Capt. William Kavanaugh

1755 - 1829  (74 years)

• Name	William Kavanaugh  [1]
  Prefix	Capt.
  Born	1755	Culpepper County, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	1829	Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky
  Person ID	I21106	DNA Family 1 Genealogies
  Last Modified	4 May 2006

  
  

  Father	Charles Frederick Kavanaugh, Sr.,   b. 1726,   d. 13 Oct 1795, Madison County, Kentucky  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Ann Coleman,   b. 1733,   d. Aft Oct 1795, Madison County, Kentucky  (Age 62 years)
  Married	1755
  Family ID	F4548	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Woods,   b. 1753, Albemarle County, Virgina ,   d. 1814, Madison County, Kentucky  (Age 61 years)
  Married	1771	Culpepper County, Virginia
  Children	1. Archibald Kavanaugh,   b. Abt 1794, Kentucky ,   d. Sep 1837  (Age ~ 43 years)
  Last Modified	4 May 2006
  Family ID	F7368	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From: Histories & Genealogies: WILLIAM KAVANAUGH. (Named in Chapter 3, Section 3.) Article 1.--William Kavanaugh, a son of Charles Kavanaugh, Sr., and Ann (???) his wife, was born in Culpeper County, Va. He married Hannah Woods, a daughter of William Woods and Susannah Wallace his wife. (See Part II, Chap. 6, Sec. 11, and Part IV, Chap. 2, Sec. 2.) They came to Madison County, Ky., some time prior to 1787. William Kavanaugh was the trusted and well beloved son who went with a power of attorney from his father to Yancey's. He was a legatee of his father's will, and one of the executors thereof, and he and his wife Hannah joined in the deeds in 1797 to the Yanceys. October 5, 1790, he was recommended as a Lieutenant of militia and qualified as such Nov. 2, 1790. June 7, 1791, qualified as Captain of militia. In deed book C, page 346, is recorded a bond for title to 100 acres of land from Michael Wallace to him, dated March 3, 1795, reciting that said Kavanaugh had raised a cabin on said land. On the 31 day of August 1815, by deed (L page 78) he conveyed this bond to his son William Kavanaugh Jr., the title to which land was afterwards perfected in his son. There is found (D page 102) April 7, 1791, a deed from John Reid to Archibald Woods and William Kavanaugh, to 400 acres of land on Muddy Creek being a pre-emption to include his mill seat and improvements, and (E page 396) Jan. 4, 1803, a deed from Thomas Mosely of Montgomery County, Ky., attorney in fact for John Guerant of Buckingham County, Va., to William Kavanaugh of Madison County, Ky., to 1000 acres of land on the head branch of Rockcastle. Sept. 15, 1817, he conveyed to his son-in-law Andrew Briscoe, (M page 143) 158 1/2 acres of land on Muddy Creek. He died in 1829, for his will dated March 15, 1823, was probated November 2, 1829, and recorded (E page 21) in which he appointed his son Charles Kavanaugh and William Goodloe executors thereof--Goodloe did not qualify and Charles Kavanaugh qualified and acted as sole executor. Therein he sets free certain negro slaves, and gave certain negroes land on Owsly's Fork. His wife Hannah having died and he having again, to wit: on the 21, day of Sept. 1815 married Mrs. Ruth Booten. No issue however by this marriage, he in his will made bequests to his wife, Ruth, and special bequests to his son, Archibald and to two grand-children, a son and a daughter of his son, Nicholas Kavanaugh, deceased, and his daughter Susannah Duncan. His other property he directed to be divided equally between his children named in the will. His son William was not mentioned in the will, but testator many years before had deeded to said son the bond on Michael Wallace for the hundred acres of land. In April 1784, William Kavanaugh, senior, was one of a party of scouts composed besides himself of Samuel Estill, Harris Massie, John Woods, Nicholas Proctor, John Mitchell, William McCreary, Azariah Martin and others, who left Estill's Station in pursuit of an Indian camp near the mouth of Station Camp Creek, and passed the Little Picture Lick, at or near the Bue Banks, where the Indians had blazed trees and painted pictures on the blazes with black and red paint. The second wife of William Kavanaugh, senior, Mrs. Ruth Booten, was the widow of Favis Booten, and a daughter of Samuel Estill, and her daughter Mary Ann Booten, had married Thomas Harris, a son of Christopher Harris and Elizabeth Grubbs his wife, (See Part III, Chap. 12, Sec. 2,) and after Thomas Harris died, his widow Mary Ann, married Joel Embry, and among her Embry children was a son Thomas Harris Embry, named for her first husband, but this son was not a blood relative of her first husband. William Kavanaugh's five sons, Philemon, William, Nicholas, Archibald and Charles, all served as soldiers in the war of 1812. There were no issues of the second marriage. The children of William Kavanaugh senior, and Hannah Woods his wife were: (It is not claimed they are set forth in the order of birth.) Section 1. Susannah Kavanaugh; married Isaac Duncan Sept. 21, 1795. The subject of Chapter 9. Section 2. Annie Kavanaugh; married Andrew Briscoe, Sept. 25, 1796. The subject of Chapter 10. (See Part IV, Chap. 18, Sec. 2.) Section 3. Polly Kavanaugh; married Hezekiah Oldham, Oct. 7, 1813. For further account see Part VI, Chapter 16. Section 4. Sallie Kavanaugh; married ? Charles English. They went to Missouri. Section 5. Philemon Kavanaugh; married Patsey Gilbert, a daughter of Samuel Gilbert. The subject of Chapter 16. Section 6. Charles Kavanaugh; married Peggy Warren, a daughter of the old pioneer Thomas Warren, July 3, 1817. The subject of Chapter 11. Section 7. Archibald Kavanaugh; married first Miss Baxter, and secondly Miss Winchester. He settled in Lexington, Mo. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. He raised a large family of children, among them were: 1. Colonel Charles Baxter Kavanaugh. Held the rank of Colonel in the United States Army. He went as a soldier with Donethen to California. His home was in Lexington, Mo. 2. A son; died at Santa Fe, New Mexico. 3. Phinis Ewing Kavanaugh, of Lexington, Mo. 4. ? Hannah Kavanaugh; married Benancy Cox, March 19, 1833. Section 8. Nicholas Kavanaugh; married Jane Wallace, a daughter of Michael Wallace, and Jane Bratton his wife, Jan. 12, 1817. (See Part IV, Chap. 7, Section 2.) The subject of Chapter 12. Section 9. William Kavanaugh. He was not mentioned in the will of his father, but owned and occupied one hundred acres of land, near Richmond, Ky., which his father on August 31, 1815, (L page 79) gave and conveyed to him, or rather gave him a bond for a title thereto, of Michael Wallace, which was afterwards perfected in said son, William Kavanaugh, Jr. He married Betsy Freeman, and moved to Anderson County, Ky., a number of years prior to the year 1832. On the 3rd of Feb. 1832, he and his wife Betsy, then living in Anderson County, conveyed said land to Edmund L. Shackelford. (Deed book -- page 234). Their children were: 1. Ann Maria Kavanaugh; married William Whittington, formerly the husband of her deceased sister Susan Adela. Their children:      1. Paul Whittington; died in infancy.      2. Silas Whittington; died in infancy.      3. Ann Adela Whittington; died in infancy. 2. Hon. George W. Kavanaugh. Formerly was Judge of the Anderson County Court. He represented Anderson County in the State Legislature in the years 1843 and 1850. He was a very popular and influencial citizen of the County. He married Miss Russel Wills. Their children:      1. Caroline Kavanaugh; died unmarried.      2. Elizabeth Kavanaugh; married George Phillips of Lebanon, Ky. She is now a widow and lives in New York City, and has one grown son:            1. Roy Phillips.      3. George Breckinridge Kavanaugh; died in early manhood, unmarried.      4. Russel Kavanaugh; died unmarried.      5. John Anderson Kavanaugh; married (???) (???). He had no children. 3. Susan Adela Kavanaugh; married William Whittington. Their children:      1. Mary Adela Whittington, late of Daughter's College, Harrodsburg, Ky. She was one of the best educators, and most entellectual of her time. After she graduated she taught school all the remainder of her life, dying at the age of forty years past. Her remains were buried at Harrodsburg, and a monument erected by her pupils marks her grave. She was of the best product of the Kavanaugh family. 4. Araminta Kavanaugh; died young. 5. Charles Nicholas Kavanaugh; married Lucy Erwin Lillard. Their children:      1. Mary Kavanaugh; died in infancy.      2. Aileen Kavanaugh; married Dr. J. W. Gilbert, of Lawrenceburg, Ky. Their children:           1. Emma Gilbert.           2. William Kavanaugh Gilbert; died at the age of sixteen years.           3. Dr. John Whittington Gilbert.           4. George Hubbard Gilbert.           5. Roberts Gilbert; died in infancy.           6. James Freeman Gilbert.      3. Dr. Charles William Kavanaugh; married Susan Mary Mullins. Their children:           1. Charles Nicholas Kavanaugh.           2. A child; died in infancy.           3. A child; died in infancy.      Mrs. Kavanaugh died and Dr. Charles William Kavanaugh, married the second time Rhoda Caldwell. Their children:           4. Aileen Gilbert Kavanaugh.           5. Lucy Emrin Kavanaugh.           6. Dandrige Whitfield Kavanaugh; married Harriet Taylor. Their children:                1. Mary Edna Kavanaugh; died in infancy.                2. Ann Elizabeth Kavanaugh; died in infancy.                3. Dandrige Whitfield Kavanaugh; died unmarried.           7. Hubbard Hines Kavanaugh; died in infancy.           8. Thomas Archibald Kavanaugh; died leaving no children.

  
  

• Sources

  [S18] Jennings - Davidson, Lillie Pauline White, (1944), p. 229 (Reliability: 3).