Anyone researching the Entrekin family needs to find a copy of Phillip Entrekin's book "The Enterkin Family History", copyright 1998. Phillip has done an excellent job of compiling the information to our family!!! Please note that SOME of his information is contained on this site, however, to include all ,would not be fair to him. Not to mentioned I'd be at this computer for WEEKS!!!! To contact Phillip, just click on his name and you'll be given a link to his Email!!!!
Our history begins with John Entrekin who was born about 1740 at the Marsh Creek Settlement, Adams County, Pennsylvania. He married Elizabeth Milwee in 1758. After her death he married her sister, Sarah in 1773. Sarah and John left Pennsylvania between 1766 and 1768 traveling on what was known as the "Great Philadelphia Wagon Road". This road took them from Williamsport, forded the Potomac River and into the Carolinas. They probally then followed and old Indian Trail known as the "Long Grey Trail" or the "Wilderness Trail" to the James River. From there they would have ferried across to Roanoke, Virginia and into the Piedmont Region of North Carolina. It is believed they spent some time near Hillsboro, North Carolina. In 1768 or 1769 they moved to Craven County, South Carolina. Then on to the Congaree River in Berkely County. Shortly afterwards, they arrived in Laurens County. John received a Colonial Grant from Governor Greeville in 1771 of 25 acres in Berkley County. His estate was administered in the 1820's. Evidently he was a farmer who grew Tobacco, among other crops. During this time period, the spelling of the name seems to be mostly Entrican.
The children of John Entrekin and Elizabeth Milwee were:
Thomas
Entrekin was born October 25, 1759 at Marsh
Creek Settlement, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
He enlisted
into the Colonial services at the age of 16. He
fought in the
Battle of Cowpens, Battle of Black Stocks and
in the defense
of the South Carolina frontier. He
recieved a pension for
obtaining a wound during one of these engagements.
His
pension file can be in Anderson District, South
Carolina.
Thomas married Mary Canon August
of 1791 in Laurens
County, South Carolina. He died
July 19, 1839.
William
W Entrekin was born February 25, 1759 at
Marsh Creek Settlement, Adams County,
Pennsylvania.
He served in the Revolutionary War and applied
for a
pension in South Carolina. William
married Rachel Bryant
in 1786 in Burkes County, Georgia. Rachel
was born in 1771
in Burke County, Georgia. She died in 1826
in Columbia
County, Georgia. He married Sarah
Hunnicutt April 14,
1829 in Anderson County, South Carolina. He
died November
2, 1842 in Anderson County, South Carolina.
The children of John Entrekin and Sarah Milwee were:
John
L Entrekin was born in 1774 in Laurens County,
South Carolina. He married Ruth
Dalrymple in 1798 in
Pendleton County, South Carolina. In October
of 1803
John and Ruth sold their 171 acres
in Pendleton and moved
to Christian County, Kentucky. John
served in Captain Dodd's
14th Regiment of Kentucky during the War of 1812.
He was
discharged at Eddysville, Kentucky on May 20,
1815. He died
February 1, 1843 in Graves County, Kentucky.
Isaac Entrekin was born in 1775. He
married Elizabeth Cobb in
December of 1801. He and Elizabeth
moved to Mississippi and then
Louisiana.
James
Entrekin was born in 1777 in Laurens County,
South Carolina. He married Mary A
Dean. They moved to Florida
after 1820.
David Entrekin was born in 1778. He married Mary Winn.
Eleanor Entrekin was born about 1786. She married Smith Crandal.
Mercer Entrekin was born in 1795.
Nancy Caroline Entrekin was born in 1796.
She married John D
Kelly Febuary 14, 1815 in Georgia.
Gideon Entrekin was born in 1800.
Gideon married Rebecca ?
They lived in South Carolina and Georgia.
Jesse Entrekin was born in 1802 in
South Carolina. He married
Mary Ann Marshal. He died July
15, 1873 in South Carolina.
Sarah Entrekin was born about 1805. She
married Thomas
Hunnicutt in Pickens County, South Carolina
in 1825.
Elizabeth Entrekin was living in Laurens
County, South Carolina
in 1816.
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