LATER ACREES

As previously mentioned, most of the documented Acree lineages in colonial America show descent from six 18th-century progenitors:

1. Joshua Acree (c1730-1777), who was raised in Hanover Co., Virginia, and remained there
2. William Acree (c1730-1796) - 'William 1' on the map below, who first settled in Warren Co., North Carolina, in the early 1750s and moved thirty years later to Wilkes Co., Georgia
3. Isaac Acree (c1730-c1820), who settled permanently in Warren Co., North Carolina, in the early 1750s
4. "Cashie" John Acree, Sr. (c1735-1814), who settled permanently in Bertie Co., North Carolina, in the late 1750s
5. Abraham Acree (c1730-?), who settled permanently in Caroline Co., Virginia
6. William Acree (1752-1833) - 'William 2' on the map below, who moved as a youth from Frederick Co., Maryland, to Guilford Co., North Carolina, and took his own family to Wayne Co., Kentucky, in the 1790s

This animated map shows where these men lived, moved and, in two cases, died during the years 1750-1800 (in decade "snapshots").

THE NEXT GENERATION

These six progenitors gave their sons the following names:

Joshua Acree	William Acree	Isaac Acree	John Acree, Sr.	Abraham Acree	William Acree
will	will	will	will	Bible record	Pension record
Sons:	Sons:	Sons:	Sons:	Sons:	Sons:
William*	William Jr.	Isaac Jr.	Edward*	John*	John*
Joshua Jr.	Shearin	Joshua*	John Jr.*	James*	William Jr.*
David*	John*	Abraham	William*	William	Ephraim*
Carter	-	-	Henly*	Ambrose	Peter
John	-	-	Leonard	-	Joel
-	-	-	-	-	Amos

* Known to have surviving male Acree lines

CLUSTERS OF EARLY 19TH CENTURY ACREES

Several of the sons and most of the grandsons of the six progenitors moved out of Virginia and North Carolina into Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia during the 1790-1830 period. They tended to re-settle near their siblings and first cousins within favored clusters of counties in their new states, as depicted on the map below, where each cluster's location is identified by progenitor-name. Descendents of Abraham who left typically moved into east Tennessee, those of John into northwest Tennessee, those of Joshua into southwest Tennessee, those of William 1 into Georgia (with him), those of William 2 into southeast Kentucky (with him),and those of Isaac back across the North Carolina border into Virginia. An Acree descendent today may usefully estimate the identity of his line's progenitor by defining where his early 19th century Acree ancestors chose to live.

ASSISTANCE TO ACREE FAMILY RESEARCHERS

Acree family-history researchers are invited to direct queries on how they may descend from earlier Acree ancestors to the project coordinator, who maintains an extensive off-line data base.

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