The Benjamin Drake FamilySubmitted by Barb Marshall

Generation No. 1 Children of Drake are: +2i.Benjamin2 Drake, born Abt. 1755; married Hannah McCullough; died Bet. 1820 - 1821 in Switzerland CO, IN. +3ii.Jesse Drake, born Abt. 1782; married Jane ...; died Aft. November 1840. +4iii.Robert Drake, born December 1777 in VA; married Mary "Polly" Pickett; died 19 June 1845 in Switzerland CO, IN. +5iv.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." =================================== 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 17961712 2/3 of 1500 A[acres] Drake, Phillip to Payne, William 7131/3 of 1500 A Drake, Benjamin from Quisenberry, John & C 17941171100 A [John and Rachel Quisenberry, who both signed, as did Benjamin Drake.] Drake, Benjamin & wife to Roundtree, John 179541599A (wife's name is Hannah) Drake, Ephraim wife to Netherland, Benjamin 180554001000 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, EliDrake, 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?] ============================================== "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 117Benjamin Drake In 1810, a Benjamin Drake was in Oxford Township, Green County, Ohio. ================================================================== 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. 184Friday 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). =============================================== >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: 2i.Martha3 Drake; married Martin Adkins. 3ii.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, JosephSpouse : 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 4iii.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. ================================================ 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