Stephen's Smith Family - Ancestors, Descendants and Cousins

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James Carnachan Dunlap I

BIOGRAPHY: When James Carnahan Dunlap was about 16 years old he left Ireland and went to England and stayed about one year. He then took passage on a sailing vessel for America. The name of the boat is believed to have been the "Hebernia" meaning Ireland. He was on the boat six months landing on the Virginia coast in the year 1758.
    He was a revolutionary war soldier enlisting on February 3, 1776 in Capt Abraham Smith's company, 6th Pennsylvania Bn., Pa. Line, under the command of Col William Urvine. The Company of Capt Abraham Smith was raised in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania. In the last week of March, 1776, the Bn. marched to Albany, New York; on June 9, 1776 this unit engaged enemy British & Canadian forces near Syracuse, New York, near the Canadian border, in the "Battle of Three Rivers." Those not captured or killed in this battle withdrew to Ft Ticonderoga, on Lake Champlain, New York under the command of Lt Col Thomas Hartly, to winter. They had "several fights with the indians" during this time.
Pvt James Carnahan Dunlap (Draper Mass., "Ky, Pprs," 12CC188) states he "had but one eye" for excuse from further military service in Kentucky to fight indians there in 1785. Presumably, he lost one eye in above Revolutionary battle. His pension application (S35904) states he was discharged at Albany, New York "about 15 month after his enlistment" for one year - thus giving a discharge date of May 1777.
     James Dunlap was a resident of Pennsylvania until 1779 and was in Virginia from 1779 until 1785, living in Botetourt county, Virginia, where he married Jane Wills in 1783. They then went to Clark county, Kentucky (then Fayette) in 1785 via the Wilderness Road and settled in the Bush Settlement just north of Boonesboro, Kentucky on Lower Howard's Creek.
     In the year 1799 he crossed the Cumberland Mountains into Kentucky and settled in Montgomery county, near Mt. Sterling. When crossing the mountains, from family stories, we are told he placed two small children in baskets and placed them across the horses back and brought them across that way. According to our information the two children would have been John Dunlap, born 1793 and Sarah (Sallie) Dunlap, born 1796. Here near Mt. Sterling, Kentucky all the children grew to maturity. He was listed in the 1810 census for Montgomery county, and was interviewed there for a Kentucky newspaper, by a Mr. shane, when he was 103 years old.
    As the children of James Dunlap and Jane Wills grew up and moved away some went to Iowa, some to Illinois and some to Missouri.

PROBATE: His will was dated June 1, 1844 in Buchanan county, Missouri courthouse, book "A" pp. 81 & 82.
In the name of God amen. I, James Dunlap Senior of the county of Montgomery & state Kentucky being verry unwell but of perfect mind & memory & knowing that it is appropriate for all men once to die do make & ordain this my last will and testament. Viz: principally & first of all - I give & Recommend my soul to God almighty that give it & my body. I recommend to the earth to be furied in good christian burial at the discretion of my friends and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased od to bless me with I give &demise of the same in the following manner & form. first I give & bequeath to my five sons James, Andrew, Alexander, John & Thomas & my daughter Elizabeth Elison one dollar each secondly I give & bequeath my daughter Sally Mills one dollar Thirdly I give & bequeath to my son William all the rest of my property & money if there be any after my Burial expenses are paid.
Sealed Signed & Delivered in the presence
of us when in the presence of each other
seal we our hands as witness thereof this
first day of June 1841.
/s/ Henry West
/s/ Samuel S. Dunlap
/s/ Jas. C. Dunlap
State of Missouri | In the Buchanan County Court
County of Buchanan |   ss. October 9th, 1844. The within Instrument of writing purporting to be the last will and testament of James Dunlap late of the County of buchanan Deceased, was this day brought before the court and was proved by the oaths of Samuel S. Dunlap and James C. Dunlap two of the witnesses thereto. And it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the said James dunlap at the time of executing said will was of sound mind and memory. It is ordered by the court that said will be recorded. In testimony whereof I, William Fowler, Clerk of said court hereunto set my hand and affix SEAL the seal of said court this day and year first above written.
/s/ William Fowler, Clerk
Recorded October 9th 1844 /s/ William Fowler, Clerk
[attached was a Certificate of Bond for $200]

DEATH: James Dunlap was visiting at his son William's home in Dekalb, Missouri when he died at the age of 104 years.

BURIAL: He had quite a favorite tree he sat under south west of the house. It was his request that when he died he should be buried there. So he was. His request that he be buried under his favorite tree was the start of the Dunlap Cemetery. He is buried in the northwest corner of the small cemetery. Two of his sons, William and Alexander Dunlap are also buried there although there are no stones for them. William's son James C. Dunlap, III, and his four wives and several children are buried there and have stones. The Daughters of the American revolution, had the bones of James Carnahan Dunlap, I, exhumed, to verify his age, and then placed a DAR stone at his grave.
    *Clarence Brumley, a decendent of Sally Horn Brumley, the Granddaughter of Elizabeth Dunlap, fourth child of James C. Dunlap I, was living on the old Dunlap homeplace in 1986. His grandfather, Daniel E. Brumley is buried in the Dunlap family cemetery. Clarence took Samuel W. Smith and his wife, Louise Smith to the Cemetery.