Proven Ancestors Added in 2023

The following is a list of all new persons added to the database of qualified Pioneer Ancestors during 2023. This list is provided as a service to those potential Society members who want to easily check the names of possible qualifying ancestors who were added recently.

Rebecca Parks Alexander;  b. Monroe Co., 1816;
Andrew Jackson Beck;  b. Washington Co., 1831;
Andrew Milton Beck;  b. N. Carolina, 1795; To Washington Co., 1808
Anna Rogers Beck; To Washington Co., 1814
Elizabeth Claver Beck;  b. N. Carolina, 1766; To Washington Co., 1807
John Jacob Beck;  b. N. Carolina, 1785; To Washington Co., 1807
{In War of 1812; Battle of Tippecanoe} {Justice of the Peace} {He and his father built first grist mill in Washington Co.}
Parthena A. Beck;  b. Washington Co., 1836;
Rebecca Barker Beck;  b. Connecticut, 1810; To Washington Co., 1834
James Blackwood;  b. N. Carolina, 1781; To Clark Co., 1810
{In War of 1812}
Sarah Ann Holmes Blackwood;  b. Delaware, 1780; To Clark Co. from N. Carolina, 1810
Anna Robinson Bloxsom;  b. Ohio, ca. 1805; To Knox Co., 1830
James Bloxsom;  b. Virginia, 1795; To Knox Co. from Ohio, 1830
James Buchanan;  b. Vigo Co., 1838; To Cass Co., by 1839
{County commissioner}
James Buchanan;  b. Maryland, 1784; To Vigo Co. from Pennsylvania, 1838
{Made guns for U.S. Government during War of 1812}
James Moore Buchanan;  b. Pennsylvania, 1810; To Vigo Co., 1838
Mary Gorley Buchanan;  b. Pennsylvania, 1814; To Vigo Co., 1838
George Chriss;  b. Virginia, 1813; To Shelby Co. from Ohio, 1836
Sarah Stewart Chriss;  b. Ohio, 1821; To Shelby Co., 1836
George W. Clark;  b. Knox Co., 1834;
{In Civil War}
John C. Clark;  b. N. Carolina, 1808; To Knox Co., 1820
Mary Polly Fultz Conwell;  b. Virginia, 1790; To White Co. from Ohio, 1835
William Conwell (Connell) ;  b. Pennsylvania, ca. 1793; To White Co. from Ohio, 1840
Robert Dougherty Covey;  b. Virginia, 1804; To Hendricks Co., 1828
{Justice of the Peace}
Hannah F. Wiley Cullen;  b. White Co., 1843;
Jane Moore Wiley Cullen;  b. Ohio, 1816; To White Co., 1836
Catherine Miller Davis;  b. Pennsylvania, 1796; To Wayne Co. from Ohio, 1828
George Davis; To Wayne Co. from Ohio, 1828
{In War of 1812}
Jane Hildebrand Davis;  b. Cass Co., 1835;
Richard Petrick Davis;  b. Wayne Co., 1828;
John Major DeWitt;  b. New York, 1784; To Washington Co., by 1827
Lydia Holmes DeWitt; To Washington Co., by 1827
{Mayflower descendant}
Walter M. Dickerson;  b. New Jersey, 1763; To Vigo Co. from Ohio, 1835
{In War of Revolution}
Archibald Doan;  b. N. Carolina, 1791; To Harrison Co. from Ohio, 1812
Hannah Stupp Doan;  b. N. Carolina, 1765; To Harrison Co. from Ohio, 1809
Isaiah Doan;  b. Harrison Co., 1817;
Jacob Doan;  b. N. Carolina, 1760; To Harrison Co. from Ohio, 1809
{To Washington Co., 1809}
{In War of Revolution}{First permanent settler in Washington Co.}
Mary Ollis Doan;  b. Washington Co., 1821;
Rebecca Spivey Doan;  b. N. Carolina, 1794; To Harrison Co., 1812
Juda Ferguson Fear;  b. Wayne Co., 1818; To Decatur Co., by 1830
Mary Delilah Lanter Fear;  b. Virginia, 1795; To Decatur Co. from Kentucky, 1837
William G. Fear;  b. Kentucky, 1819; To Decatur Co., 1833
William Hamlar Fear;  b. Pennsylvania, 1775; To Decatur Co. from Kentucky, 1833
Benjamin Ferguson;  b. N. Carolina, 1790; To Wayne Co. from Ohio, by 1815
{To Decatur Co., by 1830}
John Ferguson;  b. Virginia, 1754; To Wayne Co. from N. Carolina, 1820
{In War of Revolution}
Nancy Green Ferguson;  b. N. Carolina, 1793; To Wayne Co., by 1815
{To Decatur Co., by 1830}
Benjamin Filer;  b. New Jersey, 1813; To Putnam Co. from Ohio, 1837
David Finley;  b. Pennsylvania, 1805; To Miami Co. from Ohio, 1838
James Kirkwood Hedges;  b. Wells Co., 1849;
Robert McClure Hedges;  b. Ohio, 1817; To Wells Co., 1846
Sophia Kirkwood Hedges;  b. Pennsylvania, 1823; To Wells Co. from Ohio, 1846
Abraham Hildebrand;  b. Pennsylvania, 1812; To Cass Co. from Ohio, 1834
Lucy Wirick Hildebrand;  b. Ohio, 1813; To Cass Co., 1834
Eleanor Conwell Inman;  b. Ohio, 1824; To White Co., 1846
Rebecca Fraser Rankin Jaquess;  b. New Jersey, 1762; To Posey Co. from Kentucky, 1815
Roxanna Stewart Jaquess;  b. Illinois, 1808; To Posey Co., 1828
William Fletcher Jaquess;  b. Kentucky, 1806; To Posey Co., 1815
{In Black Hawk War}
Evan Jones;  b. N. Carolina, 1762; To Morgan Co., 1829
Hannah Reddick Jones;  b. N. Carolina, 1777; To Morgan Co., 1829
Margaret Larzelere Jones;  b. Pennsylvania, 1813; To Wells Co. from Ohio, 1840
Sarah Jones;  b. N. Carolina, 1818; To Morgan Co., 1829
Thomas J. Jones;  b. Pennsylvania, 1807/1808; To Wells Co. from Ohio, 1840
Rachael McDaniel Kimble;  b. Pennsylvania, 1845; To Wells Co. from Ohio, 1848-50
Noble Ladd, Jr.;  b. Probably N. Carolina, 1754; To Fayette Co., 1816
{In War of Revolustion}
David Lane (Lain/Layne) ;  b. Kentucky, 1806; To Clay Co., 1831
{Justice of the Peace} {Minister}
Jean "John" Leininger;  b. France, 1801; To Jay Co. from Ohio, 1839
Mary "Polly" Suddarth Lynn;  b. Crawford Co., 1826; To Washington Co., by 1850
Simeon Lynn;  b. Kentucky, ca. 1817; To Lawrence Co., 1818
{In Mexican War; in Civil War}
Andrew Mason;  b. Virginia or Tennessee, 1790; To Orange Co. from Kentucky, 1815
{To Crawford Co., 1820}
John Mason;  b. Crawford Co., 1820;
Parmelia Belcher Mason;  b. Orange Co., 1820; To Crawford Co., 1843
Susan Lurannah (Lurana) Laswell Mason;  b. Kentucky, 1800; To Crawford Co., 1820
Hugh Masterson;  b. Kentucky, 1789; To Wells Co. from Ohio, 1830
Maria Perring Rockwell Masterson;  b. Ohio, 1825; To Wells Co., 1843
William Masterson;  b. Ohio, 1822; To Wells Co., 1849
James McBride;  b. N. Carolina, 1796; To Orange Co., 1829
Elizabeth Thomas McCoy;  b. Pennsylvania, 1797; To Jay Co. from Ohio, 1837
James McVicker;  b. Kentucky, ca. 1799; To Union Co., 1840
Mary Ann Showalter McVicker;  b. Pennsylvania, 1821; To Union Co., 1834
Bryce W. Miller;  b. Tennessee, 1795; To Putnam Co., 1825
Edward Reynolds Miller;  b. Morgan Co., 1821;
Isaac Miller;  b. Ohio, 1793; To Montgomery Co., 1829
{To Clinton Co., 1835}
John W. Miller;  b. Virginia, 1806; To Elkhart Co. from Ohio, 1835
Mary Fetters Miller;  b. Virginia, 1806; To Elkhart Co. from Ohio, 1835
Mordecai Miller;  b. N. Carolina, 1755; To Morgan Co., 1820
{In War of Revolution}
Reuben Montgomery;  b. New York, 1774; To Jay Co., 1840
Thomas Northcutt;  b. Kentucky, 1803; To Boone Co., 1830
David R. Nowling;  b. Virginia, 1815; To Washington Co., 1834
Christiana Bostian Ollis;  b. N. Carolina, 1784; To Washington Co., 1821
Peter Ollis;  b. N. Carolina, 1782; To Washington Co., 1821
Catherine Reed Parks;  b. N. Carolina, ca. 1777; To Monroe Co., 1816
George Washington Patton;  b. Crawford Co., 1833;
Preston Pennington;  b. Kentucky, 1804; To Hendricks Co., 1829
{Justice of the Peace; constable}
Orman Perring;  b. New York, 1805; To Wabash Co. from Ohio, 1833
William Quinn;  b. Ireland, 1776; To Carroll Co. from Ohio, 1840
Sarah Montgomery Sage;  b. New York, 1802; To Jay Co. from Michigan, 1840
Hannah M. Jones Shady;  b. Wells Co., 1845;
Joseph Showalter;  b. Pennsylvania, ca. 1791; To Union Co., 1834
Margaret Price Showalter;  b. Pennsylvania, ca. 1806; To Union Co., 1834
Thomas Smiley;  b. Pennsylvania, 1792; To Fayette Co. from Ohio, 1826
{In War of 1812} {Member State Legislator; Justice of the Peace} {Tax Collector; Postmaster}
John Levi Stewart;  b. Pennsylvania, 1794; To Shelby Co., 1832
Mary Kinney Stewart;  b. Pennsylvania, 1798; To Shelby Co., 1832
Nancy Wright Suddarth;  b. N. Carolina, ca. 1806; To Crawford Co., 1825
{To Washington Co., by 1850}
Jesse Toney;  b. Virginia, 1760; To Lawrence Co., 1830
{In War of Revolution}
Arlanda "Landy" Biggers Walker;  b. Brown Co., 1839;
{In Civil War}
Nancy Young Walker;  b. Kentucky, 1808; To Johnson Co., 1827
{To Brown Co., 1829}
Samuel Walker;  b. Kentucky, 1803; To Johnson Co., 1827
{To Brown Co., 1829}
Sarah Jane Biggers Walker;  b. N. Carolina, 1780; To Bartholomew Co. from Kentucky, 1827
{To Brown Co., 1829}
Henry Way;  b. Massachusetts, 1759; To Wayne Co. from N. Carolina & Ohio, 1812
Raiford Wiggs;  b. Randolph Co., 1822;
Ezekiel Springer Wiley; To White Co. from Ohio, 1836
Isaac Williams;  b. N. Carolina, 1779; To Lawrence Co. from Tennessee, 1827
{Captain In War of 1812}
Jeremiah Willson, Sr.;  b. New Jersey, 1771; To Vigo Co. from Ohio, 1820
David Wirick;  b. N. Carolina, ca. 1788; To Cass Co. from Ohio, 1834
{In War of 1812}
Hannah Mayer Wirick; To Cass Co. from Ohio, 1834
William Wisner;  b. Pennsylvania, 1808; To Wells Co. from Ohio, 1840