Muhlenberg County Kentucky

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Family Group Records H

Joseph E. Heck & Catherine (Davis) Rogers

Joseph E. Heck.
Born: 4 Apr 1788, Maryland.
Married: 1) Sarah Davis, 24 Dec 1812, Muhlenberg County.
Married: 2) Catherine (Davis) Rogers, 1825, Muhlenberg County.
Died: 24 Apr 1864, Muhlenberg County.
Buried: Nelson Creek Cemetery, Muhlenberg County.

Family tradition says he went first to Virginia in the early 1800s, then to Kentucky.

In 1813 Joseph bought property on Nelson Creek:

Muhlenberg Deed Book 3, page 418 - 29 May 1813
Aaron Neal of Jefferson County, Mississippi Territory, sold to Joseph Heck of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, for one dollar, 200 acres on waters of Nelson Creek in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Warren Davis line.
Signed Aaron Neal. Witnesses Robert M. Craig and Scarlet Nixon.

Marriage 1: Family Group Record of Joseph E. Heck & Sarah Davis.

Married 2: Catherine (Davis) Rogers.
Born: 1794, Kentucky.
Married: 1) Evan Rogers, 11 Sept 1816, Muhlenberg County.
Married: 2) Joseph E. Heck, 1825, Muhlenberg County.
Died: 8 Aug 1876, Muhlenberg County.
Father: Henry Davis.
Mother: Mary (possibly Kincheloe).

See also: Family Group Record of Evan Rogers & Catherine Davis.

Known child of Joseph E. Heck & Catherine (Davis) Rogers:

  1. Evan Rogers Heck.
    Born: 22 Oct 1829.
    Married: Eliza E. Wilson, 12 Apr 1849, Muhlenberg County.
    Died: 17 Mar 1905.

Contributed by Dorann O'Neal Lam.

Updated July 30, 2017