Captain George Little of Scotland in Kentucky

First settled with a wife, Mary from Scotland, in Union South Carolina, having ten children, George served in the American Revolution, became wounded and later widowed. He married his son's mother in law about 1802 and removed to Kentucky. His second wife was Mary Handley Douglass, who was born asea as her family journeyed to America.

This is our George Little's will and the date it was re recorded is 1867 after they found it in another book that was damaged. Book A-B Page7 Attest Geo Handly Clerck D. C. C. State of Kentucky } Daviess County Court} June Term 1867 The book in which the within will now recorded having been destroyed. It is now ordered that the same berecorded. Witness my hand this 10 June 1867 Thos _ J__ In the name of God Amen I George Little of the County of Ohio and commonwealth of Kentucky being at thistime under sore? affliction of body by the hand of Almighty God but of perfect mind and memory and callingunto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men ouse? to die I do makeconstitute and ordain this to be my last will and testament Ratifying and confirming the same and revoking allother wills Legacy's or Bequerl by me made in bequeathed in manner and form following viz 1st I give my soulinto the hand of the Almighty God that first gave it to me & my body I resign to the earth to be buried in asdecent a manner as my Executor may see proper believing at the given at resurrection I shall receive the sameagain and as touching such worldly goods or estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life I willdivided and bequeath of in the following manner. Item first, It is my will that my dearly beloved wife Mary shallbe my sole Executor of this my last will and testament and heir all my estate that I may die possessed of to herown proper use and benefit with the following proviso that she pay to each of my heirs whom is hereafternamed out of my estate One dollar in one year after my decease if they shall call for the said x (viz) to AbnerSray? who is intermarried with my daughter Mary, to Richard Harris who is married to my daughter Sarah, toJohn Phillips who is married to my daughter Susanna, to John Hunt?? in his legal representatives in heirs whomarried my daughter Jane deceased, to Henry Cockburn who married my daughter Nancy, to Joseph Littlemy son, to John Little my son, to Jonas Little my son and testimony of the same I have hereunto set my handand seal this 1st day of February 1815. George x Little Signed and acknowledged in presence of us Nathan Thorman? Daviess County Court September Term 1815 The within instrument of writing perperling the last will and testament of Geo Little deceased was established inCourt and Anthony Thompson & I said we each subscribing witnesses to said will came into court and madeoath that the said George Little Deceased signed sealed and pronounced the said writing as and for his last willand testament and that the said Geo Little was in his senses? and memory and that they subscribed their namesas witnesses thereto in his presence and there upon the said is ordered to be recorded Attest William R. Griffith C D. C. C.

George Little: Born 1735 in Scotland. Imigrated in 1760 to the United States of

America. He had twelve children, Lived, married and raised his family in

Newberry, So. Carolina. Served as a Capt. in the Revolution War. He moved to

Barren Co. Kentucky in 1802, then he and Jonas settled a few miles north of the

Long Falls of Green River in what was then Vienna (now Calhoun) in the Ohio

County. Married wife 1st Mary? of Scottland, 2nd Mary (Handley) Douglas,

daughter of Alexander Douglas.

(George Little) I. Biographic sketch from History of Daviess Co., Ky.-1883-

pages 129-130-131-132

Short and simple are the annals of the pioneer, to the unsteady hand of

tradition we owe most of that which yet remains of all that was said and done,

achieved and suffered by those who came to Kentucky as the red man departed.

Their very names are being blotted out from the memories and records of men.

Deserving a better fate than this the name of George Little is here set down.

He was born in Scotland about the year 1733. The particular locality of his

birth is now a matter of conjuncture. The patronymic has long been known in

different parts of that country. The station in life of this particular stock

in the old country as well as its history, are both unknown. As tradition

eagerly transmits the faintest suspicion of exalted rank, as it has done so in

this case, the presumption is against it's existence. All hopes of ancestral

connection Morman plunderers are thus forever blighted. For this deprivation

Scotia's own bard had furnished the consoling couplet-- Rank is but the

guinea's stamp: A ma's a man for a ' that.

This unpedigreed lot is indeed to be preferred, even if it were possible to

trace a linage to that ancient and noble house, enterdation all modern nobility-

- founded by the worthy baron alluded to in Charles Dicken's History of Martin

Chuzzlewit, as the Lord Nozoo. In early manhood he emigrated from the old to

the new world. His first known residence in America was at Newberry, in the

colony of South Carolina. His pursuit were agricultural and he was so engaged

at the rupture between the colonies and the mother country. What his previous

sentiments, politically, had been is Unkown but he was opposed to war that

ensued. Without fortune or political influence, he asked. nor more of Govement

them liberty to pursue, unmolested, his private affairs. Possibly his

attachment to the mother country, or kindred left behind, influenced his

opinions. A did Senter from the established church, he early joined the

Wesleyan movement, which before the Revolution had a con considerable

membership the side of the Atlantic. His religious faith-- embracing the

doctrine of House this may be, when war came and the colonial Government

required his services, he enlisted in the American Army, Nor record of the

nature and duration of his Service survived. Nothing more is certainly known

than that in an engagement between the American Forces and a detachment of the

enemy under Tarleton's command he received a bullet wound in the hip, as the

result of this he went to his grave a cripple. The ball was never extracted.

Independence and peace finally came and great rejoicing at the result. But the

sturdy Scot still persisted that rebellion was a mistake and died nearly forty

years after with his opinion unchanged. He remained in South Carolina until the

end of the century. He had married before the Revolution and his children were

born before or during that war. Sometime after the how long can not be stated--

his wife died. His children, five daughters and five sons, reached womanhood

and manhood, married and sought homes of their own. His own home was thus

broken up. age and infirmity of the Revolutionary war, the exploits of Daniel

Boone in the forest beyond the mountains were borne by rumors from his old home

on the Yadkin to the fertile! Watered by a river that rivaled the charms of

this shores by its own grace and majesty. To the young and adventurous this

prospect was irresistible! To all it was inviting. Jonas and John Little, two

of his sons, decided to try their fortune in this new utopia, with their

families they turned their backs on civilization and their old home in S. C.

and started on their journey.

Their father accompanied them. Their first halting place was in Barron Co.,

Ky. Here they settled in 1800 or 1802. John Little, becoming dissatisfied,

removed Tenn., where he resided until old age. He went thence to Texas and

shortly after, died. George Little and his son Jonas, remained in Barren County

for two years. They then removed to and settled a few miles north of the Long

Falls of Green River in what was then Ohio County. The town of Vienna (now

Calhoun) at that point on the river had maintained its fortune from its

establishment in 1784. It succeeded a fort or block house erected there some

years before.

George Little engaged in farming such as supplied the wants of that primitive

day. He had never acquired any considerable means, and was dependent on his own

exertions when the time for toll had about passed for him. The Ohio County

Court exempted him from poll tax " on account of bodily infirmly! But not

probably intended in part a patriotic recognition of his sufferings for his

chosen country. These last years were comparatively un-uneventful in local

affairs in this region. Society was primitive, business limited, and mostly in

the farming way.

The muster day and the religious meetings were about the only occasions when

people assembled together. The pioneer necessarily lived alone- - - - exempt

from public haunts.

Finding tongues in trees, books in running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good

in everything.

The war hoop of the Indian had scarcely ceased to echo around the settlers'

cabin. Indeed, the Ohio River bonded the Indian country on the south, which

reached the Great Lakes on the North and stretched from the Muckerman to the

boundless west. Bear hunting was still good, deer abundant, and the wolf and

panther still lingered.

Many years after the death of his first wife he intermarried with Mary

(Handley) Douglas, widow of Alexander Douglas. She was a native of Scotland

(she hired an estate there) whence she came in childhood. In early life she

married Douglas of Pa. They had several daughters, one of them (Betty) married

Jonas Little.

In 1784 or '5 Douglas came to Ky., with his brother-in-law, Capt. John

Handley, a surveyor, to examine the country, survey and lo sate lands with a

view of ultimate settlement. They separated to go to their respective homes.

Douglas never returned and was presumably murdered by Indians. His death is

still a mystery. George Little died in 1815. In 1824, his widow married Edward

Atterbury of Daviess Co., She survived her third husband several years.

Outliving most of her generation. From youth to old age she was noted for her

beauty, the grace of her manners, and rare charm of her colloquial powers. Mary

Handley Douglas Little Atterbury was buried beside her second husband in

Anthony Thompson's graveyard. He was her sister, Rachel's husband and the first

Justice of the Peace in all this region.

On the 1st of February 1815, (Daviess County was established that year.)

George Little made his will. He left the bulk of his small estate to his wife.

Shortly after- - having reached fourscore- - he departed this life. or, mighty

God that first gave it and resigned his body to the earth "believing that at

the general resurrection" he would receive it again. His mortal remains were

interred in the Anthony Thompson graveyard where his dust awaits the final

summons.

Abstracts of wills & inventories, Daviess County, Ky.- Cont'd.

Little, George - Feb. 1, 1815 - Nov. 13, 1815 Wife: Mary, Sons: Joseph, John ,

Jonas, William, Thomas, Daus: Mary Spray (wife of Abner), Sarah Harris (wife of

Richard), Susannah Phillips (wife of John), Jane Hunt, Dec. (wife of John),

Nancy Cockburn (wife of Henry), Ex: wife Mary. Wit: George Handley, William

Glenn, C.T. Duncan.

September 23, 1765 the Lt Governor of South Carolina, William Bull, granted

George Little 300 acres of land between the Tyger and Enoree River just north

of present day Delta South Carolina. 1790 Census of Union County South Carolina

96th district with 5 sons and 5 daughters. George Military Service:

Capt. of Patriot Service Prisoner at Charleston South Carolina on May 12, 1780.

Additional Comments:

Pension paper attached.

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http://www.genealogy.com/users/t/i/d/Little-Tidbits/

KYGenWeb Archives, Bullitt County http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/bullitt/toc.html

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/bullitt/toc.html

http://www.rootsweb.com/~kybullit/bcqnmain.htm

News article -

Capt. George Little and Sgt. Anthony Thompson - REV WAR Ceremony

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/bullitt/photos/little521gph.txt

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DAR MONUMENT

Put in place by Laura Simmons Little Hawes, daughter of Lucius Powhatan Little. Laura did a lot of research on her ancestors and some copies of her work is within our webpages, such as this one:

http://www.hometown.aol.com/kathy36110/Notes1.html

http://www.hometown.aol.com/spiritwalkintall/page22.html

FAMILY GROUP SHEET

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usfgs/kentucky/l/little_hiraml.html

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usfgs/arkansas/groups/l/LittleJohnWright.txt

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usfgs/kentucky/l/little_hiraml2.html

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kc90853/little

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:

K Cochran kc90853@aol.com December 19, 2005, 11:01 am

Civil War Pension to John

John Wright Little born 12/4/1843 Shepherdsville, Bullitt, Kentucky was the son

of Doctor Hiram Lucius Little and Nancy Catherine Wright.

John Wright Little was married to Mary Catherine Crigler, daughter of Abraham

Crigler and Mary Catherine Roby.

Doctor Hiram Lucius Little was born in Kentucky, son of Jonas Little and Betsy

Douglass on Feb 8, 1821. He was the grandson of Rev War Patriot Captain George

Little and Mary of Scotland. Hiram married Nancy Catherine Wright in 1840

Kentucky. She was the daughter of John C Wright and Catherine G Weatherford

and granddaughter of Charles Weatherford of Charlotte Virginia. Catherine bore

him several children and passed away in 1853. Hiram and some of his children

moved to Meridian Texas, where he married Rebecca Isabella Adams and had

several more children, including Hiram L Little Jr.

Dr Hiram Little is buried at Meridian Cemetery and it shows he was a Mason. He

died 7/18/1876.

********************** Betsy Douglass Little

* Other son of Jonas was Douglas Little who married Martha Ann Wright, another daughter of John and Catherine Wright. In fact on the 1850 and 1860 census, Martha's parents are living in her house. One son of Douglas and Martha Little was called Powhatan who wrote much about their ancestry and named most of his children accordingly. Powhatan's daughter, Laura, was researching Cleopatra, another child of the famous Indian Chief Powhatan and our native american blood.

Notes for BETSY DOUGLASS:

CENSUS YR: 1850 TERRITORY: KY COUNTY: Daviess REEL NO: M432-198 PAGE NO: 459a

REFERENCE: Enumerated on the ? day of Sept. 1850 by M. M. Lea

14 557 564 Roberts James 36 M Farmer 1,575 KY

15 557 564 Roberts Betsy 33 F KY

16 557 564 Roberts Martha E. 12 F KY X

17 557 564 Roberts Mary A. 11 F KY X

18 557 564 Roberts Sarah 7 F KY X

19 557 564 Roberts Letitia 5 F KY X

20 557 564 Roberts Ellen 3 F KY

21 557 564 Little Elizabeth 68 F SC

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1870 Census, Bullitt County (Shepardsville Dist.) Kentucky - Page 254

Household#165

Caigler, Abe 47 Farmer Kentucky

Catherine 43 Keeping House Kentucky

Mary 19 At Home Kentucky

Sadonia 15 Kentucky

Little, John W. 26 Blacksmith Kentucky

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From Familysearch.com - 1880 census

Household:

census: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's

Birthplace Mother's Birthplace

Jno. W. LITTLE Self M Male W 36 KY Blacksmith KY KY

Mary C. LITTLE Wife M Female W 29 KY Keeping House KY KY

Georgie A. LITTLE Dau S Female W 9 KY KY KY

Lottie S. LITTLE Dau S Female W 7 KY KY KY

Jno. A. LITTLE Son S Male W 5 KY KY KY

Mort. LITTLE Dau S Female W 3 KY KY KY

Charlie LITTLE Son S Male W 1 KY KY KY

1900 Census, Madison County (Marble Twp.) Arkansas

Little, John W. Head (Dec. 1843) 56 Wd. KY KY KY

Coonfield, Ben F. S-in-law (Feb. 1871) 29 (Marr. 8yrs)

AR IN AR

Mort Daug. (Jun. 1876) 24 (Marr. 8yrs.) 1,1chld. KY KY KY

Charley G-Son (Jun. 1900) 4/12 Single AR KY AR

William G-Son (May 1884) 16 Single KY KY KY

Sam? G-Son (Oct. 1881) 18 Single KY KY KY

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