William Adams Eckles of Kentucky, born 1807
by Jean M. Hoffman, CG
William Eckles was born 28 June 1807 to Robert and Nancy
(Adams) Eckles probably in Fayette County, Kentucky.1 That is around
the time his father likely died. William's full name was William Adams Eckles,
the middle name his mother's maiden name. Three-year-old William undoubtedly
was one of two males under age ten in the U.S. census of 6 August 1810 in the
Nancy “Ackels” household in
Fayette County.2
“We are now forming a company to the Rules of which all the
undersigned must agree. ---- Rule 1st Each man ^boy
belonging to the company shall[,] if an officer[,] have a black
plume and blue uniform and sword[,] if not[,] a white plume
and blue uniform with a gun ---- 2nd Each man ^boy^ shall
obey his officer[.] 3rd Each person belonging to the com
=pany shall be liable to a fine for non attendance
as the company shall direct --------"
Oliver Brown, next on the list after William Eckles, was their
lieutenant. Oliver was born in 1806, a son of previously mentioned William and
Jane (Boyd) Brown.6 John A. Gano was born in 1805. For this to be
when he was under 18, the group was probably established before 1822.
Older brother, Robert C. Eckles, moved to Missouri with his
wife's Oldham family in the 1830s.16 William was with him in
Missouri by 28 November 1844 when he purchased several items including a saddle,
from the estate sale of Moses Oldham, his brother's late father-in-law. Robert
also made a number of purchases at the sale in Fort Osage Township in Jackson
County, Missouri.17 From Jackson County, probably at the courthouse
in Independence, on 11 October 1845 William gave power of attorney to Charles
Eckles back in Georgetown to sell his share of the land they inherited from
their brother Alexander.18 The estate papers for Moses Oldham
include a note from Robert C. Eckles related to a partnership with William
dated 9 July 1846.19
1. “Stansifer, Cleveland, and Nichols family Bibles,
1785–1988,” for Nichols family, Bible pages plus typed pages of family history information
and a newspaper clipping, accession no. SC1209, Kentucky Historical Society,
Frankfort, Ky.; digital images (http://www.kyhistory.com/cdm/search/searchterm/sc1209/),
Eckles Bible Records typescript, image SC_2_05.
2. 1810 U.S. census, Fayette County, Kentucky, Nancy
Ackels household, p. 805, line 12; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7613);
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) M252, roll 6.
3. Scott County Deed Book A: 318, Charles Eckles from
Branham, 1811, County Clerk, Georgetown, Ky.
4. 1820 U.S. census, Scott County, Ky., population
schedule, Georgetown, p. 94 (penned), line 14, Charles Eckles; digital image, Ancestry
(https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7734/);
NARA M33, roll 27.
5. John Allen Gano, unidentified list of company
members, C65, microfilm roll 2, flash 1 (microfilm apparently purchased from
the University of Kentucky), State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
6. Georgetown
Cemetery (Scott County, Ky., 710 South Broadway Street), Brown family marker,
names on three sides (Oliver Brown, 1806–1887), photographed by author, 27 June 2014.
7. B. O. Gaines, The B. O. Gaines History of Scott
County, Kentucky, vol. 2 (1904; reprint Georgetown, Ky.: Frye Print. Co.,
1981), p. 40 (original p. 277).
8. Scott
Co., Ky., Tax Assessor, Tax Books, 1819‒1823, 1825‒1831, 1833, 1835; FHL film
8222, DGS 7834507, image 756 (1829)
9. 1830 U.S. census, Scott County,
Kentucky, Georgetown, p. 129 (stamped), p. 257 (penned), line 3, Charles Eckles
household; digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8058/);
NARA M19, roll 41.
10. Scott
Co., Ky., Tax Assessor, Tax Books, 1819‒1823, 1825‒1831, 1833, 1835; FHL film
8222, DGS 7834507, image 848 (1830).
11. Charles
Eckles guardian report in Will Book E, part 2: 161
(records reentered after the 1837 courthouse fire), Scott County Clerk,
Georgetown, Ky.
12. Eckles
Bible Records, image SC_2_05.
13. Marie Dickore, compiler, Copies of Names on Invitations to Funerals and Burials in
Scott County and Fayette County, Kentucky, 1821–1898 (Cincinnati, Ohio: n.pub., 1942), p. 8.
14.
“Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954,” Scott County Marriage Register, 1837-1863, no. 218, Nichols
and Eckles, 1840. Also, 1840 U.S. census, Scott Co., Ky., Georgetown, p.
93, line 12, Charles Eckles; digital image, Ancestry
(https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8057/);
NARA M704, roll 123.
15.
1840 U.S. census, Scott Co., Ky., Georgetown, p. 93, line 6, William Eckles.
16.
1840 U.S. census, Jackson Co., Missouri, p. 56, line 28, Moses Oldham; NARA
M704, roll 224.
17. “Missouri, Wills and Probate
Records, 1766-1988,” Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9071)
> Jackson > Case Files, Series 1, Box 21, Files 1-17, Obrien-Owens >
image 195, Jackson County Probate Case Files, Moses Oldham, Sale List, 1844.
18. Scott County, Ky., Deeds,
T:279, William Eckles of Jackson County, Missouri, to Charles Eckles, power of
attorney, 11 October 1845; County Clerk, Georgetown, Ky.
19. “Missouri, Wills and Probate
Records, 1766-1988,” image 269, Jackson County Probate Case Files, Moses Oldham
estate receipt from Robert C. Eckles, 1846.
20. 1850 U.S. census, Sacramento
County, California, pop. Sch., Sacramento City, p. 341 (penned), p. 171
(stamped), dwelling 717, family 753, Wm. Echols entry; digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/);
NARA M432, roll 35.
21. The History of Jackson
County, Missouri . . . (Kansas City, Mo.: Birdsall, Williams & Company,
1881), 901 (William I. Douglass: “went to California in 1849 and spent about
four years”), 902 (James H. Douglass: “in 1850 went to California and spent
three years.”).
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