| Name |
MCCRACKEN, Senaca [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] |
| Birth |
1757 |
Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland  [2, 5, 6] |
| Gender |
Male |
| FindaGrave Memorial ID |
206877116 |
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| Immigration-Participant |
Colony of Maryland, England, UK [4, 7] |
| from Ireland with his 7 children |
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| Military Service |
in the American Revolutionary War as a Private in the Maryland Militia. [1, 2, 6] |
| Will- |
Nov 1812 |
Woodford County, Kentucky, USA [8] |
- His Will was probated during the April 1813 Court.
"Know all men by these presents that I Virgil McCrackin of the county of woodford and state of Kentucky do declare this to be my last will and testament in manner and form following viz:
"I give and bequeath to my wife Martha three negroes viz: Sophia and her child Charlotte and Maria, also all the household furniture which belonged to her before her marriage, which negroes and household furniture is to be considered her right of Dower to my Estate. I give and bequeath to my Daughter Polly one negro woman named Jenney and her son Charles, a feather bed and furniture, one horse and saddle worth one hundred Dollars. I give and bequeath to my Daughter Martha one negro woman named Vina and her son Peter, one feather bed and furniture and one horse and saddle worth one hundred dollars. The horse and saddle to be paid them by my Exc. at their arrival to the age of 14 years. I give to my son Cyrus one negro woman named Phillis and her son Sam, bed and furniture. I give to my son George two negro boys Dick and Spencer and the interess of the negroes I have of my Fathers Estate at my mothers death. I give to my son Virgil two negroes Mary and Rachel and one negro man named Sam now in the population of Henry Caldwell, and further I give to my son Cyrus one negro woman named Aggy. I wish all my landed Estate to be sold and equally divided among my children at their marriage or at their arrival to the age of eighteen years of the girls and twenty years of the boys giving two years credit for all my lands except the place I now live upon which I wish to be kept for the purpose of raising my family. It is my wish that my interest in the saw mill and tract of land thereunto belonging should be sold at two annual payments. The plantation whereon Henry Nall now resides not to be sold unless absolutely necessary for the purpose of paying my debts until my youngest son arrives to the age of twenty one years. That the negroes devised to my children to be kept together for the purpose of supporting and schooling them, but is my wish that my Executors should dispose of every foot of land for the purpose of paying my debts before the negroes should be sold. The bond I have upon Brother Cyrus in surveyor Williams hands to be sold at two years credit. The bond Seneca McCrackin has upon Father's estate for three hundred acres of land after giving credit for two fifths, Ovid and my parts to be sold at two years credit. And I do hereby appoint my Brother Ovid, Andrew McKnight and Nathaniel Hart Exc. of this my last will with full power to carry the same unto as full and complete effect as I would do myself given under my hand this [blank] day of [blank] Nov. 1812.
"Woodford County April County Court 1813
The foregoing instrument of writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Virgil McCrackin deceased was produced into court and proven by the oaths of Leonard Searey and John Road to be written wholey in his own hand writing & ordered to record whereupon Nathaniel Hart and Andrew McKnight two of the Executors therein named came into court and took the oath prescribed by law and executed bond with Samuel Brooking and Cyrus McCrackin their securities in the penalty of $10,000 conditioned according to law. - Teste John McKinney"
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| Will |
2 Aug 1828 |
Franklin County, Kentucky, USA [9] |
- "Know all men by these presents That I Seneca McCrackin of Franklin County and State of Kentucky Being of sound mind and memory do constitute this my last will & Testament in way and manneras follows, to wit:
"Item 1st. To William McCrackin I have given one hundred acres of land on Drennons lick creek as my deed to him will [shew].
"Item 2nd. I have Conveyed to my daughter Sarah Shipp one hundred acres of land on or near Drennons lick creek as my deed will shew.
"Item 3rd. I have Conveyed to my daughter Betsy Hamilton one hundred acres of land on Drennons lick creek as my deed to her will shew.
"Item 4th. I do will and bequeath, to my son Otho McCrackin, all that tract or parcel of land, Beginning on the South side of main Elkhorn [creek] near the forks at a Stake on Stevens line, thence north Twenty three degrees East, Crossing the creek to the point of a clift of rocks at the mouth of a branch, passing a black oak and white oak at the head of a small spring, same course passing two boxelder trees and a walnut each Standing in the pasture, all marked, passing on the same course to Ovid McCrackin's preemption line, thence Seventy east with said line to North Elkhorn and crossing the same, thence down the creek and bending thereon to the forks to include the mill seat together with the saw mill, thence to the Beginning, and also I do will to him all the right I may have in an entry of land in the name of Rachel McCrackin for which I have a patent. I also will to him my clock & cupboard together with the Big farm waggon, and also that he shall hold possession of my farm houses and all the farming utensils and everything appertaining to the farm as though I were living for at least one year, or until he shall raise one crop, from my decease, and my wish is that he should keep all my negroes with him, during the Term of one year also, and everything as tho I was living.
"Item 5th. I do will and bequeath unto my son Osborn McCrackin all that tract or parcel of land It being a part of the tract where I now live on, Beginning at a marked white oak Standing in a gap in the clift on Ovid McCrackin's north preemption line on the road leading from my house to John Olivers, thence South westwardly along and on the top of the cliff to a marked white oak at the point of said cliff, thence from said white oak South fourteen degrees west one hundred and twenty poles to three marked sugartrees on the bank of main Elkhorn, thence same course to Steven's line, thence with Steven's line down the creek to the Beginning.
"Item 6th. I do will & bequeath to my daughter Mary Stewart one hundred acres of land on or near Drennons lick creek as my deed will shew.
"Item 7th. I do will and bequeath to my daughter Margaret Scott one hundred acres of land on or near Drennons lick creek as my deed to her will shew.
"Item 8th. It is my wish that my mansion house where I now live together with about eighty acres of land which will lay between the land of my two sons Otho & Osborn as designated in the will, shall remain in possession of my son Otho McCrackin as named above one year after my decease, and that then and not until then, it shall be sold and the money equally divided amongst all my children.
"Item 9th. I wish that my silver cups may be divided equally, that is each child to have one in rememberance of their father.
"Item 10th. My desire is that my executors shall at any time after my decease as they may think best, sell off all my perishable stock, household & kitchen furniture except what is named above, and all my bonds, notes and money if there should be any, make an Equal divide amongst all my children, and now after disposing of all my estate real and personal, I proceed to name my executors. I wish John Hamilton, Richard Shipp, Ortho McCrackin my executors to this my last will and testament Revoking all others, Given under my hand and seal this 2nd day of August 1828.
"Seneca McCrackin Seal
"Witness: Richard Allen, Willis Oliver, Rice W. Oliver
"Franklin County Act, September Court 1829
A writing purporting to be the last will and Testament of Seneca McCrackin decd. was produced in court & proven by the oaths of Richardson Allen, Willis Oliver & Rice W. Oliver the subscribing witnesses thereto, and the same is ordered to be recorded, and thereupon the same hath been duly admitted to record in my office.
Test R. H. Rennick, Clk"
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| Obituary |
29 Apr 1829 |
Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky, USA [10] |
- "Seneca McCracken departed this life on the 8th inst age 73 years. After a painful illness of eighteen months which he bore with Christian Fortitude. The departed was one of the early adventurers to the Western Country which he explored in the year 1776. Shortly after he returned to Maryland, his native State, and joined the American Standard in the War of American Independence. After the peace of 1783 he returned to Kentucky and made several excursions against the North Western Indians with General George Rogers Clark. The deceased was an affectionate husband, a tender and kind parent, a humane and indulgent master." - The Comentator, Frankfort, Kentucky, 29 April 1829.
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| Death |
8 Sep 1829 |
Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky, USA [2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11] |
| Age |
72 years |
| Burial |
McCracken Graveyard, Forks Of Elkhorn, Franklin, Kentucky, USA [6, 10, 11] |
Address:
McCracken Graveyard
Forks Of Elkhorn, Kentucky
USA |
| Person ID |
I6466 |
Cochrane Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
12 Jan 2026 |
| Family 2 |
REYNOLDS, Rebecca, b. 1764 d. 15 Aug 1816, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA (Age 52 years) |
| Marriage |
3 May 1785 |
Berkeley County, Virginia, USA [2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 12] |
| Age at Marriage |
He : ~ 28 years and 5 months - She : ~ 21 years and 5 months. |
| Residence |
7 Aug 1801 |
Franklin County, Kentucky, USA [13] |
| They resided |
| Children |
| > | 1.  MCCRACKEN, Margaret d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 2.  MCCRACKEN, Merit d. Yes, date unknown |
| + | 3. MCCRACKEN, Elizabeth Rebecca, b. 1786, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown |
| + | 4. MCCRACKEN, Otho Sr., b. 25 Feb 1790, Maryland, USA d. 1878, Missouri, USA (Age 87 years) |
| | 5. MCCRACKEN, Nancy, b. 1792 d. 1814, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA (Age 22 years) |
| + | 6. MCCRACKEN, Osborne, b. 15 Dec 1794 d. 29 Aug 1871 (Age 76 years) |
| + | 7. MCCRACKEN, Mary, b. 1799, Kentucky, USA d. 2 Jul 1871, Henry County, Kentucky, USA (Age 72 years) |
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| Family ID |
F2586 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
2 Jan 2026 |
