John,
Hard to say. I need to find that account of Solomon's death and try to
find more info on how each of these Osborns were related. Fortunately,
they seem to have left quite a few records and a lot of work has been
previously done. It is probably more than coincidence that a Solomon
Osborn lived near Zachariah in Lee Co and that Enoch lived nearby when they
were on the New River.
John
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From: John Wells <doredad(a)foothills.net>
To: ZachariahWells-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: Enoch Osborn & misc Osborn info
Date: Sunday, July 26, 1998 12:55 PM
John:
Judging from the names of Zachariah's children, would you say
that
it is a good possibility that the Solomon Osborne killed by Indians
was
his
father-in-law?
John Wells
At 10:08 AM 7/26/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi everybody,
> Attached are some notes from my research this weekend into the Osborns.
I
>am sure that some of you have done Osborn research already and
that none
of
>this will be news to you. There is a reference out there cited
by many
>called "Early Alleys and Osborns" which may be useful if anyone can find
>it.
> Highlights of what I found: Enoch Osborn and Zack Wells were living on
>the New River which barely runs into North Carolina in what is now
>Alleghany Co, was Ashe Co in 1799, (and fka Wilkes Co, Surry Co, Rowan
>Co...). Enoch is found in records on both sides of the border during
the
>1790s. One of the Wilkes Co deeds refers to him as Enoch Osborn
of
Grayson
>Co, VA. I am confident that he is an in-law, although probably
not
Zack's
>father in law. In Jonathon Osborn's pension file, he
mentions that he
is
>Enoch's brother and that their family moved into Montgomery
(now Grayson
>Co, VA) when he was a youth. That he was born in 1753 in the Yadkin
Forks
>of Rowan Co and moved when young to the "hollows of Surry
Co., NC". I
>believe that Caleb Osborn is his and Enoch's uncle and that James Osborn
>would be their cousin. I have seen people list Ephraim Sr as Enoch's
>father. Enoch was almost certainly older than Jonathon to have been
named
>the CPT of the unit, but I doubt that he would be old enough to
be
>Abigail's father who would have had to be born c.1735 or before.
> As for the Tory Zack who was hanged, he was supposedly burried in the
>banks of the Yadkin River. This would put some distance between him and
>our Zack, but where he died wasn't necessarily where he lived. It is
>curious though that Enoch would have anything to do with Zack if he were
a
>Tory considering that the Montgomery Militia's primary duty
was hunting
>down Tories running the ridges in the area (see John Osborn's pension
>file). But I have seen people say that there were Penningtons who were
>tories and we see Penningtons serving in Enoch's unit.
> I was excited to see a Solomon Osborn in Lee Co living near Zack.
>However, the Solomon who was supposedly a brother of Enoch was
supposedly
>killed by indians. (I need to find the source, it was a book on
early
>Grayson Co). Well, that's all for now.
>
>John
>
>
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