Transcription taken from a Reprint of Pace Society of America, BULLETIN No. 26 (December 1973), Marion Pace Mehrkens, Editor. Permission to reprint on this webpage granted 2 June 2000 to Rebecca Christensen.
[Note: No documentation is given for any of the conclusions below. Please use this information for clues, not given facts.].
To view a map of Pace land grants along the border of Hickman and Perry Counties, TN, click here. Map of Pace TN Land GrantsThe map is also from the Pace Society of America, BULLETIN No. 26 (December 1973).
THE PACES OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TENNESSEE
William Pace, probably coming from Franklin County, N.C. about 1795, acquired land in Oglethorpe County, Ga. With him came his wife Ruth, seven sons and one daughter. Another son and daughter were born after he reached Georgia.
His three oldest sons, William, Jr., James and Wilson soon reached the age for marriage and needed land of their own. William married Isabella _________ ? and Wilson married Mary ________? Both wives, according to the 1850 census, were born in South Carolina, but we find no record of their maiden names. James married Mary Ann Loven - or Loving - in December 1796.
They all bought farms on Shoal Creek, a branch of the Oconee River just west of the Oglethorpe County line. By 1805, however, they had arranged to sell out and move to Tennessee. There is a suggestion of haste in making this change. Perhaps the temptation of land obtainable by grant for a small fee was a factor. Perhaps they were just following the trend to "go west".
James' first five children were born in Clarke County, Georgia, the last being Ruth, born 19 March 1804. The next child, William, was born in Rutherford County, Tennessee, on 3 July 1806. He is said to have been born at "Double Springs" - a settlement just east of present-day Murfreesboro. James had obtained a grant there for 50 acres. In 1813 he was granted 40 acres some miles east of Double Springs on "the east fork of Stones River". This was in the Cripple Creek area.
The three brothers must have selected their land and entered it for a grant about 1805. They built their "improvements", probably a log cabin and a barn, cleared and planted their land, and waited for a survey to be made. When this was completed, they received their grants.
This part of Tennessee was not mountainous, but was rolling land with low hills and gentle slopes. All these Paces settled on land between Cripple Creek and the east fork of Stone's River.
William Jr., James, and Wilson appear on the tax rolls from 1809 to 1813 inclusive. Wilson's name is missing for the years 1810 and 1811, but a "Daniel" Pace appears in his place. There is no other record of a Daniel Pace, nor does he appear in the 1810 census. The explanation may be suggested by the name of Wilson's grand-nephew, who was given the name of William Daniel Pace. Perhaps the middle name of the first Wilson was also Daniel, and was used by him occasionally.
William Sr., with his two youngest sons, as well as his son John, must have followed the older brothers to Rutherford before 1810, for they all appear on the census for that year. William Sr's household includes a male "16 to 26", obviously Kinchon at age 19, and a male "under 10", (probably Isaac, although, based on the 1850 census which gives his age as 52, he must have been 12 in 1810. Perhaps he was small for his age, and the census- taker merely estimated).
The remaining two sons, Drury and Jeremiah, stayed back in Clarke County, Ga., for a while.
Thus, according to the census of 1810, there were five Pace families in Rutherford County, Tenn. when, on June 18, 1812, war was declared on Great Britain.
This war, brought on by the British harassment of American shipping, probably seemed remote to the Tennessee Paces, who must have been absorbed in developing their new farms, and not too directly concerned with the troubles of the coastal and northern border states. But when, on August 3, 1813, the Creek Indian nation in Alabama, stirred up by Tecumseh, the British ally, attacked Fort Mimms, near Mobile, the war came closer to home.
News of the attack - in which 250 persons in the fort were massacred - reached Andrew Jackson in Nashville on September 12, 1813. As Major General of the Tennessee Military, he immediately called for 2,000 volunteers. Four of the five Pace brothers promptly responded. They were William Jr., James, Wilson and Kinchon. We can find no military record for John in this Creek war.
The gathering place for recruits was Winchester in Franklin County, which at the time was next to Rutherford County, of which it had formerly been a part. The Paces, therefore, did not have far to travel; they reached Winchester about September ninth. The recruits seem to have spent much of their time parading, but finally on September 20th the word came ordering them to march south to Huntsville, Alabama, to be mustered in. They reached there in four days and on September 24, 1813 they became members of the 2nd Regiment of Mounted Gunmen of the West Tennessee Volunteers. James was made a lieutenant and Kinchon a sergeant.
Another recruit in this same regiment was David Crockett of Franklin County. He was mustered in on the same day as the Paces, and there can be no doubt that they were associated in the activities of the regiment. Crockett's biography, by James Shackford, gives some details of this Creek war.
While the muster in Huntsville was being completed, Crockett was sent on a scouting expedition. He returned to report to Coffee, commander of the regiment, that a Creek war party had been seen crossing the Coosa River (near present-day Gadsden) on their way to meet Jackson. On October 8th Jackson received Coffee's "express" in Fayettesville, and immediately took more troops into Alabama. These burned the Black Warrior's Town (after seizing their provisions) and Jackson then turned back to the Coosa to establish forts to protect his rear.
His forces were now augmented by the arrival of the Tennessee troops under Coffee, (including the Pace brothers and Crockett). Captain Newton Cannon, under, whom the Paces had joined up, was made a colonel on October 29th, and on the same day Colonel John Coffee was made a general.
In November, on information brought in by scouts, General Coffee sent out troops to destroy an occupied Creek town called Tallussahatchee, about eight miles away. Coffee's report to Jackson reads:
It was after sunrise when the action was brought on. The destruction was very soon completed. Our men rushed up to the doors of the houses and in a few minutes had killed the last warrior of them. The enemy fought with savage fury and met death with all its horrors without shrinking or complaining. Not one asked to be spared, but fought as long as they could stand or sit. In consequence of their flying to their houses and mixing with their families, our men in killing the males, without intention, killed and wounded a few squaws and children. Not one of the warriors escaped to carry the news. This massacre at the village of Tallussahatchee fully retaliated for the massacre at Fort Mimms.
Four days later, on November 7th, Jackson received word that some friendly Creek Indians were besieged in Fort Talledega, thirty miles southeast, by hostile Creeks attempting to seize the fort. He immediately took up the march, starting about 3.00 a.m. The infantry were in three lines, the militia on the left and the Volunteers - (the Pace brothers and Crockett no doubt included) - were on the right. They endeavored to surround the fort, but the center part of the line, made up of drafted militia, broke ranks and allowed about 700 Creeks to escape. Jackson gave the number killed as 299.
Back at Fort Strother, and closer to home, the troops became unruly and finally mutineed. "Jackson, single- handed, and with his rifle across the neck of his horse, and one arm practically useless from a duelling wound, held them at bay with the assertion that he would shoot dead the first one to make a move to leave. Then some of the officers fell in behind Jackson and the mutiny was quelled". However, the Paces were not among the mutineers, for the Mounted Volunteers had been released before the incident, in order to recruit their horses for a few days, and thereafter to rendezvous on December 8, 1813 at Huntsville.
The enlistment terms of the Pace brothers and Crockett were due to expire shortly. Crockett was released on December 24, 1813 and the Paces on December 22, 1813, - just in time to be home for Christmas.
The Creeks were not finally subdued until March 1814, when a treaty was signed.
The overthrow of Napoleon on April 6, 1814 enabled the British to concentrate on the war in North America. During the summer of 1814, 14,000 troops, many of them veterans of Wellington's Peninsular campaign, were sent across the Atlantic. A triple thrust was planned against Lake Champlain, Chesapeake Bay and New Orleans.
There was action in the north along the Canadian border, and in the east where the British captured and burned Washington. In August 1814 they attempted to take Baltimore, but did not succeed, and the American flag was not struck. (This inspired a witness to write the words for that hard-to-sing national anthem. The Star Spangled Banner. Whoever selected the tune of "To Anacreon in Heaven" - popular in post-Revolutionary days - to apply to Francis Scott Keys' beautiful poem, is responsible for many a flatted "free" note).
Meanwhile General Jackson had been named commander of Military District No. 7, embracing the Mobile - New Orleans area. It was evident that the British, having failed to take Baltimore, had withdrawn to Jamaica to prepare for an assault on New Orleans. The war thus became Jackson's problem.
The Spanish authorities at Pensacola, Florida (then owned by Spain) had allowed the British to land 300 soldiers there, and had given permission to their officers to equip and train the Creeks who had fled to that area rather than submit to the terms of Jackson's treaty. The British scheme was to employ these Creeks in the attack on New Orleans.
A call went out for American troops, and David Crockett and James and John Pace responded. James was mustered in this time as a captain, John as a private. Crockett was made a third sergeant. All three were mustered in on the same-day, September 28, 1814, in the same regiment of Mounted Gunmen of Western Tennessee.
Again the regiment went south. Jackson had had great difficulty with the War Department and President Monroe in Washington, in seeking to stem the Spanish breach of neutrality with force. Finally, he had "taken the responsibility on himself" and proceeded directly to Florida. He stormed and took Pensacola on November 7, 1814. The British departed, and the Creeks fled into the swamp.
Crockett and his battalion remained in Florida to keep an eye on Pensacola, and to seek out the scattered Creeks hiding in the swamps. His association with the Paces therefore ended at this time.
The military record of James Pace contains an account of the movements of his baggage (for the purpose of determining the allowance due for its transport). We can thus trace his movements - and probably those of John.
From Fayettesville, the assembly point, the baggage traveled to Fort Montgomery, and from there to Pensacola. No record appears of any allowance for James' horse - (he being a "Mounted Gunman"). The answer may lie in the fact that they all traveled on foot, because "there was a lack of forage for the horses".
James - and his baggage - traveled back from Pensacola to Fort Montgomery and from there to Sandy Creek, which must have been near Baton Rouge.
Jackson was unaware that a large British fleet, carrying.7,500 veterans under Sir Edward Pakenham, was already sailing from Jamaica through the Gulf of Mexico for an assault on New Orleans. When he did learn of this move he appears to have made a miscalculation. He apparently decided that the British would by-pass New Orleans, and sail directly up the Mississippi. So he established his defenses at Baton Rouge, 120 miles upriver from New Orleans which was left unfortified and defenseless.
The British however, logically entered Lake Borgne, forty miles east of New Orleans, on December 13, 1814, and Jackson had to bring down his forces the 120 miles from Baton Rouge. Fortunately, Sir Pakenham, with typical British formality, took a whole week to disembark his troops, thus giving Jackson some time to repair his error in judgment.
However, without being detected, a British advance guard marched to within seven miles below New Orleans, where the Americans had no troops or defense works. Acting swiftly, Jackson led 5,000 troops and made an attack on the enemy force which was successful. The advance was checked.
This action took place on the night of December 23-24, and this is the date given in James Pace's military record as that of his death. He was killed in the attack.
Jackson now withdrew to a point five miles from New Orleans, where he utilized a dry shallow canal bed to construct a breastworks between a cypress swamp and the east bank of the Mississippi. A furious artillery battle took place on January 1, 1815, in which the Americans outgunned the British. Pakenham then waited for reinforcements, and on the morning of January 8, 1815, he attacked with his main force of 5,300 men.
Behind Jackson's entrenchments were about 4,500 troops, many of them expert Tennessee marksmen, armed with their long rifles. The 2nd regiment of Mounted Gunmen must have been stationed here. They evidently gave a good account of themselves, and John Pace was one of them.
The British made two assaults in the face of withering rifle fire, but were cut down and driven back. General Pakenham and two other British generals were killed. The battle lasted only half an hour, but the British losses were 2,036 men killed or wounded. Only eight Americans died, but alas, John Pace was one of them. He died the next day - January 9th - apparently of his wounds.
It was a great victory, and Jackson was a great hero. Many new Pace babies were named "Andrew Jackson". But for the Rutherford Paces it meant the loss of two of their members, leaving two widows and thirteen fatherless children.
William Jr. and Wilson returned to their farms in Rutherford County, but Wilson didn't remain there very long. He seems to have been the adventurous one of the family, and he and his father, William Sr., soon moved on to greener fields in Hickman County, farther west. He sold his Cripple Creek farm to John Loving, (probably a brother of Mary Ann, James' widow.) The deed, recorded 16 February 1819 in Rutherford, describes it as "where Wilson Pace used to live". Wilson himself is described as then "of Hickman County". He had evidently moved prior to 1819, probably about 1817.
William Sr. and his wife Ruth are shown in the 1820 census as then in Hickman.
This left only William Jr. and his wife Isabella, and the widows and children of John and James in Rutherford County.
The 1810 census in Rutherford shows William as then having two sons and two daughters, all under 10. That of 1830 shows five small children under 10, and two boys, 10-15. The younger children may have been grandsons and granddaughters. But this census is interesting because it also shows a "male 70-80" in his household. This was probably his father, William Sr., returned from Hickman County to live with his oldest son. Born about 1750, he was at least 80 in 1830. There is no mention of his wife Ruth, who may have died in Hickman.
His son is referred to as William Jr. up to 1837, the "Jr." being omitted in a deed for land sold to a Joseph McCracken. William Sr. must have died between 1830 and 1837.
For some years William Jr., the only male adult Pace left in Rutherford County, seems to have looked after the fatherless children of Mary Ann and Sarah, widows of his brothers. For instance, in 1834, when his nephew Ezekiel gave a note payable to a James Bone, William Jr. signed as his security.
It is difficult to determine who his children were. One may have been Brittain Pace. In 1821 William Jr. was a witness to a deed to Brittain for a 30-acre tract on Cripple Creek. Brittain also obtained a grant for 65 acres in 1824 on Cripple Creek, next-door to William. However, Brittain died in 1825. William Jr. administered the estate, and when it was sold in 1826, William Jr. and a Rebecca Pace bought some of the items. Some of the younger children in William's household in 1830 may have been Brittain's; Rebecca could have been their mother, Brittain's widow.
William may also have had a son John, possibly the John who married Sarah McCracken in 1834. William Jr. seems to have had a close association with the McCracken family, who were near neighbors. In fact, the Cripple Creek area was known as McCracken's District, and William McCracken may have been the tax collector.
William Jr. appears on the 1850 census in Rutherford as then 77, with his wife Isabella 76. He must have died shortly thereafter.
When James was killed in December 1814, Mary Ann was left with a large family of young children. The youngest, Zaney, had been born July 14, 1813, some months before James' first enlistment. Mary Ann was appointed guardian of these children, and Administered the estate.
Efforts were made to collect her husband's pay and allowance from the government. As Captain, James was entitled to $50 a month pay, and three rations a day at 2¢ per ration. Apparently he had furnished his own food and had not collected for it before he died. On the basis of 87 days of service he was entitled to $194.10, and this amount was finally paid to Mary Ann on June 3, 1816. She later received $85 more for the transport of his baggage.
With this modest capital, and James' 115 acres - (as per the tax rolls of 1813) - she could manage very well. The farm seems to have been productive, judging from the provisions to feed the family for a year, as "layed off" by a committee appointed by the Court in October 1815 - (after the crops were gathered).
By 1822 Mary Ann was able to buy another 100 acres "on the west side of Cripple Creek". She sold this tract in 1832, which was the day her younger son James became 21.
Mary Ann's two sons, William and James, became Mormons and eventually joined their settlement at Nauvoo, Illinois, and then made the long journey to Utah.
At Nauvoo there was an instance where the two main Pace lines, that of Richard of Paces Paines and that of John of Middlesex, both of Virginia, came into conflict. William and James of the Richard line were concerned with the protection of Joseph Smith, and the eviction from Nauvoo after his arrest and death. The officer who made the arrest and later directed the eviction, is said to have been Captain William Ingram Pace, who descended from John I of Middlesex through John II, William, and Langston Pace.
BORN | DIED | MARRIED | ||
1778c | 1814 | James | 1796 | Mary Ann Loving (or Loven) |
CHILDREN: | ||||
1798 | 1807 | Mary | ||
1799 | 1865 | Elizabeth | 11-20-1817 | James Campbell |
1801 | 1875 | Nancy | 8-9-1831 | Miles Anderson |
1802 | Naomi | 8-26-1824 | John Yearwood | |
1804 | Rutha | 7-14-1824 | Lewis Ballard | |
1806 | 1876 | William | 10-22-1828 | Margaret Nickols |
1808 | Martha | 12-15-1825 | Jackson Anderson | |
1811 | 1888 | James | 12-2-1855 | Ann Webb et al |
1813 | Zaney | John Frilks |
John had married Sarah Anderson on December 3, 1807 in Clarke County. They soon joined the rest of the family in Rutherford County, Tennessee, John taking up land next to that of his brother James, in the Cripple Creek area. Sarah was not as fortunate as her sister-in-law Mary Ann. John enlisted in the war as a private, receiving only $8 a month pay. He no doubt received rations, but no other allowances. Sarah was paid a pension of half his pay, or $4 a month, to support her children. Later, on January 25, 1855, when she was 75, she applied for a widow's pension, but this was denied her.
She and John had been married only eight years when he was killed. The census of 1820 shows her as having two sons under 10, and two daughters under 10, in her household. The older son was undoubtedly Ezekiel.
He appears on the census of 1830 as then between 20 and 30 - (probably 22) - and having two sons under 5. There is a note on this item, whose source is evidently "The St. George Temple" records, stating that Ezekiel was a cousin of James Pace, Jr., and that he lived next-door to Mary Pace.
On June 16, 1842 an Ezekiel Pace obtained a license to marry Susan Brown. If this is Sarah's son this may have been a second marriage. He could have been the son of Ezekiel. He could also be the Ezekiel Pace who, prior to 1849, had acquired 1,280 acres of land in Harris County, Texas.
JOHN SON OF JOHN
The other son of Sarah must have stayed on the farm. On January 4, 1845 a John and Sarah Pace sold 62 acres in Rutherford County to an Alfred Phillips. On July 12, 1846 John and Sarah Pace sold 43 acres "on the east waters of Stones River". A Carroll and a James Pace were witnesses.
Carroll W. Pace was listed in the census of 1850 in Rutherford as then 23 - (born 1827), with a wife Mary E., age 23, and children Sarah J. 2 and Margaret A. age 11. Carroll may have been a son of John II, Sarah's son.
Apparently the urge to push to the west, so widespread in the first quarter of the nineteenth century, affected most of the Paces who had settled in Rutherford County. All William Sr's sons except William Jr. sought new land in Hickman County, nearer the Tennessee River.
A large-scale map of middle Tennessee shows a "PACE BEND" in Hickman, where the Duck River makes a sharp turn south, about a mile southwest of the town of Centerville. The river forms the north and west boundary of the land, and Little Piney Creek the east boundary. About a mile to the south flows Beaverdam Greek, on a northwesterly course to the Duck River. The Paces settled on the land between the river and this creek.
Such land had originally been granted to a Robert Wright, from whom the Paces bought tracts. They came from the Cripple Creek area in Rutherford about 1817, and all settled near each other, quite justifying the naming of the new land "PACE BEND". By 1820 the Hickman census showed five Pace families there, those of William, Sr., Jeremiah, Wilson, Kincheon and Drury.
Born in 1750, he was now in his 70's, and probably too old to work his own farm. He did have a slave "in agriculture", but by 1830 he is shown on the census of Rutherford, with his wife Isabella(sic)[should say Ruth], as in the household of his oldest son, William, Jr. He died prior to 1837.
He and his second wife Mary probably married in Clarke County, Georgia - or South Carolina where Mary was born. We do not know Mary's maiden name. The census of 1820 for Hickman shows two sons under 10 and two daughters 10-16, and a daughter under 10. Since, according to census figures (1850) Mary was born in 1800 and was considerably (24 years) younger than her husband, she must have been at least 15 when they married, and the two older daughters were probably the children of his first wife, whose last name has been given us as "Fortunberry", and whom Wilson married in 1796.
In July 1822 Wilson recorded a deed for 100 acres on the south side of Duck River, from Robert Wright. In 1854 a Wilson Pace obtained a grant of 78 acres on Little Piney Creek (in Pace Bend). However, this was probably his son Wilson R., who appears on the Hickman census for 1870 as then 39 - (born in 1831).
The census of 1860 shows Mary Pace, age 60, born in South Carolina, having in her household a W.M.C. Thompson, 32; Mary E., 25; and five small children: John W., 10; Mary L., 7; Thomas E., 6; David C., 4, and William W., 3. They were evidently grandchildren. Wilson must have died prior to 1860.
In an earlier census - 1850 - Wilson and Mary are shown with only a Reeves Pace in their household. His age is given as 20 - (born 1830). He could be a younger son of Wilson and Mary.
DRURY
He had married in Clarke County, Georgia, his wife being Sarah Nelson. He bought 60 acres there from his brother James, who was leaving for Tennessee. He and his brother Jeremiah remained in Clarke County until after the War of 1812.
Drury had enlisted in the 3rd Regiment of Georgia Militia as a sergeant. He served from 16 October 1814 to 2 March 1815, and must have fought in the battle of New Orleans, for the only action in the war at that time was there. When he was discharged the distance to his residence was given as 210 miles. This is approximately the distance from New Orleans to Clarke County, Georgia.
This Drury must not be confused with two other Drury Paces who fought for their country. One - a son of Richard IV - was in the Revolution - before the Clarke County Drury was born. Another Drury fought in the War of 1812, but he was 62 years old in 1850, (as per the census), and eight years younger than Drury of Clarke County.
Shortly after the War of 1812 ended, Drury came out to Hickman. We cannot find that he took up land in that county, but in a deed dated 9 June 1817 he is described as "of Hickman". This deed concerned 40 acres on Tumbling Creek, which was some 15 miles northwest of Pace Bend. A map of this area shows that Tumbling Creek is in Humphreys County, but the deed was recorded in Hickman. Tumbling Creek does not enter Hickman but its fork is very close to the county line. Possibly the county line was moved east about 1829, for in 1830 Drury was granted another 100 acres, now described as "in Humphreys County".
A Jackson Pace may have been a son of Drury for he too lived on Tumbling Creek. He first appears on the 1830 census in Hickman County as between 20 and 30, with two sons under 5. In this same year he too was granted 100 acres "in Hickman County on the waters of Tumbling Creek". In 1829 he had been involved in a dispute over the settlement of the estate of a William May. He was appointed attorney for one of the heirs. A Jonathan May was a witness. Drury Pace had bought his first land from Jonathan May in 1817.
On 18 September 1827 a Jackson Pace married Mourning Lagen in Lawrence County (formerly part of Hickman).
In the 1860 census for Hamilton County - (where Chattanooga was the county seat) - a Jackson Pace appears as a Grocery Merchant owning 200 acres. His wife is given as Nancy. They were both 30 years old and had three small children, two of them twins, named Laviner age 3, and James 3 months and Sarah 3 months. He could have been the son of Jackson of Tumbling Creek, but the name Jackson was a popular one in those days, and he may have belonged to another Pace family. In the absence of any census for Humphreys County we are unable to determine when Jackson died.
He married Betsy Hailes in Clarke (or Oglethorpe) County, Georgia, in 1807. She was probably the daughter of Isaiah Hailes, a neighbor and friend of the Paces in Clarke County. We can find no indication that he played any part in the War of 1812, although he may have enlisted when his brother Drury did.
He did not follow his family to Rutherford County, Tennessee. Possibly Betsy didn't want to leave her family, or endure the hardships of the frontier.
In October 1814, while the war was still in progress, Jeremiah sold his 50-acre farm on Shoal Creek to William Applain, and bought 100 acres on December 8th of that year from a William Smith. But by 1818 his brother Drury was selling out and moving to Hickman County, Tennessee, and Jeremiah and Betsy went along. They must have decided rather suddenly to go, for Jeremiah didn't even have time to sell his Clarke County land. He had to appoint an attorney, Elbert Mathews, to do so.
He must have acquired 115 acres on Beaverdam Creek prior to 1819, for in that year he engaged other attorneys in Hickman to handle the sale of such land. Jeremiah seems to have felt the need of attorneys to handle his financial transactions; perhaps they were complicated.
He still appeared on the Hickman census in 1820 and 1830. In 1820 a son is listed - age 16-26 - also a daughter under 10, his wife, and 4 slaves. But the 1830 census shows no children at all.
In August 1837 he applied for a grant in Perry County, adjoining Hickman on the west. He moved there although the actual grant didn't come through until 1841 - as did also his brother Isaac's grant. Both were on Buffalo River. In 1847 he received a grant for another 148 acres on Buffalo River
In the Perry County census for 1860 Jeremiah, then 72, is listed as owning 1500 acres and worth $5,000. He does not appear in the 1870 census, and must have died in the intervening years.
In 1835 a divorce action is on record as involving a John Pace and his wife, Elizabeth (Zachery). (Circuit Court minutes Vol 212 - 1834 - pgs 170-171). This John could have been Jeremiah's son, for there is no record of any other Pace family in Perry County (as per the census). Isaac would not qualify even if he was there by 1835. His oldest sot could have been no more than 15 years old in 1835.
He was 19 years old, living with his father in Rutherford County, in 1810. He married Nancy Williams in 1811, but there is no record that he owned land there. He enlisted in the war in 1813, and returned home by Christmas of that year. By 1817, the move to Hickman was in process. By 1820 the five Pace families were about settled in their new homes.
Kincheon appears on the Hickman census for that year. He is listed as 26-45 - (he was 29) - with a wife 16-26, three sons under 10, and two daughters under 10. He owned one slave.
In 1830, according to the census, he was between 40 and 50 - (he was actually 39) having a wife 30-40 and two more sons.
He is said to have died 15 March 1840 - (family records).
This youngest son of William Sr., born in 1798, lived in his father's home, but when the family moved to Hickman he was just of age and could seek his own land. In 1822 he bought a tract of 30 acres on Beaverdam Creek from a Margaret McCullum. It is described as on the east fork.
Isaac does not appear on the Hickman census for 1820, probably because he was still living with his father . But by 1822 he had his own household, and is listed on the 1830 census as between 30-40, (actually 32), his wife as between 30 and 40, and he had two sons and five females.
Some time between 1830 and 1840 Isaac must have applied for a grant in Perry County, as had his brother Jeremiah. Both appear on the 1840 census in Perry, but Isaac's household shows no female of the right age to be his wife. She may have died.
In 1841 the grants came through. Isaac had 120 acres on Buffalo Creek; this was some 12 miles west of Pace Bend.
The 1850 census for Perry County shows Isaac as age 52, born in Georgia, and worth $1,500. His wife is given as Rachel, age 37. She was born in 1813 and could not be the wife between 30 and 40 in the 1830 Hickman census. She must have been Isaac's second wife.
The children are given as Frances, 20; John, 14; Elizabeth, 7; Mary, 5; and Isaiah, 11 months. The younger children could be Rachel's.
The 1860 census shows Rachel, then 47, worth $3,000, owning 650 acres. Elizabeth 16 and Mary 14 still at
home. None of the younger children are shown.
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