Joseph Isaac Runyon, (son?)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Between 1750 and 1755, Taneytown, Frederick Co, Maryland
• Residence: 1780, Pine Run, Montgomery Co (later Wythe Co), Virginia
• Property: 1790, Wythe Co (from part of Montgomery Co) Virginia
• Property: 11 Jun 1802, Montgomery Co, Virginia
• Residence: 1806, Tazewell Co, Virginia
• Census: 1820, Tazewell Co, Virginia

Notes:

The parentage of Isaac Runyon remains entirely unknown; however, researchers frequently assert that he was a son of Joseph Runyon and an unknown wife (who is also sometimes identified as Hannah Stout, but this is not convincing). Alternatively, he is identified as a son of John and Elizabeth Freeman Runyon. Unfortunately, there is no supporting evidence for either of these presumptions, but, nevertheless, it seems reasonably certain that Isaac was born in New Jersey about 1738 (reportedly in Middlesex County) and descends from the original Huguenot immigrant, Vincent Rongnion. He married Geertje (Charity) Hageman, who was a daughter of Adrian and Mary Hageman and it would seem obvious from her name that she was of Dutch ancestry. Moreover, Isaac and Charity Runyon evidently moved to Frederick County, Maryland, in the early 1750's and settled in the vicinity of Taneytown, which lies near the border with Pennsylvania. In support of this, the will of Hendrick Sortore, Sr., made August 3, 1793, in Somerset County, New Jersey, mentions thirteen acres that he had previously purchased from Isaac Runyon. One may suppose that this land was sold when the Runyon family left New Jersey; however, this awaits definitive confirmation. Indeed, it would appear that even while living in Maryland, Isaac still maintained connection to New Jersey since it is known that in 1761 or 1762, Johannis De Mott paid Isaac Runyon for masonry work "around the window frame behind the pulpit" at the Neshanic Church in Somerset County. The church still exists; however, no other record of this transaction has been found. In addition, Isaac Runyon later stated in a Revolutionary War pension petition of 1819 that he had served in Capt. Bruce's Regiment of the New Jersey Militia.1 As a matter of chronology, it seems more likely that this service was in the French and Indian War rather than the Revolution; however, this is not at all clear. Concomitantly, on September 8, 1767, Adrian Hageman, Isaac's father-in-law, bought one hundred and sixty-one acres in Frederick County from John Logsdon for £112 and paid in Pennsylvania currency. Accordingly, it may be supposed that the Hageman's moved from New Jersey to Maryland at this time. Within this context, Adrian Hageman made a will on December 2, 1773, which mentions his wife, Mary, his daughter, Geertje (Charity), his son-in-law (although not mentioned by name), and grandsons Adrian (or Adron) and John Runyon. The will was proved on January 20, 1774, and two original copies are known to exist, viz., one in the court house in Frederick County and one in Annapolis.

Isaac Runyon served in the Revolutionary War, first in Frederick County as a corporal in Jacob Goode's Company and is listed on September 12, 1775, as one of eighty-two men (sixty-eight privates).2 Subsequently, Isaac along with his son, John, served in Captain Frederick Edwards' Company of the Montgomery County militia (forty-four men signed for duty).3 He then served with Captain William Campbell's Regiment of Virginia Militia and, again, with Captain Edwards' Company, which was attached to Colonel Walter Crockett's Regiment. Isaac and John were at or near the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina in March of 1781. (Captain Edwards' muster roll, dated March 26, 1781, indicates both Isaac and John Runyon as privates.) This service was substantiated by an affidavit made on Decemberr 29, 1819, by John Prestoke, who also asserts that he knew Isaac Runion in 1780 and that he then resided in Montgomery County, Virginia, on or near Pine Run. (This part of Montgomery County was later organized in 1790 as Wythe County.) Clearly, this implies that the Runyon family migrated to Montgomery County about 1780 and is further supported by the sale of one hundred and sixty-one acres on Great Pike Creek, Frederick County, Maryland, to John Logsdon on June 27, 1777, by Isaac Runion and Mary Hageman. Obviously, this is the same land purchased by Adrian Hageman in 1773 and, furthermore, the deed describes the parcel as one corner on Farquhar's Run and adjoining Bedford and Bedford Amendment tracts. Similarly, on August 9, 1779, Adrian Hagerman's widow, Mary Hagerman, daughter, Geertje (Charity), and son-in-law, Isaac Runyon, sold land to Jacob Stimmeli for £1200 current money. The graveyard in which Adrian Hagerman was buried was located on this property and the widow and Runyon heirs were granted a free right of access to the grave site. The name of Isaac Runnion (Runyon) appeared on the Land Tax List of 1782 for Montgomery County as owning one hundred and forty-six acres valued at twenty pounds on which he was assessed four shillings. Subsequently, it is reported that in 1783 Isaac Runyon bought two hundred and sixty-seven acres on a branch of New River adjoining Allferd's land. In addition, the name of Isaac Runyan (Runyon) appeared on the Montgomery County Personal Property Tax List of 1782 along with two other individuals both named John Runyon. One of these was almost certainly Isaac's son, but the identity of the other remains undetermined. Within this context, there is evidence that John Runyon married Elizabeth Runner in Montgomery County in 1786.4 This couple later settled in Pike County, Kentucky, and although it is probable that this was a son of Isaac, it is by no means certain. (Indeed, some researchers assert that Isaac's son, John, never married, but was a hunter and Indian scout on the Appalachian frontier.) Concomitantly, a deed of November 27, 1785, indicated that Isaac Runyon purchased eighty acres in Montgomery County from Thomas Guffin for £50. The land was located on Peek Creek, a branch of New River. Subsequently, on February 2, 1789, Isaac sold this same parcel to James Kennard for £45. Likewise, a deed dated May 26, 1786, asserted that Isaac's land adjoined one hundred and fifty acres purchased by Jacob Fouts, assignee of John Montgomery, which included both sides of Runion's Mill Branch. The residence of Isaac Runyon in Montgomery County is further supported by Personal Property Tax List B of 1787, in which his name appears. As noted previously, Wythe County was organized from a part of Montgomery County in 1790 and Isaac's land was evidently included within the new county. Accordingly, Isaac Runyon and his son, John, were listed in Wythe County tax records of 1795. (Concomitantly, Isaac's son, Adam, was listed in the Wythe County Personal Property Tax List of 1793.) Indeed, in 1798 Isaac Runyon, Sr., failed to pay tax assessed in Montgomery County and the collector or assesor, Mr. Hogue, was probably the one who wrote, "gone to Wythe." Even so, delinquent taxes of $1.78 were paid in October of 1798 to John Taylor, the sheriff. Moreover, Isaac Runyon evidently continued to own property in Montgomery County as is supported by a survey of two hundred acres in Montgomery County located on the Sandy Bar Branch of New River and made for Isaac Runyon on June 11, 1802.

Neverthelees, it would seem that by 1806, Isaac Runyon and his family had moved from Wythe County and settled in Tazewell County, Viriginia. Accordingly, Isaac appeared on tax rolls for Tazewell County from 1806 to 1813. He did not appear again except in 1816 and is then identified as a stone mason. Concomitantly, on April 26, 1809, the Tazewell County Court ordered that Isaac Runyan and his son, Adron, be exempted from the payment of levies and poor rates on account of old age and bodily infirmities.5 Accordingly, it is believed that Adron (or Adrian) was the disabled son as affirmed in a pension affidavit made on behalf of Isaac Runyon by John B. George on December 29, 1819. An entry for the household of "Non Runnyan" appears in the population schedule of the 1820 US Census for Tazewell County and consists of two males and one female all above forty-five years of age. It would seem likely that "Non" is a corruption of "Adron", which is in accord with identification of the three individuals as Adron, Isaac, and Charity Runyon. Again, this is supported by the affadavit of John B. George. (In addition, households of Isaac's sons, Benjamin and Joseph, appear on the same page of the population schedule.) Subsequently, Isaac Runyon executed powers of attorney in 1820 and 1821 appointing John B. and Henry P. George, respectively, to collect his pension payment of sixty dollars. However, no power of attorney was executed in 1822, which suggests that Isaac Runyon died sometime in the year 1821. Similarly, his wife, Charity, also seems to have died somewhat earlier, perhaps, in 1820. No burial place is known for either of them. Subsequently, Revolutionary War pension applications were made by Adam Runyon and Mary Runyon May (in regard to her first hisband, William Brabston) in 1832 and 1842, respectively, which support migration of the Runyon family from Maryland to Virginia among other details.6,7
http://web.pdx.edu/~davide/gene/Runyon_Isaac.htm

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only two children, Peter and John, can be reliably attributed to Joseph, son of Thomas. Nevertheless, a number of researchers believe that he may have had as many as four more sons, viz., Isaac, Henry, William, and Elijah (as well as having additonal likely spurious children attributed to him); however, there is no definite confirmation of this.3
http://web.pdx.edu/~davide/gene/Runyon_Joseph_2.htm



Property:
Wythe County was organized from a part of Montgomery County in 1790 and Isaac's land was evidently included within the new county. Accordingly, Isaac Runyon and his son, John, were listed in Wythe County tax records of 1795.
http://web.pdx.edu/~davide/gene/Runyon_Isaac.htm

Property:
Isaac Runyon evidently continued to own property in Montgomery County as is supported by a survey of two hundred acres in Montgomery County located on the Sandy Bar Branch of New River and made for Isaac Runyon on June 11, 1802.
http://web.pdx.edu/~davide/gene/Runyon_Isaac.htm

Residence:
Neverthelees, it would seem that by 1806, Isaac Runyon and his family had moved from Wythe County and settled in Tazewell County, Viriginia. Accordingly, Isaac appeared on tax rolls for Tazewell County from 1806 to 1813. He did not appear again except in 1816 and is then identified as a stone mason. Concomitantly, on April 26, 1809, the Tazewell County Court ordered that Isaac Runyan and his son, Adron, be exempted from the payment of levies and poor rates on account of old age and bodily infirmities.5
http://web.pdx.edu/~davide/gene/Runyon_Isaac.htm

Census:
Concomitantly, on April 26, 1809, the Tazewell County Court ordered that Isaac Runyan and his son, Adron, be exempted from the payment of levies and poor rates on account of old age and bodily infirmities.5 Accordingly, it is believed that Adron (or Adrian) was the disabled son as affirmed in a pension affidavit made on behalf of Isaac Runyon by John B. George on December 29, 1819.
(In addition, households of Isaac's sons, Benjamin and Joseph, appear on the same page of the population schedule.)
http://web.pdx.edu/~davide/gene/Runyon_Isaac.htm

Joseph married Geertje (Charity) Hageman about 1760 in New Jersey. Geertje (daughter of Adrian Hageman and Mrs. Mary (..) Hageman) was born in 1740; died in 1820 in Tazewell Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Revolutionary War - Battle of King's Mountain
• Military: Sep 1777, Botebourt Co, Virginia
• Residence: 1793, Wythe Co, Virginia
• Residence: 1806, Tazewell Co, Virginia; tax list
• Residence: 1811, Tazewell Co, Virginia; tax list
• Residence: Bef 1836, Cabell Co, Virginia
• Residence: Apr 1836, Scioto Co, Ohio
• Other-Begin: 5 Aug 1836, Scioto, Ohio; Rev War pension app

Notes:

Other-Begin:
Revolutionary War pension applications were made by Adam Runyon and Mary Runyon May (in regard to her first hisband, William Brabston) in 1832 and 1842, respectively, which support migration of the Runyon family from Maryland to Virginia

. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, National Archives, Washington DC: Adam Runyon R9082, (microfilm: roll M805_709; imgs. 550-8).

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832 - State of Ohio & County of Scioto
On this fifth day of August 1836 personally appeared in open Court the said Adam Runyon of the County of Scioto aforesaid and State of Ohio and being a resident in said County and State aged eighty one years the 4th day of May 1836 he being first duly sworn according to law saith upon his oath and doth thereon make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States (... during the war of the Revolution) in the month of September 1777 at Bottetourt County State of Virginia that he enlisted under one Lieutenant James Johnson he thinks that was the squad of the said Johnson he was in this ... three or four days ... in a Company commanded by Captain Berry Leftridge this ... as the Lieutentant was ... and the Ensign's name was Smith this Company as soon as organized was marched to Hillsborough in South Carolina where the company joined the army under the command of General Greene the Regiment to which the company was attached was under the command of Colonel Daniel Morgan he thinks the company marched to Hillsborough the last of September or the first of October a few days after the company joined the army at Hillsborough the army marched to a place called Ransoms Mills in North Carolina the distance as near as he can judge at this time as eighty miles from Hillsborough. The army staid (sic - stayed) at Ransoms Mills but a short time it was then as near as he can remember marched to Cherokee Hills in South Carolina the army went into winter quarters at a place about fifteen miles from Hillsborough South Carolina the first of November in the following spring which he thinks was in 1778 the battle was fought at Guilford Courthouse this declarant was in the battle General Greene commanded Captain Berry Leftridge has been advanced to the rank of Colonel and commanded the 4th Regiment on the day of the battle to which Regiment this declarant then belonged after the battle at Guilford Courthouse the army was marched to Cross Creek in North Carolina from Cross Creek the army was marched to Newbern in North Carolina from there the army was marched to Wilmington in South Carolina from there the army was marched to Camden this declarant thinks this was in the fall of the year 1778 ... went into winter quarters at a place called the Golden Grove. During the summer and fall of the year 1779 the army was marching through North & South Carolina frequently having small skirmishes with the Tories & British. This declarant was with the army at the taking of Cornwallis after which he received an honorable discharge signed by General Washington which is ... by accident ... was burnt in the place he lived this declarant was at the battle of Guilford Court House in the battle at Camden in the battle at Kings' mountain and at the taking of Cornwallis at York Town This declarant served under General Greene as the principle Cannonader ... General Washington was at the taking of Cornwallis Colonel Morgan commanded at the battle of Kings' Mountain this declarant was also at the battle of the Cowpens where the American army took upwards of three hundred prisoners and where a young man by the name of Washington commanded the militia and in the battle cut off a British officer's ... which declarant saw after the battle was over. This declarant was born in the State of Maryland and while very young was brought by his parents to Virginia into Rockbridge County where he lived until he enlisted into the Army - after he left the army he lived in Bottetourt County Virginia for about fifteen years he moved then to Taswell (sic - Tazewell) County Virginia where he resided about five years and then moved to Cabell County Va where he has resided until the 15th or 16th of April last since which time he has resided in the County of Scioto State of Ohio where he now resides. This declarant states that previous to the passage of the law of Congress of the 7th of June 1832 and as he thinks about nine years ago he applied for a pension ... the deposition at that time of Polly Demsey who stated in said deposition that she saw declarant enlist into the army and march off into the service ... application was made at Logan County Va which was a County taken from Cabill county This declarant has no other evidence of his service than what was formerly presented to the war departement and what he has herewith sent. His officers he believes are all dead and if any of the Soldiers with which he served are living he does not know of the place of their residence This declarant did not know that he had every right to apply for a pension under the law of the 7th of June 1832 until very recently and had supposed that he was precluded from a pension by the former refusal to grant him one The said Adam Runyon hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency in any State

Sworn to & subscribed the day any year aforesaid in open Court. /s/Adam hisXmark Runyon Attest J. N. Turner Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he stated. I John N. Turner Clerk of the Court of ... do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original. ... of said County in the matter of the application of Adam Runyon for a pension In testimony whereof I have set my hand & seal of office this thirteenth day of August 1836 /s/John N Turner Clerk

http://web.pdx.edu/~davide/gene/Runyon_Isaac.htm

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Davis. Elizabeth was born about 1770; died after 1820. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The name of Isaac Runyan (Runyon) appeared on the Montgomery County Personal Property Tax List of 1782 along with two other individuals both named John Runyon. One of these was almost certainly Isaac's son, but the identity of the other remains undetermined.

Within this context, there is evidence that John Runyon married Elizabeth Runner in Montgomery County in 1786.4 There is evidence that John Runyon married Elizabeth Runner in Montgomery County in 1786.4 This couple later settled in Pike County, Kentucky, and although it is probable that this was a son of Isaac, it is by no means certain. (Indeed, some researchers assert that Isaac's son, John, never married, but was a hunter and Indian scout on the Appalachian frontier.)
http://web.pdx.edu/~davide/gene/Runyon_Isaac.htm

John married Elizabeth "Betsy" Runner in 1786 in Montgomery Co, Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of Adam Runner) was born in 1761 in Montgomery Co, Virginia; died in Mar 1848 in Bedford, Bedford Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

on April 26, 1809, the Tazewell County Court ordered that Isaac Runyan and his son, Adron, be exempted from the payment of levies and poor rates on account of old age and bodily infirmities.5 Accordingly, it is believed that Adron (or Adrian) was the disabled son as affirmed in a pension affidavit made on behalf of Isaac Runyon by John B. George on December 29, 1819.

Massie married John Masoner on 5 Jul 1789 in Montgomery Co, Virginia. John was born in 1777 in Montgomery Co, Virginia; died in 1830 in Meigs Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: 1832 and 1842, Wythe Co, Virginia

Notes:

Other-Begin:
Revolutionary War pension applications were made by Adam Runyon and Mary Runyon May (in regard to her first hisband, William Brabston) in 1832 and 1842, respectively, which support migration of the Runyon family from Maryland to Virginia

Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, National Archives, Washington DC: William Brabston, Mary May W960, (microfilm: roll M805_112; imgs. 433-40).

Declaration State of Tennessee Grainger County
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 23th of August 1842 granting half pay and pension to certain widows
On the 22th day of March 1847 personally appeared before the subscriber & Justice of the peace Mrs Mary May formerly Mary Brabston resident of the County and State aforesaid aged seventy eight years on the 4th day of May next who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed August 23th 1842 amenditory of the act of July 7th 1838 and provides that the second marriage shall be no bar to the claimant under that act she being a widow at the time she makes application for a pension That she was formerly the widow of William Brabston who was a soldier in the Continental line of Virginia in the war of the Revolution she further declares that she was married to the said Wm Brabston in the County of Wythe and in Virginia on the 10th day of August 1788 That her husband the aforesaid Wm Brabston died on the 9th day February 1801 That he entered the service of the United States as she understod (sic - understood) from him about the commencement of the war of the Revolution and served to the close of the same she further declares that the place of his enlistment she is not positive but thinks from what she herd (sic - heard) him say it was in the County of Fredrick and State of Virginia and as to the Officers he served under with exception of Gen Wood they have escaped her memory and from the fact of her husband the aforesaid Wm Brabston naming one of his Daughters after the Daughter of Gen Wood and he informed that it was in respect to his old commander and this made a lasting impression in her mind she further declares that in the year of 1799 in company with her husband the aforesaid Wm Brabston she visited the City of Richmond Virginia for the purpose of obtaining a invalids Pension and she well recollects that her husband was examined as to his invalidity by Dr Fouchs and she is strongly under the impression that he was placed on the Pension rolls and made one draw before his death She refers the Department to the certificate of Brig Gen Wood also to his verbal will witnessed by Andrew Boyde Esa Wythe County Virginia
She further declares that she herd her husband the aforesaid Wm Brabston say that he lay at the ... was in the battle of Brandywine and at the siege of Yorktown Virginia she further declares that she was married with Peter May on March 3th 1804 and that her last husband Peter May died on the 14th day of March 1846 she further declares that she was not married to her first husband the aforesaid Wm Brabston prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and Ninety four viz at the time above stated she also refers the Department to her Family record /s/Mary herXmark May

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid and I further certify that the said Mrs Mary May is from bodily infirmity unable to attend Court and I further certify that her family record accompanying this declaration was taken from Mrs Mary Mays Family Bible and I believe it to be the true record of the birth of her Children In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand /s/Parrott Godwin Justice of the peace
http://web.pdx.edu/~davide/gene/Runyon_Isaac.htm

Mary married William Brabston on 10 Aug 1788 in Montgomery Co, (later Wythe Co), Virginia. William died on 9 Feb 1801. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Peter May on 3 Mar 1804 in Wythe Co, Virginia. Peter died on 14 Mar 1856. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isaac married Mary Smith on 10 Oct 1797 in Montgomery Co, Virginia. Mary was born about 1777; died after 1800 in of, Montgomery Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Hannah Carden on 7 Apr 1798 in Montgomery Co, Virginia. Hannah was born about 1775; died after 1800 in of, Montgomery Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rebecca married Benjamin Carden on 7 Apr 1798 in Montgomery Co, Virginia. Benjamin was born about 1775; died after 1800 in of, Montgomery Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Nancy Jacobs on 24 Jul 1809 in Montgomery Co, Virginia. Nancy was born in 1782 in Montgomery Co, Virginia; died between 1848 and 1850 in Tazewell Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Mrs. Mary "Polly" Neeley-Lusk on 6 Jan 1807 in Tazewell Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charity married William Lusk on 25 Dec 1806 in Tazewell Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nancy married John Stafford on 10 May 1803 in Tazewell Co, Virginia. John was born about 1788; died in 1832. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Hannah Collins on 1 Feb 1810 in Tazewell Co, Virginia. Hannah was born about 1790 in Virginia; died on 5 Mar 1857 in Pike Co, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anne married Charles Lusk on 20 Jul 1811 in Tazewell Co, Viginia. Charles was born about 1790; died after 1840 in Union Twp, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Charity was an invalid, probably from birth. She is buried in the Pond Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
As recorded in Pike County, Kentucky, Circuit Court Order Book Number 1, page 2, July Term, July 1822, an order was entered, which stated that Charity Runyon, daughter of John was 30 years of age and appointed John Runyon, her father, as a committee to care for Charity. Pike County Circuit Book "A", page 81, May Term of Court, 1835 refers to Charity Runyon as being in care of Thomas Owens, and on page 134 of the same book she is placed in the household of her brother, Adron. She remained with Adron until her death.
http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/r/u/n/Ira-A-Runyan/GENE670-0002.html

Susannah married Alexander Varney about 1810. Alexander was born about 1785; died after 1820. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Runyon Genealogy" by Robert and Amos Runyon, 1955 on page 25 states the following about Adron:
"Adron Runyon was born in Tazewell County, Virgnia, June 14, 1801. When a lad he came with his parents, in 1811 or soon thereafter. Adron was living with his parents in Floyd County, Kentucky, in 1820.
Adron married Jane ("Jannie") Maynard, daughter of Moses Maynard, December 23, 1824, in Pike County. Moses Maynard signed the marriage bond. Jane was born February 25, 1810, on John's Creek, which is now in Pike County, and died May 30, 1883. After the death of her husband she lived the remainder of her life at the homestead on Pond Creek.
Adron was granted 1,192 acres of valuable coal and tember land, and he purchased other large tracks of land on Pond Creek. He was justice of the peace in Pike County from 1847 to 1857. He devoted most of his time to clearing and cultivating his land holdings. In his later days he was known as "Squire Runyon"; however, his neighbors, friends, and young people called him "Uncle Add". His last will was executed May 26, 1857, and probated August 15, 1859. He left his estate to his wife and children, excepting a tract to be used as a church and cemetery site. He was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church and served as the first secretary until July 2, 1859. He was appointed deacon January 13, 1844."
This church later became known as Pond Creek Regular Baptist Church. The land willed by Adron to the church was 1/2 acre in size, and that portion of the will as recoreded in Pike County Will book A Page 75 says "I wish also to be understood that the Babtist meeting house now standing on my land is for the benefit of the Church if occupied, if not fall back to my son Adron which is one half acre." (Source: "Minutes of the Pond Creek Regular Baptist Church, a Digest" by Clyde Runyon - 1985)
Adron went on a bear hunt July 1859 and upon returning he became critically ill with abdominal pains, (appendicitis ?) and died. (Source: "Supplement To Runyon Genealogy"1962, page 203)
http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/r/u/n/Ira-A-Runyan/GENE670-0006.html#CHILD19

Adron married Jane "Jennie" Maynard on 23 Dec 1824 in Pike Co, Kentucky. Jane was born on 25 Feb 1810 in Pike Co, Kentucky; died on 30 May 1883. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Adron married Mary Ann May after 1833 in (not married). Mary was born on 21 Feb 1817 in Virginia; died in 1900 in Pike Co, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Tavenor married Peggy Gerald (or Gerral) on 13 Dec 1832 in Rhea Co, Tennessee. Peggy was born in 1815 in Georgia; died on 13 Apr 1893. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charity married William Bartley Tabor on 30 Oct 1834 in Tazewell Co, Virginia. William was born on 21 Feb 1816 in Tazewell, Tazewell Co, Virginia; died on 31 Jul 1884 in Trenton, Grundy Co, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Randolph McCoy on 11 Nov 1823 in Pikeville, Pike Co, Kentucky. Randolph was born in 1801 in Virginia; died after 1840 in of, Pikeville, Pike Co, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

49.HARVEY7 RUNYON (HENRY6, JOHN5, ISAAC4, JOSEPH3RUNYAN, THOMAS2, VINCENT1RONGNION)122 was born 1812 in Pike County, Kentucky122.He married MARY "POLLY" STOTTZ122 April 15, 1831 in Pike County, Kentucky123,124, daughter of JOHN STOTTZ and MARGARET.She was born 1808 in North Carolina125.
Notes for HARVEY RUNYON:
Harvey Runyon and wife Mary "Polly" Stottz after 1831 and befor 1840 moved to Greenup County, Kentucky, and are listed in the 1840 U.S. Census of that county. Later they moved to Carter County which became a part of Boyd County, Kentucky. Harvey was Granted land on Shocky Fork of Whites Creek, Boyd County. He sold 200 acres of land to Maranda Galloway, wife of James Galloway September 18, 1869. The deed of conveyance was signed by Harvey, Mary, and his son Henry.
During 1856 Harvey and family returned to Pike County and were admitted as members of the Old Pond Creek Baptist Church. By 1860 they were again living in Boyd County and were listed in the 1860 and 1870 censuses of Boyd County.
Source of above: Runyon Genealogy by Robert and Amos Runyon, 1955.
http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/r/u/n/Ira-A-Runyan/GENE670-0012.html#CHILD49

Harvey married Mary "Polly" Stottz on 15 Apr 1831 in Pike Co, Kentucky. Mary was born in 1808 in North Carolina; died after 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susannah married James Cole on 16 May 1830 in Pike Co, Kentucky. James was born about 1816 in of, Pike Co, Kentucky; died after 1840 in of, Pike Co, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Mary "Polly" Blackburn on 5 Sep 1841 in Pike Co, Kentucky. Mary was born about 1820; died after 1860 in of, Pike Co, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rebecca married Moses Hunt on 1 Oct 1846 in Pike Co, Kentucky. Moses was born about 1820 in of, Pike Co, Kentucky; died after 1850 in of, Pike Co, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Franklin married Mary Williamson on 17 Mar 1839 in Pike Co, Kentucky. Mary (daughter of John Williamson, Sr. and Sarah Ellender Day (Black)) was born on 23 Oct 1813 in Pike Co, Kentucky; died on 3 Jan 1892 in Pike Co, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Annie Romans about 1840 in Kentucky. Annie was born in 1817 in Russell Co, Kentucky; died between 1880 and 1890 in Pike Co, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married John White in 1841. John was born in Nov 1821 in Logan Co, Virginia; died on 24 Feb 1911 in Birch, Braxton Co, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Benjamin H. White. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: James White. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Armenda married Lawyer T. Lowe on 25 Jan 1855 in Pike Co, Kentucky. Lawyer was born on 18 Sep 1830 in Lower Big Creek, Pike Co, Kentucky; died on 10 Mar 1928 in Pike Co, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married William Augustus "Gus" Fitzgerald in 1877 in Tennessee. William was born in Jun 1852 in Chattanooga, Hamilton Co, Tennessee; died in 1933 in Ooltewah, Hamilton Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Seletha married Wesley Price Marrs on 10 Nov 1853 in Tazewell Co, Virginia. Wesley was born on 7 Apr 1834 in Tazewell Co, Virginia; died on 11 Apr 1910 in Arnold, Custer Co, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]