First Families Proven Ancestors
The following persons are proven ancestors with descendants who have been accepted as members of First Families of Old Buncombe under the following individuals:
Abel, Thomas Henry
Alexander, James
Anderson, Robert
Ashworth, John
Bailey, Levi
Banks, Wesley
Barnard, Col. Joseph “Job”
Bennett, John
Biffle / Buffel, Adam
Boyd, James
Brank, Robert Houston
Briggman, Solomon
Brittain, James (Jr., Sr., or II; b. 1750-55 in VA; d. abt. 1831 in Henderson Co., NC; wife was Deliliah)
Brittain, William
Brookshire, Benjamin
Bryson, James
Bryson, William M. (b. ca 1758 in PA; d. 1817 in Bunc/Hend Co., NC; wife was Susanna Bogle)
Burleson, Gen. Edward
Burleson, James
Canagatoga, Old Hop
Candler, Zachariah Moorman
Capps, William
Case, John, Sr.
Case, Thomas
Cathey, William (1777-1864; wife was Catherine Turner; proven 2002)
Cathey, William (bef. 1755-1812; wife was Rebecca (-?-); proven 2017)
Chambers, Elihu William
Chambers, James
Chambers, John
Claypoole, Jane
Clayton, Lambert
Cole, Ann
Cole, David
Cole, Matthew
Cole, Rachel Thrash
Cooper, Adam
Cowan / Cowen, Adam
Craig, James
Cunningham, George
Cunningham, Humphrey
Davidson, Col. William Lee
Davidson, Maj. William
Davis, Uriah (b. 1740 in MD; d. 1808 in Bunc. Co., NC; wife was Elizabeth (-?-))
Dever / Deaver, William John
Dillingham, Absalom
Dinsmore / Dunsmore, Adam
Edmon, Ann
Edney, Asa Quincey
Edney, Samuel
Edwards, John Jackson, Sr.
Eller, John Jacob, Jr. (b. ca 1754-55 in PA; d. UNK; wife was Mary Biffle) (Sr. Found in Rowan Co. Wills in 1782)
Erwin, William
Fletcher, Capt. William C., Jr.
Forgay, Samuel
Foster / Forster / Forrester, William, Jr. or II (b. 31 Mar 1748 Ireland; d. 02 Apr 1830 in Bunc. Co, NC; buried in Newton Academy Cem.; Md. Elizabeth Heath ca. 1771 in VA)
Foster, Col. Thomas (b. 1774 in VA; d. Dec 1858 in Bunc., NC; buried in Newton Academy Cem; s/o William Jr, II, below, and brother of William III, below)
Foster, William III (b. 1776 in VA; d. May 1826 in Bunc. Co., NC; buried in Newton Academy Cem.; wife was Fannie Lucinda Ballew)
Garrison, Thomas
Gash, Martin Alley
George M. Cathy, Capt. George M.
Gillaspie, John
Gilliam, Epaphroditus
Green, Denise DeCrease
Griggs, Henry
Gudger, William
Guice, Phillip
Hall, George
Hawkins, Benjamin
Hawkins, James
Hawkins, John
Hays / Hayes, John
Hemphill, Capt. Thomas
Hensley, Sgt. Henry Harry
Holcombe, John III
Holcombe, May
Hoodenpyle, Phillip Gysberti
Hopper, Sookie Granny
Horton, Zephaniah
Hunter, William
Hyatt, Shadrack
Jarrett, Daniel, Sr. (b. Dec 1747 in PA; d. Feb 1822 in Bunc. Co., NC; wife was Mary Catherine Moyer)
Johnson / Johnston, James
Jones, John, Sr.
Jones, Joshua
Jordan, Thomas Pleasants
Justice / Justus, John
Keith, Reuben, Sr.
Killian, Daniel, Sr.
Kilpatrick, Joseph Milton
King, Samuel, Sr.
Kuykendall, Abraham
Kyle, William
Lance, John, Jr. (b. 1787; d. (-?-); wife was Sarah Ann (-?-))
Lance, John, Sr. (b. ca 1758 in SC; d. ca 1820 in Bunc. Co., NC; wife was Mary (-?-))
Lance, Peter
Landers, Barney
Lanning, John “Pioneer”, Sr. (b. Feb 1757 in NJ; d. Aug 1839 in Bunc. Co., NC; Md. Sarah Whitaker in Rowan Co., NC)
Lawson, William
Leatherwood, Edward
Lusk, William
Lyda, Andrew
Maney, Martin
McBrayer, James
McBrayer, Samuel, Jr.
McBrayer, Samuel, Sr.
McCarson, John David, Sr.
McCourry, Malcom
McDaniel, Alexander
Meehan, Jane Gurley
Merrell, John
Merrill, Benjamin
Metcalf, Absalom Abraham
Mills, Mary “Polly”
Mills, William
Mills, William Henry, Jr.
Moore, William Hamilton
Mullins, Abner
Murray, Samuel, Sr.
Newman, Mary
Orr, John
Osborn, Jeremiah, Jr. (b. 1772 in VA; d. 1812/13 in Bunc. Co., NC; (Mud Ck present Henderson Co., NC); wife was Anne Blyth; s/o Jeremiah Sr. even though surname spelled differently)
Osborn, Jeremiah, Sr. (b. ca 1734 in VA; d. 1805/06 in KY or OH; Md. Mary “Polly” Newman ca 1759 in Old Augusta Co., VA)
Osborn, John
Osteen, Soloman
Owen, Mosbey
Owens, Jesse
Palmer, Edmund
Patton, Col. John D.
Patton, George
Patton, Robert
Patton, Thomas
Phillips, Charles
Ponder, Daniel
Ray, Thomas L., Sr.
Reeves, James “Jim”
Reynolds, Abraham
Rice, Joseph Marion, Sr.
Rice, William
Roberts, John, Sr.
Roberts, Robert Gaines, Sr.
Robeson, William
Rogers, Hugh
Rogers, Robert
Roland, Henry
Russell, Matthew, Jr.
Sams, Edmund
Sams, John
Scott, James
Shelton, David
Shelton, Roderick
Shipman, Jacob
Shook, Jacob
Smith, Capt./Col. Daniel (b. 1757 in NJ; d. 17 May 1824 in Bunc. Co., NC; Md. Elizabeth Davidson in 1781 in Rowan Co., NC)
Smith, Samuel
Stepp, James
Stringfield, James, Sr.
Sumner, Richard
Taylor, Samuel
Thomas, John, Jr.
Thompson, Nathan
Thrash, Valentine
Treadway, William, Jr.
Vance, Capt./Col. David, Sr. (b. 1745 in Fred. Co., VA; d. 1813 in Bunc. Co., NC; Md. Priscilla Brank in Sept. 1775 in Rowan Co., NC)
Warren, James
Weaver, John
Wells, John
Wells, Robert
West, Jeremiah
Whitaker / Whitteker, William
Whitaker, Joshua, Jr.
Williamson, Charles, Sr.
Wilson, Elizabeth “Betsy” Davis
Wilson, Joseph Richard
Witherow, James
Wood, Ann
Wood, James
Woodard, William
Young, William