John SEARS

Father: John SEARS
Mother: Mary Elizabeth STANFIELD 

                             _John Lewis SEARS _
 _John SEARS _______________|
|                           |_Judith ___________
|
|--John SEARS 
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|                            ___________________
|_Mary Elizabeth STANFIELD _|
                            |___________________
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!BIRTH: SEARS NOTES; 1782-1890; June Rayfield Welch, Dallas, TX; p 30; copy in poss of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK ;a blacksmith, he lived with his mother in 1850.


I24237: John SEARS

John SEARS

Father: John Lewis SEARS
Mother: Judith

Family 1: Nancy BROCK
  1. Elizabeth SEARS
  2. James Brock SEARS
Family 2: Mary Elizabeth STANFIELD
  1. Francis Asbury SEARS
  2. Daniel Fletcher SEARS
  3. Eliza Ann SEARS
  4. Mary Jane SEARS
  5. John SEARS
  6. William Franklin SEARS
  7. Martha Talbott SEARS
  8. Thomas Morris SEARS 
                     _James SEARS ___
 _John Lewis SEARS _|
|                   |_Sarah COFFMAN _
|
|--John SEARS 
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|                    ________________
|_Judith ___________|
                    |________________
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!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL-CHILDREN-BIOGRAPHY: SEARS NOTES; 1782-1890; June Rayfield Welch, Dallas, TX; p 3; copy in poss of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK ; Death date from his tombstone[11-Orange co cemetery records, Vol 3, DAR Lost River Chapter. Wilma Davis, Paoli, IN photographed the tombstones of John and nancy in 1983.] The bondsman for his marriage was Charles McClung, clerk of Knox co Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions[12-J T Acklen, TN Bible Records and Marriage Bonds, Baltimore: 1980. Silas Lucas, ed. 35,000 TN Marriage Records and Bonds, 1783-1870, Easley, SC: 1980] John was a corporal in Capt Anderson Walker's co, Col Gilbert Christian's command, Green co militia, Southwest Territory, 17 Sep 1793[13-Murtie Clark, American Militia In The Frontier Wars, 1790-1796, Baltimore: Genealogical Pub Co, p 111]. In 1799, Sears signed a petition to carve Anderson co from Knox co, TN. John and James Sears were on the 1803 Knox co, KY tax roll. Only James Sears was present in 1802[14-Knox co Kinfolk, Jul 1985]. In 1810 Knox co, KY John Sears and wife, 26-45, had a boy under 10, one 10-16, a daughter 16-26, and three slaves. (Nearby were William, James, and Jesse Sears, each 26-45)[15-William Kozee, Pioneer Families of Eastern and Southeastern KY, Baltimore: Genealogical Pub Co, 1973. 1810 Knox co, KY census, p.65] Among Tellico claims, Warrant #13, John Sears on 2 Oct 1810 had #388 survey for 170 acres in Knox co on Patterson Creek, surveyed 14 Jan 1814, granted on 12 Apr 1816. Jesse and William Sears on 17 Jul 1812 each received Knox co land on Cumberland River. In 1816 - four years after the first entry was made there - Sears entered land in Orleans twp, Orange co, IN. (As did Christian Hostetler and William Kerr)[16-History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington co, IN, 1884] (Orange co, 20 by 20 miles, was carved from Washington co on 26 Dec 1815 and orgainzed in Feb 1816. Orleans, the first town, was platted 11 Mar 1815. Orleans twp, organized with the county, extended into Old Lost River twp.; it was the best land and quickly settled. Orleans twp adjoins Lawrence co and Norhteast twp) In 1816, land was conveyed to Sears and other trustees of Orleans Methodist Church. On 7 Oct 1817, John and Nancy conveyed to son James Brock Sears a hundred acres of NW 1/4, Section 31, Twp 3, Range 1. She signed with an X. David Green, JP, and Samuel Lewis witenssed[17-Orange co, IN Deed Book A, p 88]. In 1817, Sears and William Lindley were viewers for the Paoli and Orleans road. Sears took up 170 acres on Patterson Creek[19-Knox co, KY Surveyor's Book A, #13]. He made a power of attorney, on 15 Feb 1819, to Samuel Cox, Sr, to convey that land to Jesse Sears, of Pulaski co, KY[20-Whitley co, KY Deed Book 1, pp 364-5]. The deed was executed 9 Jan 1831. John Sears m, second, Mary Elizabeth Stanfield. An overseer was appointed for "the Quaker road from Jonathan Jones to John Sears near Orleans." In 1820 Orange co, John Sears was at least 45, his wife 26-45, a daughter was under 10 and one 10-16[21-1820 Orange co, IN Northeast twp, census, p 133. james B Sears was on p.131] When the Methodists orgainzed, in 1820, John and Mary Sears were origianl members. In 1822, as trustee, John helped build a log church. Patrons Sears, Brooks, Webb, and Lewis, in 1823, built the first school in Orleans, which was incorporated by 1829. On 9 Jan 1831, John Sears, of Orange co, by attorney-in-fact Andrew Craig- through power derived from Samuel Cox of Whitley co - for $400 sold 100 acres on Pattrson creek to Jesse Sears, of Pulaski co[22-Whitley co, KY Deed Records, p 364]. Led by Sears and Joseph Crawford, in 1831, citizens built a 20 by 20 foot log schoolhouse, with glass windows, in Orleans. The Sears children were pupils[23-History of Orange co, Vol I, 1950] In the 1840 census John Sears was 60-70 and his wife was 40-50, boy under 5, two 5-10, and one 15-20, girl 5-10, one 10-15, and one 15-20. (In Orleans town John W Sears, 40-50, had a son 10-15, a girl under 5, a fenale 40-50, one 50-60)[24-1840 Orange co, Orleans twp, IN census]. Sears d 18 May 1841. HIs Apr 1840 will, probated 19 Jun 1841, named children by first wife: James B Sears and Elizabeth, who m a "Gunton"(Gherton).


I24275: John SEARS

John SEARS

Father: James Brock SEARS
Mother: Jane D WALKER

Family 1: Dorcas PRIGMORE
  1. Elizabeth J SEARS
  2. Mary Elinor SEARS
  3. James B SEARS
  4. Frances Ann SEARS
  5. Joseph SEARS 
                      _John SEARS __
 _James Brock SEARS _|
|                    |_Nancy BROCK _
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|--John SEARS 
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|                     ______________
|_Jane D WALKER _____|
                     |______________
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!BIRTH-DEATH-MARRIAGE: SEARS NOTES; 1782-1890; June Rayfield Welch, Dallas, TX; pp 11-13; copy in poss of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK ; His wife's brother, Daniel, married John's sister. John and Dorcas sold land in T42, R30 to Joel W Sears on 21 Mar 1845[38-Bates co Deed Record Book A, p 7]. Franklin had sold land in the same township and range to John on 19 Feb 1842. They arrived in CA in 1845 with the Grigsby-Ide party and was a blacksmith at SOnoma. Dorcas gave the cloth for the original Bear Flag. In "Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo," George Tays told of 33 Napa Valley horsemen who, on 13 Jun 1846, rode to Sonoma from Sacramento led by Ezekiel Merritt. Surrounding Vallejo's house and drinking brandy, they refused to live under the govenrment of Castro and Pico. William Scott, John Sears, Oliver Beaulieu, and others began shouting "let us loot." Dr Robert Semple, backed by John Grigsby and Andrew Kelsey, threatened to shoot the first who disgraced the expedition. (William Brown Ide and Granville Swift were also present.) Vallejo withdrew from public affairs[39-CA Hist Soc Quart, Vol 17, p220]. Sears, Capt, Co D, CA Bn had a Feather River claim in 1848[40-Pioneer Register and Index, p 322]. In a Beasley and Cooper account book, Blue Wing, Sonoma, 2 Feb 1848, John Sears charged 40 pounds flour, $2, and two glasses liquor, paid 25 cents[41-CA State Hist Soc Library]. On 12 Apr 1848, James and Ephraim Prigmore paid $200 for a Sonoma lot. On 2 Sep 1869 James and Mary Prigmore, of Humboldt co, CA, deeded Lot 523 in Sonoma to Israel Brockman. James had bought it on 28 Jun 1851 from the town. On 3 Feb 1848 John and Dorcas Sears and James and Mary Prigmore, for $142, conveyed to William W Scott Lot 35, Sonoma, CA beside L W Boggs on the public square. On 14 Nov 1850, Sacramento, CA census, #964, #1015 John Sears, 39 (or 33),"dairy Vt", Darkus, 31, PA, Elizabeth J, 13, Mary 10, Jas B, 8, Frances A, 7, (all b MO), Jos, 4, CA, and Mathew Thompson, 24, laborer, England, and John Smith, 20, NY. In the Sacramento, CA census taken by John F Madden, Aug 1852, Dorcas Sears, 38, PA, from MO, ELizabeth, 15, TN, Mary E, 12, James, 10, Frances, 8,(all b MO), Joseph, 5, CA, Sonoma. Sharon Peart says John was killed by Indians near Marysville, CA. Dorcas died a few years later.


I25029: John G SEARS

John G SEARS

Father: D Franklin SEARS
Mother: Sarah SMITH 

                     _James Jr SEARS _
 _D Franklin SEARS _|
|                   |_Mary FOLEY _____
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|--John G SEARS 
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|                    _________________
|_Sarah SMITH ______|
                    |_________________
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Notes

!BIRTH: SEARS NOTES; 1782-1890; June Rayfield Welch, Dallas, TX; p 37; copy in poss of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK ;


I25022: John Green SEARS

John Green SEARS

Father: James Jr SEARS
Mother: Mary FOLEY

Family 1: Melvina MAYFIELD

Family 2: Isabel

Family 3: Nannie Delaney MAUNEY
  1. John Wesley SEARS
  2. Alice Catherine SEARS 
                   _James SEARS _
 _James Jr SEARS _|
|                 |_Anna MEEK ___
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|--John Green SEARS 
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|                  ______________
|_Mary FOLEY _____|
                  |______________
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!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: SEARS NOTES; 1782-1890; June Rayfield Welch, Dallas, TX; p 36; copy in poss of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK ; Buried Bark Camp cemetery.


I24996: John Lewis SEARS

John Lewis SEARS

Father: John S SEARS
Mother: Elizabeth WHEELER

Family 1: Lucy MACKEY 
                      _James SEARS __
 _John S SEARS ______|
|                    |_Orpha CORDER _
|
|--John Lewis SEARS 
|
|                     _______________
|_Elizabeth WHEELER _|
                     |_______________
INDEX

Notes

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE: SEARS NOTES; 1782-1890; June Rayfield Welch, Dallas, TX; p 34; copy in poss of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK ;


I24197: John Lewis SEARS

John Lewis SEARS

Father: James SEARS
Mother: Sarah COFFMAN

Family 1: Judith
  1. John SEARS
  2. James SEARS
  3. Elizabeth SEARS
  4. Sarah SEARS
  5. William SEARS
  6. Jesse SEARS
  7. Mary Ann SEARS 
                  __
 _James SEARS ___|
|                |__
|
|--John Lewis SEARS 
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|                 __
|_Sarah COFFMAN _|
                 |__
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!DEATH: Letter from Doris M Sears Swank, Cedar, KS, to Ray Sears in Duncan, OK; 1783-1917; Letter dtd 19 Apr 1994; ; copy in poss of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK. Research by Blanche Keeney Stephens, CT; Sharon Mayne Withers, KY; June R Welch, TX

!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL-MARRIAGE-BIOGRAPHY: SEARS NOTES; 1782-1890; June Rayfield Welch; pp 1-3 ; copy in poss of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK ; Burial date according to Jacob Black's deposition. Moved from Hardy co, WV to Greene co, TN about 1786 and in 1787, upon affidavit of Johns Seers and Joseph Scott, the Greene co sheriff was directed to return Sears, Scott and John Smith insolvent. Sears was appointed Greene co road overseer at Henry Conway's house on 3 Nov 1789 [3-Goldene Burgner, Greene co, TN Court of Common Pleas, pp 135, 193, 232, 415]. At a meeting in John Sears' room in Feb 1791, Joseph Conway was made overseer of the road from Bird's Hill to Mat Pate's Hill. Sears, an assignee of Martin Armstrong, the surveyor of land for soldiers, was granted 120 acres north of Nolichucky River "joining his former survey" and adjoining Mathew Pate's grant, on 4 Feb 1795 [4-NC Land Grants Filed in Greene co, Vol 5, p 122. Goldene Burgner, North Carolina Land Grants Recorded in Greene Co, TN, 1981, p 150. Grant 261, George Brock, 211 acres; #282, 383, 390 Mathew Pate, 372 acres, Greene co, 20 Sep 1787, north side Nolichucky. Zedikiah Sears was made overseer of the road from Pate's Hill to Darby Ragan's place in Nov 1795 [3-pp 135,193,232,415] In 1796 he served on a jury. He was on the 1797 Grainger co, TN tax roll, the 1806 Anderson co, TN roll and - as "Seers" - on the 1812 Greene co, TN roll [6-A John Sears was on Bledsoe co's 1815 roll]. On 4 Apr 1812, John L Sears sold to Moses Easterly, both of Greene co, TN, for $1,000, 60 acres where Henry Burkhalter then lived, which was a part of a grant to Sears on 4 Feb 1794 by NC, on the north side of the Nolichucky River. Witnesses were Daniel Brunson and Henry Burkhalter[7-Greene co, TN Deed Book 10, pp 112-113]. On 1 Sep 1812, John L Sears sold to Anthony Bewley, both of Greene co, TN, for $170, 211 acres on the north side of the Nolichucky River. Witnesses were Jacob Bewley, Robert A Ragan, and Mahlon Bewley[7- pp 86-87] Blanche Keeney Stephens proved that John Sears who was in Hampshire and Hardy cos was the same man who later lived in Greene co, TN and KY by virtue of a unique mark he used on instruments in the appropriate jurisdictions' it was a capital "I" with a cross line and a reversed capital "S". As Blanche put it, "Thank goodness for that mark and seal." He and his wife were moved from TN to Knox co, KY by his children about 1813. He was on the 1819 tax list there, the only Sears. An injunction suit was filed in the Knox co Chancery Court about Oct 1821 by Peter Wilson against James Sears, administrator of John Sears estate, to prevent foreclosure on two notes Wilson had given to John Sears, his father in law[9-Sharon Mayne Withers, Lexington, KY wrote in Oct 1992 giving the results of her discovery at the KY State Library and Archives of the papers in this administration's defense against a suit by son in law Peter Wilson to offset his claims against notes held by the estate of John Sears. She is a descendant of Peter Wilson and Elizabeth Sears, William Sears, and Maryann Sears Sutton Stanfield].


I25869: John Riley SEARS

John Riley SEARS

Father: Jesse SEARS
Mother: Margaret Ellen "Peggy" COX

Family 1: Jane HAIL 
                               _John Lewis SEARS _
 _Jesse SEARS ________________|
|                             |_Judith ___________
|
|--John Riley SEARS 
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|                              ___________________
|_Margaret Ellen "Peggy" COX _|
                              |___________________
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!BIRTH-SPOUSE: Letter from James Sears McMenamin, Louisville, CO, to Ray Sears in Duncan, OK; 1783-1987; Letter dtd 26 Aug 1994; ; copy in poss of Ray Sears;


I24341: John Riley SEARS

John Riley SEARS

Father: William SEARS
Mother: Nancy WALKER

Family 1: Lucinda BAKER 
                  _John Lewis SEARS _
 _William SEARS _|
|                |_Judith ___________
|
|--John Riley SEARS 
|
|                 ___________________
|_Nancy WALKER __|
                 |___________________
INDEX

Notes

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE: SEARS NOTES; 1782-1890; June Rayfield Welch, Dallas, TX; p 42; copy in poss of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK ;


I24922: John Robert SEARS

John Robert SEARS

Father: James Francis SEARS
Mother: Lauretta Florence ALLEN 

                            _Francis Asbury SEARS _
 _James Francis SEARS _____|
|                          |_Martha Susan FISHER __
|
|--John Robert SEARS 
|
|                           _______________________
|_Lauretta Florence ALLEN _|
                           |_______________________
INDEX

Notes

!BIRTH: SEARS NOTES; 1782-1890; June Rayfield Welch, Dallas, TX; p 28; copy in poss of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK ; was a salesman in 1900 Crawford co, KS census.