William Elliott Kincheloe, Sr

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA with the rank of Captain. DAR Ancestor # A066303

William KINCHELOE3,2,1 was born on 26 May 1736 in Hamilton Parish, Prince William County, Virginia. He died on 10 Oct 1788 in Bardstown, Nelson County, Virginia. At the old Virginia family graveyard buried are several Confederate soldiers, including William Simpson Kincheloe, who fought for Mosby's Raiders, and his brother James Cornelius Kincheloe. There has been at least five generations born and buried on Kincheloe property along Bull Run. There is even an older graveyard, but Union troop encampments destroyed the grave markers during the Civil War. The Union also burned the old farmhouse on the land.

The farm is situated on Bull Run and one can still find Civil War relics from the Battle of Bull Run, fought in part on the Kincheloe property. Land from the farm has been purchased by the state of Virginia for the Bull Run State Park and the Manassas National Battlefield.

William was born on May 26, 1736, in Hamilton Parish. He married Mary "Mollie" White in 1760 and they had ten children. Their land included 400 acres in Fauquier County, purchased for 90 pounds, June 3, 1767 from Smith Burgess.

William and John (his brother) were appointed to survey a road in 1769, and witnessed the will of John Hurmons in 1775.

William was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War, serving in Captain James Scott's Fauquier Independent Company. He served the Colonies in the Continental Line. He "wintered at Valley Forge" under General George Washington's command, where he captured a British sword. Later his son Jesse in the War of 1812 used the sword.

Promoted to Captain, William resided at the Falls of the Ohio (Louisville, KY) in 1778/79. He then moved to Nelson County on Simpson Creek about 1790. At the time many of the frontier settlers lived in forts to protect themselves from the Indians. William found a partially built fort (by Captain William Polk) and he completed it. It was called Fort Kincheloe, or Kincheloe's Station. In 1782, a band of Indians led by the renegade Simon Girty (an Englishman who remained loyal to the crown) attacked Fort Kincheloe, killing many, and taking others prisoner. Fortunately, the Kincheloes had moved to Chaplin Fork late fall of 1781. Thereafter, Kincheloe's Station was called Burnt Station.

Having survived war with the British and war with the Indians, William Kincheloe was killed on his own plantation when a tree fell on him in 1797. Both of his older sons fought in the Revolution and all six of his sons served in the War of 1812.

He was married to Mary (Molly?) WHITE in 1760 in Prince William, Virginia. Mary (Molly?) WHITE was born on 9 Feb 1744 of Prince William, Virginia. She died on 21 Nov 1831 in Nelson County, Kentucky. William KINCHELOE and Mary (Molly?) WHITE had the following children:

15 i. Jesse Davis KINCHELOE was born on 5 May 1754 in Fauquire County, Virginia. He died in 1820 in Tensae Parish, Louisiana. Jesse was born on May 5, 1784 and was married to a Taylor in 1810. He later married Anna Cochran on April 6, 1815. He had one child. He died 1819/20.

He served in the War of 1812 with the sword his father captured from the British near Valley Forge during the Revolution. He was a Private under Captain Wickliffe's company. He served in the battle of the River Raisin in Michigan, and in the Battle of The Thames. He became a prominent doctor in Nelson County, Kentucky. He died of yellow fever in Tensas Parish, Louisiana while scouting for a place to relocate his medical practice.

+16 ii. Thomas Ludwell KINCHELOE. 17 iii. Peggy (Margaret) KINCHELOE was born about 1769 in Farquier County, Virginia. Margaret Peggy was born in 1769 and was married to Travis Davis. 18 iv. Stephen KINCHELOE was born in 1763 in Fauquire County, Virginia. Stephen was born in 1763, Fauquier County. He was married to Ann Hayden on December 26, 1785, and had three children. After Ann's death he married Elizabeth Tyler on February 2, 1795, and they also had three children.

He served in General George Rogers Clark's Illinois Company. In the War of 1812 he was a Private in Captain Martin Wickliffe's Company in the 5th Kentucky Regiment of Colonel Henry Renick's Mounted Volunteers. Later he was Corporal and Sargent in the 7th Regiment of Barbee's Kentucky Militia.

19 v. Mary (Molly) KINCHELOE was born about 1771 in Fauquire County, Virginia. Mary was born in 1771 and was married to Warren Davis on January 7 or 10, 1787.

20 vi. Lewis KINCHELOE was born about 1773 in Fauquire County, Virginia. He died on 3 Nov 1813. Lewis was born in 1773 and was married to Milly Reno on November 9, 1794. He had five children.

Lewis was appointed Lieutenant Colonel commanding the 45th Regiment of the Kentucky Volunteer Infantry in 1805. Served as Captain 3rd Company in the Williams Regiment Kentucky Volunteers Light Dragoons, later Major. Served in Williams' 11th Kentucky Mounted Volunteers and engaged in the Battle of The Thames, in Canada, on September 5, 1813. There is some evidence that he fought with Andrew Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans.

Lewisburg, named in honor of Lewis, or "Kincheloe Bluff," on the Green River in Muhlenburg County, Kentucky was a landing place before 1798, and was declared a 'port of entry' in 1800. Merchandise from the east was received there, and produce, hides and pork for the south were shipped from there.

21 vii. Clarissa KINCHELOE was born in 1774 in Fauquire County, Virginia. She died in 1833 in Nelson County, Kentucky. Clarissa was born in 1767 and was married to Isaac Davis, Jr. on January 10, 1799. She died in 1833.

22 viii. Elias KINCHELOE was born in 1776 in Fauquire County, Virginia. He died in 1856 in Chaplin, Nelson County, Kentucky. Elias was born in 1776/77 and was married to Rebecca Rector on April 27, 1807 He had four children. He later married Ann B. Jackson (or Ann B. Harrison?) on September 1, 1828. He obtained a grant of 200 acres south of the Green River in Christian County, Kentucky on September 7, 1798. He also obtained 200 acres on Pond Creek in Muhlenburg County Kentucky on November 21, 1807.

He served in the War of 1812 in the battle of the River Raisin in Michigan, and in the Battle of The Thames on September 5, 1813

23 ix. Sarah (Sallie) KINCHELOE was born in 1765 in Fauquire County, Virginia. She died. Sarah was born in 1765 and was married to a Taylor.

24 x. Rev. William KINCHELOE was born on 22 Mar 1786 in Fauquire County, Virginia. He died in 1853 in W Island, Muhlenburg County, Kentucky. William, Jr. was born on March 22, 1786 and was married to Elizabeth Worthington on May 25, 1809. There is also a reference to a marriage to Ann H.? He had four children. He died in 1853.

He served in the war of 1812 and fought in the Battle of The Thames. He later became a Methodist minister in Muhlenburg, County, Kentucky