Hercules 'H' Ogle

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In 'Rowan County, North Carolina Cour Minutes 1773-1786', Hurcules Ogle, with his brothers Thomas and William Ogle, is listed in 'Names of Persons who have not taken the Oath of Allegiance in Captain Cox's District.' The date of that entry is 1778.

Hercules Ogle volunteered to serve in Captain Jonathan Isom's Company in the militia of Montgomery County, Virginia for the Revoluntionary War. No date is given when the company was formed (MILITIA of MONTGOMERY COUNTY, VIRGINIA, compiled by Mary B. Kegley).

Hercules Ogle and his two brothers, Thomas Jr. and William Ogle, were listed in Captain Cox's District, 1778 Tax List of Rowan County, North Carolina.

Hercules Ogle is listed as 1 tithe, no slaves, three horses, seven cattle, and owning land in the 1782 tax list of Montgomery County, Virginia.

In 'Virginia Tax Payers 1782-1785' by Augusta B. Fothergill, Hercules Ogle is listed as 1 poll in Montgomery County, Virginia.

From 'Montgomery County, Virginia - Circa 1790', transcribed and edited by Netti Shreiner-Yantis, Hercules Ogle is listed as white male over 21 years, with three horses, on 24 Apr 1790.

In the Montgomery County, Virginia Survey Book 'D', Hercules Ogle bought 110 acres of land on Little Reed Island Creek adjacent to Bell on 27 Nov 1789 from Thomas Black.

On 24 Apr 1789, Hercules Ogle was living in the Little Reed Island Creek and Crooked Creek area - Montgomery County, Virginia.

In 1793, an excerpt from Rowan County, North Carolina Deed Book 13, pages 296/97 reveals 'This Indenture made this the 30th day of July in the year of Lord 1793 Between Thomas Ogle of the County of Greyson and State of Virginia of the one part & Hercules Ogle of the same County and State aforesaid of the other part...' This deed contains 120 acres of land lying on the waters of Cabbin Creek on both sides of Gun Smith Path in the county of Rowan and state of North Carolina. No records of the disposal of the land was found.

In 1797, Thomas Ogle deeded an undetermined number of acres of land to Hercules and Sarah Ogle on the waters of Little Reed Island Creek in Grayson County, Virginia (Deed Book 'I', p 135). At the same time, Hercules and Sarah Ogle deeded the same tract of land back to Thomas Ogle in Grayson County, Virginia.

Next we find Hercules bought 237 acres of land 'on the north side of Clinch Mountain on the waters of Puncheon Camp Creek and joining the lines with David Bunch, John Bunch, Cain Acuff and Long John Acuff' from Joseph Cobb in Grainger County, Tennessee.

On 21 July 1804, Hercules sold 115 acres of the 237 acres of land in the same location to his brother, John Ogle.

On 19 Feb 1805, Hercules Ogle bought an additional 237.5 acres of land 'on the side of Clinch Mountain on the waters of Puncheon Camp Creek' from Joseph Cobb in Grainger County, Tennessee.

Hercules Ogle with his two sons, Hercules Ogle Jr. and Thomas Ogle, are listed on the tax lists of Grainger County, Tennessee during the period of 1804 to 1810.

Hercules Ogle and his son, Thomas Ogle, are listed in the 1810 Federal Census of Grainger County, Tennessee.

On 20 Feb 1811, Hercules Ogle sold the remaining part of his land to his son Thomas Ogle and moved to White County, Tennessee.

From THE GODSPEED HISTORIES OF CANNON, COFFEE, DeKALB, WARREN, and WHITE COUNTIES, The Ben Lomon Press, McMinnville, Tennessee, one of the earliest settlers in White County, Tennessee is Hercules Ogle during 1800/15.

During 1812 to 1826, Hercules Ogle served as a juror of White County, Tennessee. Hercules Ogle is listed on several tax lists of White County, Tennessee from 1811 through 1826.

Hercules Ogle and his wife, Sarah, appear in the 1820 Federal Census of White County, Tennessee. It is believed that Hercules Ogle and his wife, Sarah died between 1826 and 1830 in White County, Tennessee.

Source: 'Smoky Mountain Clans', Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 135-136.