Maj. William Carter Love

Maj William Carter Love

BIRTH 1760 Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia, USA DEATH 22 Aug 1799 Dixon, Webster County, Kentucky, USA BURIAL Piney Fork Cemetery Piney Fork, Crittenden County, Kentucky, USA MEMORIAL ID 19502233

ID: I0036 Name: Major William Carter Love Sex: M Birth: 1760 in Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia 1 Death: 22 AUG 1799 in Dixon, Webster County, Kentucky of Murdered Burial: 1799 Piney Fork Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky Medical Information: Big Bill and Little Mike Harp Murdered Him Near Modern Dixon Note: Information From Provided By Robert J. Stuart William Calhoun Love was born in Knox County, Tennessee in 1798, and moved to Caldwell County, Kentucky the following year. That same year, his father, Major William Love, was murdered near modern Dixon in western Kentucky. Killed by the Harpes while on a tour of surveying in what is now Hopkins County near the Henderson County line.

From McBee's cabin they traveled about four miles to the cabin of Moses Stegall. Stegall was not home. The cabin was occupied by Mrs Stegall, her child, and a Major William Love. Love was a surveyor who had come to see Stegall on business. As was the custom at the time, the Harps were invited to spend the night. The Harp brothers and Love were to sleep in the loft of the cabin. During the night, one of the Harps killed Major Love, supposedly for snoring and keeping them awake. The next morning, they killed Mrs Stegall and her child and set fire to the cabin. The cabin site is roughly on the Hopkins-Webster County line and east of Ky Hwy 630. As the Harps left Stegall's cabin, they took Major Love's horse and one belonging to Stegall. They hid along the road thinking that when Squire McBee saw smoke from the burning cabin he would come to investigate and they would have a chance to kill him.

Father: Joseph Love b: 10 NOV 1728 in Chester County, Pennsylvania Mother: Mary Teas b: OCT 1734 in Pennsylvania

Marriage 1 Esther Calhoun b: 30 SEP 1765 in Long Cane, Abbeville, South Carolina Married: 1785 in Pendleton Dist., Abbeville, South Carolina Married: 1785 in Location Given, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA 1 Married: 1785 in Location Given, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA 1 Change Date: 27 SEP 2006 Children Has No Children Nancy Calhoun Love b: 1786 in Abbeville, South Carolina Has Children Robertus Love b: 1789 in Abbeville, South Carolina Has No Children Mary "Polly" Teas Love b: 29 OCT 1789 in Pendleton Dist, Abbeville, South Carolina Has No Children Esther Calhoun Love b: 7 OCT 1790 in Pendleton Dist, Abbeville, South Carolina Has Children Jane Noble Love b: 7 MAY 1792 in Abbeville, South Carolina Has No Children Min. William Calhoun Love b: 9 MAR 1798 in Knox County, Tennessee

Sources: Title: One World Tree (sm) Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., n.d. Repository: Note: www.ancestry.com Media: Ancestry.com Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.

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