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James and Mary had four children, Margaret was the youngest. They grew
up an d married in Cecil Co., Maryland. They moved west and settled on
Ten Mile C reek about the same time the Andersons settled on Muddy Creek.
Their farms w ere almost adjoining, on opposite sides of the ridge, and it
was not a very l ong walk or horseback ride from one house to another.
James Eagon died and by his will left some items to each of this three
daughters and the greatest amo unt to his son Barnet.
He is listed in the 1790 Maryland Census as living in C ecil Co., West
Nottingham Hundred, MD. The census also has 5 white males und er 16 and 4
whit females living togeather, no slaves.
from The Anderson Fami ly
"The Eagon Family is of Maryland origin, where as on the Tenmile and in
G uernsey County, Ohio, the name is frequently spelled 'Hagen' ect. At
least t wo branches of this family settled near each other on the Tenmile,
where Jame s Eagon was as original patentee of a tract of lanh. This
tract of 300 acres was warrented to him on September 11, 1784, under the
title of 'Stone Cole' and then on February 19, 1787, a patent was secured
for the tract under the t itle 'Eagons Farm.' It was located at the mouth
of Coal Lick, next to John A nkrom's fort. James Eagon served in Captain
James Archer's Militia Company i n the arrangement of 1782, and was a
signer of the Petition for the new state to be known as Westsylvania. He
was an early purchaser of a lot in Waynesbu rg, which at the time of his
death was rented to William Crawford, Esq. Jame s Eagon died about 1821,
leaving a will that was probated November 23, 1821. In his will he named
a wife, Mary, who collected the rent on his Waynesburg house and lot for
a number of years after his death. Only four children are named in his
will.
from The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families
James Eagon came to green Co (Washington Co.) from Maryland around 1780.
He served in the First Battalion, Washington Contry Miliria under Capt.
James Archer, in the Revolutionary War. He owned a large amount of land
in Jefferson Twnsh ip and was one of the original purchasers of land in
Waynesburg. He sold one lot in Waynesburg to his daughter, Sarah Eagon
Anderson) after the death of her husband, Thomas Anderson, Jr.
In 1806, James Eagon, as one of the trustees of the Methodist Church,
aided in the purchase of land on which was built th e first Methodist
Church in Waynesburg. The building is gone but the cemeter y is still
there.
James and Mary resided in jefferson Township and Mary must have preceded
James in death, as her name does not appear in his will.
from Adamson - Duvall and related Families by Ree Adamson
Fraelick, Chapt er six
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James and his brother Jesse served as executors of their father's will.
Jame s owned a mill in Guernesy County, Ohio, the proceeds of which were
given to keep his widow during her life. Her name is not given. His
will is in the W ill Book B. pp. 147 and was probated June 8, 1846.
from The Tenmile Country an d Its Pioneer Families
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