Am seeking info (pictures/data) on Jhn Alcorn b abt 1745 Wythe Co, VA D about 1804 Madison Co, KY married Jane Breckenridge (born abt 1742 died abt 1790) 6 June 1766 in Augusta, VA.

They had a son: Robert Alcorn b 1775 Looney Creek, Wythe, VA d 30 Jan 1791 Gallatin Co., KY married Susan Turpin (b 1777 N.C. d 1850 KY) 25 May 1790.

Am looking for links to lead to Ireland birthright.

As far as I know, there aren't any links to PA Alcorns'

Any insight would be deeply appreciated, as I am at s dead end.

In advance....Thank you immeasurably.

Annette F. Wiese

I have no info on John Alcorn's parents, but do have the following:

The John Alcorn who married Jane Breckenridge and the James Alcorn who married Jane Mills most likely were brothers. The above four lived in and owned land in what is now Botetourt Co., VA on Back Creek and Looney's Mill Creek before moving to what is now Wythe Co., VA in the 1770's. James Allcorn bought 143 acres and 37.5 acres in Augusta Co., VA (now Botetourt Co.) in 1768 and 1769. the 143 acres from John and Mary Mills. James and Jinny Alcorn sold 180 acres (the combined 143 & 37.5 acres) in Botetourt in 1779. James Alcorn received a warrant for 50 acres in Montgomery Co., VA (now Wythe Co.) on Mac's Little Run, joining his own and John Miller and the Anchor & Hope Plantation on or near Reed Creek. The above warrant was in Montgomery Co., VA for service in the French and Indian War.

Both John and James Alcorn were in the VA militia during the Rev. War. It is probable that James Alcorn was killed in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, NC on 15 Mar 1781 or the skirmishes that led up to that battle. His widow Jane and Charles Hutcherson were married in 1788 in Montgomery Co., VA by Rev. Richard Whitt and they later moved to Madison Co., KY.

John and Jane (Breckenridge) Alcorn also moved to Madison Co., KY as can be proven per Wythe Co., Va deeds. John Allcorn bought 120 acres in 1765 near where his brother James later lived in Augusta Co. (now Botetourt Co.), VA. John and his wife, Jane (dau. of George and Ann (Doak) Breckenridge), sold their 120 acres in 1770. John Alcorn bought 201 acres on Lucas Creek, east of Wytheville, Montgomery Co. (now Wythe Co.) VA and near Anchor & Hope, in 1778. Now this is where Wythe Co. deeds were especially helpful. On 02 Sep 1782, Joh Allcorn, senior, sold 39 acres (of the 201 acres) on Reed Creek (Lucas Creek runs into Reed Creek) to John Alcorn, son of James Alcorn, deceased. John Miller also sold John (son of James, deceased) 44 acres on Lucas Creek on the same date. John (son of James) sold the 83 acres (39 + 44) on 06 Oct 1788. (This is the same year that Jane, James' widow got married and could have been about when they moved to Madison Co., KY).

John (son of James, deceased) had problems with the sale of the 83 acres. John had 1st gone to Madison Co., KY where he married Nancy Mounce, had 3 kids, divorced and went to Wilson Co., TN. He married 2nd, Prudence Hall. The above problem with the deed helped to locate John (son of James, deceased) as living in Wilson Co., TN in 1802. Wythe Co., VA Deed Book 3, pg 220, 23 Feb 1802: John Alcorn, clerk of the Wilson Co., TN Court, gave Robert Wilson, of Wythe Co., VA power of attorney to act in John's behalf on the 83 acres recorded on 03 Mar 1789. This document not only shows where John lived in 1802, but also gives his occupation in 1802 as court clerk (a job he held for many years). There is a follow-up similar record in Deed Book 3, pg 231, 12 Mar 1802. Property descriptions are included. John lived in, raised his 2nd family in, and is buried in Wilson Co., TN.

John and Jane (Breckenridge) Allcorn of Madison Co., KY, sold 161 acres in Wythe Co., VA to John Miller of Wythe Co., VA. This was the balance of the above 201 acres after selling the above 39 acres to John (son of James, deceased). A problem developed on this propery too. (Wythe Co., VA Deed Book 1, pgs 101-102, 210, and 295-296, 23 Aug 1792, 04 Dec 1793 and 12 Aug 1794). As John Alcorn and Jane his wife were living in Madison Co., KY, they gave Robert Breckenridge (probably Jane (Breckenridge) Alcorn's brother, who was living in Wythe Co., and later died in Bath Co., KY in 1814), power of attorney to act in their behalf on the 161 acres. Witnesses were George, James and John Allcorn (possibly John & Jane's sons). So John and Jane Allcorn also went to Madison Co., KY.

I descend from James & Jane (Mills) Alcorn.

Bob Ford

Hi Bob; Thank you. I have john's father as Robert Alcorn, b 1728, d 15 Mar 1781 USA. I do not have a spouse for Robert.

Robert's parents were:James Alcorn b 1700 Scotland d 1737-1791, Spouse Mary? d Feb 1763, USA

Thank you!
Annette F. Caudill-Wiese

I am Debora Tumlinson and I am a descendant of James and Jane Alcorn, through their daughter Nancy Alcorn and William Skillern.

debora tumlinson

Always wonderful to meet another cousin!

A. Wiese

Hi Deborah:
Things can sure get confusing in genealogy. I am descended from John Alcorn/Jane Breckenridge. They are my 4th ggrandparents. I read the info Bob Ford put in on James Alcorn/Jane Mills. I have that James Alcorn son of James Alcorn and Mary?. But, when James and Mary died, their Wills did not list John as their child. It is possible that James who married Jane Mills is a brother to John who married Jane Breckenridge. But neither are sons of James and Mary. I have separated my Alcorn files now - one file is James Alcorn/Jane Mills. Another is John Alcorn, b. 1734(?), who married Jane Breckenridge. The third is Robert Alcorn, b. 1728, who married Mary Ann Quinn. I believed Robert and John were brothers, but no one has any such proof. Does anyone know anything about the James Alcorn who married Mary(?). According to their Will, their children were Catherine,Sarah and two others, but no John or Robert.

I do not have much at all on William Skillern and family, but would like to fill in the descendants for them. I have children listed as James, Mary Ann, Jane, William L., Elizabeth, Margaret, Radford, George, Isaac Charles, Zippora. I have them born in KY but no county where they were born. I would very much like to have when and where they were born, when and who they married and their children, etc.

I will be glad to share any info I have on these Alcorns.

Millie Jenkins

It is James Alcorn/Jane Mills. There daughter Nancy Alcorn married William Skillern. She is my great-great something grandmother. I am looking for information abot James and Jane. I know nothing about them. Nancy Alcorn Skillern is buried Between Nacogdoches and Chinero Texas in a very old cemetery named the Skillern Cemetery.

John and Jane Breckinridge Alcorn were my great5grandparents. I would like to learn the names of their ancestors.

Their son, Robert, b. in VA., mar. Susannah Turpin (Welch 1st husb.) in VA. Both died in Gallatin Co.,KY.

Their daughter, Rebecca Alcorn mar. William Hicks, Jr. in Fayette Co., KY. in 1815.

Their daughter, Mary Ellen Hicks mar. John E. Baker in Jessamine Co., KY. in 1842. (She had a brother, Rice Hicks. Don't have other Hicks children's names.) M.E. and John had 9 children. John was shot by Union troops in 1864 on his Gallatin Co. farm in front of the family after being mistakenly accused of feeding a Rebel soldier. Mary Ellen d. in Carroll Co., KY. in 1890.
Their son, Alexander Marshall Baker, 1850-1937, died in Louisville, KY.
His son, William Thomas Baker, was my grandfather.

My genealogy web page: http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfeak/

To: EKASP1 -
I am also descended from John Alcorn and Jane Breckenridge Alcorn thru their son Robert who married Susannah Turpin, thru their son Robert who married Charlotte Ladusaw. I have 5-6 children for Rebecca Alcorn and William Hicks but one of them is not Mary Ellen. The dates I have for their children are so wide-spread that Mary Ellen evidently fits in between them. Would like to share info with you on Rebecca's children thru Mary Ellen. Contact me direct at
dorojosy@aol.com

I am descended from John (1745) and Jane via their son Jesse. I have as John's parents James Allcorn born 1727 in Virginia and Jane ??? - can't find where I got that info, and am stuck there as far as going back further, so have set it aside for a year or two.