Greetings to one and all! It has ben a while since there have been any
postings on this list and so I thought I would post an item that I
received from a allied family member to see if it can stir up any
comments or thoughts about the data that Charles Osborn has posted on a
GenForum posting of mine! I have posted data from this gentleman before
and it has always been puzzling to me what he says and where he gets his
data.
So the following is the most recent info he has posted:
CLAUDE,
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT ENOUGH DATA NOW EXISTS TO STATE THE FOLLOWING:
ZACHARIAH WELLS I WAS BORN EITHER IN NORTHEASTERN VA, FREDERICK CO MD,
OR WESTERN PA.
HE WAS IN FINCASTLE CO VA AS A SCOUT ALONG WITH THE BOONES, AND OSBORNS.
HIS LAND GRANT
ORIGINALLY IN FINCASTLE CO VA WAS REALLY ACROSS NEW RIVER IN WILKES CO
NC. HIS NEIGHBORS
WERE PENNINGTON, LANDRETH, BLEVINS, AND BAKER. HIS LOYALTY WAS STRONGLY
FOR ENGLAND. HE
RISKED HIS LIFE TO TAKE THE LEADER OF THE REBELS TO SC. IN THE FRACAS HE
WAS WOUNDED,
BUT LEGEND HAS IT HE WAS HANGED ANYWAY. HIS WIFE WAS PROBABLY ELIZABETH
WHO SHOWS UP IN
TAX LIST THE FOLLOWING YEAR. CLEARLY HE WAS MARRIED BEFORE HE MET THE
OSBORNS FROM THE
AGE OF ZACHARIAH WELLS IN 1784 TAX LIST OF WILKES CO NC.
ZACHARIAH WELLS II MUST HAVE BEEN HIS SON TO LIVE IN THE SAME PLACE THE
SENIOR DID BEFORE
THE REV. WAR. HIS INTERACTIONS WITH CAPT ENOCH OSBORN WOULD SHOW THE
FAMILY WAS STILL IN
FAVOR WITH THE OSBORNS AFTER THE WAR. ZACH II SISTER AGNESS M. JONATHAN
OSBORN AS HIS
SECOND WIFE. THIS WAS PROBABLY HER FIRST MARRIAGE. SHE LIVED ONLY A FEW
YEARS GIVING
BIRTH TO STEPHEN OSBORM ZACH II M ABIGAIL OSBORN GRAND DAUGHTER OF CALEB
OSBORN OF ROWAN
CO NC. HIS CHILDREN MARRIED INTO NEGHBOR HOOD FAMILIES-STURGILL,
BLEVINS, LANDRETH, ETC.
HE APPARENTLY MOVED TO LOWER VA.
I DON'T HAVE MY NOTES WITH ME HERE, BUT KNOW A SON, OR GRANDSON OF ZACH
II STATED THEY
HAD WELSH ANCESTRY, AND CAME FROM EASTERN VA. ZACH WAS SAID TO HAVE GOT
IN AN ARGUMENT
WITH HIS BROTHER ROBERT, AND LEFT HOME.
THERE WAS A ROBERT, AND JACOB IN TAX LIST FOR FREDERICK CO MD AREA IN
1740'S. EARLIER A
ROBERT, I BELIEVE, IN LANCASTER CO PA. AND MOSES WELLS IS ON THE 1734
TAX LISTS OF
PHILADELPHIA CO PA.
I THINK YOU WILL FIND ZACH II NAMED A SON ROBERT, AND ONE JACOB.
THIS INTERPRETATION IS SUBJECT TO FURTHER DATA.
GOOD HUNTING,CHARLES
To head off any negative comments against myself, I don;t particularly
abide by what he has sent and I have already shown this to Orin and he
felt as I did that it may be interesting to see if anyone has any
comments or corrections to this data. I believe we have some new members
to the list who may like to comment and could possibly add or subtract
from this data. Also don't you just hate it when someone types
everything in caps, it makes so darn hard to follow at times, this is
the way it was posted on GenForum.
So now everyone take their shots and make comments to this data, be nice
as some of our newest members may not be aware of a lot of the
controversy surrounding Ol' Zack! And we don;t want to scare them away.
Claude E. Wells