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Acord Sources

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*Patricia Law Hatcher, Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol I A-D, page 3.

Cornelius Acord. Burial at Bowers Cemetery, Roane County, Tennessee. Daughters of the American Revolution National #474903 A664.

*American Revolutionary War Veterans Pension #39145, Private Record Group 15, State of Maryland.

Cornelius Acord is identified as Cronamus Acre.

*Daniel Wunderlich Nead, M.D. (Univ. of PA), The Pennsylvania-German in the Settlement of Maryland, Part XXV of a Narrative and Critical History Prepared at the Request of the Pennsylvania-German Society.

Originally published by The Pennsylvania-German Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1914, reprinted Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., Baltimore, 1975. Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 75-7961, ISBN 0-8063-0678-5. Pages 222-223. Captain Henry Hardman's Company in the Flying Camp. Officers, Captain Henry Hardman, 1st Lt. Daniel Stull, 2nd Lt. Peter Contee Hanson, Jona. Morris. Conomus Acre [Cornelius Acord] is listed as a Private.

*Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, Volume I; abstracted by Virgil D. White; page 8

Acre, Cronamus or Cornelaus Acord S39145, MD Line, appl 14 May 1818 Roane County, TN aged 58 (moved to Roane County TN in 1806), enl Frederick County, MD & was wounded and taken prisoner in Battle of Staten Island, in 1822 wife Barbara aged 45, children Catherine 31, David 19, Christiana 15 & Louisa 14 yrs.

*Newman, Harry Wright. Maryland Revolutionary Records. Baltimore, MD: Maryland Archives, 1938.

Cronamus Acre, born 1760, Maryland Line, Comment: Prisoner

*DAR, Twenty-seventh Report of the National Society of the DAR, March 1, 1922 - March 1 1923, page 122.
Tennessee

Acree, Crocamus. Bowers Graveyard [Roane County, Tennessee]; Mary Blount Chapter.

*Revolutionary War Records, National Archives

Chronamiro Acre, Private, 7th Maryland Regiment

*The Rockwood Times, Rockwood, TN, Thursday, 10 Mar 1910, Vol. XXX, No. 10.
"Local History. Soldiers of the Revolutionary War Who Were Buried In Roane County." by Capt. W.E. McElwee.

Names mentioned: Samuel Walker, Wm. Smith, Jas. Wood, Harry Lee, Gen. Robert E. Lee, Robert Crow, Uriah Rector, Samuel Kindrick, Cumberland Rector, John Bowman, Col. J.W. Bowman, John Walker, James Walker, Wm. Willis, Cronimus Acre, Thomas Crumbliss, Henry Crumbliss, David Blevins, Wm. Mead, James McElwee, Wm. White, Richard White, James McElwee, Joseph Overton, John McCown, John Hood, Peter Avory, John Staples, Ben Staple, Ahiga Snow.

*1784: Marriage Bonds of Lincoln County, North Carolina, compiled by Curtis Bynum, 1929

Cornelius Eker (Ecre) x, Barery Eker 29 Jan 1784; Surety: Peter x Scrum; Witness: James Dickson

1790 Federal Census, Spartanburg District, South Carolina

088 93 Andrew Hasskins (1 1 4 0 0)

Notes: Believed to be Andrew Hopkins, father-in-law of Jonas Akard.

1791: Deed Books, Spartanburg District, South Carolina
Book E, pages 98-100

9 Nov 1791 William Tate Sr. (Spartan County) to Andrew Hopkins: for 60 pounds sterling sold 143 acres on both sides of "main" Cherokee Creek of Broad River; grant 1 May 1786. Witness Joseph Dill and James Clarke. Signed William Tate. Wit. oath 11 Mar 1797 Joseph Dill to Henry McCray. Rec 25 Sep 1797.

Note: Andrew Hopkins is the father-in-law of Jonas Akard. Broad River flows primarily within Rutherford County, North Carolina.

1799: Deed Books, Spartanburg District, South Carolina
Book F, pages 450

17 Aug 1799 Andrew Hopkins (Spartanburgh) to Ezekial Stanley of Broad R (Pendleton Co); for $320 sold 143 acres on "main" Cherokee Creek of Broad River. Witness George Walker and Richard Robertson. Signed Andrew Hopkins Wit Oath 28 Nov 1799 Richard Robertson to H. McCray. Rec 23 April 1800.

Note: Andrew Hopkins is the father-in-law of Jonas Akard. Broad River flows primarily within Rutherford County, North Carolina.