My Alcorn Ancestors

 
  My grandfather, Garrett Alcorn

Are we related? Here's my Alcorn patrilineal line. You'll see that once they arrived from Virginia, my Alcorns stayed in Kentucky. If you'd like more information on this line or related lines,  drop me an email so that we can exchange information.

Generation One

My grandfather, Garrett Alcorn, son of James J. Alcorn and Anna Elizabeth Corman was born on 01 Apr 1904 in Jessamine County, Kentucky. He died on 27 Oct 1988 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He married Vela Dorris Morrow on 31 Oct 1936 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. She was born on 26 Aug 1918 in Monticello, Wayne, Kentucky, USA. She died on 13 Feb 1944 in Lancaster, Garrard, Kentucky, USA. They had two children: Mildred Frances Alcorn and Renda Ann Alcorn.

Generation Two

James J. Alcorn, son of James Alcorn and Sarah A. Hicks was born in 1859 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He died on 29 Apr 1936 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He married Anna Elizabeth Corman on 25 Feb 1886 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.

Anna Elizabeth Corman, daughter of Melvin Corman and Nancy E. Humphrey was born on 06 Nov 1873 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. She died on 24 Jan 1951 in Wilmore, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.

They had the following children:

1. Edward Alcorn was born on 01 Jul 1888 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky,
   USA. He died on 15 Aug 1969 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He
   married Betty Lunsford on 28 Jul 1916 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. She was born
   about 1890 in Kentucky, USA. She died between 1916-1930. He married Matilda
   Jones, daughter of Buffalo Jones and Lilla Rankin. She was born in 1886 in Wayne,
   Kentucky, USA. She died on 14 Dec 1948 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.
2. James Alcorn was born on 20 Mar 1893 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky,
   USA. He died on 19 Feb 1976 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.
3. Alice Alcorn was born on 09 Sep 1894 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. She died on
   27 Aug 1929 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. She married Hugh Logan
   Corman on 29 Jan 1909 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA, son of Joseph Corman and
   Rebecca Canter. He was born on 03 May 1890 in Kentucky, USA. He died on 04
   Sep 1987 in Lancaster, Garrard, Kentucky, USA.
4. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Alcorn was born on 01 Oct 1895 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. She died on 01 Feb 1990 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. 
5. Joseph (Jodie) Alcorn was born in Aug 1897 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He died on 11 Sep 1929 in Wilmore, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.
6. Fannie Alcorn was born in Dec 1899 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.
   She died on 09 Dec 1987 in Fayette, Kentucky, USA. She married Nelson Lunsford
   on 20 Mar 1917 in Lancaster, Garrard, Kentucky, USA, son of George Lunsford and
   Addie Barnes. He was born on 26 Dec 1894 in Estill, Kentucky, USA. He died on 13
   Jul 1983 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.
7. John Alcorn was born on 04 Feb 1901 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He died on 30 Jul 1980 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA. He married Liberty Woods in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA, daughter of Abe Woods and Nannie J. She was born on 24 Oct 1917 in Kentucky, USA. She died on 27 Oct 1996 in New Haven, Allen, Indiana, USA.
8. Garrett Alcorn was born on 01 Apr 1904 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He died on
   27 Oct 1988 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He married Vela Dorris
   Morrow on 31 Oct 1936 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. She was born
   on 26 Aug 1918 in Monticello, Wayne, Kentucky, USA, the daughter of Thomas Morrow and Renda Burton. She died on 13 Feb 1944 in Lancaster, Garrard, Kentucky, USA.
9. Eliza Alcorn was born on 15 Jun 1908 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.
   She died in Nov 1983 in New Haven, Allen, Indiana, USA. She married Sanford
   Woods, son of Abe Woods and Nannie J. He was born in 1913 in Kentucky, USA.
   He died in Jun 1978 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA. She married John W.
   Goforth, son of Louis Goforth and Sarah Baker. He was born about 1906 in
   Kentucky, USA.
10. Lillie Alcorn born in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA is the only living child.
    She married Granville Pearl Doyle. He died on 20 May 1975 in Jessamine,
    Kentucky, USA. She married Jake Osborne.
11. Clarence Alcorn was born on 04 Jul 1911 in Lincoln, Kentucky, USA. He died on 03
    Jun 1987 in Fayette, Kentucky, USA. He married Rachel Welch on 19 May 1932 in
    Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. She was born on 25 Oct 1915 in Kentucky, USA. She
    died on 26 Feb 2005 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA.

Generation Three

James Alcorn, son of John Alcorn and Unknown was born in Feb 1832 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He died on 17 Jul 1902 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He married Sarah A. Hicks on 21 Dec 1852 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.

Sarah A. Hicks, daughter of John Hicks and Elizabeth Preston was born in Jan 1832 in Lancaster, Garrard, Kentucky, USA. She died on 12 Mar 1910 in High Bridge, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.

They had the following children:

1. Elizabeth Alcorn was born on 09 Feb 1853 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. She died on 14 Feb 1940 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. She married Thomas Majors in the home of James Alcorn. He was born about 1845.
2. Sarah Jane Alcorn was born in Sep 1855 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. She died after 1892 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. She married William Hicks on 18 Dec 1869 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA, son of William Hicks and Elizabeth Pall. He was born about 1845 in Garrard, Kentucky, USA. He died after 1892 in Jessamine,
   Kentucky, USA.
3. Martha A. Alcorn was born in Nov 1856 in Kentucky, USA. She died on 06 Feb 1940 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. She married William R. Alcorn, son of Willis Alcorn and Almira Jane Hicks. He was born on 18 Oct 1857 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He died on 24 Sep 1929 in Wilmore, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.
4. James J. Alcorn was born in 1859 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He died on 29 Apr 1936 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He married Anna Elizabeth Corman on 25 Feb 1886 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA, daughter of Melvin Corman and Nancy E. Humphrey. She was born on 06 Nov 1873 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. She died on 24 Jan 1951 in Wilmore, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.
5. Squire Alcorn was born on 25 Dec 1862 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He died on 09 Mar 1931 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He married Josephine Combs on 25 Dec 1881 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. She was born in May 1871 in Kentucky, USA. She died on 28 Dec 1940 in Fayette, Kentucky, USA. He married Emma Wheeler. She was born about 1886 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. She died on 06 Jan 1959 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.
6. William Harrison Alcorn was born in May 1863 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He died on 11 Feb 1934 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He married Tina Canter on 05 Jan 1887 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. She was born in 1873 in Kentucky, USA.
7. Sallie Alcorn was born in 1864 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. She died in 1879 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.
8. George Alcorn was born on 31 Aug 1866 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He died on 08 Aug 1940 in Wilmore, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He married Anna Lane on 15 Feb 1888 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA, daughter of Johnson Lane and Jane Walters. She was born in 1860 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. She died on 23 Oct 1948 in Wilmore, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.
9. Joseph Thomas Alcorn was born on 11 Nov 1866 in High Bridge, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He died on 16 Mar 1944 in Mercer, Kentucky, USA. He married Lucy Murphy on 17 Jul 1885 in Mercer, Kentucky, USA. She was born on 17 Jul 1868 in Kentucky, USA. She died on 10 Oct 1937. He married Lucy. She was born in Jul 1868.
10. Catherine Alcorn was born on 28 Feb 1868 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. She died on 05 Dec 1938 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. She married Edward Y. Overstreet on 23 Dec 1891 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He was born on 21 Nov 1867 in Kentucky, USA. He died on 20 Nov 1949 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.

Generation Four

John Alcorn, believed to be the son of Robert Alcorn and Susannah Turpin was born in 1799 in Gallatin or Jessamine County, Kentucky. He died on 15 Oct 1877 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He married Unknown between 1820-1830. Unknown was born between 1800-1810. She died before Feb 1838.

He married Nancy McPherson on 24 Feb 1838 in Gallatin, Kentucky, USA. She was born between 1810-1820. She died about 1844. He married Elizabeth Hicks on 15 Nov 1846 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA, daughter of John Hicks and Elizabeth Preston. She was born in 1820 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. She died about 1865.

Unknown and John Alcorn had the following children:

1. Robert Alcorn was born in 1827 in Kentucky or Tennessee. He died on 05 Dec 1911 in Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky, USA. He married Mary "Polly" Ann Alcorn on 01 Sep 1853 in Owenton, Owen, Kentucky, USA, daughter of Jesse Alcorn and Sarah Darbro 01 Sep 1853 in Owenton, Owen. She was born about 1836 in Gallatin, Kentucky, USA. She died after 1870.
2. Son Alcorn (John?) was born between 1830-1835 in Kentucky, USA.
3. James Alcorn was born in Feb 1832 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He died on 17 Jul 1902 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He married Sarah A. Hicks on 21 Dec 1852 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA, daughter of John Hicks and Elizabeth Preston. She was born in Jan 1832 in Lancaster, Garrard, Kentucky, USA. She died on 12 Mar 1910 in High Bridge, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.
4. Willis Alcorn was born about 1836 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He died on 24 Sep 1892 in Scott, Tennessee, USA. He married Almira Jane Hicks on 19 Jul 1855 in Lancaster, Garrard, Kentucky, USA, daughter of William Hicks and Elizabeth Pall. She was born about 1838 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. She died on 03 Nov 1896 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.

John Alcorn and Nancy McPherson had the following children:

1. John Alcorn was born on 16 Mar 1841 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He died on 23 Sep 1902 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He married Clarinda Hicks on 26 Nov 1865 in Garrard, Kentucky, USA, daughter of William Hicks and Elizabeth Pall. She was born in Apr 1844 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. She died on 13 Feb 1914 in High Bridge, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.
2. Hanley Alcorn was born in 1843 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He died in 1917 in Independence, Clay, Missouri, USA. He married Martha Wirt on 14 Oct 1868 in Mercer, Kentucky, USA. She was born about 1845.
3. Martha Alcorn was born in 1844 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.
4. Mary Jane Alcorn was born in 1844.

John Alcorn and Elizabeth Hicks had the following children:

1. Mary Ann Alcorn was born about 1848 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky,
   USA.
2. Susan Alcorn was born on 15 Jun 1840 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. She died
   on 11 Mar 1919 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. She married James Grimes on 14
   Jun 1870 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He was born on 20 Mar 1845 in Kentucky,
   USA. He died on 17 Oct 1933 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.
3. Emily Alcorn was born about 1849 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.
   She married William Broughton on 03 Dec 1872 in Harrodsburg, Mercer,
   Kentucky, USA. He was born about 1850.
4. Nancy Alcorn was born in 1862 in Kentucky, USA. She married John B. Lowery on
   02 Sep 1880 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He was born in 1857.
5. Betsy A. Alcorn was born on 27 Aug 1855 in Lancaster, Garrard, Kentucky, USA.
   She married S.J. Majors. He was born in 1855 in Kentucky, USA.
6. America Alcorn was born on 15 Aug 1857 in Lancaster, Garrard, Kentucky, USA.

Generation Five

Robert Alcorn, son of John Alcorn and Jane Breckenridge, was born between 1765-1775 in Looney Creek, Wythe County, Virginia. He died on 26 Aug 1831 in Gallatin, Kentucky, USA. He married Susannah Turpin on 25 May 1796 in Madison, Kentucky, USA, daughter of William Robert Turpin and Sarah Janey Harris. Shewas born in 1777 in North Carolina, USA. She died after 1850 in Gallatin, Kentucky, USA.

Robert Alcorn and Susannah Turpin had the following children:

1. Unknown daughter was born between 1794-1800 in Kentucky, USA.
2. Rebecca Alcorn was born in 1795 in Madison, Kentucky, USA. She died on 17 Jul
   1875 in Warsaw, Gallatin, Kentucky, USA. She married William Hicks on 10 Jan
   1815 in Fayette, Kentucky, USA, son of William Hicks and Mary Swango. He was
   born on 04 Dec 1794 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He died on 12 Mar 1868 in
   Gallatin, Kentucky, USA.
3. Sally Alcorn was born in 1797 in Kentucky, USA. She died after 1850. She
   married Moses Jackson on 08 Oct 1819 in Gallatin, Kentucky, USA. He was born
   in 1797 in Kentucky, USA. He died after 1870 in Jackson, Greene, Indiana, USA.
4. John Alcorn was born in 1799 in Gallatin or Jessamine County, Kentucky. He died
   on 15 Oct 1877 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He married (1)
   UNKNOWN between 1820-1830. She was born between 1800-1810. She died before
   Feb 1838. He married (2) Nancy McPherson on 24 Feb 1838 in Gallatin, Kentucky,
   USA. She was born between 1810-1820. She died about 1844. He married (3)
   Elizabeth Hicks on 15 Nov 1846 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA, daughter of John
   Hicks and Elizabeth Preston. She was born in 1820 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.
   She died about 1865.
5. Elizabeth Alcorn was born in 1802 in Garrard, Kentucky, USA. She died in 1850.
   She married Thomas Darbro on 17 Aug 1825 in Gallatin, Kentucky, USA. He was
   born in 1802 in Woodford or Jessamine County, Kentucky. He died in 1870 in
   Carroll, Kentucky, USA.
6. Jesse Alcorn was born in 1806 in Kentucky, USA. He died in Greene, Indiana,
   USA. He married (1) Sarah Darbro on 16 Apr 1830 in Gallatin, Kentucky, USA.
   She was born in 1816 in Gallatin, Kentucky, USA. She died in 1849 in Gallatin,
   Kentucky, USA. He married (2) Phoebe Mulligan on 26 Oct 1849 in Gallatin,
   Kentucky, USA. She was born in 1810 in Kentucky, USA.
7. Mary Ann Alcorn was born in 1810 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. She died on 02
   May 1884 in Gallatin, Kentucky, USA. She married William Swango on 01 Nov
   1832 in Gallatin, Kentucky, USA, son of William Swango and Nancy Bradley. He
   was born on 28 Feb 1809 in Gallatin, Kentucky, USA. He died on 17 Apr 1897 in
   Gallatin, Kentucky, USA.
8. Unknown son was born between 1810-1820 in Kentucky, USA.
9. Unknown son was born between 1810-1820 in Kentucky, USA.
10. Unknown daughter was born between 1810-1820 in Kentucky, USA.

Generation Six

John Alcorn was born in 1734 in Augusta, Virginia, USA. He died after 1793 in Madison, Kentucky, USA. He married Jane Breckenridge between 1777-1811, daughter of George B. Breckinridge and Ann Doak. She was born in 1742 in Wythe, Virginia, USA. She died in 1790.

John Alcorn and Jane Breckenridge had the following children:

1. Sarah Alcorn was born about 1767. She married (1) Benjamin Redman in 1802 in
   Madison, Kentucky, USA. He was born about 1765. He died before 1804 in
   Madison, Kentucky, USA. She married (2) John Redman on 29 Sep 1804. He was
   born about 1765.
2. James Breckenridge Alcorn was born about 1770. He married Elizabeth Smiley
   on 21 Feb 1793 in Madison, Kentucky, USA, daughter of George Smiley and Ann.
   She was born about 1770.
3. Jesse Alcorn was born about 1781 in Looney Creek, Wythe County, Virginia. He
   died on 26 Nov 1852 in Wayne, Kentucky, USA. He married (1) Polly Duncan on
   04 Apr 1806 in Wayne, Kentucky, USA, daughter of George Duncan and Catherine
   Smiley. She was born about 1781 in North Carolina, USA. She died about 1820 in
   Wayne, Kentucky, USA. He married (2) Sinah Ann Jones on 28 Jan 1824 in
   Wayne, Kentucky, USA. She was born in 1794 in Virginia, USA. She died in 1865 in Wayne, Kentucky, USA.
4. Robert Alcorn was born between 1765-1775 in Looney Creek, Wythe County,
   Virginia. He died on 26 Aug 1831 in Gallatin, Kentucky, USA. He married Susannah Turpin on 25 May 1796 in Madison, Kentucky, USA, daughter of William Robert
   Turpin and Sarah Janey Harris. She was born in 1777 in North Carolina, USA. She
   died after 1850 in Gallatin, Kentucky, USA.
5. George Alcorn was born between 1766-1795 in Virginia, USA. He died after 1840
   in Clark, Missouri, USA. He married Isabella Smiley on 21 Feb 1793 in Madison,
   Kentucky, USA, daughter of George Smiley and Ann. She was born between
   1764-1795. She died after 1840 in Clark, Missouri, USA.
6. John Breckenridge Alcorn was born about 1775 in Virginia, USA. He died on 15
   Aug 1833 in Preble, Ohio, USA. He married Jane Smith. She was born in 1768 in
   New Jersey, USA. She died in Jul 1849 in Preble, Ohio, USA.