Rev. Elijah Rogers' siblings

Just now I've looked to see who else was in the "patriarch's" family, children of Henry Rogers, Sr. (1741-1794) and his wife Elizabeth Lankford Rogers (1743-1787).

First I'll just list them in order, with dates, as they stand on my Ancestry tree. These could change as I look at hints on my tree, which often happens as I find any records. But going this far back has limitations, especially for a family that originated in Virginia, and most of whom moved into western North Carolina which became east Tennessee in their lifetimes.

James Rogers (1760–1842)

BIRTH 2 JULY 1760 • Culpepper, Virginia

DEATH 1842 • Monroe, Mississippi

George Rogers (1764-1858)

BIRTH 6 FEB 1764 • Somerville, Fauquier, Virginia

DEATH 18 NOV 1858 • Sinking Creek, Wayne, Kentucky

Bathsheba Rogers Amonette (1764-unknown)

BIRTH 1765 • Virginia

DEATH Washington Co Tenn

Josiah Rogers (1766-1834)

BIRTH 1766 • Franklin, Virginia

DEATH 12 AUG 1834 • Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee

Henry Rogers, Jr. (1767-1841)

BIRTH 1767 • Fauquier, Virginia

DEATH 11 MAY 1841 • Sevierville, Sevier, Tennessee

Martha Rogers Cannon (1770-1844)

BIRTH 1770 • Virginia

DEATH 1844 • Sevier, Tennessee

Elijah Rogers, Rev. (774-18421)

BIRTH MAY 1774 • Fauquier, Virginia

DEATH 11 MAY 1841 • Sevierville, Sevier, Tennessee
*my great times 4 grandfather

Ah ha, as I read through these aunts and uncles, as well as Rev. Elijah Rogers, I found some startling information on Henry Rogers, Jr.  The tree as it stood when I started looking at it, gave him as wife, Catharine Clack Rogers, who was the wife of Rev. Elijah Rogers. Of course his wife could have been  another woman, who I think was mixed up as to whether she was Rev. Elijah's wife Catharine, or another woman named Beulah Fairfax or Rhoda Clack. And which record was used to cite her name as some combination and as Henry Jr.s wife? An application to Sons of the American Revolution...giving Rev. Elijah Rogers and his father Henry Sr. It doesn't even say Henry was married to Catherine. But with our web ability strained today, I can't even read the original over on Ancestry. I won't be able to research this mistake, because I've removed Henry Jr. from my family tree.

And the Ancestry trees that name her as Henry's wife, also give Henry and Beulah four of Elijah and Catharine's children! There they are, which is totally incorrect. 

And the worst part of the misleading information on Henry Jr.s name, is giving him the same date of death as Rev. Elijah Rogers, May 11, 1841. Something is just not right here!

My cousin, Patricia Rogers, is a member of the DAR, Daughters of the American Revolution. I just checked her tree, and Henry Jr. doesn't have any wife or children listed. Oh, indeed, when I looked a second time, there isn't even a son of Henry Sr. named Henry Jr. She must be checking the same things I am today!

I will share the typed copy from the Rogers Family Bible, transcribed by my grandfather, George E. Rogers, Sr. 

OK...I found that it only indicates Rev. Elijah married to Catharine Clack Rogers...and it doesn't include any of Rev. Elijah's siblings. So these were added to Ancestry from another source. 

And I also noted that a cousin of my grandfather (who still lived in Sevier County TN) was the source of some of the details that my grandfather typed up for his sons. Also many of the details that were included came from a genealogist who was hired to look into our ancestors. Nothing wrong with that, if only she had given her source materials. The ones that are cited from "Virkus" are dependent upon ...wait for it... the family trees submitted by descendants so they could be part of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR.) I've often found mistakes in these entries.

For now, I will go with my cousin and move poor Henry Jr. into a questionable status. Rather than deleting him, I'm just removing him as a child of Henry Sr. and his wife.

I love looking for more information, and finding things I may have forgotten over the years. Who knows...

My grandfather mentioned the Rogers Family Bible had been with his cousin Myron Ross. I know they visited sometimes. But I believe the last I know of the possession of the Bible was another cousin, a Gibbs I think.