Some Descendants of John W. Zion

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Some Descendants of John W. ZION Sr.

First Generation

1. John W. ZION Sr. was born about 1768 in of North Fork, Holston River, Washington Co., Virginia. He died between 1840 - 1850 in Lee Co., Virginia and was buried in Pennington-Zion Cemetery, Dryden, Lee Co., Virginia.

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ZION CEMETERY, PENNINGTON GAP, VIRGINIA
    Cemetery on land originally owned by John Zion.

ANNALS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
    John Zion, Sr. was granted 133 acres on Mill Fall Branch on the third of March 1799 in Washington Co., Virginia.

WASHINGTON CO., VIRGINIA SURVEY RECORDS ABSTRACTS 1781-1797, part 4 of 5, page 399.
    John Zion, assignee of Elijah Gillenwaters - 133 acres - treasury warrant #11789 - on waters of Mill Fall branch, the waters of the north fork of Holstein River - in a gap of a ridge on the south side of the Raccoon Valley - March 3, 1791.

WASHINGTON CO., VIRGINIA SURVEY RECORDS ABSTRACTS 1781-1797, part 4 of 5, page 404.
    John Zion, assignee of Elijah Gillenwaters - 184 acres - Treasury warrant #11789 - on the waters of the Mill fall branch the waters of the north fork of Holston River - beginning in a gap of a ridge on the south side of Raccoon Valley - near to Linders corner - near to Linders and Gavels line - by a branch and path - April 1, 1793.

HISTORY OF RUSH COUNTY, INDIANA, Chicago, Brant & Fuller 1888, Democratic Printing Company, Madison, Wisconsin. Electronic Edition Copyright 1999 by Heritage Books, Inc., page 626.
    John Q. Zion . . . being the son of Matthew and Catharine (Sergeant) Zion, who were natives of Virginia and Ohio, respectively, the former of Dutch and English, and the latter of English descent. His father was the son of John and Rachel Zion, and his mother was the daughter of Thomas Sergeant.

John married Lucy MC CORMICK, daughter of William MC CORMICK Jr. and Agness ADAMS, on 3 Nov 1789 in Washington Co., Virginia. Lucy was born 1772 in of Washington Co., Virginia. She died 1 Jan 1854 in Cane Creek, Lee Co., Virginia.

HISTORY OF RUSH COUNTY, INDIANA, Chicago, Brant & Fuller 1888, Democratic Printing Company, Madison, Wisconsin. Electronic Edition Copyright 1999 by Heritage Books, Inc., page 626.
John Q. Zion . . . being the son of Matthew and Catharine (Sergeant) Zion, who were natives of Virginia and Ohio, respectively, the former of Dutch and English, and the latter of English descent. His father was the son of John and Rachel Zion, and his mother was the daughter of Thomas Sergeant.

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John W. Zion Married Lucy McCormick 3 Nov 1789, of Washington Co., Virginia.

John and Lucy had the following children:

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Jacob ZION was born 31 Aug 1790 in Washington Co., Virginia. He died 1864 in Des Moine Co., Iowa and was buried in Plesant Grove Cemetery, Des Moine Co., Iowa.

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Jacob Zion was 85 when he died.

+ 3 M ii George ZION was born 30 Jul 1791 and died 2 Mar 1873.
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John W. ZION Jr. was born 8 May 1793 in Washington Co., Virginia. He died 12 Jun 1869 in Lee Co., Virginia and was buried in Pennington Gap, Lee Co., Virginia.

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McCormic ZION was born 22 Jan 1795 in North Fork, Holston River, Washington Co., Virginia. He died 26 Dec 1863 in Decatur, Decatur Co., Iowa and was buried in Decatur Cemetery, Decatur, Decatur Co., Iowa.

McCormic married Elizabeth BIDDLE on 8 Dec 1836 in Bartholomew Co., Indiana.

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Elizabeth ZION was born 25 Nov 1796 in Washington Co., Virginia. She died 27 Sep 1849 in Grassyfork, Jackson Co., Indiana.

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William ZION was born about 1799/1800 in Washington Co., Virginia. He died 18 Dec 1872 in Lee Co., Virginia.

William married Amelia SIMS on 30 Dec 1832 in Rush Co., Indiana.

+ 8 M vii Matthew ZION was born 9 Apr 1801 and died 9 Apr 1877.
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Rachel ZION was born 22 Jan 1807 in Washington Co., Virginia. She died 15 Jun 1885 in Dryden, Lee Co., Virginia and was buried in Pennington-Zion Cemetery, Dryden, Lee Co., Virginia.

Rachel married Samuel MC BRIDE. Samuel was born about 1843 in Ohio.

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