Individual Details
James MCCOY
(Abt 1772 - 28 Apr 1814)
DISREGARD THIS FAMILY UNTIL FURTHER RESEARCH IS DONE. Further, a birth date of 1792 just isn't possible with a child born 1794. I removed the 1792 as birth year. There was a James, but this info can't be right.
Not proven this James is brother of Daniel, but Daniel's daughter married this James' son William, and Pioneer Families of Missouri said he was her cousin. Just don't know he was her first cousin.
This James settled in St. Charles County in 1814, according to same book.
Book also listed five other sons but didn't say that those were his only children.
Have entered birth date of 1772 found in a tree at ancestry, but not verified. Using as tentative.
Wife's name of Nancy Tompkins from Gedcom. Not verified.
Later found this marriage:
Exact Search Results - Mercer County, Kentucky Marriage Records,1800-1830 Vol. II-III
Marriage Records of Mercer County, Kentucky 1816-1830
Name: James McCoy
Spouse: Nancy Tompkins
Marriage Date: 30 Sep 1819
Is this the right one? If so, the death date is obviously wrong for James.
Further examination shows this gedcom info has many errors. If James was born abt. 1792, he couldn't possibly have had children born 1794 and 1799-1800.
Here is information from another gedcom: Updated: 2005-05-2002:49:01 UTC (Fri) Contact: John Apodaca , hotshot0526@yahoo.com:Note that this one has his middle name as Humphrey.
ID: I221
Name: James Humphrey MCCOY 1
Sex: M
Birth: 1791 in North Carolina 1
Death: 12 JUL 1833 in Salem, Indiana
Note:
He came to Indiana form North Carolina, his Mother had family who lived in there, in fact she was from Indiana. He was baptized on Oct. 1810, and the next month he was chosen Church Clerk. A position he held until Oct. 1816 when he and his wife moved to Washington City, Indiana.
He was the first man to drive a team of four horses across, "Flowers Gap Knob." He was a schoolteacher and preacher. His teaching and preaching were very well exceptable to the people.
James, his wife, and Son became ill with cholera in Salem, Indiana. James wrote at the time of his sickness to his brother John McCoy in Clark City, just three words (We Sicken, We die) His brother John rushed forward with his relief, and the epidemic was so that he was the only one with him when he died, and he alone (John) prepared his body for burial. He buried his brother himself, having hired someone to dig the grave. James was buried in Salem Cemetary and there stands at this day an old monument bearing the following inscription:
In the memory of Elder James McCoy who died of Cholera, July 12, 1833,
Jehovah smiling looks from heaven high,
And calls to mansions far beyond the sky,
Mysterious love commands away my breath,
Entombs my dust in peace, and sweetens death,
Such love shall also guard my sleeping dust,
( Most blessed thought ) till God shall wake the just,
Celestrial grace that brought me safe thus far,
Convey me home to dwell where angels are,
O' blest abode where all the saints do rest,
Ye nations seek and be forever blest.
In memory of Nancy McCoy, consort of Elder James McCoy who died of Cholera July 8, 1833,
Come welcome death the end of fear,
I am prepared to die,
And whilst my mouldering clay lies here,
My soul ascends on high.
The Cholera Epidemic referred to, was one of the most memorable distressing events in the history of Salem. The town was a mere villiage located in one of the most healthy regions in Indiana. A high dry limestone section. When this plague came it swept with ( the beson of destruction ) it took 55 lives from June 25, to July 15, 1833.
One writer says, " July 4th presented a scene that baffles description. During the night of the 3rd and the morning of the 4th the grim monster had cut down eleven. The town was almost depopulated,but few were left to look after the sick and dead. The merchants closed their stores and left, turning the keys over to those who remained, telling them to take whatever might be needed. The coffins were hurriedly made at a cabinet shop, usually of rough popular boards, and placed outside, the man who drove the dead cart could get them. After the bodies were placed in them, they were taken to the cemetary by the sexton."
Father: John MCCOY b: 1759 in North Carolina
Mother: Martha HUMPHREY b: 1761 in Indiana
Marriage 1 Nancy UNKNOWN
Children
Son MCCOY
Sources:
Title: Apodaca & Griffin past & present.FTW
Repository:
Media: Other
Text: Date of Import: Apr 11, 2003
If the above is correct, then all of the children and wife in the other gedcoms is wrong.
Not proven this James is brother of Daniel, but Daniel's daughter married this James' son William, and Pioneer Families of Missouri said he was her cousin. Just don't know he was her first cousin.
This James settled in St. Charles County in 1814, according to same book.
Book also listed five other sons but didn't say that those were his only children.
Have entered birth date of 1772 found in a tree at ancestry, but not verified. Using as tentative.
Wife's name of Nancy Tompkins from Gedcom. Not verified.
Later found this marriage:
Exact Search Results - Mercer County, Kentucky Marriage Records,1800-1830 Vol. II-III
Marriage Records of Mercer County, Kentucky 1816-1830
Name: James McCoy
Spouse: Nancy Tompkins
Marriage Date: 30 Sep 1819
Is this the right one? If so, the death date is obviously wrong for James.
Further examination shows this gedcom info has many errors. If James was born abt. 1792, he couldn't possibly have had children born 1794 and 1799-1800.
Here is information from another gedcom: Updated: 2005-05-2002:49:01 UTC (Fri) Contact: John Apodaca , hotshot0526@yahoo.com:Note that this one has his middle name as Humphrey.
ID: I221
Name: James Humphrey MCCOY 1
Sex: M
Birth: 1791 in North Carolina 1
Death: 12 JUL 1833 in Salem, Indiana
Note:
He came to Indiana form North Carolina, his Mother had family who lived in there, in fact she was from Indiana. He was baptized on Oct. 1810, and the next month he was chosen Church Clerk. A position he held until Oct. 1816 when he and his wife moved to Washington City, Indiana.
He was the first man to drive a team of four horses across, "Flowers Gap Knob." He was a schoolteacher and preacher. His teaching and preaching were very well exceptable to the people.
James, his wife, and Son became ill with cholera in Salem, Indiana. James wrote at the time of his sickness to his brother John McCoy in Clark City, just three words (We Sicken, We die) His brother John rushed forward with his relief, and the epidemic was so that he was the only one with him when he died, and he alone (John) prepared his body for burial. He buried his brother himself, having hired someone to dig the grave. James was buried in Salem Cemetary and there stands at this day an old monument bearing the following inscription:
In the memory of Elder James McCoy who died of Cholera, July 12, 1833,
Jehovah smiling looks from heaven high,
And calls to mansions far beyond the sky,
Mysterious love commands away my breath,
Entombs my dust in peace, and sweetens death,
Such love shall also guard my sleeping dust,
( Most blessed thought ) till God shall wake the just,
Celestrial grace that brought me safe thus far,
Convey me home to dwell where angels are,
O' blest abode where all the saints do rest,
Ye nations seek and be forever blest.
In memory of Nancy McCoy, consort of Elder James McCoy who died of Cholera July 8, 1833,
Come welcome death the end of fear,
I am prepared to die,
And whilst my mouldering clay lies here,
My soul ascends on high.
The Cholera Epidemic referred to, was one of the most memorable distressing events in the history of Salem. The town was a mere villiage located in one of the most healthy regions in Indiana. A high dry limestone section. When this plague came it swept with ( the beson of destruction ) it took 55 lives from June 25, to July 15, 1833.
One writer says, " July 4th presented a scene that baffles description. During the night of the 3rd and the morning of the 4th the grim monster had cut down eleven. The town was almost depopulated,but few were left to look after the sick and dead. The merchants closed their stores and left, turning the keys over to those who remained, telling them to take whatever might be needed. The coffins were hurriedly made at a cabinet shop, usually of rough popular boards, and placed outside, the man who drove the dead cart could get them. After the bodies were placed in them, they were taken to the cemetary by the sexton."
Father: John MCCOY b: 1759 in North Carolina
Mother: Martha HUMPHREY b: 1761 in Indiana
Marriage 1 Nancy UNKNOWN
Children
Son MCCOY
Sources:
Title: Apodaca & Griffin past & present.FTW
Repository:
Media: Other
Text: Date of Import: Apr 11, 2003
If the above is correct, then all of the children and wife in the other gedcoms is wrong.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1772 | Est Lincoln Co., KY or North Carolina | |||
| Death | 28 Apr 1814 | St. Charles Co., Missouri | |||
| Reference No | 5259 |
Families
| Spouse | Nancy TOMPKINS ( - ) |
| Child | Benjamin MCCOY ( - ) |
| Child | James MCCOY ( - ) |
| Child | John MCCOY ( - ) |
| Child | Martin MCCOY ( - ) |
| Child | William MCCOY (1794 - 1849) |
| Child | David MCCOY (1799 - ) |
| Father | Unknown Maybe John MCCOY (1750 - ) |
| Sibling | Daniel MCCOY (1770 - 1844) |
| Sibling | Sarah Sally MCCOY (1770 - 1844) |
| Sibling | John "Padre" "Devil" MCCOY (1776 - 1838) |
| Sibling | Catharine MCCOY (1779 - 1859) |
| Sibling | Anne MCCOY (1781 - 1830) |
| Sibling | Zachariah "Zach" MCCOY (1785 - 1845) |
| Sibling | Joseph MCCOY (1790 - 1841) |
| Sibling | Margaret MCCOY (1790 - ) |