Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameMary HANSFORD 
Birth13 Jan 1756, Tigart’s Valley, Shenandoah, Virginia3657, date only,3661,3654
Death30 Jul 1821, Lawrence County, Indiana3657 Age: 65
BurialMayfield-Ferguson Cemetery, Springville, Lawrence, Indiana3657
FatherWilliam HANSFORD Jr. (1727-1779)
MotherMary Sarah HYDE (~1727-)
Census
• 1820 Census: Indian Creek twp., Lawrence County, Indiana. 000202/00001.3649
Spouses
Birth15 Feb 1756, Tigart’s Valley, Shenandoah, Virginia3646, p 1,3654,3655, p 10; year & county only,3656, p 1
Death15 May 1836, Lawrence County, Indiana3657,3658, year & place only,3659, date & state only Age: 80
BurialMayfield-Ferguson Cemetery, Springville, Lawrence, Indiana3657
Ancestral File #28N7-963653
FatherThomas SHORT (1731-)
MotherNancy (~1730-)
Individual Notes
• Enlisted, 1776, in Capt. William Wall’s company, Col. William Roger’s regiment; also, 1781, in Captain Rowan’s company, same regiment. He was born in Shenandoah County, Va.; died in Lawrence County, Ind.3658
• He was born in Dunmore county, afterwards called Shenandoah county in the State of Virginia.3655, p 2
• During the Revolutionary War, John Short enlisted to help defend his country. His residence was then located in what is now Rockingham County, Virginia. He enlisted for three stints as a Private. For this service he was awarded a pension on 12 November 1832.
In January 1780 John Short married, in Tigart Valley, Mary Hansford, daughter of William and Mary Hyde Hansford. Their first son, Wesley Short, was born in December of that same year, probably in Rockingham County. Following his last period of military service, John Short moved his family, about 1782, down the Great Trading Path to what was to become Russell County in southwestern Virginia. There they stayed some seven years before removing to Pendleton District, South Carolina, where the 1790 Census listed him with four sons and one daughter. The next year the family returned to Russell County, Virginia, to live some ten years, during which time four more sons were born to them.
About 1802, the entire family, including the families of Wesley Short and Sarah Short Fields, and probably Mary’s brother Thomas Hansford, migrated to Pulaski County, Kentucky. There they were to live about fifteen years. It is recorded that, during the War of 1812, from 23 August 1813 to 14 November 1813, John and three of his sons -- John, Reuben and Thomas -- were enlisted in Captain Samuel Tate’s Company, Kentucky Mounted Volunteer Militia, commanded by Colonel Michael Taul.
The years 1817-1819 found John Short and six of his sons entering land in the Indian Creek Township on the western edge of Lawrence County, Indiana. As early settlers in the new county, they and their offspring exerted influence on the formation of the area, even unto the present, as farmers, teachers, merchants, attorneys, doctors, preachers and public officials.
He died in 1836 and was buried beside Mary Short in the Ferguson-Mayfield Cemetery, southeast of the present town of Springville, Indiana.3646, pp 1-2
• John Short was allowed pension on his application executed November 12, 1832, while residing in Indian Creed Township, Lawrence County, Indiana. At the time of his application, he was referred to as John Short, Senior, and had been a resident of Lawrence County, Indiana, for thirteen or fourteen years.3656
• He was born in Dunmore county, afterwards called Shenandoah county in the State of Virginia.3655, p 2
• During the Revolutionary War, John Short enlisted to help defend his country. His residence was then located in what is now Rockingham County, Virginia. He enlisted for three stints as a Private. For this service he was awarded a pension on 12 November 1832.
In January 1780 John Short married, in Tigart Valley, Mary Hansford, daughter of William and Mary Hyde Hansford. Their first son, Wesley Short, was born in December of that same year, probably in Rockingham County. Following his last period of military service, John Short moved his family, about 1782, down the Great Trading Path to what was to become Russell County in southwestern Virginia. There they stayed some seven years before removing to Pendleton District, South Carolina, where the 1790 Census listed him with four sons and one daughter. The next year the family returned to Russell County, Virginia, to live some ten years, during which time four more sons were born to them.
About 1802, the entire family, including the families of Wesley Short and Sarah Short Fields, and probably Mary’s brother Thomas Hansford, migrated to Pulaski County, Kentucky. There they were to live about fifteen years. It is recorded that, during the War of 1812, from 23 August 1813 to 14 November 1813, John and three of his sons -- John, Reuben and Thomas -- were enlisted in Captain Samuel Tate’s Company, Kentucky Mounted Volunteer Militia, commanded by Colonel Michael Taul.
The years 1817-1819 found John Short and six of his sons entering land in the Indian Creek Township on the western edge of Lawrence County, Indiana. As early settlers in the new county, they and their offspring exerted influence on the formation of the area, even unto the present, as farmers, teachers, merchants, attorneys, doctors, preachers and public officials.
He died in 1836 and was buried beside Mary Short in the Ferguson-Mayfield Cemetery, southeast of the present town of Springville, Indiana.3646, pp 1-2
• John Short was allowed pension on his application executed November 12, 1832, while residing in Indian Creed Township, Lawrence County, Indiana. At the time of his application, he was referred to as John Short, Senior, and had been a resident of Lawrence County, Indiana, for thirteen or fourteen years.3656
Census
• 1790 Census: Pendleton District, South Carolina. Four sons; one daughter.3646, p 1
• 1820 Census: Indian Creek twp., Lawrence County, Indiana. 000202/00001.3649
• 1820 Census: Indian Creek twp., Lawrence County, Indiana. 000202/00001.3649
Research
• No will for John Short in Lawrence county, Indiana.3660