John BELCHER

  General Notes:

John Belcher, born in Virginia about 1786, came to Kentucky to claimland in 1806.
He selected 6 1/2 acres on Meshack Creek whichwas then located in Cumberland
County. He returned to Franklin County, VA tomarry Permelia Biggers and to serve
in the War of 1812. He moved his family to theMeshack Creek property in 1816.
In 1820, the county lines were redrawn and theMeshack Creek property became a
part of Monroe County. John and Permelia raisedtheir eight children on the
Meshack Creek homeplace. When John died in 1864,the property was devided
equally between his eight children. One of hisdaughters, Harriet Belcher Grider,
purchased the shares of the Belcher homeplacefrom her brothers and sisters and
combined it with her nearby Grider holdings. Theproperty has remained in the
family, passed down to her children, and then totheir children. Today it is owned by
a great-great grand daughter of John andPermelia [Biggers] Belcher and is a
Kentucky State Historical Farm. The descendantsof John and Permelia [Biggers]
Belcher of Monroe Co, Kentucky are now scatteredthroughout the United States.
Some of these descendants established homes inTexas and New Mexico in the
early 1900s. All descendants of John andPermelia Belcher are invited to share their
family stories and information at the New MexicoBelcher Family Reunion at
Portales, New Mexico on Sunday, July 18, 1999.Please contact me through this
page for further information. Some of the namesthat married into the Belcher Family
are: Gentry, Headrick, Grider, Hammer,Ryherd[Richards], Strode, Fults, Proffitt,
Osborn, Webb, Owen, Moss and Fletcher. If youhave any information to share
about these families and their Belcher links,please contact me. Juanita Belcher
Thinnes

John married Permelia BIGGERS on 3 Sep 1812 in Franklin Co., VA. (Permelia BIGGERS died about 1872 in Meshack Creek, Tompkinsville, Monroe, KY.)

  Marriage Notes:

ALSO PATRICK CO., VA