ______________.  He came to America with his parents a round 1769 to 1870.  Soldier of the Revolution, enlisted Nov 3, 177 6 in Prince William
  County, VA in Capt Gallahan's Company, 11th VA Regiment, served 3 yea rs and 2
  months.  Was honorably discharged Nov 1, 1779 (LT James Wright's Comp any).
  
   After the Revolution, Tarrence Conner received a grant of land fo r his war
  service in 1785.  (Warrant #8968 for 200 acres in Fincastle County, K Y (later
  Washington County).  1798, moved to Breckinridge County, KY   1806, C rossed River into Indiana.  Took up land in Perry County.
  
   Received Pension for his war Service.  Certificate #16841.
  
   Organized the Methodist Church in Perry County at his home.
  
   NOTE   Per James Groves, Rome, IN, Terrance, and his two brothers , Samuel and John, came together from Fairfax County, VA and first se ttled in Hardinsburg, Breckinridge County, KY in the vicinty of Suga r Creek Run and Silver Tree Run.  They later moved the five miles acr oss into Indiana.  Dade later went back to KY.
  
   NOTE   Per James C. Conner, Anna, TX, Terrence, Sr. and his brother s came
  from Truro Parish, Fairfax County (Now known as Prince William County ), VA.
  They moved through KY and into IN.  Terrence, Jr. with wife and famil y,
  moved to Tremble County, KY.  They later left there and moved into Il linois
  where Terrence died and was buried.  James states that it appears tha t William went with Terrence and was buried in the same cemetary.
  
   The 1790 census index shows a Terrence Connor and Terrence Connor , Jr. in
  Fairfax County, VA.
  
   The 1820 census, dated 29 Jan 1821, shows the following entry fo r a Terrence Connor in Perry County, IN:  1m <10, 1m >45, 1f 16<26, 1 f >45.
  
   Deed Records of Perry County show that Terrence Connor, Sr.  sold W illiam
  Connor 100 acres of land adjacent to Samuel's on 18 Oct 1820.  On 1 7 Dec 1820, William leased back to Terrence the portion of land on wh ich Terrence's house sat (Recorded 15 Dec 1826).
  
   The 1830 census shows the following entry in Tobin Township, Perr y County, IN for Terrence Sr.:  1m 15 to 20, 1m 40 to 50, 1m 70 to 80 ,  2f <5, 1f 15 to 20, 1f 20 to 30, 1f 70 to 80.
  
    The 1840 census shows the following entry in Tobin Township, Perr y County,
  IN for Terrence Sr.:  1m 80 to 90, 1f 80 to 90.
  [Conners2 000.FTW]
  
  Unverified:[ Terrence ran away from home and ended up in London, England . Terrence was arrested and placed in prison(see records of the time?). He was sentence to be deported to the American coonies aboard the convict ship the "Rose". Per two books 'English Convicts in  Colonial America' vol 1, pg 61 and 'Bonded Passengers to America' vol 2, pg 61 both by Coldham, Peter Wilson, record idicates " Terrence arrived in America in 1755". Others believe he may actually arrived in 1757.
  
  
  Prisoners of this time period were exported to colonies and allowed to work in lieu of jail time. Most worked hard to free themselfves not only of prisom time, but also of persecution and starvation.]
  
  
  Terrence O'Conner was born in Irland in 1757 and at 19 years of age he ran away from home and emigrated to America. In 1776 he enlisted in Prince William Co., Virginia, in Gillihurs Colonel Daniel Morgan's Regiment the 11th,later known as the 15th Reg. Continental Line, he served over three years being dischared in 1779 at the Bush encampment on North River by General Wood. He was in the battles of Brandywine, Monmouth and at the storming of Stoney Point.
  
  
  He recieved bounty land from Virginia and after peace was declared he married Sarah Speaks and settled near Chesapeake Bay in Fairfax County, Virginia. They later moved to Washington County, Kentucky and then to Breckinridge County, Kentucky where they settled on Sugar-Tree Creek about five miles from the Ohio River. In 1806 Terrence and Sarah moved to Perr, county, Indiana about a mile from Rome. Nine childeren of this marriage has been recored. On 16 December 1841 Terrence started down the Ohio River on his son Samuel's flat boat. He intended to spend the winter with his daughter Betsy who lived on the Tennessee River. However he died as the boat reached Troy Indiana. He was buried in the Connor Cemetery near Rome as was his wife Sarah when she diead 10 Jun 1844. His tombstone staes, "A patriot and soldier of the revolution and an associate of Washington and Lafayette."
  
  
  Terrence O'Conner was born in Irland in 1757 and at 19 years of age he ran away from home and emigrated to America. In 1776 he enlisted in Prince William Co., Virginia, in Gillihurs Colonel Daniel Morgan's Regiment the 11th,later known as the 15th Reg. Continental Line, he served over three years being dischared in 1779 at the Bush encampment on North River by General Wood. He was in the battles of Brandywine, Monmouth and at the storming of Stoney Point.
  
  
  He recieved bounty land from Virginia and after peace was declared he married Sarah Speaks and settled near Chesapeake Bay in Fairfax County, Virginia. They later moved to Washington County, Kentucky and then to Breckinridge County, Kentucky where they settled on Sugar-Tree Creek about five miles from the Ohio River. In 1806 Terrence and Sarah moved to Perr, county, Indiana about a mile from Rome. Nine childeren of this marriage has been recored. On 16 December 1841 Terrence started down the Ohio River on his son Samuel's flat boat. He intended to spend the winter with his daughter Betsy who lived on the Tennessee River. However he died as the boat reached Troy Indiana. He was buried in the Connor Cemetery near Rome as was his wife Sarah when she diead 10 Jun 1844. His tombstone staes, "A patriot and soldier of the revolution and an associate of Washington and Lafayette."
  
  
  From:  "Marriages of Some Virginia Residents, 1607 - 1800", Series 1 , Vol 2, Wulfeck, 1963:  "Terrence, b. 1752, VA, d. 1841, Rome, IN, m . Sarah J. Speaks. DAR Number 47627."
  
   From "Pension Records of the American Revolutionary War":  Terrence
  Conner/Connor, ID number S35862.
  
   From:  "History of Perry County".
  
   The Connors were prominent people.  Terrence Connor, Sr. had serve d in
  Revolution.  His sons were Dade, Terrence, Jr., John, Samuel, and Wil liam.
  
   Terrence Connor Purchased Section 4, Perry County, IN, in 1812 .  A Terrence
  Connor also acquired Section 29, Perry County, IN, in 1817.
  
   NOTE   An election was held on 3 Aug 1818 in Tobin Township at th e home of
  Lemuel Mallory.  Those voting included:  ...Terrence Connor, Jr., .. . William
  Connor, ... John Conner, Sr., ... Terrence Connor, Sr., ... John Conn or,
  Jr., ... Samuel Connor.
  
   From "History of Perry County" Second Version:
  
   [Terrence was born in Ireland in 1752.  He ran away from home at ag e 19 to
  America to fight the British.]
  
   Terrence was born in 1757, in Virginia,, and there married Sarah Sp eaks, the mother of his eight children:
  
   NOTE   Terence Connor enlisted in September, 1776, in Prince Willia m County, Virginia, in the Virginia Line Continental Troops, under Co lonel Daniel Morgan, in the brigade commanded by General Woodford, se rving three years and two months, or until honourably discharged by G eneral Woodford, at the Bush encampment on North River.
  
   NOTE   [He returned to Prince William County after the war and star ted
  working for a shipbuilder named Robert Speke.  He fell in love with h is
  employer's daughter, Sarah , and married her.  They eventually went to
  Fairfax County.]
  
   NOTE   Some time prior to the beginning of the nineteenth century h e came
  with his family across the mountains into Kentucky (Washington County ), having received from Virginia bountylands in what was "Fincastle C ounty" when a part of the mother state.
  
   NOTE   As in the case of many other families, Kentucky was but a st opping
  place for the Connors, and in 1807 they settled permanently in Indian a, Samuel Connor then entering lands in Perry County and Terence Conn or, Sr.,
  taking up more, five year  afterwood.  By Act of May 25, 1819, he bec ame
  eligible to an annual pension of $96 and was placed upon the rolls Se ptember
  10, 1819, some twelve years after his earliest recorded residence i n Perry County.
  
   NOTE   He continued a pensioner until his death, December 16, 1841 , which
  occurred at Troy, although his remains were interred near Rome, in th e Connor
  Burying ground," which has never passed out of the Connor descendants , the sixth generations now residing there on. The stone at his hea d bears the inscription:  "A Soldier of the Revolution.  An Associat e of Washington and Lafayette."
  
   NOTE   Version by Median Hawn Long:  Tarrence Conner married Sara h Jane
  Speake in 1780.  He was born near Dublin, Ireland, 1757, son of Tarre nce Conner and ______________.  He came to America with his parents a round 1769 to 1870.  Soldier of the Revolution, enlisted Nov 3, 177 6 in Prince William
  County, VA in Capt Gallahan's Company, 11th VA Regiment, served 3 yea rs and 2
  months.  Was honorably discharged Nov 1, 1779 (LT James Wright's Comp any).
  
   After the Revolution, Tarrence Conner received a grant of land fo r his war
  service in 1785.  (Warrant #8968 for 200 acres in Fincastle County, K Y (later
  Washington County).  1798, moved to Breckinridge County, KY   1806, C rossed River into Indiana.  Took up land in Perry County.
  
   Received Pension for his war Service.  Certificate #16841.
  
   Organized the Methodist Church in Perry County at his home.
  
   NOTE   Per James Groves, Rome, IN, Terrance, and his two brothers , Samuel and John, came together from Fairfax County, VA and first se ttled in Hardinsburg, Breckinridge County, KY in the vicinty of Suga r Creek Run and Silver Tree Run.  They later moved the five miles acr oss into Indiana.  Dade later went back to KY.
  
   NOTE   Per James C. Conner, Anna, TX, Terrence, Sr. and his brother s came
  from Truro Parish, Fairfax County (Now known as Prince William County ), VA.
  They moved through KY and into IN.  Terrence, Jr. with wife and famil y,
  moved to Tremble County, KY.  They later left there and moved into Il linois
  where Terrence died and was buried.  James states that it appears tha t William went with Terrence and was buried in the same cemetary.
  
   The 1790 census index shows a Terrence Connor and Terrence Connor , Jr. in
  Fairfax County, VA.
  
   The 1820 census, dated 29 Jan 1821, shows the following entry fo r a Terrence Connor in Perry County, IN:  1m <10, 1m >45, 1f 16<26, 1 f >45.
  
   Deed Records of Perry County show that Terrence Connor, Sr.  sold W illiam
  Connor 100 acres of land adjacent to Samuel's on 18 Oct 1820.  On 1 7 Dec 1820, William leased back to Terrence the portion of land on wh ich Terrence's house sat (Recorded 15 Dec 1826).
  
   The 1830 census shows the following entry in Tobin Township, Perr y County, IN for Terrence Sr.:  1m 15 to 20, 1m 40 to 50, 1m 70 to 80 ,  2f <5, 1f 15 to 20, 1f 20 to 30, 1f 70 to 80.
  
    The 1840 census shows the following entry in Tobin Township, Perr y County,
  IN for Terrence Sr.:  1m 80 to 90, 1f 80 to 90.