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The Benjamin Drake Family
Submitted by Barb Marshall
Generation No. 1
Children of Drake are:
+ 2 i. Benjamin2 Drake, born Abt. 1755; married Hannah McCullough; died
Bet. 1820 - 1821 in Switzerland CO, IN.
+ 3 ii. Jesse Drake, born Abt. 1782; married Jane ...; died Aft.
November 1840.
+ 4 iii. Robert Drake, born December 1777 in VA; married Mary "Polly"
Pickett; died 19 June 1845 in Switzerland CO, IN.
+ 5 iv. Sallie Drake.
1. Benjamin2 Drake (Drake1) was born Abt. 1755, and died Bet. 1820 -
1821 in Switzerland CO, IN. He married Hannah McCullough, daughter of
Douglas. She died in Bourbon CO, KY.
Notes for Benjamin Drake:
LAND OF OUR FATHERS
History of Clark County,
Kentucky
A. Goff Bedford
Mt. Sterling, KY
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERANS, page 63 D
"Beverly Daniels; Major Jesse Daniels; Captain Vivion Daniels; ... John
Douglas; Benjamin Drake; ... 1st Virginia Line; First Lt. Jacob Duty."
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Drakes on the Clark CO, KY Tax List include Benjamin, Daniel, John, &
Jesse.
Clark County Court, KY Deed Records
p. 115
Drake, Phillip to Johnson, Robert
1796 1 712 2/3 of 1500 A[acres]
Drake, Phillip to Payne, William
713 1/3 of 1500 A
Drake, Benjamin from Quisenberry, John & C
1794 1 171 100 A
[John and Rachel Quisenberry, who both signed, as did Benjamin Drake.]
Drake, Benjamin & wife to Roundtree, John
1795 415 99A (wife's name is Hannah)
Drake, Ephraim wife to Netherland, Benjamin
1805 5 400 1000 A
LAND OF OUR FATHERS
History of Clark County,
Kentucky
A. Goff Bedford
Mt. Sterling, KY
p. 205 "... The second deed was from John and Rachel Quisenbury to
Benjamin Drake for the sale of some land on Two Mile Creek."
Clark county is located in the central Bluegrass region of Kentucky.
It was formed in 1792 from Bourbon and Fayette counties and named for
General George Rogers Clark. The county seat is Winchester. Drakes were
among the earliest inhabitants. Winchester is the home of Ft.
Boonesborough. This would coincide with what Clarence Drake said about
Robert Drake having known Daniel Boone. It would also explain the
following marriage entry.]
Vawhan, Eli Drake, Rhoda, 6-15-1797
CLARK COUNTY, KENTUCKY MARRIAGES 1792 - 1851
Annie W. Burns Bell 1934
[Rhoda Drake was the daughter of Margaret Drake, widow of Joseph Drake,
the longhunter.]
Clark CO, KY Tax Lists
Drake, Benjamin 1793, 1794, 1796
Drake, Daniel 1793
Drake, Jesse, 1794, 1795, 1796
Drake, John 1793, 1794
[Could they all have been brothers?]
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"Dearborn County was organized in 1803. It included land which is
now Switzerland, Ross Township of Ripley County; the area below Grant's
Creek in 1809 became Jefferson County. Ohio County and Switzerland
counties were formed about 1810; Ripley County was formed about then."
p . 7 "The first families in the area were : Cottons, Dickasons,
Picketts, Drakes, Maguires, Rahl, David and Stuart. William Cotton,
Griffin Dickson settled at Indian Creek 1798/99. Heathcoat Pickett
above Hunts Creek 1796/97. David near Hunts Creek, Drakes 1799/1800.
Maguire about 1800. John Rayl about 1801, near James Stuart 1799/1800.
"Benjamin Drake bought land for a settlement called 'New York' -
present day Florence in Switzerland County. Benjamin and Robert owned
land on what is now the upper end of Switzerland County."
INDIANA HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS VOL. XIII
THE SWISS SETTLEMENT OF SWITZERLAND CO, IN
Indianapolis 1923
DEARBORN CO INDIANA TAX LIST 1807
117 Benjamin Drake
In 1810, a Benjamin Drake was in Oxford Township, Green County, Ohio.
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Benjamin Drake was on a list of voters in Loglick Township, Dearborn CO,
IN, 3 Aug. 1812. He was appointed to conduct the election.
Source: Housier Genealogist 2:84
April 11th [1806] "The following persons were appointed Justices of the
peace for the County of Dearborn, Justice Gibbs, James Adar Senior,
Benjamin Drake, John Templeton, and Richard Rue and Robert Elliot for
the County of St. Clair, and Robt. Evans Knox County."
Source: Executive Journal, Indiana Territory 1800-1816
William Wesley Woollen, Daniel Wait Howe and Jacob Piatt Dunn
Indiana Historical Society 1900, reprinted 1995
p. 199 Deed dated 1818, Benjamin Drake and Hannah, his wife to Harry
Pierson, New York town lots S6, T1, R1. Signed Benjamin Drake, Hannah
(X) Drake. Witness: Martin Adkins, Robert McCorkle. Original
Switzerland CO. Deed BooK A., pp 121, 122, 123
Surce: EARLY SETTLERS of INDIANA'S "GORE"
MIKESELL, SHIRLEY KELLER
Heritage Books, Bowie, MD 1995
PIONEER NEWSPAPERS 1802 - 1818 VOL II, No. 75
Green, Karen Mauer, Frontier Press, Galviston 1988
p. 18 4 Friday 22 Dec. 1815 Whole #277
"Benjamin Drake will apply to the register of the land office for a
replacement of the certificate he lost for land transferred to him by
Benjamin Miles.
"Isaac Dexter and John Mahard regarding the certificate of the land
sold by Benjamin Miles to Benjamin Drake. (Isaac Dexter bought S30, T4,
R1W 1814, p. 3 DEARBORN CO ORIGINAL LAND TRACT BOOK).
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>From all of the above, we can see that Benjamin Drake was in Dearborn
County, IN from about 1799-1818. He died in Switzerland County in 1820.
Children of Benjamin Drake and Hannah McCullough are:
2 i. Martha3 Drake; married Martin Adkins.
3 ii. Nancy Drake, born Unknown in Kentucky; died Unknown. She married
Joseph Nelson 21 September 1799 in Boone CO, KY.
Notes for Nancy Drake:
Marriage Index: KY, NC, TN, VA, WV, 1728-1850
Nelson, Joseph Spouse : Drake, Nancy
Marriage date : 21 Sep 1799
Marriages of Campbell, Boone and Kenton Counties, Kentucky,
1795-1850 Letters L-R
NELSON, Joseph & Nancy DRAKE, 21 Sept. 1799, BD, m by John Taylor, b
John Livingston, c by father Benjamin Drake, w by Jesse Drake &
Nathan
Nelson, A-1, Boone Co., KY
4 iii. John Drake, born Abt. 1795 in Virginia.
Notes for John Drake:
1830 Census Decatur County, Indiana p. 389
Drake, John 1 male under 5; 1 male 10-15; 1 male 30-40;
1 female 5-10; 1 female 15-20; 1 female 30-40.
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1840 Census Decatur County, Indiana p.
Drake, John 3 males under 5; 1 male 5-10; 1 male 50-60;
1 female under 5; 1 female 5-10; 1 female 20-30; 1 female 40-50
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