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After the Revolutionary War, a vast expanse of land west of the Appalachians which was gained by Britain's victory in the French and Indian war but closed to settlement by the colonial government now became available to citizens brave enough to relocate there. Some of the land was given out in grants to Revolutionary War veterans in payment for their services, and more was available for purchase at low cost. These circumstances resulted in a massive movement of people to the western lands, particularly Kentucky, in the decades following the war. Kentucky was populated largely by settlers from Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania (Zwicker, and Stewart).
Henry Dewitt was one of these settlers, having received land grant No. 2826 for 100 acres of land in Kentucky on March 26, 1784 from the Commonwealth of Virginia for his military service. He had served 2 years in the Virginia Line. Henry selected land on the Southern waters of Rolling Forks Creek. Records find him and other family members living in this area for the remainder of his life. In the first Kentucky census of 1785, Henry DeWitt was listed on the

Partial notes from Kathryn Gazaway:
1786, Jan 24, Henry received a land grant of 190 acres located in Nelson
1795, Henry was taxed for 240 acres on Rolling Fork Creek.
1800, Henry was listed on the Hardin County tax roll. He had 75 acres on
On the LDS Film of Early KY marriages I found where Henry
1807 Hardin Co. Tax List, list Henry with 1 Male over 21, 2 males ages 16-21, owning 45 acres and four horses.
Records not found, but Grandpa Artie stated that Henry built locks
1809 Tax List Rolling Creek in Hardin Co Henry with 45 acres and 3 horses.
1810 Census Hardin Co KY, list Henry and wife both over 45 years
Henry probably died between 1810 and 1811 because his name was
1811 Tax List, I found Ann DeWitt living on 45 acres on Rolling Creek.
1822 From later LDS Tax Roll Film of Hardin Co KY : Isaac DeWitt,
1823 Tax Roll: Daniel Coy 100 acres Rolling Creek, Abraham DeWitt , Soloman C. DeWitt, Isaac DeWitt with 45 acres on Rolling Creek and Bennett M. DeWitt.
1824 Tax Roll still Hardin Co KY, Flim very blurred but found Ann DeWitt 45 Acres, R. Ck., Abraham DeWitt and Bennett DeWitt.
1825 Hardin Co. Tax List: Solomon C DeWitt, Ann DeWitt 45 acres, Abraham
1826 - 1829 Tax list: Ann, Abraham and Soloman C, Soloman is listed as
1830 Tax: Ann DeWitt 45 Acres, Abraham, Soloman C. 50 acres. From this
1831-1832 too blurred to read; 1833 Tax: Abraham, Ann 45 acres, Soloman C. and Bennett M.. a James appears living in Elizabethtown, he is related to Bennett.
1834 Tax Roll on 2 rolls: Ann DeWit and Abraham on first roll and Bennett and James on second roll. Henry's son Soloman Coy had moved to Indiana near his Uncle Elisha and family.
1835 (none); 1836 - 1837 Tax: Ann, Abraham and Bennett, James and now their brother Caleb. None for 1838
1838 Hardin only has Bennett, James and Caleb. Larue Co KY had been formed
Henry's family remaining in Nelson Co KY were:
1828 Nelson Co KY: James DeWitt 568 acres on Rolling Creek, Price DeWitt
1829 Nel Co Tax: Price DeWitt and John DeWitt tax 1000 and also 100 acres.
1830 Tax: John DeWitt 650 acres and Price DeWitt 331 acres both on Harrison Fork.
1830 James DeWitt's wife Mary (Whitfill) DeWitt is listed 1830 in
1831 Dim & blurred only found John DeWitt 500 acres on Wilson Creek.
1835 Tax Nel Co: Peter DeWitt, Mary Ann DeWitt (John's widow) 300 acres &

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Birth	Abt 1758	Sussex, New Jersey, British America
Military	Abt 1776	American Revolution - Virginia, United States
Marriage	Abt 1777/78	of, Hampshire, Virginia, United States - Ann Orr
Tax List	1785	Nelson, Kentucky, United States
Property	24 Jan 1786	Rolling Fork, Nelson Co., Kentucky
Tax List	1787	Nelson, Kentucky, United States
Tax List	1791	Nelson, Kentucky, United States
Tax List	1792	Nelson, Kentucky, United States
Tax List	1800	Hardin, Kentucky, United States
Tax List	1805	Hardin, Kentucky, United States
Census (family)	1810	Hardin, Kentucky, United States - Ann Orr
Death	Abt 1811	Little York Township, Hardin, Kentucky, United States

Spouse	Ann Orr (1761 - 1830)
Child	Phebe Dewitt (1778 - 1854)
Child	James Dewitt (1784 - 1825)
Child	John Dewitt (1786 - 1834)
Child	Jane Dewitt (1788 - 1860)
Child	Abraham Dewitt (1791 - 1845)
Child	Soloman Coy Dewitt (1795 - 1860)
Child	Hannah Dewitt (1798 - )
Child	Deliah Dewitt (1800 - )
Child	Melvina Dewitt (1802 - )

Father	Paulus Dewitt (1727 - 1774)
Mother	Catrina "Catharine" De Pue / DePuy / Dupuy (1732 - )
Sibling	John Dewitt (1751 - )
Sibling	Sara Dewitt (1751 - )
Sibling	Barnett Dewitt (1752 - 1798)
Sibling	Peter Dewitt Sr. (1753 - 1834)
Sibling	Paul Dewitt (1755 - 1818)
Sibling	Jacob Dewitt (1761 - )
Sibling	Elisha Dewitt (1765 - 1830)

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