Stephen Sisney

Stephen Sisney was baptized on September 15, 1755 at Saint James Church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Descendants of Stephen Sisney

Generation No. 1 <link>

1. Stephen3 Sisney (Sisney2, Sisney1) was born Abt. 1755 in Guilford County, North Carolina, and died in Christian County, Kentucky. He married Dolly Holton, daughter of Lewis Holton. She also was born in Guilford County, North Carolina, and died in Christian County, Kentucky.

Children of Stephen Sisney and Dolly Holton are:

• i. MARY GRACE4 SISNEY.
• ii. RACHEL TAYLAR SISNEY.
• iii. ELIZABETH A. SISNEY, b. 1785 in Orange County, North Carolina; d. August 25, 1852, Hopkins County, Kentucky.
• 2. iv. ROBERT SISNEY, b. 1788.
• 3. v. WILLIAM STEPHEN SISNEY, b. Abt. 1794.
• 4. vi. JOHN "SCOT" SISNEY, b. October 14, 1796 orNovember 02, 1797, in Guilford County, North Carolina; d. September 04, 1880, Pontiac, Ozark County, Missouri.
• 5. vii. DAVID T. SISNEY, b. 1801, in Kentucky.

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Notes

Stephen is listed as one of the Tories captured at the battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina on February 27, 1776. "Scotch Highlanders In America" by J. P. MacLean describes the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge as a fight between Highlanders Settlers numbering between 1,500 and 3,000 (including about 200 regulars) and nearly 9,000 Revolutionary Patroits. The actual battle lasted about 10 minutes and the Highlanders were soundly defeated whereupon they returned to their homes and did not take up arms again.

Their support for King George had been based on an oath of loyalty to the Governor of North Carolina, not on political inspiration. They were Scotish and spoke Gaelic, not English. They were told that the revolution was usurping their civil rights. The guestion is was Stephen Sisney a Highlander who settled in North Carolina or was he a Regular who may have been Christened in Pennsylvania? Did he migrate from North Carolina to Christian County, Kentucky? It is interesting to note that Stephen's son John Sisney, who married Matilda Tompkins in Christian County, Kentucky, was called "Scot".

Will

The following document is on file in Christian County, Kentucky: Page 559, Will.

• I, Stephen Cisney, of C, being in my perfect senses and memory to my wife Dolly-my land and plantation that I now live on and household goods and chattels and all the stock, to have her lifetime or widowhood, and after her death
• To my grandson G. Washington Cisney, son of Robert Cisney and Mary Cisney, his wife-all the land and plantation that I live on, and all the other property except the land, for her to do with as she sees proper.
• To my daughters Mary Grace, Rachel Taylor, and Elizabeth Ray-5 shillings each. To my son Robert Cisney, 5 shillings
• Executers: wife Dolly Cisney and son Robert Cisney. Signed September 9, 1823-Stephen (+his mark) Cisney, Witness-Alex Vinson, James McKinsey Sr., subscribing witnesses thereto.

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[REVOLUTION WAR PAPERS PROVE HE SEVER IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY. PENSION PAPERS HAVE HIM COLLECTING UNTIL HIS DEATH ON AUG 15 1823 ROSS COUNTY, OH?]

Links

• http://www.internetbaglady.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I05...
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sisney-114
• Genealogical data on the family known as Cessna, Cesney, Cissna, Cisne, Cisna, Cisney and Sisney.A meticulous recreation of Family centered Census from 1720 through 1820 < GoogleBooks >
• http://www.houseofcessna.com/books.html

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GEDCOM Note

<p>Stephen Sisney was baptized on September 15, 1755 at Saint James Church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.</p><p>Stephen is listed as one of the Tories captured at the battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina on February 27, 1776. "Scotch Highlanders In America" by J. P. MacLean describes the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge as a fight between Highlanders Settlers numbering between 1,500 and 3,000 (including about 200 regulars) and nearly 9,000 Revolutionary Patroits. The actual battle lasted about 10 minutes and the Highlanders were soundly defeated whereupon they returned to their homes and did not take up arms again. Their support for King George had been based on an oath of loyalty to the Governor of North Carolina, not on political inspiration. They were Scotish and spoke Gaelic, not English. They were told that the revolution was usurping their civil rights. The guestion is was Stephen Sisney a Highlander who settled in North Carolina or was he a Regular who may have been Christened in Pennsylvania? Did he migrate from North Carolina to Christian County, Kentucky? It is interesting to note that Stephen's son John Sisney, who married Matilda Tompkins in Christian County, Kentucky, was called "Scot".</p><p>On December 28, 1789 Stephen registered his ownership of 60 acres of land located in Guilford County, North Carolina on the waters of Horsepen Creek.</p><p>The Salisbury District, Guilford County, North Carolina 1790 Census shows Stephen as head of household with one male dependent under 16 years of age and three female dependents.</p><p>The will of Lewis Holton, probated in Guilford County, North Carolina in August of 1805, leaves his property to his daughters: Dolly Cisney, Nancy Reynolds, and Rachal Bartley.</p><p>In Jillson's Book of Kentucky Land Grants: Stephen Sisney was granted 175 acres on April 28, 1807. The 1810 Christian County, Kentucky Census shows Stevin (Stephen) Sisney to be over 45 years old (born before 1765) with a wife who is also over 45 and a male household member between 10 and 15 years of age.</p><p>The following document is on file in Christian County, Kentucky: Page 559, Will. I, Stephen Cisney, of C, being in my perfect sensesand memory to my wife Dolly-my land and plantation that I now live on and household goods and chattels and all the stock, to have her lifetime or widowhood, and after her death To my grandson G. Washington Cisney, son of Robert Cisney and Mary Cisney, his wife-all the land and plantation that I live on, and all the other property except the land, for her to do with as she sees proper. To my daughters Mary Grace, Rachel Taylor, and Elizabeth Ray-5 shillings each. To my son Robert Cisney, 5 shillings</p>Executers: wife Dolly Cisney and son Robert Cisney. Signed September 9, 1823-Stephen (+his mark) Cisney, Witness-Alex Vinson, James McKinsey Sr., subscribing witnesses thereto.