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OBTAINED: 07 NOVEMBER 2007
COMPILER: MICHAEL D. MCCOY II
SOURCE: ROCK ISLAND COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 822 ? 11TH AVENUE,MOLINE, ILLINOIS 61265
BOOK: THE 1985 HISTORY OF COSHOCTON COUNTY, OHIO; COSHOCTON COUNTYHISTORY BOOK COMMITTEE, COPYRIGHT 1985, TAYLOR PUBLISHING COMPANY.
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?FRANCIS MARION LOCKARD (1855-1928) Francis Marion Lockard was thegrandson of Andrew J. Lockard, great-grandson of John Graves andJoseph Wright and great-great-grandson of Joseph Washington McCoy,early Coshocton residents. The first of these to reach Coshocton,1806, were the McCoy?s and the Wrights. John Graves, his brotherJoseph, and their families came in 1814; six years after their sister,Sarah, and her family. All resided in what became Virginia Township.1836 Andrew J. Lockard and his family moved to Jackson Township.
Joseph McCoy (1766-1841), son of John and Nancy (?) McCoy, born inRockingham County, Virginia, married Amelia (1773-1826), daughter ofSamuel Taylor, in Fauquier County, Virginia, in 1789. Joseph latermarried Nancy Norris Hays, daughter of William and Sarah (Graves)Norris. Joseph died from injuries inflicted by one of his own horses.
Joseph Wright (1781-1866), son of William Wright and Elizabeth Lloyd,born in Fauquier County, Virginia, married Elizabeth (1790-1824),daughter of Joseph and Amelia McCoy, in Virginia, 1803. Joseph Wrightlater married Jane Hartford, then Rebecca Jane Wickesham.
John Graves (1765-1830), son of John Graves of Frederick County,Virginia, married Mary Lester in 1797. He owned slaves in Virginiabut had conscientious scruples against slavery and tried to free themin 1810. Virginia law held those freeing slaves financiallyresponsible for their ex-slaves for some years. Because he was unableto provide an acceptable bond, John disposed of them to a good masterbefore he moved to Ohio.?
Transcribed 08 November 2007, SLJuhl, compiler.
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