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State of Service: NC
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Map coordinates have not been set for this cemetery
Located about 1/2 mile from the Railroad Bridge below Davison Station on the right at the top of a hill
The only access to this cemetery is the old Narrows-Fordsville-Davison Station Road. The iron bridge just past the station is impassable and only in the driest of weather can you wade across Huffs Creek
You can walk in from the railroad by the old Pink Fentress house and possibly pick out the old road leading to the cemetery. Paralee Lane Hawes, Narrows, Kentucky, November, 1973
Author: Robert L. Knott, Jr.
Samuel Gentry was born about 1748 in Lunenburg Co., Virginia and died Feb 16, 1816, in Narrow, Barren Co., Kentucky. Married three times: 1st to a Brooks and married about 1772 in Surry Co., North Carolina; married 2nd to Sarah Brock, May 24, 1787 in Surry Co., North Carolina and 3rd to Sarah Melton about 1810 in Barren Co., Kentucky. Per Indiana DAR from Boonville, IN library: Samuel Gentry was a Patriot and furnished supplies in NC. DAR #422749
Per THE GENTRY FAMILY IN AMERICA, by Richard Gentry, p. 267: born in Lunenburg Co. or perhaps in Louisa Co., VA. Lived in Surry Co., NC prior to 1809, then moved to KY where he died. He was a Baptist preacher and married three times. Had 8 sons, all but Joseph moved to Spencer and Warrick Co., IN.
Per EXCERPTS FROM ATLAS OF SPENCER CO., IN, by D. J. Lake and Co. 1879: Listed under James Gentry, p. 16: Of the ancestors of James Gentry, second son of Samuel. Samuel married three times. Children by the first wife were Joseph, James, Matthew, George, and a daughter Agnes who married John Phillips January 4, 1799, in Surry Co., NC. By second marriage Arthur, Thomas and Shelton. He married Sarah Brock on May 24, 1787, and they had Samuel. Samuel, Sr. was a soldier of the American Revolution. He died in Barren Co., KY. Samuel's father was Joseph, b. VA, d. May 1813 in Surry Co., NC. Wife Agnes d. about Feb. 1826. Their children were Shelton, Samuel, William, Elizabeth, Agey, Anne, Judith, Sara and Susanna.
Per Opal Phillips Family Group Sheet for Samuel: b. 1752-1760 in Lunenberg, Louisa Co., VA, d. after February 16, 1816 in Barren Co., KY, burial in Gentry Cemetery Narrows, KY. DAR proven #422749, 489744. Children: 1)Joseph, James, Matthew, Agnes, and George, 2)Arthur, Thomas, Shelton, 3)Samuel, Sally. In another group sheet for Samuel by Opal, she lists Samuel and William as children by wife #3.
Per GFG, Vol. VIII, p. 118 article by Willard Gentry: Samuel s/o Joseph was b. about 1752 while his parents were living in Louisa Co., VA. Samuel was probably the second son of Joseph and Agnes. Vol VIII p. 121: Samuel sold his land in Surry Co. in 1807 and moved to Barren Co., KY. P. 124: Children of Samuel by his first wife: Matthew, Joseph, Agnes, James, another daughter, and William; second wife: George, Shelton, Arthur, Thomas, and three daughters.
Indiana DAR Roster of Revolutionary Ancestors, p. 236, NSDAR #761976.
Will - Barren Co., Y Will Book 1, Abstract by Peder, pp. 71-72, 1790. Will Records of Barren County, Kentucky 1800-1824 Barren County Wills Book 1 OSPage: 332 Name: Samuel Gentry Written: 2 Feb. 1816 My wife, Sarah My son, Atha My daughter, Elizabeth My father's estate from N. C. All my children Gideon Mayfield and Benjamin Osborn, Exe. Witnesses: Nicholas Houser, John Ingram, and Elizabeth Brown Probated: May 1816 - (#225 in GFA<1>, born abt. 1748 in Louisa County, Virginia, died between Feb and May, 1816 in Barren County, Kentucky. - Married (1) about 1772, Surry County, North Carolina, possibly to a daughter of Matthew Brooks (Nancy Brooks? -- see below), died probably 1786. - Married (2) in Surry County, North Carolina to Sarah Brock (marriage bond dated 24 May 1787 <2>), died before 1810. -Married (3) in Barren County, Kentucky to Sarah Melton. Children of Samuel and his first wife (all born in Surry County, North Carolina) i Matthew (#227 in GFA <1>), born abt. 1774, said to have died 21 Sep 1870 in Warrick County., Indiana. ii Joseph (#228 in GFA <1>), said to be born 4 Jan 1776, said to have died 1856 in Ohio County, Kentucky; married Rhoda Thomas, Ohio County, Kentucky (marriage bond dated 8 Jan 1801)<4>. iii James (#226 in GFA <1>), said to be born 15 Jun 1778, said to have died 5 Jun 1840 in Spencer County, Indiana; married Elizabeth Hornbeck, in Ohio County, Kentucky (marriage bond dated 21 Jul 1803)<4>. iv Agnes born 1780; died 4 Jan 1852 <5> in Warrick County, Indiana, married John Sherman Phillips in Surry County, North Carolina, (marriage bond dated 28 Jan 1799)<2>. v Nancy born abt. 1785; married William Anderson, Barren County, Kentucky (marriage bond dated Nov 1809 <4>). There are a number of references in the genealogy literature suggesting that William Anderson was part Indian. vi William, married (1) Unknown; his probable second wife is said to have been Mary (Polly) Whittinghill. Cemetery records in Lynnville, Warrick County, Indiana for a William presumed to be this William indicate that he was born 4 Jan 1786 in North Carolina and died 13 May 1845 in Indiana. His wife, Mary, was born 17 Feb 1786 in Virginia and died 11 Feb 1849<5>.
Children of Samuel and Sarah Brock Gentry (all born in Surry County, North Carolina) vii George born abt. 1788, said to have died 5 Aug 1875 in Warrick County, Indiana; married Jenny Howser (Hauser), Barren County, Kentucky (marriage bond dated 15 May 1810)<3>. viii Shelton born abt. 1790, died in Warrick County, Indiana leaving a will signed 30 Oct 1833 and received for probate 10 Nov 1833; married Sarah Seaton, Barren County, Kentucky (marriage bond dated 14 Jun 1814 <3>). ix Sarah (Sally) born abt. 1792; married Nicholas Tunnel, Barren County, Kentucky (marriage bond dated 29 Mar 1811)<3>. x Thomas born abt. 1794, said to have died 13 May 1845 in Warrick County, Indiana; married Kitty Allen, Barren County, Kentucky (marriage bond dated 20 Feb 1814)<3>. xi Susannah born abt. 1796; married Thomas Brown, Barren County, Kentucky (marriage bond dated 2 Feb 1815)<3>.. xii Arthur (Artha) born abt. 1797, died aft. 1850 in Warrick County, Indiana; married (1) Sarah O'Neal, Barren County, Kentucky (marriage bond dated 26 Jan 1817 <3>); said to have married (2) Hannah Wallace, Feb 1847, Warrick County, Indiana<4>. xiii Elizabeth born abt. 1800; apparently unmarried and living with her father at the time of his death in 1816; married _____ Johnston, Barren County, Kentucky.
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