Edgar Eugene Koon

Notes:

! Children of EDGAR KOON and KITTY ? are:
i. EDGAR EUGENE KOON, JR..
ii. KATHLYN KOON.

Family/Spouse: Kitty_? Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jefferson married Mary Belle Fleming between 1896 and 1899. Mary (daughter of John Rulaford Fleming and Isabella A._(Mary) Peek) was born on 22 Feb 1868 in Caldwell, County, KY; died on 18 May 1900 in Lyon, County, KY; was buried in Jones Cemetery, Lyon, County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

! Mary Ilene Fleming (Hinshaw born in 1894), wrote of "Aunt Bell", as part of
her childhood remembrance in THE SPREADING WHITE OAK. This is Mary
Belle Fleming as confirmed when Ilene refers to the children Lora and
Josephine and "the two little boys" (Edgar and John). Ilene was only six
years old when "Aunt Bell" died. in 1900.

! "Mama called me to come to her at the steps of the old hall. I went to her
in my dreamy spell, steps slow and lazy-like. She said "You remember Aunt
Bell", "yes'um", "Well, she's dead". I turned in childish sadness to go back
to weep at the roots of the Old Oak, somehow that day - already the
breezes whispering in her boughs - had had a strange sadness, or
something, something sacred, something I didn't understand.

! "Now, I didn't know what it was! As I crouched into the crevice at the
base of the dear Old Oak, where two huge roots branched out to sink deep
into the earth - leaving a sort of niche, I nestled there saying over and over
"Aunt Bell's dead, she's dead right now, Aunt Bell's dead. Yes, Josephine,
and Lora and the two little boys have no Mama now."

! "As I sat in stillness, hearing the rustling of the tiny new leaves and
watching a beautiful butterfly sailing by me and on toward the stable, my
childish fancy followed on. But the May breezes whisked by and carried last
year's oak leaves with them down to the ravine below, and I saw the green
saplings waving in the gentle wind it seemed they pointed upward. I looked
up too, at the blue sky and the high billowy-white clouds floating there like
huge gobs of foam off the soap kettle, when Mama used to make soap. I'd
get some of the warm liquid soap and put it into a pan and add some water
and whisk and swish it into foamy bubbles, and then blow big gobs of these
out into space and see them float off; wondering where they were going
and why some went one way and some another and wishing I could somehow
go with them.

! "Now, there were those beautiful clouds, handing up there, never moving it
seems. Oh yes, I knew they were sad too, 'cause Aunt Bell was dead. A
dreadful silence came over the woods. I looked back toward the house and
there stood the chickens back under the edge of the house. Some were
just standing and staring, and some with one foot tucked up under their
feathers. After a little they'd put one foot down and put the other one up,
yes they were sad too because of the same reason I was!

! "And one of Papa's hounds came out from away back under the floor, he
was slow and sad-like too. When he got to the edge of the floor the
chickens moved over, out of his way, and he came out into the sun and
stretched and yawned, bowed his back away high, his head and tail down,
then stretched his forepaws out front and let his belly go so low it touched
the ground, and opened his mouth and gaped like the baby did when she was
first born, and walked slow-like down toward me. I knew he was awful sad
too, he didn't act like that all the time.

! "Well, whatever it was that made her die, it sure was making me sad.
Everything said, 'Aunt Bell's dead', and it became something like a million
voices. Everywhere I looked, everything said it; the trees, the clouds, the
chickens, even the old mules, standing in the lot, and the poor little calves
in the calf-lot, standing wagging their tails and standing by the fence with
their heads down. Maybe they were thinking s'pose their Mama died out in
the woods, and would never be home again. Oh, this awful. Whatever it was
that took Aunt Bell away from Lora and Josephine made everything so
unhappy!

! "Yes, Aunt Bell is dead. The wind is even saying so, it's telling everything.

Yes, there it goes down there in the thicket shaking all the trees and telling
them, even the tall grass beside the road, he has stooped down and told it.
Now the beautiful white clouds, that were standing about have changed.
They have changed! I know they know it too, for they're not happy-looking
any more, they're not white and fluffy at all. They're turning black and all
flattened out. Some of them are scurrin' around and running across the
sun, and making it dark here too.

!I "I know everything feels sorry and sad too, for the wind is telling
everything. But why don't it quit telling me? Every time it passes by it tells
me again and when I put my hands over my ears, it gets high in the limbs of
the Old Oak tree and says it louder so it'll make me hear again. I wish it
would go away and quit telling me! I know it! Everything knows it! Now, the
sun has gone away! I wonder why? I guess it has gone away by itself too,
and the pretty white clouds have all turned black! And it's black and dark
now in the hollow!

! "Oh, that sounds like thunder away over across the river! Why, that is
where Aunt Bell lived. That's where she is now, dead - and they're going to
bury her down there in the family graveyard! I wonder what a family
graveyard is? They say I have lots of cousins buried there and my
granddpap that was an old soldier. Well, everything knows about him too.
They say he was a fine man. Maybe that thunder over across the river is
telling everything over there too, now that Aunt Bell is dead. Yes, I know
that is what's happening for way over there in their direction, it's awful
looking - the sky is black as night."

Notes:

! The first record of John Rulaford Fleming is in the 1850 Caldwell
County, KY Census showing him Undisclosed in the household of William and
Catherine Roberts, he was 20 years old.

! John met his wife Isabella (called Mary) in Smithland, Livingston County,KY
!Caldwell Co Marriages by Brenda Jerome,1809-l873.
John R Fleming married Isabella A Peake (sic) on 18 July 1854 by Silas N
Davis in Crittenden County, KY. Groom 24 Single born (Carroll Co) TN, lives
Lyon Co Bride 18 Single, born and lives in Caldwell.

! From Mother's Notes
! Grandfather Reverand John Rulaford Fleming was raised in Tennessee,
probably in Knoxville, Later lived in Eureka, Lyon County, KY. His mother was
a Rulaford. Sisters of John Rulaford Fleming (Mary and Catherine) each
married a Hildreth. Catherine Hildreth had a daughter named Sarah who,
late in life, married Marcelus Newton SWINDLER in Dawson Springs,
Kentucky and had children, Dora, May, and Dave.

! From an article on Page 8 the July 28, 1971 Sun Democrat newspaper of
Paducah, Kentucky By KATE (FLEMING) BOUCHER HAMMOND, a
granddaughter of John R. Fleming. John R. Fleming was a First Lieutenant,
Company H of the 20th Kentucky Volunteer Regiment Infantry (Union). Film
Number M386 roll 9

! The 20th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, USA was organized late 1861 and
mustered into United States service 6 Jan 1862 at Smithland, Kentucky
(Livingston County). It participated in the battles Shiloh, TN, Corinth, MS,
Lebanon, KY, Kenesaw Mountain, GA, Dallas, GA, Ackworth, GA, and Atlanta,
Georgia. It was mustered out at Louisville, KY, 17 January 1865 with the
members being transferred to the 6th KY Veteran Cavalry. Abstracted
from the Adjutant General Report

! "It was early April in 1862 (this may have been 1861) and a detachment
from General Lew Wallace's army had reached Smithland, Ky., along the
Dover Road. The man in charge was the Reverend John Rulaford Fleming,
who had freed his slaves and joined the Union forces. He was a native
Lyon countian, his family still remaining there.

! "On this particular occasion his wife, Isabella (Peek) Fleming, had the
good fortune of meeting him there with their infant baby (Madora
Adeline, the mother of the author of this article) who was two months
old. She had ridden there by horseback, accompanied by a former slave who
helped with the new baby. The mother's prized attire--a dress
skirt--is now on loan to the Market House Museum in Paducah and may be
viewed there

! "The event was a joyous one and the happenings of this meeting hold
treasured memories which have been told and retold to the generations
which followed. This quest of adventure and command of men was to
lead to Shiloh over the Dover Road, where Grant's men had been camping.
It was the leader's task, a man who had left his position as a Methodist
minister, with conviction and compulsion, to accompany this mission for the
Union.

! "Leaving Smithland he marched his men, and reached Gum Springs
Baptist Church by nightfall. Here he conducted a prayer meeting, and
they rested and camped until morning.

! "On the second day there was an advance of about 16 miles, when they
reached the cross roads of the Dover Road and stopped at a small
community then known as Nickellville, the name bearing relation to the
families Undisclosed there by that name. It consisted of a country store and a
few homes.

! "After resting and refreshing themselves as best as they could the men
took the train again to proceed to Golden Pond. This was the last sojourn
before pursuing the remaining stretch of road to Dover, Tennessee and
finally to Shiloh where the battle occurred. The heaviest losses for both
sides were there.

! "In three years the war was over-in 1865. The men came home. There
was much to be done toward reconstruction."

! "On February 5, 1862 John R. is wounded. On February 8, 1862 he
tenders his resignation from the regiment. I obtained a copy of John's file
from the U.S. Pension Agency, dated June 28, 1896 which states" John R.
Fleming, lst Lt of 20 KY, who was a pensioner of this Agency under
Certificate No. 351432 and who was last paid $24 to 1st of November
1895, has been dropped because of death, December 20, 1895."

!After John R. died on December 20, 1895, hia wife, Isabella, filed for the
pension on John R. on November 28, 1902 until November 24, 1914 when
the Department of the Interior dropped Isabella from the pension rolls due
to her death on August 21, 1914. On July 20, 1897 J.M. Smith, Clerk of
the Lyon county Court filed an affidavit for Isabella's petition for her
Widow's Pension stating that "Mrs. Isabella Fleming is assessed for
Taxation for same year of 1897 with 181 acres of land (value $605) and
personal property of $34 making a total of $639."

! The 20th Regiment was mustered in on January 6, 1862 and mustered out
on January 17, 1865.

!Andrew Hinshaw letter to son of Eugene Thomas Fleming
Mr. John David Fleming
450 Forest Road
Benton, KY 42025 Telephone 270.354.6519
Email flemco@vci.net

!Dear John:

! Thanks for the Fleming information you sent to me. It is both enlightening
and helpful.

!1.Referring first to your cover letter (email) of December 4, 1998
paragraphs 5 & 6. The Rulaford name came from my mother's writings and
original notes, see attached.

! I failed to notice the discrepancy you pointed out between my mother's
"Rulaford" notation that Rulaford was his mother's maiden name and the
later information about her g-grandfather, David Fleming married Martha
(Patsy) Russell.

! Adding further confusion is that one of John R. Fleming's sons (Edward
Gyer Fleming) had a son named George Ruleford (sic) Fleming.

! Further complicating this situation are the following notes received
from you "Information in Carroll Co. Tenessee Court House show that
David lost his land at the Court House door to settle a tax lien. Evidence
suggests that his first wife, MARTHA HAD DIED PRIOR TO THIS AND HE HAD
REMARRIED. Looking at Census records in TN for 1820 & 1830 show a 15
year difference between husband and wife, However in 1840 there is
a 20 year difference. If David did marry twice, the second wife's maiden
name could have been RULAFORD/RULEFORD.

John married Isabella A._(Mary) Peek on 18 Jul 1854 in Crittenden, County, KY. Isabella (daughter of Thomas W. Peek and Frances Marshall) was born on 1 Jun 1834 in Caldwell, County, KY; died on 22 Aug 1914 in Eureka, Lyon County, KY; was buried in Jones Cemetery, Lyon County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

! Isabella's maiden name was misspelled on her Marriage Certificate as
"Peake" - of which there were many such persons in the area.

! The 1900 Lyon County census shows Isabella (Peek) Fleming) Undisclosed in the
household of Thomas Logan Boucher and her daughter, Madora (Dora)
Adeline. Also included were Isabella's grandchildren Lora (12), Josephine
(10), Edgar (4), and Russell (2). They were the children of Mary Belle Koon
(Fleming) who died May 18, 1900). It is not known what happened to their
father, Jefferson Davis Koon.

Notes:

! David is the oldest positive record of a Fleming as an ancestor.

! His father could be Peter Fleming, James Fleming David Fleming or Robert
Fleming. Some records indicate that David C. was born in Virginia as well as
was Martha Russell.

! Sept 4, 1809, David Fleming is listed having land on Wilson Creek, on North
Side of Duck River, in Bedford Co., Tennessee. There is a state park there
now. Deed book F pg 402, shows David Fleming as a occupant claim, May
17, 1810.

! David C & Martha (Patsey) Russell Fleming, last known residing in Carroll
Co., Tenn, in the 1840 Census
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David C. Fleming is listed in the 1820 Bedford County, TN Census and other
Flemings which may be related. Undisclosed in David's household were two males
under 10 years old (Robert & David M.), one male 16-25, one male 26-44
(David C.), three females under 10 years old (Sarah J., Mary E., & Catherine
N.), one female 26-44 (Martha). Also one female slave 14-25, one female
and one male slave to 13 years.
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! FLEMING David C. 13 29 pg01.txt
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FLEMING James 10 7 pg01.txt
FLEMING James 11 6 pg01.txt
FLEMING Samuel 45 2 pg39.txt
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The 1830 Carroll County, TN Census also lists David C. Fleming
From 1840 Carroll County, TN Census. Only the sex and approximate dates
of persons Undisclosed in the household are listed.
Columns are:...1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
! Fleming, D. C. 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 60-70 0 0 1 1 1 0 1
3- one male 10-15 years old Born 1825-1830 - This is John R.
4- onemale 15-20 years old Born 1820-1825 - This is Alfred
8- onemale 50-100 years old Born before 1790 - Father David
11- onefemale 10-15 years old Born 1825-1830 - Catherine Nancy
12- onefemale 15-20 years old Born 1820-1825 - Unknown child
13- onefemale 20-30 years old Born 1810-1820 - Mary Elizabeth
15- one female 40-50 years old Born 1790-1800 - Second wife Unknown
Rulaford.

! Son Robert would have been 25 years old and left the household.
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!David Fleming married Martha (Patsy) Russell on 10-3-1803 in
Oglethorpe County, GA. The date of this marriage would indicate David was
born in approximately 1780. and Martha in 1785.

! Information in Carroll County, Tenessee Court House show that David lost
his land at the Court House door to settle a tax lien. Evidence suggests
that his first wife, MARTHA HAD DIED AND HE HAD REMARRIED. Looking at
Census records in TN for 1820 & 1830 show a 15 year difference between
husband and wife. However in 1840 there is a 20 year difference.

! Suspicion: Martha had died, the two boys could (20 & 25) were old enough
to work. Mary was 16, old enough to help around the house and take care of
12 year old Catherine. The first record of John Rulaford Fleming is in the
1850 Caldwell County, KY Census showing him Undisclosed in the household of
William and Catherine Roberts, he was 20 years old. Was he sent to
live/work with "others" when his Mother died?

! If David did marry twice, the second wife's maiden name was RULAFORD
because writings of Mary Ilene Fleming stated that John Rulaford Fleming
was named after his Mother.

! 1850 Census, Caldwell Co., KY, Sept. 26, 1850 dwelling 825; family 825:
Page 21; William Roberts; age 22; laborer; born Tennessee; wife Catherine,
Robert, George W., Robert; age 5; John Fleming; age 20; laborer; born
Tennessee. (This is the John Rulaford Fleming shown above.)

!FLEMING SURNAME HISTORY
by Paul McCotter

!The majority of Irish Flemings must descend from the many individual
Flemings who settled throughout the Anglo-Norman colonial area at the
time of the invasion. Certainly the name occurs in virtually every colonial
county in the Justiciary Rolls of the period 1295-1314. A particularly
important family of the name were lords of Slane in County Meath.

!The surname is scattered throughout Ireland and those in the three
southern provinces certainly descend in general from settlers of the
Anglo-Norman period. In Ulster most Flemings must descend from
seventeenth century Scottish settlers, Fleming being a leading Scottish
surname although ultimately of the same origin as the Irish name.

David married Martha (Patsy) Russell on 3 Oct 1803 in Oglethorpe, County, GA. Martha was born in 1792 in VA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

! Thomas' middle name may have been "Wilson"

! From notes of Mary Ilene Fleming "the Peeks and Marshalls came from
Virginia in a covered wagon - bringing their money in a meal sack_ stopped
in Eddyville (lyon County) KY and the ten sons opened a bank."

!Owner of real estate.

!Book: 203 WILL OF THOMAS W. PEEK. 18 Mar 1860
Of rational mind but weak in body. A patent granted to Daniel JARRETT
from Commonwealth of KY, now in my possession, to be handed to Thomas
J. PEEK for the use and benefit of my daughter Nancy E. JARRETT & her
bodily heirs.

! All moneys now on hand, all notes, due and demands due me shall be
controlled by my beloved wife Frances. S. PEEK during her natural life after
paying all my debts.

! My son John W. PEEK to pay to my estate all calms against him when an
equal division of my estate is made and in case of his death, the amount
that may be coming to his share to be discounted by what may be due my
estate.

! My daughter Ellen & her husband Thomas JARRETT to have $1 out of my
estate. My daughter Isabella FLEMING to have my small bay mare and
increase.

! My son R.M. PEEK to have my bay horse colt called Charley.

! My beloved wife Frances S. PEEK to have all my stock of horses, cattle,
hogs, sheep, in a word -all my stock of every character not disposed of by
this will; also all my farming utensils, wagons, ploughs. gears &c, hay,
fodder, wheat ~ provisions on hand during her natural life only & said
property not to be traded unless it is thought best to the furtherance of
the interest of my estate.

! At the death of my wife, my estate to be sold upon a credit of 12 months
and the proceeds collected and paid to my children equally, John W.,
Thomas J., Benjamin, Nancy JARRETT, Isabella FLEMING, Gabriella TOSH, R.M.
PEEK, Frances PEEK and their heirs.

! To my son R.M. PEEK, my silver mounted rifle gun. To my son Thomas J.
PEEK, my rifle gun called old greasy

! Appoint Mr. James H. LEECH and my son Thomas J. PEEK executors.
/S/ Thomas W. PEEK. Wit: T.L McNARY, J.A. KING, J.H. LEECH. Proven by
oaths of T.L McNARY and J.H. LEECH and rec. 15 Apr 1861.

Thomas married Frances Marshall about 1811. Frances (daughter of George M. Marshall and Naomi "Nancy" Vardeman) was born on 9 Nov 1799 in Scott, County, KY; died on 28 Jan 1872 in Eddyville, Lyon County, KY, Maybe Caldwell?; was buried in Adamson Cemetery, Caldwell, Co., KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Francs Marsdhall married Thomas W. of the Peek Family (sometimes Peak).
Thomas b. 7-13-1780, d. 3-1860 in Caldwell, Co. VA. They are both buried
in Adamson Cemetery, Caldwell Co. KY.

!Frances' headstone places date of birth in 1799 instead of other sources
indicating 1800 and confirms her death date as 1-29-1872.

!Also married into the Peek family is my g-g grandfather John R. Fleming
who married Isabella A. Peek, daughter of Thomas W.