General Notes

LDS FHL Ancestral File # FW3M-D9
(see "Sources" for credit on the following)
"Sources of Information"
"The Tincher Tribe and Caesars Tencteri Tribe", by Lois Tincher Dorsey, 1974, published by Adams Press 30 W. Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. L.D.S. Family History Library microfilm #1036800 Item 2, sources used: Kentucky State Historical Society, Vol. 37, pg 295; Stoner, R.D. "Shed Bed of the Republic, A" pg 84; Box 6, Bundle #22, Label "T", 1787-1796 Court House, Richmond, KY;
Land Tax for Madison County, KY; Court Order Book C, 1800-13, Madison Co., KY, pg 381, 366-367, 375; Church Records, Cane Springs Church, Madison Co., KY, pg 6; Miller Mss., pg 55; op cit., pg 777.
[Old Cane Spring Baptist Church, see: www.library.eku.edu/collections/sca/inv/canespring.pdf
The French and Indian war give us the first reference to William.
May 1,1757, We find William receiving 2 pounds, 18 shillings for completion of such service at this time; i.e. 58 days as a soldier in the company of Wm. Preston. [The Tincher Tribe, Lois Tincher Dorsey, p. 24]
9 Aug 1757 Samuel Tincher supplied salt & other food to Fort Lewis & Fort George wihile his sons William and Francis were soldiers. [See Samuel Tincher's marriage scrapbook for scan of their signatures on receipts.]
1762 William was legally of age to be a witness in a 25 Aug. court case, with his father, Samuel. [The Tincher Tribe, Lois Tincher Dorsey, p.25]
1763 The treaty to end the French & Indian War was signed & William bought his first 50 acres after the war's end, probably with the help of the land warrants issued for service. [The Tincher Tribe]
I764 Indians became more hostile & 450 men were employed to defend the frontier, perhaps seeking a safer home, William purchased from Robert Douglass, for 50 pounds, 129 acres on Pine Run (a branch of South River near South Mountain), on the south side of Beverly Manor. Neighbors were Charles Campbell and James Robinson. Teste: John Bigham, George Campbell. [TheTincher Tribe p,25]
1768 Aug.11 - William & Mary Tincher then sold four years later, to Moses Eager, for 60 pounds, this acreage. They made a profit, they'd bought it from Robert Douglass for 19 pounds. This Robert Douglass is probably the father of William's first wife, Mary. [The Tincher Tribe, p.25]
1770 Aug 18 - William was a teste to a transaction of 40 acres. This is the sale of Andrew Kinkead & wife Jean, to Thomas Kinkead. So William was still in the area of the Calfpasture, perhaps with his father. [The Tincher Tribe, p26]
1772 June - Oct. William Tincher's name is on two Day Books of the Mathew Trading Post. By 1772 William Tincher had moved on, so purchase could have been made on "the Greenbrier River, not far from mouth of Howard's Creek. [The Tincher Tribe p. 26]
1774 Apr 15 - William is an appraiser in Botetourt with James McAfee & William Craig, to appraise the estate of Patrick Wilson. Present: James Trimble; William Fleming; William McKee (McGee); John Bowman, John Robinson & Philip Love, [Almost all of the above "gentlemen Justices" appear with the Tinchers later, in Kentucky.] [The Tincher Tribe, p. 27]
1776 - While a petition for the formation of a new county was being circulated, Col. Fleming had Capt. George Givens to march with "a company of men to the defense of the people on the Greenbrier", a few days later Capt. John Stuart wrote Col. Preston of the "people of Muddy Creek gathering in the forts". [The Tincher Tribe, p. 27.]
1777 - Indian troubles had settlers rushing to the Fort at Camp Union (Lewisburg). Help for the people on Muddy Creek was sent by Captain Henry Smith. In the new county of Greenbrier was Wiilliam Tincher & his father Samuel who signed a petition for the "commissioners to consider and adjust their title claims". [The Tincher Tribe]
1778 - New County of Greenbrier. William and Samuel, his father, signed a petition for the commissioners to consider and adjust title claims.
1781 Feb 13 - In oldest Greenbrier Co. VA (now WV) Court Order Book, in the court house at Lewisburg, WV is William Tincher, listed as a road surveyor.

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wv/greenbrier/court/record1.t
MARCH, 1781- William Tincher to survey a road from James Byrnside's to Christopher Bryan's, vice Archibald Handley, discharged.

1783 Aug 20 William Tincher is exempted from "working on the road" in the future. [Greenbrier Co. Court records Vol 1]
1783 Tax Lists of Greenbrier Co. VA.: #455 Tincher Francis 400 acres; #456 Tincher, William 200 acres; #487 Windsor, Jonathan 400 acres, assignees: John Connor & Francis Tincher.
1785 - William listed as surety to the estate of Elizabeth Rogers, administrator to her husband David Rogers. [The Tincher Tribe. p. 29]
1788 The last mention of William Tincher in Virginia other than his father's Will, is the land tax for the year 1788. [The Tincher Tribe, p.29]
William was a road surveyor, estate appraiser 1774, and had served in the Virginia Militia during the French & Indian War. He was one of the first settlers of Greenbrier Co. Virginia (now WV) where he owned 200 acres. He pioneered Kentucky in 1789. The tax list of 1794 Madison Co. KY lists William as being exempt from taxes because of his age. If he was of age when in the Virginia Militia, his birth date was probably in the late 1730's.
1794 - Madison Co. KY. Above mentioned tax list is the first mention of William Tincher in the Blue Grass region, only two years after it's separation from Virginia. They were along yet another "Muddy Creek". [See top of page for William TINSHER on the 1792 Madison Co., KY tax list.]
1795 May 19 - Madison Co. KY - William asked the Sheriff to find one "Reubin Reynolds to be brought in and answer a plea of covenant broken." By then William owned 300 acres on Muddy Creek. By 1796 William owned a slave.

1806 Feb 9 - William wrote his will [Handwritten will hard to read, unknown words filled by dashes]:
February 9th 1806
In the name of God, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - of William Tincher being weak in body but of sound and perfect mind Memory for you may say that considering the uncertainty of this mortal life and being of abundance blessed to almighty God for the same do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form as following - - - - - - -
First I give and bequeath unto my beloved son Samuel Tincher five Shillings, _ _ _ _ _ Grissa Bland, daughter of William Tincher five Shillings - - - - - - Peggy Harrow daughter daughter of William Tincher five Shillings Robert Tincher son of William Tincher five Shillings Hamilton Tincher son of William Tincher five Shillings George Tincher five Shillings Esther White daughter of William Tincher five Shillings Peggy Burris daughter of William Tincher five shillings Francis Tincher five Shillings and to my beloved wife all the rest of my Estate during her Widowhood and at her death to portion to them as she may - - - - - - - - and when she d- - - - - - - - - for to be - - - - - - - In Witness whereof I have - - - - - - set my hand William Tincher - -

Probate thereof in due form giving security whereupon he together with William Sudduth & James Ward his securitees entered into and acknowledged their bond in the penalty of £1000 conditioned as the law directs for the due and faithful administration of the said decedents estate and performance of his will liberty being reserved the other executor[?] therein named to join in the probate when he shall think fit
Exo Teste D. Bullock ccc
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"Osborne family of Utah, Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia" Leslie Mikesell Wood genigrandma@@hotmail.com (with credit for excerpts from narrative/sources shown above.)
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